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14.00 A Year In Madison and Adjoining Counties
15.00 A Year Outside These Counties
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MARSHALL, N. C, THURSDAY,' APRIL , 1970
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4-H Talent Show winners pictured above: (left to riprht) Robert
Johnson, Teresa Johnson, Tim Ramsey, Walnut-Hopewell Club; Lynne
.Baker, Walnut-Hopewell (alternate); second row Sandra Robert
and Karen MclVtcrs, I'ioneer Sr. Club; Harlon Rice, Walnut-Hope-well
Club. Type of acts performed and other ribbon winners are
isted in the article.
4-1! Talent Show Is
Held At Mars Hill Fri
Winners Will Represent Our
County In District
Show June 18
An audience of approximately
285 people attended the 4-H Tal
ent Show Friday night, April 3
at the Mars Hill College Audi
torium and watched the perfor
mance of over "U club members
ram the county as 29 acts were
presented.
Master of Ceremonies for the
event was Tom Wallin, Madison
Cbunty Drivers Education Instruc
tor. Judging the show were: Mrs
Jewell Church, principal, Spring
Creek School; Mrs. Pat Haynie,
Citizens Hank (MashaTl); - Pat
Guyer, Assistant Agricultural Ex
tension Agent, Yancey County;
and H. C. Edwards, retired teach
er, Mars Hill School.
Talent Show winners who will
represent Madison County in the
Western District Show June 18
in Transylvania County were: Har
lon Rice, Walnut-Hopewell Club,
harmonica solo; Karen McPeters.
I'ioneer Sr. Club, vocal solo, ac
companied by Sandra Roberts;
Tim Ramsey, Robert Johnson,
Teresa Johnson, Walnut-Hopewell
Club, guitar, drums, vocal
group. Lynne Baker, Walnut
Hopewell Club, piano solo was an
alternate winner.
Each person participating in the
Talent Show received a ribbon for
the performance. Red ribbons
were won by: Phyllis Fender, Kan
en Boone, Melanie Wyatt, Debbie
Roberts, Denise Hoyle, Connie Ed
war de, Karen Edwrds, Wanda
Capps, Foster Creek and Laurel
Community Clubs, Cane Dance;
Karen and Harlon Rice, Walntrt
Hopewell Club, Guitar Duet; Iva
Jean Massey and Nanette Sprin
kle, Hayes Run Club, Vocal Duet,
accompanied by Nancy Gentry,
Dianne Wallin, Marshall Helping
(Hands dub, Piana Solo; Eddie
Reed and Tommy DuVelL Hayes
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Improvement Mars
Hill Downtown
To Be Studied
Improvement of the downtown
Mars Hill area will be the subject
of a public hearing scheduled by
the Tennessee VaHey Authority
for 7p.n, next Tuesday in Mars
Hill Community Center. .
Recommendations drafted by
TV A planners and architect wfll
be detailed. They tndude im
proving store fronts, streets, side
walks, and better parking and
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March Of Dimes
Drive At Mars
Hill Homes Sunday
A March of Dime hoae-to-boose
campaign will be befd at
Mart HQ1 Sunday afternoon, ,tt
was niounced wit week.
Proceeds wil be m to aid in
tbe researdi to defer birth de
facto and otter objective hi ft."!
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REVIVAL STARTS
AT BAPTIST CH.
THIS SUNDAY
Rev. John H. Knight Is
Evangelist; Services
Through Friday
A series of revival services will
begin Sunday morning at the Mar
shall Baptist Church with services
continuing nightly at 7:30 o'
clock through Friday, April 17.
The Rev. John H. Knight will
be the visiting evangelist.
Mr. Knight, who is tiw pastor
of the Calvary Baptist Church m
Asheville, was born in Wayne
County, Georgia, where he gTadi
ated from high school He attend
ed Mars Hill College, Wake Forest
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New Directors Are
Named For Marshall
Chamber Commerce
Three new directors were named
to the rx -member board of the
Marshall Oiamber of Commerce
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Benefit Basketball
Games At Mars
Hill On Tuesday
A double header basketball at
traction will be played next Tues
day night in Chambers gym in
Mars HDl with proceeds going to
the Mars Hill Civitan Scholarship
Pond for Mars Hill College.
The first game at 7:30 o'clock
wiH pit the Mars Hill Civtbara a
gainet the Mars Hill College- girls
beam. The Cm tana are coacaea
by Owen Tflson and the girls
team by Virginia Hart.
The second game will be the
Mara Hffi College faculty, coach
ed by, HarralL Wood, versus the
Lander Dormitory boya, cham
pions at the' intramural teams at
MHC ...
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CONSOLIDATION
IS ENDORSED BY
MARSHALL PTA
The Marshall PTA met Mon
day nitfht, April (!, in the school
cafeteria. For the second time
In the past year, the group went
on record by a unanimous vote t
endorse the consolidation of the
county's high schools.
An educational program wa
presented by J. I!. Kdwards, r
repi'eentative of the Ashe-ville-liimconibe
Technical Inslfi-tiite.
KdwiinU explained the various
courses of study and the job op
portunities for graduates. Mi
litated that there are approxiina
tely 'Z't Madison County students
pre-ently enrolled at the Institute.
Laurel Beta Club
Attending State
BC Convention
Thirteen members of the Lau
rel High School lieta Club, ac
companied by Mrs. I'eggy Cut
shall and Louie Zimmerman, left
today (Thursday) for Raleigh
where they will represent Madi
son County at the State Heta
Club Convention.
They will return Sunday.
WRECK HERE
A3
A head-on collision here Saturday morning cost the life of one person and in
jured three. The accident occurred on Mashburn Hill when the Chevrolet (right) ap
parently started to pass a truck and crashed head-on in the Rambler (left) which was
headed toward Marshall. The impact turned the Rambler completely around. The
car heading toward Marshall was driven by Earl Itamsey and had four other pas
sengers. The other car was driven by Kenneth Frady who was alone. Mrs. Ramsey
was instantly lolled and her husband badly injured as was a foster daughter, Patricia,
8. Frady received carte
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trmdy Has Been Charged
With Manslaughter:
Rites Tues.
Mrs. Earl Ramsey, 66, of Rt
4, Marshall, died Saturday morn
ing, April 4, 1970 in an auto ac
cident on U. S. 25-70 on Mashbom
Hill in Marshall.
Mrs. Ramsey was a passenger
in a ear driven by her husband,
Earl, 60, who was taken to Memo
rial Mission Hospital.
Mr. Ramsey returned to his
home Monday morning after re
ceiving treatment for five broken
riba and several bruises.
Their foster daughter, Patricia
Roberts, 8, a passenger in. the
Ramsey ear, suffered a broken
hip, fractured ribs and a forehead
eat, JOm , returned to liar home
Wednesday.
Mra, Ramsey was kffled inatant
ty in tba twa a roolliaioa about
11 a. m. Saturday.
A witi Wd:toe'w 'drfreB
JUDGMENTS ARE
RENDERED IN
DISTRICT COURT
The regular term of district
ourt for the trial of criminal
cases started here Monday with
Judge J. Ray Braswell presiding.
The term ended at 8:15 Wednes
lay night following a night ses
sion. The following judgments were
rendered:
Doris Carroll, possession, .-'100
fine and costs; appealed; Jen
nings Shook, public drunkenness
fine and costs; Walter llradley
non-support of children, cost
and sirpport; Walter Moody Muck
nor, driving under influence, fine
and costs; Ronnie Brazil, hit and
run (property damage) and in
liability insurance, costs and res
titution; Clendon Honeycutt, pos
session, $1500 and costs, appeal
ed; Doris Carroll, sale of liquor,
$500 fine and costs, appealed:
Lewis Ray, assault on female,
fine and costs; Jesse L. Hatton,
Jr., worthless check, costs; Phi 1
lip Harry Dockery, speeding, fine
and costs; David Eugene Davis,
driving while license suspended or
revoked, fine and costs; Leonard
Harvey Cook, public drunkenness,
fine and costs; Kin Edward Stan
ley, driving wider influence, fine
and costs; Elymas Freeman, tres
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SATURDAY TAKES ONE LIFE,
and bruises.
tab ESere Sat.
by Kenneth Frady of Morgantoin
was going north on the highway
when it pulled out to pass a truck.
The Frady vehicle collided with a
searthbound car driven by Ramsey.
The Ramsey vehicle was spun a
roand lengthwise on the road from
the force of impact.
Frady, 21-year-old eon of Mr.
and Mrs. Burnett Frady of
Morganton, and formerly of Big
Mne, has been in Morganton since
January where he is employed by
Carolina Sheet Company.
Frady suffered cuts and bruises
but was otherwise unhurt. Also
unhurt were two other passengers
in the Ramsey vehicle, The Miss
es Polly Ann and Kathy Ramsey,
both of Marshall. . .
Trady, who U charged with
manslaughter and toa proper psaa
fog, is out on.$2XL, bond,, A
hearinc to scheduled for Hay 11
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Services
EH CLUBS WILL
HOLD ANNUAL
AWARDS NIGHT
Will Be Held At Courthou
Next Thursday Night;
50th Anniverary
Tin- Extension
Clubs in Madison
hold their Annual
I'i'iigraiii at the
Homeniakei's
County will
Awards Night
courthouse in
Mar-hall on Thursday,
at 7:.'i0 p. m.
April Hi,
A special celebration of the
50th Anniversary of EH clubs in
Xiirth Carolina will be held. A
brief history of club work will be
given.
Former club members and Home
Economics Agents are especially
invited to attend this celebration
The clubs have worked hard for
their points and awards this year,
so come to the program to see
them receive their honors.
The public is invited to attend
this meeting.
INJURES THREE
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FUNERAL TUESDAY
Services for Mrs. Ramsey were
held at 2 p. m. Tuesday in Shady
Grove Free Will Baptist Church,
of which she was a member.
The Rev. William Chandler and
t&e Rev. Ralph Bullman officiated.
Burial was in Chandler Cemetery.
Pallbearers were nephews.
Mrs. Ramsey was a lifelong
resident of Madison County.
Surviving are her husband, Earl
Ramsey; seven foster daughters,
Mrs. Berlene Bullman, Mrs, Rose
Bullman, Miss Kathy BuHman and
Mrs. Patricia Roberta, all of Mar
shall Rt 4, Mrs. Wilmon Lone
ford and Mrs. Anne Sheiton, both
of Marshall Rt 8, and Mia. Nancy
Roberto of Hot Springs; a foster
son, P. J. Norton of Marshall: two
sisters, Mra. Mollie ChajxSer aad
Mra. Lffiia Ramsey, both of MaaV
Bowvan-Dockett Funeral Bom
Dnjiired Dn
& EX Extmk
Yearly To
GOP Speaker
GOP DINNER TO
BE HELD AT MHC
SATURDAY NIGHT
I. U k e
candidate
gressman,
Atkinson, Re)iiltl ican
for 11th District Con
will he the featurel
.peaker at a fund-raising dinner
sponsored by the Madison County
Republican Women's Club to be
held Saturday, April 11, in the
Mars Hill College cafeteria. Din
ner will be served from ti:'UI to
7:00 p. m.
Tickets will be $10 for two, or
$7.50 for one, and students tickets
are $2.00, it was announced.
Clyde M. Roberts, solicitor, will
serve as master of ceremonies.
Republican candidates from the
county and district will be recog
nized and special entertainment
is planned.
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All-Out Campaign To Fight
German Measles April 29-30
MHS SENIORS TO
PRESENT PLAY
THIS SATURDAY
"If Mother Only Knew", a
three-act comedy, will be pre
sented by the Marshall High
School Senior Class Saturday
night, April 11, at 8:15 o'clock in
the school auditorium.
Members of the cast are Susan
Ci-Pgory, Linda Revis, Dolores
Hradley, Carolyn Graham, Bren
da Cook, Winfred Ramsey, War
ren Roberts, M. J. Ball, Louise
Flynn, Ricky McDevitit, Prankie
Ramsey, and Russell Wyatt.
Deborah Briggs is student di
rector, assisted by Karen Ponder.
Ushers are Gail Fisher, Judy
Worley, Brenda Rector, Billie
I.vnn Roberts. Glenda Fox and
Phyllis Lyons.
The play is directed by Mrs.
George B. Shupe, assisted by
Mrs. Grover Gosnell.
1959 Tobacco Production
One Of Highest In History
Mrs. Anderson Is
Co-Hostess At
Officials Meet
Mrs. Virginia Anderson, of Hot
Springs, chairman of the Madison
County board of elections, was
eo-hosteas Sunday of an informal
meeting of state elections officials
Ira
the Hunt Room of the Battery
Park Hotel in AahevSle. Hie
18th conference of elections of
ficials of ths 100 eowtias in the
state officially opened at the ho
Ul on Uoaday. . .
Alaz H Btoek; executive secre
tary. f J atata hoard of alee,
tiona, 4 1 ft s a a d preparation!
try .to-conduct the May J
primary:1 M Ha ! reviewed
fchanres.fa, the- election laws made
by tha recent general snwnblyi i
ver 30
Change In By-Laws
Necessary To Obtain
Sufficient Loans
Is
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ii in pnral i'ui has been ex
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mi"! Ih'i s it i ; ca r t'ur : in1
few year-, anil the auieial
new
paM
i nns, .niption of power lias heen
ihi i'eaMii'j at the i ale nf approxi
mately per year. This means
that eery In years the power re
quirements I s 1 1 1 . As mine
power is used, it means lhat larg
er transformers he installed and
in many eases larger wires pulled
into the houses and on the trans
mission lines that are carrying
the power.
For connecting new consumers
and purchasing new transformers
and security lights, uprating the
size of the transformers, and in
htalling new meters, it is antici
pated that next year the cost will
be approximately $:HM),000.(KI. This
does not include the voltage regula
tors or improvements and enlarge
ments of the substations along
with sectionalizing devices and oil
circuit breakers to sectionalize a
line that might have a tree cut on
it or a breakdown.
The moneys received from the
sale of electricity will not permit
this work to be done and hereto
fore the money has been borrow
ed from the Rural Electrification
Administration (REA) in Wash
ington. It so happens that Con
gress has not appropriated e
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Immunization Teams To Be
At County Schools
For Two Days
An all out campaign to "Rub
Out Rubella' ((jerman measles)
is set for April 2I and April 30
in MJadison County. The goal is
to prevent an epidemic of Ger
man measles as occurred in 1964-
65, which caused thousands ol in
fants to be born with cataracts,
hearing defects, heart defects and
mental retardation. On the ba
sis of past trends, the next epi
demic of German measles could
occur as early as spring of 1970.
The disease tends to occur at
epidemic levels every six to nine
years. German measles is main
ly a disease of children. Grown
women usually contract it from
a child so the best way to stop
the spread of the disease is to
immunize all children boys and
girls.
The immunization program is
a project of the Madison County
Medical Society and the Madison
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Produces About 28
State's Total
Pounds
Of
A summary of Madison County's
1969 tobacco production records
or individual farms reveals that
he county had a bumper crop as
ar as total production and acre
age yields are concerned, accord-'
Kg to Ralph Ramsey, County
VSCS Executiva. Krartor.
The marketaot records for the
1969 crop yetBf rami that the'
ounty producer sold 6,285,428
xrands from a harvested acreage
rf 1960a acres with an average
yield; of tewtpoobdV far sera.
litis compares to 1968 crop year
narkeCfte-' of ? 4,631,786 " pounds
from 1975.4 acre with an aver-
ige yield of Zi5 pounds per acre
nd ;-If "?"rewj ''year exarketlrg
si" 4405, l'. rri .-from.- ICO
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