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79th Year No. 41
PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE COUNTY SEAT AT MARSHALL. N.C.
THURSDAY, October 9, 1980
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In Madison-Buncombe School Attendance Case
Trial Over Quickly, Solution Reached
A day and a half of legal negotiations
between attorneys brought a speedy
end to the Madison-Buncombe school
attendance dispute in a special session
of Superior Court here which began
Sept. 29.
A compromise solution to the dispute
was reached by attorney Larry B.
Leake representing the Madison Coun
ty School Board, and Ronald K. Payne
and Jack Westall, Jr., attorneys for the
51 students living in the Sandy Mush
and Red Oak communities along the
Madison-Buncombe County line.
In the complicated judgment handed
down by Judge John Jolly, all 51
Madison County students will be allow
ed to finish the current school year at
the Buncombe County schools they at
tend, but many of the students will be
required to return to Madison County
schools next fall.
According to the judgment, certain
conditions will allow some of the
students to finish the highest grade
level offered at the Buncombe school
they now attend. If a student is current
ly in at least his second year at a school,
he may finish at that school, then return
to the Madison County school system.
For example, a third-grader in his se
cond or third year at a Buncombe
elementary school will be allowed to
finish the sixth grade at that school,
then will be required to begin the
seventh grade at a Madison school.
If a student is finishing the last year
at an elementary, middle or high
school, then that student must attend
Madison schools next fall, regardless of
the number of years the student has
been attending Buncombe schools.
For example, a student in at least his
second year and now in the sixth grade
at a Buncombe elementary school must
attend a Madison school next year,
despite the earlier argument from
some parents that their children should
continue their school years with their
friends they had made in previous
years.
School board attorney Larry Leake
said the key to the settlement was
where each child was in school last
year. "Each child will be allowed to
complete the school in which he was
enrolled last year," he said.
Leake said all children in
kindergarten and the first grade this
year will begin attending Madison
schools next fall.
Leake stated the parents and their at
torneys agreed during the negotiations
that "the children were properly sub
ject to assignment to Madison County
schools, that the Madison schools pro
vided a fit and proper place for educa
tion, and that there were adequate
means of transportation from the com
munities to Madison schools."
During previous hearings on the at
tendance matter, parents of the
students contended through their at
torneys that school bus routes in the two
counties made it easier and safer for
their children to attend Buncombe
schools. They also claimed that it was
in the best interests of their children to
attend Buncombe schools because
winter weather disrupted schooling
more in Madison than Buncombe, and
because their children's social and
community activities were centered in
Buncombe County.
The compromise solution was reach
ed after many hours of private con
sultation between Judge Jolly apd ,
lawyers for both the students and the
Madison County School Board.
Prospective jurors were sworn in for
the trial, but a jury was never selected
since the settlement was reached in
private session.
After the trial, Madison County
school superintendent R.L. Edwards
said he was satisfied with the settle
ment.
"It was something that should have
been decided five years ago," Edwards
said.
COUNTY COMMISSION Chair
man Ervin Adams and commis
sioner James Ledford signed con
tracts Friday night providing
Photo by N. Hancock
county senior citizens program
with transportation, energy and
food services for fiscal year 1981.
Truck, Cargo Destroyed In Wreck
A tractor-trailer rig and its
cargo were virtually
demolished in a single vehicle
accident on Highway 25-70 last
week one-half mile north of
Marshall.
The 1980 Ford tractor drove
off the road at 1:15 a.m. on
Sept. 29, hit an embankment
and rolled onto its side in
Walnut Creek doing an
estimated (75,000 damage to
the truck and the cargo, accor
ding to Highway Patrol Of
ficer T.E. Dudley.
The trailer was loaded with
military furniture and per
sonal effects on a trip from
Texas to Norfolk, Va.
The driver, Harry Richard
Jorgenson, 45,' of Jenison,
Mich, suffered only a broken
nose in the accident. A compa
nion in the truck. Donna Hale
Dyer, 19, of Brevard, received
a sprained neck, according to
the Highway Patrol report.
Both persons were taken to
Memorial Mission Hospital in
Asheville where they were
treated and released.
Patrolman Dudley
estimated the speed of the
track at 45 mpta at the time of
the accident, and he stated the
driver told him he was blinded
by the bright lights of an on
coming car causing him (the
OVERTURNED TRUCK resulted
in $75,000 damage to the vehicle
and cargo in early mornng
mishoap on Highway 25-70 one
Photo by N. Hancock
half mile north of Marshall. No
serious injuries were reported in
the accident.
driver) to be unable to see the
road.
Dudley said he charged
Jorgenson with "reckless
driving after consuming a suf
ficient amount of alcoholic
beverage to impair his judge
ment."
Highway Patrol personnel
were on duty at the scene of
the accident for nearly 10
hours, and wrecker crews
spent most of the next day
removing the vehicle and
cargo from the ravine. Ap
proximately 20 to 2S gallons of
fuel oil from the tractor spilled
into Walnut Creek as a result
of the overturned truck, and
the Environmental Protection
Agency was notified to inspect
the pollution damage to the
creek, according to Dudley.
One -Stop Voting
During the month of Oc
tober, the office of the Board
of Election* will be open five
days a week Monday through
Friday (ram 1:30 a.m., until
4:10 p.m , for the purpose of
voters wishing to fill out aa ap
plication and vote his ballots
at the same time.
This applies only to voters
who aspect to be absent Arum
the county during the entire
period the polls are open on
?taction day and will be unable
to vote in person, or voters due
to sickness or physical
disability will not be able to
votein person on election day.
The deadline for voting ooe
stop will be 1:00 p.m . on Oc
tober M, 1900.
Also, the Board will meet on
Tuesday and Friday of each
weak daring the month of Oc
tober (or the purpose of ex
amining absentee applica
tions.
The Board s office is located
in the Ramsay Office Bu ildi ng
on Main Street in Marshall.
Notice is hereby given that the General
Election will be held on November 4, I960.
The polling places will be open for voting
beginning at 6:30 a.m. and closing at 7:00
p.m.
Commissioners Get CETA
Funds For Rescue Service
The Madison County Com
missioners announced to an
audience comprised mostly of
county ambulance service
personnel that seven am
bulance service CETA
employees would be retained
at their present jobs beginning
Monday, Oct. 6.
CETA funding for the seven
employees was on the brink of
running out, but the commis
sioners made a special trip to
Raleigh to see what they could
do to get the funds reinstated
in order to retain the workers,
according to Commissioner
Virginia Anderson of Hot Spr
ings.
The announcement came
shortly after the commis
sioners approved the hiring of
Taylor Barnhili as the new
CETA coordinator for the
county. The Commissioners
retired to executive session
with Barnhili, and returned to
the meeting stating the seven
ambulance employees and all
CETA workers in the Day
Care facility, along with the
Aging Services Coordinator,
would report to work as usual
on Monday,
Ambulance Service person
nel turned out in force at the
meeting to "find out what the
commissioners were going to
do about the seven employees
and the service.''
According to a spokesman
for the ambulance service,
CETA employees working for
the service have been
disgruntled over what they
term "job insecurity"
associated with the CETA pro
gram. The spokesman said
they have not been pleased
with "last minute efforts" to
secure fluids for their posi
tions.
Barnhill said Friday night
he didn't know how long the
reinstated CETA funds for the
employees would last, but he
would know later in the week
when he received the budget
from Raleigh.
In related ambulance ser
vice business, Mildred West,
acting Ambulance Supervisor,
reported to the commissioners
on tambulance service
rendered during the month of
September.
In the town of Marshall, the
service made a total of 41
runs. Four calls were to
wrecks, six to heart attacks
and stroke victims, and 31
others including general
emergencies andv broken
bones.
The Mars Hill unit answered
31 calls; four to wrecks, 12
heart attacks and serious
emergencies and 15 other. The
Hot Springs unit answered 16
calls; 5 heart attacks and U
others.
In other business, the Board
of Commissioners:
? Approved the hiring of
Luanne Hunt Roberts as Ac
ting Director of the Day Care
Center
? Listened to residents of
Panhandle Road (SR 1592),
and agreed to send a letter to
the highway maintenance
department calling for the
regrading of 1.6 miles of the
road.
? Approved a motion to
allow tax listers to list taxes in
the voting precincts for this
year. A discussion followed
about the feasibility of listing
by mail for next year, and the
commissioners stated they
need to prepare early for a
mail listing operation.
? Signed contracts for
fiscal year 1961 to secure
funds for providing transpor
tation, energy assistance, food
and food services and medical
transportation for the elderly
over 60.
? Commissioner James
Ledford made a motion to set
up the Madison County In
dustrial Commission, reac
tivating the commission for
the coming year. Ledford was
asked about the progress be
ing made on negotiations to
obtain the construction of a
multi-million dollar American
Greeting Cards Company
plant and warehouse lor Mar
shall, and he said, "We are do
ing all we can to encourage
it."
American Greeting Cards
has been looking at a 10 acre
building site off the Marshall
by-pass, and Ralph White,
spokesman for the Cleveland,
Ohio company, said in a phone
conversation the company "is
very much interested in
locating in Marshall, and a
decision should be reached in
a week or so" regarding the
purchase of the site.
Senate Candidate Campaigns
In Madison For State Seat
By NICHOLAS HANCOCK
Her campaign slogan is "A
woman 's place is in the House
(and the Senate), but Mary
Jane Hollyday is not a staunch
ERA advocate or an avid
womens liberationism
Mrs. Hollyday, Republican
candidate for N.C. Senate,
campaigned in Madison Coun
ty last week meeting voters
and sharing her views on some
of the issues in the upcoming
November 4 election.
"I'm not a politician. I'm
not concerned about a career
as a politician, but I am con
cerned about good govern
ment and the issues that con
front the people of this
senatorial district and the
state of North Carolina,'' she
said in an interview.
The wife of Murray Holly
day, and an Asheville native,
Mrs. Hbllyday said there has
never been a woman to repre
sent this area in the N.C.
Senate. The 26th Senatorial
District consists of Buncombe,
Madison, McDowell and Yan
cy counties.
"First of all, I am an
American, ' Mrs. Hollyday
said. "Of course, we have to
choose a political party In
Order to run for public office,
but once elected, I'm not going
to be concerned what party so
upset about wasteful spending
and mismanagement of funds
under the present administra
tion and legislature.
With the Hunt administra
tion proposing an additional
tax on gasoline, Mrs. Hollyday
questions, "Why are we being
punished to conserve?"
On fiscal responsibility in
education, Mrs. Hollyday
stated, "too much of the tax
payers' money has gone into
building rather than actual
education." She maintains
there is "more talk than ac
tion' regarding upgrading the
educational process in North
Carolina, and in her opinion,
competency and other testing
"are geared to make the
r stem look good, rather than
to educate our children."
Schools and education were
the subjects that spawned
Mrs. Holly days interest in
getting involved in local
government and politics. She
made a name for herself in
Asbeville when she almost
single-handedly took on the
school board to correct
substandard facilities at one
of the schools. She became
what she calls a "school board
watcher," attending all open
lags to keep
of
?gs to keep
e actions and
A: M?V Jane Hollyd.y
Her reply to a question
about the Eq?l Rights