as&fr1 The News - Record &?>) 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 r - ~ . ' 1 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 Sodom taction of Madiaon fVii?? transit r /iafac Tallin I Norton Debbie Norton MthSodom fOBBMHa EdOO | 1 ncrreii, I8B1BUU11 |M Wf W w education at Man Hill College. 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. wwvwwwwwwwwww A Bicentennial Special W\ I W 3 Months "rtHO?t and Moll Today ^ 2 FREE ?" 2 MM ? ? B? Subscription Rain Subscr^twi Rates M 'B' U||?tj 1UU ? VEAD llfcfcidl^l OeMl IMiM 6#I ^l' 2 TuMCWPTION TO 12?^ U.00 12Mo? $8.00 H|K OFF1S EXPIRES JULY ^ H||F b^bA b^bd b^b^ ^^bg If W \II1T H||lf t '? ?'& i. .i .-'-i. . ^ gs&- "'WilF * y jl Madison Gets $682,000 For Secondary Roads j -?f . j| 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 (Continued on Page7) Time Capsule I 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 * *1 Mil - ~ * Deadline Is August 17 tLe52tIi^^i*Il?2 prttw Aug. 17 primary Is July *?E "?lE r ? " ?"" 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. ' jti