I . 1 ': ! .1 into ft , J i ' r , i .L.UL Vi H M . ' I .. -' '.'V.-',. V:.'-.-. . :. i VOL., 68 - ; JO. 7 (It-,1 1 V ft- 8 PAGES THIS WEEK MARSHALL) N. C. THURSDAY, TEEJIUARP 12, 1959 10c PER COPY 7 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 if?'' at J 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 (Continued on Last Page) 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! ' ru I , H f- 'I Tmmmml T mi g ere Tuesday Notice To County -'j 'l- . ,.V.a,-' :v k.' .K : : - 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 (Continued To Last Page) 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 (Continued To Last Page) 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. , , m 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- T V -3 yl';i q "3 5 I t V a cv-:.!y IvV- 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 (Continued To Last Page) ; 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- (Oontmued To Last Page) I '.; 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 (Continued to Last Page) 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 i.':ct ; -:.n 7L K 1 t 1 c t ' -1 F "i tl.ou'i con .t, f !! cor"r. ! f. -r cf f 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 drivers. V,". ct v f r 8 'U-'v'. : revc. : f ' ' ; j r f". - r f Ce 1. i? .t 7 a.: ' " - i t" 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 " ( f -. 9.1: ! each. FaU- f-T-iy caused f .Lwngtosig- l 14 ac- V .9 "mfacell a I' a cause A , "t 47 rtr- ' $ vcn i'- 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 (Continued to Last Page) - j J.. 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 Cut Down In TI : j Ccur.Sy Rccr r:.er;:f e. y. r, : week tl.it a CO '- "I. i fit and E3 , s cut down r :' i k t'xCtx ty r. f. 1 r.rry T ' ' ' .; i v: .i i. ... - ' ( . MARSHALL The News -Record . ' 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 County School C a- Madison County V." J " re T ' MATJ3 ',. C2As rr' " U r, '-, ITsrt l : : j Cox r ' " : r. : (".' f '...! '..5 rv- ft I,

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