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i; , v. ': ; r SI r ( k JL j i " v till VOL. 56 NO. 51 16 PAGES MARSHALL, N. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1957 Christmas Holiday Schedule Announced For Stores, Offices PRICE: $2.50 A YEAR Banks And Courthouse Also Announce Schedule For Next Week A tentative Christmas Holidays schedule was announced this week by officials of the Marshall Mer chants Association. Both banks will be closed Wed nesday and Thursday; all store in Marshall will be closed Wed nesday and Thursday. The Madison County Welfare Department will be closed Tues day, Wednesday and Thursday. The French Broad Electric Membership Corporation will close at noon Tuesday and reopen Fri day. Offices in the courthouse will be closed Tuesday noon and will reopen Friday morning. Supt W. W. Peek announced that the T TOURING GIRLS' TEAM TO PLAY HERE JANUARY 2 Arkansas Travelers To Meet Marshall Men's Team At Local Gym "They don't come any better" is a pet phrase sportswriters ev erywhere employ in appraising Hazel Walker's sensational. play ers, who've demonstrated their a- bility from coast to coast against many of the better men's teams in the nation. They do, indeed, have to be the best to win a place on the Ar kansas Travelers who meet the Board of Education office will be Marshall (all men's team) here closed after Dec. 21, reopening on Thursday, January 2, 1958 at 7:30. ,. Miss Walker, of course, sets the pattern, v Often ' called "Miss Basketball,'"; she', was - se lected on the All-American team 11 times, a record which has nev er -toeen topped, : During the 14 years she spent in 'amateur ball, Hazel played on 5 National Cham pionship teams and runner-up - 3 years. She won the - National Free Throw title 6 years and In ternational title 2 years. He record of 49 out of 50 tries from the foul line has never been equal led in National Tournament His tory. Rounding out. the team are 7 players, whose ability and finesse in the gruelling sport of basket ball, is a constant source of a mazement. They are the fore most performers of the day, mak ing an outstanding team that has been acclaimed the best anywhere in the Nation. EARLY PAYMENT TO BE MADE ON '58 RESERVE Monday, Dec. 30. The News-Record office will be closed Tuesday and (Wednesday, reopening for business ' Thursday. Courthouse To Be Closed For Holidays Tues. It was announced this week that offices in the courthouse would close Tuesday noon, De cember 24 and will reopen Fri day morning, December 27, in ob servance of the Christmas holi days. Superintendent W. W. Peek an nounced this week that the Board of Education office will observe Christmas holidays by being clos ed after December 21, reopening on Monday, December 30. Bloodmobile Gets 29 Pints Of Blood Here Wednesday The Bloodmobile, which visited Marshall Wednesday, received 29 pints of blood, it was . stated. There were .nine rejections. It was announced that ihe Bloodmobile " would visit Hot Springs January 6. ' "Payments under the 1958 Acre age Keserve Program will be made as soon as performance can be determined, according to H. D. Godfrey, State Administrative Of ficer for the Agricultural Stabil ization and Conservation State Committee. The program is a vailable in 1958 for growers with allotments for corn, cotton, rice, tobacco and wheat. According to Godfrey, certifi cates earned by farmers for com pliance with 1958 Acreage Re serve Program provisions will be issued without delay, farm by farm, as soon as the following facts can be determined: (1) TJie acreage which could be harvested of the commodity cov ered by an agreement does not exceed ihe "maximum acres for harvest" (the number of acres in the allotment less the acreage "reserved", in the Soil Bank) un der the agreements ,(2V The acre-1 age of each "allotment" crop on the; farm does not' exceed the fiarm's ' allotment- f o thV. ei,cj?.-(3),The-'fWtalcige i. i-i. ..i t. . . y . . .. which, couio De narvesrea lor ail Soil Bank base crops is not in excess of the permitted "Soil-Bank base"; and (4) There is no in dication of possible violation, ' The "Soil Bank base," Godfrey (Continued to Last Page) TIIE "STAR OF BETHLEHEM" AT CHAPEL HILL NOW "Star of . Bethlehem ." the annual , tribute to Christmas bas ed wholly upon the Scriptures, is now being presented at the More head Planetarium in Chapel Hill. It will run through January 6. For the past eight years, the Morehead Planetarium's "Star of Bethlehem" has been considered one of the largest single plane tarium programs in the world. "This yearYitis even larger," according to. Manager A. F. Jen zano. "Numerous changes and ad ditions have been made which we are confident will provide great er inspiration and enjoyment of the program." . In this year's program the aud ience will travel in space to see the Christmas skies, not as they were over Bethlehem when Christ was born but as they appear over Chapel Hill and elsewhere in the BULL CREEK COMMUNITY AWARDED $50 The Bull Creek community was awarded Honorable Mention and presented a check for $50.00 in the WNC Community Develop ment Contest. The awards were presented at the annual banquet held at the Asheville City Audi torium on Saturday, Dec. 7. Miss Aldeen Waldrup, president of the Bull Crejek organization last year, accepted the honor at the banquet. "I wish to express my appreci ation for the splendid coopera tion shown. Without fine commu nity spirit we could not have a chieved this honor," Miss Wal drup stated. Home Of Tom Shook And Two Sons Destroyed By Fire Tues. NEW YEAR EDITION NEXT THURSDAY world in 1957. Patrons will also see and hear how the birthday of the Savior is observed din various parts of the (Continued on Last Page) POSTMASTERS ARE ALERTED ON. CHAIN SCHEMES PET GROWS TOO FAST Memphis, Tenn. The Snow- den Brothers Mike, 18, and David, 21 bought a lion cub 3 months ago from a zoo for $100. Dandy Lion is now 6 months old, weighs 60 pounds and still grow ing. While Dandy seems satis fied with his way of elife, th young men are planning to sell him to another zoo. Bruce Baldwin Makes Times' All-Scholastic Football Team i Wayne Clark And Lowery Worley Also Named " On Squad ' Bruce Baldwin, . star Marshall Tornado fullback, 'was picked on the first team of the seventh an nual' Asheville Times' -45-man All Scholastic; team which was an nounced Monday. 1 " Wayne Clark, aggressive Tor nado tackle, made ' the second team and Lowery Worley, giant Tornado guard, was picked on the third team. ' ra!Jwin,r 17-year-old, , 175-Ub. senior, was described as follows: "II. i -driving runner , . V type 1 y " e coaches like . fast, U'e and tops defensively . . . ' t spectacular but gets the j v-' r'her he is blocking . .'las all t'a in- a co" a 1 -v f I Postmasters throughout the United States have been alerted to the fact that endless chain schemes for obtaining money and savings bonds are being conduct ed throughout the country in vi olation of the postal lot'tery and fraud laws, 18 United States Code 1302, 1341. Those who partici pate in such activities may be subject to criminal prosecution. It makes no difference whether the lists of participants are circulated through, the mails or pass from hand to hand; as long as the money, bonds or receipts are mailed, the scheme is illegal. Postmasters have been directed to report any available informa tion concerning the scheme, in cluding samples of the letters and nams of participants to . the Fraud and Mailabllity Division, Office of General Counsel, Wash ington, D. C, F. Ray Friiby, Mar shall postmaster, stated this week. OMstnias Decoration Contest Annual Event ' Is Sponsored ;r By Marshall Garden Club The Christmas Decoration Con test, sponsored by the Marshall Garden Club, will' end Monday night when judging will be made between the hours of 6:00 p. m. and 8:00 p. m. The contest is open to all res idents of Marshall and vicinity. including Walnut, : Walnut Creek, Hayes Run, Rollins, Redmon, Rec tor Corner, and any other nearby community in which residents are participating. - Contestants not in the town proper are asked to .contact Mrs. Leonard Baker or Mrs. Charles E. Mashburn by 12:00 noon, De cember 23, so there will be no pos sibility of any contestant's home not being judged. . Three prizes are offered: $5.00 grand prize; $3.00 prize for the best decorated door; and $2,00 for the decoration having the most youthful - appeal. . There ' will be honorable mentions, for the deco ration judged most original and most inspirational ; and for the I best outdoor tree and best window decoration. All . decorations will be judged on originality, artistry and general appeal. Winners will be announced iff The News- Record and on Radio Station WMMH's "Party Line" program. B. K. Meadows Is Elected To District Board The annual New Year edition of The News Record will be published next Thursday. Mer chants and individuals will extend New Year's Greetings to their custom ers and friends in this issue. The News-Record of fice will be closed Tues day and Wednesday of next week. . , Health Dept. To Be Closed For Holidays; Clinics Postponed The Madison County Health pepartment will le closed begin ning" 12 o'clock, noon, Tuesday, December 24 and will remain clos ed until Friday, December 27. The Immunization clinic which is held each until on Tuesday, Dec. 24 . The clinic was Everything Family Had Lost; Cause Of Fire Is Unknown The one-story frame home of Tom Shook and two sons was completely destroyed by fire of unknown origin about 7:30 o'clock Tuesday morning in the East Fork section of Madison County near Petersburg. Mr. Shook is a bus driver at the Marshall school. Mr. Shook stated that he arose about daylight to come to Mar shall. His youngest son, Reed, who is 18 years old, came to Mar shall with his father, leaving George, his oldest son, at home, George left the house about 7:00 o'clock and was handing tobacco at a neighbor's place when the flames were discovered. In a. matter of minutes the frame structure was engulfed in flames-, making it impossible to save any thing. Mr. Shook said that the cause of the fire is unknown. He said" lie had built a small wood fire1 about ?Jtkr.e Vclockuaadajr morning and haCind Wme- f-, fee. He was certain, however, that the fire was completely out before he left the house. George. Tuesday afternoon from 2 who is 20 years of age, said le 4 o'clock, will not be held drank some coffee hut 'the fire entirely out, when he left will be held on Friday, Dec 27, as usual. The Health Department Clinic, B. K. Meadows has been elect ed to the Madison County Soil! Conservation District Board of I which is usually held each fourth Monday in Hot Springs, will be closed on Monday, Dec. 23. The Supervisors for a period of three years. The other members of the board are E. C. Teague and Zeno H. Ponder. The Madison Soil Conservation District assists farmers in con servation planning and applica tion of conservation practices, Dasea on a detailed sou survey. Bngineej-ing assistance is given for all types of drainage and! farm pond layout and design More detailed information may be had by contacting one of the district board of supervisors or John K. Nesbitt, the district tech nician, whose office is located ov er the Citizens Bank. A luxury is almost anything that people can't afford. next clinic day in Hot Springs will be Monday, January 13, 1058. Coach Barnwell High On List As Coach Of Year Incrcaselh Subscription Date jCutoifo Cf r.?dicon,Gouniy' New Rates To Be Effective , , , After January . i J , 1. 19S8 Due to the steady increase in the cost of newsprint, production, wrapping and mailing, the sub scription . rates of The News Record outside of Madison Counfj will be increased, effective Jan uary 1, 1958. ' The rrewnt rates will rc- i-frr, Three Months $2.00. This increase is in line with other weeldy newspapers which have advanced subscription rates months ago. The present rates 'U'lTniN Madison County will follows: One Year, months, '$2.00; 6 v- 4 ln-e., fl.GO. Ai i ',' -' STe J' ' t'.e ) .f T e y II. SANTA TO VISIT SCHOOL HERE ON DECEMBER 20 To Visit Marshall Stores On - December .21 And , . December 24 . Attention,, all, children! ' - ' fianta Claus will visit the 'Mar shall school on Friday, December 20 at 9:00 o'clock it was announc ed here, this week. As usual, he will give the ' children candy as he visits various rooms. : f He will remain' in Marshall for only a few minutes on that date, but will return 4o town on Sat urday, December 21 where he will be on the sidewalks and in the stores during the afternoon. lie will make his final visit to Marshall on Tuesday afternoon, rr.Vr 24, U was announce 1. rt's visits sre being sponw t e I Tsr !-.&!! Slercr.acts A Canton's Boyd Allen was a warded the Asheville Times' Coach of the Year trophy last week. Cap Isibill, Lee Edwards head coach, was runner-up and Howard Barn well, coach of the Skyline Con ference Champions Marshall was third in the selections. The first winner of the Coach of the Year" in 1952 was Wayne Bradburn, then head mentor at Marshall. 'The house has no electricity. "Don't guess Fll ever know how it started," Mr. Shook said. Everything the three had was lost, including clothing, canned food, furnishings, stove, radio (battery). He had no" insurance, he stated. Anyone wishing to contribute clothing, household furniture, stoves, bedroom furniture, or money may leave donations at The News-Record Office, Marshall. One of the sons is 5 feet, 7 inches tall and the other is over 6-feet tall. Reed wears number S shoes; George wears No. 10-11 shoes. "We certainly would appreciate anything that will be given vls,"' Mr. Shook stated. It seems that a necessity is luxury that the Joneses have. It's miraculous how some fam ily trees survive the underbrush. Ed Sutton To De Speaker At Banquet Here Friday flight Football Banquet Will Be Held Friday Night, : December 20 v Ed Sutton, native of Cullowhee and star football player f or " the professional Washington Redskins, Will be the guest speaker at the annual football banquet which will be held in .the Marshall school cafeteria on -Friday night, December 20, at 7:00 o'clock. ' Sutton, who starred at the Uni versity of North Carolina, and ho was named on several " All- AO C teams, has amazed foot- fans throughout the nat'on 1 v ltr one of the see V.ar! r i- 4 I y A i 1 v' . i" At' 'I" t , t -,
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