62 NO. 10
8 PA
116 WEEK
Marshall Girls,
Wl
Rep. Simpson Raps Absentee I
'Defects', Draws L. B. Ramsey'
Bill To Abolish Absentee
Votinir Expected To
Be Kill
By DOUG REED
Raleigh A Western North
Carolina Democrat clashed with
a Western Republican Wednesday
in sharp exchanges over a OOP
proposal for abolishing the civil
ian absentee Fallot'
Republican Dan. R. Simpson of
House
MMHtnnlt
absentee
introducer of a
absentee voting,
and Senate elec
tees that defects
ballot law are 'in-
Burke
bill to
told joint
tion
tolerable." 3Pr. ?'
The record of abuses of the law
in Western North Carolina, he
said, "calls for and demands a
bolishment completely and total
ly" of the absentee voting privi
lege. Its presence on the lawbooks,
he said, invites continued "whole
sal violations" which he said are
deteriorating the morals of the
people of WNC.
ash Wednesday
Rep. Lis too B. Ramsey
Wl MALLONEE
TO VISIT COUNTY
Tom L. Mallonee, 11 th Con
gressional District Secretary to
-v-ii. j u.. n Congressman Roy A. Taylor, is
cratic Rep. Listen B. Ramsey of
Madison County who said Simp
son was classifying elections
boards in western counties as "a
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ANNEXATION TO
Trustees Petition Town To
Place Pnuurtv In
Corporate Limits
Official notice is published on
Page Seven calling for a public
hearing at the City Hall here on
Tuesday night, March 12, at 7:30
o'clock at which time the ques
llNpbfcjt the annexation of the
property on the by-pass, generally
known as the Industrial Sites, to
the. corporate limits of Marshall
will be discussed.
The notice of public hearing
states, in part:
"A petition for annexation
having been filed with the Town
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now making scheduled visits to
the county seats and other sec
tions of the counties.
On Thursday, March 14, he will
be at the Madison County Court
house in Marshall from 10:00 to
11:00 a. ra.
Any person who has plans or
official business pertaining to
Congressional matters they wish
ROAD PAVING
ROCK
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SENATE PHHpMpjIPpHBBHBBBrtnH
MADISON COH
BOARD mmM
Raleigh The Senafl
day passed on final M
bill naming an expanded!
Madison County Board
tion.
The new board, to tfl
the third Monday in iM
consist of B. K. Meacfl
H. Ponder and J. Q. GM
renamed, and Swann HflJ
Springs and Eugene I
Mars Hill, the new appl
The bill went througM
ate without a murmur, I
viously had done in the
Introduced by Rep. fl
Ramsey, the bill in naufl
members does numericafl
former Republican Beafl
Roberts attempted jM
to do in 1961. A
However, Rojfl
bill that notsfl
ted a frifJ
would haw
r. m. m
line L. fj
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Rep. Listen B. Ramsey announc
ed Wednesday that the State High
way Commission will pave N. C
218 in Madison County's White
Rock section from White Rock
School northward along Shelton
Laurel Creek for a distance of
some six or eight miles.
The paving of the road has
been sought for several years.
Courtesy may not bring happi-
but it flavors everything.
neas
Rep. Ramsey Is Co-Signer
Roberts actually was trying to in
ject politics Into the schools. And
in introducing tile bill that passed
the Senate Thursday, Ramsey said
he was doing so "hoping to dis
courage those who have been at
tempting to use our schools as
political issue."
Of Two Bills Before House
n
ax Exemptions; Hunting
Alii Fishing Licenses
Involved In Bills
Madison County Representative
L. B. Ramsey is among the co
signers of the following two bills
now before the General Assembly:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN
ACT TO INCREASE EXEMP
HONS FOR DEPENDENTS
FOR INCOME TAX PURPOSES.
The General Assembly of North
Carolina do Enact:
Section 1. Subsection (a) (5)
of G.S. 106-149, as the same ap
peras in the 1961 Cumulative Sup
plement to Volume 2C, is hereby
amended by striking out of the
first line of that subsection the
words and figures "Three hun
dred dollars ($300.00)" and in
serting in lieu thereof the words
and figures "Five hundred dol
lars (1500.00)."
See. 2. All laws and clauses of
laws in conflict with this Act are
hereby repealed.
See. 3. , This Act shall become
effective as of January 1, 1968.
Sec. 4. This Act shall be in full
force and effect upon its ratifi-
A BOX TO BE ENTITLED AN
ACT AMEND G.S. 118-143, VOL-
AND G.S. 113-95, VOLUME sa.
JUDGE HART TO
SPEAK AT PTA
HERE MONDAY
Marshall PA will meet Mon
day, March 11 at 7:80 p. m in
the school auditorium. Judge
Hart, of the Domestic Relations
Court in A sheville, will speak on
Juvenile Delinquency.
The Glee Chib, under the di
rection of Mrs, Wayne Clark, will
also perform.
SSgt. James Beaslsy, local
tag Recruiter, will be in Madison
43unty and. Marshall each Wed
nesday fro 8 a. m., until f p.ni,
or the puriose of securing per
'sonnel for enlistment in the Unit
ed States Artak
Sgt. Beasley states that there is
now an urgent need for qualified
individuals male . and female to
fill vacancies in ell types of jobs
in the Army, both in the States
and overseas, and the Army of
fers an opportunity for travel,
technical "training: and rapid ad
vancement Sgt. Beasley may be
contacted on other days by calling
his office in Asheville ALpine
8-6921 "collect" or by contact
ing Mrs. Myrtle Morgan at the
Local Selective Service Board
He may be a gofod loser, but he
seldom admits the best man won.
Jsvery taxpayer
least one ner
$600 in filing
tax return i
Wall, District
PERSONAL EXEMPTIONS
is entitled to at
nal exemption of
his Federal income
or 1982, Mr. J. E.
Director of Internal
Revenue for the Greensboro Dis
ilpMd today.
A taxpayer who has reached his
$Kh birthday on or before Janu-
aa, 1968, or who was blind at
end of 1962 is entitled to an
extra $600 exemption, and if both
conditions existed, he gets two ex
it exemptions of $690 each.
The taxpayer's wife is also en-
titled to these additional exemp
tions for age and blindness.
i Mr. Wall said a taxpayer who
files a generate return mav rlnim
his wife's personal exemption and
additional exemptions only if she
had no income and was not the
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REPRESENTED MADISON COUNTY AST NEW YORK MEET
1961 SUPPLEMENT, SO AS TJOT
TO REQUIRE HUNTING AND
FISHING LICENSES OF PER
SONS 65 TEARS OF AGE OK
The General Assembly of North
Carolina do igfifet:
Section 1. G.S. 113-148, Volume
S-A, 1961 Supplement, is amend
ed by adding at the end thereof
the following:
"Provided that no fishinir li
censes or fees provided for in Ar
ticle 14 of Chanter 113 of the
General Statutes . snaB be requir
ed of any person who is a bona
fide resident of the State of Nofth
Carolina and who is of the asre
of 65 or over."
Sec. 2. G.S. 113-95. Volume 8 A.
1961 Supplement, is amended by
adding at the end thereof the fol
lowing:
No hunting or fishintr licenses
or fees provided for in this section
shall be required of any person
of the State of North Carolina
and who is of the age of 65 or
over."
Sec. 3. All laws and clauses of
laws in conflict with this Act are
hereby repealed.
Sec. 4. This Act shall be in full
force and effect upon its ratification.
as sbhw 3w vHHjjj0avHHK
ami 4 nsm aul
Hrast" I iauauaaJil idTa ' aH H am B
newsman.HWc Severeid, who was
forced by illness to cancel his ap
pearance here.
The program is scheduled by the
college as part of its lyceum se
ries foe tiie entertainment and
education of its student body and
staff.
Winner of many top broadcast
ing awards for national and inter
national news reporting, Colling
wood has fulfilled assignments
ranging from his recent "A Tour
of the White House with Mrs. John
F. Kennedy," through visits with
celebrities all over the world in
"Person to Person" interviews, to
coverage of the Allied invasion of
North Africa during World War
Two.
r.
KILLED TUES.
Three Grand Ole Opry
and their pilot died Tuesday
when their Uffhi XMHI
to a West Tennessee
scattering the wreckage
wide area.
Killed were singers Patsy
Hawksbaw Hawkins and Cowboy
Copaa, and the pilot, Randy
Hughes, who was Miss Cline'a
manager and a son-in -law of Co-pas.
night
ashed in-
ovef a
m
GKne,
French Broad Democratic
Women Organize At Mara Hill
C. E. Mashburn
D. M. Robinson
Zeno H. Ponder
The Western North Carolina delegation, together with its eastern counterparts,
participated in the "North Carolina Day" of the Sales Executive Club in New York on
February 26, sold North Carolina to an impressive array of northern industrialists.
The speech of Gov. Terry Sanford was impressive as wse the number of North Caro
lina supporters present in the banquet room.
The Madison County delegation called en or discussed North Carolina with a
for industry. We anticipate that a prospect with whom the local
has been working will make a joint press release with the De-
ation and Development within ten days, announcing the location of
an industry oa the Marshall By-Pass. The final details were worked out by the Mad
ison delegation while in New York.
Pietored above are the three men from Madison Oounty who attended the meet
ing. They ware D. M. Robinson, C. E. Mashburn and Zeno H. Ponder.
number of prospects
JOHN H AMPTON
RESIGNS POST
Resignation of John R. Hamp
ton, planning director of the West
ern North Carolina Kegionai
Planning Commission and the
Metropolitan Planning Board
since 1958, was announced Mon
day by chairmen of the two groups
Hampton, whose resignation
will become effective about April
1, has accepted a position with
the Industrial Development De
partment of Duke Power Co. He
will serve as Duke's industrial de
velopment representative for the
WNC counties.
Succeeding Hampton will be
Robert D. Barbour of Raleigh,
head of the Division of Commu
nity Planning of the State De
partment of Conservation and De
velopment, His
Hampton's r
nonnced by Jennings A. I
of Sylva, 1
By-Laws Adopted; Officers
Are Elected; Mrs.
O'Donnel Speaks
At a meeting of women Demo
crats of Madison County, the
French Broad Democratic Wom
en's Club was organized Friday
night, March 1.
The meeting, attended by ap
proximately 30 women, was held
in the Mars Hill Community Build
ing. Mrs. Richard Hoffman, tem
porary chairman, presided.
Mrs. Joseph B. Huff introduced"
Mrs. Peairl O'Bonnell of Ashe
ville, regional coordinator of the
Democratic Women's Clubs of
North Carolina. Mrs. O'Donnetl
addressed the group on the pur
poses and activities of the Demo
cratic Women's Clubs. She eat-
pressed h
stated tin
Democratic
long with i