3 J ' 'V f " '" -".''U-u 5 ' I - f ' - r - 1 MARSHALL; N.O, THURSDAY, JOr. : 13, 1958, PRICE: $2.60 A YEAR IN COUNfl 14.00 A YEAR OUTSIDE COUNT! VQL.57 NO, 25 v-i'f 8 PAGES THIS WEEK 10c PER COPY . '' . I Ocnterepwsjfli Pars College Start Soon 1,000 Persona Expected At Mars Hill During Summer The first of four non-student conferences which will draw be- tweeit 900 and 1,000 persona to the campus of Mars Hill College this Summer will begin Monday t-2 p. m. It is t'he annual Walt N. Johnson Retreat. Begun in 1926 by the late Dr Walt N. Johnson, the retreat is interracial and interdenomina tional. It is open to anyone but is attended mostly by Baptist ministers. "Formerly independen tly promoted and informally or ganized, the retreat is now under the sponsorship of the department of interracial cooperation of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina. It will be directed by the Rev. W. R. Grigg, state secre tary of the ; department. Dr. Robert Seymour, pastor of the Mars Hill Baptist Church, will present a series of devotional messages during the five-day re treat. Among the 40 to 50 persons ex pected to attend, others are the Rev. J. C. Pipes of Asheville, as sociate secretary of promotion (", J for the State Baptist Convention; ' " the.' Rev. Martin England of vf Somerville, N. J., a former mis " sionary to Burma; the Rev. Z. W. ! h Rotan of Whiteaville, formerly of j ' Enka who has directed the retreat 4i jn previous year's; Mrs. Walt N. ' Johnson of Raleigh, Dr. O. L. i ' ' Sherill of Raleigh and Dr. E. N. ' ; Johnson, of Wagram, -j -r jpt second bf the four conf er . . j scheduled at the college this i ' W begin Tuesday. It ' three-day meeting of public " J I maintaince' personnel from x ihout North Carolina. C. H. Vv- . - Je'w?Br-G . tha. division, I u it operation, a unit of the ff Carolina Board of Educa ".."tion, has organized the conference " .And wjll direct its program. I Between 160- and; 200 'school ' ' -maintenance superintendents and ' personnel who deal with heating, i ' plumbing and electrical wiring i problems in public schools are ex pected to' attend. Several of them 1 will be" accompanied bv their ' '"wives and children, i ' - This is the third consecutive year such a conference has been -held but the first time has been .conducted at Mars Hill. The two other conferences, ; Which will be held on the campus ' this year are the School of Chris tian Study and Fellowship, spon- sored by the department of state ' ,, missions of the North Carolina ' v Baptist Convention, and the an- ( , nual conference of North Caroli- na school superintendents. j . .-"'The School of; Christian Study ', and Fellowship, which wHl be ' ' f directed by the Rev. Mr. Pipes, , ' will, be held June 30 July 4. Ap proximately 300 persons are ex- ' pec tod to attend. s, ' The school superintendents' con ference, which usually attracts a total of approximately 460 per 'sons, including wives and chil ' dren of the: superintendents, wil - , be held August 11-15. v SUTTON SIGNS NEW CONTRACT WITH REDSKINS Halfback Ed Sutton of Cullo whee, has signed a 1958 contract with the Washington Redskins of the National Footb'all League. Sutton, a former University of North Carolina star halfback, and now a University of Tennes see medical student, is to report in time for the Sept. 21 exhibi tion game in Washington with the Chicago Bears. His studies will keep t'he former North Car olina star from joining the Red skins at their California train ing camp. Sutton was guest speaker at the Marshall High School football banquet last year. BIBLE SCHOOL TO START HERE MONDAY A. M. The Vacation Bible School ft the Marshall Baptist Church will beirin here Monday morning at 8:30 o'clock. It will continue through Friday, June 27 for three hours each day. Mrs. Wade Huey is principal of the school. Examinations For Girl Scouts To Be Given June 24 Health examinations f o r Scouts -and Brownie Scouts, plan to attend Mars-hall Scout Day Camp, will be Girl who Girl given Tuesday, June 24, at 1:00 p. m., by Dr. Margery Lord, Madison County Health Department. Girls are asked to' be there promptly at 1 :00 o'clock. Medical certificates will be giv en each girl examined. BACTERIAL CANKER IS: DESTRUCTIVE Examination For Rural Mail Carrier Open For Applications SHULL ELECTED DISTRICT 31-A LIONS GOVERNOR F. E. Shull of Canton is the newly-elected District 31-A" Gov ernor of Lions Clubs in Western North Carolina for the , 1958-59 club year, ( f , , JJ . . ,1 s - Shun, -who wrwsd m WNC Di rector . of the White Cane , Drive during . the past ' year, ' succeeds Judge William A. Hart of Wea- verville as Governor of 86 clubs with some 1,600 members in 12 western mountain counties for the new club year beginning July 1. The new WNC Lions Club lead er jointed ttie Canton Club in 1946, held various offices prior to his election as president in 1953 54, served as Zone 3 Chairman in Region 2 during the 1954-65 and 1955-56 club years, and deputy dis ( Continued on Last Page) D.LMM0N JOINS STAFF OF MARS HILL CHURCH Groundbreaking Set f ' East Sundlav Fni" ? v 'V'-V-' ,j'v Vi'.i;.1 'hurch School J , A . grouna-oreaking - ceremony at noon 'for a Suhday , School buuaing was a part ox th an , nual ' memorial and 'homecoming day program at the Piney . Moun tain Baptist Churdt Sunday. - The morning services began at 10 o'clock, .with the. Rer- JT. A. McLeod, a member of the Mars Hill College faculty and a former pastor of the church, teaching the Sunday School lesson to. a Joint meeting of classes. Bruce Tom- berlin, principal of the Flat Creek uool, delivered the main address st 11 a. m. . ' Job worlJ spends a Ii-fe-fi l.ve m to a rep ! e c-ipr ha'f The Rev. Dean L. Minton, a native of North Wilkesboro and a graduate of Mars Hill College, has assumed the duties of minis ter of education at the Mars Hill Baptist Church. He and his wife and their, three sons moved to Mars Hill recent ly from "Elizabethton, N. C. where Minton was pastor of the Elizabethton Baptist Church for three years. In his new position-he will, di rect' and coordinate the church's program of education through the Sunday School, Training Union, and other - teaching agencies'. ' In addition to a, resident nem bership of . approximately 470, the church serves ' between;. 500 5 and 600 students of Mars Hill College. The college young peoples depart ment of the church is one of the largest in the Southern . Baptist Convention, t-.- -xt -" Minton attended Mars Hill Col- lego from 1946 until 1948. During his second, year at the college be was ordained ' tofhe ministry by his homo church, the First Bap tist Church of North WUVeaboro. In 1949 he enrolled at Wake Forest College, from which be re ceived a bachelor. of arts degree in 1951. 1 "While' he was a student there he- was married to Miss Patsy Watking of Nortb Jilkes boro, "who was also a student st Wake Forest He served as pas ter of the Moravian Falls Bap t' t Church while studying atj Forest. " ' An examination' for Rural Car rier for the post office at Mar shall, N. C, will be open for ac ceptance of applications until July 8, 1968, the commission an nounced today. Applicants must take a written test for this position- They must have resided within the delivery of the office for one year imme diately preceding the closing date of tJie examination.. In addition, they must have reached their 18th birthday on the . closing date for acceptance "of application ."Ther is no .maximum age limit How ever, persons who hav passed tn age of 7U may . be considered only for temporary renewable ap pointments of one year. Complete information about the examination requirements and in structions for filing applications may be obtained at the post of fice for which this examination is being announced. Application forms must be filed with l3ie U S. Civil Service Commission, Washington 25, D. C, and must be received or postmarked pot later than the closing date.' UNITED STATES CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION Adams Advises Removal Of All Infected Branches From Trees, V, According to James L. Adams, assistant county agent, .,' Madison County has a lot of cherry trees scattered throughout. On" almost all of these trees is fouftd a . dis; ea.se which breaks the bark.' and causes ' an enlargement Taf .' the stem. y' ''';",); The disease affects many parts of the tree, but the most common and most destructive phases is that on the- trunks, limbs, f and branines. There the pathogen enters the bark and makes circu lar to elongated, brown, " water soaked or gum-soaked lesions in the bark and outermost sapiwood. Branches girdled by the -canker may fail to grow in the spring. If they produce leaves and : grow for a period, they die the -first warm days of summer. The . af fected bark tissue is brown,' gum impregnated or water-soaked and sour smelling. ! Bacterial canker may'f'kill a tree by girdling the trunk, but It seldom extends below 4 ground. The root system of. trees killed this way will usually re-sprout. Removal of branches -infected with bacterial canker should be done to help control the disease. If such branches remain 'in the trees, the bacteria in them will be spread to nearby trees by rain and the cankers will continue In to more and more of the trees. KYGOFORTHIS ORDERED HELD ction on ar .yJ COMPLETES COURSE Miss Emma Ruth Edwards, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Edwards, of Marshall, returned Saturday by plane from Tor rance Penn., where she complet ed a course in Psychiatry. She returned to Memorial Mission Hospital in Asheville where she isVa student nurse. Gofortl 42, i- Tuesday was ordered bel bond for grand jury, action- charge of murder in the slaying of bis wife in a hay field June 3. IGof orth, a tenant farmer, is still in the hospital recovering from a pistol wound in the head. Buncombe County Deputy Sher iff Albert Sorrells, only witness to testify at a coroner's inquest into the shooting, quoted Goforth as saying he shot his wife, Mrs, Addie Goforth, and then turned the gun on himself. iMrs. Goforth died of a bullet wound over the left eye, Dr. P R. Terry, the Buncombe County coroner, said at the inquest, Sorrells said Goforth, follow ing an argument in the morning carried the pistol, a .45 calmer re volver, with him to the field where he, his wife, and two children were working. The shooting took place at a- bout noon. Sorrells said he found Mr. and Mrs. Goforth lying side by side under a tree in the hay field. I killed her," Sorrells quoted Goforth as saying. "He also said that it was, all bis fault,", Sor rells testified. ( . .- ' l. SILVER URGES PROPER USE OF HAY BALERS Harry G. Silver, county agent, states that farmers of Madison County now have the best first cutting of hay which they have had in recent years. Many farm ers have been pressed by the many jobs which had to be done at the same time because of the heavy rains which have prevent ed them from being in the fields during the long winter and late spring. More hay is being put up in the county by the use of balers than ever before in the county. The proper use of hay balers on early 'hay is much more im portant' than in any other season of the year. Farmers who have been more successful in keeping good quality hay which was bal ed have found that the moisture content in the hay should deter mine the size and tightness of the which they were putting up. Hay. which has a high content of moisture should be baled in a looser bale and if the weather will permit, allowed to stay in the field a little while before it is hauled to 1he barn. Assistant Forest Ranger Is silled In Auto Crash MUDDY WATER NOW CLEARING UP IN MARSHALL Water, which resembled iced tea for the past several days, is finally clearing up, much to the delight of everyone. The condition of the water was caused by heavy rains and fresh ly broken ground at the water supply entrance on Hunter Creek.- Most all of the local residents motored out of town in order to get vessels of water to drink and to do necessary washing of clothes. Many people visited friends out of town in order to take a "clean" bath. Local authorities reported ma ny complaints concerning the wa ter but the authorities were un able to do anything about the sit uation. They, too, had to suffer with the muddy condition. Next Week's Issue To Be Published On Wednesday Car Plunges Off Highway 209 Near Hot Springs; Body Found Sunday oOo News Writers, Correspondents And Advertisers Are Advised To Get Copy In By Tuesday Morning Next week's issue will be published one day ear lier than usual, it was announced here this week. Although we cannot tell you why this ia being done, we can give you a clue. It's because of M. B. D. What's M. B. D.? You'll just have to' wait and ' We (assure yiu that you will vbe delighted when "aee the fcextTsaije of The News-Record. V 'AH writers of community 'fiews ere -asked .to please send in their copy at least a day earlier, than 4 usual and it is hoped that each writer will send in as " much local news as possible. Advertisers are asked to contact this office not later than Tuesday morning, June 24, if they wish to be assured of having advertisements in next week's edition. 1957 World Series To Be Shown At Civitan Meeting The Rev. L. Richard Mellin DToeram chairman for the June 24 meeting of the Marshall Civi tan Club, stated this week that he had secured the film of the 1957 World Series between the Milwaukee Braves and the New York Yankees and will show the film at the meeting on Tuesday, June 24. The film is of 42-iminute dura tion and shows the ' most exciting plays of the Series which was won by the Braves. Increasing Broiler Numbers Per Farm Says Assistant Agent Charlie R. Norton, 25, assist ant U. S. Forest Service District Runner at Hot Springs, was kill ed when his car plunged off high way K. C. 20: near Hot Springs and struck a boulder. He was" pitched from the car and was found lying face down in a small stream. The mishap t'nat took the life of Norton, a native of Highlands, apparently happened at about a. m., Sunday. But it was not dis covered until daybreak, when a passing motorist saw Norton's body in the creek. The State Highway Tatrol said his car went off the road on a sharp curve, traveled about 50 feet and struck a boulder. He was alone in the car. Funeral services were conduct ed Tuesday at 10:30 a. in., in Highlands Methodist Church. Th0 Rev. Gene H. Little offici ated and burial was in the High lands cemetery. Military grave side rites were conducted by the Franklin American Legion post. Surviving arc the mother, Mrs. Agnes Baty -Norton of High lands; four brothers', Herman and Edwin of Aiken, S. C, and Rob ert and John of Highlands; and four sisters, Mrs, Vann Higdon of Cherry Point, Mrs. Leona Meadows and Miss Nancy Nortoa of Highlands and Mrs. Guy Crisp of Newport News, Va. Mr. Norton was a graduate of Franklin High School and N. C. State College. He was also a star second baseman for the Hot Springs baseball team. - hh' r.. v ;. -v-1 ; - f W -J V NEWCOMERS TO HILL 'are the Rev. and I.Irs. Dean L. Ilin ton and their three sons, Dean Jr., C, J"hn, 3, and Eric, 6 vc' -. " ' i rcently' aurr.ed tha iV "- f Her of eJjc;n $i t!--i r . E3r'.::t Church.. Ha ha: 1 1 III College, Wake Forest and i Baptist Thieological, Semi- " I fr. Ilinton attended - Wake ' ! 3 r"i her husband are i ! irerth. Wilkesboro. Many farmers in Madison County started in the broiler bus iness several years ago with from 5,000 to 6,000 capacity houses, states Printesg W. Eng land, assistant county agent. At that time prices were high enough that they could realize a nice in come from this number. The margins of profit are smaller now and very few farmers go into the broiler business with less than 10,000 capacity. Mr. Carson Roberts of the Laurel Branch community has a 7,000 capacity house and plans to increase the size to at least 10,900 birds. He figures the additional birds will not require very much more of his time. Mr. Roy Tweed of the Ivy com munity lias a 12,000 capacity house and plans to double this capacity in the near future. The trend in broiler production Is to ward a larger sis of operation. Protested ' Game v IsWonBy'Hot; Springs Saturday V ' , , Pickin? un ths nrotested gamet called because of rain and wet grounds,' on May SI. at Hot Springs, with two out in the 6th inning, Hot Springs went on to defeat Laurel, 8-2, Saturday. Lead(ing hitters in the game were iHot Springs: King, 2. for 3; Moore, 2-5; Norton, 2-5; ar.J Anderson, 2-5. Laurel: K. ! ; 2 for 3 and Emmetle t' :' T for 4. Laurel Cn0 1") f Hot fp'r? ri rt ( ' - : i Y,-?: Li. -: M": fT- " . ME BLIGHT F?iEVALET . f Many of our farmers in Madi son, County are concerned about 1 their pear trees and some apple trees this year. It has been a wet spring and just the right kind of weather for a fire blight buildup. It is killing a few inches of most of the new growtti on most trees. The bacteria enters the plant in the blossoms and in t'he new shoots. Most damage is done when entry is gained through tbev blossoms. This is when and where, prevention should be attempted. The affected twigs should be pruned off well below the dead area to remove all of the disease. Spraying the blossoms with streptomycin over a 3-week pe-. riod will prevent the entry of' bacteria at fliat time. Copper compounds i n very" small amounts will also control the blight, but when applied in excess will cause russeting. Bible School To Begin At Ho newel I Church Monday A Bible School will begin Mon day, June 23 in fhe -Hopewell Baptist Church, according to the, ?. Rer. Jeter Sherlin,' pastor. Th school will begin each day at 8 :00 v . o'clock, it was j stated, All per-- sons interested in helping are ask- ed to-meet at . the church Friday" ; night at 7:80 o'clock for prepara- . " tion. All children are asked- to attend. It Was also announced that Roy rWb miartet wiH sing," at t!h church Sunday bight at at 7:30 o'clock Service. ' Move To Eurliri! , - -. The Rev. and Mrs. T i " sor and family moved I t to Burlington w!.. :.! f . residing. ITe i .' ment T ..-te I I' i I 4

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