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VOL. 55 NO. 37
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MARSHALL, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1956
PRICE: $2.50 A YEAR
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County VJeil Hcpresented On
T1 fl ftAllftiral
When--Coaches Don Henderson
and Bob Edwards met their '56
Lion squad at Mars Hill College
for the first time last week, they
found several Madison ' County
boys eager to make the varsity.
The coaches smiled approving
ly when they saw three stars from
Marshall and four stars from
Mars Hill.
Bobby Sprinkle, '54 graduate of
Marshall High School and smart
quarterback his four years there,
is expected to be a strong bidder
for his position with the Lions.
Joining Sprinkle from Marshall
will be two strong members of
the B6 Marshall team and Har
old Long, who now resides in
Marshall, but played at Hayes--vilfc
High School two years ago.
Quarterback Iluroid Baldwin, who
probably will switch to end, and
guard Law rnece Ponder engineer
ed the Marshall eleven through a
good year under Coach Painter
in '55.
Sammy Kee.se from Mars Hill
and co-capta:n of the 76 Hender
son eleven, will be joined by three
former teammates. Quarterback
Philip Merrill, guard Ronald Grif
fin and tackle Bruce Phillips, all
first string men on Coach Clyde
Peek's '55 Wildcats, are expected
to add considerable depth to the
Henderson men and to give other
squad membero a fight for a start
ing position on the Lion eleven.
The group will practice twice
daily until class work begins Mon
day", Sept. 17.
- Forest Service Roads
Closed dept. ip -:
A 'new gating policy on roads
inside of the Cooperative Waldlife
Management Areas in the North
Carolina National Forests was set
on May 16, 1956. In following
this new policy District Ranger
Ed Ellenburg announced that the
following' Forest Service roads iii
Madison County will be closed
from September 15, 1956 to May
1, 1957: Big Creek and Rich
Mountain, frfm the checking sta
tion to the State line.
Marsh Eeta
Officers Elected
At a merVnc of t' e M-irshall
High School Beta Club, held Tues
day, September I1, o'ficers for
the year were elected.
Jack Zink was elected president;
Patsy Edmonds, vice president;
Barbara Houston, secretary and
reporter; and Rocky Bowman,
treasurer.
Plans for the Western Distrcit
meeting, to be held at Mars Hill
College in October, were discussed.
Pender MoElroy, of -the Marshall
Club, is president of the Western
District and will preside at this
meeting." '
COUNTY CATTLE
TESTED FORM.,
BANGS DISEASE
According to' L. V. MoMahan,
assistant farm agent, , several hun
dred cattle have been tested in
Madison County . for Brucellosis,
or what is commonly known as
Bangs, disease, and T. B. These
cattle have been checked over
wide .area of the county and, ac
cording to Dr. L. M. Becton, thert
has not been a single case of
Bangs V TV B. reported. c In com
munities which have not been
checked, Dft- Beeton expects - to
have a licensed reterinarlan pend
f,p . a few day there In thr near fu
ture., .'..'j,,, j ; u ,
t : ?We, la Madison County, are
. very proud of the record that we
4 have. We would like to hare the
i consolation of knowing that all cf
. ' ; our cetUe -art free of iltemt
''which rftsy be tw-.Tltted to li--jam
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POST OFFICE
HERE NOW IIAS
THE "NEW LOOK"
Ray Frisby, Marshall postmas
ter, being a stickler for neatness
and also wanting to make the
post office a more attnactive
place, hag made several improve
ments. ' He had the front window re
painted and also the mail box on
the sidewalk. Not satisfied with
these improvements, he decided to
move the tables which were in the
center of the lobby to one side,
naking the lobby appear much
. arger. In fact, Mr. Frisby and
i staff decided to give ihe en
. ri- post office a new appearance
rearranging tables and dif
rtni things in the "working.
lart."'
Much to the delight of the pa
Irons, new electric lights have
now been installed over the box
es, making it much easier and
more convenient to read the num
bers and to open the boxes.
To further make the post office
a more modern and up-to-date
place, the young and energetic
postmaster this week replaced the
old, scratchy pens on the lobby
tables with ball-point pens.
Many people have noticed the
vast improvements at the post of
fice and wonder Just what Mr,
Frisby will think of next.
SiiVEP
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APPLICATION
The Skyline-A Conference, en
compassing 14 Class A high
schools from Glen Alpine to Hot
Springs, Monday night shelved an
application for membership from
the North Carolina School for the
Deaf until the school sends a rep
resentative to the conference to
veri.y its eligibility requirements.
The matter will be taken up at
f'rst meeting attended by
NCSD officials.
T:it- conference, meeting at The
1 wu Mart on Battery Park
i(.. also voted to use game of
ficials, from the Western North
- a olina Officials Assn., which is
:i. filiated with the state organiza
tion. Joe Eblen, regional direc
tor, represented the association.
Schools represented were Mar
shall, Bakersville, Clyde, Mars
Hill, Crossnore, Old Fort, Glen
Alpine, Hot Springs, Walnut,
Spruce Pine and Tryon. Not rep
resented were Leicester, Biltmore
and Drexel.
Baggage Left At
Bus Station Here;
Owner Unknown
Two pieces of baggage a
box and suitcase were left
at the Rock Cafe, which is also
the bus station, the first part of
May. They are still at the bus
station. According to Mrs. Page
Brigman, a' woman and daughter
came in the bus station early in
May and the woman bought a
ticket to Chattanoogaf Teitn. The
lady 'requested that the baggage
be checked and was told -that she
eould get the driver of the bus to
look fter lt
The lady and child boarded' the
bos, perhaps thinking the driver
wouM, check the baggage. ' The
driver, no 'doabt, knew nothing
about the baggage. At any 'rate,
the baggage was left at the Rock
.Cafev't iliArj-jl.i mtVt
The pecniiar thing ia that there
have been bo inquire concerning
the box r and suitcase and Mrs.
rrigTBan does not knopr whe the
ewBer' i..;Av"7. s. .
The ownex, ef the suitcase and
box my have same by k3rt:.V"J
incij--.ta!'y, Ifrs. r.-' n
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PEEK NAMED
EMPLOYMENT
OFFICER D. A. V.
Disabled American Veterans
Chapter Now Seeking
New Members
Marshall Chapter 42, Disabled
American Veterans Organization,
met recently and elected the fol
lowing officers :
Commander, Don West; Senior
Vice Commander, Grover Ponder;
Junior Vice Commander, Albert
Rector; Adjutant and Treasurer,
John Ward.
W. W. Peek was appointed Em
ployment Officer for D.A.V. in
Madison County. Any disabled vet
eran seeking employment is ask
ed to contact Mr. Peek.
The local Chapter, which is af
filiated with the State Organiza
tion, will hold meetings at the Le
gion Building on the first Mon
day of each month at 7:30 o'clock,
it was stated.
Officers of the Chapter are
now stressing more membership
for the organization and all those
qualified and interested in join
ing the Chapter are asked to at
tend the meeting on October 1.
Polling Places
Are Changed In
Two Townships
Formal notice is published in
this issue announcing two chang
es in polling places in Madison
County. The changes were made
in a meeting of the board of elec
tions on Tuesday, September 11,
1966.
' Township No. 8: From Cody's
store TetertourTTCory al
lin.' concrete .block building, for
merly: a dairy barn.
- Township 8, Ward 2, from Ba
nie Lusk's store building to base
ment of Caldwell's store.
. The notice of changes were sign
ed by members of the board elec
tions, F. E. Freeman, chairman;
S. B. Huff, secretary, and William
V. Farmer, member.
WMMS Opening
Is Delayed;
Tests Started
WMMH, the radio voice of Mad
ison County, is now on the air
from 12:00 to 2:00 o'clock each
afurnnon testing: but the official
start of regular broadcasting has
been delayed airain due to tech
nicalities. Jimmy Childress, supervisor,
stated this week that in all prob
ability the new station would be
arin reg-ular broadcasting sometime
next week.
"Listen for the opening date on
your radio by setting your dial
at 1400," Mr. Childress said.
The School of Nursing is one of
the units in the Division of
Health Affairs of the University
of North Carolina located at Chap
el Hill.
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GOV.IIODGESTO
SPEAK AT GROVE
PARK BANQUET
Madison County Is To Be
Represented; Brochure
To Be Presented '
Governor Hodges will be the
principal speaker at a , banquet
to be held at the Grove Park in
Asheville Thursday night. The
occasion, sponsored by the North
Carolina Motor Carriers Associa
tion, is the first time in the United
States that an analysis has been
made of the utilization of highway
transportation within a market
area.
The purpose of the dinner will
be to present to the outstanding
leaders of western North Caroli
na an impressive brochure. Coun
ties to be represented include
Madison, Avery,. Bunmbe, Clay,
Cherokee, Graham "Haywood, Hen
derson, Palk, Jackson, McDowell,
Transylvania, Macon, Watauga,
Swain, Mitchell and Yancey.
Those receiving invitations anu
who have accepted the honor from
Madison County include A. E.
Leake, attorney of Marshall and
James I. Story, editor of The
News-Record and Vice President
of the N. C. Press Association.
WHEAT ACREAGE
SIGN UP PERIOD
ENDS SEPT. 21
Madison County wheat growers
began signing contracts this week
to place their wheat quotas in the
ASC, Committee. .The Acreage
Re sejrvo program- for 1967 is be
ginning now for wheat-onJy be
cause wheat ie the only one of the
eligible 1957 . crops that wilt bi
planted prior to the new year.
The Soil Bank program, espe
cially the Acreage Reserve phase,
was designed to help farmers re
duce price depressing surpluses of
the various basic commodities. Ac
cording to Mr. Hawkins, -the sur
plus of wheat throughout the na
tion presents a greater problem
than any of the other crops. The
sign up of 1957' contracts for
wheat began on Sept. 4 and ends
on Sept. 21. Contracts are avail
able at the ASC office in Mar
shall and farmers who desire t
participate are urged to visit this
office and sign their contracts on
r prior to Friday, September 21
The County ASC Chairman ex
plained that to be eligible for par
ticipation in the 1957 wheat pro
gram a farmer must reduce his
wheat acreage below his farm al
lotment, and he must also plant
within all other 1957 acreage al
lotments on the farm, as well a?
the corn base acreage in commer
cial corn counties, Hawkins ex
plained. Farmers who sign contracts,
and who do not harvest any crop
or do any grazing on the desig
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1867 Acreage TSeMrve program,
ChaWan.:oirAel&
AMENDMENTS
PASS IN COUNTY
The voters of Madison County
turned out in larger numbers than
were anticipated last Saturday
to vote on the Special Session
School Amendment and the three
other amendments.
The official tabulations can
vassed Tuesday at the courthouse
revealed the following Madison
County results:
Special Session School Amend
ments (Pearsall Plan): For, 4,130;
Against, 289.
Amendment No.
2,922; Against, 414.
One: For,
Amendment No. Two: For,
2,700; Against, 470.
Amendment No. Three
2,301; Against, 896.
For,
PLANS AND COSTS
DBCUSSEDFOR
POULTRY PLANT
A committee of business and
professional men from Marshall
met with an official from North
Wilkesboro Wednesday at the
RE A Building here and further
discussed the possibilities of a
poultry processing plant for
Madison County. Plans and costs
were discussed and negotiations
started which will be followed up
with future meetings.
Members of the committee
present were C. E. Mashburn,
V. M. Robinson, Knox Brigman,
E. 0. Teague, John Corbett and
Harry Silver.
COST SHARING
tlM7D CAII
ANKLffiEACP
Cost-sharing for conservation
of soil, water, forest and wildlife
available under the Conservation
Reserve of the Soil Bank iff sim
ilar to the cost-sharing provided
bv the Agricultural Conservation
Program, ASC County Office
Manager Ralph W. Ramsey said
today. Both programs are admin
istered by Agricultural Stabiliza
tion and Conservation State and
County Committees.
"Practices for which cost-sharing
is available under the Conser
vation Reserve include vegetative
cover, planting trees, constructing
dams, pits or ponds for storage
of water. In carrying out these
practices, farmers are encouraged
to use material or methods which
will also benefit wildlife where
the conservation benefits are oth
erwise equal."
Cost-sharing for conservation
practices has been offered to
farmers and ranchers for the past
several years through the AGP.
Practices in the ACP include ma
ny additional conservation meas
ures particularly adapted to local
problems not included in the Con
servation Reserve, Ramsey said.
"The cost-share rate for prac-
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North Carolina
Leading Farm
ANNUAL WHITE
CANE DRIVE TO
START SEPT. 23
The 1966 White Cane Drive in
Madison County scheduled from
Sept. 23 to Oct. 3 will be in
charge of a project chairman of
the Marshall Lions Club.
Club members will conduct com
munity sales of lapel .tabs and so
licitation of memberships in the
N. C. State Association for the
Blind.
Marshall club will join in drive
efforts with 34 other clubs with
some 1,600 members in District
31-A comprising 12 WNC coun
ties. A non-profit organization, the
State Blind Association works in
cooperation with the State Blind
Commission in assisting the blind
and visually handicapped all over
the State.
"Safety, Security and Self Sup
port for North Carolina's Blind"
is White Cane Drive's objective,
with all funds derived being used
directly or indirectly for blind aid
programs. There is no paid staff.
State Blind Association fills in
the gap between services render
ed by Lions Clubs and the State
Blind Commission, making a total
program unequalled in the United
States.
Association funds are used for
many purposes. Radios for blind
persons and equipment for blind
stand operators are purchased.
Eye surgery is provided when oth
er funds ere not available.
'ssociatieit sponsora: education-
IsT programs ion Prevention of
Diinanes. ana. pre-scnool insti
tutes for mothers of blind 'chil
dren. Other" projects financed are:
transportation charges on all talk
ing book machines used by the
blind, White Cane walking sticks
for all blind, glasses, artificial
eyes, clothing, hearnig aids, den
tal services and hospitalization.
Automobiles To Be
Sold At Jail At
Noon Saturday
The five automobiles advertised
for public auction will be sold on
Saturday at 12:00 o'clock noon,
Sheriff E. Y. Ponder announced
this week.
They include a 1941 Oldsmobile
coupe, 1942 Chevrolet sedan, 1934
Ford Tudor, 1940 Plymouth coupe
and 1947 4-door Buick.
Marshall Battles Spruce Pine;
are Hill Takes0n Old Fort;
Andl'Jalnut facets lot Spring
The football schedule for this
week-end gives the fans plenty
of action.
Tonight (Thursday) the Wal
nut eleven will meet the Hot
Springs Blue Devils oa the Island
at eight o'clock. Walnut suffered
its second defeat of the season
last week, losing 88-0 to Marshall.
Hot Springs . upset the Leicester
team, 12-7, The game stacks up
to be a close -contest.
Spruce Pine play Marshall
Friday night on the Island. 1 Mar
shall will be seeking its third
straight wia of the season '' Last
season, Spruce Pine defeated the
Tornadoes : 21-0 and : the locals
will be sfter revenge. Kickoff is
scheduled for eight o'clock, ' . ; J
i Mars HilL after losing to Clyde
last week, 19-0, will be on t!.e
rebound and hopes to up nd C
rort at CM ; Fort IV i' '
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Lenders In '55
Greater Emphasis Is Placed
On Intermediate-Term
Loans During Year
North Carolina farmers met
their credit needs during 1965,
chiefly through loans from their
local banks, according to Miss Mae
Fleming, Assistant Cashier of the
Citizens Bank, who represents the
North Carolina Bankers Associ
ation as Madison County Key
Banker. During the year, the
state's banks provided for more
financial aid to farmers than any
other leading agency, he pointed
out.
Using figures from the fifteenth
annual farm lending survey of
the Agricultural Commission of
the American Bankers Associa
tion, Miss Fleming noted that on
January 1, 1956, North Carolina
banks had loans outstanding to
farmers totaling $67,412,000 in
cluding both production and mort
gage credit. This compares with
$26,612,000 held by insurance
companies, second largest lender
to North Carolina farmers; $25,
803,000 held by Federal Land
Banks; $11,082,000 by Production
Credit Associations, and $24,955,
000 by the Farmers Home Admin
istration. The total of farm credit out
standing in banks was made up of
$31,404,000 in production loans
and $36,008,000 in farm mortgag
es. In addition, banks in North
Carolina held $4,849,000 in COC
paper not included in the above
total.
"The efforts of the state's banks
to meet the increased needs for
intermediate-term (one to five or
more years) loans are reflected in
the figures for Voth real estate
and producthm' loans' outstand
in? Miss Fleming said. It, is
estimated thai about three-fottfhs
of the farm real 'estate Joans are '
for purposes normally associated
with intermediate-length loans.
This would include irach "projects
as the purchase of new machinery,
improvement of livestock herds,
etc. Beyond that, a substantial
portion of the production loans in
banks at the beginning of 1956
carried a repayment period of
longer than one year."
Miss Fleming gave several
reasons for the increasing im
portance o f intermediate-term
credit in financing North Caro
lina farmers. "First," she said,
"farmers haven't had as much in
come to repay their obligations
during recent years as they had
during the war and early post
war years. Second, farm capital
requirements have increased to a
very high level. Finally, chang
ing hbits of farmers' customers
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Bruce K. Murray
Gets Appointment,
As Area Chairman
Bruce K. Murray of French
Broad Chevrolet Co,' Ine, In' Mar
shall, has ' been appointed Area
Chairman for Madison County, ac
cording to John M. Tiller of Dur
ham. President of the North Car
olina Automobile Dealers Associ :
stion, .who made the appointment.
As Area Chairman for ITa Jlson,'
County, Bruce K. Murray v "1 bo
the Kaison between the g ' i and
national dealers assoc.; " - ni
local dealers. He w ::i r , .t
the two associations' t
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