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SERVING THE PEOPLE OF MADISON COUNTY
751h YEAR No. 35 PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE COUNTY SEAT AT MARSHALL, N.C. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1976 15? Per Cow
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PATIENCE AND SKILL are
necessary for tatting, and Mrs.
Alma Garrison has both. Using a
shuttle in her right hand she
transforms thread into tiny,
delicate shapes which she stores in
small plastic boxes until she needs
them to decorate die notecards she
sells. Her equipment also includes
manicure scissors which she uses
to place shapes where they are to
be glued. Flair tip pens are used
for drawing part of the design,
such as stems for the tatted
flowers.
'Crafty' Mom Has Patience And Skill
"My crafty mother" -
, that's what one of Mrs. Alma
Garrison's daughters calls
ho-. To people who know her,
the reason is obvious.
This Madison County
resident enjoys making items
that, range from friendly
looking stuffed frogs to
delicate lace.
"I could get along without
making things, but it gives me
something to do," comments
the soft voiced lady. Of course,
there were several years when
ihe didn't have to look for
omething special to do. She
ind her husbimd, the late T. E.
Harrison, reared nine
dtildren. Two sons, Arnold and
Joe, live near her in the Bull
>eek section of the county.
l\w> daughters, Mrs. Emily
Oavis and Mrs. Helen Simp
ion, live in Asheville. The
>ther children are scattered.
As a teenager, Mrs.
Sarrison learned tatting, the
:ime-consuniing process of
naldng lace by hand. "All the
other young girls around were
learning; and, of course, if
they were, I had to," she
recalls with a twinkle in her
eye.
As her family grew up, she
remembers trimming only a
few items with her handmade
lace. However, her husband
always encouraged her to do
what she wanted to, and a few
years ago, she turned again to
tatting
Anyone who has admired the
decorated notepaper in the
Cbtmtry Boutique on the
campus of Mars Hill College
has admired the results of Mrs
Garrison's skill. Using lace to
trim cards is not her original
idea, though, Mrs. Garrison
explains. She once saw a
Christmas card decorated in
that way and adapted the idea
tonotecards.
CM ah* halve nutal colored
notecards made from high
quality paper. Then, using a
combination of talents, she
decorates them.
Miniature lace flowers paep
from baskets which she draws
by hand; butterflies, their
wings adorned with tatted
circles about the sire of a pin
head, hover over delicate
petals; birds and other
animals also appear on her
cards. In a box of 20 notes, all
are different. Notecards are
sold in boxes of 20 or packets of
2.
Mrs. Garrison doesn't mind
demonstrating her craft, "It
really isn't hard," she says
reassuringly as she shows how
the thread is placed on the left
hand. With a rhythmic motion
she moves the shuttle in her
right hand to the thread. She
doesn't even have to look at
what she's doing.
It takes at least one day to tat
the decorations for 20 cards,
glue than in place and make
the hand drawings, she
estimates. To make the lace to
trim one pillowcase also
requires a day.
Some department stores still
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County Schools Adopt
New Report Cards
R. L. Edwards, superin
tendent of the Madison County
School System, announced this
week that experimental report
cards have been adopted for
the Madison County schools for
. the 1978-77 school year. At the
end of the school term, the
report cards will be re
evaluated before adoption is
fade for the 1977-78 school
far the first time, kin
dergarten children will
receive a report card. Ibey
wiD be evaluated on such items
Ss metal adjustment and
jEtUrgrades will be given
I This is an attempt to keap the
parents better Informed on
A dWerent report card has
been selected for grades
I sad grades *4. In grades 14,
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ifi'Afiw Thf* i p? ?'.* will ill?
I alio indicate the particular
area of reading, such aa
reading comprehension, in
which the child needs ad
ditional improvement. There
is also a place on the report
card for the parent to indicate
if he would like to have a
I conference with the teacher.
I In grades 4-8, a similar
report card has bean adopted,
but grades in letters and the
MOMrical value of each letter
will be placed on the report
card. New areas have also
been added.
la grades S-U, last years'
grading system will be used,
bet the student win receive a.
report card from each of the
subject teachers and those do
not need to be returned Ibis
system enables the student to
dfeuas his gr with i* I
laiwcording grades
Murder Charge Lodged
After Revere Shoot-Out
Gary Cook, 2S, of Candler,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Odell Cook,
of Route 3, Marshall, was
instantly killed Swday af
ternoon during a shoot-out at
the Ruben Gosnell Store in the
Revere section of Madison
County. Two other men,
Bernard Franklin and Shad
King, of the Laurel section,
were wounded in the affray
involving several men.
Franklin is listed in fair
condition at Memorial Mission
Hospital in Aaheville and King
is listed in serious condition at
Takoma Hospital in
Greeneville, Tenn.
Sheriff Ponder stated that it
looked like both men were shot
more than once. He said that
two guns, both rifles, had been
seized and more weapons
might be confiscated during a
complete investigation of the
incident which is still going on.
Martin Norton, 20, of the
Laurel community, is in the
Madison County Jail, charged
with the murder of Cook and
assault with intent to kill Shad
King and Franklin, Sheriff
Ponder said here Monday.
Ponder also said that Johnny
Cupp of Asheville, formerly of
Route 3, Marshall, has been
charged with assault with
intent to kill Martin Norton
during the shoot-out Sunday
afternoon.
Ponder said that he was
holding several other men for
questioning. "They haven't
been charged with anything
yet," the sheriff stated.
"It looks like this thing
started about midnight
Saturday following a "rock or
mountain music festival"
which was held in the Rice
Cove section of Sodom Laurel
on the Morris Norton Farm,"
the sheriff said.
Ponder told the News
Record Monday that he
received word that some
misconduct and arguments
were going on at the site of the
festival around midnight
Saturday and he and a deputy
went to the scene and told the
men involved in an argument
to go on home and behave
themselves. He stated that he
believed 11 men were involved
and when he asked them to go
on home, they obeyed.
But, the sheriff commented,
the Saturday night incident
seemed to flare up again
Sunday afternoon.
Ponder said that several
men, according to witnesses,
were in the Ruben Gosnall
store Sunday afternoon, some
of them shooting pool while
others were either watching or
just standing around. About 4
p.m. a truck drove up to the
store and he said those on the
truck included Jerry Wallin.
Johnny Cupp, Freddie Pat -I
terson, Berharu Franklin.
Shad King, Gary Cook,
Michael Franklin, Dale
Gunter and Michael Johnson,
of the Laurel area.
Ponder said that it appeared
that "both sides" in the dispute
were armed and that more
than one gun was used in the
shootings.
"They were hurt so we got
them to the hospitals and it
looked like both the wounded
boys were shot more than
once," Ponder stated.
According to witnesses, the
sheriff said that Franklin,
King and Cupp were not at the
festival but came up near
midnight.
Sheriff Ponder stated
Monday that he had not found
out definitely what the men
were arguing about or what
ignited the fatal shooting
Sunday.
FUNERAL
WEDNESDAY
Services for Cook were held
at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at
Belva Baptist Church.
The Rev. Gordon Ball of
ficiated Burial was in Chapel
Hill Baptist Church Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Emerson
and L. C. King, Jerry and
Randy Wallin, Ralph Ramsey,
Dale Gunter and Lewis
Franklin.
A native of Madison County
and a Candler resident for two
years, he was employed by
Bohanson Construction Co
and was a Navy veteran <rf
Vietnam.
Surviving are the wife, Mrs.
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Hot Springs
Forms Its Own
Election Board
A newly-created Municipal
Board of Elections has been
organized at Hot Springs,
according to Mayor Joe E.
Henderson. The new board
was organized on the first
Monday in September and is
composed of Harold Anderson,
chairman; Wade Ponder ssid
Prank Moore, members.
Mayor Henderson told the
News-Record Monday that the
local elections board would
appoint the registrar and
judges at all municipal eiec
tionsin Hot Springs.
It was also stated that the
proposed ABC election which
has been a controversial issue
for months in Hot Springs
would be 30 days or more after
the general election on Nov. 3.
Harold Anderson, who has
been an alderman of Hot
Springs for more than 10 years,
resigned this position several
weeks ago. Sickiey Harrison
was named to succeed
Anderson as alderman. Other
aldermen are Jerry Ramsey
and Gene Autrey.
Title VI-B Schools
Project Approved
The Madiaon County School
System has received approval
for a homebo'md Project for
Exceptional Children for the
1976-77 school year. The
amount of grant is 99,153.00.
Under this proposal, Mrs.
Carolyn Briggs win serve as
homebound teacher for
"excluded" children who are
either physically and-or
mentally handicapped and
cannet attend public H1H1
"Excluded" children are
children who were not eerved
by any educational agency
during the 1975-76 school year.
Mrs. Briggs will visit the
child's home twice a week and
teach him individually There
will be no charge for this
service.
For further information or to
refer a child call the Madison
Coisity Board of Education
(MM4M).
Quiet Artist
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selling her work during the
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ginning howwrer;
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in numerous an shows She
currently has a display in the
Ashevtlle Mall and will par
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County .Will
Get $8,858
Forest Fund
District Ranger Bobby
Brady reports that Madison
County will receive 18,858.32
from the U. S. Forest Service
as its share of receipts from
the sale and use of National
Forest products and services
during FY 78. These receipts
represent 25 percent of the
finds collected by the forest
service in Madison County
from timber sales and land use
charges. These finds are used
by the county for schools and
roads.
Madison Summer:
Business Picks Up
Retail business in Madison County has bees
considerably better this summer than last, ac
cording to statistics compiled by the N. C. Dept. of
Revenue and the N. C. Merchants Association.
Retail sales totaling $1,865,040 were reported
in June, 1976, up $200,000 over June, 1975 sales of
$1,660,876 but off slightly from May, 1976, when
sales totaled $1,941,802.
Yancey County merchants reported retail
sales of $2,469,145 in June, 1976, compared to
$2,181,521 in June, 1975, and $2.218,839in May, 1976.
Wells Yield
811 Gallons
Per Minute
Workmen have been drilling
for additional water supply in
the Marshall area for several
weeks and the efforts have
paidoff.
A well (No. 8) on the Landon
Roberts property on Walnut
Creek yields 172 gallons per
minute and was hooked up to
the main water supply last
Friday, according to Donald
Ramsey, alderman. In ad
dition to this well, another well
(No. 7) yields 114 gallons per
minute and will be developed
in the near future.
Two wells on the B. G.
Fortner property in Marshall
yield a total of 525 gallons per
minute and will also be
developed.
"The combined total from
the four wells is approximately
811 gallons per minute,"
Ramsey stated. ?
He said that out of the eight
wells drilled and inspected,
fotr will be developed. "This
concludes the well drilling
projects," Ramsey said.
we are pieasea wun tne
results of the projects and feel
that with these added supplies,
Marshall is in good shape,
waterwise," the alderman
stated.
Hunt To Be
Honored
At Dinner
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Lt. Gov. Jim Hunt will be
honored at a dinner Oct. 1 ft
Madison High School which
also will be attended by Mrs.
Betty McCain, newly-elected
chairman of the state
Democratic Executive
Committee.
The dinner, to be held from 8
to 10 p.m., will be sponsored by
the Democratic parties of
in* nlv mil V amrif UarUsMi
ivntcneu, iincey, maaisoii
and Buncombe counties.
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