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MARSHALL, N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1957
PRICE: $2.50 A YEAR
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Three County Towns Are
Set For Elections May 7
Hot Springs Is Only Town
With Contest; Two
Others Unopposed
The deadline for filing for
mayor and aldermen has passed
in Marshall, Mara Hill and Hot
Springs and the stage is now set
for municipal elections in the 3
county towns on Tuesday, May 7,
1957.
Following is the lineup for town
officials to be elected May 7:
Marshall: For Mayor Clar
ence Nix (unopposed); Board of
Aldermen: J. C. Dodson, Liston
B. Ramsey, John K. Ward Jr. (un
opposed).) -Mars Hill: For Mayor John
O. Tilson (unopposed); for Board
of Aldermen: R. Bruce Sams,
Paul Tugman, Arthur Wood (un
opposed). Hot Springs: For Mayor Joe
R. Henderson and . Peter Feldt
mose; for Board of Aldermen:
Aubrey Ramsey, Charles Schaf
fer, E. B. Sumerel, Homer W.
Foster, Lee Fowler, and Burnett
Moore. Three aldermen are to
be chosen from the above six.
Farmers Urged
To Be On Lookout
For Bloat In Animals
Th abundant supply of water
in the soil will probably mean the
Jpid tender growth of pasture
nts, especially clover. With
is situation farmers should be
the lookout for bloat, A feed
rack' containing shucks or rough
,. 'hay in the pasture would be a
very valuable asset in preventing
bloat. Cattle should not be turn
ed on a rank growth of legumes
when they are very hungry as
bloat is almost sure to occur with
some of the animals. A supply
of loose salt should be kept before
the animals at all times. St is
highly suggested that a farmer
with lush legume pastures checks
with the veterinarian for control
measures before they have bloat
ing trouble. If this has not been
dbne, the following sifegeertions
will aid in treating animals which
are bloated.
1. Get the bloated animals off
pasture.
2. Keep animals on their feet
and ' moving.
3. Put a stick or rope in the
bloated animal's mouth to induce
jaw movements and belching.
4. Drench with Mt cup of kero
sene in a pint of warm milk.
6. Use a knife or trocar as a
last resort to save the animal.
6. The point of the knife or tro
car should be stuck in above the
left flaa k just forward of the hip
bone 'where the bloating ia great
est,' and angle in the direction of
the Tight shoulder point.
Dairy farmers taking advan
tage- of early alfalfa growth for
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: DONORS FOR
: RURAL FIRE
PR OTECTION
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Donors contributing to the plan
for rural fire protection during
the past week Included:
Sorensen Bentwood ' Corp
Sal Edmonds , ,
15.00
. 5.00
Sprinkle-Shelton
20.00
Jimmy Sprinkle
10.00
Borneo - Ferguson
5.00
John Freeman
Ell Smith
.5.00
.2.00
10.00
10.00
,5.00
.10.00
Sfley Sector
fMrs. W. O Rector
Von West
Charles Davis
Edwards. Ckaaera:...i 10.00
Wood row Randall 10.00
: Mrs. R. R; Ramsey L. 25.00
, Total contributions ' to date
$313.00. . - ', -
HOT SPRINGS
LIONS PLAN
CHARTER WIGHT
R.-pvesentaiivr-s of 35 Lions
Clubs in District 31-A have lieen
invited to participate in the Char
ter Night program for the newly-organized
Hot Springs l.ions
Club to be held there, Friday
uiKh.1, April 26.
Among the WNC Lions Club
officials invited to attend are F.
E. Shull of Canton, deputy dis
trict governor of Region 2, and 0
Henry Ramsey of West Asheville,
chairman for Zone 4, which in
cludes the Candler, Erwin Dis
trict, Marshall, Weaverville, West
Asheville and Woodfin clubs.
The Marshall Lions Club is
sponsoring the Hot Springs Club,
the 36th club to be organized in
District 31-A which comprises
some 1,600 members in 12 western
mountain counties.
Lions Club officials assisting in
the new club's organization in
cluded: District 31-A Governor
W. E. (Ed) Michael Jr., of West
Asheville; Norman Trueblood of
Elizabeth City, state eecretary
treasurer; Robert R. Barnes of
Candler, international counsellor;
G. Henry Ramsey of West Ashe
ville, Zone 4 chairman; and
George Shupe, president of the
Marshall club.
" District Sl-A Lions Club cabi
net officers planning to attend
are Shelby E. Horton Jr., of West
Asheville, secretary - treaeur
er; Judge William A. Hart of
Weaverville, WNC director of
White Cane drive; Robert S.
Matthews Jr., of West Asheville,
director of public relations.
International counsellors ex
pected to participate include Wes
ley W. Brown and Hugh Monteith
of Asheville, Jennings A. Bryson
of Sylva, Herbert W. Sanders and
Roy A. Taylor of Black Mountain,
Alston B. Broom of Henderson-
ville, Hieronymus Bueck of Mur
phy and Lawrence B. Leather
wood of Waynesville.
CARROT CHOKES BABY
Dallas, Texas Little Tanya
Farmer, 1 year old, choked to
death on a piece of raw carrot.
Her mother and grandmother
watched helplessly.
Annual tX)U eetiog
To Be Cleld Wednesday
American Legion
District Meet To
Be Held Friday
Canton, April 23 The an
nual district conference of the
80th District of the American Le
gion will be held at the West
Aeheville American Legion Home,
iFriday, April 26 at 8 p. m.
Major business to confront
members at this time will be the
nomination of a district command
er, a district vke-commander plus
the nomination of a delegate and
alternate to the National f Legion
Convmtkm..V'' v.?4$y!T
'Too district commander, vice-
commander and delegate and al
ternate nominated at the district
meeting will be elected during the
Department convention. .Both the
commander . and J vice-command er
elected will serve one-year terms.
' . Since important business Is
acLedaled to confront SOth i Dis
trict members, all poets ' in ' theS
district are urged to have as many
representatives abtend as possible.
R.G. FRANKLIN
NEW PRESIDENT
OF LIONS CLUB
Election Was Held Monday;
Other Officers Are
Announced
The Marshall l.ions Club met
Monday night at the Rock Cafe
here and elected officers for the
ensuing year.
Pn addition to the election, the
club had as its speaker Mrs. An
na Fox, of the Madison County
Health Department, who spoke on
Public Health and also showed a
film which was enjoyed.
The Lions also vuted to coop
erate with the Safety Check Lane
which will be used ,here in May.
The club also ordered 250 "Slow
Down and Live" bumper strips
in cooperation with the Safety
Program and a committee was ap
pointed to work with John Cor
beitt, coordinator, and other offi
cials. The committee consists of
Page Brigman, Earl Robinson,
Walter Ramsey, O. A. Gregory
and Ernest Sawyer.
Final plans were made for the
Hot Springs Charter Night which
will be held at Hot Springs Fri
day. Officers elected for the ensu
ing year to head the Marsahll
club are as follows:
President, R. G. Franklin; 1st
vice president, Earl Robinson; 2nd
vice president, J. Frank Fisher;
3rd vice president, H. E. Bolin-
ger; secretary-treasurer, L. A.
Zimmerman; assistant secretary
treasurer, Roy Reeves; Tail Twist,
er, Vernon Runnion; assistant
Tail Twister, W. W. Peek; Lion
Tamer, Bernard Brigafaa.
The board of director are ,0.
A. Gregory, Bill Zink, A. E. Leake
and Jim Story.
17 members and three visitors
were present at the meeting.
Fertilizer Is '
Important On
Madison Farms
Penny wise and pound foolish
is an old English adage which is
especially true in regard to the
use of fertilizer according to Al
bert Freeman of Madison County.
We have many well fed crops but
skimping on fertilizer is still a
problem with many farms. Fer
tilizer has increased in price less
than most any other item that
farmers have to purchase in re
cent years. Yet we have many
cases where an additional invest
ment in fertilizer would bring a
-handsome return.
"The Field Is The World"
Is Theme; Miss Tyler
Principal Speaker
The Woman's Missionary Union
of the French Broad Association
I will hold its annual meeting on
Wednesday, May 1, at 10:00
o'clock a. with the Paint Fork
church, of which the Rev. Eddie
McPeters is pastor, and Mrs. Paul
Moxley Is WJI.S. President.
- The object of the Woman's
Missionary Union Is to emulate
tfie spirit of our. Lord and Savior
Jesus- Christ; f to ,promote Chris
tian missions and stimulate ;. the
grace of giving mdee among1 wom
en and. ..young people. : : v, lxil
This year, Woman's Missionary
Union launched the "Aims of Ad
vancement" to replace the Stand
ard of Excellence. The plan of
Aim for ' Advancement focuses
on tlfe supremo privilege of par
ticipation in missions and points ;
toward greater endeavor resulting
from amcere inward response.
The theme for the program is
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Social Service
Conference To Be
Held April 28 30
Raleigh, Apr. 17 The N. C.
Conference for Social Service will
mark its 45th anniversary when
it meets in Asheville April 28-30,
according to an announcement of
program features today by R. Eu
gene Brown, Raleigh, president of
the conference.
A feature of the three-day meet
ing will be a period honoring two
of the founders of the organiza
tion: Dr. Clarence Poe of Raleigh,
the first president, and Dr. W. S.
Rankin of Charlotte, the first secretary-treasurer.
The speaker for the opening
session Sunday night, April 28,
will be the Rt. Rev. M. George
Henry, D. D., Bishop of the Di
ocese of Western North Carolina
of the Episcopal Church.
'Medical Care in the United
States" will be the subject of the
first general session on the morn
ing of the second day. The speak
er scheduled is Dr. Beatty H.
Dimit of Indiana, Pennsylvania,
chairman of the Interim Health
Committee of the National Grancp
and a member of the Advisory
Committee of the Rural Health
Council of the American Medical
Society.
Sectional meetings running con
currently until noon Monday and
sponsored by the four standing
committees of the conference will
discuss areas, with which these
committees have been working
during .the past year. Subjects
include: "Implementing the Bill
of Rights for North Carolina's
Senior Citizens," "Psychological
Examinations .for Pre - School
Children,o'Special Education As
A Means of Delinquency Preven-
tion.SM fNouth Carolina Views
CShmfcmess?P' r "
The conference business meeting
is scheduled Cor the afternoon of
the second dav. "Medical Care
In North Carolina" will be stress
ed the closing morning.
FINAL POLIO
WARNING
The United States Public Health
Service urges all adults, under
age of 35, or even 40, to get at
.least one Salk polio shot as pro
tection against the paralytic form
of poliomyelitis.
Too many Americans, the Pub
lic Health Service says, have con
cluded that the Salk polio vaccine
is for children only and have
failed to take advantage of the
new serum. Yet the disease
strikes many under the age of
35, and even up to 40 years old,
and one or two shots it takes
eight months to get the three
shots will provide worthwhile
protection.
Therefore, as a last warning,
we urged all those under the age
of 40 to consider getting at least
one ' Salk innoculation, and pref
erably two. The National Foun
dation for Infantile Paralysis
thinks that if adults under 40
would do this, the nation could)
probably experience a summer
without a serious polio epidemic
for the first time In its history.
Garden Club
To Hold Plant
Sale Here Saturday '
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The. Marshall Garden Club will
hold a plant sale in. front of Pen
land and Dorn Department Stoic
in Marshall' on April 87, at 16
o'clock' a. m. -: Among the plant
varieties to be offered for ' sale
will be phlox, verbena, sweet wil
iiam, lilies, chrysanthemums, iris,
primroses, pinks, wallflowers and
coreopsis. " . v ;- vVV 'v vv-" '?,;'"
; These. will be healthy plants, all'
of which may be successfully
transplanted at t'.'s time of year.
Proceeds" "from the , sale ; of
plants will be end oy the Gar
den Club in i 1 in leaping pro
jects at V " son County
Courthouse e- ' '." ; "arshall High
SvhooL-'t
SHC WORKER
KILLED BY AUTO
FRIDAY NIGHT
Rites For Lankford Thomas,
52, Held Tuesday;
Driver Held
Lankford Thomas, 52, of Mar
shall RFD 3, was instantly killed
about 8:45 o'clock Friday night,
April 19, 1957, when he was struck
by an automobile driven by Jess
Willard Satterfield, 40, of Foun
tain City, Tenn.
Thomas had worked for the
State Highway Commission for
the past 15 to 20 years.
His death was the first in Mad
ison County in a traffic accident
this year.
Patrolman C. H. Long and Sher.
iff E. Y. Ponder, who investigated
the accident, stated that Thomas
was walking across the highway
to Jack Guthrie's filling station
about 4 miles north of Marshall
when he was hit.
Saitterfield was freed from cus
tody Saturday after he posted a
$3,000 bond. He was bound over
to Madison superior court's May
27 term on a manslaughter charge.
Funeral services for Thomas
were held at two o'clock Monday
at the Walnut Free Will Baptist
Church, of which Mr. Thomas
was a deacon. The Revs. R. H.
Ballard and J. B. Brigman offi
ciated and burial was in the Wal
nut Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Carl Ramsey,
Billie Guthrie, R. J. and Lewis
Plemmons, Jack Smith and Eu
gene Thomas.
Thomas is survived by the wid
ow, Mrs. Vonnie Lee Thomas;
2 sons, Herbert and Eddy of the
lomej five brothers, Hampton of
Newport News, Va., Cletua, Will
and Robert, all of Walnut, and
O. J., of Asheville; four -sisters,
Mrs. Hattie Walton of Walnut,
Mrs. Cecil Rice of Robbinsville,
Mrs. Marcus Baker of Asheville
and Mrs. Ada Blackburn of Wash
ington, D. C.
Bowman-Rector Funeral Home
was in charge of arrangements
Green Leaves
To Greenbacks v
Green leaves can be turned in
to greenbacks, according to Jeff
Whitt of Madison County. He has
reference to corn silage and im
proved pasture which he puts
through his dairy cows. Mr. Whitt
has been dairying the past twelve
years and is well satisfied with
the results he has obtained. A
good feed program is a must in
dairying.
Gym Bond EleetionlAt
tJot Springs On June 29
BLOWS INJURE
MADISON MEN
J. P. Ray, 85, and Teete Nor
ton, 26. both of Marshall RFD 4,
were critically injured when a
aaulted with an angle iron Sunday
about 4 p. pL, in the Gnntertown
section, Sheriff E. X Ponder of
Madison County said this week.
Stay and Norton suffered frac
tured skulls and brain , injuries
when struck by the piece of Iron
allegedly wielded by Jeter Buckner,
2Yf Marshall, as an aftermath
of an argument .among the three
men. ,' - J , ' '
' llay, a patient at a Greeneville,
Tenn, hoepitaL and ' Norton, a
patient at an Asheville hospital,
were both listed in a critical con
dition Monday night . -
Suckner was being held Mon
day night without bond ia the
Madison- County jail here on a
charge of assault with a dcsTy'
weaopn pending the outcome i
the conditions' of the two re a.
Approved Rate
Be Discussed;
Marshall High
Selects 1957
Honor Students
Marshall High School has nam
ed honor students for the 195(5
57 scholastic term.
Iva Jeanette Wild, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Wade Wild of Mar
shall RFD 4, is valedictorian.
Salutatorian is Linda Gail Greene,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne
Greene of Marshall RFD 2.
Third and fourth place winners
were Mary Madeline Ramsey,
Ramsey of Marshall, Mrs. Retha
Ward of Marshall, and Willard
James Norton, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Wood row Norton of Mar
shall RFD 2 was fifth place win
ner. Walnut High
Names Annual
Honor Students
Honor Students of the 1957
graduating class of Walnut High
School have been named by L. A.
Zimmerman, principal.
Mies Judie Henderson, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Hen
derson, has been named valedicto
rian and Rollan Bullman, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Bullman, is
salutatorian.
Third place honors go to Miss
Lucille Bullman, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Porter Bullman. Her
average ie 93.82.
Marshals for commencement.
chosen for their scholastic abili
ty., have, also been .named, ... They
are Charles Buckner, Lucy Hel
ton and Christine Bullman, jun
iors; Janice Ledford, Othella Mae
Rice and Judy Ramsey, sopho
mores; Eldridge Leake, Aileen
Burnette and Nancy Stackhouse,
freshmen.
Scout Thomas Huff
Gets Merit Badge
The Scout Council of Mars
Hill's Troop 1 met recently to ex
amine Thomas Huff, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Richard Huff of Mars
Hill for the cooking merit badge.
The council also voted to renew
the charter for the organization
and elected Don Henderson, of the
Mars Hill College Athletic -Depart
ment, Assistant Scoutmaster.
The council is composed of Ed
ward Smith, chairman; James
Cox, Oliver English. Bruce Sams.
Bruce Murray. Robert L. Holt
and Joe Hernandez, Scoutmaster.
Construction To Begin Soon
If Issue Approved;
Plane Made
Superintendent W. W. Peek
announced this week that tech
nicalities concerning the Hot
Gpgjktgs School District special
election en the proposition of is?
suing bonds in . Che amount . of
136,000.00 to be used for a gym
nasium at Hot Springs had been
cleared up. He stated that legal
notices concerning " the - election
would be published in the next is
sue of The News-Record to call
the r election for Saturday, June
29, 1957..' ' '..: 5V4V!
. funds derived from tie sale of
these bonds,' if authorized, will be
osed to lurplement ' state and
county funds to build a modern
gymnasium a tthe not frins
SchooL
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ing htve Ire -i ( " ! r '
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Reduction To
Price To Speak
Registration At 10:00 A.M.;
Capacity Crowd Is
Expected
The members of the French
Broad Electric Membership Cor
poration will meet again at the
Marshall High School Gymnasium
this Saturday for the purpose of
transacting the business of the
Cooperative and to mix and min
mm-
gle with their neighbors,
meeting Saturday will be the
ninth anniversary of the Co
operative which has constantly
grown in membership in four
western North Carolina counties
and three Eastern Tennessee coun
ties. They are Madison, Bun
combe, Yancey and Mitchell in
North Carolina, and Greene, Uni
coi and Cocke in Tennessee.
At this meeting the members
will have an opportunity to hear
ouft 4f itho " OiitBtawdiag ejuakus
m aaw stitf, GimiynB Piiin, Chair-maa-Wr"ft-Rural
.. Eleuti if imtion
Authority. Clyde M. Roberts,
Marshall attorney, will act as
master of ceremonies and special
music has been arranged.
Announcement and explanation
will e made of a rate reduction
affecting the residential and small
commercial consumers of the Co
operataveat the meeting. This
rate .reduction will mean a .saving
to the Co-oV members of approxi
mately $100,000.00 per year. In
the past thereV havtf been five dif
ferent rate schedules for the five
classifications
These classes o:
consumption.
naumption have
been combined
n-thei-jrill..
now be one
schedule
for all
schedule
on
commercial
commercial
estsb!
and
schedule
for those homes
that
hot
install-
ed an Approved
eater
wired' in in accordance
rules and specifications.
the
The business to be transacted
at the meeting will include pre
sentation of the financial and op- rf
erating reports for the year 1956
and the election of the board of
directors. Present directors are
as follows:
Madison County: M. J. Ball,
president; E. C. Teague, vice
president; J. H. Sprinkle, trees-, . , -
urer; W. S. WilUsr-HSiincombe J
County; O. H. Tilson, secretary; 1
Yancey County: C. L. Proffitt,
M. D. Bailey, Paul Higgins; Mit
chell County: J. C. Burleson, El
mer Buchanan; Tennessee: John
F. Anderson.
D. M. Robinson is manager; C.
I. Yelton, assistant manager; and
Mrs. Florence M .Ramsey, office '
manager. . . f
Mr. Robinson, manager of the
Cooperative, stated that the .fnein-JTs
bere will be given an opportunity ' ...
to nominate anyone they wish''"'".- ".
from the floor when the election . ; "' N
is held. The board of directors '', .' J
will be elected by members pres- n'i "
ent at the meeting, and those not '
attending the meeting will be per. ? ,
mjtted to send, in their proxy ;
votes. Mr, Robinson also stated!
that time would be allowed for t :
Questions and discussions of the 5 . .
reports' of the officers and -man- .
agers, as well as financial re
ports. .- ..; , ''"; ji-y ..."
Appliance displays mnd, exhibits
will be presented by local mer- .;
chants fend dealers, and the latest
developments in electrical equip- i
roent in 'farm and home will be
shown,-' .-r?;-- 5 iv-; .:.;-'V- ; .
' . Registrations will . begin at 1 0
o'clcok -with- the ( business set Jca
starting a:00 o'clock.
Mars Hill :r.brs
To Preser.t Pl-y
The Senior C id"
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