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Result- Of 44,000 JJpli
Released By Con.
Taylor
Washington Responses to an
annual! poU taken recently by
11th District Rep. Roy A. Taylor
indicate that many of hia orati
tuents have modified their think
ing on Vietnam and some other
national issues during the last 12
months.
The Black Mountain Congress
man said his office has completed
tabulation of a representative
sampling of mere than 14,000 re
plies to his third annual legisla
tive questionnaire. It was mailed
to some 150,000 box hokfers in the
16-county Congressional District.
Thirty-seven percent of the re
spondents said that should the
current Vietnam peace talks fail,
they would favor renewed bomb
ing of North Vietnam and strong
er efforts to win the war. Thirty-three
percent indicated they
wotolid prefer a gradual withdraw
al of U. S. troops, with corttinued
aid to South Vietnam while 29
percent favored immediate with
drawal of American troops. Only
one percent favored continuation
of limited warfare as ait present.
By comparison, 81 percent of
the respondents to the Congress
man's 1968 questionnaire said they,
would favor renewed bombing and
rlation of military operaltiona
ild the Paris talks prove fu
tile. jOn new Administration pro
grams, 68 percent said they fa
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GOP Fund-Raising
Diiuwr At Marshall
School Saturday
11
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It has been announced that a
Republican fund-raising dinner
will be held at the Marshall school
cafeteria this Saturday night at
7:00 o'clock.
Representative Charles Taylor,
of Brevard, will be the principal
speaker.
FOOTBALL
SCHEDULE
Friday Night:
Marshall at East Yancey
Mara Hill at Hot Springs .
Saturday at 2:00 p. m.
Mars HiH College vs. Glenrille
State at Mars Hill.
Doone's Creek Downs arshall In Rain, 29-6
ars Hill Wildcats Roll Past Envin, 39-0
Sooth Greene Hauls Blue Devils, 42-14
Boone's Creek-Marshall
Football fans who sat in the
ram on the Island - last FViday
night will never forget the versati
lity of one of Boons' Greek backs
who did everything well, iacfcifcl
ing elusive running, fine pamrf'ilf,
great punting and accurate place
kicking. When he didnt carry
the ball for large gains, he was
leading the interference for Ins
teammates "-to gain valuable e
sbate, The outstanding player was
Allen Bradley, , who wors Jersey
No. 82, and ran like a daw.
j Bradley, however, was "not the
only player from the strong. Tenn.
Class A school who shlned. Louie
King,' one of the finest quarter
backs seen hers in years, kept the
Tornado defenders. on the run as
he would fade deep only to ekldle
on-coming tacklera to heave ' a
pass or nwM a run. C"w rh'.U
lng players ' ' 9 o;:' "
Includod C T - .-.I, i.VftS Ii
low IVb a :. or.
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DEMMNEAT
FOR VOTING IN
ASC ELECTION
Ballots Are To Be Publicly
Tabulated On .Friday,
September 19
Farmers within the county were
reminded this week that they have
only through Tuesday, September
16 to oast their ballot in this
year's ASC Community Commit
tee election.
In issuing this reminder, Ralph
Ramsey, colunty ASOS office man
ager, stated that it is especially
important that farm owners, op
erators, tenants, and sharecrop
pers vote and work for eandidatee
of their choice in this year's elec
tion. He pointed out that ASC
committees may well be called up-
on for local administration of new
farm programs during the next
few months and that the beet pos
sible representations of farm in
terest is needed in our area,
area. Farm programs are chang
ing as national and world needs
-'-and concerns changs.
The ASC Committee System,
according to Ramsey, is the vital
connecting link between the indi
vidual farmer and Washington in
the administration of farm pro
grams such as the crop average
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DISTRICT COURT
ENDS .TUESDAY;
JlJDGMENfS
District court for the trial of
criminal cases started here Mon
day and adjourned Tuesday after
noon with Judge J. Ray Braswell
presiding.
C. N. Willis, clerk of superior
court, issued the following cases
swhere judgments were rendered:
Jack WtalMn, non-support of
children, gtfity, weekly support.
Wadlin roo(t found guilty of other
charges.
The following defendants were
found guilty, judgments of fines
and costs given:
Ronald Shelbon, assault; Arthur
Frisby, no inspection certificate;
driving under influence, (appeal
ed); Emory Payne,, speeding; El
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Mars Hill-Erwin
Checked for one period, Mars
Eip'a savage Wildcats mauled
Erwln, 89-0, Friday night on the
Erwin High -field, v ,
.The inexperienced, onjtroanned
Warrion? simply "couldn't contain
the , strong. Madison ,teem a- it
ramped to- its third" hnpreeaive
truimph. L - ' V .J "'. . -. - '
David Thomas "put the Wildcats
on. thai score board with 8:28 re
maining, in the second quarter
tttheri he moved 47vyairds, on
couriteT play.' ' Jack Brown's ton
added .two potato, '-. jtftar tweh
dewk; i' i .fViiHi ivt,
' BrtfanaahdJ lysrds-for
touchdown aad-' rthen' passed to
Braes Murray for tils two-points
after fat the thud period, to, make
ft 18-0. -:?
. The WiJJbata added teir final
Aree to-hdowtis in t' s last
period v ' ' r.-o-a-n rjr-- ' r four
yards f.r a toavlnlawa IIjp
ry LkLintr the extra po!:. Then
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JMIIUDGTNSTO,
SPEAK AT RED 7
CROSS MEETING
Jim Hudgins will address the
mmnborsoith.. Madison. , .County
Red Cross Branch Board of Di
rectors and all volunteers who are
ass toting in the October Member
ship Drive at 4:00 p. m., Wednes
day, September 17, in the meeting
room of the Madison County Pub
lic Library. ;
A veteran Red Cross man, Mr.
Hmdgtns, who is serving now as
National Representative in this
area, has spent lourteen years
with Red Cross, several years of
this time being spent in service
at military installations, which
included a tour of duty in Korea.
He comes to Aaheville from an
assignment as National Repre
sentative with the Dade County
Red Cross Chapter in Miami,
Floridla.
All volunteer workers are urg
ed to attend this important kick
off meeting at which time final
instructions will be given and
campaign
materials distributed
October Membership
.for the
Drive.
Bond Referendum Vote
Consolidation Delayed
Education Board Deplores
Delay; "Polities" Is
Charged By Some
Madison County school officials
charged Wednesday that county
coinmoBaionen are trying "to
make a poHtioal football out of
our 8,000 echool children" by
Nooknut a Nov.eleetSm on a
$960Aooioodv
flWav stacked Wrta infom
ed by Carl Cody, chairman of the
county commissions, that there
would be no election this coming
Nov. 4," Bill Roberts, chairman
of the Board of Education, said
Wednesday night.
"They (commissioners) have
repeatedly said that they were
for better schools, and now they
want to postpone the referendum
until next year and make a po
litical football out of our 3,000
school children."
The school bond issue was pro
posed as a means of funding con
solidation of the countlB exist
ing five high schools into one. The
Board of Education handed coun
ty oommiBsioners a petition Sept.
2 calling for the Nov. 4 referen
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Hot Springs - South Greene
The Hot Springs Blue Devils
ran into a powerful and devastat
ing football team when they jour
neyed to South Greene High School
in Tennessee last Friday night.
When the smoke bad cleared, the
South Greene team had run op an
easy 42-14 victory ver the twice
beaten Blue Devils.
Most of the scoring for the
Tennessee powerhouse came in
the first period as they scored 20
points, aU on ground plays.
After" a see-saw battfe In the
second quarter, near , the and of
the "period. South Greens started
a Sustained drive, going over from
the five yard stripe. : Tbs,tw
point conversion was good and &
GTtook a 28-0 W into the draav.
tog roam at ialftine.. ,' -' r , 's s
,a - . , y - ,--
The two tpwrn f ' - -"l ' oa fair
ly eve n t.-r-" - " : ' - third P-
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ot, touefhdoira s- 1 I
a scoring
Z to eon-
4 on the
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PRODUCTION OF
TOIATOES IS
WORTHWHILE
Mladison County farmers have
loj4J0WltaJ to be a
very Wrthwhile enterprise in
their fanning program.
Burder Reeves and his father,
R, C., of the Sandy Mush Com
munity have long been recognized
as successful beef cattle and to
bacco farmers. For the past few
years they have been producing
vine-ripe tomatoes. Recently Bur
der made the comment that vine
ripe tomatoes have been one of
the most successful enterprises
he had. He abated he had only
had one bad year with tomatoes
and that he received more per
acre from his tomatoes that year
than from his tobacco.
Many tomato producers are
now planning to put in more
modern spray equipment, to use
some of the labor saving devices,
and to expand their acreage for
the 1970 season. Tomato produc
tion might well become the num
ber one cash crop in Miatdison
County.
Commissioners Explain The
Reasons For Delay;
Cite Laws
On August 4, 1969, the Madison
County Commissioners met with
the Board of Education for tihe
purpose of discussing consolidation
of the hign schools in Madison
ICbunty.into one coTwltedj,'hjA
.1.1. tyuuf.
J Ml '! ! - J HT- 'mjt. 1 Jl
iaaance whs punxan u kui
and the construction and equip
ping of ft. The commisaionera ad
vised the Board of Education that
if a petition for an election to al
low the county to sell bonds was
nresented to them according to
law, the commissioners would or
der an election . according to law,
It was not until September 2
that such a petition was present
ed by the Beard of Education to
the County Commissioners. This
petition was revised and left with
the clerk to the eommiasioners on
September 4. The commissioners
then vet hi special session after
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HS.LL IFestiua
Lunsford And 5 Others Are
Listed For Hall Of Fame
CONSOLIDATION
(Editorial)
Whatever the TRUE reasons for
the delay in the bond referendum,
for the consolidation of our five
high schools may never be known
but both, the members of the board
of education and the members of
the county commissioners have
voiced their opinions. In either
event of which "reason" you wish
to accept as valid, delays are most
costly, especially at the expense
of our children.
Long months of study and work
have gone into planning and work
ing toward a modern high school
buildinsr and. in our opinion, the
people of Madison County realize
that consolidation is a "must". We
have delayed too long already,
Consolidation should have been
done years ago.
The board of education and the
county commissioners have ex
pressed the desire for better ed
ucational facilities. They have
met jointly and in public meetings
and it was hoped that the usually
conflicting viewpoints would not
enter into the adlvancement for
consolidation. But now it seems
questionable that the two bodies
will work harmoniously together
. and that's a shame.
Tbe; future onr ' children is
too importlant 'to let petty ptfiti
cai differences and personality
conflicts interfere.
Such an important issue as con
solidation should be non-politioal
consolidation is for ALL, both
Democrats and Republicans.
Lets cut out the "child play"
and act like sensible adults.
Rummage Sale
MlaTshall Chapter of Eastern
Star will hold a rummage sale on
Saturday, September 20, in front
of the courthouse here, beginning
at 9:00 a.m.
KEY TO THE CITY
Winners At Festival Are
Named; List Of Judges
Announced
Baaoom Lamar Lunsford and
Civs either outstanding mountain
musk personalities were nomi
nated to the Mountan Music Hall
of Fame at the "Baacam Lamar
Lunslford;s Minstrel of the Ap
pal adhia ..." festival at Mars
Hill Saturday night. '
Other outstanding mountain
music names to be inducted into
the Kail of fame in 1970 are
"Fiddling Bill Hensley", Aunt
lamiantha Bumgartner, Sam Queen,
Azie Helton and Sam Hunnicut.
Lunsford is the only one living.
Lunsford, 87, was unable to alt-
tend the festivtl in his honor be
cause of illness. More than 3,000
folk music fans turned out to pay
tribute to Lunsfoiidl and to see
performances by some 40 folk
singers and dancers.
Chick Martin of Siler City was
presented the Baeoom Lamar
Lunsford trophy for the best
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Groundbreaking Set
Friday For M.H.
Housing Project
Groundbreaking ceremonies for a
S962.650 low cost housing dem-
mMni at Mars ffiT will be
"I" -
heH at 4:30 p. m. Friday.
According to Bffl SBnk, execu-
tv director tor the Man Bui
Housing Authority, the develop
ment will be on five sites in the
center of the town and will be
comprised of 47 units and a com
munity center.
The funds came from the De
partment of Housing and Urban
Development.
The construction will be com
Dieted June 11, 1970, Zink said.
H. C. Elwards is chairman of
the Housing Authority. Other
members are Miss Nancy Med-
ford, B. H. Tiiaon, W. K. Artcter
so nand Helen Castelloe.
WAS A BANJO
Event Successful Despite
Absence Of Bascom
Lamar Lunsford
More than 8,000 mountain mus
ic lovers, performers, and ad
mirers ol Bascom ubximt luns
ford practically filled the spacious
Chambers Gymnasium alt Mars
Hill College last Saturday night.
The citizens and1 officials of the
town, county and state, poured out
the riches of their hearts to honor
Lunsford, a native of this county
who has devoted the 87 years of
his life to collecting, writing, and
preserving the true and auithenic
mountain ballads and tunes.
But Lunsford coulldl not attend
and receive the honors as he was
at his home fighting off a serious
illness.
However, the keys to the town
of Mars Hill were presented to his
son, ?alr, a school teacher at
Laurel, in a ceremony before the
festival began Saturday night.
The festival entitled "Bascom
TLamar Lunsford's Minstrel of the
Appalaehia .... featured mora
than 40 performances by indivi
dual musicianB and singers and
groups, including dance teams.
Butt -the high esteem m which
Lunsford is held was best ex
hibited at the earlier ceremony.
State Highway Commissioner
Novile Hawkins of Mara Hill pre
sented the North Carolina Dis
tinguished Citizen Award from
Gov. Bob Scott For outstanding
service to the state, and "In ap
preciation for the music you have
given us," Hawkins told Lamar
Lunaflord that hia father was one
of the state's leading lights.
In" addition 'tor the key to e
town, Man HiH Mayor William
Powell made Lunsford honorary
mayor' "The ir Madison. .ipoonfcy-
Board of Cunmisaionera also pre.
sented LunafaridV son with a
framed proclamation which named
Sept 6 "Bascom Lamar Luns
ford Day."
Telegrams were alao read from
Gov. Scott and Congressman Roy
A. Taylor.
The key to the town of Mars
Hill was fashioned in the shape
of a five-string banjo.
'As the festival began, Mm. Jead
Davis Schilling of Gatlinhurg,
Tenn., played an autoharp and
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