Page 2 BRISTOL HERALD COURIER Wednesday May 24, 1978 FORECAST MOUNTAIN EMPIRE DEATHS Mrs. Ethal Bush Worth Mrs. Ethal Bush Worth of 116 East State Street, Bristol Tennessee, died Tuesday at her residence following a brief illness. was a native of Kentucky and had been a resident of Bristol for the past 35 years. She was a member of the Lee Street Baptist Church and a member of the senior choir.
Surviving are her husband, Edward W. Worth; one daughter, Mrs. Mildred Dix, of Pamona, one son, George Dix, of Los Angeles, and one brother, Claude Bush, of Los Angeles. Robinson Mortuary is in charge of arrangements which are incomplete. Mrs.
Lillie May L. Ely ROSE HILL, Va. Mrs. Lillie May Ledford Ely, 1 88, died Monday in Cincinnati, Ohio, after a short illness. She was formerly of Lee County and was a member of the Rose Hill Pentecostal Holiness Church.
Surviving are four sons, Oscar Ely, of Pennington Gap, Lonzo Ely, of Cincinnati, Byrd Ely and Marion Ely, both of Lafayette, one daughter, Mrs. Mary Jane Daniel, of Cincinnati; 18 grandchildren and 36 great grandchildren. Davidson Funeral Home of Rose Hill is in charge arrangements. Mrs. Lizzie S.
Collier BLACKWATER, Va. Mrs. Lizzie S. Collier, 82, died at 2 a.m. Tuesday at Lee County Community Hospital in Pennington Gap, Va.
after a long illness. She had been a resident of the Blackwater community for 64 years. Surviving include her husband Worley Collier of Blackwater; four sons, Luther Z. Collier of Big Stone Gap, Louis Elmer Collier, Onza Collier, both of Blackwater, and James Roy Collier of Kingsport, two sisters, Mrs. Addie Messer of Asheville N.
and Mrs. Leona Hall of Spartanburg, S. nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Robinette Funeral Home in Blackwater is in charge of arrangements. Barbara J.
Gentry ABINGDON, Va. Barbara Joann Gentry, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen L. Gentry, of Rt.
5, Blue Springs Place, died Tuesday in Johnston Memorial Hospital. In addition to the parents, she is survivied by one sister, Vickie Lynn Gentry, of the home; the paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Gentry, of Abingdon; her maternal grandmother, Mrs. Ora Doss, of Denton, N.C.; and the paternal great grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. J.W. Gentry, of Abingdon. Campbell Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Indicted Continued From Page 1 statutory burglary; Larry Nathan Doane, statutory burglary.
Christopher T. Graham, statutory burglary; Teddy Allen Johnson, statutory burglary; George William Pennington, larceny; Mark B. Holmes, grand larceny; Larry A. Rhoten, statutory burglary. Charles C.
Sessor, statutory burglary; Johnny William Blevins, statutory burglary; Berkley Eugene Call, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle; Carl Eugene Combs, one count possession of marijuana with intent to sell or distribute and one count of manufacturing a controlled substance; Charles Robert Rouse, two counts of grand larceny. Miss Lucy C. Vance Miss Lucy Christine Vance, 72, of 808 East Valley Drive, Bristol Virginia, died Tuesday morning in Cedar Lawn Convalescent Home, Abingdon, after a long illness. She was a native of Oliver Springs, but made her home in Elk Park, N.C., most of her life before moving to Bristol nine years ago. Miss Vance was a retired school teacher, having taught in Newland and Banner Elk, N.C.
She was a member of the Banner Elk Presbyterian Church. She is survived by one brother, Warren Vance, Bristol; and several nieces and nephews. The body has been taken from Blevins Funeral Home to the Reins-Sturdivant Funeral in Newland, N.C. James Otis Barker BIG STONE GAP, Va. James Otis Barker, 71, died Monday in the Lonesome Pine Hospital after a long illness.
He was a lifelong resident of the area, a retired miner, a member of the UMWA, local 1405 and a member of the Church of God. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Lillie Barker; three sons, Marvin Barker, Tazewell, Ralph Barker, Sneedville, and Bobby Barker, Big Stone Gap; two daughters, Mrs. Pauline Cox and Mrs. Angie Grimes, both of Dayton, Ohio; four brothers, Paul Barker, Hammond, Clifton Barker, St.
Charles, Clyde Barker, Big Stone Gap, and Willard Barker, of Indiana; 21 grandchildren and 14 great -grandchildren. Holding Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Connie Lee Rakes HILLSVILLE, Va. Connie Lee Rakes, 30, died Monday in a Roanoke, hospital. He is survived by one son, James Michael Rakes, Galax, his mother, Mrs.
Victoria Rakes, Hillsville; two half-brothers, Robert Rudder and Tonny Rudder, both of Woodbridge, Va. Vaughan-Guynn-McGrady Funeral Home in Hillsville, is in charge of arrangements. Clarence Smith PENNINGTON GAP, Va. Clarence Smith, 86, died Monday in a local hospital. He was a retired miner and member of the UMWA Local Union No.
8761. He was also a member of the Beech Hill Baptist Church. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Janie Smith; one son, Robert Henley of Pennington Gap. Sturgill Funeral Home of Pennington Gap is in charge of arrangements.
Donald W. Elswick DORAN, Va. Donald Wayne Elswick, 28, of Doran Bottom, Doran, died Sunday at his home following a short illness. Born in Tazewell County, he was a son of the late Charlie William and Gracie Kennedy Elswick. He was employed as foreman at Machine Tool and Die Claypool Hill.
Survivors include three sisters, Mrs. Geraldine Butcher, Dayton, Ohio, Mrs. Gertrude Richardson, Raven, and Mrs. Faye Brown, Swords Creek; four brothers, Dexter Elswick, Salisbury, Roy Elswick, Red Ash, James Elswick and Roger Elswick, both of Raven; step- mother, Mrs. Elsie Elswick, Raven; two half-sisters, Miss Pat Elswick and Miss Gayle Elswick, both of Raven; one half-brother, Michael Elswick, Raven; two step Mrs.
Linda Ball, High Point, N.C., and Mrs. Barbara Davis, Raven; four step- brothers, Dennis Mullins, South Dakota, Douglas Mullins, Ansted, W. Terry Mullins and Phillip Flemmings, both of Raven. Tazewell County Funeral Home in Cedar Bluff is in charge of arrangements. BECAUSE WE Our fine professional staff will be glad to consult with you at any time and without obligation in selecting individual pre-arranged funeral services.
There is a deep personal satisfaction in knowing your family can be relieved of added emotional in times of sorrow. Akard Funeral Home 1912 W. STATE ST. BRISTOL, TENN. MEMBER BY INVITATION NATIONAL SELECTED A MORTICIANS Roy 0.
Wallace Roy 0. Wallace, 85, Route 3, Bristol Tennessee, died Tuesday morning in Bristol Memorial Hospital following a long illness. He had been a mail carrier in the Holston Valley area for several years and was retired from the Burns and Gidding Lumber Co. of Albion, Pa. He attended the Holston Valley Baptist Church.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Pearl Mullins Wallace; two daughters, Mrs. Ada Peters and Mrs. Wilma Bebber, both of Bristol; one son, R. J.
Wallace, Bristol; one brother, Troy Wallace, Myrtle Creek, one sister, Mrs. Ralph Gilcrest, Jamestown, five grandchildren and two great -grandchildren. Paul Cook Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements, which are incomplete. Blanch Jent COEBURN, Va. Blanch Jent, 84, died Monday night in Norton Community Hospital.
She was a member of the Christian Holiness Church in Tacoma. She is survived by several nieces and nephews. Estes Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Nonnie S.
Lee CHILHOWIE, Va. Mrs. Nonnie Shazier Lee died Monday afternoon in the Valley Nursing Home. She was a former resident of Bristol Tennessee and the widow of the Rev. Jake Lee.
Surviving are two sisters, Miss Geneva Shazier and Mrs. Margaret White, both of Chilhowie; one brother, Hugh Byrd Shazier, of Chilhowie; and also several nieces and nephews. Williams Funeral Home in Chilhowie is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Jeanetta H.
Wilson Mrs. Jeanetta Hollins Wilson, 74, of 426 Buchanan Bristol Virginia, died Tuesday afternoon in the Johnston Memorial Hospital in Abingdon, following a briefi illness. She was a native of Bristol and a member of the Lee Street Baptist Church. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Alice Mae Wilson, of Staten Island, N.Y., and Mrs.
Bettye Wayne Rope, of Knoxville, one sister, Mrs. Lottie Lee, of Bristol Virginia; two brothers, Gilmore Hollins and James Hollins, both of Bristol Virginia; seven grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Robinson Mortuary is i in charge of arrangements which are incomplete. Everette Reasor DRYDEN, Va. Everette Reasor, 53, died Monday at his home in the Deep Springs Community.
He was an employee of the Pet Dairy Company in Big Stone Gap and was a World War II veteran. He was a member of the Dryden Masonic Lodge 326 and a member of the Powell Valley Shrine Club. He was a member of the Big Stone Chapter of the OES and also a member and deacon of the Deep Springs Missionary Baptist Church. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Ruth S.
Reasor; two sons, Steven Reasor, of Big Stone Gap, and Smith Reasor, of the home; one daughter, Mrs. Sandra Reasor, of Norton, one brother, Jennings Reasor, of Dryden; three sisters, Mrs. Estelle Ely, of Dryden, Mrs. Edith Shuler, of Big Stone Gap, and Mrs. Lucille Zubke, of Goodrich, and two grandsons.
Sturgill Funeral Home of Pennington Gap is in charge of arrangements. Funeral Notices ADDINGTON Funeral services for Ezra Addington will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Scott County Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Paul Blessing and the Rev. Howard Todd officiating.
Burial will follow in Darthula Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Larry Crews, Charles Zorah. Brad Hilton, Omar Addington, Claude Hilton, Raymond Lunsford, Keith Derting, Orville Addington, J.R. Maddux and Lonnie Henderson. BARKER Funeral services for James Otis Barker will be conducted at 2 p.m.
Thursday in the Holding Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. H.G. Kiser and the Rev. Roger Barker officiating. Burial be in Glencoe Cemetery, The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7-9 p.m.
Wednesday. COLLIER-Funeral services for Mrs. Lizzie Collier will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday from Osborne Chapel Baptist Church in Blackwater, Va. with the Rev.
Alex Willis, the Rev. J. H. Syvert and the Rev. Coy Lawson officiating.
Burial will follow in the Fannon cemetery in Blackwater. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Robinette Funeral Home. The body will be taken to the church one hour before services. COUNTS Funeral services for Howard Douglas Counts will be conducted at 2 p.m.
Wednesday in the Farris Funeral Chapel with Mr. William Robuck and the Rev. Robert Woodson officiating. Burial will be in Forest Hills Memory Garden. Pallbearers will be David Browning.
Kenneth Davenport, George Shrader, Donald Slemp, Jimmy Brown, Dave Thomas, Mike Taylor, Dick Taylor and Edmund Davenport. ELSWICK Funeral services for Donald Wayne Elswick will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the Tazewell County Funeral Home chapel in Cedar Bluff, with the Rev. James Sayers and the Rev. Ed.
Short officiating. Burial will follow in the Greenhills Memory Gardens in Claypool Hill, Va. Pallbearers will be Howard Overbay, T. R. Shelton, Joe Smith, Denny Smith, Curtis Cline, Ron Whitt, Butch Glover, Bill Glover, Gary Glover, Richard Ball, Rick Hale, Roger Miller.
Honorary pallbearers will be Bob Jones, C. T. Taylor. The body will remain at the Tazewell County Funeral Home where friends may call. ELY Funeral services for Mrs.
Lillie May Ledford Ely will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Rose Hill Pentecostal Holiness Church with the Rev. Preston Richardson officiating. Burial will follow in the Ely Cemetery near Rose Hill. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6 to 9 p.m.
Wednesday. Davidson Funeral of Rose Hill is in charge of arrangements. GENTRY Graveside services for Barbara Joann Gentry will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Forest Hills Memory Gardens with the Rev. I.
Blaine Eggers officiating. Campbell Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. GILLIAM Funeral services for Dudley V. Gilliam will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Sturgill Funeral Home Chapel in Pennington Gap.
with the Rev. Walter Peters officiating. Burial will be in Lee Memorial Garden. HANKINS Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Belle Hankins will be held at 11 a.m.
Wednesday from the Hurst Scott Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Paul D. Quirk and the Rev. Calvin Maas officiating. Burial will follow in the Hankins Cemetery, Pallbearers will be Raymond Patrick.
Ernest French. Lowell Compton. Raymond Kimbel. Bill Shreve. Bill Allison.
Henry Altizer and Larry Ramsey. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Hankins Cemetery Fund, in care of Mrs. Betty Stevens. 870 East Street, Richlands, Va. 24641.
HICKS Funeral services for Toy Ensor Hicks will be conducted 1 p.m. Wednesday in the Blevins Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Charlie C. Dye and the Rev. Richard Hale officiating.
Interment to follow in the Glenwood Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Mack Bray, Clayton Cross, Neal Smith, Edward Johnson, Basil Wyatt, French Webb. Honorary pallbearers will be' M.R. Shoaf, Allen Felty, Rev. Leo Hall.
Gene Felty, Everett Hite, Chas. R. Whitaker, Hershall Hall. Bruce Cochran, Argil Felty and all current and retired employes of Bristol Tennessee Post Office. The body will remain at the Blevins Funeral Home.
FORECAST for Wednesday 60 70 70 80 Snow figures show high Flurries 70 temperatures XXXX for area. Rain Cold Warm Data from Showers Stationary Occluded NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NOAA, U.S. Dept of Commerce AP Laserphoto Thunderstorms Forecast Here There is a chance of thunderstorms today, but skies should become partly cloudy tonight and Thursday, the National Weather Service reports from Tri Cities Airport. There is a 30 percent chance of precipitation today and winds will out of the west at 10 miles per hour. The high today will be around 80, the low tonight in the middle 60s, and the high Thursday will be in the middle 80s.
Rain is forecast for parts of Continued From Page 1 pushing the city. Parker and other officials pointed out that the 201 study alluded to by McCormac did not contain enough information to satisfy EPA, adding that since the mini system problem would have to be faced at some time in the future, an SSES would be necessary anyway. McCormac, with support from Vice Mayor Tod Houston, argued that the city should go ahead and put in the lines needed to solve the Godsey problem, which is being caused by sewage overflow being dumped into a creek on his property, and tackle the bigger problem of the mini system later. Councilman Jim Eller made the motion, seconded by Councilwoman Dot Mattison, to authorize the SSES. Mayor Ewell Easley joined Eller and Mrs.
Mattison in supporting the motion while McCormac and Houston voted against the measure. Once the SSES is completed, Parking Continued From Page 1 gymnasium at Virginia High School was discussed, but action was delayed until June 13, prior to the passage of next year's budget. The city officials passed on a first reading revised amendments to the zoning ordinance and an amendment to the subdivision ordinance. A recommendation request from the Bristol Humane Society, concerning the importance of controlling dogs was heard by the council.It vowed to draw up an ordinance on the matter for the first reading at the next regular city council meeting. Man Jailed For April Abduction BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn.
A Bristol man charged with an April 11 abduction was being held in Sullivan County jail here Tuesday after pleading guilty to a reduced charge. Hubert Glenn Hammitt, 23, of 1228 Georgia was sentenced to 11 months and 29 days in jail by county General Sessions Court Judge Gilbert Torbett for contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Hammitt was arrested for violating the terms of his probation on an earlier charge early Saturday morning when he arrived at a Bristol bus terminal from Texas. He will serve time for the violation if it is revoked. According to police, Hammitt: had taken a 15 year old girl to Laredo, on April 11.
Texas police picked both of them up and released the girl to the custody of her parents. Hammitt was held in a Texas jail on the same charge and was later released. The Roman emperors Nero and Augustus used lotteries with slaves, houses and ships as prizes, although the chances were given out free of charge. Council Hears Budget Proposal By GEORGE DALTON told the council that conditions BIG STONE GAP, Va. The are favorable for receiving about $250,000 in additional Town Council Tuesday night heard first reading ofa $1,307,601 funds from the Tennessee Valley budget i for next year, opened the Authority for relocating flood for a sewer line of South- victims.
was and learn- TVA has already funded one ern Railroad property ed that more money is available project to aid persons displaced victims. by the flood last November. to relocate flood In other action, the council After approving the budget, appointed a full-time patrolman council agreed to advertise in the town police department the budget in local newspapers and appointed a full-time meter and then hold a public meeting to finalize it. patrolman. Mrs.
Harry W. Meador Jr. The council authorized Mayor thanked the council for turning Cecil Pennington to sign an down the Appalachian Power easem*nt agreement with the request for access to the Southern Railroad Co. to allow Big Cherry watershed. The Sunset today will be at 8:36 p.m.
Sunrise Thursday will be at 6:16 a.m. Temperature at 10 p.m. Tuesday was 65. Humidity at 10 p.m. Tuesday was 84 percent.
Winds at 10 p.m. Tuesday were calm. Barometer at 10 p.m. Tuesday was 30.06 and rising. Record high for this date is 89 set in 1939.
Record low for this date is 40 set in 1961. Montana and Wyoming, as well as for parts of the northeast and southern New England stretching across Pennsylvania into Ohio. Survey the city will become eligible for an EPA grant which would pay for 75 percent of the project. Council also discussed proposed agreement with United Cities Gas Company which would allow it to use the city's propane storage facility at the Buffalo Waste Water Treatment Plant. Although final action was reserved until next month, council basically agreed to allow the company to use the facility if the gas company agrees to sell propane to the city at cost.
Under the original proposed agreement, the company would give the city a two cent reduction on the price currently being paid by the municipality. According to Parker, this would save the city $907 annually while a savings of $2,269 would result from the "at cost" agreement. Under the proposed agreement, United would use two 30,000 gallon tanks at the city's facility and the city would be able to obtain the propane as needed. Parker estimated the city's usage to be 45,388 gallons per year. In other action: Council passed a resolution joining other units of government in the area's planning district to implement and perform continual planning functions of a Coordinated 208 Water Quality Management Plan.
Tom Cuthill, secretary treasurer and chief spokesman for the Bristol Tennessee Taxpayers' Association, was asked to leave the meeting after continuing to criticize efforts to obtain federal funds while not being recognized on the floor. Cuthill and Mayor Easley exchanged sharp words earlier in the meeting. the town to install a 10 inch sewer line through railroad property. Town Manager Frank Ferrell utility was hoping to conduct a feasibility study for a hydroelectric power plant to serve the Powell Valley area. Debate Continued From Page 1 this amount.
The $11.22 tax rate, a working figure derived to balance the county's income with the requests in the proposed budget, drew fire from all sides. Even those who didn't seem to mind a tax increase found the 40 percent jump in the budget's size within one year hard to swallow. "This seems like a little too much to me," Carson McCray said, "something's "It's considerably more than the rate of inflation," pointed out Bob Tauscher. "That's almost a 90 percent tax rate increase." Worth explained part of the reason for the large increase by recounting the "very startling news" he learned shortly after giving the board its copies of the original proposal which represented a 5.8 percent raise in costs over last year. Revenue sharing was cut by $100,000 because taxes weren't raised last year.
The Virginia Supplemental Retirement Plan was boosted another $5,000 and insurance costs increased $17,000. One position omitted from the first draft added another $4,000 to the total. Besides the revenue sharing cut, another $27,000 was lost when anti- -recession funding expired. These items paired with an estimated $200,000 deficit in the the current school budget caused by a miscalculation in the average daily attendance bring the total to $421,000. Last night's meeting was a break in the normal budgetary process with the public hearing being held prior to passage of the final budget and setting the real estate tax levy.
Several of the speakers expressed their praise for the supervisors holding the session before the cuts are made and the measures finalized June 14.. commend you for coming here and listening to your citizens," Hunter Thayer told supervisors. To keep order and allow as many speakers as possible, the board passed a resolution before the floor was opened to the public which limited the speaking time to three minutes, allowed persons to speak only once, authorizedthe sheriff to time and enforce the three minute rule and asked that groups be represented by only one speaker. The rules were followed with the exception of the numerous members of the Washington County Education Association speaking in favor of the school budget. Only Bobby Sproles opposed the ground rules.
He said three minutes wouldn't give people enough time "toproperly express theirfeelings JACKSON Funeral services for Walter Jackson will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the Honaker Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Clyde Lambert and the Rev. Ancil Childress officiating. Burial will follow in the Hess Family Cemetery at Drill.
Va. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers. Friends may call at Honaker Funeral Home. JENT Funeral services for Mrs. Blanch Jent will be conducted at 2 p.m.
Thursday in the Christian Holiness Church in Tacoma, with the Rev. Danny Collins officiating. Burial will follow in the Temple Hill Memorial Park in Castlewood. The body will remain at the Estes Funeral Home. LEE Funeral services for Mrs.
Nonnie Shazier Lee will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Williams Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the Chilhowie Cemetery. NELSON Funeral services for Mrs. Ollie May Nelson will be conducted 10 a.m.
Wednesday from the Scott County Funeral Home Chapel in Weber City, with the Rev. Eritt Darnell and the Rev. Herman Quillen officiating. Burial will follow in the Holston View cemetery. Friends will serve as pallbearers, NUNN Funeral services for George M.
Nunn will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday from the Chapel of the Weaver Funeral Home with the Rev. Tom Campbell and the Rev. Fred Brewer officiating. Burial to follow in the Rooty Branch Cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be grandsons. The body will remain at the Weaver Funeral Home where the family will receive friends from 7 until 9 p.m. Wednesday. NUTTER Funeral services for Elizabeth Royston Nutter will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Akard Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev.
Lester MacKinnon officiating. Burial will follow at Shelby Hill Cemetery in Bristol. Pallbearers will be members of the family, The body will remain at Akard Funeral Home. RAKES Funeral services for Connie Lee Rakes will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in the Vaughan-GuynnMcGrady Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Temple Hill Memorial Cemetery in Castlewood, at 1 p.m, Thursday.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home Wednesday evening. REASOR Funeral services for Everette Reasor will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Deep Springs Missionary Baptist Church with the Rev. K.K. Culberson and the Rev.
Floyd Haun officiating. Burial will follow in the family cemetery, The body will remain at the Sturgill Funeral Home where the family will receive friends from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday. The body will be taken to the church one hour before the service. Masons will be in charge of graveside services.
SMITH Funeral services for Clarence Smith will be conducted at 1 p.m. Friday in the Sturgill Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. J.H. Carson and the Rev. S.T.
Carson officiating. Burial will follow in the Powell Valley Cemetery. The body will remain at the Sturgill Funeral Home where the family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday. VANCE Funeral services for Miss Lucy Christine Vance will be conducted at 11 a.m.
Thursday in the Banner Elk Presbyterian Church, Banner Elk, N.C., with the Rev. James N. Murray officiating. Burial will be in the Yellow Mountain Cemetery at Plum Creek, N.C. Pallbearers will be selected from friends.
The body has been taken to the Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home in Newland, N.C., where the family will receive friends Wednesday evening. Blevins Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. The Delaware Indian tribes that lived along the shores of the Delaware River and the shores of the Delaware Bay in the eastern United States called themselves Lenape or Leni-Lenape. They were a confederation of three Algonkian tribes, the Munsee, Unami and Bond Issue Continued From Page 1 the quality rating of the county, which currently stands at Al or represents a moderately high income level, would probably improve to a AA quality rating and the interest rate at the county level would bel lower. Lawrence added that if a rural bond issue is chosen, the county rating would possibly drop to A in quality quality.
One member of the committee specifically requested that the budget group receive a commitment by the Kingsport School Board agreeing to "pick up on the indebtedness of the annexed schools." He said this will help the county court officials decide on how to settle the bond issues. The committee must present a resolution concerning which bond issue it favors to the county court by June 6. In explaining the rise of interest rates, Lawrence said they have increased on 20 year bonds by as much as one half percent since January. "I don't see the bond market getting any better in the next year and the interest rates on municipal bonds will go up also." He urged the committee to decide on a bond route as soon as possible. Wanting me is hotel SEEDS TOOLS We still have a good supply of young plants for those late gardens TOMATO PLANTS 20 Varieties PEPPERS Red, Purple, Orange, California Wonder, Red Green, Yellow, Salad Chili, Hot or Sweet Banana EACH EACH Anc GERANIUMS DWARF MARIGOLDS Trailing or Hybrid 7 Varieties in 6 Varieties EACH 6 for Evergreen Survival Green depends Garden Center on you.
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