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Marshall, N.C. 23753
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76th Year No. 27 PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE COUNTY SEAT AT MARSHALL, N C THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1977 Per Copy
r<_County Summer Olympics To Get Underway July 16?
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The Madison County
Recreation Department is now
making plans for "The
Madison County Summer
Olympics ? 1977". The
program is one of the depar
tment's most popular ac
:j: tivities and received statewide
attention last summer.
The Summer Olympics is a
three-week competition
among all of the recreation
|i| centers in the county. This
year's competition involves
five phases, Ricky McDevitt,
director of the recreation
department, stated. They are:
table tennis, volleyball, hor
seshoe pitching, a swim meet,
and the "anyting goes" event.
Points will be awarded each
center throughout the Olym
pics for each area of com
petition. Each event is broken
down into various age brackets
to make competition keener
and fairer.
The schedule of activities
are as follows:
1. table te. nis tournament,
Walnut Recreation Center,
July 16 beginning at 1 p m.;
2. Madison County
"anything goes" on Madison
High School football field, July
22 beginning at 6:30p.m. (rain
date July 25,6:30) ,
3. horseshoe tournament,
Marshall Recreation Center,
July 23,1 p.m. (rain date July
24,1p.m.);
4. volleyball tournament,
Marshall Recreation Center,
July 23,1 p.m. (rain date July
24, lp.m.);
5. Madison County swim
meet, Marshall Recreation
Pool, Aug. l,2p.m (raindate
Aug. 2,2p.m.).
To qualify for the county
championship, each con
testant or team must go
through the eliminations being
held in the near future at the
eight county recreation
centers. Anyone interested in
entering any phase of this
year's Summer Olympics
should contact your local
recreation center July 11 or 12
"Come on out and join in the
fun. It will really help your
center toward winning the
Olympics. Contact your local
center for details of the
eliminations," McDevitt said
RECREATION CENTERS
Phone Numbers:
Ebbs Chapel Recreation
Center, 689-4843; Greater Ivy
Recreation Center, 689-4517;
Hot Springs Recreation
Center, 622-7378; Laurel
Recreation Center, 656-2223;
Marshall Recreation Center,
649-2744; Mars Hill Recreation
Center, 689-9044; Spring Creek
Recreation Center, 622-3485;
Walnut Recration Center, 649
3122; and Madison County
Pool, 649-2831.
The recreation centers will
all be open the hours listed
except Spring Creek
Monday, closed, Tuesday 1-9
p.m ; Wednesday, 10 a.m.-9
pm.; Thursday, 1-9 p.m.,
Friday, 1-9 p m.; Saturday, 10
a.m.-9p.m.; Sunday, 1-6 p.m.
All recreation centers are
open during league games
Spring Creek's hours:
Monday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30
p m ; Tuesday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30
pm.: Wednesday, 8:30 a.m -
4:30 pm.; Thursday, 8:30
a m -4:30 p.m.; Friday, 8:30
a m.-4:30 p.m ; Saturday,
closed. Sunday, closed
MARSHALL LION OFFICERS
were installed last Thursday night
following a dinner meeting at the
Inn on the Plaza in Asheville. The
installation ceremony was con
ducted by outgoing president, Roy
Reeves. Guests, in addition to the
Lionesses, were Mr. and Mrs.
John A. Corbett of Fayetteville.
Officers installed, left to right,
front row: O. A. Gregory,
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Ricky McDevitt, Lion tamer;
Lonnie Plemmons, tail twister;
Ed List, third vice president;
back row: Steve Wallin, second
vice president; John Corbett,
director; Clyde Hagan,
treasurer; Wade Huey, director;
David Caldwell, first vice
president; Ricky Thomason,
secretary, was not present.
(Photo by Jim Story)
Commissioners Adopt
$5 Million '77 Budget
Madison County Commissioners last
week adopted a $5,008,333 budget
without an increase in the property tax
rate in keeping with campaign
promises of some of the board mem
bers.
A tax rate of 95 cents per 100 dollar
valuation for 1977-78 was unanimously
approved following a public hearing
and several weeks work by the county
finance office who was faced with
requests of more than $5,286,535 in
increase over last year's spending.
Many budget requests were sharply
cut, and Federal Revenue Sharing
funds were used for larger portions of
general operating expense, it was
stated.
The new budget allocates $481,500 to
the county school system, this amount
includes $350,000 for School Current
Expense Fund; $50,000 to School
Capital Outlay ; $81,500 to School Debt
Service Fund. The total amount is
equivalent to 63 per cent of total
property tax levy for the coming year.
The new budget is a six per cent
increase over last year's budget, but
the same tax rate of 95 cents per $100
valuation will remain, the com
missioners stated.
A tax rate of 95 cents per $100 dollar
valuation for 1977-78 was unanimously
approved following a public hearing
and several weeks work by the county
finance officer who was faced with
requests of more than $9,286,535 in
increase over last year's spending.
REA Meet
French Broad EMC Meets
July 16 In Marshall
French Broad Electric
Membership Corporation will
hold its annual meeting of the
members on July 16 at the
Marshall Elementary School
gymnasium in Marshall.
Registration will begin at 10
a.m. and continue until 2 p.m.
with the business meeting
getting underway at 2 p.m.
There will be reports to the
members, election of four
directors and prize drawings.
The grand prize will be 6200
credit on electric bill plus
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such as toasters, irons, coffee
makers, frypans, mixers, etc.
Hie prize drawings will be for
members only and you must be
present to win, Charles Tolley,
manager, stated.
CRAFTSHOW
Also at 10 a.m., a craft show
will open in the old agriculture
classroom under the school
gym. Hwre will be craft
displays and demonstrations ?
from over the entire service
area including a special
Christmas craft display by the
Laurel Mountain Craft from
Burns vilie. You will see rug
hooking, spinning, quilting,
ceramics, bark baskets, and
many, many more.
VARIETY SHOW
You win not want to miss the
variety show which will begin
in the gym at 12:30 p.m. and
run for an hour and a half prior
to the business session.
Quinton Ramsey will serve as
there will be music by the Gott
and Lewis Offspring String
Band as well as the
Appalachian Folk from
Madison County, Campers in
the Forest from Yancey
County, and square dancing by
the Carolina Ridge Runners
and Carolina Moonshiners
from Erwin High School in
Buncombe County.
Marshall Eastern Star
Chapter will have food for sale
in the school lunch room.
BEING REGISTRATION
CARD
Members are urged to bring
the registration card that will
be mailed to them with the
annual report. If you plan to
vote proxies, you can speed up
the registration process on
annual meeting day by
preregistering these proxies at
either office in Marshall,
Burnsville or Bakersville.July
5-15.
College
Ge ls 2
Grants
Two 11th District colleges
have been awarded grants
totaling $206,300 for Upward
Bound and Special Services
programs for disadvantaged
students, it was announced this
week by Congressman Lamar
Gudger.
According to information
received from the Division of
Post-Secondary Education,
Department of Health,
Education and Welfare, Mars
Hill College will receive two
grants ? <87,300 for an
Upward Bound program, and
$39,000 for a Special Services
program; and Western
Carolina University is
scheduled to be awarded
$82,000 for an Upward Bound
program.
RUSSELL ROBINSON poses with
his coonhound, "Lead" and some
of the trophies he won while
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qualifying for the World Cham
pionship hunt at Norwalk, Ohio,
Oct. 10-15.
NEW POLICE HEADQUAR
TERS building is shown on the
newly-paved parking lot on Main
Street. The new structure is
larger and more modern. (Staff
Photo)
Robinson Gets
Championship
Coon Hunt Bid
Russell Robinson, better
known by his friends in the
Grapevine community as
"Roho" got a real surprise last
week when he received an
invitation to compete in the A.
C. H. A. World Championship
Coon Hunt. The hunt will be
held Oct. 10-15 at Norwalk,
. Ohio. Over 500 dogs are ex
pected to enter the event from
the United States and Canada.
Roho qualified for the
championship with his dog,
"Lead," a 7-year-old English
coonhound, by winning the
prestigious Statesville open at
States ville last week. Winning
is nothing new to "Lead" who
has amassed a dazzling
display of trophies and ribbons
in his career. An invitation to
the world championship hunt
is quite an honor for any dog
and certainly, it should speak
. well for the quality of hounds
and sportsmen to ba found in
the mountains of Western
North Carolina
Development Fund
Public Hearing Set
Friday, July 11
The final public hearing
regarding the current year
application for community
development funds from the
Department of Housing and
Urban Development will be
heldJuly8andll.
If you have any suggestions
about how community
development monies could be
spent, please attend one of the
six public meetings that will be
held in the county. As a guide,
the eligible community
development activities are:
1. acquisition of real
property which is blighted,
appropriate for conservation
or rehabilitation;
2. construction or in
stallation of public works and
facilities;
3. code enforcement in
deteriorating areas;
4. clearance, demolition and
rehabilitation ef buildings;
1 special projects to assist
the mobility of elderly and
handicapped persons;
6. payments for temporary
housing and persons displaced
by community development
activities;
7. payment of local match for
federal grants;
I. payment of cost of com
pletion of existing urban
renewal projects;
?. relocation payments;
10. activities necessary to
develop a comprehensive plan
and a policy planning
management capacity for CD
and housing activities;
II. payment of reasonable
administrative costs ; and
13. support of local nodal
service activities in con
junction with a CD project
The public hearing will he
held from t a.m . to4p.m at the
office of the Department of
Public Safety in Marshall
Copies of the Citiseos Par
ticipation Plan are available to
the public
Fall Is
Fatal
To Bride
Mrs. Edna Diane Welchel,
19, of Marshall, Route 2, was
fatally injured Sunday af
ternoon in a creek near the
Coman Boundary area of
Bernards ville after she
slipped on rocks and struck her
head.
She was the daughter of Mrs.
Norma Fender Craine and the
late Merritt Craine.
According to a spokesman, a
group of six people were
picnicking in the popular area
when the accident occurred
about 3: IS p.m. Sunday.
Hie victim and another of
the six persons were walking in
a nearby creek when the yowg
lady slipped on moea-covered
rocks. She was pronounced
dead on arrival at Memorial
Mission Hospital.
Funeral services were' held
Wednesday at Bowman
Funeral Home. The Rev. J. J.
Slagle officiated and burial
was in Laurelton Freewill
Baptist Chapel Ceasetary,
Route 6, Marshall. Friends
served as pallbearers.
Survivors include the
husband, William D. Welchel
of Route 1 Marshall; her
I mother, Mrs. Norma Fender
Oaine of Route 2, Marshall.
I seven sisters, Mrs. flhafla
I Davis, Route 2, Marshall, Mrs.
Maxine Metcalf of PikeeviOe,
Ky , Mrs. Ginger Graham,
Black Mountain, Mrs. Revs
Clark, AsheviDe, Mrs. Ann
McCall, Clinton, S. C? Mrs.
Mary Lou Wilson, Cotaanhia, &.
C , Mrs. Juaatta Thomas,
Route t, Marshall; Uvea
brothers, Keith Craine of
Oaine! Cownaaa. S.^?mS
Edward Oaine of Fort Careen,
Colo