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NEWS-
VOL. M NO. 37
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MARSHALL. N. C. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 16, 1965 ife PER COPy"
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County To Get Voting Machines; Townships Are Consolidated
,
THE
RECORD
Annual Red Cross Fund Drive
To Start In County October 1
$3,000.00 la Goal; Thomas,
Roberts To Serve As
Co-Chairmen
Dean W. L. Lynch, of Mars Hill
College, chairman of the Madison
County Branch of the Ashevllls
Area, American Red Cross, an
nounced this week that the Rev.
Jack L. Thomas, pastor of the
Marshall Baptist Church, and the
Rer. David B. Roberts, field work
er in the French Broad Missionary
Baptist Association, would serve
as co-chairmen of the 1966 Bad
Cross Fund Raising Drive in Madi
son County.
"Wo fasl fortunate in having
these two well-known men serve
in these capacities", Dean Lynch
said.
The 1966 fund raising (member
ship) campaign will begin in the
county on Friday, October 1 and
will continue throughout the
month, terminating on Saturday,
October 80.
The county's goal will again be
$8,000, K pp stated.
In order to get the pre -drive
organisation set up and ready to
function, the chairmen have called
for a meeting of she three Area
LEAD FAILS
TO LOCATE
im PLANE
A farmer-merchant said Tues
day he saw an airplane in distress
Chairmen on Thursday afternoon 3 ,nd hwieved it later crash-
43 PINTS BLOOD
RECEIVED HERE
LAST THURSDAY
According to information re
ceived from officials of the local
American Red Cross organization,
43 pints of blood were received at
the RE A Building here last
Thursday when the bloodmobile
visited Marshall.
57 Demons visited the unit where
14 persons were rejected.
"We wish to thank all those who
offered to give blood during the
visit," John Heneley, blood chair-
IBM, Stated.
(Today) at three o'clock. Details
will be worked out and various
community workers will be named.
The three area chairmen are: Mrs.
W. L. Lynch, Mars Hill; Ed Niles,
Marshall; and John VanNeet, Hot
Springs.
Mr. Thomas is well-known in
the county, being active in all
phases of the Association and b
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RESOLUTION
FAVORS ROAD
BOND ISSUE
Development Commission
Urgea Citizens To Vote
For Passage
Early interest in the passage of
he three hundred million dollar
Road Bond Issue to be voted on in
November in North Carolina was
given a boost in Madison County
this week when a Resolution ap
proving its passage was released
by the Development Commission
here.
The Resolution follows:
Whereas, it is the opinion of
the Development Commission of
Madison County that the upcom-
M.H. COLLEGE
OFF TO GOOD
STARTMONDAY
1,325 Students On Hand For
Opening; Football
Season Opens
Mars Hill College got off to a
good start in its 110th year Mom
day with a capacity enrollment
and a record number of faculty
members.
Complete enrollment statistics
will not be available until next
week, but preliminary checks re
vealed that approximately 1,325
students were on hand for the
opening of classes Monday. This
Is about the same as the fall term
hut year. College officials had
Indicated before registration be
gan last week that all dormitories
were filled and only qualified day
students (commuters) are being
accepted.
A desen new taonHy members
completed orientation before the
start of registration. They bring
the teaching staff to 88, highest
ng ROAD BOND ISSUE will ben- in eohoel's history.
Consolidation
Restraining
Order Filed
An order which restrains and
enjoins the Madison County com
missioners from implementing or
attempting to implement their
proposed resolution in ordering
consolidation of 28 Townships, or
Precincts, was filed at the clerk
of court's office here Tuesday.
The restraining order, signed
by Judge W. K. McLean, was
brought by William M. Roberts,
Lease Reeves, Earl Ramsey, W.
T. Moore and Uesl Cornell.
A hearing on the Order is sched
uled to be held Saturday, Septem
ber 26 at 11 a m., at the court
house in Bums vj lie before Hon
orable William E. Anglin, Resi
dent Judge, 24th Judicial District,
to show cause why the Order
should not continue in full force
and effect and final judgment
be entered.
15 Machines Ordered; To
Be Used In November Here
ed near Hot Springs
A plane piloted by Jonas Ful
ton, Charlotte businessman, van
ished the same day after refuel
ing at a Knoxville airport. Ful
ton was on a flight from Louis
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fit all the citizens of the State
f North Carolina and particular
y will benefit the citizens of Mad
son County.
Now therefore, be it resolved
that the Development Commission
f Madison County favors passage
f the ROAD BOND ISSUE to be
voted on in November and urges
all of the citizens of Madison
County to vote for its passage.
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
OF MADISON COUNTY
l y JOSEPH B. HUFF, Chairman
Kttest: ED L. NILES, Secretary
UmareaLmll tli sM A Du
Marshall Uftfftaiftfl 4ti-u hv
REPRESENTATIVE
SPEAKS OUT FOR
ROAD BOND ISSUE
;''?.
Spruce Pine Last Friday
Mrs. Frances C. Ramsey, rep
resentative to the general assem
bly from Madison County, stated
this week that she worked for and
voted for the submission of a Road
Bond Issue to the people on which
to vote.
"I am going to vote for it and
I would encourage every citizen
in Madison County to come out
and register and vote for it," she
said, and added, "I have reason to
believe that if it passes that Mad
ison County will receive its full
portion and that many of the sec
ondary roads will be improved,
and that 26-70 and Marshall to
Mars Hill roads will particularly
benefit."
irony
altercation at
Shelton Is Arrested
Following Assault
On Two Local Men
Harold Shelton, 80, of the
Grapevine section of Madison
County, was in the Marshall jail
following his arrest Sati
night following an
the Marshall Skating
p. m.. Sheriff E. Y. Ponder ata&
ed this week.
Warrants charging public drunk
enness and assault on Dean
Shields, local radio manager and
manager of the skating rink and
Earl Davis, an employee at the
skating rink', were served after
it is alleged that Shelton struck
Shields in the face with his fist
and also struck Davis in the fee.
Shields was hospitalized Mon
day in St Joseph's Hospital from
Injury-Riddled Team Goes
To Cane River Tonight
(Thursday)
The Marshall High Tornadoes
suffered a humiliating 43-0 defeat
at the hands of the powerful Har
ris High football team of Spruce
Pine last Friday night but even
the defeat was not as bitter as
the loss of several key players by
injuries.
Already handicapped by a lack
of players, Coaches Ken Sanford
and Lawrence Ponder must at
tempt to piece together a team
from the remaining boys for to
night's (Thursday) game with
1 Cane River at Cane River.
The hardest blow suffered by
the local grid team is the loss of
powerful fullback Johnny Fisher.
The young sophomore suffered an
injured knee early in the game
last Friday night and was hos
pitalized in an Asheville hospital
until Saturday. Reports reveal
that Fisher will be out of action
for the rest of the season. His
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COUNTY HD TOUR
TO BE ENJOYED
NEXT THURSDAY
Final plans have been made for
the County Achievement Day
Tour of home demonstration clubs
next Thursday, it was announced
this week by Mrs. Ethel Wallin,
HEE Agent.
The tour will leave the west
end of the Marshall by-pass at
8:16 a. m., enroute to Burlington
Mills at Hot Springs. Other fea
tures of the tour will include the
Federal Housing Project, Country
Store, Lunch at Court Cafe in Hot
Springs. In the afternoon the
group will visit the MATO Pack
ing Company, Inc., in Marshall
and Hammarlund Manufacturing
Company in Mars Hill.
The college football team will
open its 1065 season Saturday
night in Salisbury against the Ca
tawba College Indians. Head
Coach Don Henderson and' assist
ant Ron Bromley and Dal Shealy
have about consjietod the tough
task of picking a traveling squad
of 36 players from the 66 candi
dates who have been undergoing
practice the last two weeks.
The starting lineup will not be
announced until Friday (Sept. 17)
but it is almost certain to inclule
two Madison County boy Tom
my Nix, a sopheinere defensive
end and Harry Briggs, a , letter-
"isjssr" -
Next week the Xlons'-Wfll tan
gle with Marion Institute in Ma
rion, Ala.; then, on Oct 2 they
will be in Newport News, Va., for
a battle with the naval appren
tice school there. The following
week-end, Oct. 9, will bring the
team out for its first home game
and the dedication of a new foot
ball stadium. The opposition will
be provided by Carson-Newman.
BLUEPRINT
Education, plus ambition and
planning, makes a smooth road
for the wheels of progress.
ALLEN ISSUES
STATEMENT ON
V. M. FINANCING
Below is a statement given The
News-Record this week by Rex
Allen, chairman of the Madison
County Board of Elections, which
explains the financing, etc., of the
voting machines:
The Madison County Board of
Elections today abolished the
twenty-three existing voting pre
cincts, and created eight new vot
ing precinct, to correspond to the
sight new townships created by
the Madison County Board of
Commissioners. Each new voting
precinct will have as its polling
place, a Madison County public
school, and each voting precinct
will be provided with one or more
voting machines, the same having
been acquired by the Board of
Commissioners, upon request of
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Swain Arrested; Denies
Drunk Driving Charge
RT TRAINS
COURSETO
HE
BE
LDTHURS.
BILLY GRAHAM
IS IMPROVED
AFTER SURGERY
Evangelist Billy Graham, recu
perating from prostrate surgery,
was reported in good condition
Tuesday.
A Mayo Clinic spokesman said
Graham is expected to be able to
leave the hospital this week-end.
Graham, 46, underwent surgery
last Thursday. He was taken
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SURPLUS FOOD
BREAKDOWN
IN THIS COUNTY
The following breakdown on the
the past year's surplus foods pro
gram in Madison County was pre
sented to the county commission
ers at their regular meeting on
September 7 by W. B. Zink, coun
ty auditor: i
The report revealed that Madi
son County had operated its sur
plus food distribution for the past
12 months and served a monthly
average of 2,682 persons. These
an injured eye and fractured jaw f people received 680,378 pounds of
Service To Military Families
In County Is Main
Objective
A training course will be held
for people who have indicated a
willingness to serve as contact
persons for the American Red
Cross in Madison County. These
people would assist in giving serv
ice to the active servicemen and
their dependents in this area. This
service through Red Cross is call
ed Service to Military Families.
Training sessions will be held
September 23 and September 30
in the REA Building in Marshall
from 2 p. m. until 4 p. m. On
September 30, the last hour of
this session will be devoted to a
discussion of the policy of the
American Red Cross Regional
Blood Program and interpretation
of the Blood Program.
Any persons wno are interested j An urgent appeal for blood was
in attending this portion of the "issued today by the Red Cross
session are invited to be present, headquarters in Asheville. Per
sons wishing to donate blood may
do so at the RC headquarters to
night (Thursday) from 6 to 8 o'
clock and from 9 a. m. to 1 p. m.
'tomorrow.
Superior Court Solicitor Robert
S. Swain was srrsetad on Char-
nMfr
. G. Church
Monday nigh and charged with
driving intoxicated.
Swain said Tuesday that the
arrest was "wrong" and, "I did
not violate any state law before
Church arrested me or after
wards." Patrol Capt. Edwin C. Guy said
the Highway Patrol would not
comment on Swain's statement.
"We don't have anything to say
before or after a case is tried. We
are satisfied to let the court hear
the evidence and pass judgment.
The Patrol is interested in
one thing: protecting life and
property on the highway," Cap
tain Guy said.
When asked to comment on his
arrest, Swain said he had spent
most of Monday evening in his
office at the courthouse, discuss-
23 Townships Consolidated
Into Eight New Voting
Precincts
The Madison County Board of
Commissioners and the county
Board of Elections joined Monday
in altering the voting setup of the
county by consolidating 23 town
ships into eight new voting pre
cincts, and announced that voting
machines will be used in future
election.
The commissioners held a spe
cial meeting Monday morning, at
which opponents of the move pre
sented petitions, then came to
their decision later and reported
to til Board of Elections, which
concurred.
The commission's consolidation
move baa been in the works for
several weeks. The reasons given
were based largely on (he econo
mies that will result from fewer
election officials.
Chairman Rex Allen of the
Board of Election added Monday
that the switch to voting machine
also Will benefit the county.
"The elimination of garage,
sheds, henna, and easing houses as
polling places, and the installa-
i tion of voting machines will con
tribute greatly to the assurance
of fair elections for Madison
County in ths future," he said.
Opponents who were represent
ed by Attorney A. E. Leake at
Monday morning's session of the
commission, stated that the con
solidation of voting places was
"not in the best interest of the
county, and' kv htfefc?- etterier,
selfish, and political motives."
Leake said it would prove "false
economy" when the extended trav.
el of voters from remote sections
is considered, and was likely to
bring about defeat of the upcom
ing state road bond issue in Mad
ison County. As badly as Madi
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ASC COMMUNITY
COMMITTEES
ARE ELECTED
Results of the election of ASC
community committeemen for the
sixteen communities of Madison
County were announced today by
Emory Robinson, Chairman, Madi
son C.mint.v A MnUnMl Qfokili-
ing law with another attorney. Asf zation Commit-
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BLOOD NEEDED!
and Davis received painful in
juries shout Ms mouth.
Details of the altercation were
not available.
Shelton is now out on $500.00
bond. A preliminary bearing is
set for Saturday st SmMtite
Wad Huy, justice of the penes.
food worth $227,076. Madison
County had been reimbursed from
the state 3345.78, against a total
operation expense of of $5705.77.
This reflects a cost of only $2,-
539.99 for Madison County's there
of operating this program for the
past 12
Ambulance Service To
Continue In Cowfe
.. tr
Funeral Home Are Given
Francise; Rates Are
Announced
Due to the inability to secure
the services of a private ambu
lance organisation in Madison
County, the two funeral homes
Bowman Funeral Home, Marshall
and Holcambe Funeral Home,
Mars Hill have agreed to con
tinue ambulance service under a
franchise agreement with the
county commissioners, it was an
nounced tin week by the commis
sioners and officials of the funer
al homes. This service will con
tinue until such time a a compe
tent ambulance service organise-1
tion can be secured, it was ex
plained. It had been previously announ
ced that the two funeral homes
would discontinue ambulance gat).
ice.
In issuing the franchise to the
Jlslrjuneral homes, in
regulations governing ins
equipment and operation, the com
missioners set forth the following
rates which are now in effect:
A minimum rate of $15 for non
emergency hospital runs. Extra
charge fo administration of
gen and an extra charge for
ing time in excess of SO
Any person failing to pay
tit lawful charge of ambulance
service within 90 days from date
such charges are made shal be
guilty of a misdemeanor and be
Meet to a fine of $25 in addi
tion to initial charges. fL
The following statement wee is
sued by the two funeral homes:
We would like to point out
even with the shove rates it
e for us to make a
profit oh ambulance service.
"In order to keep your ambu
jsmssjjsMfc. as it now is, we
urge you NOT to call for an am
bulance unless it is absolutely
necessary. If yon do call for one,
please pay your bill promptly.
"If you have any comments
bout our ambulance service, feed
or bad, please call us or write to
Veterans' Officer
Here September 23
It was announced tolay that
Richard Hulme, veterans' admin
ration officer, would not be in
irshall this week but would be
at the courthouse on next Thurs
day, Sept 23, from 940 a. m. to
12:00 noon.
tee. The elections were held by
mail, and ballots were tabulated
publicly by the incumbent ASC
County committee on Wednesday,
September 15 at the ASCS Office
in Marshall.
Farmers elected to the com
munity committees were as fol
lows in the respective order of
Chairman, Vice Chairman, Regular
Member, First and Second Alter
nate. Community A-l Carl Can
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FOOTBALL
TONIGHT (Thursday)
Marshall at Cane River
FRIDAY NIGHT
Mar Hill at Cranberry
SATURDAY NIGHT
Try on at Hot
Er win Man Being
Held On Breaking,
Larceny Charges
Marvin Hoyhnan, 26, of Erwin,
Tenn., is being held in Jail in Er
win where he is charged with
house-breaking and larceny hi two
Madison County homes, Sheriff
E. Y. Ponder stated this week.
Sheriff Ponder further stated that
Hoyhnan will be extradited to
Madison County in a few day.
The Erwin man allegedly enter.
ed home of Homer Hawkins and
Phil Up Fox, both of the Califor
nia Creek section, on August 16
and 24 and is charged with the
larceny of rifles, pistols, radio,
records and records players and
also old coins, valued at over
$200.