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aw sw.rllos .Marshall. EMe VOL 70 - NO. 40 MARSHALL, N. G THURSDAY, OCTOIfl'R 1, 1970 10c PKR COPY f Mountain Music Festival At Mars Hill Saturday Induction of the tirst five to the persons named Mountain Music liall of Fame will be the highlight of the third Baseom Lamar Lunsford Mountain Music Festival, to be held at Mars Hill Saturday, starting at 6 p.m. The five mountain musicians to be honored are Lunsford, known as the "minstrel of the Appalachians;" the late Sam Queen, Ozzie Helton, Fiddling Bill Hensley and Aunt Samantha Bumgartner. The Mountain Music Hall of Fame will be located in Settler Village, a reconstructed log cabin vilh.ge at Wolf Laurel in the shadows of the Big Bald Mountain. All relatives of the nominees have been asked to contact Ed Howard, chairman of the Mountain Music Hall of Fame Committee, Box 568, Mars Hill. This year's music festival will be held in the Mars Hill College auditorium. y Among the individuals and groups scheduled to perform are: Mrs. Betty Smith of Marietta, Ga., Byard Ray and Obie Ramsey of Marshall, Virgil Sturgill of Asheville, Bill McElreath of Swannanoa, Jacob Fisher of Asheville, The Hornpipers of Waynesville, Cecil Biggs of Asheville, Linda Metcalf of Spillcorn, Mr. and Mrs. Arlie Watson of Sugar Giove, the Canton Oldtimers of Canton. Chick Martin of Siler City, Edsel Martin of Swannanoa, Arthur Jenkins of Mose-Chandler Road Improved RALEIGH-Area Highway Commissioner No vile C. Hawkins announced this week that the three-tenth mile section of the Mose-Chandler Road (SR 1560) goir.g through Mars Hill College property is slated to be improved by the North Carolina State Highway Commission Forces, and re-imbursed 100 by the college. The road will be widened to 20 feet and paved, according to Hawkins. Specifications also call for the portion of SR 1560 through the college property to be relocated in order to move traffic away from a congested area of the campus. All right-of-way will be donated by the college, and the State Highway Commission will be re-imbursed 100 for all construction costs, according to Hawkins. Work on the project is currently underway. Weaverville, Bailey Mountain Boys of Mars Hill, Quinton Ramsey of Marshall, Tommy Hunter of Mars Hill, J. V. Griffin of Weaverville. Mars Hill Hillbillies of Mars Hill, Bald Mountain Cloggers tf Mars Hill, the Hoyle Brothers of Ellijay, Ga., Arthell Goforth of Hot ' Springs, Bent Creek dance teams and band from Candler, the Raymond Hutchison Band of Fletcher and others. Participation in the festival, Howard said, is by invitation only. Lunsford, also known as "the squire of Turkey Creek," was born on what is now the campus of Mars Hill College and has chosen Mars Hill as the beneficiary of many of the treasures of his SENATOR McGEACHY McGeachy To Speak At Dem. Club Dinner Sen. N. Hector McGeachy, Jr. of Fayetteville, president pro tempore of the North Carolina General Assembly, SredTpSer will be the at the fifth annual fund-raising dinner of the Madison County Democratic Women's Club in the Marshall School cafeteria on Saturday night, Oct. 10, at 8 o'clock. An officer in the infantry and recipient of the Bronze Star Medal in World War II, McGeachy has served 10 years in the state senate. He has been co-chairman of both the legislative research and legislative services commissions. He is a past national chairman of the United States Jaycees; chairman of the 1969 Fayetteville United Services Fund; past president of Fayetteville Jaycees; and on the board of visitors at St. Andrews Presbyterian College. Sen. McGeachy is a practicing attorney with offices in Fayetteville. He received his education in Fayetteville, Davidson CoJJeee. and is a graduate of fv S. preserving mountain music. "It is our goal to insure that future generations will be able to see and hear the music discovered and preserved by Mrs. Lunsford, Howard said. He said plans call for a many native Appalachi: The Marshall churches, along with their fellow Christians around the world, will participate at communion services here this Sunday, in observance of Worldwide Communion. Due to the absence of the Rev. W. C. Clark, pastor of the Marshall United Methodist Church, the Methodists will commune with the Presbyterians here, it was announced. Football Schedule FRIDAY NIGHT Hot Springs at Marshall Cane River at Mars Hill Marshall PTA To Meet Monday The Marshall PTA will meet Monday in the school lunchroom. The program will be given by students from grades 1 through 6. All parents and teachers are urged to attend. lifetime of dding to the museum tV-Ti- '4&3mi- . f . V. 55T5w. I of the instruments Pg ffeTZji ' - " '.".. " -Tr ---3S?!J to Southern frfc hfSf- 'AK W-Sfe Worldwide fcM? Cmsftll Wwm communion mmmmmmM Were Sunday tUEmfMSm Tornadoes Defeat Bulldogs, 18-14 In Final The Marshall Tornadoes stalled on the ground but quarterback Wayne McDevitt compiled 246 yards in the au to lead his team to an 1 8-1 4 victory over Bowman High of Bakersville Friday night. The Tornadoes scored in the first period on an 80-yard pass from McDevitt to end Larry Wright but the P.A.T. failed and Marshall had an early 6-0 lead. The Bulldogs came back in the second period to go ahead. A 25-yard pass from John Craig to Larry Boone and a two-point conversion run by Craig gave Bakersville the lead, 8-6. Marshall retaliated in the third quarter on a two-yard run by halfback Danny Freeman following a fumble recovery on the Bakersville 45 yard line. The pass failed for the extra point and again Marshall led. 12-8. A four-yard run by Craig kfhtiWt :-kf THE FIRST VISIBLE evidence of construction of the Madison County High School was shown Monday morning adjacent to the Marshall By-Pass, site of the school. The clearing of the undergrowth is essential for preparation of core-drilling equipment that the board of education expects to be moved in within the next few weeks. The citizens of Madison County voted overwhelmingly last May to approve a Bond Referendum of $950.000 to consolidate the five existing high schools into a single comprehensive high school. 11 Jurors Selected Fob Cutshall Murder Trial The- slow and tortuous process of selecting jurors for the first degree murder trial of Leonard H. Cutshall was spread into Thursday when a 150-person venire from Buncombe County was exhausted with only 1 1 jurors chosen. Superior Court Judge Lacy Thornburg directed Clerk of Court, C. N. Willis to order another 35 persons from Buncombe, to report to the Madison County Courthouse at 9:30 a.m. The 1 1 jurors selected thus far have actually been diawn Seconds that capped a 60-yard drive in the fourth stanza gave the Bulldogs the advantage once more, 14-1 2. Marshall took over on their own nine yard line with 1 :02 left in the game. Trailing 14-12, Wayne McDevitt fired a pass to Harlon Rice who was open at the Marshall 40-yard line. On the next play, McDevitt fired a pass to Jimmy Ponder at midfield and Ponder raced untouched into the end zone for the winning touchdown and the 18-14 victory. Both key plays were executed in 24 seconds. MmtwH Bkrt vila FtoM down 7 13 RiMNnayar 13 134 lBVWg 246 113 Return yard 4 20 Hmm 11-21-3 7-14-1 PuMt a-1J B-36.4 FumbiwkMt 1 4 YardapmNMd 28 12 HmM 0ft-ia from only 87 of the original 1 50 ordered by the judge Sixty-three of the total group were excused even before questioning, or else had not Deen served witn papers ordering them to duly. It has taken 2'A days so fai to get the ll. Three were chosen Monday afternoon another three Iuesday and five Wednesday. However, attorneys wera able to select only one out ol the last 24 questioned! Questioning by both the stat( and defense has been lonj and thorough in mosi instan ces. the state was allowed si peremptory challenges anc the defense 14. At recess time Wednesday the state had usee up three and the defense 1 1 leaving each side with onl) three. A peremptory challenge tc a juror's fitness to serve allows either side to disqualify a person for no reason at all. Challenges for "cause" are unlimited, and may be exercised if in the judge's view the juror possesses certain preconceived notions or biases that would prevent a fair hearing of the evidence. Cutshall is charged with the Jan. 30 slaying of Richard (Jack) Reeves of Marshall as Reeves sat in a car with Cutihall's ex-wife. The state J represented by Solicitor Clyde M. Roberts and private prosecutor Robert E. Riddle is asking the death penalty for Cutshall, Asheville attorney Brucej Elmore is representing1 CutshalL
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