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VOL. 50 NO. 10
(MAN CLUB
OBSERVES FIRST
ANNIVERSARY
NEW OFFICERS INSTALLED;
DR. BANNERMAN IS
GUEST SPEAKER
The Marshall Civitan Club observ
ed its first anniversary Tuesday eve
ning in the recreation room of the
Presbyterian Church here with a de
lightful dinner meeting.
Following the singing of "America"
by the group, and the invocation by
the Rev. A. Ray Howland, Chaplain,
a delicious turkey dinner was served
by the ladies of the Presbyterian
Church.
Immediately following the din
ner, a solo, "The Rosary," was sung
by John Corbett, president of the
Club, accompanied al tfhe piano by
Mrs. Corbett.
- 3. M. Baley, Jr., introduced and
welcomed the out-of-town guests, in
cluding Civitan members from Can
ton and Asheville.
President Corbett introduced L. B.
Ordway, of the Asheville Club, who
served aa master of ceremonies and
installed the 1961 officers of the
tfannaU dub. ..jXSuSSSHS
Following the installation, Mr.
Ordway introduced Dr. Arthur Ban
nerman, President of the Asheville
Civitan Club and also President of
Warren-Wilson College, who deliver
ed the principal address. Dr. Ban
nerman used as his topic "All This
and Heaven Too." emphasizing mat
America as a whole is losing sight of
her traditions. He quoted excerpis
from the U. S. Constitution, the Dec
laration of Independence, and Lin
coln's Gettysburg address. He con
cluded by saying that America is not
lost, but stated that we as Individuals
must sWe the responsibility o main
taining our democracy., V
- Mfa. Bannerman accompanied her
husband to J&ft mWtfs4j
'JSJSgtoxImately ' XUty memoergj i
h Wil Civitan UUD, ineir wiv
and gues Y attended the meeting.
New officers installed were Charles
E. Mashburn, President; Clyde Ja.
Roberts, Vice-President; J. J. Ram
sey, Secretary; Roy Wild, Treasurer;
fne Rev. JParvis W. Teaguc, Chaplain;
nH Hubert Edwards, Sergeant-at-
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Directors of the Club are Wade Hu
y W. F. Holland, John Corbett, Joe
'a n Hndisill and Delmer
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Payne.
Waste Paper Drive
Is Now In Progress
The wastepaper drive is now under
way in Marshall. The Marshall Parent-Teacher
Association is sponsoring
the drive whicn started earlier in the
week. . n
Housewives are asked to gather all
the waste paper possible dpleH
ifcere it can be collected. The pa
ra will be collected at an early date
Kukento the Marshall .Aool
where trucks will pick it up.
The Parent-TelAer Association U
offering WOO to the room which col
lects foe most paper in the next two
weeks.
Horace Davis On
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Tows Clerk J. Hubert Davis an
Bonaeal today that Horace DsvU lias
been employed by the town to act as
. tows utility employee. Mr, Davis
started his duties here Wednesday.
tlsrisa Ilecruiters
Jo lb la Marshall
Li. 'vSeguti rly scheduled teJps by a Ma
rble Cecrnitinf Sergeant are planned
'the flat r id )ird Tuesdays of each'
;tAC.'.!i ia. llanhall act, Burnirille.
T! tlov$ schedule designed.
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Co-Chairmen Named
For County Red
Cross Drive
F . Ray Frisby, drive chairman for
the 1951 Red Cross Membership
Drive, announced yesterday that Ray
Donald Cohn and J. Frank Fisher
would serve as co-chairmen during
the drive.
Madison County's goal has been set
at $2,000, Mr. Frisby stated, and said
that township workers were being
contacted in an effort to raise this
goal. , 44B.
"I hope that everyone will cooper
ate with tfhe drive and give generous
ly," Mr. Frisby said.
MADISON TEAMS
ADVANCE IN MARS
HELL TOURNAMENT
Continuing ier high scoring tactics
which made her All-Tournament for
ward in the Madison County Tourna
ment, Imogene Beasley, tall Spring
Creek forward, has poured through
107 points in two games before a ca
pacity crowd in the Mars Hill Tourn
ament on t'ne Mars Hill gym floor
this week.
Spring Creek edged the Fines
Creek lassies, 68-63 last night, but
Miss Beasley had to take "second
best" in scoring honors for the night,
as Miss Fereuson scored 55 points
I f0r Fines Creek, while Beasley made
47.
Advancing in the tourney along
with Spring Creek and the White
Rock girls, who upset the Cherokee
Indians earlier in the tournament,
was t'ne Mars Hill sextet, who turned
back the Glenwood girls,; 68-64. Tbo-ra
do WhJtt and Carol Ponder, $ar
the. scoring hurrf -tfiJiars
girls, scoring 19 and 32
spectively.
points ( re-
The finals are slated for Saturday
night, and the large crowds who have
been attending are sttll expected to
see the final games.
Banquet For Hot
Springs High School
Athletic Teams Given
On Thursday evening, some of the
mothers and friends of the football
and basketball teams of the Hot
Springs High School, gave a chicken
dinner to about fifty ball players and
friends at the Hot Springs Communi
ty Building. The room was decorated
appropriately with spring flowers
and school colors, the table in the
center of tfhe room displaying the
large Sportsmanship Trophy won by
the school basketball teams in the
Madison County Tournament. Places
were arranged at this center table
for Betty Nix and Joe King, members
of the all - tournament basketball
teams of Madison County.
After the banquet supper, all ttie
guests were invited by Coach Bill
Whitten to the Recreation Club Build
ing for a square dance, where the
evening was enjoyed engaging in a
number of square dances.
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MARC!!. , If. C, THUnSDAY, MARCH 8,
Plans Fdr Tqvii Election On
May 8 reylnhounced Here
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REGISTRATION BOOKS TO QPltN
APRIL tl; OTHER DATAP'
IS GIVING
Plans fori the election of a mayor
and board of aldermen were started
Tuesday night at a meeting of 'the
town board in fhe CityJIalL Present
at me meeting were Mayor Joe Q.
Tilson, Aldermen 3. 0 Dodson, Lis
ten Ramsey and, Clarence Nix; and
Town Clerk, J. Hubert Davis.
The election which will' be held on
Tuesday, May 8, is for thi customary
two-year term. ' i " 1
J. Hubert Davis was nmed Regis
trar and Mrs. T N. Henderson and
Paul Pegg were named judges for the
election. Registration boois'will be
open beginning Saturday, v Atfrll 21,
and will close Saturday, April 28, The
books will remain open frop 9:00 a.
im., to 5 p. m., daily (Sundays' except
ed) and from 9:00 a. m. to '9:00 p.m.
on Saturdays. The books Will be in
the City Hall in the basement of the
Bank of French Broad.; v
Challenge Day has been set for Sat
urday, May 5. J. vHubert Davis,
town clerk, states that notices of can
didacy must be filed with him on or
before 6:00 o'clock pVttV April 21,
1951 and must be in' writing A fee
of $5.00 is charged for filing.
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WEEKLY
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ries of weekly summsriesVfrtiie wort
0f the N
h Carolina General Assem
bly of 19
It is confined ta d scu-
sions of matters of general., Interest
and major importance.
Marc 1 marked the opening; of the
third calendar month and the 48th
work day for the 1951 General As
sembly. The 769 bills introduced by
l at time included most of the ma
jor proposals anticipated. Standing
committees 'nave acted on about 45',
f the bills, and floor action bus kept
nace with committee reports. The
joint appropriations and finance
committees, twin barometers of legis
lative progress, show signs of being
ready to draft their substitutes for
the Advisory Budget Commission's
nils dealing with spending and rais
ing money. The question on which
here is most disagreement is whether
the decision to send the appropria
tions bill to a ssubcommittee will
cngthen or shorten debate on spend
ing; the answer to t'nis question will
ietermine when the legislature will
adjourn.
APPROPRIATIONS
The joint appropriations committee
this week made final plans for get
ting down to -the job of determining
who gets how mudh. In a surprise
move an 18-man sub-committee was
appointed to make the final study of
the appropriations bill. This unusual
action followed a public statement by
the chairmen and vice chairmen of
file House and Senate committees
suggesting that some of the Advisory
Budget Commission's recommenda
tions can be exceeded without levying
additional taxes. Stating that an
(Continued on last page
TO XOVE COtttitXtKERE MONDAY
at :
SAMS ASSERTS
JUDGE NETTLES
WILL RETIRE
By ROBERT F. CAMPBELL
RALEIGH, March 2 A House
committee was told today that Zeb
V. Nettles of Asheville, resident
judge of the 19th Judicial District,
plans to retire after completing two,
sars of his current eight-year term.
Rep. W. A. Sams of Madison made
the statement at a public hearing
conducted by the Committee on Courts
and Judicial Districts on a bill to
create a jury commission for Madison
Jounty.
In Asheville, Nettles said only
"that's the first I've heard of it,"
when asked to comment on Sams' re
marks that lie would resign.
Nettles began his current term last
December. He has been on the Su
perior Court bench since 1939. Net
tles' name was brought into the dis
cussion when Sams said that Madi
son Republicans opposed the bill be
ause it calls for appointment of the
'hree-meniber commission by the res
ident judgte of the 19th Judicial Dis
trict However, Sams, a Democrat, said
it is nis "honest opinion" that Judge
Nettles is fair. .
After hearing Republican objec
tions, thfiiommittee deferred action
?n thjXtU. Approval of the measure
n UJBtanUally the form; it was in
duced s considered virtually cer
' atthe next fow&ln&at the group:
Jlyde7M. - RoDrts" ofiAsgk
t poKesman lor , auiaon. Republicans,
did not reply .4ol Sams' assertion that
they opposed the; bill because if gave
the appointing power to Nettles.' The
only objection Roberts voices was
that the measure "would set Madison
County apart in the seleotion of a
iury."
"A law tftat is good enough for the
State of North Carolina is good
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Donations For Polio
Drive In Hot Springs
School Are Listed
A total of $179.51 was collected for
the recent Polio Drive in Hot Springs
school, listing eac'n grade, teacher,
and amount.
1st grade, Mrs. Fowler, teacher
J7.63; 2nd grade, Miss Foster, teach
ei: 12.10; 3rd grade, Mrs. Brooks,
teacher 19.17; 4th grade, Mrs. Run
nion, teacher 14.45; 5th grade, Mrs.
Moore, teacher 11.00; 6tfn grade,
Miss Henderson, teacher 12.16; 7th
grade, Miss Lippard, teacher 14.09;
8th grade, Mrs. Church, teacher
0 55; 9tVand 11th grades, Mrs.
Thomas, teacher 12.70 ; 10th and
12th grades, Mrs. Dotterer, teacher
1S.45; Mr. and Mrs. Shearouse
10.00; Recreation Club S.00; Times
Theatre, student admission, donated
by the Staffers 27.21 ; TOTAL
I179.R1
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Special Call Meeting
Of F. B. Association
At Mars Hill Sunday
A special call session of the French
Broad Association will be held Sun
day afternoon at the Mais Hill High
St'iiool auditorium. Tl.e program will
begin at two o'clock. The purpose of
the meeting is tc emphasize the im
portance of the simultaneous revival
to be held in every Baptist church n
t'ne Association from March 26 to
April 8.
The Rev. Wesley Sprinkle, pastor
of the Newbridge Baptist Church,
will deliver the principal message.
Other speiikt-is will also be heard on
l.ne program..
Special .nu&ic will be rendered by
several local s'ngers and singers from
ot'ner counties, are also expected U be
on the program.
Approximately iOOJ people are im
peded to attend this session.
Bloodmobile To Be
Here March 19
The Regional Red Cross Blood Cen
ter mobile unit will again visit Mar
shall on Monday, Marc'n 19. The unit
will be stationed at the American Le
gion Hall on Upper Bridge- Street
from 1:00 o'clock until 6:00 o'clock.
The quota has been set at 125 pints-
of blood, 80 of which will be sent
to the Korean war zone.
"In view of the great need for blood
in Korea, t'ne people of the county are
urged to cooperate," Joe Eads, Chair
man of the Madison County Chapter,
American Red Cross, stated this
morning.
MUSICAL PROGRAM !
HERE ON MONDAY
CARSON-NEWMAN COLLEGE TO
GIVE CONCERT; FIFTY
PIECES IN BAND
The Band from Carson-Newman
College, Jefferson City, Tennessee,
will present a program of music, one
to one and one-half 'nours in length,
at Marshall High School on Monday
morning, March 12, at 10:30 o'clock.
The .Band is composed of fifty play
ers, in symphonic instrumentation. It
is a group from the eig'nty-piece foot
ball band of Carson-Newman College,
under the direction of Professor Mar
tin L. Blackwelder.
Concert Master is Mr. Colbert Pe
tree of Knoxville, Tennessee; the
Business Manager is Mr. Bobby Jack
Moody, of Camden, South Carolina.
Each year the Band takes a trip to
various sections, and this year is
touring North and Sooth Carolina.
Carson-Newman College is located
in the mountains of East Tennessee,
twenty-five miles from Knoxville, and
is a member of the Southern Baptist
Association, the Southern Education
al Association, and the American As
sociation of Schools and Colleges,
granting degrees of Bachelor of Arts,
Bachelor of Science, and Bachelor of
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PRICE $2.50 A YEAR
PLAYGROUND SITE
COMMITTEE IS
NAMED BY BOARD
TO CA RE FULL Y CONSIDER
SEVERAL SITES; TO REPORT
BY MARCH 0
A Locations Committee was named
Tuesday night by town officials in
regard to a suitable site for t'ne pro
posed Marshall playground and com
munity center.
It was pointed wt that the com-,
nvttee is composed of men from va
rious sections of the town. The com
mittee has been asked to consider all
sites which would be suitable for the
project and hand in its recommenda
tion to the board by March 20 at 8
p. m. ' a nwma'gi'Wn v
Primary objectives in regard to the
location of the playground are: Avail
ability, parking space, highway dan
gers, convenience to water overflow
so as to utilize the overflow, area
size and safety.
Those named to serve on this com
mittee are: .
E. R. Tweed, chairman ; Charles E.
Mashburj Will B. Ramsey, Ernest
Teague, J. R. Deaver, Claude Saw
yel and Leroy Pegg.
Citizens Urged To
Help Prevent March
Forest Fires Here
An urgent appeal to ciitzena of
Madison county to help prevent for
est fires during the approaching
'spring fire season' was issued today
by Jim Story, Chairman of the Mad
ison County Keep Green Committee.
The appeal was issued alter re- x - -ceipt
of reports from officials of. they -N.
C. Forest Service that fire dw - -
ger ratings have been; unusually highj
for vtiitf oast several dftve throusrhoot A
the State Witfc liresT .occurring '-4ft
many sections. ,' 1 j
nr. story aia umt "March, . witn
its strong winds, lg the most haxard-f
ous month of (at year in which to un
dertake any' sort of debris burning:
operations, and unless everyone co
operates to prevent forest fires, Mad
ison county will suffer serious losses."
He added that 99 of the forest
fires occurring in North Carolina
each year are man-caused and can
therefore be prevented. The losses
from such fires 'ne said are extreme
ly high when evaluated in terms of
potential jobs and payrolls which are
destroyed, along with timber desper
ately needed for national defense and
civilian purposes.
The Madison County Keep Green
Committee of w'nich Mr. Story is
chairman, is a unit of The North Car
olina Forestry Association, a volun
tary organization of persons interest
ed in protection and development of
natural resources.
WORK PROGRESSING
Work is progressing rapidly on the
new sdditions to the Marshall school,
which will include a lunchroom and
eight new classrooms.
WEEItLY BULLETIN
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HB S16 Introduced" by Sams,?
Feb. 14 (County financial sUtement). '
Mar. 2, reported favorably us amend- '
ed by House committee. (
HB 472 w- Introaueei , hy. Sairs,
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ficlals in Madison Cob- 1 "
dies ted annual salar!
county off fcSals: (1) t
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