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THKJ MARSHALL, N. C. THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1972 NUMBER IB VOLUME 71 8,776 Voters Are Registered Below are the figures secured from the Madison County Board of Elections this week which reveal that there are 8,776 registered voters in Madison County,. Breakdown of figures are as follows: Democrats, 5,404 ; Republicans, 3,233; In dependents, 131; No Party, 8. Returns Will Be Posted In Courtroom As has been the custom for years, The News-Record will again post election results of Saturday's Primary in the courtroom. Election officials are requested to submit the unof ficial results as quickly as possible. Republican Precinct Watchers Madison County's registered voters face a complicated ballot (several in fact) if they vote on all issues in the North Carolina primary election on May 6th. They can express their choice for president in their party, pick a candidate for Governor, Lt. Governor and some state offices, a senator, and party candidate for state senator. In addition, they will have to pass on two state bond issues. In several cases where a candidate has no opposition In his party, his name will not appear on the ballot. Such Is the case with Representative Erwln Patton who wins the Democratic nomination for state representative by default. Attorney General Robert Morgan is also without opposition in the Democratic primary. Polls in North Carolina will be open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 6, as voters cast ballots in Democratic, Republican and American party primaries, two statewide bond referendums and various local elections. Democrats and Republicans will choose nominees for president, U. S. Senator, governor, lieutenant governor and commissioner of insurance. The Democrats in addition will select nominees for other state offices. The American Party has a primary only in the governor's race. Financial questions include a decision on issuance of $150 million in bonds to launch a clean water program across the state, and a decision on $2 million in bonds to help establish a state zoo near Asheboro. Names of candidates unopposed for nomination or renomina tion in their respective primaries do not appear on primary ballots. These candidates are automatically elected as nom inees of their respective parties, and their names will appear on the general election ballot in November. North Carolina operates under a closed primary rule, meaning voters on May 6 may cast ballots only for the candidates of their party affiliation. Those registered as Democrats may vote only for Democratic candidates. Those registered as Repub licans may vote only for Republican candidates. Those regis tered as independents vote for neither. 4th Murder Suspect Now In Lenoir Jail Madison Voters Face Complicated Ballot May 6 Special voter information Official Democratic Primary Ba President of the Ito&af tat Republican precinct watchers have been chosen by the Madison County GOP Executive Committee for service in the May 6 primary jjru) N .tiiiber 7 Gene ai Election. These watchers will serve in the precincts in dicated: Marshall, Mrs. Frances Buckner, and Miss Lucre ha Freeman; 1-2, Sandy Mush, W. Gale Brown, and Robert Duckett; 2, Laurel, Odus Chandler, and Prince Gosnell; 3, Mars Hill, David A. Freeman, and Dr. Larry N. Stern; 4, Beech Glen, Gene Ballard and Paul Briggs, Jr.; 5, Walnut, Clyde Ballard and Kermit Blankenship; 6 Hot Springs, Troy Self, and Frank Lee Roberts, Jr.; 7, Ebbs Chapel, Jasper Jenkins, and Edward Hoyle; 8, Spring Creek, Larry Ferguson, and Tommy Clark; 3 2, Grapevine-East Fork, Everett Gosnell, and Kerf man Clark. Precinct GOP judges were chosen in March by the Madison County Board of Elections; they will serve in both the Republican Primary and General election in November. Dewey Henry Coffey, the fourth suspect in the Feb. 3, slaying of the Bryce Durham family in Boone, is now in Caldwell County jail at Lenoir. Fo Coffey, 21, of Leicester in Buncombe Countv was escorted Iron Oxon Hill, Mih, wnere he reportedly turned himself in to city police by Watauga Sheriff Ward G. Carroll and W. E. Hard wick of the State Bureau of Investigation. He and the other three arrested have each been charged with three counts of first degree murder in con nection with the slaying of Bryce Durham, 51; his wife, Virginia, 46; and their only son, Bobby, 19, a student at Ap palachian State University. A hearing has been set in the case for May 15 in Boone. Two of the other three suspects arrested in connection with the case last Friday in Asheville are already in the Caldwell jail. They are Jerry Ray Cassada, 28, and Eugene Clarence Garren, 22, . The third person arrested, Dean Chan dler, 20. is being held in Bun con ibe County jail. Carrol said the suspects, with the exception of Coffey, have been connected with a breaking and entering ring operating in Western North Carolina with Asheville as headquarters. Coffey's past record consists only of "a few traffic violations, "an investigator said Friday. The first break in the case, Carrol said, came within a few days after the slaying when Sheriff E. Y. Ponder of Madison County picked up two of the suspects in connection with burglaries in his county. Denis, GOP, Have Only One County Contest it Only one county contest in volving Democrat voters is on the ballot or voting machines in Saturday's Primary. This lone contest is that for county commissioners. Three can didates from a field of five will be nominated by the Democrats in Saturday's elections. The candidates are Ervin Adams, William Chandler, James W. "Jim" Cody, James T. Ledford and W. T. Moore. There is also only one "local" contest involving Republican voters and that is between Bruce B. Briggs and W. Hall Young, candidates for the 24th District Court Judge. Wayne Clark MHS Alumni Banquet Here On May 20th The 17th annual Marshall High School Alumni Association Banquet will be held in the school cafeteria on Saturday, May 20, beginning at 7:30 pjn. Stanley Ward, president, states that aa interesting program Is being planned. Further details will be an nounced later. Vote FOR (Clean Water " -Bond Wayne Clark Killed In Tractor Accident I. To votel IV a kliiitSe lilthe l&MTTt xfet the 2.-eAtlIr oJrace iHt.yJCrrt it a n n make left of his or wrongly mark this bal- to the registrar and vet another. FOR PRESIDENT (You .My Vote for Out) SHIRLEY CHISHOLM TERRY SANFORD HENRY M. JACKSON EDMUND S. MUSKIE GEORGE C. WALLACE REGISTERED 17 YEAR OLDS: May vote in their party's primary; May NOT vote in the two bond issues because they are not of legal age; REGISTERED INDEPENDENTS: May NOT vote in any party primary; May vote in the two bond Issues; Explanation: The $150-million bond issue will provide state fcjrants to assist local governmental units in constructive, en larging or Improving waste water collection and treatment works and public water supply systems. ZOOl OGICAL PARK FACILITIES BONDS The issuance of two million dollars ($2,000,000) Stateof N. C. Zoological Park Facilities Bonds. Explanation: The $2 million bond issue will provide funds to build a State Zoo at Purgatory Mountain, 5 miles south of Ashe-Iioro. U.S. Senate Governor I'limiiri .li-rtlc.n Miiy (I, 1172. rtiHlrniHii Statr IIohimI of K1m t ion. PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY JOE BROWN, (D), Is a vice president and member of the board of directors of Southern Mechanical Products Company, Greens boro. He is chief organizer of the ACT (Americans Concerned About Today). REP NICK GALIFIANAK1S, (D) is a resident of Durham, serving his third term in the U S. House of Representatives from the Fourth Congressional District. Earlier he served sev eral terms In the North Carolina General Assembly. DR. EUGENE GRACE, (D), is a practicing physician in Dur ham. B. EVERETT JORDAN, (D), is the Junior United States sena tor from North Carolina, having served since his appointment by fromer Governor Luther Hodges in 1958. His residence is at Saxapaliaw In Alamance County. WILI 1AM H. BOOE, (R), is a practicing physician in Char lotte, JESSE HELMS, (R), is executive vice president and television editorialist of Capital BroadcastingCompany in Raleighand form er executive secretary of the North Carolina Bankers Associa tion. JAMES C JOHNSON JR., (I! ), is a practicingattorney at Con cord and a Republican member of the General Assembly. HARGROVE businessman. Lt. Governor North Carolina has a binding Presidential primary. Delegates are selected at state conventions. Democrats select 64 delegates, with 42 alternates; the Republicans, 32 delegates with 32 alter nates. The national delegates are bound by the results of the Presi dential primary for the first ballot, after that the entire dele gation is uninstructed. On the first ballot, the North Carolina vote will be cast for the top tour Presidential candidates who receive 15or more of the total cast In the May 6 primary in proportion to the number of votes each candidate received In the primary. Presidential Primary I . r r eanaiaati ites DEMOCRAT: Shirley Chisholm - New York Henry Jackson - Washington Edmund Muskie - Maine Terry Sanford - North Carolina George Wallace - Alabama REPUBLICAN: Paul McCloskey - California Richard Nixon - California ALI EN C. BARBEE, (D), Spring Hope. Sales executive, farm er, developer. Member of the N. C. House of Representatives. REGINALD LEE FRAZIER, (D), New Bern. MARGARET HARPER, (D), Southport Newspaper editor, has served as President of the Democratic Women of N C, First Vice Chairman, N. C. Democratic Committee and member of the State Reorganization Study Committee. JAMES B. (JIM) HUNT JR., (D), Wilson. Practicing attorney, president of State Young Democratic Clubs, 1968. ROY G. SOWERS, (D), Sanford. Textile machinery manufac turer, former director of the N. C. State Department of Conser vation and former secretary, N. C. Department of Natural and Economic Resources. NORMAN H. JOYNER, (R), Statesville. Pastor Oakdale Baptist Cfcch, iuii:L.-: N. C rvU- Senate, 26th Senator M district. JOHN A. (JOHNNY) WALKER, (R), North Wilkesboro. Execu tive vice president, Lowe's Companies, Inc. BENJAMIN G. (BEN) McCLENDON, (A), Charlotte. Profes sional free lance artist, former sales executive and newspaper advertising manager. Bond Issues All registered voters including those registered Independent can vote on the proposed state-wide bond issues CLEAN WATER BONDS The issuance of one hundred ttrty million dollars($l 50,000,000) State of North Carolina Clean Water Bonds. DEMOCRATS (SKIPPER BOWLES JR., (D), Is a Greensboro He was director of the Department of Conserva tion and Development during the administration of Gov. Terry Sanford and later chairman of the C&D Board. He has served In the North Carolina Senate and House of Representatives since 1967. ZEB VANCE KITCHIN JlCKSON, (D), of Eden, is a school teacher and former school principal. REGINALD HAWKINS, (D), is a Charlotte dentist, and was the first black man in the 20th century to become a candidate for governor when he ran in 1968. WILBUR HOBBY, (D), of Durham is president of the North Carolina AFL-CIO. . , GENE LEGGETT (D), is a private investigator and is a resident of Harkers Isnald. He was a candidate for the U S House of Representatives from the First Congressional District on the American Party ticket in 1970. H. P. (PAT) TAYLOR, (D), is Lt Governor and lives at Wades boro. He has served as speaker of the House of Representa tives and several terms In the General Assembly from Anson County. REPUBLICANS JAMES C. GARDNER, (R), a businessman, Is a resident of Rocky Mount, and served in Congress from the Fourth Congres sional District in 1967-69. He won the Republican Guberna torial nomination in 1968 and lost the election to Gov. Bob Scott by 84,000 votes out of more than 1.5 million cast in the November General Election, LEROY GIBSON, (R), is a resident of Jacksonville. THOMAS CHAPPELL, (R), Greensboro, automobile dealer. JAMES E. HOLSHOUSER, (K), is a native and resident of Boone and served several terms in the State House of Repre sentatives. Until recently he was State Republican Party chair man. AMERICAN BRUCE BURLESON, (A), graduate of Western Carolina Univer sity lives in Charlotte. He is a former professional wrestler ncl ii now a qmlitj control engineer for Consolidated Diesel Company. He was a candidate for governor on the Democratic ticket In 1964. ARL1S PETTYJOHN, (A), Is a resident of Boonville In Yadkin County. 1 Be Sure To Vote Wayne Calvin Clark, 33, of Route 1, Marshall, was pronounced dead on arrival at 12:40 p.m. Saturday, April 29, 1972, in an Asheville hospital. Mr. Clark was taken to the hospital following a tractor accident while he was working on his farm in the Freeman Gap section about 11:30 ajn. He was evidently thrown from the tractor while on a steep grade. He was the son of Mrs. E. C. Clark, the former Miss Marie Ponder, of Routs 1, Marshall and the late Mr. dark. While in Marshall High School, Mr. Clark was an out standing tackle on the football team (195M4-57-5I) also was a varsity catcher on the MHS baseball team Ha was also aa officer In the Monogram Quo and 4-H Club and held several class offices. It was during bis senior year that the Tornadoes football team advanced to the; semi-finals in the state playoffs.' Following graduation, Class of "57, he attended Western Carolina College (now Western Carolina Univeristy), and for 19 years was v employed t by W- ft "IlEsI iw-v Ill iiiliiiir: LJ: jjrYS. rTl1 oCrrt:?rtl "rv r AmericanEnka Corporation. He resigned his position at Enka and returned to Madison County where he was employed in the Madison County School System. He was also an officer in the Madison County Young Democratic Club and a member of the Marshall Baptist Church. Surviving are the mother; two sons, Gene and John, and two daughters, Gamble and Gila Clark, all of the borne; and two brothers, Eldridge, of Asheville and Cecil Clark, of Hickory Services were held at t pm. Monday tai the Marshall Baptist nnsww . The Rev. Glenn Whitley, If?: pastor, officiated Burial was kt Antloch N Baptist i Church r: . Cemetery -'-v-v Pallbearers were '' Albert , "Buck" Freeman, Gordon Rice, Ronnie Hensley, Jimmy Eads ! and Bruce Bakhrhv all mem . bers of the I9S7-58 football team "nlZmlJSFZSi LAUREL HIGH SCHOOL Seniors retained last Friday from a WMkVtoir tf austaofl fam?r ' Washington, D. C. Left to right, front row: Edwina Ramsey, Kathy Ray.; Bowman-Ducketr Funeral . Sherry Cutshail, Cathy Cullman, Paula he::on, Barbara Zimmerman, Mrs. . Home was in charge. . . - Jane Plemmont, Mrs. Lois Ramsey, Ehelty Tweed, Diane Rice, Diane Gosnell Christine Cutshail, Darieae Cuts;-.:.'!. Vrtr'i left to right: Alan Norton, Dennis t::-i, Lr-'i T ' Jimmy Ramsey, Cotby Fra rX'.ln, Harry r.,:-"-T, t. i . r; Anthony, Marvia Sheltoa, MkhaclJohnscn, Ti: r.iTV'
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