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Taylor Would
Jew Ammunition law
Says Bookkeeping, Time
Involved For Sale I
Burden On Dealers
WASHINGTON Congressman
Boy A. Taylor Monday introduced
a bill to repeal restrictions placed;
on ammunition sales and purchased
by the Firearms Control Act of
1968.
The 11th District Congressman
said he has received numerous
complaints from ammunition pur
chasers and sellers alike who feel
that the ammunition record keep
ing pro visions are "unwise, un
necessary and burdensome."
An opponent of the 1968 gun
law, Taylor Wants the 91et Con
gress to delete all references to
ammunition for shotguns and
rifles from the new control law.
As it now stands, licensed deal
ers for each sale must record the
following information: date, am
munition manufacturer, calibre or
gauge, quantity, purchaser's name,
address, date of birth and mode of
identification (such as driver's;
license, social security card, etc.)
Taylor observed that in some
mountain areas hunters sometimes
purchase only three or four shot
gun shells, rather than a full box.
"Obviously, the bookkeeping and
time involved for ammunition,
sales, large or small, is a burden
and hairidfehap on both dealers and)
purchasers," declared Taylor.
"It is causing some rural store
operators to cease selling am
munition entirely, thereby i in
conveniencing hunters and sports
men," Taylor said.
adult
Basic Education
(Masses Here Jan. 23
No Charge For Five Courses;
Materials Free;
At MHS
Madison County Schools and
Asheville-Buncombe Technical In
stitute jointly announce classes in
Adult Basic Education for all,
adults who have not finished their
high school education or would like
refresher work.
Classes will begin at Marshall
High School, Thursday, January
23 at 7:00 p. m., and will continue
weekly on Tuesday and Thursday
nights.
'Alll classes are free of charge,
and all materials will be furnished.
Classes are available in English,
Math, Social Studies, Science and
Beginning Reading & Writing.
"Your decision to continue and
improve your education would be
a wise decision, as education is
continually becoming more impor
tant in the age in which we live,"
Mrs. S. L. Nix said.
Those desiring further informa
tion may contact Mrs. S. L. Nix
or call Marshall 649-4476.
Redmon Fined
fined $3,000 and cost, by Superior
Court Judge P. C FroMberger
Tuesday, after a jury founti htm
guilty of felonious assault on J.
I Pike Jr., on Nov. 4, 1967. A
two-year sentence was suspended.
The $3,000 is to be paid to Pike
for Us injuries, which Included si
broken am and a cut across the
abdomen which required 14 stitch-
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The i fight took plsee at a turkey
Shoot on Eedmon's property. Pike
intervened when Redmon was in
an argument with another man.
Redmon - wielded tis knife, then
hit Pike with a shotgun. He plead
ed self defence.' ' ! J
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Lots cf c';!a would inais better
yel l if tliy wc nt faying to
Repeal
PACE PROGRAM
BENEFICIAL TO
YOUNG PEOPLE
Local Students Earn $7,046
During Past
Season
Last summer, 13 college stu
dents from Madison County work
ed in local public or private non
profit agencies or organizations
under the PACE-I.N.C program.
PAOE-I.N.C. is an acronym for
Plan Assuring College Education
in North Carolina. This pro
gram is aidiministered by the Di
vision of Special Services, North)
Carolina -State Department of Pub
lic Welfare.
PACE is a coordinating effort
between the local high school
guidance counselor, the local stu
dent's individual college, the local
agency working the student, and
the local volunteer PACE co
ordinating committee which places
the student. Through PACE,
these young men and women were
'able to work and perform a ser
vice to this county in local a
gencies and earn a large portion
of their expenses to begin or con
tinue their higher education.
During the summer of 1968,
through PACE, students of Madi
son County earned approximately'
f 7,046.00 towards their education.
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SHELL FUNDS
ARE AWARDED
TO MARS HILL
The Shell Companies Foundation
Inn., will contribute $1,500 to Mars
Hill College as part of a record
1969 budget announced Wednesday
by the foundation.
In announcing the area school's
participating in the $2.96 million
budget, O. W. Brauss, Charlotte
district manager for Shell Oil
Co., said Mars Hill College will
receive a Shell assist and is one
of seven institutions in North Car
olina to be awardled Shell dona
tions. ,
Brauss pointed out that the new
budget is some $300,000 more than
the 1968 contributions. Once a
gain, heavy emphasis is placed on
aid to education. Continuing rec
ognition of the foundation concern
for developing highly qualified
men and women is reflected in the
$1.88 million budgeted for this
purpose,
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vara isjiucigiswunw vwv
$1500 payments provide assist
ance to institutions for important!
"little things" for the profession
si development of college faculty
members.
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November Bond
Sale In County
Total $11,683
Cash sales' of Bonds and Free
dc Shares, itt.Ma&soa Ocmnty
for November were $11,683. Jan
uary November sales totaled 1148,
191. This represns 71.8 percent
cf Madison County's goal of
y?53,4O0, according to C 1 Ku-U-'J1
- Jr., Mai son; County Chair
S. A. RAMSEY, 92,
PASSES; RITES
INWALNUTSAT.
Operated Walnut Supply
Company For 56 Years;
Bank Director
Sherman A. Ramsey, 92, of
Walnut, died at 2 a. m., Wednes
day, January 15, 1969 at the home
of his nurse in West Asheville,
after a brief illness.
Mr. Ramsey, a lifelong resident
of Madison County, operated the
Walnut Supply Co. for 56 yearsi
until his retirement. He was a
member of the board of Citizens
Bank of Marshall and Planters
(Tobacco Warehouse of Greeneville,
Team. He attended the old Weaver
College at Weaverville.
Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Gro-
ver U. Brown or weaverville; ana
several nieces and nephews.
Services will be held at 10:30 a.
m., Saturday in Walnut Presbyte
rian Church.
The Rev. William Diehl, the
Rev. George Moore, the Rev. Jo
seph Reeves antf the Rev. H. B.
Dendy will officiate. Burial will
be in Bowman-Rector Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be David and
Dr. ArthuT M. Ramsey, Marvin
an'd Frederick McClure, W. B. Sny
der, Fleet Reeves, Fred and Hil
lard Rector Jr., and Jack Guthrie.
The body will remain at Bow-man-Duckett
Funeral Home until
placed in the church 30 minutes
prior to the services.
Friends will be received by the
family from 7 to 9 o'clock Friday
night at the funeral home.
FIRST
Tjbafjxst . automoMJe
tliceps
plate for 1969 sold at the Motor
Vehicles Building in Raleigh went
to Ivey Lloyd Htyers, Route 2,
Raleigh.
Opportunity orp. luster
Med iy iig iamly Qmh
OEO Questions Action; Says
There Has Been
Reversal
People of the Big Sandy Mush
community have asked the Oppor
tunity Corp. of Madison-Buncombe
Counties to discontinue its pro
gram on their behalf and move out
of the area,
"They lused the community as a
front to squander government
funds and the people here got tired
of it," said Thomas J. Brown of
Leicester Rt. 2, president of the
Big Sandy Mush Community De
velopment Club.
Brown said Big Sandy Mush,
families voted by an approximate
ly 4-1 margin to disassociate them
selves from the Opportunity Corp.
He said the meeting was held;
in Sandy Mush School building
with Opportunity Corp. officials,
including executive Director, Hugh
Lasseter, in attendance.
Brown charged that the Oppor
tunity Corp., "came in here three
yean ago, mads a tot of promisee
uid never fulfilled any of them.w
LASSETER STATEMENT.;
The executive' dJjeotor of the
Opportunity Corporation of Mad-bon-Buncombe
Counties said Mon
day that he had been led to be
lieve a Jan. 8 rote against anti
poverty program in the Big Sandy
Mush community was the leautt
of Vxrieiderabl pressure upon
residents to Tote in opposition to
the program.1 ,
t B. Hugh Lasseter, who heads
the two-county agency, said the
39-9 rots against the program was
a reversal of a vote on the sane
question taken at a me-etirg Nov.
28 when S2 persons VvUsJ for the
Orporbmity Corporation to re
ciain in the area arid t.o vote was
SAM QUEEN, 80,
SQUARE D ANCE
KING IS SLAIN
Man He Befriended Being
Held; Rites Held
Monday
Dancing man Sam L. Queen Sr.,
80, Haywood County's moat color
ful citizen, died early Saturday
afternoon after being shot about
12:16 a. m. during a robbery al
legedly by a man he hold befriend
ed and taken into his home.
Queen, known as "King of the
Square Dancers" and one of the
last of an old-time breed, died at
6:50 p. m., m an Asheville hospi
tal after being shot in the left
eye in his Dellwood home bedroom
while trying to disarm a man who
sought to rob him and his wife.
In Haywood County jail is John
son Locust, 23, a native of Chero
kee, who has been charged! with!
murder, armed robbery, auto theft
and assault by pointing a gun, ac
cording to Haywood County Sher
iff Jack Arlington.
Locust was arrested in the Bird-
town section of Cherokee after a
flight across Soco Mountain and
a chase involving numerous law
officers and bloodhounds, Arring
ton said.
Queen operated a dude ranch and
motel, in addition to Queen Farm
in the Dellwood section, Swaim
Oommity Sheriff Vincent Gassaway
said that Queen bailed Locust out
of jail there last week and put
him to work at his place in Dell
wood. '
Gassaway said Locust bald been)
jailed on charges of auto thefq
and assault. ,
Queen danced away a fortune be
fore he learned that square dan
cing was fttorthtopl'.'a ttj,.
The crowning point in his ca
reer was a command performance
for a king and his queen thej
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oast in opposition.
Lasseter indicated there is a
possibility that the question of co
ercion may be investigated by the
Office of Economic Opportunity.
He said he had not requested an
investigation but had submitted a
full report to the Regional Office
in Washington and had been ad
vised that it would be studied by
the OEO legal counsel in an ef
fort to determine whether there
had been a violation.
Lasseter said that prior to the
second meeting of Sandy Mush
residents, he had received a num
ber of telephone calls in which
fear was expressed that the pro
gram would be discontinued and
that undue pressure would be ex
erted to obtain a vote against the
Opportunity Corporation's pro
gram. He said he understood that
"some of this pressure waS
brought to bear in regard to peo
ple being told they would Wss
their iobs and be forced to mov
from rented property unless they
voted in opposition to Che pro
gram.
Lasseter said he had not been
able to "tie down whether there
were threats of physical violence."
The Opportunity Corponcioa di
rector said the situation ia regard
to the Biff Sandy Mash, program
cane to his attention when cer
tain problems arose over joint use
of Am Sandy Mush school building
by the Opportunity Corporation,
the CotntnunKy Peretopmont
mi the Hunt Club. He said he
asked the Buncombe County Eoanl
of. Education for a elan-"--
and the hoard suggested that C
groups involved work "t a 1 -.t
le.e s?rt v ' S - ' ' I i
RED CROSS AREA
MEETING HERE
ON JANUARY 28
The Madison County-Asheville
Area Chapter, American Red)
Cross, will meet at 3:00 p. m.
January 28, at the REA Building
in Marshall., to hold its annual
business meeting. In addition to
the treasurer's report and adoption
of the 1969 budget, there will be
short reports from the various'
Red Cross services.
Mr. Ellis Fysal of the Asheville
Area Chapter will auVJress the!
meeting.
The public is invited to attend.
IRS Urges Use Of
Preaddressed Form
Greensboro Taxpayers who
received a 1968 Form 1040A or a,
Form 1040 with a preaddressied la
bel on it are urged to file that
form if it fits their needs and
they are eligible to use it.
J. E. Wall, District Director of
Internal Revenue for North Oaro
na, said today that substantial sav
ings will be realized! if the form
provided: is used because fewer
key-punch operations are necessa
ry to process the retjurn. "It also
helps us utilize the full capabili
ties for which the Automatic Data
Processing system was designed,"
he said.
If your name or address has
changed, make the necessary cor
rections and strike through light
ly the preprinted information. If
you have a refund due, this will
help insjure delivery of the check!
to the correct address.
Taxpayers should also verify
4Mr!f9n'' wdai! eejcri;
number is entered on tne return
they file.
The filing dealine for 1968 tax
(returns is April 16, 1969.
fair to all.
Lassetelr said his efforts to fol
low this suggestion were unsuc
cessful and that Thomas J. Brown,
president of the Community De
velopment Club, had told him it
was the desire of the people that
the Opportunity Corporation move
from the community and cease its
operation.
Lasseter said he told Brown it
was not the policy of the Oppor
tunity Corporation to operate pro
grams in communities where they
were not desired since there were
many neighborhoods which would
be happy to receive the services
being given Big Sandy Mush, but
insisted that the people be given
an opportunity to express their
desire.
Lasseter quoted Brown as saying
that "the people would not attend
such a meeting and if they did,
they would not express their opin
ions." He said a meeting was held,
however, in the Sandy Moshl
school building Nov. 26 and that
24 penwns voted in favor of the
program and none against St. Em
said that after 'Mrs. EL Q. Clark
had stated that many of those,
present were not from Sandy
Msh, a second vote was taken and
chat 83 persons voted for the Op
portunity Corporation to stay and
no one voted to exposition, al
though Brown Wat present a tfc
meeting." '; -"t'Ka
Lasseter said the second meet
ing wee bekir after Brown had
stated in a meeting with Lasse
ter and T. C Bobersoa, superin
tendent of Buncombe County
w-Ws, that the first meeting had
r t f :vn a f.ir picture of wt't
' r v-vMscity felt because sore
i ; outside the C" I
t" cn U t r?-)
$2,375.89 Average Per
Acre During Past 5 Years
INCREASE IN
AUTO LICENSE
SALES REPORTED
Mrs. Margaret Ramsey, local
automobile license clerk, stated
this week that this year's auto and
truck license sales were larger
than at this time last year.
As of January 13, this year's'
sales were numbered at 1,154. At
the same time last year, 1,074 tags'
had been sold.
Mrs. .Ramsey expressed appre
ciation at the fine response and
urged motorists to purchase their
tags as soon as possible to avoid!
the last-minute rush. Deadline
for purchasing licenses is Febru
ary 15.
Office hours here are from 9:00
a. m. to 5:UU p. m. except iromi
1:00-2:00 for lunch. On Saturdays
the local office, located on Lower
Bridge Street, is open from 9:00
m. to 12:00 noon.
Jan Peerce, Tenor,
To Sing Sunday
In Asheville
One of the world's most popular
opera stars tenor Jan Peerce
will appear in 'Alsheville on Sun
day evening, January 19, with the
Asheville Symphony Orchestra in
stead of Saturday evening, January
18 as scheduled. Single admission
faad eaewherslripe .ii eve available,!
through the Symphony Office or
may be gotten at the City Audi
torium box office one hour before
concert time at eight fifteen o'
clock Sunldby evening. The City
Auditorium box office will be open
from 10:00 to 6:00 on Friday,
January 17 for the Jan Peerce
concert.
THE ANSWER
If you have a problem to solve,
remember that hard work is the
best solvent of alL
Courthouse Offices To Start
Closing On Saturdays Soon
TOSIGNFORMARS
HILL GRID SQUAD
Kenny Sherrill, All District 7AA
center at West Wilkes High in
North Wilkesboro, has been sign
ed to an athletic grant-in-aid at
Mars Hill College, Sheriff is the
first gridder to sign with the re
building Lions for the coming
year. Mars Hill College was with
out football this past year and is
re-entering the program under the
direction of Dal Shealy as head
coach.
"We are pleased to have Kenny
Join us at Mars Hill," stated Shea
ly. "With our program Just get
ting under way again we feel he
will have ample opportunity to
develop his great potential as anf
offensive center.' There is always
room for a boy who Is fundamen
tally sound as Kenny." y-;
Kenny, whose father k the Rev.
Charles G. taerriH. lettered all four
years in high school and has been
a atartor. for three yean. He i
slso an . eutstanding defensive
tackle, making him ' doubly valu
able as IT, 205; lineman.
."Kenny Is only the first of what
we bops win prove to be several
players ffrom the area to sign wi-h
the Lions," continued Shealy.
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$2,000,000.00 Per Year
Is
Prospect If Potential
Growers Produced
By HARRY G. SILVER,
County Extension Agent
Production and marketing of
trellised tomatoes has addled $4,
611,901.00 to the economy of Mad
ison County during the past five
years. Farmers during this five
year period received $3,057,770.00
as net sales for their tomatoes.
Maidison tomato growers sold 300
acres of tomatoes during the 1968
season for a gross value of $1,
E02.230.00 before marketing char
ges. Net cheeks to the grows
equaleid $830,808.00, an average of
$2,769.36 per acre.
Outlook for fresh tomatoes is
good in 1969. A greater portion
erf the money spent for tomatoes
by American consiuimers could come
to Madison County farmers. Mad
ison farmers have averaged taking
home $2,375.89 for each acre of
tomatoes they produced during the
past five years. Production and
marketing of tomatoes vary each
year with the season and demand.
The 1964 season resulted in a low
per acre income of $1,67150 and
the 1966 season m comparison
yielded $3,341.70.
Many farm families of Madison
County have an excellent oppor
tunity to increase their income.
A family that has time which is
not being utilized, a willingness to
work, anld a desire to do bettor
should consider tomato produc
tion. A SUPERIOR job in (toma
toes will yield a farm family
1,000 for 310 acre of tomatoes
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There is no allotment on vine
ripe tomatoes in Madison County.
There is no membership fees to
any tomato marketing facility in
the county. There is room for you.
Madison farmers could be (re
ceiving $2,000,000 per year for to
matoes if the 1,200 potential
growers were all producing toma
toes. Any farmer interested in toma
to production is urged to visit the
County Extension Office in Mar
shall. New Schedule Is Effective
February 1 ; Daily
Hours Changed
The board of county commission
ers have announced that effective
Saturday, February 1, 1969, of
fices in the courthouse will be clos
ed all day on Saturdays.
The change in schedule was
made following a study of the de
crease in courthouse traffic after -the
new court system ordered the
office of the clerk of superior
court closed on Saturdays, recent-'
iy.
In making the new change, the
commissioners announced thai ef
fective February 1, offices in the
courthouse will be open daily from
6:30 a. m. to 6:00 p. ul, Jndndmg '
(the noon hour, except on Gator-1
days.
MatoruToMeet ,
Saturday Evening
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French Broad . Masonic Lodge "
will hold an Emergent Common!-'
cation on Saturday, January 18,
for the purpose of eorferring the
the Master Tason Degree. '
The Loie wEl open at 6:00 p.
nu, and confer tfie first svlton;
s Buffet E tT will be ervol a
6:S0 p. m, end t'e 1 ".n
will follow t'..e rr;cr.