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Important For
Vote In Burley Referendum
Two-thirds Majority Needed
For Approval Of
Quotas
Barley tobacco growers will vote
Thursday, February 26, 1966, on
marketing quotas for the next
three crops, Emory Robinson,
chairman of the Agricultural Sta
bilization and Conservation coun
ty committee, reminded farmers
today.
Growers eligible to vote in the
referendum are all those who pro
duced burley tobacco in 1964 and
shared in the crop or its pro
ceeds. Also, each person who was
either the owner or operator of a
farm for which a 1964 burley to
bacco allotment was established
is eligible to vote, even though no
tobacco was actually produced on
the farm in 1964, if an allotment
was established for the farm for
1966.
For tie 1966 crop of burley to
bacco, the Department of Agri
culture has announced a total of
284,146 acres available for allot
ment This compares with 316,
698 acres allotted for 1964. Under
an allotment program, the allot
ments are announced annually, for
one year at a time.
The total ' supply of burley to
bacco for the current marketing
year is 2,043 million pounds, in
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Support Prices
For Tobacco
Barley Support Price
Average 59.5
Cents
Will
Washington The Agriculture
Deparment announced Monday
grower price support rates for
this year's tobacco crops. Rates
for most types will be slightly
higher than last year.
The support for flue-cured, the
major cigarette type, will aver
age 57.7 cents a pound compared
with 57.2 cents for the 1964 crop,
New Loans
For Low Income
FHA Issues Loan Plans For
Farm Families With
Small Income
A new program of small loans
coupled with farm management
assistance is now open to farm
families with limited incomes in
Madison County, W. E. Hill, coun
ty supervisor for the Farmers
Home Administration, said today.
Hill said fanners in Madison
County can participate in the pro
gram to develop higher returns
from farming operations.
Loans up to $2,500 are avail
able to farm families with limited
incomes who cannot qualify for
financial assistance under regular
loan programs of Farmers Horns
Administration or private lenders.
Opportunity loans are aimed at
helping farm and rural families
earn more income through their
own enterprises, Hill said.
Loans to farmers operating
small, limited income farms may
be used to purchase livestock,
machinery and equipment, con
struct or repair farm buildings,
pay annual operating expenses for
seed, feed and fertiliser, refinance
real estate debts and purchase
The loans also may be used to
'bgy. :bares in small cooperatives
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POLLS SET UP
FOR TOBACCO
QUOTA VOTE
Polling places for the February
25 Referendum on marketing quo
tas for the next three crops of
Burley tobacco have been desig
nated by the Madison County Ag
ricultural Stabilization and Con
servation Committee as follows:
Community 1: The ASCS Of
fice at Marshall; Walnut Supply
Store.
Community 2: White Rock
School.
Community 8: Silver's 3tore;
Oak Grove Community Center.
Community 4: Beech Glen
School.
Community 6: Dock Ramsey's
Store.
Community 6: Reeves' Store;
Paul Buckner's Store.
Community 7: Wiley Roberts'
Store Building.
Community 8: Spring Creek Ag
riculture Building; Caldwell's
Store,
Community 9: Rathbone Store
(Shu tin); Hot Springs Recreation
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For burley, also a major cigar
ette and smoking type, the sup
port will average 59.5 cento com
pared with 58.9 cents last year.
The department said the in
creases in supports this year re
flect mainly increases in prices
of goods and services which farm
ers bought during the past three
years compared with 1959 prices.
Farm law requires that tobacco
supports be raised or lowered with
corresponding changes in prices
growers pay.
Available
Group
AMA REJECTS
LBJ PROGRAM
ON MEDICARE
Chicago The American Medi
cal Association's House of Dele
gates rejected Sunday the John
son administration's program for
health care of the aged. It voted
to "endorse and enthusiastically
support" a rival plan it calls "el-
dercare."
The 234-member governing body
of the nation's biggest organisa
tion of physicians thus reaffirm-
er Ha opposition to a Social Security-financed
program which
would be administered by a feder
al government agency.
It broadened Ha earlier stand in
favor of state programs financed
with general federal tax funds
and administered by the states
through private health agencies.
Specifically, the AMA dele
gates accepted the bill now be
fore Congress which was intro
duced by Rep. A. Sydney Herlong
Jr., D-Fla., and Thomas B. Cur
tis, R-Mo., and adopted the AMA
Board of Trustees' promotion pro-
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Farmers To
NEXT MONDAY
DEADLINE FOR
NEW LICENSES
Motorists Urged To Purchase
Car, Truck Licenses
Here
Next Monday is the deadline
for purchasing and displaying 1966
licenses on cars and trucks.
motorists and owners of ve
hicles are again informed that li
cense plates can be purchased at
the Farm Bureau Office on Low
er Bridge Street in Marshall.
HEART SUNDAY
TO BE OBSERVED
IN COUNTY SUN.
As you know, February is Heart
Fund month throughout the na
tion and Madison County is doing
its part to raise funds. The coun
ty's goal this year is $1,000.
Next Sunday has been desig
nated as "Heart SunWay and
special efforts will be made to
raise funds.,
'ana Davis is
John H Hough
Hill City Chairman; and Mrs. Mo-
na Swann is chairman at Hot
Springs. r"n
Miss Daisy Anderson will assist
in Mars Hill on Sunday: Mrs
Vena Davis will have charge of
Heart Sunday in Marshall; and
the Hot Springs Friendship Cir
cle, headed by Mrs. Murial Aus
try, president, will assist in Hot
Springs on Sunday.
It was also announced that va
rious churches will cooperate in
raising funds and house-to-house
canvassing will also be done in
some sections.
MARCH OF DIMES
GOSPEL SING IN
ASHEVILLE SAT.
The annual March of Dimes
Gospel Singing will be held this
Saturday night in Asheville's City
Auditorium beginning at 7:30
o'clock.
All singing groups and individu
als are invited to participate in
this worthy cause.
C. E. Bailey is chairman of ar
rangements and Ed J. Ball will
serve as master of ceremonies, as
sisted by Frank Reid.
There will be no admission
charge and the public is invited to
attend
Chairman On Elections
To
DOUG REED
Citizen Staff Writer
Raleigh For the first time in
many years, chairmanship of the
House Committee on Elections
and Election Laws will not fall to
a mountain representative.
The post has traditionally be
longed to Western Norm Carolina,
where election squabbles and bit
ter partisan rivalry are virtually
a way of life.
But House Speaker H. Pat Tay
lor Jr. let it be known to associ
ates this week-end that he prob
ably will give the post, highly
coveted by some western members,
to a representative from another
fetters
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NEW SEWERAGE
SYSTEM HERE
IS DEDICATED
The Town of Marshall officially
assumed responsibility of the new
sewerage disposal system Wed
nesday morning when key offi
cials, contractors, engineers and
others met trim city officials on
the Island where the the main
structure is located.
The new system, recently put
into operation, was constructed at
a cost of some $122,000. The pro
ject was made possible through
a federal .grant from the Health,
Education and Welfare Adminis
tration. The system also has two pump
ing stations, one located at the
mouth of Frisky Branch at the
lower enld of Main Street and the
second located next to the jail.
Both pumping stations are be
neath the surface of the ground.
The main treatment structure
on the Island disposes of some
86,000 gallons every 24 hours with
approximately 90 purification.
Marshall is one of the first
towns on the French Broad River
Basin to complete such a system
in the vast anti-pollution program
in this area.
ARE
REELECTED ON
MCDB HERE MON.
Prospects Are Bright For
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Nineteen stockholders were pres
ent at a meeting of the Madison
County Development Board at the
French Broad Electric Membership
Corp., here Monday afternoon. 2
107 shares were represented ei
ther by person or by proxy with
the election of directors the main
purpose on the agenda.
Zeno H. Ponder, president of
the board, presided and in the ab
sence of D. M. Robinson, secreta
ry, Mrs. Ernestine Plemmons
served as secretary.
The following directors were
unanimously reelected:
3-year term, Donald Stines, Del-
mer Payne, Zeno Ponder.
2-year term: Mrs. Vena Davis,
Harry Silver, Mrs. Pauline Dit
more. 1-year term: J. H. Sprinkle, C.
D. Bowman, L. B. Ramsey.
The directors were praised for
their splendid work in the first
year of the board's existence and
were rewarded by being unani
mously reelected.
In making the annual report of
the officers, C. E. Mashbum stated
that the first year was "success
ful and an even better 1966 sea
son is expected.
Harry Silver, farm agent and
one of the sponsors of MATO
company here, explained that he
was well pleased with the first
year results of tomatoes in thi.i
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of the stats.
Reliable sources said Taylor
wants Rep. Allen C. Barkis of
Mash County to head the commit
tee and may announce his ap
pointment within a few days.
These sources said Alamance
County Rep. M. Glenn Pickard of
Burlington is also being consider
ed for tin spot.
It was reported that while Pick
ard could become Taylor's choice,
Barbee is considered the most
like appointee.
Western North Carolina suc
ceeded in picking off the compar
able position in the Senate where
6th District Sen. Oral Y. Yates
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NEW 'CHAIRMAN of the key
Committee on Standards and Re
ports for Senior Colleges of the
Southern Association of Colleges
and Schools, is Dr. Robert L. Holt,
formcr vice president of Mars Hill
College and one-time resident of
AsheviHe. Dr. Holt, now vice
president and dean of East Car
olina College in Greenville, is a
graduate of Lee Edwards High
School, Mars Hill Junior College
and Wake Forest, where he took
his AB and MA degrees. He re
ceived his Ph.D from Duke Uni
versity. Dr. Holt is married to
the former Claire Rebecca Har
din of Morganton, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. E. F. Hardin of Ridge
crest. Boosters Club To
Meet On Island
Next Monday Night
The Marshall Boosters Club will
meet next Monday at the school,
i t was announced this week by
Jimmy Sptimtfjj&Bffi.
The meeting will begin at 7:30
and all members are urged to at
tend. RABIES FILMS
TO BE SHOWN
John Hutchins, county sanitari
an, stated this week that rabies
films will be shown at the Mars
Hill school next Monday night at
7:30; at the Walnut school Tues
day night at 7:30, and Wednes
day at the Marshall school at
7:30 o'clock.
The public is urged to attend.
Guy Houk To
Succeed Patton
As Court Judge
Raleigh Franklin Attorney
Guy Houk was sworn in Wednes
day afternoon as 30th District Su
perior Court judge to succeed
Jujdge George B. Patton, who re
signed Feb. 1.
Houk is a former school prin
cipal and Macon County schools
superintendent. H i s selection
ended a long period of speculation
as to whom the governor would
name.
The 30th district includes the
seven westernmost counties: Hay
wood, Jackson, Swain, Graham,
Clay, Cherokee and Macon.
of Haywood County was named
chairman of the Senate Committee
on Election Laws and Legislative
Representation.
The dual role of the Senate
committee dealing sat only
with elections but with appoint
ment of the General Assembly
could elevate Yates' chairman
ship to one of prime importance
in the 1965 session.
IjlbJe could come about if legis
lation is introduced to reappor
tion the House of Representatives
on the sole basis of population, in
line with federal court decisions
in other states.
Finals On Saturday, Feb. 27;
Four Games Each Night
CHORAL CLINIC
THIS WEEK-END
AT MH COLLEGE
A choral clinic at Mars Hill Col
lege Friday and Saturday, Feb.
12-13) is expected to attract 300
high school students throughout
Western North Carolina, Upper
South Carolina and East Tennes
see. The workshop is the 17th such
annual event sponsored by the
college's Department of Music. It
has been planned and will be co
ordinated by two members of the
music faculty, J. Elwood Roberts
and Robert C. Rich.
Guest director-conductor will be
Robert Page, director of choral ac
tivities at Temple University in
Philadelphia. He will work with
the visiting students and their mu
sic teachers on a repertory of 11
outstanding choral selections.
The clinic will be climaxed with
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Attn Park
Deficit
; Funds Ne
Urgent Appeal Goes Out For
Donations From County
Citizens
Mrs. C. D. Bowman, of Mar
shall, is heading up the drive in
Madison County to raise as much
money as possible for the Aston
Park Hospital, which is striving
to raise $75,000 which is owing to
hospital suppliers. This is the
first time in its 42-year history
that the 'hospital has been forced
to ask the public to come to its
rescue.
Mrs. George Shuford, of Ashe
viHe, has been authorized to tell
the public certain pertinent facts
about the hospital. Mrs. Shuford,
who is serving as chairman of
the assistance fundi, cites the fol
lowing facts:
Recently the Joint Commis-
Opportunities Exist
To Soften Blow Of
Tobacco Income Loss
NORTON, RAMSEY
ARE ASSIGNED
ON COMMITTEES
Western North Carolina legis
Inters wen named to 17 Senate
and House committeeea Monday
night by Lt.-Gov. Robert W. Scott
sugar noose apeaaer a. rat lay
lor, Jr.
No chairmanships went to the
WNC sokms, although they drew
a total of six vice-chairmanships.
Clyde M. Norton, of McDowell,
was named to the Education Com
mittee and the Roads Committee.
Senator Norton is vice-chairman
of the Roads Committee.
Mrs. F. Grafton Ramsey, of
Madison, was named to the High
way Safety Committee and the li
brary Committee.
On Tuesday of this week Nor-
ton was named to the Election
Laws and Legislative Represents-
tion Committee as vice-chairman.
Mrs. Ramsey was named to the
Public Welfare Committee. 1
Marshall Girls, Mars Hill
Boys Favored To Take
Event
Capacity crowds are expected to
jam the Marshall gymnasium next
Thursday night when the 1965
county high school basketball
tournament gets underway. The
first game of the tourney, a Jun
ior Varsity affair, will pit Spring
Creek girls against the Laurel
girls. The scond game will be
between the Mars Hill JV boys
and the Spring Creek quint. The
other JV teams drew byes in the
opening round.
VARSITY PAIRINGS
Varsity pairings for opening
night are as follows:
GIRLS: Spring Creek vs. Hot
Springs. All other teams drew
byes.
BOYS: Hot Springs vs. Laurel.
All other teams drew byes.
Four games (two JV and two
Varsity) will be played on Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday nights,
Feb. 18, 19, and 20. The semifi
nals of the varsity and finals of
the JV tourney will be played
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sion on Accreditation ef Hospitals
renewed its accreditation of our
hospital for three years. The
Board of Trustees was encourag
ed by the Commission to make ev
ery effort to retain Aston Park
Hospital.
The Buncombe County Plan
ning Council will soon begin an
extensive survey of health facili
ties in our area. Aston Park Hos
pital will be a part of this study.
Aston Park Hospital has nev
er before gone to the public for
help. The new X-Ray unit install
ed several years ago was the gift
of a very few interested friends.
The current assets of Aston
Park Hospital arc presently val
ued at approximately $350,000.
-The $75,000 deficit is owed
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Trellis Tomatoes, Fruits,
Vegetables Offered As
Opportunities
Replacing in one year the full
amount North Carolina is vHjmm,
ed to lose from its tobacco income
may be impossible, bat a large
number of alternatives exist that
can help soften the blow.
Identifying the alternatives, se
lecting the right ones for the in
dividual farm, county and region,
and developing these alternatives
with proper planning and manage
ment can strengthen the overall
agricultural situation in the long
This is the observation of Dr.
George Hyatt Jr., director of the
Agricultural Extension Service at
North Carolina State.
"This state is blessed with ma
ny alternatives for continue
ricultural progress," be said
have the soil and climatic
tfons sni
riety of
kind of I
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fortunate
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