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SERVING THE PEOPLE OF MADISON COUNTY
7**1 Year No. 8 . PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE COUNTY SEAT AT MARSHALL, N C. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1977 15* Per Copy
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2 Suspects Held
For Armed Theft
Two Buncombe County suspects, charged
with armed robbery, are in the Madison County
jail in lieu of $10,000 bond, Sheriff Ponder stated
Tuesday morning.
Quick notification of law officers by a rural
storekeeper resulted in the speedy arrest of the
suspects. Ponder identified the suspects as Phillip
Allen Stewart, 17, of Georgetown Trailer Park,
Leicester and his sister, Regina Gail Duncan, 21,
of 10 Cloverleaf Trailer Park, Oakley.
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for March
9 in district court here.
Mrs. Frank Maney, 78, told officers that her
store, located near the old Beech Glen post office,
was entered about 3:40 p.m. and a man, armed
with a pocket knife, told her to give up her money.
She reportedly attempted to pick up a hot file from
a stove in the store to fight him off, but that he
quickly took $202 in cash and fled.
Two girls in front of the store saw the suspects
ride off in a car that had two children in it. A
description of the vehicle was relayed to officers
in Tennessee, Buncombe County and the State
Highway Patrol, Ponder said.
Trooper A. L. Cooper heard the information
while his patrol car was parked at the Buncombe
Madison line and saw the vehicle coming by at the
time. Cooper and Trooper Bobby Grayson pulled
the car over, Ponder said, and shortly afterwards
The children were turned over to their
grandparents.
Electric Bills
Cold Weather Makes Them Higher
Than Ever, Says EMC Manager Tolley
Charles Tolley, general
manager of French Broad
Electric Membership Cor
poration, has issued the
following statement regarding
the high coat of electricity and
asks everyone to conserve
electricity in every way
possible.
ToOey's complete statement
follows:
"You have probably just
received or will be receiving,
in the next few days, what is
probably the highest electric
bill you have ever received. If
you will look at the KWH
usage, you will probably see
that you have used more than
you have ever used before The
reason for this is the recent
cold weather we have been
experiencing
Your children have been out
of school and at home. You
have cooked more meals, used
more hot water, washed more
clothes, and have been forced
to stay inside the largest
percentage of time; all at
which means your usage of
electricity has greatly in
creased. Also, the cost of'
electricity is higher than it has
ever been.
Everywhere we turn we are
coached, prodded, and begged
to consere energy. Our
governor and our President
have pleaded with you and me,
the American public, to con
serve energy and yet we refuse
to do so.
President Carter, in a
recently televised speech,
states that he plans to establish
a National Energy Policy by
April 20 and he predicts that
the policy would, and I quote
"require substantial sacrifice
by the American public." This
substantial sacrifice can mean
only one thing, and that is,
higher prices for electricity,
fuel oil, gasoline, natural gas
and coal.
The theory behind all of this,
I believe, is that, if we will not
voluntarily conserve energy,
our government wU allow its
pricoe to go to high that we will
not be able to afford to use the
quantities we are now using. 1,
as your manager, cannot
change that and no one else as
your manager could change
that. Your board of directors
cannot change it.
There is only one person and
one group of people who can
lower your power bill and that
person is you, and that group of
people is your household. If
you do not cut back on the
usage of electricity, you can
expect to pay even higher and
higher prices.
In the Bible, there was a
King named Belshazzar who
one night saw a handwriting on
the wall of his palace. The king
could not read the writing and
asked a man named Daniel to
interpret the writing for him. I
am not a Daniel. I am merely
an ordinary person as you are,
but if you cannot read the
writing on the wall, I will read
it for you.
Take your most recent
power bill and multiply it by
two ? yes! Double it! In the
next three to five years, that is
what you will be paying for the
same amounted ele^-Kity you
have axed today???-- i
Our newsletter has
repeatedly urged you to
conserve energy. We have
explained to you ways it can be
done.
Over 65 cents out of every
dollar French Broad EMC
takes in, goes directly to
Carolina Power and Light
Company for electricity. The
other 35 cents maintains 2,500
miles of line, pays 91 em
ployees, operates over 30
vehicles, and completely
covers our entire operation. I
don't think you can find a
power company anywhere that
does any better with the ex
ception of TV A Power which
we cannot buy or use by
federal law.
The employees of French
Broad Electric are your
friends and neighbors. They
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Bloodmobile
To Visit
March 4
The Red Qrou Bloodmobile
returns to Marshall on March t
at the Marshall Community
Canter from 1:30-6 p.m. and
both regular and first-time
donors are encouraged to
respond.
"Blood demands climb
every year but only about
three percent of the population
donate," Sam Dickinson of the
Aabeville Regional Red Cross
Blood Center said. "It is vital
for the ill and hospitalized of
our community that regular
donors continue to support the
program and that more donors
be recruited. "
Citing as examples of the
increased need for blood,
Dickinson said that use of
whole blood had seen a steady
increase every year, more
Mood derivatives wore being
developed and used by the
medical profession, and
Surgery technitjuss were being
expanded. "Many of our
county residents ^htvc un
g=??S
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PICTUREinreOVE are the
Madison County 4-H club leaders
who attended the annual awards
banquet in their honor at the Ivy
Steak k Fish House Thursday
night. Awards were presented
from the agricultural extension
service in appreciation for their
assistance with 4-H throughout
the past year. Those receiving
highest awards were Mr. and
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years of service and Mrs. Nan
Wise, gold pin for 10 years of
service. In addition, Mrs. Wise
was presented a silver plaque for
being selected most outstanding
leader for the year The banquet
gtas f^suspmd - hnf*,i^s^ffocd
terprises, Teague Milling Com
pany French Broad Chevrolet
and Farm Bureau Insurance
Oempaay
BLUE RIDGE SHOE CO. officials
headed the open house ob
servance at the Hot Springs plant
last Saturday when hundreds of
visitors were taken on guided |
tours through the huge plant.
Shown, left to right, Doyle Walsh,
chief plant engineer; Ben Byrd,
plant manager; Roger McGrady,
vice president of manufacturing
services; and John DeWitt, vice
president and general manager.
(Photo by Jim Story)
ONE OF THE MANY assembly
lines in the Blue Ridge Shoe
Company's plant at Hot Springs
pictured during open house last
Saturday. The huge plant makes
about 160 pairs of shoes per day
with some 140-150 processes.
Some 165 persons are now em
ployed with expectation of em
ploying about 250 persons in 1977.
(Photo by Jim Story)
FHA
Funds
Available
%
For House
Repairs
Farmers Home
Administration, the United
States Department of
Agriculture's rural credit
agency, has funds available to
help low income families of
Madison County to repair their
owner occupied dwellings.
These loan funds are
available at one percent to
remove health and safety
hazards on homes of low in
come families in rural areas
and towns of under 10,000
population. These loans are
made to individuals whose
income is not sufficient to
qualify for a regular FmHA SOI
rural housing loan. The
maximum funds available to
an applicant family is $5,000.
To those eligible applicants
who are 82 years of age or
older, who can only repay a
portion of the total cost of the
naeded repairs, a grant may be
authorized However,
maximum loan and grant
combination can not exceed .
$5,000. Grant recipients,
however, must agree in
writing to maintain ownership ,
far three years or repay the
amount of the grant is the i
dwelling is sold within three
years after grant funds are
advanced.
Loan and grant funds may be
used for repairs and im
provements including but not
limited to: (1) repairing roofs;
(2) screens, storm windows
and doors, insulation and
needed beating system for the
dwelling; (3) repair structural
supports; and (4) providing
sanitary water and waste
disposal system.
More information may be
obtained from the Farmers
Home Administration county
office located in the Wachovia
Bank Building in Marshall.
Interested applicants are
encouraged to visit the county
office Monday through Friday
from$a.m.to5p.m.
Civil District Court Starts Monday
The March term of District
Court will begin here Monday
with Judge J. Ray Braswell
presiding. Court will convene
at#:S0o'clock.
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Cases scheduled to be heard
follow:
Mary Davidson, plaintiff, vs.
Ernest Davidson, defendant
In re-Custody of David Scott
Payne and Anthony Payne,
Norman D. Payne, petitioner,
vs. Barbara B. Payne,
Respondent.
Velma Gosnell, plaintiff, vs.
Marion Gosnell, defendant.
Kathleen B. Robinson, e< al
plaintiff, vs. Glenn Roberts, et
ux, defendants
Joseph Fisher Cutahall
plaintiff, vs. William Cutahal.
Jr., defendant.
Rosa Lee Hensley Roberts
Title XX
Hearing
Set March 4
The annual Title XX hearing
u> develop a county social
service plan for the coating
plaintiff, vs. Jackie Gem
Roberts, defendant.
Barbara B. Payne, plaintiff
vs. Norman D. Payne
defendant.
Douglas M. Sawyer
plaintiff, vs. Michael Leonarc
Williams, defendant.
Joseph B. Huff, plaintiff, vs.
J. D. Howell, defendant.
Doyle Buckner, plaintiff, vs.
Ruby S. Buckner, defendant.
Jarvis B. Treadway,
plaintiff, vs David Treadway,
defendant.
Edward B. Krause, Adm ,
plaintiff, vs. Jeanette Hagan.
etal, defendants.
JURORS
Jurors drawn for the term
follow:
Sylva Brooks Finfoy, Mm.
rasaas
Robert A. Morrow, Wade
Buckner, James Edward
Kent, Edena Waldrop Sexton,
Wanda Gail Jarvis, Eulala
Rice, Altha Foster, Robert
Shook, Charles Daniel
Leatherman, Glen W. Walker,
Wayne 0. English, Jeriene S.
Lewis, Cart EUer, Harold
Wesley Brown, Claude Run
nkm, Joyce Geytor Frederick,
Annie Green BaMiiv, Oecar
McDevitt, John Wesley Ball,
Linda Bailey,
Elizabeth G Holcombe,
Jack Swanger, Ethel Sheiton,
Gordon Allen Ball, Batty
Gregory Amnions, Janice
Evon Bailey, Willard Ball.
Zelda Metcalf, Atha M. Lewis,
Jane Viola Sawyer
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Time To Vole Now
In Burley Referendum I
The hurley tobacco I
referendum Is now in progress I
in burlcy areas. Feb. SI I
through Fob. IS is the I
echodoied voting period. If I
In favor of marketing quota
controls, poundage will bo in I
effect for the next three crop
years?1W7-7S.
The provisions of the
program wW be the same as in
eWocvJor I974 thrw^h H7?
who produced tobacco in lfll ,
arc oMgiblo to rote In this
mailed la all known eligible 1
ssssffiss::
opera tor-owner who is eligible
but did not receive a ballot to i
come in or eel and request I
that oaa be iaoaad. if a tenant
or ahaiW ropper did not I
receive a ballet, the fart