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Vol? TO.N?terl*. MarthaU. W. C. lSCENTSPEKCTPY
Madison County Precinct
Officials Named
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The Madison County Board ;
of Elections hu a full state of |
117* elections, following
several appointments since
J an nary, reported board
"n**e?ciaU will serve in
the county's Id precincts, two
of which (Grapevine-East
Fork and Sandy Ma*) are
new. The Marshall precinct
has been divided into North
Marshall and Sooth Marshall,
The board has a new
Democratic member, Oscar
McDeviitof Marshall. He was
appointed by the state Board
of Elections in February to
succeed Edward Gentry, who
Folowiag are the registrars
and Indies in each of the
cowty's precincts:
- North Marshall: Mrs.
FranoesF. Backner, registrar
mew); Gary A. Sprinkle,
Republican judge (new);
Gordon Rice, Democratic
Judge.
- South Marshall: Howard
Riddk, registrar (new); Evin
B. Payne, Republican judge ,
(new); uoniey uotortn, ]
- Laurel: Waller R. (
Cornell, registrar; Clarence ,
B. Cuts haw, Republican J
Judge: John D. Ray, ,
Democratic Judge. i
- Man nil: Dr. Larry N.
Stern, registrar (new); Mrs
Cecilia C. Powell, Republican
Judge, L.W. Ammons Jr.,
Democratic Jtxtge. y
Beech Glen: Denaid Hall
registrar; V.J. Willis,
Republican Judge (new);
Jimmy Carter, Democratic
'"^Walnut: James F.Qraine,
registrar (new); Kermit
Blanfcenship, Republican
Judge (new); Daeid P.
CMdmll, Democratic Judge.
- Met Springs: Tony U.
GamMo (unsuccessful can
didate for alderman),
registrar (new); Irene C.
Roberts, Republican judge
inew); Mrs. Bernice Wright,
Democratic judge.
? Ebbs Chapel: Clarence
Cody, registrar; George W.
Davis, Republican judge;
Kelse Hamlin, Democratic
judge (new).
? Spring Creek: Miss
Vickey Goforth, registrar
(new); Lawrence W.
Ferguson, Republican judge;
Lawrence S. Simmons.
Democratic Judge.
- Sandy Miuh: Mrs. Ida M.
Reemes, registrar (new);
Marshal) Duckett, Republican
judge; Blanch Walker,
Democratic Judge.
? Grapevine - East Pork:
Mrs. Betty B. Clark, registrar
(new); Roy E. Norton,
Republican Judge (new);
Bruce Hal Sprinkle,
Democratic Judge.
Volunteer Service
Bureau Office
Now Open Here
Mrs. Madelyn R. Betts,
Director of the Madison
bounty Volunteer Service
bureau, wishes to announce
hat this office is now open to
serve Madison County.
The Volunteer Service
Bureau is the place where our
?eople can come to share a
little of their time, helping the.
?ear fifty non-profit and.
public agencies in Madison
County. Call or come by the
nffice to see how you can
spend some self-satisfying
to reach out to our people of
the Cowity. The need is great -
going far beyond our
realisation.
Having spent the last ten
weeks visiting and gathering
information from the agen
das, the Volunteer Service
Bureau will be able to tell you
the different kinds of help that
these agencies need. A person
does not always need special
skills or talent. If you have
only one hour a month, love
and kindness in your hearts to
share with others, is the main
requirement. Having done
much volunteer work myself -
it is a self-satisfying feeling.
The Volunteer Service
Bureau will be interviewing
volunteers in Hot Springs sod
Mars Hill, so the people
wishing to do so may help in
their own areas The thne and
location will be ammnced at a
later date. Until then in
terested persons may call sr
stop by the Marshall office,
located at the Recreation
Center, Skyline Drive.
Telephone number is IMM6.
Office hours are from 8:30
am. to 1:30 pan. Monday thru
Thursday.
CONSTRUCTION ON NC 213 continues between
Marshall and Mara Hill. Similar scenes as above are
commonplace as heavy machinery and workmen
are changing the appearance of the highway. Above
picture taken in front of the residence of Mrs. Ethel
Sprinkle on Hayes Ran.
Recreation
Program To Begin
The Marshall Recreation
Committee, the Madison
County Recreation Com
mission and the Rural Youth
Piugiam of The Opportunity
Corporation will begin a
comprehensive recreation
program at the Marshall
Community Center Thursday,
April 1.
The program will operate
Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday evenings from 5 to S
pjn.
A variety of games will be
available, including shuffle
board, scrabble, parcheesi,
checkers, chineee checkers,
chess, and various card
games, badminton and ping
pong will also be available.
These activities will be free
and open to every one. It is
suggested that parents bring
their children and participate
with them.
To begin the program a
bingo party is planned
Thursday, April 1, beginning
at 7:3i p.m. Several nice
Appeals Court
Enters
Teacher Case
The North Carolina Coart of
Appeals, in a writ of
prohibition issued Tuesday of
last week has directed
Superior Court Judge Bruce
Briggs to take no farther
action in litigation between
Mrs. Jewel Church and the
Madison County Board of
The court also directed the
Rnanl rJ gAwHiwi tfl takn VM
further action in the matter.
According to Mrs. Church's
attorney, James C. Fuller Jr.
of Charlotte, the Appeals
Court dfaectlve meant the
hearing scheduled by Judge
Briggs for Friday was can
celled. The bearing had been
ordered to determine if the
Madison school board
mnmhnra atiH Snnt R L I
Edwards had baa in con
tempt of court in their action
wider the Teacher Tenure Act
en March 17 of dlsrlmghig
Mrs. Church as principal of
Walnut Elementary School.
Ronald W. Howell, attorney
for the Board of Rrtaraflnn,
said he alao interprets the
celling the Friday hearing, but
pending formal notice of sUCb
the school board members
were at the courthouse Friday
The court of Appeals in
creased Ms Us on the case la*
week as HoneB filed a new
petition challenging Judge
Brigg's authority, and Puller
filed a response to a previous
Board of Education petition.
The next initiative now
appears to be 9 to the Court
of Appeals in the procedural
and Jurisdictional dispute over
the school hoard's aWhorttv to
ire lira. Chord) for what it
iahna ia her arbnitted part
icipation in atndent at
enaance record laisincauon
rhen rite waa principal at Hot
Springs Elementary School in
he M74-7S achool year.
The achool board, said
ioweO, contend- 'Hat Judge
tobert Lewis rly set
uode an in in- u.m et Jivtae
Briggs not to act against Mrs.
Church ? the Lewis ruling
based on the (act that Mrs.
Church bad not eihansted
means of relief under the
Tenure Act, which permits
appeals of firings to Superior
Coiat.
The position of Mrs. Church,
said Fuller, is that the Briggs
injunction was valid and
been legally fired, sad the
acting in defiance of a judicial
LeGrand
Resigns
Pastorate
The Rev. T. Spencer
LeGrand, who has served as
paator of Marshall Baptist
Church since March, 1973, haa
resigned to accept the
pastorate of Eaat Park Baptist
Church in Greenville, S. C. His
resignation will become ef
fective May 30.
Mr. and Mrs. LeGrand and
their two children, Kellie Ann
and Tommy, came to Mar
shall from Evergreen, N.C.
where Mr. LeGrand was
pastor of Evergreen Baptist
Church.
Cleanup Schedule
For This Month
A aaggested achedala.
waafhw permitting, for the I
LOWUj-nkie dean ap ia Of
fered far rational nee: (
FIRST WEEK: Outdoor
Cleanup Week: Clean front
end back yank, vacant lots;
dltckee. allays and town
anund apace fur collecting
WIIMn neighborhoods far
' apefatNaaa?gather plastic
and burnable trash, separate
frM solid junk.
SECOND WEEK: Salvage
be thrown away and what
adgM befe-eycM for given to
V ... ;
nqwctton; continue to hunt
tor unsightly areas to dan.
THIRD WEEK: Indoor
Clean Un Weak: Clean ml
homaa, attics and basements;
,-J naaliltrt hulbliwiaa ? ' '
ana public buildings, business
establishments and offices
dean files and other needed
^MRriTwEEK: Wash
Week: Sweep and wash
sidewaBu and streets; sweep
, ana sctud puouc areas, signs,
waste cans, windows and
cars; look back and add to any
mflnished earlier plan.
Look at the good things and
beeutifnl areas and consider
bow to improve Appreciate
thoee who keep a dean and
tidy home or buainese yoar
immdl
Aninpki, WMrt? ud ikcet urit.1 G??r|e
NHbwI's Old Edbon Erainophnoe (IMS) which
MADISON COUNTY - THEN AND NOW features
pictures of people aad placet around the tarn of the
century. 191f and UN 1Mb aad icww around the
county today, lb rectal ?apdata won takea by
Larry Lcdford. The tlurac recmt books about
VUdb oc: >r bi d: Manly Wa*
Wellman't KINGDOM OF MADI80N (the csMoctba
County Man Killed By Homemade Cannon
A 53-year-old Madison
County man mi killed
Saturday nig* March *7, lf?.
exploded near bis home,
Sheriff E. Y. Pander said.
James GoneD of RL 3 Mars
Hill was dead on srrtval ad
Memorial Mission Hoopital,
according to Ponder,
folio wing the esploaioa about
6:30 pjn.
The sheriff described the
cannon as a t mi ami n lielf
foot tall solid piece of metal
about four inches In diameter.
It had a half-inch bore which
Cornell's sons filled with
powder and ignited with a fane
as a noise maker, he said.
However, the last thns the
cannon was set off, It exploded
and either a piece of metal or
concrete hlock struck Goaneil,
about m feet away, hi the
neck, Ponder said.
from the explosion knocked a
hole through both aides of a
barn nearly a ISO yards from
the explosion site.
FUNERAL TUESDAY
services ior uosneii were
held at 2:M fun Tuesday at
Spfflcorn Church of God. The
Rev. Joe Tomberlin officiated.
Barial was in Hensley
A native of Tennessee, he
had lived in Madison Couity
for the past eight years. He
attended Laurel Valley
Baptist Church and was a
retired U.S. air Force veteran
with M years of service.
Surviving are the widow,
Mrs. Vickie CantreU Gosnell;
seven sons, Richard and
Michael Gosnell of Cleveland,
Ohio, Gary Gosnell of Detroit,
Mich., Gene CantreU of
Columbia, S.C., R.L. GoaneU
of Asbeville, Bruce GoanaD of
Mars Hill and Lan-y GoaneU of
the home; five brothers, Jess
and Johnny GosneU of
Greenevfile, Tenn., Tom and
Edgar GoaneU of Cleveland
and Buster Goaneil of Erwta,
Tenn.; a sister, Mrs. Roxie
Chandler of GreeneviUe; and
11 grandchildren.
Bowman Funeral Home was
hi charge.
LISA HUFF, daughter of Joseph B. Huff, prominent
local attorney, will be inducted into Phi Beta Kappa
at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hfll in
ceremonies on April?, IMC. Miss Huff is a Junior and
has been on the Dean's List each semester since
entering the University as a freshman. Her brother
Steve and sister Suzanne, both of whom have
graduated at the University were also elected to Phi
Beta Kappa, the national scholarship fraternity.
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SHERIFF E. Y. PONDER is shown holding a
fragment of the homemade "cannon" which canoed
the death of James GosneU, of Rente 3, Man Ml
Saturday. The fragment shown is solid steel, one foot
long, one inch wide, weighing a hoot three pounds.
The half-inch boring can he seen in center of
fragment.
Retired Teachers
Honored At Banquet
The Madison County Unit of
the North Carolina
Association of Educators held
March lath at the Mara HU1
School cafeteria. Featured
Speaker for the evening ma
Stubelia Chapoerkar a native
of Bombay India and a
resident of Brevard for the
paat IS yearn. She ma to
>a!r
Coanty NCAE.
Robert L. Edwards,
Coanty Schools, presented
Retirement Certificates to IS
leacners wno nave retired
Iran the harhing pralaaalon
during the last year. Ttoe
honored were Nepie Adams
and CHeta ????? B yean of
? ?? asinn Tfwlrai PU-?* ?
service, neien oneiion ana
Pauline Zimmerman M yean
of set vice, all from Laurel
Elementary School; Viola
Ball Ramsey, at yean; Anna
B. White, 31 yean; and Jemfe
B. Woriey, 37 yean aB hem
Lola Moore, 33 yean. Bet
Springs School; Dorothy
Shupe, 31 yean, Madison
High; Mrs. Zora Pegg, 43
years, Man HOI Ehiumtary
School and Gronr^Gm,ja
county office.
County
Craftsmen To
Meet April 13
of^ttnfln^QNBfy' Onto*
te MtnftMiince of the
ml deveiepmaat project in
bonding at I pjn., Teiadej.
April 13. All cnftnen and
to attend. **
Bake Sale
The Bala Omega Chapter ef
EAA-, it having a bake mi?
at the Marshall ^hupping
Cater on the bypaat tMa
Saturday beginning at M ajn.'
The public is invited.
Unofficial Results Of March 23, Election hi Madison County
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