RECORD k
THE
NEWS
VOL. 64 NO. 34
Tomato Growers Realize Good
Results From Crops And MATO
Producers Get $62,000 Last
Week; Operation
Successful
By Dorothy Brigman Shupe
"For the first time in my life,
I'll be able to send my kids to
school and pay cash for their
clothing:, books and supplies."
"Hit shore is hard work, but I'd
druther stay with tomatoes than
'baccer cause the work ends when
frost comes."
"This weekly chink has certain
ly helped my chances of going to
college."
These remarks one hears on a
visit to Madison County's infant
agricultural enterprise MATO
Packing: Company which pour
ed about $62,000 into the pockets
of producers here last week.
This figure does not include
$9,200 in salaries for some 100
workers who, in one of their big
gest days, packed 9,640 twenty
pound boxes, and 845 forty-pound
boxes of tomatoes.
Approximately 300 Madison
farmers are producing: and mar
keting: tomatoes at the Marshall
plant. A few come over from east
Tennessess and gome Buncombe
bounty producers sell here. The
plant opened late last year for
the first tjme, but began opera
tion in mid-July this year.
The tomatoes are shipped as
far north as Montreal, Canada,
and as far south as Texas. Many
go to New York, Ohio and Mary
land. Biggest producer is W. 0. King
of the Shelton Laurel section who
has 4 acres of tomatoes. He says
'there's a lot more work involved
in raising tomatoes than tobacco,
but the money is far better." He
expects at Jeest $8000 pep acre.
HCfier tig producers are Glen
Davie of Spring Creek, Roscoe
King of Carmen, and Knox and
Wayne Brig-man of Marshall who
have -vyfc two acres each.
Harry Silver, county agricul
tural extension chairman and gen
erally credited the biggest pusher
in getting the plant started, told
how one of his staff predicted the
failure of a producer correctly
last year. The staff member said,
"Every time I went to see this
man he had on his Sunday shoes
You can't raise tomatoes that
way." The man's crop was a fail
ure, even though at the time the
prediction was made, Silver said,
the work apparently was getting
done.
When the idea of growing to
matoes was first presented by
Silver, most farmers who had al
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Hot Springs To Have
Representative Team
Not many people remember
now that once Asheville was a
suburb of Hot Springs. That was
the time of the great Mountain
Park Hotel and Hot Springs Spa.
They had the first sand-green golf
course and that pepsi generation
drank mineral water and slapped
the little ball around for exercise.
Hot Springs suburbs now each
day to Shut-in, Lover's Leap,
Paint Rock, Antioch, Sivermine
and Joe. They no longer play
golf, but they do kick that pic
skin around a little.
They're building some new fed
eral houses in the town now days,
hut no one's in a hurry. Took a
boat a year or so on the floors
and plumbing. The walls and roof
are going up today so they'll be
ready this fall.
They've built a football team on
high school hill. It's taken about
she same time to do it. They'll be
ready this fall, too.
The tiny school hasrft many
players bat they'll have a "repre
sentative team". With only fifty
boys in school there isn't a plenty
ful supply of material to pick
from.
OWy sicks
players reported I
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8 PAGES THIS WEEK
PONDER AUTO
STORE STRUCK
BY LIGHTNING
Extensive Damage Done In
Sunday Afternoon Fire
On Main Street
A lifrhtning-spawned fire Sun
day afternoon resulted in severe
loss to the 1'onoVr Auto riupply
Co. on Main Street, both from
fire and waiter.
The building next to the French
Broad Electric Co-operative was
hit about 5 p. rn., during a sharp
electrical storm, and the bolt ig
nited a large quantity of flam
mable iteniR. Dense smoke from
burning tires and tubes hampered
the fire department.
E. Y. and Wan-en Pander, own
ers of the building, estimated the
damage at $1,500 to the building
and from $3,000 to $5,000 to the
stock. No adjacent structures were
harmed, and the damage was not
apparent from the outside of the
building.
3-Car Accident On By-Pass
Tuesday Injures 3 Persons
FIRE HYDRANTS
INSTALLED ON
Two new fire hydrants are now
being installed on back street
here, according to town officials.
This will afford better facilities
in ease of fire since previously
fire hose had to cross Main Street
during a fire.
Weat Returns From
State Firemen's
Convention
Don West, a member of the
Marshall Volunteer Fire Depart
ment, returned last Thursday from
Charlotte where he represented
the local department at the N. C.
State Firemen's Convention.
Maybe Water Will
Soon Clear Up
At Least, We Hope!
According to Delimar Payne, al
derman and water commissioner,
it is hoped that the local water
supply will soon clear up.
Mr. Payne stated this week that
the reservoir had been cleaned out
and, at present, the water supply
lake and retention dam were most
ly clear from mud. The main
source of the discolored water is
from mud and rust in the pipes
and the pipes are now being
flushed in efforts to clear up the
present situation.
Mr. Payne also said that the
water was being regularly analys
ed and that all reports reveal that
the water is safe for drinking pur.
poses.
PRESTIGE
The Janitor reported 10 minutes
late for work and the manager
asked "What did they do in the
Army when you were 10 minutes
late in the morning?"
"Every time I came in late,"
the Janitor said, "they all stood up.
saluted sad said : Good morning,
Colonel'!"
MARSHALL, N. C.
ACP SEEKS TO
CORRECT SOURCE
OF SOIL LOSS
The Agricultural Conservation
Program is used more and more
as a conservation "rifle" to zero
in on target areas of soil erosion
and sedimentation, according to
Ralph W. Ramsey, county A SOS
office manager.
ACP is the national program
that encourages conservation by
sharing the cost of conservation
measures farmers and ranchers
carry out on their land. The pro
gram is available to all farmers
and ranchers. It is administered
in the field by farmer-elected
committeemen, through county of
fices of the Agricultural Stabiliza
tion and Conservation Service.
While ACP has been and con
tinues to be used to encourage
many types of needed conserva
tion of soil, water, woodlands,
and wildlife Ramsey said that
there is a growing desire to direct
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Tennessee Car Cut In Two;
Local People Are
Involved
Three persons were admitted to
Asheville's Memorial Mission Hos-
I pital Tuesday night and live otn-i
era were treated and released af
ter a three-car stnasbup near here
that cut one auto completely in
two.
The accident happened about
7:30 p. m., on the Marshall by
pass near the Mara Hill overpass,
close to Long Branch road.
State Highway Patrolman
James L. Proffitt said a car driv
en by Kermit Cody, Jr., 20, of
Marshall, was going north when
it hit the rear of an auto driven
by James Weninger, 44, of Oak
Kidge, Tenn.
The Weninger auto, a Ford
Mustang, was knocked across the
highway by the impact and hit a
third automobile driven by Blymas
Payne, 20, of Marshall, which was
coming from the opposite direc
tion. Proffitt said Cody bad started
to pass the Meninger car when he
saw the Payne car coming and hit
the brakes.
The Mustang was cut in two by
the collision, Proffitt said, with
the engine stopping about 200 feet
from the rest of the car.
Admitted to the hospital were
Weninger, who suffered multiple
scrapes and bruises; his wife, Mrs.
Mildred Weninger, 40, who sus
tained abdominal injuries, and
Sidney "Butch" Woodard, 18, a
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Madison
Locals Have 15-3 Record;
Abo Won All-Star
" Game
By Toney Ponder
The Madison Nine baseball
team clinched the 1965 Buncombe
County League Championship by
compiling a 16-3 record. In spite
of a delayed start, the Nine won
more games and lost fewer than
any other league team.
Saturday the Nine won a forfeit
Cne from Barnardsville for their
15th victory. The gams at Fair
view Sunday was rained out after
two scoreless innings. The BCL
League
Highlighting the Nina's
THURSDAY, AUGUST 26,
LISTS NOMINEES
FOR COMMUNITY
ASC COMMITTEES
The election of the ASC rummu
nity committee lor Mamson Coun
ty will be held by mail during the
period of September 1 through
September 10. Ballots will be
mailed to all known eligible vot
ers on August 80. The incumbent
county committee will publicly
tabulate the ballots at the ASUS
office on September 16.
Emory Robinson, chairman, Ag
ricultural Stabilisation and Con
servation committee, has released
the following slates of nominees
for the 16 ASC community com
mittees: Community A-l Jesse
I. Ammons, Carl Cantrell, 0. W.
Ferguson, Bert Fly mi, Albert
Freeman, Jr., and George Rober
son; Community B-2 Spurgeon
Brooks, Clarence B. Cutshall, Ge
roma Franklin, Walter Gosnell,
Enoch Guater, Fred Shelton (of
Joe), and Jack Shelton; Communi
ty C-3 J. Albun Buckner, Le
ander Capps, Hardy Merrill, Har
ry Payne, Byron Roberts, and Les
ter Roberts; Community D-4
Tom Brigman, Paul Carter, Ken
neth Gardner, Herbert Metcalf,
Shelby Ray, Hix Robinson, James
Robinson, Lloyd Thomas, Gerald
Young; Community E-6 Edwin
Jarvis, Joe Mace, Dick Murray,
Harold WaHin, C. N. Willis, Jr.,
Ambrose Wilson; Community F-6
Arnold Brown, Randall Buckner,
Reeves Frisbee, Hobert Payne, L.
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MAJOR BALDRY
TO RETIRE FROM
S.A. ON SUNDAY
Farewell'
QU fa
Sleepy Vl
Senior Major Louise Baldry,
who has been a familiar figure
througout our county for about a
year, is entering retirement from
her work as an active office of
the Salvation Army on August
19, 1966. The Major, known as a
"Daughter of the Regiment," was
Service To Be
commissioned (or ordained) onJ.jc Opportunity Act
June 27, 1926, was a pant of a
class of one hundred twenty po
tential officers, and her first as
signment was to the officers
teaching staff of the Salvation
Army Officers College in Chica
go, Illinois.
On April 4, 1927, the Training
College for Officer Training was
opened in Atlanta, Georgia in or
der to train the Cadets "from the
South, in the South for the
South." The Major, then Sergeant
on the teaching staff, accompa
nied the Cadets from the Southern
States of the Chicago group to
finish their training in their own
new college in Atlanta.
Major Baldry recalls many hap
py days in the forty years since
she was a Cadet in Chicago. The
Salvation Army has three other
schools for officers' today. One in
New York for cadets from the
Eastern states; in San Francisco
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Nine Wins B. C.
laseball He
ful season was their Fourth of
July victory over the Buncombe
County League All-Stars. Doug
Ponder scattered seven hits to
pick up the 4-1 victory.
Madison's losses were to French
Broad, Fairview, and Leicester.
Each game was low-scoring and
lost by one run.
The key to winning the title
was Madison's robust pitching.
Dong Ponder (8-2) and Barry
Briggs (5-1) were stingy work
horses as their respective 1.84 and
2.87 ERA's indicate. Voano Ang
lin, former Yenesv County Star,
won two lass season games and
1965
10c PER COPT
Gov. Moore, Hunt
Passage
J. D. WALLIN
WILL DIRECT
CANE DRIVE
Joe D. Wallin of Black Moun
tain is the Western North Caro
lina director of the 196o White
Oano Drive which will be con
ducted Sept. 12 to 30 by District
31-A Lions Clubs.
Wallin has announced that the
statewide goal is $1,37,000. Dis
trict 31-A goal is $15,250, an av
erage of $10 per member.
All funds derived will benefit
aid to blind, visually handicapped,
and prevention of blindness pro
grams on a statewide basis.
Wallin will direct project chair
men of 39 clubs with some 1,525
members in 12 WNC counties in
soliciting memberships in the N.
C. Association for the blind and
selling White Cane lapel pns, in
communities.
WNC drive director is a native
of Madison County, a graduate of
Western Carolina College, and has
served as administrator of the
Western North Carolina Sanatori
um for the past 12 years. He is
a brother of Glenwood (Tom)
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Buncombe, Madison Groups
May Merge For EOA Grants
Agreement To Be Submitted
w n 1 .
In Near Future
Representatives of Madison
Community Action, Inc., Wednes
day approved a memorandum of
agreement with the Opportunity
Corporation of A s h e v i 1 1 e-Bun-combe
County for joint action by
the two organizations in develop
ing programs under the Econom-
The action was taken following
a conference between the Madi
son County organization's repre
sentatives and member of the ex
ecutive committee of the Oppor
tunity Corporation in Asheville.
The agreement will be submitted
to the board of directors of the
Opportunity Corporation for ap
proval shortly.
The agreement provides that
both organizations will keep their
individual corporate identities, but
that a joint board of directors and
executive committee will be ap
pointed. Proportionate represen
tation from the two organizations
on the joint board is still to be
worked out.
Madison County EOA projects
will be developed by Madison
Community Action Inc., for sub
mission to the joint board. The
Opportunity Corporation of Ashe-ville-Buncombe
County will sub
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had a sizzling 0.91 SEA.
Gene Thomas and Jerry Reed,
both former Walnut fence -busters,
batter over .400 to pace Mad
ison's torrid biting attack. Doug
Ponder, former Lee Edwards star,
batted .390 with 20 RBI's. Tony
Ponder, former Port Jackson sen
sation, batted at a .360 clip be
tween visits to the fort J. C.
(Wallin, Mars Hill Collage product,
and Leonard "Squeak" Payne, of
Marshall, each hit over 400. Col
lecttvely the team batting aver
age was .281.
sThcrtatop Roger Buuckner, sec
ond baseman P. N. Willett, and
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12.60 A Tear
M.W
Of Road Bond Issue
HEALTH AND
SAFETY TIPS
FROM THE AMA
The American Medical Associa
tion releases the following safety
tips concerning schools and health.
What should the school do
about the health of its pupils?
Today's Health Guide, Che Amer
ican Medical Association's new
manual of health information and
guidance, says the school has a
three-fold responsibility for child
health
Educate for safe and healthful
living;
Create and maintain a safe and
healthful environment;
Offer an adequate health service
program including emergency
care in case of accident or sudden
illness.
With the approach of another
fall school year throughout the
United States, it's time for edu
cators and parents alike to take
stock of the health programs in
the schools.
Major topics which should be in
cluded in a health education pro
gram are elementary first aid,
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Mark Bennett Is
Now Credit Mgr.,
French Broad Co-Op
Mark Bennett, of Burnsville,
has accepted a position with the
French Broad Electric Member
ship Corporation as credit mana
ger. Mr. Bennett, who started his
duties here Monday, has been ser
ving as probation officer in Yan
cey County before resigning to
accept the present post.
Mr. Bennett, who was formerly
with the Co-op, will commute dai
ly from his Burnsville home.
COUNTED OUT
The fellow who sits down and
hopes for the best can be counted
out as hopeless.
Tornadoes Prepare For
First Game
NEW WATER MAIN
TOSCH00LN0W
BEING LAYED
Workmen are expected to com
plete the installation of a new 4
i nch water main from lower Bridge
Street to the Marshall school by
Friday or Monday, it was an
nounced bare this week by town
officials.
The new water pipes will be
connected beneath the bridge from
Main Street to the Island and
when the project is completed will
afford the school adequate water
supply.
Veterans Officer
To Be Here Again
On September 16
The Veterans Administration
Officer will not be in his Marshall
office until September 16. Any
one wishing to isntsjt him may
J do so at his Asheville office.
la Madison at Adioinin OeuattM
A resr Uutsia. These OgSS
Urge
State Officials Speak In
Asheville Monday To
Commissioner
Speaking Monday to the N. C.
Assn. of County Commissioners
((invention in Grove Park Inn, Jo
seph Hunt of Greensboro said:
"We see a chance in the forth
coming $300 million road bond
referendum to do more for motor
transportation than ever has been
done before in any one four or five
year period."
"I want to assure you that we
are not going to take anything
for granted in this important vote
that is coming up on Nov. 2nd.
"The governor plans to appoint
a statewide committee and we
plan to carry out an intensive
campaign reaching down into the
precinct level," Hunt said.
He said the primary roads are
of great importance in industrial
development.
Asserting that North Carolina
is rapidly outgrowing its roads
system, Gov. Dan K. Moore urged
the Tar Heel county commission
ers earlier to work for the pas
sage of the $300 million road bond
issue.
"In spite of the increasing ex
penditures for highway building
and maintenance, the program has
not been able to keep pace with
the needs of our growing state,"
he said. "Increasing transporta
tion has out-distanced all efforts
to keep up."
Defining the road bond issue,
he emphasized that passage will
require no new taxes, with the
bonds to be paid Off by utilizing
the one cent per gallon tax levied
in 1949.
Expressing optimism about the
passage of the road bonds issue,
the governor declared that "every
North Carolinian will benefit
from the spending of this $300
million on our highway system."
He termed the passage of the
bond issue "absolutely essential,"
and pointed to rising costs of road
construction. "If we wait, the in
crease in construction will more
than match the interests we will
pay on bonds. Unless we act now
to move ahead in our highway
program, we will be hopelessly
behind."
Gov. Moore, who was once coun
ty attorney for Jackson County,
also cited reorganization of the
State Highway Commission as
one of the major points of his
program on highways.
His purpose for reorganization,
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Of Season
Over on the medieval-moated
school ground island every day is
wash day for the newest football
aspirants. They're "Sanforizing"
a new crop of little Tornadoes to
go with eight returning Ponder
lettermen from the '64 squad.
They went to Cullowhee for
Western Carolina College's two
year most-valuable fullback, all
conference Ken Sanford, a bache
lor from Hartwell, Ga to be their
new head coach. He thinks Us
Tornado may blow up a storm or
so before the year is over. He's
taking care of the backfield;
"Hose" Ponder will tutor the line.
They think they've found
legendary chaihed-rook above
court house. He's 246-pound jun
ior tackle, James Tipton. Anoth
er rock of slightly less proportions
is 195 pound sophomore, fullback,
John Fisher. There are in all 8
returning lettermen from last sea
son.
James Sprinkle (166) i
quarterback returns to lead,
ends are Ronnie Thattnu
and Ronnie Brazil (MO);
guards are Roger Rks (ICS
Roger Metcalf (160) and at
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