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THE NEWS RECORD J ? ' Tjjf"' ? ?' SERVING THE PEOPLE OF AA ??*'?<>. i f01 'NTY ^ - # -f "SI 80th Year No. 41 PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE COUNTY SEAT AT MARS^-*i *<&, V "J ^ 15c Per Copy mum". 7* m " ? .?,*'*** ? I ^ - M Auto - Truck Crash Claims Family Lives By CAROLE HANNA Four persons were killed and one seriously injured in a highway accident Monday night on U.S. 23 at the foot of Murray Mountain four miles north of Mars Hill. According to N.C. Trooper Arthur Cooper, Thomas Richard Tanner, 31; and Glenda Gayle Tanner, 24; and their two children were killed instantly when their 1978 Datsun station wagsn was hit by a tractor trailer truck, jumped a guardrail and went down an embank ment. i The Tanner children were David Jonathan, age 3; and Jennifer Marie, age 16 mon ths. Cooper said the driver of the truck, Ronald Eugene Jones, 29, of Ft. Pierce, Fla. was listed in serious condi tion Monday night at Memorial Mission Hospital in Asheville. The Tanner family were from Bonners Ferry, Idaho. The Highway Patrol report said the accident occurred at 9:25 p.m. An eyewitness said the large tractor trailer rig went out of control on a steep curve, jack-knifed and slam med into the rear of the Tan ner car, and both the trailer and the car went over the guard rail. Dale Hy lemon of Mars Hill reported the accident im mediately after it happened and Mars Hill fire and rescue units responded to the scene. Trooper Cooper said the truck was headed south, down the mountain and the Tanner vehicle was headed north when the two collided. Dan Sluder, owner of Sluder's Texaco station just south of the scene of the acci dent said there have been three accidents at the same site in.tbe last four mouths. Underway Municipal elections on Nov. 3 pro mise to be anything but dull in two of the county's three towns as women arc among the candidates for the office of mayor in both Marshall and Hot Spr ings, and numerous candidates are vy ing for the three council seats in each of two towns. Mars Hill voters will have nothing to mull over since only the in cumbent officials have filed for election there. Four candidates are in the running for the office of mayor in Marshall, in cluding Mrs. Marion Jones Wallin who threw her hat in the ring just before closing of the filing period on Friday. Wallin will face incumbent mayor Lawrence Ponder, Charles (Ham) Crowe, and Albert (Speedy) Rector for the post. Mrs. Wallin, 58, said she is running because she "wants people to be involv ed" with municipal government. She said she plans to have an "open door policy'" at Town Hall if elected. Until recently, she had been employed with the county Department of Social Ser vices for 21 years, and has been a resi dent of the county for 23 years. She ' taught school for over u years and is a former home . economics extension agent. Crowe is a plumbing contractor cur rently employed by the town, and "Speedy'' Rector, 66, is employed by Conover Glove Co. in Marshall. Ponder. 43, is also a self-employed contractor A total of 10 candidates are seeking the three aldermen seats available in Marshall, including incumbents James , R. Penland, S.L. Nix and Jackie Davis. - ? 1 ' ' *- ' The seven others are James Booth Marler, John Dodson, Cleophas (Pee Wee) Ward, Harold Anders, Roy Reeves, Ed. L. Niles and Sonny Lunsford. In Hot Springs, Mayor Swann Huff chose not to seek re-election and will watch three hopefuls contend for the mayor's office, Deborah Ponder Baker, currently a alderman, joined the race to become the first woman in the history of the town to run for that office. According to some sources, Mrs. Baker is also the first woman to serve there as alder man. She is employed as director of the School Food Service in the county. Other contenders for the mayor s seat are Frank Roberts and Richard Waltz. Candidates for the three Hot Springs alderman seats are incumbents Jerry Ramsey and Wesley H. Staude, Curtis Roberts, Arthur Roberts, Franklin (Hank) Holmes, Rex Brindle and Ernest D. Autry who served as an alderman in the past. Some political wags in Mars Hill are saying, "When you've got a good thing, don't change it." And, by the looks of the filing books, the feeling is apparent ly widespread in the community. Mayor Bill Powell and aldermen Ar thur Wood, Gordon Randolph and Carl Eller are the only candidates to file for election in the county's largest municipality. Unless a strong write-in vote occurs at the polls on Nov. 3, the in cumbents are essentially, but not of ficially, elected to their same posts for another term _ ? . a Hl -w / r . James R. Penland Marion J. Wallin John Dodson i ri , w /? , % Harold Anders, if VI, At School Board Meeting Cox Resigns In Protest By NICHOLAS HANCOCK Editor Faced with an unusually heavy agen da, the Madison County Board of Education wasted no time at its Oc tober meeting Monday morning in reviewing requests and recommenda tions and taking action on items of business. In voice-called votes, the board: ? Approved the purchase of a new cast iron boiler for Laurel Elementary School at a cost of $5,853.12. ? Approved the settlement of damages done to a fence at Hot Springs Elementary School when it was hit by an automobile. The board collected 1350 from the driver's insurance company to repair the fence. ? Approved the following substitute employees: Daisy Franklin at Laurel School; Wilma Holt, cafeteria substitute; Richard Allison, bus driver; Doris Conner, teacher; and Helen Ponder, teacher, all at Hot Springs School. ? Approved the exchange of a new bus scheduled for 1982-83 for a bus now to be equipped with a wheelchair lift for Laurel School. The board will pay <2,540 for the lift, and announced)! would be in operation in about three weeks. ? Approved the transfer of approx imately one-half acre of property at Spring Creek School to Madison County so that the property can subsequently be deeded to the West Madison ? Fire Department for use as a t site for a fire department .... ? ? . ? ? r v (See Custody' story this page.) ? Approved employment of Barbara Bullman at Marshall School and Debra Reese at Mars Hill School as aides in the K-3 reading program . The approval was retroactive to the time of their employment at the beginning of the school year. ? Approved the interior decorations submitted by architect Bertram King for the Marshall-Walnut consolidated school. ? Approved a change in the v*f rent school calendar and designated Nov. S as a school day since there are no state or county elections held this year on that date. ? Approved the transfer of $5,689.14 from local current expense funds to the Employment Work Experience grant fund in order to receive state monies to continue the EWE program at Madison High School. The board will receive $20,222.32 in state money for the pro gram, and was told it can use $1,415 in drop-out program money to help with the match. ? Accepted the resignation of David L. Cox, electronics teacher at Madison High, effective Oct. 20, and approved the recommendation of Principal David WyaU for hiring Covin Rathbane as the replacement for Cox. In hi* letter to the board. Cox stated he wis resigning "in protest of school scheduling policies for the occupational department which "have reduced me to the status of baby sitter." Cox told The News Record his pro blem centered around having three dif ferent levels of students in boe elec tronics class, and that he thought oc SSt JTt? M students wWehThas'lO. In his letter, he stated he believed these policies were, "if not in direct violation of state and federal guidelines, at least highly unethical when considered in the light of student educational needs and the professional requirements of teachers." He said he had brought the specifics of the pro blem to the attention of the department head and the principal "with no results." When asked to comment on Cox's allegations, board chairman Bobby Ponder said, "Knowing the personnel at the high school, I -feel he would be treated fair and square." Principal David Wyatt said he had talked with Cox, but declined any comment on the allegations. ? Approved the employment of Lin da Jenkins as a substitute teacher at Madison High. ? Approved the requesti of several parents to allow their children to con tinue to attend a school outside their school district, within the county for the remainder of the year. The requests were in compliance with a district at tendance policy resolution adopted at the September meeting. In other business the board was in formed of the District School Board Association meeting scheduled at Br win High School on Oct. 15 at 3:38 p.m., and of the N C School Board Associa - tion meeting set for Nov. tSM?f WUm BIG CATS ? Catfish, that is. Frank Johnson of Walnut reported catching these three I which. weighed 30, 20 and 14 pounds Thursday J wear Stackhouse on the French Broad River Johnson said he had a little help from his I friendB, AJ and Charles, from Erwin, Tenn. V .. Cuts In nursing tlon*o j Mars H. l?n-. wtl effecl nairttertaiv e. housek- pinf ?ti ir;. And n? ls. mi .??>??? ft. ?( wnMirii Inflation ??wl Mt Dean Ledfortf to no longtf another wtwnbts i ? us s wrtcMkMk per <tay hn the othei I ts hiring persona in the nursing department, bat, Mr.-: tien facility. In an effort to maintain a \ |t | t h" ' ho^i Oe?r ><e said the ts look in tetek \? J!* * ^ Mt in coed phytic* 1 health,' He sakl \ -sac] id for the !??? ai to ? p.m vork tli? rapy pre . it th *nU>r Hi k ? : 1 mdaei Mtvrtber |?d| M ? I at i) ip<'i p? S 1 *hlC in vol* i V J Wtiat ak* ihii Of fou *|ht ?wn. "TMa pr ogram is designed for Interested ir the ImlUt occapation* a?d la be fog developed in conjunction ?gh we want to get in. he said, in dies ting the center is planning to open the moth wing of the facility on Oct 1# ( an Medicaid run dine ?*> taw* dver* et Student 'Custody' By NICHOLAS HANCOCK Editor Monday's board of educa tion meeting zipped along like a well-oiled machine, covering some 20 items of business, un til the wheels of efficiency were slowed nearly to a stop as the grating sounds of stu dent reassignments and" record transfers were once again heard in the Madison County Courthouse. The late afternoon portion of the board meeting could have been a scene right out of "Kramer Vs. Kramer" as an impassioned appeal was made to board members to review student assignments "with the best interest of each child in mind." And, the subsequent silence spoke more than any words in the emotionally charged atmosphere. The board heard evidence of a family having 'to split up for the ynr ? some members liv ing in Madison ? some in Bun combe County ? so children can continue to attend Bun combe schools. The board itself, stated it has been con ducting investigations as to record with a statement, Langhi said. As you well know, for 30-plus years, the Madison County school board agreed with the people in the Sandy Mush area that in the best interest of their youngsters it would be better that they go to Buncombe County schools. "I know that this board has jurisdiction over all the youngsters that reside in Madison County. I also know that this board by law, and common decency dictates, that it does everything in the best interest of each and every child ? not all the children, but each and every child. "I know that the only reason this board wants our children is for the money from the state and fweral government. I know that that's against the law. "Gentlemen, you're using our children as pawns in a money game. That is not only in violation of the law, bat it also raises serious moral questions You're using the kids.
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