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SERVING THE PEOPLE OF MADISON COUNTY OHicers See P?9e 3
77th Year, No. 24 PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE COUNTY SEAT AT MARSHALL, N C THURSDAY, June 15, 1978 >5' Per C?P*
GLORY RIDGE, 30-acre pic
turesque camping facility near
Walnut, was the setting of picture
above last Saturday evening of an
impressive religious service
following a barbecued pig and
chicken picnic supper enjoyed by
100 persons, including a group of
campers from Warren, Ohio. The
Rev. George Moore, founder of
the non-denominational facility,
was host. A portion of those at
tending the brief service is shown
facing the cross located on the
mountainside. The Rev. John
Shackleton delivered a brief
message and group singing was
enjoyed. (Photo by Jim Story)
Election Hearing Set On July 24 ^
The state Board of Elections voted
Thursday to hold a hearing in
Madison County July 24 into
allegations of election irregularities
there during the May 2 primaries.
Kenneth Babb of Winston-Salem,
chairman of the board, said a time
and place will be set later for the
public hearing.
Babb said the board voted to hold a
hearing in Madison County following
presentation of findings by J.D.
Barrett, assistant director of the SBI
concerning allegations of
irregularities in Madison County.
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There's More Money
In County Woodlands
The annual farm income of
Madison County could be
increased if all timberland
was placed under a sound
management program.
Madison County farmers own
151,500 acres of forest land
which is 71 percent of the total
woodland. Of the remaining 29
percent, 22 percent is national
forest land, 6 percent is owned
by private individuals, and 1
percent is either public land or
owned by a forest industry.
The average farm woodlot is
about 60acres in size.
Much of this farm woodland
is not producing up to its full
potential because it is not
being'managed properly It is
being allowed to grow up in
low quality hardwoods which
are of little or no value. If
farmers manage their
woodland properly and use the
proper harvesting techniques,
they can be assured of a
valuable stand of timber in the
future. When landowners
allow only the best trees to be
removed and leave all the low
quality trees, eventually all
they will have will be un
merchantable cull trees.
The North Carolina Division
of Forest Resources has a
program to help private
landowners improve their
forest land. Upon request, the
division will send a forestry
specialist out to examine an
individuals woodland. This
professional forester will
draw up a forestry
management plan and make
recommendations to the
landowner. This service is
paid for through tax funds,
there is no charge to the
landowner. The landowner's
personal objectives are taken
into consideration. He is under
no obligation to follow the
recommendations.
Charles Craine is the
Madison County forest ranger.
His office is in a log cabin
located on Highway 25 and 70,
three miles northwest of
Marshall in the Walnut
community. Craine's office
number if 649-3821.
"Many people think all the
N.C. Division of Forest
Resources do is fight wild
fires," Craine stated recently.
"This is a very important part
of our program, but we do
much more," he said "Any
private woodland owner who
would like their timber
examined should contact my
office or our district office in
Asheville" (phone 667-5211),
Craine stated. "If all forest
land was managed properly
and produced up to its full
potential," Craine said, "it
would be a boost to the
economy of Madison County."
PART OF THE 100 persons who
attended the picnic supper at
Glory Ridge last Saturday just
before the Rev. George Moore,
host, shouted, "Come and get it."
N. C. Young Democrats
To Install Officers
Adlai E. Stevenson, Illinois'
unior senator and chairman
?f the newly established
Senate Ethics Committee, will
)e the main speaker for the
1978 North Carolina Young
Democrats Installation
Banquet to be held July IS at
he Inn On The Plaza in
Vaheville.
"Senator Stevenson has
nore than demonstrated that
ic is one of the rising stars in
he Democratic party as well
is the United State Senate by
he aggressive role he is
laying in the development of
i national energy strategy,"
laid Larry Leake, president
elect of the Young Democrats.
Stevenson, whose father
served as governor of Illinois
ind as the Democratic can
Udate for President in 1952
ind 1956, comes from a long
ine of politicians from the
'Land of Lincoln". His great
grandfather, the first Adlai E.
Jtevenson, served in the
louse of Representatives and
hen as vice-president under
^resident Grover Cleveland
"He is considered by many
o be Presidential timber,"
aid Leake, "and we are more
than honored to have such a
distinguished gentleman
address us."
First elected to the United
States Senate in 1970,
Stevenson began his political
career in 1964 as a candidate
for the Illinois House of
Representatives. All can
didates were forced to run at
large that year because of a
court decision invalidating the
state's legislative districting.
Stevenson led all 236 can
didates of both parties.
A Harvard Law School
graduate, Stevenson serves on
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Civil Court Starts i
Here Next Monday!
The June term of District
court for the trial of civil cases
will begin here Monday
morning with Judge J. Ray
Bras well presiding.
Cases on the court schedule
include:
Lois S. Chandler vs. Doyle
Cecil Chandler; Kathleen B.
Robinson, et vir, vs. Glenn
Roberts, et ux; Jimmy
Edward Wyatt vs. William
Floyd Caldwell; Donald
Harrell, et ux, vs. Edwin G.
Howard, et ux; Daniel H.
Boone vs. Travelers Idemnity
Co.; Mary Lee Price vs.
Thomas Price Jr.; Nancy Jo
Roberts vs. Allen Sams, et al;
Earl Faris Carver vs. C & P
Motor Co., Inc.; Jarvis Ball
Treadway vs. David Tread
way; Norman Lee Ball vs.
Patricia T. Ball; Frances Rice
Gardner vs. Clyde Gardner;
James Frank Snelson vs.
Irene Gosnell Snelson; Jane
Mathis Holcombe vs. Harold
Eugene Holcombe; Julia
Kodayar vs. Allahyer
Kodayar.
Jurors drawn for the term
are as follow:
Chester Hensley, Marion
Grady Cook, Peggy Mae
Goforth, William C. Gardner;
William Blane Solsbee; Floyd
John Henderson; Pearl
Fowler Clark; Lee Vaughn
Barnett; William Arthur
Buckner; Donna Matthews
Worley;
Harlon Shelton; Zerilda
Sarah Metcalf; Cora Wallin
Gosnell; Chester Hobert
Gosnell; Gertrude Bradley
Corn; Clyde Lyndall English;
Connie Dockery Glenn; Doyle
Cody; Juanita Keener; Will
Honeycutt; Mrs. Hugh
Fisher;
Dan Finley; Evelyn Rainey
Balding; Neta Norton Rice;
Hattie (Dwight) Buckner;
Milt Ray; Hardie E. Merrill;
Dempsy Woody; Jennifer
Diane Greene; Otto Buckner;
Estie Banks; Jackie Ball;
Willie Garrett; Marilyn
Diane Wyatt; Irene Church
Reeves; Clyde F. Yelton;
Jamie Lee R. Briggs; Billie
Caldwell; Edith L. Radford;
W.C. Silver Jr.; Ola Mae
Shook; Harold Ray Gentry;
Kenneth Waldroup; Debra A
Judy Honeycutt; and Shelby
Jean Boyd.
School Board
Meets Tuesday
At Courthouse
R.L. Edwards, superin
tendent, announced this week
that the Board of Education
will meet next Tuesday at 9
a.m . at the courthouse. i
The public is invited. s
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BYARD RAY ?1
Byard Ray Festival Is Saturday
The second annual Byard
Ray Festival, named in honor
of the old-time fiddler from
Madison County, will be held
from 6 to 11:30 p.m. Saturday
in Thomas Wolfe Auditorium.
The festival, aimed at
preserving the heritage of the
art form being passed on from
generation to generation, will
present a wide variety of
mountain performers ranging
from ballad singers to English
country dancers to old-time
string bands.
Dancers will include the
Kenilworth Kapers Dancers,
the Carolina Cloggers, the
Pisgah View Ranch Smooth
dance team and the Haw
Creek Wee Smoothies.
Mountain ballad singers
scheduled to perform are Inex
Chandler, Delia Norton,
Evelyn Ramsey, Cas Wallin,
Berzilla Wallin, Sheila Rice,
Jimmy Haynie, Quentin
Ramsey and Connie Cramer.
Other singers will be Walter
"Red" Parham, ac
companying himself on the
guitar and mouth harp, and
Betty Smith, who will sing
while playing the dulcimer
and psaltery.
Instrumental numbers will
be performed by Liz and Lynn
Shaw and J.P. Fraley and
Byard Ray on twin fiddles;
Jerry Read Smith on ham
mered dulcimer; Sheila Rice
on banjo; and Morris Norton
on tune bow. Quay Smathers
will lead a group in shape note
hymn singing.
Sring bands scheduled to
perform include Byard Ray's
"Appalachian Polk," Quay
Smathers' "Dutch Cove String
Band," "Luke Smathers
String Band," Tommy
Hunter's "Hornpipers," Joan
Moser's "Mountain Women's
Cooperative String Band,"
Mark Anderson's "French
Broad Jumpers," Gordon
Freeman's "Pink Mountain
Boys," Harper Van Hoy's
"Fiddler's Grove String
Band" and "J.P. Fraley's
Family Band."
JAMES 0. ROBERTS, (left) a
native of Mars Hill, has been
named assistant director of the
physical plant at Mars Hill
College. On right is James Fish, of
Mars Hill, Physical Plant
director.
Roberts To Help Run
Mars Hill Physical Plant
James Oren Roberts, a
lative of Mars Hill and former
star athlete at Mars Hill High
School, has been named
issistant director of the
>hysical plant at Mars Hill
College.
A 1978 graduate of North
Carolina State University,
Roberts is familiar with the
allege campus, having
iterally grown up there. Both
lis great-grandparents and
lis grandparents played
irominent roles in the history
>f the Baptist school, and his
mother, Dorothy Weaver
Roberts, is a member of the
faculty in the music depart
ment.
Roberts' great-grandfather,
Dr. Robert Lee Moore, was
president of the college from
1897 until 1938; and his great
grandmother, Edna Cor
pening Moore, served in
various capacities from 1897
until her death in 1949.
Roberts' grandfather. O.E.
Roberts, was a catcher for the
Cincinnati Reds and served as
head coach and athletic
director of the college for
many years; and his grand
mother, known affectionately
as "Miss Nona," was a
member of the faculty for 50
years, teaching music and
French.
Roberts was a member of
the last graduating class at
the local high school before it
was consolidated into a new
county high school at Mar
shall. At N.C. State he
majored in business
management, earning a
bachelor of science degree.
During his college career he
was a member of the East
Campus Student Council,
serving as treasurer his senior
year, played on several in
tramural athletic teams, was
a member of the Economics
Club, and was named to the
dean's list on several oc
casions.
Mars Hill's physical plant
em com pa sees ISO acres with
over a major '?'"'-f for j
instruction, administration,
and residence with numerous - 'i
cottages and other bdMiafi
and facilities for allied needs.
The plant staff, which num
bers M, is directed by James I
M.rtsh
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Fire Destroys Mobile Home
A 125,000 double wide mobile
ome, belonging to Lawrence
?avis was completely
estroyed by fire early last
Wednesday morning. The
ome, located on Sweetwater
load about four miles from
larshall, was vacant when
ie fire was discovered about
:30 a.m. by his mother, Mrs.
[all Davis who lives a short
istance away. She notified
ie Marshall Fire Department
ut flames engulfed the
tructure and the home had
burned when firemen arrived.
Davis is employed in Ten
nessee and has been residing
there for some time.
The mobile home was said
to have been one of the finest
in the county, having three
bedrooms, two baths, large
livingroom with fireplace, a
patio and other conveniences.
There were 1,500 square feet
in the building. According to
reports, there was no elec
tricity in the home and the
origin of the Are is unknown.