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Volume 72 Number 27
Marshall, N. C.
July 19, 1973
Mars Hill
Hold July
The Mars Hill Civitan Club
held its first meeting of the
new year on Tuesday, July 3
Fred Holtkamp, President for
1973-74, announced his plans
for the year including a fall
festival and several other
projects. He challenged the
club to try to be one of the best
clubs in District West of North
Carolina during 1973-74.
The second meeting was
held on Tuesday, July 19 Don
Robert Johnson
Injured In
Motorcycle Mishap
Robert l,ee Johnson, 17, son
of Mr and Mrs Bobby 1-ee
Johnson, of Walnut was
seriously injured last Thur
sday afternoon when his
motorcycle left the highway
near the Madison-Buncombe
County Une He was rushed to
Memorial Mission Hospital
where he has been in intensive
care since the accident
State Trooper Donald
Deese, who investigated the
mishap, reported that the
popular youth was traveling
south on the highway at an
apparent high speed when the
accident occurred about 2 55
p.m.
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A MOST UNUSUAL nature study of a school of
newly -born minnows (several hundred) shown in the
small dark spot in upper renter of picture. Two large
Blue catfish, the mother and father, are swimming
close by their "children" keeping them from
separating and getting into deep water (due to
likeness in color of water they are not visable).
Whenever the minnows would start to separate the
"parents" would gently flip their tails in the water
causing currents to keep them intact. The site of the
interesting picture was taken in front of the jail here
Sunday morning. The main parts of the French
Broad River is just out of focus at top. The picture
was taken from the railroad. Sheriff Ponder, and
others were kept entertained by the actions of the
fish.
Mars Hill Car Show
To Be Held Sun.-Mon.
The Mars Hill Volunteer
Fire Department is spon
soring the second annual Mars
Hill Auto Show on July 21 and
22. The show will be held in the
Mart Hill High School
Stadium. The tunes will be 9
a.m. until 11 p.m. Saturday,
July 21, and 9 a m. una) S
p.m., Sunday, July 22.
The car show being the only
one of iti kind in the im
mediate Western North
Carolina area was considered
successful last year in spite of
Jack Guthrie Appointed
To FHA Board
Jack Guthrie of Walnut has
beea appointed to the Madison
County Fanners Home Ad
' ministration Basra by James
T. Johnson, State Director of
the FHA, oa recommendaOoo
of Joe L. Morgan.
Carhrle joined fellow
members J. A&mh Bockner
"and O. VkOeBaw C tehe
July L Among other things the
local FHA Board approves
small loans for farmers,
Gu'hrte recently retired
frrm, tl nsr.sf tment of
C ,. . i c.J Sen-ice oa the
fcU'i'ja W alnut Highway. He
Civitans
Meetings
Anderson, President of the
Madison County Planning
Board, and Norris Gentry,
secretary of the same group,
discussed the work and
concerns of the Planning
Board. Dr. Anderson and Mr.
Gentry also requested
suggestions about future
activities of the Board from
the Civitans.
The nest meeting will be
held Tuesday, August 7
Deese said Johnson was
apparently leaning into a left
hand curve when the
kickstand on the motorcycle
caught the pavement,
throwing it off the road.
It was stated that Johnson
was en route to Quorum
Manufacturing plant near
Weaverville where he is
employed.
He received a broken hip, a
broken leg, internal injuries
and a broken pelvis bone, it
was reported.
His condition was reported
vastly improved this week
although he remains in serious
condition.
two days of rain
More entries have already
pre-registered for this year
than were at the show last
year
There will be twenty two
classes for vehicles including
antiques, rods, customs and
cycles and a first, second and
third place trophy will be
warded in each class.
-Admission for this show is SI
for all and proceeds go toward
the payment of the recently
acquired fire truck
to a Mason and sportsman. He
was a former member of the
Madison County Board of
Elections and served as
Treasurer of the . Madison
County Republican Party for a
number of Fears.
Pictures Here
We hart many pictures
which have beea published in
recent weeks whic we will be
f tad to (tee back to the in
terested persons if they wil
cone by the office and get
ttem- -The Editor
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OFFICERS OF THE MARS HILL Civitan Club for
1973-74 Frank Quick, Secretary-Treasurer; Fred
Holtkamp, President; "Red" Walker, Lieutenant
Governor of Area I; and Harrell Wood, President
Elect. Rex Sprinkle, Vice-President, was absent.
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NEW MEMBERS during 1972-73. (Front Row L-R)
L. M. Outen, Harrell Wood, Ben Cochran (Second
Row L-R -Bill Kloos, Claude Gibson, Jack Grose and
Mike Pryor (visitor). Larry Burda was absent.
Examination For Clerk And
Carrier At Marshall Post Office
THE OPPOKTUNrrY
Applications are now being
accepted, and examinations
will be given to establish a
register of eligibles from
which future clerk and carrier
vacancies in the Marshall
Post Office will be filled. All
interested persons who meet
the requirements described in
this announcement are urged
to apply.
QUALIFICATION
REQUIREMENTS
No experience is required
All applicants will be required
to take a written examination
designed to test aptitude for
learning and performing the
duties of the position The test
will consist of 4 parts 1 1 1
Address Checking i2i
Memory for Addresses, i3i
General Abilities i word
meaning and reading i, and
1 4) Number Series The test
and completion of the forms
will require approximately 3
hours Competitors will be
rated on a scale of 100 They
must score at least 70 on the
examination as a whole
DUTIES
Clerks work indoors Clerks
have to handle sacks of mail
weighing as much as 70
pounds. They sort mail and
distribute it by using a
complicated scheme which
must be memorized Some
clerks work at a public
counter or window doing such
jobs as selling stamps and
weighing parcels and are
personnally responsible for all
money and stamps. A clerk
may be on his feet all day He
also has to stretch, reach, and
throw mail. Assignments to
preferred positions, such as
window clerks, typist and
stenographic positions, etc.,
are filled by open bid and
reassignment of the senior
qualified clerk
Carriers have to collect and
deliver maiL Some carriers
walk, other carriers drive.
Carriers must be out in all
kinds of weather. Almost all
carriers have to carry mail
bags on their shoulders; loads
weigh as much as S pounds.
Carriers sometimes have to
load and unload sacks of mail
weighing as roach as 70
ALL QUALIFIED J KV- ,
PUCANTS WILL RECEIVE .
CONSIDERATION .FDR...
EMPLOYMENT WITHOUT
REGARD TO RACE,
RELIGION, COLOR,
NATIONAL ORIGIN, SEX. ;
POLITICAL AFTTIJATIONS,
OR ANY OTHER KN
MERIT FACTOR.
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PHYSICAL
REQUIREMENTS
Applicants must be
physically able to perform the
duties described elsewhere in
this announcement. Any
physical condition which
would cause the applicant to
be a hazard to himself or to
others will be disqualifying for
appointment
The distant vision for Clerk
and Carrier positions not
involving driving duties must
test at least 20-30 ( Snellen i in
one eye, glasses permitted,
and applicants generally must
be able to hear ordinary
conversation with or without a
hearing aid, but some clerk
positions may be filled by the
deaf
A physical examination will
be required before ap
pointment
AGE REQUIREMENT
The general age
requirement is 18 years or 16
years for high school
graduates, except for those for
whom age limits are waived
In general, there is no
maximum age limit
CITIZENSHIP
All applicants must be
Cecils Siudenfs Eligible
The V S Office of
Education has notified Cecils
Business College of Asheville
that it is now eligible to
participate in the following
student aid programs Basic
Education Opportunity Grants
iBEOG), Supplemental
Education Opportunity Grants
iSEOGi, College Work Study
Program (CWSPi, National
commemorative stamp
One of America's most
important inventions the
transistor was honored
Tuesday by the United States
Postal service with the
issuance of a commemorative
stamp, B. A. Mock, local Bell
Manager announced recently.
On June M twenty-five
years ago. Bell Labs.
Research and Development
Unit of the Bell System, an
nounced the transistor, which
started ,, aa electronic
revolution. Its inventors
Walter Bratiain, JohaT fear
deen, . and William
Schockley were awarded the
Nobel PriM in Physics for
their work. Mock said.
The special stamp Is one of
four stamps in a Progress I
State ABC Board Prodding
Officials For Hot Springs
By JAY HENSl.KY
Citizen Staff Writer
The Hot Springs Alcoholic
Beverage Control Bnard w;is
told two months ago to set ils
house in order" anil repoi t
back to the state ABC btuinl
within 30 days.
But Dr. L. C. HoLshouser ,
chairman of the stite board,
saysall he has heard I nun Hot
Springs is that one d the three
board members whe appeared
at the hearing in Raleigh May
14 has resigned and a suc
cessor appointed.
Mayor J. R. Henderson said
the Hot Springs Hoard of
Aldermen appointed Father
Jeff Burton, a Catholic priest,
to replace J. L. Moore on the
board because Moore's job as
a railroad agentkecps hun out
of town so much.
R. W. Ponder, the new
chairman of the Hot Springs
ABC Board, Moore and T. A
Russell, the other member,
appeared at the May 14
hearing, but nothing was said
about Moore's resignation at
the time.
Ponder, who has been on the
board since the Hot Springs
liquor store was oiened in
1962, became chairman in a
May 2 reorganizstion after Die
state board ruled that (' K
Anderson could not serve both
as chairman and supervisor of
auzeris oi oi ovejHi&giuni-e in
the United States of America
SAI.AKY
Substitute Kmployees
Starting salan is (4 22 per
hour with increases to $5.51
per hour Regular Employees:
Starting salary is $8488 per
year with increases to $11073
per year Substitute and
Regular employees will be
paid 10 per cent extra for work
performed between 6 p m and
6 a in
CONSIDERATION
Consideration to fill these
positions will be made of the
highest eligibles on the
register who are available
HOW TO APPLY
Submit application Form
2479-AB to the postmaster of
this office or place designated
by him
(TAKING DATE POR
APPLICATION
Applications must be
submitted before August 1,
1973
WRITTEN EXAMINATION
Applicants will be notified of
date, time, and place of
examination and will be sent
sample quesbons
Direct Student l,oan Program
iNIXSI.i and the Federally
Insured Student Loan
Program (FISI.i These
student aid programs are
designed to assist a wide
variety of students who
otherwise would not be able to
attend college without some
assistance with their
education expense
Electronic Series. The S-cent
transistor stamp depicts and
electronic circuit, and the
others depict Marconi's spark
coil, lee DeForest's audi on
tube, and electronic com
ponents used in broadcasting.
Since the transistor's first
consumer use in hearing aids
in 19S2, transistor and solid
state advances have had an
enormous impact on almost
aU parts of society, said Mock.
Computers and space ex
plorations were made prao '
"ucaL the pocket radio was
created, heart pacemakers
added years to thousands of
lives, tiny hearing aids
brought the human voice to
. many, and satellite com- .
inunications was born.
the store
Nepotism, conflict of in
terest and salaries paid the
two employes of the single
ABC store in Hot Springs had
prompted the state board to
call Ponder in for quesboning
And as far as the sta'e board '
knows, C E. Anderson and
Fred Anderson are still
supervisor and clerk of the
liquor store, and their brother,
Harold Anderson, is still a
member of the town board of
aldermen.
Dr. Holshuuser said Friday
all the information he has
First Union New Service Begins Sept.l
An Investment Advisory
Service geared to the needs of
the small investor will be
offered beginning September
1. by First Union National
Bank's Trust Division. It is the
first of its kind offered by a
bank in North Carolina
The Investment Advisory
Service, for a fee, will
recommend what a client
should buy or sell compatible
with his investment ob
jectives First Union gives
him a choice of three ob
jectives: growth, income or a
balance between both
Harold Hansen, head of the
bank's Trust Division, says,
" The bank can now provide a
Southern to buy
Tenn. Railroad Co.
Southern Railway Company
has received approval of the
Interstate Commerce Com
mission to acquire the Ten
nessee Railroad Company, it
was announced jointly
recently by W Graham
(Taylor, Jr , Southern's
president, and Samuel
Spencer, president and
chairman of the board of TRC.
The purchase price is 20,000
shares of Southern Railway
no-par common stock
In its order approving the
purchase, the Commission
said "Southern has resources
and the ability to carry out a
program of improvements
which will result in improved
service for shippers over the
line
The acquisition is to be
made by a newly formed
Southern Railway subsidiary,
the Tennessee Railway
Company, which will receive
the shares from Southern and
use them to purchase the TRC
assets from the TRC First
Mortgage bondholders pur
suant to a foreclosure sale
held earlier this year
TRC has been in
receivership since 1959 In the
transaction, 2 3571 shares of
Southern Railway stock will
be exchanged for each $100 in
principal amount of TRC
bonds To date, over 99 8 per
cent of the bonds have been
placed in escrow pending the
closing, which is scheduled for
the opening of business on
August 1. conditioned on final
approval of the receivership
court
Meeting
Set
The Madison County
Historical Society will hold its
summer meeting on Saturday,
July 21, at Marshall The
meeting will be held at the
picnic shelter at the Marshall
School gymnasium at one
'clock. The business meeting
and program will be at 1
o'clock, following a picnic
hi neb and fellowship hour.
John McLeod of Mars Hill, wil
discuss Madison County me
of the Chril War area their
roles ta the early history of the
county. AH interested persons
are Invited to come and share
in this review. Bring aa item
of food to share or your owtt
bag lunch at one 'clock:. Cold
drinks will be provided by lbs
Historical Society. -
received t rum Hot Springs
since the May 14 hearing was
a letter from Mayor Hen
derson reporting that Moore
had resigned and Fathei
Burton appointed as Ins
successor
The hoard Friday put a
letter in the mail to Chairman
Ponder reminding him trial
the :t(l days are long past.
HoLshouser said
Efforts to contac t Ponder
tor coiiunent have been un
successful The state board noted hack
in May that net revenues Irom
service to tin- small investor of
quality research and ex
p e I" 1 c II ( e d )i it r t I o I l i,
management at a reasonable
price Much of this
breakthrough
(leased
capabilities
Specifically,
service will
due to i
o in p ii 1 1
this is how tile
operate The
investor will
securities and or
place Ins
cash with a
broker chosen from a list of
brokers provided by the bank
The bank will then issue Die
investor written advice as to
what trades would be con
sistant with his account ob
jectives. The investor then
Tax rulings sought from the
Internal Revenue Service
have been obtained.
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MRS. LAURA HOUSTON ROBINSON, of Marshall, b the first person to oc
cupy sn apartment in the Marshall low-rent housing units. She Is pictured
above receiving a key to her apartment last Thursday from C. N. Willis,
Kxecutive Director of the project. Mrs. Robinson is the former owner of the
site on Main Street where the apartments for the elderly are located. "I have
waited a long time for this apartment and I am delighted to move in." the 84-year-old
Marshall lady commented.
Employers of household help
must pay social security taxes
If you pay someone (SO or
more for household services
during any three-month
calendar quarter, you must
report these payments and
pay social security taxes to
the Internal Revenue Service.
The report for the April-May-June
calendar quarter is
due July SI, Robert UBauhe,
acting district director of
Internal Revenue for North
' Carolina said today.
Often whea maids or other
household employees apply
for benefits, It comes to tight
. that all social security taxes
; have not beea paid, UBaubs
said. The IKS thea has to
secure delinquent returns
front the employer.
. sometimes covering several
years with a substantial
the liquoi stoic in Madison
County arc among the lowest
in the state, and suggested
that the financial contribution
to projects of the taxpayers
could be unproved by trim
ming the salaries of the two
store employ cs
C K Anderson, the store
supervisor, and Fred An
derson, the clerk, are each
paid $10.2(K a year
That tops the pay of per
sonnel in the Mecklenburg
County liquor stores, ac
cording lo Marcus Hickman of
Charlotte, a member" .if the
executes the I e( or i ui ic ndei I
ti ades with his broker
First Cnion National wili
review the customer's ad
vLsory account as market
changes call for it and send
him written rci onunendatiorLs
on security lianges This
advice is based on stock
market analysis, economic
conditions and the client's
investment objectives
The customer will receive
valuations of his securities at
least twice a year In addition,
ttie bank will send him four
analyses of stock market
conditions and two economic
newsletters
For Die investment service,
First Union will charge a
minimum of $250 a year or one
per cent of the market value of
the assets being advised
There is no minimum on the
amount of securitief and or
cash wKiell may be placed
with the advisory service
There are advantages to
using a bank for this type of
investment advice.
amount of taxes, penalties and
interest due. This may delay '
and decrease benefits for the
household employees, he
added.
The social aecurtty tat on
household wages is LIS
percent for the employer and
I C percent for the employe. .
Wbea filing the quarterly
report, the employer, should
include a check or money
order for 11.71 percent of cash
wages paid for the period.
Employers must use Form
Employer's Quarterly
Tax Return for Household
Employees, to report the
social security taxes due.
After the first one is f '1, a
copy of Form HI is n. 1 to
every em; r in time f ir V
nett qusrWIr ref -.rt
However, if you do not rec ve
state ABC board.
The state board back in May
seemed satisfied that a con
flict of interest in connection
with the lepse on the building
owned by former ABC Board
Chairman Swann Huff and
leased by the Hot Springs ABC
Board had been resolved.
But Ponder was told politely
but pointedly tliat the state
board wanted a report in :i0
days on the status of the two
store employ es, their salaries
and their brother serving as a
tow ri alderman
1 tie bank already has vast
experience managing large
investment accounts thiough
its trust services and can give
the smaller investor access to
the same sophisticated
research used on these larger
accounts
hirst Union can not only
draw from its own research
but that of the entire
brokerage industry and its
correspondent bankers
nationwide.
In addition, Die bank's fee
increases only as the client's
advisory account's value
increases So First Union
National is vitally concerned
with making good sound
rec onunenda tions
After August 15, persons
interested in the bank's new
service may contact any First
Union National office and
recieve a questionnaire
requesting information on his
selection of broker, his in
vestment objective, and funds
available for investment or
securities held.
a form, you may obtain one
from your local IRS office. ,
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Visits Down
Recreation visits to Great
Smoky Mountains Kati-a
Park during June 1973 are
estimated at 1,m:,M0. This
represents a decrease of s
than one-he 'J of one perce-t s
Compared to V e l.c:2.C9
visits djmg June ac
cording to Supcrr ''t
Efrf'':n v;5:'s f
year to c- t t '
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