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' .J-V 3 ; i J, ' f "ft Vol. 55 no. 32 10 PAGES MARSHALL, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1956 PRICE: $2.50 A YEAR I... 'V J ' H.,. .J J .... j4; ft!. I i , i t .'"Of- Interesting Programs Set For Each Session; Public Invited A Food Sanitation School, spon sored by the Madison County Health Department in cooperation -with the North Carolina Board of Health, will be held in the audi ' torium of Marshall High School 1 on Wednesday and 'Thursday, Au b' sii&t 16-16. Both sessions will he gtfri at 2:80 o'clock and will ad journ at 4:00 o'clock. Dr. Mar gery J. Lord, County Health Of ficer, will preside at Wednesday's session and Willard Hunter, coun ty sanitarian, will preside at Thursday afternoon's session. The Rev. Dawyer h. Gross, pas tor of the Marshall Baptist Church, will give the invocation on Wednesday and W. W. Peek, county"1 superintendent, will wel come the group. Dr. Lord will then explain the reasons for the Food Sanitation School. Miss Mildred Barry, Nutrition ist, N. C. State Board of Health, iwi'll discuss "Personal Hygiene" and a question and answer ses sion Will follow. Following a break in the program, Miss Grace ' -"Daiiiels, Health Educator, N. C. Board of Health, will discuss the film, "An Outbreak of Staphloc coccus Intoxication" which will be shown after the discussion. On Thursday afternoon, Wil liam Broadwayt District .Sanitari an, N. C. Board of Health, will discuss "Food Handling Practices'; and questions and' nfewe'rt--will lrios'fllianM, Senior Sni: " tariah, Buncombe County, will dia casBTMReeofhinettded Utensils and Cleaning 'Methods." . Following' an intermission. Miss Grace Daniels will discuss the film, "Hashsling will then be shown to the group. The two-day school will then come to a close after three mem bers from the audience will be asked to summarize "What I Learned In This School." Refreshments will be served fol lowing the meeting each- day. Door prizes will be presented and a special prize will be given for the best suggestion. Certifi ' rates will also be awarded to each nerson attending both sessions. ' The public is cordially invited to S attend the school, Dr. Margery Lord said. Browning Retires The man who is responsible, more than any other man, for the location of the Blue Ridge Park way in North Carolina rather than in Tennessee , R. Getty Brown- ( ing retired last week from ac tive service with the State High way Commission. After 85 years of continuous service, he winds up a distinguish 1 ed career in highway engineer- ' ing. Since he has handled the engineering and right of way ac quisition for the 260nile section of the parkway in North Carolina for the last 22 years, it is expect ed that he will be later employed by the Highway Commission at .a consultant on completion of the .parkway, and other highway loca tions. -rX.' -wwww' sin i in. ! i Marine Recruiter TpVuit County Oa Every, Monday t , a Th Marine Recruiter from the . Asheville ofiico wiU visit Madi i soB County every Monday. He will be in the Post Office in ; Hot Spring in the mornings, and ',at tin Coort House. ;tev.M.anhaU during the' aftowooMUJif ' ' ' " " '' " ' 'Cv'''' Tx ,'ni2vin To PreachAt i ValnutlVednesday v .;! :VS-i - The Rv F. N. Blevins, pastor of the West End Baptist Church, ' NV-port, Tenn wiiypreach at f . ' -pr.ltui l?T!t?rt riurch Wed- t V ' Tf y r;. v.t, Avr -l'l. He will vj '. tt . Etxrial !iert . w'tli lira. - "j ' i will bp'i t 8:C3 oVcKk. Two County Men Enlist In Navy In Month Of July James Harold Annis and Curtis Lee Laiwson of Hot Springs were enlisted in the U. S. Navy on 6 July, and are now at the U. S. Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, 111., where they will re ceive nine , weeks of recruit train ing. 4-H MEMBERS ATTEND A lt IN RALEIGH Vera Waldroup, Route 2, Mars Hill, and Wayne Clark, Route 1, Marshall, were selected as 4-H Club members from Madison County to attend a meeting in Raleigh July 29 through August 2, sponsored by the American In stitute of Cooperation. The meeting was a major Na tional farm meeting. Delegates were present from every state and some other countries. The 4-H members attended five youths pro grams which included interesting tours consisting of tours of North Carolina State College cam pus, Duke - University campus, poultry dressing plants, and other interesting places in the Raleighr barhani area!. , - ' . .J.fttaC6ft!BdaPclth meeting wee' .about 3,000,- eonjnsting' "of izvu e-n viwu. memoers. i v" ',' ;' 1 At Conference In Wisconsin Miss Mary Elsie Thomas, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Amos Thomas of Walnut, is attending a conference sponsored by the American Baptist Convention at Green Lake, Wisconsin. On the return trip Miss Thomas will visit Detroit and Canada. Miss Thom as is a graduate of Walnut High School and attended a business college in Asheville, and is now employed in Washington, D. C. County Board Of Education Endorses Pearsall School Plan The Madison County Board of Education met here Monday morn ing and discussed prospects con cerning the opening of county vhnnla An Aiivuftt SO. The board also passed a resdnh tion endorsing the Pearsall Plan relating to school integration. The Resolution is as follows: BOARD RESOLUTION The Madison County Board of Education, taking cognisance of the fact that trained educators and legislators have devoted full time efforts for many months to promulgating plans to meet the problem posed by the ' Supreme Court ruling in regard to segre gation in the public schools, and being in basic agreement . with principles. expounded in the Pear sall Plan, as endorsed by Gover nor Hodges end implemented ky the recent special session of "the Legislature, . hereby unaaimoasly endorses an affirmative 'response to' the ' proposed constitutional amendments to be voted on Sat urday,': September 8, 1956. V It farther urges that the school pa-; trons of this administrative om Irrespective Of race, give wfcofc hearted rapport to all efforts, to gain; approval of the constitution al amendments referred to above. The Board is of the considered opinion ' that all Other plans -offered are not workable,' either be cause. ' of : extremist provisions, tr-neral weakness, or possible un cenistutionality. It is of the sin-c-o opinion tha the proposed i -en ' -rents may not be a perfect 3 To ni n FREEMAN NAMED (XH3L4MANFOR HARRIMANINN.C. Freeman Will Leave For Chicago By Plane Saturday Gov. Averell Harriman of New York Thursday appointed Sam J. Burrow of Asheboro and Fred E. Freeman of Marshall as his campaign' managers for North Carolina. Freeman is chairman of the Madison County Board of Elec tions and Burrow was chairman of a Young Democratic rally at which Harriman spoke in Ashe boro last month. Both Freeman and Burrow are North Carolina delegates to the national Demo cratic convention. Burrow said the objective was to line up first and second choice support for Harriman at the con vention and he would "begin im mediately" contacting North Car olina delegates. The majority of the North Car olina delegation favors Adlai Stevenson, but one member, Terry Sanford of Fayetteville, said if Stevenson didn't show "some strength" on early ballots, he would shift to Harriman.' Mr. Freeman,, will Jeave Mar shall, Saturday to, board a plane at the AahevilleHmdersonvfile tne vemocrane uonvenwn. c, Before leaving for, the; Conven tion," Mr. . Freeman and Mr. Bur row had the following to say about Mr. HarYiman : "We are for Averell Harriman because we believe his background in foreign affairs makes him the best-fitted man in America to lead the free world in its conflict with Russia and because we believe (Continued to Page Two) Pastor: "Do you say prayers before eating?" Little Boy: "No sir, need to; my mother's cook!" dont good WMMH Personnel To Give Program At Lions Monday The Marshall Lions Club will meet at the Rock Cafe next Mon day night at 7:30 o'clock. The program for the meeting will be from , Marshall Radio Station WMMH. H. W. Thorns, owner, and Jimmy Childress, supervisoa, will speak to the club and Bob Hoyle, trick violinist from the Brevard Radio Station WPNF, will be present and play several selections. All members are urged to at tend. 11 To Graduate At Mar. Hill College Tonight ".j'T'fy'. . ' " Klevent students are expected ji be graduated tonight (Thursday) at the close of the Mars Hill Col lege summer school session,... . William Edmond McPeters, sen ef Mr. and Mrs, A. B. McPeters, of. Mars Hill, is among those who expect to receive ; Associate ia Arts diplomas., , V ' . Principal speaker for the oc casion is Dr. Hoyt BlackweU, president ef the college. 5 "' solution, but that they offer the ONLY feasible plan of preserv ing our pvMie school which has been formulated at the present time. ' - (' '' TWO MADISON MEN KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT Two Madison County men were killed when the car they occupied left Highway 107 and overturned near Del Rio, Tenn., Saturday at. ternoon, August 4, 1966. Both were dead on arrival at a Newport, Tenn., hospital. They were Ralph Shelton, 28, of Marshall RFfD 4, and Charles Cook, 24, of the Little Laurel sec tion of the county. Funeral services for Shelton were held at the Bakers Creek Church of God at 2:30 p. m., on Monday. Burial was in the Lisen bee Cemetery. Surviving are the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Coatney Shelton of Mar shall RFD 4; four sisters, Mrs. Edison Hensley and Mrs. Ray Worley of Marshall RFD 4, and Mrs. Homer Shelton and Mrs. Richard Talton of Prospect, Va.; and 4 brother, Rev. Tom, Max and Louis-, all of Marshall RFD 4. Shelton was enmployed in the lumber and logging business. iFuneral services for Cook were held Tuesday at 2 p. m., in the Chapel Hill Church. The Rev. N. H. Griffin officiated and burial was in the church cemetery. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Euretha Cook; two daughters, Linda Sue and Brenda Ann, both of the home; the parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Cook of Marshall RFD 3; two brothers, Clyde and Leon ard; and four half-brothers, Jim, Lester, Chester and Fred, all of Madison County; and three half sisters, Mrs. Joe Landers of De troit Mich., and Mrs. Nettie Gen. try and Mrs. Evelyn Bradshaw of Madison; County. ty . is. (Mates MEET TUESDAY Coach Howard Barnwell this week announced that he urges all prospective football candidates at Marshall High School to meet him at the school building on Tuesday afternoon, August 14, at two o'clock. Practice will begin on Wednes day, August 15, and with two ses sions being held daily until the opening of school. All candidates are urged to have a complete physical exam ination prior to August 14. Boyf interested in becoming foottiall managers are also asked to re port on August 14. Coach Barnwell stated -that a complete schedule of games will be announced in the near future. Seven County Men Inducted Tuesday It was announced here this week that the following boys left Tues day for Charlotte where they were inducted into the service. They are Rubin Jones, Marvin Flasher, Paul Burrell, Landon Carmel Car-1 ver, C. L. Norton, William Her schel Bradley and Crater Jeffer son Burrell. Ramsey Stocks 5,767 Trout Iii Madison ' County Stream la accordance with previously approved plans, the Wildlife Re sources Commission ha complet ed stocking of 5,767 trout' averag ing S inches j n length in ttie wa ters i of Big V Laurel, . Puncheon Fork, Big; Creek,, Spring .Creek, Meadow Fork and Roaring fork Creek, These fish were produced at the State Fish Hatchery locat ed 'near Marion. District. Game and Fish Protector ; Kaymond Ramsey directed tte ielease of the fish ' and solicited assistance from members of the. local Wild life Ou ; and ether . Interested sportsmen,' : ijifj0M t The - Wildlife x Resources t Com mission points Out tvst the coop erative effort of all C"e interest ed in. the V'-'m'u f r-i ga e resources v ! ' ' ' ' 'o"t? ' 0'-' ' - I rJodgo Parser To Mlress School an At Gars CHill tat Tuesday FIRST AID TO BETAUGHTAT HOT SPRINGS Mitchell Kirkland, First Aid and Wateraid Instructor of the American Red Cross, will meet with representatives of the U. S. Forestry, Highway Patrol and In dustrial personnel at community building in Hot Springs on Fri day night, August 10. The meet ing will start at eight o'clock. Mr. Kirkland will also meet With Jfimmie Johnson, Marshall life guard, for any desired assist ance that he might need. Certificates for beginners, ju niors and senior life-savers will be presented this summer, it was stated. Nancy Stackhouse Represents N. C. 4-H Clubs At Ala. Meet Nancy Stackhouse, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Stackhouse, Route 3, Marshall, was selected to represent North Carolina 4-H Club members of U.T.D. families at the third annual meeting of the Tennessee Valley Association of test demonstration farm families. The meeting was held at Muscle Shoals, Alabama July 20-27- Nan cy was selected from .approximate ly,! 50 4-H Club members who at- una fie. vjuuBve r , t,i.is , uon , tr ance from Alabama, Georgia,' llis-i sigsippi, North Carolina, ' Tennes see, and Virginia. -At this con ference delegates' from 'these states servdton a panel to dis cuss the. Fontana meeting. Nancy gave the following ac count of the trip: We left Asheville Wednesday, July 25, but found our trip cut short at Cherokee. Our bug broke down there and we had to wait for another one. We ate lunch in ing To Food Handling," which (Continued to Paget Su) Intensive Polio Uacciiiation Cutsijpto Start Tuesday Singing School Commencement At Seminary Friday Commencement of the Madison Seminary Baptist Church singing sciKMl will to held Friday night at 7:80 Vclock, Hector Bobbins, of Gastonia, has been directing the,, ten-day school I which has been HnsQ. attended. ! The publieai condiaHy myited to attend the commencemenl exer cises Friday nightr Burnette-iS Moore Is Killed In'Accldeit j Rites Held Tuesday r Burnette Moore, i eoV. of Hot Springs died Saturday, Aogusi 4 1956, from Injuries received when he feU from m logging track near Hot Springs' earlier ' in the 'day. ; Funeral services- -were hel4 Tuesday at - lOtSO a. , in the Hot Springs Baptist Church. The Rev. Calvin Metcalf Officiated and burial was in the Fainriew Cem-etert.-'. -v -: Surviving - are three krolhersi Albert ot Black lIoutain,T,Lr-is 6f Atlanta, Ga "and" f of ' t Sprlrgs;-'- sAd'-.three ' t' Jam rp!-yf '. ' ITra. Or'l Cfntr,;-: .- ' Principals To Meet Here On August 16 To Discuss Problems Superintendent W. W. Peek an nounced here today that all prin cipals of Madison County are ask ed to meet with him at his office on Thursday, August 16 at ten o'clock. The purpose of the meeting will be to discuss the administrative problems of the various schools. Mr. Peek also announced that all principals would be available to advise parents on any prob lems concerning the schools after August 16. Chief Justice Barnhill Resigns; Winborne Succeeds Governor Hodges announced on Tuesday the resignation of Chief Justice Maurice Victor Barnhill of the Supreme Court of North Carolina, effective 1 :00 p. m., Tuesday, August 21, 1956. The Governor, who said the resigna tion was submitted for reasons of ill health, accepted the resignation with deep regret. The Governor also announced that Associate Chief Justice John Wallace Winborne of Marion was being elevated to the Office of Chief Justice. To fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court, the Gover- 'OS-ines .has i amoaaa, , jUeeeiate JwsK iceihe:v..rable"r.-"ia'n Blount Rodman Attorr r c ral of North ( " ' ne and Mr. an 't aew;rduv,j at .'.the i, Judge- Barnaul's r ,,111,1 Eastern Star To j ft Meet Monday Night The Marshall Eastern Star Chapter- srtll hold a regular meet ing on Monday night, August 13, at 8 o'clock in the Masonic Tem ple. All members of the Order are invited. . On July 15, a meeting was held in Greensboro, N. C, with repre sentatives fromr iie State Board of HeaKh, ie. National Poliomye litis Foundation, the Governor's Poliompelitis 'Vaccine Advisory CcjUOdttee and the Special Polio Committee of the State Medkal Society. This special committee agreed that ;an intensive cam paign ahould be undertaken Hn Torth Carolina Ao set more ef our children and pregnant women pro tected from polio. ,r u , The . Madison' County Medical Society aas approved this iptens ive vaccination, plan as recom mended by tM State Medical So ciety and asked the Madison Coun ty . Health' Department to set up dinics whk trU ka staffed - by the phyeieian and kealtk -department personnel, fs'v ; ', . , ! The schluU fbr-tite 1st "ahef follcwtJ5;4if?!g5lili',' i ' MarsHin pwnmunity Building -August H, 4W-:00 t6 11:00 a. a.-;' -: .-vv- ; ; Marshall School Lfflch -Itoom- August 17 - 9:00 to 11:00 s, nv Hot Springs. Clinic. Boam, Aognst 20 9:06 to 11:00 a'n , Spring Creek School August U W 1 :00 W a :00 p. at V -, .' Walnut School .-a-'' Ao'gnst'. gi '9:00 to 11:C0 a. t:yV4 WI.'S.' r xk'. Scl:ooi.i,ATUrt !:'" to f:" ' n.- i 3 j ' i t i . Ways To Improve Quality Of Schools To Be Discussed Mars Hill, Aug. 6 Judge John J. Parker of Charlotte, chief judge of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, will address state school superintendents opening their annual conference here Tues day, Aug. 14. Judge Parker will deliver the key address at 8 p. m., Wednes day. It will follow sessions earli er Wednesday at which top edu cational and legal minds will in terpret actions of the special ses sions of the Legislature on school segregation. Dr. Charles F. Carroll, state superintendent of public instruc tion Atty. Gen. W. B. Rodman and Claude Love and Robert Giles, assistant attorneys general, will be among the speakers. Dr. Carroll will also deliver the principal address at the closing general session at 9:30 a. m., Fri day, Aug .18, on "State Action For Public Education." In Wednesday's opening gener al session, copies of bills enacted by the General Assembly last month to deal with the segrega tion problem will be distributed. Rodman and Giles will form a panel to review action of the spe cial Legislative session at 10:15 a. m. Beginning at 2 p. m., the su perintendents will divide into re gional group sessions to discuss responsibilities of school superin tendents under the special legis lation. '. These will be followed at 3:30 p. nrby a eestuin-aaswer period for aU groups en tbeproposed $6n-' stitutional amendments? Partfci rxting wH) be Dr. Carroll, Rod , Ciles"an4 Love... ,' '.- isuruday,' auperintendenU wilt -tura 1 to "othef educall6nai4''Jrobr lems in a symposium -of "Meeting; t North Carolina's Need Through. Education -4. f I , k Carroll -will preside and partici pants will include-Nile F. ftunt, ( J. Edgar Kirk assistant director of the Dept. of Conservation and Development,' A. B. Combs, Dr.. A. S. Hurlburt and Dr. Harris Ptfrks, director of the State Board of Higher Education. A general session Thursday af ternoon will take up ways to im prove quality of the public schools. Farmers Must Handle Products Very Carefully Vegetables must be better grad ed and more carefully handled, if Tar . Heel vegetable growers , are W compete on today's market, according to George S. Ahehier, State College consumer marketing specialist - Abehier says. "We cant start to market with trash and expect it to be graded?up .to an edible product There is.'.a good poten tial for . commercial production' of high quality vegetables.- But we can't Stop at the end of the tow." ; He claims that proper grading, packing, and fcaadliag are Just' aa essential for success Jn ijse" vegetable business as production; 4 Ababier concludes with warning' Don try to feel .everyr "4 thing but the vine." : : i Jieloy Hamlin .;Ja , Likes ciiWii v.5r' Shelby, Hamlin,, ef V Laurel section, is we'! v -1 s'.i Fy. 13 t ' I e fv-'J. A - ' s" 1 r --! V- 4 4