The News - Record"
E SERVING THE PEOPLE OF MADISON COUNTY
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75th Year No. 13 PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE COUNTY SEAT AT MARSHALL, N.C. THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1976 15? Per Copy
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Special Events Planned F or Bicentennial '
The Madison County
Bicentennial Commission has
planned li activities through
which county residents can
participate in observance of
America's 300th birthday.
The special events fall in
three areas of interest ? a
look at the heritage of
Madison County and her
people, festivals, and horizons
(or a look ahead).
They include a schools fair
and festival, an exhibition of
mountain crafts, wagon trains
in celebrations at all three of
the county's towns, religious
festivals in the churches,
special events for both youth
and senior citizens, and
homecoming at Madison High.
Many communities have
already planned bicentennial
activities, but the commission
indicated that others still have
time to do so. Many com
munities have been working
hard for more than a year on
beautification projects,
securing community
buildings, organizing youth
activities, and overall com
munity development
Authorized by the Madison
County Board of Com
missioners in December, 1973,
the bicentennial commission
has been working for two and
a half years, meeting monthly
to help plan and coordinate
bicentennial activities within
the county. The commission is
composed of representatives
from all areas.
"Much thought has been
given to projects and ac
tivities which will include all
age groups, which will take
place in numerous com
munities, and which will make
every citizen of Madison
County proud of his heritage,"
the commission said in a
statement announcing the
schedule of activities planned
so far.
"If you have not been in
volved in a bicentennial
project, it is not too late. The
big celebrations are still
ahead."
Dr. Evelyn Underwood of
Mart Hill ia chairman of the
commisaion.
Activities already planned
are scheduled over a three
month period. The first will be
a schools fair and featival May
7 and 8 at Matftaon County
High School.
A Southern Appalachian
Repertory Theatre per
formance ia scheduled to run
from June 22 to August IS.
July, the month the nation
celebrates her Independence
Day, will see the most ac
tivities, all of them so far
concentrated in the first 10
days.
A mountain craftsmen's fair
and exhibition is planned for
July 1 with wagon trains
arriving July S, a Saturday, to
coincide with celebrations in
Hot Springs, Marshall, and
Mars Hill
Sunday, July 4, is
Independence Day, and
churches will be participating
in festivals of faith. The theme
suggested for 11 a.m worship
services in individual chur
ches is "Spiritual Growth as
Part of Community Growth."
At 3:30 p.m. on July 4, a
time capsule will be buried on
the Mars Hill College campus.
A "tour of the heritage
trail" is scheduled for July 5
with adult costume parties in
local communities July ?.
July 7 is to be senior citizens
day in Madison communities.
July 8 will be youth day in
local communities.
A Southern Appalachian
Repertory Theatre production
is scheduled (or July 9.
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Homecoming Day at
Madison High will be July 10
Water sports on the French
Broad and varisus
homecoming activities are
planned for 10 a.m. A picnic
lunch will be served at noon,
and there will be a little league
play-off game at l p.m.
Madison Firm
Buys Paper
The New*-Record,
Madison's county newspaper
for the past 75 years, has been
purchased by a newly-formed
corporation headed by Clifton
Blake Metcalf, a Mars Hill
native with close Madison
County ties.
The new corporation has
been organized as Madison
County Publishing Co., Inc.
with Metcalf, who is
managing editor of the
Mountaineer newspaper in
Waynesville, as president.
Madison Publishing Co.
obtained the News-Record, in
a transaction completed
Friday, from the South
Carolina headquartered
corporation which has
operated it for the past six and
a half years.
James I. Story, whose
family name has been iden
tified with the News-Record
for decades, will continue as
the News-Record's editor, and
Mrs. Jean Blankenship will
remain as receptionist and
bookkeeper.
Metcalf is the son of Jake
and Roxie Marie Wilde
Metcalf. the grandson of
Donald F. and Pearl Ray
Metcalf of the Beech Glen
community and the late Mr.
and Mrs. Max Wilde of
Marshall and Mars Hill. He
has numerous other relatives
residing throughout the
county.
Judge Bras well Files
For Re-election
Chief District Judge J. Ray
Braswell has filed with the
State Board of Elections for
reelection as district court
judge of the 24th Judicial
District. The district consists
of Madison, Avery, Mitchell,
Watauga and Yancey coun
ties.
fish, Rice
Attend Meet
Oil Reading
Owen Fish and Dr. Bobby
Jean Rice will represent
Madison County April 28 at a
regional meeting of Citizens
Uflited for the Improvement of
Reading, scheduled to begin at
?a.in. in Canton.
Attending will be county
task force members, reading
specialists, educators and
interested citizens. Presen
tations about local efforts and
activities to improve reading
will be made by Fish, Rice
and other county task force
heads.
Julia Slebos, coordinator of
county task forces for Citizens
United, will conduct the
meeting.
Citizens United is a
statewide project coordinated
by the Learning Institute of
North Carolina to improve
fMdtT!g in North Carolina at
all age levels and in all kinds
of settings - factories,
schools, libraries, day care
mitm, ik.
The project was initiated to
jSTovide direction and support
tor the North Croiina "Year of
Reading" proclaimed by Gov.
SiNtes Meet,
Braswell has been chief
judge of the district since 1968
when the present court system
first came into effect in the
five mountain counties. He
and J. E. Holshouser Sr. were
elected as the district's first
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judges.
Braswell was recognized
statewide for his professional
competence by his election by
the chief judges of the state as
chairman of the Conference of
Chief District Court Judges in
1975, by his appointment by
Chief Justice Susie Sharp as
the district court member of
the State Judicial Council, and
by his appointment by Gov. J.
E. Holshouser Jr. as member
of the Youth Services Com
mission, the body charged by
law with operating the state's
juvenile training schools and
programs.
Braswell's notice of can
didacy was filed in Raleigh on
April 9 and is subject to the
Republican primary on Aug.
17.
Entries
Sought
For Show
Hie second annual Madison
County Cancer Society Talent
Show will be held an May 1 in
the Madison High School
gymnasium beginning at 8
p.m.
There will be four separate
divisions of music: country
western, bluegrass, old-time
traditional and square dance.
Trophies will be awarded in
all divisions, it was an*
master of ceremonM^
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KEN EDWARDS stands under the new high
way sign installed last week. It was erected
after he had written the N.C. Highway
Commission suggesting a more noticeable
sign for the intersection. Ken had the
assistance of other leaders in Mars Hill, like
Dr. Fred Bentley and Bill Powell. The state
had first put up a very small sign pointing to
Mars Hill, that many travelers would
overlook. Ken is the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. L.
Edwards of Mars Hill.
Wells Announces
For Representative
Ted R. Wells, insurance
executive, announced today
he is a candidate for the
Democratic nomination for a
44th District seat in the N. C.
House oi Representatives.
Wells made the an
nouncement by saying, "after
visiting and talking with
people throughout Haywood,
Madison, Jackson and Swain
counties, I have decided to
seek the nomination and
election."
The 39-year-old Haywood
native said, "in approaching
the issues, I want to maintain
a high idealism but at the
same time, be realistic as to
how we can solve our
problems.
Continuing, Wells went on
the point out:
"When the citizens send a
man to Raleigh, they expect
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him to work vigorously far
things that will help them. The
average man does not read
every bill pending in the
legislature, but he knows
whether his representative is
really working for him. He
knows not just by what the
legislator does in Raleigh, but
by what he does at home. Does
he identify with the concerns
of the people of his district?
"If I'm elected, I will make
myself available to help
anyone with a problem in my
district that needs action.
People should not just feel
they have a right to seek a
legislator's help; they should
be confident that he per
sonally wants to know their
concerns.
"In the 44th District, we
have many senior citizens who
are living on fixed incomes.
Inflation is eroding their
buying power. I favor tax
reform which would qualify
them for property tax
exemption ! will also work for
tax reform for the lower and
schools for the purpose rfj
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coot of living.
Dispute Provokes
Double Shooting
Hie bodies of two brothers,
John Cling Anderson, 82, of
Route 3, Mars Hill, and Wayne
Anderson, 55, of Route 1,
Weaverville were found in the
home of the elder brother last
Friday. Both bodies were
riddled with bullets, Sheriff
Ponder reported.
The shooting occurred at the
home of John Cling Anderson,
who lived alone in the former
Coast-In Service Station which
had been converted into living
quarters.
Ponder said both of the dead
men had .38 cal. pistols, and
the holsters were found in
their cars outside the house, i
which at one time had been a <
gas station.
The sheriff said the brothers i
had been known to have .
argued extensively about the i
estate of their father, who had i
died some IS months ago. I
Evidence points to the <
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assumption that they IdBed
each other, Ponder said.
Wayne Anderson had five
bullet wounds in his cheat, and
John Cling Anderson had two
:hest wounds, according to the
sheriff. He said the shots Had
been fired at close range. Dr.
Dtis Duck, Madison County
medical examiner, ordered an
autopsy performed on both
rictims.
Ponder said Wayne
Anderson's car had been seen
by one witness to have arrived
at his brother's residence at
ahout 9:30 a.m Friday -
Another Witness noticed the
two brothers' autoaidMUl
there at 10:30 a.m., the sheriff
said, and saw John Anderm.
Sheriff Ponder informed
this newspaper Monday that
further investigation revealed
hat the shootings occtared
about 12:10 Friday afternoon. v
"Two 38-caliber pistols
were found in the bed of John
Cling Anderson Saturday
morning," Pander stated.
Ponder related the following
findings of his investigation
which revealed that a nei^i
bor came by the former filing
station at 2:90 p.m. Friday
afternoon, according to
several witnesses. The wit
nesses told Ponder that the
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Marshall
Man Dies
Of Burns
A Madison County man
apparently burned to death
sometime Sunday morning in '
:he Little Laurel section of the
rounty. the Matfison County
Sheriff's Department
reported.
A department spokesman
laid Wiliard Ooanetl, ?, Qi
Route 3, Marshall, was fouM
it about >:30 a.m. Sunday in
in abandoned car.
The spokesman said GosncQ
n the car when a fire, uhfcfi .
investigators have attributed
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Deringer Donates Alarm
The Marshall Volunteer
k Fire Department has received
|A,,aitfw fire shim sires, thanks
to Deringer "Manufacturing
The siren, donated to the
department at an undisclosed
price, is mounted 35 feet from
the ground behind the
Madison County School Bus
Garage near the Marshall by
pass. Operating on 240-volt, 3
phase power, the siren
generates 5 horsepower at
peak load. Through planned
tests, the siren has been heard
in the downtown area of
Marshall, the Walnut Creek
area, the Rector Corner
vicinity, and the Roberts' Hill
community.
The control for the siren is
located in the Madison County
Sheriffs Office and is sounded
for each fire alarm just as is
the siren in town. The
automatic control sounds the
siren for 10 cycles of 8 seconds
on and 4 seconds off. This ratio
creates a two-minute alarm
period. The fire department
has found, however, that 4
cycles of 15 seconds on and 5
seconds off seems to better
serve this locale and is in the
process of changing the
automatic sequence to sound
in this manner.
The purpose of the siren is to
alert firefighters in the by
pass are* who would other
wise be unaware that an
alarm existed litis siren has
already achieved that purpose
at least twice.
Installation of the siren was
accomplished during
February and March through
the efforts of the French
Broad Electric Membership
Corporation; Westco
Telephone Company; Town of
Marshall; Millard Tipton,
electrician; and firefighters
Lonnie Plemmons and Earl
Crowe. The department said it
is deeply grateful for the time
and effort each individual
gave toward the installation
and successful operation of
the siren.
"This project would never
have been possible in the least
without the beginning motions
of fire department Lt. Pat
Clemens, manager of the
Marshall plant of Deringer
Manufacturing Co.," a
spokesman said. "His efforts
in this and many othere areas
of community service should
be congratulated and ap
plauded. He, like all
firefighters, has received far
too little praise."
Members of the fire
department are immediately
available in the event of fire.
They ask that all persons who
wish to call the fire depart
ment on a matter of general
business please dial 64^2660
Only in the event-ef ftie, dial
649-3333
THE NEW SIREN, donated by
Deringer Mfg. Co., is mounted
36 feet from the ground behind '
the county school bus garage 1
near the Marshall by-pass.
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to tha Town oI Marshall. They
assistant chiaf of Mat .1 j
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