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V-.-i i ,1 1 1 . i : PRICE! 1240 A YEAR IN COUNT! ; t4,8 A YEAR OUTSJPE COUNT! P t MARSHALL, N. THURSDAY. JULY 31, 1958; lOe PER COPY VOL. 57 NO. 31 8 PAGES THIS WEEK. C-j BriS At arhall To V; Co Gcmplbtcd Dy December 31 To Cost $239,600 To Have . A 4-Foot Runway, ' 5-Foot Sidewalk ' The new $239,000 bridge across th French Broad River at Mar shall is expected to be completed by December 31 of this year, ac cording to J. P. Hogsed of Ashe ville, general superintendent. The new bridge is five feet up stream from tiie old bridge and is two feet higher. It will hav a 24-foot runway with a 5ifoot side walk. JThere will be no load limit. ' Approximately 1393.9 cubic yards of concrete, 258,000 pounds of reinforcing steel and 437,000 pounds of structural steel will be used in the bridge, it was stated Tho new structure, like the oresent bridee, will have a ramp extending right from the center of the bridge to connect with Marshall School on Blannahassett Island. Blude Ridge Structure Co., of Asheville is contractor for the project and R. H- Isaac is inspec tor for flie State Highway Com mission. BARNWELL ISSUES CALL FOR FOOTBALL DRILLS Howard W. Barnwell, Marshall High School football coach, in a letter from Black Mountain, where he is visiting his father this week, issues a 'call for ' all ' prospective football .players at the local 0inn1- to meet "with him at' the iWnrA1i irtrtw on Monday. August 11," at ip-OO-o'cldclCrrfie'dally, practice "whedule will be worKea nut at, thtf first meeting. 'V rwb' Barnwell states,' that Marshall Jhae 7 , home games this Tyeary with the first live games bein at home. The full "sohedule is given below: Aug. 29 Leicester here Sent. 5 Walnut here ' Sept. 12 Spruce Pine here Sept. 19 N.C.S.D. here Sept. 26 Clyde here Oct. 3 Drexel there Oct. 10 Glen Alpine here Oct. 17 Bakersville here Oct. 24 Tryon there Oct. 31 Mars Hill there. VJoodrow 11 Jones Elected State Democratic Chairman . W4- W Al lYUaiSlll IS u . Of County Savings Bond Program V.INorth Carolina State Director -oi . tne umrea ioms r.'Rorula PVoirraim. Walter P. John- ' son, announced the appointment .'of C. L. Rudisill Jr., Cashier, Tne ' Bank of French uroaa, jaarsimn, as Volunteer Chairman lor raaui- son kuntv. He succeeds ois la ther, the late- Cv L . Rudisill Sr., ' who served in this capacity: prior . to his death.,, ,, ', . ' ' '( . In ' releasing the announcement 'of this anoointment. Johnson said: ."I am delighted tc- havs MrY Ru Jdisill assume the Madison County Chairmanship and it is my pleas ure to name hint to that position for voluntary '" service ' to ' Hhe Country. " ; "The Savings- Bonds . . 'Program ,is very important to America as ti affects our national debt manage ment efforts as well as -for its contribution to the thrift habits essential to a stable and prosper ous eco omy. C . . "Ths adJition of a man of the ' stature of TTr. ' Rudisill will pro vide local ! i.li-r!,;:v which is nec- r ary to t'.e success of this pro- Tl. Tr. a member of l Ct. end Wins Scholarship "ills IP (JRfi 111 Vera Yvonne Waldrup County Girl Wins Scholarship From Enka Foundation The Enka Foundation has se lected recipients of nine' commu nity college scholarships in its 1958 competition. This, the sec ond group of awards, brings to 15 the number granted to outstand ing 1958 high school graduates in Western North Carolina and Eastern Tennessee for the 1958-59 academic year. The winners include six from North Carolina and three from Tennessee. Scholarships were a warded in May to six senior's four Tennesseeans and two North Carolinians. . v Among " those receiving four year eimunity College scholar Ships" is" Vera Yvonne' Waldrup, dausrhter'of Mr., and Mrs. Tracy Waldrup of Map Hill RFD 2, a Mars " Hill High School graduate. She will maior 'in education at Western CarMina Collesre. Winners of the Enka Founda tion 'scholarships were selected from a group of 315 seniors rep resenting 55 high schools in an 11-county area surrounding the Enka and , lowland, Tenn., plants of American Enka Corporation who entered the competition af ter hems' recommended to The Foundation bv their hieh schoo .principals. To Succeed Larkins; Given Rousing Ovation By Gathering Raleigh Tne State Demo cratic Executive Committee went down the line Friday in endorsing! Gov. Hodges' recommendations changes in North Carolina's Dem ocratic leadership. As expected, the Executive Committee elected former Con gressman Woodrow W. Jones, 44, of Rutherford as state chairman to succeed John D. : Larkins Jr., of . Trenton. Larkins was elected national committeeman to replace Sen, B. Everett Jordan of Saxap- ahaw, who resigned. Jones, a-iven m. rousinsr ovation. told the gathering; in the HaU of the House: ."Coming from the "hill country as I do, I can" tell you we need some Democratic speeches in certain parts of the hjlj .country," Two Madison Men Injured. In - Wreck ' Two Madison County men were hurt about 8 a. W. Tuesday r on Leicester aighwsy at, tne nwr section of South Turkey Creek road when their 1 three-quarter ton truck overturned on the high way ; as it was Struck from the rear by a car. ' WilU.i-n ITomer Eafnes, 46, of :i r : : l, i: ' d by state ; 1 T I t r.;:) CHENNAIILT. FAMED FLYING TIGER, PASSES New Orleans Lt. Gen. Claire Ohennault, the Louisiana farm boy who became commander of the famed Flying Tigers of World War II, is dead. - He was 67. A massive arterial hemorrhage ended the ailing general's fight with lung cancer Sunday at Ochs- ner Foundation Hospital. His wife,. Chinese-iborn Ann Chan Chennault, was at his side at the end. Death came nine days after President Eisenhower signed an emergency bill giving Chennaul Ws third star. Col. Edward "Husky" Rector of Washington, D. C, and for merly of Marshall, was one of the Flying Tigers under Lt. Gen Claire Chennault. Success formula: A man's toughest competitor should be him self. Four Madison County Youths Hurt In Gar Uracil IJear CHqre Sunday STOKER BINDS MADISON MAN ON THEFT CHARGE , I Carl Jackson Smith,. 30, of Marshall RFD 1, was bound to the September term of U. S, . Dis trict - Court ' af Fayetteyille ; after a hearlnjf before U. S. ,Commis- sioner Lawrence C. Stoker in Asheville Thursday on a charge of violating the National Motor Ve hicle Theft Act. Smith ia charged with "stealing a truck at Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Nov. 7. 1957. and drivinir it to Fayetteville. The Madison countian will be transferred to the Eastern Dis trict of North Carolina to awai trial on the auto theft charge. ei Editor Attending ' : In Lumberton James Story, assistant fire chief -of the' Marshall Volutneer Fire Department, left Sunday for Lumberton where he is attending tho NortVi Carolina State Fire men's Convention being held through Wednesday of this week. He expects to return home to day (Thursday). 111 V CORNFIELD CRASH Four Mad- in 'Memorial Mission Hospitalr Two., iaon County., teenagers; we re hurt of hia pasaengera, Hazel Pat Proffitt,, - when this car ; in which they were j and Lawrence Navev l7. both aU ridin? Sunday: afternoon went out of r so of Marshall, were reported m sat. , v control -o n Sandy Mush Highway, Visfactory condition Miss Proffitt suf- near Marshal and overturned sever-fered re3 of te Uckand coU. al times down, an emoanKment into a ; larpone. . TVivaa ' . from the "automobile as it plunged . some 238 feet off the highway were t -vho?pitalized. Driver, of the car, list - ed by tate Highway Tatrolr'n C. H. Lcr? as Vayne Clark, W, ff ?rar shaU, was reported in fair cc'.r'.tion U.S.SAVINGS BONDS SALES , AT HIGH LEVEL North Carolinians bought sub stantially more Savinggt Bonde: during the first half of 1968, compared with the same period last year. ' U.S' The office of the Treasury Sav ings Bonds Division, Greensboro; combined Durchases ; ot and H Savings Bonds durinir the January-June period as totaling $24,857,117. Thia amount i- d"n o-reater ttian for the com - ' - o parable six months period of last year, and represents oveif 60 of of the State's 1958 dollar quota. Statewidp June sales of over 4 million dollars were 14 higher than the 3 million of JuneJ.957, Series E bond were 7 higher and Series H bonds were up 88 from last June. Mr. C. L. Rudisill Jr., Madison Countv Volunteer Chair man, pointed out that County sales through June of this year amount ed to $78,983.06. This represents 43.6 of the County's dollar quo ta for 1958. LONE COUNTY PASTEURIZATION PLANT GRADE 'A' Madison County hasdoubled its milk production- in' the Ipst five year, which has tyr'" income to" farmers wno khave ad ded grade "A" dairies, nce 1950 more than 15 grade "A" producer dairies have been installed in this county. , ' I. Dr. Marzerv J. Lord. Coun ty Health Director, announce all products of the one local pasteur ization plant, "Anderson's,; as grade "A" as determined by reg ular inspections and laboratory analysis made by the Madison County Health Department. The following plants from outside fhis coiinly retail pasteurized milk hue: ret Dairy, Coble Da'iry IMtiimre Dairy, and Sealtest Dai ly. Their products are all grade "A." There are two producer dairies selling milk to our one local plant who arc also grade "A" produc ers. They are A. W. Huff and Ralph Anderson. '. The other forty-four producer dairies are grade "A" and sell their milk outside of Madison County. t t them tTimwil neth Hensl 3, who wa car, was r for cuts ar occurred or. : thrf mi!" ' n., IV ro! r:H., areel JostiM EvJeeted MADISON MAN TREATED FOR KNIFE WOUND A 28-year-old Madison County man was treated at a hospital in Asheville Sunday morning for a 10-inch laceration across the chest, reportedly inflicted i a pre-dawn encounter with an un known knife wielding assailant. Tilson B. Crow of Marshall EFD 4 was treated for the wound at Memorial Mission Hospital a bout 7:30 a. m., Sunday. He was quoted as saying that someone jumped out of some bushes, at tacked him with a knife, and ran. ran. Hensley Given Dispensary , Treatment; Others Hospitalized Four teen-agers were injured oihnnt fi n. m.. Sunday when the auto in which they were riding tenant mif nf control on the Sandy Mii." .. highway near here and XV"5. V four to five times, plu 'If feet down Bn em' .Statu ( Hicnwav rairuiiuan TT Tiid- renorted the injured were Wayne' Clark, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Clark of Mar shall RFD 1; Lawrence. Naves, 17, son of Mrs. M. G. Ramsey Sr., of Marshall; Hazel Pat Proffitt, 17, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Proffitt, of Marshall RFD 2; and Kenneth Hensley, son of Mrs. Grover Ponder, of Marshall RKi) 3. All but Hensley were admitted to Memorial Mission Hospital at. Asheville. Hensley received dis pensary treatment there for bruis es. The hospital said MUs Prof fit suffers fractures of the collar bone and a vertebra and 'uer con dition was satisfactory. Clark suffers a broken left ankle, brok en vertebra and bruised back and contusion. His condition is' term ed fair. Naves suffers a contu sion and 13 satisfactory. The officer said all but Hens ley were thrown from the car dur (Continued to Last Page) - y uc7; v. ! tf 15 of Marshall ItFU ct thrown out of the . i d'-pensary treatment : ' s. The accident 1 rn'c 1 road about ' a! st 6 p. 'I .f -1 . Coach At Cane River Glenn "Chief" Painter PAINTER NAMED GRIDCOACHAT YANCEY SCHOOL Glenn "Chief" Painter has been named head football coach at new Iv consolidated Cane River High School. Yancey County Super- ntendent of Schools H. D. Justice announced. Painter returns to coaching after a year's layoff in which he devoted his time to private busi ness. His last coaching job was at North Buncombe. He former ly held grid posts at Ramseur, Walnut and Marshall. At Cane River. Painter faces the task of starting completely from scratch. No football has been played in Yancey in twenty years and interest in t"he sport there has only, recently been a roused due to consolidation. County Medical Society Met Tuesday At Mars Hill The County Medical Society met Tuesday night at the Mars Hill High School Cafeteria, finest (Continued on Last Page) Annual Salvation Army Ulax Patch Singing To Be Sunday COUNTY SOIL BANK PAYMENTS Mr. A. J. Bridges, whose picture appears! elsewhere in this week's paper, is one of the 71 tobacco farmers within the county who participated in the 1&58 Acreaee Reserve phase of the Soil Bank Program. Bridges nliiced his entire 1958 tobacco al lotment of 3.30 acres in the bank this vear and established a vege tative cow of alfalfa ; through th : Aericultural ' Conservation Program on ' tho area designated as. his ieserye. Approved Vege-j tative .; cover . of grasses ana , leg umes was established on tha des ignated reserv through th Aur nrocxaim by several other Acre age Reserva participating farm ers., Even though no part of tne acreage reserve can be harvested or grazed during the contract pe riod which ' ends December 31, 1968, farmers Who took advantage of tba ; eost-sharing available through the county ACP in estab lishing a vegetative cover for nay or pasture on . their designated reserve will be that much ahead in future conservation needs on their farms. Ayrdin? to Ear-h T,r. Fam- sey, county AfC c'." i ! all of V . Tt 1 ' : ( r?" dgds irro a an New Rates Are Expected To Add Half A Billion Dollars A Year Washington Starting tomor row Aug. 1 you will have to put a 4-cent stamp on all first class letters, which now go for 3 cents. It will cost 3 cents to mail post cards and the charge for air mail letters will go up from 6 to 7 cents. The Post Office Department an nounced the rate changes, author ized by Congress, will be made effective promptly at midnight, July 31, and mail postmarked af ter tljat hour will have to carry the additional postage. Mail nosted with insufficient stamps won't be delayed, but will be delivered on a postage-due ba sis. The department is making one concession to permit public adjust ment. Effective Aug. 1, there will be a temporary suspension of the new 5-cent penalty for deliv ering postage-due mail which will be continued for three months. The penalty charge will be re sumed Nov. 1. The new rates are expected to yield half a billion dollars more a year but the Post Office De partment said even that won't take it out of the red. The present estimate is that t"he postal service will wind up the present fiscal year next June. 30 with a deficit of about 600 mil lion dollars. About 270 million of this represents the recent pay increases for postal employees. Here are the departmerrtrrca1- culations on the additional post age which the public will pay dur-, ing the 11-month period between Aug. 1, 1058, and June 30, 1953: On the domestic side, for first class mail, 36'3 millian dollars; for air mail, IS million; for second-class mail, covering newspa pers and other publications whose major adjustments will be effective Jan. 1, 7 million; and for third-class mail, covering ad vertising circulars and similar material, fid million dollars. No changes in parcel post rates are planned at present. Capt. And Mrs. James J Henry 'Carry On' In Annual Event The Twenty-Second Annual Singing Convention and -decoration of the Salvation Army Moun tain Missions will be held at the Mountain Mission Headquarters at Maple Springs Gap, on the Max Patch Road, Sunday, August 3, 1968, beginning at 10 a, m.i This event lias for many years attracted thousands to the moun tain top to hear the -old time Gos pel quartets, trios,' duets, and solos, as well as the other singing groups who come t$ sing and to listen to' the o8pel in song Not to- be forgotten is tfc fellowship. one . has with: both bid ' nd .ew This is an Inter-Denominational tinging convention and tinging groups from all churches are in vited to attend and to participate in the singing. , . f , J In the afternoon will be the dec- oration at the cemetery on the hill. - . . Some 2000 people are t . . 1 1 to attend ftiis year. This' singing c n s I decoration day wa i - ' 1 T'-'Jnr -Cfvll ' i, '