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Va' ji ?"je !i "ushed To
Ilcfplt&l A.'.r Ceing
Charles Crumley, 20,' ,of ; Gate
i' City, Va., was found wounded in
the Iijwer abdomen about 4:46 p.
c tn.f Sunday on Redmon. toad, Ma.r
Khali RFD 5, outside the horn of
a girl he had been'dating.He wei
taken to Memorial Mission. Hos
pital vAieie his conditio .was re
ported r critical. ' - f, ' . f
.Sheri. f U. Y, Ponder-, said that
Stove Freeman,' 52, was charged
v, "with assault resulting' in 'serious
injury in connection With the
shooting1 and released under $5,-
" : 000 bond pending: a hearing Sat-
uriay J,n ,-the - Madison t -County
coui-thou&e at Marshall, -",-,,'
; Freeman- was t quoted, , by the
, sheriff 8r saying 'that: he -fired
-- the 12-guage shotgun -through .his
' living, room ' door t -an unknown
, intruder who had been shining' a
, flaahlightjnj the , jrfndos of , ,the
i house. a -J'V.j.,,, ,
The blast tore a, hole in the door
i aibout 1 41 - inches 'from -thel floor,
i i Ponder said. He said Freeman .re
lated that he did .not know. Crum
; ley was the intruder until, after
he had fired , ",, '" '.
' Fieeman's daughter, Miss Nan
cy Freeman, 22, said she'Wtat, tot
: expodtni? Crumley. She was awak-
ened ty the ' shotgun blast, from
insula the house through the front
4J.MU', went outside and found the
iv: n wounded in the lower right
. 'ti-n, she said. ,
. t Uf, llil.eit GoforCh,
'., i FreiMn a ii, took-.Crumley
i i tl ' ' ' .1 En route
i. .-.' i ! -c speeding by
r ' ..I
Shoulders Jo Be Widened;
To Start At Truck Lane
Intersection 191 )
ilk v '; i ' ' ,
; 'jj r '. v The - State . HiinKwii v Commission
-has approved and set! up tmds
. j' fof resurfacing and widening por-
r tiona of US 2S and US 70, and for
the 'construction of an access-road
in Buncombe Xountg, j i 1
'f Aipproximately'; 7 miles of US
". 25 and US 70 will be widened and
7. (resurfaced', and shoulders -: recon
'. v. structed, from the junction of NC
' 191, northwest to the, 'Madison
County in. :) f'iV-i'
1; The access road will be graded,
drained and paved for "'a distance
of 0.18 mile to the Mills Manufac-I
turing Company.,.1.:;, , 'f i
, ' It is the policy of the Highway
1 i Commission to' buijd access 'roads
from the nearest State-maintained
: ; road, to ' industrial " plants. ' and
schools, where a road would aerve
the public Interest. ' '. . '
' Completion of the work -is 'ex
v pec ted - during Ihe t oonstructom
... season, at an estimated . cost of
. 185,400. 't
c:
I:: Cc.::.!y
Bonds eales in
i ,: r June were
i lii? the
' : !' a r t sin
"ay.
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Mrs. E. R. Elmor
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iS.ER;EmOSE
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OF IMS HILL ;
DIES AT 77
Prominent - Civic, . Welf ar
'And Educational Leader; '
, Rite? This Afternoon
. Mrs. Lillie Forester Elmore,' 77,
civic, VwelfarS J and , educational
leader for many years, died, early
Wednesday : mornin?,' August 6,
1959r in an Asheville hospital af
ter art extended i'In -s.
''Mrs, Elmore, wid.nv of Edward
Robert Elmore, is survived bv four
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UPH0LS1ERY
WORIiSHOPON
AUGUST 17-18
An upholstery , workshop 1 w i 1
bo held Monday and Tuesday, Au
gust 17 and 18 in the Mans Hill
Home Economics Department, be
ginning at 9 o'clock. Mrs.', Edith
B.' McGIamery; Home Development
Specialist with'-the N. ' C.J Exten
sion Service will be the instruct
or. Assisting with the workshop
Will' be Mrs.' Edsel ' Buckner, Vo
cational Home 'Economics 'Agent
and ' ' Ethel Townsend, Assistant
Home OEcdnomios Agent, "
, Anyone wanting to take part
in this worktmop should eonbact
Marion Wilson by Friday, August
14: ' The phone number 'is 2491" in
Marshall. The address is Juat the
Courthouse in Marahll.'I t ,
' Anyone having a chair ' wbich
they t would .like to bring to- the
workshop- should ' contact Maroon
Wilson. She will choose, not more
than five or less than three chairs.
Chairs', selected must not be too
difficult to complete in two days.
Mrs.,. McGIamery says, '.'We want
to teach principles of upholstery
but do not want to get into too
many complicated probletms. '
It 'is mo;-t i "orf ,nt to l'"'ve
len-tt t.iree r
f'-.i.r. I'. r
1-. t r
.'ti.it ';
t we
Passes
r f "ST 'I
!'i y-
. ' Judsorl J. Cdwrd' of Route 2,
Mars Hill, is" the hew member of
the Madison"' County Committee
for the Farmers ' Home j'Admini
BtratioHi He wJUstioeeed..Williiai
B. MetcaU of Route 2, Mare, Hill,
whose 'three1 year term 'expired on
June 30. il'?f ',
1 Mr. Edwards operates tobaceb
and beef cattle farm' in the Beech
Glen community and 1s neof the
outstanding farmers' of ,hia commu
nity.- He. is a former tax collector
and '93 well knows, and respected
by th(j 'pple ofjthe counVt-;? ''"
W. JCrf'j Anderson, "local county
supervisor for FHA, Bays lhat
Mrs,w Edwards'! practical lxperf
ehce wijl enable him to make, a
real contribution to 'the county
committee's 'actions" "when they Re
view loan application. tl'tA
Serving with Mr. .Edwards dur
ing -the coming year will be Roy
L; Roberta of Walnut, and-WUliajn
B. Shelton of R-8.' Marshall,":'''
There is a Farmers" Home" Ad
ministration, county committee
serving every agricultural county
la" th country. All loan applica'
tions" inust bo approved by the
committee before funds can be ad
vanced, iThe committee also .helps
the countyBupervisor , adapt the
agency's loan policies.' and servic
es to' local conditions." ' j - .' f
r Tho Farmer Heine Administra
tion makes loans to farmers to buy
livestock and machinery, to f I
nance annual .operating costs', to
improve buildings, and' fences,' and
to purchase land.
. . The agency also lends money to
farmers or their non-jirofit associ
ationg to e tj!ish and carry but
improved soiliand water eonserva
lion prt
as well as for in
ni-orintr' irrigation
' 'fly f
1
,...e but'ii
made from funds advn
ed by pri.
vate lenders" and insured by . the
agency , w . ,
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DRIVER AWARD
V :')Roy" Rice, popular rurafmail
carrier, ' last week was presented
a Safe Driver Aard and pin for
hi" .2811 consecutive year as a
rural mail deliverer. '
The awards ao(l' pin .were pre
sented Mr. Rlcl by F. RayTFrisby,
postmaster.' Vxi k -iM i.
iMr. ' Rice 1 has actually ' been a
rural carrier ' for 1 over , 41 , years,
but the awards and pins hove onr
been presented f for - the past 2o
jH.:::::a.c?,-'
the" past 2of!,'"
v.. w ,'.2 i, 'ion fie
-years. r,'!,,V
COLEIAN SPEAKS
AT C OF C IIEET i
RTKE TUESDAY-
l' '-'. i.,.. ',' .. "I ,.,"'l' i.ii,,'' :?': "Si i., ' .i ,
Olla 'Coleman, Scoutmaster, ofi
- jnarsnay T.i roop, , uoy bcouis
of. America, was the guest speaker
at the Chamber of Commerce meet
ing here Tuesday.
, Mr!' Coleman pointed . out the'
value of a Scout program and the
many ways it benefitted the boys.
He , then asked the Cbainlicr t
consider sponsoring; til e 1
Chepter and :ii,t a Boar!
r v',-v ' o' ' r ? .nrv (
" ' t. . :j : 1 i r. .'.';.
It...
COuiiii
'! ASC reportei
1
sure the 'acre.i i
co on; the t 2073 ; A.
wiftiin '"the count v (
Original' ., hieasurii. ' ,.n i.
thereby !aocompli:iuii r one
earliest perform . ' ,
ing to .Ralph, 1 .isey,
office manager, i .
,'Among 'the .....-
triibutedito getti.
pleted at an : en r
year, were: (1) A.i
ing , -season : ". K2) .
training. program X.r r
an earlier date; (3) 1'.
reporters wiho could Tcvo(v J
tima tojthe'woiV; (i) 'i
ap)endid;cooperation g-iv ti f .
porters by the ti'.acco I "
vithin.' the. ..crfuni r when c
was.) made; ,)' ASC ma.
said ,tl)at there viie sevei ;
vantages , to the f .-rmers in 1
ing his acreage measured ' ' . '
He, pointed out that a move
curate j-meaauremii nt coi,1 '
made 'while the tobacco was an,
ttiat'? the . steel tapes would i
damage small tobacco; t' '
farmery if. in excess of his ;.!
ment,,iwould .have more
securing a r rmen su romc
sired "before the : tobacco
too large; and' t'i:;t. he ,
pose Of his eXCC; : .'' -I(v 1;,:
to -utilize the ai 1 l
uses.; He further jm: I; :
some G40 farms k
in excels of 1' i
w"hich 5 i8 had n
dispo."'.' of their
that lu farms !
tion fur a man
as of . d:iU !. i
posed f their t i
meastti'-.-iiieri'ts ! i i c
plete.l i i ! ) f
ly x.
apjilicabio to this year's prop.
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RATDPIUCriCEt!
STARTS AT MS;
"Jf 1 1 .- ' ' fj; v
John Lackey,' .Marshall ' High
School Band leader and Instructor,
has announced that band practice
has started at the school with ses
sions being held eadi morning at
10:00" o'clock.' Band members and
candidates for the band are asked
to contact . Mr Lackey or atjtendl
the morning sessions.
mm RETURNS
4
Vice President Richard Mi Nix
flmr kV fmm Mb Trnn Cur.
tain,misBio . Wednesday to '.a!
roaring - welcome . a n d , otiioiai
thanks' for doing, "a tremendoua
)."'' . " - '-'"A v-KV
. "TH brought' with, him' the mes
sage that "the people of the Soviet
Union, have suffered a great deal
In war, and tfcey desr irately want
peace, just as the .American people
went peace."",' " " ( " ""',
1 lie tol d the I enthusiatic crowd'
that swarmed around him. and his
wife Fat, at Washington National
Airport, much 'i good may come
from ( e visit Soviet premier Ni
kit'' Jirushchev will make to A
r , a nejtt month. " , 1
,.....t KhrusiiJiev sees as he
'. in i'eys about the United States
II not make my less an advo-
I2 of commui
i i l.nowli
the vice pres-
I;'
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1 - ' '"- .'t Ml' u ,' v .-' ' '
.... ; o.JujvJv'iLwUi .UvJULu':':.'
"7R 17TI iVl XV' Hot Spring. A; upb To Start -fcTuat 23; ; ?s . -
iE CIVIL
.3 OVER AIR
C i '1 nights1' legislation ' will be
the : t of a debaW between
( .iaa Sasijl "WMtener
. i ( ressman John V. Lindsay
f ; v York City, on a nationwide
ia Broadlcasting ..System
ist this -week' on the pron
.. llTtf.-' J,;f Miltn. Al1Af.tlAh
ed. fh Washington. T.he pro,
,i will be earried'over .WBf,
- lotto at 7:30 p. n., Saturday,
ust 8, and over WSPA, Spar.
;urg, "at i:30 p. m.' Friday,
iLATJ, PONDER i
"E JUDGES IN
:m FESTIVAL
'Judges- for the 1959 Mountain
Dance and ' Folk Festival to, be
held luursd.iy, Friday and Satur
day in Asheville City AuditqriumJ
have been appointed as- follows:
?lu--4- P. R. ElamB Marshall;
, J. 1 nes L. Reeves, Leicester;
iid ( li'nn Itodgersr, Leicester. -'m
J , . n? S, O, Wilde, -AsSe.
i.,n; is. James Sluder, , Bilt-
1 1 1 ; I ?., K, Worley, Leices
j
' . ... V- x1 :'!
' ' s ' "'hip DanciPT
Sheriff K. Y
X
Jbest Lmi.ir, .,1.,.. .
Asheville. ,
; : Participants for Beveral weeks
have been signing up for the clas
sic festival.' It .it directed annual
ly by Bascom Lamar Lunsfordi.W.
Douglas Kouns is how phairman.
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DEATH CLAIMS
ED(JAR ,JUEST ;
ATiAGE 78
H I - " m. . 1. . "
vy-,
- ; DETROJT . Edgar A. Guest,
thenewspaper poet . Jwho wrote
verses that - plain' people likedt
died in his sleep at his home' here
early Wednesday' H would have
peen vx on Autruet 20. . 4 .
apparently uffered a.eere-
braHstrokft U " ( 4 - .' .t
" Uften called .the .oet . f thp
plain people Guest wrote rhymes
lT "UI """I tae-uetroit
Free Press.- His verses were teyrv-
dioated sjid at the peak afhis. pop
ularity appeared - in - SOo" news
papers.",,, ,T, k . . i
, 'Guest wrote' with a leva' of little
thimga f ; life. .One of ,hig :most
frequently quoted ; poems started
wth tha line: "It takes heap 0
livin', in house f make it home."
y In, dashing out verses' for .dally
publication,''' Guest never pretend
ed to, be a great poet. He prefer
red ta. baealled a newspaperman.
Lee Wallin Wins j
Czccr. J, Placo In
"Ovcr.CO" Grovip i
Lee Wallin, KaJ..-on
County
won se-
muKzle-loading c'
c 1 r' e i' '
at tl'.e 1 1 ;
' - M' '
on,
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pit'tOBliPrV DITUNINib' JR.,
of Philadelphia, Pa. hasr statted
practice at flie Rudisill Memorial
Cjinkr in Hot Springs. He is a ha
tiV; pt-Baltimore' Maryland and
a graduate of St. Joseph's; College
in.' Philadelphia where he received.
his B,S. DegreeMn 1954- He grad
uated from . Hahnemann Medical
PollSgO' Jn. 1958 where' he" was 81
memiber of AKK Fraternity, Un
dergraduate Research Society and
president of the Nenvman Club foi
tww years. He served hia lnterne-
shp gt Hahnemann Hospital from
July, 1958-to July, ' 1959.- rV
, l,i 1 Ii IH . 1 1 4 Vi?
Draft Board 1$
Closed Tfll Monday
It f
week that
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HaMMMMaMawMaMawMpMMMMB
FIRJI SPONSORS
DELEGATE TO
SYMPOSIUM
. The French Broad Electric Mem
bershfp cooperative is4sponsormg
a teh dollar scholarship to the N
C. ' Farm '. 'Woman's f Symposium.
Mrs. E.;0: Burnette, 1958 leader
ship Award Winner . is 1 Madison
County V delegate. The Symposium
convened at l;30 on Monday. Au
gust 3, in the College Union Build
ing, on State 'Collage Campus n
Raleigh It adjourns a 12:80 to
day," Tlnrrsday, Aust 6; A
':, Thi4 Symposium , was planned
as a' statawlda tnuping. school for
leaders, Eech of the .one hundred
counties was asked to send one
delegate. The letter stated, "We
do not want yek women. We want
thinkers-women, who have an over
all concept of appreciation fof the
Extension program, We want
leaders and not followers, not de
pendent on someone else;' or; fm
itator7 women , With - courage to
apak,'plan, etc" i . ; j
The delegates met in 6
groups lor 0 xussion, lollop
eath of f .e twe've special fpe: ' ei r
On-l-.ony,-. Mrs- EAel Kash
A-.ita-'t i.l Fiever'.iv I'ei'. 've, I
iwrne . !'y r.'1. 1 t.T !' ' '- ,
(C.-' ' T.i f : - v )
announced "week tha' Madi- f - " , ' )
sonCounV aohool4will.operi 08
Monday, August 24. However, ae v
aald that pupilt will begin' thoir'V
'AH aohoof rindpafe vocational "
home" economics teachers ; aild. toe
courtty "supervisor Mr. Crover CU7I1 "f-1 t 1,
lis, t will -begin their, duOes next 'v-
Monda, '.'AogteJ 1 Oj, Mr, ; Aftder- ( t r
son stated: ,t r M' rf ,y
t AU'princlipala will meet with , f
Sunt. Anderson ,iiert Monday W !
:00 "o'elock, in- his .offica for f V ..'' ;
planning an ii(structioiial period. -1"
After August 10 all principals wall ; .
be -at 'their artou sdhoola or Sn - - -r -the
, community-. planning their ' "
work for the yea'r Mr Anderson ,. , '
sainVV'f'" . 1
vi "Any .parent 0 patro will -be
welcomed to. come to tha principars. 1
effke and "discuss ny problem '
which they, might have," Mr. An-i ' 1 '
dersonsaid. ';.'';'''' rl'
' He further Stated, "Waant-" ;
to make this yea a banner year r .
for Madison ' County schools.
Therefore,' I " am soliciting r your',
help' and closest cooperation. Mad- l"
ison County, schools , are your ,t v-'
schools. X know that I can count -1
upon you as paients and students -to
make this year 1059-60t . , ,
the beet school year in the history ' ,
of Madison County." , ,
"It k- .with .pride, that I intro
duce the-administrative personnel '
Of J 1 h mil Com
I cpn-
1 ious
Bluer us
as en 11 1
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iinid
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l..i.'i,.'M'':t' fl" "mmmbmmmi ""
Defeat' Spring Creek, 21-S,
Then Swamp WaJnujt
By 30-6 Score';.;,-"V
i ' ,.1-'ri-ff-'---'.'.''-'-.."'-1y..-- .7t ,i-sr
The powerful bala.iof .'Hot
Springs unloaded foji two victories ' " "
over the-week-end. to clinch j!he ,;
championship,-M ''the- -Madieon f
County . League' i ot -. the , aecond - -
consecutive year TBilJ' Whitten'a
crew showed no mercy as iney e- .
feated . Spring .Creek, 1 21-6 at ' ,i , . ;
Spring Creek; "on Jul 18 and 5
clinched the. ohampionhip Satur- - -; .
day by sUughtering" Wlattt,m8M. jT k
at Marshall "was 7 dropping , , two
games to Spring- Creek and kau
Manager Whitten" toed the tuB-.
ber against Spring. Creek and; was
given excellent support at the
plate by his teammates who pound- ;
ed out 24 hit in - a 21-6 rout. ;
Plemmons was-charged witli the.;
, (Continued To Page Four)
Dee Causes Tciue--"
ToWrcc!;C-rC.V
E. C-Teague, pspu'ar IW
businpssman, had a 1 I rt:,n
misn ' Sunday J".. ; t
be ..' for c!.u: ' f
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