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He news record SERVING THE PEOPLE OF MADISON COUNTY SINCE 1901 Vol. 85 No. 40 "*DlSr,?, " ~ ~ ^ ?ct0ft?r 2, 1985 1 Spring Creek Benefit Set There will be a benefit from 1 until 6 p.m. on Oct. 6 at the Spring Creek VFD station. Proceeds from the supper will benefit the Spring Creek clogging teams. Operation Child Find will fingerprint children from 2 until 4 p.m. during the supper. Madison H.S. Class Of 75 Reunion The Madison High School Class of 1975 is planning a reunion on Oct. 26 at 6 p.m. in the Western Steer Restuarant in Mars Hill. Those planning to attend are asked to confirm their plans before Oct. 11. For reservations or more information, call Sheila Sams at 689-2710, Melanie Willis at 689-5651 or Wanda Capps at 689-3885. Mars Hill Christmas Parade The annual Christmas Parade in Mars Hill will be held on Nov. 23 at 2 p.m. Anyone interested in taking part in the parade should contact Carolyn Ammons Rice at 689-3881 or 689-4166 or Steve Willis at 689-2308. Deadline for entries is Nov. 1. There is no fee for entering and all Mars Hill residents are encouraged to take part. American Legion To Meet The American Legion Post No. 317 in Marshall will hold their monthly meeting on Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Legion Hall on Back Street. All members are urged to attend. Weaverville Bake Sale Set The Weaverville Garden Club will sponsor a flea market and bake sale in the Rice Building on Main Street, Weaverville on Oct. 4 from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. and on Oct. 5 from 9 a.m. until noon. Proceeds from the sale will be used to place flowers on Main Street. Optimists Meet Thursday The Madison Central Optimists Club will meet on Oct. 3 at 7 p.m. at Mary's Restuarant on the Marshall Bypass. New of ficers for the 1985-86 year will be installed. All members are encouraged to attend. Lt. Lrov. Bob Jordan To Address Dinner Lieutenant Governor Bob Jordan will be the principal speaker at a din ner honoring Speaker of the House Liston B. Ramsey Sunday evening October 6th at Madison High School in Marshall. This event, sponsored by the Madison County Commissioners and the Madison County Democratic Party is in recognition of Speaker Ramsey's service to Madison County and the state of North Carolina. Mr. Ramsey represents the 52nd House District which consists of Haywood. Jackson. Madison and Swain Counties and a part of Graham County. He is in his twelfth term in the House ami is presently serving his third term as Speaker, having been elected on February 5. 1985 Speaker Ramsey was recently presented the "Friends of Education Award" by the North Carolina Association of Educators for his sup port of public education in North Carolina. The dinner will begin at 7 p.m. in the school cafeteria. For more infor mation or to make reservations call 689-1228. News Record To Change publication Day ||||jj Beginning with the post-Election Day edition of November 7. The News Record will be published each Thurs day. Announcement of the change was made last week by News Record editor Bob Koenig. Effective with the November 7 edi tion. The News Record will be printed on Wednesday afternoon, a day later than usual. The change was made. Koenig said, in order to better ac< comodate printing schedules at The News Record's Waynesville plant. Marshall-area subscribers will receive their newspaper on Thursdays beginning on Nov. 7. Mars Hill subscribers will continue to receive The News Record on Thurs day. thanks to arrangements made by Mars Hill postmaster Bill BritUin The News Record was published on Thursday for many years. A change to Wednesdays was made in the early l>70's. In announcing the change. Koenig said. "This change will make The News Record a better newspaper The switch to a Wednesday printing day will enable us to present the latest news and better serve the needs of our advertisers. By moving our printing day back one day. we're able to extend our deadlines for Com munity Calendar and church event announcements by two days. I think this is definitely a chafige for the bet ter." Burley Price Support Set rw; The U.S. | the 1985 crop price | support for the leaf Wtt raised three cents to $1,788 per p?tn4.B Ahnouncement of the support price was made by Everett Rank, adminstrator of the USDA Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service Rank said the increase was the minimum permitted by law. The Dairy and Tobacco Adjustment Act of 1983 permits the USDA to limit the increase ii burley support price levels whenever supplies are deemed to be excessive. The minimum increase is 65 percent of the maximum increase of 5.7 cents the support formula. befon the burlev Frank . 3^ , n Named To School Board Post 1 FRANKLIN ANDERSON By ROBERT KOENIG Mars Hill dairy farmer Franklin Anderson was named to the Madison County Board of Education last Thursday. Ander son will replace board member Dedrick Cody of Mars Hill, who announced his resignation last week. Anderson was named to the vacant post by members of the Democratic Party's executive committee. Representatives of the Mars Hill, Grapevine, Ebb s Chapel and Beech Glen precincts made the selection last Thursday after meeting with Anderson. The new post is the second Anderson has been named to in recent months. In July, Anderson was named to complete the term of Mars Hill alderman Dr. W. Otis Duck when Duck suc ceeded Mars Hill Mayor Bill Powell. Anderson resigned from the Mars Hill Board of Aldermen on Monday. He is expected to be sworn in as a school board member at this morning's mon thly meeting of the board. Anderson, who was narrowly defeated in the 1983 municipal elections, was unopposed in the upcoming elections. As we go to press, a successor to Anderson on the Mars Hill Board of Alderman has not been named. r lling Fenod Reopened TV filing period for candidates in the November 5 municipal elections was reopened in Mars Hill on Monday following the announcement of Franklin Anderson's resignation. The original filing period closed on Sept. 20. At that time, incumbent aldermen Art Wood. John L. Chandler and Anderson were unop posed for re-election. Anderson's resignation created a vacancy on the board and the Nov. 5 ballot. The remaining Mars Hill Board of Aldermen will name a successor to fill the remainder of Anderson's term sometime this week. Mars Hill residents wishing to file in the aldermen's race have until 5 p.m. Friday to file with the town clerk at the Mars Hill Town Hall. The filing period for the mayoral race will not be reopened as a result of Anderson's resignation. In that race, former Mars Hill mayor John O. Tilson will face Clayton Willis. Grand Jury Indicts Bray, Rios On Murder Charges The Madison County grand jury returned murder indictments against William Richard Bray and Jimmy Dean Rios last week during a special session called to hear evidence in the case. The two men are charged with the Sept. 14 shooting of Trooper Bob by L. Coggins. Bray and Rios were captured on Sept. 17 in the Spring Creek section following a three-day minhunt by police. In addition to the first degree murder charges, the grand jury also indicted Bray on charges of armed robbery, discharging a firearm into an occupied vehicle, second degree burglary, larceny of a firearm, at tempted murder and breaking, enter ing and larceny. Rios was also indicted on charges of armed robbery, discharging a firearm into an occupied vehicle, ac cessory after the fact of murder, ac cessory after the fact of armed rob bery. accessory after the fact of discharging a firearm into an oc cupied vehicle, second degree burglary, larceny of a firearm and breaking, entering and larceny. Bray was indicted on the attempted murder charge based upon evidence that he tried to shoot at Steve Graves, a member of the Burke County Sheriff's Dept. who was handling one of the bloodhounds used in the search for the two suspects. The indictment charges that Bray attempted to shoot at Graves with a Winchester rifle stolen from the Spr ing Creek home of Rachel Gillespie. The breaking, entering and larceny and second degree burglary charges against both Bray and Rios stem from an alleged break-in of the home on the night before their capture in Sept. 17. The men are accused of tak ing clothing, canned food, ammuni tion. two quilts, a piece of luggage and prescription medicine from the home. The separate charges of larceny of a firearm stem from the theft of a Winchester .25 caliber rifle from the Gillsepie home The two men are also charged with armed robbery for taking the Smith and Wesson .357 Magnum of Trooper Bobby Coggins. The District Attorney's office has also requested that both suspects sub mit to blood tests and provide hair samples for the prosecution The re quest stated that the samples are needed for comparison with hair and blood samples found in the slaih trooper's patrol car and in a Chevrolet pickup truck believed to have been used by the two suspects on Sept. 14. Gov. Jim Martin Addresses Mars Hill Town Meeting Gov. James G. Martin visited Mars Hill last week and attended a town meeting held on the campus of Mars Hill College. During a two-hour session in the Wren Student Union's Belk Auditorium, the governor answered questions from the 250 students and local residents in the audience The governor opened his remarks by thanking Madison Countians for assisting lawmen in the manhunt for two fugitives wanted in connection with the murder of State Trooper Bobby Coggins The governor avoided partisan political comments throughout the night while hearing a few barbs from local residents. Martin fielded a wide variety of questions, ranging from nnclear energy to education and taxes. Governor Martin told the audience that counties iuch as Madison must adapt to the changing economic con I recently purchased Del Monte. IncT one of the nation's largest food pro cessors "We're interested in bringing in data processing jobs, but we're in terested in food processing, too," Martin said In response to a question posed by Sue Miller, the governor reaffirmed his oppostion to a state-operated lot tery. saying a lottery "glorifies gambling and exploits people.'' Mar tin added, however, that he had no ob jection to a state referendum on the question Martin also reaffirmed his commit tment to abolish the manufacturer's inventory tax and seek a guber natorial veto. In a reversal of roles. Martin asked the audience if they favored allowing
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