February 13, 1958
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State Money, f Approved
In Kaleigh Last , ,
Thursday
? :a a v.irf r'-.f w v,uuu iirjfii tfauui gyni-
r nasium will be Juilt for the Hot
Springe High School this sumtmer.
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" Spring is the only high
--' school in' Madison County that
' ' doesn't now have gym facilities
'7,' ' Funds. for" construction of the
' t ' building', , 'whose dimensions will
i, - " be about 120 "by 72 feet, will . -de-rive
from ' J17.873.48 in state
V- Allotment of the state money
: was approved in . Raleigh Thurs
oy,by the State School Construc
tion Fund. H i ,
' W W Peek, superintendent of
Madison County schools, said bids
" have beert opened and awarded
subject to-approval of the State
, Board of Education.' He said the
contracts' probably, will be ' let
. . within 10 day. '
-: Work on the new gym will be
gin in early March and will be
' completed during the summer,
: Peek saidt , M! -
The v gymnasium. the first' to
be built af irot Springs, will seat
, approximately 600 persona,' ' It1
. will hav two dressing rooms and
other facilities. ' . v
Local funds for the building de
rive from a $36,000 school district
bond issue that was floated last
August, in ' addition - to money
fivtit the counv's cn'"l oi:f ' v
lit-bwtr-souirce V.--4 Lo um:J xut e
. qulpment and furnishings for the
v gym. -"
.' Hot Springs has been using the
Walnut gym for its athletic aci
tiviitie.; , 1 ' '
H. D. County
' Council To Hold
: Meeting Saturday
. .It was announced here this
"week .that an important meeting
of the Home Demonstration Ooun
ty Council will be held Saturday,
February 15 at 10 a. m., in the
French Broad Electric Member
ship Building.
Zeb Merrell Would
Like To Go To
Moon; Take Dog
The following was published in
Sunday's . Asheville Citizen-Times :
3 "I am an 86-year-old man and
I would like to make the first
trip to the moom; 1 Would be
' interesting, particularly if I could
take my dog along, a
r- . . ZEB MERRELL
' V , Marshall, N. C."; ,
February 20 IsJClevj Deadline
fcr PrQCoburement Seruicos
Due to the delayed announce
' ment of burley quotas for 1958,
i the State ASC Committee has ap
- proved a two weeks extension in
- the time limit for interested our-
ley farmers to file applications
for official premeasurement serv
ices.. The original closing date
was set for February 15, but has
now been extended to . February
'28, according to T-alph Ramsey,
ASC of." re manager. Ramsey
said that the county ASC commit
tf 5v a r od for a tune el-.n-
. . sj f oWa tlie rro.l ' 'rs
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FERTILIZER
SALES IN THE
C0UNTYG01P
Although the State pf North
Cairolina used 14 per cent less fer
tilizer last year than in the pre
ceding year, sales in 24 counties
went up. And Madison County
was, one of them, explains Harry
Silver, county agent.
He reports that Madison Coun
ty farmers bought 4,577 tons last
year. This figure represents 20
per cent of the purchases in the
previous fiscal year, 1955-1&56.
, Figured for Madison County
last year show that 3-9-9 was the
leading grade. . It represents 1,
351 tons of the county's ' total
Sales. Next in .line was 2-12-12
which made up 1,344 tons for, the
couAty. , ' v
k Information from State College
shows that North Carolina farm
ers need' to nearly double their
use of fertiliser. This estimate is
made in' view of present soil fer
tility levels and s, crop . acreages.
But : Silver warns that - farmers
should not use fertilisers indis
ciiiminatelyt .For , best returns
from fertilizer' apply the kind and
amount recommended on the ba
sis of a soil test, As a li, rt re
sort, If you do -not ht t. t -t
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a! Ae at your local county agent's
" Many, Madison County farmers
are now using 8-8-8 or 4-8-10 in
stead of 8-9-9 as a tobacco fer
tiliser. . The farmers using 4-8-10
and 8-88 are I reporting excellent
results and feel that their return
per $1.00 spent is equal to or
greater than what they may have
experienced from 3-9-9 tobacco
fertilizer.
PONDER NAMED
FARM BUREAU
DIRECTOR
Those attending the three-day
annual convention of the North
Carolina Farm Bureau in Raleigh
this week were Zeno Ponder, Coy
Morgan, Clarence Boone and Lo
rado Ponder.
At ifchn convention. Mr. Zeno
Ponder was elected to the board
of directors for a one-year term,
succeeding Andy Nesbitt, of Bun
combe County.
While in Raleigh they attended
the Duke-N. C. State basketball
game at Reynolds Coliseum Tues
day night .'
6 COUNTY BOYS
LEFT WEDNESDAY
FOR INDUCTION
' It was announced here today by
the Local 'Draft Board that , six
county boys left Wednesday for
ChArlotto for induction, in the U.
S. Army. - ' ,"' '
TVe boys were: James Wayne
r- , v,"e'zie Platx) Coinor, Ln-
( -i Ja.k Gwrre Keit
r- ?':' : ' Earl Era "'urn and
BAPTISTS TO
TAKEOFFERl !
FDR AGING) i:
' The forty-eight chureht of the
Frencb .Broad Baptist As ciution
are expected to join the more than
three- thousand Baptist' c' mohe.
of North Caolin- iff mal. ng a
special offering, to the ;.N.!.C Bap
tist Home for they Aging ont,Sun
day, February 16, ; according , to
Theodore Robinson, .Assocktio, 1
Representative; . JRevV Ralph r Hv
gan, moderator, ' and 1 David :E.
Roberts, Missionary. T h e 4
spokeamen were Vquick to!: point
out that : the need is four-fol4:'
1) Finish paying indebtedness en
n e wv : Administration Budlding,
which nearly1 doubled'' the Homes
capacity Nearly- four . hundred
thousand dollars of the five hunt
dred thousand, dollars . has been
paid. (2) . 'Sufficient . funds 3 to
help a larger nmmber, of needy
residents! , Ninety percent of the
residents have to be helped to
same extent. (3),' Another great
need k for, additional funds for
equipment and improvements. (4ft
Lastly, Mr. Don G.v. Mathews of
HamiltonV N. C.,'. is 'offering to
give $50,000 for the building, of
an additional Home . in' Eastern
North Carolina,' ' provided N. C
Baptists' will rake the remainder
of the necesaary amount. This is
a great challenge,' , '
.Mr. James '.M. Hayes general
superintendent of 1 the Homes,
makes' the following "suggestions
about the offering on. Feb. 16:
. (1) That all organizations of
the etui, tr
'fecial of-
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bo it i.l lu - t .ill t-iiUlc.n'J.
make a -woiithy offering.
i (3) That the church treasurers,
or - some ' designated person, send
the offering in as promptly -as
possiible; making certain- to give
the name of the church, the name
of the Association, and ths name
of the person sending the money.
Money should be sent to: .
Mr. James M. Hayes, Homes For
Aging, Winston-Salem, N. C. ;,
(4) Pray for your Baptist
Homes for the Aging.
Gentry Home On
Big Laurel Burns;
Everything Lost
The 5room frame home of Mr.
and Mrs. Elbert Gentry, of Mar
shall RFD 4, was completely de
stroyed by fire Saturday night,
February 1.
Mrs. Gentry and her three chil
dren ware asleep when Mrs. Gen
try was awakened- by smoks and
flames. Mr. Gentry was on du
ty with the highway department
at the tame of the. fire.
All household furnishings and
clothing were lost.
Their -children are: Linda, 11;
Blanco, 9; and Clifton,- 5, .
, (There was no insurance.
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you 'all from the tottom of , my
heart for all you have done .and
wish for Hammarlunu and its per
sonnel continued
success , a n a
growth in the futuri
, Mr. Gibbs
sadd. i t .'-f
' Following the invocation by the
Rev. Eddie McPetres, Mr." Gibbs
led the long line Of employees, of
ficials and guests "by the tables
where plates were loaded, with de
licious food prepared by the em-ployeest-o
' Many went tack for
"seconds" with everyone eating all
they could possibly bold, f 4 ';
In addition to the personnel of
the plant guests included Don
Sprinkle -and ' Jim Cox, of Mars
Hill, and Jim Story, of Marshall.
Pat Edwards, p ,
Well Knowii In i
County, Joins Band
, Woman's ' College, Greensboro,
ia about to lose a sophomore, and
the entertainment world -.fa'- about
to eain a new 'singer.f -
Patricia Edwards, daughter of
Mrs.'; Joe Rotourits j of AshevoiUe
and the late Kenneth Edwards of
Madison 0untyr has been selectj
ed by Tex Beneke' to ' sing" . with
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OFFICIALS AT MARSHALL LIONS
MCUS
y The students' at Mars .Hill Col
lege, will observe Christian Focus
Week Feb. 17-21 with Dr. Claude
Bowen, pastor of the First Bap
tist Church of Greensboro, and
Drv Luther Cipeland, professor at
Southeastern Seminary, as guest
speakers.
At 10 o'clock each morning dur
ing the week Dr. Oopelartd and
Dr. Bowen will speak at the reg
ular chaDel services at the col
lege. Each afternoon the two
leaders will be available for con
ferences with students. Dr. Bow
en will deal primarily . with the
personal aspect of Christian liv
ing, and Dr. Copeland will dis
cuss missions and evangelism.
Each night from 7 until 8 o'
clock study courses , will be held
In the Mars Hill Baptist Church
with various members of the .fac
ulty as teachers. The study cours
es were originally scheduled last
fall but were' postponed because
of an outbreak of flu on the cam
pus. ' '
following the study course each
night there will be a worship serv
ice in the sanctuary of the church
With Dr. Bowen and Dr. Copeland
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BANQUET ,
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fett.ve iustiuitionul 1. i t
Others- appearing on the pro
gram' will be vMise Madeline
Tripp,' State President; ' L. ; B.
Leatberwood, superintendent . of
Haywood County schools' ; and Mrs.
Carrie Abbott, supervisor of
Swain County schools.
Superintendents and Instruc
tional ' Supervisors from 17 West
ern North Carolina counties will
attend.
CHARTER NIGHT
OBSERVED BY
LIONS CLUB
Annual Ladies' Night Held
At Bailey's Cafeteria
Monday
Tko MaratmU liana Club ob
served its fourth charter night an-
nivAmonrv with a banquet and
Ladies Night program, Monday
evening in Bailey's Cafeteria nn
Asheville...''' '
(P n Franklin, nresident of the
club, presided and Lions Howard
Barnwell and H. E. Boimger were
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Burley Acreage
Prcgrcn Cpolis
T0KEEPREC0?iDS
OF FARM KCO:
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?A number of social security
claims based on farm, earn !)-
have been turned down in -
ion County because t'-e clainia
did not ke-'P recorvla s i "re ml
able to prove t' . t tVy.l-
in'coane re;-' rted,"' R. "
f'eld n "''.' f,f '
Ilev, Iivoij 1 .
ghhley, Mass., ba-i ac
pastorate of the Madi.sun .
Larger Parish, which conLi. t i
WaUiut, Hot Springs, and .l. i
Rock Presbyterian Churches. lie
and 4iia( family are expected to
move to the Walnut Presbyteriaii
Manse on Friday. ' . -,
Mr. and Mrs. Blue -have fou ..
.uiti fro Svlvn'a Irene Giv
ens, of New York; Virginia Car
ole, Donald Richard and George '
Robertson. j M,
Mr. and Mrs. Blue and two
sons will arrive here this week,;
but MSss Virginia Carole, who ie '
a high school student in Shirley, ;,
..-n amoin fliAivi until after the ?
X klHl.l -
school term.
Prior to accepting the call to
Madison County, Mr. Blue ' was
pastor of Umted Church oC&ntr
ley, having been there, since Sep ,
tomiber, 1956. ; He has alsoBerved ,'
asi pastor of the Lubec Oongrega ,
tional Christian Church, and also
churches at :.Eatport, Maine; .
South WHliamstoni Mass. ; Webster,-
New Hampshire, and Preble,
N. Y. - '
Mr. Blue is a graduate of NeWi
ton (Mass.y High School, New
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Dcc'oruo
For ICcD
"Any operator' of a burloy t
co farm who is intere.sted in i "
ing a "portion or all of l.N ;
ed acreage in the Acre-
serve phase of the 10.'..? ' '
program, may do eo '
of his to-vo rr" . .
vile IIa 1
Madison Ccunfy
announced 1 " n
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