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1 a VOL. 56 NO 15 High Uaters Threaten orsholl Thursday Night; Island Covered River Reaches Crest Friday Morning; Seepage Causes Damage Heavy rains, swollen streams and rivers, seepage and landslides made Madison County, and more particularly Marshall and Hot Springs, a dreary and dangerous looking area last Thursday night. Shortly after dark, it was seen that the French Broad River -was rising rapidly and word from other sections stating that streams and branches were overflowing lent little optimism. Constant tel ephone calls to the weather bu reau and to the Asheville Citizen resulted in businessmen, em ployees and volunteers hurrying to their places of business on Main Street here. Merchandise was taken to higher floors, new cars were speedily taken to high er grounds, electrical equipment was cut loose in many basements. Both sides of the street were lin ed with cars and hundreds of people viewed the rising waiters at the depot and at the lower end of Main Street. Fortunately, throughout the busy and fretful hours Thursday night and early Friday morning, the power lines and telephones remained in op eration. The river finally reached its crest Friday morning, sloshing over the wall at the depot and completely across the street at the lower end of town. Two more feet of water and the complete street from one end of town to the other would have been impassable. ' " landslides blocked traffic be tween Marshall and Asheville and huge trailer-tracks " were back-to-back a highway employees wytked iperately to cleat up las uiaes. The Island , resembled a huge body of water with the three build ing having the .appearances of huge ships afloat. The impound ing wall again "saved" the build ings from considerable damage. Many desks, tabled and chairs iwere taken from the basement rooms to higher floors. The low er part of the new gymnasium (Continued to Last Page) Diddle Fork Child Fatally Durned In Fire Saturday A small boy was burned to death and his 91-year-old grandmother, Mrs. Anna Rice, was injured in a fire that leveled Mrs. Rice's two-story home in the Middle Fork section near Mars Hill, shortly before noon Saturday. The child was Jimmy Rice, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Rice, who lived on Shake Rag Road, close by the frame house that burned. The chubby, curly-haired, and brown-eyed boy would have been four in August. He had been left with his aunt, Miss Elsie Rice, while his mother was in Asheville shopping, accord ing to a neighbor. His father and the aunt had gone "across the hill" to attend to a sick cow when the fire broke out, the neighbor, Mrs. Spurgeon Radcliff, reported. Mrs. Rice had fallen while at tempting to fight the fire in the kitchen, according to the report. h was taken -to Memorial Mission Hospital - in Asheville where she was being treated' for (Continued on Last Page) License Examiner , Office At Man Hill To Close April 12, 19 ' " ' " "I, '" . t. ' j :' . j-" . . .2 '' V- The license examiner's office at Mara Hill wiH be closed om Fri day, April 12 and Friday,' April 19 according to an announcement by George Wilson, examine for Msdison County. ' ..'.. . Mr. Wilson stated that drivers could' go to the Asheville office on April 12, to take their exam ination, but that the Asheville of fice would be closed on April 19. a PAGES' Heavy Rains May Contaminate Water, Dr. Lord Warns By DR. MARGERY LORD Health Officer Recent unusually heavy rains in Western North Carolina have cause flooding of many buildings including dwellings. The Madi son County Health Department has had many calls concerning the advisability of taking typhoid vac cine because of this. As your health officer, I would advise that you be very careful about your drinking water. Many of you have springs or wells on yuor property. These may be contami nated because of all this extra water. If you will come to the Health Department we will fur nish you with a sterile container in which to bring us a sample of your drinking water. It can be tested to determine if it is safe for you to use. Drinking water which is not safe to use may cause an epidemic of several gas trointestinal diseases. As to typhoid vaccine, this is available at your Health Depart ment each Tuesday afternoon and, Saturday morning. Marshall School To Resume Operation Here On Monday The Marshall school, which, has Kbeen closed since last Tnursoay because of flood conditions, ; will resume1 its normal operations ,n Monds-r, April IB, according; to an annimfufnHint; i Is V WUrim B, Peek, superintendent, Wednesday morning. . Coaches, janitor, teachers, boys and other volunteer workmen have been busy all week at the school striving to get it in readiness for operation. The college grad who attempts to set the world on fire finds the world is full of fire engines. Blood Type And Gallon Pins Now Available Here If you wish to know what type of blood you have or if you are mamber of the "Gallon Club" and have not received your pin, you may get these at the office of Dr. W. A. Sams, Here. 't 4 i r Above picture was taken Friday morning whiyh shows the condition of -the Island and the school buildings. " Contents in basements and lower j- oms were damaged in aU th,ree of the buildings. Workers have been cleanir . cut MARSHALL; N. C.;TI MADISON BILLS INTRODUCED BY REP. A. E. LEAKE HB 306 Introduced by Leake March 18 (Sheriff's fees) April 5, passed Senate. HB 342 Introduced by Leake March 19 (Deputy CSC Salary) April 5, Ratified. HB 524 Introduced by Eth eridge, April 1 (Special school taxing districts). To Education. HB 590 Introduced by Leake by request, April 5. "To amend G.S. 47-17.1 relat ing to the filing of papers by the clerk of the superior court so as to make said section applicable to Madison County .j' (As title indi cates; cited section prohibits CSC from accepting for probate or rec-' ordation papers (except holo graphic wills executed after July 1, 1963, unless draftsman's identi fication appears on the cover (pa pers prepared outside of county for recordation in other counties of N. C. may be accepted without such identification). Effective July 1, 1057.) To Counties, Cities and Towns. HB 691 Introduced by Leake, (Continued on Last Page) YOUTH NIGHT TO BE HELD SAT. AT SEMINARY ' fit Youth -NtehttwUMi- "fctVHstV, the 'Madison : Seminary Baptist Church on Saturday night,, it has been announced. The occasion,- the first of its kind in Madison Coun ty, will begin at 7:45 o'clock. The Rev. E. C. Wilkie will be the guest speaker and all mem bers of Training Unions and oth ers are invited. WNC Associated Communities To Meet Tuesday Western, North Carolina Asso ciated Communities will mee Tues day morning in the Community Building at Bryson City to dis cuss and have explained an Area Planning Project for Western North Carolina. Mayors, commissioners, civic leaders, officials of clubs and in dustrial officials of Madison County are invited to attend. Bab Jones College of Greenville, S. C, trains more ministers and missionaries than any other Amer- liean college. :ursday,ap1. TO ,7h IlMluUN 1 WILL BE HELD -TUESDAY, MAY 7 K.'fcToticfV appears .elsewhere in this issue statin that an election will be held in Marshall, Tuesday! May 1, ,1967, for the purpose of electing a mayor and board ot al- dermen by the) voters of Marshall The mayor and each member (3) of the board of aldermen shall bet elected to hold office for a termJ oJf two yeajPs, and until their suc cessors. r' elected and qualified The nolling place will be thq street floor pf the City Hall. Hi Davis has been, named regis' trar and Wade Huey and Jeter P Portner , Jr., have been named iudees of said election. , 'Registration books will be Spenl mi SatuVriav: ' Anril 20 at p:00f o'clock and will remain open each day for' seven days excluding! Sunday lot the. registration ol Wlni nntitled U reg ister from 9:OoXvm. to 5(:00 p. si,'-, except oo'Saturdays, when the doom w'ill remain open until o-oo w m.' t' : fintoiriljiv. Usrtil 27 will be chal; lenge Day. N jC. Legislature PaysTribute To , Late Calvin R. Edney ; In Legislative ; action by the House - Elections Committee this weeki a Madison measure honor ing the memory of the late Cal vin R. Edney, Eepublkaa leader la Msdison and former legislator, was ratilied into law. Also rati fied Was a C Madison , bill fixing fees to be charged by the sheriff. ; I,., r hi iiu.'iii'i y-js DUEBVAPRIL30 Wool and lamb producers must file applications for payment un der the 1966 wool incentive pay ment program not later than April 30, Chairman Novile Haw kins, of the Madison County Ag ricultural Stabilization and Con servation Committee, has an nounced. The applications must be filed at the County ASC of fice. Payments under the 1956 program will be made on market ings of wool and lambs completed between April 1, 1956 and March 31, 1967. "Completions of marketings," the chairman explains, means that the title of wool or lambs must have passed from the seller to the buyer. If any part of the sale such as price, weight or yield needed to determine the pur chase price is not completed with in the dates mentioned above, the sale will not be considered as el igible for submission under the 1966 program. Sales made after March 81 will be eligible under (Continued to Last Page) wc?LFAYrarr I date is You May Star In Patrol's Movies Madison TB Asso. Has Dinner Meeting Tuesday Evening Members of the Executive Committee of the Madison Coun ty Tuberculosis Association held a dinner meeting at1 'the home of Mrs. Brown Ammons in Mars Hill Tuesday evening .jfor the purpose of discussing the making of plans for the 1957 budget . A , tYW'gW JttterdJi''!. , in iHtidrt7, members of the executive commit-' te were Mr L.ippard, of Raleigh, district representative of the North Carolina Tuberculosis As sociation; Dr. Margery Lord, County Health Officer; the two county health nurses, Mrs. Anna Fox and Mrs. Florence Bell. Mrs. Ammons is chairman of thee Madison County TB Associ ation. Cantata To Be Given April 19 The combined choirs of the Bap-, tist, Methodist and Presbyterian' churches of Marshall will present the Good Friday Cantata, "The Seven Last Words," by DuBois at the Presbyterian Church, Friday, April 19 at 7:30 p. m. Mr. Henry Clay Edwards is di rector; Mrs. John Corbett Jr., or ganist; Mrs. Carl Stuart, pianist; and Mrs. Coleman Worley, violin ist The Pentagon has parking area for 9,000 cars. 2 rvc i iff ' ' i rvzrzi the mud and debris since Friday afternoon when waters receded enough to reach the building. " This was the highest the river has been since the flood of 1940. " , - '- - - -' ' -Cut courtesy Aikeville Ctira. April 11, 1957 PRE-EASTER SERVICES HERE NEXT WEEK The Marshall Baptist Church wall hold Pre-Easter services each evening next week. On Sunday evening soma' of the foreign stu dents at Mars HOI College will speak. , On Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday evening ; Reverend irn.Kila!I -Mars ,Hill will preach1'. On fhuisday evjening the1 Lord's Supper will be observed. And on Friday evening at 7:80 o'clock, "The Seven Last Words' will be presented by the choirs of the Methodist, Baptist and Presbyterian churchs at the Pres byterian Church. The services at the Marshall Baptist Church will begin each evening at 7:30, and everyone is cordially welcome. INDUSTRIAL DINNER-MEETING HERE APRIL 18 The Madison County Promotion Council dinner-meeting, which was scheduled for April 8, was post poned because of the Island being flooded. The meeting will be held Thursday, April 18 at the Mar shall school cafeteria at 7:30 o'clock. 28.6 million Americans own one r more musical instrumeents. in l Mi Inn mi in i mi T ! ! is :: i.;':S;-f 1 i. Q KM I 'f f' , f Madison County Motorists Warned Of Traffic Violations Troop E of the State Highway Patrol recently introduced a new "silent watch" to increase high way safety across its 22 county mountain domain, including Mad' This new device the .. .Abai TiwTfio rtaimarft - 1a . ttm late!! weapon in the hands of the P I troL v Few' other states' have tl (development in the cauBe of, saf ' 1 The' ' camera - shoots f 16 f ran njj ipa- per second, thus having the cap bUHy of recording each movement made by the object on which it is trained. Through construction of a time clock, speedometer and automatic calendar into the camera, each tiny frame of film records, in ad dition to the traffic violator upon which it is sighted, the exact time, day, month and even year of the violation. The camera also records the li cense plate on the vehicle it may be tracking, making positive iden tification of ownership possible. Thus, any offender caught by the camera is linked with the vi olation, the time of day, the day of the week, the month of the year and the background scene ry in such a manner as to make defense almost impossible. The speedometer in the camera is connected with the speedometer (Continued on Last Page) DOG OWNERS RABIES CLINICS ARE SCHEDULED Rabies is a communicable dis ease which is spread from rabid animals to man through an abra sion in the skin, usually due to one or more bites inflicted by the mad animal. 7 " Like most of our communicable diseases it can be prevented if enough people who have dogs will see that they are' Vaccinated. This, year we have available a new vac cine which wiH protect your dog from rabies . for three . years in stead of only one year as for snerly'nsed. -"'ff Some counties in Western North Carolina have had rabid dogs re cently,' These ' dogs have bitten foxes, the. foxes have bitten cat tle, and some farmers have 1 t whole herds ;of cattle because C rabies. , This loss could have 1 entirely prevented If each cou would put on a Rabies C Program and, each d ' c hove his dogs vaccins' !. ft is not only loss ' that we are in tares' ' protection cf tiiimm 1 c nJren r : ; ' .- -c f V o t " ' ; ( V f n i -1 ' ft. 1 -7 j - 't
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