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adison Schools Break Previous
Records In iifch Of Dimes Drive
Total Of $2,902.74 Reported;
Marshall Easily Leads
With $1,152.35
Madison County schools have brok
en all previous records in soliciting
donations for the 1955 March of
Dimes Drive which is now over. An
amazing total of $2,902.74 was re
ported here yesterday which did not
include Spring Creek school which
has not yet reported.
Marshall led all schools with the
highest total in the school's history
of $1,152,35. It was pointed out
that all schools in the county had
surpassed their duotas easily. A
quota of $2000.00 was set for the
schools with the students surpassing
this quota by more than $900.00.
Much of the credit for the success
in the various schls can be attrib
uted to the fine leadership of Mjs.
Hattie Teague, Schools' Chairman
during the drive. Mrs. Teague was
.ably assisted by Miss Hazel Sprinkle
and Miss Lula Chandler who have
worked untiringly in seeing the
schools gb "over the top."
Complete results will be published
after Spring Creek reports.
A grand total of $3,562.94 has
been reported from all sources with
many more sources yet to report.
Perhaps by next week ,the coin col
lectors and totals from several towns
will be available.
, Auburn E. Wyatt reported the
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NAMED TO BOARD
MARSHALL, N. Cr, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1955
HONS C0OTM1
DSADIJNIJiNEAR
liloa .WaltAt, Ramge. president .re
viewed, ' progrw& .Wnpvmaole '.lit
vale of personal W cafeXoarr and
urged the manpera to pu forth ev
ry effort, to conclude the solicita
tions by Thursday,. February 24."
Captains of the various "teajiis"
gave their reports and all teams
stated that the drive is most suc
cessful with almost 100 participa
tion. .The calendars have individual
birthdays, anniversaries and meeting
dates printed in the proper date at
a cost of only 25c a line. Many
advertisements at the top and bottom
of the calendars have already been
sold.
Proceeds from the calendars will
go toward the improvement of the
Marshall 'park with a portion going
to the Girl Scouts.
ERNEST C. TEAGUE
TEAGUE NAMED
TO HOSPITAL
TRUSTEES' BOARD
WARREN BALL IS
FATALLY INJURED
BY BULLDOZER
Machine Starts While Repairs
Bern;? Mode; Native Of
Madison County
Brown Reelected President At
Meeting Monday In
Asheville
G. C. Teague, popular Marshall
businessman, was named as one of the
new. members of the Memorial Mis
sion Hospital board of trustees at
the meeting Asheville Monday. Oth
er new members named to the board
are Tench . C. Oxe Jr., Harvey M.
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Warren Ball, 35, of Alexander,
was fatally crushed in the wheel
track of a bulldozer Wednesday af
'.ernoon, February 16, 1955, on Mar
shall RFI) 1, Madison County Sher
iff E. Y. Ponder reported."'
The sheriff quoted witnesses as
saying Ball was working on the blade
and hydraulic lift of the machine,
when the driverless bulldozer start
ed t move. Ball's foot got caught
in the track, and the machine trap
ped him.
The sheriff said Bill Roberts, who
was working with Ball, couldn't
reach the machine in time to stop
the motor and save his companion.
Ball owned Alexander Grill at
Alexander.
He is survived by the widow, Mrs.
Glinna Ramsey Ball; a son, Ashley
Warren, of the home; a brother,
Jack, of Marshall RFD 1; three sis
ters, Mrs. Celola Ramsey of Marshall
RFD 3, Mrs. Eunice Slagle of Al
exander, and Mrs. Mary Sue Mc
Donald of Charlotte; and a half
sister, Mrs. Jarvis Ann Ball of Mar
shall RFD 1.
Funeral services will be held Fri
day at 2 p. m., in French Broad Bap
tist Church, with the Rev. Vernon
Hensley, the Rev. Jesse Slagle and
the Rev. J. A. Martin officiating.
Burial will' be in Runnion Cemetery
on Walnut Creek.
Pallbearers will be William Rob
erts, Conley McKinnish, ,E. Y. Pon
der, O. A. Gregory, Liston Ramsey
and Mosby Ball.
The body will be at the home until
the funeral hour.
PRICE: $2.50 A YEAR
MARS HILL GIRLS,
WALNUT BOYS ARE
FAVORED IN MEET
Games To Start .Next Thursday
Night On Walnut
Gym Floor
With teams entering the final
week of play before the annual high
school tournament, it is the Mars
Hill girls and the Walnut boys who
have the most impressive records
this season. Hence, they will be fa
vored to cop the top laurels in the an
nual cage event. Other teams have
different ideas, however, as "up
sets" are common when the tour
ney gets underway.
Admission to the tournament will
be 50c for children and students and
75c for adults.
The present standings are as
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Hot Springs Wins $500 Award
In Finer Carolina Contest
rO SPEAK HERE
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FIRST AID TO
BE STUDIED SOON
FIRE DAMAGES
EDMONDS STORE
AT PETERSBURG
Efforts Of Three Men Save
Building; .Discovered
At 6:00 A. M.
Miss Ruth Lockmari, Red Cross
representative, was in Marshall Wed
nesday and stated that the Red Cross
meeting held in Morganton Tuesday
was most interesting and beneficial.
Dr. W. A. Sams, the Rev. R. N.
Barefoot and Mrs. Fred Tilson. at
tended the meeting and brought back
glowing reports bf the session.
'A swim program, set for week of
February 28 through March 5, is
promised with David Cash, National
Red Corss First Aid and Water Safe
ty representative for North Carolina,
to be in the county. Mr. Cash will
work with school, church and Scout
leaders in developing a "learn to
swim" program for young people and
first aid classes in the Burlington
plant at Hot Springs.
Glen Painter, water safety chair
man, and Mrs. George Shupe will
work with Mr. Cash on first aid
classes.
Vs-
"THINKING DAY"
TO BE OBSERVED
BY GIRL SCOUTS
MHEREWh
FRIDAY NIGHT
Girl Scout "Thinking Day" will
be observed by Troop 95 and Brownie
Troop 100 at a joint meeting Mon
day, February 21, at 3 :30 p. m., at
the home of Mrs. D. D. Gross, Lead
er of Troop 95. Mrs. O. A. Greg
ory, Chairman of the Madison Coun
ty District of the Pisgah Girl Scout
GCouncil, and Mrs. R. H. Kaplan,
Acting District Director of the
Council, members of the Troop Com
mittees, and mothers of the Scouts
will be special guests.
"Thinking Day," which falls on
February 22, is the birthday of Lord
Baden-Powell, Founder of all Scout
ing, and of' Lady Olave Baden-Pow-
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TO STUDY PLAN
Coach Tom Youn, pf WCC,
Is Guest Speaker; MC
Is Gene Wyke
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REV WAYNE McCLAIN
DEDICATION WEEK
TO BE OBSERVED
BY METHODISTS
The Week of Dedication of the
Methodist Church will be held from
February 20-27. Services will be at
7:30 each evening in the Marshall
Methodist Church. The Inspiration
al speaker for the services will be
the Rev. Wayne McClain from
StatesvjUe.
Mr. McClain attended Brevard
College and Berea College .receiving
his A.B. iq Philosophy. Liter he
attended Duke University and Bos-
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Hot Springs was among the award
winners announced Wiresday in
the 1!)51 Finer Caiv.ina contest
sponsored by the Carolina Power and
Light Co.
Hot Springs was awarded a .sec
ond place prize of $500 and Swan
nanoa received an honorable men
tion prize of $100.
The annual contest, now in its 4th
year, pits competing towns accord
ing to population.
Asheboro, Roxboro, and Hartsville,
S. C, led those towns' above 2,500
population. Wallace, Ramseur and
Chadbourn led the 1,001 to 2,500
bracket. Clio, S. C, Hot Springs and
Pinewood led town of 1,000 or less.
Contest judges were Dr. S. H.
Hobbs Jr., professor of rural sociol
ogy at the University of North Car
olina; Dr. Wilson Gee, head of rur
al social ecnomies at the University
of Virginia ;and Dr. G .H. Aull,
head of agricultural economics at
Clemson College.
More than 800 projects were un
dertaken by the 1G4 competing towns
in North and South Carolina. Judg
es based their selections upon the
relative progress indicated by the
tive major projects reported from
each town.
Cars Damaged
On Main Street Here
Wednesday Afternoon
Two cars were damaged on Main
Street here Wednesday afternoon
about 4:00 o'clock when sideswipe
by a '39 Chevrolet driven by L. A.
Smith, 76, of Barnardsville.
One of the cars, a '49 Chevrolet,
belonging to 'Arthur Ledford, re
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FOR BOOKMOBILE
An early morning blaze in the O,
8. Edmonds store at Petersburg last
Friday morning dM considerable
damage to the Inside , of the building
bat would have been much worse had
it not been for the alertness of three
Petersburg men. The blaze started
from an oil stove which set on two
iwooden boxes. It is thought that a
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Legislatives
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Tart r tk legulativ ttaff of the
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Vowbfy of t9SS H. it confuted to
Jiscuuion of . matter of - gtnoral
. - int res ana major wponancs. !
,s Pre-session . fears that; the 155
' ' -General AssenAJyVould tte Vng
. one. somewhat allayed m the . quiet
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Merit System To
Have Examinations
Saturday March 26
The State of North Carolina Merit
System Council has announced that
examinations for positions with local
health units, State Board of Health,
Medical Care Commission, county
welfare departments, State Board of
Public Welfare, State Commission
for the Blind and Employment Se
curity Commission will be held on
March 26 in selected cities in the
state. ':j.,,
The-examinations will include po
sitions in the slaiMgra'phie-cterieat
series,: general-clerical series switch
board operating series' and accounting-clerical
series oft a conntyCfevei,
and- stenographic-clerical series, typ-
ist-derk series, hearing reporter se
ries, seneral-clerkal series, kccotint-
lng-cjerical series and statistical ''
riet oa,a;tata. leveLv.sW:
Atfpllcations"-and bulletins regard
ing J examinations ma JVbe.- seeilrad
frcm ) Thj Merits System Council,.
Mansion Park Building, ; Rsliegh.'K.
C, and final date for filing applies.
trans ts flisrcn ,y,
Tlte annual Athletic Banquet will
be held in the cafeteria of the Mar
shall school Friday night at seven
o'clock, when more than 140 students
and guests will be present.
WCC Coach Tom -Young, of Cul
lowhee, will be the guest speaker for
the occasion and Gene Wyke, of the
Asheville Sport Mart, will be master
of ceremonies.
Special music for the occasion is
under the leadership of Mr. Phil
Magnus and Mrs. Harry Woodson.
Miss Margaret Black, home econom
ics teacher and' Mrs. Jack Sprinkle
are in charge of the dinner which
will be served by members of the
Home Ec Department.
Dr .W. A. Sams will present the
trophies following the speech and
Superintendent W. W. Peek will pre
sent sweaters and letters to the va
rious athletes. Following these pre
sentations, the co-captains of next
season's football team will be an
nounced.
Boy Scout Fund
Drive In Progress;
Cooperation Urged
Vernon MicCurry, Scout Field Ex
ecutive of the Rhododendron District,
Of Asheville, met with the Boy Scout
Committee in charge of soliciting
funds this week and the Membership
Driva is bow in progress.
,The county-goal has been set at
9760.00, v with Marshalrs quota as
uohk, ' ''
-.W.'- F.' Holland, chairman ,pf ; the
committee, emphasised the impor
tance pf full cooperation and urged
Weryone' Interested in Boy Scouts to
eontrfcute. liberally during this drive
which ends next Friday night, Feb
ruary 2 6f : -1 kU',-
1 Other 'members "of the - committee
in addition o Mr.'; Hdllknd, are Ar
thur Ledford, C. L. jtadisil! Jr.,
Leonard Baker, Joha Corbett, Dr.
E. JBolinger and CL P. Soreurn.
A second meeting was held at the
French Broad Electric Membership
office here Wednesday in connection
with the establishment of a bookmo
bile for Madison County. Miss Elaine
Von Oesen, field librarian of the
N. C. Library Commission of Ra
leigh, spoke to the group and told
them of the requirements in order to
receive State funds.
Mrs. Janie Ramsey, home demon
stration agent, presided at the meet
ing. Mrs. George Shupe spoke brief
ly about the bookmobile and intro
duced Miss Oesen.
After discussing the prospects for
the countywide bookmobile, a com
mittee composed of Mrs. H. B. Dit-
more, chairman; Mrs. George Shupe,
Mrs. Walter Ramsey, the Rev: R. N.
Barefoot and Jim Story was appoint
ed to meet with the commissioners
next month and present the matter
to them.
Mr. Rex Allen, a member of the
board of commissioners, was present
at the meeting and spoke favorably
about the bookmobile. "It will be up
to the people of Madison County to
show sufficient interest to warrant
more study about the project," he
said.
Rural citizens are expected to be
in full favor of the traveling library
whicjl wiS be equipped with books of
all subjects the readers desire.
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BurlingftirtJin Officials Are '
Welcomed To County At Banquet
Held At Hot Springs Friday flight
Friendship Night
Observed By OES
Here Last Monday
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ACrt. .Hilda . S. Halliburton, of
Clyde, Associate Grand Matron f
the Grand Chapter of N. C Order
of ths Eastern Star, was guest of
honor at Friendship Night which Ws
observed" by -the .Marshall chapter
on Monday evening, February 14, in
the Masonic Temple? ft- 4:" '
; The Valentin Ureal was earned
oi-t In ths decorations, program and
-sits, and a special program
-n ted in Mrs. Halliburton's
. rhwa presented . "with
u f f red roses nda beauti-'-!,
kf art-shaped ak,
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Family Life Council
To Be Held Here
Next Wednesday
i ne ramily Lite Council is a
group of interested persons who have
united for the express purpose of
bringing better family relations be
tween parents and child, getting sex
education into the schools and homes,
and launching a recreational pro
gram that will be for a "Better
Madison."
The State recreational specialist
from Saleigh, Miss Virginia Grego
ry, will be present at the third meet
ing of the Council which will be held
the next Wednesday at 9:30 in the
morning at the French Broad Elec
tric Membership Corporation.
At the same time, Dr. Holt, vice
president of Mars Hill College, will
be present to discuss with the group
any questions pertaining to family
relations. Madison County is very
fortunate in having Miss Gregory
and Dr. Holt, both specialists in their
fields, to be here to discuss issues
so vital to Madison County.
Any person who is interested in
the program is welcome at this meet
ing. For any information about the
group you might contact the chair
man, the Rev. R. N. Barefoot.
Approximately Ninety Attend
Well-Planned Event;
Held At Hotel
COVER ALIXmiENT
REDUCTION WITH;
S0;,IEOTiiaCROR
Commercial Vegetable School
.Tuesday Feb. 22
i According-; to - Harry CE Silver,
Madison County "farm' agent,'' farm
people on a Wbacco e'onomy. with re-1
duced acre.g a''
need of an oil'.
income. Grsie f
s, are in gTf at
f -re rf ' ti
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By BOB MATTHEWS
Citizen Staff Writer
Executives of the parents Bur
lington Industries, Inc., of Greens
boro disclosed plans for gradual ex
pansion of its Hot Springs plant af
ter receiving an official welcome to 1
Madison County, at Hot Springs last
Thursday night.
The new Goodall-Southern plant
at Hot Springs is presently employ
ing 60 persons with a weekly payroll
of $1,800, according to John Hardin
of Greensboro, vice president in
charge of public relations.
Hot Springs plant will be gradual
ly expanded to employ about 125 per
sons with a weekly paroll of $5,000,
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New Members Join
Civitan-Club At Mars
Hill Tuesday Evening
Two new members were officially
welcomed in the Mars Hill Civitan
Club at its meeting on Tuesday eve
nlng at the Community Center: R.
M. Lee, Lt Governor of Zone 1, pre
ited Robert Chapman and Joe C,
Robertson for membership, and B.
Bruce Sams, secretary-treasurer T of, '
the club, presented them with lapel '
pins and copies of the Civitan vCxeeL ,
Both Chapman knd Robertson are te i' -structors
at Mars Hill College.
A program' of musi was presented. '
by two members of the liars KiU '
CoUego' mesic faculty, T "am
Whitesldps, tenor, and T
kins, pianist ;( White:,: : j
selections 'from the- c
composer Aaron C ; '
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