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Volume 74, Number 39,
Marshall, N. C.
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October 23, 1975
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Residents of Madison
County may look forward to a
new bridge over the French
Broad River to replace the
existing bridge near Barnard,
Department of Transportation
(DOT) officials have an
nounced. DOT engineers have
concluded, that the old
structure, having served that
locality for nearly 60 years,
can no longer safely carry
loaded trucks and buses.
Consequently, they have
lowered the weight limit from
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INTERESTING PICTURE - It's not known for
certain but several observers who have studied
picture believe it was taken sometime in the 1800's
and shows Main Street in Marshall, looking up
street. Corner of building on extreme left is where
First Union Bank is now located. On left further up
street is corner of Hill Street beside present Masonic
Temple Building. Notice there were no electric
Teachers9
A criminal session of
superior court is cheduled in
the courthouse here on
Wednesday and Thursday,
October 2-30, for the trial of
10 Madison County school
teachers who are charged
with falsifying school records.
According to the court
calendar each teacher will be
tried in separate cases. The
Second Drug Abuse
meeting Sunday
A second meeting of con
cerned eitiiens relative to the
drug abuse problems in this
area will be held this Sunday
afternoon in the courthouse
beginning at 2:30 o'clock.
In addition to the citizens,
various county officials and
officers of Marshall, Mars
Hill, Hot Springs and other
areas are expected to attend
to discuss what remedies
might be found to curb the
Mara Hill Woman I Guest
Artist In Hendersonville
Mrs. Tttaida C. Roberts is
the featured artist with the
Arts League of Henderson
CbuBty far the month of Oc-
lobar, The exhibition opened '
Vfea Sunday Oct kh with a
- reotptioa in Opportanity
- Boast is Hendersonville, N.C
The October exhibit alas In
cludes fainting by the Arts
': League sMmbers but featured "
I; will be the twenty-foar
' 'paintings by Mrs. Roberts.
. Bora aad reared near Mars
KJI Mrs. Roberts attended
4 Mars Hill College and
, . rradoated frea Carson -
Newman Collect ha JefTeroa
v City, term. However, she did
fiot stu i art and never traa
;ir:t:-g antil :'.r her
. rt;rerr.t as afl elementary
srhfml tcher.
Mrs. F.-.frtS is partial to
: 5U'.s f -1 r.r favorite
-.Ejects - l..'e.
eight tons to five tons for
single unit vehicles.
DOT'S Highway Ad
ministrator, Billy Rose,
commented, "The new bridge
will be built across the French
Broad River adjacent to the
existing bridge. It will be a
two-lane, modern structure
approximately 530 feet long
with 30 feet clear bridge width
as opposed to the present
steel-truss structure which
has only a clear bridge width
of 11 feet."
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Cases Set
witnesses in ail the cases are
listed as R. C. Thomas and
James E. Rice.
Teachers involved are Vera
B. Sumerel, Elizabeth W.
Staude, Lois C. Moore, Isabel
B. Maynard, Larry S.
Plemmons, Frances Lee
Ramsey, Mattie Ray Ramsey,
Martha Kirkpatrick, Lucille
R. Chandler, and Jewell
alleged abuses.
At a previous meeting held
on October 12, a committee
composed of J. C. Wallin,
Bruce Phillips, Charles
Deaver, the Rev. Jimmy
Buckner, and Jack Ramsey,
was named to contact public
officials concerning the
meeting here Sunday.
The public is invited to
attend.
animals, and portraits. She
has exhibited in the Asheville
Mall, Brevard Annual Court
House Art Shew, sponsored by
the Transylvania Art Guild,
McAllister Square in
Creeneville, S. C anw the
Hendersomrine Main Street
Sidewalk Show, la which she
recently participated. It was
during the sidewalk show
which included over sixteen
hundred pictures by artists
from surrounding areas, that
she was invited to be guest
artist at the Henderson vine '
gallery.
A member of the Tran
sylvania Art Guild she is also
a member of the Attic Art
Grm-p in Ashevil'e. .. -
THe l'fn1fTs-if!vj;e gCery
at O- -' .'r IT.Mne is open
V '. , ' t f r '? y frn
S "3 m.-Spn.
A contract letting for the
new structure is scheduled for
summer 1976, and the ten
tative completion date is
winter 1977. Estimated cost of
the project, which includes the
replacement of a nearby
small, narrow, timber bridge
over the Big Pine Creek as
well as the bridge across the
French Broad River, is one
million dollars.
"I feel the loading
restrictions on the existing
bridge and the planned
wires. Building on right is where Roberts Pharmacy
is now located. The picture belongs to Miss Dorothy
Sprinkle. There is no identification on picture as to
date. Observers point out that mountain "has to be"
the same now as it was when picture was made. If
anyone can shed any "light" on picture, please
notify The News - Record Office.
For October 29-30
Church.
Judge Robert H. I-acey will
preside and District Attorney
Clyde M Roberts and
Outstanding Hecognition
Given Dr. Morgan
Dr Monroe T. Morgan,
Chairman of the Department
of Environmental Health at
East Tennessee State
University, was recently
honored by his fellow
colleagues, by being selected
as the recipient of the
Distinguished Faculty Award
for the year 1975-1976. The
award was presented by Dr.
D. P. Culp, President of the
College during a Faculty
Banquet.
Dr. Morgan originally from
western North Carolina,
became interested in en
vironmental health while
serving with the Air Force in
Panama. Seeing the living
conditions throughout Central
and Sooth America he
returned to North Carolina
and entered Mars Hill College.
After, transferring to East
Tennessee State University,
he earned his Bachelors
degree in 1960. His first
position was as a Sanitarian
with the Virginia Public
Health Department He later
earned his Masters degree
from the University of North
Carolina.
In 1963, Dr. Morgan Joined
the faculty of East Tennessee
State University U develop
the 'program in En
vironmental Health. During a
leave of absence he earned his .
Doctor of Public Health
degree from Talane
University. He returned te
develop a Masters program as
s result of the realization that
environmentalist need to
become better educated to
solve environments!,
problems. Kis 6-tm is to
e 'bU.J a doctoral program
in tl t f if ld.
Lr. '. irran hj twn the
r --.t of ma.-y ards and
replacement are the best
means to achieve safety and a
prompt and lasting solution
for a definite community
need," Rose added.
The present bridge's five
ton weight limit has caused a
15-mile detour for school buses
traveling from Barnard to
Walnut Elementary School
and Madison County High
School. The Madison County
Board of Education has
devised a plan, supported by
DOT officials, to alleviate the
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Assistant District Attorney
James T Rusher will be
prosecutors for the State
the philosophy given to him by
his mother as a young man
has guided hun through life -"Give
to the world your best
and the best will come back to
you." Dr. Morgan is a
graduate of Marshall High
School, Mars Hill College and
is the son of Rev. and Mrs
Frank W Morgan of Marshall
Supervisor Attends
Conference
Dr Bobby Jean Rice,
general supervisor of Madison
County Schools, attended the
annual study conference of the
North Carolina Association for
Supervision and Curriculum
Development in Greensboro,
North Carolina on October 13
14, and IS. The Theme of the
Conference was "Curriculum
Design for Motivating Today's
Youth." Many outstanding
Food Personnel
Attend Meeting
Twenty Madison County
School Food Services em
ployees attended the annual
district meeting at Asheville
High School on October T, 1975.
Mrs. Lou Thorup, Dietitian at
Memorial Mission Hospital
was guest speaker.
French Droad EMC ,
Names P.IX.
French Brbad EMC an
nounces the appointment of
Mrs. Ernestine R. Plemmons T
ss Director of Public
Relations and Member Ser
vices. Mrs. Plemmons has -
t-n cr'"5ed by French
detour. The plan calls for
school children to get off their
bus on one side of the bridge,
walk across and board a
second bus which completes
the route.
The plan is being gradually
implemented as parents give
their written consent allowing
their children to walk across
the bridge. DOT bridge
maintenance employees have
installed fencing along the
guardrails on each side of the
bridge for the safety of the
children.
The bridge is a part of the
Board of Transportation's
Federal-Aid Special Bridge
Replacement Program and
appears fifth on the priority
list. Bridges included in this
program are replaced as
Federal-Aid Funds are made
available to the State of North
Carolina.
Masons To
Present
Awards
Saturday
French Broad Lodge No.
292, AF & AM will present
Veterans Awards at a meeting
of the Lodge at the Masonic
Temple in Marshall on
Saturday evening, October
25th.
Prior to the " meeting
members of the Eastern Star
Chapter will serve supper to
Masons and their wives,
beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Ennie Brown
Injured By
Tractor
Eunie Brown, of Marshall,
was painfully injured last
Thursday by a tractor he was
operating near the home of his
brother, Garland Brown.
According to reports, Eunie
had gotten off the tractor and
had left the engine running.
He suddenly noticed the
tractor going down the
mountain and in an effort to
overtake the machine, he was
struck. Although he was alone
at the time, neighbors heard
Brown yell and saw the
tractor rapidly going down the
mountain.
He was rushed to the
Memorial Mission Hospital
where he is being treated for
broken ribs, crushed chest and
broken collarbone.
The tractor was a total loss
educators shared their
with supervisors
ideas
from
throughout the state of North
Carolina. Among these
educators were Dr. William C.
Self, UNC Chapel Hill, Paul J.
Schneller, Vice-president of
Psychotechnics, Inc. and Dr.
Fenwick English, Superin
tendent, Hastings, New York
Public Schools.
Mrs. Anna Mae 'Tipton,
Food Service Supervisor for
the Madison County Schools,
is Director of this organisation
which is composed of thirteen
western counties, Asheville
City and Hendersonville City
Units. ;
'"Director!
Bread tMC since 1354 and
served ; ss ; Executive
Secretary prior to sssumtng
her new duties. She is a native
of Madison Cour" and is
murried te Cioice 1 -"snons. '
TVy have twe sons, J y and
Mark.
A dream of the citizens of
No. 4 Township in Madison
County became a reality this
week when the Greater Ivy
Community Citizens
Association and the Madison
County Board of Education
signed a lease turning over the
Beech Glen School property to
the Association for use as a
Community and Recreation
Center.
Three Trustees were
recently named by the
Association to manage the
property. They are: Dr.
G rover L. Angel, President of
the Association, Dean Ledford
and Boyd Hill.
Corporation papers have
been drawn up by the county
attorney and filed in Raleigh
designating the Association as
a non-partisan, non-political,
and non-profit community
development organization.
The official name henceforth
will be The Greater Ivy
Community Citizens
Association, Inc. The action
will enable the citizens group
to make application for
federal grants for recreational
purposes and commuinity
development projects.
The Greater Ivy Association
is a federation of the 12 large
communities in No. 4 Town
ship. They are Beech Glen,
Bethel, California Creek,
Crooked Creek, Hamburg,
Holcombe Branch, Middle
Fork, Paint Fork, Paint Gap,
Upper Metcalf Creek, Lower
Metcalf Creek, and Walker
Branch, and smaller com
munities which include:
Sprinkle Creek, Fred
Holcombe Road, Jarvis
Creek, Higgins Branch, Shake
Rag, Holland Creek, Turkey
Branch, Polly's Branch,
Blue Midge hoe Company
Interested In
Mot Springs Location
Announcement was made
this week that a major in
dustry, Blue Ridge Shoe
Company, headquartered in
Wilkesboro, N.C. is con
sidering locating a plant in
Hot Springs.
The announcement was
made by Hot Springs town
officials and an official of Blue
Ridge Shoe Company. The
plant will be modern in all
respects and will be fully
airconditioned. The
manufacturing schedule will
be one shift (daytime only)
five days per week, with
scheduled overtime weekdays
and Saturdays.
Ixx-ation of the shoe plant in
Hot Springs is dependent upon
results of a labor survey that
Welfare Rolls
Highest
In IV.C.
WASHINGTON The
nation spent 20 per cent more
on welfare last fiscal year.
And North Carolina had the
largest Increase in recipients.
At the end of the period, last
June, 1U.397 North
Carolinians were receiving
payments under Aid to
Families with Dependent
Children, the largest welfare
program. The 23.1 per cent
increase over Jane of 1974 was
the largest of any state.
Ia Sooth Carolina, 1X,7M
persons received AFDC
payments m June of 197a, as
.. 1.24 per cent. , ,
Total spending for the year
was ta.1 bfSioa - $9$ biSko ks
cash payments and nearly 111
UHian for medical cart of the
' poor w '
In ' June, the number of
persons , receiving AFDC
. payments nstioiwi.1 dmr!d
sihCy for the , 't
month. W:'re r".ciii
spres i ca' i r- y.
Greater Ivy Leases Beech
Glen School For Center
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GREATER IVY COMMUNITY AND RECREATION CENTER
(FORMER BEECH GLEN SCHOOL)
Ponder Creek, and Bailey
Branch.
There are more than 500
families in the Township.
Since its formal
organization in January of this
year the Association has been
one of Madison County's most
active groups. In early spring
it sponsored a township clean
up campaign which was one of
the most effective in the
county. This and many
beautification projects
enabled Greater Ivy to win
first place in the county
beautification contest and in
September it went on to win
first place in the 19-county
Western North Carolina
is to be conducted at the
Burlington Building.
Several interviewers from
the company will be on hand to
talk with anyone interested in
employment in the Building
between the hours of 8 a m
and 3 p.m. on Saturday, Oct.
25. It is very important that
every person, including high
school seniors who are in
terested in such industrial
Marshall Book Club Met Monday
The Marshall Book Club met
Monday evening, October
20th, in the home of Mrs
R R Ramsey.
Mrs. Leonard Baker,
president, conducted the
business session. Mrs. Wade
Huey reported for the an
niversary arrangements
committee . Plans were ap
proved to hold the annual
anniversary luncheon on
Monday, November 10th at
12:30 p.m. at the S W
Carousel Buffet in Asheville.
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SLEEPY VALLEY was t
Cara'ina to put fifin' '
s a pk-'-re r 1 ' V
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contest. During the summer
months it sponsored an out
standing recreation program,
fielding 8 baseball and soft
ball teams for both youth and
adults.
Officers of the Association
are: Dr. Grover L. Angel,
President; Mrs. Gerald (Alda
Jean ) Young, First Vice
president; Shelby S. Buckner,
Second Vice-President; Bill N.
Clark, Secretary; and Mrs.
Talmadge ( Irene ) Metcalf,
Treasurer.
After minor alterations on
the building are completed
the Association plans many
varied activities for the
work be present to complete a
labor survey form and be
interviewed on October 25.
Results of the survey will
determine whether the plant is
located here.
Announcement of the in
dustry's interest in Hot
Springs is a culmination of
discussions between the
Company, the Hot Springs
All former club members are
to be invited.
Mrs. Wade Huey reviewed
"Some Are Born Great" by
Adela Rogers St. Johns - a
book about American women
that the author has known and
calls great. Included are
Amelia Earhart, Carry
Nations, Rachel Carson, Anne
Morrow Lindberg, Judy
Garland, Bess Truman,
Marion Davies, Isadora
Duncan, Marie Dresler,
Margaret Mitchell, and scores
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Community Center including
a year-round recreation
program, an adult education
program, arts and crafts,
womans club, 4-H club ac
tivities, senior citizens ac
tivities and eventually a
branch of the Madison county
library.
The next meeting of the
Greater Ivy Community
Association, Inc. will be held
on Mondav evening, October
27th, at 7:r Uflbck, in the
Community Center if
arrangements have been
made for heating at that time.
Ifaot, the meeting will be held
nexdoor in the Beech Glen
Baptfst Church.
Chamber of Commerce, Town
Officials, Madison Industrial
Commission, and State Of
ficials Similar plants are
located in Wilkesboro, Boons,
Sparta, Robersonvilto,
Aulander, North Carolina aad
Mt. City, Tenn.
Blue Ridge Shoe Company is
an equal opportunity eav
ployer
With Mrs. Ramsey
of others. She relates liveb?
and controversial tales (
some of the extraordinary '
women of her 50-odd years at
covering the news.
Members present were Mrs,
J.B. Tweed, Mrs. O.A..
Gregory, Mrs. Clyde at.
Roberts, Mrs. James Story, ;
Mrs. Leonard Baker, lira,
Walter Ramsey, Mrs. Wads
Huey and Mrs. R.R. Ramsey,
and two guests, Mrs. Martha -Catherine
Thompson and Mrs.
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