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tlcdGross Dlood Prog
Orgped In County On June 30
Lack Of Funds Is Cause;
Bloodmobile To Make
Last Visit
Brace K. Murray, Red Cross
Chapter Chairman for Madison
County, was notified here this
week that the Madison County
Chapter of the American Red
Cross will be dropped from the
Asheville Regional Blood Program
effective June 30, 1967. This ac
tion was brought about because
of the lack of funds in the Chap
ter to support the program.
Mr. Murray stated thai citizens
of Madison County had been
warned many times about the
dangtrs of losing the Chapter and
that although some of the citi
zens have done everything pos
sible to "save" the Red Cross .pro
grams, many had contributed lit
tle or none so that the programs
could be continued
He urges everyone to come to
the rescue before October 1 or the
entire Red Cross program will be
lost to Madison County.
Below is the letter .which Mr.
Murray received this week:
June 7,
Mr. Bruce K. Murray,
Chapter Chairman
Madison County Chapter
American Bed Cross
Marshall, N. .a
Dear. Sir:
1957
With much regret We write this
lettes to advise you that .the Mad
ison County Chapter of the Amer
ican Red . Cross, will be dropped
from the Asheville Regional Blood
Program -effective, June 30, 1,957,
his hss been brought about due
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Tobacco Farmers
cAHowed TeiV-JDay"
On . Excess Acreage
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V t Tobacco farmers '; who exceed
' their acreage allotment have- only
' " tea" days from the, date of the no
. bice ef measured acreage in which
to notify the County ASC office
i. of their intention to dispose of
the excess acreage, according to
Ralph W.' Ramsey, county ASC
office manager. The notice must
- be filed in writing and the farm
er must deposit with the county
ASC office an amount equal to
the estimated cost of measuring
and witnessing the disposition of
the excess acreage. To bring the
acreage within file farm allot
ment, the excess acreage must be
disposed of prior to. the time any
tobacco is harvested from the
acreage and disposition of the ex
. cess acreage must be witnessed by
an AfVresenitative. Ramsey
statedVSarmers who do not
"i? comply with these provisions will
'.not be eligible for any price sup-
port on their 1957 crop of tobacco.
. He also explained that reporters
J ' employed by the county ASC f
" I f ice hd been thoroughly trained
: in methods of measurements be-r-
fora being . sent to , the field but
" that 1 in some cases tnat rarmers
would 'not be. satisfied with . the
p acreage determined by measure-l
; .- snents reported and would want to
; request Jt reraeasuremeiit. Farm-
- ers should give special attention
. to their notices because if a re-'
- measurement is desired a request
''' tnust be filed with the county ASC
" office within the time limit sped-
fied on the notice which is 10
day' The farmer -Tiling applica
' tkn " f or ' remeasurement will ' be
required to make a deposit of
S6.00"te cover tlie cost ,f this
v" service, s?The deposit rill' be Re
funded only In ases Sphere the
remeasurement Ina.leat it, the
farmer 1 bad y originally planted
. within his allotted, acreage r in
cases where- the error ' amount to
0.5 acre.
Lcike Returns From
C.l-.le Lcislaturef
rV senUtiva A. El Lesk re
1 this week' from Raleigh
' hr; been a member of
: ril ssembly.r ",- 1- ' .
i :"-::rfi prsctfce :of
i" .-V in his offloehere.
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jam To Be
Resigns As C. A-
A. E. Leake
LEAKE RESIGNS
POST AS COUNTY
ATTORNEY HERE
Has Served Since 19S4;
Resignation Effective
July 1
A. E Leake this week notified
the Madison County Board of
Commissioners that he is offering
his resignation as County Attor
ney, said resignation to take ef
fect on Jriy 1957. ,. , .
Mr. Leake has served as attor
ney for the county since the first1
'Monday in December, 1064. ',
- In resigning, Mr. Xeake stated
that .the move was mad due to
thrfact that' his law partner, Mr.
William C. 'Beeves, has decidA Ito
leave the practice of law. He fL 'r
ther stated that it was strictii
business decision and hat he lad
enjoyed (the association with the
commissioners. He also stated
that he was not "mad" at anyone.
His letter of resignation fol
lows: June 10, 1957
Madison County Board
of County Commissioners
Marshall, ,
North Carolina
Gentlemen :
I find that my situation is such
that it becomes necessary for me
to resign the position of County
Attorney. You will recall that
when 1 accepted that position I
told you that I would attempt to
help you out for a time until you
became familiar with the duties
of your office and got things or
ganized. I feel that that time has
been reached, I would like for
you to make arrangements to have
someone else take over the duties
of County Attorney on Monday,
to the lack of funds in your chap-,
ter to support the Program.
Your county is being carried' by
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Clifford Petqalf I'Jins County
Championsh
nas LU-iven mis two Tears
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Without Mishap At
Mara Hill
Clifford Matcalf, 18-year-old son
of Mr. and .Mrs. I Cv- Metcalf,
of Mars Hill RFD 1, was declared
Madison County .winner In "the
Drivers' ' Road-E-O' fcmpetition.
Contest' which was held , in Ashe-ville-
bn Wednesday, June K 1 The
event was sponsored by the State
Highway:; Patrol i E, f District; 5,
which includes . Madison, Yancey,
Buncombe and1 Transylvania coun-
' The vent wa the first of Its
kind anc Jt is hoped it will be
come an annual affair wjth more
i?art!eW)aBts yearly." North Caro
lina is the only state to have such
-n fvent. , ; ,( ' '" ,
. Metcalf is a graduate of Mars
Will.- High ' School, havinj received
his diploma a few days ago; He
MARSHALL, N.
COUNTY YOUTHS
ARE ATTENDING
FORESTRY CAMP
Eighty-one boys from all sec
tions of the State have been se
lected to attend the 11th annual
North Carolina Forestry Camp
for Boys which opened Sunday at
Camp Hope near Canton.
The youths are being rewarded
by four of the major paper and
pulp companies operating in North
Carolina for their scholastic
achievements and for the interest
they have shown ip promoting
better forestry practices in their
respective communities.
Sponsored by the International
Paper Co., North Carolina Pulp
Co., Carolina Riegel Corp., and
Champion Paper and Fibre Co.,
the week-long camp is being con
ducted by the Division of Forestry
of the Department of Conserva
tion and Development
James B. Hubbard, administra
tion forester for the C&D Depart
ments said industrial foresters of
the sponsoring companies and for
esters and rangers of the forestry
division wall instruct the boys in
the following subjects: forest fire
control, estimating timber volume,
forest fire prevention, forest man
agement, forest insects and dis
eases, and related matters.
Also planned were a tour of the
giant plant at Canton of Champ
ion Paper and Fibre Co., vmy
of Camp Hope; the State-wrt
Holmes Nursery near Hendersons
vTTJft. HAAnfltjkin tiilroa an A ntKaY
entertainment.
Y Those chosen from Madison
County to , attend the camp, are
Warren .Edwardsy son ot Mr.' and
Mrs. Marvin: Edwards, ' Marshall
RP33' 1, and Eugene Swann, son
of Mr., and Mrs. Howard Swann,
of Marshall RFC L i - - ,'.
; 'Both boys are stud-Ms" at Mafr
shall High SchooU ' r' " 7t,
TO MAKE LAST
VISIT HERE SOON
According to present plans, the
American Red Cross Bloodmobile
will make 'its last visit to Mar
shall on June 25. Due to lack' of
funds, the Madison County Blood
Program will be dropped effective
June SO.
It is1 hoped Oiat the county can
raise its total quota by October 1,
so that the blood program can be
resumed in the county.
Citizens whose cards expire
soon are advised to visit the blood
mobile on June 25 so that their
credit ..cards will be renewed for
another year. "This is your last
chance," Dr. W. A. Sams, Blood
Program Chairman, stated.
The bloodmobile will be located
at the American Legion 'Building J
on the above date from 1 :00 p.
m., until 6:30 -p. m.
ip In Qoad-E-0
has been driving, a school bus at
Mars HiH for two years r without
a mishap. His daiy routa. con
sisted of two trips daily, carrying
100 children to and (from the
School. . t ; ;, , V.-J:' ' ''
-He, ; as vwellCas' .the; other driv
ers Received their braining" from
O. ' M. Alexander, driver improve
ment representative of the. State
Patrol ;if: Mr." Alexander praised
Metcalf on his aJbiKty to learn and
to jput into practice what he had
learned. fHe is a most, capable
driver," Mr. Alexander stated. .
fin turn, Mrv Metcalf 'lauded Mr.
Alexander oft' his advice and-patience
and gave' him credit for his
fine record.. tZ'C-C '-
-''Other 'participants from Madi
son County were Phillip Wilson,
of Walnut ; John Knox Brigman,
of Marshall and James Radford,
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C, THURSDAY, JUNE 13 ,1957
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PRICE SUPPORT
OATS IS CHANGED
Minimum, eligibility ' require
ments for oats for - price sup
port purposes have . been changed
from grade 'No. 3 or better to grade
No. 4 or better in '.instances
where the lower grade -is caused
solely by a "badly V stained or
materially weathered";., condition,
Tiltnan R. Walker, Chairman of
the State Agricultural ' Stabili
zation and Conservation Commit
tee announced ? today. Where
grade No. 4 oats are accepted
under these conditions for price
support, it will be at a discount
of 8 cents per bushel from the
applicable basic . county support
rate. In addition, the premium
for test weight provided in price
support regulations wi)l not
apply to such oats. -Thft
price support program for
Lj-c announced by the De-
r Agriculture oa Peb
' hich time a nataon
was set at 60
or xrade No.
( support price
er grade No.
ntt bushel and
'ft grade No.
Vof X cent
offered
v oats, i
an.
Vor
reapecfr
cents ptv
Hcky.oats .
iwhih hai,.
jgar--ate
, we;
Walker . sUted, tu.t
stated.; 'tip.t 4 yujpport
ild amount to I ents. per
rate would
Because f heavy rainfall across
most of the South' and into ; the
Southwest, it now appears that
oats in that area' 'have sustained
severe weather damage. The -low
ering of eligibility requirements
to grade 4 is being done, to meet
this situation. Walker emphasized
that grade No. 4 oats will be ac
cepted for price Support loans on
ly when the grade !b due to a
"badly strained or; materially
weathered" condition. ' Otherwise,
to be eligible, oats must grade No.
3 or better.
Marshall Lions
Represented At
Flag Of Nations
Miss Sandra Ramsey, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Ramsey.
of Marshall, represented the Mar
shall Liens Club at the Flag of
Nations ceremony in .. Asheville
Sunday. - ,
The State Lions ConTentiois
being attended by several Ljons
from Marshall and Hot Springs.
t THE 'I.IADL C;
tion Council I To;
. discussion of IS!
matters at it.? rnc
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ELIGIBILITY FOR
WHEAT VOTE
EXPLAINED
Madison County farmers were
told today who would-be eligible
to vote in the June 20 wheat mar
keting quota referendum. Mr. No
vile Hawkins, chairman of the
County ASC Committee, stated
that all persons are eligible to
vote in the wheat marketing quota
referendum who will share in the
1968 wheat crop from a farm on
which the wheat acreage to be
harvested, plus any wheat acreage
to be put in the Soil Bank Acre
age Reserve, will be more than 15
acres. At least two-thirds of the
growers voting in the referendum
must approve quotas before they
are in effect . The vote will ajso
determine the level of price sup
port for the 1967 wheat crop, the
Chairman stated. The choice will
be price support at 76 per cent of
parity if marketing quotas are
approved or 60 per cent of pari
ty if quotas are not approved.
In conclusion Mr. Hawkins said
that so far as he knew there were
no - eligible voters in Madison
County in that no farmers are
known to be planting as much as
fifteen acres of wheat for harvest
for grain. He also stated that
orjly one polling place would be
used for the county and that this
polling place would be at the ASC
office In Marshall.' The polls will
be open from 8:00 a. m., to 7:00
n, on Thursday,. Jne 20,
whereby "eligible '"voters "could cast
their ballot
REPORT OF FOOD
CHURCHES SENT
OVERSEAS IN '56
North Carolina Donations
Of J ,651,00 Pounds Are
Encouraging
Durham, N. G, Jmae 7, 1S57 '
Donations to the 1966 CROP canw
paign in North Carolina sent 1,-J
651,000 pounds of food to the hun
gry people of Asia, Europe, and
South America, according to aiH
audited report from national
CROP headquarters in Elkhart,
Indiana.
North Carolina CROP Director
Ralph Jacks explained that this
was possible because church agen
cies achieve an extremely high
rate of distribution per dollar of
cost, with much more than 200
pounds of government - donated
surplus food (in many cases more
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iY rromo
' t heard a
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Chamber of Commerce; C. EJ' Mash
burn, Marshall attorney; Frank Coxe,
executive president,' 'Asheville Indus
trial Couec.'I; and J. I'loniinsr .-..; rs,
cf ITarior. lSlh' Division coram!.- ;,;.n-
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Marshall By-Pass Highway
Contracts To Be Let Soon
Council President
'' ''A' V. Graves
ENGLAND CITES
CHEMICALS FOR
WEED CONTROL
.Printess W. England, assistant
aunty agent, says Extension peo
pie have, known about the control
fjweeii.vwi; chemicals for
) good inany years. The folks in
Mwdison County : have; not shown
much Interest in this method of
cenitbSlng weeds in corn until this
year. The weather has been rainy
all season and the weeds are about
to take over. More and more calls
are coming in for "information on
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Ben Frisby's 'Gadget'
Proves Accurate;
Saves Town $1,000
Ben Frisby, local engineer who
made the survey for the proposed
storage daim on the Marshall wa
ter shed, used one of his inven
tions to locate the contours of the
ground. His invention proved to
be most accurate.
Mr. Barnham S. Colburn Jr.,
consulting engineer of Asheville,
who is in charge of construction,
complimented Mr. Frisby very
highly for the fine job he did with
his "gadget" n ?!
Mr. Frisby figures that by us-
ing his Invention he saved the
town at least $1,000 on the costs,
of survey.
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Graves (Elected President Of
Council; Meeting Is
Successful
State Highway Commissioner J.
Fleming Snipes of Marion said at
Hot Springs Monday night the
first unit in the proposed new U.
S. 26-70 from .near Asheville to
the Tennessee line near here is
expected to be put under contract
next month.
Snipes, 13th Division commis
sioner, described the Madison
highway picture to more than 60
Madison and Buncombe county
civic leaders at a dinner meeting
of the Madison County Promotion
Council.
Following his address, the coun
cil unanimously adopted a motion
recommending to Gov .Hodges that
Snipes be reappointed to the road
commission. In his response,
Snipes said he would accept re
appointment. The first unit of the modern
highway will run between Ivy
Creek, east of Marshall, to Wal
nut, bypassing MarshaQ.
He said all paperwork on this
link has been completed.
He also reported the survey
work on the second unit Walnut
Hot Springs is expected to be
completed in August No money
has been appropriated so far, he
said, but funds are expected to. be
available by the time the paper
work is finished.
Snipes said a survey of the 17
mile third unit, from hear Ashe
ville to the Madison County line,
has been ordered and aerial sur
veys already have been made.
This section will by-pass Weav
erville. Elsewhere in his address, Snipes
referred to the "loss" of the in
terstate French Broad River pro
ject to the Pigeon River road in
Haywood County as a "blessing in
disguise."
He said he felt this was be
cause of the increasingly strict
regulations regarding access roads
on interstate arteries, roadside de
velopment and other details.
Snipes also said road projects .
"in the making" in Madison Coun
ty, other than primary roads in
cluded "$300,000 worth of im
provements on N. C. 203 in the
Canto area of the northwestern
section.
T m. , . rwi . m.
r '"f -n, president
Ashevalle Chamber of Comv
- '' w intewe-
pvuuence oi Asnevwe ana the sur-
rounding counties. Re said trans
portation was a key to the welfare
of all, and that the proposed sew
AsSteville airport . would benefit
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vFor the first time in S3-years,
the NewsJecord , will be publish
ed "without a, Story" next week. , -
; Mr. and Mrs. Jim Story will be
at Nags Head at the N. C. Press
Association - Convention and Mr.
Tf.' h. Starr -will t!f wUK.
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