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EDITORIAL
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SLOW ME DOWN, LA WD
Seldom, if ever, has Marshall and Madiaon Coun
ty been so shocked as they were last Friday when it
was learned that an expectant mother, and a Marine
had been instantly killed and the husband of the ex
pectant mother seriously injured on the N. C.-Tenn.
State Line.
Mr. Dwight McDevitt had started to Greeneville,
Tenn., with his wife, who was soon to give birth to a
child. On the way to Greeneville they befriended a
Marine who was hitch-hiking by stopping and offer
ing him a ride.
As they reached the State line, an approaching
car, swerving from one side to the other went out of
control, climbed the embankment and toppled over
on top of the McDevitt car. Investigation revealed
that the driver was drunk, and didn't even have an
operator's license. A coroner's jury decided that the
.victims met death "because of the carelessness" of the
Tennessee driver. This, in our opinion, is a most po
lite way of saying that these fine .people met death
due to a drunken 28-year-old murderer who had Jit
tie enough sense to first, drive without a license; sec
ond, get dogged drunk; third, get behind the wheel
of an automobile; fourth, attempt to drive on a heavily-used
highway; and fifth, drive at a reckless, in
sane speed.
Yes, he has been charged with manslaughter,
driving drunk and having no operator's license. Let's
hope that this man will get "justice" in the eyes of
our courts. No matter, however, what sentence he
receives from our courts, it will not bring back Mrs.
McDevitt, the Marine, or the unborn baby.
We read daily where some reckless, intoxicated
driver "floorboards" the accelerator, making our
highways dangerous for all the public. Our lawmak
ers MUST pass laws with more "teeth" and our courts
MUST punish the drunkards and speedsters much
more .severely if our highways are to become safer.
A suspension of a driver's license for a few months,
suspended sentences, acquittals when all evidence
seems to. point to guilt, or "failing to answer" when
' a case is called merely encourages those who drink
to "try it again." C ?
, , - jf0t oniy alcoholic beverages are the cause of so
many accidents but the present emphasis on SPEED
V J is also a major highway problem. Spin the wheels,
j see how much "she'll do," listen to the tires on a
curve, gutted mufflers, drag races these seem to
to be the order of the day. Horsepower and more
horsepower seems to be the goal of our manufactur
- ers. Year by year, faster cars, faster drivers, inade
quate laws, unsafe highways. How much longer will
we go on without doing something?
All this speed brings to mind a prayer which has
a great deal of good, common, down-to-earth sense.
The prayer was made by a Negro preacher in a re
vival meeting.
LORD, PLEASE SLOW ME DOWN
"Slow me down, Lawd. Ah's goin' too fast. Ah
can't see mah bruther when he's walking past. Ah
miss a lot o' good things day by day ; Ah doan't know
a blessin' when it comes mah way. Slow me down,
Lawd. Ah wants t' see more o' th' things that's good
for me. A little less o' me an' a mite more o' you ;
Ah wants th' heavenly atmosphere t' trickle through.
Let me help a bruther when th' goin's rough ; when
folks work t'gether it ain't so tough. Slow me down,
Lawd, so I c'n talk with some o' your angels; slow
me down t' a walk." Jim Parker, Chatham News.
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Taking Course
At U.N. C.
Mr. Florence Bell, County Pnb
- lie Health None, left Wednesday
, ' for .Chapel 01, where she is tak
ing courses la Maternal Health
nd Principles' and Practices of
Itoblie Health Nursing at the
' School of Public Nursing:, at the
University. she Is ' expected to
- return home July 6.
It was also stated that Mrs. Al
Feldman of Mars HOI has accept
ed a position as clerk in the Mad
ison County Health Department,
replacing MrsV Joe Bice, who has
taken a leave of absence. ' . ...
Decoration To JBe .
At Runmon
Onttery Sunday"
T" r "l be a decoration' t
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, Jane 0, tt 2:CC
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Will B. Ramsey
Lands 15-Inch
Rainbow Trout
Will B. Ramsey, J. J. Ramsey
and Hobart Davis enjoyed a suc
cessful fishing trip on HickeyV
Fork last Sunday. All in all, th
three sportsmen caught 24 trout.
Wall B., however, had the "prize
catch" of the day when he landed
beautiful 16-Inch Rainbow,
. He used a spring lizard fof blt
Russell Thomas
Receives Degree
At Lees - JVfcRae
Russell Thomas, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Amos Thomas, ;of Walnut,
received the associate arts degree
during graduation exercises last
week at Lees-.?.lcltae College, Ean-
ner Elk, N. C. .,:.-, .: .
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EMMA TIIOMAS
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THE NEWS-RECORD -V
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ONE YEAR AGO
Superintendent W. W. Peek an
nounced that Howard W. Barnwell,
popular coach at Franklin, for the
past two years, had been named
head coach at Marshall ;; High
School, succeeding Glenn Painter,
who resigned. ' . f-'iviTj.f
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The tax rate of the Town of
Marshall was redued from f 1.65
to $1.10 per 1100 valuation. ,
David Metcalf graduated from
Barber College, Winston-Salem.
TEN YEARS AGO
The Rev. James L. Hyde preach
ed his final sermon at the Walnut
Presbyterian Church after serv
ing as its pastor for twenty-six
and one-half years.
Miaa Clyde MoLeod of Mars Hill
and Miss Ruth Delphine Cogdill
of Mars Hill RFD 1, graduated
from WOUNC, Greensboro
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
Miss Helen Rudisill, of Mar
shall, was one of 431 students to
graduate from the Women's Col
lege of the University of North
Carolina in its 60th anniversary
commencement exercises.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Dennis, of
Marshall, announced the marriage
of their daughter, Helen, to Dr.
Robert C. Peacock, of Dunkirk,
Indiana.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Ramsey had
as their guests Mr. and Mrs. W.
A .Meyerhoff, of New York, N. Y.
I va Wild, vaedicianf f the
i. uduating class at Marshall High
. hooL was ; ghrea';:;fedUiiinnl
Award of i Tha Reader's Digest
Association' for students j: who by
their successful' school work give
promise of attaining leadership in
the canwnunity, it was announced
last Thursday by Bernard Brig-
man,: principal.
Miss Wild will receive an honor
ary subscription to The Reader's
Digest lot one year and an en
graved certificate from the Ed
itors, "in recognition of past ac
complishment and in anticipation
of tinuaual achievement to come."
? Ths Reader's Digest Association
has presented these awards yearly
in 'Senior high schools throughout
ths, United States and Canada to
the highest honor student of the
graduating class.
' Tha award to Miss Wild, who is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Wade Wild of Marshall RFD 4,
was mad possible through the c-
operaiton of Mr. Brigman and his
teaching staff. They selected
Miss Wild to receive the award,
designed to stimulate scholarship,
citizenship, and continued contact
with 'good reading after gradua
tion,'- -
Gross,To Leaye 'S?-1!
Sunday For Camp-;;:4'
;. Tha Rev. D. D. Gross, pastor of
the Marshall Baptist Church, will
leava Sunday morning ; for Fort
Bragg 'Where he will spend two
iweeka attending the annual sum
mer encampment of the North Car
olina; National: Guard;,;;;
. ypr. Robert L. , HoJt,t vice presi
dent of Mars Hill College, will
conduct both the morning and eve
ning worship services at the Mais
shall Baptist Church during the
pastor's absence, and will also be
on call for emergencies. The Wed
nesday evening prayer service will
be conducted by members of the
Brotherhood.
Mr. Gross expects to return to
Marshall on Sunday, June 23, in
time to conduct the evening service.
Macon S. Lisenbee
Passes In Canton;
Funeral Sunday
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MR. AND MRS. E. B. GILBERT, who observed
their golden wedding anniversary May 29, were hosts
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their home in Asheville- They were married in Mar
shall, where he was editor of The News-Record at
one time. They have lived m Asheville for more than
20 years. There are six children, seven grandchil
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uicu auu two greai-granacnuaren.
Cut courtesy Aiheville Citizen-Times.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Ben Frisby, of Marshall, at
tended the 12th annual conven
tion of the International Brother
hood of Magicians, at High Point.
The Madison County Board of
Public Welfare was formed, with
Mr. W. K. McLean and Mr. G. L.
McKinney of Marshall, and Mr.
I. N. Carr of Mars Hill being
named board members.
rVith Our ioys
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Clyde B. Griffin YN3 left Sun
day, June 2, for San Diego, Cal
ifornia after spending two weeks
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Jeter Griffin, of Marshall RFD 1.
County Girls Are
Awarded Choir
Medals At M.H.C.
Decoration To Be
Held At Ramsey
Cemetery June 16
There will be a decoration at
the Ramsey Cemetery, 2 miles
south of Marshall, the 3rd Sun
day in June at 2 o'clock.
ROME WOODSON
Decoration To Be
At Ball Cemetery
Sunday, June 9
There will be a decora;
the Ball Cemetery, Mar'
1, Sunday, June 9,
!A11 singers and
cordially invited to-
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Macon S. Lisenbee, 45, of Lan
ham, Md. was found dead in a
Canton city parking lot . last
Thursday night, May 80, 1&67,
Authorities attributed, death to
natural causes. Mr. Lisenbee had
been working in Canton for
few months.
'He was a jeweler and was
native of Madison County.
Funeral services were held Sun
day morning at ten o'clock in. the
chapel of Bowman-Rector Funeral
Home here. The Rev. Jack Davis,
pastor of Davis Chapel Baptist
Church, officiated and burial was
in Station Cemetery.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Vergie Worley Lisenbee, and one
son, Jerry; his mother, Mrs. Md-
lie Lisenbee of Route 1, Marshall;
two sisters, Mrs. Bruce Greene of
Washington, D. C, and Miss Nan
cy Lisenbee of Route 1, Marshall;
6 brothers, Kenneth and Dewey
of Asheville, Harold of Lanham,
Md., Robert and James of Wash
ington, D. C, and Forrest of
Falls Church, Va.
Marshall OES
To Meet Monday
Marshall Chapter No. 35, Order
of the Eastern Star, will hold a
regular meeting Monday evening,
June 10, at 8 o'clock in the Ma
sonic Temple.
All members of the Order are
Invited.
To Attend Golf Assn.
Fred O. TUson, of Marshall,
plans to leave here June 14 for
Miami, Florida, where he will at
tend the Southern Golf Associa
tion meeting there June 17-22. The
Association includes 14 states and
Mr. Tilson is a member of the
Rules Committee.
MONEY MAD
Dollars cut such a figure with
some men that they feel they have
to disfigure themselves to get
them.
Attend Handicraft,
Workshop Thai Week
At Camp Schaub
The 8th Annual "Western Dis
trict Handicraft Workshop ends
today (Thursday) after a three-
day session at Camp Schaub.
Some 175 home demonstration
club women and agents attended,
according to Iola Pritchard, N. C.
Agricultural Extension Service
food conservation and marketing
specialist. ,
The workshop, designed especial
ly for home demonstration club,
women in 20 western North Car
olina counties, began Tuesday of
this week. Club women and ag
ents participating from Madison
County were: Mrs. Janie Ramsey,
home demonstration agent, Mar
shall; and Mrs. J. E. Carter, Mar
shal) R-2. Mrs. Shadrack Mace,
Mars Hill Rl, is an instructor in .
chair bottoming at the workshop.
Among the list of choir members
I at Mars Hill College receiving
I .medals last week were Miss Fran
ces Anderson, of Mars Hill, and
Miss Kathaleen Shelton, of Mar-
hall RFD 3.
CARD OF THANKS
Words 4o not express the ap
preciation we feel for the kind
nesses show us at the time of his
death.
THE FAMILY OF
MACON S. LISENBEE
County Farmers
Build Practical
Building For Use
By PRINTESS W. ENGLAND
Assistant County Agent
Farmers are cooperating in pro
viding facilities together that in
dividually they could not provide
economically. Frank Massey,
WeWel Massey and Arthur Tran
tara Of the Baltimore Branch
community in Madiaon County
have built a tobacco esse house
(Which is two stories high. This.
hous is 24 feel wide and 82 feet
long. These farmer use the
bottom story to case and hand the
bVley 'v Tha top story Is used io
pack tins tobacco. ; By using lights
they can class and hand theih to
bacco m a short time regardless
el weather conditions. At one time
fast season they had ten thousanl
pound of burley, ready; for .marf
Icet ' - By TUding the proper siz
!oor In the upper story th '
tobacco ean be loaded easily on
truck and hauled to" market with
a minimum use of time and labor.
TTJs building Is used for storage
of fam supplies during the sea-
s n v' en not! in use for working
There's no need to pay a "fancy price" to enjoy fine-car
luxury. Ford is lowest priced of the low-price three, yet
offers values you'd expect only in cars costing far more!
. To start with, you can easily pay twice
the money, and not find lines that can
r hold a candle to' Ford's for lowness,
- loveliness, or just plain good taste.
. ' 1st step hsid. Haf s wkaa real
;v- lad lb reel vidaac f FaaTs aesiltyl
!' And, on the way in, note that Ford
' ' offers door checks that hold doors open
in either of too positions-far easy en
trance or exit A little thine. Hut, in a
, fine car, why not?. Then, inside, notice
extra kindly, too with spring assists to
help them open and dose the doors
with the most leg room in Ford's field!
Fine can art sawara-aad that's
( Bsather atacs Fard natty shews ttt stall
Ford delivers its famous V-8- power
smooth as whisper. That's because
only Ford take the pains to electron-.
. .kaDy balance each engine vMe run
ning under U own power, Not even the
makers of the most expensive automo-
how comfortable those, phish, foamy . bftes go this far to bring you- super-
ruDDer seats are. Tbey Jl stay that way. f bubjum penonnance.
And on long trip. For (heyr cientif--;. " Ford rides fine-car smooth and auiet
fcaJy contoured over non-sag springs. ; todX You can thank the ne "Inner part, Ford is the fine car at half the
Your rear-seal passengers are treated A Ford" for that. Ford, for instance, has fine-car price. Come In and seel
Amaileo'i fowdH comrtlbll h on 0 JI fori aodali for 197
a swept-back front suspension that
actually "rolls with the punch" of every
road bump.
Ford's rear springs automatically ad
just to give the right ride for every
road. And Ford ktept things quiet, with
the most sound insulation in its fiejd.
Ism cm are
hall Ii star taU. Se'i Faral ,
Ford has die only frame in its field to
make use of rugged tubular steel beams. '
No car at the price offers so many rootv-,7 .
strengthening beams. Expensive csuV ? u
aren't bult of thicker body steel or with
sounder engineering skffi. Then,: of f j 1,
course, in Ford you can have all the
Power assists and other conveniences f
found in fine cars. And they cost far lest '
m otu." let sir I in every feature, every :
Get in on the fun and savings now prp rr
; In the new kind of .LS J
ERVICE MOTOR SALES IF :
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MATwIlALL, 21, .
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