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77th Year, NO. 40
PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE COUNTY SEAT AT MARSHALL. N C
THURSDAY, October 12, 1978
IS' Per Copy
FELICIA BISHOP, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Bishop of Marshall, was crowned
1978 homecoming queen of Madison High
School Friday night at halftime of the Mit
chell-Madison football game.
Felicia Bishop
Crowned Madison
ifPw *
High Queen
Felicia Bishop, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bishop
of Marshall, was crowned
Madison High School
homecoming queen during
ceremonies at ha If time of the
Mitchell-Madison football
game last Friday night.
Felicia, 17, is a senior.
David Wyatt, principal,
crowned the queen.
The colorful ceremony was
held in cold, brisk weather
before a large crowd of
shivering fans.
The queen and her court
entered the field on late model
automobiles which were
furnished by Pioneer Ford,
Firearms
Ordinance
Enforced
Mayor Ponder and the
board of aldermen this week
announced that the firearms
ordinance here would be
strictly enforced on the killing
of all wildlife within the city
limits.
Citizens are reminded that
Marshall is a bird and wildlife
sanctuary.
"It has been reported that
many squirrels have been shot
and this should be stopped,"
the town officials stated
Also cooperating with the
officials in enforcing this
ordinance is the N.C. Wildlife
Anyone being reported for
these violations will be in
vestigated and tf found guilty,
will be prosecuted
Mountaineer Ford, Eric
English, Morris Frisby, Teddy
Cody, Kermlt Cody, Dr. Bobby
Jean Rice, Sheila Ramsey and
MaxineGosnell.
Flowers for the event were
furnished by Shady Side
Florist.
Each member of the court
and the queen were flanked by
student escorts.
Members of the queen'!
court included Laurie Melvin
Shannon Joyner, Pauls
Shelton, Beverly Bruce, Pare
Anderson, Nan Ramsey
Linda Ray and Sandy Deitz
Donna Marie Anderson, 197!
homecoming queen, als<
participated in the event.
The Madison High Marching
Band, under the direction of
William Stell, furnished musk
for the occasion.
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$2.5 Million Federal Loan
Sought For New School
?
The county of Madison has
applied to the Fanners Home
Administration for a loan in
the amount of $2,500,000 to
construct a new elementary
school to house Marshall
Walnut Elementary schools
and to provide other badly
needed capital improvements
to the four other elementary
schools in the county, Larry
Water
Supply
Adequate
The Marshall water supply
at the present is adequate with
both reservoirs normal for
this time of year, town of
ficials announced Tuesday
morning.
"Although we have plenty of
water at present, the public is
asked to be as conservative as
possible," one of the aldermen
stated.
Many towns in Western
North Carolina have'jerkitts
shortages of water, including
Weaverville, Woodfin, Rob
bins ville, Sylvp and Black
Mountain.
ELAINE BRADY
Janet Elaine Brady
Is Fatally Injured
Janet Elaine Brady, 20, ol
Mars Hill was killed in a one
car accident on the U.S. 2S-71
bypass near Marshall earl)
Thursday of last week.
Trooper Tony Dudley saic
Miss Brady was a passengei
in a 1978 Datsun driven b)
Randy Kim Tweed, 22, ol
Route 2, Marshall. Tweed was
taken to Memorial Missior
Hospital where he was listec
in fair condition
A third passenger, Bobtn
Fore, 90, of Route 1, Marshal
was treated and released m
the hospital.
Dudley said the car wai
traveling south on the U.S. 25
70 bypass at a high rate o
speed at 12:45 a.m. wbei
District Court
Now In Progress
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term, most of them fa
violation; of driving lawi
There are 77 cases of ftpeedin
Tweed apparently lost control
of the vehicle. The Datsun left
the road on the left side of the
highway, then ccoased to the
right shoulder and crash^
into a rock wall, overturning
several times.
A native and lifelong
resident of Madison County,
she was a 1975 graduate of
Madison High School and
attended Mars Hill College
She was employed by
Shadowline Corp. and was a
daughter of Beatrice Com
Brady of Marshal] and the late
Robert Rarl Brady Sr.
FUNERAL SATURDAY
Services were bald at 2 p.m.
Saturday in Bull Creek Baptist
Chruch, of which she was a
member. The Rev Stanley
Peek officiated. Burial was in
Leake, county attorney, stated
this week.
If the county is successful in
its efforts to obtain the
$2,500,000 from the Farmers
Home Administration, it will
result in a great savings to the
taxpayers of the county. The
county will be able to obtain
the money in question at an
interest rate of from 1 to IVi
percent cheaper than the
county could obtain on the
Open Bond Market and in
stead of the repayment period
being 20 years as would be
required on the Open Bond
Market, the FHA repayment
period would probably be
either 30 or 40 years, therefore
reducing greatly the amount
of monies which the county
would have to allocate to bond
repayment in each fiscal year.
Tax savings to each property
owner if the FHA approves the
loan as opposed to financing
through the Open Market
would probably be in the area
of 40 percent, Leake stated.
As the county is not going to
be in a position to advise the
electorate by Nov. 7 whether
the FHA loan has been ap
proved, the referendum at
which the people decide
whether the $2,500,000 issue
should occur will not be held
until the Farmers Home
Administration notifies the
county of whether it will be
willing to purchase the bonds
upon their issue. After the
Farmers Home
Administration has made its
decision, then the county can
properly advise the taxpayers
as to the costs of any such
bond issue, Leake continued.
Regardless of the decision
made by the FHA, before any
funds can be borrowed, the
electorate will still have to
approve same at a bond
referendum. There will be no
delay in the start of the school
improvements in question,
when and if the bond issue is
approved, as if the bond issue
had been approved at the Nov.
7 election, then the county in
its efforts to secure the
?cheapest funding source
would have still sought fun
ding from the Farmers Home
Administration, and no bond
would have issued until action
was taken by the Farmers
Home Administration, Leake
explained.
A spokesman for the board
of county commissioners
stated that the board felt that
it would be improper to have
the referendum before the
people could properly and
accurately be advised as to
the costs of the bond issue. To
go ahead and have the
referendum at this time would
be the same as buying a "pig
in a poke," Leake commented
It is anticipated that the
bond referendum will be held
in January or February
Election Board
Chairman Pat Franklin Wants New Lawyer
Patricia Franklin, one of
two state-appointed members
of the Madison County Board
of Elections, was elected
chairman at the organization
meeting of the county board
here Friday morning of last
week.
Mrs. Franklin immediately
launched a move to replace
Asheville attorney Larry B.
Leake as legal counsel for the
elections board.
Leake is attorney for
Madison County and state
president of the North
Carolina Young Democrat
Clubs.
Mrs. Franklin said she feels
Leake should be replaced as
elections board counsel since
he also represents the
Madison County board of
commissioners and the school
board and those offices are up
for re-election Nov. 7.
"And in view of the fact that
Mr. Leake is president of the
state Young Democrat Clubs
and is very busy in that
capacity, and in view of the
fact that he represents two
boards in this county that are
up for re-election. I would like
to suggest to this board of
commissioners to hire an
attorney for us," Mrs.
Franklin said.
Oscar McDevitt, Leake's
uncle who was elected
secretary to the board, op
posed the move. He said he
does not see the need to spend
taxpayers' money to hire a
lawyer if Leake is available to
represent the board.
Mrs. Franklin said that in
view of the alleged
irregularities that occurred in
the last election and the
lurmo\l that the previous
%6ard had to contend with, "I
feel that it is very important
that this board protect itself
and that we have an attorney
present at our meetings to
instruct us on the law and
advise us on the law."
She said the board's lawyer
should attend the instructional
meetings for precinct officials
and be with ,the board on
election night.
William B. Zink Jr.,
Republican member who was
also appointed to the Madison 1
board of the state Board of I
Elections in a shakeup
following the May 2 primaries,
agreed with Mrs. Franklin
that a lawyer is needed by the
elections board.
Zink and Mrs. Franklin
were appointed by the state
Board of Elections to replace
Harold Amnions, Democratic
member, and L. Roger Swann,
Republican member. They
were sworn in Thursday of
last week by Clerk of Court
Judson Edwards.
McDevitt, who replaced
Marvin Ball on the board
earlier, nominated Mrs.
Franklin as chairman Friday.
There was a brief battle
between McDevitt and Zink
for the post as secretary, with
Mrs. Franklin voting for
McDevitt.
"Before going further in the
meeting, I would like to cay a
few words which I hope
reflects the spirit of this new
board," Mrs. Franklin said,
following her election as
chairman.
"First, none of us actively
sought this office and we have
become replacement mem
bers of the board after a long
period of turmoil with only a
few short weeks to prepare for
the general election," she
said.
"And while we fully realize
that there has been con
troversy involving the elec
Continued on Page 7
PATRICIA FRANKLIN
Hall To Be Dedicated Sunday
Black well Hall, Mars Hill
College's >1.5 million ad
ministration building, will be
formally opened Oct. IS, as the
school celebrates its annual
Homecoming and Alumni Day
activities.
The three-story, completely
air-conditioned building will
allow the major ad
ministrative offices of the
college to be housed under one
roof for the first time in the
school's history. The 11 a.m.
ceremony will begin on a
patriotic note with the
presentation of a new
American flag and a flagpole
for the newly landscaped
center quadrangle. Theflag
and flagpole are a gift from
the Woodmen of the World.
E.H. Ponder, area manager,
and units 1 and 1107 from
Asheville will make the
presentation.
The building will be named
for Dr. and Mrs. Hoyt Black
well. Dr. Batckwell is
president emeritus of the
college having served nearly
40 years on the faculty ad
ministration of the college.
His presidency spanned the
years from 1998 to 1966 and
was responsible for half of the
DAVID EDWARDS of Weaver
villa and Chris Harris of Salisbury
rehearse a scene from Mars Hill
pr duetto* 4 "South
Pacific The Pultiler Prize
winning musical, directed by C.
Robert Jones, will open Thursday
evening in the college's Owen
campus's major buildings. A
native of South Carolina, Dr.
Blackwell is a veteran of
World War I, a member of
Mars Hill's Class of 1922, and
holds additional degrees from
Wake Forest and Southern
Seminary. ,
Others participating in the
ceremony will include Dr.
Fred B. Bentley, the current
president of Mars Hill; Dr. W.
Otis Duck, Mars Hill
physician and chairman of the
Board of Trustees; Harold
Austell of Greenville, S.C.,
chairman of the Board of
Advisors; and Dr. James
Kessaris of Hendersonville,
co-president of the Alumni
Association. The college band,
under the direction of Ray
Ba belay, and the college
choir, directed by William
Roberts, will also participate
in the ceremony, which will be
held at the middle floor en
trance of the new building.
Other events surrounding
the building's dedication in
clude an exhibition of 00
iwooGDiocK coior prints ov
famed Japanese artist Ando
Hiroshige. Valued at $11,000
the 19th century art work*
retired as president of Watts
Heating and Plumbing in
Statesville He has served on
the Board of Trustees for four
terms and has donated his
services to the college to help
conserve energy by upgrading
the plumbing and heating
sytems of the school Watts
also holds a degree from Wake
Forest, and is a member of the
Kiwanis Club, the Masons,
and the Shriners. He is active
in the Western Avenue Baptist
Church where he was served
as a deacon, chairman of the
trustees, and as a leader in the
Sunday school department He
is married to the farmer
Mabel Shaver, a member of
the Class of 'S3, and they have
three daughters, two of which
are also Mars HW alumnae.
Mrs. Hoffman, a member of
the Class of is the wife of
academic vice preald? t Dr.
Richard L. Hoffman. A native
of Greenville, S.C., she al*
holds a master's f
Western Carolina Un
An activist with 4
a fleet of civic, i
of the