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8 PACES THIS WEEK
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Reeve Fisher, Lee Roy
- Pegrg Both Were
Well-Known
i v Jolhn Reeves Piahr, 33, amd
Lee Roy Pegg, 36, . boa . well-
known - " Marshall Businessmen,
(I ied in one-automobile accident
In U. S. 25-70 . about 11 miles
ram ; Marshall at 1:15 o'clock
sunday rmornlng, February 22,
1969. c . , . i
Fiaher -and Pegg were coming
toward : Marshall after they bad
been , bowling' in Asheville Satur
day nigihjt when the 1957 Pontiac
went out- of control on a carve,
carrying both to their deaitShs.
' . Patrolmen -Capell, Who investi
' gaited the ' accident, listed Fiaher
: ,tm driver of the car in whddh the
., bwo men were killed. He said the
vehicle ran along the shoulder" of
t!he road about 45 feet, travelled
Another 195 'feet akleways and
T inally rolled down 4 69nfoot em
iiankment near the French Broad
sipwr, crliinj? down a large tre.
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County people
are injured in
wreck Sunday
Three persona, were injured, one
of them hospitalized, in the col
lision of a car and pickup truck
about 1 :40 p. m., Sunday on U. S
70 some l5o feet west of "the' Blue
Ridge Parkway intersection,
State Patrolman W. A. Kincaid
reported.
iMrs, Viola Oapps Hanina, 55,
of Gastonia, listed as operator of
a oar headed west, received dis
pensary treatment at Memorial
Mission Hospital for right fore
arm bruises'.
Amos Henderson, 57, of Mars
tfhull RFD 3, listed as operator of
the truck, also headed west,
received dispensary treatment at
the hospital for chest bruises.
Mrs. Vargie Henderson, 61, of
Marshall, listed as a passenger
in her "husband's truck, was ad
mitted to the hospital for treat
ment of facial and head bruises,
a fractured nose, amd left knee
contusions.. 1
. . Patrolman Kineaid said Hen
derson's truck rammed into the
rear- of the Hanna vehicle as It
started to pull off on the right
shoulder of the highway. .v
iHenderaon was charged with
following too --closely in traffic
the patrolman said. , , ."
COUNTY 4-H GIRLS
NAME PROJECTS
FOR THIS YEAR
motorist
wreckage, he added.
' i he aitrolman mid A
who reached the scene . reported
i that Fisher was still alive and
asked to be taken to a TuospitaJ.
:y He died before an ambulance
rived. , C f
,i Both men were well-known in
Marshall where Fisher was co-
owner of Coal, Feed and Lumber
: Co. He was a member of the
Marshall Volunteer Fire Dept.,
the Red Hill Free Will Baptist
Church and the Marshall Civitan
Club. , He was a veteran of World
War II.
. He is survived by the -widow,
Mrs. Edith Nix Fisher; a son,
John Reeves Jr., the parents, Mr.
and 1 Mrs. ' Ronald 'B. Fiaher; a
brother, Jf.- FrAnk Fisher, all vt
Marshall, 'and . three slaters, Mrs.
Joe Rice, and Miss A very! Fisher
of Marshall and Mrs'. Bruce Free-'
man of Hickory,- - "V , '
- , Services for Fisher were held
Tuesday ait 4, p. m., in the Mar
s'tiaJl Baptist Ohiurch." The Rev.
D. D. Gross officiated and burial
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15illy Letltorci, ZS;
Receive Legr
Injury Saturday
Billy Ledford," 23, of Barnard,
son of Mrs. MoHaley Ledford and
the late Mr, Ledford, was ac
cidentally injured Saturday night
when a bullet from a .22-oalibre
rifle pierced his right leg at the
calf.
His condition is not serious and
he is now at his home recuperat
ing."
TVS Stills Cut
Down Last Weefc
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Sheriff E. Y. Ponder and Pat
rolman C. H. Long out down two
eotf-gallon stills in the Big Laur
el section , last Friday. They al
so confiscated 1200 gallons ' of
beer-mash.
No one was at the stills thence
no arrests were made.,; ... .: . ,'
During Jamuary 602 Madison
County girls enrolled for 1,873
projects. This is an average of
over three projects per girl. All
girls take Health Improvement as
an activity besides 1ihe projects
which they select, i
Clothing was most popular with
412 girls enrolled. More junior
girls selected "The A B C's of
Sewing Unit." "A Practical Out
fit Unit" was popular with senior
members (14 or older).
Home Management projects
were chosen by nearly a third of
the members. They selected a
total of 339 uniits.
Food Preparation attracted
281 girls. M-any of them enrolled
in the first year unit, "Adventur
es in the Kitchen."
The enrollment in other pro
jects was as follows:
Better Grooming, 239; Home
improvement, 122; Saftey, ' 79;
Crafts, 75; Canning, 56; .Garden,
43; Frozen Foods, 32; Tree Id
entification, 29; Electric, .,15;
Strawberries, 12; Wildlife, 8;
livestock, 8; Dairying, Ii; . En
tomology, 5 ; Tobacco,, 4 Poultry,
4; Qrapes, 8. ' '
Special Blue
C-rm O f f To '
Last To March 15
POULTRYSCHOOL
T.0BE HELli HERE
TfflSFRfflAY
Gross income from ipouttry -has
made a gradual climb in. Western
North Carolina from a, minor Hem
to the leading source of ? income
from the farm'in Western orth
Oarolina, states Harry .GT Silver,
County Agricultural, Agent' Poul
try production has changed from
a sideline to a -very; complex busi
ness. These changes require poul
trymen to become .well informed
poultry producers. " f ' 'I
VA poultry school will; be held in
Marshall in the - French ; Broad
Electric , Membership -Building 1 on
Friday, February 27,i at 10:00 a.
m. All poultry t ! producer: ' in
Madison County are urged to at-,
tend this school. Mr. T. B.: Mor
ris and Mr. KenneUh C. ; Bean,
Poultry Extension. Sipecialiets
from.N. C. State College, will be
present to conduct - the meeting.
"POULTRY1" OUTLOOK' and
"PBODUiCTION v PRACTlOESi
will the main topics' discussed
at the school. - -,
COURT ADJOURNS
AFTERBANK
ROBBERY WED.
Judge J. B. Craven Passes
-'.'Judgments; Many Cases
Are Heard
Gets Degree
Frm people in Madison Coun
ty and vicinity who have not yet
enrolled in the Farmers .r Federa
tion's Blue Cross group hospitali
sation program with Hospital
Care Association of Durham, will
have a special opportunity to do
so beginning this week,
The special enrollment will con
tinue through March 15. Persons
who enroll during this time will
be covered as of March 15.
The president of the Farmers
Federation, James Mc. Clarke,
Asheville, has issued this state
ment in connection with the spe
cial drive: "We hope WNC farm
people will take advantage of this1
opportunity to get Blue Cross at
group rates.. This means a sav
ing of 16 over what you would
have to pay for the same coverage
if you bought at individually."
Phil . Buroh. is in charge of. the
Hospital Insurance' Department of
tlhe Farmers Federation.
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.' A Madison County youtfh was
sentenced to two to four years
here Tuesday on a break-in charge
and given a suspension of a one
year sentence on a charge of at
tempted to rob an 84 -year-old
widow at her Shelton Laurel
home.
Baxter Franklin, 20, of Mar
shall RFD 4, was sentenced by
Judge J. B. Craven Jr., of Mor
ganton, in Madison County Su
perior court. He pleaded nolo
contendre (noN defense).
'On the break-in count, Frank
lin was accused of going into the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Crit Shel
ton last December while tihey were
away, taking some of their things
and hiding their clothing under a
haystack.
In the attempted robbery count,
Mrs. Myrtle Shelton accused him
of smothering her and 'nis com
panion with twisting her hand,
in efforts to force . her to tell
where some money was hidden in
her house February 16.
Brownlow, Gosnell, the 15-year-old
companion of Baxter Franks
lin, was sentenced to-Jackson
Training . School as long as the
officials of that 'school deemed : it
edvisable.'; ' r ; '
( The testimony i,was,! that the'
youths ran when - tney neara a
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ars Hill J U's Din Both
Titles; Tourney Is Success
Unofficial Tabulation
Tuesday's Election,
2,393 To 28
Of
Wallace N. Hyde
WALLACE HYDE;
GETS DOCTOR'S
DEGREE AT NYU '
Raleigh Wallace N. Hyde,'
director of , the North Carolina
Motor Vehicles Department's' ac
cident-records and , driver-educa-
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DOTATO1
TOPWNCCAGE
PROSPECT
f One of the most. highly regard
ed high school "cagers in Western
Carolina test year was a slender
junior'' from Swain High named
Phil Brintnall.
: The 6-2 youth turned in an out
standing performance under the
boards and from a scoring stand
point during the Distrcit 8 Class
AA tourney last March but his
Smoky Mountain Confrence team
succumbed to Blue Ridge Confer
ence power in the early rounds of
the affair.
This year Brintnall has added
two inches to bis height and has
smoothed, out some of the rough
corners of his game. As a result
he's been a thorn in the side of all
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ALLEN DUCKETT
IS INJURED IN. .
WRECK SAT. , '
Wreck Occur. At Bailey's
: Bend; Condition It
Improved
V,'- r . .. r
Allen L Ducket Marshall fun
eral director and" fire chief, suf
fered head injuries when bis 1955
model Chevrolet station wagon
went out of control on U. S 25-70
on E ailey's Bend near the Bun-
i l-e-"ad"son county line Sat-
' y ti t about 10 o'clock.
f ' 't told Highway Patrol
l Al rJ, Irian, ho invesi'gt
t" . -i. -IJ.'nt,' that he lost con-
! v ' ilevaj blinded by l'.ts
; n - car.
; c. - 219 f.-t on
1 f.o-:llt r and in a
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An unofficial tabulation of the
votes cast ' in Tuesday's Burley
referendum reveals that a. vast
miajority of County producers are
in favor of continuing market
ing quotas on burley tobacco for
the next three years. Results for
Madison County show 2393 voting
in favor of quotas while 28 voted
against quotas 'according to an
nouncement made here today by
Ralph W. Ramsey, County ASC
Office Manager.
The main issue of this referen
dum, t!he office manager explain
ed, was-for the burley ; producers
to decide by casting ballots at the
polls whether or. not they wanted
to continue production controls
with price supports at 90 of
parity for the three year period
of 1969 through 1961. At least
two thirds of those, voting belt
wide pwst favor quotas for them
to. remain; in . effect. . Should more
than one third of the voters belt
wide disapprove of quotas there
will be no acreage quotas or price
supports. ' , . .
; Ramsey gave the following
Presented
Jn Tuesday's vote 1 for . Madison
County which produces approxi
mately 30 percent of the burley
tobacco grown in North Carolina
Community No. 1, .Marshall,
246, for 7, against; No, ,
Community, the three Laurels,
210 for, l against No. 3 Com
munity, Bull Creek, 104 for, 1
against; No. 4, Community, Mid
dle Fork and Paint Fork, 200 for,
(Con tinned on Lett Paar)
Savings Bond Sales
Off To A Good
Start For Year
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January sales of U. S. Savings
Bonds in North Carolina were
$4,707,667, which is over 9 per
cent of the State's 1959 quota of
$51,000,000. s -
In comparison with " January
1958 the month's total sales show
little change. With one reporting
day less, January total sales were
off approximately $36,000 which
is 0.07 per cent change. 1
: For the month, Series E Bond
sales showed a decrease of 4 per
cent, whHe Series H Bond sales
showed an increase of nearly 18
per cent.; 1 K
' In Madison County, sales a
mounted to f 20,154.10, which Is
10.7 per cent of this year's quota,
according to C. L. RudisW Jr.;
Volunteer County Chairman
behind in the fin at quarter to eke
out a 45-44 victory ever the wild
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THERE IS
STILL TIME
ASC County Offices through
out the State are stQl accepting
requests from farmers for eoet-
sharing under the Argicultural -Conservation
Program for' prac
dices to be carried out this spring.
Zeno O. Ratcldff, Jr.,' Chairman -
of the State . ASC Committee, re
ported today , that all counties
held an initial sign-up under the
1959 ACP during the first, quar
ter of this year. Ratcliff says,
however, that we would not want
a misunderstanding of this "ini
tial" sign-up to keep any eligible
farmsr out of. the program. Al-v
though the initial slgn-ap Ut end
ed all counties are stall authoriz- ,
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MARSHALL P-TA TO
MEET NEXT TUESDAY
; The .Marshall parent-Teachers'
Association - will: meet next Tues
day at 3:15 oVlook in the school
lunchroom. . . '
All members are urjed to at-teJ.
fOIINTY FARMERS! All-Tournament Teams Are
vvvii. liuwiiiuiw. Named. Trophies
VOTE IN FAVOR
OF CONTROLS
Brenda Ponder scored 29 points :
to lead the Mars Hill girls to an .
easy ' 60-32 win over Marshall
Saturday night for the Madison
County championship.
Mars Hill built up a 36-16 ad
vantage at half time and Coach
Clyde Peek "cleared his bencth"
in the final two perioda as Mara
Hill continued the onslaught. Jo
Whitt and Louella Ponder were
also outstanding in the scoring
spree while Barbara Metoalf and
Gladys Ponder starred on defense.
Carolyn Gof drbh s c o r e d 15
points to lead the Marshall team.
The play' of Ruth Rector, brilliant
Marshall guard, was one of the
highlights for Marshall. Mars
shall Jooked like a different team
Saturday than they did against
Laurel in the semi-finals. In the
Laurel game, Marshall played
flawless ball, Crowe, Goforth and
Rice hitting from all angles-. Sat
urday night, however, Mars -Hill
got the "jump" early in the game
and were never headed.
GIRLS GAME "
Mars Hill (60) F Whitt 16,
B. Ponder 29, L. Ponder ; 10, Eng
land, Sprinkle 4, Hamlin 2; G
G. Ponder, Metcalf, ; Griffin, - W.
Metoalf, Grooms, Bradley, Silver. -
Marshall (32) F -- Goforth 16,
J. Rice 7, A. Crowe 10, Pegg, Rev
is, Clark; - G Rector, V. Rice,
Caldwell, Conbett, Metcalf, Myers,'
Radford, ' Henderson.
Half time 36-16, Marw HXU. '
The ; Walnut boys, coached by
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