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VOLUME 70 NUMBER 34
MARSHALL, N. C. THURSDAY, AUG. 26. 1971
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THE MARSHALL-WALNUT LITTLE LEAGUE
TEAMS, the "Reds" and "Braves," had splendied
records this season as members of the West
Asheville YMC'A League. Each team, composed of
players from the Marshall-Walnut area, were in
separate divisions and each team won their division
championship. The "Reds" had a 13-1 record and the
"Braves" a 12-2 record. The two teams met for the
league championship with the "Reds" winning 4-3. A
combined team, composed of players from both
teams also won the Laurel Invitational Tourney,
sponsored by the Laurel Ruritan Club. Cloice
Plemmons and Ricky McDevitt managed the two
Wildcats Defeat Tornadoes In
Final Minute, 14-12
The Wrf scying that "a foot
ball game is not over until the
final whistle" was quite true
last Friday night on the Island
when the Wildcats of Mars Hill
overtook a 12-0 lead by the
Tornadoes of Marshall in the
fourth quarter to win, 14-12.
The game was a non
conference clash between the
two members of the Class A
Appalachian Conference with
the conference "counter"
scheduled at Mars Hill on Oct.
15. Friday's game was the first
of the season for both teams.
For the Marshall fans, the
final quarter was a nightmare.
Wildcat quarterback John
Roberts, faking a fourth down
punt, circled his right end,
picked up some fine blocking by
his teammates and scampered
r ocwn the sideline for 62 yards
and the touchdown with less
than a minute remaining in the
game. Randy Zink, Wildcat
fullback, then crashed over
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PICTURED above is a group of members of the
Youth Council who are in the clean-up program in
the county.
Rural Youth Council
Begins County Clean-Up
The Madison and Rural
Buncombe Youth Council
initiated an eight week clean-up
program throughout the county
on Aug. 17. To give Impetus to
the program scores of students
worked voluntarily during the
summer months in the Mar
shall, Sleepy Valley and Sodom
communities. This work was
supervised by summer students
interning from Man Hill
College.
The present fall program will
include young people from ages
14-up. Hot Springs and AnUoch
were the first to begin work.
' Beginning fat the western sector
of Madison County, the youth
picked up trash, paper, cans.
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center for a two-point eon
version to give the visitors the
victory.
The Wildcats seemed to get
fired up in the final quarter
after Mike Reece, star left end,
injured his right knee and was
taken by ambulance to an
Asheville hospital. "This
seemed to spur the Wildcats on
as they "rallied for Mike",
Coach Roy Y. Ammons com
mented after the game.
Roberts' run brought Mars
Hill back from a 12-0 deficit in
the fourth quarter after Mar
shall had swept ahead with
single touchdowns in the second
and third periods.
Marshall Fullback Danny
Ball broke the ice for the Tor
nadoes with a one-yard dive in
the second quarter to cap a 72
yard drive that was highlighted
by halfback Jimmy Ponder 's 24
yard dash. The running attempt
for the two failed and Marshall
carried a 6-0 lead into in-
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and bottles. Working in teams of
six or eight the refuse was
carefully bagged and taken
away in a truck. The townships
of Marshall, Mara Hill, and Hot
Springs are providing their
facilities to dump the trash.
Zeno Ponder has also offered a
land-fill area for the products to
be disposed of.. In the weeks
ahead Spillcorn and Long Ridgt
will be Joined by other rural
teams in an all-out effort to
further beautify the county. AO
of the work will be voluntarily
supervised by adults. It is hoped
that this will bt successful
initial effort that wiU bt con
tinued by our county citizens of
all years.
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teams. Pictured above are members of both teams,
the "Braves" wearing black caps and the "Reds"
wearing red caDS. Bottom row left to riirht .loff
Johnson, Paul Chandler,
viidnuiri, nuuuv rnsuy, nouoy jacK Lnancuer,
Scotty Proffitt, Holden Nix, Johnny Sawyer. Second
row, Tommy DuVall, Jess Duncan, Stevie Davis,
Randy Norton, Joey Plemmons, Micky Chandler,
Ronnie Brinkley. Back row, Ricky McDevitt, co
manager; Kenny Ray, Mike Cody, Dennis Edwards,
Ted McCormick, Burnett Moore and Cloice Plem
mons, co-manager.
ternussion.
The Tornadoes completely
dominated play the first half,
piling up 8 first downs while
holding the Wildcat offense to
no first clowns. The Tornadoes
had 91 yards rushing to Mars
Hill's minus 3 yards in the first
half. The two teams played on
fairly even terms in the third
period but the momentum
changed in the final period in
favor of the Wildcats, even
though the Tornadoes hiked the
lead to 12-0 in the third quarter
when tackle Melvin Teague
scored with a blocked punt from
10 yards out. Once again the
conversion attempt failed.
Mars Hill cut the margin to
12-6 midway in the fourth
quarter on halfback Gary
McMahan's six-yard touchdown
run and the Wildcats set the
stage for Roberts' clincher
when a try for two was un
successful. In the final analysis, the two
teams battled on even
statistical terms with Marshall
leading in first downs, 9-3 and
the Wildcats in passing 30-0
yards.
The game was cleanly played
with few penalties.
It was a thrilling last minute
victory for the Wildcats and a
heartbreaker for the Marshall
players and fans.
Both teams displayed strong
defenses at times but the of
fense of both teams was in
consistent, but will be im
proving as the season
progresses.
Mars Hill Marshall
First Downs 3 9
Yards Rushing 87 81
Yards Passing 30 9
Passes 3-16-1 O-3-0
Fumbles Lost 3 1
Punts 4-35 6-22
Penalties 20 15
Return Yardage 26 46
Score By Quarters
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Marshall 06 0-12
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PICTURED ABOVE Is Mrs. Walter WiU on. of the
paw-Paw community, with her giant sunflower
which she plans to enter In the Madison County
Sunflower Growing Contest.
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QUENTIN RAMSEY, left, representing the Laurel
Ruritan Club, is shown presenting the Little
League Championship Trophy to Cloice Plem
mons. manager of the team which won top honors in
the Ruritan Club tournament held the week of
August 13.
Sunflower
Measuring
Members of the Madison
County Extension Department
and Marshall Garden Club are
very pleased with the amount
of interest shown in this year's
county-wide sunflower growing
contest. The purpose of the
contest is to encourage 4-H club
members and adults to grow
plants that will furnish feed for
birds and other wildlife. The
contest is being sponsored by
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Contaminant
Deadline
The North Carolina Depart
ment of Water and Air
Resources requires that all air
contaminant sources, both
combustion and non
combustion, register with the
department before Sept. 1. The
only exceptions to this
requirement are comfort
heating equipment used in
homes, and apartment
dwellings of four (4) or less
units, and the motor vehicles.
Registration forms can be
obtained by writing Air
Pollution, Asheville, N. C. 28807.
Registration will be required
of all fuel burning equipment in
all institutional, industrial, and
commercial establishments, as
well as apartment dwellings of
five (5) or more units.
Should there be any doubt as
to whether registration is
necessary, register and let the
Department of Water and Air
Resources make the decision.
Failure to comply with these
regulations is a violation of the
law.
jVItlFS Hill
Grid Drills
Underway
With just a little more than
three weeks remaining before
the season's opener at Catawba,
Sept. 18, Mars Hill College
opened football drills Monday
with 95 candidates for the team
on hand.
The Lions face one of the
toughest nine-game schedules
in the history of the school.
Carson-Newman College
recently was added to the slate.
Growing Contest
Places Announced
the Agricultural Extension
Service and the Marshall
Garden Club.
The following is a list of
places where you may take your
sunflower to be measured and
entered in the contest:
Teagues Milling Company,
Marshall
Ebbs and Plemmons Store,
Meadow Fork
Detmos Cook's Service
Station, Belva
Lee Maynard's Service
Station, Middle Fork
G. and C. Grocery, Grapevine
Johnson's Self Service,
Walnut
If you grew a sunflower and
would like to enter the contest,
please take your largest flower
to one of the places mentioned
above and have it measured.
There will be a prise for the
adults and one for younger boys
and girls.
Each flower will be measured
diameter wise across the back
side of the flower.
Winners will be announced in
October. Prises wiU be awarded
by the Marshal Garden Club.
Clinic In Hot Springs
Receives $5,000 Grant
The board of the Hot Springs
Health Clinic recently learned
that the clinic would receive a
full grant of $5,000.00 from the
Appalachian Fund, a private
foundation in Berea, Ky. In
April of 1970, the doors of the
Rudisill Memorial Clinic were
opened by Dr. Lewis E. Nolan
after being closed for a period of
seven years. Because of the
efforts of Doctor Nolan and
many interested citizens, the
clinic functioned once again and
served the needs of the com
munities in western Madison
County. Early in the winter of
1971, Dr. Nolan died suddenly
and the clinic seemed to be on
the verge of closing. Miss Iinda
Ocker and Miss Rae Ann
Gasiorowski organized a
steering committee in the
townships surrounding the Hot
Springs area and a total of
$707.00 was raised to permit the
operations of the clinic to
continue once again. The en
thusiasm of the two registered
nurses, the elected board, and
the communities at large has
permitted the work to continue
to increase and prosper since
April 28.
Dr. Michael F. Keleher, a
surgeon from Asheville, has
been treating patients at the
clinic one day per week since it
was reopened.
The present grant to the
clinic will be awarded before
the calendar year ends. Ac
cording to Miss Linda Ocker,
the new monies will be used
principally to pay small
stipends to the personnel
working at the clinic. "The
doctor, nurses, and other
personnel at the clinic have
been working on a completely
voluntary basis since we re
opened," Miss Ocker said. "The
grant will be used to pay small
stipends to them. It won't pay
Economic
All residents of Madison
County may obtain answers to
questions on operation and
interpretation of the
Presidential Order of August 15
on prices, rents, wages and
salaries from the Madison
County Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation
Service (ASCS) Office, ac
cording to Emory Robinson,
chairman of the County ASC
Committee.
County ASCS offices
throughout the United States
have been chosen as in
formation centers to answer
questions from all citizens on
President Nixon's Executive
Order which is designed to stem
inflation and strengthen the
national economy.
The Madison County ASCS
Office is receiving official
answers to questions con
cerning the president's action,
and any person in Madison
County who wants or needs
Hot Springs Opens
Season At E. Y. Friday
The Hot Springs Blue Devils
began grid practice, Monday,
Aug. 9.
The Blue Devils are an
ticipating a better season this
year since most of the players
will be seniors.
Carrying the load for the Blue
Devils will be senior half-back
Bobby Padgett, defensive end
Joe King, and fullback Arthur
Roberts.
Anchoring the line will be
sophomore Keith Gentry, who
started as a freshman. Along
side of Gentry will be veteran
guard Tommy Rath bone and
Darius Jenkins.
Holding down the quar
terback position will be David
Whitten and Jr. Lambe. Other
players include seniors: Freddie
Barnett, Fred Ricker, Timmy
Strom, Terry Thomas; juniors;
Ronnie Jenkins, Roger Lovin
and Cecil Gunter; sophomores:
Ronnie Caldwell, David Cook,
Lcn Frisbee, Marvin Haggiiu,
Larry Huntsinger, Mike
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any big salaries, but it will help
those who have been working on
their own time and expense."
The clinic received the grant
after representatives of the
Appalachian -Fund visited and
evaluated the facilities. In the
past grants have been awarded
by the foundation to a wide
variety of programs in the
Appalachian region, mainly for
health and social welfare
services. In recent weeks the
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precise information should get
in touch with the County Office,
Robinson said.
The Madison County ASCS
Office is located at Marshall.
The mailing address is Box 487,
Marshall, N. C. 28753. The
telephone number is 649-2712. In
charge of the office is Ralph W.
Ramsey, county executive
director. The office has a staff
of six persons; they are Genell
Fox, Dorothy Sprinkle, Hope
Rice, Nila Mann, Annette
Mclean and Sandra Buckner.
"Ours and all ASCS offices
throughout the nation, will
function as information centers
in all locations outside of highly
urbanized areas," Robinson
said.
County ASCS offices are not to
handle complaints or appeals,
he said. They will serve only to
provide official information.
Persons with complaints will
register them with the most
convenient district or sub-
Melton; freshmen: Sam
Barnett, Rickey Caldwell, Mike
Jenkins, Tony King, Randy
Reed, Eddie Ricker, Wade
Strom, Roger Swaney, and
Randall Swaney.
The Blue Devils will travel to
Yancey County on their first
two outings, taking on East
Yancey and Cane River on Aug.
27 and Sept. 3, respectively. The
remainder of the schedule is as
follows: Sept. 24, Marshall
home; Oct. 1, Rosman-home;
Oct. 8, Marsha D-t here; Oct. 15,
Cane River-home.
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number of patients visiting the
clinic has been growing steadily
and is becoming a full-time
operation. With the help of the
grant it may also be possible to
expand the laboratory facilities
and the nurses hope to increase
the number of days for the
physician to visit.
During their recent visit to
the clinic, the representatives of
the Appalachian Fund were
very impressed with the
At ASCS Office Here
district office of the Internal
Revenue Service.
"Neither will interpretations
or guesses be made by ASCS
county office people. They will
answer only those questions for
which they have been supplied
answers. If they don't know the
answer to a specific question,
they will say so . If a member of
the public wants the county
office to obtain an answer, the
question will go by phone or
mail to the nearest IRS district
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CH AIRM AN GWYN B. PRICE or the North Carolina:
Rural Electrification Authority t left) presents a:
certificate for 25 years meritorious service in the"
rural electrification program to Paul Higgins of RL
4. Burnsville. J. H. Sprinkle of Marshall, also
honored for 23 years meritorious service, was not:
present to receive his certlfcate personally. Hiins"
and Sprinkle are members of the board of directors
of French Broad Electric Membership Corporatloti
of Marshall The presentations were made during a
meeting of Tarheel Electric Members' -
Association in Durham Aug. 17-19. French I l
KMC. serves over 14,500 consumer-owner r-r
in Buncombe. Madison, Mitchell 'and Y; - -v
counties. D. M. Robinson Is French Eroa i I
general manager. r i
tremendous amount of good
work done in such a short time.
Members of the Hot Springs
Health Board were on hand to
answer questions and help the
nurses in explaining the
operations of the clinic. Stuart
Faber and Mrs. Norbert
Stammer are chairman of the
board and executive
secretary of the foundation that
awarded the $5,000.00 grant to
the Hot Springs Clinic.
office," Robinson said.
Normal function of ASCS
county offices is to administer
farm action programs of the U.
S. Department of Agriculture on
the local level. County Com
mittee Chairman Robinson said
ASCS service to farmers will
continue without interruption.
"Our county office people
welcome the opportunity to
service their country and are
happy to make the extra effort
in this crucial period," he said.
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