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VOL. 69 - NO. 37
$1,045,435.00 Construction
loan Made For Housing Here
A construction loan for low
rent public housing for
Marshall amounting to
$1,045,435.00, was announced
by Congressman Roy A. Taylor
Tuesday. The loan was made
through the U. S. Department
of Housing and Urban
Development, Taylor stated.
The plans call for 50 units on
four sites throughout the town
of Marshall, it was announced.
Sixteen of the 50 units will be
specially made for elderly
people, Taylor said.
The low-rent units will be of
the Row Type structure.
Gunters Bound
In Shooting At
Greene Tavern
Two North Carolina men
were bound to the Greene
County Grand Jury Friday on
iarges growing out of the
I lying of Cleve Cantrell and
'.. Vending of his son, Ralph
i"'cantrel!, both of Madison
County.
Officers said that Junior
Gunter, 26, and his brother,
Walter Gunter, around 20,
remain in Greene County jail
after being bound over to the
higher court by Sessions
Court Judge Dan Crum. Both
men gave a Marshall address.
Junior Gunter is charged
with murder and felonious
assault. His bond was set at
$60,000.
Walter Gunter is charged
with being an accessory after
the fact of murder. His bond
was set at $25,000.
The shooting occurred at
the Cherokee Club around
11:30 p.m. Saturday, August
29. The tavern is located near
the Tennessee-North Carolina
state line
The elder Cantrell, 52, was
dead on arrival at a
rGreeneville hospital after the
shooting. His son remains a
patient at an Asheville
hospital.
West, Willett
New Coaches
At Marshall
'-
; . Marshall High School has
' two Madison County natives
' for new coaches this year.
"They are Larry West, a
Marshall graduate, and F. N.
I Willett from Spring Creek.
West is assisting Coach Roy
Reeves with the Red Tornado
football team and will coach
the boys basketball and
baseball teams. He is a Western
See COACHES, Page 8-
Historical Society Organized
For County Friday
Twenty residents of
Madison County met Friday
in the library here to organize
the Madison County
Historical Society as a group
to gather and preserve
material on the past of the
region.
Dr. Evelyn Underwood, of
Mars Hill, was elected
president. Mrs. Ruth D.
Gregory of Marshall was
elected vice president, and
Mrs. Frances Buckner, of
Marshall, secretary and
treasurer.
Dr. Underwood announced
that complete organization of
the new society would
shortly be completed, with a
meeting to be held soon for
enrollment of new members
and announcement of society
activities.
Manly Wade Wellman, of
Chapel Hill, author and
historian, spoke on methods
of researching and publishing
a county history. "Madison
County is as interesting a
Mars Hill Lions
Visited By Past
Governors
The Mars Hill Lions Club
met Monday night at the
Mars Hill School Cafeteria in
one of its regular monthly
meetings. After a delicious
meal, First Vice President
Lion Bruce Phillips
introduced the guest
speakers, Past District
Governors Lions John
Ramsey and Gudger Cabe.
Lion Ramsey administered
the Lions member oath to
Howard Higgins, who is a new
member and told him of his
duties to his community as a
Lion.
After that Lion Ramsey
gave a short talk on the Lions
Cottage that was built for
Eliada Homes. Lion Cabe
then spoke on the project and
told about the dedication
ceremonies for the cottage.
He also told that Lions
International President Dr.
Robert McCullough would be
present to help with the
ceremonies. Lion Cabe urged
all Lions to be present for
this event set for November
13
After the interesting
program a very short business
meeting was held, then the
entire club voted on some
very special plans set for this
fall and Christmas.
There were 14 members
present and 3 guests.
MARSHALL, IN. C. THURSDAY, SLTTKMItER 10, 1970
county, also as much
misunderstood a county, as
there is in all North
Carolina," he said.
deserves a history which
would be a valuable addition
to regional literature."
One of the new society's
prime activities, said Dr.
Underwood, would he the
gathering of old records,
letters and other written
material from Madison
County's past, to keep in
special archives lor future
study
"The report has just come
to us that someone from a
Tennessee college is on the
way here to secure any such
material to be taken away,
heaven knows where," she
said. "We want to keep it
here, where it belongs."
14 Are Killed
Over Labor
Day Week-end
A woman was killed when
she jumped from a moving
vehicle near Blowing Rock and
two Brooklyn, N. Y. residents
died in a head-on collision neat
Vanceboro Monday to bring
North Carolina's traffic death
toll for the long Labor Iay
weekend to at least I 4
The toll was well slum of the
2 deaths which had been
predicted by the North
Carolina State Motor Club The
weekend death count which
began 6 p.m. Friday ended at
midnight Monday.
Faye Wluted Parker, 34, of
Statesville was killed on U.S.
221 3.7 miles south of Blowing
Rock. The patrol said she
jumped from a moving vehicle
Nationwide, the weekend
traffic death toll has reached
493.
No fatalities were reported in
Madison County .
South Greene
Defeats Hot
Springs, 28-0
The South Greene, Tenn.
High School gridders defeated
the Hot Springs Blue Devils,
28-0, at South Greene last
Friday night.
The Tennessee team scored
8 points in the second quarter
and 20 in the final quarter for
the victory.
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MADISON COUNTVS CONSOLIDATED HIGH SCHOOL became nearer to becoming a reality
when applications were signed for a $640,000 Appalachian Regional Development Project
grant. The singing of papers occurred in Marshall on August 27. Pictured above, left to right,
Theodore E. Guth, FacMties-Equipmenf Specialist, State Dept., Public Instruction, Raleigh;
Robert L. Edwards, Madison County School Superintendent; and Clifton B. Belcher, Assistant
Director, Program Operations, State Dept. Public Instruction, Raleigh.
$640,000 Appalachian Grant
For Consolidated School Here
Tornadoes Stop
Boones Creek, 20-0
The twice-defeated Red
Tornadoes of Marshall High
chalked up their first victory
of the football season last
Friday night when they
exploded for a 20-0 win over
Boones Creek, Tenn., on the
Boones Creek grid.
Few people expected the
Tornadoes to bung home a
victory as the Boones ( reek
team easily deleated the local
gridders last season on the
Island. However, the players
were determined to upset the
Tennessee team and played
inspired and rugged loothall.
much to the delight ol C oach
Roy Reeves and the tans
"I was especially pleased
with the agressiveness and
fine tackling of our boys".
Coach Reeves stated
following the game
Reeves was complimentary
of the entire team but was
especially pleased with the
running of Jimmy Ponder.
Ponder ran 35 yaids for the
first Marshall score and
Wayne McDevitt went 10
yards for the second Frank
Robeits attempted both
point after kicks which failed
Lairv Wright scored the
final touchdown for Marshall
Football Schedule
For Friday
East Yancey at Marshall
Hot Springs (Open)
Erwin vs. Mars Hill
(College Field)
I) JM
7 1
on a 19 yard pass. They
tallied two more points on a
safety when Bryan Farmer
trapped Bobby Lambert m
the end zone
Marshall
13
Boones
Creek
7
126
21
10
2 8 1
5 30
1
45
First downi
Rushing yardage
Passing yardage
Return yardage
Passes
Punts
Fumbles lost
Yards penalized
Marshall
Boones Creek
280
46
1 7
4 10 0
2 25
2
40
6 6 0 8-20
0000 0
Young GOP Club
To Meet Saturday
The Madison Coiint Young
Republican (Tub will meet at
the Hot Springs School tins
Saturday niglit at H o'clock, it
lias been announced
Republican candidates will
be reciignied and tree
lelreshmeuts and string music
will add to the enjoy ment
All members and other
interested persons are cordially
invited
D.E.C.A. Officers
David Allen was elected
president of the D E C. A Club
31 Marshal1 Hih Schoo last
week. Other officers elected
were: vice president, Danny
Ball; secretary-treasurer, Linda
Haynie, parliamentarian,
Wayne McDevitt; historian,
Larry Wright.
The club has 67 members
this year. A successful year is
expected.
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Tentatively approved
Project Proposal to he
Appalachian Regioial
Commission lot the
construction of Occupational
Education Facilities lor the
consolidated Madison County
school was announced this
week by R. L. Edwaids,
Madison County
superintendent. The grant
will amount to SMO.OOO as
soon as it is officially
approved in Washington by
the Appalachian Regional
Commission and certified by
the U.S. Office of Education.
The pioject pioposes to
build a new lacilily on the
high school site which will
offer occupational education
oppoi tunnies in program
aieas not before available to
the children of Madison
County. New and expanded
areas are ptimariK m the
tields of Trade and Industrial
Education and Business and
Office Education, Edwards
explained Total estimated
cost of the facility is set at
S800.000; Applacluan Funds,
S640.000
It was noted that the
request also commits the
board to a matching
expenditure of state
occupational education
equipment dollars not to
exceed $75,000 from the
initiation to completion of
project, therefore, this means
that the entire $75,000
would not come from any
one fiscal year's budget,
Edwards said.
A breakdown of funis for
the new school reveals the
following sources: County,
$950,000; State, $354,180;
Appalachian, $640,000;
Occupational Equipment,
$7S,00O. This makes total
of $2,019,180 available for
the new proposed school.