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SERVING THE PEOPLE OF MADISON COUNTY '
75th YEAR No. a PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE COUNTY SEAT AT MARSHALL, NC THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1*76 15-PerCopy I
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MARSHALL LIONS CLUB of
ficers were installed Monday night
at Ladies' Night held at The Pedler
in Asheville. Approximately 90
Lions and Lionesses were present
as Lion Jerry Plemmons served as
installing officer. The new officers
are pictured above, left to right,
front row, Roy Reeves, president;
John Corbett, first vice president;
Page Brigman, second vice
president; Ralph Rice, treasurer;
second row, David Caldwell,
secretary; Clyde Hagan, director;
Earle Wise, director. Not present
for picture, Steve Wallin, third
vice president; Marvin Ball, tail
twister; and Ed List, Lion tamer.
Crafts Fair To Open
Festival On July 1
On July l at 10 a.m. the
Madison Crafts Fair and
Exhibition will open a 10-day
festival period in celebration
of our nation's 200th birthday.
Craftsmen trvm all over the
.aunty will gather at the
Madison County High School to
demonstrate crafts older than
the nation itself and will
exhibit their work for viewing
and for sale. To visit these
craftsmen will be ex
periencing "living history" as
they split boards and
demonstrate other farm
chores as the first pioneers did
when they came to the
mountains. The women will be
carding, spinning, weaving,
quilting, sewing, churning,
making soap, etc., very much
as their forebears did when the
Patriots of 76 fought the War
of Independence. Visitors to
the fair may also have the
unusual experience of sharing
in a meal which could have
been served to the Burgesses
within the halls of early
Williamsburg taverns. Of
course, there will also be foods
that 20th century taa/os may
prefer. The meal will be
prepared and served by the
women of the Greater Ivy
Community. They will serve
the dinner from 5 to 7 p.m. in
the evening. Sandwiches and
drinks will be available all
during the day. Tickets are on
sale through the several
community organizations, or
may be purchased at the door.
And, to make the evening
meal an even greater pleasure
there will be free en
tertainment. From 5 to 6 p.m.
"The Appalachian Folks", a
group of musicians which
includes Byard Ray as fiddler,
will provide an nour 01 reai
mountain music. At 6:30 p.m.
"The Stump of Approval," a
barber shop quartet which
includes a trophy-winning
baea, will give a program of old
fashioned bartfe1" ?h?r s'qglng.
The public is invited for the
entire day, or for any part of
the day, to help us celebrate
our heritage in mountain
crafts.
County Musicians
To Sing In Capital
Ten mwwh vuumy
sinaers. musicians. and
dancers will be in the nation's
capitol in early July, par
ticipating in a festival
designed to show American
flfe and folk customs from
across the nation.
The gathering, "A Festival
Of American Folklife," is
Sponsored by the Smithsonian
Institution and the National
Park Service and began June
lfe. It will last all summer. The
festival will bring together five
categories of participants,
including regional Americana,
dealing Americana, native
Americana, old ways in the
g^world. and African
The 10 Madieon County
nativee wiD participate in the
regional America category,
designed to present music and
Craft traditions from several
regiona of the country, in
cluding Maritime life in New
England, a timber carnhral
Midwest, and leatlm em king I
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Visitor participation is built
into each exhibit of the
festival, craftspeople will
demonstrate their skills, and
in some casea urge the visitors
to try their hand at the craft.
Regional food will also be
prepared and will be available
to sample >n<| taste. Music, of
course, will be a primary at
traction.
BILL BRIGMAN, who has
served as principal of the Red
Oak Elementary School for the
past seven years, has accepted
the principleship of the
Marshall Elementary School,
succeeding CHve Whitt, who
retired. Brigman is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Knox Brigman.
Other school administrators
will be named later, Supt. R. L.
Edwards announces.
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Madison County has been allocated
1682,200 for work on its secondary roads
during the next 12 months!
The money is part of $3.6 million
appropriated for secondary road
construction in the 13th Highway
Division, seven counties which include
Madison.
Highway officials have already
conferred with the Madison County
Board of Commissioners on projects
under consideration. According to
secondary roads councilman Ted
Smith, most counties have decided to
spend most of the money on paving top
priority roads and in making road
improvements.
Last year Smith said, the counties
used a formula that allocated 50 percent
of the funds for paving top priority
roads, 25 percent for spot im
provements (such as school bus routes)
and 25 percent for adding new roads on
to the state maintenance system.
"However, some counties have
elected to do a little more improving
than last year," he said. "It depends oo
the will and pleasure of the county
commissioners.
"We feel ? our professional people
and me ? that we are way behind in
improvements. Lots of roads,
desperately need improvements."
Race Your
River Raft
July 4th
By FR. JEFF BURTON, 8 J.
The Hot Springs area
chamber of commerce will
sponsor a river raft race
starting at the bridge over the
French Broad River an the
evening of bicentennial day.
July 4. The river raft race will
?taft at 8 p.m. from the shore
located at the site of the Smoky
Mountain Riw Expedition,
operated by Rich and Sandy
Wist. The Wiats will provide 20
of their rafts to teams that sign
up before June 30 by con
tacting them in Hot Springs
Each team of four persons that
participates will contribute $5
for their team that will be used
as prize money for the first,
second, and third place
finishers. The prizes are ?2S for
first place, $15 for second, and
$10 for third place. Already
there are nine teams par
ticipating. It is hoped that all 20
rafts will be filled for the river
raft race that will cover a
distance of two full miles
Refreshments will be served
and be on sale at the starting
point of the race as well as at
the finishing point. All clubs
and organizations in Madison
County and the Newport,
Term., area are urged to
participate.
Earlier in the afternoon of
July 4, there will beaparadein
Hot Springs starting at 2 at the
Hot Springs Clinic that will
proceed to the grounds of the
Hot Springs Catholic Church
where the ministers of the area
will offer a bicentennial
religious service with singing
and this will be followed by a
covered plate lunch on the
grounds of the church. At ?
p as., the river raft race will
fallow. All are invited to attend
these activities.
River Rafts In French Broad River Near Hot Springs
Civil Court To Start
Monday; Panel Named
The June term of superior
court for the trial of civil cases
will begin here Monday
morning with Judge Robert D.
Lewis presiding.
Cases on the docket include:
Cecil Clark, Adm., estate of
Wayne C. Clark, plaintiff, vs.
William H. Israel, d-b-a Blue
Ridge Tractor & Implement
Co. defendant.
Board of Transportation,
plaintiff, vs. Homer Bailey, et
al, defendants.
Claude Honeycutt, et ux,
plaintiff, vs. Board of Tran
sportation, defendants.
Inez Haynie, Admrx estate
of James Haynie, plaintiff, vs.
Louise Griffith and Donald
Paul Frisby, defendants.
Donald F. Harrell, et ux,
plaintiffs, vs. Turn Key
Builders, Inc., defendants.
Board of Transportation,
plaintiff vs. Lois Davis, at ux,
defendants.
Grady Dockery, plaintiff, v?.
French Broad Chevrolet Co.,
Chevrolet Motors Division,
General Motors Corp.,
defendant.
Scott Duncan, by guardian,
Escapees
Are Still
Missing
Sheriff Ponder reported
Tuesday morning that the
three prisoners who escaped
from the jail here on June 14,
are still at large and the search
is continuing.
The three men are Edward
Gosnall, Steve Franklin and
Odis Searcy.
Gosnell, XI, of Leicester, was
awaitine trial on charm of
breaking, entering and lar
ceny. Pander eaid he had also
bean sentenced earlier in
Boncombe County on a bad
moved to the state prison ?
system to begin serving time
for breaking and entering,
' to
ad litem, Hoyle Duncan,
plaintiff, vs. Charles Waters
and Harget Waters, defen
dants.
Albert Carver, plaintiff, vs.
Rachel TiUery, defendant
Tom L. Merrill, et ux,
plaintiffs, vs. Andrew Jackson
Bridges, defendant.
A list of jurors drawn
follows:
Ruth Rogers Edwards,
Clinton King, R. L. Ferguson,
Lenny E. Hill, Juanita Evelyn
Payne, Roy David Woriey, Jim
Stewart Higgins, Tony
Ulyssess Gamble, * Floyd
Henley, Jessie Ball Roberts,
Walter Stevenson Wilson,
Fays Single, Jefferson Rice,
Tillman Bliss Reese, CUne
Willie Goenell, Vernon Carver,
Mrs. R. R. Ramsey, Grace
Buckner, M. H. Kendall,
Maymee Harriett Drake,
Carroll Robert Tweed, Altha
Mars, fyhertf Justice
Lodford, Larry Wayne
rnjcuu, trann a. oik;, h?k;
Lee Hot ley, Andy Wyett,
Helen King Rice, Eddie James
Payne, Pender V. Shook,
Barbara Lambe Bullman
Yvonne Price, Max T. WUaon,
Kenneth Edwin Thorpe, Loyd
Payne, Ray Waidroup, Brenda
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Time Capsule
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To Be Buried
On July 4 ]
July 4 will be an important
day in the hiatory of our nation
and in the hiatory of Madison
County. The day begins with
"Festivals of Faith" in
churches all over the county.
TMs will be a time when each
one of us can thank God tor all
of the rich blessings which are
ours. At a p.m. bells will be
rung for two minutes in our
county and all adl our
nation. This was the time when
the Liberty Ben was rung for
the first time to proclaim the
freedom of these Uaksd
States.
At 3:38 p.m. every resident
of Madison County is invited to
the campus of Mars Hill
College to witness the burial of
the Time Capsule. It wffl be
entered nest to the Country
Boutique and will remain there
for 100 years until our gran
dchildren and great
grandchildren open it on July
4,3076.
Leaders from the following
communities will participate
in the ceremony?Big Laurel,
Bull Creek, Forks of Ivy,
Marshall, Mars Kill, Sisspy
Valley, Upper Laurel, Hot
Springs, and the Bicentennial
Commission. Thaae group;
have gathered together itama
of importance in their com
munities which will he
preserved end recorded as
history. The ceremonies wBl
take place outside, waaimr
permitting, so you might Wish
to bring lawn chairs or
blankets to make the seating*
little more comfort* Die.
Dr. Fred B. Bentley,
president of Mars (fill College,
ceremonies for this occasion.
There win be patriotic mask,
K ok pel tinging, and bpmn
tinging. Everyone will have an
opportunity to participate.
This will be a day when yoa can
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Deadline Is
August 17
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Hearing Set Monday
On County Budget
A public hearing baa DOM atl
| for June K at 10 a.?>. M the
courthouM bare for presen
tation of the l?T?-77 Madisor
Comity Budget.
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