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Marshall, N. C. April 12, 1973
Number 13
Becky Cody 2nd Runner-Up
In N.C. Teenager Pageant
Marshall Liquor
Is Passed By Senate
Miss Becky Cody, daughter
of Mr and Mrs Doyle B Cody
of Mars Hill was named 2nd
runner-up in the Miss North
Carolina Teen-Ager Pageant
held Friday and Saturday in
Charlotte. In addition to a
trophy Miss Cody received a
scholarship from The Fashion
Institute of America, a
division of Massey Junior
College in Atlanta. Ga.
Miss Monta Mackie of
FHA Farm Loan Funds
Are Increased For '73
Farmers Home Ad
ministration announced today
that funds for Farmers Home
Administration real estate
and farm operating loans
were recently increased and
will be available for the
remainder of this fiscal year
ending June 30, 1973
Farmers Home Ad
ministration Stale Director
James T Johnson, reported
that an additional 170 million
dollars has been made
available for loans to farmers
for annual operating ex
penses, and for financing
purchases of farm equipment,
livestock and other capital
needs on terms up to seven
years
These funds were made
available to help fill the need
for operating money arising
from the termination of the
emerp"""" loan program.
Joh.. ... . a result of
THE 55-YEAR-OLD BLOCK STRUCTURE, known
as the Redmon & Worley Building, opposite
Deringer Mfg. Co., on Main Street here, is shown
k.Uit vm Iauii lact waaL a m ft If rnnm for nti-
ditional parking of new and used cars belonging to
Pioneer Ford, Inc. Lyndall English and "Buddy"
Buckner. owners of Pioneer Ford, Inc., recently
purchased the building and property from several
Marshall businessmen.
ANOTHER OF MARSHALL'S landmarks Is showm
being rated. The above house, now completely
removed, was the old King Property before being
bought by the Marshall Methodist Church. Used
nee as a parsonage, the two-story structure has
been rented in recent years. The French Droad EMC
has leased the property which is located opposite the
eo-p and next to the Marshall Presbyterian Church,
nd will se It as a parking area. On left Is church
and on rijht is telephone building.
Hickory won top honors.
There were 65 contestants in
the statewide event.
Miss Cody w as sponsored by
Bald Mountain Development
Corporation of Mars Hill.
Attending the pageant from
Mars Hill were Mr. and Mrs.
Doyle Cody, Randall
Blankenship, Charles McGee,
Vickie Wheeler and I,t. Col.
i Ket i and Mrs. Bill Lowrance
rains and flooding, both last
year and this year. North
Carolina has about half its
counties eligible for
emergency loans and will
receive a greater proportion
of the available operating
funds. He further stated that
farmers who were considering
purchases of farm equipment
of livestock in the near future
would be wise to consider
these purchases before June
30, while funds are in adequate
supply
Johnson reported that funds
for long term real estate loans
for land purchase, farm
development, refinancing and
other similar purposes were
also adequate for the
remainder of the fiscal year.
These loans are at 5 per cent
up to 40 years terms and have
a maximum amount of
$100,000.
Both types of loans can be
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of Hopewell, Va., grand
parents of Miss Cody.
The other Madison County
contestant was Miss Cynthia
Niles, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Niles, of Marshall.
Attending the Pageant from
this area in addition to her
parents, were her sister, Mrs.
Thomas Setzer and Mr. Setzer
of Asheville; and Mike
Livesay of Marshall.
made to farmers for non-farm
enterprises such as adding a
business to their farming
enterprises or for recreational
purposes Many North
Carolina farmers have found
that non-tarm businesses or
recreational enterprises have
added greatly to their farm
income.
Farmers Home Ad
ministration has assisted
more farmers this year
through their farm loan
programs than in any other
year, both in loans made in
dollar volume of total loans.
All loan funds for these
programs are provided by
Farmers Home Ad
ministration through the in
sured loan program whereby
the agency resells its notes to
private investors. This
provides a continuous source
of funds without the use of
federal government ap
propriated funds.
Farmers interested in these
loah programs should contact
W. E. Hill, County Supervisor,
Farmers Home Ad
ministration, Marshall.
Mallonee To
Visit Marshall
May l
ASHEVILI.E-Tom I.
Mallonee, llth Congressional
District Assistant to
Congressman Roy A. Taylor,
is now making scheduled
visits to the county seats and
other sections of the counties
On Tuesday, May l, he will
be at the Madison County
Courthouse, Marshall, from
9:30 to 10 30; at the Yancey
County Courthouse, Burn
sville, from 1 to 2 ; and at the
Town Hall, Spruce Pine, from
3 to 4
Any person who has plans or
official business pertaining to
Congressional matters to be
discussed is invited to meet
with Mallonee at the above
specified times
Bloodmohile
In Marshall
Oil Thursday
The Red Cross Bloodmobile
will visit Marshall on Thurs
day, April 12, from 2 o'clock
to 6 o'clock in the afternoon.
The unit will be located at the
REA Building located on Main
Street in Marshall. The last
visit of the Bloodmobile in
October at this location was
disappointing.
Donors are urged to arrange
to visit during these hours and
contribute. Youngsters bet
ween the ages of IS to 21 may
give blood without parental
consent. - Employees are
- usually given time off to visit
' the bloodmobile a request is
made. '
Mrs. Norton At
Clerk's Office j
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Mrs. v Tnula . Norton, of
Marshall Route 4, has sue -'
ceeded Mrs. Leonard Ponder ,
as Deputy Clerk Superior :
Court, following Mrs. Poo- .
der's resignation. j
. Mrs. Norton who has
previously served in the :
Clerk's Office, started her new "
duties on Monday, April 1 -
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State ASC
Secretary of Agriculture
Earl L. Butz recently named
Trenton B. Jordan of Jackson
Springs as chairman of the
North Carolina State
Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation (ASC) Com
mittee. He also appointed as
members Henry I..
McGimpsey of Morgantoii,
Sam E. Rouse of Kinston and
James P. Turlington of
Salemburg.
ASC Committeemen are
responsible for state ad
ministration ot farm action
programs such as the cotton,
feed grain and voluntary
wheat programs, price sup
ports, acreage allotments and
market quotas, farm storage
facility loans and related
Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation Service ac
tivities. Jordan is the owner
operator of a 120-acre farm in
Montgomery County
producing flue-cured tobacco,
cotton, wheat, corn and
broilers. He has been a
member of the North Carolina
Karm Bureau for 13 years and
is a past president of the
Montgomery County Retarded
Children Association, a past
member of the Montgomery
County Planning Commission,
a deacon in the Center Baptist
Church, Candor, and has
served as chairman of the
Montgomery County ASC
Committee Jordan has
served on the committee since
Feb 1972.
McGimpsey has farmed in
Burke County since 1945 He is
part-owner and operator of a
100-acre general farm,
producing soybeans, hay,
commercial begetables and
black angus beef cattle He is
a veteran of World War II,
having served three years in
the U. S. Navy. McGimpsey is
a graduate of Olive Hill High
School in Morganton and is a
member of the Burke County
Farm Bureau. He has been a
member of the North Carolina
State ASC Committee since
1970.
Rouse has been in farming
in Lenoir and Guilford
Counties since 193S. He
produces tobacco, corn,
soybeans, cotton, and
livestock on some 300 acres, A
charter member of the Lenoir
.County Livestock Association
and a member of the Farm
Bureau for more than . 30
years, he Is also active in the
Ruritan Club and has been a
Boy Scout leader for more
than a docen years. Rouse has -.
served as a County ASC .
Committeeman nad has been '
member of trie North Carolina
State ASC Committee since
1969.
Turlington vwns ' and
operates a 500-acre farm in
Samps on County producing
cotton, cors, . , peanuts.
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MISS BECKY CODY
Committee
soybeans, tobacco and
broilers. He iSj a graduate of
Salemburg High School and
studied business ad
ministration at Oak Ridge
Military Academy and North
Carolina State University.
Turlington is a member of the
Sampson County Farm
Bureau, Salemburg I, ions
Tax Deadline Monday
Greensboro Over 6000.000
North Carolina taxpayers
have yet to file their 1972
federal income tax returns.
Robert LeBaube, acting
district director of the In
terna) Revenue Service in
Greensboro, said today
The deadline for filing
federal tax returns is mid
night, April 16, less than two
weeks off
Through the end of March.
11 million of an estimated
total of 1 8 million returns
from North Carolina were
received at the Memphis
Service Center Over 750,000
returns have been processed
Of this total, about 100,000
resulted in refunds to the
taxpayer, with the average
refund amounting to $253
"Approximately 58 per cent
of those returns yet to be filed
will result in refunds,''
I.eBaube said. "However,
because they will be among
over 1,500,000 individual
returns expected to arrive at
the Memphis Service Center
immediately following the
deadline, late-filing taxpayers
due refunds can expect to wait
about five weeks for their
checks."
leBaube added, "Even five
weeks is an amazingly short
time when you think of the
tremendous volume of returns
that are involved. Up to now,
all of the 1,500,000 refund
checks for taxpayers in the
Southeast were mailed only
four weeks after the return
was filed. We consider that an
accomplishment to be proud
of, and we are.
"However, taxpayers
sometimes - inadvertently
cause their refunds to be
delayed," LeBaube said.
"Taxpayer errors, such as
missing documents and
signatures, caa bold up
processing for , weeks.
Historically, last-minuU filers
make mistakes in their haste
to meet the deadline."
Nationally,- the II IRS
service centers around the
country have received more
than 44 million or M percent of
the expected 77 million In
dividual income tax rettrns.
These include 21 million
Standards For lWO'i and II
million Sort Form ltHGA's.
' About 23 million refunds
amounting to 17 I billion had
been approve j is of March 21. :
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Is Named
Club, Salemburg Industrial
Council, and a member and
trustee of the Salemburg
Baptist Church. He is a pst
member of the Agricultural
Extension Service Advisory
Committee and past chairman
of the Salemburg School
Board Turlingt on has been on
the committee since Feb. 1972.
IRS expects to approve more
than 58 million refunds this
year and the Treasury
Department estimates the
amount will total in excess of
$20 billion.
Despite extensive news
coverage of the option to help
finance the Presidential
election comapign, less than
three percent of the returns
received so far included a
Form 4875 indicating the
taxpayer's desire to par
ticipate As provided in the 1971
legislation, taxpayers may
designate $1 of their taxes 1 12
on a joint return) to go to the
political party of their choice
or to a general fund, to help
finance the 1976 Presidential
election campaign The
designation does not affect
any refund or tax due Form
4875 is included in the tax
packages that were mailed to
taxpayers and also is
available at IRS offices and at
manv banks and post offices
Eric Blackweil
Elected To
Honor Society
I) Eric Blackweil of Mars
Hill is one of 12 students at the
Bowman Gray School of
Medicine who have been
elected to membership in
Alpha Omega Alpha, national
medical honor society.
Election to AOA is based on
scholastic achievement and
character.
Blackweil, a Reynolds
Scholar, is the son of Dr. and
Mrs. Hoyt Blackweil. His
father is a former president of
Man Hia College.
A graduate of Duke
University, Blackweil com
pleted a year at Union
Theological Seminary, New
York aty, where he studied as
a Rockefeller , Brothers
Fellow, before entering .,
medical school
The aims of Alpha Omega
'Alpha are the promotion of
scholarship and research In '
medical schools, the eo
cowragement of a high
standard of character and
, conduct among medical
students and graduates, and
the recognition of high at
' tainment in medical science.
Legislation authorizing an
election in the Town of
Marshall in Madison County
on the establishment of a
liquor store there was passed
by the Senate and sent to the
House Monday night.
The bill calling for a vote on
the establishment of an
Alcoholic Beverage Control
store in Marshall would self
destruct if the Madison County
Board of Commissioners
should decide to set up county
Preacher Dies In Religious Service
"And these signs shall
follow them that believe; In
my name shall they cast out
devils; they shall speak with
new tongues;
"They shall take up ser
pents; and if they drink any
deadly thing, it shall not hurt
them; they shall lay hands on
the sick, and they shall
recover."
Gospel According to St
Mark, Chapter 16: 17-18
Using these verses from St
Mark as their guide, two
members of a snake-handling
religious sect in Cocke County,
Tenn. died from dosages of
strychnine Saturday night,
according to Tipton Brown,
Cocke County coroner.
Brown identified the men as
the Rev. Buford Pack, 29, of
Rt. 5 Marshall and Jimmy
Ray Williams, 32, of Newport,
Tenn.
Cocke County Deputy
Sheriff D. C. Ramsey said the
poisontaking ceremony oc
cured about 8 p.m. Saturday
at the Church of Jesus Christ
in the Carson Springs section
of the county, north of
Newport.
Ramsey said Pack died
about 11 p.m. and that
Williams died about 1:30 a.m.
Sunday. The deputy said Pack
was dead when he arrived at
the church. He said members
of the congregation had ap-
NORRIS GENTRY
Lion President
Local Lions
Name Officers;
Cite Events
The Marshall Lions of
ficially elected officers at
their semi-monthly meeting
Monday at the Rock Cafe and
plans were initiated for In
stallation and Ladies' Night to
be announced later.
Also, the Lions have
recently accepted two new
members to the active club.
They are Mike Bradley and
Charles Tolley.
Plans are also being made
for the annual charity horse
show which will be held on the .
Island on Saturday, June t,!
sponsored by the Lions dub. '
More details will be published
later.
It was also announced that a
carnival will be held on the ,
Island June 11-11 with en- .
)oyable rides and concessions. ,
This event is also sponsored
by the Marshall Lions. r '
Officers elected at the ;
meeting Monday night an as
follows: - ;
, President, N orris Gentry; ;
first vice president, E. C
: Teague; second vice
president, Maurice
McAlister; third vie
president, Steve Wallin;
secretary, Charles Huey;
' treasurer, Ralph Rice; tail
twister, Lswrence Fonder;
I Jon Tamer, Charles Davis. .
New directors are O. A.
Gregory and Roy Reeves.
Lin
ABC stores within 60 days
after ratification
County boards of com
missioners are empowered to
call ABC elections without
unusual provision would allow
the Madison board tu Lake the
initiative up to two months
after the Marshall bill
becomes law.
The Marshall ABC store
would be the second in
Madison County Presently,
the county's lone liquor store
parently become alarmed at
Pack's death and called
authorities.
"Williams rode home in his
truck and pulled up in his
driveway" after taking the
poison, Ramsey said. "The
i Cocke County ) rescue squad
was there with an ambulance
waiting to take him to the
hospital, but he refused to go."
Ramsey said deputies and
rescue squad members told
Williams about Pack's death
and encouraged him to go with
them to the hospital.
"God will take care of me. I
don't need medical treat
ment." Ramsey quoted
Williams as saying in
response to the pleas.
"He ( Williams) died in that
truck," Ramsey said. "He
never even went inside.
Someone at his house called us
later and told us he had died."
Meanwhile, other members
of the church had come to the
Williams house. "They were
standing around speaking in
tongues," Ramsey said.
Ramsey said Pack died at
his brother's house. His
brother, Liston Pack, is the
minister of the church were
the poison was taken, the
deputy said.
Ramsey said Williams lived
about two miles from the
church and that Liston Pack
lives about 100 yards below the
church.
Ramsey said Liston Pack
and members of his
congregation, disturbed over
the sheriff's department
"interfering" in their
religious practices, had vowed
to take more strychnine in
services Sunday night. No
deaths, however, had been
reported late Sunday.
Coroner Brown said he "just
got disgusted and left" the
church after being called to
the scene to investigate. He
said Sunday night that he had
made no ruling on the deaths.
He said he would have to
discuss the matter with Dr.
David McConnell, Cocke
County medical examiner.
"I don't know whether to
call it suicide or accidental.
We can't press charges
against someone who wants to
take his own life, or does so
without meaning to."
Ramsey said the group had
also handled copperhead
snakes during the services
Saturday night. "One man
from North Carolina was
bitten, but I don't have his
name."
A spokesman for Cocke
County Sheriff Robert Stinston
said there were laws in
Tennessee outlawing such
dangerous practices by
religious sects, but he said
federal laws prevented action
from being taken that would
violate the church members'
constitutional rights furan
teetng freedom of worship.
-we win take the matter to
the attorney general for his
advisement,'' the spokesman
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Ramsey said members of
the congregation included .
people from Sooth Carolina, :
North Carolina, Georgia, and ;
Tennessee. He said the church
has about 50 members.
The deputy said the last
death in his memory that was
due to a religious practice was
several years s no when s man
from I z T' -we Op, Va., was
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is located more than 20 miles
away at Hot Springs near the
Tennessee state line.
The Marshall bill makes an
allocation of 33 1-3 per cent of
net profits of the proposed
store to the general fund of
Madison County. Five percent
of the total would go to
Marshall earmarked for law
enforcement and the
remainder would go into the
general fund of the town.
community in the eastern part
of the county.
Burford Pack, a native of
Newport, lived in the Brush
Creek section of Madison
County with his wife, Mrs.
Katie Naulty Pack, and their
four children.
RITES WEDNESDAY
Funeral services for Pack
were held Wednesday af
ternoon at his home.
The Rev. John Brown of
ficiated. Burial was in Naulty
family cemetery.
Mr. Pack was a native of
Cocke County, Tenn. and a
resident of Madison County
for the past six years. He
served four years in the U. S.
Army during the Vietnam
War.
Surviving are the widow,
Mrs. Katie Naulty Pack; three
daughters, Lena, Kathy Jo
and Melissa and a son, James
Buford Pack, all of the home;
seven brothers, Edgar, Liston,
Donald, Eugene, J. C, Darrell
and Leon Pack, all of
Newport; four sisters, Mrs.
Deberly Waldroup, Mrs.
Jackie Dicker sun 1 and Mis
Teresa Pack all of Newport
and Mrs. B. J. Clevenger of
Ixnidon, Tenn.
Motor Inn
Group Elects
Ray Redmon
Kay Kedmon, assistant
manager. Quality Inn Red
mon, Asheville, was elected
vice chairman of Region S of
the International Operators
Council of Quality Inns In
ternational at the regions 1971
meeting in Greensboro April
2. j , ; .
Region 3 consists of 31
Quality Inns open and under
construction in North
Carolina. Redmon is the son of
G rover Redmon, owner and
operator of Quality Inn
Redmon. Mr. and Mrs. Graver
Redmon are both natives of '
Madison County.' Their five
children Ray, Ricky, Ronnie',
Helen Beck and Fay Smith
are all employed by Redmon
interprise. Grove Redmon
nd sons have been engaged in
building and land developing
in the Asheville Area for many
years. Their last two Sub
divisions being developed
were Redwood Forest w rJi
homes ranging in price from
$25,000 to (32,00 and Beaver
Lake Heights homes ran; g
from 140,000 to $00,000. C
. Inn Redmon is located oa
Tunnel Road, AshevU e.
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