Kingsport Times from Kingsport, Tennessee • 8

Lay Is Latest Entrant In Superintendent Race feel pressured by the Aug 5 court meeting to make a recommendation On the other hand Barnes said his interpretation of a state statute is that the county court must name a successor to Spivey at the next regular or called meeting Barnes said he took this to mean a new school superintendent must come out of the Aug 5 meeting As debate over these two points continue it hardly seems to matter to either the school board or the education committee that Lays application was not received in time Myers said the education committee which is still receiving applications until 5 pm Friday will take up Lays application along with the others Barnes said he passed along copies of Lays application just as he did all the rest Lay said he decided to run because of community pressure A lot of people came to me asking me to run the former assistant superintendent of Kingsport schools said Lay who taught and worked in administration for 34 years is' currently serving his second term as alderman As it did once before this may cause a conflict Lay gave up his job as assistant superintendent in 1972 after the Supreme Court refused to hear his appeal on a suit involving his contract with the city There is a provision in the Kingsport city chapter forbidding any city official from having a contract with the city Lay was forced to choose between his two jobs and chose the post of alderman Lay said he isnt sure if he will have to resign his aldermanic posi- tion if he is elected superintendent The school board meets tonight to select a candidate to recommend to the county court But even that may be in dispute since the education committee says it has the only power to make such a recommendation Barnes said the school board may have no legal power to make such a recommendation but the school board is derelict in its duty if it does not do so Myers said he hoped the board would come before the education committee and present the recommendation first Then the committee will take this into consideration when making its own recommendation at the Monday evening meeting The two bodies are also in discord over when such a recommendation must be presented to the county court Myers said such a decision was too important to be rushed into and the education committee would not the state attorney generals opinion all candidates must be considered Luther Icenhour county attorney said he received an opinion on a state statute The attorney general said he felt all candidates should be considered Icenhour pointed out however that this is only an opinion and is not legally binding Barnes said he felt Don Ward the boards attorney was not of the same opinion and would offer different advice Attorney Richard Currie speaking for Ward said Wards opinion was not diametrically opposed to the state attorney generals but questioned several areas the attorney general didnt consider There is nothing legal and binding about the opinion Currie said It has never been challenged in court And it will be up to the board of education to determine which interpretation it wants to take Leonard Fugate assistant superintendent of county schools Roe Jaynes principal at Lynn Garden School Wallace Ketron teacher and coach at Dobyns-Bennett High School John Miller supervisor for county schools William Moorhouse chairman of the speech department at Milligan College and Sam Sentell director of finance for the Richmond (Va) school system Superintendent applicant Roe Jaynes who is also a Sullivan County magistrate said he will resign as magistrate if he gets the school appointment The education committee has also received applicants from as far away as San Francisco said Jim Myers a member of the committee Members of both groups seem to prefer choosing a new school superintendent to replace Pat Spivey from county candidates However if they abide by By PAT TAYLOR Times-News Staff Writer Another name has been added to the ever-growing list of candidates for the position of Sullivan County school superintendent Alderman Elery Lay submitted his application July 19 to the board of education two days after the boards appointed deadline But board chairman Nat Barnes said he forwarded Lays application to board members and members of the county courts education committee It will be up to them to determine if they want to consider Mr Lays application Barnes said Lay joins a group of nine candidates: Vaughn Brewer assistant principal at East High School Curtis Dixon principal of Northside High School in Atlanta George Evans superintendent in Kirksville Mo mnn OBI Kitrngjsipoirtl: Tuirtmes Moxns noa Trailer Tie-Down Business Up Bristol Considers Law Oak Street renewal Kingsports Neighborhood Development Project concentrated its work crews and machinery this week on Oak Street where new storm severs have been installed and curbing and gutteirng are being completed Smith NDP director said the contractor Byerley Construction Co is expected to finish street work in the Maple-Dale-Sevier Renewal area by the end of August (Times-News Photo Earl Carter) the park so since then Pierce has been installing anchoring systems himself Owners of the mobile homes are paying for the materials about $100 and Pierce is using his equipment and his employes to install them About three-quarters of the mobile homes in the park have been tied down Pierce said Pierce is opening another 160-unit mobile home park off the John Dennis Bypass and encouraging people to buy anchoring systems when they move in Encouraging and not requiring because you cant make people do anything Pierce says You might be running off business Mise has set up 15 dealers in Tennessee and Virginia who are selling his anchoring systems but business around Kingsport depends a lot on whether local government is willing to require the tie-downs So far there is no sign that it is Wallace Pardue the Sullivan County Civil Defense Director endorses the idea but there has been no move by any county official to make it law And thought Kingsport City Manager Charles Marsh also thinks anchoring is a good idea city officials havent gotten around to considering it seriously Im sure that sooner or later well be doing the same thing Marsh says Its one of the areas we need to be thinking about By LEE OLESON Times-News Staff Writer Last March Jesse Mise a structural engineer started wholesaling anchoring systems for mobile homes Business was slow until last April when high winds blew mobile homes off their foundations all over Hawkins and Sullivan Counties Now business has picked up though only a tiny fraction of mobile homes in the Kingsport area are tied down Mise says that he has sold about 50 tiedown kits in the Kingsport area A month or two after the windstorms business fell off again though Mise expects business to pick up Bristol is considering an ordinance requiring tie-downs for mobile homes Virginia already has a law that will require mobile homes to be tied down after April 15 1975 The Bristol ordinance which has already passed on the first reading will be considered on second reading by the Bristol City Council next month and would go into effect 17 days after it is passed The law would require mobile home parks to provide anchors and tiedowns Owners are given a year to comply Pierce who owns the 94-lot Hawkins County Mobile Home Park isnt waiting for a new law Last Aprils storms blew five trailers off their foundations in City MD Shortage Eases As 4 New Doctors Arrive THE MOBILE home on the right was the first anchored by Jesse Mise who went into the anchoring business last March Planners Ask Street Name Change Want More Bike Path Study Time his A degree from Colgate University and his degree from the University of Rochester School of Medicine He interned at Binghamton City Hospital in Binghamton and served residencies at Ideal Hospital Endicott and the University of Virginia Charlottesville He is a staff member at hospitals in Charlottesville Elizabethton' Staunton Va and Clinton Forge Pa and has served in the Army He is also a member of the American Psychiatric Association the American Medical Association the Johnson-Sullivan Medical Society Christian Medical Society and David Wilson Society (Psychiatry) The new Emergency Department physician Dr Combs was born in Kingsport and attended high school in Louisville Ky He received his and degrees from the University of Kentucky and recently completed a rotating internship at St Elizabeth Hospital Covington Ky Dr Combs is married to the former Carolyne Smith Dr Shannon is a native of Indianola Miss He attended Delta State College Cleveland Miss and received his degree from the University of Mississippi Medical School Jackson Miss He interned at Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola Fla Dr Shannon is married to the former Minnie Stalnaker Ills office is located at Munal Clinic Four new doctors have been addl'd to the staff at Ilolston Valley Community Hospital They are Dr John Cate pathologist Dr John Knapp psychiatrist Dr James Combs emergency department physician and Dr Eugene Linwnod Shannon a family physician Dr Cate received his medical degree from the University of Tennessee and served his internship at the University of Virginia where he also completed a residency in Surgical Pathology He was a fellow in laboratory medicine at Yale University and a fellow in pathology at the University of Virginia School of Medicine Dr Cate was formerly on the staff at Naval Hospital in Portsmouth Va While there he was staff pathologist head of the special Chemistry Lab and consultant to the Naval Toxicology Unit He has also served as instructor in laboratory medicine at Medical College of Virginia and assistant professor of pathology Eastern Virginia Medical School Dr Knapp who is presently working every other week at the Mental Health Center has been appointed to the I1VCH Medical Department staff with a sub-specialty in psychiatry A native of Broome County he received By MARY KISS Times-News Staff Writer The Kingsport Planning Commission in a one-hour meeting Wednesday afternoon: Decided to recommend that the city change the name of Elm Street to Cypress Street Gave final approval for the development of Mitchell Estates a subdivison on Orebank Road Approved a plot plan for a sign at the new Kingsport Federal Savings and Loan branch on Fort Henry Drive Agreed to wait for additional information before making a recommendation on the annexation of Rotherwood Heights And agreed that a city planning department intern should be allowed to spend some of his working time on a comprehensive study of Kingsport bicycling patterns The decision to recommend a name change for Elm Street came after Aider-man Dick Stout told the commissioners that the one-block street causes confusion to drivers unfamiliar with the neighborhood Elm which has no houses tion of Rotherwood Heights Subdivision The city council received a petition for the annexation at its July 2 meeting and Clear said the city school system and the water and engineering departments have been asked to supply information relating to the annexation The data is expected to be available by the time the commission holds its next meeting in August Clear said Clear received the commissions approval for a bicycle study to be conducted by planning department intern Gary Mabrey a student at the University of Tennessee He said Mabrey has proposed to make Kingsport's bicycling habits the subiect of his university thesis City manager Charles Marsh said Mabreys survey would probably include a study of bicycle traffic around local plants to see how many people ride bicycles to and from work Commissioner Lucile Jennings said the state is also beginning its own studies on the new field" of bicycle travel and the city will probably soon be receiving requests for information of the type Mahrev will be collecting runs from Fort Henry Drive into Cypress Street a thickly populated thoroughfare Stout said Delivery people coming from Fort Henry cant find Cypress Street Stout said And a doctor making a house call some of them still do got Fist and it took him over an hour to find Cypress Back in June 1966 city planner Bob Clear said 18 property owners requested that the name Elm Street be dropped making the entire street Cypress However he said the owner of the three vacant lots on Elm Street opposed the name change saying he liked the name Elm The board turned the issue back to the planning commission and the commission "let it die Clear said he couldn't think of any reason why the whole street shouldnt be called Cypress" and the commissioners agreed The new Mitchell Estates subdivision was approved without objection The 1121-acre tract owned by Bostic is located on the north side of Orebank Road just east of John Dennis Highway The commissioners decided to postpone a discussion on a request for the annexa Blanton Walking Tall On Campaign Trail Here ACTION ilbme Our family has problems and we need some kind of counseling Can Action Line help? No Name Kingsport A Since your question docs not specify just what type of problems Action Line can only suggest that you try the Community Cnsis Center at 245-0131 or your church They can direct you toward whatever services are available in the community to try to help with your particular problem Action Line solves problems gets answers and cuts red tape Write to Action Line at the Kingsport Times-News Kingsport Tenn There is never any charge By PAT TAYLOR Times-News Staff Writer With former McNairv County sheriff Buford Pusser on Ins right side Congressman Ray Blanton hit the Tri-Cities area Wednesday with a press conference at the airport Blanton tioerthelcss maintained that he is still leading the pack in the Democratic primary He said 33 per cent of the vote will determine the winner of the primary and that two or three of the candidates will probably share the remaining percentage Blanton predicted a voter turn-out of about fid per cent He said the majontv of the voters are uncommitted not undecided The undecided voters have already chosen a candidate he said but they prefer not to tell Buford Pusser hero of the movie Walking Tall" said ties a Republican but hes stumping across the state for Blanton his friend and neighbor We live across the street from one another I backed him in his campaign for Congress 1 backed him in his race for representative I have seen fit to lay down party lines in support of Ray Blanton Pusser said a new mov if Buford" ill take up where the other left off and cover my last three years as sheriff" He said a television pilot is also tentatively planned Blanton said a large percentage of uncommitted voters have found no factionally anointed" candidate they can relate to "The voters are having to judge the candidates on their own merits" Blanton said Last November we had a roofing company put on a built-up roof on our sun porch We paid them by check when the job was completed and they guaranteed it for 15 years It has leaked ever since We have called and called trying to get them to fix it and cant get any response Can you get action for us? A Kingsport A The company says they have your repair work scheduled for this week weather Blanton and Pusser at press conference It was reported earlier in the day that some of Blanton's campaign contributions had come from three large corporations Blanton said this amounts to only about $400 and his staff is studying the matter to determine if the contributions are illegal If so Blanton said they will be returned He added that members of his staff are also studying all contributions to assure that they adhere to the guidelines he set down before the campaign began The Congressman came out in favor of the new medical school for East Tennessee but added that he favors even more a bill one of his committees had passed in Congress This bill was originally vetoed by the President Blanton said and the approximately $18 billion in funds are currently impounded Blanton said this bill has "the greatest potential" to provide adequate medical facilities for every state and community Is there any place in Kingsport where we can rent equipment for a wedding reception at home Kingsport A We've contacted a party that can give the whole reception and supply the equipment but does not have equipment for rent a do-il-vour-self affair Call Action Line for that number For the equipment check rental firms which can deliv er and pick up the larger pieces such as tables and chairs Crashes Send Two To Hospital What ruling was made by the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association on the basketball game between Daniel Boone High School and Johnson City High School during the past basketball season? Old Johnson City Highway A The Times-News sports department reports that there was no official action taken by the TSSAA against any parties and the score stands Johnson City winner by one point Were planning a vacation trip to Texas and Kansas When is the tornado season In those areas? Wed like to plan our trip to avoid them if possible PT Kingsport A Plan your trip for the dead of winter for the least likelihood of tornadoes there Frequency of storms is lowest in December highest in May Or maybe you'll decide to stay home The Weatherman tells Action Line that this area of the country has the lowest tornado frequency in the United States We planted Colorado blue spruce trees several years ago one on each side of our house Theyve grown well but were wondering why one is decidedly green instead of blue like the other Kingsport A The Sullivan County Agricultural Office offers several possible explanations any of which might account for your green tree Moving trees from their natural habitat may change their character various ways You may have different varieties of the tree or the green may just be new growth hich will change to blue as it matures Did You Know? Once There Lived a Wicked Dragon" is a picture story and coloring book which tells a fable about a kingdom not so-far-away where the dragon of pollution threatened the people until they decided to do something about it Single free copies are available by writing: Consumer Information Pueblo Colorado 81009 was treated and released from the hospital's emergency room No other injuries were reported In an early morning Stone Drive wreck 37-year-old Wayne Housewright Rt 1 Church Hill as injured at the intersection of Stone Drive and Howard Street Officer Allen Lane said the accident happened about 6 am when a car driven by 56-year-old Arthur Lane Rt 3 Gate City pulled from Howard Street into the path of Housew right's auto Hospital spokesmen said Housewright was treated and released from Holston Valley Community Hospital and police said Lane was charged with failure to keep a proper lookout and failure to yield the right of way Stone Drive crashes have sent two men to Hols-ton Valley Community Hospital in the past 24 hours City police said II McMillan Jr 38 1316 Bell Ridge Road was injured hen the car in hich he was riding struck the rear of another car at the intersection of Stone Drive and Pinebrook Street Officer Gary Hutson said the 330 p'm crash oe-cured when a car driven by McMillan's 65-year-old father Charles McMillan struck the rear of a car operated by Charles Roop 23 724 Teasel Drive Hutson said the Roop car had stopped for a traffic light The elder McMillan according to police was cited for failure to keep a proper lookout and his son Thursday July 25 1974 KINGSPORT TIMES IB i 1.