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MARSHALL, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17,! 1959 10 PER COPY
$2.80 A Year In Madison Buncombe' Counties
, . (4.99 A Year Outside TImm Two Counties
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E.ccnaiO89iCiGs
nKGr;ear qrceli; Friday
ftuckner, Tipton 4 Ar Held
Under $500 Bonds;
Rites Monday
(. Julie Leona Rice, fifteen-year-!
,old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Lloyd Rice of Marshall- RFD, 2,
died in the Memorial Mission Hos
pital, Asheville, at 8:16 a..m.
Saturday,. September 12, , 1969,
from injuries received in, car
crash six-tenths f a mile north
of the city Mmtis of Hot Springs
4 Friday night.
The girl was thrown from the
car in which she was riding when,
the driver lost control on a curve'
on U.S. 26-70 north of Hot
Springs and the vehicle plunged
down a 260-foot embankment.
The Rice girl succumbed of
internal injuries, hospital offi
cials said. She was thrown from
the car shortly before it came to
rest at the foot of the embank
ment. Buckner and two other' pas
sengers, Edgar Tipton, 18, also of
Marshall and Sheila Moore, 16, of
Hot Springs also were in the
car. Tipton and Buckner suffer
ed only minor scratches, Madison
County Sheriff E. Y. Ponder said.
The Moore girl was taken to a
Newport, Tenn. hospital for cuts
and bruises of ftie face.
State Highway Patrolman C
' W. Pearson, who investigated the
accident, said Tipton; was the
" owner of the car, which' swerved
,i . ' onto Hie left shoulder of the road
t and overturned several times
1 C ' - whHe rolling down , the mountain'
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', , . Services for the Rice girl ' were
, at 2 p. m. Monday in th Grape
. .' , vine Baptist Church. The Rev.
;u - .-J?.Grffnl off w-Uted Burial
, was in the Lewis Clark Cemetery.
, -v ( Pallbearers were friends of the
" ' family. ; , :
. ' . s. , Surviving are the parents, Mr.
' and Mrs.; Lloyd Rice of, Marshall
, RFD 2; a brother, Robert of the
' hornet- two sisters, Mis Annie
Rice of the home and Mrs. Henry
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Sole Of Steers Dooms; Next
Sale I'Jill De Held Tuesday
Farmers Urged To Consign
Steers With
Agent
By HARRY G. SILVER
' , County Agricultural Agent
; Madison County famers have
had for the past six years an op
4 port unity of manketing their year-
; ling steers through; a different
method. Prior to" 1963 farmers
,' ; could sell their, etocker eteere
.( through the' regular 'livestock
, j auction markets, to buyers who
3 checked their cattle" in the field
1 and purchased them there, either
to be traded on later or to be fed
i- directly-by f ha" farmer who pur-
chased the cattle, -P, , .- ; .
v -v The advantage of Welling cattle
' , directly in the field to the buy-
er fa that a satisfactory : price
, !'; may be agreed upon with the buy-
. and the farmer knowing ex-
f actly what lie is going to receive
; for his cattle without taking the
risk of an auction market or an
organized steer sale. In selling
ia the 'regular auction many
farmers may feel that they have
" an advantage, in that, there are
not too many steers available for'
eal and that the pos&'ble steer
j buyers s may compete wiJh each
i ether end poss'lly make their
steers bring: more laor.ty. , , !
-The disadvantages in ei'.V.
cattle in tte f '3 are ss f
1. The exp. . to V.a I .; '
: going to tv e r ' - i I ' j
' ? ft 0"' ' ' ' " '. "
Receive Award
J. A. 'Dennis
SERVICE AWARDS
PRESENTED TO
DENNIS HERE
40-Year Pin And Citation
Presented At C Of C
Meeting Tuesday
J. A. Denpis, locad observer for
rainfall and river service, was
presented a beautiful 40-year a
enlevement pin and a Citation at
the luncheon meeting of the Mar
shall Chamber of Commerce meet
ing at the Presbyterian Church
.Tuesday,. ; . The presentation was
made by J. Hersohel Sprinlkle, f os
whom Mr. Demi is has .been em
ployed lof 'Che "past" ST-yea,--'
, The awards were received from
the ' Weather Bureau Department
in Asheville, of which Mr. Frank
Hood is aupervisor. ,"-
Many letters from high offi
cials . were also received by Mr.
Dennis, who has been ranked, as
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MRS. SHELTON
IS INJURED IN
WRECK FRIDAY
Three Marshall Women En
,v Route To Spruce
Pine t -f
Mrs. Fowler Shelton, the f or-i
mer Miss .Valerie Nix, was pain-
fully injured Friday eight when
the car she was. v driving , turned
on its side after a tire had blown
out. Mrs. Edith Fisher and Miss
Bobbie Jo Nix, other ooeupaats
of the ear, escaped with minor
cuts, aild bruises.
The three Marshall women were
en route td Spruce Pine to the Mar
shall-Spruce Pjne .football game
when the accident oocured about
eight miles north of Marion.
Mrs, Shelton was rushed to the
Marion hospital with a ' badly
sprained neck and back.' She was
transferred Monday to the Memo
rial Mission Hospital in Ashe-
Later examination revealed that
a small bone in her neck was
broken. Her condition is improv
ed but she will possibly remain
in the hospital; for several more
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The car was bad!y damaged. ,'
PUBLIC HEARING
ON ROADS TO BE
HELD SEPT. 30
notice is hereby given to all
interested persons that a public
bearing will toe held fat Room 409
Buncombe County Courthouse,
Asheville, N. C, at 10:00 a. m,
September 30, 1959, at which time
hey will .be given an opportunity
to be heard concerning their views
on the proposed construction of
ttie following routes:
From Asheville to a point neaT
tVeaverville.
From a point near Weaverville
to Marshall.
From Asheville to Henderson
ville. From Buncombe-Haywood Coun
ty Line to va point near Black
Mountain.
Interested citizens from these
aiffected areas will be heard
particularly with reference to the
economic effect of such locations.
POINT SYSTEM
TO BE AIRED AT
MEETING TONIGHT
Public Is Invited To Patrol
Headquarters
At 7:30
Enforcement Officials, 'Judges,
Solicitors and Community Lead
ers from the Asheville, Marshall,
Burnsville, Brevard Area have
been invited to attend a special
meeting Thrusday September l?th,
7:30 p. m, at the Asheville Patrol
Headquarters to discuss North
Carolina's i nevr -point system, Efet,
Edwin C. Guy, Commanding Offi
cer o patrol district $ said today.
' The conferencei will feature an
authoritstjvsc analysis of the point
system and its contribution to sa
fer highways, Sgt Guy said. Ot3i
er topics related to the point sys
tem and traffic saftey will be dis
cussed in "open forum" style,
with commentary and questions
welcome from those present
essentially, the point system!.
J.4S enacted by the 1959 Genera!
(Assembly, seeks to isolate the
"Poblem Driver" so that remedial
acion may be. taken by authori
ties, Sgt. Guy said. It further en
courages good driving habits by
Keeping motorists aware of
importance of maintaining a clean
driving record.
"The latter, is accomplished by
assigning points for various vio
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Qirs&all Lions
D .ForQIS
Bulletin! Band
Day Cancelled!
; Word was received here Wed'
nesday afternoon (hat Band Day,
scheduled for Duke University on
October . 3, has . been cancelled.
This latest word' threw a gloom
over members of the Marshall
Band who were just about set to
make the top. (..
COUNTY ASC
CONVENTION S2T
Delegates wo were elected m
the ASC dommunity committee e-
lection on Scjt. 10 will meet in a
county convention at the ASC of
fice on FriJay, Sept 25 at 13 a.
m., and eect a county mmV'y
accordirff to anrunce-w'-.t .' r
tit
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DENTAL DEFECTS
TOP PROBLEM
IN SCHOOLS HERE
Statistics . released by Dr. Mar
gery Lord,' , Madison County
Health Director," Indicate that den
tal defects accounted for 76 of
physical defects .observed among
Madison County school children
in flie school . year 1968-1969
Other defects' observed "were a
follows: Eye defects 8; nutri
tional defects 4; Tonsils 4;
Skin disorders 3941 ears and
hearing 1 and Other defects 2
Primarily it is the teacher who
observes a physical defect in a
f school child. She then consults the
11- k 1 j i - . 1
puDiic neiubn. nunret, s irvgujur
visitor to each of the county sch
ools. The public health nurse con
tacts the parents and assists with
arrangements for medical' or den
tal assistance to correc the reme
dial defects.' If financial assistance
is needed, it is often1 possible for
the public health nurse to obtain
assistance, throug ;' school health
funds appiropriated by the State
Legislature, ' -
The. joint efforts of the teacher
the nurse and the health director
to recognize ? health problems of
the school child and assist par
ents in coping with these result
ed m the correction of a large
percentage of defects observed.
RESlW.v;
SEPffilKiiMO
Madison County . farmers h a d
one of the lightest , votes in the
election of their ASC Community
Committee last .. Thursday , that
tney nave nad in several years. A
tabulation of ballots cast in the
sixteen communities reveals that
only 1022 farmers oast ballots at
the polls for the men whom they
felt were best qualified to repre
sent their interest in the Farm
Program for 1960. According to
Novile Hawkins, chairman of the.
County ASC Committee, this light
vote can be attributed partially to
the time of Oils year's election in
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efob Ccnaies
Dand Trip
ShuII SpeAks; Attendance
. Puis Are Awarded,:.
, Monday flight
i.The Marshall High School Band
moved a giant step nearer accept
ing: the invitation to participate
in: North Carolina Band Day at
Duke . Unfoersity on October 8
Monday night when the Marshall
lions Club unanimously voted to
contribute 200 of the necessary
$400 to help finance the trip. ,
lion William Shttl, of Canton,
past District Governor, SlA, was
guest speaker at the meeting
Monday night at the Rock Cafe.
He addressed his remarks prima
rily to the six new nwii.'.ers who
joined the club ITonday night.'
He spoke on Liom! ti, porting out
that Service and T
p were
praised
f-r t'-f
primary otjocti-v
the club in d.r
band trip and t
e
:crs es r '
Li-
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DEMONSTRATION
ACHIEVEMENT
DAY PLANNED
On Saturday, September 26,
the home demonstration club wom
en of Madison County will have
an exhibit of some of their a
chievements of the past year.
This will be held at the Marshall
High School lunchroom. The ex
hibits are to be set up between 9
and 10:30 a. m., Saturday, with
judging to begin at 10:30.
The pogrom for the morning is
under the supervision of Mrs. A.
W. Huff, with registration by
Mrs. Gilbert Stackhouse.
Lunch may be obtained on the
Island or in town.
The afternoon program will be
the installation of the 1960-61 of
ficers, and a home sewn fashion
show by the Home Demonstration
Club members. A list of possible
exhibits has been sent to club
members, and we hope you will
bring several exhibits.
"If you can "help with one of
the nine departments, please con-,
tact Mrs. Helen Hunter, Achieve
ment Day chairman, or Mrs.Vil
son at the county agent's office.
We would also like to have se
nior 4-H Club girls to help with
the exhibits," Ethel V, Townsend,
assistant "home economics agent,
stated. 1
' The exhibits are to be left in
the lunchroom until after 3:00
O'clock in ' the afternoon so that
the public can see them, Empha
WHsnrbe placedon the -exhibits
rather than a luncheon or pro-'
gram provided by these women;
TOBACCO LEAVES
ARE IMPORTANT;
CARE STRESSED
Tobacco leaves aTe valuable
whether on the stalk or loose and
need to be handled with care.
Johnnie Anderson of Mars
Hill says that, last year, he sav
ed enough from stringing his to-
bacco leaves and taking good care
of them, to more than pay for
the cost of harvesting has entire!
fofcaoco crop. Anderson expects
to save even more this year.
It's especially important that
our hurley tobacco farmers take
care of this tremendous number
of leaves which have been broken
and dropped during harvest. This
year's crop is a crop that is dif
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TEACH CHILDREN
TRAFFIC SAFETY
V'WitSi schools open aQ over the
country, it Is neeessary that par
ents , teach their children habits
of trallf ie safety. That' is true in
both unban - and rural areas
where young children have to use
and cross busy streets and high
ways.oa their way to and from
chooL ::;'.? " , , '
Although sohoois and police de
partments have consolidated their
y " (Continued T Page Five)
FOOTBALL
TONIGHT (THUrDAT)
I'ars mi at Clyde
' i day ki:::t
ir t ;';s vs. Cane t'.itT
C i i ')
if liis
- oOo
Traffic Flow Expected In October;
Ilardtopping Continues; Lanes Ready
Selected For Course
I
Mrs. Shirley Lambert
MRS. LAMBERT
SELECTED FOR
COURSE AT IT
A High Scholastic Record
, "Pays Off For County ,
Student ,
As.ftie,rre&ulfc of. the fine, scho
lastio ; record of Mrs, Shirley
Wilds Lambert) daughter of Mr,
and Mrs; Walter .Wilds of Mar
shall RFD 2, aba has been select
ed by the committee responsible
for evaluating the records of ap
plicants for participating in the
AAAS-University of Tennessee
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arc Hill College Opsns
For 104th Year
Stolen Car Is
Apprehended iBy
Leroy Johnson
A stolen 1955 Ford station wag
on was apprehended Saturday af
ternoon. in Hot Springs by Leroy
Johnson, chief of police. , Investi
gation revealed that the; vehicle
had been stolen from Elisabeth'
town, Kentucky.
. Arrested was fhe driver, Ptfc
Donald C. Scaff , Si, who Is sta
tioned at Fort Knox( Ky. Scaff
is i also charged with ' driving
drunk, no operator's license and
reckless driving. He was turned
over, to the' FBI by Chief John
son. j ' i . -1 ' , , . w .'v
; two tuitcn-nikers in the
with Scaff were released.
car
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SHCToHold; .
Marion Hearirigr ' " : ?
On September 23: j"
y 'V;v'-. m );
The State Highway j Commis
sion will conduct a public hearing
on highway and road problems in
the 13th Division in . tr.e Court
house in Marion Srt. ii.'
The hearirj v".! l- 'i ft V
p. m., and is e ; , f-J t ) I t t
or three hours. T ' Vt
w. m. coi-i.ni, r- f '
heari
the
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North End To Bo Stoned;
Paved Next ff.:
Spring V
It was learned this week that ,
the MaTs'hall By-Pass will soon
be ready for traffic. The process ,
of hardtopping is n earing compOe
tion with climbing lanes already
completed. As soon &s the final v
surfacing is completed, guard y,
rails, center lines and highway ...,
signs will be installed. It is . '
thought that traffic will be with
held from flie new by-pass until -.
these safeguards have been erect-
ed. "
According to Robert Craig, fore- -f,J.
man, t'he by-pass structure includes " v. .
a layer of salt in tiie top three ,
inches which will stabilize the (
hardtop. This treatment also les
sens the possibily of broken pave
ment and "ribs" caused by freez
ing water beneath the road.
Mr. Craig . stated that the av- t .'
erage width of the road will be , ' '
24 feet with climbing lanes on t
every hill. The widest portion of
the by-pass will be at the top of . ,
the major hill where the road will - .
be 48 feet in width, including '
lanes on each side. ' -' 1
It was also stated that the ', I
north end of the by-pass will be
stoned at the present and paved
next spring. " s
It is expected that the road
will be . opened for . tradSfio per
haps early 'in October, It was
stated. Adequate" traffic i!amds"'r',-
and directional .signs will be at '""
each end of the by-pass. , 1 ' " '
: The Marshall entrance is ex
pected to be hardtopped in the
next few days, it was explained.
The project, started in 1957,
has east . approximately 1-mil-
Hon dollars. , ; -
This 17c
,
The fall semester of the l6th ,
year of Man Hill, College opened
this week with' registration : and -orientiation
Monday .: tiirough
Thursday and classes beginning
at 8 a., m,, tomorrow (Friday). '
' Approximately 1,049 students,
near capacity for the junior col- I
lege, are expected to enroll.1 A
limited number of girls may still
be accepted but all available dor
mitory space for 'boys has been
filled. ' .
To accommodate a larger num
bet of "applications from boys it
was necessary to switch room s
signments in two of i!he dormi
tories. -;. Spilman Home, tradition
ally a residence hall for 96 girls,
was 'oonverted into a dormitory
for boys; and Treat Dormitory,
normally accommodating 62 boys,
was converted into ' a resiJence-
for .gb-ls. ,V ; ; v
. The orientation prograui, vt1 ' 'n
commenced when fr , .' ,-n s -
sembledat 2 p. ni. I'n lay I r
Engliih, T and v. t.!. ;, : 3 j
ment tests, was i ' I t 1
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