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Kdiaon County Ltbr&rv MersnaU, N C, MEWS mm Volume 72. Marshall, N.C. Feb. 22, 1973 . r i 7, Numbers ars Hill Girls And Boys Capture County Cage Titles TOE M A H i o o 1973 MADISON COUNTY GIRLS CHAMPIONS are the Mars Hill lassies, coached by J. C. Moss. Left to right, front row, Jean Wood, Yvonne Coates, Janet Robinson, Debbie Moss, Debbie Yelton, Christine Proffitt, Back Row, Linda Robinson, Hazel Wheeler, Lynne Brady, Brenda Norton, Sandra Am nions, Sharon Fender. 1 Mh&fi ' ALL-COUNTY GIRLS TEAM: Left to right, front row, Yvonne Coates, Mars Hill, Sheila Goforth, Marshall. Terri Padgett, Hot Springs. Lynn Plemmons. Spring Creek, Jean Wood, Mars Hill. Top row, Kathy Fisher, Marshall, Anne Hensley. Laurel, Pamela Price. Hot Springs. Linda Robinson. Mars Hill. Christine Shelton, Laurel. Area Students On Dean's List At Mars Hill Over 11 per cent of the student body at Mars Hill College landed on the dean's list for academic excellence for tall semester work at the 1 17-year-old liberal arts school in western North Carolina MARSHALL: Students from this area on list are: Kenneth Allen Buckner, son of Mr and .Mrs. Willard Kenneth Buckner. Rt 3, a Junior. Susan Rachel Chapman, daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert R. Chapmen, 202 Bailey St., a junior; Mrs Debra L. Ferguson DeBruhl. daughter of Mr. and Mrs Ralph Ferguson, Rt 2, a senior; Benjamin Joseph Jolley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hariey Edison Jolley, Anderson SL, a senior; Janet Page Lee, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Page Lee, a sophomore; James Robert Phtffips, ton of Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe William Phillips, a senior; Douglas Eugene Ponder, son of Mr. and Mn. Orvllle Ponder, RL I, ' a senior; Paula Jean Saint, dughtar of Mr. and Mrs. Etnmett ' S. Sams, a . sophomore; Rebecca Ana fiama AnrHir rt Mr mmA Mrs. Emroett S. Samara, 111. i- v ' GIKLS RUNNERfc-UP are the Marshalsextette, coached by F. N. Willett. Left to right, front row. Kathy Fisher, Marilyn Wyatt, Debbie Reed, Becky Rector, Shelia Goforth. Back row, Donna Davis, Sue McDevitt, Ann Flynn, Karen Greene. senior; Mrs Mary McGaha Sanderson, a senior, Mrs Mary Wallace Sanchagnn. wife of Mr Kenneth San chagrin, a freshman; Pamela Diane Wallin daughter of Mr and Mrs J D Wallin. Rt 1, a freshman, Margaret Elaine Wyatt, daughter of Mr and Mrs Clyde Wyatt. Rt 3. at sophomore MARSHALL: Jackie Eugene Fisher, son of Mr and Mrs D Frank Fisher, Rt. 6, a junior. Louise Shelton, daughter of Mrs Viola Carver Shelton. Rt 6. a freshman; Charles Stanley McGee, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McGee, Rt I, a freshman; Verna Dean Wilde, daughter of Mr. and Mrs George Wilson Wilde, Rt 6. a senior. WEAVERVILLE: Robert Allan Buckner, son of Mrs. tra Hall Buckner, a Junior; Patricia Louise English, daughter of Max O. English, Rt2,a senior; WiDiam Erwin Gregg, son of Mr. and Mrs. Horace P. Gregg, Rt. I, a freshman; Harold Huge, son " of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Henry Hughes, Sr., a sophomore; Pa tricia Colleen ' Ward, , daughter of Mr. and. Mrs. , DarW C.Ward. Rt. 1.1 senior. J Judge Erwin Denies Cutshall New Trial Judge Sam .! F.rvin 111 denied a motion Friday for a new trial for l,eonard 11 Cutshall, whose son, Dewayne, recently confessed to slaying the man for whose death the elder Cutshall is serving a life sentence In handing down the ruling in Burke Superior Court here. Judge Krvin only said thai in his discretion he would deny ( uLshall s motion for a new trial CuLshail 4i of Marshall will LEONARD CUTSHALL be returned to Central Prison in Raleigh to resume serving his sentence. He was con victed of murder after three trials in connection with the Jan. 30, 1970, shotgun slaying of Richard "Jack" Reeves. His attorney, Ronald Howell of Asheville, said he is study tnf what avenues are open for his client now that his appeal has been denied. Dewayne CnUhall. to. stunned lawmen in Marshall Oct I of hut year by con fessing mat he. not his father, shot and killed Reeves as Reeves sat in a car with Dewaynt's methec in the The Mars Hill girls defeated the Marshall girls, 44-30, and the Mars Hill Wildcats edged the Marshall Tornadoes, 5H9, to win the Madison County basketball championships before a jam-packed gym nasium here Saturday night In the girls' game, the Mars Hill team, coached by J. C Moss, got off to a fast start and were never headed. At the end of the first quarter, the Mars Hill lassies led 13-6. At half time the score was 24-12. The Mars Hill sextet maintained the lead and held a 34-20 edge when the fourth quarter began and ended the game with a 44 30 victory Linda Kobinson led the winners with 12 points while Yvonne Coates and Jean Wood had 10 points each. Janet Robinson, with 8 points and Brenda Norton with 4 points were the other scorers Kathy Fisher led the Marshall team with 8 points while Debbie Reed and Shelia Goforth had 6 points each. Sue McDevitt and Marilyn Wyatt had 4 points each It was evident that several of Marshall's players were not up to par due to flu but they fought gamely although outplayed by a versatile team from Mars Hill The Marshall team had too many turnovers which also helped Mars Hill to victory The local lassies were also inept at controlling the ball on numerous "jump balls" Mars Hill has an overall record of 18-1, including Monday's playoff victory over Edneyville, 40-30 GIRLS MARS HIIX (44)-Coates, 10. Norton, 4, I.. Kobinsor l'j. Wood, 10, J. Robinson, b, Brady, Wheeler McDevitt, 4, Wyatt, 4. Flynn, Rector. 2, Reed, 6, Goforth, 6, Greene. Davis Bellvk'W set Uoii o Madison ( ounty Following the shooting. oung Cutshall said, he threw the murder weapon into a nearby woods Fxperts had examined the weapon and testified at an earlier appeal hearing that they were unable to determine if the rifle had leen used to kill Beeves Before making a decision in the case. Judge Frin had heard testimony from wit nesses, including Dewayne. in both Madison and Avery ( ounties Iunng leonard (uLshalls three trials, his attorneys presented witnesses who swore he was in a Newport, Irnn cafe the night of the shooting The prosecution presented a Tennessee deputy who testilied he was at the cafe but did not see Cutshall The first trial in Marshall ended in a mistrial in May. 1970. on evidence one of the jurors had arranged to meet with the defendant The second trial in September, 1970. with a Buncombe jury, ended with a guilty verdict with the recommendation of life imprisonment He won a new trial, and a jury chosen from Avery county later convicted him Mallonee To Be Here Tues. Tom L. Mallonee. 11th Congressional District -. Assistant to Congressman Roy A. Taylor, will be at the cotrthouse here next Tuesday v from 1.30 to !: a m. Anyone having official business pertaining U Congressional matters arc t tovited la meet with Mr.; Malonse, Few games in the past have never been more exciting than the boy's finals Saturday night as the Mars Hill Wildcats squeaked by the Marshall Tornadoes, 5(M!) in a real "( liff hanger" f rom the opening tipoff it was evident that both teams were excellent prepared for the championship game It was a battle of the Wallins -Coach Bonnie Wallin i Mars Hill i and Coach J C Wallin Marshall) The two teams swapped Mars Hill Girls in Playoff Game The Mars Hill girls, Madison County Champions, advanced in the District Playoffs Monday night at Cherokee by defeating Kd ncyvillc i Henderson County Champions i 40-30. The Mars Hill team led 21-20 at halftime. Mars Hill held high-scoring V ickie l'ryor to 10 points and received 18-point scoring from l.inda Kobinson, who was dominant inside, to post its w in Kdney ville, which trailed by a point ( 21-201 at intermission, came back in the second half and cut the deficit to 33-30 with 2 30 to play, but Mars Hill was able to put the ;ame away with seven clutch Tree throws Teresa Drake iuushed as leading point mater for Kd neyville, 20-3, with 12. Mars Hill, which used five players the entire game, is now 18-1 overall l.inda Bobin.i u led the lihi,-r":, Aitn f oui KDNFYVII.l.f 1 30 1 - V l'ryor, 10, S. l'ryor, 4, Drake, 12, 1) Pryor, 2, Harrell, 2, Owensby, Keller, Pattilla. MARS HILL 1 40 ) - L. Kobinson, 18, J. Kobinson, 3, Coates, 8, Wood, 9, Norton, 2, JUST BEFORE the tipoff at the finals Saturday night, the above picture was snapped at the officials' desk, Left to right, Quentin Ramsey, WMM1I, Gary Moore. WMMH, Sharon Baker, scorer; Shirley Franklin, scorer; Garland Woody, clock operator. Recreational Complex Is Discussed Here Jack Swede Frauson. Recreational Consultant from the Department of Natural and F.conomu Resources, met re-ently with Uk al citizens concerning rec n ation for Madison County It was revealed that 14 .if the 18 Western North Carolina Counbes have already made great progress ir this dire tion A Federal grant through B C) R i Bureau of Outdoor Recreation i is available on a 50-40 matching tiasis There are certain guidelines that must be strictly adhered to. as follows. 1. The recreation complex must be Urge enough to ac commodate a full-scale program. J We must have a Recreation Commission constituting the city -county population. i We must have our share of the total costs before we can submit our application for approval. , : Each mayor will nominate one individual from his town' to the commission The county tommisainmri will Nominate four from the county. These will become . the ' legal Recrealio Committee, for baskets throughout as the capacity crowd yelled, screamed, and went wild. Cheerleaders of both teams yelled themselves hoarse and displayed more routines than the June Taylor dancers. The Wildcats held a 9-7 lead at the end of the first period; a 25-23 lead at half time; the two teams were tied at 37-37 at the end of three quarters and the Wildcats emerged victorious, 00-4!) as a last second, off balance shot 15 feet out by James Briggs hit the rim but bounced off as the buzzer sounded The Wildcats used a disciplined offense and zone defense most of the way while the Tornadoes chose to run more using more fast breaks. They also stuck to the zone defense most of the game. The Wildcats, with a one point lead and two minutes to play, went into a semi-stall resembling the "four -corner" pattern which ate up valuable seconds. Marshall went into a man-to-man defense with 30 seconds remaining and managed to get possession of the ball A pass to Briggs who dribbled a few feet glanced at the clock with two seconds left and let go with the shot which failed to drop as the buzzer sounded Bedlam broke looSe on the Mars Hill side of the gym as then supporters yelled, We're No 1" The game was cleanly played by both teams and the Wildcats can be justly proud of winning the championship and the Tornadoes certainly have nothing to be ashamed of Both teams showed fine discipline and coaching B0YS 1Ak., llilJ. )jU - nice, Osteen, 2, Huberts, 14, Walker, 10, Fox, 5, Kobinson, 10, Clements MARSHALL i 49 I - Adajns, Briggs, 12, Livesay, 2, Rice, 6, Freeman, 14, Brazil, 7, , Mayhew, 8. A Jrn 1 Madison i ouniy I liey win. when money is available, hire the fulltime Recreational Director He will be respon sible for a year-around program to meet the needs of all the people In addition to the summertime program a lall and winter program will (e held in our elementary schools throughout the county including such programs as arts and crafts, cereamics, etr Recreabonal compleses in other western counbes include such things as swimming, a wading pool for the small c hildren. bath houses, tennis, football, softball, baseball, croquet, archery, horse shoes and picnicing tables to ac comodate several hundred "Our county needs this critically for all our people and particularly the young people who have been neglected far too long We also need this to make as more compebbve for industry and make our county ntore en tovable to live in It is hoped that unity will prevail . throughout the count in order to accampBsh project quickly," Lawreac Ponder, Director jBfastrlcl Devetopment Cornnaaoiaa of i County, state. 1973 MADISON COUNTY BOYS CHAMPIONS are the Mars Hill Wildcats, coached by Ronnie Wallin. Left to right, front row, David Price, Jack Robinson, Ricky Clements, Dewayne Ponder, Danny Fox. Back row, Mike Osteen, Jim Roberts, Keith Walker, Danny Jenkins, Mickey Church. Absent, Robert Jarvis. KfAStSOM! BOY"& RUNN1ERS-UP are the Marshall Tornadoes, coached by J. C. Wallin. Left to right, front row, Kevin Robinson, James Briggs, Jimmy Ramsey, Marlon Rice, Carlton Freeman. Back row, David Ramsey, David Adams, Mike Livesay, Leslie Mash burn. Jerry Cody, Harry Braiil, Holden Webb. Absent, Bovce Mavhew. Mars Hill Boys Advance In Cae Playoffs ANDRF.WS - It was a show of poor shooting in tlx1 opening game while a super shooter proved the difference in the finale of the Class A District Eight playoffs Tuesday as Mars Hill scraped out a 3&-36 decision over Nantahala and Kobinsville edged Cullowhee, 59-57 Hampered by a slow start and cold shooting in general by both sides, Keith Walker kept his Wildcats in the game against Nantahala with 13 total points Don O'Dell countered with 10 for the Hawks The win for Mars Hill pushes the Wildcats on to a Wednesday night meeting with Robbiasville MARS HII.l -NANTAHALA MARS HILL i 38 1 - Price 4, Osteen 8, Walker 13. Roberts 6, Fon 1. Robinson 6 NANTAHA1JV I 36 1 - O'Dell 10, Cross 6, Waters 4. Shields 4. West 4, Day 8 Half Nantahala. 21-20 McCormick Is Elected Pres. Merchants Ralph McCormick, popular Marshall businessman, was elected president of the Marshall Merchants Association at a meeting held on Tuesday night of last week. He succeeds Richard Wilde. Other officers elected are: Vice-president, Bob Chandler; vice-president, Jim Cody; treasurer, Frank Moor (reelected ) ; secretary, James Penland (reelected); ' Main topic discusw-d at me meeting was concerning the ' parking problems fas Marshall. " Several plans were initiated' : and resulti of the plans wiH be announced later. i li . members of - the association were present ' .. - V 1 1 ALL -COUNTY BOYS TEAM: Left to right, front row, Marvin Haggins, Hot Springs, Carlton F reeman, Marshall, Louie Shelton, Laurel, Michael Franklin, Laurel, David Price, Mars Hill. Back row, James Briggs, Marshall, Keith Walker, Mars Hill, Boyce Mayhew, Marshall, Craig Anthony, Laurel, Jimmy Roberts, Mars Hill. LeGrand Is New Pastor In Marshall The Rev. Thomas Spencer LeGrand. Sr., M, . el Evergreen, N.C has accepted the- pastorate t Marshall Baptist Church and will assume Ms duties March L ,.' A native of Columbia, S. C, LeGrand received his B. A. degree , from ' Furmaa ' University and graduated with a B J. degree from Soatbeastera Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest in 190, He also spent li Consolation JV Finals Here Friday The consolation and JV finals of the Madison County basketball tourney will be played this Friday night in the local gym At 5:00 p.m., the 1-aurel girls will battle the Hot Springs girls for third-place honors in the varsity bracket and an 6:30 the 1-aurel boys will play the Hot Springs boys for third olaee In the JV finals, the Mar shall girls will play the Mars Hill girls at 8 00 and at 9:00, the Marshall boys meet the Hot Springs boys. The games, scheduled for last Friday night, were postponed due to snow. months with the U S Army in Korea. In addition to the Evergreen Baptist Church, LeGrand has also pastored Pactolus Baptist Church, Pactolus, N. C; and Riverside Baptist Church in Chilhowie, Va. He is married to the former Ann Baler tine, a native of Greenville, S. C Mrs. LeGrand also received a BX, degree from Farmaat. . University and taught school for six years .in North. . Carolina, South Caroline and; Virginia. . . . - .' ' . Mr. and Mrs. LeGrand and' their . - tw chiWrea daughter, Kellie Am, age 4; ' and a son, Thomas Spencer, , Jrage 2 monthsexpect to move o Marshall the fart of next wccIl . v I Pollution DriveV Now In Prorc The Pioneer 4 H C.-' .;' 0,;b is en' ' t t ; pollution d.-:ve t Vickie P. " " i 1 I ' ' Ballard are in c1 -' . '. ., rge r erj--e in f mur.'y to t in t ? ' , aga.ry-t pv.'.: