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,., - Isoti County Llbrfcry r.'irshall, N . C. 28753 VOLUME 71 MARSHALL, N. C. -THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1972 NUMBER 10 An additional $15,000 has been allocated to Madison farmers for soil and water conservation under the Rural Environmental Assistance Program, according to Ralph Ramsey, County Executive Director. This brings a total allocation of $97,300 to Madison, an increase of 23 percent over 1971. REAP assists farmers on a PICTURED ABOVE are members of the Madison County Board of Elections who were sworn in on Monday, Mar. 6, by Judson Edwards, clerk of superior court. Left to right, Mrs. Virginia Anderson, chairman, of Hot Springs; Oscar McDevitt, of Marshall; and Perry Willis, of Mars Hill. Mrs. Anderson and Mr. McDevitt are the Democratic members and Mr. Willis, who succeeded Lester Wilde, is the Republican member. Mars Hill College Launches Drive To Enroll High School Juniors "Scholar Trek '72" was launched this week by Mars Hill College in an effort to locate 25 qualified high school juniors willing and able to skip their senior year and enter college this summer. Colleg freshman courses are often duplicates of what high school seniors study, according to Or. John M. Hough, associate dean for academic affairs and director of "Scholar Trek 72." He said the project is an at tempt to avoid such duplication for outstanding high school juniors whereby they may earn a high school diploma and Powell Cautions Setting Of Vote Machines The following resolution was adopted by the State Board of Elections at its meeting on February 21, 1972, by a vote of 4 to 1: To: Buncombe County Board of Elections "During the course of the 1970 general election, this board in reveiwing the voting process in your county determined that your board was careless in its failure to properly set certain voting machines. This board respectfully requests that your board make evey possible effort to prevent a recurrence of this unfortunate incident which created the basis for an election con troversy. You are required by law to inspect the setting of each machine prior to the opening of the polls." Mayor William P. Powell of Rouse Spoke At Mars Barbecue ij SUM GOP Chairman Frank A. Root of Klnston spoke to 75 people at a barbecue at the Mars IBS Community Center , Monday night. He said the response to the statewide -Suslalalng membership v progrtsa had been excellent He ;sald fist Repu oilcans would not ;hav a decisive primary but -ooid bt wuted after the May I, delect ion. Jot Morgan sr irisny and Introduced Rous, : Local candidates present ; were: Walter R. HarrtU, Frank W. Morgan, Jr, Mrs. Lot P. Roberts, J. Dedrick Brown; and County Receives Additional Funds For Environmental Assistance 50-50 cost share basis for con servation measures and in cases of low income farmers, REAP will contribute as much as 80 percent of the total cost of the practice. To date, Ramsey states that 930 farmers have received assistance on establishing new permanent vegetation grass or legume cover, improving complete their frshmen college year at the same time. The 25 students will take a freshman English course and an elective during the July August term of the Mars Hill summer school. Upon suc cessful completion of the two courses (equivalent to eight semester hours of credit ) and a demonstrated capacity to ad just to college life, the students will be admitted as freshmen this fall "providing their high schools will award them diplomas will award them diplomas in the spring of 1973," Hough said. Mars Hill, who was the in cumbent state Senator from this district in 1970, registered the complaint that all the voting machines in Buncombe County, approximately 150, were set in such a manner that it was impossible to split your vote in certain combinations. Mayor Powell states that he hopes the above resolution will make the Buncombe County Board of Elections and also the other county boards in our area be more careful in the manner in which they conduct the future elections. He further states that each person is entitled to vote for the candidate of his choice and when a machine im properly set denies this person of this right, proper corrective measures should be made then and not several hours later. -s-William P. Powell, Mayor Hill these candidates for District Court Judge: Wood Hall Young of Avery County and Bruce B. Briggs of Madison County. Lance Cook, Haywood GOP Chairman spoke briefly. Cum Fa via . And I.Rnv Briggs were to charge of square dancing, and Mrs. Frances C b. .nMnnri that county wife GOP Onrier would t be held 7 p. m, April X. at ftf ujn Hill Cafeteria. Delicious - refreshments of aQ types (nine rkes alone )wer served by the vr Ladies. . TO existing vegetative grass cover and planting trees. Cost share assistance is also available on establishing water im poundment reservoirs, con trolling sediment runoff and pollution of water, lagoons for animal waste and protecting stands of trees intended for timber or pulpwood. Madison REAP again this The idea is not new, he said, and several other colleges in the state are recruiting high school students for several years. "We found many stable and mature high school students who were academically qualified and emotionally ready for college," he said. Hough and his staff began the search this week with inquiries to 5,000 high schools in North and South Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Ohio. County Boys' Giant Pumpkin Brings Fame An over -sized pumpkin has made two Madison County 4H Club boys known from coast to coast and they're enjoying it. Robert and Charles Rathbone of Hot Springs won first place at the State Fair last year with a 188-pound pumpkin. County Agent Wiley DuVall distributed a picture and a news item of the pumpkin and its growers to a few newspapers, and the news spread far and wide. The Rathbone boys race to the mailbox each day to see where their next "fan" letter is coming from. So far they've heard from such distant points as California, Wisconsin and Florida. The 188-pounder was no fluke. Charles and Robert grew 38 pumpkins that weighed 3,470 pounds Firemen Are Marshall volunteeer firemen had a busy week end and are hopeful that so many calls will begin to taper off. Last Friday afternoon about 2 o'clock, firemen were called to the home of Paul Reece on Walnut Creek. The trouble was an overheated electric stove. About an hour later, the siren again sent the firemen to Wakiut Creek but this time it was at the borne of Albert Reece. The bTuP w1 J?,"""""? JT1T This was cults aa unusual ex- pertence. Two fire In the same general V stoves, Ana me iwo ' ' Ftlday night, after aa sworeing the twe aoova rn year will provide cost-share assistancer for the use of a helicopter in spreading fer tilizer. All farmers interested in this service should contact the office immediately according to Ramsey. Fanners with con servation problems are urged to get in touch with the ASCS for possible cost-share assistance. Native Of Mars Hill Named D.D. In Atlanta Dr. J. D. Willis of Dunwoody, Ga., has been named deputy director for the U. S. Depart ment of Agriculture's southeastern regional meat and poultry inspection office at Atlanta. As deputy director, Dr. Willis shares responsibility with the regional director for planning, directing, coordinating and integrating the implementation of meat and poultry inspection in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. He also has co-responsibility in the Southeast region for reviewing and evaluating state meat and poultry inspection program operations s to their effectiveness, to determine their deficiencies and to recommend or initiate ap propriate changes. A native of Mars Hill, Dr. Willis received his B. S. in agriculture from the University of Kentucky, Lexington, and his D V. M. from Auburn University, Auburn, Ala. Dr. Willis began his career with the U. S. Department of Agriculture in 1958 when he joined the meat inspection program at Louisville, Ky. Since that time, he has held various supervisory positions in both meat and poultry in spection. He has been deputy director for processing for the northeastern region at Philadelphia, Pa., and for the southeastern region, at Atlanta. Since March 1971, he has been acting deputy director for the Atlanta office. Dr. Willis and his wife, Faye, reside at 2341 N. Peachtree Way with their three daughters, Debi, 16, Sheri, 14, and Kimi, 7. Hie family attends the Dun woody Baptist Church. V V Kept Busy Over Week-end i ho rinmM mr again called to the home of Tom Shook and his son. Reed, The house, located on Ivy Hill, was completely destroyed by flames with the Snooks losing all household furnishings, clothes, etc. Sunday afternoon the firemen were called to several brush biases adjacent to the Southern Railway tracks. Flames were extinguished on the Redman Road, on Rector'i Curner where (lames ran up the mountain; further up the raOroad several other fires were caused by a passing engine and at Rollins, near. Marshall, nremea Unwished still another railroad fire" beside the tracks. FUns almost cansed a I nrstMrWliLflf ih'-'-' . . wMr 7 J K MISS MARTHA BOWLES (left) and Mrs. Holly Bowles Geil, (right) daughters of Hargrove "Skipper" Bowles, Democratic candidate for governor of North Carolina in the May Primary, visited Marshall and Mars Hill Monday afternoon on a tour through North Carolina. While in the county they were accompanied by O'Neal Shelton, (center) of Mars Hill, who is Madison Countj campaign chairman for Mr. Bowles. Alvin Stines . 82. Dies Of Brush Burns Monday Alvin Stines, 82, of Mars Hill, died Monday afternoon, March 13, 1972, in an Asheville hospital from burns received while burning brush near his home Monday. Jim Ammons, an ambulance driver for the Madison County Rescue Squad, said he received a call about 1 : 30 p.m. to come to the Stines' farm on Rt. 1, Mars ill, about a mile south of the town. Ammons said when he arrived, he found Stines lying in a burned-off field with third degree burns cevwf'.ig his body Ammons said he took Stines to Memorial Mission Hospital in Asheville where he died about 20 minutes later. An accidental death report had not been made either at the Madison County Sheriff's Department in Mar shall or the Mars Hill Police Department as of late Monday night. Mr. Stines was a lifelong t of Madison County and I -i;i . 'p"'irfrTf "Lr if ill MADISON COUNTY VDC Officers recently elected are pictured above. Seated, Charles Huey. president; standing, left to right. Mattie Ray Ramsey, reporter; Pat Kent, membership chair man; Bruce Phillips, first vice president; Christine Lister, secretary. Absent when picture was made were Bobby Dean Franklin, second vice president; David Whitten, third vice president; and Ronnie Wallin, treasurer. Masons Will Have 3rd Degree Here Saturday French Broad Lodge No. 292, AF & AM of Marshall will have a Third Degree on Saturday Night, February 18. Supper will be served at 6 p.m. by members wioiis fire at the Bowman serious fire at Hardware warehouse next to the railroad. Quick work by firemen and other volunteers prevented the warehouse blazes from spreading thus saving perhaps a major fire to the business area of Marshall. The firemen were also called to Bear Creek Monday af ternoon for a brush fire. Monday night, about I o'clock, nremea were called to another brush fire near the borne of Mrs. Grace Taylor near Petersburg.! ::; ".. - V' ."If these fires continue an th h.e for the mat few days micht as well keep the fire - truck engines running aQ the Urns, one fireman said. v h 4 a retired fanner. Surviving are six daughters, Mrs. Robel West and Mrs. Troy DeBruhl, both of Mars Hill, Mrs. Lewis Davis of Jonesboro, Tenn., Mrs. Hugh Sprinkle of Pageland, S. C, Mrs. Nina Bell of Winston-Salem and Mrs. John Styles of Newport News, Va.; three sons, Fred of Mars Hill, Willard of Alexander and Charles Stines of High Point; a sister. Miss Vista Sines of Mars Hill; six brothers, Frank of Ogden, Utah, E. F. of Asheville, fcil artd Jack of Detroit, Mich., Brenton of Oak Ridge, Tenn. and Joe Stines of Cam den, S. C; 33 grandchildren and 22 great-granchildren. Services were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the chapel of Holcombe Funeral Home. The Revs. Wayne Phillips and Orlando Hawkins officated. Burial was in Gabriel's Creek Cemetery. Grandsons were pallbearers. of Marshall Chapter No. 35, Order of the Eastern Star. All members are urged to attend. JUNIOR LEADERS are Heroine Hands 441 Club. I r ? - Rrinbl I and Nancv Treadway helping Sharoa ; ,,.,., ,nd narlene Talton at the sewing; class for ,- 4-H Talent Show Winners Are Announced An audience of approximately 300 people attended the 4-H Talent Show Saturday night, March 4, at the Mars Hill College Auditorium and enjoyed the performance of more than 75 club members from the county as 30 acts were presented. Master of ceremonies for the event was Farrell Brady, Farm Program Director for WMMH Radio Station. Judging the show were: Miss Nancy Clark, Teacher, Spring Creek Elementary School; Mrs. Julia Holcombe, Piano Instructor, Mars Hill School; and Peter Gott, Craftsman and Musician. Blue ribbon winners who will represent Madison County in the Western District Show June 23 in Waynesville are: Miss Iiiretta Barnett, Antioch Club, piano solo; Mike Metcal., Foster Creek Club, piano solo; and Donna and Linda Norton, Grapevine Club, clog dance. Sheila Sams, Little Laurel Club, vocal solo, accompanied by I-arry Norton, was an alternate winner. Each person participating in the Talent Show received a ribbon for the performance. 4-H County Council Met Here Monday The 4-H County Council met Monday at the REA Building with Rhonda Sprinkle, president, presiding. The Pledge was led by Harlon Rice, the 4-H pledge by Sharon Kent and Susan Frisby gave the devotions. The minutes were read by Ellen Feldman. The following committee for planning the Dress Revue is composed of Susan Frisby, chairman; Vickie Radford, Ellen Feldman, Judy Franklin and Harlon Rice. This com mittee will select a theme for the Dress Revue. Mr. Ealey recognized the Talent Show winners. A committe was appointed to cast votes for District officers. The following are on the committee: Waren Wise, Jane Rice, Susan Frisby and Edna Ann Silver. Dianne Wallin showed slides which pictured the op portunities in 4-H. 4-H Horse Club To Hear Veterinarian Have your horses been looking a little rough lately? If so, chances are the condition is due to internal parasites. If you would like to find out more about internal parasites in horses, please plan to attend a lecture by Dr. E. L. Shufford, retired veterinarian from Asheville. The meeting will be upstairs at the Marshall Library Saturday, Mar. 11, at 2 p. m. active h the Marshaa Uft above arc Drenda Red ribbons were won by Sandra Feldman, Mars Hill (Hub, vocal solo, accompanied by Ellen Feldman; Ricky Ballard, Doug Ferguson, and Jerry Buckner, Pioneer Jr. Club, comedy act; Debra Ferguson and Kathy Chandler, Pioneer Jr. Club, skit. Blue ribbon winners were Ixnnie and Ronnie Kent, Hay Run Club, guitar and vocal Vickie Radford, Pioneer Jr Club, piano solo; Loretta Barnett, Belinda Strom, Diann Wills, Donna Barnett, Antioch Club, group singing; Rhonda Sprinkle, Marilyn Wyatt, Penny Houston, Nancy Treadway, and Cynthia Niles, Marshall Helping Hands and Hayes Run Clubs, Pom Pom Routine; Augusta Jenkins and Meg Pressley, Mars Hill Club, tap dance routine; Wanda Riddle, Avoleen McGee and Connie Edwards, Foster Creek Club skit; Renee Wyatt, Hayes Run Club, piano solo; Grapevine Club, group singing; Tammy Cody, Mars Hill Club, vocal solo, accompanied by Randv Cody; Faith Wise and Jane Reeves, Hayes Run and Mar shall Clubs, tap dance; Macrame Proving Popular Study In County Macrame, the art of tying knots, has been sweeping the country. In the past several months various groups have conducted macrame sessions in which different articles have been made. One such macrame session was recently held in the room of Mrs. William Pegg, seventh grade teacher, at Mars Hill. Randy Cody and Steve Wood, members of the Mars Hill 4-H Club, (under the guidance of Ma 1,1 If U it- RANDY CODY and Steve Wood, Mars Hill 4l Club members, demonstrate the exacting skKff at Macrame to Mrs. Pegg's 7th grade class. Miss Cynthia Berban) in- Jim Baker Is Speaker At Lions Club Jim Baker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Baker, of Walnut, was guest speaker at the Marshall Lions Club meeting at the Rock Cafe Monday night. Baker, who is president of the Marshall Senior Class, used as his subject, "Auto Pollution." He related numerous statistics concerning air pollution and the girls takirt 4 I C are Dune i evl collected far recje'.:, j Mike Metcalf and Karen Boone, Foster Creek Club, skit; John David Kent, Hayes Run Ctob, solo; Beverly Waldrup, Mars Hill Club, piano solo; Anna Lou Silver and Linda Norton, Grapevine Club, song and dance: Mark Wood, Mars Hill i U:h, mm and tap dance, ac ri.u.panied by Mrs. Hvrell v.., The Swinging Grapes Kr diii ' - Vint ..quare Dance Team, Grapovine Club, Anna i ou Silver, Lonnie Davis, Randy Ijttrell, Pamela Clark, Toninn Griffin, Linda Norton, Annette Littrell, Michael Silver, Chris Shelton, Felicia Shelton, Donnie Norton, and Freida Shelton. Belinda Strom, Loretta Bamett, Donna Barnett, and Diann Wills, Antioch Ckib, skit and song, accompanied by Nancy Prickett; Anna Lou Silver, Grapevine Club, pan tomime. Special thanks are in order for the judges and Farrell Brady who did an outstanding job. Also, special thanks to John Gideon, stage technician, for his help and Mars Hill College for the use of the auditorium. struct e4 the class memars in a successful session. Both Randy and Steve had participated previously in such a workshop and were skilled in macrame. One important aspect of 4-H work is teaching others what one has learned. Certainly, Steve Wood and Randy Cody have done this. Several other groups have had similar sessions and will be included in the News Record at a later date. effects it has on humaril$. He stated that he was representing the Marshall FHA Chapter which Is concerned wit the pollution problems. He was introduced if lion Jack Cole, Marshal) FHA teacher. . ' Sixteen members BT
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