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ERITOR'S NOTE: The follow
ing 'itema were published in the
MADISON COUNTY RECORD,
aatea . t KIJJAY, OCTOBER 18,
1907:
MARSHALL, N. G, THURSDAY, APRIL $0, 1959
Oounty f n pcinbrs l'Jin 7
Blue nibbans In District Meet
The following advertisement ap.
peared on the first page.' "Old
Joe," "Mark Rogers," "Four
Aces" Fine Old Rye Whiskies;
fine wines for Medicinal and
Sacramental Uses, Sold By Madi
son Dispensary, Marshall, N. C.
A "Want Ad" Also Read:
WANTED to buy all your emp
ty Flasks. Until further notice
we will pay the following prices:
Half Pints, 'i-cent each, Pints, 1
cent each, Quarts, 2 cents each.
Pinacle Beer bottles, 1 cent each.
Be careful not to bring bottles
that have had oil or turpentine in
them. Madison County Dispensa
ry, Marshall, N. C.
47 Members And 13 Adults
Represent Madison
In Asheville .
Promoted At Bluff
As a consequence of the recent
erection of a school house in this
district (Bluff, N. C.) our teiW Crai Burette,
Madison County 4-H'ers won
seven blue ribbons at the Western,
District 4-H Demonstration Day
:n Asheville last Saturday, April
25. Forty-seven members and 13
adults represented Madison Coun
ty at this meeting in Clyde A. Er-
win High School. 4-H'er3 from
the other fourteen counties and
the 'Indian Reservation also par
ticipated in this event.
Ruth Ann Carter, 16-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vaughn
arter of California Creek com
munity waa district winner in the
Recreation Leaders Contest.
Mike Ledford, 12-year-old son
f Mr. and Mrs. James R. Ledford
of Walnut won first place as re
porter.
The followinc Madison Countv
4-H'ers rated as runners-up in
these contests: Norrig Gentry,
Soil and Water Conservation:
Forage Crops;
APPROXIMATELY
649 ELIGIBLE
VOTERS HERE
A PROCLAEIATION
Setting Forth
OPERATION BOOTSTRAP
DAYS '; ,
According to the Registration
Book in Marshall after Challenge
Day, wWch was last Saturday,
there are approximately 649 eligi
ble voters in the municipality.
Observers forecast a heavy vote
here next Tuesday where three
men are seeking the mayor's post
of which one will be elected and
six men are seeking aldermen's
posts where three of the six will
be elected.
WHEREAS, 'the health, social
and spiritual welfare,' and econom
ic welfare of afl.fhe people now
residing In th , mountain region
of Western ' North " Carolina de
pends upon , the f ull -,and perma
nent employment of its work force,
and .'.!-'
WHEREAS, the: rugged terrain
of the mountain region is a ma
jor obstacle; limiting the capacity
of our people to derive a satis
factory livelihood from , the pur
suit oi agriculture alone, and
WHEREAS, income from the
travel industry is limited to pri
marily to the three summer vaca
tion months and is distributed to
a limited number of people, and
WHEREAS,' the beautiful scen
ery of the mountain region, the
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this year was limited to three and the Waln"t 7th and 8th grade
months. Anion those promoted1 "icers, Joyce Randall, Ronnie
are Icy Brooks, Elmer Brooks, El
va Brooks, Glenn Brooks, Nola
Brooks. Mamie Lusk. Grace Lusk.
Verge Lusk, Edna Lusk, Clifford
Lankford and Fred Wardrupe.
Roscoe Lankford was the report
er.
J. J. Gardner passed through
town Tuesday on his way to
Spring Creek j to visit his son,
' ' John.
- M. C. 'Jackson, the x Lumber
Man, was- down from Alexander
f J ;,; Monday to get some Job Printing
done. ' . ' '0 i n s
" . Shad and' Andy Franklin were
v over from Big Laurel Monday.
.. ' .Dissolution Notice
: , This is to notify all persons ihat
l liir 1 inn nr r . .1 . n rut niriivi' kf :n .
doing a general merchandise busi
" 1 iess at Chapel Bill in No. 2 .Town
. 1t. ship near Dewdrop P. p., Madison
,; County, wag dissolved by mutual
,' consent.
Too Much Rot 1
Under our invitation to Citizen
Thomas N. James to reply to our
article of last week through this
paper, he handed in copy to the
amount oi about tnree and one-
half c olumns which, purports to
be an answer. The condition of
our work was such that we could
not publish so much ROT without
leaving out more important mat
ter. Tom's tirade does not reply
to a single question that we asked,
but he delivers himself of . what
was really in him, i the readers
thereof may judge for, themselves
Johnson, Patricia Dookery, Mike
Ledford, Paula Smith and Sharon
Burnette.
Ihese 4-H'ers also rated blue
ribbons: Craig Burnette, Dairy
Management; Dean. Ricker, To
bacco; and Joyce Randall; Presi
dent.
Seven red ribbons were won:
Dairy Foods, Wilms Cody; 'For
estry, Virgil Smith; Fruits and
Vegetable Productions Dean Rick
er J , vice "president; - Ronnie John
son ? secretary, Patricia Dockery;
song leader, Paula Smith, and
Recreation Leader, Sharon ' Bur
netta.. -
Thirty-five "Madison ; ilfi'ers
participated the,N Talent C-o.n-
teai,. inia numner .lncludad tho
I surel and Mars Hill 7th and 8th
grade Square Dance Teams, a pi
ano solo by Charles' Foster, and
fa special dance by Catherine Zim
merman and Sandra Shelton.
After lunch, Ruth Ann Carter
led ' a song for the afternoon ses
sion. Following: the recognition
of winners, the election results I
were announced. The newlv elect
ed district officers are: prsident,
Judy Mims of Transylvania Coun
ty; vice president, Larry DeHart
of Swain; secreary, Charles Ray
Elders of Jackson, and historian,
rat Blalock of Henderson.
Special HD Council Heeling
Held Monday; Plans Hade
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MARSHALL PTA
TO INSTALL NEW
OFFICERS TUES.
Piano Recital Will Feature
Program; Dinner At
6:30 O'CIock
Variety Of Activities Are
Listed; Six Clubs Are
Represented
A special meeting of the Mad
son ixumy n. u. council was
held Monday night, in the Court
house. Mrs. E. O. Burnette, pres
ident, called this meeting to make
plans for celebration of National
Home Demonstration Club week
Mrs. Bryan Wallin gave an In
spirational devotional about using
your talent. Mrs.. Bill Hunter re
ported on the district meeting',
Marion Wilson, Home Economics
Agent, " . read Statements , from
Governor Luther H. Hodges and
Uirector. Dk 5, Weaver, ,
' After som 'discussion a viri
at activities were 1 planned. On
Monday, May 4, Mrs. C. W. Ward
will make 4 visit of appreciation
to - the " County" Commissioners
Tuesday, - May ,5, Hot , Springs
rT ,r: t-ii.f iMf, ... . .
uumo 1 iemusi-rawon liui meets
with Mr Si Jimmy Rogers at 2:00.
Wednesday, May 6, a home demon.
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V.B.S.CLMCS
ARE SCHEDULED
IN THIS COUNTY
33 HOMEMAKERS
ATTEND ANNUAL
DISTRICT MEET
RABIES CLINICS
SCHEDULED FOR
COUNTY, ON MAY 2
' Tjie- Madison- County Health
Department hag scheduled Rabie
Clinics iio be held in the county
Saturday; May 2, 1959.
'The schedule is as follows:
Mars Hill 9:00 a. m. to
11:00 a. m. "
Marshall 12:00 noon to 2:00
p. m. 1 4
i!t .Springs 3:00 p. m. to
a lis-Airgwul--take-adn
van 1 , 0 of these ehnicg and have
their dogs or cats vaccinated
gainst rabies 1 a required, by the
North Carolina State - Law. This
vaccination will : be done by a
veterinarian ; for 01.00 per ani-
mal., k V 1
The annual dinner meeting and
installation of officers will be ob
served by the Marshall Parent
Teacher Association in the school
cafeteria next Tuesday evening.
The dinner will be served at 6:30
o'clock with the business meeting,
program, and installation of of
ficers to begin at eisrht o'clock.
The feature of the program
will be piano selections by the fol
lowing students of Mrs. Blanche
Houston: Mickey Ashe, Logan
Slagle, Gail Mayhew, Roger Dole
Hunter, Jarva Ann Ball. Frieda
Allen, Dale Wilde, Brenda Ram
sey,- Jack Ramsey, Judy Roberts
Janice Hale. Annitta Wallin. Lo
is Ann Clarke, Beth Wallin, Ron
nie Brazil and Sharon Wallin.
Mrs. Maco Wallin will also pre
sent John Gross in a piano selec
tion.
Following the program, officers
for the ensuing year will be in
stalled. They are:
President, Mrs. Clyde M. Rob
erts; first vice president, Mrs.
Earl Robinson; second vice presi
dent, Mrs. Troy Ramsey; secreta
ry, Mrs. Clarence Huffman;
treasurer, Mrs. George Roberts;
program chairmen, Mrs. H. B
Ditmore and Mrs. Overton Greg
ory.
Local Co-Op Is Granted
Loan Of $667,000.00
GIRL SCOUT
COOKIE SALE
IS SUCCESSFUL
Court Of Awards Will Be
Held May 12 At RE A
Building
M. Robinson, Manager
Of Co-Op, Explains
Need For Loan
Walnut PTA To
Meet Wednesday;
To Install Officers
The Walnut Parent-Teachers
Association will, meet Wednesday,
ay;,-n wu . m .tttPescnooi
auditorium. ' Mrs. Millard F, Tip
ton, president, will preside and
new officers will be installed. Re
freshments will be served. This
will be the last meeting of the
school year. All members are
urged to attend.
Also Published on First Page
Pastors in Marshall: Methodist,
Rev. J. R. Parker; Presbyterian,
Rev. C. 0. Gray; Baptist, Rev,
J.-W. Suttle. . ;
' Dr. W. H. Brown wa$ the dent
. ist in Marshall nd lawyers in-
, eluded Lewis J, Bailey, Chas. B
Mashburn, ZacheryT and Roberts
and Gudger and Ebbs. J. Swann
was' editor and publisher, J. A
- Hendersoa was associate editor.
Nick White Objects V v
. . A.-i.-f;.rv.?V
oNick White objected to oufc re-
marks I ast week to liis farming
ability, and tried, to prove by
Uncle Henry Worley that he was
something of a worker, but Uncle
Henry said that he wouldn't say
that Nick woudn't work but said
Mi at he had never seen him at it
( i Extended Trip .
'; -n Murray and Fletcher Web
have eon on an . extended
Jrougrh Pine Creek, Spring
r - i Tpill Corn and will re
? ty way of New York,
i and the Jamestown
-,i
ej cni
The Vacation Bible School work
ers of the forty-nine churches of
The French Broad Baptist Asso
elation are completing plans to
participate in one or more of the
four Conferences to be conducted
at strategic points and convenient
hours for the workers. Some
three hundred VBS workers from
the local churches are expected to
attend raese Clinics, according to
a joint Statement by the Rev. and
Mrs, David B. Roberts, Associa
tional Missionary and VBS Su
perintendentf respectively, i Special
conferences are planned, for1 .pas
tors, i VBS principals;' 5, pianists,
secretaries; also , conferences for
departmental superintendents and
teachers as follows: Nursery, Be
ginner, Primary, Junior and In
termediate. ' s r' - : - -
The leaders of ..these 'confer-
ences, in addition to having spent
several days- at Fruitland last
February in special training and
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Mrs. George Shupe Elected
President; Madison
Members Active
Bcb Mil, Little League
To Start Play On June 8
Schedule Is Adopted; Birth
Vertncates Are
Required
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r.i adis on County.
Baseball
;- Schcdula'.:
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Thirty-three Wnemakers from
.Madison County and their home
economics agent, Mrs. Marion
Wilson, attended the annual 4th
district meeting of Home Demon
stration Clubs held in Burnsville
Tuesday. The district includes
Burnsville, Yancey and Madison
counties.
Hugh Matthews of Canton
addressed the group on "Meeting
the, Cost of Medical Care." His
presentation was humorous as well
as educational. ' He told Ww peo
ple , could cut down the price of
ansurance by not : running to the
.hospital , for every; Httle . illness
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ASC PRODUCTION
ADJUSTMENT ;
PROGRAM
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The final goal iof . ASC's Pro
duction Adjustment J Program is
not to cause farmers Jto destroy or
plant less tobacco. H. D. Godfrey
State Administrative ' Officer for
ASC, in a statement today remind
ed Tar Heel farmers that plant
ing within the allptment for the
farm is the tobacco growers ways
of making his program do- the
thing it is designed to do.
It's only natural for a farnvr!
Who f.'nds that he haa ovr-rj ir ' !
and nutst di"p"e tf a fry 1
dre,!ths of ti fi r? 1 i t 1 1 !
The 1959 Babe Rut!h and Uttle
League program ' came a step
nearer ' reality last Friday night
when managers and commission
ers of the league met at the Cit
izens Bank here and - adopted a
schedule for the coming season.
It was unanimously voted to stag'
ger dates of both) groups so that
games would not be played on the
same days of the ' week. ;: This
plan enables fans to see both the
Little Leaguers and the Babe Ruth
paylers in action twice weekly.
. Bill . Bennett will manage and
coach both of the Mars HOI teams.
At Walnut,, the Little Leaguers
will be managed by Robert Hen
derson and thf. Babe Ruth team
by Cloice Pletmnona. Frank Moore
Will direct the Little Leaguers of
Marshall and Howard Barnwell
will manage tha Babe Ruth team
The Rev. Jimmvl Rogers will man
age the Hot Springs Little League
team and rt unexpected that; a
manager for tie Hot Springs
Baibe Ruth team will be named in
the near f uture. 1 , ? , : '
Some of the teams are already
practicing rand aj closely-contest
ed season is anticipated.
Babe Ruth gam wi'l
ed on Momiavs a id Fi
dnarily, and Litt'e Lea
will be played on Tue
WALNUT HIGH
ALUM BANQUET
TO BE ON MAY 16
The April meeting of the Mar
shall Girl Scout Neighborhood
was held Monday afternoon at 1 :30
at the home of Mrs. 0. A. Greg
ory. Leaders asked to evaluate
the recent Girl Stout Cookie Sale.
This year s plan of taking: orders
in advance was approved. The to
tal number of boxes sold in Pisgah
Girl Scout Council (made up of
seven counties) was 38,420 for, a
profit of $6,057.00, which is to
go lor the building of a troop
camp cabin at the Girl Scout Camp
in Brevard. Mrs. Gregory re
minded Intermediate Troop Lead
ers that May 25 was the last date
for their girls to get Brevard
Camp registrations in Marshall
Troops and their families plan to
visit the camp on May 3.
The Neighborhood committee
voted to buy two record albums:
"Sing Together Album of Girl
Scouts Sing" and "Sing High,
Sing Low, Sing Together." These
albums will be made available to
the Marshall Troops through their
Leaders. The committee also vot
ed to rent a film, "You and Your
Home," to be shown to both
Brownie and Girl Scout Troops.
Plans were made for the Court
of Awards to be held May 12 at
the RE A Building at 7:80.
' Present for the meeting were:
OLfaJdhn Connet of Asheville,
MWJkaif'S
Davis Mrs. Bill Hunter, Mrs.,
Charlie Sawyer, Mrs. Craig Ru
disill Jr., Mrs. Ed Niles, Mrs.
Clyde Roberts and Mrs. Gregory.
The following telegram was re
ceived Wednesday from Hon. Basil
L. Whitener, member of Congress,
11th District of North Carolina:
"Rural Electrification Admin
istration advises me this morning
that loan in the amount of $667,000
has been approved in behalf of the
French Broad Electric Member
s'hip Corporation to provide sys
tem improvements and to furnish
electric service for 750 new mem
bers." Upon receiving the above infor
mation, D. M. Robinson, manag
er of the local co-op stated that
the new loan fund of $667,000.00
will be used to supplement Coop
erative funds that are now avail
able in erecting a 7500 KVA sub- .
station at Burnsville, North Car
olina, an additional substation for
the Marshall area, the extension of
50 miles of distribution line to
serve 750 additional members,
and converting existing single
phase lines to three phase.
Mr. Robinson stated that distri
bution systems in the towns of
Marshall, Mars Hill and Burns
ville would be re-worked, and volt
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NEXT TUESDAY
IS MUNICIPAL
ELECTION DAY
Following is a list of eanidates
in Marshall, Mars Hill and Hot
Spnings who , seek election in the
May 6th municipal - elections in
Madison County.' . ' ' '
Marshall Scout
Makes Outstanding
Record In Cookie Sale
play
s or-
The twelfth annual meeting of
the Walnut High School Alumni
Association will be held on Sat
urday evening, May 16 at 7:30
o'clock in th school cafeteria, ac
cording to James Allen, president
A delicious dinner win be serv
ed and. the program includes mu
sic, singing and the humorous sto
ries of former sheriff of Madison
and ; Buncombe counties- Jesse
James Bailey. '
i-Ths cost, will be $1.75; ($1.25
for dinner and 60c dues). , v
'''.' Send your reservation to. Mrs.
Emma Thomas Ramsey; secreta
ry; P. O. Bo S67, Marshall, N.C.
. Early request for tickets will
greatly aid in preparing the meal,"
Mr. Allen stated.' .
Shelia Rice, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Jerry Rice, who is a
registered Girl Scout, was second
in the number of boxes of cookies
sold in the seven-county Pisgah
Girl Scout Council. A Scout in
Waynesville sold 140 boxes of
cookies and Shelia sold 139 boxes.
Merchants To
Meet Here On
Next Thursday
Members or the Marshall Mer
chants Association will meet at
the- Citizens Bank here next
Thursday night at 7:30, W. F.
Holland, : president, announced
this week. -
Several important matters will
be discussed and Mr. Holland
stated - that - all ' businessmen,
whether or not ftiey ' belonged to
the Association, are invited to at
tend.,, . ;
MARSHALL .
For Mayorr Clarence Nix, in
cumibent; J. J. Ramsey and Harry.
Davis. , : i
For Aldermen: L. B.' Ramsey,
J. C. Dodson and John Ward, in-1
cumlbents; W, F. Holland, J. H.
Sprinkle, Jr., and W. B. Zink.
MARS HILL i
For Mayor: Owen Tilson, in-1
cumbent; Adam Dycus. a ,
For Aldermen: R, Bruce Sams,'.'
Arthur Wood, Paul Tugman, in-
cumbents; Carl Eller. ' '
- HOT SPRINGS
For Mayor: Joe R. Henderson,
incumbent; R, C. Kirby. r
For Aldermen: Charles Schaffer '
and Aubrey Ramsey, incumbetns;
H. W. Foster, H. A. Woody, G. C. ,
Myers, W. C. Swann and James .
R. Raleigh.
Bill To Increase
Pay Of Officials
Here Is Ratified
The bill to raise pay of Madison
County sheriff, tax collector, reg
ister of deeds, clerk of court and
others by approximately. 10 per
cent has been ratified by the Leg
islature, it was announced today.
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SHC Approves ''
Road Work In
Madison County "
Raleigh The State Highway
Commission has approved and set
funds for re-treating -more
ill miles of roads in Madison
'y.
re-treatment with standard
' -n"e Utuniinous seal in-,
I ' 5 and US 70 from
'til !inl r.f- r Fri.' f
Cvcr1,C:3:nitond Hnnu:l '
The ; members : of - the Freneh
Broad Electric Membership Cor-I
poration lield - their, 19th Annual
Meeting at the Marshall Sehool
Gymnasium on Saturday, April 25.
The principal events were the pre
sentation of ,music fcy the Marshall
High Schoof Band under the di
rection of Mr. LatTiey. end a ta".
given by J. C. J.ir.r, !' r Ci;
Davie Electric ' . c -poration.
Kr. Jones i " 1 ' '
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and Yancey, and the three counties
of Greene, Unicoi," and Cocke in
Tennessee. Mr. Jones stated t' at
"after hearing the report of t
Treasurer, J. II. SpriuMp, s !
tfhe status of the Co. ; I
have quietly nn-'e f "
back calculi '-t .
the n-p" ' i : i ;
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