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MARSHALL, N. C. THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1965
Red Cross Drive New In
Progress; $3,000 Goal
To Continue Through This
Month; 51,481.62 I.
Reported Now
The annual American Red Cross
Drive is In full awing in Madison
County and will continue through
thto month, Rev. W. L. Lynch,
county chairman, amid this week
Present return from the drive
reveal that $1,481.62 has been re
ported from the Marshall and
Mara Hill areas. The Hot Springs
area haa not yet reported, it was
explained.
Also expected to increase the
collections are the contributions
being made by the various church
es. These separate solicitations
will continue for the next three
Sundays.
The county has been divided in
to three major sections for the
drive, namely, Marshall (Quota,
$1100); Mars Hill (Quota $1100);
Hot Springs (Quota $800).
The county goal of $3,000, same
as last year, is necessary to main
tain the services of the Red Cross
which are so important to every
one. It will be recalled that this
county exceeded its goal last year
and it is hoped will do so again
this year, Mr. Lynch said.
"I feel confident that our cit
izens will respond to the urgent
call with substantial contribu
tions," Mr. Lynch said.
Wade Huey is again acting as
county drive chairman; John Hens-
ley is the county blood chairman;
and Mrs. Ethel Sprinkle is treas
urer.
VACCINATING
PROGRAM FOR
BANGS DISEASE
Madison County now has a sys
tematic program for vaccinating
heifer calves against banks dis
ease, Frederick E. Boss, assistant
county agent, said this week. The
State has bad a free program of
vaccination for bangs for some
time but it has not been available
in Madison County on a systemat
ic basts. December was the first
month that this program has been
operation and nine farmers
from Madison County took advan
tage of the program, vaccinating
32 head last month. The next
month that the veterinarian will
be in Madison County will be
March. All those who have
alves, regardless of the number,
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Zink Joins WMMH
Staff This Week;
Commercial Mgr.
Huey, Tugman Are
Taking Courses In
Raleigh This Week
Wade Huey, of Marshall and
Paul Tugman, of Mara Hill, are
' in Raleigh this week where they
i are taking a prescribed course in
i industrial education prior to re-
sum in g the teaching of the cours
es at Marshall and Mars Hill High
Schools.
SENSE OP HUMOR
Develop a sense of humor
many a man has failed because he
took himself too seriously.
Jack Zink, 3on of Mr. and! Mrs
R. W. Zink, of Marshall, this
week joineld the staff of Radio
Station WMMH here, where he
is Commercial Manager.
For the past year and a half,
Zink has been associated with
Ball Brothers Company of Mun
cie, Indiana, as assistant to the
sales manager.
A native of Marshall, he grad
uated from Marshall High School
in 1967 and Western Carolina Col
lege in 1963. "Before going to
Muncie, Zink was employed with
the Standard Theater Supply
Company of Greensboro for two
years.
He is married to the former
Miss Joyce Mehaffey, of Hender-
sonville. They have two sons,
Chris and Jay. At present they
are residing in West Asheville,
but plan to move to Marshall when
possible.
The announcement of Mr. Zink3
association with WMMH was
A-cde this week by Dean Shields,
owner and operator of the station.
Former County Doctor Is
Recovering From Wounds
TRUCK DRIVER
ROBBED ON OS.
MOUNTAIN TUES.
A truck driver from McMan
ville, Tennessee, was-held up Mon
day morning on the Hot Springs
Mountain, about 14 miles north of
Marshall, and robbed of $60 in
cash.
Sheriff Ponder, who imvestigat
ed the incident, stated that the
driver of the truck is listed as Joe
Meadows Womock, about 25 years
of age. According to Womock, he
pulled his truck over to the side
of the road to inspect the tires
and as he got out of the cab, a
car pulled up in front of the truck
and a lone man, thought to be a
Negro, drew a pistol on him and
ordered the truck driver to
hand over what money he
had. He also ordered the
truck driver to put the money onj
the side of the truck. Sheriff
Ponder said that Womock stated
that he put $50 on the truck and
the man picked up the money and
fled in his car. Womock said he
noted that the robber was driv
ing an Oldsmobile.
Womock, after explaining the
incident, continued on his way to
Charlotte to deliver the load of
lumber which had been shipped
from Donaldson Lumber Compa
ny of McManville.
Sheriff Ponder is continuing
his investigation of the incident.
Surplus Food
Records Gone
Doyle B. Cody, chairman of
the county commissioners stated
this week that the county com
missioners have been asked 'byf .
State officials to help locate Sur
plus Foods records of Madison
County, kept prior to December
7, 196, and which records are re
quired by, law to be kept for a
period of three years
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Rabies Spreads Near County:
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4,000 Local Dogs Treated
"These- records were never
turned owe to the present Board
of ( ommiasipnerg and diligent in
quiry or tne lormer isnainnan oi
Commissions, former Auditor,
Welfare Department, and former
Clerk in the Surplus Foods Pro
gram fail to disclose any clues to
the whereabouts of these records.
Also, careful search has been made
of all offices, together with the
Courthouse basement and other
storage places. The Commission
ers will continue to cooperate to
the end that the lost records be
found, arid that they be kept on
file, in accordance with the law,"
Cody said.
SURPLUS FOOD
DISTRIBUTION
DATES GIVEN
Warehouse Open Tuesdays,
Thursdays This
Month
It has been announced that the
surplus commodities warehouse
PREPARATIONS
FOR '65 TOMATO
CROP BEING MADE
A number of Madison County
tomato producers have started
making preparations for the 1965
production season. Practically all
of the old producers in the Car-
men-Shelton Laurel area took
will be open on Tuesday and down their stakes, rolled up their
rm. m . . I
PLANS FOR GIRL
SCOUTS MADE AT
MEETING HERE
Dr. Shelby Vance Seriously
Shot By Son In Avery
County
Dr. Shelby W. Vance, a middle
aged retired medical missionary
from Pineola, in Avery County,
continues to improve in the Spruce
Pine Community Hospital after
being shot by his son on Thurs- afternoon at three o'clock in the
Joseph B. Huff
To Speak Tuesday
At Public Meeting
The Madison County Girl Scout
Neighborhood met in the REA
Building here Monday with Mrs.
Mitzi Tessier, of Asheville, was
District Advisor-. (
Leaders and members of the
sponsoring organizations were re
minded of the annual meeting in
Asheville on January 21 at the
George Vanderbilt Hotel. An in
spirational and informative pro
gram is planned.
The winter and spring training
calendar was discussed. Basic
training courses are planned for
January and March. Outdoor
Training is scheduled for April.
Training will be given in Febru
ary on different phases of the
program.
Day Camp is planned at Cross
roads again this year. Buses are
to pick up Scouts at the same
points used last year.
Mrs. Emory Robinson, Brownie
leader from Mars Hill, told of the
Arts Fair in Mars Hill planned
for all Madison Girl Scouts in
cooperation with the Mars Hill
College Arts Department, to be
held in May.
Leaders were given Cookie Sale
material (the Punch and Cookie
Party. Kick-off is planned for Jan.
28 at 3:30 at the Presbyterian
STATE OFFICIAL
WRITES ABOUT
WELFARE SPACE
William T. Moore, chairman of
the Madison County Board of Pub
lic Welfare, received the follow
big letter Monday from R. Eu
gene Brown, Commissioner, State
Board of Public Welfare, Raleigh,
N. C, which urges the local board
to help alleviate the over-crowded
condition of the present wel
fare quarters.
The letter follows:
Mr. William T. Moore, Chairman
Madison ContySoaifk of Public
Welfare 'SnflP
Route No. 2
Hot Springs, North Carolina
Dear Mr. Moore:
It has come to our attention re
cently that the Madison County
Department of Public Welfare is
still inadequately housed. The
State office has recognized the
need for better quarters for the
Madison County Department since
1960, and the staff has been in
creased since that time so that
some workers have their desks in
the waiting room. We do not feel
that efficient work can be done
under s.uch circumstances. It has
also been brought to our attention
that the access to the building is
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Ihursday for the rest of the
month. The following schedule
should be followed:
January 19 Shelton Laurel,
Little Laurel, Big Laurel, Spill-
corn.
January 22 Hot Springs,
Shutin, Paint Rock.
January 26 Mars Hill, Rt. 1,
Mars Hill, Rt. 2, Mars Hill, Rt.
3, Mars Hill.
January 28 Ivy Hill, Jupiter,
Long Branch, Walnut Creek, East
Fork and Grapevine.
However, if it is impossible to
come on the date suggested, you
may pick up the food any day the
warehouse is open.
The Welfare Department will
recertify for and take applica
tions for surplus foods on Wed
nesday only.
MARS HILL TO
HAVE MARCH OF
DIMES CANVASS
wire and seeded their 1964 fields
to a cover crop.
One of the most important
things for the tomato producers
to consider now is getting a soil
test on their 1966 tomato field.
The Soil Testing Laboratory of
the State Department of Agricul
ture in Raleigh is (doing an excel
lent job in testing the soil, mak
ing suggestions for fertilisation
and getting their reports back to
the farms. The facilities are very
crowded at this time of year,
therefore, it is necessary for the
farmer to allow about a month
for return on his soil samples. An
application of the required amount
of dolomite limestone should be
applied as soon as possible.
To
Conduct
Door-To-Door
Drive Monday,
January 25
Woman Injured
In Fall On Street
fJhiirrh. ami each trooD will make
Attorney Joseph B. Huff will L, nr a S. Week, berinnimr
address a meeting next Tuesday Continued To Last Paere I
day night, December 31.
FORMERLY OF COUNTY
Dr. Vance is well-known in
Madison County, having resided
in Mars Hill for many yean. He
also operated a hospital in Mar
hall for several years. The hos
pital was located on the second
floor of the Masonic Temple.
Dr. Vance and Avery County
Sheriff Jack Vance, no relation,
were wounded, along with Deputy
J. C. Isaacs, by rifle' fire when
they attempted to take Richard
Vance, 25, into custody on a rur
al road near bin home. Doctors in
Spruce Pine removed Dr. Vance's
right kidney and found that he al
so suffered damage to his liver
from the bullets, as wall as a
wound in the upper right aim.
Sheriff Vance was not serious
ly hurt, and Isaacs is recovering
in Cannon Memorial Hospital in
Banner Elk from a back wound
described as painful hot not seri-
The son, a former mental pa
tient, was taken to Broughton
Hospital in Morganton, according
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choir roam of the First Baptist
Church of Mam Hill on the sub
ject, "The Machinery of Govern
ment, County and State."
The public is cordially invited.
D. M. Robinson
Improving At
1 1
Duke Hospital
D. M. Robinson, manager of
French Broad Electric Member
ship Coop, and civic leader, con
tinues to improve at Duke Hos
pital, Durham, where he is under
going treatment.
Word from Mr. Robinson re
veals that he is "feeling great and'
doing well."
He is expected to be at the
hospital for several weeks.
A Mars Hill woman, Mrs. Mary
Anlderson, received dispensary
treatment at St. Joseph's Hospi
tal Tuesday for a fractured nose
and lacerations received in a fall
on Haywood Street in Asheville,
City Patrolman Paul E. Smith re
ported.
Plans for a "March of Dimes"
door-to-door canvass for con
tributions on Monday night,
Jan. 25, in the Mars Hill area are
being formulated there.
Director of the campaign for
this area, Mrs. Joseph Huff, has
enlisted four other interested
mothers as area captains: Mrs.
Bruce Murray, Mrs. Charles Da
vie, Mrs. Ernest Powell Jr., and
Mrs. W. C. Silver Jr.
The five will contact other
mothers to assist them in a thor
ough canvass of the town and sur
ruonding area to seek contribu
tions to the national foundation
which in recent years has turned
its efforts to the combat against
birth defects.
"I was shocked to learn," Mrs.
Huff said, - "that 250,000 babies
are born each year with a serious
birth defect one every two min
utes. I believe if we can get these
astounding figures across to our
friends and neighbors, they will
respond with generosity.'"
LEGISLATURE
TAPS TAYLOR
AS SPEAKER
Commissioners Issue Letter
Raleigh H. P. (Pat) Taylor
Jr., of Wadeesboro, a, member of
the General Assembly since 1966,
was named speaker of the 1966
Legislature Thursday at a House
Democrat caucus.
The unanimous nomination of
Taylor, 40, who was unopposed, is
tantamount to selection as speak
er since there are 106 Democrats
and 14 Republicans in the House.
The caucus also named Miss
Annie B. Cooper of Raleigh prin
cipal clerk, -Sam Burrow of Ran
dolph County readfin gclerk and
Joseph Warren of Caswell County
as sergeant at arms. All served
during the 1963 session.
After his nomination, Taylor
lost little time in putting House
members on notice he wants the
1965 session to conclude its bus
iness as soon as possible.
"We should stay here all the
time it takes to do our business
well," Taylor said. "I think we
should meet Feb. 3, do our busi
ness promptly and adjourn early."
Noting it cost $5,600 a day for
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131 Rabies Cases In Greene
County; SO Cases In
Cocke County
John Hutchins, county sanitari
an, announced this week that ov
er 4,000 dogs are now proteced
from rabies at least for one year
or more in Madison County. In
explaining the figures, Mr. Hut
chins said that 904 dogs had been
treated during the recent clinics
held in the county. Prior to the
clinics, at least 200 dogs were
treated in Burnsville.
He further explained that 112
dogs were also treated early last
spring.
Compared with the clinics last
year when only 112 dogs were
treated, officials are quite pleas
ed with the response thus far this
year.
A breakdown of recent clinics
reveals that 217 dogs were treat
ed in the Hot SpringsSpring
Creek clinic; 160 in the Marshall
Mars HiU; 279 in the Laurel-Walnut;
and 238 in the Beech Glen
Ebbs Chapel clinic.
Professional Help
In order to teach animal own
ers the correct procedures in
trapping foxes, Mr. Hutchins stat
ed that professional trappers
would be in the county next week.
Already Scheduled are demon
strations at the Spring Creek
school next Tuesday at 1:80 o'clock
and at the Laurel school Wednes
day at 1:00 o'clock. All interest
ed persons are urged to attend
these demonstrations.
RABIES SPREADING
Mr. Hutchins also announced
that officials in Greene County,
Tennessee, adjacent to Madison
County, had announced that there
are now 181 certified cases of ra
bies in that county ankt that at
present, 75 persons were taking
treatment. Greene County offi
cials also reported that the situ
ation is getting worse, with 11
new cases diagnosed since the
first of the year.
Also alarming is the condition
in Cocke County, Tenn., where 60
cases of rabies have been verified.
So far, we have been most for
tunate in Madison County with no
cases yet verified. However, we
must continue every effort to
prevent the spread into our coun
ty," Hutchins said.
HOLE-IN-ONE
Instructor: "I think you've tak
en enough practice swings."
Duffer: "Good now show me
which club to use to make a hole-
in-one.
Hill
To Citizens Of This County
Cite Bill Introduced By L. B.
Ramsey In 1983
THE DIB YOUNG
A golfer hit a new ball into the
lake, . another new ball out of
bounds onto a highway, and an
other new ball into the woods.
"Why don't you use an old ball?"
said the caddy. ';,
Replied the golfer sadly, "I've
never had one."
EDITOR'S NOTE: Due in the
number of inquiries concerning
the policy of taxation in Madison
Comity, Doyle B. Cody, chairman
of the board df commissioners,
this week issued the following
letter for publication:
The Board of County Commis
sioners baa been approached sev
eral times as to the policy of tax
ation in Madison County. In the;
Legislative session of 1908, Lis
ten B. Ramsey introduced a bill
removing all valuation powers
from the Board of County Com
missioners, as set up under the
General Statutes of North Caro
lina, and creating a Tax Equali
sation Board, and conferring upon
said Board all powers and duties
formerly held by the Elected
Board of County Commissioners
with respect to the valuation of
property or the equalizing of
values for tax purposes.
So far as we are informed, all
of the other ninety-nine counties
come under the General Statutes of
North Carolina, broad powers be
ing given to the Board of Coun
ty Commissioners as to property
evaluation and taxation.
Three members were appointed
to said Equalisation Board at the
time of its ratification, jmWm
big of Brown Amnions, Tahaadge
Franklin, and Ralph T. Bp
Mr. Barnes later resigned i
svas replaced by Ernest Sue
who was a former member of
Board of Elections, which wai
placed last summer.
Following is a complete copy
of said bill:
Session 1963 H.B. 185
Introduced by: Representative
Ramsey of Madison
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN
ACT TO CREATE A TAX
EQUALIZATION BOARD FOR
MADISON COUNTY AND TO
CONFER CERTAIN POWERS
ON SAID BOARD.
The General Assembly of North
Carolina do enact:
Section 1. Chapter 612 of the
Session Laws of 1956, and Chap
ter 103 of the Session Laws of
1969, pertaining to Tax Equali
sation Board in Madison County
are hereby revised.
Sec. 2. There is hereby created
la Tax Equalisation Board for
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Post Office At Mars
To Oocipy Edwards Site
Marshall Man Is
Slashed With Knife
Here Saturday Night
Bruce Davis, 21, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Gerald "Buddy" Davis, of
Marshall, is recovering from knife
no tetamed ia aa argument
which occurred at the lower end
of Main Street Saturday night.
According to Sheriff E. Y. Pon
der, Davis and B7B. Proffitt Jr..
about 28, of the Bull Creak sec
tion of this county, held an argu
ment over a car wreck which oc
curred on Mashburn Hill earlier
Saturday night.
During tin affray, it ia alleged,
that Proffitt pulled out his knife
and dashed Davis's throat. For
tunately, the cut was not deep,
however, the wound required 11
stitches.
Proffitt was arrested for as
sault with deadly weapon and is
now out under a $600 bond.
Davis is able to be out again
after receiving treatment from a
local doctor.
Oldest Residence On Main
Street Will Be
Rased
The home of Miss Harttie Ed
wards and Mrs. Ledia Edward
Hodge, the oldest residence in
mm Hill, will be torn dawn to
make room for the hew poet office
to be , erected on the site. The
property, which ia located down
town on Mam Street, has been
purchased, and plana are being
made for construction of a post
office building.
The original residence, which
has been renovated ana enlarged
was built shortly after the Civil
War by the Rev. Leroy Sams, who
was at one time pastor of the
Mars Hill Baptist Church and the
father of John Robert Sams, who
was a lifelong friend of Mars Hill
College and served as- president
1868-1870, 1871-1872. The house
was the temporary home of Dr.
and Mrs. R. L. Moore for a year
after they came to Mars Hill in
1897. In 1902 the house with the
surrounding land was purchased
by the late Ervin Edwards for