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' -t r If" I ! M IMillit !l '".'mill 1 i.. '. t f.i . . VVW.-W.'lieV 1 4 i r VOL. 56 NO. 52 8 PAGES MARSHALL, N. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1957 PRICE: $2.50 A YEAR Marshall Garden Club Names Winners In Decoration Contest Vernon Runnion Residence Wins Top Honors In Annual Event Officers of the Marshall Gar den Club announced this week that the Vernon Runnion resi dence on Walnut Creek was a warded the overall grand prize in the annual Christmas Decoration Contest, sponsored by the club. According to the judges, almost - all of the displays were worthy of consideration. Concensus was that the over-all excellence of the Runnion display was such that it was entitled to first place. A number of displays were out standing by reason of specialized excellence, and the judges listed them as follows: Best Decorated Door , John Corbett residence in Marshall. a. Decroation Having Most Youth ful Appeal Robert Banks resi dence, Marshall. 1 V .,. ' .-' Most Original Decoration - Overton Gregory residence; Hayes ; Hun. K 1 ' Most' Inspirational Sam Eu dfbill residence on Highway 28-70. Best Outdoor Tree i Claude Sawyer recidence on JRedmbn Kd.; Jos Eads residence on Roberto Hiirfcoad. Best Window Decoration C. D. Bowman residence, Roberts HU1 Road. 'Honorable mentions were given to the residences of Bill Hunter, Ralph 'Ramsey and P. H. Dinwid ' die on Walnut Creek Road; Al len Duckett pf Marshall; Clarence Nix. Asheville Highway ; and Grace Conner of Roberts Hill Road. And while Radio Station WiMMH doesn't qualify as a resi dence, the judges felt that men tion should be given the attract ive decoration on display there. The judging committee, whose names are customarily withheld, expressed appreciation to the cit izens for their consideration; though the judging was difficult, it was also enjoyable. The Marshall Garden Club was pleased with the judges in mak ing these selections. Olin Jarrett Jr. Is Applicant For Scholarship The following notification was received this week by Bernard B r i g m a n, principal, Marshall High School, from the John Mot ley Morehead Foundation, New York, New York: Dec. 17, 1957 Mr. Bernard Brigman, Principal Marshall High School Marshall, N. C. RE: Olin Jarrett Jr. Dear Mr. Brigman: It is a pleasure to advise you that the applicant listed above has been nominated by your Coun ty Scholarship Committee for a Morehead Scholarship. The applicant will be interview ed by the ' District Committee sometime during the latter , part of January, 1958, and we will keep you informed about . his , May t congratulate yea on this recognition . which . brings" honor to your County and School and to yon personally. On behalf of the Trustees of the Morehead Foundation, I wish to thank you for your interest and cooperation in the Morehead Scholarship Program. Yours sincerely, R. A. FETZER Executive Secretary Dr. Knight To Be Here Fulltime After January 1 Dr. Lee J. Knight, who has of fices over Moore's Pharmacy here, announced this week that he expects to be in Marshall every day after January 1, 1958. Dr. Knight, a practitioner, will reside in the Baley residence for merly occupied by Dr. McLeod. Dr. Knight's wife and children expect to move to Marshall later in January. 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 emnlov in annraisinff Hazel Walker's sensational play- erg, 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 Marshall (all men's team) here Thursday, January 2, 958 'at 7:80. Miss Walker, of course, sets the pattern. Often called "Miss Basketball," she was se lected on the All-American team 11 times, a record which has nev er been topped. During the 14 years she spent in amateur ball, Hasel played on 5 National Cham pionship teams and runner-up 8 years. She won the. National Free Throw title 6 years and. In ternational ' title' 2 years. Her tneiiul line" nevefbeen elfffal led in National Tournament His tory. " - i " - ' .-' Rounding out the r team ar 7 players, whose ability and finesse (Continued to Page Five) Farmers Are Urged To Grade Tobacco For Market Madison County farmers who have not stripped and sorted their tobacco for marketing are urged by the county agent, Harry G. Silver, to be more careful in sep arating the tobacco according to grades. During the early part of the marketing season the buyers on the warehouse floors were not paying a lot of attention to the way tobacco had been sorted on the farm. As the market has de clined more and more attention is being given to a proper job of stripping and sorting and tobacco which has not been properly sort ed is costing the farmers a penal ty of as much as $9.00 per hun dred. An example of this may be the bottom leaves (or flyings) during the early part of the mar keting season niay have been put together -in "such a manner that the flying showing a lot of ground injury would cause the basket of tobacco to carry a government grade of Nil In many instances this basket of tobacco may have Drought i the ; farmer r ?66.00 per. hundred. ' At this' time the mar- k fc, aion leverage on . NIL is V) je badly damaged wrfr6he Cifcan fiyutfcy? jiie worse. Kbicco inl the flyings, would still demand a bout $40 per hundred and the re mainder of the flyings which con stitutes '-the majority of the weight would still bring the farm- FIRE DESTROYS EBBS STORE ON SPRING CREEK Brown Family Escapes In Early Morning Bdaze Wednesday One of Madison County's oldest landmarks was destroyed by fire early, Wednesday morning Christmas Day at Trust, in the upper Spring Creek section of the county. Flames quickly de stroyed the wooden structure of the old Jasper, Plato and Carlie Ebbs store which has been under the management of Mr. John Gardner for the past 53 years. Prior to that time, the Ebbs Brothers had operated the store for 20 years. The fire was discovered about 2:30 o 'flock Wednesday morning by Mr. and Mrs. Roy Brown, who resided in the apartment over the store. The Browns managed to escape without injury but were unable to save anything. The loss is esti mated at between $15,000.00 and $20,000.00. There was no fire in surance. '.T'. -Mr-' and Mrs. Brown have one daughter, who is 'four years old?" 30 Baskets Given Blind Families By Lions Club Truck Hits School Bus Near Mars Hill; No One Is Injured A pickup truck sideswiped a school bus on Holcombe Branch Road in Beech Glen community about 8:30 a. m., Thursday but no one was injured, State Highway Patrolman A. L. Feldman report ed. He said the bus, whose driver was Oscar Shelton, 28, of Mars Hill, was picking up students for Beech Glen Elementary School when the truck struck it. The accident happened on a curve, he said. The driver of the truck was Glenn Metcalf of Barnardsville, he said. 1957 Bond Sales To Date Total $123,719.68 er approximately '$65.00 per hun dred. " Another mistake which is cost- (Continued to Page Three) Carson Gentry Is Winner Of Shorthorn; Winners Announced t1! Over $7 Million I'Jill Be Paid Out For Conservation In 1957 'A''5' i "A nreliminary summary of par f ' tieipation in ASC's Agricultural , ' ' ; Conservation Program shows that v over $7 million will be spent by ' the Government this year to en- i; courage needed conservation over the State.- H. D. Godfrey, State Administrative Officer : for & the 1 State ASC Committee, says that this fiorure represents :; only k a small fraction of the j value ?of " the conservation purh?d through Federal funds. This pay ment is for needed conservation ' on 80,700 Tar Heel farms. This compares with .71,000 - farmers v,ho entered into partnership with t! , Federal Government in 1956. 7 r arly one out of .three Tar I ! farms took part in this pro- this year. ' - Godfrey says t - ough 32 percent of the i North Carolina took part -ram this year, farms - in the prcrram rep- "'f :t of t' e durrell Captures 3 Cases Whiskey Near Ivy Bridge Policeman Carl Burrell, , of Marshall, captured three cases of non4axpaid whiskey in a 1952 Chevrolet Tudor Sedan near the Ivy Bridge ' last Thursday Y night about 10 o'clock. ' - ' . He arrested Gerald Jenkins and Jack Dorsey, both of High Point, and placed them. in the Madison County jail. ' - New Year Greetings Throughout Issue; Very Little News You will notice ll.at most of t.is is'ue is cv-?J to f e a t - s v j i d ex- t - ! I r , r mmmm During November the sale of Series E Savings Bonds showed an iiiereaes'o'f 5.3 over N6vm4 ber of a year, ago. The combined sales of E and H Bonds were $3,797,641 which was $12,000 be low 1956 sales. This amounts to only .3 of 1 decrease for the month. However, November a year ago had one additional sales reporting day. January-November 1957 sales passed the $43 million markwhich is over 79 of the annual quota for 1957. Redemptions of matured and unmatured E and H Bonds dur ing November were the smallest volume of cash-ins for any month since November 1956. With both sales and redemptions taken into consideration, November was the best savings bonds month of this year. "Sales in Madison County were $6,326.00 during November, bringing the year's total to $123,- 719.68. This amounts to 61.4 ef the county's quota attained to date," said Mr. C. L. Rudisill Jr., The Marshall Lions Club mem bers distributed more than 30 baskets to families who have blind members this Christmas, it was announced by R. G. Franklin, president of the club. Donations from individuals again made this "treat" possible and officials of the club wish to thank everyone who cooperated in the effort. Each basket contained candy,, nuts, coffee,, potatoes, salt,', sugar, apples, organges, flour and other good. Carson Gentry, of Marshall RFD 3, was winner of the. reg istered shorthorn at the annual drawing last Saturday afternoon, Pascal "Snooks" Haynie,. of Mar shall, won the .22-cal. automatic rifle; Tim Barnwell, of. Marshall was awarded the beautiful set of dish and Claude Davis, of Mar shall, won the child's ear. t WINNERS ARB " ANNOUNCED IN DRAWING TUES. Kelly Davis, president of the Marshall Merchants' Association, announced the winners of the three prizes offered by members of the association at the drawing last Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Minnie Griffin, of Mar shall, RFD 1, was awarded the first prize, a $229.00 sewing machine ; Creaver Gosnell, Mar shall RFD 3, won the $64 auto matic 22al. rifle and ammuni tion, and Clyde Gosnell, of Mar shall RFD 3, won the boy's bicy cle. Volunteer Savings Bond County, Chairman, who released this re port. County Agent Silver States Dairying On The Hove Here PROPERTY TO BE LISTED DURING JANUARY Township Tax Listers Are . Announced; Schedule i In This Issue With January . 1 only a few days away, attention is called to the fact that all property in Mad ison County .'must,' according, to law, be listed for taxes during the month of January. For those who neglect to attend to this im portant matter during January, a penalty will be' added. 1 The listers and schedule can be found in an advertisement on Ffi-e Four of i" ' Is.-m. Gross County 1957 Income Is Increased , $230,000 ' -. County Parm Agent Harry Sil- ver stated this -.week that -dairy farmers of Madison County, both grade A and C, have contributed an increase of about $230,000 in the gross Income to the county in 1957. This increase .in income has been made possible by more grade C 1 milk producers, more milk produced per farm on grade C and grade A farms through bet ter management practices ; more feed per cow from silage, high quality hay, and better pastures. There is now positive proof t' t the improved pasture and f 1 program Madison . dairy men ; ' carrying out is r"1; ' - "'. :-' rJ!9 of one qwsr r 1. i r r T" '-r.