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tb end of the third period.
But Madison hit 20 of M foul
shots, compared to Cherokee's
13 of 27 to teal the win down
the stretch.
. Robinson, who scored 11 of
bar fame-high 28 points in the
final period led Madison while
Barbara Sequoyal paced the
Bmattes with 16.
Sequoyah was the key to
Cherokee 'i second-half rally
which erased an early nine
point deficit but she fouled out
tats in the contest Cindy
Maxwell came off the bench
lor nine fourth-period points,
but It was not enough.
The tournament continues
Ledford Now Director
WEDO Organization
1 il I
JAMES T. LEDFORO
' James T. Ledford of Mars
' MUL Route 2 has been seated
as a member of the Board of
Directors of Western
Economic Development
Organisation, (WEDO).
Haxehrood.
WEDO is a non-profit,
federally funded agency Chat
works with craft groups in the
21 westeiT counties of the
stale, providing technical and
marketing assistance.
Ledford holds the seat as a
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15 Mos $9.00
12 Mos 8.00
6 Mos 6 00
4Mos 4 00
Wednesday at Enka with two
more games, Franklin
meeting Sylva-Webster at 7 p.
m. and No. One ranked Ed
neyville meeting Mountain
View at 8:30.
The semi-finals will be held
Thursday with finals
scheduled for Friday.
Madison Cherokee
MADISON (62) - Robinson
28, Coates 8, Davis 7, Hensley
8, Plemmons 7, Green 1,
Yelton 3, Reed, Waldroup.
CHEROKEE (57) -Bradley
9, Kanott 6, Smith,
10, Sequoyah 16, George 7,
Maxwell 9, Ensley, Harlan,
Taylor
public official from Madisor.
and Buncombe Counties.
He is Chairman of the
Madison County Board of
Commissioners and Chairman
of the Madison County Health
Department
President of Ledford En
terprises, he is married to the
former Nina Baldwin of the
Spring Creek section of
Madison County and the
parents of three children.
They -are members "Of the
J'Qdsa.oXlvey Baptist jawrch.1
SINGING
The Regular 4th Saturday
Singing will be held Saturday
night Feb. 23 at 7 p. m. at the
Richland Baptist Church in
Woodfin, N. C. Among the
groups taking part will be the
Alexander Baptist Church
Youth Choir.
The Primitive quartet of
Candler, the Friendly Five of
Asheville and others will be
present
The public is invited.
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Although there are many investment opportunities
available stocks, bonds, real estate times are a
bit uncertain. But bank savings and certificates of
deposit that pay guaranteed interest look especially
good! Northwestern's interest rates are the highest
in history the highest allowed by law. And you can
get a 7-14 savings certificate with only $1,000
minimum deposit, four year maturity? Northwestern
has other investment programs, too. So save your
money this year at The Northwestern Bank! ' ' .
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It's A Watergate Hymnal
Each year the leading psychics of the land
come through with their predictions of coming
events for the New Year. I have bo such gift, but
for the past year and a half or more I have been
getting some kind of strange "feelings" or "vibra
tions" of people singing, humming or whistling
hymns. That's right, hymns.
It all started back about the time when all
these people representing the milk industry were
trying to raise $2 million for the reelection of the
President. They were all humming that old hymn,
"Blessed Assurance." On another day I felt these
vibrations from Spiro Agnew. He was mulling
over the hymn, "Just As I Am, Without One Plea."
Then there was the day that I had the distinct feel
ing that Rose Mary Woods was humming, "Lean
ing On The Everlasting Arm," while oil company
magnates were singing ensemble, 'There Shall Be
Showers Of Blessing."
Judge John Sirica has been whistling, "Stand-
John D.
Beta Omega Chapter ot
Epsilon Sigma Alpha held its
annual Awards Banquet
Saturday night at the Wolf
Laurel Restaurant.
Beta Omega each year gives
two important awards the
Zeus Award and the Most
Outstanding Girl Award to a
member of the sorority.
This year's recelpent of the
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"The Man With 40.000 Sweethearts," John Ray,
receives Beta Omega's Zeus Award from Kathryn
Boone, Philanthropic Chairman.
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'Get Billy Graham, quick
Ray, Joyce
Zen us award is John D. Ray.
The Zenus Award is the
sorority's way of honoring
some man in the community
who has helped the chapter or
who has done something
outstanding for the com
munity. Mr. Ray, a teacher at
Marshall High School and a
noted musician has given his
help by providing music for
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tag On The Promises." Congressman Peter Rodino
is hung up on, "Almost Persuaded." George Bush
is trying to recall the words to "Rescue The Per
ishing." I even get the feeling that Billy Graham's
favorite hymn has taken on a special meaning
these days as he leans a little toward the White
House and sings, "How Great Thou Art."
There are two distinct vibrations that seem to
be stronger and more constant than all the rest.
One is from Richard Nixon singing, "Sometimes I
Feel Like A Motherless Child" and the other is
from a jet heading East and bearing Henry Kissin
ger whistling, "I Am Bound For The Promised
Land."
I won't pretend to know what all this means.
But lately I have been catching myself muttering
the words of that grand old song of hope, "We
Will Understand It Better By And By."
NELSON J. HARRILL
Greensboro
Plemmons
the sorority's fund raising
projects.
The award, a plaque which
proclaims Mr. Ray to be a
"Man with 40,000
Sweethearts" was presented
by Kathryn Boone, Beta
Omega's philanthropic
chairman.
Joyce Plemmons, Beta
Omega's current president
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Beta Omega's 1974 Outstanding Girl. Joyce Plem
mons, receives her trophy from last year's
recipient, Peggy Cutshaw.
Local Historians Active
Additional trustees hsve
been appointed to the Western
North Carolina Historical
Association. These history
buffs are : Dr. Harley JoUey of
Mars Hill, Col. Paul A. Rock
well of Asheville and Mrs.
Cromwell Murray of
Asheville.
Mr. William E. Tideman,
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MEDICAL. CENTER t7
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AMO OTNf t PHARMACY COMMfMTS
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Ne ver Use
On Toothache
I paid aq all too infrequent visit to my dentist the other day .'
(ye, we pjiarmachiMs visit dentists, too!), and he suggested
an ides for an editorial. V v " ' "
"For fOodnessuikc" be
said, "tell the people that
placing ait aspirin tablet
directly oit an aching tools to
relieve pais is strictly taboo!"
To befin With, aspirin is in
acetylsalicvlic acid hich can
literally burn holes in I he
sum causing even orsc
irritation than the looth.ii.he
This is fchy peptic nicer
patients hvc to steer tiear o(
aspirin for their alrtad
tender stomach cpp: I
Honored
received the Outstanding Girl
Award. This award goes to the
girl in the sorority who the
members have felt have done
the most work and put forth
the most effort toward chapter
(unctions. The Outstanding
Girl Award is a gold trophy
was presented to Joyce by
Peggy Cutshaw last year's
Outatandlna GirL"
librarian of Mars Hill College,
and Mr. James Mehan,
Librarian in charge of the
Carolina Room - which in
cludes the Wolfe Collection - of
Pack Memorial Library of
Asheville, have been ap
pointed to the Awards Com
mittee of the WNCHA
Association. They and two
COMMUNITY Wan Mil
J Rag. Pharmacist
Aspirin
Aspirin wilt hive some num
bing effect, hut mouth sores
and possible infection are too
steep a price to pay for -likening
to this old wives
tale1
If you must use aspirin for
pain relief, swallon it. Never
arr'y directly.
CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES on the Madison County High School on the
Marshall By-Pass. The facility, when completed, will be one of the finest in
Western North Carolina. The above picture was taken Sunday afternoon from
the road leading to Mato Packing Company from the Marshall By-Pass.
Operators of tourist resorts
in the mountains are
becoming concerned about the
impact of the gasoline shor
tage on the tourist trade.
Robert Brannon, president
of the Greater Haywood
Chamber of Commerce,
relayed this concern to
Raleigh last week when he
requested Mountain
Legislators to initiate
measures to stimulate the
tourist business.
The concern was motivated
partly by the fact that Ten
nessee's special effort could
attract tourists to Gatlinbburg
and other nearby Tennessee
resorts, at the expense of
Western North Carolina
tourist areas.
Governor Holshouser and
Secretary of Natural
and Economic Resources
James Harrington met last
week with representatives of
the state's filling station
operators in an attempt to
work out a plan to provide fuel
for travelers visiting North
Carolina.
Plans are underway for a
series of meetings in different
i ui .cwi w'mi
CBOUIfjp J,5 V turn gHW
industry to devise plans to
stimulate tourist travel in
Norm Carolina.
These plans, it is believed,
wfll have to go beyond mere
advertising. Practical plans
wfll have to be devised to get
tourists here and conduct
them through the state with a
minimum use of gasoline.
This session of the General
Assembly began on January
16, and at the end of last
Thursday's session, 337 new
House bills and 200 new Senate
bills bad been introduced
In WNCHA
other members of this com
mittee, Dr. J. A. McLeod of
Mars Hill and Joe L Morgan
of Route 2, Marshall, will
confer the Achievement
Award on a deserving In
dividual "to encourage
historical research" at a
regular meeting of the
Association in April of this
year.
Mr. William J. Weaver Jr.,
who is associated with the
Ocanalufte Center at
Cherokee, has been elected
Chairman of the WNCHA's
Oral History Committee. This
new phase of the Assodatkxi'i
work seeks to preserve local
lore via recordings of personal
interviews with colorful
mountaineers, cultural
history, mountain folk stories,
folkkrt, et cetera regarding
such topics as lumbering,
railroading and farming. A
contemporary history of this
region can beat be written
through the me of oral history.
Dr. Evelyn Underwood, who
serves on regional oral history
committers, has announced
mat an Oral History Workshop
wffl be held at Man Hill,
; College en March 22, and 21
Several nationally known t
authorities on oral history will
participate in this event '
which is open to the public free '
ef charge. . ;, :T-
Notice,
Veterans
L h. HoUen, f strict "cf"'
Beer, N. C Dept. of Vetersa
ATslrs, w3 be at the cr
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Raleigh Report
by Ernest Messer
Some estimates are that these
are enough bills to last until
the middle of May; but the
Speaker of the House and the
Lieutenant Governor say we
will be home by April 1.
Apparently, aD attempts to
get the forces fighting over
expansion of the ECU Medical
School to agree to a com
promise have failed.
As a consequence, hearings
on all ECU Medical School
bills have been scheduled to
begin this week, with a
decisive vote on the issue
scheduled for Friday.
Subcommittees of the Ap
propriations Committers are
meeting this week to deter
mine pay Increase levels that
will be recommended for
teachers and other state
employees. The Advisory
Budget Commission
recommended a five percent
pay raise; both groups are
requesting ten percent
The Transportation Sub
committee is examining the
Highway Budget, with some
emphasis on getting more
money Into the Secondary
Roads Construction Fund.
Arm Mental Health Centers
Vfc nui ntBi wmj innui amp
' uwi 91,VW,WV HHimKUHl
fund, which will match SO
percent state money against
15 percent local.
This General Assembly will
definitely pats a no-fault
automobile insurance bill,
according to Represent stive
Sneed High, chairman of the
House Insurance Committee.
Executive Secretaries of
county boards of elections will
be given some Job security-not
as much as the Democrats
wanted but more than the
Republicans wanted ac
cording to the provisions of s
bill passed last week.
To fire an Executive
Secretary, the county board of
elections will have to prefer
charges against her to toe
Executive Secretary of the
State Board of Elections. The
State Executive Secretary,
within 10 days, must accept or
reject toe charges. His
decision can be overturned by
the State Board of Elections.
To replace a secretary,
Additional Crop
Loan Funds
Aviailcible
James T. Johnson, North
Carolina State Director of the
Farmers Home Ad
niinistrauon, has been ad
vised that I11J million In
additional operating loan
funds is new available for 1S74
crop loans and related par
poses at North Carolina. These
funds are . being made
available to meet the. b
creased credit needs of famQy
fanners m the state to pur
chase annual farming supplies
and make capital ptrchasea
; associated with their crop and
I restock operations. -
North Carolina's initial
share of crop loan funds was
exhausted some weeks age
and this shortage of loan funds
left many North Carolina
. farmers with Utile or no op
portunity to make adaste
arra"-mprts f r t'T l""t
CTf ' '. r--- -p -f'g
In it, .'.! ' ,mT.t of f I t v
wss u-d st so -"-'.ri:a4
a recommendation Is made,
by the county board to the
State Executive Secretary. He
may accept or reject the
recommendation and may be
overruled by the State Board.
These regulations will not
prevent a county secretary
from being discharged, but
they will prevent mass Brings,
and a secretary who is doing a
good Job is spt to be retained
by the county board.
Democrats and most
Republicans concurred in the
passage of this legislation.
They were aware that even
before the new boards are
installed, the processing of
absentee ballots will already
have begun and contracts for
printing primary election
ballots will already have been
let
Retention of the county
executive secretaries assures
that this year's elections will
be carried out smoothly and
expeditiously.
While there is some sen
timent for reviving the chain
gang system for working
prisoners on roads In North
Carolina, the system may not
be resurrected.
7 -riaf - uenarai Asaematyv
abolished the chain gang in '
1971, because it was too ex
pensive and because many
people living in rural areas
protested the presence of
hardened criminals in their
community, even though shotgun-carrying
guards were
always present. These ob
jections still prevail.
Secretary of Transportation
Bruce Lents has proposed a
plan has proposed a plan to
Use up to 1,000 minhTnn
custody prisoners for road
work. These prisoners will
work without gun-carrying
guards and will be paid a
minimum of $2.52 per hour.
Part of this pay wfll be used to
support the prisoner's family
and to pay the prison system
for bis up-keep.
Although a bill has been
introduced to revive the chain
gang, the Secretary says It is
not needed, that he has all the
authority he needs to
prisoners on the roads.
of moat farming supplies, and
the inability ef many
sgrlbusinessmea te extend
terms to farmers for their
supplies as in prior years. Aa
additional $1 million la
reseMi funds wss assigned to
North Carolina earlier te
assist la alleviating the
shortage, but these funds were
else quickly obligated for
, eligible farmers. ; c
Farmers v Home Ad--maustraaoa
farm loans are
made to family farmer who
are enable te obtain adequate
credit at reasonable rates and
terms from privste or
cooperative lenders in their
community. County FHA
CCices serve a3 15 J." ir!h "
Caroliiia counties. Farmers
interested In f i 1 s or
olhr !'n r-r d
r , i ' lr i t ,.y
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