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r 1 "j3 i ; " , L Li uLza-;-- $2.50 A Year Io Madison & Buncombe Countiea , $4.00 A Year Outside These Two Counties VOL, 60 NO. 20, 10c PER COPY --. II ' i'i 8 PAGES THIS WEEK MARSHALL, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1961 nji uu n n. nn D y uuu imjg JU eO Individual Applications Are Returned Here Unsigned Neill Defends Stand; Does Not Make Return To School Appeal The task of replacing 30 mem bers of ithe Mars Hill School fac ulty apparently will face the new prinicipal when "he succeeds Ralph Neill Jr., at the end of the .present school .term. Re main nig also is the question of whether parents will change their minds and discontinue their boycott of the sdhool. After learning of the Mars Hill School committee Saturday night elected Evail Evans to succeed Neill, some parents in the coi munity said they would send their children; back to school Monday. "We did what we thought was right when we kept our children' out of school. Now that there is nothing else we can do we may as well send our children back," one of them said. Other (parents were more deter' mined than ever to continue their boycott of the 950-pupil school, where attendance has been below 100 every day since Tuesday, when a group of , mothers marched on the school to begin a mass demon' stratoion which ended in the coun ty counthouse in Marshall, 11 miles away. . - A vast majority of the parents ' questioned took- their place in the totter category that they are will' tog' to see their children remain out of classes until the end of this "Bcnoot year, about three weeks a way. .-' i v . . - , There was a difference of opin . ion among parents but the 80 fac ulty members who earlier signed (Continued to Page Six) :-v Bell Institute Alumni i Meeting To Be At Walnut The 2nd annual reunion of for mer students and teachers of Bell Institute will be held at the Wal nut Presbyterian Church on Sun day, June 25. .Following t'ne morning church service, a picnic lunch will be spread on the church grounds. Later, an afternoon program is planned (including a brief bus ness meeting).- .!.-'. Everyone who attended Bell In stitute (or any other school un der the ' Presbyterian (Board in Madison County) is , invited to bring a picnic lunch and attend this reunion. ; S The officers are: President, Clyde Mcdure; vice president, v Luther Wardrepj secretary and treasurer, Mrs. , Bob Henderson; historian, Miss Lula Chandler. 1:3 llunni Cc CcW Kcrc To Hold Picnic Supper At 6:30; Program In Lunchroom The - annual Marshall High School Alumni Banquet will be held on the Island Saturday night, beginning with a picnic supper at 6:30 o'clock. Following the sup per, a talent -program will be en joyed in tne Marshall lunchroom. This program will be followed by the usual business meeting and e lection of officers. Dr. J. L. McElroy, president, p- ".ouneed that Cie informal out ' r meal proved so popular l.;r ' r t!.at t'.e same t;'; 8 f ' - r 'n ie in order. I-'.s. I a- T ' '-.--fl, Home r-'-v -, .U i in tit.- i cf i" ' To Lst I r ) . FOUR NARROWLY ESCAPE SERIOUS INJURY FRIDAY Car Burns After Wrecking Near Ivy Bridge Friday Night Four young Marshall men mira culously escaped serious injury about 11 o'clock last 'Friday night when the car in which they were riding struck a rock embankment and overturned near Ivy Bridge on the MarshaM-Asheville High way. Seconds' after the impact with the rock embankment, the car burst into flames but the oc cunants managed to escape with minor cuts and bruises. The four men were Harry Bald win, driver and owner of the 1860 Tudor Chevrolet Sedan; Barry f Briggs, Johnny Ball and Gordon Rice. One of the men stated that an oncoming vehicle's lights blinded the driver who struck the rock embankment on the right aide of -the highway as they were travel Ming toward Marshall. Firemen from Marshall quickly went to the scene and extinguished the flames. The car was completely demolish ed. DEADLINE NEARS FOR FEED GRAIN PROGRAM SIGNUP Com grows have until May 22 to sign up under the 1961 feed grain program, Joel B. 'Morgan, Chairman, County Agricultural Stabilization end Conservation Committee, said today. The program provides special payments to growers of corn who divert acreages this year from the production of corn to a soil con serving use. Up to half the total payment to be earned on a farml; may be made in advance if the farmer requests it. In Madison County, the acre age county rate is $33.40 per acre for reducing corn acreage a mini mum of 20 percent below the farm base acreage. 'Higher rates will apply for reducing com from 20 to 40 percent below the base. Rates on a farm may be higher or lower than the county rates, de pending on the farm's productively in relation to the county acreage. While the program is voluntary, corn (producers will not be eligible' for price support on any of their 1961 feed grain crops unless they (Continued To Last Page) Banquet To On Saturday HEALTH DEPT. ANNOUNCES RABIES CLINICS Dr. Miargery J. Lord, Madison County Health Director, has an nounced that Rabies Clinics nave been schedule,! for some areas of Krad-son County on May 29, June 2, n;i June 5. The clinics will be cob.:jc!4 by 2r-!td vetei snar 3 C! o " 1 a eta' 1 v: " i of ' i le 1 1- MHS STUDENTS SELECTED FOR INSTITUTE Judy Ball And Shirley Parris Will Participate In A Four-Weeks Study Miss Judy Ball, age 15, daugh ter of iMr. and Mrs. Jack. Bali of Marshall RFD 5, and MSsa Shirley Parris, age 16, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Paras of Mar shall, have been accepted for c four-weeks' Summer Institute for Talented School girls at Woman's College of the University of North Carolina beginning June 6. A grant from the National .Science Foundation enables the Ball Parris Woman's College to offer a Sum mer Science Trainimg (program for Secondary" School 1 students. This program ds designed to give a group of 40 high-ability (girls in .the summer between the llith and (Continued To Last Page) 1961-62 HUNTING PROPOSED - Raymond !Ramsey,: wildlife pro tector of 'Madison County,- an nounced that the Wildlife Re sources Commission will hold a se ries of public hearings in each of the Commission's nine districts to give sportsmen an opportunity (to express their opinions regarding the 1961-1962 hunting and trap ping regulations. Ramsey said that the Commis sion met in Raleigh May 10, to establish a set of proposed regu lations that will be presented et the .hearings. Ramsey urged that local, sportsmen attend the Dis trict 9 bearing scheduled for 7:30 p. m., at the Court House din Sylvia on May 23. Up for consideration this .year, Ramsey said, is a proposal that the squirrel season ; be opened statewide on October 16, and close January 1. In Madison County the season would open two weeks later than last year. The Commission proposes essen tially the same season on bear as last year Oct. 16 through Jan. 1, with minor local exceptions, and the same dates would ' generally ( Continued Te Ist Page. . . GIRL SCOUT COUNCIL OPENS CAMPDRIVE The Pisgah Girl Scout Council of Western Moron Carolina new "kickoff" luncheon at the Bat tery Park Hotel Saturday for a fund drive to improve the girls camp in Translyvania County. The following people gave progress reports and future plans for the drive: C. G. Picfcaird, advance gifts; Frank Coxe, industrial j E. Mack Sailey, business; Mens. Har old Clark, clubs and organaza tions; Mrs. James Garrison, Girl Scout adults; Dr. Mary Shuford and WilHain M. Styles, profession al. . . t : Mrs. , Tania Rollman presented a panorama iprogram and senior Girl Scouts presented a program of reminiscences about camp life. Intermediate: and iBrownie Girl Scouts ' representing troops from the entire thirteen-county council staged . Cornerstone Ceremony" . . . twenty items from Girl Scout camo life, raiwrins- from the A- f merican flag to the lovely box of cookies :wfliich have played so great - a part in the development plan to date, were placed in the ''cornerstone'' by girls while a student ''"-'from Honk School of Creative Arts narrated this high light of the meeting. - Miss Margo Roberts amd Miss Martha Louise Ramsey represent ed Madison Coumty at this meet ing, and were accompanied by tfheir leader, Mrs. Ed Niles. Ifewf angled movies may, be o way Jfif jmom and he lf''but a maa misseS'lSe silent fiUuo. " It was1 so 'good to see a woman open her J mouth and have no sound come out Dr. Carroll, Board, Committee Set Dp "eeting Of Winds" 25 Citizens Are Extended Invitations To Attend Tuesday's Meeting Dr. Charles F. Carroll, state superintendent., of public instruc tion, met with - Madison County school of facials here Monday night in an effort to restore normal con ditions at beleaguered Mars Hill School. iHe was accompanied to Mar shall by J. Everett Miller, assis tant state superintendent, who al so assisted in Qie meeting. Proir to the meeting ki the Courthouse, 30 of the 35 teachers at the school gathered at Mars Hill and again told the Citizen that there would be "bo compromise" in their decision not to accept re eetiiiiigs EVANS REJECTS PRINCIPALSHIP OF MARS HILL Evan J. Evans, a native of Madison County, who is as sistant nrincipal of a school near Orlando, Fla., stated, "Upon receipt of further m formation on conditions re lative to the Mars Hill situa lion, I do not feel it would be wise to accept the posi tion at this time." He said he had informed Madison County School (-Superintendent Fred W. Anderson of his decision and he voiced appreciation for the confidence shown in him by the officials who offered him the job. Firemen's Auxiliary To Hold Bake Sale In Marshall Sat. The Marshall' Firemen's Aux-1 iliary will hold a bake sale Sat- urday in t!he building on Main Street which was formerly occu pied by Model Grocery. In addi tion to the bake sale, tiie rum mage"' ale:'khha;;heenheld for two previous Saturdays will be continued since several items still remain to be sold. appointment unless their ousted principal Ralph E. Neill Jr., is rehired for next year. All have been offered jobs next year by schools in Hampton, Va., they said. "If Neill goes, we go," is their stated stand. At Marshall two members of the five-member Mars Hill School Committee which declined to give Neill a new contract were equal ly firm in their position not to re hire flie principal. Already the committee has chosen as his suces sor van Evans, a Madison na tive now teaching in Florida. Complicating these two oppos ing viewpoints is the student boy cott at the school which began last Tuesday. The number , attending (Continued To Page Six) r.: ; Eid Qeaioeke Lack Of Quorum Wrecks Tuesday's Pupils, MRS. HUSKINS WILL ASSIST IN TAX FILING State Privilege License For New Tax Year Based On 1960 Census The 1960 Census will be used in determininsr State Schedule "B" Privilege License tax liabili ty for t!he tax year beginning June 1, 1961, according to infor mation furnished by Mrs. Sam J Huskins, local .Deputy Collector for the North Carolina Depart ment of Revenue. Mrs. Huskins states that many Privilege Licenses are based on population and suggests that the taxpayers .refer to the 'Schedule Partial List, which is being mailed together with application blanks etortaPyr Bweoghout the State within - the next ; few days. Privilege Licenses not bas ed on population will not be af fected by these population chang es. ' - The 1960 population figures fori some of the places in Madison County are: Mars Hill, 1,574. If any taxpayers in Madison County are in doubt as to their correct tax liability or need as sistance in filing their applica tions, Mirs. Huskins suggests that they contact her at her office, which is in the Pollards Drug Store, 2nd Floor in Burnsville, N. C, or caH her at telephone No. MUrray 2-2418, and she will be glad to furnish any information desired. TWELVE HUSBANDS Chicago Arrested while liv ing with her twelfth service-nian husband, Mrs. Virginia Debus, 82, was accused of marrying the oth er eleven to obtain their Govern ment subsistence checks. She was given a, one-year sentence. She was convicted on falsely re ceiving two subsistence checks for 157 each. . MFIC IS GIVEN $20;613 GRANT BY FOUNDATION - Mars Hill College has been chosen to receive a ?:0,C13 p i from the N C Foi.nJatt-'i f r Church Related Cn"' The announcement of t s : iras made Tlmrs' sT i. -Salem by Paul 7 ', director f '.' ' ' Ea!b -'l T&r .- ' t;-.ii',-13y i" 3 i -oOo- eeting Here; Teachers,' Speak Tuesday's Meeting Flops Tuesday night's meeting in the courthouse which was requested by Dr. Charles F. Carroll, state superintendent of liducatiion, floundered amd ended in a "do nothing" stalemate after four hours when three members ox itne Mara Hill School Committee fail ed .to show np. They were chair man D. iM. (Robinson, who is in Washington, Eugene Reece and Paul Gillis. Also absent was J. G. Gardner, school board member from Mars Hill. The meeting had been called to attempt to find a solution to the Mars Hill crisis after Dr. Carroll had met with the county board , and the Mars Hill Committee . , Monday night and , requested a "meeting of the minds' be held, r The two bodies selected the " place and the persons (25) who would be extended invitations , "plus oUherSiWho were interested". ". Sbme'100; persons turned tap. at ' the ' meeting which started atS"---eight o'clock.' Attempts ito locate Reece and Gillis and persuade them to come to the meeting were , unsuccessful. Thus, ; with . no quorum present, no official action could be taken. , Later in the meeting, Rex Al- , , len and Dr. Otis Duck, leaders of -the pro-Neill faction, met priva tely with Ponder and B. K. Mea dow;, board chairman, in an ef fort to work out some sort of solution. This meeting also fail ed to produce any results. Secret Meeting Wednesday Night Stalemated ; - Following Tuesday night's "deadlock",, a secret meeting was planned for Wednesday night be tween members of the board of education and the superintendent and Dr. Otis Duck and Rex Allen. Principal Ralph E. Neill Jr., was also included in the meeting in another effort to reach a eolution. At last night's meeting, held in the office- of Superintendent Fred W. Anderson, both sides came armed with compromise pro posals but the affair ended in an- . (Continued on Last Page) ' Wade Huey, newly-elected niay- or of Marshall, highly comn the Marshall Fire Deparfcmc a letter to this Jiewsptaper. letter follows: Mr. James I. Story, Editor The News-Record Marshall, N. C. Dear iMr. Story: Ct Tl.ursJay eve.' ', i i'r- t r-:- -- " ' s.t in -Sc. ,