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SERVING THE PEOPLE OF MADISON COUNTY
75th YEAR No. 40 PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE COUNTY SEAT AT MARSHALL, N.C. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1976 15* Per Copy
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Voters All Set For Election Tuesday 3
Madiso County voters are
prepared to travel to the voting
locations next Tuesday to cast
their preferences for local,
state, and national candidates
The polls will open at ?:30a.m.
and close at 7:30 p.m.
Although the presidential
election has created the most
comment and interest, the
contests for congressional
seats rank high in interest as
does the governor's race and
other state contests.
The state senator's race is a
contest between I. C. Crawford
and Robert S. Swain,
Democrats, and Edward B.
Krause and Ted Smith,
Republicans.
Ernest B. Messer and Liston
B. Ramsey, both Democrats,
are unopposed in the race for
Democratic
Express Here
Wednesday
The Democratic Express
will stop in Marshall on Oct. 27
from 12:45 to 1:15 p.m., it has
been announced. Expected to
be on the express will be
Lamar Gudger. 11th District
Congressional candidate;
Congressman Roy A. Taylor
and other Democratic can
didates. Gudger will speak
briefly at the courthouse on the
(visit.
' This will be part of the WNL
tour being made.
DOLORES BUCKNER WYATT, fourth from left, was
crowned homecoming queen at Madison High School last
Friday night during homecoming ceremonies at half time of
the Heritage-Patriot football game here. Shown with the
queen are members of the queen's court which include
Glenda Shelton, Teresa Baldwin, Charlene Carter, Donna
Anderson, Jana Lou Williams, Patsy Garrett and Georgette
Penland. (Mike Moore Photo)
Dolores Buckner Wyatt Crowned
Madison High Homecoming Queen
Homecoming festivities
were held at halftime of the
Mountain Heritage-Madison
Patriot football game last
Friday night in the O. E.
Roberts Stadium before a
sparce but enthusiastic crowd
of chilled spectators.
The highlight of the
homecoming observance was
the announcement of the
selection of the Queen by the
student body.
Winning this coveted honor
was Dolores Buckner Wyatt, a
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Dolores is the wife of Larry
Dean Wyatt and they reside at
Route 6, Marshall. She is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Buckner of Route 2,
Mars Hill.
Mrs. Wyatt was crowned by
David Wyatt, principal. David
Lee, Student Council
secretary, was crown bearer
and the presentation of flowers
for the Queen was Patsy
Buckner, 1975 Homecoming
Queen.
Two contestants were
selected from each of the high
school classes, comprising the
Queen's Court, as follows:
Freshman: Glenda Shelton,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Buster Shelton, Route 6,
Marshall, escorted by Andrew
Anderson; Dolores Buckner
Wyatt, escorted by Bobby
Zimmerman.
Sophomore; Teresa Bald
win, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Baldwin, Route 2,
Marshall, escorted by Eddie
Dill; Charlene Carter,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Jimmy Carta-, Route 3, Mars
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ruii, escorted Dy uavia
Sawyer.
Junior: Donna Anderson,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don
Anderson of Hot Springs,
escorted by Jesse Duncan;
Jana Lou Williams, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Williams,
Route 3, Marshall, escorted by
Warren Wise.
Senior: Patsy Garrett,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Johnnie Garrett of Hot
Springs, escorted by Johnny
Ray; Georgette Penland,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
George Penland of Marshall,
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escorted by Joe walker. '
During the pre-game
ceremonies, the seniors on the
Madison High Patriot team
were recognised which in
cluded David Carter,
presented by Rachel Hensley;
Mike Cody, presented by
Suzanne Powell ; John Deaver,
presented by Marilyn Holt
camp; Ricky Hoyle, presented
by Tammy Ingle; Sidney
Hunter, presorted by Amy
Merrill; Kevin Kent,
presented by Tina Phillips;
Gary, Ogle, presented by
Donna Payne; Jerry Ray
Ramsey, presented by Kathy
Pack; and Steve Wood.
Following these
recognitions, the Madison
High School Marching Band,
under the direction of Bill Stell,
played the National Anthem
and the invocation was given
by Howard Trimble.
Following the football game,
a homecoming dance was held
in the Marshall Recreation
Center.
DR. EDWARD KELLY
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the state House ot
Representatives.
In the register of deeds race.
Mrs. Jena Lee Buckner.
Democrat, is opposed by V. J.
Willis, Republican. Harold
Wallin is unopposed in his bid
for reelection as tax collector
of the county.
In the race for Madison
County Soil Conservation
district supervisor, Randal
Buckner is unopposed in this
non-partisan election.
J. Ray Braswell nand Robert
H. Lacy, Republicans, are
unopposed in the race for
district court judge, 24th
Judicial District, and Ronald
W. Howell, Democrat, is
unopposed for superior court
judge, 24th District.
A medium to heavy turnout
is expected to attend the polls
next Tuesday.
IMPORTANT
INSTRUCTIONS
Voters desiring to vote a
straight party ticket are
cautioned by the Madison
County Board of Elections that
voting a straight party ticket
will not include a vote for the
party's presidential can
didate. In other words, those
desiring to vote a straight
party ticket must first vote for
a presidential candidate in
column No. 1 and then go to
column No. 3,4,5, org, to vote a
straight party ticket.
Additional sample voting
machine ballots will be posted
at each polling place. Voters
should carefully read all in
structions on the machine
ballot to insure their vote,
members of the board of
election stated.
RETURN8
ATCOURTHOUSE
As usual, the News-Record
will post election results in the
courthouse Tuesday night.
Next week's issue will also be
delayed one day so that
readers will be informed of the
results, precinct by precinct.
Election officials are urged to
phone tft thstr returns a* \
quickly as possible next
Tuesday night
ASC Nomination
Deadline Mondav
Only a few days remain to
nominate fanners as can
didates in the upcoming ASC
community committee
elections. Bill Zink, ASC
dftwetor, reminds fanners.
first duty of the newly
sleet wl community committee
eaambers will be to serve as
delegates to elect new
members to the county A8C
committee.
tMs is an important oc
casion for the responsible,
farmer-chosen team of ASC
eepmunity committeemen.
TheAsc community
committee election will be
conducted by mail from Nov.
16 to Dec. t. By turning in ?
total of five or mom petition*,
farmer* in each ASC com
amity have the opportunity to
five valid petitions are
received for any A8C com
munity, the Job of slate
completion will be turned over
to the incumbent community
committee which will add
nominees needed to complete
the slate.
The county ASC committee
will review ail community
slatee prior to the mail election
and will advise all candidates
of the duties of ASC com
mitteemen.
In order to submit a valid
petition, three or more ASC
statement endorsing an
eligibte candidate. 11m
ilalamant must Include car
tiflcation that the nominee will
be dated and matted or hand
? prpri to the count} *s< ?
office no later thea No*, l
The opportunity to
to office lit the upcoming AS(
nltt lection la
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Dr. Kelly Assumes Duties
Dr. Edward Allen Kelly, a
native of Atlanta, Ga., has
been named medical director
in charge of the Hot Springs
health program, a rural health
service begun four years ago to
provide primary health care to
the rural areas of nor
thwestern Madison County.
Dr. Kelly assumed his duties
Oct. 16 and is making his home
in the Laurel section with his
wife, Carolyn, who is an at
torney.
His practice includes clinics
at Walnut, Laurel and Hot
Springs. At each clinic a
family practitioner is in
charge with Dr. Kelly on call
for any emergencies. He is
scheduled each day at one of
the clinics with his main office
in Hot Springs.
Dr. Kelly is a graduate of
Davidson College, followed by
schooling at Columbia Medical
School in New York. He did a
year of pediatrics at Lincoln
Hospital in New York then a
fellowship of a year in family
medicine at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill
In the spring of 1V73, he Joined
1,057 Swine
Flu Shots
Are Received
Ed Morton of the Madison
County Health Department
i Tuesday rooming
that a total of 1,067 peraom had
* 1 iwtae flu
the health d
area doctor*, aad the Hot
Health Program I
Walnut. Laurel),
i ah announced that
a cUnb at the health depart
meat will la
(Thursday) from U t>oon ma
1 p.m
f
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the Hot Springs health
program as a supervisor of the
practitioners and "learned to
like Madison County and its
people, "he said.
He then returned to the
Chapel Hill School of Medicine
for a two-year residency. Last
year he worked with the
Orange-Chatham counties
comprehensive health ser
vices. He was also appointed to
the faculty of UNC-Chapel Hill
on a part-time basis. While
working in the Madison
program, he will also serve
part time st UNC-Asheville in
the family practice program
there.
Tom G. Wallin, chairman of
the board in charge of the total
program wishes to inform the
public that the services of Dr.
Kelly and the nurse prac
titioners are not a part of a
poverty program endeavor
and that the primary rural
services are for all who will
take advantage of them. It is
hoped that the program will
soon become self sufficient,
Dr. Kelly stated. "I hope to
help make this a viable
program of value to all
Madison countians ''
Nurse practitioners at the
clinics are Mrs. Rose Lit
tlejohn in Hot Springs, Mrs.
Sandy List in Walnut, and Mrs.
Kathy Johnson in Laurel.
SWINE FLU VACCINE shots art
continuing in Madison County
daily. The picture above was
taken at the iison ty
Voluntary Dismissal
Ends Election Dispute
What was expected to be an
explosive political hearing
involving the selection of Kelse
Hamlin as Democratic judge
at the Ebbe Chapel precinct in
superior court here Wed
nesday quickly resulted in a
dismissal action before Judge
Forrest A. Ferrell.
The Madison County
Democratic Executive
Committee, plaintiffs in the
case against the Madison
County Board of Elections,
requested a voluntary
dismissal in its bid to have
Hamlin barred from serving
as the Democratic judge at
Ebbs Chapel precinct. A
"procedural problem" was
cited aa the cause of the
request for dismissal of the
action.
Attorney A. E. Leake made
that explanation to Judge
Ferrell Wednesday following
the noon recess and took only a
few minutes to complete.
Ferrell had granted a tem
porary restraining order
against Hamlin on Oct. 12.
Zeno Ponder, chairman of
the Democratic Committee
and the primary plaintiff in the
action, had said after ob
taining the previous order that
he had sought the ouster of the
precinct official because in his
(Ponder's) opinion Hamlin
was "a sweetheart
Democrat," who "hadactively
supported Republicans two
years ago." Hamlin had
heatedly denied the allegation.
During the morning, as a
civil damage suit was being
tried before a jury, the
primary defendant in the Ebbs
Chapel case, Madison Board of
Elections Chairman Perry
Willis, said he was approached
oy representatives 01 tne
plaintiffs with three offers for
an out-of-court settlement. He
said he and Hamlin refused
each offer.
Willis said he was first asked
to select as judge some Ebbs
Chapel Democrat not on the
list which Pander had sub
mitted on July 90, 1975. This
being refused, Willis said he
was next asked dot to name
anyone as Democratic Judge at
Ebbs Chapel, in which case the
a Judge on election day. When
||^> was to MtM
that offer iloo rrftiBfit
Ponder asked wty the ease
wm i KI the
Real
taking the taalter not only to
the county clectioaa board, tM
?the State Board of Etocttom
< ' As than was sot
Una a ry
to RaMg doit hi
h mi i
junction
The election board at
torneys, William A. Barnes Jr.
and Earl J. Fowler Jr., had on
Wednesday morning filed an
answer to Ponder's complaint.
One reason cited in
requesting dismissal of the
complaint was that three of the
alleged plaintiffs, Porter
Wallin, Aaron Ponder and
Vardon Cody, had requested,
as shown by affidavits, that
they had no real interest in the
case and should be dismissed
from the suit..
Four other listed plaintiffs
should also be dismissed, the
defense answer said, for
similar reasons although
atfidavtts were lacking for
Frank Fox, Martin Fox, Mrs.
Betty Whitt, and Eddie
EngHriiJr.
. vn?p?j ueraocnuc judge
made by bonder in M7S, the
subsequent appointment of
Frank Fox from the list to the
post, the reaigiiattae of Fo* an
March B, and the appointment
oa March tofKeiae Hamlin
Hamlin bad aerved aa the
Democratic Judge during the
iprtng presidential prtmary, . <
the Aug. 17 primary and Sept.
1 * runoff election
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