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MARSHALL) N. C. THURSDAY, TEEJIUARP 12, 1959 10c PER COPY
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Do You Heed Employment?
(f So, Dead This Article
tabor Survey In Madison
County To Be Held
This Week-end
Do you need employment? Ajre
you out of s jobT Are you free
to give full time to factory work?
These are & few vital questions
which are being asked in a coun
ty-wide labor survey which will
be conducted, here Friday and
Saturday. The survey is being
sponsored by the Marshall Indus
trial Council, assisted by the Civ
Kan and Lions dubs of Marshall
Blanks have been printed and
given to many school children to
be filled out by parents or rel
atives seeking employment in
Madison County. This information
is essential if this area is to se
cure any industry. At present,
four "prospects" have intimated a
desire to locate in Marsihall pro
vided there was sufficient labor
available. This is the reason for
the immediate labor survey.
On Friday and Saturday, a
booth wil be in the RE A Building
on Main Street here with person
nel and blanks available for those
wishing to fill out the survey
form.
"If we are to attract any indus
try, we must be able to tell them
how many people are available for
employment. We urge you to co
operate with this project
once," one official said.
TAXPAYERS MAY
GET ASSISTANCE
IN FILING HERE
PRICE:
$4.0 A
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SURVEY REVEALS
HIGH STANDARDS
AT EE COLLEGE
Mars Rill A survey, conduct
...,. AMH Mars i College to "meas-
, , are- oe . quality of its , teaching,
, Indicates that nearly 90 per cent
' of the college's students rank "av
erage" to "superior" in the senior
, institutions to which they faans-
; Aocardiivg to the st&tdstics com
piled by Dean Ralph M. Lee from
O P reports received from 79 senior
colleges end universities to which
: Mars HiU studente have transf er-
" - red, 89.9 per cent of these stu-
dents were rated from "average'
to .,'8uparioir.,'
The survey began with an in-
. . quixy to 79 different senior insti-'-
' tntiona to Vhich 582 former Mare
' ' Hill' etudents requested fcran-
, scripts be sent. Of this number
" 600 actually enrolled in the
, C" tiior colleges, 366 graduated, 134
had not graduated at the time of
the survey and 22 withdrew from
school.
1 V ; A total of 491 former Mare Hill
. students were rated by the senior
i 4 CCeatt sd Te Lest Pace)
COUNTY - WIDE
BURLEY MEETING
FRIDAY, FEB. 13
Mrs. Sam J. Huskins. Denutv
Oalleotor of the N. C. Department
of Revenue in the district com
prising Madison, Avery, Mitchell
and Yancey counties, has an
nounced her itinerary for assist
ance to tax payers in filing 1958
State income and intangible re
turns. Mrs. Huskins will be at the
State Revenue Office in Burns
ville on February 9 and 16; March
2, 9, 13 and 16; April 6, 10, 13,
14 and 15; at courthouse in Ba
kersville on Feb. 24 and March
12; at the Town Hall in Mars
Hill on Feb. 17 and Mardh 16; al
the courthouse in Marshall Feb.
12, March 26 and April 2; at the
courthouse in Newland Feb. 26
and March 5; at the Employmemnt
Security Office in Spruce Pine
Feb. 3 and 10; March 3, 10 and
24; April 1 and 7.
All resident taxpayers may
claim the standard deduction re
gardless of type of income. An
amount equal to 10 per cent of
adjusted gross income, or $500,
whichever is less, is allowed as
the standard deduction. (Adjust
ed gross income is gross income
less allowable- expenses incurred
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SPR ING CREEK
BROTHERS GET
CORNiWARDS
DAffiY INCOME
SHOWS INCREASE
IN MADISON CO.
Dairy Income in Madison Coun
ty has been increasing at a tre
mendously rapid rate during (he
past five years. The future for
dairy products seems to be good
at this time.
A Dairy School has been sche
duled for Madison County pro
ducers for Wednesday, February
18, at 1 :30 p. m., in the courthouse
in Marshall. At the school,
about thirty minutes will be used
to discuss calf raising and em
phasis will be placed on control
ling parasites. Approximately 30
minutes will be spent on discuss
ing dairy cattle feeding.
Mr. Sam Dobson, Extension
Pasture and Forage Specialist,
will spend approximately forty
minutes on feed production and
of quality feed. Following this
session about fifteen minutes will
be used for general discussion pe
riod in which dairymen may ask
individual questions concerning
feeds, production problems, para-
sites or other problems which they
may have.
Our dairy specialist, Mr. Oarle
ton BLalock, and Mr. Gay Parsons,
dairy specialist, will be present
to lead the discussions.
All dairy farmers, both Grade
A and Grade C, are ureed to at
tend' the school.
40 A TEAR IN COUNT!
UUTSUDiE COUNT!
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ere Tuesday
Notice
To County
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Taxpayers
" Two brother from Spring Creek
left- early- Tuesday far Raleigh
to receive awards;, for being the
best junior com producers in the
mountains. '
Fifteen-year-old Larry Fergu
son of Rot Springs RFD 1 placed
second in the junior division of
the 1968 state corn contest and
also was tops in the mountain
district among youQvful produc
ers. His yield was' 131.53 bushels
from a measured acre.
His brother, 12-year-old Joe
Ferguson, won western district
4-cH honors by producing just .88
of a bushel less than Larry on a
measured acre. Larry is a mem
ber of the Spring Creek High
School Future Farmers of Ameri
ca ohapter. They are the sons of
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DR WEAVER
DIES AT HOME
AT AGE OF 85
Began Medical Practice In
Madison County -:
In 1897 -
Dr. William Jackson Weaver,
85, who . practiced v- medicine a. to
Madison and Buncombe counties
for 62 yean, died euddenly about
3:30 p. m., Sunday, February 8,
1969'' in his tone . on Asheville
RFD 4, iq the Leicester section.
Services were el4 Tuesday at
3 p. m., in Leicester Methodist
Church.
The Rev. W. C. Clark and the
Rev. H. E. Davis officiated audi
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cm rage Three ox thie issue
will be found a page of names
with delinquent taxes for past
years. ,'
Ted R. Russell, Delinquent Tax
Collector for Madison" County,
states that these taxes' must be
paid plus interest and costs. "Urn
less these taxes' are paid before
April 1, 1969, I will' be forced by
law to use any1 means set' out by
law to coll set. . (Laws published
on Page Three.) .'1 ,
Townships through 5 are pub
lished 'this week , with5 the other
Townships to be published in next
week's issue. Those ' published in
next week's issue will ' be given
an additional week in which to
pay said taxes. . ' r-, .
A shoulder strap is a device f or
keeping an attraction from becom
ing a sensation. rv ' ,' , .' 1
LFJNWALLB
CMTAN, LION
SPEAKER HERE
rep-
for
George F. Leinwiall, field
resentative, Social Security,
Madison County ,was the guest
speaker Monday night at the Mar
shall Lions' meeting at the Rock
Cafe and also at the Civitan
Meeting at the Presbyterian'
Church on Tuesday.
Mr .Leinwall gave an informa
tive talk on the value and bene
fits of Social Security and follow
ing hsi talk, opened the meetings
for round-table questions.
Accompanying Mr. Leinwall to
the Civitan Club was Mr. Pappa
fotis, of the Asheville Social Se
curity Claims Office. Mr. Pap
pafotis also spoke briefly. Mr.
Dean Shields, program chairman,
introduced the speaker.
Both civic clubs also voted to
heJp sponsor a Labor 'Survey in
tins county this week-end.
1 12 members were present at the
ms meeting and 21 present at
e Civitan meetmcr. '
SAM H0MEW00D
IS HOT SPRINGS
PLANT MANAGER
Frank Blue, Former Mgr.,
Is Transferred To
Rhode Island
ars'Kill Gclldge To Observe
Chartering hnivcrsarv Lion.
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H6MESERVIC
PLAYS JR!GRfl'
IN RED UlySS ,
Three, Situations In County
, Tuesday; Committees'
' . Are Named
FOCUS WEEK TO
BE OBSER VED AT
MM FEB. 16-20
"LIVING FENCES"
AST BECOMING
! 'Tobacco producers and', othersl
Interested in the future of our to-
baceo program will have an oppor-
- runity to hear tome of the bask
: issues on the tobaoce situation die
cussed in a county-wide meeting
which will be held .ia ths court
room here on February 13 at 10
a. ra. According to Ralph Kam-
sey, ASC office manager, the prin-
c ?al speaker will be a represent
a"ve of the U. S. Derartment f
Agriculture from the RaleTgih of
fice, who will discuss the major
i Lnvolvei In the Barley
r ! i:n wLiuh is to be held on
I" " ry 4, the supply end de
i It-:, 'Vn, price supports,
f ' r ' ' 1 c! srs in the rro-
i A 'nw-rt, Frcsram."
c ' .'.in, 1 Panisey stated
" 1 t t f.ave an op-
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A week of special emphasis on
the need for Christian -witnessing
in every area of life will be ob
served at Maw Hill College Feb.
16-20;
' A' group of 12 leaders from va
rious professinoal filede will take
part in the variety of Focus
Week programs which will center
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The .American Red Cross - has
many great services, one of the
most important being Home-Service
( service to armed forces and
veterans and their families).- ' Al
though many people don't realize
how active the Home Service vol'
unteers are, it is certain that the
hundreds served by this ' service
will. at test its activities.
Last .Tuesday, (fof example,
three situations involving Madison
County men in service and their
families were handled. One fam
ily needed help on a serviceman's
benefits ; another county, famfly
was assisted with necessary affi
davits and the : third secured in
formation for the military. - These
are just one day's activities. .
iHome Service and '( Disaster
Service are the Red Cross respon-
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Interesting Data On History
' .Of College Is i
7 - : Cited
Monday, Fb.'J5, will mark the
1004th anniversary of the oharter-i
ing of Mars Hill College by the
North Carolina General Assembly
and the centennial birthday of the
present name of Baptist junior
college. (
On Feb 161869 "an act to in
corporate the ' trustees of MarS
HU College in the County of
Madison" was ratified by the Gen
eral Assembly.
The college, which in reality
was only a school, had been found
ed three years earlier under the
name "The French Broad Baptist
Institute," 'taking its name from
the Baptist association in which
it is located and whioh fostered
its brth.
Legal control of the three-jyear-T
old institution. Was vested by the
charter in J. W. Anderson, E
Carter, Thomas Carter, Thomas
S. Deaver and Lewis Pakner, all
names prominently etched in the
history of the college as record
ed in a 300-page volume compiled
John Morgan, vice president of
the Raeford Division of Pacific
Mills ,announced this week that
Sam Homewood has been promot
ed from Superintendent of the
Raeford Plant to Plant Manager
of the Hot Springs operation. He
replaces Frank Blue who has been
promoted to Plaint Manager of
the Valley Falls plant of Sidney
Blumienthal Company, in Valley
Falls, R. I. Blumcnthal is a mem
ber company of Burlington In
dustries.
Mr. Homewood is a graduate of
North Carolina State College,
where he majored in textiles and
is a native of Marion, N. C. He
has been with the Raeford organ
ization for the past four years,
and prior to that had broad ex
perience with other textile com
panies.
He is married to the former
Betsy Tom Lawrence of Raleigh
and has two children, Same Jr.,
and Betsy Tom.
They are members of the Epis
copal Church of Southern Pines,
BURLEY TOBACCO
SCnOOLTOBEl
IIARSIIALIIION;
Single Elimination; Capacity
Crowds Expected For
S-Night Event
eeveral years ago by John Angus
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living fences of multiflora rose
are rapidly becoming an accepted
addition to the ' American Farm
landscape. Jr'.''i'J:.:.
Madison County farmers ,eoop-
emting .with the Madison Soil
Conservation ' District v have al
ready . received 24,500 multiflora
rose seedlings to be set out before
Multiflora i rose properly esbab
lisbed wiH make a living fence
that wifl keep your stock at home,
beautify : your farm and last
lifetime. ; It also provide welcome
cover for song birds, game birds,
rabbits and other, kinds of farm
wildlife. '
The Madison Soil Conservation
District is cooperating wdA the
N. C WikLife Commission, ' who
will" furnish the planting stock,
in assisting farmers and landown
ers to establish tnulU3ora. rose
fences.' .' v J.,;
rirmers of iladison Cour.fy
wljo nre i'.ereAt-eJ in e ' . r
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106 flQ8idons, 47 Onrcd, 7 lillcd
67 Trucks Are Inrolved;
- statistics' Reveal Cause
Of. Accidents' , 1
: Although highways in MadiaonJ
County are 'adequately - marked
with caution signs and are petrol
ed by two very efficient State
Patrebnen, . an alarming number
of accidents occurred fc the
county during 1953 1 .156, te be
exact. ' " I; -.
According to Patrolmen C. H.
Long, practically every one of
these accidents toxM . lave . been
prevented ' v. . :i
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excessive speed while still another
27 accident were caused by vehi
cles leaving the highway.
13 accident were attributed to
following too closely and 13 ac
cidents were caused by reckless
driving. . Accident caused by
drunken driving tc' .aed 12, 'Pat
rolman, Long state!
Improper pass!. ; and- vihidel
wtuai' overturn' 1 in highway
caused six aeci '
ig to yield rit'
five accidents
rod caused four
3 were p'
,n..3" c&teg"
'.-'1 t. t be "
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! each. FaU-
f-T-iy caused
f .Lwngtosig-
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47 rtr-
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the wredte. A breakdown of the
figures in days' which '-. accidents
occurred are a follows; Monday,
18 ; Tuesday 12 1 Wednesday, 14 ;
Thursday, 15;' Friday, 29; Satur
day, 88; and Sanday, 85. . '.
Patrolman Long said that the
most dangerous ' piece of road
seemed to be between.' ManSoJl
and Walnut Gap with the Maiv
shall-Asheville Strip being a close
second. Fewest accidents occur
red between Hot Springs and the
State Line (US 25).- :-
AKhongh Patrolmen Long an
A. L. FeUman do a most eCTicien
Job in paWLVj tle l.!,.hwar i
must be remrr.;lere.l t'.r t I- .
two orrJcers must "cover-' ov-
0 miles cf road in
The - annual 1 Burley . Tobacco
School for Madiaon ' County will
be held in the courthouse in Mar
shall on Monday, February 16, at
1:30 p. m. Mr. Roy R. Bennet, Ex
tension Service Tobacco Specialist
and Mr. F. A. Todd, Extension
Service Plant Disease Specialist,
will assist with the meeting. They
will have slides and other visual
aids material to aid in bringing
farmers the latest information
from Experiment Station results
on research on burley tobacco.
Burley tobacco farmers are
urged to attend this meeting and'
obtain the latest information on
burley tobacco production. From--
1941 through 1957 Madison County
tobacco farmers have increased
their average yield per acre 233
per cent This increase has large
ly resulted from know-how on the
part of tobacco farmers. Part of
this know-Aow has been gained at
the tobacco schools during those
16 years of progress. j
The 1959 Madison County High
School Basketball Tournament
will start next Tuesday night in
the spacious Marshall gymnasi
um. Needless to say, basketball
fans are beginning to experience
preliminary seizures of that an
nual sports malady "tournament
fever." Capacity crowds are ex
pected to view the games each
night of the five-night affair with
the champions decided on Satur
day night, Feb. 21.
The tournament this year Will
be of the single-elimination sys
tem with each game considered)
as a "sudden death"' brawl.
Basketball fans, however, will
be treated to something extra this
year with the Juxnor varswy
Tournament being played simul
taneous with the Varsity e
vent. Two Junior Varsity and two
Varsity games will be played each
night.
The opening pairings, announc
ed this week by W. W. Peek, su
perintendent, are as follows;
Tuesday, 6:00 p. m. Marshall
Junior Varsity girls vs. Hot
Springs Junior Varsity. v
Tuesday, 7:00 p. m. Laurel
Junior Varsity Boys vs. Marshall
Junior Varsity boys.
Tuesday, 8:00 p. m. Walnut
Varsity girls vs. Hot Springs
Varsity girls. ; -? ( - ,v . '"
Tuesday, 0:00 p. m. Sprng
Creek Varsity boys ; vs. Laurel
Varsity boys.
: The Mars Hill and Laurel Var
sity girls drew byes in the ope ru
inground while the Walnut an 4
Mars Hill varsitv bove drew bv
ifcr the opening round. " -
f I In the Junior varsity event
Spring Creek and Walnut ,
drew byes and the not Spr
and Spring Greek boys drew I
Wednesday Night, Feb. 18 :
r 6:00 p. m. Mars Bill ra. L
rel TV (Girls) ,
7:00 p. m. Walnut m' Mars
Hill JV (boys)
8:00 p. m. Marshall ra Spring
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UNITED FUND
Robert E. McClure
Accepts Position
As Co-Pilot . v
Robert ; .'. Medure. '' former
Walnut tesident, W joked the!
Northwest Orient Airlines, as a
co-pdlot based in : MinneapoliaSt.
Pad,- Minn. MoClure is the son
of Robert H. MoClure of Walnut
and the late Epps Hawes McClure.
He Is a graduate of .Walnut High
School, former student at Mortn
Carolina State College and a vet
eran Marine Corps pilot, ;
Two ' S tills 'Aro
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Citisens Bank - '' '- '
Chandler. Hardware '
Service Motor Sales
Bank of French Broad
National 6cA10e Store '
Coal, Feed Lumber Ce.
: Frisby's Gvlf Service
Whitehurst Insuranca Agency
. V Marshall . Post Office
. East End Service Station
'-'. '.' ' Edwards Cleaners '
SprfoklfrShelton Wholesale Cs
i ., - Board of Edncatioa ' .
Court House Personnel
. SCHOOLS (Faculty) t
' Ebbs Chapel
V ' -Mashan .
, r i Hot Springs
' 1 ' Mars n:u ' -Madison
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