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Volume 73, Number 34,
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September 19, 1974
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Marshall, N. C.
County Woman Held
In Attack Of
Husband, Stepdaughter
A Mars Hill woman is in
Madison County jail charged
in connection with a knife
attack on four persons, in
cluding her husband and
three-year-old stepdaughter.
Only the husband, Charles
Kermit Thomas, required
French Broad
EMC Directors
Attend Meeting
Six directors of French
Broad Electric Membership
Corporation attended a
special statewide conference
for rural electric cooperative
directors in Greensboro,
September 5-6.
They were Elmer
Buchanan, Albert Freeman,
Novile Hawkins, Watsell
Plemmons, Jess Rice, and
Ernest Teague.
The meeting featured
sessions on selecting and
keeping effective co-op
managers, on the duties and
responsibilities of co-op
directors, and on problems
facing co-ops today and in the
future.
Speakers included John
Dolinger, vice president of the
Board of Directors of the
NMional Rural Electric
Cooperative Association
INRECA); Bob Cleveland,
executive vice president of
North Carolina Electric
Membership Corporation (N.
C. EMC); William T. Crisp, N.
C. EMC legal counsel; and two
NRECA staff members.
N.C. EMC, the state
association of rural electric
cooperatives, sponsored the
conference which was at
tended by 126 directors from
across the state.
Meet The
Candidates
EDITOR'S NOTE: For the
at it few weeki this
newspaper will publish pic
tures and brief writeups of
Democratic and Republican
candidates who are seeking;
3. DEDUCE BROWN
Repablicaa Candidate
Sheriff
J. Dedrick Brawa f the
Barnard seetloa kt M years of
-e. H seeks the anpertaat
tpeet tf sheriff f Madieaa
; -County. He Is a former sheriff
af Madbsa County.
Brown attended ManhaB
Hga School and served two
years at the White Bunas
MssBe Range New Mexico.
' Brown Is a former tha
brrnta aad owner of Brown's
Jfeaeral asercsaadiae stem at
'Barnard. He Is a member at
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hospitalization, and he was
released from Memorial
Mission in Asheville on
Friday.
Mrs. Joyce Thomas, 40, an
outpatient of Broughton
Hospital In Morganton, is
charged with assault with a
deadly weapon with intent to
kill, and inflicting serious
injuries on his mother Mrs.
Nina Thomas, Ballard of Mars
Hill and little Georgia Ann
Rothschild Is
Recaptured
Charles P. "Rocky"
Rothschild, ex-cop, con artist
and killer who got permission
from Henderson County
Prison officials to "see his
son" at a nearby motel on
Aug. 4 and disappeared, has
been recaptured in In
dianapolis, Ind., according to
Sheriff E. Y. Ponder.
Ponder said Friday he was
told that Rothschild, 49, had
been arrested in Indiana while
making a telephone call, and
had signed a waiver of ex
tradition to return to North
Carolina.
In a long and colorful
criminal career, Rothschild
received a life sentence in 1961
as one of three men convicted
of first degree burglary of
merchant Carson Lawson of
the Shut-in section of Madison
County in 1955. Lawson had
died of a heart attack while
being robbed.
One of Rothschild's most
publicized episodes was his
confession while serving time
in South Carolina, to a Georgia
murder in 1958 which saved
election in the November 5,
1974 general election. This Is
being done so that voters In
Madison County may better
get "acquainted" with the
candidates.
E. Y. PONDER
Democratic Candidate
Sheriff
E. Y. Pander, at Marshall, h)
peruana the saost widely
kaowa nerooa la Msdlooa
Coaaty, aavlag served as
sheriff far a total of a years
and was a soemher af tka
af EducaUaa far N
Poader . la seeklag ra
oJcetlaa la Ike feuernl iWitlaa
Nareaber. ' ;
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ataa a former asecsher af tka
Madlsoat County Board af
HealUl and Is a gradnata af
kUnhaB irjh School.
Vara atked what was his
favorite aotfcy, ke replied, :
"WorkiBt" ' :
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Ballard according to Sheriff
E. Y. Ponder.
The latter two had been
treated and released at the
hospital for cuts on the arms.
A man who lived close by,
Hobart Edwards, also was
reportedly attacked by Mrs.
Thomas, Sheriff Ponder said,
but defended himself suc
cessfully with his walking
stick.
the life of a man twice con
victed of the killing.
Born in Missouri and college
educated, Rothschild once
served as youth director for
the state of Illinois and was a
Cairo, 111. policeman. He was
termed "a model prisoner" In
Henderson County and
arranged to leave the prison
unit with a citizen of the
community for a motel where
his son was expected.
Camp Supt. J. E. Blaine
reported that a man drove up,
identified himself as
Rothschild's son, Rickey, and
the pair left.
Sometime later tab real
Ricky Rothschild appeared
and was surprised to learn of
his father's disappearance.
First Union
Offers New
Services
First Union National Bank
has introduced a new package
of banking services at no
charge to North Carolina
consumers.
R. Bryce Hall, Vice
President, said the new ser
vice is called "The Ad
vantage". "This package is
revolutionary for North
Carolina consumers and for
the State's banking industry,"
HaD said. "It is aimed at
benefitting our customers,
who are faced with increased
costs for goods and services
for just about everything in
this period of unprecedented
inflation."
For further Information,
contact Mr. Hall at the bank in
Marshall.
Democrats
To Meet At
Walnut
Saturday
The Democrats of Walnut
Precinct No. t. will meet this
Saturday night at 7:10 o'clock
In the Walnut school lun
chroom. All Democrats are urged to
attend.
Attention
Voters
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whe hart not voted
n the last cti years auy hare
had their aasMB removed
from the fee or en. la ardor ta
vote I is necessary for them to
contact the board af elections
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TOP PICTURE SHOWS group at J.C. and Charlie Boone's test field with Wiley
DuVall interviewing Charlie Boone as Furney Todd, Burley Disease Specialist,
loaks on. Botttom picture shows J.C. Bijont,,left, Charlie Boone, center, and
Wiley DuVall, Agricultural Extension Agent.
Burley Group Tours Madison
The Research-On-Wheels
burley tobacco tour group
composed of approximately
fifty farmers, educators, and
researchers from over the
tobacco area toured two test
fields in Madison on Thur
sday, September 5.
Fields visited were those of
Vance Edwards at Bull Creek
and J.C. and Charlie Boone on
Clean Water In
To Be Discussed
What can a citizen do to
ensure clean water? This will
be the subject of a Western
North Carolina Water Quality
Workshop to be held in
Asheville on Saturday, Sept.
21st, at the Rhoades Science
Building, University of North
Carolina at Asheville from
15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The
workshop is sponsored by the
League of Women Voters of
North Carolina, the Western
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BURLINGTON INDUSTRIES. Hot Sprlafs,
recognizes Josie Ramsey for twenty yean service ia
ceremony at plant. Josie was presented her service
pi a and certificate by Frank Blue. Plant Manager,
Jim Prevrtte, Department Head anal Terry Baker,
her supervisor in recognition and appreciation of her
long and loyal service. Pictured left ta right: Jim
Prevrtte. Jo&ie Ramsey, and Terry Baker.
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The tour was kicked off the
night before with an awards
banquet at Holiday Inn West.
Those present from Madison
were J.C. Boone, Charlie and
Mrs. Boone and daughter
Ethelene, O'Neal Shelton, and
WQey DuVall, Agricultural
Extension Agent. Not present,
Regional Health Services, the
North Carolina Department of
Environmental Management,
the Environmental Protection
Agency and the Upper French
Broad Defense Association. It
is designed to show how,
through the Water Pollution
Control Act of 1972, citizens
can work to restore and
maintain the Integrity of the
Nation's waters. This law
requires the Environmental
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but also receiving awards
were Bobby Gunter, John
Dedrick Ray, Larry Peek,
Walter Gosnell, Charlie
Gunter, Dedrick Cody, and
Wayne Boone. These farmers
were honored for their fine
cooperation in growing
tobacco for test purposes in
1973.
Area
Saturday
Protection Agency and the
states to "provide for",
" encourage", and "assist"
public participation in vir
tually every aspect of water
quality decision making.
A roster of distinguished
speakers will include George
Harlow from the En
vironmental Protection
Agency in Atlanta, Dr. David
H. Howells, Director of Water
Resources Research Institute
of North Carolina State
University, Secretary James
E. Harrington of the North
Carolina Department of
Environmental Management,
Dr. David T. Lauria,
Professor of Environmental
Sciences of the University of
North Carolina In Chapel Hill,
Dr. John Callahan, Professor
of Geology at Appalachian
SUte University, and John
WUBams, attorney and en
vironmentalist from the East
Tennessee Resources Cor
poration. Members at local
governments and govern
mental agencies in Western
North Carolina will par
ticipate In panel discussions
and small group meetings, .
Community leaders, civic.
Social, and governmental
organisations from the anttra
Western North Carolina
have been Invited ta
ttdpate ta rhe workshop and In
fcUow-p actrrttJea in their
respective localities. a
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Students PJan Walk
For Band September 28
Approximately 100 Madison
County high school students
will walk 10 miles Saturday,
September 28, to make money
to pay for band uniforms for
their high school which opened
this year.
The walk-a-thon is spon
sored by the Beta Omega,
chapter of Epsilon Sigma
Alpha International Sorority,
headed by Mrs. Stanley
Boone. Mrs. Jerry Plemmons
is chairman of the event.
The students from all areas
of the county will walk from
Gilman Hits
Leadership In Congress
Mars Hills, N. C. - Albert F.
"Doc" Gilman of Cullowhee,
the Republican candidate for
Congress, told the Madison
County Young Republican
Club today that the
"leadership in Congress is
finally discovering how
serious the economic situation
in America is."
"Today the majority leader
in the Senate tells us he is
afraid we may have a
depression, but he plans to
have Congress go back to
work on the inflation after the
November election," Gilman
Madison High Access
Road Project Funded
The North Carolina
Secondary Roads Council has
allocated $10,000.00 to
adequately fund the con
struction of an access road to
serve the Madison County
High School project
previously approved.
The decision to spend the
funds from the State Access
and Public Road Fund was
PICTURED ABOVE is a mother "Spreading Adder" snake killed by Andrew
Worley, of Brevard, Monday morning. He discovered the snake hidden ia
wood pile at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Shelton, of Big Pine. After
further observation he discovered that the reptile contained 44 unborn baby
snakes. 4 of which are pictured here with the mother snake. The "Spreading
Adder", is properly known as the Eastern Hog Nose snake nod Is not
poisonous. (Picture by Gary Ealey) ' , t
Use Cost-Sharing For
Fall Conservation Practices
Farmers . bavins con
servation problems sheuld
contact their local ASCS
county office ta discuss their,
conservation needs.- .
Livestock fanners can help
relieve any feed shortage a
great deal fa using winter
cover " crops for snp
plementary grating. '
, We are losing farmland
each year to such things as
rban expansion, highways.
Marshall School, over Mash
burn Hill, the complete span of
the highway 25-70 by-pass, and
then back to the Blan
nahassett Island. Starting
time is 9 a.m.
Teenagers walking have
been soliciting sponsors who
will pay a minimum of 10
cents for each mile walked.
The student getting the most
contributions will receive
$15.00 cash. The student
getting the second most
contributions will receive
tS.OO cash.
said.
"That is like a carpenter
wanting to build you a new
house after the first one he
built you fell down due to
shoddy workmanhsip. "More
Americans than ever before
realize Congress is respon
sible for our economic
troubles. We need new
leadership in both U. S. House
and Senate," Gilman said.
The meeting was held at the
Mars Hill Town Hall and Dr.
Larry Stern, President,
presided.
made at a regular monthly
meeting of the Council held in
Atlantic Beach. The Madison
County Project was one of a
number of access roads ap
proved at the session.
Money spent from this fund
does not affect the county's
regular secondary road
allocation, highway officials
said.
airports, reservoirs.
recreational areas, and many
other oses that mean we must 1
. care for the farmland we ha
left, and especially so, since
our population to tncreasirg so
. rapidly.
. We should all belt.".! fir
the foresighted f" ' i"!
country who s e- s i :
the future so f t t t re
providing care fret
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The sorority has already
donated $3,000.00 for the band
uniforms.
Fashion Show
At Mars Hill
Wednesday
A Fashion Show will be held
on Wednesday, Sept. 25, from
7:30 to 9:30 p.m. in Belk
Auditorium of the Student
Union Building at Mars Hill
College.
Admission $1.50 for adults;
$1 for students.
Fashions by - Robinson's
Four Season's Shop in Mars
Hill.
Shoes - TOPS of Asheville.
Sponsored by - Epsilon Phi
Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi,
Mars Hill
Elections
Board
To Meet
The Madison County Board
of Elections will meet to select
precinct election assistants on
Saturday, September 28 at 10
KockyBluff
Closed Monday
District Ranger Bobby
Brady said today that Rocky
Bluff Recreation Area would
be closed on Monday Sept. 23.
The area will be reopened on
March 28. 1975.
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left for future rroers" -..
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