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Over 30 teenagers hit the highways of Madison County last Thursday to
collect more than $1,000 for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. The youths
knocked on the doors of more than 300 homes in the area asking for 10c for
each mile they rode and often got more.
Pat Franklin, campaign chairman was pleased with the outcome of the ride.
"The response in Madison County was superb," she said. "We all certainly
want to thank the communities for helping us achieve our goal. It was a real
challenge, and I know Danny Thomas will be pleased."
Contributions will go directly to St. Jude Children's Research Hosptiai to
finance work being carried on there. Research aimed at finding cures or
preventative measures for cancer, leukemia, and muscle disorders in children
is being conducted on an around-the-clock basis.
Children of all races and creeds are welcome at St. Jude Hosptiai upon
referral by the family doctor. There is no charge for children who are treated
at St. Jude. In fact, the hospital doesn't even have a billing department.
Selective Service Policy
Change Is Announced
The Selective Service System
has effected a major policy
change which will permit men
scheduled for induction after
July 1 to enlist or be appointed
in the National Guard or
Reserves after receipt of their
induction orders. The
Regulations change also will
permit men who recive in
duction orders to join Regular
branches of the Armed Forces
for a minimum of two years
active duty, if such programs
are offered. The new policy does
not affect men with June
reporting dates
The result of discussions
between the 'Department of
Defense and the Selective Ser
vice System, the new policy is
expected to stimulate recruiting
for the National Guard and the
Reserve forces. The Guard and
Reserve forces are estimated to
be 40,000 men below their
authorized strength, and both
Secretary of Defense Melvin
Laird and Deputy Secretary of
Defense Kenneth Rush have
recently expressed concern
over this situation.
'The only option open to men
Who had received induction
orders in past months was to
Join one of the Regular bran
ches of the service for at least
three years active duty. No
Guard or Reserve enlistments
or appointments were
authorized after the mailing of
Induction orders.
. The new policy requires that
men complete enlistment or
appointment processing in the
Guard, Reserves, or Regular
forces at least 10 days prior to
their scheduled induction dates.
AO registrants arc given 30
days' notice of Induction, so
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men who receive induction
orders after July 1 will have 20
days to effect enlistments or
appointments In order to allow
men scheduled for induction in
early July to take advantage of
the new policy. Acting Director
Byron V Pepitone has
authorized local boards to
postpone for 15 days the in
duction of men scheduled to
report between July 1-15 if they
are actively being processed for
enlistment or appointment and
if they reauest such action.
Men who receive induction
orders and desire to enter in the
Guard or Reserve must locate
unit vacancies on their own
They should reauest that their
enlistments or appointments be
expedited in order to meet the
10-day reauirement Enlist
ments or appointments in the
Guard or Reserves reauire six
months active duty for training
and five and a half years of
drills. Such enlistments or
appointments do not reduce the
obligation of the Selective
Service System to provide
requested numbers of inductees
Al Harazin
To Lions
Al E.
Harazin, general
of the Asheville
manager
Orioles, was the guest speaker
at the Marshall Lions Club at
the Rock Cafe Monday night.
Harazin told of his Joining the
Baltimore Orioles Baseball
organization and bow he and his
wife, Anne, were delighted to be
with the Asheville baseball
team. He explained the
business side of operating a
baseball club and also told
The throe passengers who
died along with the pilot of ;i
light aircr;ift that crashed into a
mountainous section of Jackson
County near Cashiers Sunday
were in search of a site for a
proposed w orld headquarters of
Maharishi International
I'niversitv. a university
spokesman said Monday.
Meanwhile. Dr. Emil II
limning. Jr., Jackson County
medical examiner, made
positive identification of three
of the victims Monday.
1 hey are the pilot, Freddie
Tax lor, 20, of Asheville, son of
1' Gary Taylor, Asheville
director of aviation; Honald
Michalove 2li, of W'inston-Salem
.ind April Clements. .12 of
Highland Park, III,, both
( onnected with the university
The identity of the fourth
ic tun had not been determined
Monday as dental X-rays were
being checked, hut in
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to the Army
Men are expected to report
tor induction as scheduled if
enlistments or appointments
are not completed at least 10
days prior to the date scheduled
for induction It is expected that
this new policy will raise the
year-end Uniform National Call
lottery number, although the
degree of change will not be
evident until officials determine
how many men under induction
orders enter Guard, Reserve or
Regular force units This week
the Selective Service System
announed that RSN 75 would be
the highest number to be
reached to satisfy August draft
( alls Officials do not anticipate
a major increase in this number
in order to satisfy the total
requirements for this year
The Defense Department has
announced that no more than
50,000 men will be drafted
during 1972 Fifteen thousand
men are expected to be inducted
during April, May and June. An
additional 7,200 are expected to
be inducted in July and 8,900 in
August
Speaks
Monday
members of the Lions Club
about the personnel of the
Asheville team. He praised the
interest shown by various
Asheville dubs and individuals
and then opened the meeting for
ouestions from the Lions, fit
was asked many pertinent
ouestions whekh he ably an
swered and received loud ap
plause from the 11 Liana
present He was introduced by
lion Jim Story.
vestigators on the scene had
tentatively identified the badly
burned body as Joseph Clarke,
age unknown, of the
Washington, DC. area, also
connected with the university
SPOKE HKKF.
Honald Michalove, one of the
victims in the plane crash,
recently spoke to a gathering of
county professional and
businessmen when he explained
the purpose and plans for the
proposed University.
l-irry I'rice said Monday at
the university's temporary
headtiuarters in Mot Springs
that Maharishi International
I'niversitv iMIUi would ob
serve three davs of silence in
memory of those lost in the
crash
Price said Michalove was
director of campus planning for
MIU. He said that Clarke and
Miss ( 'lemonts were not directly
involved with building the
Blasts Whiteside Editorial On
Madison Head Start Program
EDITOR'S NOTE: The
following statement was sub
mitted by R. L. Edwards,
Superintendent of Madison
County Schools; who states that
the following facts were ob
tained from J. C. Wallin, Jr ,
former director of Head Start in
Madison County for the past
seven years:
On Thursday, May 25, Arthur
Whiteside, Editorial Director
for WU)S TV in Asheville,
delivered an editorial comment
designated "Tin-: TRUTH
AHOCT HEAD .SI' ART IN
MADISON COUNTY."
In this editorial. Mr.
Whiteside made ceratin ac
cusations and designated
certain facts as, " the true
facts'" and charged the
Superintendent of Schools,
Robert Edwards, with cir
culating misleading in
formation with respect to the
essential facts concerning the
Head Start program. He further
charged, that there had been
veiled threats and intimidations
that something might happen
to Head Start personnel if
Madison County cannot have a
summer program instead of the
traveling teacher program.
Specifically, Mr. Whiteside,
stated that for several years
Madison County had a summer
Head Start program which did
little more than let a child
adjust to a classroom setting.
He asserted that most of the
summer Head Start programs
have been phased out and
replaced by an 8-month
program which involves not
only a classroom setting but
teachers traveling to the
children's home He intimates
that such a program involves
parental invovlement which is
essential for success More
importantly. Mr. Whiteside
charges that certain serious
irregularities were found in the
Head Start program in the
summer of 1971, when it was
under the control of the Board of
Education He charges that an
on-the-spot check found less
children enrolled than the
number claimed and that a
number of the children who
were participating were not
eligible
Mr Whiteside went on to
describe the Community Center
in the Spillcorn section of
Madison County which will
allegedly be utilized to ac
commodate the 18 children
which will supposedly be
enrolled in the Head Start
program He indicated that
certain rumors, which he says
have been circulated, are false;
and specifically, that piped
water has been installed in the
Community Center and ap
proved by the Board of Health
and that a septic tank is being
installed and the Community
Center meets every health
standard. And finally, Mr.
Whiteside detailed what he says
are veil threats to the personnel
of the Head Start Program. And
in concluding, Mr. Whiteside
states:
Head Start coot, from another
Marshall
'They play rough in
university in the Western North
Carolina mountains and had
llown down for the weekend to
inspect possible building sites
Heading from a prepared
statement, I'rice praised
Michalove, Clarke and Miss
Clements as "brilliant Young
leaders who were dedicated to
doing good to the world
We are all so shocked we are
observing several days of
silence in their memory," Price
said
I'rice declined to comment
about the future of Mil! in Hot
Springs.
Honald Howell, a Madison
County attorney, who has been
searching the title to land now
being surveyed in Anderson's
( m e between Spring i reek and
Pine Creek near Hot Springs,
the proposed site of the
university, said Monday that he
was last in contact with Mill
representatives last week.
MARSHALL, N. ('. Thursday June 29, 1972
Madison County. Hut there's
a simple reason why some
people in high places want a
summer Head Start
program run by the schools.
It makes possible the em
ployment of persons in ex
change for political favors.
It wouldn't benefit the have
nots. Just those that already
have And maybe that's why
Madison County has so long
been poor."
Since Mr. Whiteside's
editorial contains many
statei.iti:tj wlnii are
derogatory with respect to the
Hoard of Education, and in
particular the Superintendent of
Schools,
detailed
nd since -as will be
hereinafter many
statements made by Mr.
Whiteside are utterly false,
misleading and in fact
malicious, it is necessary that
Mr Whiteside's editorial be
relivetiintly dignified with a
reply.
First of all, the people of
Madison County know that the
Hoard of Education applied for
and received a grant directly
from the Federal Government
for operation of a Head Start
program in Madison County.
This program was designed to
accommodate 180 5-year old
children who were aualified
under established guidelines.
This program furnished
(nullified teachers, teachers'
aids, medical and dental at
Sleepy Valley Enters
Beautification Contest
A total of 77 organized
ommunity clubs are par
ticipating in the roadside im
provement competition of this
year's Western North Carolina
Community Development
lYogram, according to Morris
I. McGough, executive vice
president of the Asheville
Agricultural Development
Council, area sponsor of the
contest This is 18 more areas
than took part in beautification
effort last year
Eor the past eight years, since
the inception of this contest,
something special has been
going on in the way of roadside
clean-up, pick-up and
beautification projects in
the organized communities of
Western North Carolina.
All 84 organized community
clubs entered in the Community
Development Program are
working on various community
projects to improve their areas.
However, those in the roadside
contest are undertaking to
make an extra special effort to
clean up and beautify roadsides
and make more attractive
communities in which to live.
The community in Madison
County that has entered the
Toadside contest is Sleepy
Valley
A long list of improvements
has been reported by the rural
communities in the roadside
effort in past years. Abandoned
and Junk cars have been hauled
'They were still trying to
work out the problem with the
cemetery," Howell said,
icferring to an abandoned
lamilv plot which lies in the
middle of the I, (KM) acre site
Michalove had reportedly
ordered the old burial ground
removed before a settlement
could be reached The cemetery
holds the remains of
generations of Andersons
predating the Civil War
A spokesman for the
Asheville Area Chamber ol
Commerce. I'll Elam, said
Monday that the university hail
also been looking at land in
parts of Buncombe County He
said another proposed site was
near the Madison County line
in Harnardsville
Jim Stebbins of Asheulle.
who expects to help build the
university and become a
teacher of transcendental
meditation by attending the
tention, insurance coverage, hot
lunches, knacks and tran
sportation to and from the
centers located in the eight
schools in Madison County.
Erom 191)7 to 1972 the Madison
County Hoard of Education
combined with the Opportunity
Corporation was the delegate
agency During the seven year
operative period of the program
the average enrollment was in
excess of 170 eligible children
all of whom received benefits
from the program.
After the completion of the
1972 summer Head Start
program, the Opportunity
Corporation of Madison
Buncombe counties, withi Mrs
Rebecca Stradley as Head Start
Director, informed the
Madison County Hoard of
Education and the Superin
tendent of Schools, Mr R. I.
Edwards, that the Oportunity
Corporation had planned to
revise the Head Start program
The new plan Drojected an 8
month program having one
center instead of the original
eight, three teachers instead of
ten teachers i with two of the
three to be traveling
teachers " i going to the homes
of the children. The Madison
County Hoard of Education,
after consultation with many
parents and after evaluating the
proposed new program, went on
record as opposing this plan of
8-inonth.s, inasmuch as it would
off by the hundreds, sanitary
land fills have been created,
roadside parks and picnic areas
installed, tons of trash have
been picked up and hauled away
by volunteer effort, old
buildings have been removed,
attractive entrance signs and
uniform mailboxes erected and
individual families have
planted flowers and shrubs
Purpose of the Roadside
Improvement Contest is to
encourage all communities to
carry out organized clean-up
and beautification programs.
Special awards are provided in
order to recognize those doing
the most outstanding work.
Winners will be selected by a
judging team in each county in
August and these will be judged
in area competition with all
other winners of the western
area by September 15.
For the area competition,
awards of $1,000 are being of
fered. First prize of $300 is
sponsored by ADOA Cor
poration, Biltmore; second
prize of $200 by Coca-Cola
Bottling Company of Asheville;
third prize of $100 by Ivey's of
Asheville and Moore-Robinson
Associates. Four honorable
mention awards of $50 each are
provided by Gerber Products
Company, Asheville Federal
Savings and Loan Association,
Ingle's Markets and Wachovia
Rank It Trust Company. .
school, said Monday that he
IHTsonally picked out the spot
near Hot Springs
Stebbins said Michalove
taught him how to meditate He
said Michalove was an initiater
in North Carolina for two years
before he became a personal
secretary of Maharishi Mahesh
Yogi, the former physicist who
turned monk and began
leaching meditation to such
famous students as the Beatles
and Mia Karrow.
line of Michalove's Inst
assignments under the
Maharishi was to find land in
the United States suitable for
the permanent headmiarters of
Mil' Stebbins said
Michalove, son of Mi and
Mrs Philip Michalove of
inston-Salem, had spent his
high school years at Asheville
School. He was familiar with
the Asheville area, he told a
reporter several weeks before
mm
serve only 5(1 three, four and
five year old children as
compared with a program
which had been serving 180
children The Madison County
Hoard of County Com
missioners also opposed the 8
month, 50-children concept.
Robert Edwards, Zeno
I'onder and Mrs. .Rebecca
Stradley were appointed by the
Rev. Robert Hoggin, Chairman
of the Opportunity Corporation
ol Madison-Buncombe counties,
during the month of November,
1971, togatlwr information from
Mars Hill
July
I Mans are presently underway
for an antiaue, rod and custom
car show in Mars Hill. The show
is being sponsored by the Mars
Hill Volunteer Eire Department
as a fund raising project. No
entry fee will be charged, and
each ear owner will be given
two complimentary passes.
The show will be in the local
high school stadium July 15 and
16 The hours will be from 9 a.
in to 11 p m. on Saturday and
from 1 p. m until 6 p. m. on
TOM WALLIN
Lions
Installation
July 11
Tom Glenwood Wallin,
president-elect of the Marshall
Ijons Club, will be installed as
president of the club on Tuesday
evening, July 11, in the Red
Carpet Room of Buck's
Restaurant on Tunnel Road in
Asheville.
Wallin, who has served as
secretary of the local club
during the past year was
recently cited for the second
year as a "100 per cent
secretary."
Other officers to be installed
during the Ladies' Night at
Ruck's include Lions Norria
Gentry, first vice president; J.
C. Wallin, Jr., second vkt
president; Charles Huey,
secretary; and John Fisher,
treasurer. New directors are
Overton Gregory and Earta
Wise.
resident parents with respect to
the most desirable program for
Madison County. Eight
meetings were held with over
10(1 parents participating. Of the
100 parents attending the
meetings only one parent voted
in opposition to the summer
Head Start program which
accommodated 180 children and
in favor of the 8-month. 50
children concept.
With this survey data in his
possession, Edwards again
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Car Show
15-16
Sunday.
Grounds will be open to set up
your car from 3 p.m. Friday the
Hth. All entries must be
registered by 12 noon Saturday.
Awards will be presented
beginning about 5 p. m. Sunday.
All cars will be under 24
hour police protection. lighted
displays are planned for 14 to 16
cars on a first come first serve
basis.
Anyone wishing to bring along
a camper will be provided
w ith a suitable place to set up on
a lot adjacent to the
showground. This area will also
have 24-hour police protection
for safety and convenience.
The nearest motel or hotel
accommodations are in Burn-
sville or Asheville, each about
20 miles from Mars Hill.
Because of the distance for
some who may wish to attend or
participate, the Fire Depart
ment has arranged with Mars
Hill College to provide lodging if
such is desired. Only a small fee
will be charged for this ac
commodation, but linens will
not be furnished. For a room at
the college, two weeks advance
reservation is required.
Vehicles will be classified
according to rules and first,
second, and third place trophies
will be awarded in each class.
In addition several special
award trophies will be given
along with a "Best Car in Show"
trophy.
This is the Mars Hill Fire
Department's first show. They Corp. Also named to the ad
plan to make it an annual event visors' board is Mrs. Frita C.
if it is successful and urge your Nyland of Hamburg Mountain
help by having your car in the Rd Weaverville RL 1. She is a
show, as well as your retired librarian and active in
suggestions on how the show Friends of the Library and
might be mproved. serves on the board of Family
For more information about Counseling Service.
the show, contact Dennis Mc-:
Curry, Asst Chief, Mars Hill
Volunteer Fire Dept., phone
(704 ) 689-4779 or P. O. Box 102,
Mars Hill, N. C. 28754.
Blackwell To
Preach Here
Dr. Hoyt BlackweO of Mara
HUL retired president of Man
Hill College, will be guest
speaker at the Marshall Baptist
Church on Sunday, July 1 and
Sunday, July while the pastor
is on vacation -.. .? . .
4Jr. Blackwell also a former
pastor of me Marshall Baptist
Church. . ,
his death, and wanted the
university to be ex ta bushed
here
Of all the places I visited and
search for sites in Kurope and
the United States," Michalove
said, "Western North Carolina
was the most beautiful, the
most suitable setting for the
lounding of the university."
Prior to taking up meditation
and studying under the personal
attention of Maharishi Mahesh
Yogi i the only way a person can
become qualified to teach
others how to meditate I in Italy,
where the guru still lives,
Michalove spent four years at
the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill as a
Morehead scholar
Should the university be
established in Western North
l arolina. the Maharishi himself
would move to these mountains
and conduct training for
thousands at the school
M'MBKR 24
I 'radically all business and
professional firms and agencies
will be closed next Tuesday in
observance of Independence
Dav Julv 4.
MARSHALL
The Marshall Volunteer
Firemen are sponsoring a
Wildwest Rodeo on the Island.
There will be two shows, the
first at 130 p.m. and a night
show beginning at 7 o'clock.
A varied display of fireworks
will be "blown off" at 10 o'clock,
sponsored by the firemen and
the Marshall Merchants
Association
One of the highlights of the 4th
will be the arrival of the Wagon
Train on the Island Tuesday
afternoon in time for the Rodeo.
More than 15 wagons and 75
horses are expected which will
terminate the train.
HOT SPRINGS
The Hot Springs Lions an
nounce that their annual Fourth
of July Program will be held
July 1st on the hotel grounds in
Hot Springs. Every one is in
vited for a day of celebration,
visiting old friends, and
meeting new ones.
Starting at 10 a.m., there will
be pony rides, concessions and
skeet shooting with Bingo to
start at 1 p.m., fish fry at 3 p.m.,
and fireworks at 10 p.m., with a
sauare dance beginning at 11
p m and lasting until?
A .10-30 rifle and bicycle will
be awarded to the lucky ticket
hnlarc nrinr in t ho fi rcmnrta
"u,u"
Gentry Named
MHC Advisor
Norris Gentry of Marshall has
been named to the Board of
Advisors at Mars Hill College.
The college's board of
trustees set up the advisors'
board several years ago to
broaden, diversify and
strengthen their administrative
leadership of the Baptist
college. Thre are some 80 ad
visors working with the trustees
in public relations and in fund
raising matters.
Gentry, an alumnus, is
assistant manager of French
Broad Electric Membership
BULLETIN!
Spears Arrested.
-
Dnrrell Cllferd Spean,
charged with tbt Border at
Kenneth Pander, f Marshall,
the Municipal Golf Comae
In Ashevme an March 7, VA,
was arretted Tneaday aitt la
Dade City, Ga. .
- Spears, declared ai etf'.aw,
had been sought tc?ot-' Vm
escape from a prtww ce-
More detaSs welter' 1
xt week.
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