VOL. E3- - NO. 26
v.
LOOKING
'BACKWARD
From the files of
. The News-Record
" EDITOR'S NOTBr The follow
vHrtjr ttm were published in
" 7Wff. NEWS-RECORD
, Thursday, November,
1953.
5,
Lion's Club Is
Organized Here
, A Lion's Club for Marshall was
- organized at a' meeting: in the
Marshall School Wednesday night
with the Weaverville Lion's Club
being the sponsoring organization.
Officers were elected with Walt
er Ramsey elected as president.
Dr. J. E. Roberts
Elected To Office
In Dental Society
Dr. J. E. Roberts of Burlington
was elected vice president of the
Third District Dental Society re
cently during a banquet session of
society at Sedgefield Inn at
Greensboro.
Dr.. Roberts is ttie son of Mr.
and Mrs. G. G. Roberts of Mar
shall RFD 2.
Water Ban Is
Lifted Here
On Monday
. 3, Hubert Davis, town cleric, an.
nounced thisweek that the water
ban, which has been in effect for
many weeks,' was lifted here
-v Monday of this week.
The curtailment of water except
for "must", cases was started here
. when he water supply became
acutely short.
Billy Graham To
Start Crusade "
In Asheville ." -v.
- Evangelist Billy Graham,' a na
, tive sof North Carolina, who' ' at
w the age of 84 has preached to more
i people than any, other ' American
evangelist, will begin a crusade in
Asneville dtv - ' Auditorium on
. Sunday, afternoon November 8, at
2:30 o'clock, The Crusade, Which
is sponsored by 76 cooperating-
factors and churches of the Great.
M.i A 1 ..III . - ! - 11. K
Asutjvuio area, is scneauiea tor
a two-week period from November
f 8thru November 22.
. County Champs
The Walnut Panthers are Madi
son County Football Champions1
for 1953.- By defeating Marshall
and tying-. Mars Hill, Coach Glenn
team won the county title.
Mrs. . JT. i L. Bumgardner was
married Satnrdntr tn"na?iv.ilfo ft
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C. ,; The bride is the former Miss
Clara McDaris, daughter ' of Mr.
and Mrs,,W, G. McDaris of Mar
shall and Mr. Bumgardner is the
son of the late Mr. and Mrs, W.
J. Bumgardner .of Taylorsville.
The bride wore " a blue 'wooi Jer
sey dress with gray accessories
and a white orchid corsage. The
couple left for a 1 wedding trip to
Florida, after which they will re
side in Asheville. , '
Visits Here
Mr. Vader Shelton and son,
"Buddy," of River Rouge, Mich.,
visited friends and relatives in
.Marshall last week. They were
accompanied to - Marshall by . Mr.
: ' 'Un's mother, Mrs. Rachel
' Von, who is remaining here for
e present. . .. ,
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Stores, Offices, Danlis To :
De Closed Saturday, July 4th
W. P. Holland, president of the
Marshall Merchants Association,
announced this week that practi
cally ajl places of business will be
closed on Saturday, July 4bhi
Also expected to be closed are
offices in t"he courthouse, as well
as other state and federal offices;
the banks, post office, etc.
Plans for the 4th of July will
be announced in next week's issue,
which will be published a day
earlier than usual.
CIVIL DEFENCE
LAW CAUSES 3c
TAX INCREASE
'The tax rate for Madison Coun
ty, originally set at $1.62 per $100
property valuation, has been in'
Creased to $1.65 according to Ted
R. Russell, auditor.
Mr. Russell explained that
Congress passed the new levy on
June 18, after the county budget
had been announced. The 3c in
crease is for Civil Defense, Mr.
Russell said. 1
FARMERS ARE
CAUTIONED ON
EXCESS TOBACCO
With arpproximately 40 of the
measuremetns compelted for , 1959
crop of tobacco, Ralp-h W. Ram
sey, ASC County uifice Mana
ger,' stated today that about 20
of the farmers have been found to
be inexcess of their ' alloted acre
age, which is the smallest number
of , excess farms - for Madison
County in the recent 4 year period.
Ramsev also nointed out that the
excess- farmers are being notified
of thejr planted acreage as rapid
ly as they are measured and com
puted, but that several producers
hav not as
yet complied with
their 10 day notice, by filing for
either a remeasurement or witness
in og disposition of their excess
acreage. All farmers receiving
excess notices are cautioned that
they must act within the 10 day
time in order to retain price sup
port on t!heir tobacco.
In conclusion, the pff ice Mana
ger explained that the farmers
who write to the ASC Office re
garding the action they wish to
take on their excess acreage must
make a minimum deposit of $8.00
per. farm if a remeasurement is
desired or a -$5.00 'deposit per
farm If they want to dispose of;
their excess acreage, and that he
should state which action he de
sires. . ' ,
Returns To County
rP. FRED II0LCC::r-3 has
returno.l.to his home after Icing
in 'r.".!i ''.1i 'for several taontl.s in
i" I 'arth Carolina Gcnerel As-
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MARSHALL, N.
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Miss Ethel Town send
MISS TOWNSEND
IS ASST. HOME
EC AGENT HERE
Miss Ethel Townsend, a native
of Watauga County, has accepted
the position of Assistant Home
Economics Agent i n Madison
County. She assumed her new du
ties June 16.
Miss Townsend attended Valle
Cruris Elementary School, Appa
lachian High School, and ASTC,
Boone. She majored in home eco
nomics and science. She is a mem
ber of the Holy Communion. Lu
theran Church and for the past
few summers has done office work,
and.- has . been connected with the
ASTC library. , , , J , i
At the present, Miss Townsend
is -residing at -the Stuart Tourist
Home, 1 ' , ' ' .
'.'I am looking forward to meet
ing and working with the people
of Madison County' Miss Town-
sen
SAVINGS BONDS
SALES IN COUNTY
IN MAY $8,198.10
E and H Savings Bonds sales
in North Carolina during May
were $3,318,582.49. This brings
the state's total sales for the first
five 'months of. this year to $20,
060,185.12. .
Cumulative sales for January-
May . represent 39.3 , of the
state's year's dollar goal.'
In Madison County, sales for
the month of May were $8,198.10;
for the year to date, $63,572.06;
which is 33.7 per cent of the coun
ty's quota for 1969. . '
CLINIC TO BE
AT HOT SPRINGS
DURING SUMMER ;
, t u
To Be Held . At Recreation .
Building Each Monday v
s At 1:30 P. M."
Dr. .Margery Lord, -Madison
County. Health Director, 'this
week announced, that - beginning
Monday, July 6, a' general immu
nization clinic will be held in the
Hot Springs Recreation Building.
Available at the clinic will be
immunization against Diphtheria,
Whooping Cough, Loclg'aw, Ty
phoid, Poliomyelitis and Smallpox
vaccinations.' The clinic will be
held at 1:30 p.
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throughout t';e
C. THURSDAY JUNE 25,
PAPER EARLY ?
NEXTWEEIi DUE
TO HOLIDAY SAT.
Management of The News
Record announces that next
week's issue will be publish
ed on Wednesday instead of
Thursday due to the. Fourth
of July being on Saturday,
This plan it made to. ac
commodate advertisers who
will be closed on Saturday.
July 4th. , V
It is hoped that the public
will make Friday, July -3rd
their main shopping day in
stead of the usual Saturday.
News writers from various
places are asked to prepare
their copy one 7 day earlier
next week.
LIONS ELECT
OFFICERS HERE'
MONDAY, NIGHT
Installation To Be' Held
In Near Future -At
S&WV ,
Officers were elected at
regular Marshall -Lions Cub Wet
ing held at the Rock Cafe Monday
night. President Earl Robinson
presided. t
The following officers ' and
directors were elected:
President, Howard Barnwell;
1st Vice President, H. E. Bolingerj
2nd Vice President, E. C. Teague;
3rd Vice President, Page Brig-
man; Secretary-Treasurer,; Dean
Shields; Assistant . Sec.-Treas.,
Ron Wilson; Tail Twister, Walter
Ramsey; v Assistant Tail .Twister,
Charles Davis" Lion .Tamer, W,
B. Zihk,' -.-.
Directors elected a
Two'"yeasT"eIiy
Vernon McCarthy;,
vijr follows:
lavi3' and
: One ', year:
O, A. Gre-
Arthur Ledford and
gory; ,- -1," l'
UPPER BRIDGE
IS CLOSED TO
ALL TRAFFIC
Now Termed "Unsafe" By
Commission ; May Be .
Torn Down Soon
Instead of two bridges across
the French Broad River at Mar
shall, there is now only me which
is accessible , to pedestrian and
traffic.
The "Upper Bridge," leading to
the former Sorensen Woodbend
ing plant, cotton mill liill and Rec
tor's Corner section,' has been clos
ed . indefinitely, leaving only h the
new bridge accessible for . cross
ing the river. 1 '
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The State - Highway Commis
sion in Raleigh last week ordered
the old bridge, closed to all types
of traffic, terming the bridge un
safe". .-. The last of the . vehicles
crossed the bridge; one of Mar
shall's best-known landmarks, ear
ly last Friday morning as barri
ers were placed at each end of
the bridge, , r ;
; It is assumed that the old steel-
structure and wood bridge will be
torn down eventually
'59 OATS SUK
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SET AT CD CL...;
. Prices for Madison O
1959 crop of oats will be
ed at 60 cents per bushel tor
No. 3, according to Novik
ins, Chairman County A
ural Stivl'ilkation and C
tion Commr' toe. Ti e cour
fr r.fs are t' e fwn in 1
v . i i r 'i r " a.
":!.' " : - i r
1959
ioc per
Ipproxiradtely 200 Persons Meiid
Consolidation Meeting C.ere Today
CHANGES MADE
AT HOT SPRINGS
PLANT; ROSS MGR
The following organizational
changes were announced this week
by John L. Morgan Jr., vice pres
ident of the Raeford Division of
Pacific Mills, to become effective
July 1, 1959.
Saon Home wood has been pro
moted to general superintendent
of the Raeford plant. He was for
merly plant manager of the Hot
rings plant of Pacific Mills
and superintendent of ftie weave
mill at the Raeford plant. He
came to Raeford from J. P. Ste
vens Corporation in Great Falls.
C, in 1955.
Neill Ross has been named
plant manager of the Hot Springs
plant, replacing Mr. Homewood
Prior ,to transferring to Hot
Springs as general overseer of top
preparation, Mr. Ross served as
general overseer of roving, con
verting, and blending at the Rae
ford plant.
Jtobert J. Rights has been pro
raoted to general overseer and
transferred to the Hot Springs
plant. He was formerly shift ov-
erseer in the top preparation de
partment at the Raeford plant.
ARM
ALLOTMENT TO
BE MADE SOON
or the farmer , who -'has . no
wheat' allotment 'and; intends to
seed winter -wheat for harvest in
1960, tfhe deadline to apply for a
new farm wheat allotment, is not
far off . It's Tuesday, June 30, and
the application should be filed in
writing at your county ASC of
fice, according to H. D. Godfrey,
ASC State Administrative Of
ficer. . "Once you apply," he said,
"your application will be studied
on the basic of the tillable acre
age, type of soil and typography
of thp farm. Your own farming
system' will be reviewed, and the
reasons why. wheat was not plant
ed on the farm in mist venr -mill
be considered. If it all adds
to a convincing case in favy
wheat production on the i f
I960, you will be assigned
ment to the extent that
age is available."
None, of this effect
who . already has a
ment or has an ests
of wheat' prodnctloi
fIe gets notice ef
ment without, appli
it should be showi
mailbox some day
advance of the n
referendum now m
23rd of ; July. ;
BUNCOMBE Vo.
SCHOOL MONEY
By an almost three to one ma
jority, Buncombe ; County voters
Tuesday approved a $2,600,000
bond issue for emergency city and
county school needs and a 15-cent
tax increase for pay-as-you-o fi
nancing of future school improve
ments. , : '' J . " I
Complete unofficial " return?
from the couaty's 53 precints gsv,
' ' votes for the bond issue s1- '
1 5. against it. The psy-svj-. .-
t;;x was approd by yo '
5 U 2,P.:5. ' , ,
f '..1 ve of 11,324 f,!l 1
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Receives Promotion
D. D. Gross
GROSS PROMOTED
TO MAJOR IN
NATIONAL GUARD
The Reverend Dawyer D. Gross,
pastor of the MarsWH Baptist
Church and chaplain with the
Army National Guard of North
Carolina, was promoted on May
29th to the rank of Major.
Gross is a veteran of World
War Two with both enlisted and
commissioned service in Field Ar
tillery. He served overseas in the
Asiatic Theater of Operations,
and remained in the Army Re
serve in Field Artillery after the
war. In 1954 he transferred to the
Chaplains Branch of the Army
anf the North Carolina National
Guard, f in Army schools -he isS
graduate of the Field Artillery
School at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and
the Chaplain School at Fort Slo-
cunt, New York.
Another Baptist chaplain pro
moted to the rank of Major on the
same date was Dr. Herman H
Ihley, Secretary of the Sunday
School Department of the Baptist
State Convention. Ihley is as
signed to the Division Trains and
Gross to the Second Battle Group
of the 120th Infantry.
Returned Tjday
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PRICE i $240 A YEAR IN COUNT?
$4.09 A YEAR OHJTflBDiB COUNT?
Giezentanner Represents
Walnut School
Patrons
By Jim Story
Approximately 200 people, most
of them from t'he Walnut and Big
Pine sections, were present this
(Thursday) morning in the Mar
shall school auditorium at a meet
ing called by the Madison County
Board of Education. The meet
ing was called on the strength of
General Statute 115-76, which re
quires motion of consolidation of
schools to be held at a public meet
ing with members of the State
Board of Education notified and
invited to such meeting.
Despite heavy rains, the citizens
patiently waited for the meeting
to begin. Orginally scheduled at
ten o'clock, the meeting didn't get
started until 11:00 o'clock.
B. K. Meadows, chairman of the
local .board, called t!he meeting to
order and apologized for the late
start and then called on the Rev.
Jeter Sherlin to prononce the in
vocation. Mr. Meadows told the gathering
that "this is everybody's program
and in no way could be classified
as political". He then recognized
Zeno Ponder, a member of the
board, who told tfhe group that
"we (the board) are sincere in do
ing what is best for the children
of Madison County". He went on
to state that Superintendent W.
W. Peek and he "have different
friends but as to education we
don't disagree too much". .' He in
troduced Mr. Peek, who spoke on
the basic plans' for consolidation.
Mr. Peek said that lie and Mr.
Ponder -were ' in agreement' about -consolidation"
because "it's best
for " the kids". v He , praised ; the
interest shown by so -many and
explained that the board was
there to listen to the opponents,
of the consolidation and called on.'
Mr. John Giezentanner, Asheville
attorney who represents the Citi
zens - Committee of the Walnut ''
School District, to take charge of
the meeting and present their
views.
Mr. Giezentanner ably pointed
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HERTER TELLS
IT'S DREAMING
V Secretary of State Christian A.;
Jlerter called on Moscow Tuesday :;
Vight tb give up Its dream of tak-'
Vig ever West Berlin if it wants
negotiate a, peaceful settlement ;
J the German' problem. '.
"The United States wiU never
JmpromLse the freedom of " the
vave people of West Berlin who
placed their faith m our pro
Jon, Herter said in a radib
Hsion' report to !he nation. j
(le disensrsed ?- the diplomatic
deadlock'; with. Russia' after six-
weeks of Big Four foreign min
isters' talks at Geneva on Ger
many's future. . ; -, W
WILL' SHUN TALKS
President Eisenhower, Hsrtcr"
said, will continue to shun ny
summit conference with Soviet
Premier Nikita Khrushchev until
some degree of progress is record
ed in lower-level talks.
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pro"'
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