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Election 0ff Board Off Direotdrs
Registration Begins At 10:00 a. m.
Business Session At 1:00 p. nil
Uice-President, Gars Hill Ccllo
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. Ashevlllo Banjo Matthews of
Ashevalle, J one of the brightest
tars on J NASCAJl'a eportaman
and madified Itorizon, will open
defense of bia 1967 McConnkk
Field Speedway sportsman oham.
plonshtp Saturday night when the
quarter mile asphalt'. ,t speedway
I opens tor' Its third eeamn of
weekly sportsman and amateur
, racing. -
j Matthews will head the larg
est field of -sportsman drivers ev
er to "compete on this; rugged
track. Included among his com
petition will be the 1967 national
sportsman champion, Ned Jarrett
of Newton, Ralph Earnhardt of
Kannapolis, Uhe 1955 national
champion, and Mooresville's Har
old Moore, who lost last year's
track championship to Banjo by
a scant two points.
.Saturday's opening program
will include 135 laps of racing t
a 40-lap main event for sports
men, preceded by two 10-lap' heats
and a 15-lap consolation racei
Amateurs will run a 80-lap fea
ture, two 10-lap heats and a 10
lap consolatoin. Time trials will
begin at 7 p. m., and racing will
start at 8.
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Raleigh The Motor Vehicle
Department's summary of traffic
deaths through 10 a. m., April
21, 1958:
Killed this year - . 239
Killed to date last year 288
. Singing Convention
The Madison County Singing
Convention will meet at the Davis
Chapel Baptist Church, Sunday,
April 27, at 2:00 p. m. All sing
ers and the public are invited to
attend. !
Jonah Rice President
Mrs. Jonah Rice Secy,
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...... The life work of some ; people
eema to be the task of fanning
social smudge into, ja flame,-' :
MISS MARY EARLINE MARTIN
of 'Mars Hill will be married in the ear
l(y summer to Frederick Guy Walker
Jr., son of Mrs. F. G. Walker of Albe
marle and the late Rev. Mr. Walker.
Miss Martin's parents are Mr. and Mrs.
Earl Martin of Eagle Springs.
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A Uamtand News
MRS. BIRCHARD SHELTON, Correspondent '
The Laurel home demonstration
dub met with Mrs. Birchard
Shelton last Thursday. Ten mem.
bers were present. Mrs. Prank
Honeycutt, president of the elub,
presided, calling the roll and each
member answering with a house
hold hint. We were sorry that
Mrs.- Augusta McDevitt couldn't
be with us that day as she is al
ways ready with" plenty of ideas,
and the fun from the. many jokes
she often tells us. We hope she
will be ; with us next time. Mrs.
Joe Cook was also able to be with
us. We were all happy to have
her well and with us after a
year's illness.
Mr. John Gahagan is doing-,:
some farming .t)iis year in . the
old ginseng patch.
Mr. Dean Trimble has a badly
sprained ankle from playing base
ball at Laurel High School, He
is slowly recovering. -
iMr. Vaun Franklin is clearing
land in the Arrowood hollow for
Mr. and Mrs. Pred Shelton. They s
now own this farm.
Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Tweed ;
of Shelton Laurel visited T her.
mother, Mrs. Polly Gahagan, last ;
Sunday. ' ' - ' t -
About the only time youH ever
see money , growing ' on trees is
when there has been some graft
ing, going on.
A stroke of good luck ma
snake a man great, but it tak
a lot of 'hard work -to keep h
that way. . ' ' )
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FOR . 3
County Offices In ay Primary
The undersigned candidates announce for the fol ' .
lowing offices in Madison, County, subject to the will
of the voters as expressed in the Democratic Primary
onMay31,1958. ly;
If nominated and elected, the undersigned pledge
to serve the people of Madison County to the best of r
Btheir abilities, and to represent fairly the interests of
all the people of Madison County:
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Troy Rarrioey, Swan D. I3uff
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" REPRESENTATIVE ; -; ' TAX COLLECTOR
Judoon Edivardo Ervin A:!: ::::
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CLERK OF COURT
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