Gets
Oucr 1,000 Attend R E A
(lot Springs Lions
eeting Here Satin
Charter;
1
rday
Speaker
GwyJBr'rice-PrfiUe The
'TVainwork of Member;
Prizes Are Awarded
Marshall
attorney
i d e d at
Sprinkle,
.'Oyer 1,000 citizen from Mad
ison, Buncombe, Xanv' Mitchell
. counties in North 'Carolina, and
;tfriicoi County, Tenn.,- attended
the 17th annual meeting of the
members of the French Broad
Electric Membership Corporation
Saturday afternoon. The meeting
wa hejd in the new and spacious
gymnasium on' the Ibland. -
Following special string music
- bj the Boone String Band, the in
vocation was given by the Rev.
W.'iB. Robinson.
Clyde M. Roberts,
attorney, and also
for the Co-op, p r e s
the meeting. J. H.
treasurer, read -the Treasurers
Report which, was followed by the
Manager's Report, given, by D. M.
Rubinson, manager of the co-op.
Mr. Robinson then introduced
the guest speaker for the occa
sion, Mr. Gwyn B. Price, Chair
man, N. C. Rural Electrification
Authority.
Mr. Price emphasized the great
"teamwork" and cooperation which
has been shown since the French
Broad Co-op has been established.
His general theme concerned the
success of RE A Program in your
everyday live. He spoke of the
members as being progressive, yet
conservative who are striving for
new ways and methods on the
farm and in the towns. Mr. Price
stated that co-op fix their own
rates with service at cost and are
masters of their own destines He
reminded the crowded gymnasium
that the svstem is now worth
much move than the investment
.nH , Announced .that the -replace
f ' ' , i'-i
"MIVMV , ' , , , i
'Wimateir $8,000,000. ,
-"Co-ops mean more Business ir
your local dealers hd o)fe moa
eyjfor'your counties." . He poM
of the progreM electricity on the
- farms made possible,- by, the, REA
and 1 compared modern imes with
those in tne past ,
He praised the fine work of the
board of director and other offi
cials of the French Broad Co-op
and said that the average equity
in North Carolina during 1956
12 but the French Broad
koj on cvmitv of 169fc. He
irave credit to the great coopera
t, f itjj members in making
t!.e local co-op such a success
th.n 9 inn
1 lit I tuc
miles which have been energized
by the co-op which at the present
has 13,124 consumers, he siaw:u
md added, "wherever there is a
(;.. there is nower available
which can and does serve thous
ands."
' He poWe of the increase ir
electrical appliances on the farms
...u.. P R To-od serves and
WI1CIC 1.1 IV - ' -
,tted that not only farm ma
chinery has increased, but that
these improvements have made
housekeeping much earner ana
cleaner for the housewives.
He closed his talk by challeng
ing the members of the co-op to
cek further advancements which
can be done "by your excellent
teamwork, which has already been
demonstrated."
Among the distinguished guests
present were Congressman Basil
(Continued to Page Two)
RED CROSS
MEETING TO BE
10
We are about to lose our Red
Cross ' connection in this county!
An urgent call is being made.to
all residents of the county, minis
ters, school teachers, bankers,
merchants, welfare workers, health
department, county officers, law
yers, doctors, , farmers, service
station operators, etc., to meet
at the county courthouse in Mar
shall at 2:30 p. m., Friday, May
10, 1957 to hear our position from
Red Cross people, and find out
what we can do to save our Red
Cross Service.
BRUCE K. MURRAY,
County Chairman
W. A. SAMS,
Blood Bank Chairman.
COUNTY ALL SET
FOR MUNICIPAL
ELECTIONS TUBS.
Mali.--on County is all set for
the three municipal elections to
be held in the towns of Marshall,
Mars Hill and Hot Springs, next
Tuesday, May 7.
Marshall and Mars Hill con
testants will have no filed oppo
sition, but Hot Springs will have
eight men run for the four offices.
For Marshall; Clarence Nix, in
cumbent, for Mayor; biston .
Ramsey and J- C. Dodson, incum
entv an4 aJohn ,wr4 ,'or
V' FofMari Hill! For' Mayor
John O. TiIwn;for -aldermen
R. Bruce'rf ams, Pwui Tugman and
Arthur Wood. " 1 j. , j 'jy r
' For Hot Springs; For (Mayor
lo R. Henderson and Peter Feldt-
tnoae: for aldermen Aubrey
Ramsey, CharleB Schaffer, E. B.
Sumerel, Homer W. Foster, Let
Vnr and Burnett Moore. Three
aldermen are to be chosen from
the six contestants.
HOT St'RINGS plSpririga
last Thursday night lceiYe ; its
$1,000 award as wintiij?'; jt oe u
the three first p latest in :th Caroli
na Power and LigKtQou finer
Carolina prograriv fortbe' itate;- L
to R, Mrs. Jesse Bridgeman,' Peter
Feldtmose, Kenneth Biggin, ,aU -Hot
Springs ; Ned Champion, Caro
lina Power and Light .C'o'rfwho Pre
sented the award ; fjfsi IJarry Dotterel-
and Mrs. R. L.'Diavi8 of Hot
Springs. The Hot Springs people
served on, the 1956 Finer Carolina
sneering committee. Feldtmose re
ceived' the award for the town. Ed
fcllenbUrg, -IL. S. Forest Service
v ranger, served as program chair
man "in 1956 but couldn t attend the
celebfation meeting! He was trans
f erred" last fall to anotherforest
-sejryicei- areav Hot -Springy scored
heavily on the establishnieirt of the
Craig jLV Rudisill Memorial Clinic
and the securing of ' a resident phy-sielilidi,-
who has leased the building.
' -t-Cjlit. wurtety Atheville, Citizen-Times
MHS ALUMNI
BANQUET HERE
SAT., MAY 18
Colonel Edward F. "Husky"
Rector To Be Guest
Speaker
Marshall PTA To
Hold Last Meeting
Tuesday Evening
The Marshall Parent-Teacher
Association will hold its fiaal
meeting of the school term next
Tuesday night in the school cafe
teria. The annual picnic dinner will be
served in the cafeteria at :H0
o'clock and each family is asked
to bring a basket.
Following the dinner, a business
inn w ill be held and the Jun-
Hand, under
Lackey, will
SILVER SAYS
MILK (HECKS
ARE 'A-C0MING'
According to Harry G. SUyep,
county agent, Madison county
farmers are trying hard to regain
the income potential they . lost hy
the 1954 tobacco acreage radia
tion. Madison is a", mountain
county populated by farmer: in
dustrious enough to produce from
their roujfheteep mountain farm1
with 1 few'moothv"cieck' botto'ms
tlie second hihest gas aifilcul
turttl income f any of the' raoun
tain counties.
The Income from the
milk, both grade A and for mami
facturing purposes, representhe
p-reatest increase of any jiter
r. - -
prise in the past three years). JTh
grade A producers have incfeasei
from 34 in 1954 to 41 now. They
have increased their efficiency at
an astoundirtgly rapid rate. The
aveiaire base built by Madison
dairymen in H56 exceeded that
1955 by almost 20 'A, and theii
milk s-ales fur the first quarter
of 1957 are equally greater than
the same period of 1956. An in
creasing mimlx-i' of cows arc ar
tificially inseminated. Silage pro
(Continued to Last Paeei
ftal : of
ACREAGE GOALS;
SEEM REACHED
ASSIGN-UPENDS
With the close' of the signup of
1967 Soil Bank ! Acresgi : Reserve
agreemenU. . a report' from the
Mate Agricultural Stabilisation
and Conservation: 'Off ice,ihow
that 818,761 acmtbt "propland
ha' gone ondw: Wi-Mtftain fof
Wank W'iviSf ,us
1 Byop,,.fne1rBforte
announeed'
Hyntop,
Reserve sufnup l included
aews of corn, 122,25, creg
(Continued on Last Page)
. " i
SOIL BANK COVER
CROPS MUST BE
'APPROVED'
MAP SHOWS PLAN
FOR BY-PASS
ONU.S.25-70 ,
TJitf State i Highway Conums-
sioh's Ian for Marshall's by-pass
ani relpcati6n of four; miles of the
present" tIS'r 26-70"; northward to
Walnut are shown- jn t mrr which
bas'been posted at the. Courthouse
betfl, -It, '
The Marshall II i g h School
Alumni Banquet, which is now an
anmial event following the suc
cessful meeting last year, will be
held at the Marshall High School
Cafeteria on Saturday night, May
18 at 7:30 o'clock, it was an
nounced here this week by Earl
.1'. Robinson, president.
Officers of the Alumni Associ
ation met at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Earl Robinson last Satur
day night and made plans for the
banquet.
It was announced that Colonel
Edward F. "Husky" Rector, Class
of '34, will be the guest speaker
Col. Rector is now stationed at
Waco, Texas.
Other interesting "features"
ar being planned and a large at
tendance is expected.
Officers of the Association are:
President; Earl J. Robinson; vice
president, Mrs. Clyde M. Roberts;
secretary, Miss Alma Lee Fergu
son; treasurer, Miss Mae Flem
ing.
The- cutoff leaves ihe TpieseuiA'
Vr-' "Hut at "the 'J
ketown and,
teres of
Charter Night JHeld At Hot
Springs High" School t .
Cafeteria
Farmers who plant a cover crop
on land designaQdfor the Soil
Bank's Acreage ReWrve should
make sure that theCrop planted
is one of those approved for that
)iii'ioso. N'ovile 'Hawkins, Chair
man of the County Agricultural
( Continued on Last Page)
'JvV-JCreek fridge q
ncv, passes
rejoins the4iphwatf
near the nig way department
maintenance buildings one and a
half miles north of town.
From that point on, another 4
mile of the present higthiway
would be relocated. The reloca
tion would end at Walnut.
Also in the Highway Commi
"ion planning, but not a part of
the bypass planning is the reloca
ion, reconstruction and straight
ening of the highway from Wal
nut to Hot Springs.
The bvnass will lie about ten
miles long.
Ilnv. Hodges last September al
lotted $1,(10(1,(10(1 for the bypass
work.
4-H MEMBERS
PARTICIPATE IN
4m:C0NTESTi
sess
ior
Mi
the direction of
play several se
lections.
Mrs. Wade Huey will 1 in
charge of the devotions.
Installation services will also be
held for the new officers of the
Association who are: President,
Mrf. Earl Robinson; first vice
president, Mrs. Edward Hale;
second vice president, Mrs. Mace
Wallin; secretary, Miss Eloise
Ward; treasurer, Mrs. Jerry Rice.
Marvin Cook Killed In Wreck
fteday llight; Others Hurt
, Funeral Service.
Sunday Afternoon At
J Mill
killed
and four
two-car,
- f-On man was
i,,pH in
- headn collien near here .Thurs
day nurh; Atil 25. if7;.,..
- The dead maK ae identified by
State Highway ratro. , -
tne
vin
R,r,it 26-70 about four miles
south of here at 7:60 p. m., swerv,
ed back, across the highway and
into ths path of an .oncoming car.
Lone said the ' Injured " were
Adokhus Cook,-J. E. Callaghan of
rxavton, Ohio, whose car Cook hit J
Mrs. Louise Oallaghan, and Prank
Shelton, 21, of Sheltott Laprel, ji
nassetlMr In" the Cook car. j-
- Te ,4CaHaghaB'f f ivHths-old
Mm
MADISON WRECK last Thursday nifrht left
tint1 dead, four injured. Citizen Phototfraiiher
Kwait Ball, on another assignment, arrived on
the scene moments after the accident. Driver of
car at top, Jack Callagrhan of Dayton, Ohio,
slightly hurt, ;ls shown in photo. His wife also
was injured, Marvin Cook of the Shelton Laurel
section was killed in car at bottom, and two com
panions
hurtt
Cut Ceurteiy Citizen-Timei
. ' . f!. H. ! . n.11.V w. Vtrivino "hia fam.
. A1. riWViW"" f. 4 UUMKHWI " - ' W
Url id. when-a caV; Jrren: by fly to a nW job In Charotte, ton, j
.... v-.
SiJe'tt4-H" Club' members' at
tended a4TrtJateau in -.th'
IMstricl-; Eliminatfn Contest it
the ClydCErwIn f Ugh Schoolf Sat
urday, April 27. This contest is
an annual event for the 4-H Club
members in the Western North
Carolina counties:
All the boys and s""ls partici
pating from Madison were award
ed either a blue or red ribbon
The boys that grave demonstrations
were Edwin Stines, Soil and Wa
ter. received a blue rLbbon; Dean
Ricker, Vepctaible Production,
blue ribbon winner; Charles Fo:
ter and J. D. Rathbone. Tobacco
Plant Production, and they were
red ribbon winners; Forest Pro
tection. Virpil Smith, red ribbon
winner.
The girl that entered the con
test was Patricia Proffitt, Dairy
Foods Demonstration, and a red
ribbon winner; Joy Ruckner, Pa
.tricia Proffitt and Flossie Ray
entered the talen contest and were
awarded a blue ribbon.
The Walnut officers in the
Junior Club participated in the
Officers Contest and placed in
the red ribbon group.
The participants not only learn
ed by presenting their demonstra
tions, but also had a chance to
watch their oppnoents present
theirs. Most of the boys and
girls that entered the contest seem
to be eager to participate in 1958.
District 31-A Lions Club off:
cials participated in the Charter ;
Night program for the newly-or-
nnnivitH Hit QmrincTQ T.Winti ni,llll '' f
" -v t ' ;;.
in Madison County Friday -night,
April 2(, in the Hot Springs High.
School cafeteria. - .
Among the WNC Lions Club -leaders
invited to take part were.
F. K. SHull of Canton, depoity dis
trict governor of Region ,2, and
G. Henry Ramsey of West Ashe- .
ville, Chainman for Zone 4, whwh
includes these six clubs: Candler,
Erwin District, Marshall, Weaver
ville, West Asheville and Wood
fin. The Marshall Club sponsored
the Hot Springs Lions Club, the
36th to be organized in District
31-A which comprises some 1,600
members in twelve western moun
tain counties.
Governor W. E. (Ed) Michael
Jr., of West Asheville, formally
presented the charter from Lions
International to Owen Jamerson,
first vice president of . the" Hot
Springs club.
Hugh Monteith of Sylva and
Asheville delivered the principal
address and Roy A. Taylor oaf .
Black Mountain was toaertmaster.
Both Monteith and Taylor are
past District 31-A Governors' who
are serving as international coun
sellors. '.! T
Other District 31-A officials
participating included: Shelby B. sl
Horton Jr., ol . West Aheville
cabinet , secretary-treasurer-,
Judg William A, Hart of Wav-
erville, WNC ' director ef 'White i
Cane Drive; and Robert $. Mat-
uinwr viw uay iimiv -
Itrirt director of touMic relations.
limwa Jshunfl. ireident of tne :
Marshall Lions Club, presided and
presented a Lions , Club gavel and '
itou'b to ' the ' new club president. ;
ternational counsellor, . was amoj
the state officialrwho assisted f
organizing the new club.
H. D. Meeting
Well Attended
At Mars Hill
t
The Western District Federa
tion of Home Demonstration
Clubs held their annual meeting
at Mars Hill College Wednesday
of last week with Mrs. A. W. Huff
presiding.
Dr. Robert E. Seymour, pastor
of the Mars Hill Baptist Church,
addressed the group, using as his
topic the theme for the meeting,
"Today's Home Builds Tommor
row's World."
Special music was rendered by
Miss Jo Anne Weber, a voice ma
jor from SUtesville.
Approximately 200 delegates
from Madison, Buncombe and
Yancey counties attended the day
long meeting.
The group was served coffee in
the college home economics depart
ment at 9:30 a. m., and a ban
quet luncheon was. served to the
visitors in the Coyta Bridges Din
ing Hall by students from the
home economics department, i
1
Baptist Hospital Offcring To
Be Taken lnrGbunty CfyJ 12
WNC Justices Of .
Peace Affected By' X
Omnibus Bill Listed
' lUleighV AprUr Under ai
omnibus . bill introduced in '.the
House today the "following Justic
es of the eaea 'would b appoint
ed In Madison. County; V-
Ko.:l Township: Zeb R.' Mer
rerl, Ga-Tett Metcalf-No. Town
ship i Leroy Shelton B.' G. pun
ter,, Floyd Wallin," CharlierGtiir
ter; -. No. 10 Township' Reuien
VTallin; No. IS Township: ' Canry
J. Smith; No.16 Town?h:p: Tv
trf't Irle. " '
Funds To B Used To Help
Provide) Hospitalization
' For Needy Sick -1
i
y- Aocording to a Joi' t slalcment by
Rev. and, Mrs. David B. r..,Vrs,
As9ociationt K .'.; 'on aric,
Mr, nd Mrs.' T. . IT. v '
Associational Ho;
atives.'the i E.
the French Tron i ,
stion will ji-i ' V
3,2"S i.f?.r '
Adolphu, 30, ran.0?.. Cortiied W Last Pag)
h9 brother,