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V The news record SERVING THE PEOPLE OF MADISON COUNTY On fhm Inside . . . - All American Al Wood visits Lady Patriot camp ...see story on page 8 78th Year No. 26 PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE COUNTY SEAT AT MARSHALL, N.C. THURSDAY, July 5, 1979 15* Per Copy Hearing To Probe Needs Of Elderly A doMti witneses identified with a variety of concerns for the elderly have been invited to testify at a Joint Congres riooal Hearing set for July 5, at Mars Hill College. The tentative list of witnesses was announced to day by U.S. Rep. Lamar Gudger, one of three Con gressmen who will conduct the bearing, sponsored by the House Select Committee on Aging and the House Commit tee on Education and Labor. Joining Gudger at the hear ing will be Rep. Ike Andrews of North Carolina's Fourth District and Rep. Larry Hopkins of Kentucky's Sixth District. The formal hearing will begin at 10 a.m. in the Wren Student Center's Belk Auditorium at the college. In addition to tfae testimony of witnesses, an informal questioo-and-answer panel is scheduled from 2 to 1:30 p.m. with audience participation. Ms. Sharlene Hirsch, of Knoxville, Tenn., director of community development for the Tennessee Valley Authori ty ; George Olson supervisor of North Carolina National Forests; Jerry Eubanks, assistant superintendent of the Grant Smoky Mountains National Park; State Rep. Ernest Meuer, chairman of the Committee on Aging of the General Assembly; Mrs. Alice Wutschd, associate director of continuing education at the University of North Carolina at Aaheville, who will discuss Elderhostels, and Raymond Rapp of Mars Hill College's Continuing Education, who will speak on the Learning In stitute for Elders (LIFE) pro gram. Also Richard Queen of Waynesville, who will testify on nursing homes and care facilities; John Jervis of AsheviUe, president of the Smoky Mountain Senior Citizens Association; Mrs. Mabel Bolden of AsheviUe, director of the Senior Citizens' Opportunity Center ; James H. McCombs of Morgan ton, with the American Association for Retired Persons (AARP); Mrs. Christine DeSaix of Asheville, with the Division of Social Services, N.C. Depart ment of Human Resources, and Fred Brummett of Bakersville, president of the Mitchell County Retired Teachers Association. "I am eagerly anticipating the testimony of those witnesses,'' Gudger said. "We expect a good turnout for the hearing and hope others who feel they can make positive contributions will be on hand to join in our forum . This hear ing is open to all Western North Carolina citizens with concern for the elderly." MAES HILL COLLEGE has received a $500 scholarship from Clyde L. English of Mars Hill, owner of English Insurance Co., English Auto Sales, and president of Bantam Chef. The gift was made through the school's Golden M Club. Shown above presenting check, left to right: Jim Cox, director of development at Mars Hill; Clyde English; and athletic director, Claude Gibson. Dairy Tour WNC Group Includes More Than 100 Three busloads of Western North Carolina dairy fanners, wives, extension agents and other farm leaders will depart early next Sunday for a four day tour of dairy farms and research units in Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania. The annual tour, sponsored by the dairy commission of the WNC Development Associa tion and the N.C. Agricultural Extension Service, will in JS ' ? ? elude over 100 participants from nearly a dozen counties. The main group will depart from the WNC Farmers Market in Asheville with other pickups in Waynesville, Marion and Morgan ton. The group will spend the first night in Washington, D.C., where they will be joined by representatives of some of the state's congressional group. Greater Ivy Starts Community Watch . With the assistance of the Buncombe County Sheriff's Department, Greater Ivy Community Citizens Associa tion Inc., is in the process of establishing Community Watch Program. Eddie Hen Aix, deputy sheriff from the Buncombe County Sheriff's Departnunt, was guest ? at the community June 25 in the com rase. He showed a se film on crime prevention "proper locks." at Community is to make us aware of ? we can take to make omes more secure burglary, to show us tighlws can help each protect our entire nd to Walker's Branch; Stanley Peek, Crooked Creed; Max Gibbs, Beech Glen; Grover Gillis, Lower Paint Fork; Dore Hanadl. Upper Paint Fork; Patsy Maynard, roads off Middle Fork Road ; Bachus Mc Peters, Middle Fork; Mr. Whitt, Lush Allen Road. Patsy Maynard, beautifica tkm chairman, states that the flowers from the bed behfttd the community house are ready now. These flowers are free to community residents and are to be used only for mailbox plantings. She further adds that three new communi ty signs have been ordered: Holland Creek, Buckner Branch, and Crooked Creek. "It has been mgpstnd that Greater Ivy show movies In the community house this faH on Friday and Saturday nights. The price would be residents, but would be available to anyone who wish One of the highlights of the tour will be a half-day visit to the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center at Beltsville, My. This center, covering more than 7,500 acres, is the hub of the nationwide research program of the U.S Department of Agriculture. Over 2,000 U.S.D.A. scientists and other employees work in 1,000 research laboratories, barns and greenhouses at the facility. The WNC group will visit dairy farms in the Lancaster, Pa., area, tour the Amish country, visit the Sperry-New Holland Inc. farm equipment plant, the bull stud of Atlantic Breeders Service and the Lan caster Farmers Market. Other stops will include a milk transfer plant at Hagerstown, Md? a father-son dairy farm at Smithburg, Md . , and a tour of the dairy farm and research units at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Joining the tour on his fist visit to the United States will be H. Horimoto, a dairy farmer from Hagi, Japan, and the father of Mrs. Larry Groves of Hayesville, wife of a Clay County dairyman. Included among the tour participants are the following from Madison County: Mr and Mrs. Gerald Young, Mr and Mrs. Jake Grigg and Mr and Mrs. Bruce Phillips. Tour leaders will be G rover Westmoreland, Henderson ex tension chairman; J.D. Brooks, extension agent, Bun combe and Haywood counties; and Morris L. McGough, ex ecutive vice president, WNC Development Association. $6,642 Grant Approved For Housing A grant of $6,642 has been approved by the Department of Housing and Urban Development for the Marshall Housing Authority, Con gressman Lamar Gudger an nounced Monday. The grant will finance a per formance funding system to improve management effi ciency and maintain the level of services presently provided to residents. Judge Appoints Commission To Settle Ivy Forks Dispute A Superior Court judge has appointed a three-member boundary commission to settle a dispute as to exactly where the Buncombe-Madison Coun ty line is located in the Forks of Ivy community. The dispute is centered around a controversial beer and wine package store whose owners maintain the store is in Buncombe County, where the sale of alcoholic beverages is within the law. Community residents main taint he store is in Madison County, where the sale of alcohol is forbidden by law. In an order f igncil this week, Superior Court Jttdgtr William T. Gristtf Chark*? appointed the commission and a surveyor to assist the com mission. Appointed to the commis sion were Gary S. Cash, 29, an Asheville attorney, Robert L. "Bobby" Edwards, 59, superintendent of Madison County schools, and Charles D. Owens, 54, a Forest City real estate broker and former mayor of that city. Walter G. Hutchison, presi dent of Hutchison-Biggs Inc., was named surveyor to assist the commission in establishing the boundary line. Edwards may, at his discre tion, cbfoae "an additional surveyor to assit the commis sion if he so desires," the order states, adding that a Industrial Park Schedules Groundbreak A ground-breaking ceremony at the Madison County Industrial Park will be held next Tuesday at 1:15 p.m., it has been announced by James T. Ledford, county commissioner. The park is located on Long Branch Road off the Marshall bypass. The program includes the greeting by Ledford; a state ment on the importance of the Industrial Park will be given by Mayor Lawrence Ponder; Dr. Donald Anderson, chairperson of the Madison County Planning Board, will introduce special guests ; com ments will be made by Dale Jones, EDA, David Freeman, TVA, and Representative Lis ton B. Ramsey. Others participating in the observance will include Ervin Adams and Virginia Ander son, commissioners. "The Madison County Com mission has long worked for this goal knowing that it would significently enhance the economic development of the county. With the hard work of Madison County citizens and the gracious assistance of State, Regional and National Agencies, we have now achieved this important goal. We hope you can share in this occasion with us," James T. Ledford stated. V third surveyor may be chosen only if the commission feels it necessary. Grist appointed the three member commission to "locate, survey and map the disputed portion of the boun dary" and make its report back to him within 45 days. The judge's order states the commissioners shall be sworn in as soon as possible and no later than July 20. The boundary line con-, troversy began in October, when Robert T. Sofield Jr. and Edward Kirkpatrick were issued a permit to sell beer ?ntf wine by the stats Alcoholic Beverage Control Board. The permit was for their Forks of Ivy store, known as Pea body's Discount Center. In the months that followed, conflicting restraining orders were issued by different judges that added to the con troversy. Gun Discharges, Kills Child A two-year-old girl died Sun day from an accidental gun shot wound, the Mars Hill Police Department reported. April Dawn Radford, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy H. Radford of the California Creek Community, died of ab dominal injuries shortly after arrival at Memorial Mission Hospital in Asheville. Officer B.J Will* said the girl was carrying a .22 caliber pistol at the home M a neighbor when she dropped the gun on the floor and it discharged. The accident oc cured at approximately 11:30 a.m., Willis said. Surviving in addition to the parents are the maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Edwards of Mars Hill; and the paternal grand parents, Mr .and Mrs. Harmon Radford of Mars Hill. Services were held at 2 p.m. TOesday in the chapel of Capps Funeral Home. The Rev. Harold Ray officiated, Burial was in the Radford family cemetery. 37 LADY PATRIOTS with their coaches are shown at the ASU Basketball Camp in Boone June 17-23. Play Rings A Bell/ ^ Introduces Mark Twain To Telephone If a stranger named Bell came to you and aaked you to inveat in tua new invention called the would you oblige? That U the dUem ma faced by a suapidoua Mark Twain In the Southern Appalachian Repertory Theatre's (SART) fifth world premiere play "A H.i ^ Year to the Whoh run in Mara Hill. [ Based on the ffcctural counter in 1(77 bet* and Ale* Bail, Chicago a comedy that wonderful wit and worldly wisdom of ?a r Tw*in- ? ... ^ crucial to the mt of Clemens' life. At a dedicated speculator, he longed for a major investment that would relieve him of the need to write hastily and unsetecttve ly, and ef the ordeal of going Join Oert ling will play the ,wi m Hm technic director for SART's produc tion of SHENANDOAH and Is currently working 011 a Master of Fine Arts degree in dlrectir ing from Tulane University. He holds a Master o f Arte degree in design from the University of Michigan MM. ph' the ,.K ;r Ma * Hill is ? native of the area Her | Steve Powers I in the title role of Alexander Graham Bell. % \ of Brevard, the lead in | Hill ? ? of DRACULA The pUy Virgil R. Gray Jr of A
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