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The News - Record
SERVING THE PEOPLE OF MADISON COUNTY
751ti YEAR No. 36 PUBLISHED WEEKJ.Y IN THE COUNTY SEAT AT MARSHALL, N.C. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1976 15* Per Copy
MARS HILL'S attractive fire house mi Main Street.
Mars Hill Firemen
To Hold Open House
Members of the Mars Hill Volunteer Fire
Department will observe open house at their
recently constructed fire building on Main Street.
The week-long observance will begin this Sunday
from 1 to 5 pm. and will be open for visitors each
night through Oct. 8 from 7 to 9.
Hiis week-long observance is appropriate since
?ext week is National Fire Prevention Week.
Hie public is cordially invited to visit the new
headquarters and observe the equipment on
display, inspect the fire trucks and meet the
members of the department.
The new building, located on Main Street, was
finished by the contractors about a month ago and
since that time the firemen have finished the
downstairs and added the finishing touches to the
entire building.
The building consists of a three-bay parking
area for trucks upstairs and a Uarge meaning
room-kitchen combination and a /service room
complete with grease pit downstairs.
Paving and landscaping are not yet complete
but the members of the fire department are
continuing to improve the new facilities.
Phil Briggs is fire chief.
Roads Funds Allocated
State Secondary Roads
Cowcilman Ted Smith of
Swannanoa announced last
Jim Hunt, Democratic
candidate for governor, will be
honored at a dinner Friday at
Madiaon High School which
also will be attended by Mrs
Betty McCain, newly-elected
chairman of the state
Democratic Executive
Cbmmittfgi;
The dinner, to be held from 6
to 10 pro., will be? ?>.? n so red by
the Democratic parties of
Mitchell. Yancey, Madiaon
and Buncombe counties
week that $106,400 of sup
plemental road construction
funds have been allocated for
use to improve secondary
roads in Madison County.
This allocation is part of a
646-million statewide sup
plemental allocation of
secondary road construction
finds for fiscal year 1976-77
and was approved by the
Board of Transportation last
month. These funds are in
addition to the $30millk>n
allocation enacted by the
General Assembly during its
second 1976 session.
Madison County's share of
the 930-million allocation
released in July was (662,200.
bringing the county's total
share of secondary con
struction funds for this fiscal
year to (787,600.
"The Madison County share
of the funds is based on a
formula that puti all counties
on aa equal footing by con
sidering estimated local
construction costs, the number
of unpaved miles of secondary
roads in any given county and
the rdattanahipofthls mileage
to the overall mileage of un
paved secondary roads In the
state," Smith explained.
There are 3X9 miles of un
paved secondary roads in
Madison County and the
average cost of constructing a
single mile of roadway in
Madison County is estimated
at 170,350.
Smith will coordinate the
planning and selection of
construction projects within
Madison County that will be
financed by this supplemental
allocation, "We will be
working very closely with the
county commissioners in
determining what projects to
present to the Secondary
Roads Cotmcil for its final
approval,'' concluded Smith.
Tobacco Loan
Rate Proposed
A proposed schedule of
grade loan rates for 1976-crop
hurley tobacco was announced
on Sept. 20 by the U. S.
Department of Agriculture i
(USDA).
The proposed loan rates
range from 75 to 120 cents per ]
pound and reflect an average i
support of 100.3 cents per I
pound ? 13.2 cents per pound '
above the 1975 level.
As in the past, no loans will i
be available on any tobacco 1
graded No-G (no grade), U '
i unsound), W (doubtful <
keeping order), or scrap ]
Marketings of these grades, ' <
however, will be charged .
against the quotas for the !
farms upon which they were I
produced.
The cooperative
associations through which
advances are made available
will be authorised to deduct
one cent per pound to apply
against overhead costs.
Comments regarding the
proposed rates will be con
sidered if submitted in writing
by Oct. 23 to the Director,
Tobacco and Peanut Division,
Agricultural Stabilisation and
Conservation Service. U. S.
Department of Agriculture,
Washington, D. C 30250 The
comments will beavailaMefor
public inspection in the office
it the Director, Room W52,
Agriculture Department's
?>asmess hours. 1:15 a.m. to
l:4Bpm. .
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Mountain Music, Dances
It's Festival Time
Again On The Hill
Hie ninth annual Bascorn
Lamar Lunsford "Minstrel of
the Appalachians" has been
set for Sept. 30, Oct. 1 and 2.
Billed as the "world's most
authentic festival of mountain
music and dancing," the
festival was established by
Lunsford and Mars Hill
pharmacist Ed Howard.
Lunsford, internationally
known for his vast knowledge
of mountain ballads, music
and dancing, worked at a
number of professions before
returning to his first love,
mountain music. He became a
virtual one-man repository of
old tunes and conducted a
crusade to rekindle the pride of
hisown people in their music.
He was born on the campus
here, where his father served
as president during the 18706
and his mother oversaw one of
the residence halls. He
maintained close contact with
the college and donated many
of his manuscripts, recor
dings, and instruments to the
college. He said that he first
learned ballad singing and
banjo picking as a child on the
mountain campus; and of all
the festivals he founded, this is
the only one he allowed to
carry his name.
The festival, expanded to
three days in 1974, will again
feature a Thursday night
devoted to mountain dancing,
both clog and smooth. The
event will be held in the
gymnasium of the Madison
County High School in Mar
shall starting at 7:30 p.m
Beginning, junior and adult
classes will be featured An
admission charge of SO cents
for all students and tl for
adults will be made. The
money raised during the
weekend will go to support the
Southern Appalachian Center.
One of the primary functions
of the Lunsford Festival is to
involve younger musicians
and pass on mountain music
traditions. On Oct. 1, these
younger musicians will join
the more established
musicians and dancers in a
festival of traditional moun
tain music and dancing. This
event will be held in the
college's Maore Auditorium
beginning at 7:30 p.m. There
will be an admission charge to
this event of SO cents for
students and $1 for adults.
Saturday has always been
the busiest day of the festival,
and Oct. 2 will be no different.
Beginning Saturday morning,
there will be workshops in
clawhammer and bluegrass
banjo playing, guitar playing,
ballad singing, the dulcimer,
and the fiddle conducted by
outstanding mountain
musicians Workshops in
smooth and ciog mountain
dancing will also be conducted.
Weavers, whittlers. quilt
makers, spinners and wood
workers will be demonstrating
their crafts and skills all day
Saturday in front of the
Country Boutique. A special
demonstration of home
cooking skills will also be held
Saturday. This demonstration
will feature woodstove cooking
including pie making, bread
baking, general meal
preparation, as well as soap
making, jam and jelly making
and butter churning.
A "jam" session will start
aroisid 2 p.m., and will give
newcomers and oldtimers a
chance to pick and sing as well
as renew old acquaintances
and make new friends among
the many musicians who will
attend.
Saturday evening, beginning
at 7:30 in Moore Auditorium,
musicians and dancers will
gather to honor the memory of
Ltmsford and to carry on the
tradition he began nearly M
years ago Dancers from the
previous nlrfrts' activities will
also participate. There win be
an admission charge of 50
cents ft* all Students and pi so
for adults.
Gudger
Certified
As Winner
"Hie State Board of Elections
official figures showed today
that Lamar Gudger won the
Democratic nomination to
Congress in the 11th District by
772 votes in the Sept. 14
primary.
The official figures gave
, 22,767 votes to Gudger, an
Asheville attorney and state
senator, to 21,995 for Glenn
Brown, a Waynesville at-,
torney.
Vo^r? ? 2
To Register
In Precincts
The Democratic judge of
each precinct will be at the
polling place within their.
precinct on Sept. 30 from 7 to9
p.m. for the purpose of
registering voters. This ser
vice is available to all
unregistered voters, regar
dless of party affiliation.
Voter Registration
Deadline October 4
Only three days are left to
register to vote for the Nov. 2
General Election.
The office of the Board of
Elections will be open Thur
sday from 4:30 to 9 p.m. for the
convenience of those who are
unableto go to theoffice during
normal hours.
Persons who are not sure of
their registration should
contact the Board of Elections
at 649-3731, prior to the Oct. 4
deadline which closes
registration at 4:30p.m.
Giving Blood
Has Become
Cody Tradi tion
Donating Mood to the
American Red Cross has
become a tradition in Mar
shall's Cody family.
Kermit Cody Sr. has been
awarded a gold pen for eon
Mhutina fivA anllnne /\f
That works out to 40 points, or
40 visits to the btoodmobile,
since donors are limited to one
pint at a time.
His sons, Hermit Jr. and
Teddy have started their own
donations. Kennit Jr. has now
Joined the two-gallon club
having contributed 10 pints,
and Tedd has given his first.
Boy Scout
Bake Sale
Here Friday
lite Marshall Troop of the
Boy Scouts of America will
hoM a bake sale Friday at 10
a.01 Th< r embers of the troop
will sell such Keens as cakes,
cupcakes, candy, etc. in an
effort to raise enough monoy to
buy SCTU talforrns for each
ssskissfsi^mi
we Bull appreciate any
support you can give them
during the mle coming up
A FOREST SERVICE craw is
shown on the French Broad
Ranger District constructing a log
dam which will cause a hole to
form in the stream bed. This work
is being done on Cold Springs
Creek and will improve trout
fishing in that area. Neal Barnett,
forestry technician, said that four
structures have been built and that
25 more are planned for later