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Semi-FinaJi Slated Tonight;
- , JV Team Battle - ,
' Hard .
V , The 1961, Madison County high
, school basketball tournament en-
'. tors the semi-final' stage tonight
when iSie . Mars iHdU giirto teike -on
'-; the Walnut sestet and the Mars
' ? Bill boys, battle Spring Creek in
f the final game of the night's pro
fgram. ''',","'.' ' "' 1 1
' In (the Junior Varsity division,
;,i the .Spring Creek "girls battle' the
LaureJ girls and,' the"' Marshall
boys vie with tihe Laurel boy.
" " Other semi-filnal games iwiQ be
" played Friday night with (the f i
nals scheduled f or 'Saturday might
X Although (most . of ibhe games
thus far have been mm by decris-.-,
tve . tnaitgWM,' lihey have been, for
, the meat part, exciting.- The Mkr
- shall-Walnut girls game, won by
' Walnut, 52-47, provided the moat
'; exciting" fireworks. . . .
: Although (the crowds have been
' large throughout: ithe first two
' hights dihe gymnasium is expect
ed to be filled to aapaoity Cram
'' here on out .' I .
" The Junior Varsity' games also
' aire vnnjr the fame en idea of
What to expect in the coming aea-
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NORTH CAROLINA
MAY, GET $27
PER PUPIL ;
i
' Washington President Ken
' ' nedy's education proposals,' stib-
j.-' ' emitted to 0(yp?ri Monday, in
, i f elude a total of 715 scholamuaips
', ,( .worth $500,500 .for -North Caro
t linians in- 1962. . . ,
. 'Federal funds for North iCaro
l' lina elaasrroonF construction and
1 ; p teacher elades for the eame fia
, ' v cal year ; would amount to $27,
" , ii 906,486, or an average" of $27.JS5
" ' per pupil.' - 1
'.'V" -5The tMimber ,o. scWarshipe a
: ;;.';:::vilable- limcreaae each year' 'and
' ; by fiscal 1966 there would be 5,--i
' S65 for iNortihr OarolirKs -worth
, ' i i, 13,766,600. v , ,,','.'''' ,
J . ' ; Classroom " and teacher pay
, r s " funds alee increaee. North Car
1f olina'g total in fiscal 1963 would
" ' ' be $32,093,440, or $31.40 a pupil,
, and in faecal 1964, $36,142,562, or
' - v $34.62 a pupil., )-
t C-3 Ffcnnsra. ilzzt Prcico,
; CC::!!: " Frca C:-;crnar 'A
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: Madison . Is Represented At
. Meeting In Raleigh
V , . This Week , i
' Western" North ,'Oarolfna's
organized program for planning
, for future' regional : growith was
i called "a model for the rest of the
state" by Gov. ferry Sanford at
; a Wednesdlay breakfast meeting
i, with WiNC legislators and ' civic
leaders in Raleigh. , , ,
' At the meeting, , arranged by
the Western North ''Carolina
. Regional Planning , Commission,
' Sanfond p rawed ithe WNICRPC
;: program . as "the finest example
of how to go about getting your
own prot'ems solved." f
Along wiiLh the praise, Sanford
called on WNC h- '.!ators to en-
i:,t in the tf'.t f.-r ejer,-".,l
e;"n,V- aril 'tax TpryJ le
w i : 'i v - h i.
'.sr'l T a i i '
"5 ' e to ; l
TAX COLLECTOR
TO MAKE ROUNDS
Mrs.! Stum J. iHuskVis, deputy
collector, for. the North GaroXiina
Department of tRevenue for Avery,
Madison, Mitchell ' and Yancey
counties, has announced 'that she
wall visit various, (places - in; her
territory between' now and April
15, ' She will aid1 taxpayers, in
preparing income tax forma for
1960, " ' . " '
i iHer Madison County '.itinerary
follow:' ' i , ' : -
Mem Hill ' " Warrick's Soda
Shop, March 8 nd 2S. '
Marshall Courthouse, Feb.,
23,, March 8 and 29. , ,' ' y.
Any o,ueeitnona concerning North,
Carolina : income tax formi may
be referred to Mrs. Hoiskins ' et
the tmie she makes her visits.
PLANTING TREES
IS PROFITABLE
The planting of tree on farm
land within- Madison - County .can
be a ' paying proposition to the
farm 'owner in eeveral ways. The
root system which trees from be
neath the surface of the ground
provide one of the beet moans of
protecting the soil from water e
roadon. Trees alao help to restore
fertility-of (Umjh or worn out soils.
Then, too, they represent em in
veetment iwhooh wiH pap big div
idends . to the owner - at hawest
time. ,
I ?r add' Hon to the reasons otit-
d above farmers in Maduon
County who have tend that ahould
be devoted to trees, have two in
centives which few, if any, other
counties i , Wave " hi year. - that
ahould cause - them to want to
plant trees in 196U These incen
tives are the , offering of free
eeedHngs by the Champion Paper
and Fibre Company '.and a coat
sharing ' payment of -$12.00 per
acre through the County Agriciil-
tural Prosjram. In speaking of
these two incentives, . JRaiph W.
RNneey A SO office manager,
stated , that persona interested in
ithe free eeedlings should place
Itheir orders immediately and that
ACP payment -' on- planting . the
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R. C ELLER IS
ACTIVE IN SAME
CIIURCII 75 YEARS
Joined The Laurel Branch
i Church In 18S3; Is A .
: ' Faithful Tvlember
Mr. R. ,C. EJler, affectionately
known as7 "Uncle Rufe," has en
enviable record as a f.JJful
member of the 'Laurd Iwi.!
Baptist Church. 'SU T,
r1io ie 93 j cf r , j " 1 te
oli'urch v ' i 1 a v i 15 j .9 olJ
and V"3 l ini''.e 1 er
ever t ' .
rt 1 1 3 1 i n
d.if' - " " i
WALNUT IIEART
FUND DRIVE TO.
BE SUNDAY
.Solioitocra for itSie Walmit
Heart Fund prive will be convas-
sing W)3tout Sunday February
26, afternoon, according tO;Mre.
George Shupe, Walnut chairman.
They -will be giving out educat
ional: material at the. same time,
trying to help stamp out the na
tion's s 'number one fciilller, . . , heart
-All are- urged to gpve in this
drive. It is hot a part of the U
nited . Fund Drive' and all dona
tions go apecificdally .to-' Wither
lng ' research n and aid for 'heart
disease victims. i - . 1
- Soiioitors and their areas in
clude: Mir. and Mrs. Ckice Plem-
mons, from Mrs. Stack Beeves' to
HopeweU . Mrs. Leonard Baker,
Hopewell Church; Mrs, Gmma
Kate MoDevitt, , Reagan MioDeviitt'R
to Guthrj Ve Service Station;
Mr. and Mrs. Tom WaKin, Guth
rie's to their own home; ' Mrs.
Paul Smith, Ramsey's Store to
R. MciDevitt's; Miss Joan Holla
flieM,.' Mire. Emmett " Allen's pa
Thomas Kranch ; Mrs. Claude Lan
ders, Miss LulaChandlerlBito Mrs.
Landers, Mies Lewie 'to Mrs.
Vance Ramsey's to the iFitee. WQ
Baptist Church to 1 Presbyterian
Church; .' 'Mw. Grace ' Dockery,
Mrs. Minnie Davis' , to Jam Chan
dler's; Mrs. : Ezra Bunwette, Mrs.
Wheat McCluire's to Barnard ; 1
Miss Ruth G u.tih.We, Free Will I
church do Dx-1
Ja-k r 'i ! ! "
ner, i
George IS.... , .
'y'i t I"
. 9 to
mdtta Payne's. . ' ,
: Those not at home on iStuuUiy
will be contacted at another time.
SCHOOL TO BEAR
IRA B. JONES'
NAMEATGRACE
Husband . Of Former Mary
, ' Bradley Native Of
f County ,
A veteran Aaheviile ? aahoobnan
won publ ic acclaim and ' the new
building of an old school got a
new name' Tuesday .at . Grace
Scheol in Aheville.v
In surprise ceremonies held by
the Grace PTA, Ira ; B. Jones,
principal of Gnace for 29 years,
was told that .the achool's new
$600,000 building wiir be named
the "Ira B. Jones' Elementary
School" when the ; 26-classroora
structure opens for 'classes next
fail. , - , '
Announcement that the new
building will he named in honor
of ithe present principal wee made
by W, P. Gmiffin, city school sup
erintendent, es the climax of a
"This Is Your Life" program, in
which , relatives, teachers and
early students of Jones and now
prominent in Asheville came on
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I.I-rvIn Fill rTw
i Mad
10,73G,pJ0
I960 i- 1
milk and 3,;
it:
til
ft
ti'iitj
milk. The ,i ; . .
880.00 to th
income cf 1
aur inorea:;i'
1959. despi .i
dairaes. Oi- :
talblished, 'one
and four chan
. 4 UitJo
y. Tails v
, ; 3,000.00 over
i of 4 gfttade- A
C.My' was- es
! u airy was sold
1 from grade A
to grade C proiliietiom. , - .
, Ten dairymen on the, lundt itest
demonstration (program, sponsor
ed by TVA aiiud the county, agtrl.
cultural iaigtnlV off joe, - eet tSie
pace in Increased production. The
ten demonstration dairymen pro
duced 1,843,970 pounds of milk
in 1969 and 2,126,001 pounds of
milk tin 1960. Ann increase of over
20$ in on year I How, was 'this
increase obtained? i
Better Feed Progrkm ' v
Seven of the ten UTD dairy-
men need a program of full
ing sUage during the winter with
limited -hay. - The other three
feed -silage and1 liay in adequate
amojimts to supvly their cows am
ple rouglhnge Four of the ten
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IT PAYS TO
TOPD
EVEi
Ik
I Pastures fiii.li hay crops need to
be topdrc' 1 every year, accord
ing to J.i s C. art, assist
ant eoun' r jnt -
w'i'l pay 1 ' v."
.i l.eed to ; . -1 is 1 J i '
' 1 t a sumniior i or tn.
J. f'.ilds cam,.' tfaen, ,toe put
back in pastures or hay crops.
' Less than one ha'f J ta ton of
alfalfa hay would pay for 600 lbs.
of 0-9-27.. This, plua the fact
that you can maintain your stand
for a longer period of time.
In a year's time a steer would
(h)ave to gain only 60 pounds to,
pay for 600 .lbs. of 2-12-12. Top
dressing wiUl improve the quality,
the stand and 'total production
for your , pastures. . In many cases
enough additional (growifh - can be
attained on pastures to get a cut
ting of 'hay. ' - 11
Yes, lannuial topdfessing wall
pay yon good returns.. .-In' hay
crops it will increase ' your; ton
nage of hay. In pastures it will
iiusreaee ithe number of livestock
you can graze and with increawd
growth of pastures you increase
the rate of' gain with your live
stock. , - 1 1 i , T
Topdreesing does not coat; it
paysf
-a n .
:r in
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n
'"I ;
es Program As
!; GC? Calls
' ces&ive)
Cs3 '.'
It
ri '
He
ly declared
to il " " '-
J 3
8 x
ATASs..
Speaker Joseph M1. Hui.
day announced members oi x
various committee'' in the geneiu
assembly. T " T V k
' Represenbailttve' L. ,v B. "t Ramsey
of Madison, ws named en the fol
lowing committees: , -I , '
.Inetituitions for ithe Deaf,; En
grossed Bills Committee on fed
eral .and interstate cooperation,
Public Buildings v and Grounds,
Manufacturers and Labor, Elec
tions and Election Laws, Counties,
feed-T"5.6" Town, y and Library
(Joint).
lSSi-TOBACCO
ACREAGE
; Each year many tobacco, farm
era in the county are inconven
ienced by planting in, excess of
their allotted acreage. Then too,
some few i anmew Jose portion of
their potential income from tobac
co by failure to plant ftieir allot
ted " acreage. P1, Novile ' Hawkins,
Chairman of the Madison County
ASG Committee, points out that
r in iwhii.h the farmer can
!1 of u'"' 'pg S.is ejitx-l
iil..l"'l ij ' hiV9 his
, "i-Lily pivli4-lsuied by
i J ijre '.tativa wiho is
trained to perXortm this eervice.
He stated that ASO wiU aainthds
year offer pieaeurement , er
vdcea to farmers who desire it and
.ttat the charge, which will be
borne by the applicant, will be the
cost of perfonning the aervice.
The service charge for 1961 will
be Oie same as for 1960 which
'was a minimum of $8.00 per farm
plus $1.00 for each field that is in
excess of two fields plus im ad
ditional charge if measurements
are to be made on more (than one
farm tract Hawkins ' further
stated ithat the work' involved in
establiiihiing 1961 onddvddual farm
allotments had been completed at
an earliex date ' than anticipated
and that i!hexASC Offiice personnel
were now in position to - accept
applications for premeasweming.
In conclusion he pointed out that
March 15 was the clcaiing date
w h e rby interested ' producers
coud file their apptlications and
deposit for this special service..
rv Hp!"
J - Odd
to school construction, with local
school districts putting up half
methoney on a matrtif iHawis.
rvmocratie Le r I '
1 c
ina t ' 1 '
r f ' . 1 et
1 ! 1
COFCl,
(Dr. W, A. Sams epok.
bers of the Marshall COii.
Commerce Tuesday at ta
lar seml-monithly unchecmi
ing' at the Presbyterian Chi
His topic was the KenvMills ,
vs. the 'Kennedy idea for med.
aid, to the aged. He told of rt(
recent doctors' meeting end tin
ed- ithe ; members to study oar
fully' tali phases of the imedic.
aid W the aged. f ' , ,
Followingr his -talk,'- 'Mr. .Zen
H, Ponder epoke - to the grou
concerning the school situation i
Madison- County and also con
pared the educational systems c
Russia and America. He discos
ed the proposed new fauildinga c
the Island and why plans at
present had been rejected', ' I
spoke f. favorably ! of , Govern
Sanf ord's v prograim ;f educati
and also touched on the prospe
of tTia federal aid to educaL!" i.
J"-m Story, pre!,iJunt of i
CI r--Ps'idd (v"h 11 r
bera present. . - j- r.
HOMEWORK SAVES U.
Poughkeepeie, v N. Y. r II
daughter's school homework ea
ed the life of Leroy Speer Jr.; r
eently, : The child, Patricia, 1,
keeking help in her studies, wei
to the garage where ner fath'
was working on Ids car. SI,
found him uneonsoioufl from- .a
ton monoxide ifumes. A psyskfc
was able to revive him.
fish For. Dismissal 61 0t:i4 '
TOMBSTONE IS;
FOUND AT HOT ;
SPRINGS
1 . .! A strange discovery was made
Sunday when a; sixth-grade stu
dent and hi ndmother 'jtound
a headpiece from a, setv of tarob
stones in front of the 'Hot Springs
School near.. .Highway 25-70. ; ' '
On the gray marble piece was
inscribed, "Edith Johnson 1892
1955." Careful invest; nation revealed
tluit, no one e-o ml ITot rpringrs
ever x knew evi a j 'ik -Roy
T '"v-es, " priii 1 r.t ithe Hot
n St
wfi, t i t . a tk v, . a-
f t) z t e 1 'KW ' i
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?m or
t f '
OefendanU Claim Suit, Was
, . FiUA In Wmn
District 1 '
The f aheniff , a . precinot - regi-'
trar and 'three other , Madieon
Countv men have requested a
f hearing for Mkrclhs 6 on a motion
that a $500,000 damage - suit
brought agadaist them on mali
cioua arrest -claims be diamissed.
V Sheriff E. Y. Ponder and the
other men requested the bearing
in " Middle District Court and
subsequent dismissal of the suit
on the.: basis it rotas filed in tfhe
wrong - distriot. They contend it
beflongs in the Western District
Court. 'i ' t.
James R. Vosburgh of 'DurLiwii,
a .third-year, "law student at il'.e
University of . Not '.h Caro"'
filed the suit in Jam'siry. I
cl.-iiro) 1 '3 coni-tllullon J r'
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