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VOLUME 71 NUMBER 21
MARSHALL. N. C. THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1972
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BIKE FOR
ST JUDE'
PAT FRANKLIN, of Marshall, has been appointed
by Danny Thomas to serve as campaign chairman
for the ESA Million Dollar Bike Ride in Madison
County on June 21.
Beta Club To Sponsor
Bike Ride June 21
Pat Franklin has been ap
pointed by Danny Thomas to
serve as Campaign Chairman
for the ESA Million Dollar Bike
Ride in Madison County. Peggy
Cutshaw was named Public
Relations Director.
An invitation was issued
today by Mrs. Franklin to "get
involved" in the ESA Million
Dollar Bike Ride for St Jude's
Children's Research Hospital in
Memphis, Tennessee. She
announced that the local bike
ride is to be held on Wednesday,
June 21. The individual
collecting the most money for
St. Jude will have an expense
paid trip to Nashville, Term.,
to participate in the televised
rally hasted by Danny and
Mario Thomas.
The ride is part of a nation
wide event being sponsored by
Epsiloii Sigma Alpha, somen's
international service
organization, to raise funds for
the renowned research in
stitution founded by entertainer
Danny Thomas. The hospital,
which celebrated its 10th an
niversary this year, is best
known for its significant ad
vances in the treatment of
childhood leukemia.
Volunteers will be asked to
nde at least part of a ten-mile
route and to solicit the spon
sorship of community citizens
who are willing to pledge a
contribution for each mile
ridden by the volunteer.
Hubert Hire
Injured In
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Hubert Rice, 65, of the Walnut
Creek community, suffered
severe back injuries Monday
morning when the trctor he was
mowing with, got away and
crashed down an embankment.
Rice was thrown some distance
by the impact.
He was rushed to Memorial
Mission Hospital where his
condition is improving.
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The Million Dollar Bike Ride
will involve some 70,000 riders
mover 500 communities across
the nation.
A coast-to-coast caravan of
riders will be given a farewell
party June 30th on national
television with Mario Thomas,
star of ABC television series
"That Girl," leading the way.
The caravan will depart from
Washington, D. C. on July 3 and
will travel westward stopping in
as many cities as possible to
add local bike ride returns to a
growing fund. The national bike
ride will terminate on the West
Coast where a check for the
total amount raised across the
nation will be presented to
Danny Thomas.
"We hope that young and old
will join in this great
humanitarian project. This is
an opportunity for everyone to
get actively involved in helping
to build a better world. Children
being treated at St. Jude really
need our help," said Mrs.
Franklin.
Pledge cards for the bike ride
can be picked up from Faye
Reed in Marshall, Father Jeff
Burton in Hot Springs, Tom
WiUingham or Dorothy Cody in
Mars Hill, and Peggy Cutshaw
or Patsv Norton of Laurel.
Firs! Court Is
Held in
Clark Building
The Old Clark House, a
county landmark which was
destroyed by fire early last
Thursday morning, was the
first place in Madison County
where court was held. After
holding court in this large
dwelling, several places were
suggested for a courthouse with
Marshall being the final choice.
The home was that of Mr. and
Mrs. Alex Clark. Their
daughter, Kathleen, widow of
Dr. Will Weaver, was owner of
the old landmark at the time of
the fire last week.
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Horse Show To Be Held
At Mars Hill Saturday
The 4th annual Mars Hill
Lions Club Horse Show will be
held this Saturday on the Mars
Hill high school grounds.
The afternoon show will begin
at 1 o'clock and the night's
urogram will start at 7 o'clock.
In case of rain the event will
be held on Sunday.
This year the Mars Hill Lions
are going all-out in cash prizes,
trophies and ribbons. Officials
state that 1800 will be given in
cash prizes and $500 in trophies
and ribbons.
"We are expecting the most
successful horse show ever held
at Mars Hill," one Lion official
said.
There will be 16 events in the
afternoon and 18 in the
Mrs. DeBruhl
Observes
92nd Birthday
Mrs. E. S. DeBruhl, of
Alexander, one of five
generations and the oldest
member of the Oak Ridge
Baptist Church, will observe
her 92nd birthday next Tuesday.
She was born to the late Solomn
and Polly Arrowood on June 13,
1880 in Buncombe County.
Mrs. DeBruhl is the widow of
Edward S. DeBruhl who died in
1951.
They have six living children,
T. M. of Alexander; Clyde, of
Weaverville; Brank, of Mid
dletown, Ind.; Mrs. Carl B. Cox
and Miss Mildred DeBruhl, of
Alexander; and Mrs. Martin
Sluder, of Trusone, Ariz.; and
the late Glenn DeBruhl who
died in 1970.
Mrs. DeBruhl has 22 grand
children, 40 great
grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
She enjoys reading her Bible
and working with pretty
flowers.
RAMSEY ACCEPTS
POSITION IN
MORGAN TON
Jack Ramsey, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. B. Ramsey, of Mar
shall, has accepted a job with
Sossamon Funeral Home in
Morgan ton.
He was recently discharged
from the U.S. Army where he
was serving at Fort Campbell,
Ky.
He and Mrs. Ramsey expect
to move to Morganton in near
future.
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OFFICIALS AT THE Marshall Lions Club Horse
Show here on Saturday are shown above shortly
before the afternoon show started. Left to right, Hon.
II. B. Hayes Pope, of Winnsboro, S. C, Judge; Hon.
Buddy Reynolds, of Columbia, S. C. Judge; Hon.
Lloyd Thompson, of Asheville, Master of
Ceremonies.
Democrats Meet In
Wa yn es ville Satu rda v
The 1972 biennial 11th
Congressional District
Democratic Convention will be
held at the Haywood County
Courthouse in Waynesville
beginning at 1 p. m. Saturday.
Business will include the
election of the district's five
delegates and four alternates to
the Democratic National
Convention in Miami.
Elected also will be one
member to each of the
following: the Council of
Review; the biennial state
convention's committe on
permanent organization, rules
and order of business; the
biennial state convention's
committee on credentials and
appeals; and the state
legislative policy committee. A
presidential elector will also be
nominated.
Rep. Liston Ramsey of
Madison County will preside as
temporary chairmaa.
Republicans
To Meet
Saturday
Republican officials of the
11th Congressional District
have scheduled their
Presidential Election Year
Convention for Saturday, June
10th at 4 p. m. in the auditorium
of Clyde Erwin High School in
Buncombe County, Jesse
Ledbetter. District Chairman,
has announced.
The convention will elect two
delegates and two alternates to
the Republican National
Convention, and one
presidential elector from the
District.
Gra.ce Rohrer, acting
State GOP Chairman and
candidate for N. C. Secretary of
State, will be keynote speaker.
Former assistant U. S. At
torney Bruce Briggs will be
Chairman. Briggs is the
Republican nominee for Judge
and is unopposed in the general
election in the Judicial District
comprised of Madison, Yancey,
Mitchell, Avery and Watauga
Counties.
Following the convention, the
Republicans will hold a
"Harmony Happening" dinner
at 5:30 p. m. in the school. Col.
Harry Hewitt will be master of
ceremonies, and music and
entertainment are program
med. Bond Sales
Sales of U. S. Series E and
Series H Savings Bonds in
Madison County for April were
$19,943. This represent 41.9
percent of Madison County's
goal of $144,117, according to C
L. RudisilL, Jr., Madison County
Volunteer Chairman.
Singing
Oas Ridge Baptist Church
presents Its regular flinging
coorention Junt 10, at T:S0 pm.
James Fisher invites public.
Chureh ia located on Flint HOI
: Road, : -r ' - ,
The 17 counties will tiave
delegates present as follows.
Avery, 4 Buncombe, 88;
Cherokee, 11; Clay, 4; Graham,
5; Haywood 32; Henderson, 20;
Jackson, 14; Macon, 11;
Madison, 10; McDowell, 18;
Mitchell, 5; Polk,9; Rutherford,
31; Swain, 6; Transylvania, 15;
Yancey, 10.
Burwell, County Health
Head, Adds Additional
Lawrence B. Burwell, for
merly assistant director of the
Buncombe County Health
Department, has officially
assumed the duties of executive
director of the newly formed
Area II Board of Mental Health,
serving four Western North
Carolina counties.
Under the new mental health
organization formed in ac
cordance with action taken by
the 1971 General Assembly
Buncombe, Madison, Mitchell
and Yancey counties have
become the third of 42 service
areas of the State Mental Health
Service to be established in the
state.
As executive director of the
new board, Burwell will have
directoral responsibilities for
the 250-bed Area II unit at
Broughton Hospital as well as
responsibilities involving
programs for patients from the
four counties at Western
Carolina Center at Swannanoa
and the Alcoholic Rehabilitation
Center at Black Mountain, as
well as some responsibility for
the Alcoholic Information
Center here. Burwell said
development of the area con
cept is so new that operational
details of this nature have not
been finalised.
Burwell also is director of the
Blue Ridge Community Center
on Biltmore Avenue, where ha
makes headquarters. The
center formerly served the (oar
counties now covered by the
Area n organization. Its board
of directors has now became an
advisory board, Burwell said.
Mrs. Joseph N. Murphy,
chairman of the Area n board
and formerly chairmaa of the
Blue Ridge Community Mental
Health Center board, said the
'new concept will soaks It
possible to greatly strengthen
ths mental health program ta
this i
Because at (be organise tioa.
evening's program, including
various championships.
The Judge will be Hon. Kloyd
Kirby, of Taylorsville;
ringmasters will be Jimmy
Davis and O'Neal Shelton; Hon.
Lloyd Thompson, of Asheville,
will serve as master of
ceremonies and Ralph Brooks,
of Asheville, will be Farrier.
Admission will be $1 50 for
adults and 75c for children.
A large crowd attended last
year's horse show and an even
larger one is anticipated for the
shows this Saturday.
Hamburgers, hot dogs, soft
drinks, etc., will be available
during both afternoon and
evening shows
School Construction
To 'Start In Few Days
The Madison County Board of
Education announced this week
that construction contracts for
Madison County's new con
solidated high school has been
finalized and construction will
start immediately.
The Board awarded the
general construction contract
tothe C. T Kern Construction
the Area II unit is eligible, she
said, for a large staffing grant
through which present
programs can be enlarged and
new ones added.
Burwell said favorable
reports had been received on an
application for a $2 billion
staffing grant, to be made
available over an eight-year
period, from the National In
stitute of Mental Health.
He said the area's first in
patient psychiatric unit,
scheduled to be opened in St.
Joseph's Hospital in July would
be staffed with funds from the
grant.
"Area programming will
enable us to qualify for con
siderably more funding from
both state and federal sources,"
Burwell said, and funds will be
ihared with the programs
already in operation in the area.
He said other important
developments will include
programs which he hopes will
duce admission rates at both
Missionaries
To Speak
In County
Five missionaries will be
speaking at New Found Baptist
Association churches near
Marshall starting this coming
Sunday night. The missionaries
will be a part of World Missions
Week, sponsored by the pastors
of the New Found Association.
From Sunday night through
Wednesday night, June 11-14,
the services will be at French
Broad Baptist Church near
Alexander. From Thursday
night through Sunday night,
June 15-18 the services will be at
Lusk Chapel Baptist Church kt
the Spring Creek area.
The guest speakers will be
Milton Cunningham from
Africa, RonneU Owensby from
South America, and Neal
Peyton, Baptist missionary to
deaf. In addition there will be
Roy Cantrell, missionary with
the Cherokee Indians and Hugh
Starnes, director of BroyhUl
Baptist Children's Home.
Special music will be
provided each night Along with
local tinging groups the ser
vices win feature the Bar
berviDe Baptist Church Choer
from WarnetvUle and The
Jamison Family Singers ken
Sylva. f M , .
Eack service wfll begia at
TiSQ. . . -Mr-.,4. '
FRED ANDERSON, who has served as principal
and teacher of most of the high schools in Madison
County for the past 42years, retired at the end of this
past school term. He completed his career as a
teacher at Marshall high school. After completing
high school in 1928, Anderson attended Mars Hill
College for two years, one year at Berea College and
received his B.S. Degree from Western Carolina in
lfU.V He received his Master's from George Peabody
University in 1945. He has also served as principal at
Reynolds High school in Buncombe County and
taught in McDowell County. He and Mrs. Anderson
reside at Mars Hill. They have one son, Frederick.
He is shown above, right, being presented a gift from
Principal ( live Whitt, of Marshall high school.
Company of Greensboro, the
plumbing contract was
awarded to Ray C. Davis
Plumbing Company of
Asheville, the electrical con
tract to the M. B. Haynes
Electrical Corporation of
Asheville, and the heating and
air conditioning contract was
awarded to the Moser Plumbing
Broughton
Alcoholic
Center
Hospital and the
Rehabilitation
RECEIVES AWARD
MRS. LOLA B. WILDE
Mrs. Lola B. Wilde of Route 6,
Marshall, has been selected to
appear in the 1972 edition of
Outstanding Elementary
Teachers of America, an
awards volume honoring
America's finest teachers. In
classrooms across America
there are countless elementary
teachers who employ in their
teaching methods more than the
essentials of classroom in
struction. These men and
women involve themselves in
both social and emotional
growth of their students. The
help develop the minds of our
country's young people and
mold their moral and social
values as well. Their
achievements from the
motivation of the reluctant
learner to the encouragement of
the gifted student are ex
ceptional Their dedication and
tremendous sense of respon
sibility are deserving of
recognition. It was on these
qualities that the national
awards volume was established
to recognise and honor these
men and women who are
distinguished by their unusual
dedication and by their
demonstrated ability la
leadership In elementary
education.
Teachers selected for
la.
elusion la the annual award
volume receive - national
recognition. They have met
, standards of excellence Is their
respective schools and have
distinguished themselves la
their relationship with students.
. Mrs. Wilde is employed by
Asheville City Schools. She Is
well-known in both Madison and
Buncombe County School
svstems. -
Company of Asheville.
The new school will have over
120,000 square feet of floor
space, and will be a total
electric project with each in
dividual room thermostatically
controlled for electric heat and
air conditioning. The total cost
of the new shcool will be over
2 million dollars.
Post
The budget for next year,
Burwell said, will be in the
neighborhood of $477,000 for the
four counties, not including the
staffing grant. The program is
financed by county general
funds, of which Buncombe is
providing the major share, and
state money.
Burwell said Gordon
Greenwood, chairman of the
Buncombe County Board of
Commissioners, and other
members of the commission
deserve great credit for setting
up the new mental health
organization. He said Green
wood "is directly responsible
for arranging the meetings with
commissioners of the other
three counties which got the
program started."
Burwell revealed that he also
is working on development of
drug and alcohol treatment
programs to be financed with
federal funds amounting to an
approximate aggregate of
$800,000, which he hopes to have
operational in 1973.
Mrs Murphy said the Area n
board is "delighted to have
obtained Mr. Burwell's ser
vices. His background and
knowledge of people throughout
the service area will be
tremendous assets in Im
plementing this new program."
Concurrent with his work in
the Buncombe County Health
Department, Burwell has been
serving as director of the
Madison County Health
Department and is continuing in
this capacity.
Burwell, a native North
Carolinian, received a master's
degree in laboratory science si
1967 and a master's degree in
health training and ad
ministration in 1970, both from
the University of North
Carolina School of Public
Health in Chapel Hut.
Prior to serving as assistant
director of the Buncombe
Health Department for 13
months, Burwell was employed
as chief of technical services to
ths laboratory at Memorial
Miaato HoapttaL .
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Methodists
Observe
Student Day
United Methodist Student Day
was observed at the Marshall
United Methodist Church
Sunday, June 4, at the morning
worship service. Participants
were Larry Sexton, Lee Sexton,
Deborah Brinkley, and Jerry
Wyatt. Brenda Brinkley spoke
on "How My Church Has
Helped Me in High School" and
Susan Gregory spoke on "How
My Church Background Has
Helped Me in College." Scott
Hughes, student at North
Buncombe High School sang "I
Believe," accompanied
at the piano by Mrs. W. C.
Clark. Peggy Sexton played a
piano solo, "Song of Joy,;;
Beethoven) at the conclusion
of the Sunday School Worship
Service earlier. Dian Wallin
presided.
The purpose of United
Methodist Student Day ob
servances is to draw attention
to the need of investing self and
money in Christian education
for our youth.
Four Youths
Injured
In Wreck
Four county youths were
hospitalized Saturday night
after the car in which they were
occupants, struck a bank near
the home of Mrs. Mamie Tipton
in Marshall about 12:30. The car
then plunged down to the road
just beneath where they had
been.
Injured were Joyce Sprinkle,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Sprinkle, or Route 1, Marshall,
broken leg; Gene Payne, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Muwoe Payne,
Route 6, Marshall, broken leg;
Debbie TrexdwHy ,1nohtpr nf
Mr. and Mrs Hughes Tread
way, of Route 1, Marshall, cuts
and bruises; and Gerald
Marler, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Curtis Marler, of Route 7,
Marshall ; lacerations and
bruises.
They were taken to Memorial
Mission Hospital for treatment.
The four, all teenagers had
attended the horse show on the
Island and were returning to
their homes when the accident
occurred.
The 1972 Baricuda in which
they were in was "totaled."
Bell Institute
Homecoming
June 18
The third Sunday of June wfll
be homecoming and Memorial
Day and also the annual
meeting of the Bell Institute
Alumni at the Walnut
Presbyterian Church. Morning
worhsip service will begin at 11
o'clock, followed by a business
meeting of the Bell Institue
Alumni. At the close of this
meeting, there will be a picnic
lunch on the church grounds.
At 2 p.m. there will be a
memorial service for those
members who have been called
to be with our Lord. The
families of these members are
invited for this service.
Service Men
Army Pv-J David Lane
Roberts, son of Mrs. Maria
Roberto of Wee verville and the
late Netoa Roberts is now
serving in Korea with the 72nd
Armored Divteon. He com-.
pleted Basic Training at Fort
Jackson S. C and other a-ataing
and schooling at Fort Knox,
lCentucky. V:;,
-i He is a 1971 graduate of N rth
Buncombe ICgh School and baa
been la service since October