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VOL. 69 NO. 22
8 PAGES THIS WEEK
MARSHALL, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1970
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Cutsliall Murder Case
How In Progress Here
Five Witnesses Heard On
Wednesday; McLean
Is Presiding
Testimony began Wednesday af
ternoon in the murder trial of
Leonard H. Cutshall in Madison
County Superior Court.
Cutshall is charged with the
shooting death of Richard W.
(Jack) Reeves of Marshall Rt. 3
late on the night of January 30.
The last of the jurors was seat
ed Wednesday shortly after the
luncheon recess. Judge W. K. Mc
lean ordered the trial to begin
without an alternate juror after
the list of prospective jurors had
been exhausted with only 12 jur
nrs seated.
Vive witnesses called by the
state gave testimony Wednesday
They include Dr. W. Otis Duck
Mars Hill physician; Dr. George
Lacy, Asheville pathologist; Roy
Reeves, brother of the deceased;
Miss I.inda Reeves, the dead man's
. I J l.'li:..tl o in
niece; and tiaroiu riuuu,
special agent.
Solicitor Clyde Roberts is being
assisted by Robert Kiddle, Ashe
ville attorney. Cutshall is being
i . presented by Joseph IS. Huff.
Mai shall attorney.
DEMOCRATIC
ORGANIZATION
MEETING DATES
Laurel Honor
Students Listed
Madison County's Laurel High
School will conduct commence
ment exercises June 2. Honor
students to participate in the pro
gram arc Randy Tweed, valedicto
rian; Gary Johnson, salutatorian;
and Keith Ray and Sheila 'Aadms.
honor students.
J. C. Wallin, Jr., Chairman of
the Madison County Democratic
Executive Committee, announces
the North Carolina Democratic
Man of Organization sets the day
and hour and the place where all
Democratic Precinct Meetings will
be conducted. The date is Satur
day, June 6. The hour is 1:00 p.
m. The place is your voting place.
As chairman of the Madison Coun
ty Democratic Executive Commit
tee, I urge all active Democrats
to participate in your Precinct
Meeting and select a committee of
ten (five men and five women)
who in turn will organize by elect
ing a chairman, a first, second.
and third vice chairman anil secretary-treasurer.
You will observe a legal notice
in this, issue which states that two'
precincts have been created ef (
fective for the November General j
Election. Since this action by the.
County Board of Elections is not )
to be effective until the Novem- j
her Election, it will not in any
PRELIMINARY
POPULATION
14,938 FOR CO.
The preliminary population fig
ure for Madison County was an
nounced today by District Manag
er Dan W. Eller, who supervised
the taking of the 1970 Census of
Population and Housing in this
area. The figure is 14,9.'!K . In
1 !() Census the figure was 17,217.
The Census Bereau will com
mence in the fall of 1970 to pub
lish official population figures
for all areas in the United States
States, counties, cities, towns
and villages.
The District Manager expressed
his own and the Census Bureau's
thanks to the residents of the
'area, to officials, the newspapers,
anil tne broadcasting stations ior
their cooperation in the taking of
Census '70 here.
VIRGIL E. SMITH
TO HOST BIBLE
PILGRIMAGE
Is Making Plans Now For
Departure March 9,
1971
MARSHALL HIGH
COMMENCEMENT
IS ANNOUNCED
Baccalaureate Service To Be
Sunday Night; Graduation
On Tuesday Night
Plans for Commencement at
Marshall High School have been
announced by Principal Clive M
Whitt. The baccalaureate service
will be held Sunday evening, May
31, at 8 o'clock in the school gym
nasium with the Rev. Joseph M.
Reeves, pastor of St. Timothy
United Methodist Church of Bre
vard, as speaKer.
Student participants are Joan
Freeman, Ricky McDevitt, Glemla
Fox, Winfred Ramsey, Pat Mc
Devitt, Kathy McCormirls, and
Brenda Payne. Mrs. Plummer Co
dy will have charge of the music.
Graduation exercises will be
Tuesday evening, June 2, at the
same hour. Linda Ruth Revis will
give the valedictory address and
Billy Warren Roberts will give
salutatory. tuners on u-
Brenda Rector, Su-
171 Students To raduate
From ounty's Schools
manner affect the Democratic
Precinct Meetings. There will be, hie Land
nio-ht Precinct Meetings conducted1""
Saturday, June C, n'Xi :mrcn, ne siaieu ne.e a icw
The Rev. Virgil E. Smith, of
Route 1. Fletcher, and formerly
of Marshall, will be host to a Hi
Pilgrimage, and Rome
tour which will be made
the
program are
san Gregory, Dolores Bradley,
Marie Moore, Deborah Briggs.
Carolvn Graham, lmisc rijim,
Judy Buckner, and Brenda (
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LIONS ANNUAL
HORSE SHOW ON
ISLAND JUNE 6
38 Classes To Be Entered;
Afternoon And Night
Sessions
The annual charity horse show
sponsored by the Marshall Lion
Club, will be held on the Island
here Saturday, June (i. In case of
rain the show will be held on Sun
day. A total of 38 classes are sched
uled for the afternoon and night
sessions. 20 classes will show on
Saturday afternoon beginning at
1:110 o'clock and IK classes, in
Yluding championships, will be on
the night's schedule to begin at
7 :io o'clock.
Lion President Jerry Plemmons.
onlinator of the event, stated
that trophic-, ribbons and ram
aid-, would be presented.
at 1:00 p. m
1970, at each of the present poll
ing places.
DIAL - A - PRA i KK
649-9231
MADISON COUNTY 4-H WINNERS
lays ago.
The total cost of the 10-day
I tour is $029.00. For further de-
tails as to down payment, etc..
write Mr. Smith, Roi:te 1, Box
107. Fletcher, N. C. 2K7.T7.
Schedule for the tour: Depart
ure from JFK International Air
port on Jet to Tel Aviv; second,
third and fourth days, Jerusalem,
Garden of Gethsemane, Mt. of 01
ives, Bethlehem, Jericho, Jordan
River, Dead Sea, Samaria, Gali
lee, Capernaum. Nazareth; sixth
day, the coastal area of Haifa:
seventh day, in the Holy City;
eight and ninth days, Rome. Re
turn to New York on 10th day
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Spring Creek H.S.
Commencement To
Be Sunday, Tuesday
The Baccalaureate service will
be held Sunday evening at :II0
o'clock at the Spring Creek high
u, -hi.nl The Rev. Rav Justice will
deliver the sermon.
On Tuesday night at S OU o'clock
graduation exercises will be held
The Rev. .larvis Teague will de
liver the craduati-.n sddress and
Ms. Jt'wliifiki Principal
will presvnt the 'awards and dip
lomas.
E.S.C. OFFICE IS
NOW IN LIBRARY
BUILDING HERE
Jack F.duards, manager of th
Asheville office of Employment
Security Commission, has announ
ceil that ellective today ( 1 nurs-
lay), May 2, unemployment in
surance activities in Madison
County will he moved from the
offices in the Madison County
Courthouse to the second floor of
the Madison County Public Libra
ry. The library is located next to
the post office in Marshall.
The move will enable the Com
mission to provide better service
to residents of the Madison Coun
ty area.
Mars Hill Leads With 72;
Marshall Has 50 To
Get Diplomas
Students and teachers are as
busy as bees in a hive this week
getting ready for commencement
exercises.
A total of 171 students will
graduate from this county's five
schools, and a total of 2.rfi stu
dents will complete their gram
mar grades and will enter high
school next season.
A breakdown of those to receive
diplomas is as follows:
Mars Hill, 72; Marshall, -r.H;
Laurel, 19; Hot Springs, 17; and
Spring Creek, 1.1.
Completing grammar grades
are the following totals.
Walnut, 78; Mars Hill, 7-1; Lau
rel, :'.:!; Hot Springs, .'12; Spring
Creek, 2.ri; Beech Glen, 14.
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Hot Springs H.S.
Graduation To Be
Held Friday Night
Gradual inn exercises will be
held at the Hot Springs High
School on Friday night at 8:00
o'clock.
The Rev. William L. Lynch, of
Mars Hill, will deliver the gradu
ation address and Principal J.
Bruce Phillips will present the
diplomas and awards
Banks Will Be
Closed Saturday
For Memorial Day
Both, the Citizens Rank ami
The Hank of French Blond will hi
closed Saturday in observance of.
Memorial Day, it wa amiouin oil
here this week.
Laurel Graduation
To Be Held Tuesday
Graduation exercises will be
held at the Laurel HigM School
next Tuesday niulit at s Cm 1 o'clock.
Mr. Ray Tweed, prion pal. will
present the a;inl and diplomas
after the pnogiam ha- be.-n pre
sented by the -ernnr-
horse
, bide Hon. Bill Winch
Florence, S. C. jink':
Thompson, master ol ceremonies;
Glen Fletcher, of ( andler, ring
master; and Chit Griffin, Fain
er. A veterinarian will be on call
Admission will be .".He and $1.00
Post Office To
Discontinue Sale
Of Savings Stamps
The Marshall Post Office will
discontinue the sale of V. S. Sav
ings Stamps after June 111, Post
master Frank Ramsey reminded
customers today.
Th,. Treasury Denartment had
announced in February that they
were ending the sale of these
VMS Alumni Banquet Is
Hell Attended Here Saturday
st:
ip-
I he
end of the fiscal
Postmaster Ramsey urged :
dents and others to complete tl
unfilled -tamp albums prior
June "0 and exchange them
C S. Savings Bonds. "There is
no belter way for young people
to -mi-." he said, "than buying
and holding V. S. Savings Bond- "
'lhe -tamp- can also be red. 'erne. 1
l'..r , a-h M any post office.
Tin- -lamps ranging in a!u,
from 10 cents to $" were pall
,d the Postal Savings program
piior to 1!M2 when they "joined
the Wai Bond drive."
In addition to selling stamp
oiivi ll: to customers, post of fit e-l,;ii-
also supplied school- and
. . 1 1 i ' u'i"o.:ps sponsoring savi'ic-pioerain-
for the past year-.
Banquet Speaker
. r
Dr. M. T. Morgan
Shown above are pictures of Madison County 4-H winners
at the 4-H Demonstration program in Marshall last Saturday.
)f.
County 4-H Demonstration
Held Here Last Sat.
Day
Winners Will Compete In
District June 25; Many
Get Honor
Madison County 4-H Demonstra
tion Day was held May 23 at
Marshall High School with 30 4
H'ers giving demonstration. Win
ners were named in each catego
ry and those eligible will repre
sent the county in Western Dis
trict competition on June 25.
Demonstration winners to go to
District at Brevard High School
in Transylvania County are: Kay
Webb, Marshall Helping Hands
Club, Sewing; Debra Brinkley,
Marshall Helping Hands, Fruit
and Vegetable Use; Suzanne Du
Vall, Hayes Run, Egg Cookery;
Janet Reeves, Marshall flehping
Hands, Jr. Dairy Foods; Jerry Co
dy and Dennis Treadway, Walnut-'
Hopewell, Soil and Water Conser
vation Team; Harion Rice, Wal-not-HopeweU;
Poultry; Tommy
DuVall, Hayes Rtfn, Tobacco;
Randy Cody,. Mars Hill, Beekeep
ing; Warren Wise, Hayes Run,
Forage Crops; Rosa Deane Frit
by, Marshall- Helping1 .Hands,
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Faircloth, State fitigliway
Eiairman, Visits Gounty
YOUNG GOP CLUB
TO BE ORGANIZED
IN THIS COUNTY
A meeting will be held at the
courthouse here on Friday, May
'2U. at K.OO p. m., for the purpose
of organizing a Young Republi
can Club in Madison County.
Anyone between the ages of K
and 10 is eligible to become a
member, it was stated.
TOUR COUNTY IN INTEREST OF HIGHWAYS
i'
State Highway Commission Chairman Lauch Faircloth, ac
companied by District' Highway Commissioner Novil Hawkins
and Representatives L. B. Ramsey and Ernest Messer, toured
Madison County last week in the interest of highway improve
ments. -
Left to right, Messer, Hawkins, Faircloth, Ramsey. .
Gets First - Hand Look
Highway Conditions;
Promises Help
At
Lauch Kaircloth, Chairman,
State Highway Commission. Ra
fciph, visited Madison County
last week and toured several of
the sections of the county. He
was accompanied by District Com
missioner Novil Hawkins, Repre
sentatives L. B. Ramsey and Er
nest Messer.
Chairman Faircloth, who was
interviewed by The News-Record,
was most optimistic about future
developments of several of the
key highway projects in Madison
County.
In regard to the construction of
the new span of eigtot miles be
tween the Appalachian Highway
at Weaverville to the Marshall
By-Pass, Faircloth said thst sur
veying is now m progress and
barring unforseen right-of-way
problems or further cuts in Fed
eral funds, he expects contracts to
be let by the latter part' of 1971.
He said the new addition to US
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MIDIS ATHLETES
ARE HONORED;
FISHER SPEAKS
The Mars Hill Wildcats he!;.1
their annual Athletic Banquet on
'May 19 in the high school cafe-terra.
The guest speaker was a for
mer Marshall High School student,
Johnnie Fisher. The speaker was
introduced by Roy Y. Ammons, a
member of the Mars Hill High
School faculty.
The student response was by
Bobby Holcombe, president of the
student body.
Edwin Fisher, Philip Erwin and
Sigsbeee Duck provided the enter
tainment.
Following the entertainment spe
cial awards were presented by the
following coaches: Roy' T. Am"
mons, J. C Moss and Bill Kenny.
Coach Ammons presented cer
tified awards to the senior ath
letes in baseball and tootball. Bob.
by Holcombe received the most
outstanding award in football.
Roger Honeyentt received") the' a
ward for tie most outstanding
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Dr. M. T. Morgan Speaker;
Officers Are Elected;
Recognitions Made
The ITith annual meeting of the
Marshall High School Alumni As
sociation was held last Saturday
night in the Marshall school cafe
teria where more than H0 persons
attended.
Trior to the banquet, informal
"get-togethers" in four of the
classrooms in the main building
were enjoyed as former class
mates and friends recalled the
-good old days" on the Island.
At 7::i() o'clock, Mrs. Overton
(Iregury, president, called the
meeting to order in the beauti
fully decorated cafeteria. The col
or scheme of the decorations was
green and gold, in honor of the
Class of '.'13, of which the presi
dent, secretary anil nision.m
members.
The Rev, John Heid,
at Western Carolina
and a V.f graduate i
Hieh School, pronounced
vocation.
Charles lluey. Class of V.,
r
so ections iiuni
If I I.oveil ou aim
"You'll Never Walk Alone. n
,,.nmromiod bv Mrs. Joe
V:i.Is oianist. Class of .i-;
f,-s Coleman Worley,
Class of '44.
Mrs C.regoiy then introduced
the guest speaker, Dr. M. T.
Morgan. Professor and Chairmun
of the Department of nviroinen
tal Health of East Tennessee
State I'niversity and alumnus of
Marshall High School. Class of
'V1
Dr. Morgan's subject was
-Challenges of the 70s."
From his opening remark,
throughout his informative, and
thought-provoking talk, it was
clear to see that he was well-informed
on the various dangers
which our nation and world faces,
especially in the K"lm f
tion.
"One of our gravest dangers to
our health is pollution of the air.
With the vast increase in popu.
lation, and as a result, more old
cars, refrigerators, food scraps,
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sang
I ousel.'
a senior
t'ni eisity.
,f Marshall
the m-
then
"Car-
and
violinist.
Mashburn Named
To Military Honor
Roll At Oak Ridge
Cadet Charles B. Mashburn,
son of Mr. and Mrs. C E. Mash
burn, of Marshall, baa -been nam
ed to the "Military Honor Ron"
at Oak Ridge Military Institute,
Oak Ridge, N. 0
'Cade Maahbor has demon.,
strata thorough knowledge of'
mffitary nhlecta : and naterialal
and ranksi In the top 10 of the
eadet corps at Oak Ridge Military -
Institute. ,
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