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VOL. 63 NO. 7
8 PAGES THIS WEEK
MARSHALL, N. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1964
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12.50 A Year In Madison ft Adjoining Counties
M OO A Year Outside These Counties
County Cage Tourney To Start Here Tues. Night
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Vital Steps Being Taken
To Assure Tomato Shed
Coopcration Of Public I
Essential; Financial
Aid Needed
llusinessmen, fiirmi'i'S, and oth
ers interested in tile reality of a
tomato packing plant in this coun
ty are busily engaged in neces
Bary negotiations which if suc
cessful could mean that the to
mato plant will he in use hy this
season July and August. This
reality can only lie made possible,
however, if county businessmen
s,md farmers do their part.
It is necessary that county peo
pie invest approximately $18,000
m the Madison County Develop
ment Board as this is the local
share of the ?8fi,()00 required to
construct the building. If this
amount is raised and the building
constructed, the Development
Hoard will lease the building to
the MATO Packing Co., Inc.
The local share of financing of
the Packing Company and equip
ment will be $10,000, in addition
to the $18,000 for construction by
the Development Board.
C. E. Mashburn, president of
the Development Board, announ
ced this week that $17,861.00 of
the $18,000 has been subscribed
with $6,481.00 actually paid in,
leaving a balance of $11,880.00
needed to complete the obligation
of the Development Board.
The $10,000 needed by MATO,
must be raised by February 17 if
plans are to go forward4n -get
ting the plant in operation this
year, Mr. Mashburn said.
"Those who have pledged and
not paid are asked to make their
payments to C. D. Bowman, treas
urer, Madison County Develop
ment Board, Marshall, N. C, im
mediately. Others who wish to
invest in MATO are asked to con
tact Harry Silver, E. C. Teague,
or L. B. Ramsey.
All farmers interested in rais
ing tomatoes should contact Har
ry Silver, farm agent, so specific
acreage can be determined for the
first year the plant is in operation.
Seven Meeting Places Anc
Dates Listed; Seed
To Be Available
Prospects of a modern tomato
packing and grading shed to be
built on the By-Pass in Marsha!!
are excellent.
Production and sale of trellised
tomatoes offer excellent returns
per acre and for the farmers labor
and management. If you are an
old producer you know this; if
you are looking for more income,
you should learn about it. This
could be a great opportunity for
you.
A meeting will be held at the
place and time listed below for
your benefit. At these meetings,
we will have, illustrated with col
or slides, discussion on: (1) va
rieties, (2) Plant Production, (:!)
Selection of field, (4) Fertiliza
tion, (5) Disease and insect con
trol, and (6) Cost of production
and anticipated income per acre.
There will be Manapal and Man
alucie seed available at the meet
ings. A request has been made by
S.B.A. for us to have signed up
the proposed production to be
marketed through the new plant in
Marshall, so we will ask you t
sign up, If you plan to market in
Marshall. This is very important.
The place and time of meeting
nearest you is as follows:
Claude Cody" Store, Thursday,
sTeki Ifl i umiua sen
Mars Hill High School, Monday,
BRIGGS GETS
FIVE YEARS
IN PRISON
Indicted For The Murder Of
Leroy Edward Snyder
Of Mars Hill
James Kugene liriggs, .'iO, of
Asheville, who pleaded guilty to
a charge of manslaughter in Bun
combe County Superior Cour:
Tuesday, was sentenced to five
years in prison by Judge P. ('.
Froneberger Wednesday morning.
Briggs and his wife, Irene, 29,
had been indicted for murder in
the Aug. 2fi pistol slaying of Le
roy Edward Snyder, 20, of Mars
Hill.
Judge Froneberger non-suited
the charge against Mrs. Briggs
Tuesday, and the state accepted
Briggs' plea to reduced charge.
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CM. NORTON
ANNOUNCES FOR
STATE SENATE
3-Way Race In 34th District
As Ponder, Bailey, And
Norton Announce
The campaign for the I' no
emtio nomination to the state sen
ite from the , newly-formed :ilth
District has developed into a
three-way race with the entry of
a McDowell County candidate
Clyde M. Norton of Old Fort, a
member of the McDowell County
Hoard of Commissioners, entered
the field Saturday.
Previously, Zeno H. Ponder, of
this county, announced that lie
was a candidate and this an
nouncement was followed by a
like announcement from J. Yates
Bailey, of Burnsville, who served
in the state senate last term.
Norton, who operates a furni
ture store in Old Fort, has been
a county commissioner for eight
years and has been active for a
number of years in the Democrat
ic Party in McDowell County.
He is also active in state poli
tics and was a delegate to the
1960 Democratic National Conven
vention in Los Angeles, Calif.
Here Next Thursday
Wit
Spring Creek,
Marshall Game
Tonight Here
The basketball game between
Spring Creek and Marshall which
was postponed Tuesday night due
to weather will be played tonight
(Thursday) at the local gym.
Girls game will start at 7 o'clock.
Organization Is Formed;
Schools To Be Feeding
Station
m
bmjptete organisation of coun-
Feb 17 7 n uiiimi9w wai vw,-
' ' cine to Madison Countv neonle of
Marshall Courthouse, Mon-fan ageg on Sunday, March 8, was
completed Tuesday night at a
Anti-Polio Oral Vacciie To
Be Given Sunday, March 8
day, Feb. 17, 1:30 p. m.
Walnut School, Tuesday, Feb
18, 7:00 p. m.
Laurel High School, Wednesday
Feb. 19, 1:30 p. m.
Spring Creek High School, Fri
Feb. 14, 1:30 p. m.
Salvation Army Center (Sleepy
Valley Community near Hot
Springs) Friday, Feb. 14, 7 p. m
CANEY RAMSEY,
JILPAgSSNifc;
RITES
MONDAY
SPRING STOKER
CATTLE SALE TO
BE HELD APR, 14
On April 14, at the Asheville
Livestock Yard, the second an
nual spring stacker cattle sale
will be held. As it is history that
the first sale last spring was a
very great success and it, looks
like there fcfflfflN nni' ani
mals this year. Both unbred heif
ers and steers will he sold. There
is a minimum weight of 800 lbs.,
and no maximum weight. The cat
tlemen must guarantee his heifers
t be open and there will be a
$30.00 refund on any heiferB
prove to be bred at the time of
sale. We look for the market to
be good in the spring, as many
of last year's drought victims from
Virginia will be looking for cat
tle to restock with this spring.
All cattle must be consigned at
the Comity Agent's office prior
to the sale, tile same as for the
fall stocker and feeder calf sales.
Baley Permanent
GOP Con. Chm'n
In Buncombe
Delegates to the annual conven
tion of the Buncombe County Re
publican Party, meeting Satur
day afternoon in the Courthouse
in Asheville, elected James B. Ba
ley permanent convention chair
man and approved a number of
resolutions including one with
bouquets to Democrats who bolted
in the 1962 elections.
INITIATIVE
Usually it's the man with no
family tree who branches out and
succeeds on his own.
meeting here of doctors, nurses,
and other leaders.
Dr. W. Otis Duck, coordinator
of the massive drive, presided at
the meeting and it was announced
that the sehools throughout tho
county would be the feeding sta
tions for the two treatments. The
first sugar cube feeding will be
held on Sunday, March 8 and the
second feeding on Sunday, May 10.
Dr. Duck stated that there are
absolutely no "after effects" of
the oral treatments.
The following doctors will be in
charge at the schools listed be
low: Spring Creek, Dr. David Kim
berly; Hot Springs, Dr. Robert
Norton; Laurel, Dr. Charles Pow
ell; Walnut, Dr. J. L. McElroy;
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". " ; llate Caney Ramsey, former sher
mil, vr. crnest roweli; Beecn
Glen, Dr. William A. Whitson
Marshall Alderman Dies
Suddenly Of Heart
Attack
Services for William Caney
Ramsey Jr., 38, a member of the
Marshall Board of Aldermen, who
died unexpectedly Friday night,
February 7, 1964 in his home here,
were held at 2:30 p. m., Monday
in Marshall Baptist Church of
which he was a member.
The Rev. Jack L. Thomas and
the Rev. Glen A. Ramsey Jr., of
ficiated and burial was in Bowman-Rector
Cemetery. Pallbear
ers were Don West. Liston B.
Ramsey, Delmar Payne, J. C. Dod-
son, Kermit Cody and James
Price.
Mr. Ramsey, son of Mrs. Caney
Ramsey Sr., of Marshall and the
Dan K. Moore. Democratic candi
date for governor of North Can
Una, will speak to the Madison
County Women's Democratic Club
at their regular meeting on Mon
day niK'bt, February 24, at the
Madison County Courthouse. The
meeting will begin at 8 o'clock.
Mrs. George H. Shupe, president,
urges all members of the club to
attend, and all Democrats and
interested persons, both male and
female, are invited to come hear
Mr. Moore. The Teen-Dems have a
special invitation to attend, Mrs.
Shupe said.
Mr. Moore will also make a brief
visit with interested Madison
County people on Thursday morn
ing, February 20, at 8 o'clock at
the Courthouse.
Wild's
Ebbs Chapel, Dr. Margery Lord.
The Mars Hill Civitan Club and
Fire Dept., and the Marshall Lions
Club have offered their assistance
in transportation and other chores.
The Rev. and Mrs. David B. Rob
erts will be in charge of church par
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County Heart Fund Drive
Continues Throughout Feb.
Goal Of $1,410.00 Set For
. County; P. W. England
Heads Campaign
The 1964 Heart Fund Drive is
underway in Madison County and
will continue throughout this
month.
Printess England, of the Madi
son County Farm Office, is Coun
ty Heart Fund Chairman and Mrs.
Ernestine Plcmmons, of the
French Broad Electric Member
ship Co-op, is treasurer. Dr. Pow
ell of Mars Hill, is the medical
representative; Jim Story is pub
licity chairman; Mrs. Ethel Wal
lin is serving as Rural Heart Fund
Director and Supt Robert L. Ed
wards is Sural School Chairman.
Mrs. Vena Davis is the Mar
shall Fund Chairman and other of
ficials will be announced soon.
Mr. England stated that volun
teer helpers were greatly needed
and asked that anyone wishing to
help in raising the 1964 goal of
$1,410 contact him or any of tho
named officials.
He also announced that Heart
Fond Sunday would be observed
throughout the county on Sunday,
February 23 when all churches and
others will concentrate on raisins;
the Heart Fund goal.
"In 1988 only $826.00 was rais
ed hot we certainly hope to sur
pass tikis amount this month,' Mr.
England said.
was associated with
Radio and TV Service.
He was a member of the Davis
Sexton American Legion Post,
the Marshall Volunteer Fire De
partment and the Veterans of
Foreign Wars. He was serving
his second term as alderman.
Surviving in addition to the
mother are the widow, Mrs. Carol
Davis Ramsey; three daughters,
Deborah, Lisa and Carolyn Ram
sey; a son, Timothy; four sisters,
Mrs. Eloise Waite and Mrs. Mar
gery McDaniel of Orlando, Fla.,
and Mrs. Ellsworth Rector and
Mrs. Roy Wild of Marshall; and
two brothers, H. Glen Ramsey of
fftwport, Tenn., and Cheever
Rsmsey of Marshall.
Bowman Funeral Home was in
charge.
JUDY FR1SBY
OUTSTANDING
m ATHLETE
Marshall Star One Of Five
Chosen For High
Honor
By RICHARD MORRIS
Citizen Sports Writer
Girl basketball stars represent
ing five counties were named dur
inir the weekend as finalists in
competition for the most outstand
ing girl athlete of Western North
Carolina.
The five are Brenda Gail Beatty
of Cliffside in Rutherford County,
-Sarah Hill of Edneyville in Hen
derson; Ann Marie Sossaman of
Swain in Swain; Janis Elaine
Blankenship of North Buncombe
and Judy Frisby of Marshall.
The five were selected by a
secret committee acting under the
auspices of the Mountain Ama
teur Athletic Club and Land of
the Sky Touchdown, sponsors of
the WNC Sports Awards Banquet
on Feb. 16 at which time the win
ner will be announced.
The five were picked from a
field of a dozen and a half nom-
nees from all over WNC. They
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Junior Varsity Pairings Made;
Final Gaines Saturday Night
1ST WNC DAIRY
CONFERENCE TO
BE HELD FEB. 18
All-Season Team To Replace
All-Tournament; Games
Start At 6
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lb.-Ma.
All ill
vitrei to
North (
M;
dairy farmers are
attend the first Western 1 F"iir
arolina dairy conference I H'r'il
t hi
Hotel
held at
in Ash, -villi
IK. The pr
Battery
Thursday,
gram is a
Park
Feb
Mi. Hi
vgeni.
Presiding M. K
District Agricultural A
in a. m.. Outlook for the Dairy
Industry, J. (). Howen, vice presi
dent, Sealtest Foods, Charlotte.
10:4.ri a. m., Managing the Herd
for High Production, Marvin Sen
ger, In Charge Extension Dairy
Husbandry.
1 1 :'(() a.m., Lunch; Presiding, G.C.
Palmer, Jr., Chairman, Dairy
Committee, Asheville Agricultur
al Development Council.
12:45 p. m., Nutrition Effects of
High Grain and Silage Feeding on
the Dairy Cow, Dr. W. Ray Mur
ley, Professor, Dairy Husbandry.
1:30 p. m.. Feeding for Profit,
Dr. Donald G. Davenport, Asst.
Professor Dairy Husbandry.
2:15 p. m., Free-Stall Housing,
Guy S. Parsons, Ext. Dairy Has
bandry Specialist.
As you can see by the program
this will be well worth the time
of anyone interested in dairying
to attend this conference.
TP Affllr WA1K?
IRiUlrJl EJiAifiS
TO BE GIVEN AT
MHC SATURDAY
Approximately ninety-two pros
pective school teachers are erpect
ed to take the National Teacher Ex
aminations at Mars Hill College,
Saturday, February 15.
The exams, administered through
out the nation hy the Education
al Testing Service of Princeton,
N. J., will be given in Memorial
Library Auditorium under the su
pervision of John Hough, head of
the college's department of edu
cation.
About 75 of those taking the
exams will be Mars Hill College
seniors majoring in education,
Hough said.
The tests, which help teachers
and prospective teachers discover
their own strengths and weakness
es, are being required by more
and more public school systems
across the country. The N. C.
State Board of Education recent-
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out your aspirin, buH rrin
I. nl ii-he remedy and have
ready because the annual
in Countv High School lias
1 Tournament starts in the
all rym next Tuesday night,
games will be played each
through Saturday when th,?
i-hami is of 1!MI4 will be pre
sented 1 1 opines and miniatur '
basketballs.
It was announced by tourna
ment officials that instead of an
All Tournament team being se
lerted on tournament play, an All
Season team will be selected by
the coaches and endorsed by the
principals of players who have
been most outstanding throughout
the current season. There will be
12 girls selected and 10 boys for
the honors, it was explained.
The Junior Varsity games will
begin each night at 6 o'clock with
the varsity competition getting
underway about 8:30 o'clock.
Quarters in the Jayvee games will
consist of six minutes while the
regulation eight minutes will pre
vail in varisity competition.
Current leaders in the regular
season play in the county are the
Mars Hill girls who have not been
defeated (8-0) and the Marshall
Tornadoes with a 7-1 recori
Capacity crowds are expected
for every game and drivers are
asked to park as systematically
as possible so those who must
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SCOUTS
CONGRATULATE
BOY SCOUTS
The Madison County Girl Scout
Neighborhood would like to con
gratulate the Boy Scouts of Mad
ison County on the 54th birthday
of Boy Scouts of America, being
observed this week.
"We are prorud of the new Boy
Scout Troop in Marshall and wish
for them every success," Mrs.
Clyde M. Roberts, Girl Scout
Neighborhood Chairman, stated.
Mrs. Bruce Murray
Named County
Chairman RIHA
Sign-up Under IS 64 Feed
Grain Program Begins Here
"15.
Coon Hunters Club
To Meet Friday
At Courthouse
The Madison County Coon Hunt
ers Club win meet Friday night,
at 8:00 o'clock in the Courthouse
Bars.
All
tend.
members an urged to at
Farmers interested in enrolling
in the 1964 Feed Grain Program
may now file their intentions with
the ASCS Office according to
Ralph Ramsey, county ASCS Of
fice Manager. Tltf"tlBiigiaWl
wJTfun for seven weeks, start!
tta February 10 'iaafll
As in previous years, Ramsey
explained, the Feed Grain Pro
gram will be voluntary and each
individual producer on farms gro
wing one of the three feed grains
covered by the program will make
his own decision about whether to
take part The program is avail
able only for corn, grain sorghum
and barley.
To take . part in the program,
the farmer must agree to takeout
of production and devote to an ap
proved conservation use at least
20 of tiie feed grain base estab
lished for the farm.
Farmers who participate in the
program will be eligible for diver-
flit, payments on the diverted ac
reage that is grown. Farmers who
divert their entire base or plant no
part of their permitted stTaagO.
Njgfp earn a price support pay
ment The price-eupport payments
will be nwde to eligible producers
regardless of the use they may
make of the feed grain.
Ramsey points out that two ma
jor improvements have been made
in the 1964 program which are to
the interest of the producer: (1)
The payment rate per acre for di
verting 40 percent or more of the
base will be substantially higher
than last year; and (2) Parma
with bases in excess of 25 acres
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Appointment of Mrs. Bruce K.
Murray of Mars Hill as Madison
County membership chairman of
the Roanoke Island Historical As
sociation has been anounced. The
Asscoiation perpetuates the mem
ory of the first English settle
ment on Roanoke Island in 1587
through the annual production of
Paul Green's "The Lost Colony,"
oldest and longest-running of all
the Nation's outdoor symphonic
dramas.
The appointment was made by
Mrs. L. Y. Ballentine of Raleigh,
State membership chairman. All
members enrolled prior to June
1 Will have their names Hated in
the souvenir program of "The
Lost Cojony" and will receive
free tickets to the 1964 produc
tion of the play, June 26 through
August 30.
BLOODSHED
BOX SCORE :
ON N. C HIGHWAYS
Raleigh Toe Motor Vehicles
Department's summary of traffic
deaths through 10 a. m., Monday,
February 10:
Killed to date 188
I Killed to date last year ISO
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