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MwliBon County Library Marshall, N . C. 28753 MS 7 mm Volume 71 . Marshall. N. C. Dec. 14, 1972 Number 48 we Billy Zimmerman Honors Billy Zimmerman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis A. Zim merman, Jr., and a seventh grade student at the Laurel School, won top honors in the Outstanding Youth Award contest sponsored by the Beta Omega Chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha. Final J-.dging of essays, entitled, "What I Can Do For My Country," was held last Thursday night in the French Broad EMC lobby here. Contestants were from (he 7th and 8th grades in Madison County. More than 20 persons at tended the event and refresh ments were served following the Judging. Mrs. Peggy Cuts haw, president of Beta Omega Chapter, opened the meeting and welcomed the par ticipants and guests. Mrs. Joyce Plemmons, vice president, explained the various projects of the Chapter. The six finalists than read their essays. - Judging the essays were Bobby Jean Rice, Myra Powell, Fr. Jeff Burton and Jim Story. "All of the essays were splendid and the six finalists should be highly commended for their fine work," one of the judges stated. The finalists were Betty Lawson, Hot Springs; Violet Landers, Laurel; Ricky Ballard, Beech Glen; Billy Zimmerman, Laurel; Dora Ann Baker, Walnut; and Diane Whitt, Walnut. The winning essay by Billy Zimmerman follows: Christmas Decorations And Lighting Contest A Christmas Decorations and Lighting Contest will again be sponsored by the Marshall Garden CI ub this month. A total of $25 in cash prizes will be awarded to winners and divided as follows: First Prize, $10; Second Prize; $7.50; Third Prize, $5; Fourth Prize, $2.50. No categories will be used in the judging this year. A contestant need only Consider doing a good decorating job of any part of the outside of a home it may be a mailbox, window, door. Pageant To Be Presented Here December 21, 22, 23 n ' I " 1 i i in -- ..--i t ii f " ' - - - ir inn . , ... ., a. ajHpi, hhmh - ! 'For the nwtli consecntrf " jrear, hundreds at spectators, many from out-of-ctate, art ' ejected to bt hert Thursday, F. and Saturday nights P t week for the presentation .of the annual Marshall C s rsseant Nfchth f ,'irr-3Fv-s iria tsu at' J "" o " irk. T- Liral r!nt is unique la tut Lvt animals In Essay Contest WHAT I CAN DO FOR MY COUNTRY By BILLY ZIMMERMAN As I think of the problems that exist in my country I feel that there are several areas that I might work in to help get rid of many of these problems. One of the worst problems of our country is the increase in crime. This year there has been some sixty banks robbed in North Carolina alone. I often times think I would like to become a policeman or a lawyer to help strengthen our laws and penal codes. In big cities all over the country there is much noise. There should be laws against blowing horns for no reason at all. Many young boys avoid putting mufflers on their cars. All those boys who are caught without mufflers should be given a ticket not only for noise but also, because of the pollution. The littler problem in our country is very bad. In some big cities there are organized trash companies. They pick up such things as leaves, gar bage, dead animals, and other waste. These same measures should be taken in rural areas. If the roadsides were like the national park's roads there wouldn't be a lot of worry about land pollution. Water polution is bad for our environment, also, because of the destruction to wildlife and human nature. A. solution to this problem would be for our country to organize trash cleanup programs to store this waste in suitable sewage disposal systems. tree, driveway, or an overall effect combining any of these. The area to be included in the competition will be limited to homes in Marshall and ex tending to a two-mile area beyond the City Limits. All persons entering the contest are urged to call either of these two numbers: 649-3495 (Mrs. J. L. Baker) or 649-3368 (Mrs. Clyde Roberts.) It is suggested that calls be made in the evenings after 5 p. m. Judging will take place on Friday evening, Dec. 22. . art Bsed fa a perfect setting for the Nativity scenes, A splendid cast wu agaia perform and a choir composed of members from various churches in tht county will furnish background hymns and carols. Tht aoD-commcrcis! pagant kns f'"4 lu'icntl rscognition a.4 is eTjdd ts Wins Top I feel that fanning is one of the best vocations I could enter to help my country. The farmer produces many products. If there were more cattle raised the soaring beef prices might go down. I could raise sheep to help out in the wool business. I could run along dairy a big dairy farm and help stop the milk war. Lately, the smog has drifted in on us. This is the doings of the huge city factories. In some cities you can see people holding handkerchiefsover their noses to keep from breathing the foul air. People could help stop this by demanding that the plants follow strict anti-pollution codes. It is up to the people to force the factories to abide by these laws. All over the country there are highway accidents. Most of them are caused by careless drivers and drunken drivers. Very few are caused by ear defects. We should see that thee are stricter laws concerning drunken drivers. One error by a drunken driver is enough. Wildlife is disappearing fast in our country. More of the timbered land containing plenty of wild animals should be made into parks. Stricter rules should be enforced on the killing of wildlife. More game wardens are needed to protect the vanishing animals. Population expansion is another problem of our country. Nowadays two children are just about enough for most couples. There are a lot of children born that are between the hours of six to nine o'clock. In the eighteen years the club has sponsored the con test, there have been many repeated winners and this is likely to continue unless others become interested and will make the effort to notify the sponsor; no effort will be overlooked if the telephone contact is made. The purpose of the contest has always been to bring emphasis to the community awareness of the spirit of Christmas. be fartbtr publlclied this year.- - . . -, Dean Shields, coordinator, announces , that Joseph will eia bt porVayed by Stanley ard, son tt htr, and Mrs. Oeophas Ward; and Mary will bt portrtyed- by Carol Shelton, daurMpr ri blr. and ! Mrs. Var .v::.-n. ; . , The Ailoa Faj ri Ux&j is ia , - PICTURED ABOVE ARE the six finalists in the Outstanding Youth Award contest, sponsored by the Beta Omega Chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha. Final judging of essay 8, entitled "What 1 Can Do For My Country," was held last Thursday night in the REA building here. Contestants were from the 7th and 8th grades in Madison County. County winner was Billy Zimmerman, 7th grade student at the Laurel school. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Louie A. Zimmerman, Jr. Left to right, Betty Lawson, Hot Springs; Violet Landers, Laurel; Ricky Ballard, Beech Glen;; Billy Zimmerman, Laurel; Dora Ann Baker, Walnut; and Diane Whitt, Walnut. unwanted and parents put them in orphanages or children's homes. A situation like this is not good for America. Strong family ties is one of the things that makes for good citizenship. Another serious problem in our nation is drugs. When a person gets addicted to heroin or some other drug he steals money, food or anything he can sell to get money to buy Results Of ASC Community Committee Elections The Incumbent ASC County Committee on December 8 tabulated die ballot cast by farmers in their community committee elections. In announcing the results of the election, Ralph Ramsey, County ASCS Director, said that 2434 farmers cast a ballot, during the mail election period which ended on December 1, for the farmers they wished to serve as their ASC Community Committee for the year of 1973. He also stated that this vote represented an increase of approximately 100 over the number of farmers voting in the previous year's elections. Ramsey further explained that Madison County is divided into 16 ASC com munities for administrative purposes. The principal duties charft of irmtock and Aaron Sronce, of Bone Camp, to furnishinc tht sheep, v v " All persons who hsrt participated In tht combined choir in past years art Invited to again participate. . t A hospitality committee will ' em hot coffee ba the hall of thm courthoust after each performance. - . -w ,.. ; i;: the drugs. All drug pushers should be jailed because they are the ones who supply the drug users. All communities Another serious problem in our nation is drugs. When a person gets addicted to heroin or some other drug he steals money, food or anything he can sell to get money to buy the drugs. All drug pushers should be jailed because they of the community dom mitteemen are tp assist the ' Couny ASt. CoSLuttee it the administration of ASCS farm programs at the community level, to help keep farmers in their respective community informed on ASCS farm program provisions and requirements, and serve as farmer delegates in filling vacancies on the county ASC board. Members of the ASC community committees, as well as the position to which they are elected, are deter mined by the number of votes received in the mail election. Farmers eleced to the 16 ASC community committees for the year of 1973 in the respective order of Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Regular Member, First and Second Alternate members are: Community A-l Carl Cantrell, Cecil Briggs, Everett Rice, Bert Flynn, and George Roberson; B-2 Walter Gosnell, Clarence B. Cutshall, Glen Hensley, Bobby Gunter, and Hardy Shelton; C-3 Hardie Merrill, Carson Roberts, Howard Green, Arnold Garrison, and Vance Ed wards; D-4 Levi Hunter, Warren Anders, Wayne Eatmon, Lloyd Thomas, and Lee Roy Davis; E-5 James F. Governor's Award Near For County Lawrence Ponder, director Madison County Industrial Development Commission, s ated this week that the Governor's Award Clean-up, Fix-up campaign is nearing completion. "More than 350 Junk cars have been crushed and hauled away in the past few months," Ponder said. Mr. Ponder said ha wished to express appreciation to the : Mara HUl dvltan Club, Mars . Hill Lions Club, Marshall Lions Club. Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce, Cody Motor Sates, French Broad ' EMC, Service Motor Sales, . Inc., and Deaver Construction Co. for their assistance. He also wishes to thank the of-, ficials ; of Marshall, Hot Springs and Mars Hill for their interest and cooperation In the projects and thanked the news media for their cooperation in publicizing the projects. 1 would bt received about the first , of the year. are the ones who supply the drug users. All communities and cities should help to organize anti-drug groups to search out these drug violators and report them to the proper authorities. As you can see my country has many problems now. Therefore it is my duty as an American citizen to help in anyway I can to cure the ills of my native land. Ramsey, J. Walter Cody, Ernest T. Cody, George Hamlin', Clyde McRiiiney; F-6 Randall Buckner, Nealey Bradburn, D. J. Graham, Chester Teague, and Robert Marler; G-7 Frank Payne, Jr., Burton W. Payne, Andrew Payne, Eddie Payne, and Floyd Henderson; H-8 Hugh Balding, Larry Ferguson, Jimmy Moore, Dempsey Woody, and Handy Allison; J 9 Eugene Wills, Wallace Cook, Ray Gardin, Charles Wills, and Perry Gowan; K-10, Ruben Gosnell, Homer J. Griffee, Joe Bullman, Leonard Olen Chandler, and Earl Rice; L-ll Wayne Burnette, Oliver Hall, Clay Honeycutt, Cash Phillips, and J. E. Woody; M-12 Loy Buckner, John W. Henderson, Leonard Buckner, Ted Massey, and Clement Buckner; N-13 Fred Tran tham, Vern Holt, Dale Balding, Hardy Willett, and Arthur Fowler; 0-14 L. F. Boone, Wayne Clark, Woodrow Dill, John Coates, and Loyd Coates; P-15 Dewey Phillips, R. J. Ammons, Lattie Ballard, Paul P. Briggs, and Jerry T. Dunnivan; Q-16 Edward Hoyle, Don Peek, J. B. Roberts, Woodard Riddle and Howard Roberts. County To Receive Revenue Sharing Checks A first payment of $155,932 was mailed Friday to Madison County under the General Revenue Sharing Program, according to U. S. Rep. Roy A. Taylor. Taylor said the payments include $130,732 to the county government;$8,359 to Hot Springs; $16,841 to Mars HUL Rep. Roy A,. Taylor an nounced that the Town of Marshall in Madison County . will receive a check under the General Revenue Sharing , Program although the town watnot fisted Friday with other ' towns and ' county , governmenta- In the 11th; Congressional District : - ' ' ; The towa Was omitted because of a technical dif-' ficulty ' with the computer' according to an official of the Office of Revenue Sharing la - Washington, Taylor said. A total of $3,850,449 is being mailed to the 17 counties in the Ilth Congressional District, Taylor said. He said the amounts that are being mailed Ray Tweed Ray Tweed, 47, of Rt. 3, Marshall, principal of Laurel High School was killed about 3:45 p. m. Monday when his car was involved in a collision with another in a heavy rainstorm on N . C. 208 about 10 miles north of here. State Trooper J. L. Hall and Sheriff E. Y. Ponder, who investigated, said Tweed was pinned in the wreckage of his car in laurel River for about an hour before he could be extricated. The driver of the other vehicle involved, identified as Dr. James Ryan, 26, of 115 A St., IvOwell, Mass., suffered head injuries and was ad mitted to Memorial Mission Hospital in Asheville. He was not believed to have been very seriously injured, Hall said, and was listed in satisfactory condition. Sheriff Ponder said Dr. Ryan has been doing in ternship at Hot Sptings Clinic. Hall said Tweed was driving south and Dr. Ryan was driving north in a driving rain when the Ryan car veered left of center on a curve, moved about two feet into the south bound lane, and struck the Tweed car. Visibility was extremely bad at the time, the trooper said. Inaugural Ball Committee Named An Inaugural Ball Com mittee has been formed to coordinate the activities of the Inaugural Ball of James E. Holshouser, Jr., on the local level. It will be held at the Txynolds Cfcliseum at 7:30 p m. on January 4, 1973. Scores of people from Madison County have expressed an interest in attending the social activities preceding Holshouser's inauguration. The local committee will coordinate the details necessary for attendance at the first Inaugural Ball of a Republican Governor since Gov. Daniel L. Russell's inaugural in 1897. Mrs. Loy Roberts is Chairman of the local committee and those serving with her are C. N. Willis, J. Dedrick Brown, and Dr. Larrv N. Stern. The Inaugural Ball is sponsored by the Junior League of Raleigh. Any Madisonian desiring to attend either as a spectator or par ticipant may purchase tickets after by wirting to: Inaugural Ball, Room 010, Hilton Inn, 1707 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, North Carolina. Patron tickets are $30 each and admit one couple. Couples desiring to dance can pur chase a $10 ticket and spec tators will be admitted at $1 to each county and local government are in some cases substantially different from the estimated figures released while the revenue sharing bill was in Congress. Estimated figures were based on revenue data from Local Mail Service .. -. .-. . . - Is Improved , According io local post office personnel the Marshall post office has been given ' - permission to handle all county mail direct Instead of sending it to the Asheville post office to be processed. The latest action came about last week to" owing objections by local customers snd t.is newspaper about tht seemingly unwarranted Is Killed In Collision The Tweed car spun and overturned off the highway into the river, the trooper said. Hall charged Dr. Ryan with failure to drive on the right side of the road where there was sufficient traffic lane area to do so. FUNERAL WEDNESDAY Funeral services for the popular principal were held Wednesday afternoon at 2 p. m. in the Walnut Presbyterian Church with the pastor, the Rev. George Moore, of ficiating. Burial was in the Mars Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers were Bruce Phillips, Clive Whitt, Vernon Ponder, Fred Dickerson, Hughie Ray and Auburn Wyatt, all county principals, and R. L. Edwards, superintendent. Mr. Tweed was a member of the White Rock Presbyterian Church where he served as elder, clerk of the session, Sunday School Superintendent and treasurer of the Madison County Larger Parrish. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Mary Wallin Tweed, two daughters, Lou Anne and Marcella Raye, both of the home; the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chapel Tweed, of Laurel ; two brothers, Earl, of Oak Ridge, Term., and Mark each. Members of the General Assembly, the State Supreme Court, North Carolina's Congressional delegation, military officials and out-of-stte digmtaries are among those expected to attend the BalL J. E. Broyhill, long time Republican national com mitteeman from Lenoir, is the honorary chairman of the Ball. Patrons of the Ball will have seats reserved for them behind the Governor's Box at Reynolds Coliseum and their names will be listed in the Inaugural Ball Program. These Republicans from Madison County have become Patrons of the Ball: Hon. Frances C. Ramsey, Solicitor and Mrs. Clyde M. Roberts, Col. Joe L. Morgan and Mrs. Calvin R. Edney, Sr., Judge and Mrs. Bruce B. Briggs, Mrs. Loy P. Roberts, Mayor and Mrs. William P. Powell, Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Morgan, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Crocco, Dr. Larry N. Stern, Mr. and Mrs. Eddie English, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. M. Greenwood Edney (of Mar shall and Asheville). Rev. and Mrs. James B. Long, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. B. Chapman, Mr. and Mrs. C. N, Willis, Dr. and Mrs. W. E. Powell, Jr., and Dr. and Mrs. Eugene Bounger ( of Asheville and formerly of Marshall), Mallie A. Brown, and Gale W. Brown. local governments tor 1965 1966, and actual amounts are based on revenue data from the U. S. Census Bureau for 1971, Taylor said. . The payments sent Friday are for a six-month retroao- tivt period of January 1 through June SO, 1972. ' V. ; , ) ; ; - X v,.i. I delay m receiving "in-countyM, . mail. . It was explained t' t r .3 brought in by rurrj c : rs is worked s i C same dy t t ttem of c5 k' ' loca!!yL-,'--it; AsVvi"e. "It is t ! ' r. -!.;; -r... . r, ', i ! I RAY TWEED of Ias Vegas, Nev.; three sisters, Mrs. Louise Sanford, of Laurinburg.; Mrs. Gloria Spaugh, of High Point and Mrs. Doris Morgan, of Mar shville. Bowman-Duckett was in charge of arrangements. Republicans To Meet Here On Saturday The Madison County Republican Executive Committee will meet at the Republican Headquarters here Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock it has been announced. Members of the Finance Committee are especially invited to be present and all other interested persons are welcome. Bryce Hall Is County Key Banker To , coordinate ff-, agricultural activities of the N. C. Bankers Association in this area, R. Bryce Hall has been named County Key Banker for Madison County. NCBA President L. R. Bowers of White ville has announced that Hall will serve as County Key Banker during the next 12 months. He is City Executive of First Union National Bank of N. C. in Marshall. For 27 years the NCBA has received national recognition for its far-reaching program of service to agriculture in North Carolina. President Bowers noting the work of bankers in behalf of agriculture, thanked the 100 County Key Bankers for their role in this record. t v 4 . , ) V I i .IS. N A. Bryce Rail Bowers called attention la the projecta that are apaav sored by the association such -.' as the Annual Farm Credit , ' Conference which will again ' be held In Raleigh, February -M, U73, the two-week school ' ; at NC State University for , young farmers who art porovlded scholarships given by their borne community ' banks, and the co-sponsorhip (ha tanA !...- - rr in the Interest of soU con- serration. lie also reputed : that the banks of North Carolina continue to l-.-ni more rr "ty to t:rr--?i u -a , any o"r . 1 f-.-p of krv'TS. r