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fUiison County Library Marshall, N . C. 28753 n-n mm LTU Volume 72 Marshall. N. C. March 29, 1973 Number 11 M arshall ABC Bill Introduced Assembly legislation authorizing the Marshall town board of aldermen to call an election of the question of establishing an Alcoholic Beverage Control Board was introduced in the General Assembly Thursday. The election would not be conducted by the Madison County Board of Elections that it wants to be exempted from the new uniform municipal election law Sens I.amar Gudger and I C. Crawford introduced the bill, which would allow the tow n board to set in motion the machinery for the election on receipt of a petition bearing signatures of 25 per cent of the qualified voters who took part in the last municipal election. In calling for the referen dum, the board of aldermen is required to give public notice of at least 30 days prior to the voting The bill does not require a new registration of voters Allocation of profits from the sale of liquor, should the voters of Marshall approve establishment of an ABC store, would be 33 1-3 per cent of the net to the Madison County general fund, 5 per cent to the town for law en forcement, and the remaining profits to the town governing body for "any proper I governmental purpose." There is no provision in the bill for allocation of a per centage of the profits to education on the excesss use of alcohol or the rehabilitation of alcoholics. Easter Seal Appeal Is Now In Progress The 1973 Blue Ridge Easter Seal Appeal officially began Sunday. March 4, with a 'Kickoff Reception" held at Montreal-Anderson College ui Buncombe County, at which time it was announced that Mayberry's Aunt Bea, Miss Frances E. Bavier, would serve as Honorary campaign chairman for the North Carolina Easter Seal Society We are so delighted to have such a charming personality, w ho not only has chosen North Carolina for retirement, but has become deeply committed to the efforts of the Easter Seal Society on behalf of handicapped individuals, therefore we look forward to Miss Bavier leading our drive in Western North Carolina," stated Philip R. Penland, president. Blue Ridge Chapter Penland reported that in 1972 a total of 309 disabled individuals received 441 various Easter Seal services, while 1,190 in our 20-county area were informed of the work of the Blue Ridge Chapter. "To meet this challenge of increasing ser vices and an appeal goal of 165,000, we need the full support of our county friends. urged Penland. The Easter urged reuana. Tne taster Appeunu through Easter, April 21 Serving as Madison County director is Mrs. Guy English or, Marshall. Mrs. English trees jwryons who receives letter and Easter Seals (ran Aunt .lea to contribute . generously v Mrs. W. B. Snk of Mars Hill is county treasurer. :- s- AVERAGE TEACHER PAY 1 The average salary of all teachers la the United "Kates itin in unji . cording to the NaUona. Education Service. Among the states, the California average, . - $11,035, was the highest, and .Mississippi's, AM70, the lowest There is a provision that seems to anticipate the possibility that the Madison County Board of Com missioners may call coun tywide election on the establishment of an ABC store, which is provided for under state law The provisions of this set shall not be effective if the County Board of Elections of the County Board of Com missioners shall call a county Election Bill "Divisive" Gov. Holshouser Stated Democrats in the North Carolina General Assembly who decided Wednesday to sit on a bill for a while that would strip Republican Gov. Jim Holshouser of the executive power to appoint election boards may be getting ready to settle for half a loaf. A bill was intoduced in the Senate late Thursday which would allow two members each for Democrats and Republicans on the five member State Board of Elections, with the four selecting the fifth member. Sen. Charles B. Deane Jr., Democrat from Rockingham, introduced the bill. It is similar to bills Republicans have pushed unsuccessfully in past sessions when the governor was a Democrat. A bill now before the House Election Laws Committee, introduced by Rep. Gerald Arnold, D-Harnett, would give Democrats a majority on the state and county election boards by virtue of the fact that they outnumber Republicans in registration. Under present law, the governor is allowed to appoint the state board, which in turn appoints the 100 county election board. The law simply requires that no more than three of one political party be picked for the five number state board, and no more than two from one party for the three-member county boards. So the practice, naturally, has been to appoint three Democrats and two Republicans to the state board, and two Democrats and one Republican to the county boards, under Democratic administrations. The majority would shift to the Republicans under the present administration. Arnold's bill could be passed by the General Assembly, since Democrats hold an overwhelming majority of the seats in both the House and the Senate However, it is just as certain that the Republicans would use it as a potent political issue in the next election, so the Democrats are wavering. Deane 's bill may turn out to be a compromise, although Republicans won't like it either. They feel that after Campground To Be 1 rrvi T" J Opened 1 his t naay District Ranger Bobby Brady said today that Rocky Bluff Carnoground, which had originally been scheduled to . . . l m4A Km (xtweweekaeariy Ttus earlier opening date was elected to coincide wtta the opening dates of some ether National Forest camping and recreation areas la North . Carolina. ;'.-" Brady also would like to encourage users to protect the hard wood trees that are growing in the area. The white ' pinet there are infected with a . root rot called Fames Ajumms and as this disease spreads the In electioij on alcoholic beverage control stores, as now provided by law, within 60 days from the ratification of this act." An additional provision would allow the Marshall Board of Aldermen, by written request to the elections board, to include in the proposed municipal referendum the question of off-premises sale of beer and unfortified wine. more than 70 years they are entitled to control the election machinery now that they have elected a governor. Sen. Charles Taylor of Brevard, Senate minority leader who introduced similar bills in past sessions of the General Assembly to the one filed Thursday by Deane, was not immediately available for comment. Under the Deane bill, the county election boards would have an equal number of Democrats and Republicans appointed by the state board, with the , county boards ap pointing one additional member. Nona Moore Roberts Buried Thursday Services for Mrs. Nona Moore Roberts, 76, retired French teacher at Mars Hill College who died Tuesday March 20, 1973 in an Asheville hospital, were held at 2 p.m. Thursday in Mars Hill Baptist Church, of which she was a member. The Rev. Richard Price officiated. Burial was in Mars Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers were Carl Eller, Robert L. and Henry Clay Edwards, John Huff, Fred Dickerson, Arthur Wood, James R. Cox and John A. McLeod Jr. The widow of Oren Roberts, she was the daughter of the late Dr. Robert Lee Moore and Mrs. Edna Corpening Moore. She was six months old when her father became president of the college in 1897. She grew up on the campus and her life was always pine will die and the hardwood will be vitally needed to provide shade as time goes on. Laurel, Newport , v The laurel high school ' baseball team . split a douUeheader. with Newport,' TemL, fCovke County High School) last Friday at Newport Newport won the opener M and laurel captured the nightcap, M. Franklia led the laurel THE UNITED 5 & 10c STORE will be the first firm to open at the new Marshall shopping center when doors will open at 9 a. m. this Thursday. The store contains 10,000 square feet and will employ six persons. A division of McCrory Corporation of New York, the firm is the largest such business in Madison County. E. V. Taylor is the manager. E. V. TAYLOR AND WIFE, BARBARA, start work here Thursday morning when the United 5 & 10c store opens at the new Marshall Shopping Center. Mr. Taylor, formerly of Black Mountain who has been in Charlotte for the past years, is the manager of the store. Mrs. Taylor will also work in the store. They are residing on Tillery Branch. associated with the institution, where she taught for 50 years, retiring in 1969. She attended Mars Hill College and was graduated from Meredith College in Raleigh in 1919. It was then that her father hired her to teach music, in which she had majored. Soon, however, there was need for someone to teach French, and she was assigned tiie Uisk She prepared for it with additional study and stuck with the subject the remainder of her long tenure at the college She was chairman of the modern foreign language department for many years Affectionately known by the title, Miss Nona, Mrs. Roberts held warm, tender memories of stuck' i. Is at the college over e en decades. Mrs. Roberts was a member of Alpha Chi chapter, Delta Kappa Gamma, an in ternational teacher's society and was named Alumna of the Year of Mars Hill College in 1964 Her husband, who was coach and athletic director at the college for many years, died in 1971, and their only son, David, had died in 1966. Immediate survivors include a granddaughter, Debra Roberts; two grandsons, John David, a More head scholar at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and James Oren Roberts, a student at Mars Hill High School: a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Dorothy Roberts, a member of the music faculty at Mars HiU College; and a brother, Ernest Moore of Clemson, S. C. Capps Funeral Home was In charge of a. rawwments. Split Twin Bill team in the first game with two singles in three trips to the 1 plate. R. Suttoa also tingled twice and M. Norton and Rice picked up singles. Rice was 'the losing pitcher. He struck out 7 and walked three. A big 7th Inning in the second game enabled laurel . to win, M with Franklia the winning pitcher. Lease And Transfer Of Tobacco Quotas One of the better features of the burley tobacco poundage control program versus that of the old acreage control program is that the poundage program provides for leasing and transferring of poundage between farms that are located in the same county, says Ralph Ramsey, ASCS Director for Madison County In commenting on the lease and transfer provisions, the director said th.it it provided a legal method whereby tobacco producers can expand their production to piake it more profitable ami permit the farm owner who is no longer physically able to produce or have his tobacco produced on his farm to receive tobacco Income by lea An his quota to grpwers who rr to expand their tobacco yoruduction. According to lltiiisey there are many farmers within the county who do not fully un derstand the lease and transfer provision He em phasized the following basic provisions In order U) lease and transfer pounds from one farm to another farm, the owners of the transferring farm and the owner or operator of the receiving farm must visit the ASCS Office and execute a lease and transfer form. Their signatures on the form must be witnessed by an ASCS office employee Should one of the parties to a lease not be in position to visit the ASCS office in person, the ASCS office can secure their signature by mail leases may be for a period of from one to five years. Those for a period of more than one year must be signed by any lien holder of the transferring farm For the current crop year lease and transfers may be executed through February 15, 1974; however, ASCS en courages producers to do their leasing prior to planting if possible. U'ase and transfer agreements are binding and cannot be dissolved without the consent of all parties of the lease and approval by the County ASC Committee. Producers are prohibited from leasing away from and )U1 PICTURED ABOVE: Extreme left: Coach Wayne McDeviU; LR CUis,!:?: Kdlh Fly a, Mark Wilds, David Nix, Mark Freeman, Scott Duncan, Dolby Frtoby, Joey Pegf. Kueelinj: Micky Massey. Tobie Sprinkle, Joh dark, David Mastey. Gref Roberts, Kris Robintoa, LobbIc Kent, Ronnie Kent: Not pictured: Jeff Ray. ; then leasing to their farm in the same crop year Neither can he lease to his farm and then lease away from his farm Tobaacco cannot be leased to a non-quota farm The tobacco which is leased to farm becomes a part of its' effective quota and must be produced on the farm to which it is leased It is unlawful to use the farm marketing card to market tobacco which was produced on some other farm; therefore, the tobacco quota must be produced on the farm to which the quota is assigned Any undermarketings of leased tobacco remains with the receiving farm in the lease, while any over marketing is deducted from the receiving farm's quota the following year. As to the extent of tobacco that can be leased to or from a farm, the limits are the same as for 1971 and 1972. The limit which any farm can receive in leases is the smaller of 15,000 pounds or the farm's tobacco yield times one-half its' cropland minus its' basic quota. The limit which a farm may lease away is its' quota; however, if the farm has a large quota and wishes to lease it all away it may necessitate leasing to more than one farmer For the 1972 crop year, better than 325 farms within the county were involved in leases and transfers totaling some 325,000 pounds Thus far in 1973, there appears to be more interest among producers in the lease and transfer provisions As a public service to in terested tobacco producers, the ASCS Office will post on its' bulletin board the names, addresses, phone number and the amount of pounds of tobacco farmers wish to lease and transfer to or from their farms in order that they may make contact with each other FUNERAL DIRECTORS An estimated 50,000 persons were licensed as funeral directors and embalmers in 1972. About two percent were women. To Dems Power Stripping Bill Is Compromised Gov Jim Holshouser told a legislative public hearing Tuesday that Democrat sponsored bill to take away his appointive power over the state and county election boards "is working against me not just an abstract of fice, but against me per sonally " In a rare appearance before a committee, Holshouser characterized the bill as "Divisive" legislation that "drives a wedge between us " The measure, sponsored by Kep Gerald Arnold, D Harnett, would require a majoirty of members of the state and county boards to be members of the political party with the largest number of registered voters, which would insure continued Democratic domination of the state elections system. "I do not believe a better legislature is built by chipping away, bit by bit, at the authority of the Executive Branch. I believe it will serve this state poorly," Holshouser said "Neither do I believe this legislation is worthy of the traditions of the Democratic party. I do not recall that it was an issue in the campaign of last year, nor that it was a pledge of any person in this General Assembly. It is not something your constituents Little League Players, Coach Honored Here Team members and coach of the Champions, undefeated Madison County, 8 to 10 year olds, Little League Basketball Team were honored with a party Saturday night, March 24th at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Pegg in Marshall. The party was attended by 31 guests. Games were played, prizes awarded and refreshments were served. A red and white color scheme was used in honor of the team's colors. Coach Wayne McDevitt was presented with a watch and plaque as a token of ap preciation from members of the team and their parents FFA Team Wins 2nd Place Honors East Yancey High School's FFA team won first place in the Land Judging Contest of the Parkway Federation held at Mars Hill last Thursday and Marshall won second place. Mars Hill won third place and Spring Creek fourth place honors. Members of the Marshall team were Kenneth Roberts, David Ramsey, Randy Fowler and Wayne Rice. J. C. Cole is the FFA advisor at Marshall. have asked you to do If it is the people's will, I have yet to hear their voice in support of this," the governor continued Nine other people testified against Passage of the bill, while only three urged its passage They were Arnold, Sen. I. C. Crawford, D Huncombe, and Kep. Jimmy (ireen, D-Bladen. Green told the committee he agreed "There is some poor timing" in the intoduction of the bill. "But it is a fair bill that should have been con ceived 10 years ago .1 believe that should we fail to enact this bill, it would be disruptive to the election process " He said he did not agree that the bill "is a personal affront to Gov Holshouser and his office " Floyd McKissick, founder of Soul City in Warren County and national chairman of the Two-Party System, was among those opposing the bill. He said, "This bill is actually 77 HTTFT1 I y-wt , sis LJil t,ii.i.-'gi- K ft lit THE TWO TROPHIES PRESENTED the team. Left: West Asheville Optimist Clah Tsenansmt. Right: West Asheville VMCA. The basketball in the background gives you an idea of the she of the trophies. Young Marshall Cage Team Undefeated The 1972-73 basketball season was a very successful one for the 8-10 year old boys from Marshall. In fact, they couldn't have asked for a more successful one, a season that saw them earn 14 wins without a single loss. The boys began practice in mid-November and began play in the West Asheville YMCA on December 2nd. They played every Saturday morning through February 24. A fine effort throughout the season rewarded them with the only undefeated record in the YMCA Program. That record was 10-0. With much excitement and anxiety they entered the West Asheville Optimist Club Tournament, which was played in the Erwin High School gym March MO. The tournament included II teams from 4 counties. In order for the Marshall Youths to bring home the trophy, they had to wia 4 games in 5 nights. Ad mirably, they took the challenge and brought home the goods. The touraament ended their season with a 144 The team averaged 3sM : points per game while holding their opponents to US points per game. la the coarse of the season they were taught many , basic offensive and defensive ' moves which often included many technical encounters each as pressure defense and ' lasVbreak offense. They also learned that it takes a team effort, as every player par ticipated In every game. When asked about the Success of the sea"n, their coach, Wayne V, T stated, "Our success s f' e to much dv!ir r ti rv t'e boys 1 1 r r e U. e f e an extre- 'y (' '4 to t'e School ; ' ,";'--" ' i i out to emasculate the executive branch of govern ment. This bill attempts to punish the winner." Others who voiced oppostion to the bill included C. J. Hyatt of Winston-Salem, state vice chairman of the Democratic party; Franklin Randolph of Bolivia, a member of the state Democratic Executive Committee; and Dr. Frances Dawson of Burlington, state president of the North Carolina league of Women Voters Also speaking against the bill were Edward L. Rankin Jr , of Kanna polls, former private secretary to two North Carolina governors; Mrs. Janie Locklear of Pembroke, leader in the movement to save old Main Building at Pembroke State University; Rex Harris of Fayetteville, state vice chairman of the North Carolina Black Caucus; and Rep. Joe Hege, R. Davidson. place to practice, to the Lions Club and Marshall merchant who provided financial SUp port and most of all to the people of Marshall who directly and indirectly offend encouragement throughout' the season." The season was concluded' with a party at the home of Clarence Pegg this past Saturday. Wayne WW presented a beautiful watetf and a plaque by the boys bY appreciation for his efforta. Two County Cage Player All -Scholastic Two Madison County' hAnWl atara made ' the WNC AUScholajtie gtaf basketball team and one made1 the second team. shall and Linda Robinson of ; Mars HSU. Yvonne CoateS, cf ' Mars Kill, was named to V' ' Kathy Fisher of Mars.'.,.?' was called . "the be t" , rebounder and the best Ir : -' girl I have ever seen" fcv t r; coach, P. L WCett A 1.- i time all conference r former. Fisher score! li points with IS rebou-.-.la ; r " game. Mars i:;3 won C I ' .County -1 Cor rortrv I boni-i? to I and t r r' y i : 3 ' - c- e ", ; V " "
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