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VOL. 70 - NO. 47
Official Results
Of Election
In This Issue
The official election results
in Madison County are shown
on pages four and five in this
issue. The unofficial election
table published last week was
printed because the official
canvass of votes (abstracts)
was not held until last
Thursday, too late for the
Nov. 5 issue.
Although most of the
unofficial figures were the
same as the official, there are
several slight changes. These
changes did not affect the
general outcome except in
the board of education race.
R. M. Lee and Perry Willis,
Republican candidates in
District One, unofficially
were tied with 1201 votes
each. However, at the official
canvass it was revealed that
Willis received 1200 votes
instead of 1201, thus R. M.
Lee is the fifth member of
the board of education.
Powell Asks
New Election
In Buncombe
William P. Powell of Mars
Hill, who was defeated last
Tuesday in his bid for
re-election to the State
Senate from the 31st
Senatorial District, asked this
week in a petition for a new
election.
Powell charged that voting
machines in Buncombe
County were set in a way
which prevented voters from
being able to make a "free
choice" among the
candidates.
Candidates for the
two-seats from the 31st
Senatorial District were
Powell nd R. T. (Ted) Dent,
Republican incumbents, and
Democrats I. C- Crawford and
Lunar Gudger, both Asheville
attornevsi who were elected.
Unofficial district wide
returns showed Gudger,
27,412 votes; Crawford,
26,102; Dent, 21,308 and
Powell 20,526.
Jesse I. Ledbetter,
Republican chairman in the
11th Congressional District,
called the alleged incident "a
wry serious violation of our
election process" and said a
"switch" of 20 votes on each
of the Buncombe County
See POWELL, Page 4
Election Ruling
Only Buncombe
It Is understood that should
' the State Board rule that
new election be held in the
State Senator's race in the
3 1st District annposed f
Mars Hill 4-H
Club I ours
College
The Mars Hill Community
4-H Club toured Mars Hill
College Campus Saturday,
Nov. 7, as guests of David
Matthews, finance aid officer
of the college. The group was
treated to a bird's-eye view of
the campus and its various
buildings. Following the tour
the club members were
invited to see the football
game between Mars Hill and
West Virginia Tech.
The group was
accompanied by Mr. and Mrs.
Arnold Garrison and Mr. and
Mrs. Hardie Merrill, leaders of
the club. Twenty-one
members attended.
Lee Gains Seat
On Board Of
Education
Ralph M. Lee of Mars Hill
has been declared the winner
for a seat on the Madison
County Board of Education
following the official canvass
of election returns here last
Thursday.
In the unofficial returns
Tuesday night, it was revealed
that Lee and Perry Willis,
both Republican candidates
in District One (Mara Hill,
Beech Glen, Ebbs Chapel and
Grapevine-East Fork) had
tied with a total of 1201
votes each.
The Madison County board
of elections (Mrs. Virginia
Anderson, chairman; Oscar
McDevitt and Lester Wilde)
contacted the State Board of
Elections for clarification of
the law which states to
determine a winner in case of
tie, there is a "drawing by
lot". The State Board
Executive Secretary Alex
Brock, ordered the local
board to again check totals
on voting machines in District
One and also recheck
absentee ballots. When this
was done it was discovered
that Perry Willis had received
one less vote in Township, 3,
Ward 2 (Grapevine) than was
unofficially reported Tuesday
night. This was in an absentee
ballot, Mrs. Anderson
explained. This gave Lee a
tout of 1201 official votes to
1200 official votes for Willis.
Lee, a native of Wayne
County, North . Carolina,
SeeEDUCAWN'.Page4
Affects
County
Buncombe,: Madispn, Mitchell
and Yancey counties, the new.
election .would;. not. ? affect
Madison, Mitchell or Yancey
counties, but onfar Buncombe
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MARSHALL, N. C. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1970
$76,000Road AllocafW
RALEIGH-Madison
County has been allocated
more than $76,000 for two
secondary road construction
projects, it was announced
today.
Approval of the projects
was voted at the regular
December meeting of the
State Highway Commission
here.
The projects and the
money allotted for each
were:
0.25 mile, grade, drain and
stabilize from SR 1319 to
Lions Surge To
30-19 Victory
The Mars Hill College
Lions, scoring two fourth
period touchdowns within 43
seconds, came from behind to
defeat West Virginia Tech,
302-19, here Saturday
afternoon before 1,800 fans
at Meares Stadium.
The victory evened the
Lions' record at 4-4 for the
fall, while the hapless Golden
Bears suffered their seventh
defeat against a victory and a
tie.
Johnny Dawkins, a
speedster halfback from
Gaffney, S. C, put the Lions
ahead to stay with 12:42
remaining in the game on an
eight-yard run which capped
an 80-yard drive, engineered
by quarterback Marvin
Parrott. Parrott tried for the
two-point point after but
failed. In fact the Lions did
not make a point after
attempt in the entire game.
The touchdown put Mars
Hill ahead, 24-19, in the
seesaw battle, and then 43
seconds later Ted Williams, a
monster man on defense who
pulled a muscle in pre-game
warmups, but played anyway,
intercepted a pass by Golden
Bear quarterback Earl
Michaels and returned it 30
See LIONS, Page 8
O J
W. E. 'GIFT (left), director of college relations for' Tennessee
Eistman, Kingsport, Term., recently handed Mart- Hill College
president, Dr.. Fred B. Bentkey a $5,000 gift front Eastmaa
.Kodak; Company's aid-to-education pogram. The special pant
will be used J :impuWnttag-.ne Baptist college's new
curricahin starting next taB. Gift "raid Man Hill, was one of 63
college to the South which took 'part in the' S13 million
Eastman Kodak program (Mara HilLCoBege photo by Walter
Smith); :",
South. Eliminate 10 open
fords on various roads in
county. This is in Lonesome
Mountain area.
3.80 miles, grade, drain,
base and pave from SR 1503
to SR 1501. (Overdraft of
Puncheon Fork project No.
2.05813).
Personalized
License Plates
To Be Issued
RALEIGH-You now have
until Dec. 15, 1970, to apply
'for a personalized license
plate to display on your
motor vehicle in 1971.
James H. Stamey, director
of the Registration Division
of the Department of Motor
Vehicles, said today that he
has extended the deadline
beyond the previous cutoff
date of Oct. 10.
Stamey said North Carolina
motorists can secure the
necessary forms for applying
for the personalized plates by
contacting, in person or by
mail, local license plate sales
offices or the Personalized
License Section of the
Department of Motor
Vehicles in Raleigh.
Rules and regulations
pertaining to the issuance of
the special plates appear on
the order forms. The
combination of letters and
numbers on the plates can be
three letters, four letters and
two numbers, five letters and
one number or any
combination of letters with a'
minimum of three and a
maximum of six.
Unacceptable applications
would be words or
letter-number combinations
that are offensive, suggestive
or not in good taste, or any
combination of letters and
numbers that conflict with
the numbering system
employed by the Department
for regular license plates. -
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Being Issued By Mail
According to
announcement this week by
the County ASCS 01 nee,
tobacco marketing cards are
being issued to farm
operators of Madison by mail
this week. County ASCS
Executive Director, Ralph
Ramsey, explained that the
small plastic card will again
be used this year, and that
they were being issued
through the mail as a
convenience to the producer..
During the past two yean in '
which the plastic cards have
been in use, ' producers
etcured tbem by visiting tt
10c PER COPY
ASCS Office. Ramsey said
that if only a nominal
number were misplaced, lost ,
or accidentally destroyed by
producers this year that they
would continue to be issued
through the mail. The
envelopes containing
marketing cards will have the
notation "Marketing Card
Enclosed" stamped in red on
the outside. Farmen should
store their card in a safe place
to as to. not get it lost as it
will take 6 or 7 days to secure
an additional one from the
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