The News - Record
SERVING THE PEOPLE OF MADISON COUNTY I
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75th YEAR No. 29 PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE COUNTY SEAT AT MARSHALL, N.C. THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1976 15? Per Copy
Day Care
Center Set
Again
A day care center will be
operated again this year at
Madison High School under the
supervision of the Madison
County Board of Education
and the Occupational
Department of the school. The
purpose of the school's day
care center is to give students
enrolled in Home Economics
and Child Care classes ex
perience in working with small
children.
Children between the ages of i
two and Ave will be accepted
provided that they are toilet
trained. The center will be
open from 8a.m. to 3 p.m. each
day that school is in session,
beginning Aug. 30. Tran
sportation must be provided by
the children's family. This
year the fee is $10 per child per
week. Unless enrollment
exceeds our limit we will be
accepting children on a part
time basis at a fee of $3 per
day.
NARROW one-lane Barnard
Bridge (above) may be replaced
by a new bridge but students and
motorists must wait until
December, 1977, before it is
completed. It was hoped that the
long-needed new bridge would
have long been started so that
school children would not be
forced to walk across the bridge
this winter. However, the people
will have to use the present out
dated and dangerous bridge until
the new one is built.
The Badge
Mars Hill Policemen
Aren't Ordinary Type
By JOHN P. FERRE
Small town cops are often
thought of as being husky,
dumb, and red-necked. They
readfly give speeding tickets to
strangers, but are more
lenient with their cousins and
in-laws. Since there are
relatively few infractions of
the lawto keep them busy, they
often spend days combing the
nearby fields and hollows
Searching for hidden stills and,
when one is found, they take a
healthy gulp before destroying
the refinery.
Though many police forces
may conform to this sterotype,
the Mars Hill police do not. If
necessary, R. J. and any other
will stop or arrest a law
breaker, be he a farmer,
minister, or mayor. Mars
1011's police staff is small, but
it effectively enforces the law.
Every officer must have a
high school diploma, em
ployment security, and 160
hours of training before he can
join the department. He must
also be 21 years (rid and have
"settled down." The police
force updates itself with new
equipment and criminology
?vi riiT II m Adil BAma IKa
VCIIllIltti' ctiiva JVUIV
officers study even after
receiving their basic degrees,
ftoy Radford, the youngest of
the five, will begin a two-year
police science program at
Mayland Tech in Spruce Pine
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in September.
In bygone days, the Town of
Mars Hill hired one man who
controlled the water works and
policed the town. He had no
office and no car. In fact, the
town did not purchase a patrol
car until 1974 when they bought ,
the white unmarked Ford
Galaxie. But improvements
and expansions have been
made. Mars Hill has added the
blue 1976 Chevrolet Malibii,
and if Chief Cutshaw's request
is approved, a third car will
appear. The police now have a
small office in the town hall,
and will expand by moving into
the old fire department
building as soon as it is
remodeled. Also, they expect
to purchase an improved radio
system so that they can call
surrounding counties when the
need arises.
The Mars Hill policemen
take pride in the fact that three
of their man are the only
authorised breathalyser
operators in Madison County,
fr a driver is Stopped for drunk
driving by the Highway Patrol,
the Sheriffs Department, or
by the Marshal] or Hot Springs
police, one of the three
authorised Mars Hill
policemen is called to analyse
the driver's breath. If he
refuses the test, his license is
automatically revoked for six
months; if he is legally drank,
he is Jailed in Marshall's
"Riverside Hotel" and has his
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Principals
Organize
In County
Madison County school
principals named officers at '
an organizational meeting
held last Friday.
The following? officer? were
elected for the 19fr6-77 term ?
Vernon J. Ponder,
president; J. C. Wallin, vice
president; Frederick
Anderson, secretary
treasurer.
The Madison County division
of principals consists of all
principals and assistant
principals of the county school
system.
Meetings will be held the
fourth Monday of each month.
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New Barnard Bridge
Contract Awarded
The North Carolina Board of Transportation
awarded a $585,000 contract last Friday for the
replacement of two bridges at Barnard in Madison
County.
The contract calls for the construction of a new
bridge over French Broad River (Secondary Road
1151) and the replacement of an existing bridge
over the nearby Big Pine Creek on Anderson
Branch Road (Secondary Road 1155) with a box
culvert.
The board in its monthly meeting held in
Raleigh awarded the $585,443.30 contract to the low
bidder, Simpson Construction Company of
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Cleveland, Tenn. Construction on the Madison
County project may begin as soon as next month
and is scheduled for completion in December of
1977. fl
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The contract for the bridge replacement work
at Barnard was one of more than 40 separate high
way improvement contracts approved by the
Board of Transportation in today's meeting. The
board, chaired by Secretary of Transportation, G. '
Perry Greene, approved today contracts totaling 1
nearly $24 million of new expenditures for highway Z
improvement in North Carolina. t
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Madison Policy Announced
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For Free, Reduced School Meals ?
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The Madison County Board
of Education has announced its
policy for (free and reduced
price meals, free milk) for ?
children unable to pay the full
price of meals and milk served
under the National School
Lunch and Special Milk
Programs.
Children from famines
'whose income teat or below the
levels shown are eligible for
<frfe or reduced-price meals
orjrree milk); In addition,
families no? meeting tnese
criteria but with other unusual
expenses due to unusually high
medical expenses, shelter
costs in excess of 30 percent of
income, special education
expenses due to the mental or
physical condition of a child,
and for disaster or casualty
losses are urged to apply.
Application forms are being
sent to all homes in a letter to
parents. Copies are also
available at the principal's
office in each school. The in
formation provided on the
application is confidential and
will be used only for the pur
pose of determining eligibility.
Applications may be sub
mitted at any time during the
year.
In certain cases foster
children are also eligible for
these benefits. If a family has
foster children living with
them and wishes to apply for
, snch mean and milk for than,
it should contact the school.
Under the conditions of the
policy, the school principal will
review applications and
determine eligibility. If a
parent is dissatisfied with the
ruling of the official, he may
wish to discuss the decision
with the determining official
on an informal basis. If he
wishes to make a formal ap
peal, he may make a request
either orally or in writing to:
R. L. Edwards, Superin
tendent, P. 0. Box 446, Mar
shall, 28753. Phone: 646-2424;
for a hearing to appeal the
decision. The policy contains
an outline of the hearing
procedure.
If a family member becomes
unemployed or if family size.
changes, the family should
contain the school to file a new
application. Such changes
may make the children of the
family eligible for reduced
price meals, or for additional
benefits such as free meals and
milk if the family income falls
at or below the levels stated.
In the operation of child
s wSUv ''r'^ ^
feeding programs, no child
shall be discriminated against
because of race, sex, color, or
national origin.
Each school and the office of
The Madison County Board of
Education has a copy of the
complete policy which may be
reviewed by any interested
party.
Local school officials have adopted the j
following family size income criteria for deter
mining eligibility: /
INCOME J
Family Sixe Free
1 0?3,680
2 0-4,830
3 > <h-MB0
4 0?7,138
5 0?8,190
6 0-9.240
7 0-10,200
8 0?11,150
9 0-12,010
10 0?12,870
11 0?13,730
12 0-14,590
Each additional
family member
860
Reduced
3,681? 5,730?
4,831? 7,53C? '
> 5,881? -8,32C^
7,131?11,110 (T
8,191 ?12,770 J H
.9,241 ?14,410
10,201?IMftfl jt
11,151 ? 17,390 a
12,011?18,740
12,871?20,090
13,731?21,430
14,591?22,770 *
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1,340 * |
To Dedicate Apartments At MHC Sunday
The Dickson-Palmer
apartments at Mars Hill
College will be dedicated this
Sunday at 4 p.m., it was an
nounced this week.
The apartments were built
as a result of the $525,000 gift
which was made by the Fannie
Drye Palmer Foundation.
A plaque will be unveiled
Sunday in honor of both Mr.
and Mrs Dickson and Mr. and
Mrs. Palmer. Dickson, a
senior trustee, was in
strumental in the gift.
Mars Hill Captures Olympic Honors
Mars ffill captured the swim
and diving meet here last week
to overtake the Walnut Center
who was ahead before the final
contests. The final total score
revealed that Mars Hill had US
points with Marshall the
runner-up with Ml ptnnts.
Walnut was third with 2M
points. Other scores were:
Ebbs Chapel, 49 points;
Laurel, 40 points; Beech Glen,
M points; Spring Creek, 10
points and Hot Springs, 5
points.
The above total points in
cluded four events, Ping Pong,
horseshoes, Anything Goes;
Ricky McDevitt, director of
Madison County Recreation,
presented the championship
trophy to David Thomas
supervisor of Mars Hill Canter
The. beautiful and coveted
trophy will reside in Man Hill
until next summer when the
Summer Olympics lV77willbe
held
Winners from the Msdison
County Swim Meet sre ss
00 METERS
14 and younger, Carolyn
Ramsey, first, Marshall; Tim
I Wide, first, Man Ull.
10-17 yean, Kathy Sprinkle,
first, Walnut; David Lee, first,
Man Hill.
IB and older, Jo Aim
Harrelson, first, Man Hill;
Keith Walker, first, Man Hill
130 METER FREE STYLE
14 and younger, HoUey
Hough, first, Man Hill; Steven
Adams, first, Marshall.
15-17 years, Kathy Sprinkle,
first, Walnut; David Lee, first,
Man Hill.
15 and older, JoAnn
Harrelson, first, Man Hill;
and Keith Walker, first, Man
nn
240 METER TWO-MAN
^ RELAYFREESmE^
first. Marshall. SievrrvAdams
? Mickey Masaey, first,
"Z+M . 'Ml
Hough ? Kim Gibson, first.
Mars Hill; Greg Dillingham ?
Roger Wood, first, Marshall
15-17 years, Sabra Spinkle ?
Suzanne Powell, first, Mars |
Hill; Ricky Anderson-David 1
Lee, first, Mars Hill
lft and older, no show for
prlt, ana noger opruuue ?
Kevin Robinson, fir?t. Walnut
DIVING COMPETITION
STANDARD DIVE
it anu younger, noney
Hough, first, Mars Hill; Tim
Wilde, first, Mars Hll
15-17 years, Kathy Sprinkle,
first, Walnut; and David Lee.
first, Mars Hill.
18 and older, Page, first.
Mars Hill; George Hardin,
first, Mars Hill
MOST ORIGINAL
14 and younger. Holley
Hough, first, Mars Hill; Doug
Bucy, first. Mars Hill
18-17 years, Suzanne Powell,
first. Mars Hill; Ricky Ingle,
first, Marshall
II and older. Page, first.
Mart Hill; George Hardin,
first. Mars Hill
^^GGESH-SPLASH^
^nyeisI'Kathy Sprin* ?
& MaisfUckv iuK,p
15 and oldf't Jean Hbod.
Now Elizabeth Ray's
I A Magazine Reporter
The woman who received one Washington
fringe benefit is about to get another: It was
announced last week that Elizabeth Ray will be
covering the Republican National Convention
for Genesis, a "magazine for men." Ray,
former mistress to Ohio Rep. Wayne Hays, will
be a special reporter in Kansas City, according
to Genesis publisher Norman Hill. "She will be
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