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Horse Show To Be Held On Island Saturday
Saturday is THE day for all
horse lovers of Western North
Carolina and Eastern Ten
nessee. The most beautiful and well
trained horses in this area will
display their talents on the
Island here this Saturday.
There will be two shows, the
afternoon show will begin at 1
o'clock and the night per
formances will begin at 7:30
o'clock.
In case of rain the event will
be held on the Island Sunday.
This is the sixth annual horse
show to be sponsored by the
Marshall Lions and each year it
has been "bigger and better."
Apprxoimately 1000 persons
from Western North Carolina
and Eastern Tennessee at
tended last year's event and
even more are expected for this
year's event.
Jerry Plemmons and John
Corbett are co-chairmen of this
year's event.
In the afternoon show, 17
classes are listed and in the
night's show, 16 classes are
scheduled to perform, making a
total of 33 classes.
Officials will be Judge, Hon.
Bob Jenkins, of Atlanta; Master
of Ceremonies, Hon. Lloyd
Thompson; Farrier, Chet
Griffin; Ringmaster, Jack
Cole; a veterinarian will be on
call.
In addition to trophies and
Mrs. Tweed Found
Guilty; Is Sentenced
Mrs. Blanche Gosnell Cook
Tweed received a seven-year
sentence, suspended for five
years on the condition that she
continues to live in Georgia, her
present residence, under the
supervision of a probation of
ficer, in Superior Court here
Friday.
Mrs. Tweed was found guilty
Thursday of involuntary
manslaughter by a jury. She
was charged with murder in the
shooting death of her brother,
Robert Wayne Gosnell, of Hot
Springs on Feb. 12.
Judge Frank W. Snepp of
Charlotte, presiding over the
spring term of criminal court
here, also handed down a ten
years sentence suspended for
five years, to Jackie Tweed,
charged with receiving stolen
goods, assault by pointing a
gun, breaking and entering,
larceny, and assault with a
firearm on an officer.
The case of Johnnie Cupp,
charged with assault with a
deadly weapon with intent to
kill in connection with the
shooting of Wayne McDevitt,
was continued to the fall term ol
Criminal Court in September,
Solicitor Clyde Roberts was in
charge of presecution for the
state.
Appalachian Workshops
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An atomic reactor and
mountain music will be part of
three-week workshops on Ap
palachian environment,
folklore and culture held this
summer at Mars Hill College.
The reactor will be viewed by
participants in the college's
second Environmental
Education Workshop during a
two-day stay at the U. S.
Atomic Energy Commission
facilities at Oak Ridge, Tenn.,
hosted by the Oak Ridge
Associated Universities. A total
of 10 field trips are scheduled
for the workshop which will run
from June 14 through July 2.
Music, folk tales and crafts
will form the core of the Ap
palachian Workshop held from
July 19 through Aug. 6. Visiting
lectures Include Artus M. Moser
of Swannanoa and Mrs. Maude
Long of Hot Springs, both of
whom have recorded for the
Library of Congress.
Tuition scholarships are
available to North Carolina
teachers with at least two years
experience who have signed
1971-72 contracts in the state
public school systems, ac
cording to Dr. John M. Hough
Jr., summer school director.
The environmental workshop
is a joint effort of Mars Hill, the
U. S. Forest Service and
Western Carolina Regional
University, where a concurrent
workshop will be staged. They
are designed to stimulate an
awareness of the in
terde pendency of man and his
ecological community, said Dr.
Harley E. Jolley, en
vironmental sciences director
for Mars Hill.
In addition to the field trips,
visiting specialists will provide
lectures, movies and illustrated
talks on a wide variety of topics
such as air and water pollution,
health, recreation and the wise
use of natural resources.
The Appalachian Workshop
will delve into the social en
vironment of the region, ac
cording to Mrs. Mabel Moser,
assistant professor of library
science. The object she said is to
foster application and use of
cultural backgrounds and
resource materials of the region
on the part of librarians
teachers.
MEMBERS of the 1971 graduating class at Marshall High School
are pictured above: First row, left to right, Sharon Thomas
Eatmon, Linda Faye Ball, Shirley Fisher, Anita Ramsey, Pamela
Allison, Wallace Ponder, Sanford Graham, Joe West, Audrey
Freeman, Clementine Morrow Sawyer, Catherine Reece, Lynne
Baker, Carol Shelton. Second row, left to right, Jane Fore, Judy
Rector, Rose Messer, Joyce Randall, Danny Freeman, Roger
Flynn, Clayton Thomas, James Lewis, Steve Fowler, Wayne
McDevitt, Brenda Freeman, Linda Penland, Deborah Mayhew,
Barbara Wallin, Theresa Riddle. Third row, left to right, Carol
Marler, Deborah Norton, Patricia Fisher, Marsha Payne, Cynthia
Ogle, Frankie Blackwell, Gary Payne, Harvey Bullman, Cecil
Plemmons, Nancy Gentry, Ann McKinney, Carolyn Davis,
Theresa Ball, Barbara Price. Fourth row, left to right, Charles
Davis, Ronnie Massey, Ray Cantrell, Ruby Messer, Paula Payne,
Sandra Roberts, Meggie Ledford, Cathy Tipton, Adale Payne,
Violet Griffin, Becky Reid, Frank Roberts, Garry Moore, Gary
Norton. Fifth row, left to right, Jerry Wallin, Jesse Hunter,
Darrell Roberts, Ricky Houston, Odis Davis, James West,
Michael Metcalf, Pratt Buckner, Johnny Dodson, Mallie Hensley,
Terry Price, Arvil Price, David Smith, Dennis Freeman, Dennis
Treadway, David Allen, Kennth Eatmon, Mitchell West., Mascots
in front, Lisa Ogle and Paul Frisby.
Lease And Transfer Of Tobacco Quotas
Summer Sessions Start
At Mars Hill Monday
'ine first of two summer
sessions here at Mars Hill
College will get underway
Monday, June 7.
The college win offer a wide
range of varied courses, such as
elementary Russian and
Ustory pf the Soviet Union.
(Students who wish to become
familiar with China may enroll
In a course on the early history'
of Asia and engage in the extra
curricular activity of ping ,
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All 13 academic departments
of the college win offer courses
during the summer ranging
from A (anthropology) to Z
( aoobgy ). Several courses have
been added to the curriculum
., such as the Russian language
course and developmental
reading and race relations,
t Dm courses will be given tat
sessions running Croat June 1 to
July I and from July 12 to
August IX. , t
. A special program lor Ugh
.school graduates who need
edition al work in English and
mathematics to qoslify for
collr-e aiTjion will be held
durirg boih sessions. Al'Jiot'h
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One provision of the new
burley tobacco poundage
program, which producers
accepted in the recent
referendum, is that of leasing
and transferring of quotas
between farms within the
county. According to Ralph W.
Ramsey, County ASCS
executive director, many
Madison County producers are
taking advantage of the lease
and transfer provision. He
stated that as of Monday, June
1, a total of 64 applications had
been made and approved by
ASCS involving transfers of
66,257 pounds. Most of the leases
are for a one year period.
In order that more producers
may become better informed on
the lease and transfer
regulations the following more
common questions by
producers with their answers ,
should be helpful, Ramsey
concluded:
Question: What is this year's
closing date for leasing and
transferring?
Answer: No deadline has yet
been set.
- Question:' Can a non-quota'
farm lease and transfer tobacco
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' Question: ' Can ' a farm "
operator lease tobacco from,
more than one farm? ' ; . t".
Answer: Yes. ' . ' 1
Question: Ij there limitation '
on the amount that can be
transferred to a farm?
Answer: Yes, the smaller of
hs'J cf the CTT;'an1 times the
farm's rr.:",:j its q'rcta or
Q i: Cn a farm
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his farm and then lease any
portion of his combined quota to
another farm?
Answer: No. The same farm
cannot lease from and then
lease to another farm.
Question: What about the
length of the lease?
Answer: It may be for one to
five years.
Question: Are leases binding
on both parties?
Answer: Yes, except by
mutual agreement of all parties
and approval by the County ASC
Committee, they may be ter
minated. Question: Must lease and
transfer agreements be in
writing?
Answer: Yes.
Question : Must they be signed
by all parties concerned?
Answer: Yes. They must be
signed by owners and-or
operators of the farm.
Question: If there is a lien
against the farm being
leased, must the lease also be
signed by the lien holder?
Answer: Yes, if the lease if
for a period of more than one
year.
Question: Must a lease and
transfer be approved by an
ASCS official in order to be
effective?
Answer: Yes. Any and all
leases and transfers must be
approved by the County ASC
Committee or their represen
tative. Question: Is there an ASCS
form for use in leasing and
transferring?
Answer: Yes.
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Question: What should
producers do who wish to lease
or transfer?
Answer: Bring parties con
cerned to the ASCS Office, get
an understanding of the details
and execute the lease and
transfer form.
Question: Is it necessary
thatr they meet weith the
County Committee?
Answer: No.
Question: If the farm to which
a transfer is approved over
markets its quota, what effect
does the over marketings have
on the other farm quota for the
following year?
Answer: None. The lessor
must bear the reduction for
over marketing from bis farm's
quota.
Question: How much can a
farm over market and not be
penalized, except for a
reduction in its following year's
quota? ,
Answer: Ten per cent of. Its
quota. I , .k Q,
, Question: If a farm ever
markets more than ten per cent
of its quota, what men? w v ;
Answer: ft loses price support
eligibility on the amount that is '
over the ten per cent and must
pay the full penalty rate (about
54c per pound) on such
marketings. ' .
Question: If he pej-s the f-!l
penalty on excess cuirkctL-.-i Is
his following year's c ;cU '
reduced f,r s , :h r.r ' . ;-.?
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ribbons, cash awards will be
awarded in the championship
events.
Hamburgers, hot dogs, soft
drinks, etc., will be available
during both afternoon and night
performances.
Ballots Mailed
For Wool
Referendum
Ballots for voting in the June
7-18 referendum on extending
the wool and lamb market
promotion program are being
mailed this week to all known
wool producers in Madison
County, according to Emory
Robinson, chairman of the
County Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation
(ASC) Committee.
"The vote will determine
whether producers will continue
their support for the wool sales
promotion program," Robinson
said, "but it will not affect
present wool payment
legislation."
Under the new agreement,
the U. S. Department of
Agriculture and the American
Sheep Producers Council
(ASPC) would get up payment
deductions of up to IVi cents a
pound on wool marketed during
1971-73 and 7H cents a hun
dredweight on the unshorn
lambs marketed. Funds
collected would be used by the
ASPC to continue a program of
advertising, sale; promotion,
and related activities for wool
and lamb.
The ASC Committeee
chairman said a similar
agreement was approved by
79.9 per cent of the wool
producers voting in a 1966
referendum.
The wool and lamb promotion
program, for the year ending
June 30, 1970, cost about $3.4
million. The budget for the
current year is $3.3 million.
Because wool production has
decreased, payment deductions
have declined to about $2.6
million. ASPC has been able to
maintaipn its promotion ac
tivities by using reserve funds.
The Council's present wool
promotion is on a national basis
in cooperation with additional
or marching funds from other
segments of the industry. Lamb
promotion now is concentrated
in high lamb consuming areas.
Anyone who has owned sheep,
6 months old or older, for 30
consecutive days during 1970
may vote In the 3-week
referendum.
Approval of two-thirds of the
total number of producers
voting nationally, or of
producers having two-thirds of -the
total volume of wool
production represented tat the t
referendum must be obtained
before the agreement can go .
into effect v v '
"Ballots may be mailed or
brought to the County ASCS
Office beginning June T," the -chairman
said. "Any one who 1
believes he's eligible to vote but '
has not received a ballot by
June I should get hi touch with
the County ASCS Office. ',
To be counted, ballots must
reach the County ASCS Cr.ce
before close of business,
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