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76th Year No. 5 PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE COUNTY SEAT AT MARSHALL, N.C. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 3, 1977 15* Per Copy
60 Homes Still Have Frozen Pipes
By JIM STORY
Despite efforts by crewmen of
Marshall to get water into some 80-70
homes in Marshall, the pipes are still
frozen beneath the ground. The main
deep freeze is across the French
Broad River from Main Street, in
cluding the area behind the Island, on
Cotton Mill Hill, the Marshall
Housing Project units, and the entire
section in that vicinity.
Tuesday marked the 13th con
secutive day these homes have had
no running water.
Town crewmen, firemen and
others have been busy trucking
water to numerous homes in hopes
that eventually the temperatures
will rise enough and long enough to
thaw out the main feeder pipes and
solidly frozen pipes to individual
homes.
Workmen labored last Thursday
on the main water line beneath the
French Broad River bridge in hopes
of getting water to flow but to no
avail. Numerous leaks, caused by
frozen pipes, were welded across the
bridge but hopes for much-needed
water were dispelled when it was
found that the water lines beyond the
bridge were solidly frozen.
Rising temperatures Friday gave
some hope that the frigid conditions
were improving but sub-zero tem
peratures Friday night resulted in
the continued hardships.
Last Saturday the sun shown
brightly and a great deal of the ice
covered streets were somewhat
melted. But, the sudden drop in
temperatures Saturday afternoon
dropped the thermometers from 48
degrees to 20 degrees in a matter of a
few hours. Strong 30 mph winds
added to the misery and during the
frigid spell, it was discovered that
the main water line to the Marshall
Elementary School on the Island was
frozen solidly.
Not only the families across the
river have been without water but
hundreds of homes throughout the
county have had the same hardships
and problems. In addition to lack of
water in home* and some firms, a
few local stores had too much water
? but in the basements. Water
pumps have been kept busy pumping
out basement water while there was
little, if any, water in the pipes for
drinking, washing, etc.
Plumbers in Marshall have been
called on day and night and although
they did the best they could it was
impassible to answer all the calls.
For almost a month the French
Broad River has been frozen solid
with occasional channels being made
during the day only to freeze solidly
at night. The frequent snows on top of
the mush ice presents a picturesque
scene which has attracted many
visitors here to take pictures.
However, citizens have been ap
prehensive about the eventual
melting off of ice which affects the
height of the "run-off". The recent
ice jams are the most severe since
1958 when Marshall narrowly
escaped being flooded when melting
ice caused the river to reach near
flood stage.
Also in danger during these last
weeks were the mobile homes
located near the edge of the river at
Rollins. Hayes Run creek, which
flows under the railroad at Rollins
has also been too deep, at times, for
vehicles to go under the overpass at
Rollins.
Bright sunshine and higher tem
peratures last Sunday brought hope
to residents. Deep snow and icy roads
were somewhat relieved although on
north sides, driving was still
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I Schools
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| Open
| Tuesday
Madison County schools,
with the exception of Marshall
Elementary School on the
bland, reopened Tuesday
manual for only the third day
since the Christmas holidays,
ij Schools operated on Jan. 3 and
0 but otherwise have been
closed due to severe weather
conditions.
R. L. Edwards stated that
the Marshall Elementary
School was unable to reopen
Tuesday due to frozen wter
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SCENES
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TYPICAL scene in Madison
County during the past few weeks.
Above picture made last Thur
sday at intersection of Stackhouse
Road and Lonesome Mountain
Road. (Photo by Terry Gunter)
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TV A Backs Cleanup
Of French Broad River
Officials and citizens from
Madison County, including
representatives from the
county board of com
missioners, mayors and
aldermen and Mars Hill
College, heard Aubrey J.
Wagner, chairman of the
board for the Tennessee Valley
Authority (TVA) pledge TV A's
continued support of the
French Broad River cleanup
project in Region B on Wed
nesday night of last week.
Wagner was the featured
speaker at the annual dinner
meeting of the Land-of-Sky
Regional Council in Hen
dersonville.
In addition to Wagner's talk,
the meeting also included the
installation of new officers for
the council including Mrs.
Virginia Anderson, chairman
of the Madison County Board
of Commissioners who was
installed as treasurer.
Chairman Ed Todd of the
Henderson County Board of
Commissi oners, who was
installed as the new chairman
of the regional council, spoke
of the good work done in the
past by the regional agency
and the work ahead for it In the
future
James T. Ledford. a
a -a ak^. Sf.Jt.
combe, Madison, Henderson i
and Transylvania. The i
regional council is made up of i
elected and appointed officials '
from the municipal and county I
governments within the i
region. i
"I applaud your dedication i
and perseverance toward the <
goal of improving the entire
North Carolina reach of this !
great river," Wagner said. "I <
applaud your plans for
utilizing the potential of the
river once it is cleaned.' The
TVA-backed clean up project
lists the following goals: public
education regarding the river,
river cleanup, river bank
stabilization, river access
development, enhancement of
wood duck habitat and a
feasibility study of obsolete
dam removal.
Land-of-Sky officials want to
develop the river as a
recreational source in the four
county area and a riverside
park has already been
developed on the river in
Buncombe County at the in
tersection of US Highway 191
and the Blue Ridge Parkway
where the parkway crosses the
river.
Wagner referred to the river
cleanup project as a good
example of a proper part
nership relation between local
governments and federal
agencies in his speech entitled
"A Partnership for the
Future."
Wagner spoke of increased
population projections in
Region B and in the Tennessee
Valley and said this part
nership relation will be
necessary at all levels of
government to meet future
demands brought about by the
increased population. The
population projections predict
that there will be SO percent
more people In the four county
area by the year 9000 and that
there will be two million more
people in the Tennessee Valley
which includes Western North
Carolina, by the end of this
century.
5 Madison High Band
Members In All-Stale
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Auditions for the 1977
Western District All-State
Band were held on Jan. 22 at
Tuscola High School in
Waynes vtlle.
Five Madison High band
members were chosen in this
competitive audition to par
ticipate hi the clinic to be held
on Feb. 11 and 12 at Mars Hill
College The five were Susan
Cox, trumpet; Chuck Clark,
mallett percussion; Paul
Babelay, mallett percussion;
Eric Knisley, alto saxaphooe;
and Steve Lambert, alto
saxaphone
There are three performing
groups in the All-State Band
Clinic. They are the workshop
band, grade 3; the clinic band,
grade 9; and the wind en
semble, grade 5. Our students
will participate in the
workshop band except for Paul
Babelay, who will play in the
wind ensemble The wind
ensemble is the moet advanced
group. Babelay's name has
been submitted to audition for
the Statewide All-State Band in
Raleigh.
County Board of Coin- _
miaotoners and former
chairman, was presented a
plaque Id recognition of his
antlr tag efforts as vice
chairman and enthusiast# -
member of the regional
Wagner pointed out that the
federal power and research
agency has pumped some
? to into the river cleanup
< t over the past two years
and In an i , h * gi dat
the meeting between TVA and
regional coimcU officials the
. TV
''Some ?g nSeTsf the river j
have already been affected by
, make up Region B Bun ?
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Ramsey Wants State Primary Changes
Rep. Listen Ramsey in
troduced legislation Friday to
hold all state primary elec
tions, Imhidhig the state's
presidential primary in early
*tL primaries for ?at*
shouldn't be shuffling the dates
around Just to give either
partjr. or a candidate, an ad
vantage,'Ramsey said
Several bilk have already
been introduced in both the
Senate and House, moving the
election data for state and
county offices back to May
. from August Ramsey's bill is
the first to include the
. psidentsa iary.
Mid In didn't think the state
should spend an extra KM,000,
the cost of the 1090 presidential
primary election, lor a
The decision to spilt and
move the presidential and
state primary deles for the
Some backers of fanner
Gov Terry Stanford then
preparing for his bid for the
1*75 Democratic presidential
nomination, sought to abelMl
the primary, which was first
held in 19TS and won by
Alabama Gov. George C.
Wallace In the 1870 contest,
Wallace wen about 40 nercent '
jfUie vote, defeatlngSanforcl j
Jurors Named For Civil Court
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The February term ol
superior court for the trial ol
civil cases will begin hot
Monday morning at 10 with
Judge Robert E. Gaines
presiding.
Cases scheduled to be heart
on the trial calendar Include:
Board of Transportation
plaintiff, vs. George Woody, et
al., defendants.
Claude Honeycutt, et ux
plaintiffs, vs. Board o
Transportation, defendants.
Raymond j. Holcombe
plaintiff, vs. N. E. Holcombe
defendant.
Grover Gentry, plaintiff, vs
Charlie Arsemus Duck am
[ James David Storey, defen
F dants.
? Edward Silvers, plaintiff,
i vs. Board of Transportation,
i defendant.
Tom L. Merrill, et ux,
I plaintiffs, vs. Andrew Jackson
Bridges, by co-administrators,
defendants.
Zade Merrill, et ux, plain
tiffs, vs. Etta Thomason Rice,
defendant,
f Frances C. Riddle, plaintiff,
vs. Foy Riddle, defendant.
; Franklin Ray Frisby,
i, plaintiff, vs. James T. Norris,
defendnat
Motions: Eva Forester,
i plaintiff, vs. ^ella Freeman
Marler, Admx., defendant. .
Jurors drawn follow: I
Troy McDevitt, Faye M. .
Lloyd, Camel Clark, Marie
Wright Cook, Jane D. Thomas,
/
Jeanette Proffitt, Sophia
Navy, Howard Lee Allen,
lames Sam Houston, Marie ?
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Democratic Precinct I
Meets Set February 10
Mrs John L. McCain,
chairman of the State
Democratic Executive
Committee, has announced
that North Carolina
Democrats will caucus at their
respective precinct nMNthfl
Cok in at n n tn IYim*
meetings will be field at the
potting place of each precinct
across the state
The purpose of these
meetings is to elect new
precinct officers and precinct
committee members to-serve
for the next two years.
Delegates are also to be
elected for the county con
ventions which wtll be held in
each county at 12 boon on
27. and b? iinwmd
. - t sn-iis11i?ir f ss> t>||.,a
r -lectii I
treasurer. In addition to those
officers a five member
precinct committee is alee
elected
Mrs. McCain urges all active
Democrats to attend their
precinct meetings and lo
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To Meet Here
Friday Night
The Madiaon County BowtS
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IGLOO IN MARSHALL - An
igloo six feet tall with a six-foot
diameter has attracted much
attention in Marshall. The unique
"ice house" was built by Jeff
Metcalf, 16, top left; James
Brigman, 15 top right; and Wayne
Ogle, 13 (looking out "door"). The
head of Danny Ogle, 8, can barely
be seen to the left of Jeff. The
igloo is located in the Mashburn
Trailer Park where the
youngsters live. (Photo by Jim
Story)