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:. si \ y ? ' ?%.*** ? iii? ii -.. 4 Volume 75 Number7, Mantel, N.#J 15 CENTS PEI COPY _______ March 11.1*7? Ponder Faction Wins At Democratic I Convention; Phillips Faction Appeals By JAY HENSLEY Citizen-Times SUN Writer The Ponder delegation from Hot Springs was seated at the Madison County Democratic Convention here Saturday after heated debate over the disputed election last month in Precinct No. ?. Larry Phillips, a school teacher who contested the Hot Springs precinct election Feb. 1?, said he plans to carry the fight to the North Carolina Democratic Convention in Raleigh June 12. Phillips argued at the county, convention here Saturday that the vote for his slate at Hot Springs last month of 148 to 135 for one supported by Bobby Ponder reflected the majority feeling of Democrats in Precinct No. ( there. . Ponder, a Hot Springs hardware dealer and a member of the Madison County school board, con tended that Phillips had voted 53 persons who were not '"active Democrats" and therefore not eligible to take part in the precinct election. Ponder said the S3 persons he challenged Feb. 12 included switchover Republicans, out of-state residents and people not registered as Democrats. Zeno Ponder, Madison County Democratic party chairman and uncle of Bobby Ponder, brought in Miss Sharon Ray, executive secretary of the Republican - controlled county board to verify the registration of the disputed precinct meeting participants. Out of the S3, a total of 21 had never been registered before - or at least there was no record of their registration. Miss Ray said. She said seven had switched within a few days of the precinct meeting from Republican to Democrat, and that one of the seven had already switched back to Republican Phillips said it was his understanding that Democrats are always . anxious to build up the party, and that the S3 his group registered prior to the precinct election reflects that policy. "You were patting Eddie English on the back here for switching over from the Republican party. And since when has the Democrat party frowned span regitering new people?" Phillips said. Zeno Ponder had earlier in the convention introduced English of the Ebbs Chapel Township as a switchover who is leading the drive here for the nomination of LL Gov. Jim Hunt for governor. The Madison County Democratic establishment has endorsed Hunt for governor, and English praised him as the man who will bring more progress, in the way of roads and otMr benefits, to the county "In the next four years than we have seen in the last 44 years." "We are trying to build the party," Phillips insisted. "We are not trying to split the party." "We only ask for your just consideration. We don't want anything that is not ours. But we want what is due us," Phillips told the convention. Bobby Ponder, who had presided at the Hot Springs precinct meeting for Howard Tino, the chairman, acted as spokesman for the group Saturday over protests from the Phillips faction. Tino's delegates were seated on a vote of 36 to 13 M by the rest of the convention Zeno Ponder won re-election as county party chairman in a contest with Bruce Phillips, brother of Larry Phillips, 44 2 3 to 10% delegate votes. Backed by the Phillips as well as the Ponder factions, other officers and delegates to the district and state con ventions were elected unanimously. They are: Dr. Bobby Jean Rice, first vice chairman; Yates Ward, second vice chairman; Mrs. Jean Huffman, third Vice chairman; Mrs. Jena Lee Buckner, secretary; and David Caldwell, treasurer. ] BOBBY PONDER ?JfMlU Ml ? Vlv? ' LARRY PHILLIPS ...loses ta Madison Civil Court To Start Monday; Jurors Listed JIV? Martftyerm of superior i court for the trial of chril cues will start here Monday morn in* at 10 o'clock with l.irlwa n t tfviupc nuwi i U. LiCWIS presiding. The following cases are listed on the court calendar: Graver Gentry, plaintiff, vs. Charlie A. Duck and James Edward Storey, defendants; and Charlie A. Duck, third party plaintiff vs. State of North Carolina, third-party defendant. Tom l- Merrill, et ux, plaintiffs vs. Andrew Jackson Art Council To Meet The Madison County Art Council will meet Friday, March 19 at S p.m. at the Madison High School, Margie Sanders announced this week. All members are urged to attend Bridges, defendant Town of lUrs Hill, plaintiff v*. Clindon Honeycutt, defendant rv._.t j n ** n .* uanua r. narreii, ei ux, plaintiffs, vs. Turn Kay Builders, Inc., defendants. Grady Dockery, plaintiff vs. French Broad Chevrolet Co. A list of jurors drawn for the term follows: Jess Bailey, Clurles L. Craine, Mildred Freeman, Irene Fisher Bradley, Shirley B. Wilde, James H. Sprinkle, III; Robert L. PreaneU, Luda Full bright Caldwell, Eugene Griffey, Lora D. Peek, Canon Hensley, Nona Wade Griffin, G. C. Schaeffer, Howard Chandler, George A. Moore, Aroond Brown, Winston D. Lloyd, Queen Briggs Ed monds, David Jenkins, Shirley Gillespie Treadway, Ciaudio Brown Rabello, Leonard Johnny Ponder, Elaine Lank ford Griffin, Genola B. Brigman, Phillips H. Dockery, James Lovd Martin. Mvrtle xnuetw,e Minnie Rice, Garfoeld (?) ' ] Caldwell, James E. Ramsey, I .IllftlfwR Rmv Jr Ii>wU T i English, Ava Edith Ferguson, Millard Tipton, Gilbert Boings, Jessie Davis Ball, Muncie M Goanell, Luther Waddell, Terry Edward Cook, Carrie Flynn Tipton, Guy Hickey, Clarice M. Edwards, Gladys Plemmona, Willard R. Hamlin, Oliver Cook, Hoyt Res Brindle, Floyd Fish, Nancy Jo Roberts, Miss Macy Roberta, Charles Edward Lawson, Gaynell Grubbs Silver, Mary Smith Davis, Don Waldroup, Kile M. Honeycutt, Jade D. Talton, Elaine Shepherd Baldwin, Hattie D. Erwin, Jerry Gay Robinson, Clarence Ramsey, LeU Mae Fowler, Phyllis Angel Justice, Patricia Elaine Fisher, Bobby Jack Lewis, Mary Belle Craine, Nina Lou Caldwell, Ray Tweed, Alan R. Briggs, Mrs. Zora R. Huff man, Walter Columbus Brown, Spurgeon Auldredge, Mrs. Dolph W. Keener, James D. Crowe, and Charles C. Narron. Attention County ; w4r* *: ' * C.B. Operators I I The Tri-County REACT Emaaaaacy Team Inc., baaed in thasgoinbe County is ex panding membership and invites licensed citizen's band radio operators of Madison County to participate. Membership is open to any licensed CB Operator, 16 years df age or older without regard to race, creed or color. OpaMttng in Western North Carolina since 1968, the Tri the ten top teams of America they monitor the National in March of Dimes, Cancer 'Society and other communit> an integral part of Civil Preparedness.^American Red - pl?s and are interested in talking to 25 or 30 good, sin cere community minded CBers. With the vast increase in use of Citixen's Band radio, calls for assistance are also increasing. Members are asked to volunteer only a few hows per week which does not conflict with work schedule or other obligations. Pull information can be had by attending REACT meetings on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays in the Health and Welfare Center on Woodfin Street in Ashcvilte at 7:30 pja. or writing REACT, Stoney Knob A Robin wood Roads. Weaverville. N.C 2TT or calling 252-7373. MMW * 2M-8041. Any licensed C.Bt.er with a sincere desire to aid his fellowman is welcome. - uJStemjr;..*: Leake Named i County Attorney A i : Leaka is a graduate of larshsil Higl m e of P the University of North Caroline mi of the UnfchMfe Ua* Hi law with tli A m Forest Fires, Brush Fires Damaging In County The number of brash fires in Western North Caroline dropped Friday as the air eooM and burning permits (wo revoked, hot 42 feres of jrivate and U.S. Forest Service land in the<Sh?iM Laprel area of Madison bounty was burned h a fire 'Km* i. *L. ? a uw% owwu ui vuc preuawn hours. O. Thomas Wynne, district forester for the state Forest Service, said state and federal personnel worked until late afternoon to contain the blaze, which was believed to have been set It was the biggest blase of a period of several days during which brush fires, aided by hot dry weather, have broken out in the mountain region. Hundreds of acres of timber County Arts Council To Meet The organizational meeting of the Madison County Arts Council will be held at Madison High School at 7 p.m. on March 19. Note the time correction to 7 p.m. instead of 5 p.m. as announced in last week's article in this paper. were also destroyed or damaged in other fires in Madison County daring the past wash. Volunteer firemen from Marshall and other SSRertlflteoSS *' battled biases in tM Paw-Paw lection Thursday and another brush fire was extinguished in the Hayes Run section Sunday afternoon. /Rain, partly mixed with snow, Monday helped the situation greatly. \ DONALD F. HARRELL Harrell Accepts Social Services Position Here Donald F. Harrell of Mars Hill has accepted the position of Director Trainee of Madison County Department of Social Services, and Marshall, and began his duties March 1, 1970. Mr. Harrell, a native of Spruce Pine, is the son of the Rev. and Mrs. Fred Harrell of Burnsville. He is a graduate of Mars Hill College with a B.A. degree in Political Science and Sociology. Upon his graduation he accepted a position as counselor with Schenk Job Corps in Brevard, then joined the staff of the Madison County Department of Social Services in March 1973 as Social Worker. He is married to the former Linda Gail Haynie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Haynie of Woaverville. They have one daughter. Donna. French Broad EMC Directs Appeal To FPC Charles R. ToUey, Acting Manager, French Broad EMC in Marshall, North Carolina, has released the following letter which he mailed to the Federal Power Commission on March 3. 1976 Honorable Kenneth Plumb, Secretary Federal Power Commission 825 North Capitol Street Washington, D.C. 30436 Dear Sir: We at French Broad Electric Membership Cor poration are a non-profitable rural electric distribution utility and as such, we are dedicated to providing our 17,300 members with the most reliable electric service that we can supply at the most reasonable cost we can. Our service area is rugged, mountainous country, and our membership consists of mostly small family farms and small rural buatepaas. We have many members who are on fixed incomes and our service area is critically af fected by unemployment. We do not a* for any special favors in your deliberations of requests from private power companies for rate increases, nor do we sesk undue hardship on any private power company. We merely ask that you be aware at our situation and similar situations across this nation today, and that this awareness receive full consideration in your rulings and deliberations Sincerely yours, Charles R. Toiley, Acting Manager In releasing this letter, Mr. Toiley encourages members of French Broad EMC to aleo write to the Federal Fewer Commission or your Senators and Congressmen concerning the rate cases before the FPC. Mounted Patrol To Sponsor Recreation Park The Madison County Sheriff's Mounted Patrol met Monday night in Marshall and the members decided to sponsor the construction of a recreation park to be located at the present Madison County Landfill site. The proposed park will be for county use and will include a horse show ring, picnic tttbWfc and other useful fiS' '0;.4. '**; features. A construction committee composed of Hall Brace, Ernest Boone and Frank Ogle, will oversee the operation, it was announced. The next meeting of the organisation will be next Tuesday night, March 16 at 7:00 o'clock at the Main stream Office in Marshall. All Mmbcrs arciirged to present and new members are ' welcome. Members of the Patrol wish to thank the county com missioners and others for their support in this wor thwhile county project Dr. Underwood Succeeded By Lenburg Dr. Evelyn Underwood, a native of Haywood County who has taught at Mars Hill College for 32 years and guided the college's history department since 1M2, will give up the chairmanship of the department at the end of the current academic year. She will continue to con centrate on teaching and other special interests. Appointed to succeed Dr. Underwood as head of the department is Dr. James Lenburg, a native of In dianapolis. A member of the Mars Hin faculty since 1973, Lenburg earned his un dergraduate degree from Butler University in In dianapolis, and his master's degree from Bowling Green State University in Ohio. He was awarded the Ph.D. in political science from Penn State University in 1973. - 4. While at Penn State, he taught courses in Afro American and American History. In a special class, he taught history courses to the inmates of Rockview Correctional Institution. Prior to that, he taught American and Asian History at Alfred University in New York and from 1967 through 1968 he taught American History at Bowling Green. He was awarded the John Schwartz History Prize for an essay, "The Emergence of the GOP as a Majority Party," he authored at Bowling Green. Lenburg will. take over leadership of the department at Mars Hill from Miss Un derwood on June 1. Miss Underwood, who began her career at Mars Hill in 1944, attended the public schools of Haywood County and finished her undergraduate work at Women's College, now UNC Greensboro. She earned both her master's degree and the Ph D. from UNC-Clwpel Hill. She has also studied at the University of Edinburgh (Scotland). Dr IlnHpru/nnH Kooon har teaching career in Clyde. After one year in the public school there, she transferred to the Waynesville Township. High School. Later she taught in the Gastonia city schools, and came to Mars Hill when the school was still a junior college. Miss Underwood's brothar, Robert Lee, a retired businessman, still Mves in Waynesville, and her niece, Sarah, is a student at die college In addition to her teaching duties. Miss Underwood is involved in numerous civic and cultural affairs of bath Madison County and the Western North Carolina region. She is county wide chairman of the local bicentennial celebration and is a member of the Western North Carolina Historical When the current school year is over and the depart mental leadership is passed to Dr. Lenburg, Miss Underwood wui retain ner ruu professorship in the depart ment She will continue to teach and will have more time to devote to oral history and other projects in which she is keenly interested. DR. UNDERWOOD DR. LENBURG moodmobile Here On March 19 Mr. "A," tiie father of seven children, donated every time the Red Cross Bloodmoblle visited his county, Uttle thinking his family would ever need blood or Mood derivatles. Suddenly, hit wife became gravely ill. She required more than thirty tranaf usians within 73 days. The American Red p -'*. * ?/' * f Cross provided the necessary blood. The product was on hand because Mr. "A" and others like him faithfully supported the Red Croes Blood Program j Anyone, at any time, could need blood. In fact, statistics indicate that one la every 10 Americans will require a transfusion within the next twelve months. The Asheville Regional Red Cross Blood Program en deavors to act quickly and efficiently for those who need blood and blood products - not only the ill and injured but trauma victims, obstetrics and surgery patients, the hemophiliac and those with chronic anemia. Residents of Madison County are encouraged to visit the Red Cross Rloodmobile on March 19th to help keep adequate blood reserves on hand both for emergency and routine demands. According to Mrs. Donna Rice, President of Beta Omega, the unit will be set up at Madison High School gym on the Marshall By-Pass between the hours of 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. This Bioodmobik- visit is being co-sponsored by Bate Omega Sorority and the Marshal) Uons Club. Teague Will Not Seek Reelection Hilliard league, Madison Cou^R^rfer of Deeds, has plans to retire after serving as register of deeds for a total of 16 years which included two terms. His first term in office MCMd term w?s from IMS serving m register of teds", hewn'. and laughingly stated, '<arva . , In ?n> ng his pUns to t :zz::: nmu u m oem B pmit SiTJusSLt;: iss then c nto Inu> my"! ? ? Cin be "f MM 0 yr . ( *t<J to me op Uye H Kfalted Reid Resigns As Police Chief Here If ' tn F?ye Reld, of Mar shall, who .U reinstated M j . hirf of poller here mi rtbruarjr 17, after being submit my resignation ef I can or would like to any as r in strain aql heraasment hat s gone SSLT ' 3 my best *MW# the tremendous jot- ahead of u and my help at any time it 1 At of Monday noon of tMa '<etk. Oeotft Penltnd 1 Haywood Man Is Dead After Cutting Wire Larry D. Queen, 22, of Ht . 1 Waynesville, was lead on arrival at an AiheriHe hospital following an alec- , 4 MjmHnv in irtcsii accident Monday in ^^ft^Y^ Ponder^ said two young girls, had been cutting e^oco aUne on the Jsanoows rarm in uw tow, about 11:30 a.m. His Plans B eing Made For Wagon Train The fifth annual Tri-Couaty Regional Wagon Train will leave the old Beech Glen School on June 31, will travel by Highway 19 to Old US 19 road across Windy Gap to Ebbs Chapel School the first day. From there it will travel along Bear Branch Road to Big Knob Tower across mountain trail to head of Long Branch on Big Laurel, down to laurel Creek Road and camp at Roscoe Briggs's farm. The third day will travel 1 across Old Walnut Mow tain road dawn Grapevine to Pender Shook's store and camp. '' > , July 3, will travel up East Pork to Bone Camp Road and end up at the Mara Hill school for celebrations on Saturday afternoon and night ?'pie Wagon Master will be Howard Higgins; Chief Scent, Phillip Briggs Anyone interested in joining this year's Bicentennial wagon tram is invited. Contact Mr. Higgins or Mr. Briggs. Political Forum \? ' * At Mars Hill M*- - w J Behavioral Science* a 101 ? P m-um at Ma m C iV< raday, \uSUrinM ?U?*? v, Ik five
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