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MARSHALL, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1957
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Legislature To Get New
Proposals; Important To
Highway Safety
After reeeivinjf suggestions for
changes in the motor vehicle laws
of North Carolina from judges,
prosecutors, and law enforcement
officers throughout the state, the
Department of Motor Vehicles is
recommending to the General As
sembly the following changes in
the motor vehicle laws which it
feels are important to highway
safety and the operation of the
Department:
. JUeehanicnl Inspection Act.
With the great success and sup
port shown throughout North
Carolina for the Voluntary Safety
Check program, the Department
requests that a Mechanical In
spection Act lie adopted for the
state. The proposal would use
etate-licensed private garages as
inspection stations. Every motor
vehicle registered in North Caro
lina when operated on the high
way would have to display an ap
proval sticker evidencing that it
had passed an inspection during
the current year. The items that
would be inspected are: registra
tion, brakes, lights, horn, steer
ing mechanism, and winasnieia
wiper. Every firm or person dem
onstrating the aibility to perform
the mechanical inspection of mo
tor vehicles according to stan
dards established by the Commis
sioner wirtiin the requirements of
the equipment statutes would be
licensed as an inspection station
and this license would be renew
ed once'' each year. Inspection
stations would be authorized to
charge a fe of 75c for perform-
ng, an inapectionf and when the
moWrist would pay A fee of 25c
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JUDGE FELIX
ALLEY PASSES
LAST SUNDAY
Beloved Jurist Is Buried In
Haywood County On
Monday Afternoon
Judge Felix E. Alley, a Supe
rior Court jurist for 15 years and
one of the best-known figures in
Western North Carolina, died in
a Haywood County hospital Sun
rtny morning, January 6.
He was stricken in his home
Friday after a long period of de
clining health. He was 83 years
old.
Judge Alley was widely-known
as a political orator and had
written books as well as moun
tain ballads.
Judge Alley was well-known in
Madison County, having held
court here many times.
Funeral services were held Mon
day afternoon in the Waynesville
Methodist Church. Burial was in
the Green HiH Cemetery.
A. C. P. Initial Sign-Up To
Start Wednesday, January 16
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The County Agricultaral Con
servation Program for -the new
year (1957) will get underway on
Wednesday, JaivuWy 16, aoord
tag to Novile Hawkins, chairman
of the county ASC committee; The
county ACP 'for 1957 should be a
bigger and better program in ma
ny respects.. The chairman laid
that more farmers were expected
to take an active part ift the ACP
this year than usual on account of
some new practices and, the ' In
crease in the Gorermnent share of
the cost per . acre or unit ,T The
Government share of the cost on
lime to be used in performing' ap
proved practices this year will be
up 50 cents per ton while the Gov
ernment shsre n fertiliser wiU
be op 1 cent per ponnd of plant
food available fn the fertiliser.
binges BMomiheDrdied 1 'Es,
si 0. Eotor tfeiele Lao
To Speak In Asheville
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LANIEL BOONE
COUNCIL WILL
Dobson To Speak; Baley
On Executive
Board
W. A. Dobson, Regional Ex
"'utive of Atlanta, Ga., will be the
speaker at the thirty-sixth annual
meeting of the Daniel Boone
Council of the Boy Scouts which
Vill be held at the Battery Park
Hotel in Asheville on January 14,
at 6:30 p. m. Some 300 Scout
Leaders and their wives from -the
, fourteen counties , of the ccjuncil
j'are exipeeted to attend.
W. C. Hennessee of Sylva, coun
cil -president, will preside. Keys
will be presented to two leaders
!r completion of 3 years' train
ing and outstanding performance,
nnd an attendance cup awarded to
the district with the greatest at
tendance. Award of Silver Beav
ers to three Scouters with long
niorils of outstanding perform
in e will be made.
OTicers for lif7 will be in
stalled and new niemlx'rs of the
F.xeeutive Board introduced.
These include James M. Baley Jr.,
of Marshall, T. G. Ford of Ashe
ville, Bill Smith of Spruce Pine,
Walter Straus of Brevard and B.
K. Colkitt of Waynesville. Dis
trict chairmen who will take of
fiee are Andrew Gennett of As-he-
villo. Don Randolph of Canton
Kirk Newell of Hendersonville, C
A. Bales of Robbinsville, Rev. Roy
Rell of Svlva. Harrv lantz of
Spruce Pine and Dr. F.. O. Bryant
of Brevard. There will be a trib
ute to Scout Executive A. W. Al
len who will retire in May.
The annual report will show that
there are "almost five thousand
boys and leaders in the Scouting
iDroe-ram in the Dainel Boone
Council area.
There has also been an increase
in the Government's share of the
co?t on tile drainage and the
planting of trees. "The two new
practices to be carried in the
new program are building of farm
ponds for Irrigation purposes, and
forest improvement.
; The initial (first) sign up pe
riod whereby farmers may file
their request for cost-sharing on
practices , to be performed .during
the spring period will be from
January 16 through January, 31.
Mr. Hawkina said thai no approv
als could be granted by his com
mittee during this initial sign up
period but that , the., committee
would review all requests Immedi
ately after January 31 and notify
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LIONS TO MEET
IN CHARLOTTE
JANUARY 26
State Convention Will
Held In Asheville
In June
Be
Plans for the midwinter con
vention of Western North Caroli
na Lions Clubs in Charlotte on
January 26 were completed at the
winter quarterly meeting of the
District 31-A Lions Club cabinet
on Sunday, Jan. 6, in the home of
W. Miike Brown, Zone I, Chair
man, in Robbinsville.
Cabinet officers representing
35 Lions Clubs with some 1,500
members in 12 western mountain
counties also discussed plans for
the 1957 state Lions Club conven
tion to be held in Asheville June
9-11.
W. E. (Ed) Michael Jr., of
West Asheville, District 31-A
Governor, presided at the session
devoted to a review of progress
reports on blind aid programs on
the state, county and district lev
els. Three 'deputy district gov.ejino.rs
presenting reports included R.
W. Easley Jr., of Murphy, Region
I ; F. E. Shull of Canton, Begion
2; and Eugene M. Jones of Try
on, Region 3.
Activities j-eports were submit
ted by these five zone chairmen:
Joe U. Cruni of Cullowhee, Zone
2; A. Roland Leatherwood of
Clyde, Zone 3; ,G. Henry Ramsey
of West Ashepille, Zone 4; T.
Kendall O'Banvol Asheville, Zone
5; and 'EdwirtSp. Leland ofSaltl
da, Zone 6.
Others presenting reports were
Judge William A. Hart of Weav
erwille, WNC director of White
Cane drive; and Alan A. Taylor
of Hendersonville, member of the
state-wide pi-omotion commitee.
Nine past District 31-A Gover
nors now serving as internation
al counsellers participated in the
discussaons. They are Wesley W.
Brown and Hugh Monteith ot
Asiheville, Jennings A. Bryson of
Sylva, Herbert W- Sanders and
Roy A. Taylor pf Black Mountain,
Hieronymus Bueck of Murphy,
Robert R. Barnes of Candler, Al
ston B. Broom of Hendersonvillv
and Lawrence B. Leatherwood ot
Waynesville.
MERCHANTS MET
HERE TUESDAY
Nine members of the Marshall
Merchants Association met at the
City Hall Tuesday night with
Joe Eads, president, presiding.
Various reports were given and
problems concerning loss of busi
ness to Asheville, inadequate park
ing difficulties in Marshall, and
other immediate needs were dis
cussed.
It was also1 suggested that Gud
ger Street (Back Street) be a
"One Way Street'r with traffic en
tering from Upper Bridge Street.
This plan was suggested to help
alleviate traffic congestion and
also give trucks loading and un
loading a better opportunity to
approach business firms.
Other problems, such as Wed
nesday afternoon closing dates,
were discussed and it was decid
ed to "table" the matter until the
next meeting when it is , hoped
that most of the business firms
in Marshall will be represented
at the meeting.
Marshall OES
To Meet Monday
' The Marshall Eastern y Star
Chapter will hold a regular meet
ing Monday evening, January 13,
at T:30 o'clock in the Masonic
Temple. ' -A. : j ! K " f" ?....
' .Miss Ruth Guthrie, worthy ma
tron, will preside and all members
are invited. ' ,
LEAKE TO ATTEND
BETTER SCHOOLS
MEET ON JAN. 23
To Be Held At Carolina
Inn At Chapel Hill;
Meet Important
A. E. Leake, Madison County
Representative and member of the
"Committee of 100 for Better
Schools," plans to attend a meet
ing of the committee on Wednes
day, January 23 which will be
held at the Carolina Inn, Chapel
HilL
The purpose of the meeting
wil be to set up plans for the op
eration of the committee on a
state-wide basis. The basic im
mediate goal will be the imple
jnentatioji of the proposals of the
State Board of Education which
is the policy-making body for the
control and development of pub
lic education in North Carolina.
CIVITAN CLUB
MET TUESDAY
Mrs. O, A. Gi-egory was guest
speaker at the meeting of the
Marshall Civitan Club at the
Presbyterian Church Tuesday.
L Mrs. Gregory reviewed the Girl
Scout setup in Madison County
and the part the Bisgah Council
plays in the Scout Program. She
stressed the need forbore contri-
Kbutjpna so thJjiejghajars
ftjc'n continue in the' Council -Sta
stated that the county quota was
$1,200.00 and that January 15
was the "deadline" for railing this
needed amount. She spoke to the
clubs as "individuals" and not as
a group or organization and urg
ed them to think the situation
over and, if possible, contribute
in the next few days.
She was introduced by Dr. H.
E. Bolinger, president of the club.
The club also discussed briefly
the situation concerning the Mar
shall Boy Scouts.
Dr. Bolintfer g-ave a report of
the Hungarian Relief effort in
the county.
John Coi-bett gave a report on
the Civitan Club's Christmas cam
paign for clothes, food and toys
for several needy families.
Joe Huff and Arthur Ledford
were named program chairmen foi
the next meeting.
21 members and two visitor
were present. ,
J. B. REID FINDS
OUT ADVERISING IN
NEWS-RECORD PAYS
J. B.
Reid, of Marshall RFD 2
says, "lit really pays to advertise
in The News-Record." He made
the statement after "running" a
FVr Sale advertisement in the
paper,
"I had more replies than I
could handle and sold everything
that was advertised," he said.
Equalization Board
Will MetToHear
C o m p 1 a i n ts
The Madison County Equaliza
tion Board anounced this week
that it will sit in a body to hear
complaints at the courthouse from
10.00 a. m., to 4:30 p, m., at dif
ferent dates for different town
ships. ? The official schedule can
be found in an advertisement else
where in this issue."
BADGER IN BtDROQM
Payette, Idaho f- Mrs. George
found what she 1 thought was a
kitten .in her dowjnetairs bedroom
and called her hujsfcand. The an
imal intruder turned out' to be a
badger. The Whajrtons- still dont
know how it gou into the house.
MOUNTAIN AREA
AT THE TOP IN
HUNGARIAN AID
Western North Carolina and
Eastern Tennessee are leading the
nation in per cent of goal attain
ed in the current American Red
Cross campaign for Hungarian re
lief, according to Dr. Michael F
Keleher of Ashevile, chairman of
the Southeastern Area Advisory
Council, ARC.
Latest reports show that the
combined territory had 105 per
cent of goal. The 18 chapters in
Western North Carolina had rais
ed a total of $9,965, or 128 per
cent of their minimum combined
goal, Dr. Beleher said.
Only two of the 18 chapters had
not attained their individual goals
and they expect to do so within
the next few days, he added.
Madison Countv exceeded its
liiota in the campaign, it was an
nounced.
County's Girl Scout Fund
Quota Is Short; Funds Heeded
D. D. Gross Speaks
To Marshall PTA
On Last Tuesday
The Marshall Parent-Teacher
Association met last Tuesday af
ternoon in the Marshall school
cafeteria with Clyde M. Roberts,
president, presiding.
The Scripture, was read by Mrs.
1 .la B. Wild and Mrs. I). D.
Cross led ia nrayer.
ih. Marshall Baptist Church, Was
:h- guest speaker, using as his
sauject, "Parents and Family Life
Education."
Mrs. Harris' 4th grade won the
room representative award.
DOCTORS REPORT
PROGRESS WITH
HEART DISEASE
An interesting new form of
surgery, announced by two sure-eons
recently, constitutes a ma
jor advance in the effort to check
deaths from heart disease. The
two surgeons have succeeded in
boring clean arteries which are
stopped-up and which have caused
heart attacks.
Dr. Charles P. Bailey, of Phila
delphiia. and Dr. Angelo May, of
San Francisco, reported recently
to the American Society for
Study of Arterioschlerosi-s, that
the new method of cleaning out
arteries may be a beginning to
ward a new era of surgical pre
vention of heart attacks.
Other specialists in various
parts of the country are experi
menting with various methods of
cleaning out, or replacing clogged
arteries. Although most of the
work now is concentrated on seek
ing ways to prevent new attacks,
or to alleviate the danger from an
attack which has already occur
red, hope is held that a snceess
ful way may be found to clean
out the arteries in a preventative
way.
The latest announcement is en
couraging, and Is highly import
ant because of the great number
of deaths annually caused by
heart attacks. As with cancer;
no simple or easy way has yet
been found to prevent heart at
tacks, and if this development
leads to a successful preventative
treatment of heart attacks, this
recent announcement may be one
of the. most significant medical
reports hi recent times.
Many a man finds out there is
room at the top and : then aits
down and waits for the elevator.
J. Baley Sr. Passes;
Funeral Here Tomorrow
Passes Wednesday
James M. Baley Sr.
Five years ago when Madison
County became a part of the seven-county
Pisgah Girl Scout Coun
cil, it was agreed that we would
try to carry our financial respon
sibility as a member of the coun
cil, and if we could not do this,
further planning would be in or
der. In these five years, our
county has not yet met a yearly
quota. Two other counties have
also fallen short, but none so
short of its share as Madison.
Four of the seven counties sup
port the Gdrl Scout program
through local Umted runds, a
hffitfflison1'" Ccwmty Scout official
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stated (this week. J
The total budget of the Piagah
Girl 'Scout Council is $27,047.52.
This is an operating budget, and
each county is assigned its pro
portionate share based on pop
ulation, Girl Scout membership,
tax evaluation (from 1955 Insti
tute of Government, Chapel Hill,
N. C). and retail sales as compil
ed in 1955 Mercantile Sales Book
for the U. S. A.
Population of the seven coun
ties is as follows, tax evaluation,
retail sales, and share of budget
also shown:
Avery, population, 13,352; tax
evaluation, $6,403,786; retail sales,
$3,077,000; quota, $811.-13 (3'i).
Buncombe, pop., 124,403; tax
eval., $143,535,627; retail sales,
$111,825,000; quota, $16,228.5:.;
(60).
Haywood, pop., 37,631 ; tax
eval., $38,178,023; retail sales,
$24,033,000; quota, $4,5!8.10;
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Madison, pop., 20,522; tax eval.,
$11,293,730; retail sales, $5,681,
000; quota, Jl.217.15 (4M',; )
Mitchell, pop., 15,143; tax eval.,
$9,531,734; retail sales, $7,549,
000; quota, $1,217.15 (4Vfe).
Transylvania, pop., 15,194; tax
eval., $20,952,192; retail sales, $9,
472,000; quota, $1,893.34 (7).
Yancey, pop., 16,306; tax eval.,
$8,520,884; retail sales, $5,4 19,
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Patsy Ann Reeves
Named Sponsor At
Pre-Inaugural Ball
Miss Patsy Ann Reeves, of
Walnut has been selected by Rep
resentative A. E. Leake to serve
as Madison County's sponsor at
the Pre-Inaugural Ball to be held
in honor of Governor and Mrs.
Luther H. Hodges on Wednesday
evening, February 6, 1957, in Ra
leigh, N. C. This is -believed to
be the most important social event
wihich occur in North Carolina
and is held only once every four
year. . !;;i. Vjji : ':--"b
:. Miss Beeves Is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Fleet Beeves of
Walnut She is a recent graduate
of the Woman's College of the
(University of . North Carolina,
and is presently a teacher In t; e
.Winston - Salem public schools.
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Beloved Marshall Resident
A Lifelong Republican
Leader
James M. Baley Sr., of Mar
shall, father of U. S. District At
torney J. M. Baley Jr., and for
years a Madison County civic and
political leader, died at an Ashe
ville hospital Wednesday after
noon, January !, 1957, at 1:00
o'clock, aftt'i a brief illness. He
was HI.
A life-long Republican, Baley
before retiring in 1934 had served
one term as Madison County
sheriff, 16 years as chief deputy
U. S. Marshal at Greensboro, and
1 1 years in the same position at
Asheville.
He had been a member of the
State Republican F.xeeutive Com
mittee and chairman of the Mad
ison County Republican Executive
Committee.
He also had been a Madison
County deputy s-heriff and tax
collector.
A Master Mason for the past
CO years, Baley had been instru
mental in building the Masonic
Temple at Marshall. He served
as chairman of the building com
mittee.
Baley also was a past master of
Greensboro Masonic Lodge 76 and
the French Broad Lodge 292 of
Marshall, serving three terms.
He also was a former member
and past patron of Marshall Chap
ter 35, Order of the Eastern Star,
and was chairman of the board
of custodians of Pritchard Ceme
tery. Active in church affairs, he had
been chairman of the board of
deacons of the Marshall Baptist
Church and was a trustee of the
church and president of the Adu't
Mens Class of the church at t'lo
time of his vieath. '
Before his retrrvttKC
been a hardware merchant.
A native of Erwin, Tenn., he
was a son of Lewis B., and Sarah
Erwin Baley.
Surviving in addition to J. M..
Baley Jr., of Marshall, aw - a
daughter, Mrs. Evelyn Starnea of
Asheville; another son, WflUaim.
Baley of Asheville; and two.
grandchildren, James M. Baley
HII and Kathy Deane Baley of
Marshall.
Funeral services will be held in
Marshall Baptist Church Friday
at 2:30 p. m.
The Rev. D. D. Gross, the pas
tor, will officiate, assisted by Dr.
Hoyt Blackwell, president of Mars
Hill College.
Pallbearers will be Clyde M.
Rolx'i ts, Craig L. Rudisill Jr., Dr
A. M. Ramsey, E. C. Teague, Will
B. Ramsey, Ron Sprinkle, Landott
H. Roberts and Bert Starnes.
Honorary pallbearers will be
members of the board of deacon
and members of the WhitehwTSt
Bible Class of the Marshall Bap
tist Church.
Masonic graveside rites will be
held at the Pritchard Cemetery.
His body will remain at the
home of J. M. Baley Jr., until
time to be taken to the church to
lie in state 30 minutes prior te
the services.
Bowman-Rector Funeral Home
of Marshall is in charge of the ar
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Bake Sale Saturday
For Benefit Of Girl
Scout Campaign
. A Bake Sale will be held Satur
day morning at 10 oclock In the
lobby of the Bank of French
Broad and the Citiiens Bank for
the benefit of the Girl Scout pro
gram. Pies,- cakes and cookies
will be offered for sale. No cil e
mixes will be used in these g- ' '
and it is hoped the comm
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