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Volume 73. Number 44, Marshall, N. C. 15 CENTS PER COPY November 28, 19U
By JIM HAMER
Timet Sporti Editor
Most of the season-high
crowd of Mars Hill College
fans glanced over their
shoulders at the Meares
Stadium scoreboard as they
left their seats Saturday af
ternoon. It appeared they wanted to
make sure the final score was
correct. It was Mars Hill 52,
Carson-Newman 7.
"This has to be the greatest
football win in the school's
history," smiled Coach Claude
Gibson, as he emerged from
the dressing room shower
fully-clothed and soaking wet.
The jubilant, cigar - smoking
lions had thrown the whole
coaching staff into the shower
following the stunning rout of
the Eagles.
Gibson, like the fans, was
somewhat dazed, as he lit a
cigar. "It's hard for me to
comprehend us beating
Carson - Newman by a score
like that. I've played and
coached with some good
teams and some poor teams,
but this year's group has
progressed more than any
bunch I've been associated
with."
Mars Hill capped off the day
with its fourth win in a row to
finish 7-4 on the year, the best
record by a Lion aggreate
since 1956 when Coach Don
Henderson's junior college
team compiled a 7-2 record.
The victory was also the
Lions' first over the Eagles
since 1927 and left Coach
Johnny W ike's team 4-6 on the
season.
Wike couldn't believe the
afternoon's result either. "I
don't know what to say.
There's not much I can say,"
he muttered. "We stunk!"
The lions used a crunching
defense that held the Eagles to
minus 26 yards rushing and an
explosive offense led by
quarterback Danny Robinson,
who ran and passed like a man
possessed, for the triumph.
The Lexington, Ky., senior
passed for 202 yards and three
touchdowns while running five
times for 41 yards and another
TD, a 31-yard keeper play.
Former Enka High star end
Ronnie Capps was on the
receiving end of all three
Robinson scoring passes, as
Capps pulled in seven aerials
overall for 129 yards.
"The frustration of losing
has been building in me for
four years," smiled Robinson,
who insured his Carolines
Conference lead in passing
and total offense with the
effort "I guess it all came out
today. It was the best game I
had here in four years and
certainly the most enjoyable. I
have to give all the credit to
my offensive line. They were
geat all day and the last four
Capps, a junior, who also
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? HIE t-4 overpass at Chestnut Grove, Tennessee bat beea aamed ia Jionor el
f prominent minister and farmer whose home was taken for the highway right ,
: of way. George Washington Briggs M, who moved from Madison County, ;"
j North Carolina la 1137 to Jefferson County, Tennessee hat pastored Free Will :
' Eaptist Churches throughout Madison County and Western North Carolina for
a number of years. He was one of the founders of Brown's Chapel Missionary '
J rsplist Church located In the Chestnut Grove Community In Tennessee. Mr,
'TrizsJ now resides In Madison County part of the time. He Is the father of nine
children, namely P.ocoe Crfr, Carrie Dri-'s Fisher, Myrtle Erfggs Fisher v
Qjfen Brigp L,' mends, sr. 4 Cora Lrlg Hunter all of Madison County.
' 3 i:-bert Eri Carl Dris, Charles Eri-s and Dorothy Briggs Sellars all of
Trnnessee. Ike Cribs' are one of the oldest most prominent families In
Madison County. . v. ' .
Lions Blast
solidified his league lead in
receiving was equally
jubilant. "Robinson was on
the money all day," he added.
"The way we played the last
four games no one could have
stayed with us. I wish we could
start all over again this year."
The Lions grabbed a 7-0 lead
midway the first quarter on a
14-yard Robinson to Capps'
pass and rode Stan Curry's
early second quarter field goal
to a 10-0 lead.
But C-N quarterback Fayne
Limbo put his team back in
the game with a 39-yard
scoring pass to Ken O'Quinn to
cut the deficit to 10-7.
Speedy Ronnie Reeves
promptly shot the Eagles
down for good by returning the
ensuing kickoff 10-4 yards for
Whooping Cough In
Edward A. Morton, Acting
County Health Director, states
a case of whooping cough has
been reported to the Madison
County Health Department.
This is the first known
whooping cough since 1968.
ASC
Committee
Election
Madison County farmers
have until December 2 to
return their ballots to elect
community ASC com
mitteemen to serve in 1975.
Ballots were mailed to all
known eligible voters on
November 22 and these ballots
must be postmarked or
returned to the Madison
County ASCS Office by
December 2.
These farmer-elected
committeemen play a very
important role in the local
administration of farm
programs. Their assistance
has proven to be a most effect
means of gearing national
programs to fit local con
ditions. Each individual farmer also
has definite responsibilities.
Possibly one of the most
important is the participation
in the election of community
committeemen. All farmers
are urged to study their
ballots and to vote on the most
qualified persons to represent
them as community com
mitteemen. Ballots will be publicly
tabulated on December 6 at
the ASCS Office. All elected
committeemen will serve as
delegates to the county con
vention on Monday, Dec. 16,
for the purpose of electing a
county ASC committee.
fu. GLORGE WASHING f un
1 -OVERPASS
Eagles,
a TD. "I got a lot of good
blocks," Reeves said after the
game. "I had a perfect wall.
All I needed was half a chance
and I got it.
"I heard footsteps near their
30, but I knew I had the speed
to get it in," the Irmo, S. C,
junior noted of some last
minute Eagle pursuit that
almost caught him.
Robinson's run and strikes
of 31 and seven yards to Capps
followed in the second half
scoring column before
defensive safety David
Boschelli returned an in
tercepted pass for a 52-yard
TD.
Reserve quarterback John
Benson of Enka put the final
score on the board with 10
seconds to play with a 16-yard
Health authorities across
the state are concerned about
an increased incidence in
communicable diseases. Ten
cases of whooping cough have
been reported in North
Carolina in October, 1974.
Whooping cough, the
common name for pertussis,
is an acute bacterial infection
characterized by repeated
violent coughs, sometimes
accompanied by vomiting,
and by a high-pitched in
spiratory whoop. Whooping
cough can be a very serious
illness, particularly in infants.
70 percent of the deaths oc
curring from whooping cough
are among children less than
one year old. The highest
incidence of the disease is in
winter and early spring.
Whooping cough is spread by
contact with a person who has
the disease.
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JOHN DARLINGTON, JR., (left) accompanied his
father ( right) last week as guest of the Westinghouse
Electric Corporation's Overhead Transformer
Division in Athens, Ga. John, Jr., a member of Den
2, Mars Hill Cub Scouts, will make a report to his
fellow scouts on the methods used in fabricating
overhead distribution transformers, and their uses.
John Darlington, Sr. is the Manager of French
Broad ECI.
52-7
pass to Rocky Cater. Curry
booted his seventh point after
TD for the final margin.
The win also did wonders for
Gibson's recruiting as former
Reynolds star Donnie Hick
man, who played briefly at
North Carolina, agreed to a
grant-in-aid with the Lions for
next season.
C.N. M.H.
First Downs 10 24
Rushing Yardage 26 163
Passes 19-46-2 13-22-1
Passing Yardage 208 211
Punts 10-41.4 6-32.6
Fumbles Lost 1 3
Yards Penalized 809 55
CarsoD-
Newman 0 7 0 07
Mars Hill 7 10 14 2152
County
Mr. Morton states "the staff
of the Madison County Health
Department urges that
parents of all children under
six years of age review the
immunization status of their
children and take them to
their family physician or to
the Health Department for
updating of protection as
indicated. A child five years
old should have received five
doses of protection against
whooping cough, diphtheria
and lockjaw. Immunization
should be started at age two
months, and it is particularly
urgent that these babies be
protected. Babies less than
two months old do not have
natural immunity from their
mothers; therefore it is ex
tremely important these in
fants be protected from
possible exposure to whooping
cough.
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Citizens Bank Okays
Merger With Wachovia
. Shareholders of Citizens
Bank, Marshall, and
Wachovia Bank and Trust
Company, N.A., have ap
proved an agreement and plan
of reorganization under which
Citizens Bank would be
merged into Wachovia Bank.
The agreement was ap
proved by the shareholders of
Citizens Bank and Nov. IS by
shareholders of Wachovia.
Officials of The Wachovia .
Corporation earlier had ap- '
proved the agreement The ?
.merger also is subject to '
approval by appropriate -government
regulatory j
agencies.
Under terms of the proposed '
merger, each share of stock in )
Citizens Bank would be
changed for eight shares of
.common , stock of The
Wachovia Corporation. A total '
.of 10,000 shares of Citizens
' Bank is outstanding. - -
' Citizens Bank was char '
tend in Mil Ia addition to its
; office in Marshall, Citizens
Bank has offices in Mars Hill
- and Hot Springs, which also
are ia Madison County.
Citizens Bank has deposits of '
$11.7 million. Charles E.
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BOB TERRELL, columnist for The Asheville Citizen and author of "Fun Is
Where You Find It", is shown autographing copies of his book at the autograph
party held in the library here last Friday. Left to right, Mrs. Jim Story
(seated); Mrs. Clyde M. Roberts, Mrs. Walter Ramsey, Mrs. J. L. McElroy,
Mrs. Leonard Baker, Mrs. John Corbett and Mrs. W. T. McKinney. Copies of
the humorous and interesting book can be purchased at The News-Record
Office.
Plans Being Made To
Reactivate Christmas
Pageant Here
Preliminary plans are being
made to reactivate the
Marshall Christmas Pageant
this season. The pageant was
cancelled last year due to the
critical energy crisis.
The pageant has gained
nationwide publicity over
many years and it is hoped
that it will be resumed.
1896 Copy Of County
Paper Has
Interesting Items
By JIM STORY
Perry Willis, of Route 3,
Mars Hill, loaned me a copy of
the "Marshall Weekly
Republican , dated February
6, 1896, and published by
White, Baley & Company. I
had not been aware that such
a newspaper was printed here
and I don't know how long it
lasted but this issue was most
Mash burn is chairman of the
board and Frank T. Moore is
Dresident.
Wachovia Bank and Trust
Co., the principal subsidiary
of The Wachovia Corporation
was founded in 1871 and has
deposits of (2 7 billion. It has
177 full-service banking of
fices in 70 North Carolina
cities and towns.
THANKSCrvr.G
Variety Shop n 1
Thanksgiving V.
fruits andver -Bible,
giving i
Various individuals and
groups are being contacted
and definite plans will be
announced shortly, including
the various committees
necessary to stage the
production.
In addition to the personnel
of Radio Station WMMH and
the cooperation of the Mar
interesting and I'm grateful to
Perry for letting me see it.
In order that current
readers of The News-Record
can see how items were ex
pressed and how articles were
worded, a few excerpts from
the 78 year-old issue are re
cop led as follows:
On Tuesday night last a
crowd of men and women met
at the house of Miss Davis on
little Pine Creek to engage in
a drunken frolic. By two
o'clock Wednesday morning
it had reached the zenith of its
glory, but Zeb Hughey and
Lowery Worley were un
decided as to which should
spend the remaining part of
the night with a young girl by
the name of Cody, when a
difficulty arose Zeb drew a 32
calibre pistol from his pocket
and shot Lowery in the back of
the head, inflicting a
dangerous wound. Dr. Roberts
being sent for at once went
and dressed the wound, and
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V.1.VDOW Mrs. Jerry Rice's
Tain Street U displaying a unique
iow filled with various ed.ble
' In front of window is a small
i , 'ay a religious significance.
shall Merchants Association,
the Bicentennial Sub
committee of the Marshall
School District is cooperating
and is involved in making the
initial plans.
In order to make the
pageant successful it will be
necessary to have countywide
participation and in-
reports him in a fair way to
recovery. Zeb made his
escape.
AROUND TOWN:
Mr. Job Redmon is having a
neat little stable erected on
the rear of his lot.
George Cox, though not as
large as Dave Hill can make
equally as much noise if he
has the dynamite.
Deputy Sheriff Jim Baley
has completed the second
round of tax calls for Sheriff
White and there still remains
work to be done.
A petition signed by 71
citizens of Township No. U
was presented to the board of
commissioners praying that
an election be ordered on the
1st Monday in May to
ascertain whether or not
liquor shall be sold in that
township. The order was made
and now the responsibility
rests with the people.
Not what the moon saw but
what the people of Marshall
saw: Two bears marching
upright with sticks for guns
like West Point Cadets.
If next Sunday is a fair day
we will have a lively gam of
basebal oa the bland. The
Seminary team is anxious to
tackle Marshall's best ufae
and Just as sure as Will Baley
and Claud Sails are able to
walk oa two legs we will send
' mem back with tails dragging
.and you'B see M! , , , t
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'4 Also of inter to elderly
dozens: An advertisement fcs
' mt paper announced the new
opening of Nelson Brothers, a
clothing store, in MarshalL
Ntcrwis li V :s at Barnard
aho a-'vp-l as the Store
hsvirg a L f-W fwvls
and everj.u4 on a ra
basis.
Total Nonfarm
Employment Up
Despite Factory Layoffs
RALEIGH - Despite
continuing layoffs and job
declines in eleven
manufacturing industries,
nonfarm employment as a
whole increased 600 in North
Carolina during October,
State Labor Commissioner
Bflly Creel reported.
Creel said mid-October
employment totaled 2,037,000
in Tar Heel nonfarm
establishments, gaining 600
over the mid-September total
and showing an increase of
4,100 over a year ago.
Factory employment,
totaling 781,400 in October,
was 7,200 lower than in Sep
tember and dropped 20,700
below the year-ago level,
Creel stated. Non
manufacturing jobs, totaling
1,255,600 last month, were up
7,800 from September and
volvement, especially in the
securing of choirs and in
volvement, especially in the
securing of choirs and singers
to furnish background music
during the pageant. Directors
and assistants will be named
in a few days, it was an
nounced. At present, plans are to have
the pageant on Friday night,
December 20 and Saturday
night, December 21. A "dress
rehearsal" is scheduled
tentatively for Thursday
night, December 19.
More definite plans will be
announced as soon as they are
finalized, it was announced.
County Officials To
Take Oaths Monday
The newly-elected
Democratic officials of
Madison County will take their
oaths of office in the court
room here on Monday, Dec. 2
at 1 o'clock, it was announcer!
A NATIONAL JUNIOR
; huSi
organized at the Spring Creek School wUh Larry S.
Piemmons, principal, as faculty sponsor, crr.cers of
the new organlzatloa are Lisa Edwards, pre&i.'?nt;
Dartene Justice, vice president; Janice Flemrr rns,
secretary and Michael Stamey, treasurer. Pict -ed
above are . members: . Lisa Edwards. Dar! nt
Jnstice, Janice Piemmons, Michael Star- r, r. ' la
Saeisoo, Ana Jones, Betty Fkmrsirtg, f ' i Lr-e,
Sharon Caldwell. Lucy Wlmi:,h. Del!.. .- T;i ' It.
Joyce Henry and Charles Due c't. ,
Mars' Hill 'f.LiirS;
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in.reased 24,800 over a year
ago.
Twelve industry groups
reporting employment
declines in October included:
textiles, down 3,300; paper,
down 1,600 due to a strike;
furniture 600, apparel 600,
chemicals 500, electrical
machinery 500, lumber 200,
fabricated metals 200, tran
sportation equipment 200,
other durables 200, tran
sportation 200, and stone, clay
and glass products 100. Job
declines totaled 8,100 in these
twelve groups.
Employment increases
totaling 8,700 took place in 13
groups, These included:
schools, 2,900, services 1,900,
State and local government
1,000, retail trade 900, finance
700, wholesale trade 300, food
products 200, printing and
publishing 200, com
munications and public
utilities 200, and gains of 100
each in primary metals,
machinery, rubber products
and construction.
Creel said slower business
brought the average factory
workweek down by a half-hour
to 38.5 hours last month - two
full hours below the 40.5-hour
average of a year ago.
Although hourly earnings
gained a penny in October,
rising to $3.38 in all
manufacturing, the shortened
workweek caused average
weekly earnings to drop $1 JO
to $130.13.
Masons Will
Confer Degree
Here Friday
French Broad Lodge No. 292
will confer the Master Mason
Degree this Friday night at
7:30 o'clock in the Lodge Hall
in Marshall.
All officers and members
are urged to attend.
Refreshments will be served
after the meeting.
this week. The oaths will be
aciministered by Judge W. K.
McLean and the public is
invited to attend the
ceremonies, it was an-
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