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Volume 72 Number 38
Marshall, N. C.
October 18, 1973
eaverville
Scrapped ; NC 213 Stays
Secretary of Transportation
Bruce Lentz said Friday that
403 projects approved by past
administrations and some 500
additional possibilities were
examined to come up with
Gov. Jim Holshouser's seven
year comprehensive road plan
approved by the Board of
Transportation.
The additional 500 jobs were
brought forth by the
Republican State Highway
Commission sworn in in
January and legislated out of
office by the General
Assembly July 1, Lentz said.
He said the commission, and
later a committee of the Board
of Transportation working
with the professional staff of
the Division of Highways,
trimmed it all down to 209
projects now contained in the
seven-year highway im
provement program.
With one of the 12 Board of
Transportation members
absent, the vote on the plan
Friday was 10 to one in favor
of adoption.
Rep. Jimmy Green, a
Bladen County tobacco
warehouseman pegged to
serve as Speaker of the House
in the 1975 General Assembly,
cast the dissenting vote.
Dr. Wayne Montgomery of
Asheville, a Republican
member of the board ap
pointed by Holshouser, was
absent Sen. Jim Garrison of
Stanley County, the other
Democratic member ap
pointed by the General
Assembly, voted with the
Republican majority for the
Garrison served on the five
member committee of the
board that presented the plan
Friday for approval.
In opposing the plan, Green
argued that construction of
the arterial network of high
ways the heart of Holshouser's
proposal, would place road
work in only 40 of the 100
counties.
He demanded to know what
projects were taken down that
had been approved by
previous administrations, and
what new ones were added.
The counter -argument from
the staff and Lentz was that
the worked progressed in a
positive approach, and that no
projects were singled out to be
scrapped
Green told newsmen after
the board meeting that the $11
Civil Court To Start
Here Monday; Jury List
The October term of
superior court for the trial of
dvil cases will begin here
Monday morning with Judge
W. E. Anglin presiding.
Many of the cases involve
the State Highway Com
mission versus numerous
individuals, either for motions
and settlements or for trial.
On the trial calendar other
than State Highway Com
mission, Include Walter Wade
Gahagan vs. Leonard B.
GoaneU, et as; Thomas R.
Rudisill ts. C. L. Rudlsill Jr.,
et al; Gilmer Maynard, et us.
vs. Mack Holt, at ox; Mary
Nave and Mrs. Cecil Levey
vs. Kenneth Lee Steele and
Walter Nave; Dillard
Chandler vs. James Michael
Young; Lena Metcalf, widow,
'W. C Metcalf . Estate vs.
rtalph Metcalt, et at; Daniel
Norton, Jr. vs. James Michael
Young. -v "' .
Jurors drawn for the team .
Hazel p. Snebon,' Simon
Riot, Bflly Jean Redmon,
Jessie Mat Ramsey. Harold
Glenn Howell, George Kar-
, man, Wtnda W. Crowe, Jesse
U English, Louie Zim
merman, Jr., Thomas Lewis,
Ernie Edgtns, Larry Cody,
Mae R. Messer, Richard
Twfd, Fred Barnette, Clara
W. W .:;n, Iva G'ena English, ,
Carrie Tipton, Patricia Ana
million four-lane highway
from the Weaverville Bypass
in Buncombe County to the
Marshall Bypass in Madison
County would provide an
important access from
Asheville into centers of
commerce in Tennessee and
should be built.
He said he couldn't tell the
professionals or the
Republican board members
the seven-year plan is good or
bad because he simply does
not have sufficient technical
knowledge of highways to
make such a judgment.
"But since 1946 I've learned
Body Of Co-Ed
Near Mars Hill
4
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SALLY MOFFITT
Sally Bell Moffitt, an 18-year
old Mars Hill College
sophomore, was found dead
Friday morning after either
falling from a great height or
being thrown from a moving
vehicle according to Dr. Otis
Duck, Madison County
medical examiner.
Duck said she was ap
parently then taken to the
Highways 213 the 1923 North,
dragged across the road under
construction and down an
embankment. She was found
by construction workers John
Milliard and Franklin Rice at
8 30 a. m. Friday.
Although there were foot
prints in the soft dirt around
the body, and the man was
seen running from the area by
Waldroup, Anne D. Chandler,
Craig L. Roberts, Jackie
Lunsford, Doris Jean Rice,
Robel M West, Ernest
Roberts, Jeanette S. Tweed,
Ella Mae Massey, Troy Rice,
Everett Ingle, Mona S. West,
Zetta (Luther) Hagan, Martha
Marler, Sarah Thomas,
Yvonne Bishop, Kella
Buckner, June Ledford, Curtis
Rice, Lawson Marler, Dollard
Andrew Gentry, Hazel Martin,
New Look At Post
Office In Marshall
' . The remodeled planter In
front of the Marshall Post
Office baa drawn much at
' tention ta recent . weeks.
Postmaster, Frank Ramsey,
found It necessary ta seek a
shade-loving plant after the
hew awning was installed. He
selected the Gold-dust Aucuba
for - this purpose and
surrounded this with a ground
cover of vlnca. minor or
pari winkle. - -.
The aucubas art Asiatic
shrubs. They art noted for
their tolerance of shade and
pnnr -' c-V'iriTis. These'
pU."j . t-t3 p-own in town
gardens as he ng plants or
- Marshall Highway
a lot about Western North
Carolina and that area,
because I drive it regularly
and know what a hazardous,
dangerous facility U. S. 25-70
from Asheville to Marshall
is," Green said.
"If you wanted to leave
Asheville in the morning and
go to Greeneville, Tenn., you
would cuss all previous high
way commissioners and all
future ones before you got
there," he said.
Green said there is con
siderable tobacco traffic from
WNC to Eastern Tennessee.
a townsmen around midnight
Thursday, no motive has been
established, nor arrests made,
according to the Madison
County Sheriff E. Y. Ponder.
Duck established the cause
of death as Internal bleeding
after one of three broken left
ribs severed the pulmonary
artery. Other injuries
sustained were a fractured
skull and bruises and scrapes
to the left side of the face, the
left shoulder and the left arm.
Duck said there was no
evidence of sexual assault, nor
had the girl been beaten.
Because there were no other
' bruises on the body, Duck said
chances the girl had been hit
by an automobile was
negligble.
The coed was fully clothed
when found but her shirt and
Pi Sigma Phi Jacket had been
pulled up over her head and
the left arm.
According to Dan Gehring,
Dean of Student Development
at Mars Hill College, Miss
Moffitt was last seen alive
about 10:05 Thursday night as
she was leaving her residence
in Stroup Dormitory walking
toward the main campus. Her
destination was unknown, but
because she did not sign out, it
is assumed by college officials
that she intended to return by
midnight.
Miss Moffitt was identified
at noon Friday by two close
friends, also Mars Hill
students, by the two rings she
Lee Wallin, Fessie
Frank N. Smith,
Denton, Burlon J.
Payne,
Clyde
Payne,
Ruth M. Guthrie, Effie M.
Burnett, Cynthia Capps,
Walter M. Lovin, Romulus
Hensley, Effie M. Burnett,
Harry Haun, Lucretia L.
Freeman, Cline W. Gosnell,
Stella CutshalL Birdy Mars
Moore, Ambros Wilson,
Charlie Clayton, Eula
Sylvania Coates.
to hide unsightly buildings.
"More of these shrubs should
be used In our home land
scaping,'' says Wiley DuValL
County Agricultural Ex
tension Agent
, Abcuba Japonlca Is the moat
commonly cultivated species.
' It is an evergreen with targe,
shiny, deep-green leaves. The
"Gold-dust" or variegated
form is a variety of the
Aucuba Japonica. The Aucuba
first came from Japan ta
Britain in 17S3. Sur?stiora on
the use of this p ant may be
obtained from your
Agrtctittural Extension Office.
and he would prefer that the
board left the Weaverville to
Marshall route intact and cut
out some other road.
He said N. C. 213 from Mars
Hill to Marshall had been
deleted, but was put back in
the plan when political
pressure was brought to bear.
"That got back in the last 48
hours. And I think political
persuasion had all to do with
it. They have a consolidated
school now, and a lot of kids
ride that road. And of course
the courthouse is in Mar
shall," he said.
Found
Friday
was wearing and a scar on her
thigh.
The girl is survived by her
mother, Mrs. H. A. Moffitt Jr.,
of 408 Otteray Drive, High
Point, N. C, and a brother
Hugh Moffitt a student at
Western Carolina University.
This is the first such in
cident in Mars Hill College's
118-year history. It brings to
three the number of women of
college age found dead in the
area this year.
Investigation is continuing
by the Madison County
Sheriff's Department, the
Mars Hill Police Department
and the State Bureau of Investigation.
Bearcats Hand Patriots
By WAYNE McDEVITT
Sports Writer
The News-Record
The Patriots witnessed
another very long evening this
past Friday night at Deitz
Field in Henderson ville. It
was the Bearcat's
homecoming and they were
indeed emotionally charged In
an effort to perform well for
the alumni and the large
crowd attending the game.
Initially, the Patriots were
also somewhat "psyched up"
for the game and for a short
time showed potential of
bringing home a big upset.
However, those dreams were
shortlived as the Bearcats'
"well oiled machine" even
Jack C. Cole Is
Awarded FFA Degree
Jack C. Cole, vocational
agriculture instructor and
FFA Advisor at Marshall High
School, has been awarded the
FFA's Honorary American
Farmer Degree. Mr. Cole was
awarded the Degree by the
North Carolina FFA
Association and the
nomination was approved by
the National FFA Board of
Directors which recently met
in Alexandria, Va. The
Honorary American Farmer
Degree is the highest
honorary degree presented by
the FFA. This year 77
teachers of vocational
agriculture have .been
nominated to receive the
degree during the national
FFA Concention in Kansas
aty, Missouri.
Cole has been a vocational
teacher at Marshall for 14
years. During that time he has '
bad three students who were
America Farmer Degree
recipients, and 25 students
, who received the State Far
' mer Degree. . c.Z.Wj
: ' Each year at least SO and not
mora thaa 77 of the 1LS00
teachers of . vocational
. agriculture In the nation art -'
awarded the Honorary V
. American Farmer Degree,
The Degree is awarded on the -basis
of points scored by a
On Plans
As the board approved
secondary road funds fur 1973
74 totalling $39,411,236, Green
asked also for a list of all
roads in that category which
have been deleted by the
Republican administration.
Green told reporters he
believes the Weaverville to
Marshall route is the major
project approved by previous
administrations and scrat
ched by the Holshouser
transportation board, but a
quick check of major projects
in the preconstruction stage as
of Jan. 1 indicates that several
others were lopped off.
A few of them, the counties
in which they were to be
located, and the estimated
cost of each are as follows:
Buncombe County, North
South Expressway in
Asheville from Mernmon
Avenue-Weaver Boulevard to
South McDowell-Southside
Avenue, $3 million.
Buncombe County, N. C.
151 fromU. S. 19-23 to SR 1113,
$2.5 million.
Buncombe County, N. C.
191 from Shelbourne Road
including a bridge over
Hominy Creek, $500,000.
Burke County, four
projects totalling some $5
million.
Haywood, N. C. 209, from
Pigeon River to SR 1355,
$900,000.
McDowell, Marion
Bypass, $6 million.
McDowell U. S. 221-N. C
226 from U. S. 70 to Woodlawn,
$3 million.
Madison N. C. 213, ex
tension from. Marshall to,
Trust, 18.1 miles, $11 million.
tually overpowered the
Madison team for a final 48-6
deficit.
As aforementioned, the
game began with the
characteristics of a real
"knock down-drag out" affair.
Both teams exhibited great
defense and tremendous
pursuit. This fact was
especially surprising from the
Patriots standpoint because of
the "single wing offense"
employed by the Hen
dersonville Bearcats. This
offensive set is very different
from any other and no other
team in Western North
Carolina uses it. So, obviously
the Madison team could not
spend a tremendous amount of
teacher for his
complishments as
vocational agriculture
ac
a in-
structor, FFA advisor, and as
a participant in professional
vocational agriculture
teacher's organizations.
Teachers are awarded
points for each student they
supervised in earning state
and national FFA awards. In
addition, teachers receive
points for serving as officers
and committee members of
the National Vocational
Agriculture Teachers'
Association and for their
participation in national
meetings of the FFA and other
professional associations.
- Cole is one of three
vocational agrlcnltare
teachers from N. C to be
nominated for the Honorary
American Farmer Degree this
year. He plans to attend the
National FFA Convention in
Kansas City, Missouri, en
October 1-1, where he will be
presented the degree pending
final approval of the
nomination by the student
FFA delegates who must vote
on all honorary presentations
of the National "FFA
Organization. The degree is
presented during the Thur
sday afternoon mrioa of the
Convention, .
Hot Springs to
5 miles, $4.5
U.
N.
70 from
208, $5
Highway planners insisted
Friday that none of the
projects have actually been
abandoned and formal action
by the Board of Tran
sportation would be required
to take them off the books.
And Holshouser said that at
the end of each year of the
"seven-year" program, some
of the scrapped projects could
be replaced under the annual
revenue allocation if the
professional staff found that
they have merit.
Madison,
Tennessee,
million.
Madison,
Marshall to
million.
Registration For Draft Is Still Compulsory
"Registration for the draft
is still compulsory for all
young men at age 18," ac
cording to William H. Mc
Cachren, State Director of
Selective Service for North
Carolina.
McCarhren further stated
that an extensive effort is
being made in North Carolina
to inform 18-year-olds of their
primary responsibility to
register with Selective Ser
vice. "Due to the face that we ar e
not currently drafting young
men for military' service,"
McCachren said, "some
confusion has developed
concerning the requirement to
register, and. we're trying to
correct that impression
time in preparation for this
unique offense used by only
one team. From this, we must
applaud the efforts of our
team and coaches. Yet, the
defense yielded a well earned
touchdown very late in the
period on a 9-yard burst by
Bearcat Ronald Boyd. The
PAT followed and the Bearcat
lead was 7-0. During the next 9
minutes, superb defense was
again the notable quality of
both teams. Yet, Hen
dersonville managed another
score with Boyd again
carrying the "pigskin." The
PAT split the uprights and the
lead was fattened to 14-0.
Later, with 47 seconds
remaining in the half, Gary
Rivers added 6 points to the
already comfortable lead and
the PAT followed. Thus the
halftime score was 21-0 in
favor of the homesteading
Hendersonville Bearcats.
We already realized that
Western North Carolina has
some of the most beautiful
girls in the world. Our beliefs
were certainly confirmed at
halftime when we witnessed
the Hendersonville
homecoming court. Perhaps
next year when our schools
are combined, we can exhibit
a little beauty of our own In the
new stadium. Also, not too far
in the future we will have a
very professional looking
band resembling that of
Hendersonville and other
schools in our conference.
The teams returned to the
field with the Patriots showing
a little optimism as they knew
that the score was not in
dicative of either team'a
performance. However, this
optimism did not last long as
the Bearcats added X points
in the next I minutes with
their defensive unit putting
two of the touchdowns oa the
board oa returned- ta
terceptions. Yet, the Patriot
defense shewed that they art
also scoring threat wheat
Kirk Mc Williams deflected a
Bearcat past tote the out
stretched arms of Jimmy "
Roberts whe sprinted C yards
Ma the and son. - Never
theless, the third quarter
score was 414 and the
remainder of the game Waa
merely academic. The only(
SHOWN ABOVE IS THE Madison County 4-H exhibit which won first place in
the 4-H competition this week at the N. C. State Fair in Raleigh. The theme for
the booth stressed safety in the home with hazardous drugs. The exhibit was in
competition with 14 other 4-H exhibits from across the state.
through a state-wide program
that will, first of all, help to
better inform young men of
their responsibility to
register, and second, make it
easier for them to register."
McCachren said that
Selective Service personnel
throughout the state are in the
process of making local
distribution of posters which
inform 18-year-olds of their
responsibility to register.
"Within the next few weeks,"
McCachren stated, "we will
have distributed more than
16,000 posters in our li al
communities."
McCachren indicated tluit
the posters will not only
,vmirv 8-vHr-i'l1s 4 their
responsibility to register they
fourth quarter score came on
a 3 yard plunge by Bearcat
Gary Rivers. The PAT was
good and the game ended with
the Patriots trailing 48-6.
Some unofficial individual
statistics which show superb
performance were as follows :
Offensive: Ricky Harrell - 2
pass receptions, 24 yards.
Carlton Freeman - 2 pass
receptions, 17 yards.
Jimmy Roberts - 1 rush, 3
yards; 1 pass reception, 7
yards.
Tim Hodge - 7 rushes, 37
yards, Avg 5.3 yds. per carry;
2 pass receptions, 5 yards
Defensive: Jimmy Ramsey
- 7 individual tackles, 2 assists
Ricky Harrell - 2 individual
tackles, 5 assists, 1 in
tercepted pass.
Mike Thomas - 1 individual
tackles, 2 assists
Jimmy Roberts - 5 in
dividual tackles, 2 assists, 1
intercepted pass.
Troy Reid - 6 individual
tackles, 1 assist, 1 recovered
fumble
Charles Holt - 4 individual
tackles, 1 assist.
J. C. Mclntyre - 6 in
dividual tackles, 4 assists.
Boyce Mayhew -( individual
tackles, S assists.
We may certainly be ex
tremely proud of our Patriot
team for their performances
thus far this season. Even
when losing, they play
respectable and represent our
county well. They are now 4-4-0
and surely have a good
chance for a winning season,
something unheard of with a
first-year team. One thing that
many people are very
ashamed of is the la
considerate and consistent
verbal abuse shown toward
the team and coaches by some
of the tana. These fans art la a
tremendous minority, yet
Mr voicea are very load. The
players and coaches would be .
the Brat to admfi (bat there
have been mistakes made.
: Nevertheless, wt ahoald
remember that they art
human Eke us. Da not criticise
unless ywa havt walked In
fietr shoes. Remember, these
opponents are some of the best
kch school teams to the
nation. So, let's ar-ite oar
voices ta a cohesive rtwr
backing the Fstris,
.OXER? OR LIFES..
will ;iLso contain information
as to where they might
register.
"Budgetary requirements
compelled us to close 80 of our
country local board offices,"
McCachren said, "and in each
county where the office has
been closed, we have at
tempted to obtain the
voluntary services of local
citizens who will register our
18-year-olds."
"Public response has been
outs landing to our requests for
voluntary local assistance to
help us accomplish our ob
jeetives concerning
registration," McCachren
stated, " and as a result, a
younp man can be registered
quickly and easily in his home
48 - 6 Defeat
regardless of the score.
This week's encounter will
be A C. Reynolds High School,
home of the Rockets.
Reynolds is always com
petitive and is fresh off a big
victory over
North Buncombe. Our
Patriots will be trying to
bounce back from two con
secutive losses. They need our
help. Let's give it to them!
County To Get ,633,000
For Secondary Roads
RAIJ5IGH - The North
Carolina Secondary Roads
Council announced today that
it is allocating $28.7 million for
improvements to the state's
secondary road system on a
county wide basis.
Each county's portion of the
allotment has been figured on
a formula based on the
number of unpaved miles
within the county and the
average cost per mile for
paving a road in that county's
section of the state.
The State Division of High
ways estimates it costs $42,333
per mile to pave a secondary
road in the eastern section of
the state; $38,864 per mile in
the central portion and $54,879
in the western counties.
Grassy Creek
Organization
Met Thursday.
The : Grassy Creek ',
organization held Us October ; ,
meeting last Thursday ntcht '
at the community canter. The '
tneetfaig was called to order by
Larry Phillips, chairman.
Clarence Lawson led ta
prayer. Miss Diana WT"s was
elected secretary -treaiu. er at
the meeting.
Among projects dlscu-wd
was the erection cf a 1 ' t
besiie te roi
to the 71 p" r""-t
T p- .'tr :
be f' ' ' v i
tt t p n. I
At J
community. We plan to make
it as easy as possible for our
young men to discharge the
responsibilities they have with
Selective Service."
McCachren stated that 18-year-old
young men in
Madison County who have not
yet registered may do so with
the individuals, or at the
places, indicated below:
Brenda Cook
Tax Collector's Office
Courthouse
Marshall, N. C.
or
Selective Service
Area Office
14 Federal Bldg.
"Asheville, N.C.
Madison
Hendersonville
First downs
Rushing yardage
Passes
Passing yardage
Punts
Fumbles lost
Yards penalized
Return Yardage
Madison 0
5
100
6-16-5
57
5-24
1
15
165
0 6
10
259
7-9-2
133
3-35
1
78
85
0 6
Hendersoaville
7
14 20 7-48
Members of the Council will
confer with county boards of
commissioners in each county
to set up a year's work in the
county. The details of what is
to be done will be made public
before it ts finally adopted by
the Council.
Madison's county's
allocation is 1633,000.
Candidates
FUe For
Elections
The following candidates
have filed for the November a,
1173, municipal elections to
Maduna County: , - , .
HOT SPRINGS (Mayor,
, three aldermen). For Mayor,
X H. Henderson Incumbent; .
Manaon Holt. For Alderman:
Gene Autry, Harold Anderson,
and Charles Schaffer, in
cnmberiU.
MAFllALL (Mayor,
three aMerwm). For It-; -r,
Lorso For. J a, irtar-' ;
Fnr A! frrv"s: C 1
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