$2.50 A Yea la Ilia a f
, . $4.00 A Yea OutwJe '.
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PTA Tr-
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ie Leads EnC'r ' Ticket
With 357 Votes; (
, 470 Vote ' i vV
of the registered 600 voters
i , the Town of Marshall went" to
.' : .ie polls at the City Hall here
' Tuesday and Voted for the jnero of
. . uiBir cuuiw xvrnnjyvi: wira iouwitu
' of aldermen, v ". V" jV ' UT
1 Most of the candidates? remained
near (the polling (dace- and on the
sidewalks throughout ifche day de
spate chilly wands, ..r '' .
It wasn't until 2 hours after
' .-."the polls closed itftat'the final tb
- ' tela were tabulate! with the fol
i?" , lowing men elc tod (to serve for
- the next two yeaia in Marshall':,'
s Tor Mayor, Wadev fluey f e
, ' 1 , ceived 856 votes; ;whihv Clarence
Nix . -received , 95 WfiteiA - votes.
r Ralph , Carver, who , rati rji a
, .' 'Ipromise nothing' platform, tj-e
ceived 13 votes. ' .-?,',
' . ri In the aldermen's race,' Delmar
' - Payne' led the entire .ticket, with
', 857 votes, one more itthnqi wft re
ceived by Mr. Hoeyfor (Mayor.
-: -1 Hunner-u.pl to Payne in- the race
: , for Aldermen,, was Caney Ramsey
, - Jr., who polled 847 votes," The
( .; third highest nao was J.'C. Dod
f. son with 274 votes.. 'Mr. Dodsori
is serving' on, the board fo -the
' seventh consecutive tetttt and' was
i"; the only .incumbent for, alderman
sethi
mlt'illon.
A.
,.v Kei iniit Cody was a clos fourth
witSi 239 votes while E M. Brown
received B9 votes.. ' 11
LeJ Entire Ticket ,
:L
-Delmar Payne
Everyone has ; a stake in the
Hand. '?" .Evervone .ebould consider
ihknaeK steward of the sand.
irectly or indirectly Ji of us look
to the land for food, clothing and
shelter.' More than .that, we most
Jhold Khe eoil in trust for genera
ition do come.
arslwll Team Dins Cattle
Paging CdntestjThursdajr
MuffsSiall 'Hieh .School's Future
I Fanners of America dairy cattle
judging- team ; won' top honors
Thursday an the Blue Ridge Fed
eration : FFA ..contest at Valley
s Springs High Schoolr '
Team 'mernbera are . Jraig Bur
; nett, .Herbert Ponder, Kenneth
' Ponder end - Elymus Payne.' Jade
, Oole is teacher.- " 1 " ,'. i
W toners were chosen far their
, excellence', in fudging four ckeses
'of dairy cattle. Bigh scoring to
" dividual was Herbert Ponder with
375 pointa from a posible 400.
Second ipiace, team Wnnher was
. Gnka High School, with J. B. Ed
' wards Jr., as- instructor.; .Third
place went to East Yancey High
School, with Johnny E. Keever as
instructor. r , . 1
Trt ti e 'est on judging beef
rr ' .'a, fit jvtace went o the
Z::i a ' School "Future.
r :ifrs tam, t f which J. E. JIc-I.-.e
is ibstrv ' ". .''Member . of
' 'it :n v, ere Ax . '1 Dean, Paul
Tivid I I-" son" and
' .' '.v.!
- ' ' '1 tn j
" .'."s Elected Mayor, ' J
AV.de Huey
Starts 7tli Term
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J. C Jjon
Charles Pi : (Rocky) ; Rothscnild
Tuesday joined - George A' Garner
in iMadison: County-; Jail .here to
await trial later this month .fori
the 1S$5 murder-robbery of Car
son' Lawson in the Shutin commu
nity near Hot Springs..
.Fruent C Kimes, third defend
ant on oh aiiges of fiirst degree
burglary, armed robbery and mur
der.' is in (prison in Aberdeen',
"-TMiss., awaiting the outcome of
extradition appeal now before the
Mississippi .Supreme Court.
Rothschild, who. has been serv
ins -a iiveirear term in Soui!h
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COUNTY FARJIERS
RANKHIGHIN
1960 HIE USE :
; Madison County farmers used a
totaU of 9,094 tone of lime in 60
tnifh AiCP assistance! Farmers to
only ohe mountain county exceed
ed this lime , use tonnage and only
eleven in the state.
Lime to Very essential in the
production of many plants." : It, is
espeeially needed for pastures, hay
crops and all Jegumes.' v Farmers
receive more .results from the nse
of commercial fertiiJixer if the
lime requirements , are met first,
says Hanry G. SJlver, county ag
ricultural agent ;
The application of limestone to
land should he made six months
in advance of. seeding a!-lfa and
lepimes, if practical. Time is re
quired for limestone to react in
the sail. It is A foo-I tractSce to
sr;y Y:: ' f.i W'-k it into
t'.e 'I. Ti ' e 4 ' i t are i-t
rf. ',, t.i tc ;'.' r ' l recti .'
t y . c : - to I
.'a 1 .' ; C.i I' -ve, i ;
m
Mrs. George BShuper -
MARSHALL PTA ;
OFFICERS ARE
INSTALLED ION.
j ; T 4trehall sParenUTeacherjHiiU Schocl c
fAtrtMtf on held itrf last-ineetine. .Dr.. Otis I
of jbhe current school year Mon
day evening in thef; cafeteria. Mrs.
Clyde M, Roberts,' president,' pre
sided. Mrs. 'Lewis Bryan's home
room, won itSie prize ifor the larg
est number of parents present -'f
k -Thomas .. White, program
thatiirmafl, introduced iRilchaird
WJIde, so of Mr And Ma Abner
Wilde, wh4 played two piano 'to-
: Mrs. George Shupe gave a re
port of the 41st annual convention
d the 'N.'C. Congress of Parents
and Teachers which she Attended
in Winston-Salem April 18-20.
Mr$; 'Jerry Rice, dhafomen of
the Ways 4nd Means 'Committee,
gave a rerwnt of the PTA-anonsor-ed
s'i; p-r which was held Sabur
d.iy evf'ii x ,and was iprespntod
n c T.'ra. P'1.i'rU in r -r-.
. i i :.t
fcj euca 'Wui-a a corsage. 0-icers
Installed were 'Mrs, GeorgO'Shupe,
president; Mrs. L. B, Ramsey, 1st
vice president; Mrs. . S- L. iNix,
secretary; and Mrs. Bill Hunter,
treasurer. :-. Mrs. Oraitr RudisiU.
2nd vice president, was not pre-
sent
1A gift and corsage were pre
sented to Mrs. Roberts, the" re
tiring priSkdent ..';.
'A covered dish supper preceded'
the meeting, .wuth iMiss Shefte
Rice giving the invocation.
The committee 'wishes to thank
everyone who helped malce 'the 'ikjl
casion ' a success:.'" -; . ;" '''rf.-t'?-y
SUCCESS AT
HOT SPR INGS
The annual May Day tfestiyi
ties weri' held in the Hot 'Springs
Higfli: School auditorium on. 'Mon
day, night, '.May. h A huge crowd
turned out for, ; thet(Pograni al
though the p weather, wiae imolem
ent -The program was presented
by. Students in grades aitd he
high, school (giris) .glee club.f This
was one of the beat -May Day pro
gramed ever . held : Win ; the , Hot
iapxnngB ecnooi ana was weu re
ceived by .'presei..';, ;:.,
'Mr. Roy. Reeves. ' nrancinat .of
- Xthe, school, announced the.. Queen
for" May,' .Miss! PaDaniels, a
fifth grade student and the. daugh
ter of -Mi aad Mrs. James Ray
Daniels ' .of .j Hot .pringsVi l,M r.
Reeves performed ihe crowning
ceremony; i ' r.',"vv"' J
, The purpose f of, e.May Day
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r.!arHi!i;Hd0
Srrirs Renames
Town'OIiiciih ;
'-Although ' no official ' pesu!
have been issued as to the tv." '
of vot i c t, it is a? I t'
t'.e '" '..'a i-f Liars . -I .'.1
T" tT ' vere . reel.- ' 1
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1
;fl8y POB SK'V
C Oitizen" Staff
.A!ut'1.000"of .r
son viho' braved
weather, ,to ttenj a
1, 1
,T"T-
fat'iMars Hill jr:ir
d feleaRcs n
of -the 'Citizens for
in iMadiw '
odDfksal
the fitate J'
Raleigh "this w
state iivtervu .
, r ' T" -
eJ: VooreJ ti-.i.
ihn torenflo, secre
y ReWes prinoipal
I.
ory.j Mr.
of the schooJ,! performed : the in
."Ullatiort. - t" " 4 V
New business . taken tip. bt tjhe
meeting consisted of motions from
the floor that the PTA buy a new
electric ' duplicating , machine and
;. new set of stage curtains for
the high school auditorium. ' The?e
motions' were' voted on and ear-,
gfied and the tew equipment 'wall
be installed prior-.-eoJlje en4 of
fiiis echool- year. These additions
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man for t
the f !i x
fr.i will 5
, , Ot1 r
tee.i.-i r
date cf i
was r t i
he f I
F
r.
' ' . Nealcy Cradburn, ft- cord producer in the Wprley ;l
.'Cove section of the county, receives his advance pay-, .
ment as the first participant la the 1961 Feed Grain
."' Program from Dorothy Sprinkle, administrative clerk, , :
: at the local ASC office. ; This advance payment of
, J233.C0 represents approximately half -the payment
which Ilr. Eradburn expects to earn for diverting a ;
"portion of hi3 corn base to conservation uses under -
tne new rrrcram. ine remainaer oi ws payment wui
' be r
i.i late Bv mer after performance has been-
en the f
i i i the f
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G' - r 8 sat Tj
ticans", wowld; try U crose iup ids
committee's wort Jf they learned
too many - details - of . . h trip,
which he ttaid woudd last at least
two days, , .'; , , T
. Monday- night's meeting fa iflw
gymnasium., is tha eecond mass
meeting foUpwing' the failure-of
the school convm')ttee to elect Neill
us principal for next year. , -
In JricWng off the-meeting, Dr.
Duck aslEed frossiible that
the (powers thai ibe in owr eounty
cannot rtoleVate progress combined
with efficiency in the education f
our eliildren 'i I Siave 'been told
what sevenal months, ago borders
were 'issued .from- outside this
school district to- get vid of Mr.
Meill .,; if this lis democracy l
eat my hat 1 Where 'do these
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."13 COUNTY
iCaimty'a tflret ease of
iinca 'November, 19 e
("i t t" '
flnCo in
ist week AC'
yj T
uj a t ....
who 0-ad had no juiiiu .
again sit diphtheria. Fort a,,
child wee seen by a physiciawj
diagnosis of diphtheria was con
firmed' by laboratory examinattion,
Mid diphtheria antitoxin was . ad.
ministered. Ha condition is now
imported satisfactory.
Dr. Lord, states "Diphtheria 18
one of the most serious of the com
ihunjoable dieeaese- but fortunate
today it da one of our most eas
prevented diseases. Immuniza
tion against . diptheria, as well as
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to
11 err.'. : him
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cor: rv '.ion.
i a rc t i.T-i
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Group: fad; En'
Gets Synpsihy
CHRONOLOGY OF,
SIARSHILLROW
DURMTVFffl,
Sunday. April 30t "
Tha Mars Hdll School , Commit
tee met in the . home of Paul Gii
Ke; Mara -HiU Tl D 2f to -reconsider
the "ouster of'. Principal
Ralph E. Keill Jr. Voted three to
one in favor of its earlier action.
Oscar Anderson ,; J r. , voted for
keeping Neill and Brown Amnions,
Eugene .Reese -nd Paul Gvllis
cast dissenti'Tig votee. "D. M Robr
bison, wiho voted: for Neill a t
original 'sneetiing, wa not present
due to illness. . ". v .
Monday, May It . v
, Protest meeting, held: l: Mars
Bill School Gymnasium with- es
timated '1,500 citasene ; present.
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23 TEAC-jRS. .
WOULD LEAVE
WITH NEILL
Tl fifty of the
' if 1 Pil.ool
leach era at
annittee does uoi. re:viiucr
uction. -) ,t
The Statement was given as fol-
lows: --'.,- .' '
'We the following members of
the Mars Hill School f acuity feel
that we can no longer carry out
our professional duties under pre
sent conditions and affirm that if
our present administrator is forc
ed to leave, we will 'be obliged to
leave with him.
"We can no longer tolerate the
firing of any public school per
sonnel without just causes ' .
"The following 30 , teachers
signed this statement:
J. R. Higgins, Porter : Glenn
Whitt, Lena B Ray, Peggy Am
nions Thomas, Jessie Mae Met
calf, Jeanette R. Gxigg, Annie
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'Permitted Acreage' On Fee J
Grain lEKiplained By 1C
AUXILIARY;':
RUMMAGE SALE r
HERD SATURDAY
' "9 V '.'t .
The Marshall Firemen's ? Auxil
iary wiS have a rummage sale on
Saturday, May ; 6 in the store
budWrng on. Main -Street Which Was
f gnmeriy occupied by Model Gro
cery. The aale will begin at 9 a-m.
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By DQUJf REiEiD,
icaleign ; IMS Benae jmo.- t
tdon Committee in n - lunuauai
move gave, ear Wednesday te 11; ; :
JMadison Ooumty'resadenta protest- ':
ing th firing of Mans um tocaiooi . ,
Principal 'Raljm E. Neill Jr. J
. It (had swmpattiy aod some xree .
advice to offer. and dropped, ,
hint or two along the way a to
possible taction , by tine Madison
group. "; , - 4 t " '
i But otherwise the committee
concensus added up to telling the "
delegatiori that' the legislative nlt t
couldn't d-anything about the ait-" ,
uation. ' '4 , ".
MeMVwhile Dr., W. Otis Duck, ,( .
spokesman for the g(rouj irom t r
Madison, announced A . tneeting "
with the State Board of Educa- v
itii on At 2 (p. sn. ThuredBy. tisrorts ,
also were being made to tee uov,
fiamford. t 4 ?K ' 1 ,
Dr. DucY aai4 that the state -' 7
board will he asked to conduct an ' 1
official s investigation, into NeiU'S'
firing. K - ' '
I Everett Miller, assistant state -
superintendent of public inatruc-i
tion, v who attended . Wedlnesday's v .
LSenate - committee hearing, said
general administrative , eyuithority
given the etate boai-d under pres
ent law empowers it to hold suJh ;
uni.l Mi- r i a. ' ..,
. Dr, Duck told the. . - -Bvttee
Wednesday - morning the
-hours-lonig: discussions with Ram-
sey had . failed f to ' achi eve the
group's hope for legislative moves :
by, their representiatiives. He said'
the group told Ramsey "how we.
feel, and Mr. -Ramsey said that
he had a book to go by, 1 and
would have to follow it that the
Democratic Party framework " is
there and that he could mot depart' .
from it"' 'J.:,'. -
(Ramsey ia chairmait of the :
Democratic Executive Committee -for
Madison County.) t- '
Appearing with Duck before the -
committee were his wife, Mr.- and -Mrs.
(Bruce Murray (Mrs. Diick
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- Each "cooperating t f arm under ,
the 1961 feed grain program will
have-permitt6dacreaee! for
corn - and' grain- aonglmMnr accord- s
mg to Joel B." Morgan Chairman,
County AgricttltU'iwl Stabiliiationi
and ConeervaMon jCommittee ; 'r
;Thia "peniitted; aoi-eage" will'
be the .largest acreage of corn and'
grain 'eorghujn' that may ile pro
duced on the farm in , 1801 , in
order for the farm to continue a
a coperating f i. '
' Undei; the fetj t ' .
ihe producer of Cf i r
ghum' agrees to i t ;
former'y j' ' I : ,
a coriTa " i --.
version, 1
ment, a ? '
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