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v H ft . 1 - I ,'fc i ", VOJU 3 j NO, 29 v 8 PAGES ' THIS WEn MARSIIAli; N. C, TIIUIISDAY, JULY 17, 1S69 10c PER COPY 13.00 A Tear In Madison and AtUohdn H0O A Tav OoMd That OoomMm Eta On Paoliind'o Ddott D crlr: OiEcp Launch I Perfect Million! Watcn 6lVt OffDn Wednetdajr Three men wearing American lag on cUbeir left, aleevea rocket ed awy from earth Wednesday, July 16, 1969, t, take awnldntfli moat darlnc ' ate fnttt . ebe un known, a walk m iin a moon. Thefe- major manuver went off wltSiout hitch. Prom the milAjta they blarted off frWra Cape Kennedy, . Fla at 9:82 a. m. (EDT) a ihd over half a second late their tmiblea were all small. " Civilian Neil A. Armetronsr, Air Force Col. Edwin E. Aktrin Jr., and Air Force LI Col. Mk&eet Collina trried but failed to televise! pictures to earth. The cause was n't known, but the trouble seem ed to be on earth. On the other hand, the course of Apollo 11 was ao accurate that a planned correcting maneuver; was skipped. By launch time more than a million people had flocked to the beaches around Cape Kennedy. Television via satellite and ground relay beamed the launch to an es timated 628 million people in at least 33 nations around the world. His confidence buoyed by the smoothness of the flight, Presu dent Nixon urged all American to make Monday a holiday so they could watch the first men walk on the moon in the early hoture of that day. His announoetnent came with the flight barely six hour, 'Old,- . .v,.' vj.v.'K,..' . - m'y ii .I ii I'l.-fr 'i ' m it Pfc. James Sprinkle On Way To Vietnam Pfc. James Sprinkle III, of Marshall, left California Wed nesday of this week, en route to Vietnam where he will be stationed. Tomatoes Start Rolling Toward Sheds In County Two Sheds Opened Mori.; Mato To Open Next Monday It's tomato time again in Mad ison County. The Hot Springs shed opened! last Monday with splendid re sults, according to officials. Of ficials also announced that to matoes are being accepted at 4 o'clock daily until all customers are served. i The D&G Tomato shed on Spring Creek also opened last Monday and reports indicate that; the opening was successful. The MATO shed at Marshall will start receiving tomatoes next Monday at 4:00 o'clock. Prospects for a good tomato crop ' hare been reported as ex cellent and all, county tomato) sheds are expecting and hoping for a successful season. Nixon .Calls For Monday -Holiday WASHINGTON ' President Nixon wged Wednesday that all Americans be given V holiday Monday to celebrate the scheduled first footfall of nrr oti the fcwonlh the 'mountains before they try : "a ; moment of tnnsnenden Becsase. Nixon's,, legal ; to declare aa extra .national .holi iday are limited, he issued a prs- damation declaring Mortdtay. to be ' a "National Day of FartjapwCton," ; ExT-t for. "T)tral employee fn national eecurKy and put lie service sts, all fertral vergers w-ni be r' " st &;-. - A'd 1,., ' s '. 'A f -"r Cieir J j f n tS S" c.' . LMacfthalL Residents See Moon Shot At Cap Kennedy Wed. Mrs. Roy Wild and Miss BilHe. Jean Redmon, of Marshall left last Saturday for Florida where they witnessed the Moon Sho from Cape Kennedy on Wednes day, after visiting in Silver Springs and Orlando. Following the Mopn Shot, they will Tiett Key West end other points of j in terest. They expect to retard to Marshall on Sunday or Monday. F. B. Committee Met At Mars Hill On Last Sunday Rev. Worth G. Emory, vice moderator, presided at the French. Broad Baptist Association Exec utive Committee meeting held in the Mars Hill Baptist Church last Sunday. Mre. Cory Wallin gave the treasurer's report. Mrs. Joe Green announced that the Leadership Institute would be held at Fruit land July 20-August 2. The an nual picnic for the committee and their wives will 'be held at 6 p, m., on July 21 on Bald Mountain. A committee, charged with, the responsibility of selecting a new superintendent of missions, in eludes Wade Hue,; Rev. Ralph, Hogan, Mrs. Charlie Clayton, Mr. Locke Robinson, Rev. Worth Em ory, Rev. Clell Fisher, Mrs. Cory Wallin, Mr. Boyce Crowe and Mr, Will .Phoenix, ,m,Jim Rev. David Roberts expressed his thanks for the loyalty and sun- port he bad received from the ex ecutive committee over a period. of many years. HANDOUT The man who waits for his ship to come in usually finds all his relatives on the dock. MRS. RAMSEY OF HOT SPRINGS IS CONGRATULATED Mrs. Mabel Ramsey of Hot Springs was recently presented a 20 year length -of -service pin by the Environmental Science Serv ices Administration, Weather Bu reau. The presentation was made by Steve Blackman and Larry Windt et her home in Hot Springs. Mrs. Ramsey, in her service to the United States Government plays an unusual and most im portant role. For the past 20 years, she has been serving as Official Weather Observer in that area and bakes complete, weather observations which Include cloud amounts and heights, air temper ature and dew points, estimated winds" at surface level, and other; related weather phenomenon: : .Tiese obseWationei'are- taken to jnwide mTotarwiHi,cJarBhand knowledge of weather cwydltkms' to cross them. These obeervs.tins supplement those taken at weath er stations tn Asherille tod Knox ville, Tewv-t r-Mrs. Ramseys ef forts in this direction has) eoa tritxrted tmnendonsry to the safe ty and well-being of pilots and for this, the Weather Bureau to very appreciatiTe. These observa--"ons are takn duri--J daylig t mm t a week. : : rs. I .r..soy is x.e of the two -r- - in t!:s eastern part cf I ' 1 f ' t v o do t'y C0UNTYSOI00L CALENDAR IS ANNOUNCED . Superintendent R. L. Edwards has announced the following schedule tor county evhoMs: . August 13-14, Teachers' work days. August 15, Registration and assignment to classes, August 18, Begin first month. September 19, N.C.E.A. Dis trict meeting. - NOTenvber 4, State sales tax election." November 27-28, Thanksgiving holidays, December 22-January 5, Christ mas holidays. The remainder of the calendar will be announced in January, Mr. Edwards explained. Cecil Clark Is Named Jaycee Of Month At Hickory Cecil Clark, of Hickory, has gained another honor by being named "Jaycee of the Month" of Hickory. The Junior Chamber of Commerce there has 350 members, Mr. Clark, who is serving as the City Engineer of Hickory, wast recently promoted to Director of Public Works for the cSty. . rine comDlnexr positions are leeHy keeping me busy," Mr. Clark ts the tfef Mrs. E. C. Clark, of Marshall Route 1, and the late Mr. Clark. Mr. and Mrs. Clark and their eon, Shane, were in Marshall Mon day where they visited Mrs. E. C. Clerk and iMr. arid Mrs. Ker mSt Cody. Mrs. Clark is the for mer Katherine Cody. New Conservation Technician Starts Work Here Monday William R. Brown of HendeT sonville has been named Soil Con servation Technician with the Soil Conservation Service's Buncombe- LMadison Work Unit at Marshall, effective July 13, according to L. D. Curie, Area Conservationist, SOS, Waynesville. Brown has been Soil Conserva tion Technical SCS at Heriderson- ville. He has been employed by SCS for three years and is a graduate of the Wayne Technical Institute. He is the husband of Mrs. Beverly Ann Brown. Jim Btoggs, who 'has served in this capacity prior to the arrival! of Mr. Brown, has been trans ferred to Albemarle, N. C. He expects to move to Albemarle within two weeks. Mr. Brown started his duties here last Monday. MARCH OF DDIES GOSPEL SINGING HERE" SATURDAY A free' gospel ' singing will be held at the Marshall school am ditorium on Saturday. . July . 19, beginning t j:80; o'clock.1,:; There will be , no admission charge. However, an opportunity wOl be jnvvidedV for those who wish to" make a. contribution to the Madison County March of Dimes. - i- All sinj-wa are "Invited to en ter. . i ;.;4;it..:.-:.,;;: Dean hielda and the WMMH staff "1 set as mttrt of ear emonlct and uJiers ami tlte svent is be' t r '. '.- i ty C D. Bailey and E i I "1. ' ' APPROVED FOR LOCAL HOUSING , . . . , -i . Congressman Roy A. Tay lor Tuesday announced the approval of preliminary planning loan, of $15,000.00 from the Department of Housing and Urban Devel opment to enable Marshall N C Housing Authority to tpegui: planning for 50 low rent houses. 16 of the units will be -designed specifical ly for . the elderly. Following completion of the preliminary planning the local Authority will pre pare and submit to H.U.D. a program description of the proposed housing- site sketch plans and an esti mate of the total cost of the entire Housing Project. APPRECIATION NIGHT, FRIDAY FOR ROBERTSES To Be Held At Mars Hill Baptist Church Public Welcome On Friday, July 18, the French Broad Baptist Association will honor the Reverend and Mrs. Da vid B. Roberts who will retire as Associational Missionaries on Ju ly 31. The "Appreciation Night" program has been planned and will be held at the Mars Hill Bap tist Church beginnig at 7:30 p. m. It is hoped that all the church, es in the Association will be well represented as 1hr people attempt to express in some small way their appreciation to Mr. and Mrs. Roberts for their devoted and sacrificial service to the Associa tion for the past twenty-three years. All churches have been invit ed to participate and to make a contribution toward a gift to be presented to Mr. and Mrs. Rob erts at the program. The special committee in charge of arrange ments is composed of: Mrs. Cory Wallin, chairman; Mrs. Joe Green, Mrs. Locke Robinson, Miss Sue Fitzgerald, Rev. Willard Coffey, and Rev. Horace Youngblood. The public is cordially invited. WARM TODAY, MAYBE RAIN Thursday's weather should be just like the past few days bulk possibly a little wetter, according to the, weatherman. The forecast calls for a high an tine mid-sus with a onance or thunksershowers late Thursday. The probability of rain is 30 per icent. Wednesday's high was 85 with, a low of 60 and no rain. OLD MARSHALL RRESIDENCE BEING RAZED One of the cUest iresUencss on The Houston Brothers, owners of they-will use She Kt as perilrg' acroes the street. - The bunding was" erected in the main fmir.r.'g of t'.e t deeded to the ecwn'y in 1" 3 ty Z. 'p several tl.n'-s f' ",' i i-ia, HEAL "ii FAIR IN HOT SPRIGS B SUCCESSFUL The Madison County HeM Fair, held last week in pot Springs, proved most successful with 41 adults and 100 Head Start children receiving the valuable services. !l Those who attended were leu4 in their praise for the free serV ice famished by the state govi ment. 3T Battery Charger Needed By Firemeit The battery charger from the local fire station is badly needed. Whoever has it is requested to 'return it at once. A-B Tech Offers Varied Courses Madison County schools have had approximately 200 graduate each year for the last few years. About one out of four of the graduates enter college or some type of training. The other 76 enter the labor market, military service or get married after com pleting high school. y. Most ef the better jobs avai& lablr todayrsotrfr exwie trainintf beyond hijgh'lchoot"T5ie technic4 tal institutes offer an excellent op portunity for boys and girls to receive training at a reasonable cost. Tuition at Asheville-Bun-combe Technical Institute is only ?32.00 per quarter. The school of engineering of fers courses in civil, drafting, electronics, chemical and indus trial engineering. Two years are required to complete the engin (Continued to Last Page) Taylor Introduces Tax Exemption Bill Washington U. S. Rep. Roy A. Taylor has introduced a bill to raise the personal income tax exemption from $600 to $1000. "Obviously, at today's prices, the present $600 deduction is to tally unrealistic. It is especially lhard on large families," the Con gressman (Declared. His bill would raise the exemp tion for the taxpayer, his spouse, and his dependent. The Congressman said he will ask Chairman Wilbur Mills of the House Ways and Means Commit tee to consider the bill along with other tax reform proposals pend ing before the committee. H&in Street here is being rased. the property, stated this week that area for tidr .business, Jot.- tJe l"3's, e?.!g"wooa p-3 -y f - :-.-e. T I t v r: ' ,.:"jr P. If s- i Hi .arfJ c- -- I-'- ws Ust Wed t FBBA ANNUAL MEETING TO BE HELD AUG. 7-8 The French Broad Baptist As sociation will hold its 162nd year ly, session on August 7-8, it was announced .this week. it-On -Thursday night, August 7, the session will be held at the Little Creek Baptist Church, lo cated just off the Mare Hill- Johnson City highway; and on Friday, August 8, the session will be in the Enon Baptist Church on Walnut Creek. Delegates from the 48 active churches ere expected to attend. Outstanding speakers have been secured and interesting programs have been arranged. A more detailed account of the two-day meeting will be published at later date. POST OFFICE HAS STEP-UPS f IN PERSONNEL Frank Ramsey, local postmas ter, announced this week that sev eral step-ups have been made at the office here. Earl Fisher is now Senior Clerk, a position held by Mrs. Sellie Brigman, who recently re tiredj; Mass, Odessa Henderson has stepped up to Junior Cler ' and Raymond Stines is now Oareei; Substitute Clerk. G. C. Morrow, of Leicester is now at the local office serving as Temporary Clerk. DIAL A - PRATER 649-9231 19 Felons Escape At Marion Prison On Ued. REBS HAVE LITTLE N. C IN VIETNAM TIGERS LAIR Save your Confederate money for the South shall rise again. In fact the move ment seems to have its head quarters in the 1st Platoon bunk r of Company D, 3d Battalion, 4Tth Infantry in Vietnam. It might be called the "Hard Core Confederacy of Delta Company in the Delta, (HOCDD)." Flying over the bunker are the North Carolina state flag and twe Confederate flags. Specialist Four Vance Ingle ef (Mars Hill, N. G, offered himself as unofficial spokesman for', the group. There are 11 of as In the company from , North -Carolina, and we always seem to banc a round this tanker.1 g4i-vfij 'i , la a country already atwndswt with dialects. Ingle said that a Southern drawj was the lc tongue heard in the bunker. I J . ? "One of the guys wrote back to his home 1owbu Chamber ef Commerce for the flags," Ingle aid.-We had to lump tl.e pole for them about a half mHa lliiwth the boom'es. What's the biggest problem en countered by this fecal branch of the Confederacy T ' Y x pr"! it .Tha Northern yj Li next burlier," jJed I, 'a. r' Despite The Torrid Weather Estimated 1100 Attend Event Here The annual Marshall Lions Club Charity Horse Show, held Satur day on he Island here, was suc cessful ideepite threatening, hu mid, hot weather. Especially pleasing was the huge crowd which attended the night show. A total of- 30 classes were shown and comments from numer ous spectators indicated that they were well-pleased with both the' afternoon performances and the evening's championship events. Jerry Plemnwns, coordinator of this year's show, was well satis fied, with the entries and the splendid manner in which the event were conducted. Special commendation was giv en tne various comanittees item the Lions CDuh with all members' cooperating. Several of the Li onesses were on hand and did a marvelous job at the refreshment stands and in the registration booth. "Without their assistant the show would not have been such a success," Plemmons stated. 'Also drawing praise for their assistance were school officials and employees of the French Broad EMC, as well as many oth er non-members of the Lions dub. "It was complete cooperation on the part of everyone which made the horse show successful," Mr, Plemmons concluded, WINNERS ANNOUNCED iFitat place winners of the va fititedlM ".-are-: W-oBews. (Ntame ef horse, owner and the rider listed in that order.) AFTERNOON SHOW Lead line class: Golden Girl, Tammy Treadway, same. Hunt Seat & Equitation: Dia ( Continued to Last Page) Eight Are Recaptured; Men Are Declared Armed, Dangerous A pre-dawn escape by 19 fel ons, aided by three masked con federates from the outside, was staged Wednesday at the Marion prison unit. Eight were recaptured within 12 hours and scattered manhunts were under way for the . others who fled the medium security prison about 2 a. m. , The break was the second larg est mass escape in North Caroli na prison history. Ten years ago 20 prisoners broke out of the Jvy Bluff maximum security camp in,. Caswell County. f A trio of outsiders Invaded the,, prison specifically to free, one of ; the 19, officials believe, and, the, ethers took the opportunity to fife away. Eighty-ight , inmates i re manned ' behindk ..vn v,"1 " j Two guards on duty were over- . powered as the outsiders entered the prison. Practice at the unit ' had been far one guard to patrol Outside tbs bmiSngs hut within the fence an)d the other to re- ', wain inside a night . 'Pistols belong to the guards, were taken by the trio nho beat 1 the men with the wesrns. The twe were not t, .. y hurt j une pitvl 1 ,r fon within the prison grounds. Tfie 39 c i e.c-rr ". 1 VI -i I '".fit F 'A -I J U 4-- .,1 H9oa G;:.iy l":-ar. . , . ,
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