VOL. 69 NO. 26
Wallin Reelected Head Of
County Dems At Conventi
Reelected Chairma:
Delegates Are Named For
State And District
Conventions
J. ('. Wallin Jr., was reelected
i hairman of the Madison County
Democrat party at the party con
vention held Saturday at Marshall
High School.
.Mrs. Truman Wyatt was elect
ed first vice chairman; Cecil
ISIackwell, second vice chairman;
Jackie Hall, third vice chairman;
Zeno Ponder, secretary and Mrs.
,1. 1). Buckner, treasurer.
Zeno Ponder was elected to the
Mate executive committee.
Ten delegates were named to
attend the slate democratic Con
tention to lie held in Raleigh July
11. They are: Hill Roberts. Mrs.
Christine Lister, Truman Wyatt,
Novile Hawkins, O'Neal Shelton,
Miss Charlotte Shupe, Mrs. Jen
nie Lee Huckner, Mrs. Reeves
Church, J. C. tlardner and Mrs.
Christine Keener.
Delegates named to attend the
district meeting in Waynesville
June 27 were: Jackie Hall, Finery
Wallin, Mrs. Hazel Suttles, Hruce
Maxwell, J. i. (laidiiei, Clenwnud
Wallin, Hubby I'oniler, Cecil Pan
ele, Vernon I'onder and Coy Hay-
I le.
PLANS FOR CAMP
NEAR BREVARD
ARE ANNOUNCED
Madison County youth will have
new and exciting opportunity
this, summer. Young people be
tween the ayes of '. and IK years
ohl will he able to attend a week
long (amp in the latter part of
July this sunimei
This pnvilege for area youth is
. ffcred free of . haree because of
funding f i mil the Youth Cnnn il
. t t he ( It'l l, of K, ononi ic ( Ippur
t iiii t y in ' i" i t from 1. h al V 1 ST A
hi kt i -. ami d-.nat ion - iitade by
,ii urns . Inn . he- and civic origan
l;,t ion - 01 and outside the co lity
( ., i, ji I ', . l' ah . a i am p mar H i c
,ii ,1, I, a ' ' 'i i on'oil for t wo
1 1 ' i -1 week, runtime
: , mi .III'', ' , ll.louc b July JI . W ill
ii ji. ' ! ! , .;; ' !l l allr' : lie- f I on)
1 : ! !s , , ;,. Tbe ei ond
eek V. lV I 1 ' , ei I ,. youth fl "111
i to I .' ,i,ii aid 1 1 ! i on f i i oil
.1 V J't tl.i ai:'l .1 .1, -J 7
filial, I ,, ,1 , n',r-, .,! - ai d adult
i . i -on i e ! til managing t lo se
amping sis-ion will ( nine from
Mars Hill C.dlrge volunteers, cet
an; pel soi. in ! t inm t he Office of
i . i , 1 1 n 1 1 1 ' 1 , p 1 1 1 1 1 o , 1 1 y , various
, al b adei -. and some of the
. -ular staff of Camp Pisgah.
i 'ampei s ill be able to pai t ici
; ate ill scheduled classes on first
na! hand rafts, mountain folk
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Bobby Richardson To Speak At
"Singing On Mountain" Sun.
Quartets, Groups Invited To
Sing; Starts At
9:00 A. M.
Hobby Richardson, former New
York Yankee baseball star who is
now active in affairs of the Fel
lowship of Christian Athletes, will
Ire the principle speaker for the
46th Annual "Singing on the Moun
tain" to be staged on Grandfath
er Mountain's MacRae Meadows
on Sunday, June 28.
Richardson, now head baseball
coach at the University of South
Carolina, will deliver the feature
address at 1 p. m. The day-long
gospel singing event will commence
about 9 a. m., and also will high
light RCA recording star George
Hamilton IV, 'Arthur Smith and
his Crossroads Quartet, the South
Ian Trio, and other will known
groups.
Thousands of persons will be at
tending "Singing on the Mountain,"
which has been held each year
sines the first gathering in 1925.
Jos Lm Hartley and Robert Bart
ey an co-chairmen of ths fasti-
vitiss, . ,
Richardson, a natir of Sumter,
J. C. Wallin, Jr.
ACREAGE NOl
TO FARMEE
Farmers w ithin the cold
have been to; nd to be out
plianic with their allottf
mitted or diverted acreagl
farm programs minimis
ASCS are being issued written
notice as ai ream' determinations
are completed for their farm, ac
cording to Ralph Ramsey, county
ASCS director.
These notices explain the ac
tion or alternatives which the
farmer may take within a U (lay
tune limit. Ramsey uracil all
faim operators to be on the look
out for their notices and take the
desired action within the time lim
it specified on their notice. In
cases involving excess tobacco
acreage, the producer who fails
to take timely action will lose
price support eligibility even
thoniih be later makes appli. atioii
ami disposes of bis cm ess acre
Igo
'ias
Farmers who I eel an error
been made ill their acreage
determinat ion may have such acie-
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Wildes Purchase
Shady Side Shop
On Main St. Here
Mr .,,,,1 Alt- Kii bard Wilde, of
Mai h.cl. I, axe p.,i,ba e, Shady
S,,, I-".. !-t. 'male, I ell Mlllll
St I . e. bele. from Ml lll.d Mi's.
Fred Muiio-A
M i Wilde is the son of M r. and
Mrs bner Wil :e and Mrs Wilde
is the f.'iaer Shirley Roberts,
daugh'ei nf Mr. Robert Roberts
and tbe late Mrs Roberts,
We i.udially invite everyone
to visit our shop where they an
find flowers for all occasions,"
they stated this week.
S. C, played in 1,412 major lea
gue games over 10 seasons all
with the New Pork Yankees. He
led the American League in hits
with 209 in 1962, played on seven
league championship teams and
three world championship clubs.
He was named to the American
League All-Star team seven times,
and five times won the "Gold
Glove ' award as the top fielding
second baseman in the major
leagues.
Richardson, who is married and
the father of five children, owns
one all-time Major League record:
11 at bats in single game. He
set a World Series record in 1964
with 13 hits, and four years ear
lier set another series mark with
12 runs-batted-in. He is one of
only 10 players to have hit a
bases-loaded home ran in a world
series game.
All singing classes and quar
tets everywhere are cordially In
vited to attend this year's "Sing
ing on the Mountain., There 1
no charge for admission, and
there will bo food stands to to
eoasmodata ' svaryona, whs ' shows
up without his own picnic. V
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COUNTY SCHOOLS
Head Start (lasses began Mon
day morning in all of the eight
Madison County Schools and will
continue through duly 111, accord
ing to .lohn Carl Wallin, Jr., di
rector. Classes are held daily from il
until oim o'clock with morning re
freshments and lunch served gra
tis to students at Mars Hill, I!eech
(lien. Kbbs Chapel, Marshall. Wal
nut. Laurel, Spring Creek and Hot
Spi i ugs.
Teacheis are Mrs. Carolyn I'on
der. Miss Kdith Radford, Mrs.
1'eggy Thomas, Mrs. Donna Kice.
Mrs. Jessie Worley, Miss Millie
lean llnynio. Mrs. Obray Rani
sey. Mrs. June I'leiunions, Mrs.
Veil Franklin, Miss Selina 1'riee.
Mr l.onnie Padgett and Mis. Don
pa 11 uteheson.
Assisting the tea hei are Mrs
Jo Ann ro-. Miss Kdith Whitt.
Mrs. Uuetta Amnions, Mrs. Clen
da McDrvitt. Mrs. Valarte Shel
ton. Mrs Coy Haynie. Mis, Polly
Robinson. Mrs. Loretta Ceiitry,
Mrs. Rosa Pullman, Miss Patricia
Thomas. Miss Winnie Ruth Wills,
and Miss Nancy Clark.
Judgments In
District Court
Here Last Week
In criminal district court here
last week, with Judge J. K. Hols
houser presiding, the following
judgments were rendered: Henry
Sharpe, reckless driving, fine and
cost; Troy Lee Meadows, public
drunkenness, fine and cost; re
sisting arrest, 30-day sentence,
suspended upon payment of fine
and cost; Norman Littrell, larceny
under $200.00, not guilty; Bobby
Gosnell. assault by pointing a gun,
cost; Kenneth Frady, improper
passing. transferred to the
superior court; Kenneth Frady,
manslaughter, probable cause and
bound to superior court; Geral
dine Griffith, peace warrant and
assault with deadly weapon, case
was appealed to the superior
court; Ronnie Franklin Edwards,
driving under influence, fine and
cost; Floyd Ledford, possession of
liquor for use and sale, fine and
cost; Grant Guthrie, larceny un
der $200.00, not guilty; Ted Floyd
Payne, Jr., driving under influ
ence, fine and cost; and reckless
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Local Sales Tax
For May -$5,576.22
According to figures released
by the N. C. Department of Sort
anus, local (Madison County)
sales and use tax coDeoU ons. a
mouoted to ISfiltZl for the
Month of May. I
umji i umomTTTRELEASED BY
BASEBALL TEAMS
The Marshall Lions Club, ir
addition to work for the blind,
has been a strong supporter of
youth athletics in the community
-- both Marshall and Walnut
Schools. Last summer, the Mar
shall Little League baseball team,
coached by the late Otto McDcvitt
was partially supported hy the
Marshall Club. This summer, the
liabe Ruth baseball team, coach
ed by Johnny Fisher, and the Wal
nut Little League team, coached
bv Cloico Plemmons, have ivo'ii -cd
support from the Mai -ball
Club. -
Youth baseball i- a veVy im
portant tool in the nioldine of
young boys. It deserves the -up
port of adi.lt. The Marshall Li
,,ns 111 uc that you attend tlie-e
ball game and lend moral sup;,., it
lo the-e youngsters.
LAUNCHES SALE
OF WOLF LAUREL
HOMESITES SUN.
Price Range From $4,000
$30,000 For Developed
Sites
Sale of fully-developed moun
tain homesites, offering the con
vetiiences of hack home living
amid the scenic splendor of the
Appalachian range, was launch
ed SuJxSay, June 21, at Wolf Lau
rel. The fi.OOO-acre vacation and
second home retreat at Big Bald
Mountain, f!0 miles north of Ashe-
ille, is being developed by Dy
namic Systems, Inc., of Mel
bourne, Florida.
Straddling the North Carolina
Tennessee border in Madison,
Yancey and Unicoi counties, the
development is bordered on two
sides by the Cherokee and Pi&gah
national forests and is crossed by
the Appalachian Trail.
In announcing the opening sales
Kenneth E. Allen, president
of Wolf Laurel, said the to tt
acre homesites are at elevations of
4,000-4,900 feet and will range in
price from 4,000-$30,000, accord
ing to location.
"Those immediately adjacent to
our 18-hole mountain golf course,
highest east of the Rockies, will
sell for the higher figure," he
said. "But all are choice sites,
offering purchasers full opportu
nity to enjoy the undisturbed na
tural beauty of a scenic mountain
setting."
Allen said improvements cur
rently completed at Wolf Laurel
inslude roads, .water and slectrici
ty, 'Proparty- owners snay' buDd
(Conttausd la last Paga) ,
ELECTIONS BD.
State, County Registrations
Are Cited By
Brock
The latest statistical icport re
! fleeting various categories rclat-
ing to the total statewide regis
, tration, compiled as of June r.
j 1!I70, shows an increase in total
registration from l,sr.7.:(27 to
J,K!:,0!M, resulting in an nicrea-e
J of :',, 7;.' registered Mitel- Since
December I. 1 '.;:. f till- Mlllll
' her a total of aSl.M") void m tin
, May Jnd primary elect n n-. '1 hi-
till noiit figure closely parallels
j the voter t iriiout 111 the pn;r. pi i-
mai ies (1 he la -t pr- " 1
year pi una ry I .
! . s of the i. polling date
, I leiiioci at rrBi.vt i at ion now totals
j 1 , l::7,!'l'., an ineieas,- of .".17.
J since I leccmber pHi!.
J Lb Republican icgi-1 ration now
totals llHHinu. leflccling an in
! i l ease of S.'JM'i sin, i he la -t
compilation in December l'.lb'J.
:. American Party registration
total- ii. !:". reflecting a decrease
of .(!;.
1. Independent and "no parly"
designations have irniea.-cd hy
irlG to a total of 4.r,7V2.
5. White registration has in
creased by in;.0.'S7 to a total of 1.
Ij!l7,r45. Black registration has
increased hy f..rK.r to a total of
'!'(). Indian registration now
totals 1(1,215, an increase of 141
since December.
"In addition to registration fig
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BELL INSTITUTE
HOMECOMING TO
BEHELD JUNE 28
The 10th Annual Homecoming
of BeTl Institute's students and
teachers and of the surrounding
Presbyterian schools, and all mem
bers, past and present, of the Wal
nut Presbyterian Chuich will be
held at the Walnut Church June
28. Sunday School at 10:00 a,
m.; Church at 11:00 a. m., follow
ed by devotions and a short busi
ness session. Basket lunch at
noon. Please bring all students
and former members you can.
Savings Bond Sales
Jan.-May $11,863
Savings Bond sales in Madison
County for May were $11363.
January-May sales totaled $61,
062. This represents 44 percent
of Madison County's goal of
$1S8 -827, according to C L. Budi
sfll, Jr Madison County: Volun
teer Chairman,
paper went to press.
Other cases disposed'
the week included: En
nest ('rough, driving
guilty; Fred L. Phillip
of automobile, non-suitedl
lie Huckner, driving dru
ty. fine and cost.
Harold Dean Jenkin
t hanuler, Allen ('. Wall!
ner of taking game,
((Hashed; new warrant tl
sued.
Mrs. Hazel Pre
"Secretary Of
Friday Of Last
Mm Il,iei Pioffilt, si
to .Mis. lioioihy Arringtorl
Opportunity Corporation il
shall. WiM selected as '.Sit
of the Day" on last Fridl
1 1 i e i ed b. iful eai nation
M id. lie Ml. . H n t (.'allien-. of
Vllle.
A -c retin v of tin- day il
.ii .(civ .ja in Western
('aiobna and tbe h
,, ,,,,.. I .vei WWW. Asl
and sent fjeuors by Middle!
,,i,:,m.i, ot the program.
WKl.L IMOKMKD
Milbuin Did you tell
father that 1 had asked y
marry me'.'
Sally (swe.tlyt "Yes.
Milhurn "And how wa
affected ?'
Sally "He smiled in a k
imr uav and then cried: Bl
boy'."
PKK-SCHOOL St'UKEl
V:
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I It W"-t'..
Pictured abort is the mobile unit, sponsored by tha. Lions Clubs
of 31-A, for the screening of pre-school age, children now being con
ducted "in thia county. The unit started its operations far tha first
time last Saturday in Marshall. Pictured beside tits unit are W. M.
"Bill" Staudenmaier, District 31A Governor-elect; Miss Mary Jabs
Jones, B. N.; and Mrs. Elba S. Kearney, district medical supervisor.
Assisting la thd screening hers Satoraay Included Mrs. lib Baker
and Mrs. Garnetts Sprinkle, members of tha Madison County Health -Department,
and Miss Kosemary Barker, Department of Social Serr-
Ices, who "donatsd" their day off to help; BugUe Bay, president-elect,
Man Mill Liona Club, and Wiley DuYall, presidentelect, Ifarshall ,
lions dub) and J. P. Ramsey, Past District Governor,- 21-A. . ' ,
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