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i.s 'y. TO VOLUME 71 MARSHALL, N. C THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1972 NUMBER 7. Criminal Court To o Begin Here Monday The February term of superior court for the trial of criminal cases will begin here Monday morning with Judge Fred H. Hasty presiding. Among the cases scheduled include : Thomas Burrell Riddle, ADW with intent to kill; William McKinley Ramsey III, man slaughter; Johnny Cupp, ADW with intent to kill; H. L. (Lane) Ogle, DUI; Isaac Gunter, Jr., larceny; Waler Gunter, larceny; Walter Gunter, B&E; Isaac Gunter, Jr. B&E; Tommy Gregory, forgery; Ralph I.amb, non support; Billy Nash, assualt on female; Don Edward Franlkin, seduction; Paul Clarence Chandler, DUI; Kenneth Earl Radford, DUI ; Vaughn English, DWLR; Arthur le Sparks, BE&L; Ray Allen, BE&L; Charles Taylor, ADW; John Hot Springs Lions Defeat Marshall The Hot Springs lions roared louder than the Marshall Lions Tuesday night in the Hot Springs gym and wound up with a 70-51 victory in a benefit game played before a fairly good crowd of spectators. Brady and Berry led the Hot Springs team while John Fisher and Jack Cole, super stars of yesteryear, were outstanding for the Marshall quint. Everyone had a great time even though some of the players were a bit tired and sore Wednesday morning. The Hot Springs Ijons will play at Marshall later on, it was announced French Broad Co-op Seeking REA Loan The French Broad Electric Membership Cooperative has announced that it is making an application for a loan from the Rural Electrification Ad ministration for the con struction of a transmission line in Buncombe County The seven miles of 69,000-volt transmission line will provide service to about 1,500 new members and provide for the increasing demands of present members Comments on the en vironmental aspects of the proposed construction are expected to be submitted to the Cooperative's office here before March 10 Post Offices Close Monday The post offices in Madison County will be closed next Monday in observance of George Washington's birthday. Advertising, Suhseription Rates To Increase Advertising rates in The News-Record will be increased effective iMarch 1. Rates have not been in creased Bince April, 1968, although sts of producing a newspaper have soared. Postal rates have increased as well as newsprint, labor, etc. Local advertising rates will be 75ci fr column inch to regular monthly customers of the newspaper. The new rates for all "Other advertisements (not "tegular monthly ad vertrtertP will be 90c per column fetch. AQ tegal and political ad vertising; tates will be 90c per column inch, it wis announced. Administrator's notices win be $10 for the four insertions and divorce notices will be $12.00 for the tour insertiona. Bud Treadway, DUI; John Junior Ramdall, DUI; Elmer Franlkin Payne, DUI; Robert Franklin Frisbee, DUI. A list of jurors is as follows: Maude B. Metcalf , Ava Glenn Proffitt, Charles R. Davis, Roy H Caldwell, Chester Franklin, Carter Metcalf, Frank Runnion, Ruth Rose Hudson, Maggie Jane Massey, Lawrence H. Doan, Dewey Mace, Ralph B. English, Floyd J. Honeycutt, Harrison E. Lunsford, Hardy L. Ferguson, Carson Denoer Payne, Mrs. Hugh Fisher, Carter Wroley, Mrs. Joe Ramsey, Johnny Shelton, Ina Metcalf, Kenneth Cutshall, Averv Buckner, Harley E. Jolley, Cleophas Ramsey, Monroe Payne, Marie Morrow, Virginia Ann Shook, John T. Flynn, Frank Smith, Shirley Beatrice Ponder, Thomas A. Ray, Mary L. Payne, Turner Forrest Jarrett Is Cited For Excellency For his part in helping to minimize traffic congestion at key highway-railroad grade crossings in Memphis, Tenn., during the recently completed laying of ribbon rail on Southern's main line through the city. Assistant Division Special Agent Forrest Jarrett was recently awarded a "Key to the City" at a special luncheoa in his honor. The award was made by then-Mayor Henry Loeb, under whose leadership, the efforts of Memphis police and other city officials were coordinated with those of Southern in scheduling and performing the work according to the needs both of Southern and the City of Memphis. Working through Mr. Jarrett and representatives of Southern'sPublic Relations Department, advance an nouncements of crossings to be closed and the approximate duration of the closings were carried extensively on Memphis radio and television stations and in the newspapers, with the result that the rail-laying operation was greatly expedited and inconvenience to the people of Memphis was held to a minimum. In a letter to Assistant Vice President Paul C Shu, written upon completion of the rail-laying operation, former Mayor Loeb wrote in part "It is a privilege and pleasure to write you and commend you on having Forrest Jarrett in Mem phis... As a token of my strong feelings as above, I am sending him, with a copy of this letter, a Key to the City,' urging him not to change, as I know he won't." Forrest is the son of Mr. and Mrs Olin Jarrett, of Marshall. Hrfrigerale cheese in Tupper ware Chetsf Sairr containers They come in several sues and prevent mold by keeping neces sary moisture in Classified advertising will remain $1.00 per column inch per insertion. It was noted that these creases are necessary maintain a newspaper Madison County. in to in SUBSCRIPTION RATES OUT-OF-COUNTY sub scription rates including ad joining counties: Buncombe, Yancey, Ha yt wood; Greene and Unicoi, Tenn., wiQ be increased as follows: IS months, $9.00; 12 months, $8.00; I months, $6.00; (Add 4 per cent Sales Tax if in North Carolina). Present subscription rates will not be increased to Madison County. The current $ 4.00 per year plus lax will prevail. Stephens, Hazel Deal Proffitt, Faye Griffey and R. J. Plem mons. Also are Tilson Hunter, Dewey A. Ray, Omie Roberta Ruff, Bobby Crowe, Bruce Glen Davis, Zola Payne, Tom Brigman, Ruby D. Buckner, Dolph Peek, Mrs. C. W. Collins, Blanche Lewis Flynn, Frank Ramsey, Mrs. Palma Edney, Opal D. Ray, Paul R. Randlall, Dewey Wallin, Lloyd B. FJlege, Earl Shelton, Peggy Ruth Ball, James AReece, E. G. Hill, Jr., Zephns (R. Zebb) English, Elizabeth H. Sams, Curis W. Ballard, J. S. Houston, Ger trude Randall, C. T. Waldrup, Charles Arrowood, Barbara Ann Kice, John Ledford, Moody ruce, voncil Wright Penland and Francis Buckner YR Convention Held Lost Week In Greensboro The North Carolina YR Federation Convention '72 was held last Friday and Saturday at the Hilton Inn in Greensboro. 370 delegates from the local Young Republican Clubs were in attendance. Sen. Phil Kirk of Salisbury served as Convention Chair man. Hon. Don Sundquist of Minnesota, the chairman of the Y R National Federation, was the Convention keynoter. These candidates for statewide office addressed the delegates: Jim Gardner, Jim Holshouser (for governor; ) John A. Walker (for LI. Gov.;) Rep. James C. Johnson (for U. S. Senate; ) and Carl R. Eagle (for Supt. of Public Instruction of N. C.) Charles Neely, a young lawyer of Raleigh, was elected as the new chairman of the North Carolina Federation of Young Republicans. Mrs. Kathy Crockett of Charlotte was elected Vice Chairman. A Congressional Reception for the state's GOP leaders in Washington was held at the Ambassador Club. The keynote speaker of the Lincoln Day Dinner Satruday night was Congressman Peter A. Peyser of Westchester County, New York. Nine awards were made to deserving individuals for outstanding efforts in behalf of the GOP. P C. Barwick presided over his last session of the State YR Executive Committee as Chairman of the State Federation He received an enthusiastic standing ovation for his accomplishments during the ast year SUte senior Party Chairman Frank Rouse spoke briefly and staled that "in light of some past performances from some voters in the opposite camp in Madison County, Joe Morgan showed admirable restrain in voting only once each election." Madisonians attending the Convention were Bill Bnggs, Dr I-arry N. Stern, Gregg Brings, Joe L. Morgan, Allan Bnggs, R Swarm Chandler, and former sheriff J Dedrick Brown. Opportunity Corp. The Opportunity Corporation of Madison-Buncombe Counties has been funded for 1972 in the amount of $646,403 and its program has been sanctioned bv Gov. Bob Scott, according to an announcement made Tuesday by Lonnie D. Burton, executive director of the two county agency. Of the total, the Office of Economic Opportunity will furnish $540,246 and the remaining 16.6 per cent is in matching funds from local sources. The OEO budget is only a portion of the $2,744,403 overall funding of the local community action .agency, which ad- lit iFJi'f' MADISON COUNTY AGRICULTURAL EX TENSION Service Advisory Board officers, shown above, were re-elected at the annual meeting held February 10,. They are, left to right, Mrs. Joan Ramsey, secretary; Cloice Flemmons, president; and Dedrick Cody, vice-president. piiuiiiiinii hi i)TrW MxffvvmrT1 mnmiKmmmmmmmmtu 'i n ftli ii 'n,;.) THE BETA OMEGA CHAPTER of Epsilon Sigma Alpha International held their Model Meeting at the Madison Grill on Monday night, February 14th with Mrs. Bobby Franklin presiding. Mrs. Lawrence Cutshaw was in charge of the educational program for the new rushees. Each officer of the chapter explained the different phases of the Sorority and the duties of its members. Mrs. Jerry Plemmons presented a slide program on ESA. The nine new rushees present at the meeting shown above, left to right, were: Mrs. Eddie English, Mrs. Carol Ramsey, Miss Jewell (handler, Mrs. Gary Ealey, Miss Sharon Baker, Mrs. Glen wood Franklin, Mrs. Janice llendren, Mrs. Doyle Cutshall and Mrs. Jimmy Plemmons. MRS. KEN HEMBREE, of Mars selected Valentine Sweetheart to chapter. Fpsilon Phi, of Valentine Dance sponsored Sororitv. The dance will be Greek Community Center in Asheville with each of the 16 Asheville Area Chapters presenting its sweetheart. Mrs. Hembree is treasurer for Epsilon Phi and serves on the Ways and Means, Social, and Scrapbook and Yearbook Committees. ministers a total of $2,100,000 in funds allocated to programs sponsored by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare and the Department of Labor, Burton said These programs, already funded include Head Start, Head Start training and the Family Planning program, for which HEW allocates a total of $441411. and the Neighborhood Youth Corps, New Careers and Operation Mainstream programs, funded by the Department of Labor in the total amount of $1,018,300. Burton said the Office of Economic Opportunity grant is -o , 1 Hill, has been represent her at the annual Mars Hill. by Beta Sigma Phi held Saturday at the Funded funding under Title II of the Economic Opportunity Act and is made available to carry out administration, community services and organiiation, training, and youth program activities The grant covers the Jan 1-Dec 21, 1972 program year Governor Scott's approval was the final clearance required before receiving the grant. Burton said, adding that the Governor has advised the Atlanta office of the OEO to continue your negotiations with The Opportunity Cor poration of Madison-Buncombe Counties toward im plementation of this program." Laurel Girls, Marshall Boys Advance To Finals The Madison County high school basketball tournament enters its final three nights of play here tonight (Thursday), with the Marshal and Hot Springs JV girls meeting at 5:30 o'clock; at 6:45 the Marshall and Spring Creek JV Boys battle. Varsity competition resumes at 8 o'clock with the Mars Hill Hot Springs girls' contest and at 9: 15, Mars Hill faces Laurel. The laurel girls and the Hot Springs boys in the Junior Varsity bracket, have advanced to the finals which will be played Friday night. Also on Friday night will be the Varsity Consolation games for third place honors. The l-aurel varsity girls upset the Marshall lassies last Saturday night, 36-30 to go into the finals. In varisty boy's action, Marshall defeated Hot Springs, 68-57, last Saturday night with Marshall advancing to the finals. Marshall will meet the winner Extension Service Advisory Board Annual Meeting The Madison County Agricultural Extension Service Advisory Board held its annual meeting, Thursday evening, February 10, at the Mars Hill Community Center. After a delicious meal, prepared and served by the Bull Creek Home Demonstration Club, Cloice Plemmons, Advisory Board President, opened the meeting. Mrs. Ethel Wallin, Extension Home Economics Agent, presented service certificates to: Cline Fowler, Mrs. Bert Freeman, Miss Lynn Baker, Mrs. Frank Shelton, and Mrs. Nan Wise whose terms on the board expired at this meeting. Earle Wise, County Extension Chairman, then reocgnized new board members: Burder Reeves, Mrs. Lula Hunter, Miss Rhonda Sprinkle, Mrs. Jimmy Joe Shelton, and Mrs. Patsy Davis. The Madison County Ex tension Staff then reported on the recommendations of the various subcommittees in volved in writing the new five year program, "Impact 76." Following discussion of the new program, the nominating committee nominated Cloice Edwards, Roberts In MHC Symposium Next Week Douglas Edwards of CBS and Eugene Roberts of the New York Times, two Southerners who have risen to the top of their respective journalistic media, will give symposium addresses at Mars Hill College Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 21 and 22 Edwards, news commentator and anchor -man for the CBS-TV Mid-Day News," will speak at 3pm Monday in Moore Auditorium on "Bridging Troubled Waters. " Roberts, national editor and national news director for The Times, will speak at 8 15 p.m Tuesday m Moor on "Issues in 1972." Both addresses will be open to the public 2ithout charge. Edwards, who grew up in Troy, Ala., has anchored a daily television news broadcast for CBS, without intermiption, for the last 22 years. He was one of the first major radio news broadcasters to make the switch to television in 1947. He has covered conventions, electi .is, inaugurations. of the Mars Hill-laurel game for the championship and I-aurel will meet the winner of the Mars Hill-Hot Springs game for the championship on Saturday night laurel's varsity boys, Hot Springs' varsity girls and the Marshall junior varsity boys scored first round victories Friday in the Madison County Tournament. laurel whipped Spring Creek, 85-58; Hot Springs conquered the Spring Creek girls, 48-29; ;ind Marshall's junior varsity 'ws downed laurel. 56-37 VARSITY BOYS I.AUREL (85 (-Johnson 28, A. Norton 2, Ramsey 11, Gunter, liullman 6, Anthony 8, M. Shelton 16, F. Norton, I). Shelton 3, Cantrell 10, Robinson, Franklin, Gosnel. SPRING CREEK (58) Plemmons 32, Keener 6, Frisbee 4, Green 1, Price 5, Willett 10, Payne. Halftime: 43-23, laurel. Plemmons, Mrs. Joan Ramsey, ;ind Dedrick Cody for a second term of office. There being no nominations from the floor, the officers were reinstated by acclamation. The Advisory Board mem liers and the committees on which they served in relation to the five-year program are: Cloice Plemmons, Resource Development; Dedrick Cody, Horticulture; Mrs. Joan Ramsey, Family Living; Mrs. Hughes Treadway, Housing and Home Furnishings; Bill Roberts, Resource Develop ment; D. M. Robinson, Resource Development; Bruce Murray, 4-H; Wayne Gosnell, Family Living and Housing; larry Ferguson, Horticulture; Burder Reeves, Beef Cattle; Harold Baker, Horticulture; Franklin Anderson, Dairy; Rhonda Sprinkle, 4-H; Mrs. Lula Hunter, Housing and Home Furnishings; Gay Merrill, Burley Tobacco; E. C. Teague, Beef Cattle; Mrs. E. O. Burnett, Foods and Nutrition; Mrs. Jimmy Joe Shelton, Clothing; Mrs. Patsy Davis, 4-H; and Mrs. Gay Merrill, Housing. coronations, floods Edwards began his broad casting career as a newscaster for a small radio station in Troy while attending high school Following college, he became assistant news editor for WSB Radio in Atlanta, Ga., joined CBS Radio in 1942 and was chief of CBS News' Paris bureau prior to serving as anchor-man on an evening television newscast. Roberts, a native of Wayne County and a Mars Hill alumnus, has been with The Times for seven years first as chief Southern correspondent , then chief war correspondent in Saigon and since 1969 on the national news desk. Prior to joining The Times, Roberts worked for the Golds boro News-Argus, Norfolk Virginian pilot, Raleigh News and Observer and Detroit Free Press. Among the stories he ha covered were the assassination of President Kennedy, the frail of Jack Ruby, the 1961 Tet of -tensive. ? VARSITY GIRLS HOT SPRINGS ( 48 (-Padgett 9, I Vice 8, Thomas 8, Goforth 3, H;igan 2, E Greene 7, Barnette 3, Willis, S. Swaney, L. Swaney, lYickett. SPRING CREEK (29) U'dford 2, Wells 2, Woody 4, M. Payne 5, B Payne 9, Plemmons (i, Caldwell, Waldroup 1, Keener Halftime: 24-14, Hot Springs. JV BOYS Marshall 56, laurel 37. SATURDAY'S RESULTS Marshall's varsity boys and laurel's girls emerged vic torious in Madison County basketball tournament action Saturday night. Cathy Ray and Cathy liullman had 13 and 10 points respectively to lead the Laurel girls over Marshall, 36-30. Kathy Fisher led the losers with 14. In boys action Mike Freeman tallied 23 points and Ted Revis and Harlon Rice 16 apiece as Alorsho,,Wafer'Seweroe Systems Mayor Lorado Ponder and Alderman Fleet Nix were in Raleigh Friday, February 4, where they discussed a proposed grant for a new water and sewage system for Mar shall with Ron Ingle, head of the EDA of North Carolina. The result of this meeting led to a meeting on Wednesday of last week in Atlanta before the Federal Board of which Mayor Ponder and Alderman Nix attended. The Federal Board reviewed the proposed plans for the water and sewage system for Mar shall and stated that the next step toward receiving a grant Candidate? Fil e Up to noon Wednesday, the following candidates have filed for Madison County Offices: Auditor, Emery Metcalf; Register of Deeds, Hilliard Teague; Tax Collector, Harold Wallin; Commissioners, R. Bruce Sams, W. T. Moore, Ervin Adams; incumbents; Jim Cody, William Chandler, and James Iedford. I. B Ramsey, represen tative.has also filed for re election yav uas In Concert At MHC Sunday Writer -singer Mac Davis will tive a concert at Mars Hill College at 8: 30 p.m. Sunday, Feb 20, in Moore Audit iorium. The 30-year-old Davis has written some 20 hit songs such as 'Watching Scotty Grow" for Bobb Colusboro, "In the Ghettc" for F.l"is Pressley and many oihcrs tor such recording stars ps Andy Williams, Sammy Davis, Jr., O. C. Smith, lou Rawis, Glen Campbell and Kenny Rogers and the First Edition. Since recording his first album, "Mac Davis.' Song Painter," he has appeared on the Johnny Carson, Red Sketton, Glen Campbell and David Krost television show. Many of his songs art country-flavored, which he traces back to his boyhood days .ki Uibbock, Te, and hia un cle's west Texas ranch. Like many of ioday't vocaliiits, his first training came white singing in a church choir. Marshall whipped Hot Springs, 68-57. Junior lamb and Art Roberts scored 19 and 13 respectively for Hot Springs. VARSITY GIRLS IJVUREL (36) Bullman 10, Gunter 3, Ray 13, Zimmerman 4, Cutshall 3, Z. Shelton, Hen sley 1, Ramsey. MARSHALL (30) Harrell 1, Haynie 4, Wyatt 3, Meadows 2, Fisher 14, Flynn 2, McDevitt 2, Reed 2. VARSITY BOYS HOT SPRINGS (57) Lamb 19, Roberts 13, Padgett 9, Whitten 4, Rathbone 7, Wills 5, Strom. MARSHALL (68)-Revis 16, Freeman 23, Kent 7, Ponder 1, Davis, Adams 2, Bnggs 3, Rice 16. Halftime: 39-34, Marshall JAYVEE GIRLS-Laurel 20, Mars Hill 9. Jayvee Boys Hot Springs 32, Mars Hill 29. Are Aired was to apply to EDA, RCA and N. C. State. Mayor Ponder stated this week that necessary steps for the applications were , being taken and are expected to be completed within two weeks. "At the present everything looks quite favorable that we may secure the grant," Mayor Ponder said. Historical Society To Meet Saturday The Madison County Historical Society will hold its quarterly meeting on Saturday, February 19, at 12 o'clock noon, at the Walnut Presbyterian Church, Walnut. All persons interested in the early history of the community are cordially invited. Each person is asked to bring one item of food and join in the covered dish luncheon preceding the meeting. Members of the Board of Directors of the society are to meet at 11 o'clock at the church. Membership in the Society is $3.00 annually or $5.00 per family membership. Persons interested in joining may contact Mrs. Franes Buckner; secretary-treasurer, Route 7j Marshall. Master Mason Degrees To Be Conferrei,' The French Broad Lodge,, No, 282, will confer a Master Mason Degree, Saturday night, February 19. . : Supper will be served at 6:30 p m. by the ladies ol the Eastern Star. All Master Masons are Urged to attend. 'w ELECTION BOARDvir4i The Madison County board of elections announces that,. the office is open on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays from 8:30 to 4:30 for those wishing to register.'" o: For the accomodation of young voters, and ethers, who cannot visit the office on the regular hours, the board ofTict will be open on March I and IS from 30 a. m. to p. m. and on March 11 and It from 1:30 a. m. to 4:30 p. m. . It is also urged that a3 voters , who have moved to vfcit tve office on Main Street end execute transfers.