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'J In, ix i,i.,, VQt. 59 1 NO. 7 S PAGES THIS WEEK MARSHALL. N. C THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1960 10c PER COPY $2.50 A Year In Madison & Buncombe Counties $4.00 A Year Outside These Two Counties Accomplishments Of County AGP For 1959 Ramsey Says 1960 ACP it Full Swing; Details Are Available In Data recently complied in 'sum- inarizing the accompJisbments at tained through the 1959 Agricul tunal Conservation Program with r in Madison County reveals that nrucfi progress was made towardi solving the soil and water con' serration problems on the individ . ual farms. In commenting on the County ACP accomplishments. Office Manager, Ralph Ramsey, stated that the main objective of the ACP is to assist farmers fi iwnciaUy in , the carrying out of ' heeded soil and conservation prac tices which they would not other wise carry out on their own init iative so as to assure future gen erations of Americans to come tfha the American farmland will remain capable of producing the needed food and fiber to supply their needs. In short, he said that the ACP gives all American Citi zens an opportunity to help fehare the cost of keeping our soil on the farms where it must stay if we are to produce enough food and jfiber for our ever increasing- pop plation. The County ACP records for , reveals 1900 farms partici- 4. ?(M iPated in the Program by perform i-': one or more needed farm V ' practices. Those iDartiotpatintr , farms contain 173,194 acres of 'farmland, 40,087 acres of crop land And 44,641 acres of pas ture land. Soil nd.water conser iv vation practices performed tinedr the Program , were . as follow (I) jsstabnshment ox a perman ent Tgertve cover eu acres on 20 farms; (2) Establishment Of a ventaiiva 0Tr on -cropland rotation 2744 acres on 987 farms (3) Use of lime alone 891 on 101 flutna; (4) Plantiog traasj 27 acres on 6 farms (5) improv ing vegetative cover 2062 acres on 466 farms; (6) Water ' drain age 10 acres on 12 farms, and (7) (Continued To Last Page) V 15 ACRE WHEAT EXEMPTION IS EXPLAINED Several factors affecting wheat producers who have wheat al- lotment of less than 15 acres for 19C0 were called to tiie attention 'of farmers today by Novile Haw kins, Chairman ' of the Agricultu ral Stabilization and Conserva k (Continued To Last Page) J Ellsworth Rector 'Receive Neck Injury In Wreck Ellsworth Reotor, of MaiishaU, siustaiined a neck injury Sunday night, wnen the oar in which he was riding skidded on ice on U. S. 25, near the South Carolina line and went over an embank : iment ' ; There were nine occupying the car,i six who were Western North. "Caronna radio and television men on their way from the Greenville " airport to: the Asheville-Hender-eonvilJe ' airport. ' Threexof the men were admit ted to the hospital, and the oth ers were discharged after treat ment. , T'-', Mr. Hector is employed by fhe Copekuid and Co, of AsihevUle, as a sakainaW'.;- . State - Highway: Patrol Opl. A. I. Cole, who" investigated the ae cidervt, ralrf the meni fca4 flown from ',: Chicago .'and ;", landed ; at GreenviBe becaise.V their . plane was unable to land at AahevileV Hendersonville i ' Airport. ?Si They were going to the latter' field to pick up their cars which they had I ii'.ed there wlien the accident ! ; ened. The siito in which they a riling was owned Md op 1 ly t Greenville tax com- ", CV'e said. , 1 , 15 FAMILIES ARE AIDED BY HOME SERVICE The Home Service Department of American Red Cross in Aslie ville reports that during the months of December and Janua ry service was given to fifteen. families. Home Service workers sent verifications of illness, death and other serious matters which required the serviceman's presence (at home. Three families were as sisted with matters pertaining to allotments from servicemen. Three veterans were given infor mation relative to VA benefits. Two servicemen and their fam ilies stranded in Madison were given financial assistance to reach t'neir military posts. Two families received counseling rela tive to reassignment or discharge of their sons in service. There were five other brief contacts with families for information regard ing other community resources. Since Home Service is strictly confidential and information giv en to workers may never be dis cussed with anyone other than the person concerned without permis sion of that person, it has some times been called the Quiet Serv ice. Madison County citizens can know that Home Service is at work in your county and wishes to serve if you have a problem or need information which we may be able to supply. MONOXIDE OVERCOMES FIVE IN CAR Spillcorn Men Discovered On Main Street; Are Now Recovered ACCIDENTS IN THE HOME We are constantly reminded of Ae danger which lurks on the highways in the United States, and the number of fatalities we experience each year on our highways us a national scandal. There is another danger about which some of us seldom think, and that is the danger of acci dents in ttie -home. We are all familiar with accidents in which young children are shut up in re frigerators. Every year, however, countless (Continued To Page Eight) One man is still in Memorial Mission Hospital in Asheville fol lowing the rescue of five Madison County men from a carbon monoxide-filled car in downtown Mar shall early Saturday. Jack Norton, 22, of the Spill corn section of Madison County was reported in fair condition. Three others, Amos, Matthew and Grady Norton, also of t!he Spill corn section, were treated and re leased. The fifth man, Clifford Shelton, was treated by a Mar shall physician. 'The men were discovered in a closed four-door sedan shortly af ter it parked in front of the Model Grocery on Main Street ini Marshall at 9:30 a. m. Franklin Briggs and Charlie Sawyer, em ployees of the grocery, noticed that one of the men tried to open a door, but apparently was too weak to succeed. Briggs and Sawyer said they opened t'ne door and were almost overcome themselves by the fumes. Later Shelton said the five had started to drive to Georgia Friday night but were forced to turn back because of the weather a they neared the Georgia line They became sick, Shelton said, but didn't realize it was caused by the monoxide fumes. W. C. Rector Recalls Loss Of Buddies In Government Service fc T..-.'.-. - Mr. W, C. Rector was recalling this week, upon learning of the death of Mr. J, Ed Kanipe of Adhevilile, that the ranks of the men he had worked with while in Federal Government service, was. rapidly thinning. He mentioned the following who have now pass ed on: Bob Henry of Franklin, John Banks of Marion, Tell Mof- tfett of Asheville, John Williams of Burnsville, Eok Grant of Hen- Uersonville, Bill Allen ' of New port, N. C, Will Owens of Hen dersonville and John Cube of Waynesviille, and only Saturday, Will Whitner of Hazelwood, who had been on several raids with him. gppoag reek iris, Oalnut Soys n Annual age ToiiGiey RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT PERILS EXPLAINED BY CD EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the second in a series of the perils of 'radioactive fallout. Where would fallout occur?' ROBERTSON TO SPEAK IN MARS HILL Senate Passes Tobacco Price Support Bill Won. Authorities can predict the probable areas of fallout after a nuclear attack, but they cannot accurately say how serious it will be. The size of the bomb, height at which it is exploded, nature of the ground blow, and weather and( wind conditions will thest things. The U. S. Weather Bureau is sues fallout forecasts four times daily. The forecasts cover all crit ical target areas -of the country. The predictions can be useful for emergency planning and alerting people to take shelter. Because of the limitations of the system of the forecast should not be the ba sis for ordering evacuation. The thing to do is to follow of ficial instructions after an attack has oceured. You can rely on offi cial information. If a nuclear weapon explodes in your area tune to 640 and 1240 on your AM radio dial. Joe Chris Robertson will be the guest speaker at the meeting of the Mars Hill Woman's Oluib this (Thursday) evening at 8:15 in the Faculty Lounge, Memorial Libra ry, at Mars Hill College. Mr. Robertson is an artist who has had one man exhibits recent ly in Brevard, Mars Hill, Ashe ville and at East Tennessee State College. He traveled in Europe last summer and will talk on art and art treasures in Paris. The president, Mrs. Walter determine Otis Duck, has invited Dr. Charles Powell, chairman of the swim ming pool committee of the Oivi tan Club, to report on the project. Mrs. J. M. Fish, Mrs. Don Hen derson, Mrs. Julia Tilson, Mrs. Robert Chapman and Miss Fran ces Snelson will be hostesses. Mrs. Henderson is chairman of the pro gram committee composed of Mrs. Earl Bryan, Miss Virginia Hart, Miss Haittie Edwards and Mrs. James Smart. Characteristics of nuclear C? ' explosions - TU -effekr;Any nude exi BEATRICE COBB HIGHWAY? If ever a .person in North Caro lina earned the right ij have a highway named in her honor, dtoat person ii the late Miss Beat- plosjon, are (iTJblat, 2() heaUric Cobb, Morganton newspaper uuuu mumwii, una ii rcw-1 nuixiigner ina secretary oi me dual radiation. The first three ! North Carolina Press Associa- occur together,, at the time, of fthel'tion for 37 years. North Carolina Tobacco Men Are Jubilant At Passage Washington The Senate Mon day unanimously passed and sent to the White House a tobacco price support bill designed to im prove the competitive position of U. S. tobacco. The measure, one of the least controversial agricultural bills be fore Congress, would hold down the price of tobaccok and put do mestic producers in a better po sition on the world market. It was passed by the House, last week; -' . ;: --' Sen. B. Everett Jordan (D- NC), a co-sponsor of the bill, pre dicted its passage Jy' Congrese would lead td " acreage increases and Uglier exports. .--, ', i;.- :.' President Eisenhower vetoed a similar . but not identical measure last year. - But, Senate Republican Leader Everett M., Dirksen (111.) said the new bill was acceptable to the administration. , ; y r : The measure would keep, I960 price supports at the 1969 level. In subsequent - year - the support price would go tip or down- in di rect relation to the cost of living index, based on an average of the three preceding years. . Tar Heel tobacco leaders ' were jubilant Monday over Senate pas- ( Continued To Last Page) RAIN SLATED TO ERASE ALL SNOW TRACES The final traces of last week end's snow are expected to disap pear this (Thursday) afternoon, sped ' along by rain whefh will probably continue into Friday. The official forecast for Thurs day caBs for a high temperature of about 48 degrees and increas ing cloudiness before the rain be- A high of 56 was recorded in MarahaM ' Wednesday .afternoon, following an early-morning low of 29., The low predicted for this will be between 15 and 86. H The extended forecast through Saturday calls for more rain by late Saturday and colder temper atures, beginning Friday. ' , High daytime temperatures during the period, win range from 80 to B0 degrees and .low . night readings will be between 15 an d35. . ' . Wednesday's warm weather clear ed mountain roads to the point tht all schools were expected to open this morning. School in Mad ison, Burke, Haywood, McDowell and Watauga counties were closed Wednesday. explosion. Residual radiation from fall out is different. It falls back to earth over a much . larger area than is affected by blast, heat, or initial radation, and can continue to be dangerous over a consider- aible period of time. Its presence is not always immediatejy evi dent to its victims, and its inten sity will vary from one place to another within the same fallout pattern. An enemy would not be likely to explode a nuclear weapon as high air burst He would prob ably fire it as a surface burst The greater quantity of radio active fallout thus resulting would make the bomb much more affec tive over a larger area. -oOo- (lot Springs JU Girls; Mars Hill JU Doys IVin First Round SCHOOL AH) BILL CAN HELP STATE, SEN. JORDAN SAYS Fallout area It is impossible to know in ad vance how large or where the area of dangerous fallout would be. During the 1954 tests in the Pacific, the fallout t!hat showered Japanese fishermen was radioactive enough to dangerous ly contaminate an area extending downwind for 220 miles and vary ing in width up to 40. miles. This cigar-shaped area would have been large enough to reach 'from Wash ington, D. C, to New, ;york City, including the cities of Baltimore, (Continued To Page Eight) Checker Tourney At School Here v Tuesday Night ; ' The Marshall Checker Club officials announced thia' week that they . will host the Greene- ville,' Tenn., checker club in a tournament next - Tuesday night in the vo-ag. department , at ; the Marshall school. ( .--t 'Vx: Play .wiH begin' at 7:30 o'clock with the "round-robin" system be ing used. : - " U v' , Players representing the Mar shall club will proba' Le Jeter P, Ramsey, Tahnage I T, an, An drew Bridges, ";yndso'i ' rards, Carroll Radford and J ' ory. The dubs have pr ' j met twice with Marshall - both times. . i The p'J lie is invl 1. 'The hiehwav which should bear this name is the Jonas I&dge road, number 181, leading from the parkway into Morganton. This is one of the most scenic in North Carolina and provides a direct route to the beautiful Blue Ridge Parkway. Miss Cobb was always a booster for better roads in North Carolina and supported her be liefs not only through editorials in her newspaper, but by attend ing highway meetings, helping to (Continued To Page Eight) Sen. B. Everett Jordan (D-NC) said Wednesday tlie Senate-passed bill providing federal aid educa tion "can help North Carolina greatly improve its public educa tion system without interference or domination." "It is not an easy fact to ad mit, but we in North Carolina have a great deal to desire in the way of public education compar ed with other states," Jordan said in his weekly newsletter. "Some way must be found to uplift it, and I sincerely feel this legisla tion is a step in that direction." The Tar Heel senator expressed confidence that "dangers of fed eral intervention have been re moved" from tlie bill which has been sent to the House. He said, "the states, under this bill, administer the funds without any strings attached. They de cide how to spend the money eitner for teaaners' salaries or school construction." ' " The money, he explained, would be divided among the states by a formula which takes into account the school age population and the pee capita income in the states. Only six states would receive more money than North Carolina. Under the allocation) formula, Jor dan said, North Carolina would receive slightly more than 36 mil lion dollars this year. In 1961, it would receive $36,600,000. Tax On Learning Four Games Slated Tonight; Finals On Monday Night Four games, two junior varaity and two varaity basketball con tests, Wednesday night launch ed the annual Madison County high school cage tournament here in the high school gym. Four more first round game3 are scheduled tonight. In junior varsity competition Wednesday night, Hot Springs beat Walnut, 43-39, in a girls' tilt, while the Mars Hill boys breezed past Marshall, 50 to 16. In varsity play, t!he Spring Creek lassies served notice that they will have to be reckoned with by beating Laurel, 56 to 34, while Walnut's high-flying quintet beat the Marshall boys, 40 to 23. Tonight's pairings: 6:00 Marshall vs. Mars Hill (jayvee girls). 7:00 Laurel vs. Walnut (jay vee boys). 8:00 Hot Springs vs Mar- shall (girls). 9:00 Spring Creek vs. Laurel (boys). GIRLS JUNIOR VARSITY (First Game) Hot Springs (43) F Lamb 31, Moore 10, Wills 2 G Har ris, Norton, Gentry. -'; Walnut (39) F Tweed 14, McDevitt 21, Massey 4; G Ran dall, Smith, Robinson, Thomas, Boyd, Dockery. , Hatftime: Hot Springs, 25-21. JV BOYS (Second Game) Mars Hill (SO) Anderson 6. Clouse, Shelton 10, Green 1, Da vis 20. Peek 5, Buckner 3. Sams 6, Green, Hunter. Marshall (16) Pavne 4. Al len 1, Ramsey 1. D. Oodv 9. K. Cody 1, Ponder. GIRLS VARSITY (Third Game) ' Spring Creek (56) F Willett 24, Justice 30, Lankford 2; G Coward, Woody, Trantham, Kirk patrick, Lunstford, Moore, Rob- News-Record To (lave Photos ade Of Professional Men, Women Here Next Tuesday Experience may be good1 teach er, but everv time a man nicks um.erts. a few cents worth he drops a del-' ija.ural y , "77 " Landers 4, Ford; G Edwards, (Continued To Page Eight) NEW LAW MAY MEAN BENEFITS TO WAR WIDOWS On July 1, 1960 Public Law 86-211, the Veterans Pension Act of 1959 will become effective. This law will enable widows of World War II and the Korean Conflict to receive benefits l if they meet certain requirements, This law may effect veterans and widows presently receiving bene fits.' Mr. A. H. Scales, Adjudica tion Officer for the Veterana Ad ministration Regional Office in Wdnston-Saiem, N. Cv was in Asheville. February . 9, I960 ? to discuss thia bill and many of its ramifieatioM. ); y..vf i Miss Rosemary Engelbert, Home Service Director, and Mrs, Grover Penley, Home Service Worker, of the Buncombe-Madi son 'American Ked cross attend ed the very information all day session. -;"'"'.--'; ; ' " Salt Is a good preservative, but it takes 'a lot of sand to' keep a good resolution, s; . Pictures Will Be Made At Newspaper Office From 4 To 8 O'cjock Tuesday Next Tuesday February 23, The News-Record will have p, pho tographer here to take pictures of business and professional men and women. ' The .pictures will be made up into single column cuts and used by The News-Record1 at op portune times. "We want to keep our files of cuts up to date," Jim Story, edit or, said. ' . .' : ;.y Since engravings of uniform sise and quality are more desir able.1 The (News-Record has ar ranged with Fox Studios, special ists in fhis work, to take the pic tures and furnish the engravings. There is no charge nor obligation but if those having pictures made wish reprints, they may purchase from the ttodiov- v-V.';, . ' Photographs wili.be made from 4:00 p. m to 8:00 m The sittings will not : require more than- five minutes, i "This' is an a part of the pro-' cess of buikung a better newspa per, in the interest of .community service,, Mr. Story said. Al . business and " professional men and women of fhis section are (Continued To Last Taje) CONFEDERATE WIDOW IS STILL AN ACTIVE LADY Clyde Take it from Mrs. William C. Thomason, 94, "hard work" is the best formula for a long and full life. No one has to assist her and she has never used a cane. She is always willing to give aid to -those less fortunate than herself. But Mrs. Thomason has had many hardships and sorrows yet maintains a cheerful disposition . and an optimistic outlook , on Bfe, Mrs. Julian; Baucom, a daughter, of California, died Nov. 24, and another, Mrs. Birdie Butts, died Dec 24, in Johnstown; Ohio . . Mrs. Thomason, who will be 65 ' years old ", next ; September, was born joear Mare Hill College in 1865. She was the former Miss Agusta Merrell, granddaughter of Ransom Merrell, one of tbVfoundu era of Mars Hill College. -. -. Her first marriage was to the tote J. W. Aonmone. She was left with six children to care for when he died. , She next married William C. Thomason of Buncombe Cou: Mrs. Thomason is perhpps t'. a c - ly Confederate War wi : i- county or perhsj-j t" ' area. Thomason, t , -;. senior at t!,e '.' c ; riage, had e" ' I ' : erata Ar-y j t t - erv, ! ' -( ' 'A ft. i'S I '? '' -V. f hi i. i
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