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Vol. M NO. 42 'WEDNESDAY, October 17, 1984 ? 25c
Community
Calendar
Mars Hill Fall Festival Set
Mare Hill Elementary School will host the annual Pall
Festival on Saturday, Oct. 27 from 3 until 9 p.m at the school.
Activities will include fire truck rides, bingo, pony rides,
face painting, pie throws and cake walks. A spaghetti supper
will be served from 5 until 7 p.m. in the cafeteria. Drawing for
prixes will also be held. Everyone is invited to attend.
Laurel VFD Pig Roast
The Laurel Volunteer Fire Dept. will sponsor its annual Pig
Roast on Sunday, Oct. 21 between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Tickets
are $3.50 for adults and $2.50 for children. Tickets are
available from members of the fire company.
Mare Hill Plans Parade
The town of Mare Hill and the Mare Hill Lions Club will hold
their annual Cristmas parade on Nov. 17. Anyone wishing to
participate in the parade should contact Carolyn Ammons at
689-3881 or 689-4166 or Steve Willis at 689-2308
Athletic Field Dedication
The Greater Ivy Community Development dub will
dedicate the new athletic field at ceremonies on Sunday, Oct.
21 at 2:30 p.m. Refreshments will be served and there will be
entertainment. Seating is limited and guests are invited to br
ing along lawn chairs.
Dog Show Is Planned
The Smoky Mt. Kennel Club will hold its annual Fall Fun
Match on Oct. 21 at the Waynes ville Recreation Center at 9
a.m. For more information, contact Linda Lazar at 452-0437.
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Surplus Foods To Be
Distributed Oct. 27
USDA commodities will be
distributed Saturday, October 27,
19M. Applications will be taken bet
ween ft-.ao a.m. and 4:00 p.m. at the
Food Stamp Office, located on mm
street in Marshall After completion
of the apptiation, commodities can be
picked up at the Department of Social
Services. Remember you must go by
the Food Stamp Office first!
Households that are eligible to par
ticipate in the free food give away
are: 1. Food Stamp Recipients cer
tified for the mouth of October. Z
Household's whose gross monthly in
come is below the federal income
poverty level.
Food Stamp recipients must pre
sent their Food Stamo ID card when
they make application. Should so
meone else pick up commodities for
you, you will need to send your ID
card along with a signed statement
' frohi the nead fo the household,
stating the other person has yow per
mission to receive the commodities
for yon.
Should an income eligible
household newt a friend to pick up
commodities for them, they will need
to send a signed statement by the
head of the household stating their
gross monthly income and the
number of people in the family. The
statement must also have the friends
name on it, giving that person per
mission to receive your commodities
Troopers Assigned To
Hot Springs, Marshall
Two newly graduated members of
the N.C. State Highwat Patrol Basic
School have been assigned to
Madison County. The new troopers
reported for duty on Oct. U following
their Oct. 5 graduation.
Trooper Bobby Lee Coggins of
Bryson City has been assigned to duty
in Hot Springs. Trooper Richard Lee
Terry of Elleoboro was reported for
duty in Marshall.
The new troopers completed 1,301
hours of instruction during the
23-week school. They will continue
their education through on-the-job
training and in-service schools.
Hot
Springs
Police
Resign
Two members of the Hot Springs
Police Dept. submitted their resigna
tions on Oct. S, leaving the town with
only one full-time officer.
Hot Springs officers Carlie Gunter
and Richard Roberts resigned from
the force, citing interference from
one of the town's aldermen, Kenny
Ramsey, for their decision. Johnny
Norton, the town's remaining
policeman, has been pressed into full
time duty as a result of the resigna
tions.
Hot Springs Mayor Debbie Baker
was out of town at the time of the
resignations. On Tuesday, Baker told
The News Record that the town is
currently taking applications for the
two positions. "We're looking for so
meone who is certified by the state,"
she said. The town has received ap
plications from two prospective of
ficers, Baker said. A meeting with the
candidates will be held sometime
later this week.
Homecoming Queen
HOMECOMING QUEEN CYNTHIA ANGUN, right, receives congratulatory hug from outgoing qneen Jennifer
Nix during coronation ceremonies Friday night at O.E. Roberts Stadium. Patriots celebrated with a 24-6 win
Weaverville To Consider
Downtown Zoning Change
Weaverville will hold a public hear
ing in the near future to consider
amending the town's zoning or
dinance governing commercial pro
perty.
The amendment has be?n re
quested by Emil StaW, who plant to
operate a sewing plant in the farmer
Shope Furniture store on Florida
Ave. The plant, which would
manufacture luggage, would employ
eight to ten workers
Presently, the area in which the
plant would be located in classified as
C-l commercial property. Weaver
vllle's toning law prohibits manufac
turing in the commercial district. An
exception or an amendment to the
current zoning orcumnce would be re
quired before the plant could operate.
No date was set for the hearing dur
ing Monday night's meeting, but it is
expected that the hearing will be held
prior to the next meeting of the Town
Council on Nov. 18.
Residents along Lake Shore Dr.
received some welcome news at the
Monday meeting. The residents have
appeared at several council meetings
to ask the town to pave their road. On
Monday night, the council voted to
enter into a contract with the N.C.
Dept. of Transportation to pave the
road. Coat of the project is $17,000. No
data for the start of work was an
nounced.
Council Rejects
Water Line
The Weaverville Town Council re
jected a water line to the new RCA
plant on Monticeiio Ed. Monday night
after learning that the line was not in
stalled according to plans submitted
by the project's contractor.
Town engineer Bill Lapsley inform
ed the council that a 12-inch line to
supply fire protection to the new plant
was installed using several elbows
when the original plans called for a
straight line running underneath U.S.
19-23.
Laps ley told the council that the
decision to install the elbows was
made after drilling under the
highway struck rock. The contractor
then drilled another hole three feet
lower from the opposite direction to
feet the line stalled by tbe rock.
The elbow joints were then encased
in concrete.
Lapaley warned the council
members that repairing the line
would be an expensive proposition
because of the concrete casing. Cost
of replacing the line could run to '
$8,000, Lapaley said.
The town would not be responsible
for repairs to the line at the present J
time because it is located outside the :
city limits. Future annexation would
bring the line under Weaverville's
control, however.
Rather than face the possibility of 1
expensive repairs in the future, the
council voted unanimously to reject
the line and require the contractor,
Enoka Construction Co., to make the j
necessary repairs.
Buncombe Jury
To Hear
Johnson Trial
Richard Johnson of Hot Springs
will be tried in Madison County
Superior Court, but the trial will be
heard by a panel of Buncombe County
jurors.
Johnson is charged with murder in
connection with the death of his
laughter, Joyce Johnson, earlier this
pear.
Superior Court Judge Charles
Lamm ordered the Buncombe County
jury in response to a motion
iresented by District Attorney Tom
ft us her
Johnson's trial is scheduled for the.
November session of the court. He re
nains in the Madison County Jail in
ieu of bond.
Marshall
Board
To Meet
Marshall Mayor Betty Wild has
called for a special called meeting of
the town's board of aldermen for
Thursday evening at 7:30 p.m. A
special meeting of the board called
for last Thursday was postponed
when board members Sammy
Lunsford and John Dodson were ab
sent.
Wild and board member Ed Niles
met in a closed-door session with
police officer Michael Beasley and
several Marshall residents Thursday
night. It is expected that the board
will again confer on the situation con
cerning Beasley at this week's
special hearing. Beasley remains on
leave with permission from the police
department.
Town secretary Linda Dodson tokl
The News Record on Tuesday that the
special meeting will also deal with
the Community Development Block
Grant the town has received from the
state for rehabilitation on Island Rd.
Thursday's special called meeting
will follow a meeting of the town plan
ning board scheduled for ?:M p.m.
Changes In Tobacco Program Studied
fBy CHARLES JEFFRIES
Saddled with staggerii* surpluses,
the federal tobacco program is
undergoing intense scrutiny from
farm groaps, tobacco officials and in
dividual growers who seek radical
changes in the complicated system of
"I sanae there it a growing consen
sus that we have to do something
drastic," T. ex
ecutive vict president of the Tobacco
Growers Association of North
Carolina said in an interview last
"We hire reached a crisis situa
tion, and something just has to bs
done," Mm H. Cyrus, tobacco attain
specialist for the N.C. Dept. at
Agriculture, said in an interview last
w?ek. "In my opinion, the first move
is to make the tobacco program man
that (ails to receive a highar bid thsn
the government support pric*- ?kWi
Mk keen fraeeo at an average $1 an
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tobacco observers say more stringent
measures must be implemented toon
to end the trend of shrinking quotas
and growing surpluses
But finding a way to trim Stabilisa
tion's bulging surplus of tobacco
henithy market for future crops- h a
probtenl thst will not be solved sasity.
bmii- this yaar, stabilization had
hoped to dispose of tome of its stoda
by offering buyer discounts of up to ?
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Through conversations with the
trade, I haw posed the hypothetical
question. ">ippotr we had prices
averaging about $1.45 per pound, how
much could we expect to sell in three
to five years?"' Blaiock said. Tbey
told me from 1.1 to l.ft button powxfc
as contrasted to the 706 miitton
pounds which we are sailing this
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year.
But Blaftocfc said the Hopkins plan
would still generate loasas for
lirtWration because farmers would
toe unable to buy all of its stocks An
allowed to buy Stabilization's old
stocks in achnii for additional
quota, the right to grow more tobacco
For every pound of tobacco a
farmer bought from Stabilization, he
would be granted an additional pound
of quota above the national quota
figure aet for that season