If
mi
Senate Approves
Appalachia Aid
C SenntoW Ervin And
Jordan Vote With
Majority
Senate mm
the billion -dolMR.A
OMH ttx MPW
standards io
mountaip country of
But- T i W'
ed Monday
paiacoia mm
jobs and au Jhdug
the depressed
eleven Make.
tel4eht Johnson hailed
"real encoumgement to that
gion." .
Boom hearings on the
the
iding
re-
400,000 rneasurvbogan . Wednesday
mi the lasdsr there predicted
quick approval to make this one of
the first major hiys to go to the
White House this year.
Backed strongly by the Presi
dent in his avowed drive to elim
inate poverty, the Appalachia bill
was approved in the Senate last
year but died in the- House.
The Senate outcome was a vic
tory for Sens. Jennings Bandolph,
D-W. Va., and John S. Cooper,
voted with the
Adi1
Majority Mon-
Seaate passed the
itlon's $1.09 billion
M region aid bill.
FEBRUARY
DESIGNATED
IT MONTH
Calling
R-Ky., co-sponsors and floor man
agers of the Mil.
Their states will be among the
chief beneficiaries in the 166,000
square mile region where mora
than 15 million persons live.
Randolph and Cooper argued
the entire nation win benefit if
the economic position of Appa-
heart disease "the red
v . . t m vx r t
pingue, - uov. Dan moore nas ae
cjKd February as heart month
in iNortn uaronna.
"This red plue, as heart dis-
ease has esaftellled, kills 18 times
llPlil ITu li each pear as
do automobile accidents, four times
as many Mvff' cancer," Moore
said Monday in a statement.
'More than two million living
Tar Heels face the eventuality of
falling victim to this red-plague
unless we atop its onslaught,"
he said.
The governor called North Car
olinians "to redouble their con
cern for the fifc-ht against the
heart and blood vessel diseas.
our state's leading disabler an
killer." JMB.: ;y ,
Bowman Gray, tike University of
North Carolina and Duke with the
support of Heart fund dollars,
offers hop: for all Tar Heel
hearts," Moore said.
Moore said he was a former
Heart Fund chairman in Haywood
County and "salutes the North
Carolina Heart Association's 'Hope
for Hearts' crusade and the 1965
Heart Fund campaign."
DOG WARDEN IS
APPROVED FOR
COUNTY MONDAY
1e Madison Cwmty commis
sioners, acting jointly wish the)
Madison County Health Depart
ment, approved the acquiring of
a dot warden for this county. The
action was taken at the commis
sioners' regular 1 meeting here
Monday.
A joint meeting of the Health
Department officials and the com
missioners is planned for later
tuns week when a wsrdsn will b
Among, the duties of the war
den will be to arrange clinics, en
force quarantines, .and supervise
the picking up of stray dogs.
The action Monday was necessi
tated by the threat of rabies in
this county and the need for such
an official.
DRIVE BEGINS
COOKIE SALE
IS IN PROGRESS
The annual Old Scout Cookie
Sle is now in fragioss in Mara
11, Marshall and Walnut. Girl
Scouts sr taking orders and it
was explained that there are four
from Which to choose.
The coAkiee will be delivered at a
later The taking of orders
inas through February
16 atoMpsryone is urged to give
the Scouts your orders.
Proceeds from the Cookie Bale
will be used to farther improve
ments and facilities at the perma
nent Girl Stoat Camp near Bre
vard as Well as to purchase equip-
- -
ment fair Day Camp at Cross
roads. An Activity Center at the
G. S. Camp is also being planned
with Cookie Sale proceeds to help
in this prooject.
By purchasing cookies you are
assisting in making for better
Scouting in this county.
i
Sewage Disposal System
Is Now In Operation Here
RED CROSS
REPORT FOR
JANUARY
TWp-FACED
The recent political furor re
minds us of the fWe Abraham
lachia residents can be brought up Lincoln was eocu
Bulk of the federal aid funds
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LNTHISCOOTY
Febrohry is Heart Fund Month
throughout the nation and Madi
son County. In order to get or
ganized for the month-long drive,
representative from the Stab
Headquarters was in Marshall
Tuesday and named the following
officials:
Mrs, Vena Davis, Marshall
Chairman; Mrs. Ernestine Plem
mons, county treasurer; Mrs.. Eth-j
el Wallin, Rural Heart Fund Dl
rector; Mrs. Roy Wild, Gift Chair
man for the county; and R. L.
wards, publicity chairman.
A chairman from Mars Hill
prings
,
COUNTY TO BE
ISpBsENTED
AT EO A AIRING
In order to further infer
mation and advice oa the recent
ly enacted Economic Opportunity
Act, several county
planning on attending
today (Thursday) in
when Mt. ChY of
KHAMM . Till I I
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BOA will zt
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Back At
nditisoyy Oitos Bill
'County Is No
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EDITOR'S NOTE: The follow
ing article written by Doyle B
Cody, chairman of the Madison
County Board of Commissioners,
refutes the letter by L. B. Ram
sey which was published in last
week's issue of this newspaper
concerning the origin of the Tax
Equalization Board in this coun
ty: With reference to a letter un
der the signature of Liston Ram
sey in the January 28th edition
of The News-Record, I read with
interest, a great deal of amuse
ment arid no surprise, the state
ment that he did not feel his
"modesty and sense of fair play"
could entitle him to receive cred
it for Madison County's present
Tax Equalisation Board. .
I do not blame Mr. Ramsey, 1
would not like to credited with
this bill either; however, there
are a few facts that should ba
brought to the attention of the
citizens of Madison County.
Tax Equalization in Madison
County is governed solely by
69 of the 1968 Session!
President Merchants Asso.
HfiflHBPLsan
t -WW -
fa - . sj&k s
tdwin
Awarded $1,050
In Injury Suit
An electric wire which dipped
too low across a Buncombe Coun
ty public road last October cost
the French Broad Electric Ment'
bership Corp., $1,060 in damage
Tuesday.
Ralph Lee Balwin, 78, of Mar
shall Rt. 2, an employe of Zenoi
Ponder, collected the sum in
General County civil judgment.
The suit alleged Baldwin was
riding on top of a load of hay in
a trailer attached to a farm trac
tor on road 1753 Oct. 28. When
he hit the wire, he was knocked to
the ground, and suffered both
burns and fractures, it was alleg
ed. Suit was brought by Minnie
Baldwin, as next friend.
officials are
a meeting
Ashcvflle
Buncombe
rge of the
discuss. ;?b
unty superln-
mnn of the EOA
county. Expected
the
Two Madison County service
men were recipients of Bed Cross
.service during January. The
Madison County Branch of the
Asheville Area Red Cross also
submitted a report to the Veter
an's Administration for a county
veteran.
During the month residents of
the county received 8? units of
blood in Asheville Vpffilt sup
plied by the Red Cross. County
residents gave 26 units of blood
the Center in Asheville and 26
1 units at a bloodmobile operation
at Mars Hill Baptist Church.
DANIEL REELECTED
John N. Daniel was reelected
chairman of the Asheville 'Mam
R4d Cross Chapter at a meeting
of the Chapter's Board of Direct
ors Wednesday. Daniel, Division
Manager of the Square D Com
pany, has served one year as
chairman and three years as a
member of the Red Cross Board.
ATTEND BANQUET
those from Madison
County attending the annual Red
Cross Awards Banquet last Thurs
day night at the Battery Park
Hj were Mrs. W. L. Lynch and
K Hart, of Mars Hill,
and Mr. and Mrs. Jim Story, of
,ior benefits firom the
eatlv depend on what
is learned at the' meeting.
mroWW PtANKEB.
adisoil' County tl " h '1
COUNTY TllESDAY
DIMES MARCH
SUCCESSFUL
AT MARS HILL
A heart-warming success" was
the estimate placed on the March
of Dimes heft recently in the Mara
"i aim,
Mrs. Joseph Huff reports that
$390 was collected in the commu
nity for the work of the Nation
al Foundation in its fight against)
birth tohm'&pfm
I was pleased with the response
to this appeal within our commu
nity," she said, "and I want to
express appreciation to everyone
who participated in the door-to-
door canvass and to all who con
tributed ao generously."
One especially pleasing factor.
she explained, was that evervone
called on, gave. There were con
tributions from 10 suits to ten
dollars, aba said.
RED
LAGGING; FUNDS
ARE NEEDED NOW
nflk Red!
this I
UWUViWaW-
all r U
Jy over Bufo
Rep Ramsey
Ola Committee
Representative F. Crafton Ram
sey, of this county, ' has been
named to the House Finance Com
mittee at action taken Wednes
day in the opening day of the gen
eral assembly in Raleigh.
State Senator Clyde M. Norton,
of Old Fort, was named to Mur
phy Sen. W. Frank Forsyth's Fi
nance Committee.
I
Dr. Ed Niles
ED L NILES PRES.
OF MERCHANTS
ASSOCIATION
ik is the hffl Introduce, Marshall Mer
by Mr.
Section 1 of the bill states spe
cifically that "Chapter 612 of the
Session Laws of 1966, and Chap
ter 108 of the Session Laws of
1966, pertaining to Tax Equalisa
tion Boards in Madison County
sre hereby repealed." Also. Sec
tion 10 of present bill states a
follows: "All laws and clsuses of
laws in conflict with this Act sre
hereby repealed.''
Also, on file is a letter address
ed to Wade Huey, former Audi
or, and signed by Liston B. Ram
bey and dated April 11, 1963, which
States as follows: "I am sending
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Association were unani
mously elected at a dinner meet
ing at the Rock Cafe hare Tues
day night Ralph McConniek,
president, presided with 16 mem
Various reports were given of
activities throughout the past
year and Robert Chandler, treas
urer, presented a financial report
for the year ending.
Officers elected ware as fol
lows:
President, Dr. Ed Niles; vice-
president, Ralph McCormick; sec
retary, James remand; treasurer,
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NO COMPETITION
"I have come here to make an
honest living," the stranger in
town said.
Well, you won't have much
competition," the native said.
An accumulation of three to
four inches of snow blanketed
Madison County and Western
North Carolina Monday night
causing schools to discontinue ac
tivities Tuesday. Slick roads
caused many minor accidents with
cars slipping and sliding1 into
ditches and banks. No serious ac
cidents were reported here Tues
day.
It was thought that the storm
might bring some eight inches of
snow in this area but the average
depth was much less, much to the
delight of motorists and pedestri
ans.
Clear skies Tuesday brought an
end. at-least temporarily, to the
snow but sub-freezing tempera
tures continue to "hold" the snow
visible.
Latest reports from
Cross Membership Driv
county reveal that the
is lagging. It was explai
ever, that all, sections and
es had not yet reported,
turned in. Thie is slighl
the hslfrway mark, of th
got.1. '. . ' ' .;
The annual drive start
but although it was supposeerw
officially end last Monday, offi
cials state that the drive must be
continued in Order to raise the
necessary funds for the continu
ance of the RC services.
Unofficial reports from Mars
Hill reveal that area is dose to
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Town Of Marshall To Take
Over J&sponstbilities
Wednesday
Marshall's new sewerage dis
posal system, coating approxi
mately $122,000, was put into full
operation last Friday. The pro
ject, made possible through a fed
eral grant from the Health, Edu
cation and Welfare Administra
tion which bore 60 of the cost,
was started some three months
ago. The main treatment plant
is located on the lower end of the
Island here and this main struc
ture is "fed' by two pumping
stations, one located at the mouth
of Frisby Branch at the lower end
of Main Street and the other is
located next to the Jail. Both
pumping stations are beneath the
surface of the ground.
The area across the river as
weU as the Mills Manufacturing
Company plant are serviced by a
hugs aepMo tank with separate
units. The lines on the Marshall
side of the river serve the muni
cipal sewer system for the town.
TOWN TAKES OVER
The Town of ManshsU will of
ficially take over the system from
J the contractors next Wednesday
morning at 9:00 o'clock at simple
ceremonies on the Island. Fol
lowing final inspections, officials
will "present" the system to Mar
shall's mayor and board of al
dermen. Also expected to be on
hand for the observance will be
the engineers, inspectors, repre
sentatives from the State Sanita-
Department, Madison County
Department, and other of-
rd Marler, city employee.
has been appointed Sewer System
lelrs main uuliss - wftrWG la lAi
the system priodically and see
that the system is operating sat
isfactorily. Marshall is the first town in
Madison County and one of the
first in Western North Carolina
to complete such a system which is
part of the program to clean up
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Ramsey Describes Feii
Grain Program Rates
Gov. MoorePlans ToT
For $300 Million For
Ask Voters
Roads
Hunt To Head Up Program
Not To Increase
Taxes
By JOHN PARRIS
CitfaMB Staff Writer
Got. Dan K. Moore will ask the
1966 State Legislature io submit
a 800 million road bond issue to
the voters of North Carolina.
And tits man who will head on
hia road-building program aa
chairman of the State Highway
Uomroisaion is to bo former Speak
er of the House Joseph M. Hunt
Jr., of Greensboro.
The road bond issue is expected
to be one of the first pieces of
major legislation to be presented
by the Moore administration to
the General Assembly, which con
vened Wednesday in Raleigh.
Sources dose to Gov. Moore
told The Citisen that the chief ex
ecutive had been working on the
road bond bill for the past month,
well as on his highway uro
gram for the next four yean.
On of the major planks in
Moora campaign platform was
an accelerated highway program
for North Carolina. And he prom
ised that he would reorganise the
State Highway Commission.
Under his reorganisation plans,
The Citisen learned, Moore has
selected Hunt to head up the new
State Highway Commission, and
Hunt has agreed to take the Job,
Hunt, a 68-year-old Greensboro
faMnftMn executive who served
fire terms in the State Legisla
ture, was one of Moore's strong
est backers and closest advisors
in his campaign for Governor.
Well-informed sources are eon-;
vincad that Hunt is emerging as
one of tee strongest and most in
fluential men in the new administration.
Hunt is known to feel keenly
about the state's highway needs,
particularly: these of the western
and extreme eastern parte of
North Carolina.
Like Moore, he is understood to
fsal that Western North Oaroli-
reada and, as a result, 'has not
been able to develop its economic
potential.
It is understood that legislation
covering the road bond1 issue pro-
rides a formula that takes into
account the fact that it tej
more to build a mile of highway
hi the mountains than H does in
ike east and piedmont sessions.
Moore is expected to confer with
legislative leaders on hia high
way program before he subits the
road bond issue to the General As-
Throughout his campaign,
Moore put highways uppermost
in his platform and declared that
"we hare to meet tils highway
of North Carolina."
He told the people at Norte
Carolina that the highway needs
were acute and that if a bond is
sue was necessary to meet them,
then I shall certainly recommend
that bond issue."
But Moore emphasised that he
would not want any bond issue
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Burley Chairman
Harry G. Silver
COUNTY BURLEY
REFERENDUM
COMMITTEE
Harry G. Silver Is Elected
Chasrman; To Vote
February 25
Harry G. Silver, county farm
agent, was unanimously elected
County Burley Tobacco Referen
dum Chairman at a meeting held
at the ASOS office on Wednesday;
afternoon. Other members of the
Committee elected were Robert
Signup Period February 8
Through March 26
At A5CS
Farmers taking part in the 1965
feed grain program may get the
top rate of payment on the en
tire acreage diverted into conserv
ing uses if they sign up and ac
tually divert at least 40 percnt
of the farm's feed grain base,
Ralph Ramsey, office manager of
the Madison County Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation
Service reminded growers today.
The key figures for estimating
diverted acres and diversion pay
ments are 20, 40, and 60, Ramsey
explained. The minimum diversion
under the feed grain program is
80 percent of the feed grain base.
The maximum diversion is the
larger of 60 percent of the base
or 86 acres not to exceed the farm
base. And there are two diver
sion-payment rates.
If the grower signs up and di
verts only tha minimum acreage,
his diversion payment will be fig
ured at the lower rate one-
fifth of the county's total pries,
support rate (price-support loan
plus the price-support payment).
If the grower diverts between
20 and 40 percent of his base, the
lower rate applies to the minimum
diversion and the higher rate too
the balance diverted The higher
rate is one-half of the county's to
tal support rate.
But if the grower signs up and
actually diverts at least 40 per
i