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J. G. Stikeleither Jr. Named
LEATBERWOOD
IS APPOINTED
COLLECTOR
13th Division Comniisioiicr
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June G. Stikeleethor Jr.. of
Asheville and W Curtis Run ot
Weyaesvill ware appointed lat
Thursday by Gov Dan Moore to
the new 14 -member State High
way Cemmiaaion.
Stikeieether's appointment had
been gensrally expected. Appoint
ment of Russ came aa aomewhat
of a surprise. Moat observers had
not expected Moore to name a
corraniasioner from Haywood Coun
ty, since it is the governor's coun
ty of residence.
Stikeleather will serve as comm
issioner for the seven-county 18flh
Division, and Ruse for the ten
county 14th Division.
Named as chairman of the new
cortiniiaion waa Joseph M. Hunt
Jr., Greenaboro insurance executive
and 1961 speaker of the State
House of Representatives.
Stikeleather's division includes
Buncombe, Burke, Madison, Mc
Dowell, Mitchell. Rutherford, and
Yancy Counties. Under the old
commission, these counties were
represented by J. 0. Buchanan of
Asheville, Jack B. Kirksey of
Morganton, and Clint Newton of
Lawndale.
8tike leather, a veteran former
legislator, represented Buncombe
County in the House in 1966, and
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WHITE REPLIES
TO ZENO PONDER
CONCERNING EOA
. June 30, 1965
Mr. Zeno Ponder, Chairman
Madison County Board
of Education
Marshall, North Carolina
Dear Mr. ponder:
Your letter dated June 22 ar
rived in my office this morning.
Por some unknown reason, the
post office had originally delivered
it to the North Carolina Depart
ment of Revenue which delayed
its arrival.
The role of the Economic Op
portunity Program is one of stim
ulation, education, and informa
tion. As a state agency, it is our
responsibility to advise interested
citizens in all counties in North
Carolina with regard to all phas
es of the Economic Opportunity
Act We provide technical assist
ance to counties on appropriate
procedures for developing anti
poverty organizations. It has been
our pleasure to meet with you and
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Marshall Lions To Sponsor
Wrestling Show Here Tues.
Three Matches At Local
Gym Features Lady
Grapplers
The Marshall Lions Club is spon
soring a thrilling wrestling show
at the local gymnasium next Tues
day night which will feature lady
wrestlers. The first match will
start at eight o'clock and a large
crowd is expected to be on hand
to see the grapplers.
The program is billed as M
lows:
Princess Dawn Eagle vs. Mist
Kentuckian; Violet Ray vs. Lady
Bobo. Also an extra match fea
turing a midget wrestler, Ringo,
the Battle, is slated and a tag
team match will also be on tap.
An advertisement about the
wrestling card is published else
where in this issue.
This is the first wrestling card
to ha held in Marshall in many
years and wrestling fans wiH look
forward to seeing the girls in ac
tion. SAFETY DEVICE
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STATE MUSIC
WORKSHOP IS
HELD FOR WEEK
By SANDRA HUNTER
The week of June 28-July 3, I
attended the State Music Work
shop at the University of North
Carolina at Greenaboro, sponsor
ed by the Home Demonstration
CwW of North Carolina. Each
day we attended six classes. These
classes lasted approximately an
hour. They consisted of Song
Leadership, Class Voice, Musician
ship, Vesper. At night, we had
recreation, at which time we folk
danced and squar danced until
10 :3i (recreation leaders were
members of the Folk Dance Fed
eration .of America.
Other evente of the week in
cluded a reception for the scholar
ship winners on Tuesday night
Wednesday night we were enter
tained by the Don Trevler Singers
and Thursday night there was a
talent ahow for those who could
and wanted to participate in it.
Friday night we gave a concert,
which consisted of the songs we
had worked on in choral rehearsal
each day. After the concert, we
taped a television program. The
workshop ended with breakfast on
Saturday morning.
TOO LONG
Shakespeare: "I've written a
good play, but the title is too
long."
Ann Hathaway: "What is the
title?"
Shakespeare: "I call it 'Julius,
grab the girl quickly, before she
gets away'."
Ann Hathaway: "Why not just
call it 'Julius Caesar'?"
Jordan To Head f
Red Cross Drive
In N. Carolina
John R. Jordan, Jr., Raleigh at
torney, will head 1866 fund cam
paigns of the American Red Cross
in North Carolina.
Jordan and vice chairmen he is
appointing will help the state's
108 chapters which will either con
duct independent campaigns next
March or participate in united
campaigns, Paul M. Moore of At
lanta, Southeastern Area manag
er, has announced.
Jordan is a member of the board
afcdfrectors of the Wake County
Red Crss chapter and formerly
served as vice chairman. He is a
member of the law firm Of Jordan
& Toms, in Raleigh.
He was appointed to the Red
Cross state post by national fund
co-chairman Robert W. Sarnof ! of
New York City.
Funds raised for the Red Cross
are used for disaster preparedness
snd relief, military personnel wel-
My, health, youth, hos-
arviroR Moore
rub-pitaland other
Mrs. 5. J.
Who Retired On
Junw 30
Tfaursman J. Leatherwood
bean appointed collector in chare
of the Burnaville District Office
of the North Carolina Department
of Revenue. He succeeds Mrs. 8.
I. Huskins, who retired June 30,
1MB, after 30 years in this ca
pacity Leatherwood it a native of
Swain County and has been with
the Department of Revenue since
September IK, 1961. He was as
signed to the Department's New
ton office prior to his transfer to
the Burnsville office.
The district he will supervise
consists of Yancey and Madison
Counties. The office will be lo
cated in the Post Office Building
in Burnsville.
He is a graduate of Western
Carolina College. His wife is the
former Evolene Smith. They have
two children. The Leatherwood
family will reside in Burnsville
Flash Flood Here
Causes Damage To
Fer guson Home
Torrential rat i a a Wednesday
morning caused considerable dam
age to many farms and washed
gullies in many ansas of the coun
ty. Most damage, however, was re
ported in the Rector Comer com
munity where overflowing waters
rushed into the residence of Mr.
and Mrs. Roane Ferguson, inflict.
n considerable damage to fcs?
terior furnishings and rugs. a
According to Mrs. Ferguson the
HlmW'mWM washed Mr till
back of the hems aBmi'mMmm
the water was about three inches
deep in the house. "It entered
the back and went out the front
door," she said. In addition to
ruining three rugs, new tiling will
have to he put in the kitchen.
"Things are really a mess,'" she
said when contacted this (Thurs
day) morning.
Mrs. Fergueon said she had left
the house about 11:30 o'clock to
go to a neighbor's and when she
returned just minutes later, the
water was running out tile front
The heavy rains Wednesday
morning were accompanied by se
vere lightning, but no reports
have been received of extensive
lightning damage.
Teachers' List
To Be Published
Soon As Possible
Following numerous inquiries
concerning the teacher list for
Madison County schools, this
newspaper will publish a loomplete
list of teachers and principals as
soon as the list is available from
the board of education. The list
will probably be available for
next week's edition.
Employees Of
Burlington Share
Vacation Bonuses
Greensboro Vacation bonus
payments to wage employees of
Burlington Industries, Inc., will
total approximately $6.1 million
in the company's 1966 fiscal year,
Charles A. McLendon, vice presi
dent in charge -of personnel, an
nounced today.
Of this total, some $3.7 million
will be paid to employees of the
diversified textile firm in July and
August, he said. Bonuses paid
last Christmas totaled $2.4 mil
lion. ...."WMk:-"
Over 60,000 employees at Bur
lington plants in 16 states receive
the payments, with the individual
amounts depending on length of
service.
The bonuses are paid in addition
to benefits provided by Burling
ton's Prosit Sharing Retirement
Plan for non-salaried employees.
Members of the plan, in 1964, had
approximately $.2 million credit
ed to their accounts, which was
equivalent to about 4.2 per cent
of the member employee wages.
next i nursaav Hiiernoon
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JOE AND!
IS NEW COUNTY
SANITARIAN
Succeeds John Hatchins;
Formerly With Welfare
Department
Joe Anderson, of Mars Hill, has
succeeded John Hutehins as Mad
ison County Sanitarian. Mr. An
derson, son of Mr. and Mrs. John
C. Anderson, of Mara Hill, is a
graduate of Mars Hill High School,
Mars Hill College and East Ten
nessee State University, Johnson
City, Tenn.
For the past year Mr. Ander
son has been associated with the
Madison County Department of
Public Welfare a a ease worker
He and his family reside in the
Earl Robinson garage apartments
on the Marshall-Walnut Highway.
He started his duties as sani
tarian on July 1 and is now under-
iroing orientation in Buncombe
County.
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Mr. Anderson succeeds John
Hutehins who resigned as sanita
rian this past June. Mr. Hutehins
had served in this capacity since
jfWry, IMS.
jMr. and Mrs. Hutehins and fam
ily have moved to Asheville where
he is now associated, with the Bun
combe County Health Department.
Buncoinnito
Accident
Madison
A car front Madison County col
lided with a car from Henderson
County Tuesday night in Bun
combe County, and five persons
were injured as a result
The wreck occurred about 11:16
at the intersection of Mills Gap
and Sweeten Creek roads. It is
under investigation by State High
way Patrolman D. B. Church.
James Dedrick Brown, 26, of
Marshall was admitted to Memori
al Mission Hospital for treatment
of a broken leg and lacerations of
the head, according to hospital re
ports. He was listed in good con
dition Wednesday morning.
Four occupants of the other car
were also treated at Memorial
Mission.
WINNERS ARE
ANNOUNCED IN
STATEBTUMEET
Ronnie Buckner, Charles
Amnions Are Four-Year
Winner
Juniors from the Training Union
Departments of the North Fork
Church, Big Pine; Davis Chapel
Church, Marshall; and Enon
Church, Marshall, were winners
in the State Tournament held at
Fruitiand Baptist Assembly.
Ronnie Buckner of North Fork
Church and Charles Amnions of
Davis Chapel Church were award
ed four-year winners, they had
committed to memory 208 verses,
having a knowledge of the verses
ar cording to reference, comple
tion, subject matter, questions and
answers.
Brenda Kay Buckner, North
Fork, third year; Tommy Candler,
Davis Chapel, second year; San
dra Amnions, Davis Chapel, first
year; Ann Craine and Barbara
Briggs, Enon, first year.
The proud parents of these
Juniors are Mr. and Mrs. Leon
ard Buckner, North Fork Church;
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Briggs and Mr.
and Mrs. Maritt Craina, Enon
Church, Mr. and Mrs. John Cand
ler, Davis Chapel.
Mrs. Ray Buckner it Junior
iader of tin French Broad As-
eiatioo.
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Man
MADISON 9 WINS
BCL ALL-STAR
TILT SUNDAY
Loses To Fairview T
In
Regular Game On
Saturday
SATURDAY
Mike Laster hurled a revamped
but cellar-dwelling Fairview club
past league-leading Madison, 4-3,
in a Buncombe County League
makeup game Saturday on the Is
land here.
Madison held a 3-0 lead going
into the sixth inning when Fair
view's BiU Pace and Laster knock
ed in a run each. In the final
frame Bob Wallin doubled home
the tying and winning runs.
Madison drew first blood when
Paul Winters singled to left cen
ter scoring F. N. Willett. Doug
Pondar's sacrifice fly scored broth
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BLACK ROOT ROT
NOW INJURING
COUNTY BURLEY
Madison County
farmers.
unroof
a
ISBfl
as black root rot or "tobacco
sick," Harry G. Silver, county ex
tension chairman, stated here to
day. The 1966 growing season
has been ideal for the development
of the fungus organism causing
black root rot. Extremely tender
plants were transplanted in the
field into soil which stayed damp
and cool over an extended period
of time. This is an ideal condi
tion for black root rot develop
ment. Black root rot causes tobacco
to stunt in the field causing ir
regular growth, patches of good
tobacco and patches of stunted to
bacco side by side. The affected
tobacco wilts during the heat of
the day and does not recover un
til the evening shade comes over
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Gov. Moore Names Huskins
State Courts Director
X-15 PILOT, 32,
12TB, YOUNGEST
U. S. ASTRONAUT
la Cousin Of Mrs. L. A.
Zimmerman, Sr.; Goes
53 Miles In Space
Edwards Air Farce Base, Calif.,
- Air Force Capt Joe Engel
streaked more than 68 miles into
apace in aa experimental X-15
rocket plane on June SO, and came
back the country's youngest as
tronaut The 11-minute flight to 882,000
fast qualified Engle, 32, for a rat.
rag awarded only to 11 other men
who have topped 264,000 feet 60
miles.
In a steep ancle of climb 42
degrees Eagle rocketed above
the atmosphere's drag quickly and
he needed only 8,477 m.p.h. to
reach Us peak altitude.
Called Beeetife
"A beautiful flight," radioed an
ether X.1S allot. Milt Themeeoa.
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ACP HELPS GET
CONSERVATION
JOB DONE
Soil snd water conservation work
costs are great. That's why We
have a National Agricultural Con
servation Program through which
all tax-payers help bear the cost.
Kmory Robinson, Chairman of the
Stabilization and Conservation
Committee, points out that being
convinced about the benefits of
conservation is not enough, and ex
pressed the belief that some farm
operators still may not understand
that they can obtain program help
in getting the needed conserva
tion job done on their farms. f
"Just drive around the county,
or nation for that matter," Robin
son declared,'' and you can "y
spot taw farms where conservation
farming is being practiced. In
most cases, you would find that
the Agricultural Conservation Pro
gram (ACP) ( cooperating with
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ACTIVITIES
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used by Madison County
during June, the Asheville Area
Chapter Red Cross reported. Six
persons from Madison County do
nated Mood during this period at
the Red Cross Blood Center in
Asheville.
The Chapter's Service to Milita
ry Families Program assisted two
Madison County servicemen during
the month with counseling and as
sistance with emergency leave.
Plans have been made to conduct
swimming classes under the auspi
ces of the Red Cross at the Mar
shall swimming pool beginning in
the near More. Classes will be
under the direction of Tammy Nut
who is a qualified Red Cross water
safety instructor. Interested per
sons may receive further informa
tion by contacting the pool.
Courts Director
Judge J. Freak Huskins
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Orbit Sale Company To Be
In Charge Of Sale. ;
Prospects Good
Officials of MATO, Inc., an
nounced this .morning that to"
mate peeking shed will be open
for business next Thursday after
noon about four o"clock. The shed
will remain open until the supply
is exhausted and will be closed on
Friday and will reopen again on
Saturday, officials surmised.
It was pointed out that recent
rains have caused a slow down in
tomato maturing but the volume
is expected to increase
within 10-16 days.
The huge tomato shed, located
just off the Marshall By-Pass, had
a successful initial year in 1964
and it is hoped that this year's
operation will be even more suc
cessful. All producers are invit
ed to visit the plant and get ac
quainted with the personnel.
Wesley Greene, who served last
year as packing house supervisor,
will again be on hand. He has hsd
40 years experience in this work
and is regarded as one of the best
supervisors in the south.
It was also announced that Or
bit Sales Company, of Pompano
Beach, Fie., will be in -charge
again this year of sales. This
huge company has a y ear-around
schedule and officials here are
delighted that the company will
again handle the sales.
Forrest Cope is the chief broker
and H was stated that the same
set of brokers are also in the Hay-
Mrs. Jim Proffitt, of Marshall,
will again serve as bookkeeper and
although many of the personnel
will be of professional packers,
graders, etc., from outside Madi
son County, many local persons
will be employed in various phas
es of the work.
"We are looking forward to an
other successful year end urge all
tomato growers to faring their to
matoes to MATO when their to
matoes are ready for marketing,"
one official said here today.
CHANGE JOBS
"You can take your finger off
that leak in the pipe now, father."
"Thanks. Is the plumber here
at last?"
"No the house is on fire!"
In a dramatic move Got. Dan
K. Moore Frinday night appoint
ed Superior Court Judge J. Frank
Huskins of Burnsville director of
Administration of the Courts of
North Carolina.
The goverinor made the an
nouncement at the annual ban
quet of the North Carolina Bar As
sociation in Grove Park Ian, in
Asheville.
The new post was authorized
by the General Assembly this year
when it passed the Court Reform
Bill, establishing six District
Courts in the initial stage.
As administrator, Judge Hus
kins will receive an annual salary
of 819,000, 8600 more than Super
ior Court judges receive under
their new pay increase. He wiH
alee receive the same retirement
benefits.
In addition, an assistant
kins was named
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