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Volume TVNumber 3 Marshall. N.C. 15 CENTS PEt COPY February II. If7?
Hot Springs Precinct Meeting
Ends In Confusion, Bitterness
The Democratic battle for
control of the Hot Springs
precinct which erupted into
near violence last Thursday
night was triggered by
Republicans who switched
their registration to join the
fgay, B6bby Ponder, Hot
Springs hardware dealer who
presided at the precinct
meeting, said. Ponder also
said a report that his faction
walked out without electing
delegates was false.
> A spokesman for Larry
Phillips, head of the opposing
faction, claimed that Ponder
td his followers, in apparent
nfusion, failed to elect
delegates to the county con
vention to be held March 5.
"We took one count The
group had become unruly and
I did not want to see blood
shed," Ponder said.
The tease meeting was held
in the Hot Springs school with
an estimated MO persons
attending.
1 asked my group if they
agreed to an 'aye' vote on the
entire slate, and there wasn't
an opposing vote," Ponder
said.
Ponder said he challenged
93 persons at the meeting of
some 300 in the school house,
"but there was actually 70 or
SO who were not active
Democrats."
The Phillips faction com
plained that Ponder's ruling
was arbitrary and designed to
weaken their forces and
assure defeat.
Ponder said all S3 persons
that he challenged had been
registered Republicans until
recently.
"They were lifelong, born
and bred and raised
Republicans, and supported
the Republican party up until
last week," he said.
It was reliably reported that
blows were exchanged as the
meeting broke up, but the
fights apparently resulted in
no serious injury.
"One of the Republicans
that I challenged - and I have
his name and address on a
piece of paper where he signed
it himself ? is a Republican
lawyer who lives In Mars
Hill," Ponder said.
The lawyer Ponder referred
to is Edward B. Krause, who is
a candidate for the State
Senate from the four-county
26th Senate District which
includes Madison County.
Ponder conceded that
Krause did not attempt to
identify himself as one of the
Democrats at the precinct
meeting.
Krause said he was there as
legal counsel for Larry
Phillips, and that he took no
part in the meeting and simply
observed the proceedings.
"All he asked me to do was
to be at the meeting," Krause
said of his work for Phillips, "I
am going to stay out of it"
Krause told The News
Record Tuesday morning that,
"The only thing that I signed
was an attendance sheet
presented at the beginning of
the meeting." He further
stated that he did not vote,
attempt to vote or want to vote
in the meeting. He also stated
that it was impossible for him
to be challenged as a
Republican because he did not
vote.
Ponder, a member of the
Madison County school board,
said he is not chairman of the
Madison County Precinct 6
organization at Hot Springs,
nor a member of the com
mittee or a delegate.
"Howard Tino, the precinct
chairman, designated me to
serve. His granddaughter had
been killed, and he was at her
funeral in Maryland," Ponder
said.
Tino was re-elected
chairman by the Ponder
faction.
The fight for seating one of
the two slates will come up
again at the Madison County
Democratic convention in the
courthouse in Marshall next
month.
An appeal by one side or the
other is likely at the State
Democratic convention in
Raleigh.
CUVEM. WHITT
Mr. dive Whitt,
Educator, Honored
At Marshall
Omt M. Whitt, principal of
Marshall Elementary School,
was honor td by the faculty
and students on February 13,
19*. An oil portrait of Mr
Whitt was presented to the
school in recognition of his
Jftalsoa years of dedicated
SiMtonawvering service to the
schseL The standing ovation,
and several minutes of
SBStaiMd applause as the
presentation was made, was
indeed a moving tribute.
. Under Mr. Whitt's capable
leadership, many in
structional aids have been
procured for the school
liilnreliall rlamaetam Cr>knnl
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is rnnaideisd one of the beet
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equippeo scnooui in western
Worth Carolina ^ This
I Mr. Whitt resides on
itcdi on Road in Marshall He
Alderman ),
and Mrs. Whitt are the parents
of two daughters. Miss Carol
Whitt, a teacher at Madison
high school, and Miss Diane
Whitt, a sophomore also at
Madison High.
This tribute to Mr. Whitt
was a singular honor, paid to
few people while still active in
their profession. The picture
will be hung in a prominent
place in the school as
testimony to Mr. Whitt's long,
ardent devotion to young
people and his concern for
their welfare and develop
ment.
Republicans
filed Precind
Officers
Republicans in the sixth
precinct (Hot Springs) of
Madison County elected of
Seers and committee mem
bers at a meeting Sunday.
They are: Curtis Roberts
treasurer; and committee
members Troy Self, Pat
tan m.
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Citizens Committee To
Govern Recreation
Center Here
At the regular meeting of
the Marshall Town Council on
Feb. 2nd, 1978, a citizens
committee was appointed to
govern the activities at the
recreation center.
An organisational meeting
? was held on Fab. 10th to
determine what forms of
recreation would have
priority. The entire committee
was in attendance J
consisted of the following:
Dorothy Arrington, Ann
Flynn, Brenda Joyner, Rev.
Soencer LeGrand. Gwendolyn
Plemmons, Francis Pizzulo,
Floyd Pressley, Jack Ram
sey, Sheila Ramsey, Roy
Reeves and Louise Sprinkle.
The purpose of the Com
mittee is to encourage youth
activities as well as adult
functions and to make the
center the focal point of social
and recreational activities.
We hope that the entire
community will take an active
interest in developing ?
facility of which we can be
proud. The meetings will be
open to the public for their
suggestions and criticisms.
Please watch the News
Record for announcements of
the meetings.
As of this date, the following
rules are in effect and will be
enforced by virtue of the
authority delegated to the
Committee by the Town
Council.
1. No alcohol or drugs of any
kind will be permitted in or
around the building or pool
areas.
2. Anyone attending any
function who is under the
influence of either alcohol or
drugs shall be asked to leave.
If they refuse, the Town Police
shall be asked to remove the
offending party .
3. Order shall be maintained
by the group sponsoring any
function and' a Town
Policeman shall be retained
by the group to patrol and
maintain order in the parking
4. At any function, the party
who negotiates for the use of
the building shall be
responsible to see that no
damage is done to the
property. A deposit of <39 will
be made with the Committee
.before an event is held which
will be refunded in fun if the
hall and the parking areas are
returned to the same condition
as they were before the event
took place. The hall, rest
rooms and parking areas shall
be cleaned up after each
activity. Each group will
appoint someone to inspect the
facility along with a com
mittee member before and
after the activity. If the
ctaimjpthe facdSS^^group
will be assesaed whatever U
necessary to return the
property to a useable con
dition.
5. Any and all equipment
brought into the hall shall be
removed immediately after
the event is over.
C. In order to schedule
events without conflicts, all
requests for use of the hall
shall be made at least 4 weeks
in advance and approved at
least 3 weeks in advance.
Flexibility of this rule will
depend upon availability of
the hall.
7. The committee shall have
the right to be represented at
each event or to have periodic
checks made to see that these
rules are being followed. If
they are not being followed,
the Committee shall have the
right to terminate the activity
without recourse.
any further use of the facility.
x ?. A charge of *10 per night
will be made if heat is
provided or a charge of $5 will
be made if no heat is provided.
These rules are made to
insure that each and every
person using this facility will
get the maximum pleasure in
a pleasant surrounding.
Anyone wishing to use the
hall can contact the tem
porary chiarman, Francis
Pizzulo at P. 0. Box 504,
Marshall, N.C. 28753 or by
phone at 640-2035.
Civil Court To Start Here
Monday; Jurors Named
The February term of
superior court for the trial at
civil cases will begin here
Monday morning at 10 o'clock
with Judge Robert D. Lewis
presiding.
Among the cases schedules
to be heard are as follows:
Sophronia Ball vs. LeRoy
Gosnell et al; Grover Gentry
vs. Charlie A. Duck and
James Edward Storey; Allah
Rhodayar and Julia Rhodayar
vs. Dowell Ricker and Peggy
Ricker; Bobby Eugene, Ball
vs. Joe Junior Bailey and
Ethel Payne Bailey; Edward
Silver vs. Board of Tran
sportation; Tom L. Merrill, et
us vs. Andrew Jackson
Bridges; Board of Tran
sportation vs. Guy George, et
al; Wachovia Bank & Trust
Co. vs. Rufus Edmisten, At
torney General.
Jurors drawn for the term
include:
Keith Odum, Virginia
Murray, Lisa Jean Money,
David Wills. Jess Wilson,
Roemane F. Willett, Flossie
McMahan, Mrs Williams
Awns Bums, Aaron Ponder(
Carrie Mar lor Wyatt, Wilbura
I Robert Justice, Teresa Boone
Jenkins. Rosa JoAnn
Meadows, Wayne Sawyer,
Dedrick C. Cody. Brenda
Diane Cond?ra.JEve^n Fox
Folff Joyce GeneU UwSl
Howard Rfftflf Mra. C W
John G. Gardner, Jr., Naomi
Vergie Lee Hensley, Gene W.
Spruill, Grant Reed, Nathan
B. Holt, Marion Hubert Lamb,
B. W. Metcalf, Eugene
Marler, Delmas Banks, Bobby
G. Sprinkle, Nancy Thbmpson
Erickson, Carolyn Rhodes
Roberts, Leonard Edward
Roberts, Richard Steven
Gahagan, Howard Carver,
Luther W. Gosnell, Allie Joyce
Henderson, Mary Clark,
Reuben Joseph Lisenbee,
George W. Loving, Mary
Elizabeth Gunter, Paid S.
Laub, Mrs. Bertha B. Duckett,
Winfred G. Shepherd, Howard
Charles Adams, Ruth Cody,
Ralph M. Lee, Elaine Bowers
Wyatt, Wanda Winders
Crowe, Pauline Plemmons
Lister, Lewis M. Fish, Edwin
Y. Ponder, Homer English, L.
D. Ledford, Lucy E. Frisbee,
JoAnn Phillips Powell, Mafra
B. Clark, Herbert W. Metcalf,
Wayne Adams, Blanche Mays
CutshaU, Glenn Fred Cody.
Krause Becomes
Senate Hopeful
Edward B. Krause, a lawyer
in the contested Hot Springs
municipal elections, an
nounced Saturday that he is a
candidate for the North
Cafolina General Assembly
froifn the four-county 26th
Senate District which includes
Madison
Krause, 26, announced his
candidacy at a Republican
precinct meeting in Hot
Springs.
Krause was also involved in,
a Democratic precinct hassle
in Hot Springs Fhursday
night, which he attended as
legal counsel to Larry
dumps, who is m a struggle
with another faction for
control of the precinct
Krause. who piwcticei law
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Ifgl^Mori. Present law
requires a vote of 4 to 1 by the
five-member boera for a
?o|?rtty rating.
Jjwguse is Dm first to -
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EDWARD B KRAUSF
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Monday. Feb ? cloalig at
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HUNDREDS OF MOTORISTS are "rushing" to get
the new 1976 License stickers as the deadline draws
near. Above pictures were made here Monday
showing people lined along sidewalk outside the
local license bureau on Main Street. The other photo
shows the long line of customers inside the building
patiently waiting to get to the desk.
Hot Springs
Republicans
Deny Claims
Republicans were not in
volved in Thursday night's
political squabble between
Democratic precinct factions
in Hot Springs, a Republican
spokesman said Sunday.
Mrs. Mildred Gamble, vice
chairman of the Madison
County GOP, disputed the
claim of Democrat Bobby
Pander that S3 persons at the
meeting of precinct six at Hot
Springs were Republicans.
Ponder said Friday that a
split between two Democratic
factions at Thursday's
meeting was because S3
members of a faction opposing
him were Republicans.
"Bobby Pander is trying to
blame the Repulbican people
of Madison County and
discredit us for a split in his
own party," Mrs. Gambiesaid
Sunday.
Her husband, Tony Gamble,
registrar for the sixth
precinct, said Ponder's claim
of so many Republicans
switching'parties to disrupt
the Democratic meeting was
false because he has changed
registrations for only six
Democrats recently.
The Thursday meeting
broke up in disorder when
Ponder and rival party leader
Larry Phillips couldn't agree
whether delegates were
elected to the county con
vention.
No one has named the S3
persons whose party
registration Ponder disputed.
Ponder claimed 70 to SO people
at the meeting were not
Democrats.
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Former Chief Of PoUee
Reinstated
Mayor George Penland and
the Marshall board of
aldermen stated Tuesday
morning that former police
chief Faye Eeid has been
reinstated and remaned her
duties as Chief of Police here
Tuesday afternoon.
They ah? announced that
. Andrew X "Beats" iwadpg.
who waa recently named
chief, succeeding Mrs. Rett,
resigned his position Monday
night.
The shakeup here Monday 1
night and Tuesday morning J
did not effect the regular ?
policemen. Fain Davis, Prince X
Thomas, Steve Robinson and M
Cariie Gunter.
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Cooperative Attorneys Still
Fighting Rate Increase
Cooperative attorneys are
working urgently to persuade
the Federal Power Com
mission to direct Carolina
Power & Light Company to
delay their wholesale rate
increase for at least five
months to give them an op
portunity to research and
produce evidence they feel
would prove the rate increase
is too high.,These attorneys
are also working to obtain a
settlement of the rate increase
imposed January 1, 1975.
Due to the uncertainty of the
situation at this time, if CPfcL
is allowed to place their
proposed wholesale rate in
crease in effect March 1, lf76,
French Broad Electric
Membership Corporation will
be prepared to raise retail
rates oil bills rendered April 1,
1976 and after. The exact
amount of this increaae win be
determined in the next few
days. Whatever the amount, it
will be paaaed on to the
members as an increased
purchased power and fuel
adjustment factor. It will be
plainly indicated an the bills
and will apply to everyooe
alike. By handling the in
crease in this way, the
members will have no trmihfc
in determining the amoant of
the increase and where it it
coming from.
If any members of the
Cooperative have qnestiens
concerning this rate increase.
They are invited to contact tfe*
Cooperative office for in
formation.
Basketball Tournament
To Start Here Mondav
The Mountain Athletic
Conference Tournament will
begin in Madison High
School's gymnasium next
Monday, February 23, it has
been announced.
Schools to participate in the
tourney are: Madison, Mit
chell, Heritage, Brevard,
Ptsgah, Tuscola and Syhra
Webster.
On Monday night, three
Junior Varsity games are
slated. The first game will
start at 3:00 p.m.
Health
Planning Board
Changes Dates
The Madieon County Health
its regular meeting from the
to the second Wednesday
?fsis?i5.
* CW, Mt
county regarding regional
piSHfi. ThOM regional plarvs
On Tuesday night, three
varsity games and one JV
game will be played with the
JV game starting at 4:00 p.m.
Wednesday night four
varsity contests will be
played.
No games are scheduled for
Thursday night.
Friday night, the tourney
will resume with four games.
On Saturday night, varsity
and Jayvee championship
gxmae will be played.
Pairings were not made for
the tournament in time for this
Mrs. Marler
Accepts Position
Mrs. Sandra Treadway
Marler of Rt 5, Marshall
Liu (reach Worker al
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wfll be 11.00 for stvdcntTirU
Ham And
Beef Dinner
"Pie Ladies' Auxiliary for
church improvement far tka
Beech Glen Baptist Church fa
Dinner in the Mars Hill School
Lunchroom - Sunday Feb. 21
<r?n 12 noon to 2 30 p.m
Price is adults *2 50 and j
children 11.50. This includes
dessert. TickeU may be
purchased ai the dour The
prm eeds will be uaed far
church improvements.
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