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76th Year No. 3 PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE COUNTY SEAT AT MARSHALL, N.C THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1977 15' Per Copy
'Snow Day' Crunch To Be Discussed
? School superintendents from
17 WNC school districts are
meeting with state school
officials, including Dr. Craig
Phillips, on Wednesday to try
to find a solution to the "Snow
Day" crunch which is af
fecting public schools, Robert
L. Edwards stated here
Monday night
Edwards told the News
Record that 17 superin
tendents met last Thursday
morning at the regional center
in Canton and discussed how
best to handle snow day
closings during a severe
winter like this one in the 10
month school year.
This is the third year under
the statewide system in which
teachers work under contracts
that only cover the 10 con
secutive months from the
opening day of the school year
calendar, said Robert L.
Edwards, superintendent of
Madison County schools.
There is some maneuvering
room for days in which
weather makes it advisable
not to hold school, and the
system operated well the past
two years during relatively
mild winters.
But with much of the first
two weeks of scheduled school
days in January lost because
the succession of snow and ice,
administrators in mountain
counties are running out of
options, Edwards said.
Piedmont and Eastern North
Carolina, with not so
dangerous roads and milder
temperatures, seldom have to
close schools because of bad
weather.
Into the 10 months, Edwards
said, state law sets up the
following: 180 days for
students to attend classes and
teachers to teach, 8 legal
holidays, 12 V2 annual leave
days for teachers and 17Vs
work days when teachers
make pre-term preparations
and use the end of grading
periods to do report cards and
the like.
That makes a total of 218
assigned days, which when
added to 43 .Saturdays and 43
Sundays takes up virtually all
of the 10-months period.
Teacher leave days are
applied, Edwards said, to such
activities as N. C. Association
of Educators meetings,
primaries and general elec
tions that tie up schoolhouses,
and bad weather days.
"We (in Madison County)
have 96 days left in the school
year for students," Edwards
said. "And after today
(Wednesday) we only have six
teacher work days and one
holiday left."
If you count in five day
weeks until the end of school
(on June9 in Madison), it adds
up to 106 days. And if you add
up 98 student days, six work I
days and one holiday, you also
get a total of 105 days.
How about holding school on
Saturdays? That is governed
by a state policy, Edwards
said, that "you can go to school
on Saturday only if you missed
a day of school that same
week "
As Edwards sees it, the time
is fast approaching when he
will have to schedule school for
both teachers and students five
days a week no matter how
deep the snow, and let the
buses run only where they can
go in safety.
Students who live on roads
that buses can safely travel, or
who have parents who can get
them to school on their own,
can attend; and those who are
not so fortunate will simply
have to miss classes.
"1 hope the public will be
able to see that we have these
rules to go by, and that when
the weather is as bad as we
have had it this year, the
school administrators in
mountain counties don't have
enough maneuvering room to
do what we would like to do,"
Edwards said.
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County
Schools
Accredited
On Jan. 6, the North Carolina
State Board of Education,
upon the recommendation of
State Supt. Dr. A. Craig ?
Phillips, approved the Level I
accreditation of Madison
County schools.
Dr. Phillips' recom
mendation was based on an
evaluation by the State
Accreditation Committee. The
State Accreditation Com
mittee has been working with , i
the Madison County School
system during the year 1976
and on Nov. B, 1978, the
Accreditation Committee
made a visit to Madison
County to review the com
prehensive educational plan
ior raaaisonuouniy.
In 1974, the N. C. State Board
of Education changed the basis
far State Accreditation from
Individual schools to ad
ministrative units. This
Certificate of Accreditation
was presented to Madison
P/Mmfv arKnnlo in rorvwmitinn
of its accomplishments and
continuing commitment to
excellence in educational
programs and services, which
ir# rMnnniivp tn nppH? nf
children of Madison County.
Supt. Robert L. Edwards,
along with Madison County
school board members,
Emory Wall in and Dedrick
Cody, were present at the State
Board meeting for presen
tation of the Certificate of
Accreditation. Dr. Bobby Jean
Rice, supervisor for Madison
County schools and who has
been very instrumental in the
accreditation process, was
alao scheduled to go to state
School Board meeting, but due
to death in her family, was
unable to go.
SUB ZERO temperatures this week have caused the French
Broad River to freeze over. The packed ice nearly reached
the top of the rock wall along the railroad Tuesday morning.
By noon, melting ice had poured onto Main Street from the
large culverts beneath the railroad at the rear of the French
Broad EMC Building.
Gudger Nominated For Committees
Congressman Lamar
Gudger has been nominated bj
the House Democratic
Steering and Policy Com
mittee for assignment to the
Interior and Insular Affairs
and Judiciary committees.
Gudger, who requested that
he be nominated for the two
committees, expressed
pleasure over the assignments
saying, "Work on these
committees will reflect my
own personal experiences, and
more importantly, the needs of
North Carolina's Eleventh
District."
Gudger's nomination must
' still be approved by the caucus
: of all House Democrats but the
caucus rarely challenges the
! nominations of the Steering
i and Policy Committee.
Gudger received support
from former 11th District Rep.
Roy A. Taylor in his bid for
assignment to the Interior
Committee. In a letter to
Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill,
Speaker of the House, Taylor
said, "it is important to
Western North Carolina and it
is important to Lamar Gudger
that he be assigned as a
member of the committee."
O'Neill acknowledged the
letter from Taylor saying he
would support Gudger's ef
forts when the Steering and
Policy Committee began its
deliberations on Jan. S.
Gudger, in a letter to O'Neill,
said, "1 feel that my district
needs to have continuing
representation on the Interior
Committee and that
Congressman Taylor's
records, files, and staff's
experience in serving with this
committee will equip me to be
a valuable member of that
committee."
The 17-county 11th District t
contains the Great Smoky 5
Mountains National Park, a
portion of the Blue Ridge t
Parkway, the Eastern
Cherokee Indian Reservation,
he Carl Sandburg Historic
Site, and two national forests.
Gudger said that assignment
o the House Judiciary
(Continuedon Page 8)
Marshall Law Office Opens
The law firm of Gudger,
McLean, Leake, Talman and
Stevenson has opened offices
in the Moore's Pharmacy
Building on Main Street in
Marshall. This firm also has an
office at 20 North Spruce St.,
Asheville.
The firm consists of Lamar
Gudger, W. K. McLean, A. E.
Leake, Wesley F. Talman Jr.,
and Joel B. Stevenson. William
Parker is associated with the
firm.
Gudger is a former state
representative, state senator,
superior court solicitor, and is
at present the congressman
From this district. McLean is a |
Former state senator, superior f
court solicitor, and superior i
court judge. Leake is a former \
itate representative and North i
Carolina deputy industrial I
commissioner. ? I
Tahnan is a graduate of I
Duke University and the (
University of Tennessee Law p
School. He is a 32nd Degree I
Scottish-Rite Mason. He is past s
lational director of U. S. S
laycees and is a member of the
Buncombe County, North
Carolina, and American Bar f
Associations. S
Stevenson was formerly a t
jartner in the Asheville law
irm of Swain, Leake and
Stevenson. He is a graduate of
Western Carolina University
ind the Carolina Law School,
ie was a member of the
Jniversity of North Carolina
.aw School's National Moot
tourt Team in 1970 and was
resident of Phi Alpha Delta
aw Fraternity while a
tudent in the Carolina Law
fchool.
William Parker is an honor
praduate of the Carolina Law
ichool and was a member of
he Coif.
Easter Seal Society
Seeks Volunteers
"Hi I I'm calling for the
Easter Seal Society far crip
pled children and adults.
We're lining up our street
captains tor this spring's
Netghbor-to-Neighbor sppeal,
which starts March 1. Would
you like to help East er Seal this
ymrV
In the next few weeks,
Democratic
Precinct
Meetings Set
Hie State Democratic
Executive Committee voted on
^ t|i m flat m M l
ana approved tna date ami
time far all Democratic
Sata'an Jen. f prior" to^tho
Inaugural ceremonlea in
lUMfh.
The data for all precinct
meeting, in North Carolina
?tl be on The ?yatght. rob
-10, ate
volunteer* throughout
Miditon County will receive
calls similar to this one from
Wanda Roberts, who is
coordinating the Easter Seal
project in the county.
"The Neighbor to-Neighbor
approach seems to have ad
vantages over a door-to-door
campaign," Mrs. Roberts
explains.
Each street captain agrees
to accept a Mt for her street,
and it is mailed directly to the
home the first of March. She
than passes the self
explanatory kit to one neigh
bor who takes it to her neigh
bor, and so on until it returns to
the street captain. The street
SoalUt to any Wachovia Bank
"In toe Neighbor-ten
Neighbor project, one person
dees OO* knock on everyone -
if)or ^ jof a contribute."
Mrs. Roberts points out.
First Union Earnings Up 4 Cents Per Share
Flr?t Union Corpora tic
(NASDAQ: FUNC) toda
reported income befoi
security transactione an
extraordinary item c
17,Ml,000, or 91.? per shar
for 1976 This compares t
97,Ml ,000, or 91. M per shan
AlkA AAMUil 1M
u* corpora iioneirncfl in iv/5
The corporation report c
income before secunt
quarter 0(1979 of n,US,000. <
41 cents par sham compared I
909,000, or IS cents per shart
io 11979.
Net income for 1979 wa
in |1S,ISO,000, or $3.03 per share
iy including an extraordinary
e and non-recurring gain of
d $4,471,000, or 73 cents per
f share. This compared with net
* income of 17,433,000, or $1.33
o per share for last year.
C
The extraordinary gain
resulted from the successful
id conclusion of the offer, in the
ty first quarter to exchange a nesy
k issue Of 8VS percent Con
h vertibie Subordinated
>r Debentures due April 15,1000,
lo for the then outstanding ft >4
> percent Convertible sutmr
* vuuwume , snqsBe
dinated Debentures, also due
a, **^7 JjSB. TV'1
resulting from the cancellation
of debt, represents the dif
ference between the principal
amount of the percent
Debentures tendered less
applicable unamortized issue
expenses and the fair market
value of the m percent
Debentures issued
The previously reported
extraordinary Rain On the
cancellation of debt of
tt.73e.000. or 48 c?its per
91,731000. or ? cents poi
HH
plant Mil, subject to final
decision at yearaid, to report
the differences In the par value
of the new Debentures issued I
and the old Debentures ten
dered as taxable income for
Federal Income Tax return
purposes, which would have
resulted in the previously
amount. At year and after a
review of all matters con
cerning the debenture ex
change transaction, and other
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^ ssssvs^s w s_1 wi
hmhAmk h-'v mr I?
tWrcttr
the tax buia of the cor
poration's investment in
subsidiaries. This action
resulted in a reduction at the
previously provided income
tarns for financial reporting
purposes of $1,733,000, or a
coats per share, which is being 1
i sported as a fourth quarter
extraordinary item.
J^ inconw far the fourth
vwi|fw?iiMn ii major
tn.870,000 compared to
U 1 716,000 for tharame parted
in 1W6. Fourth quarter aah
rungs for the bank ware fl
M,<*3.000, compared to
S2.6Ol,000 for the lama parted
'art year
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Area Health
Councils
Organized
Dr. T. R. Harris, president of
the Western North Carolina
Health Systems Agency, has
announced that subarea
councils, advisory to the
Health Systems Agency, have
been organized and members
appointed for its five planning
regions in Western North
Carolina.
Members appointed from
Region B, which is composed
of Madison, Buncombe,
Henderson and Transylvania
counties, are as follows: Fred
Elgin, Henderson County; Dr.
Frances Triggs, Henderson
County; Ms. Linda Mash burn,
Madison County; Ken San
chagrin, Madison County; Dr.
Otis Michael, Buncombe
County; Dr. H. D. Crews,
Buncombe County; Leon
Bennett, Buncombe County;
Dr. James Dutton, Jr., Bun
combe Countv, Dr. Robert
Eaton, Hende . County;
George Bond Jr., Henderson
County; Dr. Herb Justus.
Henderson County; Dr.
Marius Wells, Transylvania
County; Dr. Wtlburn Davis,
Transylvania County; Jerry
Plemmons, Madison County ;
Ms. Jeanne Hoffman, Madison
County; James Ledford,
Madison County; Ron
McElrath, Buncombe County ;
George Gragg, Buncombe
County; Ms. Doris Giezen
tanner, Buncombe County;
Larry Wilson, Buncombe
County; Ms. Helen Reed,
Buncombe County; Ms. Mary
Ruth Hell, Henderson County;
Charles Campbell, Tran
sylvania County ; and, George <
Earle Johnson, Transylvania i
County. i
(
The January and February
meetings of the subarea i
councils will be devoted i
primarily to the development i
of objectives for a Regional !
Health Systems Plan. This
plan is required under Public <
Law 93-641, the National <
Health Planning and t
Resources Development Act of
1974. A schedule of these
meetings is provided below.
The Western North Carolina
Health Systems Agency, based
in Morganton, is responsible
for planning the availability
and accessibility of health
serVicon for the coordination
of service activities to contain
costs and for the en
couragement and facilitation
of preventive and remedial
programs for improving the
health of the population of X
counties (Governor's Planning
Regions A, B, C, D, and E) in
Western North Carolina.
Region B meeting Jan. 34,
7:30 p.m. ? Buncombe County
Department of Social Services
(Conference Room) Asheville.
All WNCHSA meetings are
open to the public.
Producers
To Gel
ASCS Form
ASCS is required, by law to
report to the Internal Revenue
Service certain payments
made to producers. These
payments include those made
under ACP, FIP, CAP, and
other direct program
payments. This report will
include payments made
directly to producers, to
assignees, and to U. S.
Government Agencies for any
A ?, - - . ? J
oeotsowea.
During January, producers
should receive Form CCC-182
showing total payments
reported to Internal Revenue
service
Producers having any
luestions should contact the
rounty ASCS Office from
vhich payment was received.