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MARSHALL, N. C, THURSDAY. JANUARY 2t 1967
$2.60 A Year In Madison & Adjoining Counties
$4.00 A Year Outside Those Counties
VOL. 66 NO. 2
8 PAGES THIS WEEK
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Special Awards Given
At Eled Gross Meeting
Dr. Fred Bentley It Speaker
1967 Budget U
Adopted
The annual meeting of the Mad
ison County Branch of the Ashe
ville Area, American Red Cross,
was successfully held Monday
night at the French Broad Elec
tric Membership Corp. lobby, here.
D. M. Eobinson, county chair
man, presided.
An impressive first aid demon
stration in artificial respiration
was presented by Jerry Plemmons
and Ed Morton, of Marshall.
Mrs. Ethel Sprinkle, county
treasurer, read the treasurer's re
port and Mr. Robinson explained
the 1967 budget of $2,730.00,
somewhat less than in 1966. The
budget was adopted.
Service reports were give, as
follows: Blood Program, Mrs. Hat
tie Ella Nix (for John Hensley);
Service to Military Families, Mrs.
Nix; Disaster, Jim Story; First
Aid and Water Safety, John Sto
vall. Arthur Eve, chairman of the
Asheville Area Chapter, then pre
sented special awards to four
county workers, as follows:
D. M. Robinson, county chair
man; Mrs. Matte Mashburn, sec
retary; Mrs. Kermit Cody and Mrs.
Hattie Ella Nix, chairmen of Mil
itary Service in Madison County.
They were highly commended for
their work with the blood pro
gram and other phases of Red
Cross activities.
Mrs. Mashburn was commended
for her active role as secretary
and her interest in the total ef
forts of Red Cross.
Mr. Robinson's Citation express
ed deep appreciation for his de
voted and faithful service as coun
ty chairman and for the . many
he has devoted to lata Amer-
sn Sad Cross. V
Th group applauded tha recip
ients as they received their
awards,
William L. Lynch, of Mars Hill,
who for years has been active in
various capacities with the Red
Cross, introduced Dr. Fred Bent
ley, president of Mars Hill Col
lege, who was the main speaker.
Dr. Bentley mixed humor, wis
dom and sound reasoning in his
talk, pointing out the fact the fast
changing times and modern tech
niques in data processing, elec
tronics and other modern methods
of communication and achieve
ment. He concluded his remarks
by praising the American Red
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Cadet Elam Returns
To Military Academy
Cadet Philip R. Elam Jr., son
of Mr. and Mrs. P. R. Elam of
Mars Hill has returned to Staun
ton Military Academy in Staunton,
Virginia. Elam spent the Christ
mas holidays with his family.
Elam is a junior at the acad
emy and was named to the Head
master's list for the first quarter
for scholastic achievement.
History And Accomplishments Of ESEA In County Since 1965
- . .... x,-.-, m. in November and De- h children of Madison County, did not see the need for aJuc-
RnKartft. Coordinator Smce
1965, Still Aida Although
Resigned
Editor's Note: Aa was stated
fast week when it was learned that
a . E. Roberta, Coordinator of
ESEA In this eoonty, bad resign
ed but was wiQing to aervs on In
an advisory aapadty until a suc
cessor was named, a history along
with accoinpuahknanta of ESEA
have been complied by lira. Mary
Rurnion and other staff tnembara
which should be of interest to our
. readers. - ' ,;' - !
. The Board of Education of Mad
ison County was notified Novem
t.er 1, 19fs5 that the county was
eligiMe for a Federal grant of
jnoney under Public Law 89-10
which ht.j known as the Elemen
tary "i ?--onv!ary Education Act
v : ; - r 5 s -r-1 by Congress
,' i ' i f prirg session.
7'-. e " I i ;rted that
" Ve for the
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Reelected Red Cross Chairman
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D. M. Robinson
Keeping Records
Proves Helpful To
Burder Reeves
By FRED BOSS
Burder Reeves, of the Sandy
Mush section has been keeping
records on his herd of grade
Hereford cows. He and his father,
K. C. Reeves, bred 48 cows last
year to three different bulls. Mr.
Reeves kept the calving dates on
all the calves, their sires, the
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Jew Elates For ailing
Effective After Jan. 11 5
Public la Urged To Uae Zip
Codes; Rates Are
Increased
Use of ZIP Code will make it
easier to mail packages after Jan
uary 15, Postmaster Frank Ram
sey of Marshall said today.
New rates and a new system for
identifying parcel post zones will
go into effect on that date as pro
vided by legislation signed into
law by President Johnson on Sep
tember 20, 1966, the postmaster
pointed out.
The rate increases will average
about 10 cents a parcel, Ramsey
said. Starting July 1, the law
provides for a series of size and
weight increases on packages
mailed between first class offices.
All Madison County post offices
are 2nd class. The size and weight
increases will be in five annuel
steps, the last coming on July 1,
1971.
Use of ZIP Code in the recip
ient's address will enable the send
er or a mail clerk to quickly de
termine the proper zone, and thus
the rate, for the package. The
zones will be based on the distance
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vided the Board of Education could
hsrur ihn government that this
money would be spent in a man
ner approved by the State Depart
ment of Education and the United
States Department of Education.
The county Board of Education
requested that Dr. Bruce Sams
od Superintendent R. L. Edwards
contact Mr. 0. E. Roberts to see
tf any arrangements could be
mads with him to head the pro
gram. In Una with fee thinking
Of Washington, a salary of 10
000 or more waa offered for one
to serve as Co-ordinator. Mr, Rob
erta, who retired from Us business
operations in Aabeville and else
where, had tad wide and varied
experience in education with aerr
ios in publie schools aa well as on
the college level including 4 years
as prinkpal of Mara Hill High
School. Even though ha had been
declared permanently and totally
disabled by the Veteran Admin
istration.; aid other mescal au
thorities after thoughtful and due
cors tie ration, he. met wKh the
MRS. FISHER IS
SELECTED FOR
COVETED HONOR
Mrs. Charles Hugh Fisher, of
Tullahoma, Tenn., has been select
edtoappear. in the 1966 edition of
"Outstanding Young Women of
America."
The book is an annual biograph
ical compilation of 6000 outstand
ing young women between the
ages of 21 and 35 who have dis
tinguished themselves in civic and
professional activities.
Mrs. Fisher, her husband, and
children, Charles Hugh Jr., and
Laura Lillian, live in the Lake
Hills section.
Mrs. Fisher is an active member
of the Tullahoma Junior Woman's
Club and is presently serving as
recording secretary. She served
last year as chairman of the ed
ucation department and was se
lected as the "Outstanding Club
Woman" for 1965-66. She former
ly was a member of the AEDC
Woman's Club.
As a member of First Christian
Church, she is active in the Chris
tian Women's Fellowship as study
director and is chairman of the
Ruth Christian Group. She also
teaches a Sunday School for three
yea r-oldswj:
Mrs. F$$ier is a volunteer work
er for the Community Guidance
Council, the Tennessee Vocational
School for Girls, the School for
physically handicapped children,
public school training classes for
severely mentally retarded ohil
dren, and served with the Moth
ers' March and the heart fund
drives.
She is a graduate of the Uni-
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G.S. PLANS ARE
ANNOUNCED BY
NEIGHBORHOOD
Mrs. Tweed Heads Cookie
Sale; Other Events
Scheduled
The Madison Girl Scout Neigh
borhood met on Jan. 9 at the REA
Building in Marshall.
Mrs. J. B. Tweed, who will be
the Madison Girl Scout Cookie
Sale chairman, was introduced to
leaders and committee members.
She gave dates for tarining lead
ers and distributed parent permis
sion slips to the leaders.
A Day Camp planning session
with North Buncombe Neighbor
hood was planned for January 16
at 1:30 p .m., at the Mars Hill
Higgh School cafeteria, Madison
Neighborood went on record fa
voring a one week session in late
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oountv Board of Education in No
vember, 1966 agreed to lay the
ground work for an educational
program for the children of this
county. Ha informed the Board
that he would accept no salary,
with a request that transportation
be provided for his traveling and
visiting the schools which would
be necessary in connection with
this position.
Certain guidelines and require
ments had been established by the
United States Department of Ed
ucation which required that a thor
ough and accurst survey be mada
of each school in this county. This
ntmfled approjtknately S montin
of eighteen hoars par day. For
tunately, the various foverntnen.
tal agencies of Madison County
gars their fullest cooperation. Al
so, leading citifens of every com-'
munrty in the county helped with
this surrey. The school personnel
from the Superintendent's office
to the Principals , and t?acr'
rave their fullest cooperation. No
money was available at &is tan
County ESEA Coordinator
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Owen W. Fish
OWEN W. FISH IS
COUNTY ESEA
COORDINATOR
Former Principal Succeeds
O. E. Roberta; Began
Duties Monday
Owen W. Fish, of Marshall
Route 3, has been appointed co
ordinator of ESEA (Educational
Secondary Elementary Act) in
Madison County, succeeding Oren
E. Roberts, who resigned as co
ordinator last week due to declin
ing health. The appointment was
made by the Madison County
board of education.
Mr. Fish is the son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Fish, of Hot
Springs Route 1.
He graduated from Spring
Creek High School in JM9 and
later attended Westera; Carolina
Collee, Cullowhee; Duke Universi
ty: George Feabody Uollege lor
Teachers, at Nashville, Tenn., nd
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SJUUUL 1Mb KMUHWO TV wa 1 -WW
University of -North Carol'
, Mr. Fish ii well-kncW
iaoa Couirty having se:
principal of Spring Creek High
School for ftve years and principal
of Laurel High School for the
past three and a half years. He
is currently president of the coun
ty NCEA.
He is a member of the Lusk
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November Bond
Sales In County
Total $16,912.00
0. L. Rudisill, Jr., Madison
County Volunteer Chairman for U.
S. Savings Bonds, announced to
dlay that North Carolinians pur
chased over $4,520,000 worth of
Savings Bonds in November. Se
ries E Bond sales, he reported,
were up 9.1 per cent over sales in
November a year ago. Total sales
for the month were 6.6 per cent
greater.
Bond sales in Madison County
for November totaled $16,912.00.
Sales for the year amounted to
$134,126, which is 76.5 per cent of
this year's dollar quota of $175,
230.00. Coordinator Since 1965
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for
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State Board Upholds
State u
Charges
MRS. ROBINSON
NEW PRINCIPAL
LAUREL SCHOOL
Mrs. Earl Robinson, of Mar
shall, has been named principal of
the Laurel School, succeeding Ow-
W. Fish, who resigned to be-
e coordinator of the ESEA
program in Madison County.
Mrs. Robinson i s the former
Miss Latrelle Woody, daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Tom Woody,
of Marshall Route 3 .
She is well known in the coun
ty, having been a member of the
Marshall High School faculty for
several years where she headed
the Home Economics Department.
Marshall Hosts
Mars Hill Teams
Friday Night
Fans are looking forward to the
games between Mars Hill and
Marshall to be played Friday
night in the local gym.
The Marshall boys are undefeat
ed and the girls have only met
defeat twice.
The Marshall boys' latest vic
tim was East Yancey, last Tues
day night.
Adult Education Classes
Qegin Dn
PrerSchool Training
Program Is Set
For Jan. 23-Feb. 10
A Pre-School Training Program
will be held at the French Broad
YMCA January 23 to February 10.
The training is sponsored by The
Opportunity Corporation of Ashe-ville-Buncombe
County and Madi
son Community Action. It is free
to persons interested in develop
ing or improving skills with chil
dren.
Individuals or church groups
who are considering the establish
ment of day care programs or
kindergartens will have this op
portunity to receive free training
for their staff.
Acceptance in the program hin
ges on a person's concern for the
needs of children. Both college
graduates and high school drop
outs are eligible.
For further information, call
iMadison Community Action in
Marshall. Telephone 649-6651.
rMbJxm in November and ue
camber of 1966 and January of
1966 without pay. Also, as Mr.
Roberts progressed with his sur
vey, Miss jinns uniKrww"
nated much of her valuable time
during these months in laying a
foundation for the libraries which
were later to become a reality.
There were 8,412 children en
rolled in Madison County schools.
Of this number, using government
guidelines, it was determined that
2487 children needed educational
assistance. Under the guidelines
fesued in April and November of
1966 by the government, seven of
the eight schools in Madison Coun
ty qualified. At this tkna, how-,
ever, through the ceaseless efforts
pf Mr. Roberta and other inter
ested citirens, all schools have
qualified and are benefitting from
this program.
It was now necessary to present
both our Etato and Federal De
j -, of EJ--5on wish' an
' j-rogrsTn f..r improving
f t. y of eJ jcsUon offered
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Local Board
ectiofi Board Mes
Are DrafficMt
COUNTY FAMILY
MAKES USE OF
ECONOMIC LOAN
The Bob Cantrell family of eight
members living in the Carmen com
munity of Madison County for
merly lived in a two room house
situated on about one-fourth acre
of land. Their main source of in
come, prior to obtaining the loan
from Farmers Home Administra
tion, was from rented crop land
and seasonal off-farm employ
ment. The first loan made to the fam
ily was a Rural Housing Loan to
add two rooms to the present
home, add a bath and a suitable
water supply. It was realized that
the family had a limited income
at this time and ways of increas
ing their income and bettering
their standard of living by use of
an Economic Opportunity loan
was discussed with the family.
This family knew of a farm that
was for sale that was close
enough, had a small tobacco allot
ment, and several acres of good
land suited for production of trel
lised tomatoes. The farm also
had a good stand of young timber
on it which in a few years would
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Gtiudty5
Marshall, Mars Hill Start
January 17; Hot Springs,
Ebbs Chapel Jan. 23
Adult Basic Education Classes
are provided under the Elementa
ry and Secondary Act of 1966 and
are sponsored for fourteen coun
ties of Western North Carolina by
Asheville-Buncombe Technical In
stitute. Adult Basic Education is pro
vided form men and women eigh
teen years of age and oHer not
currently enrolled in a public
school. Its purpose is to improve
the economic and social standing
of adults in the community. Per
sons enrolled may be learning to
read and write for the first time,
or they may be reviewing English,
math, social studies or science;
the main objective of this program
is to raise adults to the education
al level required for passing the
high school equivalency test.
Adult Basic Education classes
will start January 17 at Marshall
and Mars Hill and on January 23
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The nroDoaals presented to our
government were aa foilowa:
1. Improve the reading of the
children aa no child ia able to
team who cannot read. It was
necessary to show why these chil
dren who had reached 6th or th
grade could not comprehend the
Engheh language., Facilities to
encourage reading were lacking,
Le., library facilities, and others
necessary for teaching readtag. '
2. The average daily attendance
was beiow stats average and Mad
ison County was losing teachers
every year. This problem, after
being discussed with teachers and
principals waa attributed to the
following: s . '"-.
A. Hundreds of ehiMrm wars
not properly clothed and were not
able to attend schools ia the win
ters. B. Many children were trM
to pay for a fc-t lunch at a Vxil,
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C Tercets were cnr.'zitel v o
Cautions Local Board About
Naming Markers; Ruling
Is Announced Tuesday
The North Carolina Board of
Elections rejected Tuesday charg
es of fraud against the Madison
County Board of Elections by a
group of Democrats who lost in
the November 8 election.
The Madison County Democrat
ic faction had asked the state
board to declare vacant the of
fices of sheriff, clerk of superior
court, auditor, tax collector and
county commissioners. Demo
crats lost all these races to Re
publicans in the election.
The charges against the county
board were filed by the "Madison
Democratic Committee," headed
by E. Y. Ponder.
Ponder and his group contended
that the Democrats would have
won by at least 1,000 votes if it
had not been for the county board
of elections.
They aked the state board of
elections to investigate the charg
es "to determine the amount of
the fraud" and its effect on the
election outcome.
In its ruling, "the state board of
elections said "there does not ap
pear to be sufficient evidence to
substantiate the allegations of
violations of the election laws as
charged against said county board
of elections.
"It is rather, the opinion of the
state board that the Madison
County Board of Elections has en
deavored to administer the elec
tion laws of this state in an im
partial and proper maimer to the
end that all citizens might be free
ta vote their own convictions. " -
The State board ad3e4 howev
er, .that the Madison board "may
have exceeded its prerogative and
authority under the law in some
(instances in the appointment of
(markers as recommended by the
Democratic chairman of Madison
County."
Markers are citizens who are
appointed to help voters who are
incapacitated to mark their bal
lots. The voters have the right
to request such assistance.
The State Board said that it
does "on this particular point ad
monish the county board of elec
tions to exercise the provisions
of the law, without alteration and
in the true spirit of the law as
well as to the letter of the law."
Robert Swain, Asheville attor
ney who appeared before the state
board of elections to represent the
Ponder group, presented the board
60 petitions alleging fraud in the
November 8 election.
Swain charged that the Madi
son board "disregarded" recom
mendations from Democratic lead
ers in naming registrars and pre
cinct judges.
He also said the board instruct
ed poll off id ale to "limit the m
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tion beyond the Srd grade level.
D. In cooperation with the Mad
ison County Health Department
aider the direction of Dr. Mar
Jorie Lord, it waa discovered that
hwndtads of children had various
minor and major physical defects
which prevented them from attend
ing school with any degree of reg
ularity. , ' v . " . . c
- E. Vary few oar oar high school
graduates were prepared for any
apecifSe position of employment.
A small rfumfcer continued their
education at college leveL Some
thing had to be done for the larg
er group, who did not farther t 'r
education. .
:". At thia time, the fci'.'.-v-z j -
sons were emr.loyod to csrry i
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