4 ? &%#*,. '?<$ The Big Uuu nits Record Cold Closes Schools, Businesses The coldest temperatures in history were recorded throughout North Carolina Monday as a mass of Arctic air swept across the South from Canada. Dubbed the "Alberta Flash", the bitter cold dropped temperatures to -20 degrees in parts of Madison County and caused the closing of schools and businesses. Water pipes froze and car batteries refused to start in the bitter cold and electric utilities were forced to cut back power in response to record demand. Nationally, at leats 80 deaths Were attributed to the cold. One Madison County woman was found dead in her home Monday and is thought to have died as a result of the bit ter cold. Residents of Hot Springs and Shelton Laurel reported temperature readings of -20, while the Asheville Regional Air port reported an all-time record low of -16, shattering records set by the deep freeze of Christmas Day, 1983. In Knoxville, a temperature of -24 was reported and Mount Mitchell reported a low reading of -34 degrees. A light snow fell on parts of Madison County early Tuesday morning as temperatures reached 13 above in Marshall at 9 a.m. Madison County schoolls remained closed on Tuesday. Traffic Accidents Claim 3 A Jan. IS singie-c-ai accident claim ed the lives of two Madison County residents last week. A 1972 Chevrolet driven by Gregory Jay Surrett of Walnut ran off U.S. 25-70 at the top of Hot Springs Mountain, killing a passenger instantly and injuring the other four passengers in the vehicle. Surrett, who was also known as Harold James Ledford, died Sunday at Memorial Mission Hospital from injuries sustained in the wreck. Allie Cogdill Mathis. 23, of Hot Springs was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. Another passenger in the vehicle, Danny Cutshall of Hot Springs, was listed in guarded condition Monday at Memorial Mission Hospital in Asheville. Two other passengers, Jef frey Glen Surrett, 26, of Waynesville, and Callie Kathy Aiken, 19, of Hot Springs, remained hospitalized Mon day evening. Another passenger, Richard Lee Surrett, 24, of Asheville, was treated and released. No charges were filed in the acci dent. In an unrelated accident, a 20-year old Marshall man died Friday form injuries sustained in an automobile accident in Tennessee. Terry Craig Wills of Marshall died as a result of the accident on Jan. 18. A Grapevine woman, Alice Peck, was found dead in her home Monday afternoon and is thought to have died from exposure to the cold. WHILE RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES were caus ing problems for motorists and school officials, the weekend storm also created peaceful winter scenes such as this one on Grapevine Rd. Temperatures were ex pected to moderate later this week. Readings of minus 20 degrees shattered previous records for coldest temperature. Boy Scouts Celebrate 75th Anniversary By BORIS WEINTRAUB National Geographic News Service WASHINGTON -Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, Ernest Thomp son Seton and Daniel 'Uncle Dan' Beard never heard of Tiger Cubs ir Varsity Scouts. They probably would have disapproved of female Ex plorers, and who knows what they would've said about merit badges in atomic energy, space exploration or golf. On the other hand, those three pioneers of Boy Scouting would have thoroughly understood the mission of the Boy Scouts of America adopted in 1983: "To serve others by helping in still values in young people and, in other ways, prepare them to make ethical choices over their lifetime in achieveing their full potential." They would have been pleased to know that those values are based on those in the Scout Oath: "On my honor, I will do my best to do my duty to God and my country and to obey the Scout Law ; to help other people at all times; to keep myself physically strong, mentaly awake and morally straight." On February 8, the Boy Scouts at America will mark their 75th an Beginning in May, the Heritage Campfire will be lighted in every state capitol. Ashes will then be put into a wooden box the shape of each state and added to a caravan that will zigzag 7,600 miles across America in 55 days At Fort A. P. Hill, the boxes will be assembled into a njap of the United States and ceremoniously burned If all that sounds a bit grandiose and obtuse, well, that;s the way it's been since the earliest days of Scouting, and it's worked pretty well. There have been numerous changes in American society in the Boy Scouts' first 75 years, and they have had to adapt. They now actively seek out Hispanics, blacks and han dicapped youngsters. They also welcome seven-year olds into the Tiger Cub programs and young women into co-education J, career oriented Explorer posts. The "Of ficial Boy Scout Handbook" now warns of drug abuse and teaches first aid for ratbites as well as snake bites and merit badges have been updated to include new fields of Interest But the handbook still shows how to build a campfire and tie wots, a return to traditional Scouting con field while serving with the British Empire in the Boer War. When Baden-Powell returned to England as a hero after holding off a siege in Mafeking, South Africa, he discovered that his book was being used by British youngsters as a guide to life in the outdoors. Badem -Powell than decided to rewrite the book especially for boys. He then took 20 of them camping for two weeks on an island, where he trained them in tracking, first aid, woodcrafts and other outdoor skills. The result was "Scouting for Boys", a combination of post Victorian moral urgings and prac tical advice. It became the text for the British Boy Scouts when they were founded in 1906. The following year, a Chicago newspaper publisher, William D. Boyce, got lost in a thick London fog A young boy appeared and helped Boyce find his way. When the publisher offered a one shilling tip, the boy, soon to become legend as the "Unknown Scout", replied, "No sir, I am a Scout, Scouts da not accept tips for courtesies or In mo, he of / young boys