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1 , -1 ri r Li VOL. 59 NO. 12 8 PAGES THIS WEEK MARSHALL, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1960 10c PER COPY S2.50 A Year In Madison ft Buncombe Counties $4.00 A Year Outside These Two Counties j J'.:.-A ..V r- . . I i nr 'f UflttHTwlowler Hi 1 ayotTDg trOere Tbyrs iff Shooting Occurs On Roberts Hul Road Thursday Night A warrant charging Robert , Johnson, 48, of Walnut, with " t murder in Thursday night's shoot- . vng off nis daughter's date has , been served, according to Sheriff E. Y. Ponder. ' Johnson, -who is a patient in the Aston Park Hospital, was in such a highly nervous and emotional condition that officers were re- quested hot to serve the warrant ntil- Monday of this week. Johnson, w"m had been treated for a heart ailment at the hos pital for several weeks prior to the shooting, is reported in "fair" :- condition. Johnson drove to the hospital a , . Jone after Cflyne Everett Rector, ,26,f Marshall RFD 6, was shot yfatally on the Roberts Hill Road Aalbouit, 9:45 o'clock last Thursday i jnighfcThe shooting occurred be--tween the top of Roberts Hill and (the Madison County Health Cen ter. . ' 'Rector was dead on arrival 'at Memorial, Mission Hospital in Asheville, a .38 caliber pistol bul- -let wound in his head and one in eacbJleg, the latter two caused by one 'bullet The bullet struck ' Rector in the right forehead and deat was caused ' by w massive cranial trauma " and 'hemorrhage i from tho wounds, it was stated. . Sheriff Ponder said that Rec- 'tor yand Johnson's daughter, Betty, 18, a Walnut High School senior and basketball 1 star,'- re- turning from a (basketball game here, were on " the Roberts - Bill Road when Johnson drove into the road in his pickup truck, got ' out and ordered Ihis daugihter to leave Rector's jrar, according to Miss Johnson, Sheriff Ponder said. - . Sheriff Ponder said Johnson " apparently fired when Rector al so started to get out. He said Johnson then took his daughter to Marshall, let her out near the Service Motor Sales, where he was employed, and then drove on to fi Asheville hospital via Lei- (Continued. To Last Page) Fatally Shot Clyne Everett Rector SAVINGS BOND SALES UP AGAIN . The sale of U. S. Saving Bonds in : North iOarolina continues to increase, 1 , During the month of February, ' sales of Series E Bonds totaled $4,167418, an increase of 9.5 per cent over the same month - last year. V Series H Bonds sales to taled $553,600 up 5.3 per cent. The combined sale of Series E and H Bonds for the month total ed $4,720,618. ' Thia is an increase of 9.0lper) cent over February, 1959. I Cunyiitaiive E and B Bond tales for first two months of this 1 year ate $9,552,451 up 6.8 per cent over iJbe comparable months -. of last year. i Savings Bonds sales in Madison iwiniy cunng February were 11147.80, 20.6 per cent, of the co&nty's quota for this year. In making this release,, C. L. Rudisill Jr., County' Volunteer Chairman, stated "as more people DTOome acquainted with the new hu h interest rate being paid on faving-s Borids, sales in our com rnm'ity will continue to grow.'' SILVER URGES FARMERS PLAN MORE ROUGHAGE . More livestock farmers in Madi aon; County are Short of feed at this time than has been in the past several years. This feed shortage was brougfat about by the excepti onally hard feeding winter and be cause -the$e farmers' did , not, have Bufficlent feed forsnch aryear;- In most instances it is very difficult to determine haw much the feed shortage with 'livestock cost a. far mr. A study of the WeighwA-Day- A-iMonth reports of dairymen would Indicate that this shortage of quality feed to the dairymen is very expensive. By studying these records carefully we find that the snow and cold weather reduced the average production per cow only 3.7 where plenty of good quail ty roughage was available for the cows. When the amount of rough ag was reduced or tire quailty of down approximately 19.7. The the production per cow has gone the roughage was not adequate, (Continued To Page Eight) GAGE WELCOMED TO HOT SPRINGS AT DINNER MON. Pacific Mills Officials Praise Cooperation; Films Shown Gaston Gage Jr., newly-named plant manager of Pacific Mills of Hot Springs, was honored Mbn Jay night at a dinner meeting of Pacific Mills officials and Hot Springs leaders at the beautiful Court Restaurant in Hot Springs. Mr. Gage succeeds Neill Ross, who is transferring to the Lakedale Pliant of Burlington Industries Men's Wear Division in Fayette viMe. iMr. Ross, wlho presided at the meeting, expressed his apprecia cion ior tne courtesies and coop- eration extended him and said that he regretted having to leave the fine people of Hot Springs. ' The main tadk to the group was made by B. C. McWhite, manager of the Raeford group of Pacific Mills. Mr. McWhite told of tire close harmony between employees, (Continued To Last Page) WOULD STOCK "BIG STRIPERS IN WNC WATERS . One local fisherman this week suggested that Lake James, near Marion, and Fontana Lake, in North Carolina, be stocked with rock bass, sometimes referred to as "big stripers." He said that flhey could spawn in various trib utaries near the lakes. "Fishermen who Kke to trout fish are in good shape but we who like to fish for bass are not," he said. If you agree with this local fisherman, write this newspaper and we'll pass the word along. Walnut High School Selected For "Project Talent" Tests Four-Day Test To Be Given High School Students - TOT c? wenx 4 k ii.4 oils Police did not s Cclemans story a - a dime in a psy tel y found him in tlie a 1 -ner, mr,".t, ;s 1 r i orTir 1 f'-' .. -' Washington, D. C-, March 24 The Project. Talent Office of the University of Pittsburgh, super vising a national survey of the abilities and aptitudes of Ameri can youth, today" announced that Walnut High School in Madison County, N. has been selected as ' an official project Talent school. ' ' All the students of this high school are scheduled to receive four-day series of tests designed by some of the, leading education al " researchers of the country as part of the first national invento ry of tibe aptitudes and abilities of American youth. -Approximate ly 460,000 high school students, drawn from all of the 60 states, will participate in this represent ative, censor which tests young people not only for. their ability in ordinary school work, but for their basic aptitudes. , The stu dents are also 'asked a wide range of general information - questions based on. current events and gen eral knowledge which . a person j cots from out-of-scSiool sources. There will be fol!ow-up studies, It was said by the school official Xing the annouriopnient here,; (Coni:.i.Kl To Ti-r.i Za) j MRS. FELDTMOSE TO HEAD COUNTY CENSUS WORK MAX PATCH SNOW TOTAL BOOSTED TO 194 INCHES By JOHN P ARRIS ' Citizen Staff Writer : , UPPER FINES CREEK - An other deluge of snow' hit the storm-tbound Max Patch area Mon. day, boosting the season's total to 194 inches. , It was the year's heaviest 'snow fall a record 26 inches at the Maple Springs Salvation Army Mission and ud to three feet - on mile-high Max Patch Mountain. The new blizzard swirled out of Tennessee shortly after midnight and it was mid-afternoon before it gave out of breath. Snow-dazed residents of the Max Patch area of Haywood and Madison counties were buried deeper in an accumulation of snow that has kept them isolated since Christmas. The new snow storm blocked all roads into the section and buried the back country trails in new drifts up to 80 feet. When the snow stopped at 2:30 p. m., the accumulated depth at Maple Springs Gap was 51 inches (Continued To Page Eight) leleclirome Acquires All Stock Of E3ammarlund; Sales Nearly Triple TROUT SEASON OPENS APRIL 2; ANGLERS HAPPY PRESBYTERIAN MEN TO STUDY EVANGELISM At 2:45 p. m., Sunday, March 27, the men of the . Presbyterian Cbtirch will meet with ; the - Hoi ston Presbytery School .of 'Evan gelism. : , ; .;- . This meeting is for mefi only.; The Rev. Warren S., Reeve, Hirst Presbyterian Church, Burns- vUle, and . chairman of Presby tery's .Committee on Evtangt " wnresae.'Ti "Thengrr- their forum topics are: "i lismj What Is I? the K roll D. Payne, Covenant y Presbyterian Church, ' Tusc Heights, Tenn. ; ; "WitnessingV Our Community, the Kev. Ivan B. Clayton, First Presbyterian Church, Elizabethton, Tenn. ; "Why Should We Share Our Faith ftni W.hv Pnnl RAwrwiriil." t.h Rev. Robert S. Williamson, Rocky OChOOIS Keopeii; To Work, Flag Pond, Tenn..' ,U.VA C.t bring his own sandwich and note book. Coffee will be served from 5:45 to 6:45 p. m., by Mr. Carl Bowman and Mr. S. C. Rudisill, followed by fellowship. Mr. Claude Sawyer will be reg istrar. The training school wili tinue until 9 p. m. Madison Countv anglers, as well as sportsmen in other coun ties, were please and happy to read the headlines in Tuesday's Asheville Citizen that the trout season had been re-scheduled to open Aprl 2. The article follows , The State Wildlife Resources Commission' Monday decided to open the Aiountain trout season April 2, even though is will be im possible to do much pre-season trout stocking in .the western streams. Execuitive direstor Clyde P. Patton said a telephone poll of commission members reversed decision to delay tfhe opening date until April 30. The commission agreed, he said, that the delay is not 'acceptable to the majority of trout anglers. " The postponement was voted March 15, at the height of record snow f alls in the west. 1 ''The commission realizes that due to weather and road condi tions little or no pre-season stock ing can be dome," Paitton said However, he added, this would give an opportunity to check the ability of trout waters to supply native fish., -. "Wost of the trout taken dur ing the early part of the f 1960 season ibefore the streams may be stockedA- will be native fish," he explained, , 'and it will be interesting to see how weU the r h production of our'irout i will supply- the demwOd-of jason trout fishermen. i 4 h . distribution personnel been instructed to begin g fish from hatcheries for 'se in the 'mountain streams u4 soon as the , road conditions permit, Patton sadd. Help from sportsmen groups ' and individuals will be appreciated he added. Announces For Senate r ' Es:-:.:-!:-L-:.L-:-:-.'-?i "n-v-.--- ll 4 0 ftV-b Clyde M. Roberts CLYDE ROBERTS ANNOUNCES FOR STATE SENATE Electronics Companies Com" plete Merger Negotia tions In Cash Deal con- Mr. Hunter M. Baumgardner, o f - Gastoma, district supervisor for the I960 census, has appoint ed Mrs. Marvel Feldtmose at Hot Springs, as Crew Leader for Madi son County. ' . Mrs. Feldtmose is substituting for Mr. Olin Jarrett, of -Marshall, who is unable to serve. ;Vji.,y,,f. y: A1J of the enumerators selected will have ' three-day training course and will be notuied or the time and place of such train ing- course, Mrs. Feldmose stated this 'week, 4---;'.'' ''.':'; Census takers who will visit every dwelling ; imit in the area during the 1960 Census of popula tion and Housing .' which starts April 1 will participate In three training sessions next week, .Dis trict Supervisor Hunter Mr Bura- gardner announced today. The training sessions, to be con ducted, by the crew leaders, will be held March 28, 29, 30. Each cen sus taker will receive a total of approximately nine hours of in struction. F"" Vis's will be placed (C: i To r. i rv ) : CITES PUBLIC LAW STABILIZING SUPPORT LEVELS Public Law 86-389 enacted by Congress on February 20, 1960 provides a new formula for de termining the tobacco price sup port level for the 1960 and subse quent years. Under' this new law the tobacco ' support level for ! tie 1960 crop will be the same as that for the 1969 crop which was 57.2c per pountl for Burley and 55,5c per pound for Flue-cnred.' ... For the 1961 and subsequent years the support price will be adjust ed upward or downward from the 1959 level in direct proportion to1 the change to the party index us ing the previous 3-year moving average. Tne former law govern ing the support level on Burley and Flue-cured made it mandato ry that each be supported at 90 of parity Vhen marketing quotas were in effect Following are the provisions in the new law which becomes effective on ithe 19C0 j crop: Public Law 86-389 amenti; Title 1 of tihe Agricultural Act c'j 1949, as amended, by 'adding a' ; the end thereof a new section 1C ' follows: ' "SEC. 106. Notwi',' iMadison County schools re opened Tuesday after another "holiday" Monday due to hazard ous road conditions. They will have classes this Saturday, it was announced. Clyde M. Roberts, Attorney of Marshall, Madison County, an nounced this week that he would seek the Republican nomination for State Senator for the 30th District. The district is composed of Avery, Madison, Mitchell, and Yancey counties. For many years these counties have followed the rotation plan as to the Republican Nominee, Roberts v represented Madison County. Jnittie . 'JSenexilvAa-J sembly, serving on the Committees on' Agriculture, Counties, CHies, and Towns, Finance, 'Judiciary No. 2, Mental Institutions, Veter ans Legislation, Wildlife Resourc es, Enrolled Bills, and Trustees of The University. A graduate of Mars Hill College and the University of North Car olina, Roberts taught in Walnut High School, Madison County, from 1931-36. From 1936 to 1938, he was employed as a Special Agent with the Southern Railway Police Department. In 1938 he was elected Clerk Superior Court, Madison County, and was re-elected in 1942. Dur ing his last term he was granted (Continued To Last Page) AMITYVILLE, L. I., MARCH 21 Telechrome Manufacturing Corp., produced and distributor of advanced electronic equipment, has nearly tripled its sales vol ume through the acquistion of the 50-year-old Hamimarlund Manufacturing- Co., Inc., J. Raymond Popkin-Clurman, Telechrome president, announced today. Telechrome paid about $800, 000 cash for all the stock in the privately-owned Hammarlund com pany, Mr. Popkin-Clurman sadd. Final negotiations for the ac quistion were completed over the week-end. The new company is now ope rating at an annual sales rate of nearly $6 million. Prior to the completion of negotiations, Tele chrome was operating at an an nual sales rate of slightly more than $2 million. "The natural integration of the companies' products lines in the industrial communications and telemetering fields," Mr. Popkin- Clurman said, "provides the new corporation with far greater sales, profits, research and pro duction potentials than the two companies had operating separ ately. Hammarlund's high quali ty radio receivers will extend our penetration into the communica tions field, with Telechrame's col or and monochrome television e quipment. Hammarlund's indus trial telemetry will be added to Telechrame's military' telemetry. And Hantmarlund's industrial con trol equipment will make possible a . wider application " of Tele- chrome's autoniatioaeyetemgb, ."With this combination' of pro ducts, Telechrome will be able to sell to a much wider spectrum of industrial and' military opera tions." Last month, Telechrome acquir ed 50 per cent of the stock in (Continued To Last Page) To Run Again Hars Hill College Day Become 4-Year Senior College IT IS NOT TOO LATE FOR GOOD TOBACCO BEDS as standi:: ection the 1 ' 1 i j any of the provisions 101 of this Act: (a) T 1 c" -7 r-.i of ' :r) The major concern of most tobacco farmers in Madison Coun ty today is " getting their plaint beds seeded. , How, at this late date, can a fanner expect to have early tobacco plants, stated Har ry G. Silver, county farm agent, here this weefc ...'.';';-.,:.;' ": t Practices which have been prov en by successful tobacco fanners and by the research stations are still the most dependable . for a farmer under the present condi tions. These practices', are as follows:. Site Selection, place your bed where it will have protection from the north winds and 'will be e . si-d to the south, Vnd where wt?r can be had to water the' r'.-sr.'.bed; Conditions of Prepara- n e id Treatment, allow the soil! 1 ome dry enough so that a : '.'! can be prepared and t a well pulverized bed; Fer i, use from one and one-. t v0 pounds of plantbed v' Plans Are Being Studied; Committee To Make jReport In May Is there a need for a four-year North. Carolina? Will Baptists and other friends of Christian liberal arts college in Western higher . education commit them selves to the support of such school? What are the problems in volved in converting a junior cod lege Into a senior college. . These are some of the questions currently being pondered by the leaders of Mars Hill College ai they proudly recall the Contribu tions the college has made to ed ucational progress in Western North Carolina and look ahead to an era of tremendous potential de velopment in higher education. The leaders of the Baptist State Convention believe there is need for a four-year liberal arts col lege in die 'western part ' of the state, and the convention has ap proved a suggestion that consider ation be given to converting Mars nill into a senior college. A committee of trustees, eJum and members ,of the faculty 1 administration has been sp ited to study the problems in- "vpd. This commi'.'.e incluJ 5 i are ysrd, r -.-v.r.t i- wo o tT ; tra- Carl J 1 R. 0. :.'-u.;l 1 r XV: 1 c. Rep. Fred Holcombe HOLCOJIBE OFMADKON TO RUN AGAIN Madison County State Repre-' sentativ Fred Holcombe of Mara Hill announced Wednesday h would be a candidate for re-elee- H wall run fo-rthe Democratic renomioation in the May 28 prl-" mary. - - Rep. Holcombe 'served in tha House to the 1955 and 1959 ses sions of the General Assembly. lie also has served th rfn the Mars Hill board cf a!.', r- ment and one term on t'e ?' son County board of f ' and is a former JIar I ; -master". In lush", l,e is r lolcon-.e F.:-- .1 " e e ' ' ! ' ; i 'wi '1
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