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VOLUME 70 NUMBER
MARSHALL, N. C. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1971
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Ctttshall Murder Case
Begins Here Monday
Hie new trial of Leonard H.
Cutshall, charged with the
murder of Richard W. (Jack)
Reeves in 1970, will begin here
Monday morning in a special
term of superior court. Judge
William T. Grist, of Charlotte,
will preside.
The State Supreme Court
ordered a new trial for Cutshall
last April, ruling that inad
missable testimony had been
presented to the jury in the
previous trial held here.
Cutshall has been allowed
limited freedom under heavy
bond for the past two weeks due
to a ruling by Judge Grist.
Judge Grist also ordered a
special venire of 200 prospective
jurors from Avery County.
In a rare action designed to
allow the defendant to par
ticipate in the preparation of his
defense, Judge Grist ordered
that Cutshall may be released
from custody 14 hours a day
from Sept. 13 to Sept. 27.
Bruce Sams
In Greensboro
At Meeting
Dr. Bruce Sams, chairman
of the Madison County Com
missioners, is in Greensboro
this week-end where he is at
tending a meeting of the Upper
French Broad Economic
Development Commission.
Dr. Sams is a member of
the steering committee which is
l( initiating action toward the
fr organization of a new regional
iJfr organizatii
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vernment.
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Bid Call Issued
For School
Advertising for bids on
clearing and grading of the site
for the proposed Madison
County Consolidated High
School began Wednesday.
Bids will be opened at 2:30
p.m. Oct. 6 in the office of
Superintendent of Schools
Robert Edwards.
The legal announcement
appears els where in this issue.
Catawba Downs MHC
Lions, 33-9 Saturday
The Catawba Indians
defeated the Mars Hill Lions
Saturday at Catawba, 33-9. It
was the first game of the season
for the Man Hill College Lions.
The long-distance passing
performance was by Catawba
sophomore Don Davis. He three
for 238 yards and three touch
downs in completing 17 passes
Rosman Tigers
Tornadoes In
The Rosman Tigers handed
the Marshall High Tornadoes a
26-0 setback on a rain-drenched
gridiron here Monday night.
The game, originally scheduled
for last Friday night, was
postponed until Monday night
due to heavy rains last
Maybe' it would have been
better to have played the game
last Friday night because the fi
eld could not have been any
muddier or wetter than it was
Monday night. .
Shortly before Uckoff time
the skies, opended and down
came torrents of rain forcing a
large crowd to run for cover or
ait hv their can. A few fan,
however, braved the element.
-The rains ceased at half time
but the field was slippery,
especially around the infield of
the baseball diamond. . v ;
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the local fan was the fact that
the Tigers, although fumbling a
Cutshall has been awaiting
trial in the Madison County Jail
at Marshall, where he was
transferred from Central
Prison in Raleigh following the
Supreme Court ruling in April.
Cutshall would be released
from custody no earlier than 7
a.m. and would be required to
return to jail no later than 9
p.m. each day during the
preparation of his defense.
The order also called for a
$50,000 bond for Cutshall, which
could be reduced to $25,000 if he
does not leave the state. At all
times that he is not in the
Madison County Jail, Cutshall
must be accompanied by his
chief defense attorney, Bruce A.
Elmore of Asheville, or
someone designated by Elmore
and certified by him to the
sheriff.
It was a jury from Buncombe
that convicted Cutshall in
September 1970 of first degree
murder in the shooting death of
Reeves, and recommended
DDGM To
Make
Inspection
Mrs. Jeter Cantrell, Mr.
and Mrs. Ernest Frisby, Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Ricker, Mr. and
Mrs. Elwood Waldrup, Mrs.
Liston Ramsey, Mrs. Sam
Houston, Mrs. John F. Kent,
Mrs. Preston Edwards and Mrs.
Ralph J. Hensley, represented
Marshall Chapter No. 35, Order
of the Eastern Star, at the 20th
District School of Instruction
held in West Asheville last
Saturday night.
Mrs. Ramsey served as
treasurer; Mrs. Waldrup, as
page and Mrs. Cantrell, worth
matron of the marshall Chapter,
was a member of the hospitality
committee for the meeting.
Miss Margaret Burgin of
Asheville, District Deputy
Grand Matron, presided over
the District School.
Miss Burgin will make her
official inspection of the
Marshall Chapter at its regular
meeting on Monday evening,
Sept. 27, at 8 o'clock. She will be
accompanied by James Billy
Queen, Bistrict Deputy Grand
Patron
in 24 attempts against Mars
Hill. Both teams failed to score
in the first quarter and Catawba
held only a 7-3 advantage at the
half, but Davis sparked
Catawba's 20-point outburst in
the last quarter.
The second straight win left
Catawba one of three unbeaten
teams in the league.
few times, didn't seem to let the
rain and wet field bother them
too much.
Rosman, aided by a fumble
recovery on the Marshall 38
yard line early in the first
quarter, scored on a 14-yard
pass play from Jimmy Hall to
Ralph Johnson. Weldon
Whitmire ran over left tackle
for the PAT.
Jimmy Hall started the
Rosman scoring in the second
quarter with a seven-yard
Jaunt The run for the extra
point failed Rosman scored
again on a 28-yard pass from
Hall to Weldon Whitmire to end
the first half.
Whitmire closed out the
scoring for the evening with a
five-yard burst in the fourth
quarter.
As usual, Harlon Rice carried
the brunt of the Tornado run
ning game and made several
mercy which resulted in an
automatic life sentence.
Reeves was killed on the night
of Jan. 30, 1970 as he sat in his
parked car on the road in front
of his home in Madison County
with Cutshall 's ex-wife.
Judge W. K, McLean of
Asheville declared a mistrial
during a term of court in May
1970 before the jury had reached
a verdict.
During the second trial in
September of that year, wit
nesses for Cutshall testified
that he was at Riverside Cafe in
"Lost Generation" At
Mars Hill Church Oct. 3
"Lost Generation," the
latest Billy Graham film will be
shown at the Mars Hill Baptist
Church during the evening
vespers beginning at 6:45 p.m.,
Sunday, Oct
3. The public is
invited.
The film
features guest
appearances by Art Linkletter
and "Dgragnet" star Jack
Webb.
Linkletter, whose daughter
Diane died as the result of the
use of drugs, discusses drug
usage in America and points to
what is being done voluntarily
by many teenagers to help
combat the problem.
Webb states his views on
the role of the police officer and
his relationship to the laws of
our society.
"Lost Generation," filmed
in Eastman color by World
Wide Pictures, is a probing
documentary which takes a
close look at the attitudes and
morals of the nation; Location
Republican Precinct
Officials Chosen
Republican precinct of
ficials were chosen for Sandy
Mush and East Fork-Grapevine
for the first time at
organizational meetings Friday
night in the precincts which
were created by the Madison
County Board of Elections prior
to the 1970 general election.
In Sandy Mush, Gayle
Brown was chosen precinct
chairman; Mrs. Marshall
Duckett, vice chairman; James
Ashe, secretary; and Robert
Duckett and Hubert Sharp,
committee members.
In East Fork-Grapevine,
Frank W. Morgan Jr. was
chosen as precinct chairman;
Mrs. Johnny Coates, vice
chairman; Kerfman Clark,
secretary; and Fred Huffman
and Harold Payne, committee
members.
Republican officials of the
other eight precincts held their
meetings Saturday afternoon
and the results of those chosen
will be announced at the
Defeat
Rain
effort.
It was evident from the outset
that the Tornadoes were not as
impressive as they have been
this season. Offensive blocking
was poor and the timing seemed
a bit off.
This Friday night the
Tornadoes travel to Hot Springs
where they will battle the Blue
Devils. Kickoff will be at eight
o'clock.
Rosman 's record now totals
three wins and one loss, while
Marshall stands at 3-2.
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First Downs 7 8
Rushing Yardage 31 120
Passing Yardage 25 52
Passes 6-2-2 1044
Punts 240 2-40
Fumbles Lost 3 2
Yards Penalized 20 55
Return Yardage 95 t
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Newport, Tenn., some 50 or 60
miles away when the shooting
occurred.
The state put on witnesses
who testified that Cutshall, son
of the defendant and his former
wife, had remarked during the
preliminary investigation that
his father was in Newport
establishing an alibi.
Dwayne Cutshall had earlier
denied making such a
statement cross-examination.
The high court ruled error in
the admission of that evidence,
and ordered the new trial.
filming was done in Alaska, the
Southern states, on the farms
and in the small towns of mid
America, and in the dying
Haight-Ashbury hippie district
of San Francisco.
The showing of "Lost
Generation" is being used by
the church as a prelude to a
special "Crusade for Christ,"
which the church and the
Christian Student Movement at
Mars Hill College will sponsor
jointly Oct. 4 7. Services, led
by Dr. Ralph Langley of
Houston, Tex., will be held
nightly at 7:30.
VARIETY OF MEATS
There are enough differ
ent cuts and varieties of
meat available In our coun
try to permit you to serve
a different one almost every
day for a year, point out
extension consumer market
ing ) economists, North
Carolina State University.
Madison County GOP con
vention, to be held at 2 p.m.
Saturday at the Courthouse
here. At this time all officers for
the next two years and
delegates for the next state
convention will be chosen.
Hot Springs
Is Winner
Hot Springs picked up its first
victory in four starts Thursday
nightas Cecil Gunter and Bobby
Padgett scored two touchdowns
eacn m a 44.3 waltz past the
North Buncombe junior varsity
Springs,
padgett scored on runs of 55
K yards mi Gunter tallied
on pges of two and five yards
added a two-point
conversion. Arthur Roberts
added six-pointer on a
tnree.yarc run and threw 65
yards to David Whitten tor
another TD in addition to
running and throwing for two
conversions.
N. Buncombe's score came on
a 45-yard pass in the fourth
period.
N. Bun
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First downs
Rushing yardage
Passing yardage
Passes
Punts
Fumbles lost
Yards penalized
5 14
132 282
63 136
2-12-1 4-11-1
5-28 2-36
2 1
30 65
North Buncombe B' 0 0 18 8
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DOUBLE CROPPED
Much of the small grain
acreage currently grown in
North Carolina ts being ro
tated in a double-cropping
sequence with either soy
beans or grain sorghum.
Small grain crops wheat,
oata, barley, rye also are
being used in rotations with
tobacco, peanuts, corn, cot
ton and forage crops. These
rotations help - to reduce
damage by nematodes, di
seases, inaecta and
WMU Leadership
Conference Tuesday
The annual Leadership
Conference of the French Broad
Woman's Missionary Union will
be held next Tuesday in the
Mars Hill Baptist Church from
7:00 to 9:30.
Those who have been
elected to work as a leader of
Mission Friends (Sunbeams),
Girls in Action (ages 6-11),
Artppns (yirls aee 12-17),
Baptist Young Women (ages 18-
29) and Baptist Women (ages 30
and up), to attend this con-
ference. All W.M.U. Directors
are urged to attend and bring
other leaders and your pastor.
Conference leaders who wui
take part include Miss Bernice
Popham, State Mission Friends'
Leader; Mrs. W. Locke
GOP County
Convention
Here Saturday
The Madison County
Republican Convention will
meet at the courthouse here this
Saturday at 2 o'clock.
Officers, committees and
delegates to the 11th
Congressional District con
vention to be held in Charlotte.
"Every Republican is
urged to attend and take an
active part in these functions. A
special invitation is extended to
the teenage and young voter",
Mrs. Loy P. Roberts, chairman,
stated.
An official announcement of
the convention is published
elsewhere in this issue.
Kathy Tipton Joins All
American Red Heads
MISS KATHY TIPTON, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Millard Tipton, of Marshall, shown signing contract
with the All American Red Heads, World Champion
Girls' Basketball Team.
Miss Kathy Tipton, 18 year
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Millard Tipton, of Marshall, has
been selected to play for the
internationally famous Moore's
All American Red Heads, the
World Champion Girls'
Basketball Team.
Miss Tipton signed a con
tract last week-end and will
report September 30 to Camp
Courage, Holly Springs,
Mississippi, headquarters for
the Red Heads training.
Kathy, a tall, attractive and
personable red head, will train
for 15 days under the watchful
eyes of Coach Wilburn Coggin
who has been with the Red
Heads for the past three years.
Orwell Moore, of Caraway,
Arkansas, is owner of the
fabulous team.
Following the training
period, Miss Tipton will Join the
team in actual play with a
schedule which includes games
Alaska, Mexicao, Canada, and
perhpas Hawaii, in addition
numerous cities and towns
throughout the United States.
Moore's All American Red
Heads originated in 1938 by C
M. "de" Oisen. The Red Heads
have made the greatest impact
on sports fans than any other
group of female athletes that
have performed before the
sports world. Playing first class
basketball and enteraining
sports fans with their skilled
basketball wizardry, laugh
" provoking antics and acts, and
Red Heads as always are
Robinson, Mrs. William Lynch,
Mrs Charlie Clayton, Mrs.
Urry Brown, Miss Kathryn
Anderson and Mrs. Kyle
Jamerson
The emphasis now in
WMU work is on using the
minimum organization
necessary to get the job done, it
was stated
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David Ball, chairman of the
Madison County Draft Board
59, stated this week that the
draft board office in Marshall
will be opened every Friday
morning from 9 o'clock until 12
o'clock for the purpose of
registering.
KNOW YOUR SOILS
It pays to know your soil
before putting in a septic
field. North Carolina State
University land use spe
cialists say that every year
thousands of Tar Heel homes
are built on soils that are
not suited for individual
sewage disposal systems.
Some of the problems a
builder might run Into in
clude layers or horizons in
the soil that don't have the
pore space to allow move
ment through the soli, high
water tables and pans, and
steep slopes which make It
difficult to control waste
distribution.
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America's Favorite Basketball
Performers. They will perform
in more than 400 cities, towns
and communities this current
season which lasts from Oc
tober through May.
The girls travel in a
luxurious air-conditioned bus
and stay in the finest hotels and
motels with strict regulations
and supervision.
"I never imagined that I
would get paid for doing what I
love to do-play basketball",
Kathy told this writer. 'I'm
thrilled to death to think that I
will go to so many places
throughout the United States
and perhaps even to foreign
countries," she remarked
excitedly.
Miss Tipton's high school
records are known throughout
this area where she excelled in
basketball and track. She was a
star at Marshall High School
where she played four years
(1967-1971) at both the forward
and guard positions. She was
named to the AU-Toumament
team for four years and was
named "Moat Athletic" during
her senior year. In addition to
her ability on the basketball
court, she was also a member of
the varsity track team for four
years and was also a
cheerleader for four years.1
'I know I'm going to miss
my parents, relatives and
friends around Marshall and
Madison County, but I'm
looking farward to aa exciting
career with the Red Heeds."
she commented. r
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DESTRUCTION BY 1916 FLOOD AT MARSHALL
THE TOP VIEW WEST along Mate, Street from above the depot shows debris
of destroyed buildings. The building in the middle of Main Street was washed
from the present site of Teague Milling Company (formerly City Milling
Company). The track had been repaired when the picture was taken. The
lower view is west from the depot. Two residents were drowned at this location
during the flood.
Historical
Society Met
1 Last Saturday
The Madison County
Historical Society met in Hot
Springs last Saturday, at noon
in the home of Mr. and Mrs. f .
E. Smith. Mrs. Dotterer was
hostess and arranged for the
group to meet in this historical
home which was formerly her
home, when plans for a picnic
and tour of points of interest had
to be posponed.
Following the covered dish
luncheon. Dr. Evelyn Un
derwood, president, conducted
a brief business session during
which she announced that one of
the society's aims publish a
News-letter was about to be
realized. The first issue of this
paper is scheduled before
Christmas, and will contain at
least one article by a high
school student in the county.
Every issue planned will have
some work by a young historian
in the county.
Dr. Unerwood gave a
synopsis of a paper prepared by
one of her students on the
history of Hot Springs (David
Cunningham) which focused on
the era just following the Civil
War up to the mid-twenties,
actually the real "heyday" of
the community. Because of the
prominence of the Rumbough
family, headed by Colonel J. H.
Rumbough, it was a significant
and perfect setting for this
study. The house was built in
1868, and the lower floor has
recently been re-modeled and
restored by Mr. and Mrs. Smith.
Mrs. Smith, the former Mary
Lee Izler, is a great
granddaughter of Colonel
Rumbough, and has exhibited
commendable pride of
ownership in what she has done
with the house its self and in
tending the original garden and
grounds. Colonel Rumbough
owned the Hot Springs hotel at
two different times during this
era, and usually lived at the
hotel during the tourist season
and in this home during the
other months of the year. The
house faces the French Broad
River and railroad two factors
of importance to the very
proppertty of Hot Springs in its
beginning and through to the
automotive age. Mrs. Dotterer,
granddaughter of the Colonel, :
lives to a remodeled wing of the
house. - , v ;, :.;, ;"
Twenty people attended the
meeting. The nest meeting of
the Madison County Historical
Society will be to early
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Dr. Ralph Lanrjley of Houston, Tex., who is to
be the speaker at a "Crusade for Christ" at
flars Hill, Oct. 4-7, gestures as he tells a
story to a keenly interested audience.
Mars Hill October 4-7
"Crusade
A "Crusade for Christ,"
featuring an outstanding
speaker and a top-notch music
evangelist, will be jointly
sponsored by the Mars Hill
Baptist Church and the Chir
stian Student Movement
( formerly the BSU ) of Mars Hill
College during the week of
October 4 - 7.
Dr. Ralph Langley, pastor
of the Willow Meadows Baptist
Church of Houston, Tex., will be
the speaker for the services.
Soloist and director of music
will be Ron Alexander, who
formerly lived in Mars Hill but
recently moved to Ohio.
A junior college graduate of
Mars Hill, Dr. Langley is a
dramatic and dynamic speaker.
He was twice the high school
debating champion of Alabama,
LOOK
Quitting
Look Magazine announced
Thursday, it , will cease
publication with the October
issue because of mounting
costs, including soaring postal
rates." .v , .
Gardner Cbwles, whs founded
the news-picture magazine in
1S37, siad the end was certain
when , fourth-quarter ad
vertising figures failed to meet
expectation. He said the
magazine had lost ts million in
each of the last two years. .
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his home state; and he was
president of the Baptist Student
Union at both Mars Hill and
Baylor University during his
undergraduate days. This will
be his third appearance at Mars
Hill in the last four years. Heu.
was the featured speaker at tha
annual alumni banquet in May,,!,,
1968, and he was the featured,, ,
speaker at the BSU's annual!.
Focus Week during the 1970-71
school year.
Rev. Richard Price, pastor
of the Mars Hill Church, hat
invited members of other:
churches in the area to par?'
ticipate in the cursade. Times
and places of the aervkes wffl
be announced extensively la
pre-cursade publicity during
the coming days, be said.
Magazine
Business5.
"My heart laid. 'Keep it
goin, but my head sa!d,
Suspend it,'" be told a ne ws
. conference.
Cowles, 63, Is board chain" -n
and editor-in-chief of Cc - s
Communications, which
publishes the semi-v ' 'j
magazine.
The parent cermet;" i t "1
continue to crerr' s r
television stattows r i s 1
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