r r k j w v. '-if': VOL. 61 NO. 16 8 PAGES THIS WEEK MARSHALL, N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 10G2 10c PER COPY v' $2.60 A Year la IMaddsom A Buncombe Conntiee $4.00 A Year Outside These Two Counties Mai atarcJay Q 0 iPplefieList ff taidatGS i .. "..IV. For Primary II Anderson Files, Withdraws; No County Republican Contest Slated , The deadline for filing for coun- , ty offices in the May Primary ended Friday at .. Noon with , surge of , Republican , candidates beating the deadline fcy less than an hour.- The only GOP offices not seeked were those of Auditor and Coroner. , c . Below is a complete list of can didates who filed: . - DEMOCRATS: State Senate (30th District): Albert Canipe of Mitchell J. Yates ; - Bailey of Yancey; and Bill At kins of Yancey. (John M. Ander , .. , son of Madison Ccvnty, withdrew i Friday shortly after filing). - Representative: Listen B. Ram- " : : sey, Marshall; P, H, Elam, Mars HilL ; , Sheriff: E. Y. Ponder, Marshall; . Leon Garrison,' Mars Hill. . Clerk Superior v Court: Herbert : Hawkins, Mars Hill; Ralph Barnes, ! MarshalL'il'J.fv;. Commissioners:'' William (Bill) i Roberts, J. Marshall RFDu 6; Gay fB. Merrill, Mars Hill RPD I; Em ery Wallin, ' Marshall ' RFD 1 4; . Bruce K. Murray, Mars Hill; Er- vvin Adams, Marshall, RFD 4; Oil ':- ver Martin, Spring Creek; Auditor: Wade Huey, Marshall; t Fex Allen, Mars Hill RFD 1 i Tax Collector; t... j r.y( Mar- shall RFD 4; Howard Edwards REGISTRATION BOOK SCHEDULE IS ANNOUNCED Roy Freeman, chairman of the Madison County board of elections announced this week that registra tion books will be open from sun rise to sunset at the various poll ing places on Saturday, April 28, Saturday, May 5, and Saturday, May 12. Saturday, May 19 will be chal lenge day, Mr. Freeman explained, MIDDLE FORK TO BESITEOFWMU MEET TUESDAY Mis Kathryn Bullard, John - Poe To Be Principal Speakers Democratic Chairman . 1111111 iivAiiM HJlluillMa MM MHRrtlHMMMIjllllMUl I f i ' i ?: ' 'j 1 v ! I - - iinf-rrri-i 1 Mars Hill RFD 1. ' - v Coroner: Dr. W' A. Sams, Mar- shall 1 V ...Surveyor: R. Wesley. Hunter, Jars HilL - xj, Other candidates for Township offices Include; v.". , ' , fustics of Peace: W. M.1 Ben- nefcjt, Mars Hill. '- . , Constable: ; , Raymond W y 1 1, ' Marshall RFD 6. ;, Constable: T.t A. Russell, Hot Springs. Constable: Carlie Gunter, No. 2 Township. Constable: Orvil Gunter, No. 10 Townahip. , ' REPUBLICANS: Congress: Dan Judd and Rob ert Brown, of Asheville. Fofc State Senate .. (30th Dis (Continued To Last Page) The Woman's Missionary Union of the French Broad Baptist Asso ciation will hold its 68th annual meeting at 10 a. m., Tuesday, Apr. 24, at the Middle Fork Baptist Church near Mars Hill. . . Host and hostess, for the meet- v..il la C.e Eev. "Wj L. Lynch, FIRE DESTROYS ED FAGAN HOME EARLY SUNDAY Hilliard Teague TEAGUE HEADS f DEMOCRATIC ML IN COUNTY Succeds Ramsey New Rules Passed At Meeting. :;.Here "., Hilliard ' Teague. of Marshall. N. C.; Register 6nJuVasfor Madi- pastor of the church, land' Mrs. County, was elected chairman Shelby Ray, president of ; the Worn- of the Madison County Democra- Middle Fork church, i. c , r day night at a special called meei- The program,' centered in the inff w Zeno Ponder, "secretary. theme, "That.;. Thy Way "May Bel The committee met in the Court- tuuuv , jvnown, wjii ; zeaiure nwo I " , visiting -speakers. Miss Kathryn I Mr- Teague, who was elected by Bullard, State WMS Director, will (Continued To Last Page) speak at the morning session. Mr. John A. Foe. Missionary to Bra ziL will speak at the close of the afternoon session. .:, The meeting will close by 3:00 p. m. Associational officers are Mm W. L. Robinson, president; Mrs. T f f f D V f D A P C W. L. Lynch, associate nresident II U LfVllil tlilr O and Jubilee chairman; Mrs. Kyle -....on, oiris Auxiliary airect- Wjreworms have cause quite a rvay nooper, aunDeam Wt of damage to corn in bottom uaiiu uirocror, jurs. uien Kamsey in T.nt p w -r.f i wa oirecior; jars. h. U Eneland. assistant farm aeent As Fire of undetermined origin de stroyed the 6-room house of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Fagan of the Bull Creek section early Sunday morn ing. Carol Edwards of Mars Hill discovered the fire about 5:30 a. m., and rescued Mr. Fagan from the burning house. Mr. Fagan, who had been overcome by smoke and fumes, was found lying on the floor in the den near an out side door. He was .taken to Me morial Mission Hospital for treat ment. - ' . The Mars Hill Fire Department responded to the alarm, but when they arrived the house was prac tically destroyed.- Only a rocking chair from the front porch ; was saved. . ; t , J v Mrs. Pagan was visiting in the home of relatives at the time of the fire. , ,- - REV. A. PERRY SPRINKLE DIES ON TUESDAY WALNUT CHILD, SUCCUMBS FROM FIRE AT HOME Sherry - Henderson Passes Wednesday Afternoon In Hospital WIREWORMS CAUSEDAMAGE The Rev. Alford Perry Sprinkle, 75, . of hear . Asheville, pastor emeritus of Craven Street Baptist Church (now Westwood) and minister for 45 years, died at 4 p, m, Tuesday, April 17, 19G2, while conducting a funeral in Onman, B Services will ' - 1 ' x (Thursday) at 2:3i . ,st Asheville JJaptist ane, itev. mane Totanieo, as' the . Rev. . Woodrow Flynn, pastor of Westwood Baptist Church, the : (Contmiued to Last Page) istor, 7 Volunteers Are Inducted In ,, Charlotte Monday (Continued To Last Page) iiiil: 1 general rule these wireworms are in large numbers in the low, wet areas , of the field. Farmers I may control these wireworms by I applying a five per cent aldrin at the , rate of , 40 pounds per acre. I This will give two pounds of aCr I tual aldrin per , acre. The easiest method to apply this aldnn is with a Cyclone seed sower. Apply the Insecticide a f month or two weeks before plant ing corn. After the aldrin has been applied it . should be disked into the soil immediately. : jl ', ! Sherry Henderson, two-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed gar W. (Skeeter) Henderson, of Walnut, succumbed Wednesday afternoon about 4:30 o'clock in an ; Asheville hospital from burns received last Friday morning at her home. v; 7? The accident occurred when her clothing caught fire about 11:25 o'clock while she was playing with matches, it was reported. i .- Mrs. Henderson had gone out to hang clothes on the line to dry when the accident occurred. According to hospital authori ties, Sherry was burned over 70 percent of her body, mostly third and second degree. Funeral services will be held I Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in the Walnut Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Charles Heier, pas tor, officiating. Burial will be in the Walnut Cemetery, i -' ' f , Pallbearers will be Roy Mc Devitt, Jack Guthrie, Eugene Thom as and Claude Landers. ' ' Surviving are the parents; two sisters, Judie and Nancy; and three brothers, Eddie, Stevie and Mi chael, of the .home; and the pa ternal grandmother, Mrs. Tennie Henderson. . ,, The body wilt be taken to -the home this afternoon to await the funeral hour - - , -0O0- Halter Fuller Hill Speak; Prizes To Be Given Away REA Speaker - Bownwrn-ReeKr HF uneraflome is in charge. -1 ;k '' ' ' i ( ' 4 BULL CREEIt -'V ' ' "' A ENTERS CDP Walter Fuller COST-SHARING IS STILL AVAILABLE FOR; FARMERS The County Committee, in their meeting on Friday, April 13, - de cided to extend the date for issuing approvals for . practice No. 6, im proving .'permanent Pasture or Hay,' and .r Practice No. 3, Liming Registration At 10:00 A.M.; Capacity Crowd Is Expected The 'members of the French Broad Electric Membership Cor poration will meet again at the Marshall High School Gymnasium this Saturday for the purpose of transacting the business of the Cooperative and to mix and min gle with their neighbors. The meeting Saturday will be the 22nd anniversary of the Cooperative which has grown constantly in membership in four western North Carolina counties and three Eastern Tennessee counties They are Madison, Buncombe, Yancey, and Mitchell in North Carolina; and Greene, Unicoi and Cocke in Tennessee. At this meeting the members will have an opportunity to hear Mr. Walter Fuller, manager of the Tarheel Electric Membership Association. He will be introduced by Mr. Clyde M. Roberts, attorney for the co-op. Added entertainment will be af forded the audience ' by Dick Snavely, magician. , This Master Magician has a 25- mraute program of breath-taking magic and sleight-of-hand tricks. He : will keep you laughing and puzzled to death. The closer yon watch ' his fast - manipulating : hands, the less yon will see and Farmland, for all non-participating farms (farms that have not receiv-runderstand. You will be very sor- eiA annmtil a-m . af latvtvl ZM . 1.1. ...... . A 1 this spring). The dates, as estab lished by the committee, are The following men were 'sent to Charlotte, N. C, , for ; induction Monday. All were volunteers. Charles Everett Ball, Leon How-1 ard Holt, James Wade Thomas, Minnis Hess Shetley, George Clarence Fisher, Lanny Eugene Hill, WiUiam Shelby Ballard. COURTHOUSE TO BE CLOSED MON. It has been announced that all offices in the courthouse with the exception of the board of educa tion will be closed Easter Monday. It has also been announced that the Bank of French Broad, Citi zens Bank, ' Welfare Dept., and Health Dept., will be closed. The Bull Creek community has entered the Western North Caro lina , Community Development Program and will compete against other areas who have entered, it was announced here yesterday. Interested citizens met Tuesday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Waldrup and elected the following officers: President, Rev. Ray Hooper; vice-president, Mrs. Gay Merrill; Junior vice-president, Mrs. Lowell Merill; secretary, Mrs. Irma Sprinkle. The Bull Creek Club has three projects which, if completed, may lead to area honors. They are:' 1. The construction of a community (house. 2. The addition of an educa tional plant : to the Bull Creek Church. 3. Complete interior im provements at Trinity Baptist Church.- . v v' - The Bull Creek community is the only area, in Madison County which has entered the program to date. - ' follows:. Practice No. 6 will be ex tended until April ' 80th, or until available . funds are exhausted whichever is earlier; Practice No. 3, will be continued - throughout the program year or until funds are exhausted. In commenting on this, Ralph W. Ramsey, Manager of the Madison County ASCS Of fice, said that farmers who had not received cost-sharing on any prac tice this spring should contact the ASCS Office immediately as funds are limited and approvals will be given on first come, first served basis, v- CHARLES RECTOR PULLS DROWNING BOY FROM LAKE A Phenix City, Ga., radio sta tion manager last Thursday stop ped his car and jumped fully clothed into Idle Hour Park's Moon Lake to save the life of a Columbus youth. Charles Rector of WPNX radio had , just started , his car to go home when he saw a small out- (Contdmued to Last Page) ry-il: yen miss this 'artetthet program, , - j,,,,' .",. : ,,,s The meeting to be transacted at : the- meeting . will include pre sentation of the financial and op erating reports for the year 1961 (Continued To Last Page) , - WOMAN WOUNDS HUSBAND WITH BLAST SATURDAY In order that the readers of The News-Record may J ave some background of the two county men who are elms the Democratic nomination for sheriff, below is Mzm YoMo h Gay Mmvy s w k. J La il.'f E. Y. Ponder of Marshall re-nomination on County in imary on I'&y ? 1 3 O f Leon Garrison Leon Garrison, 33-year-old own er and operator of the Cub Res- turant in Jfars Hill 'and former Elate I!!. Away Patrolman, is seek frg the Democratic nomination for s' "rL'f of rradlson County in the I' f H rr':?;;:.ry. : c n i3 the son cf IT C .011. T.'.i mo'J r I'- '1 Clon. ' . i 1 u r.. - No Special Registration To Be Required; Voters To Decide On Tax Levy Madison County voters will have the opportunity at the Primary Election, May 26, to approve or reject plans for the establishment of 'a new tax and eomiuLsion for lu.'.son County. The proposed iv commission,, if arrived, will be 1 measure to be put before the vot ers. The first step v s for t' e supporters of the mc. to 1 ,tion the commission" 3 - pi p- lection. . After reaJ'; - petitions from citizc. , voted Monday to o? ' tion to be held in c the Uay Primary. : Voters will decMj or not a tax levy cf T valuation will te 1 capital and any and all costs or expenses related to the broad de- v, ' -ent purposes, such as pro 1 planning assistance, re , 1 .lor, location, land use, 1 and other surveys, and ' " ' ',n ' :ul reg'stration will be , 'cording to the act. T-'e rn?---'j, tl-,e con''.' . a i I v-' j f fa I . Baker, S. C RudisiU and Fred O. Tilson. '- . : j ' Aims of the commission will be to promote the '"business, agricul tural end industrial development, and t' general economics ' fare" cf V a county. C 1 r V 1 (f I'! 0 1, A Madison County woman shot her husband in the face with a 12 guage shot gun Saturday, but the blast resulted only in flesh wounds Sheriff E. Y. Ponder reported Sunday. Mrs. William George of Rt. 1, Mars Hill was charged Saturday with assault with a deadly wea pon with intent to kill. She was freed on $1,000 bond Sunday pend ing a hearing Monday. Ponder said Mrs. - George shot her 31-year-old husband ' during family argument Neither would give any details, the sheriff said. - 1 ' George was treated - Saturday afternoon at Memorial Mission Hospital in Asheville for the wounds. r At a hearing before Justice of the Peace Wade Huey, here, Mon day, Mrs. George was bound over; to the May 28 term of Superior Court . 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