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76th Y?ar No. 2 PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE COUNTY SEAT AT MARSHALL, N.C. THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1977 15?PerCopy
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State Fears Little Sandy Dam Break
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Asks Court To Order Lake Drained
Atty. Gen. Rufus L.
Edmisten has filed a common
law nuisance action in
Madison county on behalf of
the State of North Carolina
seeking to require the owners
of a dam to drain the lake
impounded by the dam
because of the likelihood that
the dam will eventually fail.
The dam is owned by
Bearwallow, Inc., a Florida
corporation, and is located on
Dogget Mountain near the
community of Little Sandy
Mush. Several houses, a
church, a state highway bridge
and state highway 63 are all
located downstream of the
dam.
The complaint filed in
Marshall alleges that there is a
slump in the face of the dam,
that the banks of the earthen
dam are too steep to be
structurally sound, and that
the dam contains no spillway
and water simply runs down
the face of the embankment.
According to engineers of
the North Carolina Depart
ment of Natural and Economic
Resources, the dam does not
appear to be in immediate
danger of failing due prin
cipally to the fact that the lake
is frozen at the present time.
After repeated attempts to get
the owners to voluntarily take
action to remedy the situation,
the attorney general decided to
file suit seeking injunctive
relief due to the potential for
loss of life and severe property
damage which could result if
the dam should fail.
Atty. Gen. Edmisten stated,
'This dam is very similar to
the one in Haywood County
that failed last February, and
resulted in the deaths of four
people. It presents a clear and
immediate danger to the
public."
The complaint requests the
court to order the defendant to
immediately drain and repair
the dam or to drain and breach
the dam
A hearing on the preliminary
injunction is set for Jan. 29 in
Marshall.
Ramsey
Prepares
For Session
Rep. Liston B. Ramsey is in
Raleigh preparing for his
eighth session of the N. C. State
Legislature which convened
Wednesday.
Ramsey says the only ap
pointment made so far by
Speaker of the House Rep. Carl
Stewart is to name Rep. Harris
of Alamance County to chair
the rules committee.
"I don't expect Rep. Stewart
to make any other ap
pointments until about a week
after the session begins,''
Ramsey said in a telephone
interview Wednesday from his
Raleigh office.
"I do know that I will not be
chairman of the finance
committee again because that
<;hairmanship rotates,"
Ramsey saw
Ramsey said Mrs. Barber,
who has been his secretary
since 1969, would be working
with him this session also.
"I plan to oppose legislation (
from the larger cities which i
would affect secondary road ,
funds. These funds are
allocated to counties on a
formula based on unpaved
roads," Ramsey said. i
"It was my formula which I ,
prepared in 1973 that put it into
operation and I will strongly |
oppose the change," Ramsey ,
said.
"As you know, mountain <
counties have more rural <
areas and more un paved I
roads." <
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Ramsey said he spent a lot of (
time opposing legislation when
he felt it was bad legislation."
GUTTED REMAINS of the two-story
residence of Mr. and Mrs. George Pack and
small daughter, at intersection of Fisher's
Lane and NC 213 in the snow following a fire
early Sunday morning. The second story was
burned completely up while the first story
was gutted by flames. It was formerly the
Thad Coates residence. Note tall chimney in
rear which was left standing. The small
structure adjacent to the house was not
damaged. Fifteen Marshall firemen and 10
Mars Hill firemen battled the fire. Some
household items were saved. The Packs
escaped' without injury. (?hoto By Jim
Story)
For Wachovia
676 Earnings Up
6.5% For Year
Wachovia Corporation's
income from continuing
operations before securities
transactions for 1978 totaled
$30,795 million, or 6.5 percent
more than the $28,926 million
earned in 1975. On a per share
basis, this was $2.03 in 1976 as
compared to $1.96 in 1975 or an
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wording to John G. Medlin Jr.,
Wachovia's chief executive
ifficer.
During 1976, there were
448,000, or 3.0 percent, more
common and common
equivalent shares outstanding
an average than in the prior
year. The larger number of
average common equivalent
shares outstanding this year
results from an increase in the
conversion ratio of Wachovia
Corporation's convertible
areferred stock required in
connection with the divestiture
hi July 1, 1976, of American
Credit Corporation.
For the fourth quarter of
1976, Wachovia Corporation
earned $6,920 million from
continuing operations before
securities transactions, or 1.8
percent more than the $6,795
million earned in the final
quarter of 1975. On a per share
basis, fourth quarter earnings
were $.45 in 1976 compared to
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?.m in 1913, reuei'iiuK a 3.3
percent increase in average
shares outstanding between
the two periods
Corporation income from
continuing operations totaled
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$30,686 million or $2.02 a share
in 1976 compared to the prior
year's $27.527 million or $1.86 a
share. The 1976 figures include
net nonrecurring gains
totaling $1,562 million, or $.10
per share, from the sale of two
subsidiary companies reduced
by write-downs of equity
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continuing operations was
$6,799 million or $.44 per share
in the 1976 fourth quarter
compared to $6,563 million or
$.44 per share in the year
earlier quarter.
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Regional Study Published
The Land-of-Sky Regional
Council announced the
publication of the first of two
parts of the Region B Human
Services Study. The study
provides a basis for examining
social and other human
problems in Buncombe,
Henderson, Madison and
Transylvania counties for
evaluating current efforts to
provide human services in the
region.
The stiidy is a response to
local officials, service clients
and agencies who felt a
comprehensive look at
regional needs and services
could improve the delivery of
services, identify gaps and
outline areas where lack of
coordination and duplication
of services exist.
Part 1 of the Region B
Human Services Study in- 8
eludes the study's introduction t
and the data base on which the ?
analysis of need and services s
and recommendations of the t
second part will be based. The
data base includes
demographic, economic, (
health and social statistics j
which serve as indicators of ,
human needs, and service ,
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Commissioners !
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Change Meet
For Public
In order that more people
may attend the regular
meeting of the Madison County
Board of Commissioners, it
was announced this week that
effective this month, the board
will meet on the first Friday
night at 7:30, instead of in the
mornings.
"This will enable persons
who work during the day to
attend the meetings at the
courthouse at night if they
wish," a spokesman said.
irea. A final section displays
he results of group need
issessment sessions with
ervice clients and other
roups in the region.
Information for Part I was
leveloped through personal
nterviews with over 100
igencies in the four counties,
:ompilation of statistical data
from a wide variety of sources,
and group sessions with ser
vices clients, citizens and
jroviders.
Part I was distributed in
lraft form to many agencies in
he region to review, and in
ormation from the study has
)een used already for other
itudies, proposals, and by
igencies and individuals
reeking to better understand
he human problems of the
region.
Part II of the study, to be
xiblished in several months,
vill analyze each county's
luman needs, how these needs
ire being met by current
ervices, and will provide
recommendations on im
roving services.
Fires Destroy
2 Homes
In Cutshalltown
The four-room frame home
of Mrs. Mettie Cutshall of the
White Rock community, was
destroyed by fire on Monday
night, Pec. 27. Mrs. Cutshall
was not at home at the time the
fire was discovered by neigh
bors.
All household furnishings
and clothing were lost.
Those wishing to donate
items may do so by contacting
Sheriff E.Y. Ponder
PATTERSON HOME
The log cabin where Freddie
Patterson, 22, lived alone in the
Cutshall town community, was
destroyed by fire early Friday
morning, Dec. 31, when Pat
terson accidentally threw
some gasoline in a stove at
tempting to start a fire. He
thought it was kerosene. The
stove exploded setting the
small structure on fire. Pat
terson escaped uninjured but
flames burned all furnishings
and clothings.
Adult Classes Being
Held At Madison High
Madison High School and
Asheville-Buncombe
Technical Institute are
currently sponsoring a class
for adults who have not
finished school. Mrs. Hettie
Rice is the instructor. The
class meets at Madison High
School each Tuesday and
Thursday night from 7 till 10.
Mrs. Rice works with students
with reading problems as well
as those who want to get a high
school diploma.
Students interested in the
diploma study at Madison
High School and take the high
school diploma test at A-B
Tech. The classes and
materials are free.
All people who are interested
should contact Mrs. Hettie
Rice at 641*-32to or come to
classes at the high school.
H. W. Buckner Named
Mars Hill Manager
Herbert W. Buckner has
been named manager of the
HERBERT W. BUCKNER
Mars Hill Downtown Office of
Wachovia Bank & Trust
Company, N. A. This an
nouncement was made by
Frank T. Moore, vice
president and chief operating
officer of the Madison County
offices.
Buckner is a native of
Marshall and is the son of Mm.
Nina H. Buckner and the late
Walter T. Buckner. He is a
graduate of Mars Hill College
where he was a member of the
Business Honor Club and the
Society for the Advancement
of Management. Buckner
Joined Wachovia in Asheville
in 1975 as a management
trainee and has been a
member of the Mara Hill staff
since March, 1976.
ACP
Sign Up
Begins Monday
A sign-up period for the 1977
Agricultural Conservation
Program will begin on Mon
day, Jan. 17, and will continue
through Friday, Jan. 31. This
sign-up period applies to all
annual requests for cost
sharing under the 1977 ACP
Program. Soil tests are
recommended but will not be
required for participation in
the 1977 program.
Immediately after the sign
up period ends all requests for
met-sharing will be reviewed
iy the county committee for
legibility and notification will
w mailed to each applicant
hat is eligible
equest are urged to da sa
jetwaen Jan 17 and Jan. 28.
3*ea hours are fr ? a m to
p m w,,rii\ Ini(>u#n
Mars Hill Changes To Computers... Painlessly
A unique arrangement
(between Mars Hill Collate ami
C'ompudat. Inc., an Asheville
based computer service
I- organisation. has enabled ttie
? . college to tranaler all
operations requiring ilala
v: processing to a computer
system. Without lite usual
transitional pains such a
change often brings.
I Under the new
arrangement, the cotlege
specifies its program uuo
system needs through its own
IOOMIMH8 XM-M-ttK-X-r-XW-*
computer center. Compudat
then develop* t lie pn igrani and
systems, and tests ttiem using
actual data Irnm Hie college
Once alj the bugs have been
worked out and retmemenis
made, the operating system is
transferred to the computer at
Mara Hill with Compuuai
personnel providing the
training tor the stall at IIm
college According to Hill
Wttde. Compudat prjifciit
and a Mars Hill nsodeni
Compudat operates both as a
sendee bureau and an
educational agency.
As an example <>| Imiw Hw
arrangement works. Dm
college's student' registration
system was programmer
during the summer. During
the fall, the new registration
system was tested hy actually
doing the computer aiwMeo
portion of the registration
procedure at (ompudat s
facilities The s.vMcm was
refined based on this initial
experience and lurther tested
on the pre-registration lot
spring semester Tlie own
pleted program is now reedy
for transfer to tlie college s
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facilities.
According to Dr. David
DeVries. director of in
stitutional research at tin'
college, "the arrangement
with Compudat lias not only
saved the college several
thousand dollars in personnel
costs, but also allowed tin
college to avoid tlie nugis
problems caused byatranslci
to a computer system Com
pudal |prov ides us "UhthClllgl
level of expertise needed t<
operate the aystem until oui
own staff develops sufficient
'
familiarity and skills In oi
lectively utilize nut nun
computer.''
Funded by a (2 milium HMfc
grant received last Ma>. tlie
college developed a Planning.
Management, and Kvaluntnm
System to cover all nl tin
college's operations ami
provide informal am lor polM-y
making decisions and
evaluation ol the college*
operations and provide in
formation fnr pohev making
deciaions and evaluation nt iiie
college's progiams At (lie
heart ol this new plan w a
.> lii to llii' live
nterdependent areas tii.ii
nake up the whole of Mars Hill
Allege finances, stunetiis
itaff, lacihiics. aiKt
?urriculum This syxtafto.
railed the Traiutactiomil
Information System, will
gather, store, orgamw. and
?; recall inlnnwatiim on all
aspect! Of Hh- operations in
ratifies new IBM SNKlnti <\
HHBy|?r and un?kt
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