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The news record SERVING THE PEOPLE OF MADISON COUNTY I, I f 81st Y?ar No. 34 PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE COUNTY SEAT AT MARSHALL, N.C. MADISON 15c Per Copy By A 12 To 1 Margin Voters Approve COUNTY LIBRARY GFNERAl DELIVERY MARSHAI L NC 287T3 Sewer Issue Marshall voters went to the polls Thursday and gave overwhelming ap proval to a $600,000 bond issue to replace the town's present sewer system. The final tally of votes showed 288 in favor of the issue with just 24 opposed. The Board of Education was to certify the results on Monday afternoon. The referendum clears the way for the project to begin. By approving the $600,000 bond issue, Marshall will receive federal and state assistance of $764,000 to finance the $1.2 million > dollar renovation. The assistance will come from the Farmers Home Ad ministration, the Appalachian Regional Commission and the State of North Carolina. The award of these funds was con tingent upon approval of the bond issue by voters. According to Gary McGill of Butler Associates of Asheville, the town's advisors for the project, the next step in process is a matter of paperwork to satisfy the various agen cies providing the grants. Final ap proval of the grants is expected to take a week to ten days. The next step after the grants are finalized is to accept bids on the con tract to construct the new sewer system. Reached by telephone Monday afternoon, McGill said he expects bids to be received some time in the next month. Initial construction on the pro ject is expected to begin this fall. The entire project will be completed some time next summer. The referendum outcome pleased Marshall officials who had mounted a campaign in support of the bond issue. Marshall Mayor Lawrence Ponder told reporters Friday, "I'm pleased as punch with the results. This proves that we live in a mighty fine place because there are so many good people here who have shown that they care about the town, the people and the future." When construction does begin on the project, Walnut Creek Road will be the first to receive attention. Engineers have determined that the Walnut Creek section is in most need of repair. Other sections on the priority list in clude Hill Street, Cotton Mill Hill, Rec tor's Corner and Paul Worley Hollow. In addition ot renovating sewer lines, the project will also build two new pumping stations, upgrade the present waste treatment plant and run lines to both Madison High and the new mar shall Elementary School. | Riverfest Set S For Sept. 11 Madison County will celebrate French Broad River Week with a day-long "Riverfest" Sept. 11 on the island at Marshall. A full day of free entertain ment for the family has been planned with crafts show-and sale and flea market, conces sion stand and special features for morning and afternoon programs. Live music will be featured throughout the day, and Madison clogging teams from Walnut and Marshall will per form. The morning program includes free balloon rides, games, string music, clogger and clowns; the afternoon calls for float rides on the river, a Little League vs Moms and Pop6 ball game, Smokey Bear and Woody Owl, a concert by the Madison High Band, a songfest and 'name that tune' session of river tunes and a second clogger performance. Marshall Merchants Association and the Town of Marshall are sponsors of "Riverfest" here. The celebration, Sept. 11-18, will be carried by the four counties through which the French Broad River flows. Mrs. Helen Rudisill is local River Week chairman. Grand Jury Indicts Two JOHN AND LILLIAN CORBETT stand with control box of the new sound system they have donated to Marshall First Baptist Church. The system will permit the church to ring chimes during different times of day. The Madison County jury convened in the courthouse Monday to consider a murder case and a charge of assault with a deadly weapon against a Charlotte man. The jury returned true bills in both cases. No date for a trial had been set on Monday. The grand jury indicated Billy Ramsey of Madison County on a charge of murder in connection with the June 28th death of Kenneth Harris of AsheviUe. Also indicated on Monday was Brian Mcintosh of Charlotte, he is charged with the shooting of Richard Clayton Thomas of Charlotte July 24 during a weekend music festival on the Ponder farm. County hj M 1 s Complete Training Members of the Madison County Ambulance Service have completed training in ad ministering adrenalin shots to ward off potentially fatal reac tions to insects stings. The emergency medical techni cians (EMTs) are currently awaiting their certificates from Raleigh. This is expected to take 60 to 90 days. An Associated Press report published Friday said few North Carolina EMT* are tak ing advantage of a new law which took effect Aug. 1 per mitting the training. The Madison County EMTs traveled to Asheville on their own time and at their own ex pense to take the training of fered in this potentially life saving technique. Dr. Claude Frazier of Asheville has started the training for EMT personnel. Frazier was in strumental in getting the legislation passed in Raleigh. Frazier said that, state-side, training programs for EMTs are not being implemented fast enough. He expressed concern that some people might die unnecessarily as a result of the delay. Among insects that can . cause the life-threatening . reaction are' bees, hornets, wasps, ants, deer flies, black > flies and kissing bugs. Frazier ; said a similar reaction can be 1 experienced from fish, nuts, penicillin and Novacain injec tions. The Office of Emergency Medical Services has . also been conducting a continuing education program at Madison High School for the past five months. The classes have covered subjects such as triage, emergency childbirth and premature births, splin ting and bandaging, CPR and cardiac arrest, poison and drug overdose and emergency vehicle operation. Mike Morgan regional coor dinator of the N.C. Office of Emergency Medical Services, was instrumental in starting the program. He has been assisted by Ray Sawyers from Asheville Buncombe Technical College and by registered nurses Skip Myers, Max Queen, Linda Schmidt aad Libby Flowers and Dr. Gary Whittaker. Conservation Help Available The Madison County Soil and Water Conservation District was organized through the efforts of lan downers to plan and carry out a locally designed and operated conservation pro gram. Its main objective is to treat each acre of land in ac cordance with its conservation needs and to use each acre ac cording to its capabilities or beat use. The district is governed by a five member board of super ; Emery Metcalf, chair Beany Chandler, vice chairman; Jack Landers, treasurer; Jim Brown, secretary; and Rita FayeNor tou. member These board program and annual plan of work to help solve resource problems; coordination of assistance from local, state and federal sources; holding regular and special meetings to determine the resource needs and plaa the work; developing educational and in formational programs; con ducting inventories and surveys on local resource needs and reporting them to the public; making equip ment, supplies, and other materials available that will assist landowners; and managing all funds, M"1" and a conservation technician located in Marshall that are available to work with lan downer* who have toil and water conservation problems. Last year, the district assisted 152 individuals, resulting in W conservation practices being applied with over NO acres being benefit ted, adequately protected, or adequately treated from soil ' | "L- a! flriBinlnrtfifl n in? district developed con* servation plans for several of S3 new coopers tors. The district also developed cower and promote good conserva tion practices Several news article*, radio programs, and radio spot announcements were presented throughout the year. The district also con ducted a conservation poster contest for 4th, 5th, and 6th grade students in the six elementary schools Id Madison County. The district program is funded by local, state and federal agencies with most operating funds coming from > County and the state, r's budget included M.?S from Madison ( ount> xn the state Most ROBERT Payne of Marshall took time from tobacco cutting to pose for this picture on Saturday. New Staffers Join News Record Publisher Kenneth F. Wilson this week announced the appointment of two new members to the staff of The News Record. Paul Weston of Marshall has been named the paper's new office manager, and Robin Reevie will join the staff as a reporter and photographer. Mrs. Weston lives on Walnut Creek Rd. with her husband, Lon, and their two children. Prior to coming to The News Record, she worked in the Marshall Town Hall as a clerk. Her duties with The News Record will include bookkeeping and handling subscriptions and classified ads. Miss Reevie is a senior jour nalism student at the Univer sity of North Carolina at Asheville. She will work with The News Record staff as part of her internship in the UNC-A program. Her previous newspaper experience in cludes two years on the staff of , the campus student newspaper. Commenting on the new ap- I pointments, Editor Robert Koenig said, "Both these ladies will make a fine addi tion to our staff. From work ing with Robin in the past, I know she is a fine reporter and photographer. With the addi m * School Board To Meet Sept. 1 The Madison County Board of Education will hold its regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 1 at 10:30 a.m. in the County Courthouse. The public is invited to attend. rnce Hike Two of the nation's largest manufacturers of cigarettes have announced increases in the wholesale price of cigaret tes. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. of Winston Salem and Phillip Morris, Inc. of Richmond an nounced the increases Friday. Officials of both companies said that prices will rise from 20 to 40 cents a carton on the retail level. Reynolds announced an in crease of $1.50 per 1,000 for an increase of three cents on each pack. Last week the congress doubled the federal excise tax on cigarettes from eight to 16 MEMBERS of the Madison County Soil and Water Conservation District are, from the left: Benny Chandler, Jim Brown Jack Landers, Rita Norton and Emery Metcalf . 1 ' B yp ? Weaverville To Host Antique Car Show PAULA WESTON tion of Paula to our office staff, our readers will find a helpful new face to assist them with subscriptions and classifieds." II Wea* Hillbilly will boat the Auto Show ?MffThe ?how to expected to attract ISO vintage can to the old AaheviHe-Weaverville Speed way, north of Weaverville on OWU.S 19-23 will b T)m car ahow will opaa Friday
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