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MARSHALL, N. C. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER ?3, 1958 1 10c PER COPY
PRICE: 12.60 A TEAR IN COUNT!
$4.00 A YEAR OUTSIDE COUNTY
ROAD'MEETING
TO BE HELD IN
WAYNESVILLE
To 0e E3eld :C3erfe Sat.
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Many Fine' Exhibits; Lynch
To Be Served At Noon
On Island
Achievement Day, Saturday,
September 27, will be held in
Marshall High School. This is
the ONE DAY in the year set
aside for Home Demonstration
Clulb members to display theii
exhibits and fellowship with each
other.
The day's program begins ear
ly that morning when the exhib
its in canned good, sewing, gar
den products, baked foods, flow-
erg, quilts, picture frames, hand
icraft, and many other items wil
be arranged and displayed. Jud
ges from out of the county wil
be on hand, and it is believed
many blue ribbons will be placed
n ice prizes, contributed by our
town folks, will be awarded.
More interest and enthusiasii
is shown this year than ever, in
celebrating our fifth anniversa
ry. Mrs. Helen Hunter, chair
iHgn for the day, lias worked hard
in completing plans. A very in
teresting program for morning
and afternoon will be given. The
guest speaker is the Rev. Dean'
NEXT TUESDAY
CLOSING DATE
ON SOIL BANK
luesday, September 30, is the
last day whereby farmers who
are interested in placing a por
won or all of their eligible land
in the 1959 IConservation Reserve
phase of the Soil Bank Program
may file their initial request
says Novile Hawkins, chairman
of the Madison County Agricul
tural Stabilization and Conserva
tion Committee. He emphasized
the importance of farmers who
were interested to contact the
ASO Office in Marshall not la
ter than Tuesday, Sept. 30 and
file their request that the county
committee establish a payment
rate for their farm because the
department is not expected to
extend the initial sign-up date,
and because the farmer is in no
way obligated to follow through
with a contract until he signs a
contract at a later visit to the
office, should he decide to file a
Marshall Delegation Plans
To Attend; Others
Urged To Go
during
L. Minton, assistant pastor of contract.
the Mars, Hill Baptist Church
. who will (bring us a message on
the "Influence of Christian Pa-
- rents in the Home and Communi
1 ty".
,"ijjfV Lunch willi be served
, the-noon hour. Special features
)tf the afternoon program will be
club members modeling as
group wearing? apparil they "have
,4 marie -r antf giw.n j deuMmatvations
in projects, they hatajecauily
learned. ,' Such ' . as ' Sweedish
Darning, ' Ball Point v Painting,
Cake - Decoration,': Covering Coat
Hangers, Copper Planter Boxes,
Dried - Arrangements, Refinishing
Picture Frames, and others.
The public is invited to attend
County Men Leave
Monday For Army -
, Madison County- men leaving
Monday far Charlotte for induc
tion the U. S. Army were: Ri
pley Matcalf, Fred Shermont
Stills, Denver MoMahan, David
1 Lee McKinney, George. Ramsey
Jeter Lewis, Weldon Peek, and
David . Norton.
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4-H PULLETS
SOLD FOR $2.50
EACH SATURDAY
t -Teh oys- and grWs 'were "pre
sent! .-with twelve,. iuJleita(eac!aJoE.
the county 4-H poultry sale Sat
urday, September 20. 1 Seven
bunches of the pullets were rated
in the blue ribbon class, and three
in the white ribbon class. P. W.
Lee Assistant County Agent in
Buncombe County served as
Judge for the event.
The following people and busi
ness firms paid an average price
of $2.50 each for the 120 birds.
(Mrs. Troy Rice was the largest
individual buyer with 36 birds,
Citizens Bank purchased v 48,
Earle Robinson 24. and W. L
Phoenix Ibought 12. Clyde Rob
erts of Marshall, served as auc
tioneer for the event.
The money received from the
pullets will be used to buy one
thousand day old chicks, which
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A public hearing on important
matters in Western North Caro
lina will highlight the September
29-30 meeting of the State High
way Commission in Waynesville.
Scheduled for the Haywood
County Courthouse in Waynes
ville, the public hearing will be
gin at 9:00 a. m. on Monday Sept
ember 29.
Fifteen-minute time periods
will be assinged to individual
groups appearing before the Com-
mision. During this time, county
and city officials, as well as pri
vate citizens, will have the oppor
tunity of presenting their various
road proposals before the entire
seven-member Commission.
This hearing is one of a series
conducted regularly by the Com
mission outside Raleigh, for the
purpose of determining highway
needs of the various areas, ac
cording to local representatives.
In order that persons desiring
to be heard may not be delayed,
and so that the Commission can
expedite its hearings, persons
wishing to make an appointment
with the group should write dir
ectly to Sam Beard, Public Re
lations Office, State Highway
Commission, Raleigh for a defi
nite time period.
Low bids received in the? Sept
ember 23 letting in Raleigh will
also will be reviewed by the Com
sion at its meeting in Waynes
villei
A . delegation of Marshall citi
sens .is expected - to attend, the
wieeuiig ana it is urged that all
wmw -cant-possibly ' go: -con
tact Dr. H. E.,Bolinger or Mr.
Allen Ducket, Marshall.
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1959 fJniied fund Campaign To
Start In Madison County October 1
To Continue Through The
Month; Last Year's UF . ,
Figures Cited
FARMERS URGED
TO VOTE OCT. 2
are Clill College Lions To
Host liingate Saturday
WUl Be First Home Game;
ff; ' voach- Henderson Is
. ' v Seeking Victory
The" Mat Hill CoUege Lions
, y ill open the home portion of
; their 1968 football season at Mars
-Hill at 8 p. m. Saturday against
the strong Wingate College -Bull
dogs. J . ; '
" Disappointed by a 28-20 loss
to Gardner-Webb in their opener
last week, the : . Lions of Coach
Don Henderson and. assistant
Bob Edwards have undergone ri-
(rorous ' practice . tJhis week insn
effort to eliminate weaknesses re
vealed n 4he opener. 1. v. -A
speedy backfield, ' two and.
three deep at each position,' and
a big tough line promise to give
li e Lions an exciting; ball club.
'crson can keepr his attack
' 'i by freely alternating' corn-
units. V A pair" of equally
! quarterbacks, , a quartet of
1 fullbacks and a bench
t but fast "halfbacks
i possible. '"
:'jt3' ESlliatis, Jerry
1 Bill DeCruhl, plu?
t'-e I ' i forward
October 2 which is 'only a week
away is an important date which
all farmers are urged to remem
ber in that it is the day on which
farmers will decide at. the polls
who will represent them as 1959
ASO community contmitteemen.
according to county ASC office
manager Ralph W. Ramsey. He
said that it is urgent t!hat all
eligible voters go to the polling
place designated for their com
munity and cast their ballots for
the men who they think will rep
resent the interest of all farm
ers. Hrligtble voters are farm
owners or operators and tenants
or sharecroppers of legal voting
age (21 tyears of age) who have
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The 1959 Madison County
United Fund campaign will gb
umdenwfay next Wednesday, Oc
tober 1, and will continue through
Friday, October 31, it was stated
here this week by Dr. H. E. Bo
linger, president of the county
UF. Dr. Bolinger also explain
ed that rural areas would not be
canvassed until December due t
the fact that rural citizens would
by then have their returns from
the "tobacco crop.
Dr. Robert Sejj
Hill, is Uampaij
the '59 campaign
up various waj
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pledges for the new drive. Mr.
J. ""Frank Fisher will again serve
as treasurer and pledges can be
paid direct to Mr. Fisher as t'hey
become due.
The 1969 budget totals $15,000
and will include practically the
flame agencies as last year.
-TThe goal last year fell short
approximately $5,000, thus, the
-disbursements were reduced to
tnree-fourths of the original al
locations, . it was explained.
.-'Mr- Frank Fisher stated thaj
thai; if anyone wished to exam
ine, the records for last year, he
will Kb glad to show them.
"We sincerely hope that our
budget can be met in the 1959
campaign and surpassed, if pos-
LETTER WRITING
WEEK WILL BE
OBSERVED HERE
epurig gii)le,Dr. Bolinger stated.
of the 1958 United Fund dis-
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2.20
26.50
1.50
750.00
750.00
1,016.82
900.00
international Letten Wifliting
Week will be celebrated in Mar
shall during the week of October
5 to 11, Postmaster F. Ray Fris
hy announced today.
Twenty-one years ago, realiz
ing the importance of written
communication, the Post Office
Department joined in the observ
ance of an annual letter writing
week an event celebrated to em
phasize tile meaning and value of
letter writing as a link between
people throughout the world.
Postmaster Frisby explained
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printing .
TUT V ' t '
The News
Dr. Robert
Girl Scouts
Boy Scout'
Carolines A
Madison. Cl
Madison Co
American Red Cr
k Mashbunr'&' Huff
Salvation Armv
White Cane Fund (lind)
Madison County Crippled Children Fund -Dr.
H. E. Bolingef -.-i-
61 Cases On Docket; Judge
Hugh Campbell
To Preside
The September term of super
ior court for the trial of crimi
nal cases will begin here Monday
with Judge Hugh B. Campbell
presiding.
Among 61 cases scheduled to
be tried will be two murder
cases State vs. Woodrow Nor
ton and State vs. Clarence Shel
ton. T'he Norton case concerns the
elaying of Bill Burris, 44, of
Marshall RFD 5, on May 23,1958,
as he sat in his car on the Long
Branch Road near the home of
Woodrow Norton, 41, also of
Marshall RFD 5. Norton is
charged with the killing.
Jack Smith, 35, of the same
section, surrendered voluntarily
at the Marshall jail about 'half
an hour after the shooting, re
porting that he shot Norton after
Norton shot Burris. Norton was
charged with murder and Smith
with assault- with deadly weapon
lit i. i x i-ii
wiin mucin, to Kin.
-Smith 'has been out on a $2500
that bv nflt-tirinatinir in both In-
I ternational Letter Writing Weeklbond sine the "dent,
tend National Letter Writing
According to
r. FuncT ...
1,500.00
56.25
600.00
25.00
Total Disbursements . $9,620.27
'Total Deposits 2 $10,154.40
Total Paid' Out
9,620.27
Balance in Bank ? 534. la
Due to budget not beingr' reached, three-fourths
of budget allocations were sent agencies.
Week this worthwhile objective
is promoted between all peoples'
everywhere.
"As we all know so well," Mr
Frisby said, "a personal letter
is next to an actual visit, tne
I most intimate means we have to
method of establishing friendly
relationships and understandings.
"I urge all citizens of Marshall
to join in this celebration of In
ternational Letter Writing . Week,
And at the same time, don't ov
erlook your friends and relatives
in America. Write them a letter,
too!"
August Bond Sales
Total $11,240,30 In
Madison County
To Study In Germany
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M AITIXG PANS FOR ATTACK Coach Don
Henderson, left, of Mars Hill College, ' explains a
play to freshman Allen Fish, center, and sophoTnore
Gene Hall. IXth rlayers are from Candler. Fish,
just out of V.: a J'. ' Cor,ps, is one - of a host ' of
speedy fcaL". -.c ;i 'rr?on has on the squad this
"A. I'-". - ' "ce f election as a fr-'-V
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. The sale of Series E and H
Savings Bonds in North Carolina
during the first eight months of
11958 was $32,502,641 Mr. C. L.
Rudisill, Jr., Madison County
Volunteer Chairman, announced
today.
Compared with the January
August period last year, the com
bined sales 'of E and H Bonds
were up 2.6 p'ear cen :'-?'"
. August's total sale of $3,843,-
851 was nearly 4 per cent higher i
1 than Anguar. 1957: ,J -
-Series E August sales ? remain
virtually unchanged,; Vit!h v 1968
August sales being under ,1957
August sales by only $18,000,
The Series) H August sales of
470,500 were np 61 ,f pef cent
irom the August sales of a year
ago. ;yim1r:,: :hU.
'Mr.': Rudisill pointed "eut that
over ,66 per cent of the 1958 an
nual -quota of $49 million ?i has
been achieved In the first eight
months of this year.v" f - 4.'
Madison County sales for the
month of August were $11400.
Cumulative sales for the year in
Ihl rounty n were 4 $11993.11,
whWh is 65.9 pet cent of the 195S
county quota. , . ' - j-i
SOCIAL SECURITY
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Blind Federation
I To Meet Saturday
The fourth annual convention
of the North Carolina Federation
Of The Blind- will be held a the
George Vanderbilt Hotel Sept.
27th and 38th. The first meeting
will begin at one olock Satur
day afternoon. Banquet at 7:00
o'clock, tickets for banquet, $3.00.
An interesting and entertain
ing program has been arrangea. ,
the sheriff, Nor
ton was nit in tne armpit oy one
bullet after it struck his finger
and entered his chest. Another
bullet, he said, hit Nor tori in the
right arm near the shoulder and,
passed through.
iBurria was killed by a bullet
wound in the jaw, it was said. '
- TM,ahe riff quoted a witness,
.ArthurrTwed, 66, dtie .of Nor
ton's tfelgfiBsaxlnhe. aw
Norton, holding a pistol' in the
when Norton reached for another
pistol, (Smith shot twice. ,
' The officer said the three men,
had been riding' together and had
been drinking. They stopped,.
Norton got out of the car and
was walking toward his tobacco
bed when he met Tweed. Shortly
after, the two other men came up
in the car. Burris called Nor-
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FOOTBALL
Clyde at Marshall, Friday
Cane River at Mars Hill, Fri-.
day.
Walrtut at Tryon, Friday
Hot Springs, (Idle),
Wingate at Mars Hill College,
8 p. m., Saturday.
nCSD Ends Marshall's 13
Conference Game I'Jin Streak
re
Roads Resurfaced
In County During
Mr. Harry Ray Waldrop. soalW . .
of, Mr. and Mr. Otis Waldrop, month Ut AUgUSC
RFD ;1, Hot Springs, N. C., has
enrolled in tne Dofinetscher In-I State Maintenance force
stitute at .the University of Heid-I surfaced, with bituminous seal, k
eioerg, West V Germany for the total of 6.1 miles of secondary
winters Semester 1858-59. He I roads in Madison Coumh? durlnir
wui study music, and tne culture I August. -The work; in volveh 1.6
and MnvtQMy':.;A mile of Mars Hill ..High School
Harry graduated Iron Warren I Road; and 4.5 miles- of 1 Old 19
Wilson Junior' College last June fronv Forks of Ivy. North.
at the age of 18 and received a
v; i.- ...'" , '. s
his study in Germany. I: ; t" ars nill ClVltan
He. will leave the State? on the CIub Tn Snartxnr
c at a - 1 . - I
.i. o. America vcvooer o. - j
ison County. . ; -'; :
e.July 1957, disabled work--cn
t'.e sf?j of 5(J and
o acn rfccirirj disability
v.'-r the new a-
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Bar-D-Q Saturday
The Mars Hill Civitan
will serve Chicken Tar-V, Q
to'Va JTars E''MV: C
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Poor Pass ' Defense Proves :
Fatal; Hensler Scores "'
All Marshall Points
- North Carolina Sdhool for the
Deaf, displaying a wicked 'pass
ing . ; attack " with quarterback
Gary . Greenwood at the throttle, "
edged Marshall High, '14-13, ner
Friday night, ending i Marshall's -13-game
Skyline Conference win- '
ning streak. -v', t - t
.Greenwood, who', completed"
seven of 13 passes, tossed two for
touchdowns.' V He pitched 20--
First Downs
Yards rushing
Yards passing
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