gntgy. Starling
Marshall, N.C.
VOL. 70 number 49
Farmers To
Report ACP
Practices
Fanners who take part in
the County's Annual
Agricultural Conservation
Program have the respon
sibility of completing and
reporting performance on
farm practices for which
government Cost-Sharing was
requested and approved ac
cording to Emory Robinson,
chairman of the County ASC
Committee.
He emphasized that this
requirement applies to
practices which are per
formed by the use of con
servation materials furnished
through the purchase order
pbnas wellas those which are
performed with materials
purchased outright by farm-
era.
Mr. Robinson stated that the
Agricultural Conservation
Program is a voluntary
program through which the
farmers and general public
benefit and share the coat on
about a 9040 basis. The farm
practices performed under the
program not only help to
conserve our soil, water and
forestry resources but it helps
to reduce air and water
pollution, provides for better
wildlife habitat and beautifies
the rural areas.
The chairman satated that
better than 1700 farmers
within Madison County were
enrolled in the 1970 ACP and
that approximately 85 percent
had already completed and
reported performance on their
approved practices. In con
clusion he urged the others to
follow through with the
completion and reporting on
their 1970 ACP approvals.
Marshall PTA
To Meet Here
Next Monday
The Marshall PTA will meet
Monday,Dec7,at7:30p.m. in
the school lunchroom.
Open House will be ob
served. Parents are urged to
attend and visit their
chfldrens; rooms and teat with
the teacher. "This is a time to
show that we an Intarestred
in .our children sad our
school,- Mrs. Clyde Reed,
PTA president, stated. .
Mrs. Stanley S. Atkins, State
PTA president, irffl b the
i speaker. She win have with
, her Mrs. L..E. Metcalf,
' district director. They are
both from Ashevflle. .
Parents and teachers are
urged to attend this meeting.
Lighting Contest To
: The Marshal Garden Oub '
and the French Broad EJech-kr
Membership Corporaaoa via
co-sponsor tha annual
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Lawrence B. Burwell
Burwell Is
New Director
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Lawrence B. Burwell has
accepted the position as
Health Director of the
Madison County Healtn
Department. Mr. Burwell
holds the Master of Public
Health Denree from the
University of North Carolina
alCliapelHfll with major ia
Health Administration and
Planning. He also holds a
Master of Science in Public
Heath Degree with a major in
parasitology and minor in
bacteriology. Mr. Burwell is
also Health Administrator and
Assistant Director of the
Buncombe County Health
Department. A native of
Charlotte, he has previously
lived k) Ibe Asbeville area
having been chief medical
technologist at Memorial
Mission Hospital from July
1967 to June 1969. He has
already assumed duties at the
Madison County Health
Department
Mr. Burwell, his wife and
two children at present reside
at 209 Melody Circle in
Swannanoa.
Members of the Madison
County Board of Health ex
pressed gratification at
having been able to secure a
weD-quaMed Public Health
Administrator as Health
Director.
Mars Hill Christmas Opera Friday, Saturday
As the crow to the fable who
uses pebbles to raise the water
ami so aa to drink, Douglas
Therrell and HISA Opera
Workshop atMars HIS College
an trying to raise aa audience
far opera in Western North
Carolina. v" v-
The next pebble to bo
plunked Into the Bond is then
second production of Menotttl
Christmas opera, "Amahl and
the Night Visitors.N set for
pm Dec. 4 and S, in (be
De Held Here
Christmas Lighting Contest
Details wil be printed soon
about prises, requk-ements,
ate. .vjv tff
MARSHALL, N. C. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3 1970
Prisoners Escape
And Return To County Jail
Not to be outdone by others
who were spending the
Thanksgiving weekend with
loved ones, two prisoners in
the local jail decided .they
didn't want to spend the
weekend in jail.
Jackie Tweed of Madison
County and Gene Dixon of
Georgia escaped last Satur
day night from the jail
Boys' Home In Hot Springs
Is Progressing
Thanks to the efforts of the
youth and adults of several
communities in Madison
County, the Boy's Home
construction next to the Jesuit
Residence in Hot Springs
progresses very well and on
schedule. With some of the
recent good weather Doc
Sumerel and Ed Lawson have
been able to do the weather
bcardta and some -of the
window and door structures In
the Home. On the inside
construction Dave Wills and
Charles Wills have joined
Youth Council
To Manage HS Theater
As of this weekend the
Youth Councils of Madison
and Rural Buncombe Co. will
manage and run the Times
Movie Theater in Hot Springs.
Movies are planned for this
weekend at 7:30 p.m. Prior to
the double feature, the Ad
venturer's will play some of
the modern music heard at
school dances in the county in
recent weeks. This weekend
the Theater will play the
movies: "Moonshine War"
and "Captain Nemo and the
Underwater City". An the
residents of the coiunty are
asked to support the theater
project during the coming
months when single and
double features will be shown.
college's Moore Auditorium.
Opera is first and foremost
entertainment, Therrell said
this week during a rehearsal
of "AmahL" A voice teacher
at the college, bete director of
Ibe workshop which he started
'km -
- Tberrefl said they were
- repeating. "Amahl," because
flw audience response to last
year's production was so
overwbekning.Hesaidasbout
BOO saw the opera during the
bar nights it ran la the
smaller Owen Theater. And,'
be added should the
audience continue to be en
thusiastic, "Amahr wiQ
probably become a s-sdiSoa.
during the fH-Bf i
through a light fixture above
the jafl hall onto the roof and
then lowered themselves to
the ground via a "sheet lad
der". The two men voluntarily
came back to the jail Monday
morning and reentered their
cells. They are both scheduled
for trial this week in superior
court here.
Billy Ellison and some 12
teenagers to put up the par
titions necessary to divide up
the rooms. Presently there are
three students in the Home
and with increased space, six
new rooms will be added. Fr.
Jeff Burton, S. J. has ex
pressed the hope that the
construction will be completed
by the first of the year. "In
conclusion, we -would like to'
thank all who have helped in
the rapid progress made in the
work on the Home and Student
Hostel," Burton said.
The proceeds will be used to
help the projects of the 23
communities operating the
theater for the winter months.
Adults of the different com
munities and students from
Mars Hill College will
supervise the experiment
which went so well last spring.
Singing
The regular 1st Sunday
afternoon singing will be held
this Sunday, Dec. 6, at the
Memorial Church of God,
starting at 2 p.m.
Bobby Gunter will be in
charge.
All singers and the public
are Invited.
Therrell said be had been at
first reluctant to do "AmahL"
He had- never liked it on
television, thought it was
shalow and loo sentimental.
Butlast year's success made a
believer oat of him, he said.
"B is much better live than on
television. And from what
people told me, it caused
profound deliberations rattier
thaa Just a sentimental
response."
: He said Barren Wood Jr,
who Is a gain singing the role of
AmhL. asked why people cried
during performances last-'
year. "I told him the opera.
apparenSy speaks to some
sensithrfiy, sane experience
Chatpeapte bring wife tea tK
.theater."
BOBBY JOE BLACKYYELL Is shown with the 8
point puck deer he killed with $30-30 Marlon rifle
last Friday morning while banting in Rich Laurel
Refuge in Madison County., The Buck weighed 175
pounds. Blackwell was hunting with McClellan
Rice when he spotted the deer. Both hunters live in
the East Fork section of Madison County. Black
well is the son of Jit V and JrecJUL Blawof,
Enter Burley Contest Now
The fourth annual Madison
County Burley Production
Contest is now underway,
announced Wiley DuVall,
associate Agricultural Ex
tension agent. Each year the
contest is conducted
throughout the burley area by
Agricultural Extension
agents.
The contest is separated into
two divisions. Division I being
those allotments larger than 5
tenths acre. Citizens Bank is
offering a $50 first prize for the
-winner of this division. A
second prize of $25 will be
given by Johnson's Self
Service of Walnut Division n
is composed of allotments of 5
tenths acre or less. Coal Feed
& Lumber Company of
Marshall will give a $50 prize
4-H Achievement Day
To Be Held Sunday
What happens when s mad
scientist comes to a 4-H
meeting? Come see at
Madison County Achievement
Day, Sunday, Dec 6, at 2 p.m.
The program will be held in
Marshall High School
Audkortum.
Achievement Day is the
dimax of a year of 441 ac
hy ty. Outstanding 4-H'ers
and ; 4-H leaders will be
recognized, awards wiB bo
presented, and exhibits will be
judged by the 441 district
officers. In addition, a play ;
will be presented, "The Eg, ;
Bright, - Greea -Pleasure "
Machfee," Oat will show what
441 is te aa zaaaat way.
Cadaa Elee, Jerry Cody, and
10c PER COPY
I
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to the winner of this division.
Cody Hardware of Mars Hill
will give $25 for second place
in Division II.
The contest is based on the
1970 burley crop. Entries will
be judged on how well they
followed recommended
production practices from
plant bed through marketing.
Yield and seeling price of
tobacco will be a larger part of
the final score.
Entry forms may be picked
up from the sponsoring firms
or from your Agricultural
Extesnion office. All entries
must be returned to the Ex
tension office by February 2,
1971.
County winners will be
entered in the state contest in
April, 1971.
Cynthia Niles win be featured
performers.
441 Achievement Day is
being planned by a committee
of 441 ers consisting of Harlan
Rice, Rhonda Sprinkle, Karen
Rice, Lynns Baker, Cynthia
Niles, and Randy Cody, who
are being assisted by Gary
Eafey, Assistant Agricultural
Extension Agent All 441'ers.
parents and other interested
persons are urged to attend.'
What happens when a mad
scientist comes to a 441 '
meeting? Lynne Baker,
County Council president, and
Harlan Rice, Achievement
DaychaJrman,say that it may
be surprising!