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COUNT Y3 Al ( NEWSPAPER II V FOR 49 7 YEARS JJ J..;- J- ' ; 1 - VOL. 49 -NO. 13 10 PAGES MARSHALL, N; C, THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1950 PRICE $2.50 A YEAR s 1 - Civitan Charter Night Is Well Attended Here APPROXIMATELY 100 ATTEND IMPRESSIVE SERVICE; STRAWN IS SPEAKER r One of the most delightful event ' in Marshall's history was the Char- r ter Night program of the newly ' , formed Marshall Civitan Club which took place at the beautiful Presbyte- ' rian Church here last Thursday eve ning. The speaker's table which occu pied practically the width of the pic- turesque recreational room of the -, new church was beautifully decorated - with a huge vase of flowers in the center. Officers of the club, their , .-wives and guests and the principal celebrities were seated at this table. - In front of the speaker's table, were numerous tables, all beautifully dec- ; orated for the occasion. Approxi i inately 100 members, visitors and t guests enjoyed the bountiful dinner which was served 'by the' ladies of the Presbyterian Church. The program opened with the Call to Order by Eugene JBenge, of the Asheville Club, who acted as toast- master. His remarks, coupled with 1 Us natural humor and jokes, kept . (Continued to Last Page) United States Civil Service Examination . . the" United States Civil Service Commission announces, an open com f etltive examination" for the position Substitute Clerk '' for . f ;Uipg ' va Pc r"vs t liar- ..... ii v. - aiiff tiM i Ciidince vmr , i y of this position ia !; $1,815 i pet" hour. mtt Applications for this position will be accepted by the Director, Fourth V, S. Civil Service Region, Tempo ',Jrary Building,-R,'f 8rd and Jeffer son Drve, S .W., Washington 25, D. C.. until April 4, I960. ' Competitors will be required to re port for written examination, which 'will be held as soon as practicable f - sifter the date set for the close of , receipt of applications. Full infor v nation and application blank may f obtained from Post Office, Mar t I ihall, N. C. Pre -School Clinic Schedule For April V S Dr. H. C Whims, County Health '.Officer, has 'announced the following ' schedule -for Pre-School Clinics in Madison County for the month of Anril: Beech GJen School: April 4 at 10 r rn - Hot Springs: April 11 10 a.m. '.' Marshall: April 18 10 a.m. Mars Hill: April 2610 a.m. Walnut: May 2-rlO a.m. -; - Or. Whims will be present to ex amine nil children who are to enter school next fall for the first time. Parents, are urged to be present at tMs- examination. Immunisation against diphtheria and whoopiny cough, and smallpox vscci' -otion be available at -this time r all children betweep the iges of . : months and six years. - Republi icans .Meet Here Young ? Republicans of Madi ty. who have been45; holding meetirfgs for the past, three 1 hold their regular meet i court houoe. next Thurt- ril 6, 1950.; Attendance ' -:-.ts has been steadily ! it is expected that VU be filled for this H V o county, and " " a $-e in ' ! t'.own Last Thursday INSTALLATION IS HELD BY EASTERN STAR TUESDAY MRS. KATE REED IS WORTHY MATRON; MANY VISITORS ARE PRESENT Marshall Chapter No. 35, Order of the Eastern Star, held its installa lation of officers for the ensuing year on Tuesday evening, March 28, 1950, immediately following the ' 'regular meeting of the Chapter. Mrs. Hilda S.' Haliburton. district deputy Vahd matron' of the 20th district, was installing officer. ; She was assisted by Mrs. Vella Mate Stev- vens, past matron of fiwaniianoa Chapter, installing; .marshal;' ;'Mrs. Mildred Fisher, past matnon, of Es ther Chapter, installing conductress; Mrs: Mae Willman, associate grand matron of the Grand Chapter of N. C, installing prganisj;; ,,Mrs. Eula Cray, past matron' of ' Swamnanoa Chapter, installing secretary; and Al vis M. Tingle, past grand patron of the Grand Chapter of N. C, install ing chaplain. The following officers were in stalled: Mrs. Kate Reed, worthy ma tron; 'T. N. Henderson, worthy pa tron; 'Mrs. Mary "Peggy" Greene, associate matron; F. Ray Frisby, as sociate' pafroni Miss Carlene ' Wal- drup, secretary; Miss Miriam EJler, treasurer Mrs. Louise Huey, con ductress; Miss Aldeett Waldrup, as. sociste ccnductresiy Sirs. Grace Eng lish, chaplain; Miss Jean Stints, nais Valnut Future! Farmers Capture Second Place 1 jfTS In Interestinsr Contest The FFA Officers of the Walnut Chapter were runners-up to Flat Creek in a Ritual and Parliamentarv Procedure Contest the afternoon of Friday, March 24. Scene of the an nual V-" n: Ve Tvira'-., Contest I was the Vocatirnal .Asjricult- Bui'd- ! i in" o ".-'"ardsvllle Hi h School, j ( "iftee" rhntrn in 1ii"-on;je, Mad- . ' isn and Yancey ""int'es ' ompose ; mis reaerat'on. 10 Oernme ac nua'nted with th H'mocrav of pro ceedings at organized meetings is one of the pumoss of t" ront Officers Darticipating in the con test from Walnut were: President. Harold Lander vice- president, Eugene Ramsey: secrete- ry, Earl Davis; treasurer. Cltolce Plemmons; reporter, John Herbert (Buddy) Rector; advisor. Ormand Williams. 1 v Marshall Civitan Club was be! J 11 vrs.'sy r,' , I !axcli fA 23,. in the March II Prcstylerim C! -rch. I r rem U left to rigttt J. Leont ' , t 5 George L. Greene Is ilnjured In Car Wreck Near Alexander George Landon Greene, 46, Mar shall attorney, was admitted to Me morial Mission Hospital shortly af ter 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon after- his 1941 Dodge sedan struck the side of a tractor-trailer on US 25-70 at Alexander and turned over in the highway. Mr. Greene suffered several lacer ations in 'the face, two broken ribs and a bruised hip. His condition is reported good. ' State Highway Pa trolman C. H. Rector, wh0 investiga ted the accident, said Greene was driving his car north on 25-70 and the tractor-trailer, said to have been driven by Ed Frisby, 46, of Elber ton,. Ga.( was traveling Bouth. Rec tor said the latter vehicle belonged to Frisby and was leased by Harper Motor Lines, Elberton. . There were no arrests, Rector said Frisby was uninjured. Baseball Meeting Here Tuesday Night T h e Madison - County Baseball League will hold a meeting at The News-Record office on Tuesday eve ning, April 4, at 7:30. i All of last year's teams are asked to have a representative present so that the by-laws of the league may jbe approved and- amended for the coming season . Tjhe date for the jopening of the season must be set and the schedule arranged. All oth er teams wishing to enter the league hre invited to have a representative present at this meeting on Tuesday, pril the fourth. -"' -!l Plan Practice Sunday The baseball fever has hit Mar shall ! Last Sunday afternoon the American Legion members who are interested in baseball, met at the Le gion hut and reorganized for the coming season. Those present elect ed Joe Nix and C. B. "Ham" Haynie as co-managers. After discussing the coming sea in, it was announced by Business Mnr.arer Liston B. Ramsev that th" tam would again be a member of the Tennessee Valley Leaeue. A sched ule will soon be published and th1 -'n e-ame announcements made. Th Lesriort tearn will open their training season Sunday aftprnoon nt two o'clock on the Island. Al' members of the team are requested H be ready for a real workout this Sunday afternoon. "We'e looking forward to snothe oncsfur season and iire that al nlver He re1v fn nmkrfipe founds' - .. w.m..v -t-t-j Two Weeks' Term Civil Court To Start Here On Monday A two-weeks'. ; term of Superior Court for the trial of civil case will begin here Monday morning at ten o'clock. - The Honorable Harold K. Bennett, of Asheville, . will be the presiding judge dhring .the: term. Cancer Fund Plans Laid In Madison Mrs. jrester Waldrup of Walnut has been named county chairman of the drive for funds for the 1950 Can cer Crusade . in 'Madison County, ac cording to Mrs. George B. Shupc, county-"commander. The drive opens Saturday. The quota for the county is S500. . The list' of local chairman is not complete,) but the following have ac cepted for these communities: Marshall, Edwin Owens; Walnut, Jack Guthrie; Petersburg, C. T. Wal- irup; Davis -Chapel, Mrs. Knox Brig- 'nan; Allanstand, Miss Gayle Iscn- aee; Shelton Laurel, Shelby Cutshall; Grapevine, Mrs. Lola B. Wilde; iOwer Big Pine, Mrs. Alma Jarvls; Bull Creek, the Rev. David B. Rob erts; , Beech Glen, Mrs. J. Hughie Hay; Barnard, Mrs. Stella Lunsford; East Fork, Mrs. Harrison Bruce; Laurel Fork, Mrs. Oliver Ferguson; Mars Hill, Mrs. L. J. Carter; Bluff, Jack Caldwell; Hot Springs, Miss Nancy Lippard. : Members of the executive commit tee include Dr. W. A. earns, Dr. H. Q.' Ditmore, Dr. Arthur Duck, Mrs. .Tf,hn L. McElroy, Mrs. Edna G. Rhodes, Mrs. Margaret D. Smith, William PaaIca ,' and Juim T. Storv. The for of this committee consists of Ving and directing lay work- - ram,to bring cancer un Mad:son Commitee Gets Court Order .Tude J. Will Pi"ss sismed an or der in Asheville Thursday tempora 'lv restraininr Dewey Wal'in of Marshall RFD 3, and Brown Amnions of Mars Hill from taking office as i r""mbers of the Madison County Pnord of Elections. Like a similar order applying to Runcombe county, the order is ro t.'irnaMe before Jndw Pless in Ashe "ille at 10 a. m., April 3. tt time Wallin and Ammons 'H be reauired to show cause why lle resr(iTiinr order should not b -. ne-manent. The order was issued after 2? Kor nf the Madison County Hem 'crafic Committee voted to challenge :n court the action of the State Board of Elections in appointing Wsllin ahdAmnvons. The comnlaint sekinsr the. order -c r-.,nte .Tnd Ples pv at- Continued to last page H.4 i C , VS., V.t "It's A Date", Home Talent Play, To Be Here April 7-8 C F. FORTNER SUCCUMBS TO HEART ATTACK Covert F. Fortnerj 61, a retired businessman of Marshall, died of a heart attack Tuesday morning in a Monroe hospital. l-merly a postal clerk here, he was a Mason, Shriner, deacon and treasurer of the Marshall Baptist Church. Surviving are the widow, the for mer Mrs. Jessie Hendrix Warner, one brother, B. G. Fortner of Mar shall; one stepson, Albert Edward Warner, Jr.; one foster-daughter, Mrs. Clarence P. Jenkins of Ashe ville; and a number of nieces and nephews, including Elmer and Ray mond Robinson of Asheville. Funeral services will be held this (Thursday) afternoon at 8 o'clock in Marshall Baptist Church. The Rev. W. D. Williamson, the Rev. C. M. White, the Rev. A. K. Cheek, and the Rev. A. Ray Howland wi'l officiate and burial will be in the family cemetery. Pallbearers will be Troy Redmon, w. A. West, A. W Whitehurst, W. F. Holland and Ernest Teague.. Members of the WMS of the church will bo flower bearers. , The body will remain at the home Until Thursday at 2 p. m., when it will be taken to the church to lie in siat" nrior to the services. Bowman-Rector Funeral Home in charge. is Easier Seal Sale Now In Full Swing; Buy Your Seals Now The Easter Seal Sale, proceeds to he used in the Crippled Children's rive. r now in full swing in Mad ison County. In order that the drive mav (rain added momentum Mrs. J. v jio.v-.il. Ilome Economics teacher, ' added a new idea. Her Home Economics club and students in the -lepartment are sponsoring the sale if small felt bunnies for lapel1, cap, He, at the Mars Hill College this week. Proceeds will be turned over to the drive. Hundreds of Seals have been sent throueh the mail and it is hoped that citizens will donate generously to this worthy cause. If anyone needs addition seals, they may get them from Mrs. R. R. Ramsey, chairman, at Walnut or Mrs. A. A. Gregory, -unrer, at Marshall'. . .. . al aJJ;:j A. Hay 1 1 ov ! . ry D. V. Lr f e Kort'i C: , ' r; S C. o. urjre be ! t REAL SMASH HIT IN FRANKLIN AND OTHER NORTH CAROLINA TOWNS A cast is bi'injj selected and prep arations underway for the presenta tion of "It's A Dal-." the best va riety show yet to l produced here. Reports are coming in from all parts of the nation about the tremendous turnouts to see and hear one of the most exciting plays to be found any where. The direfltor, Mrs. Martha Van DeGaer arrived in Marshall Sunday to begin work on the production, un der the auspices of the local Chap ter of the Eastern Star. She is well impressed with the talent selected so far and promises real good time for all. A complete cast list will be -published at the earliest possible date. Watch for it A Tiny Tot Popularity Contest is being conducted as part of the show. The King and Queen of Marshall's little folks will be crowned on the stage of the high school auditorium April 8, at 8:30. All children under six years of age are eligible to be entered in this contest Mrs. Kate Reed ia chair man in charge of this part of the program. Call or see her at her place of Business for information about entering your child or some one else's child. Anyone may sponsor one or more children. Their pictures will be shown in the display window oi lfte News-Record, and standings will be poste'd daily. Real fun awaits all who participate in all phases of the forthcoming production. This fine dUt will he presented at tne Mgh school auaaS?! at 7:43 o'clock. Don't fail to It Lodge To Meet . The regular meeting of French 5 Broad Lodge, No. 292, AF&AM, will ! be held 'at the Masonic Hall here Monday, April 3, 1950, at 7:30 p.m., F . Ray Frisby, secretary of the J Lodge, announced today. All members are urged to attend! this meeting. t License Examiner In This Vicinity DATES AND PLACES GIVEN; LETTERS N, O, P, AND Q SLOW IN REPORTING "Motorists whose last names be gin with N, O.'P and Q have been slow in reporting for examination for ; renewal of their driver's licenses," Driver's License Examiner Gilbert of ' Marshall haa stated. Although one-half of the period j has passed in which persons in this category are to be examined, only about one-fourth of those who must t stand examination have reported to! the local station, Examiner Gilbert I pointed out. v.'A The N through Q period 1etran January l and -will continue" -Qirotiih , Examiner Gilbert stated that . at present he has time to give immediate attention to person applying for re newahi but as the deadline near he expects' to be rushed.' He listed his daily schedule as follows: '. ' ' MARSHALL Monday and Friday. Mars Hill nd. 4th. and Eth day ech'mo'hth ' - , Hot c"ng 1st and 8rd Tue.' -y ach month.1 ; Burnsville Wednesday and T' day. ' " "To avoid tve ! t 1 ' I ! re i 1 tr: tec .V. V, arr t.i ; rtt. c retort J. J. .". f - iirvcy S. Clrjiwn,jpait I