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sil3^. .v.c iabr#<v - J ?l 2^/53 9-70 ^ The News Record | ~~ 1 SERVING THE PEOPLE OF MADISON COUNTY ,urn to P?ge 2 76th Year NO. 41 PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE COUNTY SEAT AT MARSHALL, N C THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1977 15'Per Copy MRS. ROY YOUNG DEANLEDFORD Conference Called M To Study Economy A conference on the economic situation of Madison County will be held next Monday at 7 p.m. at Madison High in Marshall The conference, which is open to the public, has been called by Gov Jim Hunt to help North Carolina develop a policy on balanced growth and economic development. State government representatives will join with local officials and the general public to discuss the specific issues facing Madison County Hunt termed the conference as an ' information gathering session," as well as an op portunity for state government to hear local citizens' ideas on improving North Carolina's standard of living All attending will have an opportunity to engage in roundtable discussions on agriculture, the manufac turing and processing in dustry. and service industries, including transportation, finance, wholesale and retail sales and tourism The purpose of the con ference is to find out what local communities believe are their own economic problems and I what they suggest local, state I and federal government i should do to help solve them During October, similar conferences will be held in each of the state's 100 counties. Reports coming out of these local county conferences will feed into a larger statewide gathering on balanced growth and economic development in January, 1978, and will be used by the State Goals and Policy Board for advising the governor on North Carolina's future economic policy. For additional information contact Nick Kmecza, 649-3901 Municipal Candidates Announce The followint candidates have filed for mayor and aldermen for Mars Hill, Marshall, and Hot Springs for the Nov 8 elections (x) denotes incumbents. Filing deadline was Tuesday Mars Hill ? mayor. William Powell (x); alerman (elect 3), Carl Eller <x), Arthur Wood (x) and Douglas G. Randolph (x). Marshall ? mayor, George Penland (x), Lawrence Ponder and Sammy Lunsford; ?Uderman (elect 3), Donald Jackson HoRisey <x>, til L. Niles (x), James R Penland (x), Mrs Faye Reid. Mrs Pearl H. Rector. Jackie Davis, James Buford Marler and T F.Sams. Hot Springs ? mayor. Joe R Henderson (x), Manson Holt and Jimmy Summeril: aldermen (elect 3), Hoy Plemmons, Frank Roberts. Jack Ebbs. George K (Red) Ramsey, Kenneth Summeril, Gene Autrey (x) and Jerry Ramsey (x). Mrs. Roy Young, Dean Ledford Receive Greater Ivy Honors Mrs Roy (Julia Martha) Young has been named "Woman of the Year" by the Greater Ivy Community Citizens Association Inc. and thus nominated for the same honor in Madison County and the Western North Carolina Community Development Association. A daughter of the (ate Levi and Pearl McLean, Mrs. Young is a retired elementary school teacher having taught many years in Madison and Buncombe County schools. She and her husband have one son, Bobby McLean, a teacher in Buncombe County, who resides in Weaverville. Shetoas one grandson, Ricky McLean. Mrs. Young is a graduate of the Asheville Teachers college and holds a masters degree from East Tennessee State University. In 1975 she was chosen "Teacher of the Year" in the Flat Creek School in Buncombe County. She is a member of the National Education Association, the North Carolina Association of Educators, and has held various offices in Parent Teacher Associations Currently, Mrs Young is vice president of the Greater Ivy Woman's Club of which she is a charter member. During the summer she served as the community coordinator for the Southern Appalachian Repertory Theatre. Active in the Beech Glen Baptist Church, Mrs. Young is chairperson of the Woman's Auxiliary of the church, Sunday School teacher for the Adult Women's Class, a member of the church choir, and has been principal of the church Bible school for the past 15 years. Since its organization three years ago, Mrs. Young has been very active in the Greater Ivy Community Citizens Association, having served as chairperson of the Flea Market Committee, a member of the Finance Committee, a member of the Telephone Committee, a member of the Beautification Committee, and chairperson of the annual Halloween festival. She has also served on the Community Census Com mittee, the Senior Citizens Committee and the Com munity Flower Bed Com mittee. Mrs. Young has assisted in some way in practically every project that Greater Ivy has" undertaken, including such things as making two quilts for door prizes, stuffed toys for prizes and drawings, baking and assisting in community bake sales, etc. Interested in all types of crafts, Mrs. Young recently taught a special crafts session for the Greater Ivy Woman's Club. She and her husband, Roy, reside in the (Obadiah) Holcombe Branch area of the Greater Ivy community. ? ? ? Dean Ledford, who resides in the Walker Branch area of the Greater Ivy community, has been named "Man of the Year" by the Greater Ivy Community Citizens Association and nominated for the "Man of the Year" designation by the Madison County Community Development Council and the same contest sponsored by the Westepi North Caro.ina Community Development Association which includes the 18 counties in this part of the state. Ledford, who is the son of the late Curtis Ledford and Mrs. Hazel Howell Ramsey of Weaverville, is married to the former Bob-Ann Gardner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Robert Gardner of Paint Fork. They have one son, Jeff, who is a student in Madison High School. The construction foreman for the rehabilitation of the abandoned Beech Glen High School building for use as the Greater Ivy Community Center project, Ledford is credited with saving the community many hundreds of dollars by careful negotiation in securing materials and cutting costs in the project which is about half completed. Remodeling of the building has been under way since April and Ledford has donated many hours of work beyond each normal day's schedule An active member of the Paint Fork Baptist Church for the past 20 years, Ledford has been superintendent of the church's Sunday school for four years and has taught the Intermediate Sunday School class regularly for three years. He personally made and erected a church directory sign for Paint Fork in 1976. Since the Greater Ivy Community Citizens group was formed three years ago, he has been a member of the corporation's board of trustees, a member of the Community House Committee and chairperson of the com Chandler Retires From Bank JONAS CHANDLER Jonas H. Chandler, assistant vice president, Wachovia Bank and Trust Co., NA, Marshall, retired on Sept. 30 following 17 years in banking. Chandler owned and operated Chandler Hardware in Mar shall prior to joining the Citizen's Bank in 1961. This institution merged with Wachovia in 1974. He held various positions within the bank and was assistant manager of the Marshall office at the time of his retirement. Chandler is a native of Madison County, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jonas C. Chandler. He attended both Weaver College and Mars Hill College as well as the Walsh Institute in Detroit, Mich. He served in the U. S. Army from 1942 until 1946, attaining the rank of captain. Upon discharge from the Army, he was associated with Publix Bamford Theatres of Asheville as auditor until 1953 when he returned to Madison County. He and his wife, Anne, reside in Mars Hill. They are members of the Mars Hill Baptist Church and are active in civic affairs. They have two children, Marilyn, a teacher in the Henderson County School System and Byron, a graduate student at Western Carolina University. Chandler was honored with a luncheon at the bank on Sept. 30 and was presented a set of golf clubs. Highway Personnel Cited The Madison County per sonnel of the State Highway Department received service awards at an awards dinner held Oct. 5 at the Ridgecrest Baptist Assembly as follows: MAINTENANCE DEPT. 35 years, Troy Reid; 30 years, Charles Arrowood. Paul Hollifield. James Snelson; 25 years. Weaver Allison (posthumously), Dewey Marler. Arthur Norton, Pearson Norton; 20 years, Donald Hoyle, Solomon Norton, Pearson Norton, Jeter Chandler, Clayton Fowler, James Norton; 15 years, Solomon Norton, Donald Hoyle, Jeter Chandler, Clifton Peek; 10 years. Robert Allen, Walter Brazil, Ray Randall; Continued on Page 3 / Hot Springs Man Killed In Tennessee Slayings Larry Eugene Ricker. 21. of Route 2, Hot Springs, was fatally shot last Thursday during a triple slaying at the Smoky Mountain Club on U. S. 25-70. a mile east of Newport. Tenn District Attorney Gen A1 Schmutzer said that Ruble G. "Butch" Williams. 24. of Newport, turned himself in to police shortly before 9 a.m Friday, about seven hours w after the shooting. Williams is chaged with three counts of murder Sgt Harold R Medford. 36: Johnnie Thomas Jackson. 30. of Swannanoa: and Ricer were fatally shot Ricker and Jackson were bystanders in the building at the time Cocke County Sheriff Bobby Stinson said Medford. who was off duty, was seated at a bar in the lav uii whijr. Williams shot him in the back of the head at close range with a 45-caliber pistol. Franklin Jarnigan, the bartender at the tavern, said Williams then chased Ricker into the kitchen and shot him twice in the chest as the two men were fighting over the gun. Jarnigan said Jackson also had moved toward the kitchen and was shot during the scuffle. The bodies of the two men, who police said were ap parently not together, were found in the doorway and Medford's body was slumped over the bar Medford, who had been on the Newport police force 10 years, had arrested Williams last November on a warrant from the Knoxville Police Department Williams was one of four men indicted on grand larceny charges in Knoxville in con nection with a drug theft from a pharmacy but the charge was later dropped. Schmutzer stated he knows of no motive for the slayings other than the fact Medford had arrested Williams. FUNERAL SATURDAY Services for Flicker were held at 2 p.m. Saturday in Fairview United Methodist Church near Hot Springs. The Rev Mr. Queen officiated and burial was in the church cemetery. Surviving are the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mont Ricker Jr. of Hot Springs: two sisters, Mrs. Roger Whitson of Asheville and Mrs. Michael Roberts of Knoxville; and a brother, Charles K. Ricker of Hot Springs. County Towns Get Powell Street Funds A record number of 452 North Carolina municipalities are sharing more than $32 million in local street main tenance funds, it was an nounced this week by State Transportation Sec'etary Thomas W Bradshaw Jr. Madison County's shares of the Powell funds are as follows: Mars Hill. $21,589.07; Marshall. $14.509 89. and Hot Springs. $11,747.40. Court Continues Monday The second week of superior court for the trial of civil and criminal cases will resume here Monday morning with Judge Lacy Thornburg presiding Cases list on the docket for ciminal trials include: Junior Lyons, armed rob bery; Freddie Tilson, armed robbery; George Keville, DU1 & NOL: Burlin Junior John son, DUI; Willard Lee Ray, DU1 & NOL; Walter Gunter, discharge firearm into oc cupied motor vehicle, and damage to personal property; Robert Centre U, DWLR; Charles Carroll Ray, breaking, entering and lar ceny; Hubert Church, assault with deadly weapon; Demy Boyd Ramsey, DUI & SWLR; Anthony Daniels, public drunkeness: Richard Davis a l rviTf t a_ a-s DAVE McKNIGHT of Fayetteville, cam paigning across the state on foot for the Democratic nomination to the U. S. Senate, visited in Madison County last Tuesday and Wednesday. He is shown above with his pack and fiddle in Marshall last Wednesday. (Photo by Jim Story) Anaerson, uui; jacsixregory Grinds taff. leaving scene af accident; Johnny Goings, burglary; Earl James Robinson. manufacture controlled substance; and possession with intent to distribute controlled sub stance; James Hensley, false pretense; Robert Goforth, DWLR A lkst of Jurors drawn for the . Oct. 17 term follows: Alta Coates, Green WaddeB, , Pearl Roberts, Boyce McCarter, Clay Roberts, Maxa Mayhew. Edward H. Carter. Erlene Bertie Briggs, Ralph Bryan, Fred Freeman, Dan Norton. Makmabe \ 6 Pairs Of Shoes Later He's Still Campaigning { Democratic U. S. Senate candidate Dave McKnight visited Madison County last week on his campaign walking tour of North Carolina. McKnight, who announced his candidacy for the Senate back in January, has been crossing the state on foot since April in an effort to meet people on a one-to-one basis from the coast to the moun tains. He visited Mars Hill on Tuesday, and Marshall on Wednesday, of last weak. He also made a stop In the r Petersburg community on his hike from Mars Hill to Mar shall. At Mars Hill the candidate met townspeople and students at Mars Hill College. "I've worn out six pairs of shoes on this trip, and 1 got myself a patch job on these shoes over at Mars Hill so I could make it to Asheville," he said. The campaign walk will take McKnight to a final stopping point at Murphy on Oct. 22. Madison was the Bird county he has visited on foot since beginning the tour on the North Carolina coast at Manteo on Aprils. "It's been a great way to meet a lot of people along the way, and I was glad to have a couple of days to hike through part of Madison County," he said. By the time McKnight reached Madison County, he had covered some 1,900 miles on foot ? more than enough miles to get him from Manteo to Murphy and beck had he traveled along a straight line "I've been following country t roads and not the interstates, and I've been taking quite a few detours to visit towns along the wayhe said. After visiting businesses and stores in Marshall and stop ping by at the Madison County Courthouse, McKnight proceeded along U. S. 25-70 into Buncombe County for a stopover at the Democratic Party's Vance-Aycock Dinner inAsheville. McKnight's campaign theme has been "doing more with less" and he has ex pressed concern about "the squeeze on small business by big government, big labor and big business." He has advocated sim plification of the federal tax code and overhaul of the welfare system Besides his backpack, McKnight has been carrying his fiddle along with him during the mountains portion of the campaign walk. "There are plenty of good fiddlers around in this country and I wanted to be sure to find out where they're hiding out," he said.
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