VOL. 54 NO. 45 16 PAGES
MARSHALL, N. C. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 10, 1955
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Torques Defeat Liars Hill To
I "Jin County Football Title
Clarence (Edwards Scores All
Three Touchdowns; Win
(Was "Team Victory"
The Marshall High School Red
Tornadoes, playing before one of
the largest crowds of the season,
rose ur to hand the Wildcats of
Mars Hill High School a 19-6 lick
ing, and capture the Madison Coun
ty championship, on the Island here
Friday night.
Marshall took the opening kickoff
and drove 64 yards for the firs
score. Clarence Edwards and Elzie
Wdlde alternated carrying the ball
on this drive. Edwards broke loose
off his right tackle and rambled 17
Pi rat downs
Yds. gained rushing
Puses attempted
Passes completed
Yds. (pained passing
Pawns intercepted by
Yds. gained in caption
Punting average
Yds. kicks returned
Opp. fumbles recov'd
Yds. lost penalties
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7 15
!MI 253
4 5
1 1
15 12
0 1
0 9
34 33
90 15
1 2
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I KU tS (SUNDAY
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ROGERS SAYS
ROAD SURVEY
NOT COMPLETE
JURY PROBING
VOTE CHARGES
WILL REPORT
By Citizen Staff Writer
Mars Hill
Marshall
6 6
619
yards for the score. Edwards again
-went off tackle for the extra point.
Tlte Tornadoes missed a scoring op
portunity in the second period when
thtey drove to the 11 -yard line be
fore losing the ball on downs.
The Tornadoes struck again in
the third period, when Donald Hunt
er, playing an outstanding game at
end, blocked a Mars Hill punt on the
Wildcat 5-yard Hne. Edwards again
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MARVIN C. WOODSON
FINAL RITES TO BE
HELD SUNDAY FOR
MARVIN WOODSON
Former Marshall Man Died
On Midway Island While
En Route Home
V - D..J ntliriwl
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in w emenon xjnurc
Funeral services will be held Sun
day afternoon t 2:30 o'clock in
Alexander Baptist Church for
Sflgt. Marvin Carrol Woodson, 22,
of Alexander and the U. S. Air
formerly lived in Mar-
Midway IslaiidV while en route homi
from Japan.
Marvin graduated from Marshall
Morganton, Nov. 8 Information
for the suggested economic . irvey
of a French Broad River highway
route is still being gathered, William
H. Rogers Jr., chief engineer of the
State Highway and Public Works
Commission, said here today,
here today.
He said he did not know how soon
the survey would be completed.
Rogers' connmenit was in reply to
a question concerning the survey the
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads sug
gested last month.
He was here for today's dedica
tion of the Morganton by-pass.
The bureau said at the time it
would like more information on the
Asheville-Dandridge, Tenn., route
before rendering a decision
concerning the designation of an in
terstate highway.
Rogers said he planned to come
to Asheville tomorrow to study the
area at the west end of the Smoky
Park Highway bridge.
He said a proposed shopping cen
ter in that section might be a factor
in the study, but explained that he
didn t know for certain whether it
would be or not.
And if it were, he added, he was
not saying that it would be a "det
rimental" factor.
The North Carolina engineers are
obtaining information on the route
as far as the state line, and the
Tennessee engineers are gathering
data on the stretch beg!n Dan
dridge and the '.state border
can
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Asheville, Nov. 9 Two Federal
grand juries will be in session here
next week. A new grand jury will
be impaneled Monday on bho open
ing of the regular criminal term of
U. S. District Court, and the "vote
fraud" grand jury will return.
The grand jury probing alleged
election irregularities was impan
eled last November during the fall
criminal court term here and much
of its deliberations were devoted to
election fraud charges. The same
jury continued in an active status
last May when, during the regular
spring term of criminal Federal
court, a grand jury was impaneled
for regular cases. The special jury
was last in session Sept. ,'!.
At that time, the (lovei'nnient
wanted still further time on the al
leged election fraud charges from
Madison County.
The vote fraud grand jury has
been oiiiered to report Thursdav.
Nov. 17. It is expected that the
regular grand jury will have com
pleted its deliberations and returned
any bills of indictment by that time.
The office on District Aattorney
James M. Baley has reported that
about 75 cases anp on the calendar
for trial at this ttrm here.
The final session lff criminal court
for the Western District of North
Carolina will be in BryW City on
Nov. 28.
Most of the cases to be tr:H here
are car theft or liquor law viwla-
Marshall F. F. A. Team Is Stele
Uinner In Tobacco Grading
ELECTED TO OFFICE
Madison County F.F.A. And
4-H Teams Win 7 Of 15
Top Honors At Fan
PENDER McELROY
Mcelroy elected
vice president
wnc beta clubs
tions.
Marshall High School Student
Succeeds IBlackwell; Miss
Roberts Chosen Reporter
The Marsnall Ci,vitan CI
bers met Tuesday for their regular
luncheon-meeta-iff ait the Presbvteri-
section last Friday morning. The 40-i High School in 1951. He yn angn ohurcn but at 12:30 o'clock, the
gallon outfit was destroyed along now muror m boiiwi cutiu
with 20 gallons of mash. nJ sports. He attended N. C. State
No arrests were made. uouege oeiore enwnng wie n.
force in April, l'Joz. He was sent
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AMERICAN LEGION
TO PURCHASE TWO
BAND UNIFORMS
Turkey Dinner Planned For
Legion Members Here
Next Thursday
Boyce Mayhew, Commander of the
Davis-Sexton Post, American Le
gion, announced here this week that
the metnbers decided at their last
monthly' meeting, held last Thurs
day, to purchase two band uniforms
for te Marshall High School band.
A turkey dinner was also planned
overseas in June, 1954. He served
at Air Force bases in Okinawa,
Japan and Formosa as a Control
Tower Operator.
The Reverends Ervin Sluder, Joe
Hunnicutt Jr., John Lowder end
Arthur Tlensley will officiate and
burial will be in the West Memorial
Park at Weaverville.
Pallbearers will be Ronald Bailey,
Joe Paul Roberts, James Albert
Fisher, Clyne Rector, Douglas Shel
ton and Ray Workman.
Honorary pallbearers will be
friends of the family. Flower bear
ers will be sistcrs-in-law, cousins,
former classmates and members of
ithe Young Ladis' Bfble Class of
Alexander Baptist Church.
The body, now at the Bowman
Rector Funeral Home in Marshall,
I members went into the recreation
room, only to find it cold and desert
ed.' For some reason, the ladies
hadn't prepared the meal.
Knowing that there had been some
mix-up in dates, the Civitan mem
bers just laughed it pff and went
elsewhere to cat but not to meet.
to be held at the Legion Building taken to homJ in Weay
next Thursday night at 7 o'clock. ervjll Thursday afternoon, and re
All members and honorary mourners main there untiJ funeral nou).
are invited to be present.
Ellsworth Succeeds
Michaels At Hot
Springs Plant
Mr. J. B. Talbert, Superintendent
of Goodall-Sanford, Inc., Hot Springs
plant, announced today that Calvin
A. Michaels, Personnel and Office
Manager, is being transferred to
Burlington Industries' Lakedale
Plant as Personnel Manager.
Mr. John Ellsworth, formerly with
Burfngton Industries, Oxford, N.
C,' plant is being transferred to
Hot Springs to succeed Mr. Michaels.
Rummage Sale By
Vc Viii Class
Hz 3 Saturday, Nov.
12
A XMnnutt ale will be riven by
'the Vota Vita Sunday School class
" members Saturday, Nowmber M.
'the court bouse-yiwB.irV;V
, Tfca sals wUl begin a -o'clock
and contir -s antil la afternoon.
... - la c-r.E. :n ith tbt nnntaage
t ' (' -n r:i also b eakes pies,
3 tr.J tiaiy for ile ' ; .
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Sui-vivors are the widow, the for
mer Miss Shirley Bailey, of Weav--rville;
the parents, Mr. and Mrs
.tome S. Woodson, Weaverville; anc
me brother, Harry Woodson, oi
towah fjri Weaverville.
Bowman-Rector Funeral Home is
in charge of arrangements.
PREP GRID GAME
SET TURKEY DAY;
PHILLIPS TO COACH
Kyker Of Owen High School,
Johnson, ' Reynolds High,
Assistants
A new football bowl game for high
school seniors in portions' of West
ern North Carolina was born Tues
day night at a meeting between the
Enka .fiigb School Boosters Club
and the Valley Springs Atheltic As
sooistion ; .-. ,
Gathering at the new, Enka High
School, these organisations voted to
qponsor a.'. Senior AH-Str Football
Gam at Memorial fSUdiuro 4a Ashei
ville, Thanksgiving Day, . November
U, at S:8Q p. inc. VV M.
; A team' alv aenior rrI4iron Uy
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JERRY CROWE ON
ALL-CONFERENCE
FOOTBALL TEAM
Blue JUdjge Parkway
.fv ATraffic
rorrflgfre8! jnst released by Howard-B,
Stricklin, acting Superintendent of
the fclue Ridee Parkway, - 614,880
persons in 186,624 cars traveled the
Blue Ridge Parkway in October of
1956. This is an increase of 180,
515 or 41.5 over September and
20.5 over October of 1954.
The travel figure to date this year
for the Parkway is 4,085,751 per
sons. Since 1950, when the Park
way had 1,825,491 people, it has led
all other Park areas in the United
States in travel.
Pender McElroy, a member of the
"ore class of Marshall High
o'eeted vice president of
Caroljna District
.second annual
tint
iHisa raw ttooeref,
of
Walauw
The Western Carolinas Junior
College Conference today released a
roster of the all-conference football
team.
At one of the halfback spots,
Jerry Crowe, former star at Mar
shall High and outstanding back at
Mars Hill College this season, was
chosen. The 145-pound Senior is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald
Crowe, of the Walnut Creek section.
The announcement came from
Toach Norman Harris of Gardner
Vebb College, chairman of the foot
ball committee. Other members of
ihe commrittee are Coaches Fred
Dickerson of Lees-McRae and Don
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BLOODMOBILE TO
BE AT MARS HILL
NEXT THURSDAY
The Red Cross Bloodmobile Unit
will be at the Mars Hill College
gymnasium next Thursday, Novem
ber 17, instead of at Marshall, as it
had been previously announced.
Miss Virginia Hart, blood chair
man at Mars Hill, announced thai
the unit would be at the gym from
10:30 to 12:30 and from 1:30 to
5:30 o'clock on next Thursday.
Citizens throughout the county are
asked to give blood on this date be
cause it will be several months be
fore the unit is in Marshall.
FIRST PLACE WINNERS AT STATE FAIR
High School, was elected reporterj
succeeding Patricia . Watkins
North Buncombe High School
Mr. McElroy, son of Dr. and Mrs.
J. L. McElroy, of Marshall, Is a pop
ular student at the Marshall school,
being very active in all student ac
tivities. Amonr the many activi
ties he has engaged in are the fol
lowing: Vice president of Freshman
Class; Vice president of Band
Freshman year; Baseball Fresh
man year; Beta Club Play Fresh
man year; Football Freshman
and Sophomore year; Beta Club
Freshman and Sophomore year;
President of Sophomore class; Mon
ogram Club Sophomore year, and
President of the Youth Fellowship
of the Marshall Methodist Church.
Miss Roberts, a student at Wal
nut High School, is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Roberts of Wal
nut, and is a very active member in
all activities of that school. She is
a member of the school basketball
team.
Dr. John W. Harris of Spartan
uijr, S. C, secretary of the Nation
il Beta Clubs, made the nations
ff ice reported at the openinpr ses
ion of the meeting.
Approxm lately 400 delegates fron
52 clubs in the western district par
ticipated.
R. A. TomberLin of Asheville, as
sistant Buncombe County school su
penntendent, was director of thi
conference.
A tea was hold in the afternoor
for the delegates in the faculty
lounge of the new Memorial Library
at Mars Hill College.
The Marshall High School Future
Farmers of America (F. F. A.),
coached by Lyman 11. Martin, agri
cultural instructor, won first place
in the statewide Burley Junior To
bacco Grading Contest held recently
at the N. C. State Fair in Raleigh
A list of the various winners was
received today by Mr. Martin accom
panied by a check for $150.00 as the
award for winning top honors.
Memlers of the F.F.A. who par
ticipated are Dale Fisher, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Arvel Fisher of Mar
shall RFD 2; Ralph Ball, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Clyde Ball, of Marshall
RFD 4; Donald Bradley, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Sankie Bradley, of Mar
shall RFD 2; and Gail Brown, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Mallie Brown, of
Marshall RFD 1. Brown was an al
ternate in the contest and his score
did not count in the team score.
A team score of 296 points, highest
in North Carolina, was amassed by
Mr. Martin's group. This ia espe
cially significant because tbe agri
culture' department at Marshall High
is 0nly two years old. The Marshall
F.F.A. group, also coached bf Mr.
Martin in 1954, won second plate
honors in the state last year.
Individual scores in the contest
were announced as follows: Dale
Fisher (119), Donald Bradley
(105.5), Ralph Ball (71.5). Gaff
Brown, alternate, score was aat
counted.
Second blace honors were woo- by
Virgil Holkxway's 4-H dub tarn
frnrti irtimai i " ' i minnst firjj i
W "Boring CreekV-F.A.
o ft der ,the superyfcton and coasting el
air. uuy Angei -mis warn , jsbsiih
a 'check for $50.00. Members' ef
Vanes Da-
Spring Creek team were
vis (107) Layten Davis (84),
ell Miller (80) and Joe Gentry, alternate.
The Spring Creek 4-H team,
coached by Donald Colvin, wee 6th
place honors of $30.00. Members of
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Shown above a .va ci.t4 ir&iwkil ih,.t
School F.F.A.' team who won first place in the State. ;N
Burley Junior Tobacco Gradin? Contest, held recent-" '
ly at the N. C. State Fair, Raleiffh. TheState win- Y
ners are, left to right: Halph Ball, Gall Brown, Coach
l&min IL-Martin, D: -M Trsdley and" Dale Fisher.
A ei&o cnecK was av . ,.jtjtrt-1.
Brevard Beta Club
Delegation Visits In
Marshall Tuesday
A Brevard Beta Club delegation,
comprised of Harvey Sigmon, Bar
bara Lyda, Sharon Carlson, Judy
Goodwin, Jkmnie Allison, Sarah
HjUntsr, James Opie. Wells Jr, John
ny Allison, Lynn Smathers, Betty
jTa Lyda, Patricia Proitt and ..Mrs.
WJUis BrUtain, club sponsor, were
U' Marshal ea ; Tuesday afternoon
ajfter attending ls district Beta
Club' eonvenUoa at Mart HOI Col
lege .where r ey ;- ananlmoosly ' snp
ported V Che r Marshall Beta aob's
caRv!ite,' render McElroy, In his
su r ; ; ' " ' camps' for !ect!cs tJ
C. cL- of Ktftrict Vice IV: '
Eastern Stars To
Meet At Temple
On Monday Night 1
The Marshall Eastern Star Chap
ter will observe "Americanism
Awareness" with an original pro
gram written by Miss Jean Stines,
a past matron of the chapter, dur
ing its regular meeting Monday
night, November 14, at the Masonic
Temple.
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Sprinkle,
worthy matron, will preside and
Mrs. Vei l a Mae Stevens, Of Ashe
ville, State Chairman of the "Amer
icanism Awareness" Committee will
be a special guest.
A social hour will follow the meet
ing, and refreshments will be serv
ed. All members of the Order are invited.
MADISON GETS
$4,415.09 FROM
FOREST FUND
1146,699.31 repre-
A .(-'
se&tir :'5', of the oast vearis
ceipts on the National . Forsets ta
North Carolina was mailed to tbe
Stats Treasurer on November
The receipts were mainly from tte
sale of timber stunuafi. W fnelmf-
ed minor aeioonts fKm special ase V
and . mining permits.: Distrotioa
t the counties is based on tie j- -tional
Forest acreage ercLrpr-1 U
eacK??Bia';;srgest;jsr"tszS, '
022.76, "fees to ITaecn Co'ur ' -
second. 'A recent t (
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