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Firemen To Participate In
Hew Pension Program
.Pension Plan Is Contested
By Fire Insurance
" Companies
Fire Chief Allen Duckett, of
-'-the Marsh! Volunteer Fire De
partment, stated this "week that
the local firemen will take advan
tage of the pension plan as pass
, ed by the 1957 General Assembly.
Chief Duckett said that the
firemen have the program under
consideration and voiced the o
pinion that practically every fire
man is interested in the plan.
This morning, it was reported
from state headquarters that over
1900 members have paid $52,000
In the four months the plan has
been operating. Members pay $5
each month until retirement in or
der to receive a pension of $50
each month after retirement. The
fund is augmented by a levy' of
one per cent on fire, insurance
premiums paid in the area pro
tected by the department. The
one per cent rate increase was au
. thorized by the law creating the
pension plan and Is paid by the
- policyholders.
The firemen's pension will pro-
vide a valuable, supplement to so-
cial security benefits and private
,4 , incomes- for many firemen who
, hav been serving their commu-
', nitiea at considerable personal
-' risk and expense with little or
no compensation, -' Duckett" said.
-: Many cities and towns are paying
i all or part of the firemen's pay-
. i ments to the pension fund. -"
The pension plan is being con
.-'tested by the fire insurance com-
'Fpnnfes who have filed suits in the
Vv'itkti County fupeiior Court. The
demurrer filed by the Attorney
. . General, who is defending diaries
F. Gold, Commissioner of Enaur
ance and. Henry L. Bridges,' State
Auditor, both trustees of the pen
' ' sion fundi recently was upheld by
the Wake court. The judge's ac
tion on the demurrer has been ap
pealed - to the State Supreme
r court: " "
ANDERSON PLANT
RECEIVES GRADE
"A" PRODUCTS
Margery J. Lord, M. D., Madi-Iary
son Countv Healtn uilicer, an-
j nounces this week' that all pro
ducts of the one local plant, An-
derson's Pasteurization Plant, are
grade "A", as determined by in
spection records and laboratory
analysis.'' .
In addition to the local plant,
the following plants from outside
the county -market pasteurized
milk here: Pet Dairy, Skyline Dai
ry, Biltmore' Dairy.; and Sealtest
Dairy. ' Laboratory examination
of all milk products sold places
them on grade "A."
The producer dairies presently
selling milk to the one local plant
are grade "A," according to our
records. They arev A- W- Huff
and Ralph Anderson. There are
also 44 grade "A" producer dai-;
ries selling milk" to . processing
j ' ,!.t3 outeide, of this county.
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Licensed To Preach
Vance Davis
Spring Creek Boy
Licensed To Preach
By Meth. Conference
Vance Davis was issued his Lot
eal License to preach by th
Waynesville District : Conferencej
The conference ' was at .Franklu
Methodist Church in Franklin, K
C, January 16. '"' k
He , completed ', h I s require
nf jttiidv n1 .naaaed his ex
amination before a committee on
Ministerial Qualifications; which
included the Rev. F. CL Smathers,
District " Superintendent of ; The
Waynesville District. .
Vance is a freshman at High
roint College, High Point, N. C,
where he is studying for thftitnin
iiitry. ' He was awarded the Rob
ert Beaucst : . Scholarshlo" f 0 r
1957JJ8. - '
Tie is a graduate' of t Spring
Creek High School ana is tne son
of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Davis.
SOCIAL SECURITY
OFFICIAL TO BE
HERE TOMORROW
It was announced here this
week that an official of the So
cial Security office would be at
the courthouse on Friday, Janu-
24, at ten o'clock.
He will assist anyone wishing
information concerning Social Se
curity. STATE GOP
PARLEY SET
FOR MARCH
Policy-Maker. Pick City Of .
. WinstonsaIem for
' -r Convention
V,
Winston-Salem, Jan. 20 Jte-
publkans who. make party policy
in .North' Carolina agreed this
week to hold their 1958 convention
at the Coliseum , '.fa Winston-Sa
lem.: :i v :"";'' "'"''.'." ::"''
'State Executive Committee
members voted overwhelmingly in
favor of having the convention
here Saturday, March 8. ;:.
Although the Coliseum will cost
40 more than twice as much
as rental in other cities' Winston-Salem
was chosen over Ra
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Wiley M. RcbcrU
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STATE HIGHWAY
SAFETYAWARDS
ARE PRESENTED
Several Madison Conn
;,- Men Included In . j
' w-v, . i, , Honors, ! J
': Two hundred and five employees
of, the State ; Highway Commis
sion, Madison, Buncombe, Mitch
ell and Yancey counties, received
awards for accident free service
at a meeting in Asheville )n
January 17, 1958.
'The awards were presented by
Mr. Travis Jonea, Engineer of
Safety, for the Commission.
Seventeen employees , received
certificates for one year's service
without an accident; forty-five
received certificates for two yeais
no accident- service; thirty-five
were awarded silver pins for 3
years accident free service; sixty
four were given gold pins for five
years without an accident and
forty-four were presented gold
pins with diamonds for ten years'
service with no on the job acci-
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FARM HOUSING
LOANS NOW
AVAILABLE
The construction and repair o
farm houses and other farm build
ings may be financed by Farmers
Home Administration loans,- W,
K. , Anderson, . the agency's' local
county supervisor, said this week
v He said the same kind of farm
housing loanprogram is available
as last year, when American farm
owners borrowed $21,300,000 - to
construct, - Improve, or :, repair
farm houses and other essential
farm buildings, or to provide wa
ter for farmstead ;or "household
use, .
Twenty-five (25) of these11 loans
have been made in Madison Coun
ty to date and of this number five
(5) have paid their loans in full.
Farmers flame Admi
istration
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loans ere r"vk!oi c .,'
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THURSDAY, JANUARY
? Jffloal I? Wged To late On
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pressman Whitener Also
aavs vi - w swaenvwio
- Education
According ' to i telegram this
eek from Congressman Basil L.
Tiitener, of the 11th district of
orth Carolina, he will be in Mar-
tall ' tax , Satnrdav. - Iinninr 9R
ni ; will appear with Dr. Law-
nee G, Derthick, United States
pnunisBloner of Education, over
Vdio station WMMH at 12:45 p.
Dr. Derthick will discuss high
important Questions with rela-
N to 'secondary and college ed-
ivu .w yur .uiiuvuM giroiicuis.
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MEETING TO BE
,'ELD HERE
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Burley tobacco production fakno,,,,,-. . h,Mti.m in tw
Mwiiun vouiuy naa oeen going
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support prici' ive been' up and
down, and proauction per, acre has
been, gradually climbing.
v 4An , individual tobacco t farmer
can' do little about allotment
changes or; the level of support
prices.' - The area of the tobacco
picture the individual farmers can
inf luence is ; his own production
Under ! whatever, system- he oper
ates he can make.more money by
efficiently producing 'a .high yield
of good quality tobacco and prop
erly preparing this, tobacco to pre
sent a desir-iblo appearance on
the market, ' ,.''
Research,, information properly
used, combined with a farmer's
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SOCIAL SECURITY
OFFICIAL IffiRE
MCE MONTHLY
v "Many Madison County farmers
over 65 years, of age who are re
ceiving social security checks have
been asking f they must continue
to file tax returns and pay social
security .; taxes," R. Lee Alltop,
field representative of the Ashe
.ville Social Security Administra
tion office, saU today. '
"Pawners mig: like ;other self
employed peopji and workers in
industry. . tlljy are not exciv pt
from paying sial security t. ?
because they are over 65 or t
ready receiving! benefits. - Self
employment taa returns are re
quired , of all farmers who lad
gross self-emploVment incoiv; fj
at least. 600 anjs net of at 1
$400 to 1957." ? "
Alltop reporteljthat many f
ers already rect-'ving boncf'.'
asking if ad.!! '. ! tax pay
will incr-a3 f -vmnt a
benefits pay-' I! a
s would p si s.vi-e
but. that a r - tf i I '
turn woi:' I' " v "; l
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RAMSEY'S DEPT.
STORE UNDER
NEW OWNERSHIP
Name Changed To Marshall
Department Store;
Is Incorporated
One of Marshall's leading de
partment stores is under new own
ership and is now open for busi
ness with new merchandise ar
riving daily.
The store, formerly owned by
J. J. Ramsey and Arthur Ledford
and known as Ramsey's Depart
ment Store, was purchased last
week by Mrs. John Corbett and
Mrs. E. C. Teague, with. Mr. Led
ford retaining his interest and
stock in the store. The store has
been incorporated and the name
changed to Marshall Department
Store, Inc.
The major stockholder, Mr. Led
ford, is well-known throughout
the county, being one .of the most
popular managers and clerks here.
He plans to manage the store
himself when he returns from the
Veteran's Hospital at Oteen, where
he is a patient. During his ab-
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, mt. Ledford announced that the
eame personnel will continue in
to give the people , of - Madison
County an up-to-date store and If
we do not have wihat you want, we
will make every effort to get it.
Fm asking,, the public to be pa
tient while this hangover is be
ing made and cordially invite ev
eryone to visit the store here,"
Mr. Ledford stated this week. .
The store personnel includes
Dan Windsor, acting manager;
Mrs. Imogene Davis Wilds, Mrs.
Velma Henderson, Mrs. Beulah
Shelton and Pender McElroy.
MARKETING
CARDS MUST BE
RETURNED -ASC
There' are several farmers in
Madison County who have not yet
returned their 1957 tobacco mar
keting cards, . according to Ralph
W. Ramsey, office manager. ;
Ramsey pointed out ; .that - the
regulations" governing-the market
ing . auota nrotrram ' reanire. that
the tobacco marketing card1 v-be
returned to the county ASC off ice
within thirty' days after the close
I. of the burley, auction markets vln
the area, and that xauwra' w re
turn the cards constitutes a viola
tion Of the ' marketing quota law
which will result in the reduction
of the 1958 tobacco allotment to
"zero" acres. ' ,
Ramsey stated ' that . since , the
auction, markets closed 1 la. Ashe
ville last week and In Tennessee
on January 21," " farmers should
make every effort to return their
cards iiot later than iFebruary 20,
v '.-oh is 30 days after the' close
! the mMketCards"'.may.le
ned in person, or-by mail,
s may be returned through
:i by placing a three-cent
i ti e back of the card and
r it in the mail as they
1 to the ASC office.
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All Who Have Not Pledged
Urged To Do So By arch 1
Executive Editor
Mrs. Atwood McEIyea
MRS. McELYE A IS
ACTIVE IN GIRL
SCOUT COUNCIL
Gladv Fork Road, Candler, has
been named executive editor of
Pisgah Girl Scout Council, ac
cording to Mrs. Victor H. Elias
en, council president.
She succeeds Miss Nancy Camp
bell, who resigned last September
and then spent three months in
Europe.
I Mrs. McEJvea is a native of
Iowa, but was reared m Minne
sota.
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During World War II, when she
(lived in Waterford, Conn., she
served as a professional worker
with the USO and Army and Na
vy YMCA, was community recre
ation director, postmaster, chair
man .of the Red Cross, and chief
of welfare services for Civil De
fense. Mrs. McEIyea and her husband
and twp children came to North
Carolina in 1954 and-resided in
Marshall for two years where
Mrs. McEIyea was associated with
her father, C. P. Sorensen.at the
Sorensen Bent Wood Corp.
. During her 'stay at Marshall,
she served as a director t Rain
bow Camp for Girls at Boone,
y The , McElyeas established their
home at Candler in March, 1956.
Mr. ;i(a.El5'ea. is retired from the i
k'- -'t v. -.. ... -j. ...
U, o. Army. t j , i'
;Their children are Gail, 1, a
junior at Enka High School,, and
David, 11, in the sixth grade at
Pisgah Elementary School.
ACP KEEPS FAREIS
READY; SAYS
CHALTJAN -
Madison County farmers
make full use of the IT' 3 Apt
tural Conservation Tr- i
control erosion and to f
soil reserves will r :.' e a t
tial coi. T.tion to V "
future tc-niri'y 8"d v
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PRICE: $2.50 A YEAR IN COUNTY
4.00 A YEAR OUTSDDE COUNTY
By-Laws, Constitution Are
Adopted At Meeting
Here Monday
A meeting of officers and direct
ors of the Madison County United!
Fund Was held at the RE A build
ing here Monday afternoon with
17 officials present. J. Herschel
Sprinkle, chairman of the board
of directors, presided.
Following an opening prayer by
Dr. Hoyt Blackwell. President of
Mars Hill College, the By-Laws
and Constitution of the ' Madison
County United Fund Organization
were unanimously adopted.
J. .Frank Fisher, treasurer, gave
the financial report which reveal
ed that approximately $12496.00
76 of the 1958 goal has been
pledged to date. A "breakdown" .
of the pledges was given and it
was decided that March 1, 1958,
be a tentative "deadline" for those
who wish to make pledges , .wh
haven't already done so.
The urgent need of rural part
icipation was urged end everyone
who wishes to contribute to United!
Fund is urged to contact Dr. H. E.
Bolinger, drive chairman, J. Frank
Fisher, treasurer, or the Commun
ity worker riniiMomtnntg--f---The
direCtors and officers dis
cussed hi length the .initial drive
and expressed optimism and de
light at the fine' response already
given. They also stated that 'with
all-out efforts between now and
March 1, it is believed that the :
goal of $15,326.76 would be pledg-'
ed. They also stated that they
believed anyone who pledges will
keep up with their pledges, thus
enabling the ''first United Fund
Drive in this county to be success-
ful. -,. :; -
The present budget includes the
following agencies who will bene
fit by the, United Fund: Carolines
United, Salvation Army, Madison
County Heart, Crippled Children,
Cancer, T.B., and Polio; Ameri
can Red Cross, Girl Scouts, Boy
Scouts, and White Cane.
Most business places are coop
erating practically 100 :'and in-i'
dications show that employer and
employees are more than willing y
to, give their -"fair-share" to tlw
United Fund Drive, '
Dr. Robert L. Holt, president .
of the Madison County ..United"
Fund, expressed his appreciation
for the' splendid work being ac
complished by the various chair-1
men and urged them to continue
their efforts, i - , ,
J. S. HOWELL
SEEIffiCS FAST
OF SOLICITC.
, James S. Ilowtll, Asl.evi tt
torney and one-time ) ;
licitor, last week : -vvr( I !
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