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8 PAGES THIS WEEK MARSHALL, N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1966
10c PER COPY
$2.60 A Year In Madison & Adjoining Counties
$4.00 A Year Outside These Counties
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Pictured above arc two of the nine Dinosaur re
productions which stopped at the W&W Sinclair
Station on the Marshall By-Pass Monday. The Sin
clair Dinotour was en route to Norfolk, Va. The
huge Dinosaurs were displayed at the New York
World's Fair at the Sinclair exhibit. Staff photo
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Sinclair Oinoland Tour
Stops On By-Pass Won.
Huge Dinosaur Replicas
From World's Fair
Attract Many
i!y JIM STORY
Nine units of the Sinclair Dino
taur Fxhibit which appeared at
the 1964-1965 World's Fair jn
New -Yoftoppejj, at tbe ,W
' Sinclaii Service Station on the
Marshall By-pass Monday after
noon. The huge replicas remained
at the station for over an hour
and many spectators who found
nt about the i.tuisual visit to
Marsha!! I uslu-.i to the scene.
Tlie nuns were en mute to
Norfolk. Va., and from Norfolk,
they ui'ic headed ninth to Wash
ington. Haltimore, Philadelphia,
and other eastern cities. The tour
includes cities throughout the
( nited States.
The huge replicas were made
f fibeiglass and each Dinosaur
leijinieil a separate 1 1 actor-t rail-
Am.'iiir the giant displays were
the Pre eiatop-, a giant burned
nino am. .'In feet long; tly Traoh
adoii. f,.,. ,mc and 1 I feet
high an, I hail 15011 teeth; Stag
HSIIIM . one of tlie oddest look
i:ig I'liios.-iui's, raiiK'inK i" length
fiojti 1 L'" feet and weighed 1
ton . Mo,t of tlie liahy replicas
A.ie i fe -! i ke in size, ahout !! feet
!oi.i.r The-i' ueie hatched from
ir-j : -a n . t he i,'e an ostrich
I ,. t mil! t.. .ii i n e in Mar -hall
' ,i ' ' ! ;i : i -1 . the Ty ran nosou-
T ;-- I !' 1. It'll n;h -oine feet
I. . ; 1 ., .1 HI feet )i
I''!'1 i . i ' . a pan) ine; t h e
.r.'t t.it.-.i that the tour wa- at
h a -t a i i . i ! ! m 1 1 1 ! i ' 1 1 1 dollar pron ,o
t..!i l. i iiiie and lad n i eat ly
!! I . l t ! i e 1 1 -ales since t he
ton -talted
When a ked how the lone, tiai!
i i inan.meii to K'et up and (low r.
i t'ttnl uiui'd to Last I'ae)
Tom L. Mallonee
To Visit County
Tuesday, May 3
Tojii 1, Mallonee,
gics-mnal District A
to Cnngi essman Roy
1 1
Con-
si s t a n t
V Taylor,
is 1 : o w making
scheduled visits
to the Miiiiitv seats and
other
sections of the counties.
On Tuesday. May !i, he will be
at the Madison County Court
house, Marshall from 9 to 10 a.
m.; and at the Yancey County
Courthouse, Burnsville from 1 to
2 p. m., and at the Town Hall.
Spruce Pine from 3 to 4.
Any person who has plans or
official business pertaining to
Congressional matters they wish
to discuss is invited to meet with
Mr. Mallonee at the above-specified
time.
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PATROLMAN
DIES AFTER
i -4
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fA young btfcte tlvr.hwKf
t'olman died in a hospitaat tan
ner Klk Friday afternoon, April
1, l!l()6 of injuries suffered when
he drove his cruiser into a park
ed car on N. C. iSl about two
miles east of Newland.
He was John W. Wallin, a
native of Madison County, who
joined the I'atrol last duly.
The accident happened about f
.'! l" a. in., and W allin hail gone
off duty about l'J la a. m., ac
. online- to Sill' I.t. .1. It. Kuvken
He was (lining
latrol nil.
an unmarked
The patiol ear tiaveled off the
left side of Hie highway for a
short distance before hitting the
car parked m front of a house,
Ku Kendall said. Wallin made no
statement as to the cause of the
accident before lie died.
Services were held at L!:o(l p.
in , T .csday m Old Walnut ( 'i eek
llaptr
The
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LOCAL JAIL IS
UNFIT FOR USE,
INSPECTOR SAYS
Sheriff Ponder Disagrees;
Minor Repairs Are
Needed Here
f our county jails in the moun
tain area are among l?.ri in the
date which should he condemned
for further Use. state jail inspect
or Lesh, D Smith of Raleigh said
Wednesday.
The jails are in Avery, Clay,
Madison and Rutherford counties.
Smith said Tuesday he had corn
el, ted a si-nionth tour of coun
ty and municipally-operated jails
and -mall town lock-ups.
He has been jail inspector for
the State Hoar,) of Public Welfare
since August.
Sheriff F. Y. Ponder of Madi
son County said he did not agree
that his jail should be condemned.
He said the jail was not danger
ous or unsanitary, but that the
building itself needed some minor
repairs.
GOV. PROCLAIMS
HOME ECONOMICS
WEEK, APR. 10-16
I!y pi oclamat ion of (iovernor
Dan K. Moore the week of April
Kl-Ki has Keen declared Home Kc
ononiics Week for North Caroli
na. Following is t h e statement
made hy (Jovernor Moore:
ICecoe;nit ion of the work done
!iy the Home Fa onomists of the
iState of North Carolina m teach
ing' frirls and hoys in .North Car
olina schools and colleges and
jnen and women in their homes
and communities up-to-date meth
ods in making and keeping a
home, values essential to full fam
ily life and (roals to make home
and family life more meaningful,
is well deserved.
They also have trained and de
veloped leadership in helping
youth in its search for solutions
to prohlems of maturing physical
ly and morally, mature citizens
in problems of greatest responsi
bility iti keeping homes together
und sti-onj,', and older citizens in
prohlems of feeling needed and
continuing to contribute to a bet
ter life for all.
In addition, they have project
ed to all citizens of our State the
importance of having every home
in North Carolina composed of
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MARS HILL P. 0.
CORNERSTONE
IS SET MONDAY
A cornerstone ceremony was
held in Mars Hill Monday at the
new post office and federal build-
illR.
AmoiiK items in a copper box
that was placed in the cornerstone
uteri a. cir.y Sf
"freest wnic
wr. of Mars hill,
- were a, crtr
fa-fBorvfy olWhe Tvjw'n
a Ohambe:- of Commerce promo
tional brochure a phone directory
and several newspapers, including
The News-Record.
Attending the ceremony were
Mayor William 1'. Powell; archi
tect, .J oh ii T. Wood of Cudger,
Ifaber and Wood, Asheville; jost
master A. W. Huff; and Henry
I'aiiseau, .superintendent of con
It ruction for Richard M, Jensen
Co., Mobile, Alabama.
The building is scheduled to be
finished in June.
REX ALLEN IS
FEATURED IN
BAPTIST PAPER
The em lent i-sne of Hiblical
Kei older, a Haptist publication,
te. Utiles l!e Allen on the i ntire
Jia, k cover. In addit em to ;i pic
t. re of Mr Aden, the reading i -as
follows
Suae 1 . ; 1 1 . Ke Allen has
! a :;ht Sunday Si Im, d ,,t iahi i
. I 'e, k Cap! .ft 1 hm, h in ai
Mais Hill A leader m the le
licio , , im, , and p.di! a al life of
Madison Count y. he t , aches t ,
ml ii It men 's , lass, i - a deanm , a
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NEWSMAN SEES
REPUBLICAN
SHORTCOMINGS
Democrats from t h c White
House to Asheville City Hal!
"live in dread" that some of the
truth of their administrations will
come out, Lewis V. (Ireen. Ashe
ville newspaperman, told a meet
ing of the Madison County Fed
eration of Republican Women last
Thursday night at the courthouse
here.
(ireen, speaking as a private
citizen, gave the Republican wom
en the viewpoints of an indepen
dent voter on political matters
both on the local and national
level.
He said the independent voter
is left in a quandary as to what
course to follow. He said those
who cannot buy the Democratic
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IN-TRAINING TO
An in-service training summ. i
si hool with workshop will be lu id
in the county this summer. This
training school "will be in two
parts grade 1-4 ard KiaJes
a -H. Two wU qualified e.xperi
. need teachers will be employed
kiriK under tii direction t,f
f the state colleges.
Two semester 'hours' credit will
be Kiven for thiB in-service train
ing which will partially aid the
teachers of this County to renew
their teaching certificates.
One day wilMtie used for reis
nation ten-'At intensive
training will follow-
This in-service ' training school
will be held at Marshall or Wal
nut. The FSEA program of Title
I will iiav all expenses of this
training school. All personnel
working under the ESKA Title I
program will be asked to attend.
Other personnel in the county
teaching grades 1-8 will he given
the opportunity to attend.
"The dates for this in-service
training school will be aniioiiin ;
,-oon. Also, the college spon-o,
mg this program w;'l be naim !
as soon as possible," 0 E. Kob
erts. Coordinator, said this week.
HOT SPRINGS
YOUTHS HELD
FOR LARCENY
Involved In 17 Incidents In
Hot Springs
Area
Mi.ie Hot Spring teenage boys
and .two m fBnn Tennessee
i A I
Fj
were arreate
the sherrf lei.lA.'i't.
They are chargeal with brewing
in and larceny involving 17 inci
dents which have occurred in the
Hot Springs area during the past
three weeks, according to Sheriff I
F. Y.
The
Fonder.
Hot Springs youths aie
charged with breaking, entering,
and larceny
while the two frimn
Tennes-
spirat y
.stated.
are barged w ith coil
I.I re, -, U lllg, !' lelel
Aecotdlllg to
,f the UlS'lll,'
-hel
rcbai.
ludiu
Vs. til
ill-,
slur
he,
ts, p,
I r y.
and
t jieW I itel1
ither it, in-
Ui b,
The
Fonder
bonds
For a small town. Mars Hill watched a pood
doal of masonry take shape during- March. Steel
work too, a9 three major projects continued to
grow. Upper left, the Methodist church points
Cattlemen EUaue
In Referendum n
Announces For Tax Collector
FRED SHELTON
CANDIDATE FOR
TAX COLLECTOR
l'i,.,l Shelton of RF1) ::, Mar
had I Shelton Laurel), has an
nee, I himself a candidate
!oi- ta collector .-uhjert to the
I leinooi a1 ic primary of May -s-
A life long resident of Madi
sou County, Shelton is a farmer.
I!.- I- maiiied to the former Faye
'. Ileiislev of White Lock They
I ave an adopted son. James C.
j s Sielton, 9.
i Snellen. 42, has never been a
I candidate f r public office. He
niler app.nn
ieni ny "t t'-'-
i ounty board of elections. He was
a clerk in the old Township 2,
Wanl 1. at the second primary of
:: t and w as registrar for the
eeiieial election that year He is
a I i, inocrat . having registeied on
jy in the party all hit adult life.
Mi and Mis. Shelton, who have
I ..p. v oral f" -tor ' hildi en in
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Madison Man
Is Arrested At
Madison Still
Madl on i 'ounty m n a al
, ..d n !,di :;.! ,, : -tate .dt.
Last Fau
1 1 k$m?L xm
?' p''-
I JfikVMki " ' 1
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Fred Shclton
Gig
I JAMES OGLE, 31,
FATALLY SHOT
AT HOME SUNDAY
Assumed Suicide Occurred
About 11 A.M.; Inquest
Continues
.lames Ogle, .'SI, of Mar-hail,
died minutes after a pistol shot
enteieil his bead above the right
eai at bis home on Main Stnet
he i.- last Sunday morning. Apsii
::, una;.
From testimony pre-ented a'
the eoioiier's iniUe.st heie Mon
ila, the shot was assujned to !,e
self inflicted.
His wife said he cano- h"iin
just before 1 1 a. m., and railed to
then young child to "give me a
little sugar." Mrs. Ogle said she
was in the kitchen at the time
and had not spoken to her hus
band. Minutes later she stated
that she heard a shot and found
her husband slumped down beside
a dresser just inside the front
door. A caliber pistol was
lying by the body.
Sheriff Fonder said lie went
uomediatelv to the home and
,. , i, c. ,,,
lOUnil "gie S oouy oetii liiv iioin.
door. He said he felt bi.s puis,
and it was "weak." In a few mm
utes Ogie was dead.
The coroner's inquest was held
at Bowman Funeral Home here
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CANCER DRIVE
ISUNkfKEAY
IN COUNH NOW
April is Cancer Month.
Tins annual drive for funds fori Mill Z.nk. county auditor, this
icsearch and caie of cancer is sove.k announced that all offices
,m !l known that it seem- useless in the courthouse will be closed
.,, ,,.,, u. but this is to again , Monday in ob-ci vance of Faster
i , mind citiens that the Cancer Monday.
I j i e i - iiriilei w ay in Madl
t 'omit v.
M i s Mack Fain -ey, Ji
a! I.oiite I, i- county
he urges all , it izelis t,
of Mai
liairinan
collt lib
1 ive
lie i ou-
to till
ill al rt y w
he rallied
piobabl
l ilt U! e
..lit i ib i
ui w i -I
Mushroom Masonry
skyward, and upper right is the Mars Hill Col
lege physical education building. Bottom seg
ment shows the new U. S. Post Office and Feder
al Building.
Cut courtesy Asheville Gtixe-Tfmea
Stake
April 27
Willis Is County Referendum
Chairman; Cites
Issues
All cattlemen in Madison Coun
ty have an important stake m
the Cuttle for Slaughter Referen
dum on Wednesday, April L'7, C
N. Willis, of liars Hill, county
chairman for the referendum, said
today.
"1 uteres t in , attic is increasing
in the county" Willis noted
"There are many ways cattb) can
benefit the faim economy of the
county, and we need the promo
tional work of the N. C Cattle
men's Assoi latmn here as much
us anywhere in the state."
Anyone who sells cattle for
slaughter, or gets income from
such sale, is eligible to vote in
the referendum .
Here an1 some of the activities
of the association:
I. Improvement of beef cattle
marketing in the state; 2. Con
KUiner education on selecting,
cooking and serving beef and
veal; .'i. Sponsoring special sales
for cattle; 4. Contacting buyers
for Tarheel cattle; a. Sponsoring
the annual lieef Cattle Confer
ence at N. C. State University,
ana field day-, throughout the
state; (i. Legislative action for the
benefit, of beef and dairy cattle
iKlncers; ,. l outn orgatn.a-
lions; s. Meat literature
Mr. Willis pointed out tliat in
the past year dl special sales
sponsored by the association saw
a total of .s Fl.:j,:i7.5f) paid for
."i;.:.X-l calves and steers. He ad
ded that the Cattlemen's Confer
ence at N. C. State University
bad the largest attendance ever
this year - illustrating the in
,.rt!iuewt interest in cattle among
iN 'T! (-a' Una people.
oiling poes Jn the county
j Easter Monday
j Here
II was a. so announced that both
the Citizens Cank and the Hank
of French F.road would he closed
on Monday.
It was al-u understood that the
welfare de pa 1 1 ineiit and the Health
department would be closed.
I pect.d to remain open on
Fader Monday aie practically all
business firm-, the post office,
SCS, and diaft board office.
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