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VOLUME 70 NUMBER 72
MARSHALL, IN. C. THURSDAY MAY fi. 1971
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Town Elections Are
Held In County
Marshall, Hot Springs and
Mars Hill had municipal
elections Tuesday with the
following results
MARSHALL
Kour hundred and ten persons
voted m the election in the
county seat Tuesday There
were 533 eligible voters with 123
failing to vote
Ijorado Ponder, incumbent
was re-elected mayor over his
opponent, Ed 1. Niles Ponder
received 247 votes and Niles, 147
votes
In the aldeniu'ns' race with
three seats up for grabs, Roy
Wild led the ticket with 202
votes Fleet Six was runner-up
with 220 votes and diaries
Ham" (Yowe was third with
218 votes Wild and Nix were
incumbents George Penland,
also an incumbent, was
replaced on the board by Crowe
Penland received 205 votes
Howard Kiddle had a total of 135
votes and Garland Brown
received 110 votes
HOT SPRINGS
.1 H Henderson, former
mayor of Hot Springs, won in
his bid for mayor by defeating
his opponent, K B Sumerel.
Henderson received 189 votes
and Sumerel, 71 Charles
Schaffer, who was mayor, did
not seek re-election
In the Aldermen's race,
Harold I) Anderson, the only
incumbent who filed, was top
vote-getter with 212 E B
i Gene i Autry received 171 votes
and George Ramsey, 154 votes
to complete the board Other
candidates were Burlin Kicker,
82 votes; Sidney Harrison, 79
votes and Waren Nix, (17 votes.
MARS HILL
William P Powell, former
mayor and former state
senator, was elected mayor
here with !8 voters Mayor Carl
Kller who ran for alderman,
was elected to the Uiard, with
100 votes
Also elected to the board were
H W Gngg with 101 votes and
Arthur E Wood with 99 votes
The candidates were all
unopposed
Madison County Farmers Favor Quota On Hurley
BLUE RIBBON WINNERS: first row left to right
Rciiee Wviitt. Sherry Ramsey, Anna Lou Silver,
Sharon Kent. Second row Nancy Treadway. Jane
Rice, I'cKH.v Rice, Vickie Radford, Susan Erisby.
North Carolina hurley
tobacco growers voted by an
overwhelming 97 6 per cent
margin Tuesday to accept
poundage quota controls in a
referendum which extended
throughout the eight-state
hurley belt
Growers in 22 counties cast
14,053 votes in favor of the
proposal and 350 against, ac
cording to a preliminary count
released by the North Carolina
Agricultural Stabilization and
( rop Service in Kaleigh
Ihe official count won't lx
known for several days, pen
ding counting of absentee
ballots not already included in
the vote and consideration of
challenges.
ASCS officials termed the
turnout as fan' in the Tai
Heel state
Madison.
Bill Would Change
County Industrial
Development Group
RECOGNIZE the ' models" pictured above? The
Marshall beauties appeared on stage at the 4-11
Dress Revue held in Mars Hill last Eriday night
while actual judging was being done. Left to right,
Earle Wise, Jerry Plemmons, Wiley DuVall, Don
llarn-ll and Tom Wallin.
The Madison County In
dustrial Development Com
mission would be fired and its
function turned over to the
Board of County Com
missioners under legislation
iuiiuUitO nl the Nuiiii
Carolina General Assembly
Tuesday
Reps Liston B Kamsey of
Marshall and Kmest B Messer
of Canton said the bill they
sponsored is designed to get the
industrial development com
mission back in business not
abolish it. however
Kamsey said the present
commission was named m a bill
he sjxmsored in the 11 General
Assembly
'Hie commission has been
largely inactive, however, he
said The bill introduced
Tuesday would turn the
. t t'.if i rn-1
mission over to the Madison
County Board of Com
missioners llie bill also directs all per
sons having custody of any
looks, records, papers, monies,
furniture, or other commission
property to turn it over to the
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SPRING is here and this was evident as pictured
here at the I II Dress Revue
Mrs.
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Mrs. E Y. tOrla) Ponder,
second grade teacher at
Marshall School, was reminded
Monday afternoon by a fellow
teacher that she was to help
serve cake and punch to the
1TA at the meeting set for that
evening
She came early, helped
prepare the refreshments, then
sat down with friends to enjoy
the program. She was quite
surprised when she was called
to the speaker's stand to be
honored for her 40 years of
teaching and her retirement at
the end of this school term!
Principal Clive M Whitt led
the group of friends who paid
tribute to Mrs. Ponder He
praised her for excellent
teaching and her generosity to
underprivileged children Uttle
Fran Randall, one of her second
grade pupils, presented her
with an orchid corsage
Bill Brigman, principal of
Red Oak School and a former
student, remembered the time
M-iVlT gV I ii'-.'K!
to in a cake walk. He said
he won the prize which was a
tray of cup cakes which he
spilled to the floor as he left the
stage! His daughter, Teresa,
who was in Mrs. Ponder's room
last year, and Anita Ramsey, a
1971 senior, also were on the
program
Dean R M U-e of Mars Hill
K.V. (Orla)
10 i ears
the state's largest
I'ondrr Krlirrs
In (ilassroom
Inn ley producing county,
passed the measure by 2,(143 to
1411, en 95 per cent 'Hie
i eferendum passed in Bun
( niiibe by 95 7 per cent, with
l.HVf'i in favor and 84 against
Ilic quota control program,
which must lx- passed by two
thirds of all hurley voters, met
on n)isition in eight North
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4-H Dress Revue Is Held Friday At Mars Hill
The regular 2nd Saturday
night singing will be held this
Saturday night at the Oak Ridge
Baptist Church teginnmg at
7 ,10 p m
James Fisher will ( in
charge of the singing
Kveryone is invited to come
and enjoy the singing
"At the Corner of Park and
Vine" was the theme of the
Annual Spring Kashion 4 H
Dress Kevue which was held at
the Mars Hill College
Auditorium, April 30 , 1ms year
Madison Count) had 41 entries
in the Dress Kevue, the largest
number of am previous dress
revue held
Iliree blue ribbon winners
were selected from each
division senior, junior, and
apron The three from the
senior group were Susan
Krisby, winner of the trip to N
C 4-11 Congress, and Sharon
Kent and Nancy Treadway
Hie red ribbon winners were
as follows Suzanne DuVall ( 2 1,
Diane Wills, Belinda Strom,
Sharon Kent, I-oretta Barnett,
Rhonda Sprinkle i 2), and Susan
Krisby
White ribbon winners were
Rebecca Mace, Debra Bruikley,
and Brenda BnnkJey
In the Apron Revue Sherry
Ramsey was the winner of the
trip to camp and Renee Wyatt
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Senior Class
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MARSHALL SENIORS visited Washington. D. C, and New York during the
week of April 1 8-24. While in Washington they had their picture made with 11th
( ongressional District Representative Roy A. Taylor. Sponsors making the trip
were Mrs. (iroer Gosnell, Mrs. Stanley Higgins, J. Enelo Boone, and Mrs.
James Allen. Bus driver was Clyde Thompson. Eront row, left to right: Linda
Penland, Nancy Gentry, Ann .McKinney, Anita Ramsey, Deborah Mayhew,
Paula Payne, Marsha Payne. Kathy Tipton, Mrs. Gosnell, Rep. Taylor, Mrs.
Higgins, Audrey Freeman, Sandra Roberts. Catherine Reese. Carol Marler, Pat
Fisher, Carol Shelton, Cynthia Ogle. Brenda Freeman. Second row: Danny
Freeman, Odis Davis, Ronald Massey, Mitchell West, Dennis Freeman, David
Allen. Dennis Treadway, Michael Metcalf. Mallie Hensley, Mr. Thompson. Mr.
Allen. Mr. Boone. Terry Price, Joe West, Richard Buckner, Ray Cantrell, Garry
Moore, Cecil Plemmons. Frank Roberts, James Lewis, Steve Fowler, and Gary
Norton.
and Ann Uu Silver received
blue ribbons Ijnda DuVall and
Pam Clark received red rihns
in the April Revue
'Hie junior dress revue had
the largest participation and
three winners were selected
Jane Rice was the first prize,
blue ribbon winner and also won
the trip to camp Vickie Rad
ford and Peggy Rice won blue
ribbons Red ribbon winners
were Rosa Deane Krisby, Kaith
Wise, Caroleen Buckner, Pam
Clark, Beverly Walclrup, Anna
Uiu Silver, and Debbie
Garrison
White ribbon winners were
Darlene Talton. Rosa Deane
Krisby, Connie Boone, l.ynne
Houston. Janet Reeves, Sharon
Hensley, Vickie Childs, lorna
Jean Bran. Mary Tom
Jackson, and Kay Webb
Material was given as a prize
to the first three blue ribbon
winners in the Senior and Junior
Division and the first and
second pnz winners in the
Apron Revue The various
shops in the county contributed
the fabric for the prizes which
was an added surprise for the
winners
Undoubted! one of the most
attractive things concerning the
Dress Revue other than the
girls, was the stage The stage
was decorated, as pictured
ibove, with flowers and fern
compliments of Mars Hill
Florist and Shady Side Florist
Each 4-H club participating in
the Dress Revue had con
structed signs for the park
scene which added a bright
touch to the stage
Special thanks to Mrs
El wood Waldrup, narrator;
Mrs. Julia Holcombe, ac
companist; Mrs. Grover
Gosnell, home economics
teacher, Mrs William Hensley,
hotnemaker, and Rick Shaw,
asst. manager for Belk's
Department Store, Sylva, who
served as judges for the Dress
Revue.
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News - Record
joes To Standard
Page Size
staitine with this issue 'Die ."w
creased in page size to standard width
depth
Since last August the newspaper has I
columns in width and Hi inches in depth'
Ihe change in size was made following the sale of The
News-Record to Community Newspaper, Inc., wtlh the paper
edited and supervised in Marshall by Jim Story but actually
printed by the offset method inCmton
"There have been mixed emotions since the paper went
to tabloid size", Story stated. "A majority of our subscribers,
grown use to the larger size for so many years, just dJdn't like
the change to the tabloid size Many subscribers, however,
complimented the tabloid size, especially those from dustant
states," Story said.
"A survey since last August revealed that the majority
preferred the large size, so with the cooperation of the of
fu lals and personnel of Community Newspapers !n , we
have decided to go to the large size." K.iitor Stov sai I
"With the large page size it is hM that thru- w.ll l
lewer pages hut it will offer more space !m new- arti. i 's and
advertisements," Story concluded
We arc making every effort to please the
our subscriliers and feel this is a step fo war.l
are Lining to give it a try." Story conclude.!
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Mrs
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College and Mrs Kthel Movers,
former Mars Hill High School
principal, spoke of then
association with Mrs Ponder as
their student lioth regarded
her as a fine student and
praised her for her attainments
as an educator Superintendent
Robert I. Kdwards expressed
his appreciation to Mrs Ponder
for her service to the boys and
girls of Madison County over
the years
Zeno Ponder, a brother-in-law,
spoke briefly about beuig
Mrs Ponder's first pupil at
Marshall School and said she
had many tunes publicly stated
that he was the "meanest
student" she ever taught Mrs
Ponder's husband, son and
daughter-in-law. two sisters and
a brother and several other
members of her family were
among the some 85 people
1 1 RN TO PAGK 6
Mars Hill Firemen Install
New Alarm System
When the Mars Hill
V olunteer I-ire Department
reorganized in March of iy?0.
one of the first problems
which the new members
wanted to alleviate was the
existing telephone alarm
system I'reviousU. there
were two numbers which
MTsons were asked to call, a
day number ;md a night
number During the day
persons calling in fire alarms
ran the risk of not finding
iinybndy on the other end of
the Line At night ou had a
good chance of finding
someone on the other end of
the line hut other . ir-
cumstances made it worse
Hie night persons had to call
firemen s homes until
someone could be reached
Hien the fireman first notified
had to put his clothes on i get
in his car, drive to the station,
sound the general alarm, and
wait till the other firemen
could arrive After they
repeated the aforementioned
process i A lot of the firemen
available in town in the day
couldn't hear the fire siren at
night because they lived too
far away Sometimes the time
lapse was ten minutes or more
with maybe two firemen
answering alarms
Pie nrw fu r iiirr. saw this as
a problem and decided to
lease the most modem and
most pr a. t ical sy stem
available 'I he new
l-'mergem y I- ire Alarm
R e p o i t i n g S s t e m
manufactured by In
ternational Telephone and
Telegraph was ordered mi
mediateU mi! was installed
the first of this year by
Western ( an.lina Telephone
Company I'nder the new
sy stein ail fire .alls are cir
i uited through an electronic
apparatus in the telephone
company station in Mars Hill
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Capitol
THE MARS HILL HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS and chaperones recently en
joyed a trip to Washington, D. C, and New York City. Pictured above Is the
group with the nation's Capitol in the background. Front row, left to right:
Gail Higgins. Pansy McMahan, Elissa Hailey, Paula Sams, Patty Ammoai,
Roxanne Sixemore. Jane Mcintosh, Bernice Baird, Maxlne Hensley, Susie
Thomas. Janet Lee, Karla Bragg, Judy Metcalf, Leuretha Buckner, Marilyn
Chandler, Judy Boone. Back row, left to right. Tommy Hamlin, James
Shook. Jim Eller, Mason Norton, Ken Castelloe, Bruce Sprinkle, teacher;
Miss Eva Mcintosh, teacher; Clyde Thompson, bus driver; Mrs. Irene
Metcalf, teacher; Forrest Blakeley, John Coates, A. C. Honeycutt, Bruce
Murray, Hubert Buckner and Aaron Ball.