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I "(ft ( t s. " I t . i - ill l ". . r, VOU 57- NO. 11 8 PAGES THIS WEEK V ; MARSHALL, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1958 14.00 A YEAR QUTSJBXE OOUNTI , V ' nrr r H v p"" f 0 'i 7 mo .... fiPG.nr niiii fffiniiA fry oaifi Sir Ball, Ponder, I'Jallin Are Submitted By Larkins For County Board Of Elections Fred Holcomb Is Expected To Be Candidate For House Democratic State Chairman John D. Larkins' submitted the names of Marvin Ball, Levi Pon der and Emory Wallin to the 'Stat Board of Elections for ap pointment to the Madison Coun ty Board of Elections Saturday. The state board will meet be fore March 21, probably this week, in Raleigh to name the boards for Madison and the oth er 99 counties. Under state law, the etate board is required to pick the two Democratic members from the three recommended by Ohainman Larkins. Larkins' decision means that the election machinery for h May 31 primary and Nov. 4 gen eral election in Madison County wiH be controlled by the faction headed, by Sheriff E. Y. Ponder and his brother, Zeno Ponder. The other faction, led by County Chairman Glenn Reems and 'Coun ty School Supt. William W, Peek, ihad backed N. B, Blankenship, Auburn Wyatt and C. T. Sprjnkle for the board of elections. Ball and Blankenahin m fha T)t- cratic members of . the iretirin mad, board. ' ' . The The two factions. 7 tim&Vmir tnorr dwferences out into the open at a meeting Wf (the cotmty ' exec utive committee last month. Th meeting called for the purpose of recommending memlbers for the board of elections, brolce up into two gpearate sessions. The Ponder faction took their case before Judge J. Frank Huskins in in junction proceedings. Larkins emphasized that in submitting the Ponder-backed recommenda tions to the etate board, he was governed by Judge Husltins' deci' sion upholding the contentions of the Ponder group, i As a result of the Pender fac tion's victory, Fred H. Holcombe is expected to enter the race for the Democratic nominafion for the state House of Representatives with- the full blessings of this group. He served in the 1953 House. A. E. Leake,, who represented Madison in the 1957 House, has advised friends that he will 'not run -again TROPHIES ARE PRESENTED MHS PLAYERS TUES. Champions Of Football And Basketball Are Loudly Applauded Two beautiful trophies were presented the Marshall football and basketball players and coach es Tuesday morning by Principal Bernard S. Brigmam following the fashion show in the auditorium. The large, Bhiny football trophy signifies that Marshall High School's Red Tornadoes are the Skyline A Conference champions for the past season Mr. Brig- man handed the trophy to Cap- itains Bruce Baldwin, Pender Mc Elroy and Wayne Clark. The other 'trophy was for the Madison County Basketball Cham pions of 1958. This trophy was presented to co-captains Johnnv Corbett and Bruce Baldwin. ' Loud applause ereeted the players as each presentation was FINANCE, SITES COMMITTEES, MET ON MONDAY The Finance and Sites Commit tees of the Marshall Industrial Council met in the REA Building here Monday night and gave re ports on tine progress being made in the Marshall area. ' j $ i Mr. S. C. Rudisill, chairman of the Finance group, commended the Marshall businessmen on their cooperation in contributing mon ey so that plans could go forward in encouraging industry to this area. iE. C. Teague, chairman of the Sites Committee, heard ! renorts from members who are investigat ing several proposed induustrial sites. ' ''V4-i;'K' The entire Council will meet Thursday night, April 3, at the RE Ai Building. 'f Marshall girls' basketball squad was then asked to stand in lut rn of 4h- atntitorfant Where they "were recognized and Applaud ed by the audience. , , LIBRARY WEEK TO BE OBSERVED ON MARCH 16-22 GLEN ALPINE, ; MARS HILL ARE SKYLINE CHAMPS '58 SOIL BANK CONSERVATION PROGRAM OPEN - Ample funds are still available to Tar Heel farmers under ASC's Boil Bank Conservation Program. H. D. Godfrey, State Administra tive Officer for the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation State Committee, said today that even though funds are runninar mighty close under the Acreage Reserve part of the Soil Bank, the Conservation Reserve is still in full swing. Godfrey expressed concern ov er the fact that farmers in this State don't seem to be Darticinat- ing in tfhis Conservation Program as they should. He reports that - - (Continued to Page Six) GIVE The United Way STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR'S OFFICE RALEIGH February 17, 1958 ' Statement By Governor Luther H. Hodges North Carolina and the Na tion will observe National LJbrary week March 16-22.' This observance is sponsored by the American Libra rv Associ ation and the National Book Com mittee, Inc. Purpose of Nation al Library Week is to arouse the people's interest in reading so that we will have a better read, better informed Stale and Nation. For the first time all media newspapers, magazines, radio and television will unite to drama- (Continued to Page Four) Uedhesday Afternoon Closing The Glen Alpine hoys and Mars Hill girls were declared Skyldne A Conference basketball, cham pions at a meeting Monday night at The Sports Mart in Ashevflle. Glen Alpine finised the 'season with a 6-2 conference record, trailed by Mars Kill -and War- shall, each 6-4. The Mar "Hill girls were ajnbeaten iiul&jewferx ence games. uien Alpine -was ntmerop: with a 7-0-1 mark. In compiling their record, 'Mare mil -gurls defeated Clyde Baiters. vUle, Hoi; Springs,, and Walnut twice during regular season nlav. The girls have been rated as. high as second place in the time 'rat ings for Western 'North Carol! na. Even though defeated in the county tournament for the first time siince 1949, the girls are proud of their 18-2 record for regular season play. With the complete starting lineup returning with the -excep tion of the star guard and all tourney Joy Lou Hensley, the girls are looking forward to an- oxner year. Returning next year. will be Jo Whitt, Brenda Ponder and Barbara Metcalf, alMwua-na- ment selections: Loueila Fonder and Gladys "Ponder, who played outstanding ball all year. HIGHWAY PLANS ARE MADE FOR TIIIS COUNTY ALL-TOURNEY TEAMS PICKED SATURDAY NIGHT Johnston, Gahagan Selected As Most Outstanding In Tournament Play Walnut was the ibig winner in the Madison County basketball tournament which ended here last Saturday night. The Walnut girls captured their divisional crown by trimming Mars Hill, 53-45. They placed three girls on the all-tourney team and then had forward Ellen Johnston selected as the most out standing girl in the tournament. Marshall's .boys downed Walnut boys, 67-46, for the title but Wal nut's Ben Galvagan was selected as the division's top performer. In addition the team put three players on the all-stars'. The champs had two on the stars. The all-star squads and other award winners are as follows -oOo- Mars Hill Girls, Walnut Doys Defeated In Finals Saturday IMPRESSIVE INSTALLATION AT WALNUT SUN. Blue Installed As Director Of Larger Parish By Presbytery The Rev. George Robertson Blue, Who recently accepted the pastorate of the Madison County Larger Parish, which contains the Walnut, Hot Springs and White Rock Presibyterian Church es, was installed as Director of the Larger Parish in impressive services at the Walnut Presby terian Church Sunday evening. The services were under the di rection of the Holston Presbytery. The beautiful sanctuary with - )Priortties" for a $17,000,001) highway , program to meet West ern Nprtfb. Carolina's major road problems ihave been approved by the State Highway Commission. , y The program will answer crit ical needs in the mountain count ies and fill ' Vital requests eulb- mttAeA tit RWf! ?rnv last Jnta Btm.y whb J "when the state's Tevimped high way set-on boeamo effective. -: , Th w'fjrograra is part of a NwCrrt , T.Ye-sU. A ide- wader. .askjiig njvrea vy Mitt lAl!JUIlia' sion til its March meeting last week in Raleigh designed to pro vide a comprehensive ' plan for developemen of .highways that will serve nie entire state, Construction of the program under first and; second priority ratings will take place over the next three to five years, subject to availability of funds and approval of the Utaited States Bureau of Koads. Aiming : liroadlv at ODenincr Western ' North Carolina in Boys all-toumey - Ben Gaha-' , A T t Oonmu.d T,,. T T lts dark ?reen and whlte mten0r MHC CHOIR TO BE IN ASHEVILLE SUNDAY NIGHT Ammonium Nitrate Suggested For County Pastures Schedule Is Announced1 Here i Merchants- Elect ' Officer; Holland Named 1 'j,- '' President -' 1 v The Marshall Merchants : Asse ' eiation ntet Tuesday night at the - City Hall here with , Kelly Dsf is, president, presidiaar. ' ' " v ' , '. Members .decided, to start clos ing their daces of business , Wednesday afternoons from April . 16 to December 8. This schedule Is a little later tJian in previous years but it ' will continue later " in the Winter months more than ' in the past-.-. : f '.v-' O'XVers were also elected for I? a Association to serve for the t year. -I' ' v gre ss 'fu'lows: r. " ':, 7. F. IT.' ii; vice Heads iMerchants 1 The winter of 1957-S8 has teen one of the most severe winters of recent years. Farmers thretafb- out Madison -Oountyi will find "it necessary to "turn their livestock on pastures sooner than in pre vious years. ', :'-; t"if 1 . "A good investment !? at this time would be to apply from ' 100 to ISO pounds . ef ; ammonium ni trate per acre on some of the ear liest grass- pasture so i that : the pastures may come out sooner and furnish more Serace for our livestwck," Harry jC. Silver, farm agent, eaid. v, .v; t.'-Y;-k':-'- "The Madison CoamV Soil Con- servatlen and Land tJse Assooi tion has on hand at this time 45 tone of , TV A. ammonium nitrate which can be porchased by any farmer -for 83.85 per bundred. Any farmer interested in purchas ing ammonium nitrate contact the county agents." Mr. Si ver eon eluded. - - manner not 'undertaken since the primary road program of the 1920s, the state will set in motion teps for -new routes to Tennes see north Trom Asheville through Madison 'County, along the gene ral route T I. S tanrarA Enwdn anil Johnson City and over an improved and relocated U. S. 25-70 routing toward Knosrville. : . Other priorities established for projects in WNC by the Commis sion include: Relocation of N. C. 212 from White Rock to the Tennessee line, (Continued to Page Six) Eastern Stars Elect Officers Here Mon.; '-. -.-.-Y-'-. --.u jt, - ,;-. .. ' .. ', ' - Mrs. Huey Honored The Mars Hill College Choir, directed by Ruf us Norris, will present a concert of sacred music at " Calvary Baptist Churcn in AshevJple during the regular" worj ship hour Sunday- nighf. .' " The program .will - mark th second trip the choir , has made this semester. Last Sunday night the 48-voice choral group pre sented a similar musical service at the First Baptist Church in E- iizabethton, Tenn. On Marcn 22 the group will depart on its sev enth annual concert tour, travel ing through Virginia to Wash ington, D. C, and Silver Springs. Maryland. After the concert tour the choir is scheduled to give programs in Hickory, at the annual meeting of the North Carolina State Med ical Society in Asheville and in the Mars Hill Baptist Church during the college's commence ment season. Dr. Roobert L. Holt, vara res ident of the college, serves as bus- mess manager of ttie choir and Rayford Sowell, a second-year or gan major from Lynchburg, Va., is rehearsal accompanist and so loist. Edith Shepherd of Mars Hill is the only Madison County stu dent in the choir. Weedy I: 1 i. In Mrs. Eb'zaceth Stines Roberts Wife ef William Roberts, of Mar shall, was elected worthy matron of the , Marshall Eastern Star Chaptsr at a' regular meet ing held Mondar nicht in the Ma same Temple liere. s4i,TTii Other officer elected to i with Mrs." Roberts were F. Rav Frirty, worthy patron; Miss Al- deen V aldrup, associate matron; Wade Huev. assedaU . natron: Irs. ' Nadyn M. Worley.' secre tary; Mrs. Willie W. Story, treas urer; i..s Luellen Waldrup. con jefr.: ; and Mrs; Ella Metcalf, 8?-x;,.'e c actress. - f "'. ' 7l t-f rpointive officers se- J 1 tj srve for the coming y - be announced at the meeting a program I honoring . J.'rs. -, t ?io is f-rvl 1 A ' 'i t! 's year, ' ' ; - i FARMERS URGED TO CONSERVE "RESERVE" LAND and soft lighting added to the solemnity of the occasion as mem lbers of the three churches and guests sat in quiet awe as the service progressed. Following the opening congre gational hymn, "0 God, Our Help In Ages Past," the Rev. August Vanden Bosche, pastor of the Sa lem Presbyterian Church, gave the call to worship and pronounc ed the invocation. Following the Scripture reading, Mr. Bosche led the congregation in prayer after The ,ChuTc)is . One Inundation.' . The Kevj Warren ' it eve, pas tor of the Barnsville Presbyteri ' - (Continued to Page Six) , Emmett S. Sams Awarded Merit Fellowship Ermnett S. Sams, popular math ematics instructor at Mars Hill Colleee. has been awarded a mer it fellowship to Cornell Universi ty for the 1&58 summer session by Shell Companies Foundation. The fellowship, announced in a letter from the coordinator of the Foundation, Philip G. Johnson, will provide full tuition and fees, a travel allowance, maintenance (Continued to Page Four) Tournament Is One Of Most Exciting In County' History The high-scoring Walnut sex tet proved too strong for the Mars Hill girls, defending cham pions, as they rolled to an im pressive 53-45 victory in the fi nals of the Madison County bas ketball tournament at the Mar shall gym Saturday night. Ths Walnut girls moved through the double-elimination tournament un defeated. In winning the title, the Walnut team defeated' Mar shall, 64-62 in an overtime peri od on Friday night of the first week after drawing a bye in the opening round. In the quarter finals Thursday night, Walnut eked out a close 66-62 win behind the expert shooting of Ellen Johnston, who racked up 36 points. Jo Whitt, of Mars Hill, with 38 points, led the losers. In the final game Saturday , night, Martha McDevitt, Ellen.. Johnston and Betty Jo'nnson, with the expert play of the Walnut, guards, dethroned Mars Hill, 53-; 45, in a game that kept the spec tators on edge-throughout. The game was so viciously.. played that: - spills were frequent witt minor. (injuries being sustained by some? of the players. Barbara Metcalf, , Mars Hill guard, suffered a. slasb above her right eye in a mixup.. Again, Ellen;-Johnston was ihigh scorer for the winner witiJ -J27 points. .Martha woevilt looped in 14 point v with j Johnson 'scoring Jl Brenda PoV " ' (Oontinued'on Last Page) NATURE AND TIG MONTH OF MARCH March is an interestinsr month v ; from Nature's standpoint JFirst, ' Nature brings us spring this year on the evening of March 20, a , little earlier than usual. .Also on - that day we see a , new moon,, which can be observed at 3:50 inV'w the morning of the 20t5u V After the cold weather we have- been experiencing, the arrival of spring will be welcomed by ma- (Contwued to Page Four)' 1 ' North Carolina farm land, whKb has been placed in the 1958 Acreage Reserve; Program. Pre sents an excellent opportunity for conservation' advancement i under ASCs i Aa-ricuHural Conservation Program, according to H. D. God- f rey. Administrative Officer for the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation t State i Committee. From the data the signup opened through the TtaTe February there were 296,800 acres placed in this state' , Soil Bank Acreage Re serve, v The Soil Bank,1 Program requires' that there be no harvest ing or gracing from this "reserv ed" acreage. In fact, according to Godfrey, the program would permit fanners to leave this acre age idle during the period 6f t' e contract, oniy Teqmnrg t',e farm er to prevent erot-'on en t! e f ' and prevent t'ie r ? of r Producers Of Cattle To Uotc On Assessment Saturday RAMI. RAMHT17T ' J Not cattle produ. uaiw ers wiu go to the polls for ape-" HELD. TUESDAY fi-&'S - - .Li . .1 "a. c a. nead on AT MAIN HTTT ? u th. fll lTimiO llJLLli . - J referendum carries the assessment wiU be applied to all cattle sold for slaughter in 5 North Carolina, with IV exception of those whkh sell for less than J20.00 a heal Two-thirda of the farmers vnt.lv - must vote in favor nf c inent in oider for it to can-?. - Fifteen Questions and nns to these ouestiona lira li-fu 1 1 low: 'v,,: -. ' 1. Who is alisrilJe to vt ' , ' referendum T All farmers vlio s-, laughter, in. ' ":- - ; The annual Marshall-Mars WiU Band Banquet was held in Coyte I WWRK i .jail. JUMni II II I Oollege. Tuesdav eveninu-. , Members of ths two baiuu seated t beautdfully-decorRted ta bles and the meal, was enioved htr candJehght. ' Hiss Thora Belle Worley acted as mistress of cere monies. 'H.Virril : Smdth irav th invocation and OJra Jarrett read poem and pronounced the ben- ediction. ' ' . ' Special music was rendered ly Joe - Purcell and Lis r.' -y' -n Group. Cecil Ai'!votis i '.' j i" , group with "rock V roll run ' ? on the piano. Of 'leers of 1 i ' - 'j ' :'. v Xv.-t'i r ., - !.,.... r ...... -. , who rr--ive of such cr:1 ' !. If ftvv !': :. r 3 from t e i ' !. J
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