Horse Show Set June 7
The Marshall Charity Hone
Slew, sponsored by the Mar
stall Lions Club, will be held
from 1-7 p.m. Saturday, June 7
oa the school grounds on the
The judge will be John
Km Her of StatesvWe; Lloyd
Thompson of Asheville will
serve as master of
ceremonies ; and Maurice
McAlister of Marshall will be
the ringmaster.
The show committee is Ed
List, chairman, and John Cor
bett, Rick THbmason, Jerry
Plemmons, Maurice
McAlister and David
CMdwell
There will be a veterinarian
oa call Admission is 91.50 for
adults and SO cents for
children.
The afternoon show at 1
p.m. will feature:
*1. Lead Line (riders 6 years
and under).
*?2. English Halter No. 1 ? 2
years and under and No. 2 ?
over 2 years.
?*3. Western Halter No. 1 ?
2 years and under and No. 2 ?
over 2 years.
**4. Appaloosa Halter No. 1
? 2 years and under and No. 2
? over 2 years.
?*5. Draft Horse Halter No.
1 ? 2 years and under and No.
2 ? over 2 years.
11 . ? -
I Pleasure Ponies (SO in
ches and under)
7. English Pleasure (open).
8. Madison County Pleasure.
9. Ladies' Western Pleasure
(riders 17 years and over).
10. Pepsi Cola Race.
11. Western Pleasure (riders
16 years and under).
12. Juvenile Racking (riders
17 years and under ).
13. Trail Class
14. Gentlemen's Western
Pleasure (riders 17 years and
over).
15. Ladies' Racking.
IS. Little Britches (riders 12
years and under).
17. Western Pleasure (horses
4 years and under).
18. Buddy Pick-Up Race.
19. Go As You Please.
20. Barrel Race.
The evening show at 7 p.m. :
?21. Lead Line (riders 6
years and under).
**22. Western Pleasure
Halter 1 ? 2 years and under
and 2 ? over 2 years.
**23. Draft Horse Halter l ?
2 years and under and 2 ?
over 2 years.
**24. Appaloosa Halter 1 ? 2
years and under and 2 ? over
2 years.
25. Men's Racking (riders
over 12 years).
26. Lacbes' Western Pleasure
(rulers 17 years and over).
27. English Pleasure (open).
?. Barrel Race.
29. Western Pleasure (rider*
16 years and under).
30. Go As You Please.
31. Gentlemen's Western
Pleasure (riders 17 years and
over). <
32. Racking Mares.
33. Madison County Pleasure.
34. Pepsi Cola Race ? cham
pionship.
35. Go As You Please ?
championship.
36. Appaloosa Western
Pleasure ? championship.
37. Western Pleasure ?
championship.
38. Racking Horse ? cham
pionship.
39 Barrel! Race ? cham
pionship.
Championship classes: first
place, $35; second, $25; third,
$15; fourth, $10; and fifth, $5.
Entry fees; Class 1 and 2,
$1; championship classes, $7;
all others, $3.
High Point Trophy : The
horse accumulating tne
highest number of points will
receive a high point trophy.
Five points will be awarded
for first place, four for second,
three for third, two for fourth
and one for fifth.
Hazel Creek :
The Land Of No Return
By CHIP CRAVER
Hazel Creek has been called
the "land of no return" by
some of those surviving poor
souls who were forced from it.
The government took it when
thp Great Smoky Mountains
Xnal Park was formed. It
little imagination to feel
their anguish when one visits
this Eden that nestles in the
cehter of the park.
No structures remain to
identify the bustling villages
that once were here except the
Ranger Station at the mouth of
tife creek and a few concrete
skeletons that were Ritter
Lumber Company at the site
orthe town of Proctor.
tile Ranger Station is the
former residence of Granville
Cqlboiai, Hazel Creek's most
prominent resident, who was
known as the "grand old man
of the Smokies,'' and whose
remembrances have been
documented by John Parris
and other writers. He died
several years ago at the age of
181 One can almost feel his
ghost plodding along the old
railroad grade that runs the
length of the creek.
flitter Lumber Company
vas the giant bandmill that
produced over 100,000 board
feet of lumber daily at its
height It spawned the town of
Proctor, with a population of
over one thousand and stores,
churches, a school, and even a
movie theater. Now the only
evidence of Proctor is an occa
sional old foundation covered
over by grass or laurel. The
other seuiemenis such as
Bone Valley, Medlin,
Blockhouse, and others can be
located only by maps or forks
in the creek.
But the timber is back.
Beautiful yellow poplar,
hemlock, birch, walnut, and
maple reach skyward in the
coves and bottoms at over 100
feet. Red oak and white pine
are in abundance over the
hillsides and ridges. Except
for the bleached chestnut
stumps one would not know
that this country was once laid
waste by the large lumber
companies.
The laurel slicks are
awesome. Huggins Hell is one
? of them. It was named for a
man named Huggins who was
lost in it for five days and
when found was asked where
he had been. He replied that
he didn't know but was pretty
sure it was hell. This is bear
country.
Hazel Creek has some of the
finest trout fishing to be found.
One must abide by Park Ser
vice regulations, one of which
is a daily creel limit of four, at
least nine inches long. It is a
"flies only" stream. The
lower, big water produces the
larger fish. In the upper
waters one starts to catch the
native brook trout and they
are forbidden to be kept, but
they most certainly can be
caught Practically every hole
yields a fighter. The side
creeks such as Sugar Fork,
Walker Creek, and Proctor
Creek present a challenge to
the most ardent fisherman as
far as terrain and brush, but
ire as scenic as any trout
streams in the country. You
can plan on losing some flies
and getting wet, but the
fishing is unbelievable.
But then the fishing is only
part of the magic.
A trip into Hazel Creek is not
a one day affair, nor is it a trip
for any but the hardy. Back
country camping permit;
must be obtained from the
Park Service through the
Gatlinburg office. The best
way to tackle Hazel is to
depart from Clingman's Dome
on the Appalachian Trail and
then take the Hazel Creek
Trail at Siler's Bald. There1
are five authorized camping
sites along the creek and there
is a three day limit at any one
site. Arrangements can be
made with the Fontana
Village Boat Dock to have a
boat pick you up where Hazel
Creek enters Fontana Lake
and transport you to Fontana
Village.
The only bad thing about go
ing to Hazel Creek is that you
have to leave it.
CLAUD GOWAN (left) was presented a cer
tificate and award pin by District Ranger
Charles Miller recently for 30 years of ser
vice with the U.S. Forest Service. Gowan's
are the administration and
timber sale regulations
Forests. As a forestry
_ been involved with all
work from fighting forest
nd computing volume
Approximately 96 per
by the U.S.
THE SWING-N-MISSES SOFT
BALL TEAM sponsored by the
Mars Hill College Bookstore and
coached by Russell Robinson is
off to a good start. This spring
they have entered four tour
naments and won three first place
and one second place trophy. Of
the total games played in these
tournaments, they have won 17
and lost three. Their winning
secret is team "spirit," they said
and they really enjoy playing.
Their main goal this season is to
maintain good sportsmanship
throughout each game. After all,
that's what the gaihe is all about.
They are, from left to right: front
first row, Kathy Sprinkle; second
row ? Nancy Gunter, Gail Rice;
third row ? Earnestine Haynie,
Kathy Johnson, Betty Jane
Ramsey, Wilma Thomason;
fourth row ? Russell Robinson
(coach), Barbara Robinson, Rita
Norton, Alieen Rice, Vergie
Thomas, (not pictured) Gloria
Rice. Also not pictured were
Beverly Bruce and Mary Jane
Pressley who participated in
these tournaments.
Madison JV Girls Win 5th Game
The Madison Patriot JV
girls avenged an early season
loss to Waynesville Junior
High beating them 8-4 in Mar
shall on May 5. The winning
rally of four runs came in the
fifth inning on hits by Debbie
Buckner, Janet Adams, and
Pam English plus a walk to
Kim Gibson and a couple of er
rors by the Waynesville
defense. It made the score 7-4
and gave the girls their first
lead of the game. A run in the
sixth inning made the final
score, 8-4. Pam led the hitting
for Madison with two hits.
Robin Hough was the winning
pitcher, her fourth win of the
season.
In the final game of the
season on May 16 in Marshall,
the junior varisty suffered its
third loss. A five run rally in
the first by Flat Rock Junior
High from Henderson County
plus single runs in the third,
sixth and seventh were too
much for the Patriots. They
did pull to 6-4 in the third on a
home run by Tina Brown, a
walk to Robin Frisby and
several errors by Flat Rock.
The final score was 8-4
Coach Elsberry Wyatt's
team finished at 5-3 with .376
batting average. Teresa Nor
ris was the hitting leader at
.700 followed by Cindy
Tomberlin at .565. TVo others
hit over .400 - Janet Adams at
.481 and Tina Brown at .464.
Others over .300 were Robin
Frisby .393, Robbin Anderson
.385, and Pam English .348.
Pam led in homeruns with
three while Teresa had three
triples to lead in that hitting
area. Kim Gibson hit two
doubles, and Robin Hough had
six walks to lead those
categories. A number of girls
should be starting for the 1961
varsity Softball team since
there are seven seniors on that
team this year.
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Rookies Softball Team
Will Hold Tournament
The Rookies Softball Team
will hold a double elimination
tournament in Mara Hill on
Saturday, May 31. Game* will
?tart at t:90 a.m. at the
college Held near the tennis
courts and at the Crooked
Street Field. Ebbs Chapel
coached by Varden Cody will
play the Swing-N-Miaaes, a
highly successful team
sponsored by the college
bookstore and coached by
Russell Robinson at Crooked
Street Bernard's coached by
Hall Bruce and P. L. Pressley
will face the Rookies coached
by John Hough and Joe Martin
on the College Field. Both
teams are dominated by high
school students or recent high
school graduates.
The 10:30 a.m. games are
Greater Ivy coached by Fred
Norton and Laurel coached by
Kenny Broyles at the Crooked
Street Field and Four Petals
coached by Harold Ammons
and Wanda Griffin versus the
Frauleins coached by A.J.
Edwards and Stanley Ray at
the College Field.
Games are scheduled
continuously at the College
Field until 4:10 pjn. and at
Crooked Street until 7 p.m. or
1:30 p.m. depending on the
need for a second cham
pionship game.
Madison County residents
are invited to attend the
games. There are some ex
cellent women's teams in the
tournsment. There is no ad
mission charge, and con
cessions will be sold at both
fields.
Babe Ruth
League Meets
The Mars Hill Senior Babe
Ruth League baseball team
will meet at 1 p.m. Saturday at
die Mars Hill College baseball
field for tryouts.
Coach Roy Shook said he
would also give out the
uniforms and he urges all
interested parents and
youngsters to attend.
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