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NEWS-RECORD
Thursday, October 8, 1953
.Sgt. Carson Gentry
' la .Welcomed Home
Here Tuesday
An estimated five thousand peo
ple Irom ay sections of Madison
Couqty, and especially Marshall
and White Rock areas, jammed
every available spot in Marshall
Tuesday afternoon when Sgt.
Carson R. Gentry, of Marshall
RiPD 3, was welcomed back to
Madison County.
Sgt Gentry had been a prisoner
of waT for the past two years and
nine months and recently was re-
leased by the Reds.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
John Gentry of Marshall RFD 3.
Miss Carver
Is Appointed
Key Banker
Miss Stella Carver, popular As
sistant Vice-President of the Citi
zens Bank of Marshall, has been
appointed as Madteon Oountjfs
Key Banker for the year 1953-64.
The appointment was made by
'President John P. Stedman, of the
North Carolina Bankers Associa
tion. Madison Man Now
. Teaching In Florida
Mr. Aubrev E. Brown has ac
cepted a position in Cocoa High
5chooL Cocoa, Florida. : He re
ceived his Master's degree Aug
ust 10 at the, University of Flor
ida. ' He and his wife and two
children are making ' their . home
near Rockledge, 'Fla.;--; V-;,
Mr, Brown is a son of Mr. and
Mrs, Sidney Brown of Bluff.
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Now Residing Here
" Patrolman and Mrs. Jim King
returned to . Marshall Tuesday
residing at their home formerly
occupied by Mr, and Mrs. Ray D
Cohn on the Walnut, Creek Road.
Sgt. Clay Hensley
Transferred To
Fort Benning, Gar
Sgt J' Clay Hensley, of Hot
Springs, who has been a Recruit-
tag Officer for the past three
years, has been ' transferred' to
Fort Benning, Ga. 5 He .plans to
leave Hot Springs next Monday-
Small Cabin Is
Destroyed By
Fire Wednesday .
a A small log cabin,' belonging to
Emmett Crowe, which adjoins his
home near Davis Chapel, was com
nletelv destroved bv fire Wednes
day night The Marshall fire de
oartment answered the call but
the cabin was completely . burned
when firemen arrived. 1 A large
pile of stovewood was saved, how
ever. ' , f' -s- ' : ' 1" i '
Marshall Monogram
Club Met Thursday
Elected Officers. '.
; The 'Marshall Monogram Club
met in its first meeting last
Thursday in the high school audi
torium. Mr. - Bernard S. - Brig-
man and Coach Wayne Bradbum
presided. Rules were adopted by
the club at the meeting.
The following officers were e
lected: President BoUiy Sprinkle; vice
president Jerry Crowe; secretary
treasurer, James Ilueyj reporter,
Donald "Tex" Taylor.
Va! rip-Crr-"j
r--rer-ic..t Ar.-.ounced
T'r. an J Mr. C. T. T.'aWrup cf
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Dress Qcvoc To Dc Geld
At REA Building Saturday
. . Madison County's 4-H Dress Re
vue will be hekMn the French
Broad Electric Building in Mar
shall this Saturday, morning, June
20 at 10 o'clock. Everyone is in
vited to come. .'
Gold plated medals of honor will
be presented to the blue award
winners determined from the girls
participating in the County 441
Dress Revue. The donor, Simpli
city Pattern Company suggests
that medals Ibe limited to the upp
er 10 percent. If ten garmetns are
modeled one medal will be given,
but if twenty garments are model
ed two medals will be given and so
on.
Garments 'belonging to girls
under fourteen as of January 1st,
will foe judged in the Junior group,
Those 'belonging to girls fourteen
or older will be judged in the Sen,
ior group.
The winner in the Senior group
will represent Madison County at
the District Dress Revue in Ashe-
ville on Friday, June 10. The six
best in the district will enter the
State Dress Revue during 4-H
Club Week, July 20-26 in Raleigh.
Patsy Crain of Walnut was the
1958 County Dress Revue winner.
F. A. D0DS0N
DIES FOLLOWING
HEART ATTACK
Pioneer Grocerymaa To Be
Buried In Pritchard .
Cemetery Friday
F. A.' Dodson, 67, of Marshall,
diej at 12:50 p.. m. Wednesday,
June 17, 1959 in an Ashevule hos
pital after suffering" a heart at
tack Montlny at his. store nere,
Services will be held Friday at
2:30 p. m. at the Marshall Meth
odist Church. , The Rev. D. D.
Gross,- pastor, of the Marshall
Baptist Church, will officiate and
burial will be in the . Pritchard
Cemetery..' - Masonic graveside
rites will be held.
Pallbearers will be Roy Reeves,
J. Hubert Davis, Robel Redmon,
Bernard Brigman, Guy White and
John Conbett.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Maude Tipton Dodaon; two daugh
ters, , Mrs. Felix Potts of Bryson
City, and Mrs. Weaver MoCrack
en of New Orleans, La.; a son,
J. C. Dodson of Marshall; and
seven grandchildren.
The body will be at the home
after 4:3Q p. m. Thursday.
One of Marshall's pioneer gro-
cerymen, he operated a store here
for the past 45 years. He was
a member of the Marshall Bap
tist Church, of French 'Broad Ma
sonic Lodge 292 AF&AiM, and of
the Woodmenof the World, v
Bowman-Rector Funeral Home
is in charge of arrangements, .
BUS SERVICE TO ,
RHODODENDRON
FESTIVAL JUNE 27
Charter bus service from Ashe
ville and nearby towns to the ISth
annual Rhododendron Festival
atop Roan Mountain is being ar
ranged for Saturday,, June 27
when the fete takes place. -
' The buses are expected to leave
from Asheville about 8 a. m., June
27, arriving at the Roan ' festival
area well ttefore noon. Visitors
will witness festivities of the day,
including the selection of the Rho
dodendron Queen from smonjr 30
to 40 . csndidates representing
Western North Carolina clul.3. and
business firms. - .
Eas r-fnatio"s may be r
bt the tf.'Ues cf As' evl"e Ar -y
on t'T! Keuin' IP.-xir.y cf
Gfo , - Ya-'t I" '.-1. I
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TELEVISION'S
SUPERMAN'
TARES OWN LIFE
George (Superman) Reeves.TV
herorto millions of youngsters,
shot himself to death early Tues
day morning in despondency over
unemployment and an ex-girl
friend.
The 45-year-old actor shot him
self in the head with a German
Luger after his fiancee, Lenore
Lemmon, predicted he would com
mit suicide. They were to have
been married Friday.
Miss Lemmon and another house
guest, New York writer Robert
Condon, told police Keeves was
unset bv unexpected visitors to
his Benedict Canyon home.
Applications For
Wheat Acreage
Must Be Filed
The ASC County Office is ac
cepting wheat allotment applica
tions for certain farms. A pro
ducer who intends to seed .wheat
if, J
for 1960 on a farm on which no
wheat was seeded for harvest as
grain in 1957 and for which a 1958
and 1950 allotment was not esta
blished, irrespective of wheather
or not wheat was seeded for har
vest as grain in either 1958 or
lOKQ anil vrfui denirea to he con
sidered for an allotment . must
make application for an allotment
according to Movile H. Hawkins,
Chairman of .. the Agricultural
Stabilization and v Conservation
Committee, , Application forms
are available in the ASC County
Office for use. in filing a request
for an allotment The producer
must apply . In writing prior to
July. tt 1959. , ' , , , v
BOB DAVIS TO
OPENCRAINSAW
SHOP HERE SAT.
Bob Davis, jwpular Hot Springs
merchant; announced this week
that he is 'opening fne Homelite
Chain Saw Shop in Marshall Sat
urday, June 20.
He states that he will handle
power mowers and will give' ex
pert chain saw service.
The shop is located across the
street from Ihe Post Office in the
former building used as - Dock's
Shoe Shop. '
The new store will be managed
by Bill Brookshire and Wesley
Rice, Mr, Davis, said.
The formal; announcement can
be found in an advertisement on
Page Four of this issue.
"',
SwimmingXessons
To Be Taught At
Swimming tool Here
Swimming lessons will -be
taught at the Marshall swimming
pool beginning Tuesday and will
last for two weeks, it was - an
nounced by Lew Allen Rice, life
guard. Hours will be from 10:00
to 12:00 a. m. The other instructors-are
Johnny Payne and- Kath
arine Cody, i Anyone wishing to
take lessons my contact Mr. Rice,
Mr. Payne or Miss Cody at the
pool ig was stated. - r- . . -
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5IRS. BIEmi
IS HONORED -IN
raleigh mm 10
Mrs. E. 0. Burnetts of Walnut,
was among 12 - North' ' Carolina
Home' Demonstration , Club mem
bers inamed as 1958 Leadership
Achievement ' Award winners -who
were honored on Wednesday night,
June 10 at Raleigh during, Farm
and Home Week. ' 1
The awards, made each year to
the two highest scoring . leaders
from each -of six extension service
districts, are sponsored by the At
lantic and Pacific -Food Stores.
Based on their efforts ' in Home
Demonstration and 4-H Gab work
the members are scored on their
organizational work, project work
and participation - in the club's
program. . In addition, each wo
man writes a narrative report
describing . the .values received
from her leader work. ,,
Mrs. Burnette, mother of three
and a member of the Walnut high
school faculty," was presented with
an engraved silver tray and ' an
orchid. .,
4-H'ers To Attend
Senior 4-H Camp 1
Near Waynesville
Nine Madison County ' 4-Her's
have signed ' up to go . to - Senior
4-H Camp, near Waynesville, on
Monday, June 29. Twenty-nine of
our 4-Her's went last year so we're
expecting others during the next
week. Those planning to go so
far are Catherine Cody from Mar
shall; Ann: Huff, David Ramsey,
Jimmv Rav. Carl Shook, and C. L.
Yelton from Mars iHill; Judy
Shelton from Laurel; Nancy
Henderson and- Resa .Thomas
from Walnut ' t?;''' .
Further information about Sen
ior 4-H Camp is available at the
County Agents office in the Court
house ere in-Marshall ' ,
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Baby Sitte T.
Over FrCm
T 1
a. Al
Auto .Wednesday
' Baby sitting was'' nothing new
to a 16-year-old Madison County
girl who acquired a : job mwrway
between . Marshall . and Asheville
Wednesday, June 10, but it was
probably- the first time she had
taken over just Where tlhe stork
left off.
The girl,, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. . Homer .Tweed of Marshall
RFD 2, already had five brothers
and sisters prior to 4:05 a. m. to
day. So the baby-sitting bit was
pure routine for her.
The entire family, was on the
way to Memorial Mission Hos
pital with Mrs. . Tweed who had
an appointment with the stork in
the maternity department The
stork' didn't wait. The baby-sitter
acquired a new customer as the
car, driven by Papa Tweed, trav
eled through v Weaverville.
The oldest daughter; with pre
vious experience taking cars of.
younger children 13, 10, 9, 6 and
years of age, took 1 charge of
her six pound, two ounce brother
and carried him into the hospital
wiREW03ns:r
DAMAGED
TOBACCO FIELDS
',' Wireworma have been giving a
lot of trouble in many of the tobacco-fends
ki Madison County, states
Harry G. Silver,' County Agent,
this " week. This year several
Madison County farmers purchas
ed Aldrin 'and used it on their
tobacco land t o -w eeks to a month
prior to tran finar their tobac
co . plants. y worked this
material in soil immediately
after broa ' - it on the land,
two poun.' sal Aldrin per
acre. F v . ued the
r -' t !al 1 exc('i!ont
! i i - f w i.-ewornig
r:-..i cu
! y . 1 nt v-'f
twosentenced
for assault on
asheville girl
Edmonds Case Continued To
Superior Court; Ramsey
Appeals Sentence
-Two Madison County youths
who had pleaded guilty in General
Buncombe County Court to assault
ing a 13-year-old Asheville girl
Tuesday were sentenced to a
youthful offenders camp.
Jimmy Mebcalf, 20, of Marshall,
who pleaded guilty to a charge
of assault on a female in the at
tack, was sentenced to 18 months.
Bobby Allen, 17, also of Marshall,
Who pleaded guilty to a charge of
assault resulting in injury, was
Sentenced to 12 months. They had
orginally been charged with rape,
a capital crime.
The third youth, 16-year-old
Marshall boy, charged in the ease,
will receive his judgment from
the Domestic Relations Court
(Juvenile), where his case was
transferred.
Probable cause was found in the
case of O. S. Edmonds, Jr., of
Mars Hill, charged with an at
tempted crime against nature, and
he was ordered held in $600 bond
for appearance in Superior Court,
in July.
Erward Ramsey of Marshall ap
pealed a 90-day roads sentence.
Ramsey, also charged with car
rying a concealed weapon and
damage to property, paid an aggre
gate of $116 in fines and posts
in these cases. A pistol was order
ed confiscated.
PITIFULLY
UNINFORMED
One of the most alarming things
about the United States, and our
people, ia the fact fhey'read less
and lesXSparentlyr bf "the"i.
ious, informative , fend educational
things. ' A the latest example, a
widespread poll-recently -revealed
that almost forty percent of those
interviewed did not. know- that
Berlin lay within Red-ruled East
Germany. -
As has been pointed out so oft
en, the trash which makes r 'the
best-seller list, and which makes'
hundreds of thousands of dollars
for its authors, reflects a mel
ancholy picture of what the Ameri
can people think about, read and
do with their leisure time.
Two courses which every Ameri.
can youngster should study, and
which most of them do, are U. S,
history and the history ; of the
Communist movement And, U. S.
history should certainly cover the
years up to the present, since
the international picture changes
so frequently these days, it is man
datory to give our youngsters an
up-to-date history of events up te
now. . ' Vs''. .
Of equal importance, and a
more urgent problem, is the chal
lenge which faces each- eitizea-
the challenge of keeping himself
somewhat informed. Rather than-
watch mg - television for endless1
hours, reading , sex s novels, ,, and
piddling away all one's life with
leisure, in various forms, each- of
us rfhouW devote some time, daily,
to keenimr ' abreast of the news.
and the issues of the day in order
that we might be. better citizens.
Methodist Pastors
Return To County,
Bishop Nolan B. Harmon read
the appointments Sunday at fhe
close of the annual Western North
Carolina " Methodist Conference
which was held at Lake Junalus
ka. Returning to 11
-m Cour'y
.-.tors:
are the follow ' t
Jbseph M.' T
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Walnut; Jo', 'i C.
f-prm'; J.. ?
Mars
C3.flf.ivay SoriolruGlioa Dn
UJ HOiipjaigtiesf Peak
Receives Honor
if
Mrs. George B. Shupe, of
Walnut, was elected record-
ins: secretary of the North
Carolina State Federation
of Home Demonstration
Clubs at the Farm Home
Week held at State College,
Rajeigh, June 9-12.
'CITIZEN OF YEAR'
AWARD IS GIVEN
J. OWEN TILSON
Officers Are Installed At
Civitan Meeting On
Tuesday Night ,
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The Mars Hill Civitan Club
held its annual installation meet
ing Tuesday night, with Oliver
English, president presiding.
The invocation was given by the
Rev.. James Thurman of the' Mars
Hill 'MetHodist-'ThurcK included
on the program were1 Miss Edith
Shepherd, who presented - piano
selections - from ' , "SHOWBOAT",
and Mr. Jesse James Bailey, form,
er sheriff of. Madison and 1 Bun
combe Counties, who gave the ad
dress. . -
Erik Pris, deputy governor,
Civitan ' Zone 1, installed the of
ficers for the ensuing year. ;They
are President Jim Cox; Vice
President, Jim Stewart and Secretary-Treasurer,
Jim Holcomibe
Dr. Bruce Sams presented Mr.
J. O. Tilson with the "Citizen of
the Year" award. Mr. Tilson
mayor, of Mars Hill, is an active
member of the volunteer fire . de
partment the Mars Hill Baptist
Church, and the Democratic party
of Madison- County. , He is one of
the leading citizens of Mars Hill,
' In r 1 irMllAiliiiiirjM'Wv,'.
U. S. Army Choice, ;
Not Chance Program
J Announced Here
Special schooling for a selected
group of young men, . That's the
United States - Army's offer, to
high school graduates. " It's an
offer - that features choice not
chance. Under the Army's new
graduate specialist program you
can select school training i in the
field yon want The U. SArrny
has over 107 schools to choose
from. , , . " J
You must qualify for the school
you choose. If you cannot' quali
fy for the school of your choice,
you do not enlist- 'Your obliga
tion to the U. S. Army twill be
three. years. 1st U-Tgt. O.aiky
R. Hodge will give you a r!"-i
guarantee of any iri ' ? i . ' .
The U. S. Amy : it - r
is located on V e ' a ii. I
501, c;ty Eu". . -, a ' ," y
c.
Marshall By-Pass To Be
'. Completed In Six To
Eight Weeks
Highway construction in West
ern North Carolina hit an all
time, high this month as an esti
mated $20 million worth of work
ia underway in Division 13 alone.
.This division covers Madison, Bun
combe, Yancey, Mitchell, McDowell,
Rutherford and Burke Counties.
W. M. Corkill, Division engi
neer, is supervising construction
in every county in the division ex
cept Yancey, and a contract for re
location of a stretch of highway
through that county will be let
June 23.
Three major projects are under
way in Madison ttounty. The
bridge over the French Broad
River at Marshall is nearly com
plete and has been open to traf
fic for sometime. Workmen are
still painting structural steel a
job delayed by bad weather.
The Marshall bypass will be
completed in six to eight weeks.
While tlhe bypass is about the
same length as the old road, motor
ists will save considerable time by
missing town and by utilizing
"climbing lanes" constructed for
slow traffic and trucks. Except
where the climbing lanes add
lane, the road will be a 24-foot- ,
wide two-lane highway.
The third project is a bridge
over Laurel River at the junction
of US 70 and NC 208, which leads
to Greeneville, Tenn. The bridge
and approaches are Bearing com
plteion. ' ' t
Farm Performance
Check Begins
Approximately 2,700 ' reporters "
trained .acreage measurement
work are now beginning the sum- '
mer job of checking crop acreages 1
on farms participating in the. acre,. ,
age allotment, s price support, andv
ou uanic urograms, accoraing w , .
TT. Rndf rev. State A dminjstra. ."'Y
tive.Officer of the ASC Office.
In' announcing the start of the . "
1059 measurement Work, Godfrey
urged the cooperation of farmers -in
assisting the reporters.
' "Producer cooperation," he said,
"can help us do this performance'
job faster and more economically.:
Some of the ways the farmer can
Jhelp are: (1) see that stakes
are in place on premeasured fannsj :,
(2)' make sure plantings are with''
in the staked area on premeasur
ed farms; (3) have someone who
is familiar with the crop available ,
to . help the reporter if the ope
rator is away from the farm."!
"Crops being measured "at -this '
time are tobacco, cotton, and pea-;
nuts. Where acreage in excess of
the farm's allotment is found,
and. if the farmer .desires to bring (
his acreage within his allotment,
he must make an application and
deposit with the County ASC Of-
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THREE DOGS
POKOJffiDIN.
HOT SPRINGS
' At least two dogs died and' a
third was nearly killed by pi
at Hot Springs Monday.
The third pet was save I
pron-pt applifaf, n of f '
The ii, ' ' i? r
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