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Tax Collector To Be Tougher On Delinquent Accounts
County Imposes Landfill Surcharge
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SERVING THE PEOPLE OF MADISON COUNTY
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77th Year 15- Per Copy PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE COUNTY SEAT AT MARSHALL. N C. "THURSDAY, July 13, 1978
This Gal's Half As Big...
Twice As Happy
By JIM STORY
"I've reached my goal, and
I feel the greatest and am the
happiest I've ever been,"
Carolyn Briggs of Route 2,
Mars Hill, told this writer on
July 5 at the opening of the
Greater Ivy Nutrition Site in
the community center at
Beech Glen.
As we enjoyed the luncheon
with more than 40 senior
citizens, Carolyn told of the
incredible experiences of
losing 161 pounds in one
year, 10 months.
Asked how in the world she
did it, she commented that she
decided to try Weight Wat
chers in Asheville as a last
resort, and "I've never
regretted the decision."
It was hard to believe that a
girl who weighed 309 pounds
less than two years ago now
weighs only 148 pounds.
As a general thing, a person
who loses much less weight
than Carolyn has shows a
strained facial appearance
and usually appears tired and
irritable. Not Carolyn. She has
a glowing personality, no
wrinkles, no double chin or
loose skin. She is a most at
tractive person who is proud
of her accomplishment and is
more than willing to talk about
it.
I asked her if she had some
of her pictures when she was
CAROLYN BRIGGS of Route 2,
Mars Hill, is pictured as she
looked in August 1976, while
visiting Hawaii. Her weight was
309 1/2 pounds. With her is a tour
guide. "He tried to put his arm
around me but his arm was too
short or I was too fat," Carolyn
jokingly remarked.
"fat and unattractive." "I
certainly do," she answered,
"and I'll be glad to mail you a
few if you want to write an
article."
I assured her I'd be
delighted to do a feature about
her and she was most ap
preciative and cooperative.
Carolyn is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Briggs
of Mars Hill and lives in the
Greater Ivy community in the
Beech Glen section.
She is pianist at the Beech
Glen Baptist Church and
teaches in kindergarten at the
Marshall Elementary School.
At present she is in training
with Weight Watchers and
plans on opening a Weight
Watchers class in Mars Hill as
soon as she finishes her
training. "I hope to start the
class within the next couple of
months," she said.
CAROLYN'S STORY
Bebw, Carolyn writes tl her *
life, as follows: "At birth
(Fab. 8, 1951), I weighed 9
pounds, IS ounces. On Sept. it,
1976, 1 weighed 306V4 pounds.
After a long, hot, miserable
summer, I knew I had to lose
weight or I might not be alive
to see another one. I was 25
years old and had been
overweight all of my life. I
was wearing women-size
clothes in the first grade.
Never in my life had I been
able to lead a normal life.
Never had I known what it was
like to step outside the
doorway of my home without
being harassed and made fun
of. The nicknames I attained
throughout school are too
numerous and painful to even
attempt to mention.
At the age of 9, 1 weighed 147
pounds which is near the
weight I now am.
When it came time to be
weighed and measured In the
eighth grade, I wished I were
not even there because I was
afraid the teacher would read
my weight aloud and I was
teased enough as it was. But,
ABOVE picture was made of Carolyn on July
5, 1978, while she was attending the opening
of the Greater Ivy Nutrition Site at Beech
Glen. She now weighs only 148 pounds, a loss
of 161 1/2 pounds in one year, 10 months. "I
am the happiest and feel the greatest I ever
have," she remarked. ( Photo by Jim Story )
lucky for me, he only pointed
down to the scales which read
201 pounds.
Words can't express the
hard times I had in high
school. Needless to say, there
were no dates, no sports, none
of the activities which my
CAROLYN'S MEASUREMENTS
Height
Weight
Bust
Waist
Hips
Shoe Size
Ring Size
Dress Size
Pant Size
Before After
5'7" 5'7"
3091/2 148
48" 34"
46" 271/2"
60" 37"
10C 9M
91/2 6
281/2 10-12
46 10-12
classmates enjoyed and
participated in. I covered my
feelings and received positive
attention from people around
me by constantly cracking
jokes about my weight.
Everyone had a good laugh at
my expense. But they all loved
me because I was so funny ?
the life of the party! Yet I
would go home and cry myself
to sleep because, on the inside,
it really hurt.
By the time of high school
graduation, I weighed 270
pounds. The clothes I had to
wear were for people two or
three times my age and in
hideous colors. Never did I
own a pair of jeans or any kind
of clothes the other girls my
age wore.
By the time I graduated
from Mars Hill College, I
weighed 300 pounds. All my
clothes had to be ordered from
places specialising in fashions
Continued on PafeS
Ramsey J(gReceive Taylor Service Award
Rep. Litton B. Ramsey of
Marshall will receive the first
anaual Roy A. Taylor Service
Award at the 1978 North
Carolina Young Democrat*
installation banquet in
Aahevllle July IS at 7 p.m.,
according to YD SDokesmar
Wayne McDevitt.
Jackson, Madison, and Swain
counties. Ha was recently
ranked as the second moat
effective Howes legislator by
the North Carolina Center for
Policy Rsssarcfa. House
Speaker Carl Stawart la
ranked first
"We are proud that this
award wffl carry the name of
former Congreasman Roy
Taylor, who did so much for
our araa and our party during
!i years he wm in
on the part of the nth District
Young Democrats to provide
appropriate public recognition
on an annual basis to a
Western Carolina Democrat
who has done the most to
serve the district and the
party."
McDevitt, who is chairman
of ths nth District YD
Organization, cited examples
? Ramsey authored and
introduced legiatation
requiring roll call votes in
Committee
? Waa responsible lor the
secondary road spending
formula favoring the moun
tain highway system.
- Worked on the "Windfall
Tut BUI" which provides
funds lor prison construction
and university building
agricultural program* in
Western North Carolina.
Ramsay who is a past
chairman of the House
Finance ^Committee is
currently Serving as the
chairman of the House Rules
Committee
General Fund
Still Gets 95 c '
Of Tax Rate
The Madison County Board of Com
missioners has voted to maintain the present
tax rate of 95 cents per $100 valuation for use
in the general fund.
However, due to the increasing costs of
the land fill, solid waste and garbage
operations, it was necessary to levy a sur
charge of 10 cents. The surcharge will be used
strictly in connection with the land fill and
related solid waste activities.
In addition, residents of the Smokey
Mountain Fire District will have an additional
tax levied upon them in an amount to be
determined by the governing board of that
district.
The county commissioners have in
structed the tax collector's office to begin "an
immediate and vigorous collection of all
delinquent taxes."
Harold H. Wallin, the county tax collector,
has been instructed to begin immediate en
forcement measures, including the seizure of
bank accounts and automobiles, and the at
taching and sale, if necessary, of real
property.
Madison Students
Urged To Registef .
By August 10
Madison High School
students arc reminded that
summer vacation will aoon be
over and the first day of the
1978-79 school year will be
Aug. 10. Students needing to
complete their class schedule
cards may do it by visiting the
guidance office at Madison
High School Monday through
Friday from 8 a.m. until 3:30
p.m.
"It is important that
everyone be registered for a
six-period class load before
this date to insure a smooth
opening for what promises to
be an exciting year at Madiaon
High," Ron McDaniel said
"If you have neglected to
register at all or have an in
complete schedule, you are
encouraged to take care of this
matter immediately.
Remember, all students will
have a completed schedule by
opening day and we hope you
will take advantage of the
opportunity given you to have
input in the selection of your
coursework for the coming
?<*ool year," McDaniel said.
Larry Leake >
To Become State
YDC President
Larry Leake, son of Mr. and
Mrs. A.E. Leake of Asheville,
formerly of Walnut, will be
sworn in as president of the
N.C. Young Democrats at the
installation banquet this
Saturday night at the Inn on
the Plasa in Asheville.
Leake, who is a partner in
the Uxxell, Dumont Law Firm
in Asheville, is a graduate of
Marshall High School. He was
awarded his A.B. degree from
the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill and a
Juris doctor law degree from
the University off
Carolina Law School Larry,
who resides with his parents in
Asheville, has a brother, Dr.
A.E. Leake Jr., alao of
"Now that!
wa Democrat!
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