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MARSHALL, N. C. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1965
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Rural Housing Loans Total
$1059200 In Madison County
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Reported
FHA Rural Loan.
This County
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In
IB low-income rural families in
Madison County used $101,200 jd
Farmers Hone Administration
credit during the fiscal year of
1966 for improved housing: facili
ties, County Supervisor, W. E.
Hill announced today.
Loan or
ranged from
minor repairs to loans
etructtng modest but adequate
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rura! nomes. rpnas can aiso do,,, munities wiU share in
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POWELL FUNDS
TO HELP THREE
COUNTY TOWNS
The biggest Powell Bill split-up
of ffas tax monev for North Caro-
individual houeingiB-gfiryi. d to ,
small amounts forfULs; lUitLt in iaki h hrin
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for ni iio,, 1800,000 to Western
North Caroline this year.
sential farm buildings.
"The rural housing program ha
brought untold benefits to local
communities as well as to the pad
pie involved," Mr. Hill sskl. " Im
provements made by betie'weip,
on their homes heve increased the
tax base, making it easier for lo
cal communities to finance im
provements in wads, schools and
otter eewurmulty facilities."
Smee the program was expand
ed fjtemjisjn, over 6,200 rur
al tsjpKlIiad have borrowed men
than $47.4 million to improve their
housing. Lean have been made
in an 100 counties hi North Car
olina in the amount of f&6 Mil
lion during the 1966 fiscal year.
Payments of principal and in
terest equal 111 percent Of the
total amount dee since the pro
grain began. Many of the loans
are repaid ahead of schedule.
There have been no losses on
Farmers Home Administration
rural booting loans since tbs pro
gram started in North Carolina.
Loans by Fanners Home Ad
ministration are mads to appli
cants who are unable to obtain
credit from private lenders at
reasonable rates and terms. Lotjflj
ars tailored to individual need
and are accompanied by assistance
in farm and financial manage
ment The Madison County office of
The Farmers Home Administra
tion is located on the second floor
of the Citizens Bank Building and
is open Monday through Friday
from 8 a .m., to 6 p. m.
LWflivmupart or a
total of $8,776,008, which is $460,-
000 mars ban 1964V
The largest single allocation in
the mountain area goes to Ashe
ville. It WiU receive $297,680.66.
In Madison County, the follow
ing attoeatione have been announ
ced:
Marshall, $4,806.66; Mans Hill,
$5,437.79; Hot Springs, $5,200.11.
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TVA FLOOD PLAN
MOVES CLOSER
TO REALIZATION
Madison Is Ona Of Five
Counties Involved In
Development
An $80 million TVA flood con
trol program and overall econom
ic development for the Upper
French Broad region moved closer
to realization Wednesday.
Representatives of three of the
five counties involved OK'd the
naming of a five-member steering
committee to work out the details
of setting up a local development
district which would be eligible to
receive Appalachian Regional De
velopment Act grants for the
initial planning phase. Later, the
development district may be trans
formed into an Upper French
Broad Authority with full statu
tory authority to carrying out the
huge project.
Attending ths meeting st Ashe-
vilis Airport and approving the
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Program To Start Here Will
Aid County Residents Over 50
FB BAPTIST MEN
PLAN FOR 1966;
MET
SUNDAY
Madison 9 Loses
15-4 Verdict To
Fairview Sunday
The officers for the
The Fairview baseball team of
the Buncombe League scored 10
j runs in the first inning of an ex
French hibition game Sunday at McCor-
ASC
To Be
Election Ballots
Counted Wed.
The incumbent County ASC
Committee will publicly tabulate
ths ballots cast by farmers in this
yesr's ASC community committee
election ail Wednesday, September
16, at the ASCS office in Mar
shall, starting at 8 a m. In mak
ing this announcement, Ralph
Ramsey, ASCS office manager
said farmers interested in observ
ing the tabulation could do so. He
explained that in this year's mail
election of community committee-
sn which ends on Septemoer u,
farmers will decide who then ASC
community representatives are 'to
be for the coming 12-monthe peri
od. The three farmers receiving
the three highest number of votes
at the community level will be the
newly elected community chair
man, vice chairman and regular
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Madison - Buncombe EOA
Joint Action Is Approved
Each County Will Maintain
Identity But Will Work
Together
The. board of directors of the
Opportunity Corporation of Ashe-ville-Buncombe
County Tuesday
approved a memorandum of agree
ment with Madison Community
Action, Inc.( for joint action by
the two organizations in develop
ing programs under the Economic
Opportunity Act.
The board's action was made
subject to approval by the U. S.
Office of Economic Opportunity
and the North Carolina Fund. Rep
resentatives of Madison Communi
ty Action approved the agreement
A August 25.
Joint action was requested by
Madison Community Action in Ju-
4 ly after the organization was in
formed by the Office of Economic
Opportunity that counties with
less than 60,000 population will
not receive OEO poverty-fighting
grants unless they join with one
or more other counties.
The agreement provides that
each organization will keep its
corporate identity, but that a joint
board of directors and executive
committee will be appointed. Mad
ison County EOA projects will be
developed by Madison Community
Action for submission to the joint
board.
The Opportunity Corporation of
Asheville-Buncombe County will
submit such program proposals to
OEO and will be the responsible
agnecy in receiving sucn grams,
and in administration.
The agreement approved Tues
day calls for Madison Community
Action representation on the joint
board on a straight population ra
tio of 18 per cent. This item is
still to be approved by the Madi
son County group,
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Broad Baptist Associations! Broth
erhood mot Sunday afternoon at
Mars H1U Baptist Church to plan
their strategy for the coming
year. President Theodore Robin
son and vice president A. Z. Whitt
of Boll Creek led the group in
planning four association - wide
meetings for Baptist men in 1966.
Tte group hopes to see several
churches orraniie new Brother
hood chapters and rejuvenate in
active ones.
Brotherhood is the Baptist lay
men's uijljldjjalflm with the pur
pose of harnessing the manpower
in every Baptist church go that it
might be an effective witness for
Christ. The main areas of em
abasts are world missions, Chris
tian witnessing, psrasaal steward
ship, and missionary education for
bays (Royal Ambassadors).
Associations! Brotherhood offi
cers for the earning year are presi
dent, Theodore Robinson, of Piney
Mountain: vies president. A. Z.
Whitt of Bull Creek; secretary,
D wight Childers of Pine Moun
tain; World Mission Leader, E. C.
Crowe of Madison Seminary; Per
sonal Stewardship Leader, Andrew
Grindetaff of Calvary; Christian
Witness Leadeis Wade line of
MarlShaW aacnewsWK, . . jiheesSdor
Leader, Lee Sludfpof Piney Moun
tain. Any church in the French Broad
Association wishing to organize a
Brotherhood or Royal Ambassador
chapter may contact one of these
officers and help willl be given.
mick Field and went on to hu
miliate the Madison 9 team,
league champions, before more
than 160 fans, 16-4.
The local team was jittery dur
ing the first inning and this
coupled with the wildness of Doug
Ponder, storting hurler, started
the Madison 9 on the road to de
feat. This was the final baseball
game of the season for both clubs.
FOOTBALL
FRIDAY NIGHT
Marshall at Spruce Pise
Mars Hill (Open)
Hot Springs (Open)
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Headquarters To Be In
L B. Ramsey Building
LIONS' WHITE
CANE DRIVE TO
START SUNDAY
The annual White Cane Drive
conducted by Lions Clubs will
start this Sunday and continue
through September 30, it was an
nounced here today hp Jim Story,
president of the fwrshall Lions
Club. The Hoi Springs JU'dna
Club will also be participating in
the all important drive with pro
ceeds being used to help prevent
blindness.
Tbs public is urged to assist
members of the Lions Crab in this
worthwhile camasigti.
ASC County Convention
Is Set For SeptenuH
To Be Held
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Rev.
Ted Williams
REVIVAL WILL
START SUNDAY
AT BAPTIST CH.
A series of revival services will
begin Sunday evening at the Mar
shall Baptist Church and will con
tinue through the morning service
on September 19, it was announced
this week by the Rev. Jack L.
Thomas, pastor.
Guest speaker for the services
will be the Rev. Ted Williams, sec
retary of the department of sta
tistics and survey, Baptist State
Convention of Norh Carolina.
native
Mr. Williams, a
Oharlestown, W. Va., has been in
North Carolina since 1951. He is
a graduate of Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary at Louis
ville, Ky and has served as pas
tor at LiMington Baptist Church
and the First Baptist Church of
Mt. Olive. He also served five
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BUS SERVICE
TO MARS HILL
WILL CONTINUE
Bus service for students in the
Asheville and Weaverville areas
to attend Mars Hill College will
be provided again this year, col
lege officials announced Monday.
A 37-passenger bus given to the
college three years ago by the
First Baptist Church of Asheville
will operate daily between Ashe
ville and the campus.
Registrar Robert Chapman who
handles reservations for the bus,
said applications for admissions to
the 1966-66 session are still be
ing accepted from qualified com
of j muters, although dormitories are
filled and no more resident stu
dents are being accepted.
Any student interested in riding
the bus should contact Chapman.
The Madison County Agricultur
al Stabilization and Conservation
(ASC) committee for next year
will be elected by farmer-chosen
delegates at a county convention
Friday, September 17 at 9:30
a. m., in the ASCS office at Mar
shall, according to Emory Robin
son, chairman, ASC county commit
tee. The convention will be open
to the public; however.only farmer-delegates
to the convention
may participate in the election
process. Election will be by secret
ballot and plurality vote.
ASC county and community
committeemen are in charge of the
local administration of such farm-
m
action program. s the Agricul
tural Conservation Program, the
weed grain prorgam, tile volunta
ry -wheat program, acreage allot
ments and marketing quotas, and
the National Wool Program.
A qualified candidate for serv
ice on the ASC county committee,
the chairman explained, is one who
is a resident eligible to vote in
one of the community elections in
the county, and who meets other
eligibility requirements. Eligibili
ty to vote or hold office as a com
mitteeman is not restricted by
eason of race, color, creed, or na
tional origin. Other details as to
qualifications of candidates are
available in the ASCS county office.
Any questions on eligibility to
hold office as an ASC county com-
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Education, On-Job Training
Planned; U. S. Dept. Of
Labor Responsible
Announcement was made this
week of a year-long program to
be conducted in Madison County
designed to improve ths existing
educational facilities available to
older psrsaas. One tons; rang ob
jective te to improve the chances
of employment open to men and
woman over fifty years of age.
Local headquarters are being es
tablished is the newly remodeled
Listen Ramsey office building on
Main Street, and ths project will
he under the (spend guidance of
Buncombe County Committee on
Aging, which has received a grant
from the U. 8. Departessnt of La
bor for tbs "experimental snd
demonstration" project.
Under ths terms of Ins Labor
Department contract, ths project
staff will concentrate on residents
of rural anas within the county
who are past fifty years of age
and who are unemployed or under
employed. Under-employed per
sons are those who are not work
ing full time, and also includes
those who, with additional educa
tion and training can qualify for
better jobs than they now hold.
Educational activities nlenned
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range all the way from basic read
ing and writing on through skill
and trade training, ,and include
allowances for On-the-job
to be conducted by
employers.
Special counselling services will
be available to qualifying county
residents which will use existing
social and professional groups with
resources to provide assistance to
such persons.
Dr. H. W. Stevens, chief of Bun
combe County's Health Depart
ment and president . of the spon
soring committee,, announced that
staff members are now being se
lected, with emphasis on the em
ployment of local residents, and
that a detailed statement would
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Cranberry lifts Tornadoes, 12-7;
Cardinals Beats Blue Devils, 19-0;
Wildcats Lose To East Yancey. 32
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Marshall - Cranberry
In an Appalachian Conference
game at Cranberry Friday night,
the Cranberry Wildcats edged out
tiie Marshall Tornadoes by a 12 7
score.
Larry Huges scored for Cran
berry in the second quarter and
the second touchdown was made
on a pass from Johnny Tate to
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Hot Springs - Clyde
The Clyde Cardinals bounced
into the victory column Thursday
night as B. J. Thompson scored
IS points in a 19-0 victory over
Hot Spring at Clyde.
Thompson, a 176-pound senior
fullback, scored on a 10-yard run
to the first period, on a one-yard
burst in the second, and on a 20
yard gallop Just before halftime.
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Mars Hill - East Yancey
Right halfback Ronnie Robinson
put on a one-man show, scoring
26 points as East Yancey High
shut out Mars Hill, 32-0, st Mars
Hill Friday night
Ths visiting team, gaining 344
yards of its 386 total on the
ground, scored in every period with
Robinson tallying four touchdowns
and placekicking two extra points.
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ACTIVITIES OF
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In August, lour Macaaon iun
ty servicemen and one veteran re
ceived Red Cross service accord
tag to a report from the Madison
County Branch of the Asheville
Area Red Cross Chanter. . The
servicemen were given service in
reporting s n d communications,
while a report to the Veteran's
Administration was made for the
veteran.
Hospitalized resident of Madison
County used 63 unite of blood dur
ing the month, it was also report
ed. Twenty Madison Countians
donated blood at ths Blood Canter
in Asheville, while 48 donors gave
blood at the Red Cross Btoodmo-
bils visit to Hammarlund Corpora
tion in Mars Hill on August 16.
A MAN AND HIS WORK
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Famed humanitarian-physician Or. Albert Schv
graphed last December as he stood in front of his i
Gabon. He spent a great portion of his life tl
doctor, who died Saturday night, was buried
n soil near the jungle hospital.
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