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luliO'j cp:!ns;on Len Band
To Do fit hi Springs Sunday
One Of Beat In Nation' To
G!v Concert At
2:00 P.M.
A -special ten-coach train1 will
bring the members of Greenevllle,
- Tenn., Veterans of Foreign Ware
tnd their families to Hot Springs
. Sunday, August 16, " -
The train iy expected to arrive
about 11:30, end a party of more
then BOO will go to . the Silver
Mines Picnic Area (for a picnic
lunch. At two o'clock, the Band,
including it's Color Guard & Color
Bearers will assemble near the de
pot at 2 o'clock and march to the
ball ground for a concert to which
the public is invited. After , the
concent the band will board ' the
train nd go back to Greenevalle,
The Hot -Springs Baseball team,
under tlje management of Bill
Whitten, will meet Rogersville,
' Tenn., on the Hot Springs dia
mond, 2 p.m.
T
JUNIOR ANGUS
CLUB FIELD fiA Y
AT MARS HILL
Show - and judging contest a
v wards were announced and new f
. ficers elected by the Carolina Ju
; nior Angus . Club at i its .annual
Field Day held Saturday at Mars
. Hill High School. r' W' V
Ths grand Vhaunpion-In the Ju
nior. Heifer and Steer 'Show was
, shown! fcy ..Miss Patricia Beck,
MocksviUe 4H Club member. The
. reserve champion :was exhibited
- f by Sheila Nesbitt, Arden 4-H Club
member. , -
ture tanners ..of. 'America chap
', " tens exhibited cattle, in the show.
- r : i i David Porter of Horse Shoe RFD
1 was elected president;'- Bruce
Buckner of Mars HOI RFD 1, first
.vies president; Dan MoCrsry of
' J - ', Hendersonville EFD 4, second vice
' . president; Robert ' Lee - Anderson
"rf Alexander RFD ' 1," ' secretary-'
; ' , treasurer; Roy Carter', f Mars
Hill RFD 1, and Johnny . Young
-:f Candler RFD 1, were elected
: - (Continued To Page Eight)-
football Practice begins In
County Schools
Marshall Squad Very Light
, - Physicals Take,
, spotlight .
, , j, . j , .
I Football practice at Marshall
i f High SchopI got :. underway on
Tuesday of this - week with two
T practice sessions" scheduled daily
" until the opening of school, Coach
Howard Barnwell stated.
Medical examinations were giv
en bv Dr. W. A. Sams and Dr.
w" Lee Knigiht on Tuesday afternoon.
; Coach Barnwell said that any-
,. f one who plans to play football and
did not take the examinations on
- Tuesday may do so by reporting
I to Dr. Sams' office. , : "
; ' The morning practices are be-
ing held at ten . o'clock and the
other period will be either an af-
ternoon or night session, Barnwell
,' explained " '
" All prospects who have not re
- ported art asked to do so imme
. diately siace the firet game is
'' only two weeks away. J'rshall
will play EdneyviUe here on the
Wa,nd at 8 p. m., August 23 in
the opening fame.
C-'S Tarnwcll Baid that pT
t.e s x.,ons are for t-'.h V e . al
l t tri I'sr'a'.l s ' 1 " 1 '. t
! ? v " o 'i l to j ' y i
8 PAGES THIS WEEK
BANJO TO RUN
THUNDERBIROIN
A-W 500 AUG. 16
- iBanjo Matthews of Asheville,
king of the modified drivers, will
make- his. first appearance of the
1959 racing season in his pew
Thunderbird in the 2nd annual
WNC 600 Sweepstakes at Ashe-ville-Weaverville
Speedway Sun
day, August 16.
Matthews acquired the Thunder
bird on a recent trip to Miami. He
plans to run the fast racer over
the half-mile asphalt oval at A-W
and then in the Southern 600.
Tn earlier races this season
Matthews drove his X to three
modified victories at A-W. He
drove the final third of the 1st
annual WNC 500 Sweepstakes for
Fireball Roberts last fall and the
two finished first in a field of 38
entries.
Entering the race along with
Banjo Thursday were Harlan
Richardson of Houston, Tex., in
a 1958 Ford; Rex White of Spert
angburg in a 1959 Chevrolet; Roy
Tyner of Red Springs in a 1967
Chevrolet, and Bud Crothers in a
1957 Chevrolet
; Richardson will be making his
first appearance Mn this section
(Continued To Page Eight)
4-H CLOTHING
PROJECT NOW
VERY POPULAR
"Madison Cocmty-4-H '"girls-'ilre
enrolled in 651 units of the. 4-H
Clothing Project i This project 3s
popular "in every county in North
Carolina and every,, state in the
nation. ..Nearly million 4-H
Cirls are enrolled in the nation.
County awards for this project
are four gold-filled medals of hon
or provided by Coates & Clark
Inc. Last year these went to Pat
sy Ann Craine of Walnut, Donna
: (Continued To Page Eight)
This Week
Dr. Morris Serving In
Naval Hospital In Va.
Or. Arthur S. Morris Jr., son of
Cdr. and ; Mrs. Morris of Hot
SsrWa. is currently serving in
Portsmouth Naval) Hospital. Dr.
Morris was given a rating of lieu
tenant in the Navy when he pass
ed hiN. C. state board examina
tion after being graduated from
the tJniversity of North Carolina
Medical College this summer. .
Record. ' !-
Full "equipment will be issued
today (Thursday) and rough work
will get underway Friday, Barn
well said. L ' :',
"The squad is very light as well
as few in numbers.. The weight
ranges from a mere'197 pounds to
a bulky 202 pounds," Barnwell
said. . '" -,: ' i '
It is expected that the assistant
coach will be named soon and that
lie w;!l rTort for duty prior to the
: of the school. At r rfent.
Cott I -nw!l is cor.Juct:r.g the
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MARSHALL,! N.
ONE INJURED
IN COLLISION
One person was1 i injured last
Thursday morning when three ve-
a a . s .!
nicies were invoivea m an accident
an U. S. 25-70 near the Madison
Buncombe county line.
Mrs. Mary Marlor, 51, of Wal
nut, a passenger in one of the
eutos, was treated at St. Joseph's
Hospital for cuts and abrasions.
The.- accident, according t o
State Highway Patrolman C. H.
Long, occurred - when Carl Mar
lor, 17, of Walnut, attempted to
pass a oar pulling a house trail
er. "The Marlor car, he said, met
a truck loaded with milk, forcing
it into a ditch and causing some
1,000 damage to the vehicle and
its contents. The truck was own
ed by Coble Dairies.
The car towing the trailer was
operated, by John Owen Le Blanc,
39, of Romulus, Mich. Damage
to the trailer was estimated at
$50.
Marlor was charged with ii
proper passing.
MADISON GIRLS
ARE MISSING AN
OPPORTUNITY
'"Madison County 4-H girls are
missing an opportunity," .decided
Marion Wilson, home economics
agent v She had watched the State
Contest of the Individual 4-H Soil
and Water Conservation Demon
strations, She agreed with the
judges, who selected. Marilyn Wil
son of neighboring Yancey County
as ' state winner. Marilyn's win
ning demonstration was on the
correct way to tile a 'drainage
ditch and the advantages and dis
advantages. J When she asked if
there were any .question someone
asked,. "Don't you think it k rath'
er unusual for,it girtl to bo inter.
ested in soil and water conserva
tion ?" Her reply, was, No the
farmer's wife and daughter need
to- be interested in conserving and
improving the farm.' Farm pro
fits - mean . money for food,, cloth
ing, home improvements, etc."
No Madison County girls are en
rolled in the 4-iH Soil and Water,
Conservation Project The county
awards of four gold-dRUed medals
could be woa by girls.
The District Soil and Water
Demonstration Contest is open to
both boys and girls between 10
and 21 years of age. This contest
is usually held on the last Satur
day in April at Clyde Erwia High
(Continued To Page Eight)
Marshall Man Is
Awarded Grant
By Institute
Harry E. Ramsey of Marshall
has received a grant from the Na
tional .Mental Health Institute for
graduate study in the field of so
cial welfare. J
Hs will enter Florida State Uni
versity st Tallahassee this fall to
work toward v a master's degree.
The grant is renewable for a se
cond year of graduate work.
Ramsey graduated with honors
at ; Western Carolina Collera in
May, with a major in social sci
ence. He k the soa of Mr. and
Mrs. Jeter : Ramsey of Marshall,
and is married to the former Lula
Suo Worley of Walnut - 1
Jrrnss Huey Receives
Dejres ut V.F.C. f
James Huey, son of Mr.
Mrs. Wade Iluey of BTar ','
ceived Ms bap'or cf fcy ' '
m'.nist ration V rrr fat : 1
the T.'fele t C " r
" ' ' t. ii
and
C, THURSDAY, AUGUST
"TIIE LEGEND OF
TOM DOOLEY" TO
BE SHOWN HERE
. '-. . ':t y'V.'jtV' ?-' ' ' ' ;' v;'. -".V,;- '"'4
.-, ,-:.;';.'".",-.. mil ii " y..,s., j,'!' ):,-. t .
To Be At Madison Drive-In
Theatre Sunday-Monday,
' August 16-17
Hang down pour head, Tom Dooley
Hang down your head ma try
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Poor boyt you're going o die.
So go the words of tlje ballad,
recounting the Badness and the de
spair felt by one young North
Carolina boy who .went to the gal
lows almost one hundred years a
go. Since, there has been a monu
ment built for him, stories written
about him 'and the words and mu
sic of Ihe ballad that tells his
(Continue To Page Three)
ATTENTION ALL
COUNTY 4ffERS
May I share with you a wonder
ful experience? Last', week I had
the good fortune : to - be Madison
County's delegte to , State Wild
life Camp, which was held at the
4-H Camp Millstone near Rock
ingham.
Although our time spent there
was a bit shorter', than we usually
spend at camps, every minute was
packed full to the brim with inter,
esting things, to do and see.
This week is conducted by the
North Carolina Extension Service
and the North Carolina Wildlife
Resources Commission, and is
sponsored by the,! Federal Car
tridge Corporation.) To these spon-
sore and friends, we 4-H'ers owe a
great debt of gratitude.' Without
them we would not be able to have
this wonderful experience of see
ing and learning more, about the
great resources of ur state.
.M The classes that, were conduct
ed, W Soil, tTaterJViyiife, and
Forest Resources were so interest,
ing that they made us', feel great
pride in. eur state. We all felt
that we just didn't have enough
time to learn as much about this
as we ; would like. s ' 1
I'm sure you have' ail seen and
admired ' the outstanding covers
and pictures on ' our State Wild
life Magasine. "We bad the won
derf ul opportunity ' of having Mr,
Jack Dermid, r who makes these
pictures, show ,us his methods. It
was so inspiring -you wanted to
grab your own camera and try
(Continued To Page Eight)
Mars Hill jCoIlge
Graduates 15 y
Last Friday
:cm, . 'ii" ' ii
Dr. Perry Crouch, pastor of the
First Baptist. Churcn of Asheville,
was the bacenSaareate speaker at
the ; commencement enerekes at
iMars HiE College last Friday at
11 a. m. '
Eighteen students received dip
lomas at the simple commencement
program marking the close f the
summer program. r
Among those graduating was
Betty Mayes Williams, af. Man
Hill. -
Finley To Preach At
Preibyteri&n Chirah
Here Sunday "
Woodv Finley, a student at
Louisville Theolojioal Seminary,
Louisville, Ky., nd ? n of the Rev.
Ted Finley, eduv . ' '
to Yucatan, M
the pulpit at C
! ; ' , :an Churrh I
Ai-ust 16, at t'
' i t'-e absence f i
r i ! Tallin, ps
i.'
Finley, '
, " . a
1 missionary
wIU fill the
;r '.all Pres
' y morning,
o'e'evk hour
r v. L. Ki. )i
' t is on va-
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13, 1959
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D ni led Fund
DrivDarGioll
LIONS DISCUSS
BEEF SALE AT
MEETING MON.
Picnic To Be Held On Island
On Monday Night,1
August 24
Members of the Marshall Lions
Club held their regular dinner-
meetimr at the Rock Cafe here
Monday night 'with Lion Presi
dent Howard Barnwell presiding.
The annual beef sale waft dis
cussed and following this and
other topics, Lion Barnwell spoke
to the group on the new high
school football rules. -
Also discussed was the cookout
which the club is sponsoring Mon
day night, August 24 on the Is
land. At this time, all prospec
tive and inactive members are in
vited.
20 members, including three new
members, Joe Eads, ' Earl Wise,
and Wade Huey, were present.
Negro Students
To Again Attend
Asheville Schools
The Asheville school board at a
special meeting Monday, agreed to
accept an estimated six Negro
students from Madison County.
This has been the custom in years
past. '
The proposed transfer , of the
Madison County Negro Students is
not connected with any integra
tion problem. s 1 1
' A request to accept 27-Yancey
County Negro students to Ashe
yiil .schools. was,' also'. granted. at
the meeting. - -
: The resolutions specify J that
students from both counties in the
10th, Uth and 12th grades' will be
assigned to Stephens-Lee High
School at an annual tution rate of
$144 per student, that ninth, grade
students will he assigned to
Stephens-Lee at $135 tution; and
that students in the seventh and
eighth grades will be assigned to
Hill Street School at $135 tuition.
Both resolutions specify that the
acceptances are for the 1959-80
school year only and carry a pro
vision that the Yancey and Madi
son boards of education, "will re
imburse the Asheville Pity Board
of Education for any extraordinary
or unusual expenses which may be
incurred because of acceptance of
these students.". ' , i
E. C. Funderfcurk. Asheville
city school superintendent, told the
board it is expected that Madison
County will send twostudetns to
the seventh and eighth grades and
four to grades nine through . 12.
4-H ELECTRIC
CONTEST TO
CL0SES00N
k The I-H Electric I ' Contest will
dose Saturday, September 26. Any
boy or girl, 10 to 21 years of age,
conducting sm Electric Project un-
tier' the supervision of fits North
Carolina - Agricultural , Extension
Service may compete In the con
test AH project records should
be completed and submitted to the
County Extension Agent not later
than September 20, stated Marion
Wilson, home agent, this wwk.
County awards are 2-C : all
expense r'-'d trip to the 4-II I kc-j
trie Congress .for the wirmr.g
boy ,and girl and one exfe" ' a
nt from each co: 'y. An f !
ditional award of f ur r 'i '
medals of honor f-r 2 t ; s t -.1 .
c'rls will le t ! y Hi
i v.i r ' 'i'
$4.60 A
i Meeting To De C3el d
Thursday, Augqst 27
A. E. TEAGUE, 68,
KILLED TUESDAY
IN TRUCK WRECK
Madison Native Was Retired
Farmer; Services To
Be Today
Arthur Ed Teague, 68, of Mar
shall RFD 1, was fatally injured
in the collision of a pickup truck
and a tractor-trailer about 10:16
a. m., Tuesday, August 11, 1959
at the McDowell-Choctaw inter
section in Asheville.
Teague, dead on arrival at
Memorial Mission Hospital, was
the operator of the pickup truck.
Headed east on Choctaw St., it
entered the McDowell St. inter
section into the path of the tractor-trailer,
City Patrolman W. D.
Roberts said.
The rig, owned by the Wright
Motor Lines and operated by Billy
E. Wright, 18, of 21 John St., was
headed north on McDowell St., at
the time of the crash.
The front end of Teague's truck
collided with the left front end of
the tractor-trailer, which continu
ed .some 120 feet on McDowell be
fore coming to a stoip. The pick
up truck traveled some 417 feet
from the point of impact.
Wright was knocked to the floor
of .the rig's cab by the force of the
impact. The driver-less vehicle
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Homewood Gets
Promotion By
Burlington
Announcement was. made this
"week. ' by v Burlington Industries
that Mr, "Sam Homewood, former
plant manager .of Hot Springs
Pacific Mills, had - been promoted
to plant manager of the Raeford
plant '
'; Mr. Homewood recently ; was
transferred from Hot Springs to
Raeford as general superintendent
but received his latest promotion
this week.
Two County Den Charged
nith.nape Of 2 Gounty Girl
60 CRAFTSMEN
SIGNED FOR
EXPOSITION
The Asheville Chamber of Com-,
mere, anonsors of the Crafts-'
man's Exposition, to be held Aug
ust 24-28 in Asheville City Audi
torium have announced that to
data 60 craftsmen from all over
Jhe - southeastern ' .United,, States
have signed to display and demon
strate their wares at the Exposi
tion. v - ' ' '
This is "indicative f the . tre
mendous amount of .Interest and
enthusiasm displayed in the Expo
sition by the craftsmen of the en
tire region. -
The Exposition is under the di
rection of Charles E. Newcomb,
Manager of the Convention Bu
reau and Mrs. Kenley Riclbourg,
director of crafts for the Exposi
tion. . William D. Turner J r., i
chairman of the Cra?tsmfln's r
position Committee.
Theme of the show -fci'J be t
tranrition of native craft1? f
riom.Uin tuV.a. to t e
t'-m hall and ' : ':'ys v "1 f
in
Year Outsids These Two Counties
Directors, Public Urged To
Attend Meet At
Courthouse
Officials of the Madison Coun
ty Fund Organization met last
Thursday afternoon at the RE A
Building where various phases of
the past, present and future of
the United Fund setup for Madi
son County were discussed.
After hearing reports concern
ing the present status of United
Fund in this county, it was de
cided to have a call meeting at
the courthouse on Thursday night,
August 27, at 7:30 o'clock, at
which time all directors, officials
and the public are urged to at
tend. The future of the United
Fund movement might be decided
at the meeting, it was surmised.
TOBACCO BRINGS
MORE MONEY
WHEN RIPE
The outlook for a good tobacco
crop m Madison Uounty is excel
lent. Plants were early and the
early growing season was the best
experienced in the county in ma
ny years. There has been adequate-rain
in most sections for an
excellent growth on the tobacco
crop. A very important factor
in tobacco production is now com
ing up. A good early, crop of to
bacco brings with it some " prob
lems which farmers are urged to '
recognize and to use practices
which will result in the highest -dollar
income per acre of tobacco,
stated Harry G. Silver, County
Agent' ? , " '," ' ' v " i
Experimental results conducted
with lurley tobacco ia AgrJcultu'r
ral Experiment Stations through
out the burley belt ' have' provsdl.
that Iceeping'tofoacco ' topped and
suckered results in - the . highest
yield possible from burley tobacco.
Many tobacco farmers from var- .
ions sections of the burley belt
have started leaving the blooms on
tobacco until harvest time.- This .
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Alleged Acts Occur Saturday " ' f t
Night; Men In Jail " ,
Two Madison County men are
held in the County jail her with
out benefit of bond after being
arrested in Greeneville; Tenn
Wednesday morang about two o'
clock by Greeneville City Police
men, charged with raping two 14-year-old
Madison County girls
Saturday night . I ,
According to Sheriff E. Y. Pon
der, the alleged, rapes occurred in.,
both Madison and Buncombe Coun- ..
ties one in the Oak drove sec
tion of Madion and once in the .
Bethel section of Buncombe.
; Th two men held are Harvey
Proffitt, 28, and Orvil Rice, 28,
both of Marshall RFD 2. '
Warrants, signed by tl,e parents
of both girls, were sworn out in
both Madison- and r .:
ties. !ierL"f r "
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