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mm Volume 72, Number 38 Marshall, N. C. October 4, 1973 Patriots Blast East Yancey Panthers, 43 -6 For 4th Win By WAYNE McDEVITT Sports Writer The News-Record The cloudy, overcast skies were indeed typical of the homestanding East Yancey Panthers this past Friday night as their evening was doomed from the very beginning. Rain was expected but what the Panthers didn't realize is that "when it rains, it pours." The only precipitation they saw came in the way of showers of points on the visitors side of the scoreboard. However, for the Madison High Patriots, the fourty-four "stars" shone the entire evening as they again brought home the spoils. This week's deficit was 42-6 and the victim was the winless Panthers of East Yancey. The Patriots started the "floods" early as they im mediately shoved the ball down the throats of the Panthers. In only 2 minutes and 18 seconds, Madison High opened the "floodgates" when a perfectly executed drive was capped with a 21-yard burst by Jimmy Ramsey. The con version followed with an option pass from Carlton Freeman to Bobby Zink. Little did the Patriots realize that the remainder of the evening would be like floating downstream. Meanwhile, the disgust in the Panthers' eyes told us that they knew that the waves were getting high and they had not learned to swim. After turning East Yancey back on downs, the Patriots introduced the Panthers to Child Labor Law Change Effective RAIIGH - Young people under 18 who obtain em ployment certificates from their county Department of Social Services on or after October 1, 1973 no longer will have to obtain new certificates each time they change jobs. State Labor Commissioner Billy Creel pointed out. "This change in North Carolina's Child l.abor Law is the result of amendments Miss Shupe Is Piece Goods Shop Manager , Mis Charlotte Paulette Shupe of Walnut has been named manager of the Piece Goods Shop at Stratford Executive Park in Winston Salem. The store is the seventy -fifth lor the company and the fifth store in Winston Salem. It ts in a new building In which the home office it located. Miss Shape Joined the company in April as an assistant manager. Prior to then the was an assistant buyer of china and silver for ThaMmers depai Uuent store to Winston Salem. A graduate Ap pa.chiaa State Untrersity, Miss Shupe vat home economics and business . major. While there the was -president and choreographer for the Appslettes, a precision dance team; a member of the PM Beta ' ; Lamboda orrsniiaUon for business rw ;t; and a member of the i; v". F-conomics Club. V. E'xjpe Is the daughter ' of Mr. and Mn. George ErV Shupe of Walnut. another "cloudburst." With fine running by Tim Hodge, Jimmy Ramsey, and Carlton Freeman, they struck paydirt with 3:02 remaining in the first period with Freeman carrying the "pigskin" in from 8 yards out. The con version run was good by Tim Hodge and the "big blue" lead 16-0. The clouds momentarily dispersed as the Panthers briefly united forces and found shelter. However, the storms returned late in the half when J. C. Mclntyre recovered an East Yancey fumble and Jimmy Ramsey scored a 5 yard TD on the very next play. The PAT by Jimmy Roberts split the uprights. Thus the half ended with the Patriots leading 23-0. The Patriots started the second half by demonstrating that the "atmospheric disturbance" had not yet ceased. The Madison defense allowed East Yancey -7 yards on the initial series of downs forcing the Panthers to punt. J. C. Mclntyre, who played admirably the entire game, blocked the ensuing punt, captured the ball, and carried it into the end zone. The PAT was blocked and the score remained 29-0. I,ater in the third period, the "raging weather" continued as the Patriot defense again over powered the Panther offense forcing them to punt. This time, they managed to get the punt away only to see Jimmy Ramsey return it 43 yards into the end zone. It took only 1 enacted by the 1973 General Assembly, in which the law governing employment certification was completely rewritten," Creel stated. "Under the new requirements, the em ployment certificate issued for a minor's first job on or after October 1, 1973 will be good for both the job described in the 'promise of em ployment' and for any and all subsequent employment," Commissioner Creel said. "However, this provision is not retroactive," he added. "It does not apply to certificates issued prior to October 1, 1973 " Creel said the new law makes the minor responsible for obtaining the employment certificate This responsibility formerly was that of the minor's employer or parent. The new law specifies that on the first day of em ployment, the minor must surrender the employment certificate to his or her new employer The employer must keep the certificate available for inspection at any time by the Department of Labor Upon termination of em ployment, the employer must, immediately return the certificate to the minor, who then will have it available to take to his or her next job. Creel cautioned that a number of hazardous oc cupations are prohibited for minors under both State and Federal child labor laws. These jobs will be shown as being prohibited upon each employment certificate issued, he said. Square Dance Planned A big square dance hat been planned for . Marshall this Safcirday eight, it has beea announced. , j y.r-. . Site of the dance will be ' tower Bridge Street opposite the courthouse and will begin ' at I o'clock. Music will be furnished by John Ray's String Band. Proceeds from the event will be used to purchase ad-. ditjonal equipment for the Maii.viB County Rural Fire DerxtrtTtent. minute and 41 seconds for Carlton Freeman to add the final "shower" of the night. Freeman followed the 19-yard burst with a well executed conversion run to plunge the Patriots ahead 43-0. The last period saw the "storms" dwindle to a a mm,,, , mmSmw .,',. ..i., ., MADISON BOOSTER CLUB OFFICERS elected at here Tuesday night, September 25, are pictured Howard, treasurer; the Rev. George Moore, vice - Long, president: Lawrence Ponder, secretary. Liquor-By-The-Drink Madison County opponents of the Liquor-By-The-Drink issue which will be voted on by North Carolina voters in a statewide referendum on mixed beverages on November 6th, met Tuesday night of last week at the Marshall Baptist Church. This was the second meeting to be held here in regard to the issue. The Rev. Lester Murphey, of Mars Hill, pastor of the Hot Springs Baptist Church and leader of the anti-liquor for ces, presided. Mrs. Zora Hayes, of Asheville, was the featured Tennessee Men Rape, Break-In Two Tennessee men were taken into custody by Madison County authorities Saturday afternoon on charges of rape, breaking and entering and armed robbery A spokesman for the Madison County Sheriff's Department said the pair, Leonard Tweed, 23, and Irry Sheldon 23, both of Greeneville, Tenn , were arrested a week ago in Local ASC Committee System Strengthened With farm program ad ministration greatly sim plified under the new Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973, the Madison County Agricultural Stabilization and Con servation ASC committee has reduced the number of far mers in Madison county will elect 7 community com mittees, compared with the previous II communities, reports ASC Committee Chainnaa Emory Robinson. "With fewer program regulations to explain and discuss, with fewer farmers and with farmer handling near awn decition-makinc. we do not need as many con inunty committees in order te give farmers the same direct c omnia nicatiea they bare always had with their tana program agency,' Robinaoaj explained. " ASC firm commualtiea, explained Robins on, are local admin is Native and elecboa area established for elective eervice te farmers pr tkipatine: in federal Urm programs. . . "drizzle" as the Patriot regulars saw very little ac tion. However, freshman Jerry Ramsey and sophomore Joel Smith kept the "treachorous weather" threatening as they drove the ball to the 4 yard line before being turned back. During this speaker for the meeting. Mrs. Hayes emphasized the im portance of organization and all-out efforts to defeat the Liquor-By-The-Drink issue. She told the gathering how the anti-forces in Asheville were working and cited the need of participation throughout the county. Churches in the French Broad Baptist Association were represented and ex pressed a desire to do everything possible to "get out the voters" on November 6. They were also urged to see that all eligible voters were properly registered in the Greeneville and returned to Marshall Saturday They were arrested in connection with a reported September 19 break-in and rape incident in the Little laurel section of Madison County Tweed was charged with rape, breaking and en tering and armed robbery; Sheldon was charged with breaking and entering and armed robbery In their review of boun daries, ASC county com mitteemen compared the number of farms and eligible ASC voters in each com munity with other com munities. They also con sidered the availability of communication and tran sportation facilities, types of farming, geographical con ditions and local political sub divisions of primary concern was the need to keep the committee system responsive Is farmers' needs and in tune with today's simplified farm program administration, he said. As nearly as possible the '. ,scw ASC community boun daries conform with distinct) , ve areas within a county. The Marshall Community will remain unchanged:. White 4 V Rock and Big Laarel Will be : ; ens community; Grapevine, Man Kill, and Bull Creek wil be one; CaUarnia Creek and Paint Fork wiO be one; Little Pine, Big Pine, and Sandy , Mush will be one community; OmVnw4 ea Page I " period East Yancey managed it's lone score of the evening, a 61-yard pass play from Eddie Thomas to Ronnie Wyatt. Thus the "floods" ended with the visiting Patriots leading 43-6. Analytically, the Patriots could have beaten the Pan- , v'. an organizational meeting above. Left to right. Kd president; the Rev. Jim Opponents various townships. Miss Marie Willis, of Mars Hill, was elected county coordinator for the fight against Liquor-By-The-Drink and Miss Willis appointed the following persons to serve as key workers in a telephone campaign to see that voters were registered Ebbs Chape! j Mrs. Clyde Wyatt; Walnut, flUari Adam1; Marshall, Mrs. Clara Fagan and Mrs. Kellie Allman; Hot Springs, Sprint; Creek, Frank Moore; Mars Hill, Mr and Mrs Charles Clayton; Beach Glen, Mr arid Mrs Bruce Phillips; 1-aurel. Mrs Harvey Face Charges Both wen being held in Madison County jail without bond awaiting on October 10 trial in District Court t i . ' v-tV I w 1 .VV--f 1 I V..'T TOP PHOTO SHOWS the residence of the late Dr. W. A. Sams, here, as it appeared Monday morning. Bottom picture shows a portion of the attractive house engulfed In flames Monday night. The house, whkh had been vacant since Dr. Sams' death was purposely burned by Marshall firemen under the direction of the State Highway Department, which had purchased the dwelling preparatory te eliminating the dangerous curve in front of the house. Many spectators, braving rainy weather, watched the burning that it was a "sad" occasion to tec one of the most well -knows buildings in Marshall destroyed. But they reallxed that this was necessary to Improve the highway aad eliminate the narrow and dasgeroas curvs. ,, thers as bad as any team can be beaten. It was obvious that the two teams did not belong in the same stadium. Rather than humiliating the home team, the Patriot coaching staff chose to get some valuable and much needed experience for the younger reserves as they played the majority of the game. Although, all 44 Patriots performed superbly there were a few surprising stan douts To name only three, we could not exclude Steve Wood, Tim Hodge, and Jerry Ramsey. Some unofficial individual statistics which indicate superb performance were as follows: OFFENSE: Tim Hodge, 4 rushes, 25 yards, Avg. 3.3 yds per carry. 1 pass recep. 5 yds. Mike Thomas, 1 rush, 20 yards. Ricky Flynn, 1 rush, 6 yards. Carlton Freeman, 4 rushes, 43 yards, Avg. 10.8 yds. per carry. Jerry Ramsey, 11 rushes, 72 yards, Avg. 6.5 yds. per carry Jimmy Ramsey, 5 rushes, 53 yards, Avg. 10.3 yds per carry. 1 pass recep. 27 yards Organize Franklin Future plans for member participation will be an ncunced as the campaign progresses, the Rev lister Murphey stated Elon Rips Mars Hill, 30 -7 Sat. In a battle of a nationally ranked offense vs a nationally ranked defense, a three touch down performance by Elon's running back Gary Darnell proved the key factor in 30-7 victory for the Fighting Christians of Klon over the Mars Hill Lions at Elon Mars Hill's first Carolinas Conference loss came at the hands a fiery defense which limited the Lions U just 20 yards rushing and eight first downs in the game Running back Ronnie Reeves was completely throtUed with a mere 17 yards for the night Ill 17 r Jeff Roberts, 1 pass recep 10 yards. Bobby Zink, 1 rush, 12 yards. 1 pass recep. 16 yards Joel Smith, 4 rushes, 7 yards, Avg. 1.8 ytds. per carry. DEFENSE: Ricky Harrell, 4 individual tackles, 3 assists. Troy Reid, 3 individual tackles, 4 assists. 1 fumble recovery . J. C. Mclntyre, 6 individual tackles, 2 assists. 1 fumble recovery. 1 blocked punt. Ricky Caldwell, 5 individual tackles, 4 assists. Steve Wood, 5 individual tackles, 1 assist. Carlton Freeman, 3 in dividual tackles, 1 assist. Madison County Sues State To Gain Region B LRO Rank By BILLY PRITCHARD Citizen Staff Writer While the strife torn Region B Planning and Development Commission was healing its wounds Monday by in terviewing a top applicant for its vacant executive director post, one of its 16 member governments was having a petition served on the N. C. Department of Administration and its secretary in Raleigh. The suit, brought by Madison County, is similar in content to a petition filed and later recinded last month by the full commission, ac cording to Tom Earnhardt, an assistant to Secretary William Bondurant of the Department of Administration. Earnhardt, in a telephone interview from his Raleigh office Monday, said the petition was filed at 2:51 p.m. Friday in Wake County Superior Court. The petition, which names the department and Bon durant as defendents, was signed by Chairman James T. Idford of the Madison County Board of Com missioners and J Ruffin Bailey, a Raleigh attorney for the peititoners The petition did not reach Bondurant's desk until Monday morning, Earnhardt said. The assistant secretary said the pebtion is similar to one filed Aug 24 by L D. Hyde, former Region B executive director, in that it charges the department with arbitrary and capricious action in its failure to grant Iad Regional Organization (LRO) status to Region B, an organization of which Madison County is a member Region B's membership consists of elected officials and secondary appointees from the four-county region of Madison, Buncombe, Hen derson and Transylvania counties, including officials of 12 cities and towns within those counties. The commission has voted at its Aug. 22 meeting to file a civ il suit against Bondurant and the department for LRO stasis, a title which has been granted by the state to all other (II) regional organisations in North Carolina. At its Sept i meeting, however, the commission voted to dismiss the suit and fire Hyde, who was said by May or Charles H. Campbell of Brevard, Region B chainnaa, ta have Ued the suit im properly. Hyde, whose nianegetnent . practiosa at Regies B had beea ander fire and ash-' soqsent tnqsiry by the ', department, was Bred after a majority of the ranmiaaioe's saembers agreed he (Hyde) bad test his effectiveness at the Job. Hyde maintains that his .ctfectlveaess was tysVmicary doetrwed ry a "poi.tical httfhet j-" pr petrated ry the T '-r ' sn e'imintrtrttKm in F.W .- -1 rhnrM t'r" , tV Ricky Caldwell, 5 individual tackles, 4 assists. Steve Wood, 5 individual lackes, 1 assist. Carlton Freeman, 3 in dividual tackles, 1 assist Kirk McWilliams, 3 in dividual tackles, 1 assist The Patriots have now won four games in six starts This Friday, the "big blue" will host the Bears of Pisgah High who are indeed a perrenial power The Bears have lost only two games in the past three seasons Their record this seaason is a very respectable 3 wins, 1 loss, and 1 tie with their most recent victim being Enka by a 36-1 of state Sen Charles Taylor of Brevard, senate minority leader, and ultimately by Republican members of the cutnmission. The ousted executive director has been undyingly supported in his claim by Democratic members of the commission from Madison County, including Zeno Ponder, who sits as secretary on the commission's executive committee, and Mayor Lorado T Ponder of Marshall. The Ponders and Mayor Edith C. Osborne of Rosman were M only three member who voted against firing Hyde. The same three voted against withdrawing the suit against the department of Ad ministration, which controls the expenditure of Region B's federal funds from the Ap palachian Regional Com mission and is the grantee for LRO status. "I'm just a little surprised that they (Madison County) went through with it (the petition , since we are just getting back into a good working relationship with the state," Chairman Campbell said Monday after learning of Madison's actions "I feel that we could have solved our problems without tins (suit), but of course they (Madison County) have a right to do it, as any other governmental organization has that right," Campbell added Campbell said he was surprised of Madison's action because he felt there would be "no problem" in Region B obtaining LRO status once it has filled its staff with com petent personnel and signed a working planning agreement with the As he vi lie-Buncombe County Metropolitan Planning Board. Meanwhile, a 32 year-old senior staff member for a seven-county organization in Pennsylvania who Campbell Pair Of Calves Found In Rear Of Automobile State trooper D.J. Good was petroling N.C. 19-23 south of Mars Hill Tuesday night of last week when he saw what appeared to be a motorist is trouble. Good stopped and aaw that the motorist was Indeed in rouble, las automobile having had S flat tire, a nasal problem except for the two pound Botstsia calves at the hack seat ;. License Bureau Open: ; A new ante License Boreas opened here Monday is ths bsEUing next ta the First Union National rank. Vernon r"T. lrre Ci IV 11 ! ' ' ! -fft wn. 'J be r-j-v j r' i- f t a. n. to s p. n , i i S t . V'. : v f t ' t if deficit. Our local boys will be determined to test the Haywood County power. Gametime is 8:00 at Mars Hill College's Meares Stadium. It's all be there for the initial homecoming game of Madison county High. Patriots. . Panthers First downs 12 7 Rushing Yardage 220 - 30 Passing yardage 58 80 Ktum yardage 112 98 Passes 4-9-3 7-10-0 Punts 0. 4-28 Fumbles lost 0 2 Yards Penalized 120 37 Patriots 16 7 20 043 Panthers 0 0 0 66 says is the "top applicant" among four qualified persons who have applied for vacant executive director job at Region B, was interviewed for that position Monday morning at the commission's head quarters in Sky Land Village Hall. Voting members present at the interview unanimously offered the Ashe County native the job, provided the state authorize him the top salary for this position and pay or let the conumissioa pay for his moving expenses here. Campbell aid the state Hg been asked to Authorise a salary of $17,460, for the new executive director. Even at that figure, Commission said, the Pennsylvania man would be taking more than a $2,000 cut in salary to come to Region B. The applicant asked that his name not be revealed until after some decision is made by the commission, since he is presently employed elsewhere. The candidate, who holds bachelor's and master's degrees in Agricultural Economics, said he was aware of few details surrounding Hyde's dismissal and added that he had been advised to keep his politics secret He said, however, that none of the commission members had asked him about his political affiliation. Campbell said he expects to hear something back from the state by Wednesday morning concerning the commission's salary request, and that he intends to inform the Penn sylvania applicant of the decision Wednesday af ternoon. Meanwhile, Earnhardt said in Raleigh that the state At torney General's office would be required to respond ts Madison County's petition on behalf of the department within the next 30 days. Good and Madtsoa County Sheriff E, Y. Ponder questioned the motorist after . which hs was charged with stealing the two calves and a full grows cow eerier this month tram a nearby dairy farm belonging to Jimmy Ramsey. The mas was Identified as . William Edwards of Green viIle,S.C September 1. sc" r r fill out t' n,t4T V statement, eTt v ' ever le.f 3 r r " years p' . re r . r ; '