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,1 r , J A ft i V 1 "A ; - 4 4 L U .0 VOL. 6S NO. 10 Llilicpal t Encrgcncy: Fcod Acd Xlcdical Grant Deceived $2,S00.00 Is Delegated To Supplement School Lunch Program ' 'OEO ha ust funxntneed n ad ditional grant of $21,192 to The Opportunity Corporation of Madison-Buncombe Counties for emer gency food and medical services in Madison County. These funds will supplement the $28,383 re ceived January 1, 1969. Emergency Food and Medical grants were made to all counties designated as one of the 256 "hun ger" counties in the nation, who make application for funds. These funds are being used in Madison County to provide food vouchers to families who eviden ce malnutrition and who do not have money for food. Only such medical services as are needed to correct health problems presum ed to be related to malnutrition can be paid for. The grant also provides funds for iflie payment of drivers toj pickup and deliver surplus com modities to families who do not have any means for transporta tion. The grand further provides for two outreach workers to follow up on families receiving emergency assistance, and to help them with good shopping practices, the use of surplus commodities and the preparation of balanced diets. 12500 of the monies have been delegated to the Board of Educa tion to supplement its school lunch program. $2,000 has been budgeted for the county if it desires to convert (Continued on Last Page) Tu;o odison Officials , Sue For Unpaid Salaries Lister, James Are Plaintiffs; Commissioners Are Defendants Two Democrats who hold office in politically turbulent Madison County have sued the Republican Board of County Commissioners for not paying them salaries andU other fees they say are due them. According to a complaint filed) Thursday in Superior Oomrt in (Madison County, Christine Lister, a deputy in the Register of Deeds office since December, says she has not been paid her monthly salary of $250 since she was1 sworn in. She has entered suit for $500 and legal expenses. Another suit has been filed by Geneva W. James, who was ap pointed August 4, 1967 by Judge W. E. Anglin as a member of the Madison County Public Welfare Board. She alleges she is due a salary of $10 a meeting, plus eight cents a mile travel allow ance to attend the board's meet ings. According to her complaint, she ays she has been damaged in the am of $150 in unpaid sal airy, rep resenting . the attendance of 15 meetings for August, 1967 to De cember 1968, and $14.40 in mile age ever the same period. Listed as defendants in the ac tion are W. C. Silver Jr, Carl Co dy and Boy McDevitt, commission ers ef 'Madison County. Each plaintiff also asks $250 for expenses incurred in hiring m lawyer and filing soft. Robert 8. Swain of Asfaevflle is their attor ney, v- . ;' The complaint for lira. Lister states that she was -appointed deputy Register of Deeds by Hil liard Teagne, .Democrat who holdst the Register ef Deeds post, on Continued to Last. Pagslj. J r r.T-.scnls Club To " rpu'y orfurizej IVencb !'. ic C.b wt ft i r - 11, in ('!.' i z 8 PAGES THIS WEEK GARBAGE DUMPS MAR SEVERAL COUNTY SPOTS Citizens Are Urged To Stop Practice; Use Special Areas In efforts to improve the san itary conditions as well as to al leviate the unsightly and unheal thy dumping of garbage in sever al places, the Madison County Board of Health has issued the following information, as well as the statutes concerning dumping of garbage. There are dumps maintained by towns of Marshall, Mars Hill, Hot Springs and Shutin, for the pur pose of depositing trash and gar bage. Utilization of these authorized dumps will prevent the HEALTH HAZARDS that result from scat tered garbage and polluted streams and clean up the unsight ly road ways that "spoil" our county, the gateway to North Carolina. For those residtents whose prop eirty is not included in the areas having access to the maintained dumps, a sanitary disposition of trash and garbage is essential. If there are any doubts on ap proved disposals, please contact the Madison County Health De partment for information. 2868.1 (14-134.1 DEPOSIT ( Continued to Lest Page) MEASUREMENT SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE The planted acreage of the va rious farm commodities is of tre mendous importance to all farm ers. On crops that have market ing quotas, the planted acreage must be within the farm acreage allotment in order for the farmer to receive price support. Under the voluntary diversion programs the planted acreage must be with in the permitted acreage for the farm to earn payments and to be eligible for price support. In 1969, except for barley to bacco, all North Carolina farm ers will have the responsibility of reporting their crop acreages to the ASGS office. This system of acreage determination, called per formance by farmer certification, was used in thirty-five counties' in 1966 and was expanded! to sev (Continued To Last Page) . Blue Devils Lose Monday To Nebo In State Playoffs Nebo and Pleasant Gardens both captured first round victories at pindale Monday night to open me District Seven 1-A state play offs. K,"r: . Nebo High had littie trouble with Cot : Springe of Madison County, teHmg over the" ' Blue Devils, 99-29. Marty Branton had 25 , points toll pace i the winners while Brace Mason helped) cot witk 1. 17 and Charlie Bucanaa 16. Bruce Chandler scored IS to pace me "out-classed Hot Springe quintet - -i " ' ' ,' ' " . ' ' Nebo (99) w Brawton 25, Ma 17, Oenby 11, torwher 1, .' -ria 2, Bucmn 13, LicNil 6, i'stton 6, Ci-st'e 1 CarJ'-a, , -i 2, r--y, Candler 2. I: t i -;n-ir.g" ("?) C - t '-, ' " 2, r-ka,. "Tf P7.1 1 ? " V. MARSHALL, N. C, II II GIRL SCOUT WEEK TO BE OBSERVED DURING MAR. 9-15 Mayors Of Marshall, Mars Hill Proclaim Special Week Girl Scouts in the Madison Neighborhood will be joining girls in Pisgah Council and throughout the world next week in celebrat ing the 57th anniversary. Sun day, March 9, is Girl Scout Sun day, (March 8 for those of Jew ish faith). Bulletin inserts are being dis tributed to churches throughout the area to tell of the emphasises of the Girl Scout program. Many troops plan to attend services to gether in uniform, and some plan special programs in the churches serving as sponsors. A variety of activity is plan ned as the entire week places some focus on the program each day of the week: Sunday, Demon strating the first part of the Promise, Duty to God; Mondlay, homemaking,; Tuesday, Citizen-" ship; Wednesday, rlealth and Safety; Thursday, International Friendship; Friday, the Arts; Sat urday, Out-of-Doors. WEEK PROCLAIMED J. B. Tweed, mayor of Mar shall, andi William Powell, may or of Mars Hill, have proclaimed March 9 through 15 as Girl Scout Week in Madison County. The proclamation cited Girl (Continued to Last Page) BENEFIT DANCE FOR HEART FUND HERE SATURDAY 1 It has been announced that a dance will be held at the Mar shall Community Center this Sat urday night, beginning at 8:00 o'clock with the famed "Looking Glass" combo of Asheville fur nishing the music. Norris Gen try, rural chairman of the Heart Fund, will be in charge. All proceeds will go, to the Heart Fund of this county. DIAL - A - PRAYER 649-9231 Marshall Loses In Playoffs At Spindale Tuesday North Cove eliminated the Mar shall Tornadoes in the District Seven, A-l state playoffs at Spin- dale Tuesday night, defeating them, 87-59. The defeat eliminated both Madison teams in the tournament, Hot Springs having been defeat ed Monday night. North Cove (87) S. Good, Jordan 23, Smith 12, Clark, Moore 9, Swafford 5, Andrews 13, Hol- lifield 25, Tipton, T. Good. Marshall (59) Haynie 5, Revis. R. McDevitt 18, Worley, iCrain, Cameron 18, Hensley, Nix, Rhineheart 16, D. McDevitt 2. Halftime: 40-83, North Gove. Committee Tuo items Split 41-2$ For Nonpartisan Board Consolidation Vote At Same Time 7 nembers W 11m lfason County Committee of 100, along with about 25 non-members met last Thursday night is the Mat shafl school auditorium at spew cial call meeting. Dr. Fred B. Bentley, chairman ef the commit tee, presided wita Mrs. Edna T. Martin, secretary, taking the min utes. " ...i,.- j- ?;' ?.JH ' J8?'" Dr. Bentley had! previously' an- r.cunced fcy letter to all membere t the Executive Cowniit-se. of s Cotmaitt-- cf 103 Lai Tf -' ! a rpeclj r t cf t" i. 'I THURSDAY. MARCH 6, ! I I' I "; , SHNBMI WAGE BILL APPROVED BY ASSEMBLY Raleigh Legislation sponsor ed by Rep. Ernest B. Messer of Canton to raise North Carolina's minimum wage tin $1.25 was ap proved by the General Assembly Monday. The Senate also put the finish ing touch to a law to raise the pay of the state's precinct regis trars and judges. The bill, by Rep. Lisbon B. Ram sey of Marshall, to raise the idai ly compensation of precinct reg istrars from $15 to $20 and that of election judges and assistants from $10 to $15 was ratified. Messer's bill, to change the minimum wage from $1 to $1.25, was passed by the Senate and lacks only ratification to become law. It could affect some 30,000 North Carolinians. The new minimum wage also includes for the first time wait ers and waitresses and others who receive portions of their pay in tips. Employers are required to pay at least half the minimum wage, and more if the employe does not make it in tips. NEWS AT A GLANCE THE WAR The future of the Vietnam peace talks may hang in the bal ance when the seventh plenary session opens in Paris Thursday (today) against a background of the Viet Cong offensive and a threatened U. S. response. 9fr 9fr THE WORLD Gold climbed to record prices in European markets Wednesday in a sneculattoe wAv that traders 1 blatneCm?3fc9- ench 'Irene and a short geld, supply. 9p y 9fr THE NATION A California ex-convict hijack ed an airliner and robbed the pas sengers on the way to Cuba Wed nesday. The Cubans held him and sent the travelers home with' their money. 9fi 3fi 9fr SPORTS 'Asheville - Biltmore College scored 90 points to Newberry College's 81 at Andrew's Field on the campus of Wofford Col lege in Spartanburg Wednesday night to win the NAIA District Six Tournament and a trip to the national tournament at Kansas City. TODAY'S WEATHER Thursday's forecast calls far increasing cloudiness and mild with a chance of showers late in the day. The high will be near 50 de grees. The probability of precipitation Thursday (today) will be 30 per cent. BAD ONE The proud father congratulated his son on his 13th birthday and naked how it felt to be a teenager. "It's all right I guess,'' tie said. "except for the reputation.' Of 100 Recommends In Gone oudat in regard to consolidation of Mad ison County high schools, m " Item L A progress report from the Board of Education with re ganf to school site selections, j . ' Item .2. Consideration of a reso kjtiou from the Executive Com mittee concerning Senate Bill S3, ratified June : 28, 1967, entitled "An At to Create a LV-'oura System for ; the ' Nomi: ' : a and Election of Members of County Boards of Education in All of the Counties of the State" end f pe dal Bill 1388, entitled ",'n Act to Provide for' the I' ' ' a and Election of Ur ' t ' V Foard ef Education ? - ? ' " -n C, 'T- rfti:;'oJ J - s : , ' C .-r.irg I: n 1. a for ' 1969 10c PER COPT ' U U)LH IFor IF Ay HigM At . S0L0NSMAY FAVOR LOWER VOTING AGE Sentiment apparently is in creasing in the North Carolina General Assembly in favor of a proposed constitutional amend ment to lower the voting age from 21 to 18. "I think we 'have an even chance of getting it througb this session of the legislature," said Rep. Jim Beatty, D-Mecklenburg, who in troduced the measure. The North Carolina Board of Elections estimates that about 130,000 persons in North Caroli na would be affected by lowering the voting age to 18. A "task force" set up to study the state's election laws recently recommend ed that the minimum voting age be retained at 21. If approved by the General As sembly, the bill would have to be submitted to a vote of the peopla since it involves an amendment to the state constitution. A similar bill was introduced in the 1967 legislature, but it was, killed by the House the day after it had been given tentative ap proval. Some objections were raised that if the amenidiment were approved, 18-year-olde could (Continued to Last Page) Mrs. Ramsey Pulled Victim From Wreck; Prevents Drowningr In last week's account of the automobile wreck on Hayes Run which seriously injured Billy Bur- rell recently, it was stated that Sheriff Roy Roberts and others lifted the car off the two bodies. After the paper was published', it was learned that Mrs. Charles Ramsey, of Route 5, actually pull ed the man out from under the car. Mrs. Ramsey was aided by her husband; Ronnie Haynie, Coy Haynie, Annette Wallin, E. C. Teague and others. If it had not been for the he roic efforts of the above named persons it is most possible that both Mr. and Mrs. Burrell would have drowned. DISTRICT COURT TO START MON. District court for Madison County will begin here Monday morning with Judge J. Ray Bras- well, presiding. Approximately 44 cases are on the docket for trial. DIAL - A - PRAYER 649-9231 ion Uoto tkm, with John Corbett and Leon ard Baker, co-chairmen, had pre viously explained to the Commit tee of 100 that the ad boo com mittee bad investigated some nine sites proposed by Tarioos eitisene of ths county end that the eosa niittee recommended te the Com mittee ef ,100 four locations m prospective sites forthe eonsoi idated hlgn school ; of ; Lsoa County, namely: ' Ernest Teagne property: Frank' Eu-nrJon rprop erty on Walnut Crek; Old Gark farm (now Weaver property) ; and " the T -Vet ::,CiT firm (Jrive-in t" ' r a..). T- t I,- cw,. .;.: "1 r't j" a j ; t--" on' t-y u' i t ! - f?" n ASTRONAUT HX, SPACE WALK CUT Space Center, Houston A space walk planned for today was cancelled after Apollo 9 astro naut Russell L. Schweickart said he was "not feeling up to par" as the result of two sieges of vomit ing earlier. Public affairs officer Paul Ha- ney said the Apollo 9 command er, Air Force Col. James A. Mc- Divitt, made the decision that the "exterior portion" of the planned extravehicular activity would be taken out of the flight plans. Haney said McDivitt did plan, however, to depressurize the lun ar modiule and the command! nDodule and open the hatches of both crafts. Schweickart also will don the portable life support sys tem he was to have worn during the space walk. The public affairs officer said during the private conversation, which was withheld from news men, Schweikart said he had not been nauseated since two sei ges of vomiting, struck him in the morning. Measure Dould liaise llisability Benefits IKE IS NOW OVER HIS PNEUMONIA Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower's Army doctors con firmed Wednesday that the pneu monia which had complicated his major surgery has been com pletely cured. They also reported from Walter Reed Army Hospital that the five star general, 78, "continues to show satisfactory progress" from (his 10-day-oM surgery. MIGHTY HOT "Was it hot where you spent your vacation last summetr?" "Terrible, and no trees! We took turns sitting in each other's shadow T" Commissioners Favor Jon-Partisan Bd. Uote Uith Consolidation FIRE DESTROYS RANKIN WALUN HOME TODAY The two-story, ' eight room frame borne of Mr. and Mrs. Ran kin Wallin,- of tts CUsbantown community on Laurel, was com pletely destroyed by fire this (Thuieday) , morning; about 739 o'clock. , . . ,i 'i . -w ?':. ' -t --ir. --: . It warn reported that no one was la the bouse when the fire was discovered. SAU furniture and Cx-i tt- destroyed. 1 vat $8.00 A Year In Madison and Adjoining Cooatte y. 1100 A Tear OuMde These Ooeattae ' nn . ji Consolation And JV Games Played Last Friday; Winners Listed The oft - postponed Madison County hi&h school basketball tournament will be completed this Friday night that is, if it doesn't again snow -the games out. The girls' championship game between Spring Creek and Mar shall will begin at 7:30 o'clock and the boys' finals between Mar shall and Mars Hill will get un derway at 9:00 o'clock. CONSOLATIONS Tommy Padgett's 19 points powered Hot Springs past Laurel, 2-38, in the boys' consolation of the tournament at Mars Hill Fri day night. In the girls' consolation, Mars Hill won over Hot Springs, 32 19, as Mary Wood scored 10. Mars Hill lad, 13-11, at halftime. Con nie King scored 10 for Hot Springs. Randy Tweed had 13 points for Laurel in the boys' consolation. Hot Springs led at the half, 24-19. GIRLS CONSOLATION Mars Hill (32) Wood 10, An gel 5, Yelton 8, Hunter 2, Boone, J. Buckner, Jarvis 5, L. Buckner, Wilds, Tweed, Gregg 2. Hot Springs (19) Rathbone 2, Lamb, Norwood, King 8, Mc ( Continued on Last Page) Ernest Messer Introduces Bill; $18,000.00 Increase Raleigh Disability benefits under workmen's compensation would be raised from $42 to $50 a week and the maximum death! benef it increased to $18,000 under changes in the law proposed Tues day in the General Assembly. The bill, introduced by Rep. Er nest Messer of Canton, also pro vides for increased benefits to persons who suffered the loss of hmb or disfigurement Cc-sponeors of the legislation are Rep. Claude DeBruhl of Cand ler, Dwight W. Quinn of Kannap olis, Iiston B. Ramsey of Mar shall, Wade H. Penny Jr., of Dur ham and John T. Church of Hen derson. Messer, chairman of the House (Continued on Last Page) Explain Present Law - For 'Electmr Board Of Education The Medieon County Board of Commissioners,, at -their regular monthly meeting March 8, adopted a resolution favoring the election of a county .wide , non-partisan! board , of education. ' This action came from discussion of the events that have taken place to date in regard to a county wide consolidated hiffh school. The Commissioners expressed in their U""' :'- tv?t IF enJ WHEU tiy were rt--ed, accord';-? to l-.ar, tJ r 'I f r a t I re-' ' t-j I "'la !- ' 1 LV4 I. -A t" . V ." v "I t r I t i r t" - n t t : i ; s -t t" r -- -a J a-.l a--ll"j t i ' J v. 11 ) If 3 .
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