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ISVI'ASTCIAT.:
CALIF.. CREEK."
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CcAmU Are HelJ; Safety
Award Presented)
Fimf Picnic
Approximately 800 s employees,
, . employees and guests enjoyed the
- th of Juljr celebration and pro
gram sponsored by Pacific Mills:
1 of Hot Springs last (Saturday. .T
Activities started about 10:00
rv o'clock twitk, interestiny and ten
:. Uining contests held on the beau
,' " tiful grounds of the plant' 'Fol
- v lowing the contests, safety awards
were presented, to all departments
. y; for 24 months of continuous oper
' ation without a tost time accident,
f ;. :: following the presentation-of a
1 wards, a bountiful and delicious
,. ' ' picnic dinner was served under tie
,' '. shade of the trees in the' picnic
', ''.area." Assisting in the prepara
tion and serving 'of - the dinner
5were Mr. Sam Howard and' Mr.
. Harold Anderson."'.' t -y-j1;: !
, ; 1 Instrumental in the success of
H the occasion were MrNeilJ Ross
and Mr.. J. O. Styers.- -,
. Pony riding, wat'also enjoyed
; by ' the youngsters, This added
' pleasure ;-ws made possible
j tnrougn tne ..cooperation , ox - Mr,
... ClydeT M. Roberts,', of; Matshall,
? '- who furnished the ponies; for the1
occasion. '' vt j
, ; Following are he winners of
-'t the; contests and1 those receiving
. Safety-Awards: -,,,' ' (,
' ' Three . "Geared 'Race. Mrs.
.Wakefield and Miss NajJ-Harris.
Sack Race w. Allen Roberts. '
. Rolling 'JPfo Contest Gayle
Rogers.. " . , ' ' ' 1 , '
i Pie Elating Contert Gayle
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Egg V uiwi ''Contest Dou$
ana jvi;i!'U.; Ann iuoore. -. v, ,
A tie be-
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fl(l-G":i'o CjiDci -Col fcrics
3-t &.ar6, Dofore O
Six Errors Prove Costly To
-County League
Leaders
The 1 top talent of the Madison
County League, known as' the AH'
Stars managed to get-only two
hits off 4he slailts of., Joe JCing
and . Lloyd Stamey Saturday at
Hot Springs hut . managed to de
feat the county, champ ions, 3-1,
before an estimated 1000 specta
tors. - The 4th of July feature "was
tense throughout as Jimmy John
son, of Walnut, limited the heavy
bats of Hot Springs to five nits.
" Hot Springs, usually featuring
a tight defense, eracked nnder the
strain and committed . six ' errors
; which led to the All Star; victory.
It was not until the bottom of the
ninth inning that " Hot Springs
managed it's lone score. This score
came on a hit and an error hence
1 the lone score was unearned. .
Unusual also was the fact that
, the All Star's scores, too, were
unearned. " -; f ' H , .
- The All-StarS scored one run, in
the first inning on a hit by F. N.
Willett of Spring Creek and an
error. In the fifth, the All Stars
crossed the plate on a walk and
two ' errors and in the ' eighth,
scored it's final' run" on a double
by Franklin and an error. Most
of the errors were -throwing mis--cues..
'.
Anderson and Roy Reeves led
t; a losers with two hits for four
trhis.' .. . . '',1.-- '
Flayers srein? aoion were: '
A'I-f rs: Willeit (Spring
Cv- ' ), X.W.a (Laurel). -Tr- '
" i (' ), I .-yne (" ' "
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(M, DEFENSE'.!
r.3TC;GIIELD
ATUARSIIILL ;
(Active; CO k Organization Is
.Stressed For This;
ji'j ,f County s 4'f
s
,', Approximately 2p Civil Defense
directors and interested icitisew
of Madison 'County " attended the
Regional Civil . Defense dinnei
meeting wnioh was held in th
Mars Hill school cafeteria Wed
nesday night. : ,e ' .4.
v The Rev. Am V. Graves, of Hot
Springs,' Madison County CD Di
rector, presided and spoke of Mad
ison County's role In "Civil De
fe'nse, ' '.'""
(s Other speakers Included Mr. Al
bert Taylor, deputy director of
Buncombe County CD; General
John C. Arrowood, of Asheville,
Buncombe County "CD Director
and chairman of Area "F," which
includes Madison County ;. and Mr.
(Mead Parceji deputy CD Director
of Henderson County. - ,
Mr.; Taylor told" the group that
it would be wise ' for Madison
County to Join 6her counties Vith
an active OD, organiaatoin. '
. Gen. Arrowood told of the close
cooperation of -Civil Defense with
the American Red brose. He stat
ed that CD assists Red Cross in
natural disasters and that Red
Cross assists CD in case of ene
my attack or other such emergen
cies. He said that Asheville
would be a target for bombinpj
.during a p ! ' '
REFERENDUM
ONWHEATSET
FOR JULY 23
The Secretary of Agriculture
has proclaimed a national market
ing quota for wheat fo,r the mar
keting . year beginning- July .1,
1960. t A referendum of farmers
who . will be subject to such quota
will be held pursuant to the Ag
ricultural Adjustment ' Act , of
1938 as amended arid the applica
ble regulations to determine
whether such farmers are in fa
vor of . or opposed to such wheat
marketing quota. - '-'
j. Novile Hawkins, chairman of the
Madison County ASC, committee,
in making this announcement rel
ative to the coming wheat' refer
endum, said that the, secretary has
set Thursday, July 23 ar the date
on which eligible voters would de
cide whether quotas would be ef
fective on the 1960 crop of wheat.
The chairman further; explained
that f eligibility i to s vote in the
wheat referendum is based on the
extent of wheat acreage Which the
producer intends to y harve t in
I960. Due to. the fact that any
farmer may harvest up to 15 a
cres of wheat without penalty,
only producers of IS or more a
cres of wheat are eligible to vote
' (Continued toast Page)
.-irccn
, Jlevt Bobby Van , Seagroves of
Durham, began his duties as pas
tor" f the California Creek Bap
tist Churclt of Mars Bill as of
July ! . He comes to California
Creek from the pastorates1 of the
Mtt Vernon and Zion s Hill Baptist
Churches of umberton. Mr. Sea
groves is a graduate of, Campbell
Junior College of Buies Creek, N.
C 1 Carson-Newman College of
Jefferson City, Tenn., and South
eastern' Baptist Theological Semi
nary at Wake Forest, " He and
his wife, Janette Bean of Ashe
boro,were. formerly - employed at
the State Mental Hospital at Ka
ieigh. Mrs. Seagroves was em
ployed as a stafif psychologist and
Mr. Sea8rrovesas an - assistant
cTiaplaln. They have one child,
David Seagroves, .11 months Of
aire, t They are residing in the
California Creek parsonage, ' R-l,
Mars'Hill. v ; , , -
,;:V;'"-ifw nniimwis1) ,'Mu " , : :..'
Rev,) Ralph Hogan ,
Resigns Pastorate , -
At Madison Seminary
L The Rev. Ralph Hogan, popular
pastor of the Madison Seminary
Baptist Church, tendered mi Tes
ignation Sunday to become .effect
ive the last, Sunday,-in- August
Mr..' Hogan, who "has. been' at the
Seminary 3ptist Church for the
past three years, plans' to' enter
Southeastern' Seminary at Wake
Forest; .Cl.'fpr further study,
ruuii llilUliLiiU;
ATTRIID FOOD
Madison County . food handlers
recently had an opportunity to at
tend a Food Service School which
was held in Asheville .on June 9,
10 and -11 1959. The school was
sponsored by the Buncombe County
Health Department and the North
Carolina . State Board of . Health.'
Dr. Margery Lord, Madison Coun
ty Health Director, presided , at
sessions held June 9 and June 0l
Mr. Welch Burleson, head cook
at Mars Hill College, received a
ceVtificate for successful comple
tion of the entire course, Other
Madison County food handlers who
attended 'one or more sessions of
the Seminar included Mrs. Kssie
Edwards, Mrs. Zino MoMshan,
Francis Briscoe and Daskey Mc-
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on V
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C
1 I
loach
s in-
'ar
uial onday
Abhe-
it t
ntght 'in S&W Caf. t
... : i
-"Barnwell 'uccees i 1 r.obin
son and . will serve (' rins .the
1969-60 club year v. gan
not h-: 1 1 -
' Hubert V. Kanipe of iw Creek
District 31-A Lion C ' Gover
nor, conducted the installation
ceremonies. r''
He was .tntrodured 1 v Lion Jim
8toV.V'?'J' ' v, '1
-Mrs.' Howard Ban. ..11, 'accom
panied at the piano ly Mrs,, John
Conhett sang "Indlun Love Call"
and as an ncore, "Because , Of
You."'. .;
, In addition to Mr.J
following officers nc
1st vice president, II.
2nd vice president, L.
8rd vice president, I
secretary-treasure r, 1
assistant, secretin .
irnwell,'. the
i! installed:
Bolinger;
C. TeagueJ
. Tillman;'
, 1 f hields;
Li'tr, Ron
Walter
1 Twister,
or, W.'
Wilson; Tail
Ramsey; A
Charles' Dav. ,
B. Zink.,
Directors are
' Two yean,
Vernon McCav'
thuf Ledfo 1 i
' and
, Ar
mory. FAT.
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LO,
(Jll l.' .l... 1. .Ill ,,,, :
County c-i , JuJio-2, 1I'!)5,. failed
Thursday in their efforts 'to col
lect damages from the state,
. Three other men' injured when,
the prison truck wrecked also fair
ed to collect; v; v ,
The ruling came in a group of
six Opinions which cleaned out th
last case of the spring term,,' Th
court will begin its , fall term in
August yi ' J J
The State i Supreme' Court up
held rulings by the State Indus
trial Commission and affirmed in
Madison ; Superior Court that a
driver for ' the State j Highway
and Public Works Commission was
not negligent in the accident'!.
The wreck -occurred .' when
brakes on a truolr hauling, prison
ers gave way on a steep mountain
1 highway. i
cbeduled lan
-s CoIIe;
., to -'' eviil
' :", Z J, a S;
i 1 ' ' ' Hoc"
. (Howard I
at Marshall 1
stalled as, pi
shall Lions C
Ladies .Night
Looking Backward
Causes Confusion ,
On School Opening
. t ,1 n n.,Hi (j"J(;l ,
, . wi'-
In last week's .Looking . Sack
ward columri, taken "from' the is
sue of .July S, 192$, kn '"article
stated that Madison K -Co ti n t y
schools would open July 15.' " '
Many readers overlookeyfJno
fact .thai; the article , ref errtd to
July, 1929 and NOT 1959. 'i.'As
stated elsewhere in ' this 1 Jsaue,
schools open THIS TEAR on Au-
gust y Jfcri r
DRIVER HURT,
WHEN VEHICLE
Y
Robert Pruett, 29, of Lexington
Ky., driver of ' aV trsctor-tralle.'
which crashed into a bank on
' T5-70 in Marshall Thursday
soon, is repoueu m saiiaiw
en, was reported in
tis-
t
i
juil it was t. i.iu..jini. i.t
suffered . lacerations, . contusions
and abrasions of the hands and
legs. . ' .i 't.'-rv
State -Highway,1' Patrolman - C.
H, Long said Pruett told him he
was entering a curve at the bot
tom of the hill on the north end of
town when an oncoming ear forced
him to the right side of the high
way. ,
Pruett. said his truck struck a
large rock and then bounced off
the shoulder and into the .bank
Lonr said the force of the impact
evidently triggered the mechanism
which tilts the truck cab forwarc
and Pruett was thrown clear.
The tractor was" a , total loss,
Long said, but the trailer,, heavily
loaded with margarine, was dam
aged -only slightly. i
3 mads Saturday afternoon
;- Force pilot and rua w ife
v-ead visit. The pilot, Lt.
:r Ccnir.and flier with V j
rr.i h:.i wL'e, rhyllis, -
" ----3 c';-T;-j, tU cA
? - " ' r r ' ' :r a rc 1 v.-r
in Dalsigh
' A group of 22 Madison County
citizens, most of them from' Wal
nut and Pine Creek, motored to
Raleigh last week and appeared
before members of the State Board
Of Education in opposition to" the
proposed Consolidation of portions
of the Walnut-Marshall schools.
NEW MADISON
SCHOOL PLAN
TO BE STUDIED
'-Nil
-Raleigh The Stat Board of
Education said Thursday it wouia
Study 'a- Madison, , County School
Board request that would consoli
date the1 Walnut School with an in
land school at Marshall., . ' i
A group of, mountaineers ' ap
peared at a board meeting to pro
test the consolidation.- -v"
; They said they were Sot, op.
posed to consolidation in principle,
but, feel ,that the French' Broad
Rivet island school is too old and
dilapidated to. accommodate the
students." - .
Their attorney, John Gieientani
ner of Asheville, said the island
school had been flooded during cer
tain seasons' and ice-locked in oth--
(. The building is old, decaying
; i-.stlyto keep vp, he -1ded.-.
i iltl i1um,ihu;vi'.1. ; .0 1,1 i -l
suggested- construction'' of a "w
consolidated school between- Mar
shall and Walnut , . " '
77-Ycqr-OIrJ Gars CHI Lry
Ulsits arshall For Sbcand
Ticc Tuesday; Enjoys Trip
LOCAL PLAYERS
STAR 1 STATE
CHECKER MEET
Edwards I KO'd In Sixth
Round; Story-Forced
To Withdraw
Judson Edwards, expert checker
player ' from ' Mars Hill, and Jim
Story, of i-Marsiall, participated
in the N. C SUte Checker Tour
nament held last week-end at the
Langren Hotel In Asheville. ; u
Edwards lasted until t3ie sixth
round before .finally-being KO'd
by Glena Cole, ef High Point,
finalist ia the tournaiaent. ;
Edwards defeated Ira Shoai,
of Winsten-iSaienv in the opening
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Hue RclllcsnrJie . ;
Killed Szdzy Dy
Frank C -Jtlmtca
Frank. Charles Johnson, of
Walnut, who has the reputaCm '
killing hue raltlosn; " c
ued his "hoU y" Eatur " y v.. i
stomped to d A a 13 ..., 4
long rattle;-!;e while j '
bV-!.I,erTi.'S f-e fT" -f
E. Y. I ' r r -t :
-re v. c-re 17 i
4 - ?2
t , t V , fi
Teacher To Assemble Two.1
Dajrs Before The . "'
Student ' '
iFred Anderson, superintendent
of Madison County " Schools, an-;
nounced this week that all Madi
son County Schools would start .
the next term on Wednesday, Au
gust 26. '
Mr. Anderson explained that
due to aN recent ruling by the
State Board of Education, . all ;
teachers will assemble at their re
spective schools on Mondsy, Au
gust 24 for a two-day organizat
ional session. "'
. He also stated that teachers
will be required to remain an. ex- :
tra day after the regular term to
complete records, etc. ' ' . j'
About- Consolidation ;v. . t
Mr. Anderson also stated that
the Madison County Board of Ed-' v.
uoation had requested Jhorough. -study
be made by the State Board , '
of Education before any definite
decision be made concerning the
consolidation of the Walnut-Mari .
shall schools.,, It is expected that
this further study will be made r
fin the near future and the results
Of the study would be announced '
In this newspaper.. !?
Walnut Babe Ruth
Tean To Play Twin
Bill Saturday ' ' '
1
OJbice" Plemmons, manager ot
Walvmt's ,Babe Ruth team, - an
nounced liMsweck that, his team
w::i play the V ' m City V -
.1 1a a i ' '
uut on &ut: "v
first game will sUit at 1:30 o'
clock. . .7 - . -1
Mrs. Addie Ramsey Tells Of
Humble Life And t
Experiences
By JIM, STORY
"I've enjoyed the whole day but
I'm sure tired," Mrs. Addie Ram
sey, v-year-oM wiaow oi ntam
Hill RFD 1, told this writer Tues- J
day while sitting in the office of . ,
Mr. Bill Moore tax collector. -Mrs.
Ramsey, a jovial, alert and ,
witty person, related )that Tues
day was the second time she'd ev V
er been to Marshall although she '.
hga lived only 15 miles from thi. .
county seat all her life. " "It's.,
practically the first time IVe been.,
here,", she said, "because it was.
at night some 20 years ago that,,-,
t came down , here to see a play
put on by the Oxford Orphanage." -
Tuesday was the first time she
had been in any of the building .
in Marshall and she marvelled at
the accommodations in l" court;
house and kept ".repeat:.'-,.-,"" l'
people in here have cert..' ? 1 ;
nice to me."
, Mrs. Ramsey snij tl rt 'r.
bert t!r,!, c "
C'-'-.-it, and a i . '
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