t: ati..:; alt,, n. c, r.IcCcrrrJc!: FicU Speedway Opens v Saturday Night , , p r r r f r 4 . " 1 s Hi 4 Of The f French Broad Electric Membership Corp. V . . ' . -W2 " ,"' .'-!7' .'tV , Saturiay, April 26, "J 95S nn n nn nnn n n 1 yyip M B V BIS 1KB B MB B BBS B B B m U M 41 B .'i . J. ' ' if t Free Prizes - Dig Bispla Wo-Wn tionorts - uiSGUGG:cns Election 0ff Board Off Direotdrs Registration Begins At 10:00 a. m. Business Session At 1:00 p. nil Uice-President, Gars Hill Ccllo v- " ' . 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. ... fliiiiiii t ' " ' I $ 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, ' ' 1 ' ' ...... 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. Cut courtesy AthevHU CitizenTimf i, ' 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. . ' ' ) r V.'V To Do Eliniblc For Priseo You Lluci cceive vvElcctrio.CorvicoFrpm.'Coopcrr.Iivoi ue oHotorod Arid 'Qo Prcocnt At YI:j Dratvlng 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: i v. -A. Troy Rarrioey, Swan D. I3uff wfoiU v- . --for-.;,: ; " REPRESENTATIVE ; -; ' TAX COLLECTOR Judoon Edivardo Ervin A:!: :::: . 1 rc?. -"'. -FOR . CLERK OF COURT V illit AAtw rf c u .... ..t rc:i co:::;i:

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