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SERVING THE PEOPLE OF MADISON COUNTY ,9^
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75th YEAR No. 33 PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE COUNTY SEAT AT MARSHALL, N.C. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1976 15? Per Copy
"TONY," 1,460-pound horse
belonging to Jackie Ball of the
Little Pine community, won first
place in the heavyweight division
at the Draft Horse contests held on
the island Monday.
HORSES of many sizes were
judged during the Draft Horse
Show and contests held here
Monday. The event was sponsored
by the Marshall Wagon Train
Committee.
Horse Show
Hundreds Watch 'em On Labor Day
Several hundred horse
lovers attenced the Labor Day
horte contests held on the
Island here Monday.
The event was sponsored by
' the Marshall Wagon Train
Committee of which Coy
Griffin is president.
The event on a hot, sunny
day terminated an exciting
weekend enjoyed by a wagon
train which pulled out of the
Ambassador s Job
Goes To Native
Graham Anderson Martin, a
native of Mars Hill, has been
named Ambassador at Large
to negotiate the future
relationship between the
United States and three of her
trust territories.
They are the Carolines,
Marshalls, and Northern
Marianne islands in the
Western Pacific. The islands
have been governed by the U.
S. under United Nations
trusteeship since World Wsr
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Martin's appointment by
President Ford is subject to
confirmation by the U. S.
Senate. The Foreign Relations
Committee now has the ap
pointment under study;
Martin went to Capitol Hill
Tuesday morning for a con
ference on the confirmation.
Although he recognised that
the Senate, "in its wisdom."
mi#H turn him down, Martin
appeared In en interview with
a Mountaineer reporter to be
eM&Mleabout confirmation
The islands, located north of
New Guinea and eas. of the
^ Philippines wiif Germ on
continue until the islands were
ready for independence.
If his appointment is con
firmed, Martin will take over
negotiations with represen
tatives of those islands over
their future status, whether
they will become an in
dependent nation or become
associated with the U. S. in
some capacity, such as Guam
or Puerto Rico.
Martin will be stationed in
Washington where he has been
on special state department
assignment since the 4J. S.
pulled out of South Vietnam.
He was this country's last
ambassador to South Vietnam
and helped coordinate its with
drawal. He was U. S. am
bassador to Italy from 1969 to
1973, getting the Vietnam
assignment in 1973.
Martin entered U S. Foreign
Service in 1947 and has held
related posts since that time
both in Europe and the Par
^ was U. S. representative
Enka-CandJer show grounds
on Saturday morning and
camped out at the Leicester
School Saturday night.
Shortly after noon Sunday
spectators and participants
started arriving on the Island
and despite the hot, humid and
dust-filled grounds, they
seemed to enjoy observing the
various classes and per
formances of the horses and
riders.
Jackie Ball, of the Little Pine
community, displaying his
beautiful 1,460-pound horse,
"Tony." captured first place
honors in the heavyweight
division and also was winner in
the heavyweight pulling
contest (4,725 pounds).
Other winners in the event
were:
Pepsi-Cola race, Jackie
Lunsford; Texas barrel race,
Don Littrell; draft horse,
halter class, 2 years and under,
Herman Hughes; team per
formance, Henry Treadway;
lightweight pulling contest,
Kenneth Gotnall; baiter
(mules), Bob Sutton; single
pull, Robert Sutton <MK
pounds); pony pull, Henry
Treadway (2,515 pounds)
Results of Monday night's
championship program:
Potato race, Don Littrell,
Leicester; Texas barrel race,
Don Littrell; Peps< Cola race,
Ray Buckner, Marshall;
tingle how pulling!* Robert
Sut Candler (2,645
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Judge Dismisses Case
Judge Forrest A. Fen-ell,
who presided at the criminal
term of superior court here
last week, dismissed the case
of State vs. Ferry Gowan,
following the state's evidence
due to lack of evidence.
Gowan, M, of the Sleepy
Valley community was
charged with murder in the
shooting death of Glenn R.
Payne, July IS, 1875, in the
Sleepy Valley section.
Troy Wells of the Big Pine
section, was found not guilty
by the Jury during last week's
term of court here.
Wells was charged with
murder of his son-in-law,
Harry Haun, of the Big Pine
community on the night of Feb.
23, at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Haun during a family
argument
In other cases tried during
the term, Charles Hermit
Thomas, charged with driving
under the influence, was found
guilty and received a 60-day
sentence.
In the case of Jackie Gene
Roberts, charged with non
support, the case was
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dismissed
Phillip Norton, charged with
breaking, entering and lar
cency, was dismissed, but he
received six months' sentence
for larceny.
Junior M Davis, charged
with communicating threats,
was also dism issed
Most of the other cases on the
docket were continued
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October 4 Is
Registration
Deadline
Registration deadline to vote
for persons not already
registered and who will
become 18 years of age, and
are otherwise qualified by the
date of the Nov. 2, General
Election is Monday, Oct. 4,
closing at 4:30 p.m.
The office will be open
Monday through Friday of
each week from 8:30 a.m. to
4:30 p.m., and for the con
venience of those who are
employed or attend school,
etc., the office located in the
Ramsey Buikfing on Main
Street in Marshall, will be open
the following additional hours:
Saturday, Sept. 18,9:30a.m.
to3:30p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 25,9:30a.m.
to3:30p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 30,8:30a.m.
toOp.m. r
Registration is alsoi
available within the precincts
There are three officials in
each voting precinct
authorized to register voters,
administer changes of party
affiliations, transfer
precincts, and name and
address.
The Oct. 4 deadline applies to
those needing to transfer
precincts, also.
For additional information,
contact the Madison County
Board of Elections at 640-3731
or Post Office Box 142, Mar
shall 28753.
Don't Litter,
Ivy Pleads
By GREATER IVY
OFFICIAL
Greater Ivy Community
(Township 4) will represent
Madison County in the WNC
Community Beaut ification
Contest which will be around
Sept. 13-15.
We would like to urge all
citizens living in No. 4 if they
ha vent painted and repaired
their mailboxes to please do so
before this date. If you have
jiaik cars on your property or
along the creeks that needs to
be removed to please call
county landfill at MS-2311 and
make arrangements to have
them removed. This doesn't
cost anything and will make
our area cleaner and more
beautiful. If you know of any
roadside dumps left please
make arrangements to have
thorn cleaned up You can
again ask assistance from the
county landfill with these
problems Things like the
above mentioned knocks us in
judging. Anything of this
net ire seen from the roadsides
knocks us on points
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over againof^>adsHie Utter,
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Schools Adopt
10-Year Plan
In the spring of 1976, the
North Carolina Department of ?
Public Instruction conducted ]
an educational school survey
of Madison County Schools
The purpose of this survey was
to review the existing
education program, and to
make recommendations for
improving educational op
portunities for students of
Madison County.
As a result of the recom
mendations of this school
survey, the Madison County
Board of Election made a 10
year proposal for elementary
schools of Madison County in
their August meeting.
K This educational pun was
\ made on the following
assumptions:
(a) School enrollment will
increase at Marshall and Mars
Hill. School enrollment will
decrease at Spring Creek, Hot
Springs and Laurel.
(b) All elementary school
buildings will be renovated or
replaced with new facilities.
(c) Expand the elementary
curriculum to include art,
music and physical education.
(d) Provide additional staff
at smaller shcools to insure
equal educational op
portunities for all children.
Phase I of this plan is a five
year program (1976-1961), and
is as follows:
I BUILDINGS
(a) Replace the 1925
classroom building at Mars
Hill Elementary with new K-4
school building.
(b) Begin initial phase of
new building at Marshall to
replace the existing structure
that is on the Island for Mar
shall and Walnut schools.
(c) Minor renovation at
Spring Creek, Hot Springs and '
-aurel.
? CURRICULUM
(a) Proivde a workshop for
eachers and principals on
Middle Grade Program.
(b) Initiate a program in art,
music and physical education
using college interns.
(c) Provide one additional
:eacher at Spring Creek
Elementary School.
Phase II of this plan is a five
year program (1982-1967), as
follows:
I BUILDINGS
(a) Complete the new school
building at Marshall for
Marshall and Walnut schools.
(b) Complete the
renovations at Spring Creek
Hot Springs and Laurel.
(C) Build some new
classrooms at Laurel.
II CURRICULUM
(a) Consolidate program of
art, music and physical
education.
(b) Provide intern to assist
programs at Spring Creek, Hot
Springs and Laurel.
The board points out that
conditions may change that
will necessitate changing this
10-year plan, but they also
point out that good schools are
the result of careful planning.
It is hoped that this
educational [dan will be in
formative to the citizens of
Madison County.
Here's Lineup
For Second
Primary
Following is the lineup of
candidates for which Madison
County voters will nominate in
the second state and county
primary to be held on Sept. 14.
For governor (Republican):
David T. Flaherty and Coy C.
Privette
For lieutenant governor
(Democrat): James C.
(Jimmy) Green and Howard
Lie. .
For state auditor
(Democrat): Henry L
Bridges and UlliafiWen. ,
Ftor" commissioner of labor |
(Democrat): John Brooks and
Jessie Rae Scott
For member of Congress
(Democrat): Glenn Brown
and Lamar Gudger.
For register of deeds
(Democrat): Jena Lee
Buckner and Emery MetcaK
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Noi weak'a i?u*
THE VIRGINIA REEL IS A
FAVORITE with any age group.
Stepping along to the music are
(left to right) Thelma Young, Mrs.
A. 0. Ray, Elizabeth Angel and
Ada Lyles, members of the Mars
Hill Lunch Club. Folk dancing is
one of the many activities which
are enjoyed by lunch club par
ticipants.
Good Food . . , Too
From picnics and shopping
trips to exercise sessions and
craftmaking, Madison County
lunch clubs offer activities as
varied as the lunch menu.
Although the activities
change, there is always the
chance to sit and chat a bit with
old friends and to make new
ones; opportunities rated
highly by people who attend
lunch clubs, formally known as
nutrition sites.
If all this sounds appealing to
you, fine. However, one
requirement must be met. You
Disaster Payments
Are Now Available
The eadreme drought in
many areas of our state in the
la* two months has affected
this year's cropa. Some of our
farmers may And corn with
extremely low yMds. If this
should be the case, farmers
should contact, their ASCS
Office to see if the bum
qualifies for disaster payment.
Follows are some important
steps to qualify for a payment:
office within IS days from the
date of harvest Keep
production records since
actual production must be
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S. A representative (n.m the
county office needs to deter
mine production and check the
fields where the crop was
planted ^
n cannot qt f> bef 'its
TllkimS tT I h"
must be 60 years old or older to
take part Lunch clubs meet
weekdays in Marshall and
Mars Hill. Plans for a Hot
Springs site will soon be
completed. Meals are
provided under Title VII of the ,
Older Americans Act.
With an eye toward ?
Christmas giftmaking, lessons
in macrame and ceramics
have been scheduled. Wood
working is also on the agenda,
and those who wish may try
their skill at making Christ
mas cards and decorations. To
Not all activities are held at
meeting rites The Mars HiU
picnic at Cherokee Atrtptoan
so enjoyaMethatthe Marritall