VOUC3 NO. 21
(1:3 Dononstraiion Day
fo Be Held Here Sat.
Winner Are To Represent
County In Dutrict
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Madlewn County 4-H Demon
stration Day will be held Satur
day, May 24 at 9:00 a. m., in Mar
shall High School. Girls will pre
sent their demonstrations in the
Home Economics Building and
boys in the Agricultural Building:
Boys and girls competing should
. plan to arrive between 8:30 an&
9:00 in order to set up their equip,
ment before the demonstrations
begin.
All 4-H'ers, parents and inter
ested people are invited to attend.
Boys and girls from all over the
bounty will be showing and telling
about tilings, they have learned
in 4-H. Demonstrations on foods,
wildlife, hime improvement, soil
and water conservation and many
others will be given.
Winners in many of the dem
onstration areas will represent
Madison County in Western Dis
trict competition June 18 at Clyde
A. Erwin High School in Bun
combe County.
Briggs Speaks
At Meeting Here
Last Saturday
state Senator Bruce B. Briggs,
of Mara Hill, spoke at a public
meeting in the courthouse here
last Saturday night when approx
imately 60 persons attended.
Senator Briggs, who was intro
duced by Dr. Ed Niles of Mar
shall told the audience of various
introductions and enactments of
legislative bills and their disposi
tion including education, gasoline
tax, salary raises and state sales
tax. I 1 j I
In speaking of the educational
bills, primarily the bill which
was killed in committee by its
Chairman, Representative Lisbon
B. Ramsey, Briggs explained his
position and participation in be
ing in favor of the bill.
He talked favorably of the pro
posed gasoline tax bill now be
fore the legislative committee .
Following his talk, a question
answer session was conducted
with Sen. Briggs discussing many
important matters before the
legislature.
DIAL A PRATER
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arc Hill College Campus
To De Busy This Sumner
Upward Bound Program Is
Among Many Activities
Scheduled
The campus of Mars Hill Col
lage .will be an unusually busy
place this summer witii nearly 8,
000 persons expected to partici
pate in a variety of programs.
'Nearly 2,000 visitors are ex
pected to attend summer confer
ences scheduled on the campua by
off -campus groups. Largest of
these will bs tfaa annual oonfer-
' encs of North Carolina school u
pertntendeats stated July 22-25.
Soma 600 persons, eoknttnff wives
and children of maay.af tna su
perintendent, art expected, -
' Approximately 400 persona wfll
take pari in the annual School of
Christian Study and FeBowafcip
sponsored by the Baptist State
Convention. It is booked for June
8Wuly 4. ,
The annual conference of pub
lie school maintenance personnel
July 8-11, and the North Carolina
f '.ttdent Council Congress, Ju!y
13-18, are rr"i4 to a'.'rset ' '
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CLYDE MORRIS ROBERTS,
JR., member of the 1969 graduat
ing class of Marshall High School,
has been awarded a scholarship
for study at Columbia College,
Columbia University in the City
of New York. He has been pres
ident of the freshman class, at
tended the 1968 Governor's school
at Winston-Salem and has recent
ly been selected to appear in the
1969 edition of "Who's Who In
American High Schools." He is
president of the local chapter of
the Beta Club arrdl the Debating
Club. He has lettered in football,
three years; basketball, one year;
and track, three years.
Morris is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Clyde M. Roberts, of Mar
shall. $278,477 GRANT
RECEIVED FOR
SCHOOL SYSTEM
Superintendent R. L. Edwards
received the following telegram
Wednesday from Congressman
Roy Taylor:
Pleased to advise that Grant of
$278,477.00 for Madison County
School System approved for fiscal
year 1970 under Title I, Elemen
try & Secondary Education Act of
1966.
ROY A. TAYLOR
Member of Congress
Washington, D .C.
Bill Authorizes
Commissioners To
Set Own Salaries
HOUSE BILL 50 1
An act authorizing the Board
of County Commissioners of the
several counties of the State td
fix their own compensation . and
allowances. ; ';i ;
The General Assembly of North
Carolina do enact:
Section 1. Sections 153-12 and
163-13 of the General Statutes of
North Carolina are repealed; and
the following Section inserted in
lira thereof: O
153-13, Compensation and al
lowances of county eomsnlfiskmers.
fVom and after 610 first day of
Jury, 1969, the Board of Coramis
aionera of, any eoWy 'nay fix
dteir own eompensaUon and al
knranoes In each earns as may be
Just and reasonable, effective for
all eeeta on the board following
ve next ceoeral slectn for seais
1 ti board. --At frr.it i.n ("t?,
t --t more t' an t' ' I -'-re
tiiJng action unJcr
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MARSHALL, N. C,
BfflS ATHLETIC
BANQUET m
WOOD TO SPEAK
The Marshall High School
Athletic Banquet will be held in
the school cafeteria this Friday
night beginning at 7:80 o'clock.
Coach Harrell Wood, of Mars
Hill College, will be guest speak
er.
Various individual awards will
be presented by the Marshall
coaches.
Apologies To
Spring Creek
We Just Goofed
Apologies to Spring Creek
school and to Jean Robinson,
county dietititian.
In last week's issue, an article
titled "The School Lunchroom
Yesterday And Today," by Jean
Ronbinson, had an error in it which
was not Jean's fault but an ov
ersight on our part.
The paragraph in which the omis
sion was should have read as fol
lows: In Madison County Schools,
we have Hot Springs 96.2, Spring
Creek 93.8; the lowest is 71.3
which helps to pull our percent
age to 83.2.
The way it read last week was
.. Spring Creek, the lowest is
71.3 . . . the figures 93.8 were
inadvertently omitted making it
read like Spring Creek was the
lowest.
In reality, Spring Creek had
a high percentage of 93.8 far
from the lowest.
We hope Spring Creek and Mrs.
Robinson will accept our apolo
gies we just goofed,
The Editor
YOUTH CHOIR
TO SING HERE
SUNDAY, JUNE 1
Bent Creek Group Directed
By Former Marshall
Lady
The Bent Creek Youth Choir of
Buncombe County will present a
Service in song at the Marshall
Baptist Church on Sunday night,
June 1, beginning at 7:30 o'clock.
The 37-imemiber youth choir is
directed by Mrs. Charles Lingel
bach, the former Miss Pat Stoll
who resided in Marshall several
years ago.
Most of the songs are of the
youth arrangement variety and in
addition to the entire choir sing
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Spring Creek Has
High Lunchroom
Participation
The Spring Creek School has
issued the following percentages,
month by month, of the lunchroom
participation percentage, as fol
lows:
August-September, 94.2; Octo
ber, 94.9; November, 91.1; Decem
ber, 92; January, 93.2; February,
97.4; March, 97.2; April, 97.6.
THURSDAY, - MAY 22, 1969
PRES., METE
BIBLE SCHOOL
HERE JUNE 9-13
The Marshall Presbyterian and
the Marshall United Methodist
Churches will conduct a Bible
School here during the week of
June 9-13.
Classes will be held at the Pres
byterian Church each day from
9:00 a. m. to 12:00 noon.
All children are cordially in
vited to attend.
SPRING CREEK
COMMENCEMENT 1
Spring Creek High School wish
es to announce the Baccalaureate
Service will be held in the school
auditorium at 8:00 p. m., Sunday,
May 25. The Rev. Jarvis Teague
will delive rthe sermon.
Graduation exercises for the
eighth grade class of Spring Creek
school will be held in the school
auditorium at 10 a. m., May 27.
WiHene Strickland, Marty Kirk
patrick, Sherry Wells and Redena
Keener will act as marshals. The
Rev. Frank Plemmons will be the
guest speaker. Several eighth
grade students will also have a
part in the program.
Commencement Exercises will
be hel dat 8:00 p. m., Thursday,
May 29 in the school auditorium.
Rev. Thomas ODonneU will de
liver the address. Chief marshal
is James Payne. Other marshals
include Freddie Tranltham, Connie
Holt, Linda Fish, Judy Caldwell,
and Virginia Price. The mascots
are Johnny Caldwell and Juiiy
McCarter. The Salutatory will be
given by Ann .Moore; the Vale
dictory by Ethel Payne.
MJJJSrALUMNI
BANQUET HELD
HERE SATURDAY
Classmates Enjoy Reunion;
New Officers Are
Elected
The 14th annual Marshall High
School Alumni Association Ban
quet was held in the school cafe
teria last Saturday night with
more than 90 graduates, teachers
and visitors present.
Following the invocation by
Joe Eads, the associafcioirs presi
dent, Jim Eads of North Wilkes
boro, welcomed the group.
In the business session which
followed, several gifts were pre
sented to the following:
Most students present, Mrs. J.
Moody Chandler (86). Mrs. Het
tie Blankenship was runner-up
with 32 of her former students
present.
Largest family present, Mr. and
Mrs. J. L. McElroy (6).
Student from greatest distance,
Jimmy Dodson. Runner-up, Pen
der McElroy.
Class with largest attendance,
1959 (6).
Mrs. Moody Chandler was also
presented a gift front Grover and
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MARSHALL HIGH
COMMENCEMENT
IS ANNOUNCED
Baccalaureate Sun. Night;
Graduation Next
Thursday
Plans for Commencement at
Marshall High School have been
announced. The Baccalaureate
service will be held Sunday eve
ning, May 25, at 7:30 o'clock in
the school gymnasium with the
Rev. Arthur F. Williams, pastor
of the Marshall Presbyterian
Church, as speaker.
Student participants are Harold
Worley, Nicky Fowler, Demse
Rudisill, Audrey Carter, Beth Wal-
lin and Ronnie Graham. Lynne
Elizabeth Baker is pianist.
Graduation exercises will be
Thursday evening, May 29, at the
same hour. Sharon Marie Sluder
will give the valedictory address
and Karen Lynne Robisnon will
give the salutatory. Others on the
program are Wilma Teague, Mary
Davis Boyd, James Haynie, Phyl
lis Cooper, Glenda Bryan, Gale
Mayhew, James Blankenship, Con
nie Sue Buckner, Lynda Payne.
Principal Clive M. Whitt will pre
sent diplomas and special awards.
Mascots are Chris Robinson,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Robin
son, and Donna Deal daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Deal, also of
Marshall.
Linda Revis will be chief mar
shal, and serving with her are
Warren ' Roberts, Susan Gregory,
Brenda Rector, Dolores Bradley,
Deborah Briggs, Marie Moore,
Winfred Ramsey, Kathy McCor-
nick, Louise Flynn, and Ricky
McDevitt.
Pages are Edna Ann Silver, Ted
Revis, Sanford Graham, Teresa
Johnson, M. J. Ball, Mickey Lu
ther, Karen Ponder, Joan Free
man, Billie Lynn Roberts, David1
Allen, Deborah Mayhew, and Beu-
lah Wallin.
Fifty-four students are candi
dates for graduation. Sponsors
are Miss Maxine Plemmons and
Mrs. George B. Shupe.
CRIMINAL COURT
TO START HERE
NEXT MONDAY
Tne May term of superior
court for the trial of criminal
cases will begin here next Mon
day with Judge J. W. Jackson
presiding. Clyde M. Roberts is
the solicitor.
The term is scheduled for two
weeks with criminal cases being
J tried the first week and civil cas
es the second week.
33 cases are on the docket for
trial during the first week and 16
the second week.
Among' the cases during the
first week include state vs. Law-
son Marier, murder; and Hubert
Rice, anon,. '
A list of Jurors for , the first
week folkuwa: . ,'. ,' .
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, ' ( Glenn - H Chandler, Wayne
Thomas, Mrs. R. C Jenkins, Bote
Lee Payne, James , Tihnan Bra
' .0, Aubrey Meseer, Mrs. Gilbert
Stackhouse, - Berry : WHs, Earl
mother Davis, J. C Hoyle, lira,
lilliard Thomas, Mrs. B. F. Luna
"ord, Mrs. Doyle Buckner, Bonn! a
Marie Thomas, Worth H. Stines,
3ruce Lawson, Mrs. Arthur Duclc,
Dewey Carver, Arthur FrLiy,
Miss Eula Buckner, lira. L. D.
Roberta, Edward :Z'.'.. a Tayne,
Mrs.
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Killed Saturday
Roger Glenn Buckner
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ROGER BUCKNER
IS KILLED IN
ACCIDENT SAT.
Wreck Is Near Asheboro;
Funeral Services Held
On Monday
Roger Glenn Buckner, 21, of
Weaverville, was instantly killed
Saturday, May 17, 1969 when the
car in which he was riding ran
off a rural paved road 10 miles
west of Asheboro and hit a tree.
Buckner, a native of Madison
County, attended Blanton's Busi
ness College and was employed by
Jones Motor Line, High Point. He
graduated from Marshall High
School in 1966.
He was well-known in Marshall
having been a clerk at the local
A&P Store during the summer of
1966.
Surviving are the parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Glenn Buckner of the
home and formerly of Big Pine;
two sisters, Kathy and Diane Buck
ner, also of the home; the grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Buck
ner and Mr. and Mrs. Doyle Wor
ley, all of Marshall RFD 7.
Services were held at 2:30 p. m.
Monday in Browns Chapel Bap
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State's Gasoline Tax To
Be Boosted On July 1
21 County Members
Attend State FHA
Meet In Raleigh
Nine members of the Marshall
FHA Chanter and 12 Mara HiH
Lmembers In addition to teachers
and guests, attended the FHA
State Convention in Raleigh last
Saturday. v iJ ,', s.5 ?'
One of the features of the trip
being present when Mlas
Karen Robinson, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Robinson and a se
nior at Marshall High School, re
ceived - the - State Homtmakere
Award.
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7he group also visited on the
campus :ef Wake Forest Uni
versity ln.Winston-Salm; UNC-
G at Greensboro; UNO at C... rd
Bill; and N. C State University
in Raleigh. They -o
visiting the tete C- 1, f a
Legislative BuiIJT j I ' r
points of Interest HI ' v.
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Madison and Aniohuner 1
A Tear Ootatds Omi OocatUs
Mars Hill Leads With 58;
Marshall Has S3 To
Graduate
Students and teachers are busy
as bees in a hive this week getting
ready for commencement exer
cises.
'A total of 176 students will
graduate from Madison County's
five high school, and a total of
261 students will complete their
grammar grades and will enter
high school next session.
A breakdown of those to receive
diplomas is as follows:
Mars Hill, 58; Marshall, 53;
Hot Springs, 29; Laurel, 21;
Spring Creek, 15.
Completing grammar grades are
the following totals:
Walnut, 90; Mars Hill, 75;
Spring Creek, 27; Laurel, 26; Hot
Springs, 24; Beech Glen, 19.
Superintendent R. L. Edwards
announced that summer vaca
tions would begin on Friday,
May 30.
Break-Ins Net
Adding Machine,
Meats, Narcotics
Sheriff Roy Roberts reported
that there have been at least
three break-ins in the county with
in the past week.
He stated that the pharmacy
m the Mars Hill Medical Center
was entered Saturday night and
officers report some narcotics
were missing and a small amount
of money.
The Madison Drive-in theater
refreshment stand was entered
Monday night And missing were
some meats and a Presa-o-matic
bun warmer.
Also on Monday night Fred's
(Price) Esso station between Mar
shall and Walnut was entered and
missing was a Remington Adding
Machine.
NEWS AT A
GLANCE
THE NATION
Wealthy Americans will find1
much of their current protected
income exposed to federal taxes
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Added 2c Tax Makes North
Carolina Highest In
United States
The Senate performed as ex
pected Wednesday and made it
official: North Carolina's gaso
line tax will go up 1 cents a gal.
Ion July 1, becoming the highest
in the United States. i
The measure, boosting the tax,
to 9 cents per gallon, was pass
ed 84-18, about the same z-to-L
margin by which the Bouse had:
approved & ' . ; '
" Thi Senate vote was a duplica
tion of Tuesday's which had left
no doubt that the tax hike would
be approved, T' t.'T) :",
Two votes on separate days are
required on all tax measures.
With 1he Issue obvious' y st t
tled, opposition to the till nxt
voiced on! by Sen." E-rry I
nal, R-Forsjfh, tho Cr '. C .
leader.
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