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Head Start Orientation
To Begin Next Monday
Wallin Urge. Volunteer.,
Other., To Attend
Meeting.
J. C. Wllin, director of the
Head Start program in Madison
County, announced today that ori
entation of assistant, and volun
teer, in the varoiua communities
will begin in the eight Head Start
centers next Monday. He further
explained that actual classes for
children will commence on Mon
day, June 21, at 10 a. m.
Wallin stated that ten teacher,
have been attending a workkshop
at Sylva - Webeter High School
this week and are now prepared
to explain the procedures of the
eight-weeks' program to assist
ants and volunteers.
"It is hoped that the various
Parent-Teacher Associations anS
the parents of the children who
plan to attend the eight centers,
as well as other volunteers, will
attend the meetings next week,"
Wallin stated.
A schedule of orientation meet
ings next week is as follows:
Marshall Monday, June 14,
10 a. m., Mrs. Eva Sams and Mr..
Jessie Worley, teachers.
Walnut Monday, June 14, 3 p.
m., Mrs. Obray Ramsey, teacher.
Mars Hill Tuesday, June 16,
Mrs. Paul Thomas and Mrs. Ther
mnn Briggs, teachers.
Ebbs Chapel Tuesday, June
16, 3 p. m., Mrs. Wayne English,
teacher.
Laurel Wednesday, June 16, Itti
m., Mrs. Mary Franklin, teach
er.
Beech Glen Wednesday, June
16, 3 p. m., Mrs. Edith Radford,
teacher.
Hot Springs Thursday, June
17, 10 a. m., Mrs. Alma Fowler,
teacher.
Spring Creek Thursday, June
17, 8 p. m., Mrs. Viola Fowler,
teacher.
Wallin Wishes To
Correct Statement
Floyd Wallin wishes to correct
a statement published in last
week's issue relative to his testi
mony in the Walnut-Marshall
school consolidation trial.
Mr. Wallin told this newspaper
that instead of eight men board
ing the school bus he was driving,
there were only three men. He
also said that he was not assault
ed by the three men as the article
stated.
School Bus Driver's
Madison Trial Delayed
A Madison County school bus
driver charged with carrying a
concealed weapon during the Marshall-Walnut
consolidation contro
versy in 1962 was not tried at the
term of Superior Court here test
week.
The case against Leroy Goenell
has again been continued, it was
learned Friday. A grand Jury
failed to return a true bill in the
ease of Eugene Roberts, efmilail
ly charged in the 1962 school con
troversy. Gosnell end Roberts were first
docketed for court action in the
October, 1962 teem following the
controversial consolidation of
Marshall and Walnut Ugh schools
during the previous August.
Seven men who had allegedly
boarded their buses or taken other
action in attempts to block the con
solidation were docketed for trial
st the same time on charges of
conspiracy and disturbing the
peace.
Thre of the seven men were con-
victed Wednesday on the Utter
sount and sentenced Thursday by I
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BILL TO ABOLISH
COUNTY TAX BD.
IS INTRODUCED
To Be Hoard Today; Would
Shift Power To County
Com m isaioner.
Raleigh A bill to abolish the
Madison County Tax Equalization
Board was introduced Thursday
by Rep. Mrs. F. Crafton Ramsey
The bill would vest powers ex
ercised by the board in the Madir
Bon Board of County Commission
ers as provided in the general
statutes.
A separate tax board was first
created in Madison in 1965 and
reorganized in 1959. A 196.'! law
established the present toard and
named as its members Talmadge
Franklin, Brown Amnions and
Kalph T. Barnes. Amnions is
chairman.
The bill was sent to the Hoinse
Committee on Counties, Cities and
Towns, and is scheduled to be
heard today (Thursday).
Industrial Unit
Gains Approval
Raleigh A bill to
Madison County Industrial Devel
opment Commission was approved
by the House Counties, Cities and
Towns Committee on Wednesday
without a word spoken against it.
The measure introduced by Sen.
Clyde M. Norton, names lit new
members to succeed members
named in 1961 whose terms ex
pired April 1 at this year.
Papers Drafted
This Week For
EOA Charter
Jack Thomas, temporary chair
man of EOA in this county, an
nounced this week that incorpora
tion papers have been prepared
and mailed to the attorney gen
eral to secure a charter for the
county EOA program.
When the charter has been se'
cured, a meeting of directors will
be held to adopt by-laws and set
up a permanent organization, Mr.
Thomas says.
Lions Clubs In
County Are Active
In Many Fields
The following excerpts were
published in The White Cane, an
nual publication of the Lions Club,
which shows in a small way, some
of the accomplishments of the
two Lions Clubs in Madison Coun
ty: HOT SPRINGS CLUB: Provid
ed Christmas cheer for 4 persons,
$39.86. Remitted $100.00 on White
Cane Drive. Broom sale netted
176.00 and light bum sale netted
$63.00.
MARSHALL CLUB: Purchased
72 pairs of glasses, $12.00; pro
vided transportation for 7 per
sons, $76.40; famished eye treat
ments for two, $160.00. Gave
$176.80 to 1 person for a building
project. Expended $396.91 for
Christmas cheer for 87 usrooas.
Remttied $160.00 on White Cane.
Drive. Net
1691.00 on
Netted $78.26 on
other projects.
RED CROSS IS
ACTIVE HERE
DURING MAY
The following report has been
issued by the Madison County
Branch of the Asheville Area Red
Cross Chapter for May.
The Service, to Military Fam
ilies Department assisted in one
emergency leave request. Report
ing to the military was done for
two Madison County families with
one family being assisted with
counselling and securing govern
ment benefits.
During the month, Madison
Countians used thirty-eight units
of blood in Regional Hospitals.
Fifteen person, from the county
donated blood in the Center in
Asheville, while forty-three per
sona gave blood at the Bloodmo-
bile operation in Hot Springs on
May 3.
The Madison County Branch
Board of Directors of the Red
Cross met in its quarterly meet
ing on May 7 at the REA build-
ng in Marshall. Officers for the 1
remainder of the year were elect
ed at this meeting. They are: W.
L. Lynch Mars Hill, chaiman; D.
M. Robinson, Marshall, vice chair
man; Mrs. C. E. Mashburn, Mar
shall, secretary; Mrs. Ron Sprin
kle, Marshall, treasurer.
In addition, initial plans were
made for conducting a swimming
program at the Marshall pool this
summer. Plans were also made
for conducting a training program
for new volunteers in the Red
Cross Service to Military Fami
lies Program during the summer.
The Beard approved a iudget
for 1866 of $3,000 for Branch op
erations and will conduct the Red
Cross Campaign for these funds
in the month of October. Appoint
ment of the Campaign Chairman
will he announced at a later date.
Bible School To
Start Here Monday
The Daily Vacation Bible School
will start at the Marshall Baptist
Church Monday morning at 8:30
o'clock.
Preparation Day will be held
tomorrow (Friday) at 9:110 a. m.
LEGISLATURE
IS LAUDED FOR
HIGHWAY SAFETY
Two veteran legislators said
Saturday this session of the North
Carolina General Assembly has
done more for highway safety
than perhaps any Legislature in
history.
This is a great day for the !
people of North Carolina," said
Sen. Irwin Belk of Mecklenburg,
chairman of the Highway Safety
Committee.. "The highway safety
accomplishments of this Legisla
ture will bring results in the fu
ture." Rep. Joe Eagles of Edgecombe,
House highway safety chairman,
said, "We've accomplished more
on highway safety than any Gen
eral Assembly I can recall."
Eagles and Belk agreed "ThsJ
best piece of highway safety leg
islation enacted was a bill to pro
vide driver education for all per
sons in North Carolina under 18,
whether they are in school or not."
"This is the greatest thing that
ties ever happened in North Car-
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Rodeo To Be
Held In Asheville
Saturday, Sunday
First rodeo of the season, spon
sored by the Asheville Bridie and
8fctWst A MocittJoti, wiH be htM
June 12-18 at the Rodeo Arena.
across from tin
In liastlos to
the featured ball
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Steve Davis, Charles Tolley
Piteb Consecutive No-Hitters
The Man Bill High School Wildcat, coached by J.
C. Wallin, swept to its first State baseball championship
in Class "A" Division last Friday by defeating Pantego
for the second time, 10-1 on the Mars Hill College Dia
mond. Writeupa of the final two games follow :
Steve Davis, the little Mars Hill
giant killer, concocted his second
no-hitter in less than a week at
Mars Hill Thursday afternoon as
he pitched Man Hill High to a
2-0 victory of Pantego, in the op
ener of a best-of-three series for
State Class A High School base
ball championship.
Davis, no-hit winner over Grey
Creek the week before in semifi
nal action, encountered surprising
ly little trouble from a Pantego
team which was undefeated in 17
straight games.
The 140-pound, 6-7 righthander
allowed only two of the Beaufort
County boys to reach base. He
gave up a walk to Terry Black
with one out in the fifth and then
in the seventh iwal pitcher Eric
y -ris drew lift when shortstop
.Hand Hunter hobbled his
grounder after two were out Nei
ther Black nor Harris reached sec
ond. A shy senior with plenty of
mound savvy, Davis walked only
Black while fanning eight. He
permitted only four halls to 'be hit
to the outfield and hone of the
lour offered the fielders much of
i chase.
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Housing Credit Is Available
To County's Senior Citizens
COUNTY NATIVE
REPRESENTS US.
IN EUROPE MEET
Washington, D. C, June 9
(Special) Dr. Grover L. Angel,
native of Mars Hill, and Dean of
the College of General Studies of
The George Washington Universi
ty, Washington, D. C, left here
today to represent the United
States in a series of AkluH Edu
cation Conferences in four differ
ent European countries extending
over a four-week period.
Dr. Angel will participate in
the Anglo-American Conference
on University Adult Education in
Oxford, England, June 12-17, with
brief visits to
Stratford-on-Avon
and London.
During the second week abroad,
Angel will represent the United
States as a delegate to the Inter
national Congress of University
Adult Education in Copenhagen,
Denmark.
After a stopover in Germany,
Dr. Angel will proceed to Bel
grade, Yugoslavia for the Euro
pean Conference on Adult Educa
tion.
The final week will be spent in
Paris, France, attending UNESCO
meetings.
Dean Angel, who is considered
one of the top Adult Education
leaders in America, is active in
the Association of University
Evening Colleges, tile National
University Extension Association)
and the Adult Education Associa
tion of America. Before coming
to Washington University more
than fifteen years ago, he Was s
leher and principal in Madison
County schools.
riding, there will he calf roping,
branc riding, wild horse race, boll
dogging, ribbon
roping, and ether program offers citizens, 62 years their milk from nrooWtkm f thai Hnimmatla
il events. older, an opportunity to have I entire herd of extended periods of I Aug. 22 1
For the third time in less than
a week a Mars Hill pitcher twirled
no-hit ball and the Wildcats
streaked to their first state 1-A
high school, baseball champion
ship Friday at Mars Hill by wal
loping Pantego, 10-1, in the sec
ond and final game of the series.
Charles Tolley, a righthander,
quick and wild enough to be ef
fective, turned back Pantego on
no hits for the second straight
day.
Steve Davis, another righthand
er, who last Saturday eliminated
Grey Creek High, 1-0, in the semi
finals with a no-hitter, opened the
series Thursday against the East
erners via a 2-0, no-hit victory.
Tolley's performance marked the
23rd straight inning of no-hit ball
for the opposition in the state
playoffs. The championship was
the second in the Madison Coun
ty school's history. A girls'
basketball team under former
coach Ronald Higgins won the
state title in the mid-tliii ties.
An elated Coach J. C. Wallin
had nothing but praise for his
charges and declined to single out
anyone for individual honors. He
described Mars Hill's overall tri
umph set "a team effosti from
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F.H.A. Advance $5,586,876
During Past Fiscal
Year
Elderly people, if .they live in
rural areas, need not give up the
idea of building, buying or repair
ing their homes on credit.
This word comes from W. E.
Hill, Farmers Home Administra
tion county supervisor, serving
Madison County.
Hill said citizens who are 62
years or over, living in a rural
community of 2,500 or less, may
be eligible for a 33-year loan bear
ing 4 percent interest to buy an
Ider home or build a new one.
The FHA supervisor said el
derly resfdents may also be eli
gible for smaller loans for hon
repairs.
The Fanners Home Administra
tion can loan direct funds to non
profit organizations for construc
tion of senior citizen rental hous
ing units designed for independent
living.
Funds for construction of se
nior citizen rental housing units
may also be provided by private
investors with FHA guaranteeing
repayment.
This fiscal year through April
80 Farmers Home Administration
has advanced $5,586,876 to senior
citizens for construction, buying,
and repairing of individual homes.
The total loaned is up 17 percent
over a similar period last fiscal
year.
Over 1,200 elderly people in the
30 states, Puerto Rico and the Vir
gin Islands were able to get loans
for new or improved housing
through the senior citizens rural
housing program of Farmers
Home Administration.
Another $1,248,510 was advan
ced by the U. S. Department of
Agriculture agency for the eon
etruction of rental housing units
for senior citizens during the
same period, July 1, 1964 through
April 80, 1966.
Farmers Home Administra
tion's senior citizen housing loan
offers
VBS Parade Here Last
Saturday Was Success
COUNTY 4-H
TALENT SHOW
IS SUCCESSFUL
The Mars Hill Elementary Clog
Dance Team was the winner of
the 1966 County Talent Show
sponsored by the 4-H clubs, In the
Mars Hill College Auditorium last
Friday night. Miss Linda Buckner,
accompanied by Debbie Fergurson
of the Pioneer 4-H Club singing
"Down That Lonesome Road" was
runner-up. Tied for third place
were a group of girls from Lau
rel High School, Brenda Ray, Te
resa Zimmerman, Sandra Wallin.
Doris Cantrell, Christa Ajm Thom
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MADISON YOUTHS
HURT IN CRASH
SATURDAY
Three youths were injured about
half a mile east of here Satur
day when the pickup truck in
which they were riding was in
volved in a collision with another
truck,. struck SrhyidRg abutment,
then plunged oar s 17-foot em-
Danxment.
State Highway Patrolman J.
L. Proffitt said a truck driven by
Jerry Hunter, 16, of Marshall Rt.
6, came around a curve on the
wrong side of the road ami hit the
other truck driven by Clarence
Robinson, 46, of Marshall Rt. 6.
Hunter's vehicle was estimated
a total loss and damage to Robin
son's vehicle was estimated at
$150.
Hunter was treated at Memorial
Mission Hospital for a laceration
of the left arm and was admitted
for observation. Dennv Ramsev.
14, of Marshall Rt 6, was treated
for a fractured right arm and ad
mitted. Asheley Ball, 16, of Al
exander Rt 1, was treated for a
laceration of the left leg and re
leased. Both were passengers in
the Hunter vehicle.
Both Hunter and Ramsey were
reported in satisfactory condition
Sunday by the hospital. The wreck
occoured on Walnut Creek Road,
the trooper saidl
School Demonstrators
Given 7-Month Terms
CHEMICALS ARE
GREAT AIDS TO
Farm Agent Warns
To Use Proper
Precautions
Proper use of agricultural
chemicals can result in a grtat
(id to agricultural production.
Fertilization, insect and iHsnein
tontrol are the leading yield fo
resee producers of almost any
hing that has been brought about
la agricultural changes. Agricul
tural chemicals moat be used ac
cording to recommendations aad
instructions, Harry Silver, farm
tgent, iiAMK
Daring the past two years a
large number of American dairy
farmers have been forced Is
'Beautiful Floats Vietwed By
Largo Crowd; Emphasis
On Youth
The Daily Vacation Bible School
Parade of the French Broad Mis
sionary Baptist Association was
most successful here last Satur
day afternoon. The sidewalks of
Marshall were crowded with on
lookers as the parade moved slow
ly from the Island, proceeded up
to the depot and back to the Is
land where it concluded.
14 beautifully decorated floats,
emphasizing the importance of
religious teaching of youth, thrill
ed the spectators. In addition to
the floats, VBS leaders and pas
tors, as well as children, marched
behind their floats which repre
sented the churches. Large ban
ners preceded each float and con
tingent.
Wesley Pike, parade chairman,
was highly pleased with the man
ner in which the parade was held.
He was also most complimentary
for the cooperation shown by the
Marshall Merchants Association,
sponsors of soft drinks for the
participants, and the policemen
who directed traffic during the
parade.
"I wish to thank everyone who
made the parade successful," Mr.
Pike stated .
Churches represented with floats
included Bull Creek, Davis Chapel,
Foster Creek, Forks of Ivy, Hope
well, Walnut Creek, Upper Lau
rel, Laurel Bend, Oak Grove, Oak
Hill, Oak Ridge, Madison Semina
ry, Marshall, Long Branch, Locust
Grove and Middle Fork.
Woodmen Of World
Present Flag To
Walnut School
As had been previously publish
ed in this newspaper, an Ameri
can flag was presented to the
Walnut school on Friday after
noon, May 28, by the Woodmen of
the World. Members of the local
camp made this presentation pos
sible. With about 350 students look
ing on, Mrs. Queen Bulhnsn, Wal
nut teacher, accepted the flag for
the school. William H. Gaddis,
WOW Area Manager, presented
the flag.
The students and guests also en
joyed several readings about the
flag and recordings by Ben Cart
wright, of Bonanza fame on tele
vision. A Superior Court judge Thurs
day sentenced three men to seven
months in jail after a jury'fced
convicted them of interrupting
school at Walnut during
solidation move in 1962. ri
They are. Jack Guthrie, Eugene
Thomas and Jack Davis who im
mediately filed notice to appeal to
the State Suprtme Court.
The men three of seven
charged in two counts in an in
dictment issued when the Marshall
aad Walnut high schools were
partially consolidated won ac
quitted Wednesday by the jury
on conspiracy charges.
Judge W. K. McLean ordered
them confined for seven months
lisjsMssailB
ail to be
in the Madison County jail
assigned to work w
sion of the State Prisons
ment.
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