THE NEWS-RECORD
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VOL. 63 NO. 17
MARSHALL, N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1964
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EA Co-Op Meeting To Be Held Here On Island This Saturday
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Westco Is
Quality Of Telephone Service
To Be Improved In County
Refund Are Explained;
Guntertown To Have
New Exchange
The District Manager of Westco
Telephone Company, Paul Woot
en, recently announced plans for
expanding the area served by
Westco in Madison County.
It is estimated that the construc
tion program will allow Westco to
serve an additional H00 subscribers
in the county. It was reported that
work is progressing very rapidly
in Mars Hill and that $400,000 pro
ject there should be completed by
September. A similar program is
scheduled for Marshall, (iunter
town, and Hot Springs. The engin
eering work has already been
completed and it is anticipated
that the contracts will be let for
bids within 90 days on the pro
posed projects. This program in
cludes construction of new central
dial offices in Guntertown and
Hot Springs at a cost of approxi
mately $60,000. The coat of the
planned additions to the Marshall
and Mars Hill offices will be ap
proximately $60,000 each. The
cost of new telephone lines and
cables and the replacement of
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No Money Orders Taken
In Cunty On SJjfrfrfH &
New Changes Will Become
Effective Monday,
May 4
The limited adjustments in some
postal services ordered in Wash
ington, D. C, March 10, 1964, by
Postmaster General John A. Gro
nouski to save $12.7 million will
begin to take effect in Walnuts
Marshall, Hot Springs and Mars
Hill and other cities May 4, 1964,
Postmasters at each of the of
fices said today.
Service changes planned locally
included the following:
(1) Window service for these
offices will remain the same, 8:00
a. m. to 6:00 p. m., week days and
8:00 a. m., to 12 noon Saturdays;
with the following exceptions:
(a) There will be NO Money
Order Service on Saturdays at
any office, rural stations or on
rural routes. Please purchase your
money orders on week days
Monday through Friday.
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Hot Springs Lions Name
Officers; Zip Code Is Cited
Whitten Urges Use Of ZIP
Code On Mail; Weils
President
The Hot Springs Lions Club
held its regular semi-monthly
at the Court Restaurant
on gta
The main
the elec
fepjj8omta
people were
of the U. S. Forest Service; first
mmw9 f-m ""J -w ,m pa
vice president, Jimmy Lewis, a
teacher at Hot Sprngs High
School; 2nd vice president, Sid
ney Harrison, teacher at Laurel
High School; secretary, and treas
urer, Harry Upchurch, personnel
manager at Pacific Mills; Tail
Twister, Bill Whitten; Postmas
ter; and Lion Tamer, Homer Fos
ter, general overseer at Pacific
Mills. All members of the dob
Announcing
MHS SENIORS
LEAVE SUNDAY
FOR WASH., N. Y.
Will Board Bus Here At
Midnight; To Return
Saturday, May 2
P9 happy and excited Marshall
High School seniors will board a
chartered bus at midnight Sunday
en route to Washington, D. C, and
New York City for a week's tour.
In addition to seeing the ma
ny points of interest in the Na
tion's capitol, they will also trav
el by bus to New York where they
will see outstanding points of in
terest there plus a visit to the
World's Fair.
Another highlight of the trip
will be a visit to the U. S. Naval
Academy at Annapolis, Maryland
Accompanying the seniors will
be Mrs. H. B. Ditmore, Miss Carol
Whitt and J. C. Wallin, members
of the faculty.
The group is expected to re
turn to Marshall sometime Satur
day night, May 2.
COMPLETING
AND REPORTING
ACP PRACTICES
Farmers within the county who
are utilizing the Government cost
sharing assistance in performing
farm practices which will help to
solve their soil and water conser
vation problems were urged this
week to complete and report their
approved practices at the earliest
possible date. County ASCS Of
fice Manager, Ralph W. Ramsey,
points out that adverse weather
conditions during the past two
months has prohibited many farm
ers from performing their farm
practices which were approved for
completion under the spring por
tion of the County ACP Conser
vation Program. Since weather
conditions have now improved he'for f. for c officiais in
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SECURE RIGHT
PLATES TO
With the use of hitrh
chemical to control weeks in
Importance of a proper stand
cannot be' over emphasised. In Or
der to make sure that you get
a stand of corn to your desire, it
is good business to have a corn
planter plats that will put down
he right amount of corn seed.
Most of Urn companies that make
corn planters will supply yon with
the proper plate if you will inform
the compnay of the space that yon
desire and also the size of the
$1,100,000
Wins Scholarship
JameK 'Mike' Iedford
'MIKE' LEDFORD
WINNER OF $500
SCHOLARSHIP
Popular Marshall Senior
One Of 12 Receiving
Honor
James (Mike) Ledford, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Ledford of
Marshall, has been named winner
of a $500 scholarship from the
North Carolina 4-H Development
Fund.
Ledford, a senior at Marshall
High School, is one of 12 4-H'ers
across North Carolina selected to
,000 of scholarship
dlsffcetsil Bp year
Dr. Joe Pou, of Greenville, pres-
ident of the Fund, says the scho
larship will be for college study
during the 1964-66 academic year.
The 4-H Development Fund,
with headquarters at North Caro
lina State in Raleigh, was organi
zed in 1958 by friends and alumni
of 4-H to help support certain
phases of club work.
President Pou says this is the
third year scholarships have been
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J!R
Candidates Seeking County Offices
Are Announced; Only Two Contests
State Senate, Tax Collector
Nominees To Be Chosen
By Democrats
Following the Anril 17 deadline
Madison County, Roy Freeman,
chairman of the Madison County
Board of Elections announced that
there are only two actual con
tests for the May 30th Primary.
These two contests involve the
State Senatorial bid for nomina
tion by Zeno H. Ponder, of Mad
ison County, and Clyde Norton, of
McDowell County. Both men are
seeking the nomination in the
Democratic Primary for State
Senate in the 34th District. The
other contest involves the bid for
nomination in the Democratic Pri-
If yotfre 65 or over, or finan
cially responsible for someone who
is, you'll want to know about a
new program of health insurance
coverage. . . 'SP?'
As a result of special state laws,
signed by Governors Harrison of
Virginia and Sanford of North
Carolina, residents of these two
states 65 and over (and their
Expansion
W. M. ROBERTS
DIES SUNDAY;
RITES HELD WED
Well - Known Civic Leader
Succumbs After Long
I lines
Wiley M. Roberts, 87, of Mar
shall IU. 5, Madison County civic
leader, died Sunday night, April
19, 14, in his home after a long
illness.
Mr. Roberts had served at vari
ous times as a member of the
Madison County Board of Educa
tion, a director of the Bank of
French Broad, chairman of the
county Selective Service Board for
20 years and as a director of the
Asheville Production Credit Asso
ciation.
Services were held at 2 p. m ,
Wednesday in Marshall Methodist
Church.
The Rev. W. C. Clark and the
Rev. John Goforth officiated
Burial was in Bowman-Rector
Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Hubert Wor
ley, E. Y. Ponder, Woodson Am
nions, Jack Payne, Hobert Kent,
and Jack Ball.
Honorary pallbearers were Dr.
W. A. Sams, Dr. Arthur Ramsey,
D. M. Robinson, M. J. Ball, Dil
lard Sluder, Woodard Tread way,
Ben Clark, F. H. Stines, E. W.
Plemmons, B. J. Ledford, Hilliard
Teague, Bruce 'Murray, T. E. Wor
ley, Milburn Gosnell, John B. An
derson, J. Walter Brown, Harry
Nettles, Alton mUk Mnt Ed
wards and
da
Flat Bock, Michigan; Mrs. Chris
topher Boyle of Dearborn, Michi
gan; Mrs. J. L. McElroy, of Mar
shall; Mrs. George E. McConnell,
of Miami, Florida; four sons,
Porter and Woodrow, of Detroit,
Michigan; Paul and William, of
Marshall. Also surviving are 19
grandchildren and 10 great-grand
children.
Bowman Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Collector between Byard Ray, in
cumbent, and C. A. Duck.
The Republican county slate has
no two persons seeking the same
office, hence there is no contest
and the persons filing are auto
matically the nominees for the No
vember election.
The following list does not in
clude persons seeking State nom
inations, such as Governor, Lieutenant-Governor,
etc.
The complete list of candidates
for county offices follows:
DEMOCRATS:
State Senate: Zeno H. Ponder
(Madison); Clyde Norton (Mc
Dowell), i
Representative: Listen B. Ram
sey. I ,
Auditor: Wade H
Tax Collector: ByeM Jtejfe C- A.
SAVINGS BOND
A reminder that the new $76
Series E United States Savings
Bond, bearing the portrait of the
late President Kennedy, will go on
sale May 1, came today from Ch.
Rudisill, Jr., County Savings
jTTi JMMAl4niiM
owyiv.ng are, . niWK . MBMin a fall en the Beaver Lake Golf
ughters, Mrs. Will. tZTLl ' r
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For County
OFFICERS ARE
ELECTED BY
MARS HILL PTA
On Monday night of last week
the membership of the Mars Hill
PTA elected its officers for the
ensuing year. The Rev. Page Lee
presided during the election of
officers. Mrs. Robert Chapman
was reelected president. She
Assistant Professor of Business
Administration at Mars Hill Col
lege. She received the H. S. degree
at Woman's college of the Univer
sity of North Carolina. In I960,
she received the M. Ed. degree
from the Universtiy of North
Carolina. Mrs. Chapman is a mem
ber of Delti Pi Epsilon and Delta
Kappa Gamma. She and her hus
band, who is Registrar at Mars
Hill College, have two children,
Susan, and Melanie who are stu
dents at Mars Hill School.
Mrs. Charles C. Narron Jr. was
elected Vice-President.. Mrs. Nar
ron received her formal education
in the schools of Rocky Mount,
North Carolina. Mrs. Narron i s
assistant Leader of the Brownie
Scout Troop of Mars Hill and i s
Sunbeam Band Director at Mars
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J. B. Tweed Breaks
Leg In Accident
Last Friday
Bewley Tweed, well-known
suffered a broken leg
He was treated at the Veteran's
Hospital at Oteen and is now at
his home here where he is recu
perating. PATIENCE
It takes a miracle man today to
take the kinks out of fishing tackle
without putting some in the Eng
lish language.
Duck.
Register
of Deeds: Hilliard
Teague.
Commissioners: William M. Rob
erts, Gay Merrill, Emery Wallin
Coroner: Dr. W. A. Sams.
Justice of Peace, No. 10 Town
ship: J. V. Roberts.
Constaible, No. 10 Township:
Oarlie Gunter.
REPUBLICANS :
Representative: Mrs. Frances G.
Ramsey.
Commissioners: William C. Sil
ver, Jr., Ron Sprinkle, Doyle B.
Cody.
Auditor: W. B. Zink.
Tax Collector: Jim F. Craine.
Register of Deeds: Chauncey
Metcatt.
Constable, No. 16 Township:
Phillip Ball.
Friday Night
The Madison County Coon Hunt
ers Association will have anK
Dortant meeting at the Courthouse
in Marshall, Friday night, May if
at 8:00 o'clock.
All members, prospective mem
bers end other hunters are urged
to he present at this important
Rep. Lacy Thornburg Will
Speak; String Music, Prizes
Also Will Be Featured
REA Speaker
Rep. Lacy Thornburg
Mars Hill Seniors
Now In Washington,
New York City
The Mars Hill seniors left Sun
day for Washington, D. C, and
New York City on their annual
Senior trip.
They are expected to return
home Saturday night.
SSS BSSB&&
Hfc j SF gH Br
Ignored By The Board,
Madison GOP Contends
N. C. Symphony
To Give Concert
At MHC Saturday
Lovers of classical music will
have an opportunity to hear the
North Carolina Full Symphony, di
rected by Dr. Benjamin Swalin,
when it plays at Mars Hill Col
lege Saturday night.
The concert, scheduled in Moore
Auditorium at 8 p. m., will be open
to the public. A similar perform
ance in Asheville Tuesday will be
open only to members of the N.
C. Symphony Society.
Guest artist for both perform
ances will be Miss Elaine Skoro
din, a talented young violinist.
Following the intermission she will
perform with the state symphony
in Lalo's "Symphonie Espagnole."
Other selections on the evening's
program include Schubert's unfin
ished sympothny and Tschaikows
ky's popular "Capriccie Italien."
Increased Interest Is Shown
In Feed Grain Program
NEW WHEAT
PR
rresi-
. ,., Swh' i liFmli
under wrucn
nrotram wnn to have
bscasiBils:
According to Emory
Robinson,
Chairman of the Agricultural
and Conservation
County Committee, the new wheat
legislation has the following four
principal objectives: (1) To raise
the income of wheat growers sub
stantially above what it would
have been in the absence of new
legislation; (2) To avoid increases
OGRAM FOR '64
!iJM.35antiSBT
was leeeauy passeo .oyj on-lsatam
I Rress and aooroved bv the
the wheat
Registration At 10 A. M. ;
Capacity Crowd Is
Expected
Tim members of the French
Ilroad Electric Membership Cor
poration will meet again at the
Marshall High School gymnasium
this Saturday for the purpose of
transaction of the business of the
Cooperative and to mix and min
gle with their neighbors. The
meeting Saturday will be the 24th
anniversary of the Cooperative
which has grown constantly i"
membership in four Western
North Carolina counties, and three
Eastern Tennessee counties. They
are Madison, Buncombe, Yancey,
and Mitchel
and Greene,
Tennessee.
in North Carolina;
Unicoi and Cocke in
At this meeting the members
will have an opportunity to hear
Lacy H. Thornburg, Representa
tive from Jackson County, who
will be the principal speaker Sat
urday afternoon.
He will be introduced by Clyde
M. Roberts of Marshall, attorney
for the Co-op.
Representative Thornburg was
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Says Only Three Names Of
115 Recommended
Used By Board
"I knocked on the door and no
body answered. Then I shook it.
There was still no response I
guess I should have kicked i t
down."
Bruce B. Briggs of Mars Hill,
the young Asheville attorney
who heads the Republican Party
in Madison County, Saturday ans
wered a reply from the Democrat
ic-controlled Board of Elections in
his county to a charge that h e
made a week ago claiming that
GOP preferences were ignored in
the selection of precinct election
officials.
Roy Freeman, chairman, o f
the board, said earlier in the week
that the meeting had already ad
journed when the GOP party
chairman arrived with his list of
recommendations for the precinct
appointments. Freeman said Re
publican judges were selected a t
random when there was no list a
vailable from the county GOP a t
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Ramsey Urges
To
Comply With Pr
Provisions
More of the 2200 com produc
ing farms within Madison County
ted a desire to take part in
1904 vohmtary feed grain pro-
then for either of the throe
previous years the program -Jiaa
been in operation. According to
ASC office manager Ralph W.
Ramsev. a total of 871 cod
farm prolucer8 thnely signed
agreements to divert 1169 acres
of then 1964 corn bases to con
servation uses. Tide reduction
to 81 of the total acre
age established for these farms
which indicates more farmers ei-
their diverted their entire farm
or a greater part of their
than for either of the for-
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meeting.
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