Marshall Tries For 3rd Time
j? rPend Extra $64,144 I
By BILL8TUDENC
The Marshall Board of Aldermen is
haying a little difficulty spending
$64(144.47 in leftover grant money
{he town board, which has already
approved two projects on which to
sp<$id the money, learned Thursday
thai it must come up with yet another
option
Tjhe board, at a special meeting
Thursday, agreed to ask N.C. Depart
ment of Natural Resources and Com
munity Development for permission
to use the money to install sewer lines
in the Rector Corner area.
Spm Parker, director of the Mar
Housing Authority, told the
at a special called meeting that
sta^e officials have rejected the
town's proposal to use unspent money
froijn the 1964 Cody Road-Candler
Drive sewer project to install a sewer
line along Sunset Drive.
The problem with that project,
Parker said, is that it would not serve
a large percentage of low- to
moderate-income residents. State
guidelines for expenditure of the
grant money require that it be spent
in an area in which 51 percent of the
residents are in the low- to moderate
income category, Parker said.
NRCD last year rejected the town's
proposal to use the money to fund
much-needed repair work at the Mar
shall Recreation Center. State of
ficials said that the grant money
must be used on either housing
rehabilitation or sewer and water
projects.
"I've never had so much trouble
trying to spend money,'' said Alder
man Jackie Davis.
Parker, at Thursday's meeting,
told the board that he had identified a
third possible project - the installa
tion of sewer lines in the Rector Cor
ner area.
The project would include installa
tion of an 8-inch collector line, the
replacement of four-inch sewer lines
and installation of a 9-inch water line
for additional fire protection, Parker
said.
"Those U to 12 houses in that area
may or may not be in the low- to
moderate-income category," he said.
"The project looks good. The only
obstacle is the low- to moderate
income question."
In other action, the board authoriz
ed Mayor Anita Ward to appoint a
committee to oversee a Tennessee
Valley Authority project to renovate
the Marshall depot.
Mars Hill Housing Project
Resurfaces; Board Denies Again
By HASSIE PONDER
Staff Writer
A housing project first proposed
two years ago resurfaced Monday
night as the main topic of discussion
at the Mars .Hill Board of AJdermen
meeting.
J.P. Robinson and Kyie Boone went
before the board to request that an
application for a low- to moderate-,
income housing development be
reconsidered.
This is the second time that this
particular project has been before the
town board. In 1966, Robinson and
Boone requested a application from
Farmers Home Administration for
this housing development, which
would consist of 40 units. After the ap
plication was granted, they then went
through the process of having the pro
ject approved by the Mars Hill Plann
ing and Zoning Board.
Once this step was completed,
however, Robinson and Boone met
with opposition from the board of
alderman.
According to Alderman John
Chandler, during the first request for
the development the board was under
the impression that there would be
only four to seven units in the
development. But when the applica
tion came back the request was for 40
units.
"This was one reason why your re
quest was denied," Chandler said.
"At the time we were having water
problems and knew that the town did
not have enough water to supply 40
units with water."
Robinson's and Boone's request
was denied again. But board
members also told Boone and Robin
son that once the current water pro
blem is resolved, their request will be
considered again.
At the present time, the aldermen
are concerned about a possible water
problem that Mars Hill is now facing.
Within the next few months, a project
to reroute the spillway at the town
reservoir will begin to get under way.
This could cause some water shor
tages within the area, town officials
say.
Town officials do say, however,
that they do not feel that it will be
disasterous shortage.
Reading Program Set
"Catch a ride on the reading
railroad" is the theme for the 1968
statewide summer reading program.
Children of all ages are invited to
climb aboard the "Reading
Railroad" at their local station, the j
Madison County Public Library in
Marshall and its branches at Mars
Hill and ftbt Springs
The "Reading Railroad" Summer
Reading Program is designed to en
courage children to discover new in
terests and abilities and also to share
the fun and joy found in reading.
The "Reading Railroad" Summer
Reading Program begins on Tuesday
and ends Aug. 9. Each child who
"climbs aboard" and participates in
the reading program will receive
special materails created just for this
year's program.
Each child who rides the "Reading
Railroad" to the end of the line and
completes the reading program will
receive a special certificate signed by
Gov. Jim Martin, who has endorsed
the program along with Dr. A. Craig
Phillips, state superintendent of
public instruction.
The 1968 Summer Reading Pro
gram is co-sponsored by the State
Homecoming
A ' Success '
?Continued on back page
day (that resulted in lower than
anticipated turnout)," Ramsey
said.
Last year's homecoming
festivities - the first ever for the
town - attracted an estimated
2,000 people, according to town of
ficials. But last year's event was
held a month earlier, and many
folks who might have attended this
year may have already scheduled
summer vacations, Ramsey said.
The town's homecoming is
designed to attract former
Library and Construction Act. For
more information call your library at
Marshall 649-3741, Mars Hill 689-5183,
Hot Springs 622-3515.
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Weaverville Woman Dies In Hit-Run
Accident; Henderson Man Charged
teen charged with manslaughter
and felonious hit and run after be
apparently hit and killed a
Weavervilie woman on US. 19-23
north of Weavervilie.
William Joseph Catlin, 44, of
Huckleberry Mountain near
Hendersonville was still being
bald on those charges in Bun
combe County Jail this week, ac
cording to a Jailer.
Catlin has been charged with
striking Joyce Ann Fayne, 51, of 17
Reeves St., Weavervilie, as she
walked on U.S. 19-23 near the Flat
Creek exit at about 10:90 p.m. last
Wednesday, according to the N.C.
Highway Patrol
A passing motorist discovered
Payne's body lying in the middle
of U.S. 19-23 and notified the Bun
combe County Sheriff's Office.
After deputies learned that the
death was apparently the result of
a traffic accident, they notified the
N.C. Highway Patrol.
Catlin was traveling south on
U.S. 19-23 in the righthand lane
when he saw a pedestrian walking
from the median across the south
bound lanes of traffic, according
to Highway Patrol reports.
Catlin applied the brakes of his
1978 Pontiac station wagon and
swerved into the left lane to try to
avoid the pedestrian, according to
the report He was unable to avoid
a collision, striking the woman.
Her body came to rest on the left
edge of the highway, the report
said.
Catlin was arrested later that
night on Interstate X after his
vehicle stalled, said Sgt. George
Dowdle of the N.C. Highway
Patrol.
"Sometime later, they (ar
resting officers) put two and two
together and charged him with the
hit and run," Dowdle said. Dowdle
did not know if the impact with
Payne caused Catlin * car to
break down.
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