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To B Located A Site Of
Cotton Mill j Training '
To Startt
Frank Coxe, owner of the build'
ing formerly occupied by Sorensen
Woodbending Company and gen
erally known as the Marshall
Cotton Mill Buildng, . announced
this week .that leases have jbeen
signed paving the way for, a .new
industry in Marshall.' Mr. Coxe
stated ithat t renovation of the
building would begin shortly and
the building should be ready for
occupancy by 'December 1 or be
fore. r
MILLS MFG. CORP.
The new industry will be a sub
sidiary of Mills Manufacturing
Corporation, located on the Ashe-yille-Weaverville
Highway. The
plant manufactures parachutes
and parachute components, ac
cording to Ernie Mills, plant man
ager. Mr. Mills stated yesterday that
he hopes to begin a training pro
gram in Marshall in. the near fu
ture and expects Do employ about
75-100 as soon as the building is
ready for occupancy. He ex
plained that approximately 86
of the employees will be female
and about 15 r male.
"I am looking forward to com
ing to Marshall and am anxious
Ktfr-.get.4nte the building a soon
as possible," Mr. Mills said. C"; '
. ; LOCAL- AID , '
, The movement to secure this
reputable industry has been go
ing on for several months . and
local businessmen and others have
shown their .. desire , to have the
industry by contributing toward
the cost of a right-of-way and al
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Gc!:!) Attorney
pscial Tern
Civil Court To Start Here
Monday; Campbell To
Preside
Preliminary maneuvering in the
re-trial of three $300,000 libel
suits against William E. Cobb of
Mroganton will begin here Monday
with the opening of a civil term
of Madison r County Superior
Court. Plaintiffs in the seperate
actions are ; Zeno Ponder, Oren
Rice and Frank Runnion, Madison
County political figures.
The new trial was ordered by
the State Supreme Court in June
after , Cobb appealed a Madison
County's jury's award of $40,000
to Ponder and a token $4 to each
of the other, ptontttffc'-v;':.-;:-
Attorneys i for Cobb, former
state ' Republican chairman, have
been granted a pre-trial confer
Cfclnnt ProlDGt
C!cIj; Cijjcd To
Superior Court Solicitor Robert
Swain Tuesday night urged about
600 citizens of the Walnut School
District to "obey the law in what
ever you carry out'' in regard
to the consolidation of Marshall
and Walnut schools. -.
A group of irate citizens gath
ered in the Walnut school to pro
test the consolidation and to plan
ways to block the move when
school opened '. Wednesday morn
ing. - - . -. . ''
Explaining " that consolidation
. would bring increased education
si opportunities for their chfl-e-r-n,
Swain said. "I was hoping
COUNTY FOREST
INVENTORY TO
BE COMPLETED'
An, , inventory of Henderson
County foresU completed in June
by TVAand Champion Papers
Inc. shows a forest area of 169,
560: acres and -'an' estimated ssw-
timber, volume of 624,9 million
board feetj .According to this la
test forft.suryex, 6t gercenlt of
the ; county, '44,50 acres is for
est land.Y''V," .1
R. AvfVogenberger, TVA fores
try representative at Asheville,
said that Transylvania and Bun
combe, two other Upper French
Broad watershed counties, had
been completel earlier this year,
Madison and Haywood will be fin
ished soon.
The 624.9 million board feet of
sawtiraber in Henderson County
forests is 451.5 million hardwoods
and 173.4 million softwoods. Av
erage Volume per acre is about
3,700 board feet. White oaks ac
count for. 28 percent of the total
sawtimber Volume, .red oaks 22
percent, white Pin IS percent,
yellow-poplar 13 percent, hickory
8 percent, and all other species 21
percent, ' -i '4 'i,'""--
Ia- 'adilftlon to sawtimber (larg
er trees) the county also has 54.6
million eubk f eet of wood in pole
and pulpwood size trees w 46.1
million of hardwolos and 8J5 mil
lion of softwoods.
Total growing stock (sound
wood in trees 5 Inches diameter
and larger) is estimated at 147.8
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To M For
For Detrial
ence which is scheduled for Mon
day. W. C Meekins said Tuesday
that he would ask: that the cases
be consolidated; that the jury be
drawn .from residents of some
county other than Madison; that
presiding Judge Hugh Campbell
request the Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court to set a special
term for trial of the case; and
that other matters pertinent to
speeding up the trial be con
sidered.
The drawn-out legal battle be
gain in November, 1960, when Pon
der filed suit against Cobb in
Madison County Superior Court
Rice and Runnion filed similar
suits a short time later..
The suits asked $75,000 actual
and $75,000 punitive damages for
each of two causes of action.
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Resting 1
Cy Lay
that everyone wanted their chil
dren to have a better education
than they bad.!. iy:;Vv:s
According to reports, ' Mr.
Swain's remarks were greeted by
boos by the partisan - audience
who "opposes : the ' consolidation.
One person attending the meet
ing said, that "Swain was in the
wrong orowd." It was also re
ported that when Swain compared
the present status of . education
as to some in the audience, his
remarks proved most unpopular. J
"He left the meeting before it
was over,", another person report
ed. ' "
GRANGERS ELECT
CLYDE ENGLISH
Clyde L. English was reelected
grange master of the Mars Hill
Grange Tuesday night of last
week at a meeting in the commu
nity center.
Other officers are Billy Chand
ler, overseer; Kenneth Buckner,
lecturer; Larry McLaughlin, stew
ard; Dal Peek, ftgBistant steward;
Ray Carter, chaplain; Jay Ed
wrads, treasurer; Glenn Whitt,
secretary; Mrs. Lucille English,
Ceres; Mrs. Jay Edwards, Pomo
na;. Mrs. Roland Peek, Flora; To
ny ponder, chiarman of youth
committee; V. D. Carter, chairman
of community center committee.
A benefit supper was held in
the town hall Saturday from 5 to
7 p. m. Sponsoring organizations
were the Grange, Civitans and
Woman's Club.
SIX INJURED
IN WRECIf NEAR
MARS HILL SAT.
Six persona were hurt in a-car-
track collision near Mars Hill
Saturday night,- none of them crit-
icaly. ' '
The accident occurred about
miles north of Mart Hill at Forks
of Ivy when a car driven by Edd
Joe Briscoe, 28, of Rt 1, Mars Hill,
struck a truck driven by John No
lan Mitchell of Rt 2, Weaverville.
Mitchell was unhurt.
State Trooper J. E. Richards
gaid all the occupants of the car
received numerous bruises and a-
brasions.
Admitted were the car's owner,
Eugene Jones, 30, of Asheville,
who was discharged Sunday; and
Billy Briscoe, 20, of Rt 1, Mars
Hill, who was admitted for obser
vation and treatment. His condi
tion was listed as fair Sunday.
Also injured were the driver,
who suffered chest and throat in
juries; Le Roy Ray, 27, Albert
Ray, 30, and Kelly Coon, 20, all
of Rt 1, Mars Hill. All suffered
minor injuries.
Richards said the Mitchell truck
pulled from a service station di
rectly into the path of the car
driven by Briscoe. Mitchell was
charged with failure to observe
traffic properly.
Music Heads At
MHC Achieve
Status In AGO
Two members of the Depart
ment of Music at Mars HOI Col
lege, Dr. Robert E. Hopkins' 'and
Mrs. Donna Nagey Robertson,
have achieved associateship status
in the American Guild of Organ-
ista.r
Both members of the Western
North; Carolina Chapter of ' the
Guild, they recently passed exten
sive . examinations to test their
practical and theoretical knowl
edge as musicians and their skill
as organists. . .
Associateship rating is the first
of twV levels of ranking within
the Guild ' and " is - considered a
high honor. ' . ' - . ; i
A member of the faculty since
1954, Dr. Hopkins became bead of
the music department in 1960.
Teacher of organ, piano and mus
ic theory, Mrs. Robertson has
been a member of , the faculty
since 1958. Her husband, Joe
Chris, is head of the art depart
ment . .
County and community com
mitteemen will be elected during
September,- to. J-year terms begin
ning October 1, 1962.- These are
annual elections and this year the
Voting will be by mail, according
t Ralnh W. Ramsey, Madison
County ASCS Office Manager. On
or before August 81, the county
office will mail ballots to all eligi
ble voters on record. Any farmer
who does not receive his ballot
promptly should contact the coun
ty office and obtain one.
Full instructions will be furn
ished along with the ballot. Vot
ers will be asked to vote for I
nersona. After voting, the ballot
will first be sealed in a blank en
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MARSHALL TO
LAUNCH GRID
SEASON AUG. 31
Schedule Incomplete;
Game At East
Henderson
First
Although the'' Marshall high
school football schedule is incom
plete, J. C. Wallin,, assistant
i-nu-h. announced , this -week that
the Tornadoes will open the sea
son August 81 when they meet
East Henderson at East Hender
son. Kickoff is scheduled at 8:00
oclockivf.r,: :
The first home game ior the
locals 'will be en September 7
when they host the gridders from
Tryon. . .." .iZ'i'-'i
Early Indications ' reveal ' that
the local team will be light but it
is hoped that what it lacks in
weight will be maie op with
speed. Of the 80 boys reporting,
11 are lettermen. Six backs
Clyde Candler, Danny Henderson,
Ralph Candler, Ray Caldwell, Jack
Marlor and James Hensley are
returning and five linesmen
Tommy Nix, Ralph Lovin, Bob
Fisher and Colen Bishop are
expected to start the season.
Clyde Candler and Danny Hen
derson are the co-captains.
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Shown above is a jroup of Walnut High School
soniors demonttratinff
tion to reirsp.in at Walnut :
at Marshall. The pic'
mornins: ca V a fteps
.though seveml Walnut 1
Marshall 7tli-8th graders Adhere;
ost Ualniit Li S. Students Balk
At Walnut This Morning
Six Arrested For Conspiracy;
3 Bus Drivers Arrested For
Carrying Concealed Weapons
Bench Warrants Served; Men
Morning; Bus Drivers
Attending
Turmoil and bitter feelings prevailed at the Walnut
school this (Thursday) morning for the second day in a
row. Hundreds of irate adults again gathered at the
school in protest to the Walnut high school students com'
ing to Marshall school.
In the midst of the excitement, six leaders of the op.
position group were arrested for conspiracy on a bench
warrant signed by Judge Hugh B. Campbell and served
by Sheriff E. Y. Ponder.
The six men arrested are Joe Fowler, Paul Ballard,
Jack Guthrie, Jack Davie,
erts. The men were brought
clock and immediately requested a "conference" among
themselves in a cell where they were placed.
In part, the bench warrant read: ". . . . Conspiring to
and interrupting the. public school and injuring, damag
ing and interrupting a public school in violation of G. S.
14-273."
The defendants were ordered in the warrant to ap
pear before Judge Campbell
August 7 t four o'clock. ' .
rrr - three; driver arrested , t
During the arresting of
- i ' w . .
drivers, assigned to drive the buses trom wainut to Mar
shall this morning, fwere arrested and charged with car
rying concealed weapona. t
The three drivers arrested were Rube Gosnell, Gene
Roberts and Leroy Gosnell. ......
The three drivers were also brought to the local jail
about 9 o'clock.
STUDENTS ENTER
For the second day, the 7th and 8th grade students
fmm Marihell entered the
dent, according to Grover C. Gillis, acting principal.
It waa also announced that the Walnut high school
students who are attending the Marshall school came by
... m. &1
car tnis morning juh a mcy
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icards their determina
1 cf f.ttendir school
f 1 : i Wp Inesc'-y
.tr' 1. Al
' rc i
ine ouses assigned to ui wg u'su ivuvui
Walnut to Marshall did not run for the second day.
Placed In County Jail This
Arrested; Students
Classes
Gene Thomas and Jeter Kob
to the jail here about 9 o
at superior court here on
tho six men, three school bos
a j ja .. .. mm
Walnut school without inci
MiA Wa ..rl.0 mAHim.
Viol. .flllATCta
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No Violence But Feelings
Are Tense At Walnut
Wednesday
An estimated crowd of 600 per
sons, both adults and school chil
dren, gathered at the Walnut
school building Wednesday morn
ing the first day of the new
school term and also the first day
since partial consolidation of the
two schools had been ordered.
Three bus loads of youngsters
from Marshall arrived at Walnut
without incident to begin classes
at Walnut School but irate par
ents of Walnut children who ap
peared at the school to pretest
the arrangement insisted their
children would not switch to Mar
shall High ScbooL
First bus load of Marshall stu
dents from the seventh and eigth
grades arrived shortly before 9
a. m. and was stopped at the en
trance of the school by a crowd
of protesting Walnut residents.
For a few minutes it looked as
if the Marshall parents who ac
companied the bus might be per
suaded to turn the vehicle around
and return to Marshall.
The 'protest group, which
marched in a body from in front
of Walnut school to meet the bus
at 'the entrance to the driveway,
told a local woman w bo came
with the bus that "Everything will
be much better if you will just
take them back o Marshaiy
The woman replied that 1 don't
want my kid bore any more than
yotrwant to end yonr back to
MarshalL" Another woman from
Marshall said "We're going to
take them back, and stay there,
too." i.-!v'-'.
By that tune leaders of the pro
test committee had arrived at
the scene and assured Marshall
parents that their children would
"have safe conduct" at all times
in the Walnut schooL Sheriff E.
T, Ponder also appeared as the
last of the three buses from Mar
shall arrived, and the children-
all from the seventh and eighth
grades filed into the school.
The buses which had been as
signed to take the Walnut high
school students to Marshall re-
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