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SERVING THE PEOPLE OF MADISON COUNTY J 75th YEAR No. 41 PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE COUNTY SEAT AT MARSHALL, N.C. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 4, 1976 15' Per Copy Madisgfn Gives Democrat Majorities NEW OFFICERS of the Mars Hill College Board of Advisors, left to right, John Owen Tilson, vice chairman, Region V; Mrs. Graham V. Lawrence, vice chairman, Region IV; Dr. Luby Royall, vice-chairman, Region Ill; Bruce Hudson, vice chairman, Region II; Jim Hughes, vice-chairman, Region I; Carl Westmoreland, former chairman; Harold Austell, new chairman; and Mars Hill president, Dr. Fred B. Bentley. Immense interest in the Presidential, Congressional. Gubernatorial. State and county offices, plus a brighter and sunny election day, resulted in a large turnout of voters in Madison County Tuesday. Voters in Madison County gave the Democratic can didates victories in every contest on the ballot by sub stantial-margins except in the 11th District Congressional race. Bruce Briggs, of Mars Hill, Republican candidate, led the Republican ticket in the county, receiving 2996 votes. Lamar Gudger, Democratic candidate, barely managed to have a majority of 89 votes, receiving 3085 votes in the unofficial count. In the Presidential race, county voters gave Jimmy Carter 3433 votes to Jerry Ford's 2446. Jim Hunt, Jr., easily defeated his Republican op ponent, David Flaherty, 3730 to 2258. The remainder of the State offices were won by Democrats by a ratio of 1000 votes plus in Madison County. In the race for State Senator. I. C. Crawford and Bob Swain defeated their Republican opponents. Crawford received 3343 votes, Swain, 3265; Ed Krause, 2332 ; Ted Smith, 2262. Ernest Messer and Liston B. Ramsey, Democratic in cumbents in the N. C. House of Representatives, were unopposed Ramsey received 3411 votes and Messer received 3385 In the county's only ' 'courthouse office race'', Mrs. Jena Lee Buckner, Democrat, received 3523 votes and V. J. Willis, Republican, received 2269 votes. Harold Wallin, Democrat, incumbent tax collector, received 3375 votes (with totals from one voting machine still to be added to total). He was unopposed. Randal Buckner received 362 votes in the non-partisan election for Soil and water Conservation Supervisor. He was unopposed. Ronald Howell, Democrat, unopposed for Superior Court Judge, 24th District, received 3438 votes. In the race for 24th District Court Judge, Braswell received 2365 votes and Lacey received 2290 votes. Both Republicans, they were unopposed. Quick Results The polls closed at 7:30 p.m. and by 10 p.m., all 11 precincts had reported their results. It was perhaps the quickest complete unofficial reporting from the precincts in the county's history in a general election. Interested spectators came to the courtroom to see the results posted on the large blackboards sponsored by The News-Record "I couldn't have done it without the cooperation of the Board of Elections and several others who so generously volunteered to help post the election returns at the cour thouse Tuesday night," Jim Story, editor of The News Record, commented. He especially pointed out the fine assistance given by Jerry Plemmons, who was "chalk man" on the boards; Delba Jean Roberts, who kept up with the "stat sheets"; Sharon Ray, executive secretary to ,1 the board of elections, who is always cooperative; and Diane Coates and "Sandy" Hembree who also assist ~d. JENA LEE BUCKNER -Register of Deeds At Man Hill College New Advisory Officers Named New officers of Mara Hill College's Board of Advisors were named during homecoming activities at Mara Hill recently The Board of Advisors, established in 1967 by the college's trustees, assists the college in its long range goals of fund raising, student recruitment, and general public relations. The recommendations of the 100-membpr board are channeled through the Board of Trustees, which is the of ficial policy-making body of the college. Membership of the advisory board is comprised of interested persons, both alumni and friends of the college, and is not limited to Baptist residents of North Carolina as the trustees are In addition to electing new officers, the board adopted a resolution honoring James Westell of Asheville, a board member who died unex pectedly Just before the meeting. The new chairman is Harold 1 Austell, a resident of Green ville, S. C? and sales ! maanager of the F. E. Com- ! pton Company. Vice-chairmen ] include: Region I, Weston ' North Carolina, Jim Hughes, a resident of Asheville and < president of the Marmel i Corporation which includes Hughes Tire Distributors, the Downtown Tire Center, and Veloce Tire Sales of Asheville; Region II, North Piedmont, Bruce Hudson, a resident of Hickory, and a member of Clark Tire Company, Region (II, South Piedmont, Mrs. Graham V. Lawrence, a Charlotte educator; Region ;< -f.A.-'?. Kf \ f IV, Eastern North Carolina, Dr. Luby Royal] Jr., a Smith field optometrist; Region V, out-of-state, Owen Tilson, a resident of Greenville, S. C. and a sales manager with Graybar Electric Company; and secretary-treasurer. Manly Wright, an Asheville resident and vice president of the Northwestern Bank there. ChUd Care Funding Under Council Fire The child care program* in Madiaon County were diacuaaed at a meeting of the Land-of-Sky Regional Council last week with the council continuing Its strong stand against separately ad gdnistered child care programs The action involved the Head Start funding '*The" council adopted a disappr ?al of a $436,2K continuation grant if the Head SUri program in Madison County fails to follow . is recommendations made by the The Head Start program is operated in Buncombe and Madison counties by the Opportunity Corporation, while a separate child development program is operated by the two counties under an Appalachian Regional Commission grant, it WtOTtated. Questions raised in review of grant proposals for the two programs have centered around possible duplication of services. On Sept 23 the regional council adopted recom mendations of a study com mittee en the two programs that call for the programs to be placed under a single director ame action raker at last vs? *k s meeting on the Heed start ; Swine Flu Shots Giver Each Friday V w L ?? * J * * ASC Tobacco Marketing Cards Available Nov. 8 The ASCS Office will begin issuing 1976 burley tobacco marketing cards on Nov. 8, announced W. B. Zink, county executive director of ASCS. Farmers are asked to come into the office to pick up their marketing card and file a certification as to the use or non-use of the chemicals DDT, TDE, toxaphene and endrin. "If fanners send someone to pick up their card, they must send a written request signed by themselves giving us authority to issue the card and also authorization for that person to certify to the non-use of the above chemicals," said Zink "By asking our farmers to come in to get their marketing cards it will give us the op portunity to answer any questions our fanners may have and explain the purpose and proper use of the card," added Zink Personally ex plaining the proper use of the card will hopefully prevent misuse and violations Following are some im portant farts farmers should know about the marketing of tobacco: l. Pounds marketed above 110 percent of the farm quota are subject to a marketing quota penalty and are not eligible for price support All tobacco marketed must be recorded on the m ? kft'iu card >1 acco uini acuisg u ?? i wuwvvw marketed abwetoO percent of warehouse (except where card is needed by owner or operator to effect a transfer of quota). Any tobacco left at the warehouse is considered marketed and is subject to penalty even though you are not paid for the tobacco. S. Cards must be picked up from the warehouse at the time payment is received for the tobacco. 6. Examine the marketing card and sale bills after each sale to see that the sale was correctly recorded. Report any error to the ASCS Marketing Recorder at die warehouse or to the local ASCS office. 7. As soon as marketings are complete, return the marketing card to the county ASCS office. 8. If an error results in your selling above 110 percent of the farm quota, or tobacco is marketed on the card that was produced on another farm, you can be held responsible for payment of marketing quota penalties at 79 cents per pound and the next quota established for the farm may be reduced. 9. If the marketing card is used to. market tobacco produced on another farm or if tobacco produced on this farm is identified on the marketing card for another farm, the person involved may be subject to prosecution under Title 18, Section 1001 of the U. S. Criminal Code which provides for a fine of not more than $10,000 or imprisonment for not more than five years or both. In conclusion, Zink stated that the county office is open from 8 a.m. to S p.m. Monday through Friday, except holidays. $100,000 Allocatecf For River Cleanup The Tennessee Valley Authority has allocated $100,000 for improvement of 117 miles of the French Broad River, including the stretch through Marshall. The money has been allocated as a grant to the Land of the Sky Commission according to com mission executive director Hubert Sheppard. The commission serves Madison, Buncombe, Hen derson and Transylvania counties. A $10,000 sum has been set aside to remove the dam at Marshall, if a feasibility study indicates that is warranted. A TV A engineer has reported that the im poundment backed up by the dam, which is five feet above the river bed, has filled with silt to the top of the dam. TV A has made available 250 wooden boxes for I ; ,, * ,. . v * -J homes of wood ducks, which are plentiful along the French Broad. They are about a third the size of regular farm ducks and generally nest in small holes in trees. Scouts and 4~H Club members will be taugit where to place the boxes, to serve as homes for die ducks, along the riyer. , .v. * Several sites for landing canoes are being acquired. \ . > The federally funded project, designed to clean up and develop the French Broad River and its tributaries in the four-county area of Region B, has been praised by local, state and federal of ficials as one of the most successful projects ever initiated in the region. Council Chariman William Ives said at the meeting that it goes along with other efforts in the region to clean up and preserve the natural mountain environment in the Region B area, which includes Buncombe, Madison, Henderson and Transylvania counties. The budget adopted for the river clean-up project appropriates $30,000 for equipment used in the cleanup, $30,000 for acquisition of public access points to the river, $10,000 for dam removal (such as a five-foot dam at Marshall), $10,000 for river bank stabilization, $14,500 for administering the program and the remaining funds for developing a ''river guide" and wildlife habitat. ABC Vote Set At Hot Springs Hot Springs residents will decide December 7 whether they will close the town's ABC Store. The Hot Springs governing board voted tftonday to put the issue before voters in a referendum. The Alcoholic Beverage Control More, owned by the town but controlled and operated under state law, has been con troversial in recent months It is the only one of its kind in Madison County. Citisens have presented two petitions 'ailing en whether the store should be closed. The first was found invalid oecause not enough of the signers lived Within ?3 % i v-,s It** A -? . .<| _ i ?? I ? ? _ J t v i -conap tition was pre? <<t ' : f >{* \URU3t ii,^' 'ii ,, ;/*
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