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'r-iiiim ) 1 f ' r . r-i n nn i jj'j. 2 VOU 67 NO. 38 tDtiim lisoiossd Local Board Is Directed To "Admonish All Registrars" The Madison County Board of Elections was directed Tuesday to "admonish all registrars" to fol low the letter of the law in wp coiming registration and voting. The State Board of Elections issued the directive, and also vot ed to have State Bureau of Inves tigation agents observe the Nov. 6 election, after a lengthy discus sion of a petition charging election irregularities in the county. The board, however, dismissed' the petition and stopped ahort of initiating an investigation of its own. The petition, filed by Madison Republican Chairman W. B. Zink last month, charged Madison reg istrars with irregularities during the May 4 primary period. Zink asked that the State Board of E lections conduct an investigation and dismiss the present county board of elections headed' by Mrs. Virginia Anderson of Hot Springs. The state board passed a reso lution "informing" Mrs. Anderson of the complaints made in affida vits filed by Zink, asking her to in vestigate them and directing her to "admonish all registrars to fol low proper procedures" and advise them that "if such acts did' indeed1 occur in May, they were in viola tion of the tow." 'Alnothea resolution was passed requesting the SBI to station ob servers in Madison during the Nov. 6 balloting,. Zink'; petition was ddsmisoed. Board Chainnan Lea C Smith of Raleigh said it was "not properly before us, because Mr. Zonk should have presented it to the Maldlsonl County Board of Elections first" Further, Smith said, the alle gations of Zink were "not sub stantiated" by a report received from the SBI. The SBI had ob servers in Madison in May, at the state board's request, arid report ed that the "election went moo& (Oontinued To Last Pars) November Election Should Be Smoothest In History Brock Asks County Boards To Consult Both Party Heads Alex Brock, executive secretary of the state Board of Elections, predicted Monday a record turn out for the Nov. 5 general election in North Carolina. Brock spoke at the 16th confer ence of county election officials meeting in Raleigh. He mentioned no figures in pre dicting tbe record turnout. About 1.4 million ballots were cast in the last presidential elec tion. Brock also indicated the ballot will be one of tbe fullest ever, ttihare will be an unprecedented number of military and civilian ab sentee votes, and new loatdonty requirements for people voting in Hi presidential race will be in cluded for the first time. About 200 election officials at tended tbe one-day session. Brack said the watchword for the election is 'preparedness.' Empasising no tdttisen sbould bt prevented front voting bocaoss of' confusion, Brock outlined a Bomber of , top priority steps to , insure smooth election. v Ee said ttw first of tibess was' to seek out tbe cooperation of tbe news media In jrabttabing dates and details of the election each as repnxfucdng the ballot and giving facts about registration proced ure. ; r , 7 v-,7,. 7 '- , Brock suggested election f3- c; 's rt pc.:;:f-ul leaders of both t ' 7 T '1 V "-i r-'-y ! 77 V: 1 !V;r) 8 PAGES THIS WEEK Retires From Southern Chandler 3 Sfi ifr CS. CHANDLER RETIRES FROM SO. RAILWAY Served At Marshall Depot 31 Years As Agent, Operator C. Spurgeon Chandler, of Wal nut, officially retired September' 9, as agent and telegraph operator; aft the Marshall depot Mr. Chand ler baa actually been associated with the -Southern RaJhvay Ootn ipany for about 43 years and be been at the Marshall depot for the past SI years. He stated that when he started work here the average number of trains passing every 24 hours waa 30. Today, he said, the average is about 16. He explained, how ever, that the modern Deisel couWJ haul a great more tons than trains a few years ago. Chandler attended public school (Continued to Last Page) HOT SPRINGS' DESIRE-WINNER The following article is reprint ed from Sunday's Asheville Citizen-Times and written by Danny Smith, sports writer. We are glad Danny wrote the article and we, too, congratulate the Hot Springs Blue Devils and Coach Roger Buckner: It's incredible what desire can! do for s high school boy. Friday night of last week little Hot Springs took enough 'can do' into its ball gams with Mars Hill to fill the Los Angeles Coliseum! and nearly beat the wg strong Wildcats. The score was 12-6. Coach Roger Buckner explained it this way: "We had one start ling halfback out with an injured; ankle and lost another on the first kkkoff, so we bad to play some real small Uds. "We didnt have enough substi tutes to spell these boys, and most of them played the whole game. Three of them passed out on the1 bus on the way home . . . they sre just physically exhausted. These were 120-aad - 180-pound, linentsn with little or no experi ence going against Man Hill's-200-poand Une,.: and man ware thsy great 'Vi'U- -, -i: "They only passed our fifty once in the first half and that wa on a breakaway touchdown run (of S3 yards by Bob Holcombe.) Ws bare snm. beys who UN (Cc&t:ael To Last Tsje) J R.R. ",jlrt- 4 I t c. s. MARSHALL, N. NEW BALLOTS DESIGNED FOR N. C. VOTERS Alex Brock, executive secretary Kxf the North Carolina Board of Elections, says a new ballot has1 been designed for voting machines in the state Nov. 5 in an effort to simplify and speed up the voting process. Brock said Friday that for the first time the board has designed1 a ballot which comes as close as possible to uniformity, considering the various makes and models of voting machines. Voting machines are used in 18 North Carolina counties. If a persons using a voting ma chine wants to vote a "straigbt ticket" from the White House to the courthouse Nov. 6, it will take more than one lever or pointer to do the job, it was painted out. With the new ballot, the chance of state or local candidates riding the coattail of their presidential ticket will be nullified. Also, the new ballot gives nd particular advantage or disad vantage to citizens who want to1 vote for presidential hopeful Geo. Wallace while choosing between Democrats and Republicans seek ing the other offices. Brock said that in past years election officials in voting ma chines counties were responsible for drawing up their own ballots. MRS. L PRICE RECEIVES NOTE FROM DIRKSEN Mrs. Lester Price of Marshall Rt. 1, a recent hospital patient, has been cheered by a note fromT"n 13 continually becoming more Sen. Everett M. Dirksen of Illinois. Dirksen wrote to Mrs. Price after receiving a letter from her cousin, Mrs. Gertrude Chewani Ruskin of Decatur, Ga., telling hint about Mrs. Price's confinement to have a pin changed in her hip. "Having experienced a similar operation I know the past few weeks were most exhausting and I do hope and pray by now the! misery and uncomfortableness has greatly diminished," the Senator wrote to Mrs. Price. "I was most interested in the history Mrs. Ruskin gave me onf your place in (the) history of our; United States," he said. In her letter, Mrs. Ruskin de scribed her 'Cousin Pearl" as "just a plain mountain woman whose ancestors have lived in Mad ison County and Western North Carolina for several generations.'' She said the ancestors included (Continues to Last Page) Itartafa, ars Air III parrels N. C Wildlife Commission Pondering Plight Of Game By JOHN P ARRIS Citizen Staff Writer Maggie Valley Squirrels by tbe tens of thousands are unigiaV ing from one section of the moon tains to another hi a desperate, sarch for food, " ' -V-i v . , And thousands of them are dy ing dally from starvation or from being run over on the highways aa they abandon their natural habi tat. '.7.7-, '- - 7 llef , are ; jwartng out ( of ths( C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1968 10c PER COPY WESTCO TO SELL 16,000 SHARES COMMON STOCK Westco Telephone Co. has been given permission by the State Utilities Commission to sell 160, 000 shares of its common stock to its parent firm, Western Carolina Telephone Co. The $800,000 to be realized by the stock sale would repay ad vances made earlier by Western Carolina to Westco. Westco, ordered last year by the SUC to improve its facilities and service, borrowed money from its parent firm to finance expansions in the Western North Carolina area and to retire outstanding debts. In its petition to sell its stock, Westco reported it had made $1.3 million construction expenditures during the past year. The stock sale must still be ap proved by the Securities and Ex change Commission and other reg- i lulatory agencies. In its order, the SUC ex-1 (Continued To Last Page) Adult Basic Education Classes Start Here Oct. 1 Classes Free Of Charge; Materials To Be Furnished Madison County Schools and rAsheville-Bunoombe Technical In stitute jointly announce continu ous classes in Admit Basic Educa tion for all adults who have not finished their high school educa tion. Classes will begin at Mar shall High School, Tuesday, Octo ber 1 at 7:00 p. m. and wall con tinue weekly on Tuesday and I Thursday iigJhU-,,i,w.fk. , There will be a cues xw every one. All classes are fret of charge and all materials will be furnish ed, i Classes are available in Eng lish, Math, Social Studies, Science, and Beginning Reading and' Writ ing. Your decision to continue and improve your education would in deed be a wise decision, as edXica- important in the age in which we live. Whether you attempt to fan prove your basic skills of reading and writing or would be working toward your high school equiva lency diploma, it is our sincere hope that you will be able to at ( Continued to Last Page) POWELL FUND ALLOCATIONS ARE ANNOUNCED State Street Aid allocations to taling more than $10 million will go to qualifying cities and towns in the State this year under pro visions of the Powell Bill, State Highway Commission Chairman J. M. Hunt, Jr., said today. Hunt said that 426 North Car ( Continued to Last Page) iy He IF mountains Into the bottom lands to raid corn fields, apples trees, and tomato patches. The picturs of their tragic plight was unveiled officially hers Mon day night before North Carolina WOdlifa Resources Osignhwkwi a its quarterly nesting. '?,; ; For mors than three boon the! commission discussed the poesM fty of moving up the opening of the squirrel banting season by at lettst five weeks and doubling the daily bag limit in an effort to core with the mass famine. - 7 . However, the eowntasloo fr-!- Lynsford At Mars PFC. ENGLISH IS WOUNDED IN LEG INS. VIETNAM Word was received Saturday that Marine Pfc. Raeford Kermit Eng lish of Mars Hill was wounded in action in Da Nang, South Vietnam. He suffered leg injuries and was reported in satisfactory condition in a Da Nang hospital. English, 17, is the son of Mrs. Orla B. English of California Creek Road, Mars Hill Rt. 3, and the late Condry A. English. He attended! Mars Hill High School, entered the Marines August 10, 1967 and) had been in Vietnam about three months. FOUR ARRESTED ON HIGHWAY ROBBERY COUNT Three men and a woman have been arrested in connection with a highway robbery last Thurafday night near the campus of Ashe-(ville-Biltmore College. . CBmrged with highway (robbery are Kenny Tweed, 20, of Marshall; Donnie Tweed, 22, of 80 Bearden Ave., Asheville; Jimmy Davis, 22, of Marshall; and Miss Betty Jo Davis, 19, of 72 Hanover St., Asheville, Police Chief J. C Hall said. Chief Hall said the arrest of the four came after a complaint bv Bill Hutsinger of 45 Mont- ford Ave., Asheville saying he was robbed of $200 Thursday night on Weaver Boulevard. Hutsinger told police that ha is taken from Lexington Ave nue to Weaver Boulevard by four (suspects who then robbed1 him at knife-point. MAINSTREAM APPLICATIONS NOW AVAILABLE Requirements Listed; Eight Enrollees Get Permanent Jobs Eight enrollees of Operation Mainstream, a Department of La bor work-training program, have recently left the program to take permanent jobs. Gail B. Gosnell, Ray Lee Gosnell, and Wilber Wal- ( Continued to Last Page) tasatris iy vetoed the idea after As experts pointed ont that snch actko would result in an even heavier baa of breeding stock for next year's) axjuinel csop. I Frank Barkk, chief of the com mission's game division, said that "Chances are tbe squirrel crop it going to be low next year because of the man famine, hot It will be a natnral loss and not because w opened the season earner to hunters.- ' 7 . ;;7. 77'-; '"' " And Clyde Patten, exeeaOve rector of the WIHItfs Resources ; (G--"-rated To last rr) .' tag 98.00 A Tear In Festival Slated HII mi Saturday Principal Speaker Don Garren 3ft 9ft 3fr REPUBLICAN FUND RAISING DINNER ON SAT. At School Cafeteria; Don Garren To Be Main Speaker A Republican Fund Raising Dinner will be served at the Mar shall High School Cafeteria on Saturday night beginning at 7:30 d'clock, it was announced here this week. The event is being sponsored by the Madison County Executive Committee and the . Republican) Womens GNb. , Don Garren, Republican candi date for Lieutenant Governor, will be the principal speaker. Scott Harvey, Republican candi date for Congress, is also expected) to speak briefly and all county candidates will be recognized; it was announced. The public is invited. PERSEVERANCE Accomplishments are the result of mistakes that have been cor rected again and again. IVr.lU Leadership Conference At Urn dill Church Tues. M.IL WILDCATS EKE OUT 12-6 WIN OVER as. Mars Hill scored its third victory of the season Friday night by de feating tbe gallant and lighter Hot Springs Blue Devils, 12-6, in an Appalachian Conference battle at Mars Hill Jack Brown plunged two yards for the tie-breaking tally in the fourth quarter. The Wildcats scored first in the opening quarter when Bob Hoi combe went 83 yards on an and around. Hot Springs bounced back in the second period when Bruce Chandler took a 45-yani pass from Tommy Padgett ' . HS MH First down 5 13 Rushing yardage . 5 81S i P sing yardage 106 ' ,65 Passes 18-7 ' 9-8 Paaaea intercepted .' 8 0 Punting average . t-60 ... 8-28 Fumbles lost 0 S Yards penaUswl .--v. 45 7 115 Hot Spring - ; Mara Hill t 6 13 DOJTT WANT Axswrr-s A good many people waste Ce'r time asking question! &ey Ln"t vnt answered. MadiMfl and AdJoinlne $4.00 A Yaar Ootatda Thai OonntUa Proceeds Will Be Used Establish Museum Of Music To A first move toward establish ment of a "Museum of Music of the Appalachians" will be mado 'Saturday when the Mars Hill Civi fcan Club sponsors the first Bascom Lamar Lunsford Festival at Cham bers Gymnasium of Mars Hill Col lege. Lunsford, widely known as the "Minstrel of the Appalachians," will be both honored and featured at the festival, which is expected) to be repeated annually as a tri bute to the man who has devoted a lifetime to preservation of the music of Appalachia. As planned, the festival will be a gathering of the people for the purpose of playing, singing and dancing the music which has its1 origin in this area. 1 A second purpose for holding the festival, says Ed Howard, vice president of the Mars Hill Civitan Club, is to obtain funds toward es tablishment of a museum for the preservation of the mountain music, as a lasting tribute to Luns ford. "He has dedicated his memoirs) to Mars Hill College," Howard said, "and we would like to add) to these many of the instruments Ithat are native to this area, plus tapes of many of the performers." Cash prizes will be offered for the best performance in each area and the entire program, will be taped and preserved for presenta tion to the museum, Howard saidl It has been announced that some of the best-known mmicians and! dancers will participate on the program including; antSt sntertaln ers as Tommy Hunters Band; Mars Hill; Circle 4 doggers, Franklin, N. C; Bill McElrath, Chub Parham, Leicester; The Moonshiners, Weaverville; The Gem Dandy doggers, of Frank lin; Robert "Tut" Taylor, Mil ledgsville, Ga.; Laurel River Boys, Marshall; Blue Grass Five Band, Oarrollton, Va.; Peter Gott, Mar shall; J. D. Fisher, Asheville, and many others. Mr. Bascom Lamar Lunsford is (Continued To Last Page) Leaders Of Various Groups Are Urged To Ateend The French Broad Woman's Missionary Union will hold its an nual Leadership Conference on Tuesday, September 24 from 7:00 9:00 p. m., at the Mars Hill Bap tist Church. We earnestly urge every President to be present a long with her Committee Chair men, and leaders of young people's organizations. All pastors are cordially invited. - The purpose of Woman's Mis sionary Union is to teach mis sions, lead persons to participate in missions, provide organisation and leadership for special misaioni projects of the church, and pro vide and interpret information re garding the work of the church and denomination. A devotional period will be held prior to separate conferences. The Reverend David Roberts, Aseoci (Continued To Last , Pag) V lilARSHILLIS: TEACHER EXAII ! TESTCEHTB ' : . - - -r .... - m liars HiH Oollegs has been de ignated a m'rjisra'"' noo, t.. I"! '7n, ' C7. (C i a test center for e I Z t-' e 2 ' ..1 T. " 2 ' 1 n !7s-. f, I7-. J, ' i I ; le I 1. "J , A Pi ; a v. i 7. 3 f
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