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MARSHALL, N. C. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1971 VOLUME 70- NUMBER 40
LunsforcTs Mountain
. Music Festival At
Mars Hill Saturday
Banjos, fiddles and guitars
will ring out with the strains of
"Sourwood Mountain" and
"Cripple Creek" at Mars Hill
Saturday, Oct. 9, when some SO
performing groups and in
dividuals take part in the fourth
annual Bascom Lamar Lun
sford's "Minstrel of the Ap
palachia" mountain music
festival starting at 7:30 p. m. in
Moore Auditorium at Mars Hill
College.
The community-sponsored
event has become a gathering
place for people to play, sing
and dance the music that had its
origin in this area. Proceeds
from the festival will be used to
establish an Appalachian folk
museum.
Lunsford, who has an in
ternational reputation for his
folk music collections, has
called this western North
Carolina and eastern Tennessee
nook of Southern Appalachia
"the richest pocket of
traditional lore in America
today." He was born on the
campus of Mars Hill College
and has designated the campus
as beneficiary of his collections.
In conjunction with the
festival, the college will host an
all-day meeting of the boards of
directors and advisors of the
Appalachian Consortium, a
cooperative venture among
Mars Hill, Appalachian State
University, East Tennessee
State University and Lees
McRae College.
Cutshall Found Guilty;
Attorney Files Appeal
Bruce Elmore of Asheville,
attorney for Leonard H. Cut
shall, filed a notice of appeal in
Madison County Superior Court
here Friday after Cutshall was
found guilty of murder in the
first degree late Thursday.
Judge William T. Grist of
Charlotte, who presided at the
trial which began Monday and
was Cutshall 's third trial on this
charge, sentenced him to life
imprisonment on the recom
mendation of the jury.
The case went to the jury,
made up of Avery County
residents with alternates from
Mitchell County, about 6:15
Mars Hill Lions
Carson-Newman's Eagles
surged to a 14-0 first half lead
and withstood Mars Hill's
comeback to gain a 24-10
triumph Saturday night over
the host Lions in a battle of the
two rival Baptist schools.
Trailing 14-0 in the second
quarter, Mars Hill, who en
tered the game as a heavy
underdog, struck with a touch
dovi and a field goal before
intermission and pushed the
visitors from East Tennessee in
tha third quarter. But the hosts
failed to add to their first-half
point total.
The Lions threatened to go
ahead in the third period as they
controlled the ball throughout
most of the fifteen minutes.
They got to the Eagles' 33 and
later to the 35 but were unable to
come up with the big play
when they needed it.
David Ward kicked a 36-yard
field goal with 2:44 gone in the
f Mirth period, and the Eagles
gt their final touchdown on
Rdney Wampler's one-yard
burst with 3:20 left. The final
TO drive carried 42 yards in sii
plays.
The victory boosted the
powerful Eagles' season record
to W. The Lions are winless
after three outings.
The, Eagles put together the
first Sustained drive in the
game late la the first Quarter.
They itayed an the ground and
drove 0 yards in eight plays
with Rodney W ampler bashing
the mktie with a strong second
effort to score from five yards
out. Devid Wardi kick with
1:01 in the frst Quarter gave
Carson-Newmaa a 7-0 lead.
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Lunsford is an advisor to the
consortium. Others on the board
include W. Amos Abrams of
Raleigh, president of the N. C.
Folklore Society; Michael
Frome of Alexandria, Va.
outdoor editor of "Field and
Stream"; Artus M. Moser of
Swannanoa, folk music
collector and performer; Miss
Gwen Owle, of Cherokee, editor
of "The Cherokee One
Feather," tribal newspaper of
the Eastern Band of Cherokee
Indians; John Parrls of Sylva,
newsman and author; Mrs.
Wilma Dykeman Stokely of
Knoxville, Tenn., historian and
p.m. Thursday and the verdict
was reached about midnight.
The first trial ended In a
mistrial in May, 1970, over a
possible jury tampering in
cident; and, the N. C. Supreme
Court ruled in April of this year
that the second trial in Sep
tember, 1970, involved inad
missible evidence and ordered a
new trial.
Cutshall was charged with the
shooting death of Richard
I Jack ) Reeves a bout 1 1 : 30 p.m .
Jan. 30, 1970. Reeves died in a
parked car with Cutshall's ex
wife, Blanche, who was the
state's key witness.
Lose, 24-10
The Eagles got on the board
again quickly as Billy Wilson
intercepted Kip Smith's pass on
the first play of the second
quarter and was stopped on
Mars Hill twenty. After
Wampler gained five on an off
tackle run, an offisde penalty
against the Lions gave the
visitors from Jefferson City a
first down on the six.
next play, Ron Hall
On the
zipped
around right end for the TD.
Ward's lick made the count 14-0.
Mars Hill sustained its best
drive following the kickoff on
the running of Randall Phillips,
Danny Hood, Smith, and Jeff
Davis. The Lions marched 75
yards in fourteen plays, all on
the ground, to score. Davis got
the six points on a 9-yard sweep
around the left side. Doug
Stevens kicked the point with
7:24 left in the half.
Stevens cut the Eagles' lead
to four on the last play of the
half when he hit a 31-yard field
goal from a sharp angle after a
pass interference penalty
against Carson-Newman gave
Mars Hill the ball with :05 left on
the fifteen.
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First downs 14 IS
Rushing yardage 234 150
Passing yardage $1 SO
Passes ft-15-0 7-11-1
Punts
Fumbles lost
Yards penalized
Ret m yardage
Carsea-Newmu
Man Kin -
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novelist; and Nat Winston of
Nashville, Tenn., folk music
collector and president of the
American Psychiatric
Association.
Lamar Lunsford, son of the
honoree, will serve as master of
ceremonies and Ed Howard, of
Mrs. Hill, is chairman of the
event.
It was also announced that a
Craft exhibit and sale will be
held on Saturday afternoon.
One of the highlights of the
event will be the induction of
four new members into the
Mountain Music's Hall of
fame.
Merchants To
Have Important
Meeting Tues.
A special meeting of the
Marshall Merchants
Association will be held next
Tuesday night at the French
Broad EMC Bui ding beginning
at 8 o'clock.
Officers will be elected, plans
for Christmas will be discussed,
the Christmas Promotion will
be aired, and other important
matters will be discussed.
Every member of the
Association (about 40) is urged
to attend.
An Association where only 10
15 members attend regularly
cannot function or effectively
make plans for the entire town.
Every merchant and every firm
should be represented. Mark
this date and time on your
calendar NOW and be present
next Tuesday night. (Read
Editorial I
Obray Ramsey
Featured In
74 -Page Book
A beautifully bound book of 74
pages featuring the life and
music of Obray Ramsey,
Madison County musician, has
been written by Robert Kamen
0f Athol, N Y. It is actually a
thesis submitted to the Faculty
of Wesleyan University in
partial fulfillment of the
requirements for a Degree of
Master of Arts.
The book includes fifty years
of Appalachian Folk Music: A
study exemplified by the life of
Ramsey,
The contents also include
many songs in Ramsey's
repertoire as they appear in
selected collections
Ramsey, whose
popularity was widened by his
and Byard Ray's recording of
"White Lightnin". Later, they
appeared in a moving picture,
"Zachariah" which has been
released.
At present Ramsey is
involved in another film.
Servicemen
Marine Pvt. OrviUe L.
Gentry, son of Mr. and Mrs.
James H. Gentry of Route 3,
Marshall, has completed basic
training at the Marine Corps
Recruit Depot, Parrls Island, S.
C. ' ...
He it a 1V graduate of
Laurel High School in Marshall,
Mars Hill Gets Grant
For New Auditorium
the Belk Foundation of
Charlotte has given a grant for
construction of an auditorium
adjoining the proposed college
union building at Mars Hill
College according to a joint
announcement made this week
by Irwin Belk, foundation
chairman, and Dr. Fred B.
Bentley, college president.
Bentley said the new, 300-seat
auditorium will be named for
the late Mrs. Mary Irwin Belk,
wife of William Henry Belk, co
founder of the Belk department
stores throughout the
Southeast. She died in 1968.
"This generous gift by the
Belk Foundation," Bentley
said, "is very encouraging to
those of us who have been
working in the current $3
million development program
of the college. I sincerely hope
it will stimulate others - in
dividual alumni and friends of
the college as well as foun-dations-to
join in this important
endeavor."
Groundbreaking for the
auditorium and union building
will be held during homecoming
weekend, Saturday, Oct. 30
prior to a football game with
Gardner-Webb College.
Bentley said the total cost of
SHOWN UNLOADING hundreds of pounds of glass collected by Walnut school
children for recycling are, left to right, Ronney Smith, Tom Shook, Glenn
Norton and Mrs. Steve Wallin. The project is being spearheaded by the
Marshall Helping Hands 4-H Club.
Glass Collection Project
Underway In County
Walnut students collected
hundreds of pounds of glass for
recycling during two days last
week, Johnny Chandler, a local
school bus driver, loaned his
truck to collect glass and took it
to Marshall Community
Building for storage Friday
morning. Operation Main
stream men, and the janitor,
Roy Fore, helped unload glass.
Mrs Steve Wallin, 4-H leader,
was present to accept the glass
for the Marshall Helping Hands
4-H Club. Dorothy Arrington,
Rural Projects Director with
Madison Buncombe Op
portunity Corporation, had
previously agreed to cooperate
with recycling project of the
local 4-H Club.
Mrs. E. O. Bumette a teacher
and resident of the Walnut
Community, had been con
tacted earlier by Mars Hill
Telephone
Jennings B. Teal, assistant
vice president for Carolina
Telephone Company in Tar
boro, has been elected president
of the North Carolina In
dependent Telephone
Association.
Other officers elected by the
organization during Us annual
meeting held in Pinehurst Sept.
27-29, included Claude 0. Sykes,
General Telephone Company of
the Southeast, Durham, as vice
president Other vice presidents
who were re-elected were W. R.
Hupman, Mebane Telephone
Company, and C. W.
Pickelsimer, Jr., Citisens
Telephone Company. Frank M.
Nonnally, Heins Telephone
Company, was alas re-elected
secretary-treasurer, i i
John , M. Bigbec, vice
president and general manager ,
the union complex will exceed $
1 million and construction will
take approximately 18 months
for the total project.
The auditorium will be
constructed as an irregular
shaped projection on the south
end of the three-story union
building. It will be ap
proximately 76 feet by 60 feet.
There will be elevated seating
for 300 persons with continuous
table-type writing space with
swing chairs. The aisles will be
carpeted, and there will be a
projection room and small
stage.
The lobby will open directly
onto adjacent lounges in the
main part of the building, where
receptions and informal
discussion discussions may be
held.
Bentley said the union
complex will play a major role
in the colleg's emphasis on
student development through
utilization of learning and living
potentials outside of the
academic curriculum. "We
want the college union to be the
livingroom of Mars Hill College
where students, faculty, staff
and friends come to relax, read,
recreate, discuss and entertain."
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College students concerned with
the trash problem in the county.
Mrs. Bumette had been burning
or burying all her trash except
glass which had been ac
cumulating in her basement.
When she read of the club's
recycling project she called
Mrs. Wallin to ask how she
could help and interested her
students and the school in this.
Karen Cummings, a Mars Hill
College student, showed the
Walnut student body a film
about Madison County and the
pollution problem. She returned
later to talk to Mrs. Burnette's
students about collecting glass.
Ball Brothers accepts glass for
recycling from 9 to 4 on
Saturdays, only, so this glass
will be re-loaded by the 4-H'ers
and delivered for recycling later
this month Mrs. Wallin stopped
by the Walnut School to com
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Companies Name Officers
of United Telephone of the
Carolines in Southern Pines,
was elected to the Association's
board of directors. He will
serve until 1973, succeeding
Teal as a board member.
Other directors who were re
elected were J. F. Havens,
Carolina Telephone Company;
J. E. Heins, Heins Telephone
Company; S. E. Leftwich,
Central Telephone Company;
and Sykes. Their terms will
expire in 1974.
The N. C. I. T. A. is made up
of the 39 telephone companies
operating in the state. . The
Association's membership
includes 27 .Independent
member companies and 12
affiliate member companies.
Teal bad been aa active
member of the Association for
. many years before bis election
Norton Murder
Case Underway
In Court
The case of Donald Norton,
charged with the murder of
Jack Ray, started in superior
court here Wednesday with
Judge William T. Grist
presiding.
The jury was sworn in
Wednesday afternoon and a few
State witnesses had taken the
stand when court adjourned
Wednesday.
Norton is being tried for
second degree murder.
Dwelling Burns
At Barnard
Early Today
Fire of undetermined origin
destroyed a dwelling owned by
Dedrick Brown at Barnard
early this (Thursday) morning.
No one was living in the house at
the time.
The Marshall firemen an
swered the call but flames had
made such headway that the
building could not be saved.
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ment the students and was told
they plan to continue the glass
collection and are collecting
paper, and old magazines at
home for recycling.
Mrs. Burnette is to be com
mended for taking the lead in
this worthwhile community
project. Mrs. Wallin st ated this
was a good example of
cooperative cooperation bet
ween the school, students and
their parents as well as groups
such as Mars Hill College,
Opportunity Corporation and 4
H'ers. Anyone having glass to
donate may leave it at the
News-Record office,
Beautytime, Department of
Social Services, Dixie Store, the
Marshall office of the
Madison-Buncombe Op
portunity Corporation, Mar
shall Variety Shop, Health
Dept. or ESEa office.
as president. He assumed his
position with Carolina
Telephone on Sept. 1. He had
formerly been vice president
and general manager for United
Telephone of the Carolines in
Southern Pines.
An electrical engineering
graduate of N. C. State
University, Teal began his
telephone career with Carolina
Telphone. He held several
positions there including plant
extension engineer and general
commercial manager before his
move to Southern Pines in 1969.
In addition to the election of
officers and other business
sessions, the recent convention
featured talks by James S. Day,
president of the United States
Independent Telephone
Association, and Dr. A. D. Hott,
president emeritus. University
ef Tennessee.
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PICTURED ABOVE at the opening of the bids for clearing and grading the
site of the Madison County consolidated high school sites, held here Wed
nesday afternoon are: Seated, left to right. Superintendent Robert L. Ed
wards, William M. Roberts, chairman, board of education; J. Bertram King,
of Asheville, architect; standing, left to right, Bobby Ponder, Mrs. Bobbie
Jean Peek Rice, Emery Wallin, and Ralph M. Lee, board of education
members. Perry Alexander Const. Co., was awarded the contract.
Bid Awarded For
Clearing , Grading Of
School Site Here
Perry Alexander Con
struction Company of Asheville,
was awarded the contract for
clearing and grading of the
consolidated high school site on
the Marshall By-Pass by the
Madison County Board of
Education after bids from three
construction companies were
opened in the board of education
office here Wednesday af
ternoon at 2: 30 o'clock. The bids
were opened and announced by
J. Bertram King, architect, of
Asheville. In addition to the
members of the board of
education, others present in
Rupublican Fund Raising Dinner
Here Saturday Night
A Republican fund-raising
dinner will be held Saturday,
Oct. 9, at seven o'clock at the
Marshall High School cafeteria,
sponsored by the Madison
County Republican Women's
Club. Solicitor Clyde Roberts of
Marshall will be master of
ceremonies. Members of the
Young Republican Club will
furnish music for the program
with Bill Briggs of Mars Hill as
chairman. Door prizes will be
given.
Jim Holshouser of Boone,
state Republican chairman, has
been invited to be present at the
dinner. Holshouser is con
sidered the most likely con
ASC Committee
Elections To Be Held Soon
Farmers will elect their ASC
Community Committeemen for
1972 by mail during the period of
Nov. 19 through Dec. 1 ac
cording to announcement by
Ralph Ramsey, County ASCS
Executive Director.
Ramsey explained that
Madison County is divided into
16 farming communities for
ASCS administrative purposes
and that the boundaries of these
communities conform with
those of the county's original
sixteen townships with no
changes being made in the
boundaries for this year's
committee elections. Farmers
within each ASCS Community
may nominate farmers of then"'
choice by written petitions
between now and Oct. 27, 1971. .
Each nominating peitition must
be signed by three eleigible
voters within the community
and submitted to the ASCS
Office at Marshall no later than
Oct. 27. A petition may carry
the name of only one nominee,
however, fanners may sign as
t
cluded Superintendent R. L.
Edwards, William C. Reeves,
attorney for the board;
representatives of the bidding
companies, the news media,
several county officials and
other interested citizens.
Prior to opening the bids, Mr.
King explained that two bids
were made by each company:
the Base Bid and Rock Extra.
Following were the bids:
Perry Alexander Con
struction Co., of Asheville: Base
Bid, $69,201.09; Rock extra,
$3.00 per cubic yard.
Hendrix Construction
tender for the Republican
nomination for governor of
North Carolina in 1972.
Other guests invited are the
three candidates for the
chairmanship of the
Republican Party. They are
Ted Dent of Arden, Bill Graham
of Winston-Salem, and Frank A.
Rouse of Kinston.
Holshouser, state
representative from Avery,
Watauga, and Mitchell counties
and chairman of his party since
1966, announced some time ago
that he would not seek another
term when North Carolina
Republicans hold their con
many petitions as they like.
Persons who sign nomination
petitions will also certify that
the person they are normmating
is willing to serve if elected and
will not have past 70 years of
age as of January 1, 1972.
The names of farmers timely
nominated by written petitions
will be placed on the ballot for
their community if they are
found to be eligible. Generally
speaking, a nominee must
reside in the ASCS Community
for which he is nominated and
be an eligible voter. An eligible
voter is a far owner, operator,
tenant or sharecropper who Is of
legal voting (II years) age.
Should farmers fail to timely
nominate a slate of six farmers
or more bi each of the It ASCS
Communities, Bit incumbent
community committeemen
(those now serving) wfl com
plete a slate of sis nominees,
whose names will go on the
ballots for their respective
ASCS Community.
Ramsey said that the t. s
Company, of Fletcher; Base
Bid, $70,301.40; Rock Extra,
$1.25 per cubic yard.
Warren Brothers Con
struction Company, of Enka:
Base Bid, $78,625.42; Roc
Extra, $2.10.
Immediately after the bids
had been announced, the board
of education, Mr. King,
Superintendent Edwards and
Attorney Reeves went into
executive session to discuss the
merits of the three bids.
vention in Charlotte Nov. 19 and
20.
Dent, former senator from
Buncombe, Madison, Yancey,
and Mitchell 31st distrtrtt'was
the first to announce &or? (he
chairmanship. Rouse"Vs
named 1971 "Young Republican
of the Year". Graham is
chairman of the Forsyth County
Republicans, having helped
build a strong party in that
area.
Mrs. Francis Ramsey is
president of the Madison County
Woman's Club .
in this year's committee
elections are: (1) Farmer,
nominations by written peti
tions must be signed by only
three farmers rather than six;
(2) the 70 year age limit now
applies to community ' com
mitteemen; (3) all tie votes'
must be settled by casting lots;
(4) persons nominated are no
longer required to sign a cer
tification that tiey are will, g to
serve if elected. The person
making the nomination will
make this certification ; (5) and
the newly elected ASC . -nv"
m unity committeemen v U
begin their term of of: on
Jan. 1, and serve f. r C e
calendar year of 1272.
In conclusion, Rarr.- y i
all farmers to see t" '
the very ?!' ' .' s
are t r .
com-
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