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December 4, 1975
Volume 74, Number 45,
Marshall, N. C.
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N.C. Board Gets Hot
Springs Election Appeal
By ED SPEARS
CITIZEN STAFF
WRITER
Three defeated candidates
in the Nov. 4 Hot Springs
board of aldermen election
had their judicial restraining
order against the winners
dissolved Monday.
Their appeal for a second
election had been denied
Friday by the Hot Springs
Board of Elections. After the
court action here, their at
torney said their appeal would
be put in the mail Monday
night to the Stac Board uf
Ejections in Raleigh.
Edward B. Krause, attorney
for losing candidates George
K (Red) Ramsey, Claude
Moore and Tony Gamble, said
the Raleigh appeal will be
based on the lack of a
Republican judge at the lone
Hot Springs polling place and
the other allegations
presented before the local
election board at a Nov. 21
public hearing
Prior to the local board
decision Friday night, the
appellants had obtained a
temporary injunction from
Judge Bruce Briggs aimed at
preventing the election
winners from being ad
ministered their oath of office
before the Monday hearing
Judge John Friday,
presiding at a Superior Court
term here this week, dissolved
the Briggs restraining order
on the grounds that election
lws provide administrative
Drug Abuse Counsellor
To Aid In Madison County
The Madison County Office
of the Blue Ridge Community
Mental Health Center an
nounced today that a new drug
abuse counsellor had been
employed by the agency's
Asheville office Peter I)
Banyai, 31, a graduate of Eau
Claire State University, Eau
Claire, Winconsin, and
Garrett Theological
Seminary, Northwestern
University, Evanston, Illinois,
jans a staff of six workers
who provide counseling and
treatment to local residents
concentrating on problems
related to area drug abuse
Services are provided from 8
to 5 Monday through Friday,
and 8 to 10 on Saturday and
;Sunday, at the center which is
located at 51 South French
Broad Avenue in Asheville.
ADDointments may be made
by calling
Asheville, or
255-0595
649-2367
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FRIENDS of the Man Hill Volunteer Flremea wUl
boa or the members of the Fire Department on ;
Sunday. Dec. 7. at a benefit chicken dinner the
elementary school cafeteria from 11 :3a . to 3
p.m. Tickets are on sale at Robinson's Four Seasons.
Mars, Kill Florists and from any of the firemen..
Tickets may also be obtained at the door, I2.5S for
:adu!ts and fl.H for children. This occasion b to
'fc'.cw arrrfc ' 1 far e f'ne wor'1 these firemen
means to meet such con
tingencies at this stage in the
appeal process.
The local election board had
found no evidence of
irregularity to the extent that
would justify calling a new
election nor any that would
have altered the results.
Ronald Howell, attorney for
the board, said Monday
regarding the appeal: "The
only point of significance is
that there was no Republican
Mars Hill College's New
Assistance Program For
Madison County Students
Explanation concerning
Mars Hill College's new
assistance program to
Madison County students was
(ffered this week by the
school's director of financial
aid, David Mathews.
A number of Madison
County students who have
applied for admission to the
college do not seem to un
derstand how the Madison
Assistance Commitment
i MAC) works, he said.
Under MAC rules, any bona
fide resident of the county
between the ages of 17 and 22
uhi enrpt - is i 'nM-tim--
Marshall.
Claudio Rabello, local
coordinator for the agency
indicated that some services
are actually available in
Madison County, including
counseling for parents who
desire assistance in dealing
with drug experimentation by
their adolescent children
Private individual con
ferences may be scheduled by
calling Mrs. Betty Clark at the
local office (649-2367) in
Marshall Counseling is also
available for youths who are
having problems associated
with drug experimentation,
who wish to discuss alter
natives in an accepting and
confidential setting.
"The main focus of the
program," Rabello em
phasized, "is to provide help
to parents and teenagers who
are at loss on what to do about
the problem Information
judge" among the three
precinct officials. "The board
found 13 prospects had been
offered and turned down an
opportunity to serve as judge,
and that the vacancy was
filled according to statutory
procedure" when the
registrar obtained the service
cf Doug Norton, a Democrat,
shortly after the polls opened.
"The evidence shows,"
Hcwell said, 'that two of the
candidates making the appeal
student at the college will pay
no more than $400 tuition
Such persons will pay the $100
fee charged of all full-time
students; and if they live on
campus, will pay the regular
room and board charges.
MAC was instituted late last
spring by the 120-year-old
Baptist college to reaffirm its
long-standing commitment to
the young people of the
county.
In effect, what this means is
that the college agrees either
to find sufficient financial aid
through various state, federal
jnd-or k toilful e orograras for
regarding the indentity of
area pushers is not our con
cern," he added. "Such in
formation should be for
warded directly to the local
police authorities for legal
action. This program deals
strictly with treatment and
rehabilitation for abusers and
consultation for parents and
community workers "
In the planning stage at
present is a series of
presentations on the problems
of drug abuse, scheduled for
the Spring of 1976 The main
focus of the meetings will be
on prevention, early detection,
and remediation Attendance
will be limited to professionals
working in the community and
a select group of interested
parents. Additional in
formation will be available by
calling 649-2367 after January
1, 1976.
do. Flremea shown above, left to right. Phil Briggs.
chief; Dene is McCnrry. assistant chief: Bill Zink,
Terry Arringtoa. Cordon Randolph. Billy Powell.
Jay Edwards. Herbert Bnckner. Wayne Profntt.
Paul Yocvm, Skip Fa sterling, Mike Barchette and ,
Marvis Wheeler. Firemen not present for p let are
include R. J. Cutshall. Raymond Huffman, Dale'
H) lemon, David Hontycutt. Lane Merrill and Bobby .
Joe Hernandet - - ".-,.
were present when Norton
began serving as judge, and
neither of them challenged
Norton as a judge
The ballot count Nov. 4
showed Mayor Joe K Hen
derson, who has served 22
years, re-elected without
oppostion Two incumbent
aldermen were elected with
191 votes for Harold Andersen
and 127 for F. B iGenei
Autry; and the other winner
was Jerry Ramsey with 11H
which the student is eligible oi
to absorb the difference
between the $400 tuition
charge for MAC students and
the regular tuition charge (if
$1,750 (the 1975-76 figure).
Mathews explained that the
college requires MAC ap
plicants to fill out the usual
financial aid forms which arc
required of all students who
seek a scholarship, an athletic
grant-ui-aid, a loan and-or i
campus job. These forms
include the Parents' Con
fidential Statement or the
Independent Student's
V i n snr I a 1 Statement
.whichever is appropi late ;
the regular college application
for financial aid, and the
application for a federally
financed Basic Educational
Opportunity Grant 1BEOG1
In this way, explained
Mathews, if the student who
applies for assistance under
MAC is eligible for financial
aid from the state and -or
WNC Community
Development Program
Saturday In Asheville
The 26lh annual awards
luncheon for the Western
North Carolina Community
Development Program will be
held on Saturday. Dec fi at 12
noon at the Asheville Cuu
Center
Area winners of the com
munity I in p r o v e in e n t
program for 1975 will be
named at the meeting and
$6,450 in awards will be
votes in the nonpartisan
election.
Defeated were l.eroy
Johsnon with 78 votes, not a
;;irty to the appeal; Red
Ramsey with 94 votes,
Gamble with M and Moore
with lt)0.
Alderman-elect Jerry
Ramsey said Monday af
ternoon he was not sure when
the board would call its first
meeting
federal governments, such
assistance will be gained first,
before college funds are
Lapped
He also pointed out that all
North Carolina students who
are taking at least 12 semester
hours at Mars Hill are eligible
for a $200 tuition grant from
Die slate, regardless of need
ITiose who can show financial
need may be eligible for other
slate, federal and-or college
aid
Applications for assistance
under MAC must he filed with
the college's Admissions
Office i te.iMl 3!) Jy; before
Hie m-ginning of trie term leu
which such assistance is
sought
Mathews is both director of
admissions and director of
financial aid, and all inquiries
concerning the Madison
Assistance Commitment
should be addressed to him in
care of the college His office
telephone number is 89-12(ll
presented to the top winners
Several hundred rural
leaders, county and farm
officials and businessmen are
expected to be present
Judging of communities to
select those making the most
oulstanduig progress during
Hie year was done earlier this
month Representing Madison
cciinty in contention for top
area awards are Sleepy Valley
in Division A - i less than 75
families i; and Greater Ivy in
Division (' - i over 150
families) Greater Ivy
represented the county in final
judging to select the com
munity making the most
progress in its overall youth
progra m
Among those participating
on the program at the awards
meeting will be Congressman
Roy A. Taylor and Dr. Walter
Guntharp. administrator,
Rural Development Service,
US Department of
Agriculture, Washington. D
C. Featured will be special
music by a combined youth
choir from the Plains
Methodist and Rocky Face
Baptist Churches of North
Hominy community of
Haywood County and Miss
Nettie Weber, youth and choir
director of the First Baptist
Church of East Flat Rock in
Henderson County.
Merchants
Practcally all merchants in
oowntewn Marshall are again
conducting a Christmas
promotion similar-to the
promotion they sponsored last
year. il.OO m trade cer
Uf rates art to be given awar-'
Tickets art being givea '
easterners wht patronise their ;
places af business and four '
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AMONG TIIK YYINNKKS named Monday night in
th- Western North Carolina Horticultural Crops
Contest were (left to right): Steve Burns, Hot
Springs, first place in annual crops ( potatoes) ; Billy
Roberts, Marshall first place in perennials
(strawberries); Steve ( utshall. Marshall, third
Counimity 4-IHI, WW A Memmlbeirs
HDapmmnimante Mtttrticimllitiraire
Madison County 4-11 Club
and Future Farmers of
America iiieinU'rs made just
about a clean sweep of the
awards announced Monday
night m the Western North
Carolina Horticultural Crops
Contest
Mrs ii A Gregoiy o
Marshall will present the
c o m m unity I ea de r s h i p
awards l.arle Wise, extension
c hairman and Mrs Gregory
aiv on the reception com
mil lee
Twelve men and thirteen
women have been nominated
t their counties for special
o nun unity leadership
recognition awards to be
presented at the 26th annual
awards meeting of the
Western North Carolina
Community Development
Program on Saturday,
December 6 at 12 noon at the
Asheville Civic ( enter
One man and one woman
will be recognized for out
standing service in com
munity improvement and
development in the 18 county
western area Each of the
finalists has been selected
previously as a finalist from
their county Nominations
were made by the nearly 100
community clubs in the area,
with elimination judging done
within each of the counties
Madison County nominees
for Man and Woman of the
Year" are Dr. G rover L.
Angel and Mrs. Joan Ramsey,
both of Greater Ivy.
Among the sponsors for the
awards is the French Broad
Electric Membership Cor
poration Promotion
drawings arc to be held. The
first drawing will bt held this I
Saturday afternoon at 3:00
o'clock t the courthoose when '
taaOf In trade certificates
wiB be given away. Similar t
drawings will bt held -Saturday,
Dectmber - n
& Birds y, December 20, l
tht final drawing on K 4
if
Steve Burns of Hot Springs
was named top winner for
annual crops, and Billy
Kotierts of Marshall took first
place in the perennials
division, with each receiving a
check for $100
The winners were an
nounced at a meeting of the
horticultural crops com
mission of Hh' Western North
Carolina I c v e lop m en I
Assoc iation at the Hallmark
Cafeteria. Westgate Awards
totaling $:!25 were presented
Second plac e winner of the
i ontest for annuals was
Darlcnc ('utshall of Marshall.
Criminal Court Mere
Monday; Jurors Named
I he Dec ember term of
supenoi court for the trial of
criminal cases will begin here
Monday morning vilh Judge
John R Friday presiding
Clyde M Roberts, District
Attorney, assisted by James
T Rusher, assistant District
Attorney, will represent the
State and R Harold Bailey is
the Adnumstralive Assistant
Heading the list of trials
scheduled is State vs Pnt
chard Dockery. charged with
murder; Mane Kuykendall,
charged with murder; and
Perry Gowan, charged with
murder. Other cases on the
docket are defendants
charged with Manufacturing
Controlled Substance.
Defendants are Robert
Roullard, Joe Grammer,
Raymond Campbell, Richard
Stockton. Bill Bagley, and
James A. Whatley
A list of jurors drawn
follows: Michael Hicks
Robinson, Larry Willard
Sexton, Stella Gregg Lawson,
Leo Soles, Buna Warner
Grigg, Albe Robinson Howell,
Lou Anne Tweed, Spurgeon D.
Metcalf. John iam Brown,
In Progress
neaday, December M. Yen
must be present to wia, Ralph
McConnick, president of the
Marshall Mtrchaats
Association, stated.
An adverasa ient published
efcewhere to this issue lists the ,
participating firms and those
ww art cooperating. . ,
tsA I j ' i hk 'r . ' I
place in annuals i tomatoes) : and (far right)
Dailene (utshall, second place in annuals
(tomatoes). Beaming, second from right, is Gary
Kale v. Madison County Agricultural Extension
Agent ( Photo b June Glenn Jr.)
who received a check for $50
Steve Cutshall. also of Mar
shall, placed thud and
received $25
Denise Allen of Marshall,
runner-up in the contest for
perennials, received a prize
orchid plant
Honorable mention winners,
who received checks for $10
and cvrtificates. were Nancy
Cutshall. Charles K Kicker
.Ir and Billy Kicker, all of
Madison County, and Dale S
Limb of Rutherford County
Awards were sponsored by
( , erber Products Co ,
James Kdward Ramsey.
Lionel Brooks, Lee Herman
( handley, Steve Randall,
Gary Dale Norton, John J
Roberts. Kenneth Waldroup,
Mary Rice Shelton, Eugene
Turner, Lou Ellenor Wallin,
Fred Freeman, Perry William
Gowan, Harvey Edgar
Franklin, Irene Miller Revis,
Mildred Anders, Nancy
Teague Ballard. Wanda le
Treadway. Beulah Sams
Merrill, Marsha Payne,
Harold Lloyd Thomas, Stella
Riddle, Myrtle 1-eake Ray,
Carolyn Hmton Ijimberson,
Linda Joyce Gunter, Murray
Edward Dewaine. Arnold
Arthur Gnndstaff, Frances
Sue Fitzgerald, Gary Cline
Phillips, Bruce McNeal
Hunter, Marie Gladys
Roberts, Mae Virginia Sims,
Oliver M Shelton, Kathleen
Nixon Wallin, L.M. Marler,
Christine Robinson, Gene lie
Rice King, William M.
Roberts, Clyde James
Buckner, Edith Sawyer
Brown, Clarence Gunter,
Harold Wilbur Scott, Bill Rice,
Irene Elizabeth Willis, Ida
Mae Bennett, Joyce Ana
WBlia, AMa Leon Feldman,
Bertace Holt Wills, Rachel M.
Payne, WOrna Reed MaxweU,
Fred Samuel Ramsey, Nellie
Cody Norton, Suzanne Barnes
Morton, Peggy Sue Lovin,
Clyde Wood row Cutshall,
Robert Glenn Norville, James
Edward Massey, Ronald Jay
McMahan, Charles Filters on
Sams, Elsie Mary Scogtins,
Joseph Norton. Jr. Mae
' Taylor Ponder. E.'.lit Roberta,
Thula Jane Moore, Eurekn-
Asheville, Pigeon Valley
Tomato Farm, Canton; 3-D
Farm, Fletcher; Francis it
Wright, Inc. and Southern
Agricultural Insecticides,
Hendersonville; and Barber
Orchards, Waynesville. Or
chid Gardens of Fletcher
sponsored the perennials
contest.
The contest is sponsored by
the Horticultural Crops
Commission in cooperation
with the N C. Agricultural
Extension Service and
vocational agriculture
teachers
C.ide Payne, Karen Edwards
Shelton, Dean F. Silvers,
Patricia Ann Waldrop, Gerald
Denver Shelton, Roy P.
Ledford, Delia M. Norton,
Cleone Teague King, F rasher
Urry Lloyd, Abner Vasco
Wilde, Claiide Moore, Frances
M Snelson, Original No. 23
367, Card not in box.
Contest
Entries Due
Dec. 15
The WNC High SchaM
Writers Contest, sponsored by
The Arts Journal, now has an
extended entry deadline of
December 15. Tht Quality of
the entries received t onto
has been excellent Tht Arts
Journal is giving more time to
be fair to tht numbers -af
students who hart expressed'
interest in the cempettUon but
who had difficulty meeting the
Nn.U deadline. ; - ',J
Winning entries will still M
published , in the January,
1S7I Jssue. Details are as
follows: Essays, poetry, short
stories and other compos:! ..rm
will be sccepted not to tt
S00 words or two &
spaced tyrei pp"s. I '
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name, sd.;re, r
school on an e"p
paper, not or. t" e ri
itself.
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