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Annual Red
To Start In
Goal Of $3,000.00 Is Hoped
To Be Reached Soon;
Response Good
The annual membership drive of
the American Red Cross will beg-in
here Friday, Oct. 1 and con
tinue through the month, it was
announced this week by the Rev.
Jack L. Thomas and the Rev. Da
vid B. Roberts, co-chairmen of the
county drive.
Mr. Thomas and Mr. Roberts
expressed gratitude at the (re
sponse of persons asked to help
during the drive. "Most everyone
we've asked has agreed to serve,"
the men stated.
Area chairmen have already
started working on the drive and
it is hoped that the county will
exceed the $3,000 goal set for the
Madison County Branch of the
Asheville Area Chapter. Area
workers are Mrs. W. L. Lynch,
Mars Hill; Mrs. C. E. Mashburn
and Mrs. S. L. Nix, Marshall
area; Dr. Ed Niles, Business firms
in Marshall; John VahNest, Hot
Springs; and Ted R. Russell,
Spring Creek area.
Workers are reminded to make
sure they have each contribution
listed in making their reports
each week. Contributions of $1 or
more entitles a person to a Red
Cross Membership Card. Com
munity workers are asked to make
a report by phone, postal card or
in person to the area chairman in
their community each week.
Anyone who mails in a contri
bution is asked not to send it to
the Abbeville headquarters but to
the appropriate area chairman or
to lira. Ethel Sprinkle, Marshall.
Correction
In the article in last week's edi-
tion of this paper, concerning the
Marshall Library hoars, it read
that the Library would be closed
oh Mondays and Fridays, when the
article should have read that it
would olose on Mondays and Wed
nesdays. It WILL be open on Fri
day. We regret this error.
Swain Is Acquitted On
Charges In Court Won.
Weight Of Evidence Favors
Solicitor Charged With
Drunken Driving
Superior Court solicitor Robert
S. Swain was acquitted of a charge
of drunken driving Monday, fol
lowing a day-long non-jury trial
in General County Court in Ashe
ville. Swain, surrounded by a crowd
of well-wishers, walked from the
courtroom smiling broadly.
Judge Robert B. Willson hand
ed down the verdict of not guilty
after 13 witnesses testified that
Swain was not intoxicated on the
night of Sept. 13, when he was
"'arrested on Charlotte Street by
State Highway Patrolman Gary
W. Church.
(1 S. Thomas Walton, a fellow at
torney, testified that he and Swain
had been dove hunting at Leices
ter and had 'been together contin
uously since 4 p. m. He said that
from then until Swain was arrest
ed about 10 p. m., neither of them
had consumed any alcoholic bev
erage. Walton testified that after leav
ing Leicester, he and Swain drove
to Asheville and stepped at a
drive-in for a sandwich and a cup
of coffee. Then, he said, they
went to the courthouse and talked
until about 10 p. m.
He drove Swain to a nearby
parking lot, where Swain got in
to his car to drive to Walton's
home. Walton said after Swain
turned onto College Street and
before he pulled out of the parking
lot, a Highway Patrol car cane
down the street and began follow
ing Swain.
Swain turned left onto Vance
Street with the trooper whom he
identified as Church, and Walton
jng; drove to Woodfin to
10 THIS WEEK
Cross
County
Retires This Week
Joe H. Eads
EADS RETIRES
AS MANAGER OF
A&P STORE HERE
Has Managed Local Store
Past 30 Years; Native
Of Kentucky
Joe H. Eads, who has been the
faithful manager of the local A&P
Btore for the past 30 years, of
ficially retired this week.
Mr. Eads, one of the best-known
citizens in this area, came to Mar
shall in 1926 as a 16-year-old
youngster when his father, S. N.
Eads, of Somerset, Kentucky, ac
cepted employment with The News
Record. Joe graduated from Mar
shall High School in 1930 and was
president of the senior class. He
later attended Mars Hill College.
In 1929 he started his work with
the A&P store under the manage
ment of Bill Russell. The store
was then located on Main Street
adjacent to Roberts Pharmacy.
In 1932, Mr. Eads was promot
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Marshall PTA
To Install New
Officers Today
Officers will be installed at the
first meeting of the Marshall Par
ent Teacher Association at 3:30
this afternoon (Thursday) in the
school auditorium.
They are A. Eldridge Leake,
president; James E. Allen, vice
president; Miss Sandra Edwards,
secretary; and Mrs. Coy Haynie,
treasurer.
Mrs. Jerry Rice, a past presi
dent of the Marshall PTA, will in
stall the officers, and Mrs. Otto
McDevitt will have charge of the
program. Olive M. Whit will in
troduce new teachers.
GOP WOMEN'S
CLUB TO MEET
AT MARS
Announcement has been made
that the Madison County Repub
lican Women's Club will meet in
the Mara Hill Community Center
on Thursday night, October 7, at
7:30 o'clock.
"All members are invited to at
tend and bring a new member. We
also invite any Democrats who
wish to attend," Mrs. Frances C.
Ramsey stated.
Draft Board Hours
Infective October 4, 1966 office
hours if jMedison County Local
Draft Board No. 59, Marshall will
be 8:30 a. m., to 12:00
Fund
12:30 p. m. to 8:00 p. m
MARSHALL. N.
Drive
Tomorrow
COMMISSIONERS
APPROVE ROAD
BOND ISSUE
Another boost was given the
Road Bond Issue to he voted on
throughout North Carolina on No
vember 2 when the county com
missioners this week went on rec
ord as approving the bond issue
and urjcinK the public to support
it.
Their open letter to the voters
follows:
Open Letter to Voters of Madison
County :
On November 2nd, 1966, you will
have an opportunity to go to the
Polls and vote on a very impor
tant Road Bond Issue. We are
assured that there will be no raise
in taxes for the citizens of North
Carolina. These Bonds, if approv
ed by the voters of North Caro
lina, will mean new and better
roads for the State, but more im
portant to us, would mean new
and better roads in Madison Coun
ty. Our county is in dire need of
these roads. With better roads
would come the possibility of new
and better schools through consol
idation plus the very likely possi
bility of good industry coming to
our county. I, therefore, would
like to take this opportunity in
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CHILD KILLED
IN SCHOOL BUS
WRECK THIS A.M.
Bus Runs Off Road On The
Sprousetown Road;
Others Injured
A Buncombe County school bus
loaded with approximately 56 stu
dents en route to the Red Oak
school in Buncombe County plung
ed off the narrow Sprousetown
road on the Madison-Buncombe
line about 7:45 o'clock this (Thurs
day) morning, killing one student
and injuring severaL
The victim was identified as
Marsha Franklin, 13, daughter of
MV. and Mrs. Howard Franklin,
of Alexander Rt. L
According to investigating offi
cers, the operator of the bus was
Douglas Baldwin, 17, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Guy Baldwin, of Alex
ander RL 1.
Baldwin stated that when some
of the students momentarily at
tracted his attention, the frus
struck the soft shoulder on the
right hand side of the road and
overturned down an embankment
about 50 feet. The bus pinned the
Franklin girl against a rock at
the bottom of the incline, crushing
her head.
Ten other students, some pain
fully injured, were rushed to Me
morial Mission Hospital by am
bulances and most of the other less
Marshall, Mars
Springs Again
East Yancey Marshall
The East Yancey Panthers cap
italised on two Marshall miscues
with fancy running Friday night
to post a three-touchdown lead
and then hung on for a 20-7 foot
ball victory over the Tornadoes on
the Island here.
The muddy Marshall field was
mora of a handicap to the home
team than it wen to the visiters.
Marshall ran one play after the
opening kkkoff before fumbling
the ball to Bast Yancey's Bill
Thacker, and the Panthers scored
fear plays later. Quarterback
Mike Young rolled 81 yards un
molested for the opening score.
Ms i small ma one series of
kicked to the Bsst Yancey
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C THURSDAY, S
BER
CRIMINAL COURT
TO BEGIN HERE
MON. MORNING
Judge P. C. Froneberger To
Preside; 83 Cases
On Docket
The October term of superior
court for the trial of criminal eas
es will begin here Monday with
Judge P. C. Froneberger preskl
iug. Robert S. Swain is the bo
licitor.
Approximately 83 cases an'
scheduled to be heard during the
one-week term.
jelow is published a list of
jurors drawn for the term :
Mrs. H. W. Barnes, George A.
Allen, Carrie Rhinehart, Mrs. Ar
nold Gosnell, Clarence Conner,
Mrs. David Johnson, C. H. Lan
ders, Welmon Peek, Mrs. Rob el
Redmon, Orville Thomas, Mrs.
James G. Roberts, Taylor Frank
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WATSON TALK
DRAWS TOP GOP
LEADERS SAT.
James G. Gardner, newly-elect
ed North Carolina Republican
State Chairman, was among dig
nitaries attending the fund-raising
dinner sponsored by Hender
son County Republicans Saturday
in Hendersonville.
This was the first visit to WNC
for the new state chairman.
Gardner introduced the speaker
of the evening, Congressman Al
bert W. Watson of South Caroli
na, who was elected to the U. S.
House three times as a Democrat,
resigned earlier this year and was
reelected as a Republican in a
special election test Jt;ne.
Watson topic was; an urner
iica SurviwsT"
Among the Western North Car
olina Republican leaders attend
ing the dinner were Mr. and Mrs.
Clyde M. Roberts, of Marshall.
Mrs. C. D. Bowman
Wins Fine Painting
At Aston Park Tues
Mrs. C. Dedrick Bowman, of
Marshall, is the lucky recipient of
a beautiful painting, "'Golden
Sea," drawn by Mrs. A. J. Mc
Cracken, of Asheville. The pic
ture was donated to Aston Park
Hospital for the benefit of the
recent fund-raising campaign and
tickets were given many persons
The drawing for the lucky winner
was held last Tuesday and the
name drawn was Mrs. C. D. Bow
man, Marshall.
The picture, 36"x50," is now on
display in the living room of the
Bowman's here.
"I was thrilled to death at win
ning the beautiful painting and I
invite anyone to come and look at
it," Mrs. Bowman said here to-
liny. i . ,
injured students were taken to the
hospital for observation by an.
other school bus.
Taste
Spruce Pine - Mars HOI
Jimmy Penley and Roger Burle
son scored three touchdowns each,
five of them on runs of 40 yards
or more, and Spruce Pine
Mars Hill 46-7 for its fifth
straight victory Saturday night at
Spruce Pine.
Penley keyed the contest in the
first quarter by
70 yards for the first
Burleson kicked the point. Bur
leson went 65 yards for a score in
the second and a 13-0 halftone
The Blue Devils put 25 points
on the scoreboard in the third
quarter as Burleson sad Penley
scored twice each, Burleson on, a
40-yard run and a six-yard plunge,
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And Hot
Defeat
30, 1965
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Restraining Orders To Be
Heard Here Next Tuesday
STORY IS NAMED
COUNTY BETTER
ROADS CHMN.
Local Editor Pleased With
Response On Road
Bond Issue
Jim Story, editor of The News
Record, was this week notified by
James G. Stikeleather, Highway
Commissioner, and R. P Holding,
Jr., State Chairman of Governor
Moore's "Committee for Better
Roads," Raleigh, N. C, that he
had been selected as Chairman for
Mhdison County for the "(rovor
nor's Committee for Better
Roads."
The immediate duties of Mr.
Story will be to publicize the Road
Bond Issue in November and co
ordinate efforts for its passage
In Madison County.
Mr. Story made the following
comment on the November 2 issue:
"Thus far, many leaders, organ
izations and individuals have gone
on record supporting the bond is
sue, including the Madison Coun
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ASC COMMITTEES
ARE ISSUED
SERVICE AWARDS
One of the ways in which the
United States Department of Ag
riculture gives recognition to the
services rendered by ASC commit
teemen and employees is by the
presentation of length of service
awards. County ASCS office man
ager, Ralph Ramsey, explained
that these length of service awards
consist of service certificates or
service emblems or both. The
Service certificates are issued at
five year intervals to county and
'community ASC committeemen
and regular employees of the coun
ty ASC office. The certificates
(bear the signatures of the chair
man of the State ASC committee,
the State ASCS executive direct
br and the county ASC chairman
The ASCS embleims cover service
periods in multiples of five year3
beginning with ten years of serv
ice. The certificates may be
framed and the emblems worn by
the receiver. According to Ram
sey, the following ASCS person
nel of Madison were recently pre
sented awards for services render
ed to the farmers of Madison
County through farm programs
administered by ASCS: (1) Coun
ty committeemen for 5 years serv
ice, R. C Briggs, a 5 year certifi
cate; (2) Community committee
men for 5 years service, Joe Bull-
man, Albun Buckner, Albert Free
Man Jr., Ed Lunsford, Hardy Mer
rill and Dick Murray five year
certificates; for ten years service
both certificates and emblems
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Hot Springs Falls
J&efore Cranberry
Saturday, 28-6
Hot Springs kept pace with
Marshall and Mars Hill last week
when it, too, was defeated by
Cranberry, 28-6 at Hot Spring
tost Saturday night.
No statistics were available for
writeup.
FOOTBALL
FRIDAY NIGHT
Bakersville at Marshall
Man Hill at Case River
SATURDAY NIGHT
Blue Ridge School for Boys
at Hot Springs
Mars HiU College Lions vs.
Newport Apprentice School
at Newport Now. Va.
CON. ROY TAYLOR
WILL VOTE FOR
ROAD BOND ISSUE
Following is a statement by
Uth District Congressman Roy A.
Taylor in support of the road
bond issue:
I will vote on November 2, for
the .10(1 million dollar road bond
isue and encourage all other
North Carolina citizens to do the
same.
The 29 Western North Carolina
counties eligible for Appalachian
road funds have more to gain
and more to lose in this road bond
election than any other section of
the State. A vast network of high
ways stretching across the State's
Appalachian region has been ap
proved. The 8Q to 100 million dol
lars of Federal Appalachian funds
planned for Western North Caro
lina must be matched in part by
state funds. The road bond issue
is essential in order to make avail
able matching funds and the full
Utilization of the Appalachian
Road Development Program.
Mountain county voters will be
very unwise if they stay at home
and assume that the road bonds
will be approved without their
help. We should give the same
overwhelming vote for the road
bonds that we gave in Governor
Moore's election.
The road bonds can be financed
from the existing tax structure
without any increase h gasoline
taxes or other taxesT
The key to development in West
ern North Carolina is roads.
Down through the years, the west
ern counties have missed the main
stream of economic development
because of inadequate transporta
tion facilities. We now stand on
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Democratic Women's Club
Fund Raising linner Oct. 23
BOND SALES IN
COUNTY TOTAL
$7,505 FOR AUG.
Bond sales in Madison County
during August were $7,505, ac
cording to C. L. Riudisfll Jr., Mad
ison County Volunteer Chairman.
Cumulative Bond sales in the coun
ty for the first 8 months of the
year were $90,307. This is 61.5
percent of the county's goal of
$175,230 for 1966.
MARS HILL LIONS,
MARION INST. IN
00 DRAW SAT.
Marion Instiitute, of Marion,
Alabama, and Mars Hill College
battled to a 0-0 foolbatl deadlock
Saturday night in Marion.
Both teams had trouble mak
ing headway, either on the tuid
or in the air, and field goal st-
sipts were squally unsuccessful.
Marion Institute tried for field
goals in the second and third quar
ters, while a Mars Hill try was
frustrated by a bad pass from
center in the second quarter on
Marion's 36.
Marion, which dominated play
in the second half, made 10 first
s, www Mars Hill got 1
hi sw x. i
yards net
The hosts gained 38
rushing and Mars Hill 67.
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2.60 A TV In M.diwn Adjoining Coudu..
M.00 A Tw Outside Thsss Countl-
Orders Are Filed Against
Commissioners, Board
Of Elections
The hearings on two restraining
Orders involving the recent action
of the Madison County Board of
Commissioners and the Board of
Elections in changing the town
ship and voting pattern of Mad
ison County have been changed
from Burnsville to Marshall, it
was announced this morning.
The hearings, first scheduled to
be heard before Judge William
K. Anglin at Burnsville last Sat
urday were continued until next
Saturday. However, orders re
ceived here today (Thursday) re
veal that the hearings have been
Shifted to the courtroom in Mar
shall on next Tuesday at 10 a. m.,
before Judge I'. C. Froneberger,
who is presiding at court here
next week.
A writ against the commission
ers was granted by Judge McLean
not long after the Sept. IS, action
by the board in reducing the num
ber of townships from 23 to eight.
The Board of Elections concurred
the same day, and a second in
junction was issued by Judge Mc
Lean against that body.
In each case, the action of the
groups was termed illegal and po-
itically motivated. Seekers for
both injunctions were William M.
Roberts, Lease Reeves, W. T.
Moore, Earl Ramsey, and Ueal
Gosnell.
The complaint signed by the pe
titioners against the Board of Elec
tions alleged that the Board "con
spired among themselves" to re
duce the number of voting pre
cincts to one in each of the town
ships established by the commis
sioners. The complaintants contend that
the county is still divided into
23 townships.
1 Delegates Are Named To
State Convention In
Durham
The second annual fund raising
dinner of the Madison County
Democratic Women's Club will be
held Saturday, October 23, in the
Marshall School cafeteria, accord
ing Mrs. George B. Shupe, presi
dent. "We have been assured of an
outstanding speaker today by state
headquarters in Raleigh,' Mrs.
Shape added. Last year's speaker
was William E. Webb, Jr., nation
Mi committeeman, of Stetesville.
Named delegates of the club
to the state Democratic Women's
Clubs Convention which started
today (Thursday) in Durham at
the Jack Tar Hotel are Mrs. Mar
sin Mcdure, Mrs. J. D. Buckner,
Miss Bobby Jean Peek, Mrs. Jack
Lunsford, Mrs. Celola Ramsey,
Mrs. Ralph Tipton and Mrs.
Shupe.
TAKES AN EXPERT
Suckers may be born every min
ute, but it takes an expert to bait
the hook.
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