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10 PAGES THIS WEEK
MARSHALL, N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1960
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Organization
. Organization To Back John
Larkms For Governor;
Met Thursday
The Madison County Democrat-
Jc Executive Committee met last
Thursday nig-ht at the courthouse
here with L. B. Ramsey, chair
man presiding.
Following the meeting,- the
Madison County Primary Organ
ization ticket was announced as
follows:
State Senate: Albert Canipe (in
' cumflbent)
Representative: Liston B. Ram
sey, Marshall.
County Auditor: Frank Ram
sey, Marshall RFD 6.
v Commissioners: Emory Wallin
Marshall RFD 3; Gay Merrill,
Mars Hill RFD 1; Bill Roberts,
Marshall RFD 5.
Register of Deeds: Hilliard
Teague (incumbent), Marshall
RFD 6.
Tax Collector: W. T. Moore
(incumbent), Hot Springs RFiD 2.
1 County Coroner: Dr. W. A.
Sams (.incumbent), Marshall.
County Surveyor: Lee Roy Shel
ton, Marshall RFD 3.
The organization also stated
that they were supporting John,
Larkins for governor; C. V. Hen-
kel for lieutenant governor; B.
Everett Jordan for U. S. Senate;
Charles F. Gold for Commission
er of Insurance: and William
Cocke for the Supreme Court.
l; Zeno Ponder, secretary, stated
that Ted R. Russell "was unani
mously endorsed as Auditor; how
ever', lie declined and stated he
i was !not available.'
"Dewey Wallin, Wayne Brig
nmn nd Rex Allen, members of
the present board of commission
ers, decided . to decline '' namdna-
l k ' , tions x as.s incumbents-; aloing , with
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liLUUUlUUBlLE
AT HOT SPRINGS
WED, APRIL 20
The Bloodmobile will- be in Hot
Springs on Wednesday, April 20,
from 1 p. m., to 5 p. m., in t!he
Presfcyterian Church to receive
blood. Hot Springs took an ex
tra visit in February when blood
was so urgently needed.
The Lions Club will be spon
. soring the Bloodmobile.
Give your pint of blood and
get your credit card to protect
your family all year.
MO Imports
t '" -' An estimated 45,772 acres of
crop' allotments in North Caroli
, a na will not be planted during the
'" next five to ten years due to par
ticipation . ht- ASC's- Soil Bank
Conservation Program. Most of
this reduction in the planting of
jpil ' depleting allotment crops is
on farms' in this, state where the
-. whole farm was placed in the con
servation reserve.'?'',." ,- .'.
- ' H, v D. Godfrey,-Adjninistrative
" Officer for the Agricultural Sta
biliiation and Conservation; State
Committee, estimated "" that ; this
: reduced .. planting 'of - aUotment
crops, by commodities would be as
follows S Flue-cured Tobacco -975
acre; Burley Tobacco 64 acres;
Peanuts M6, acres; wheat f
17,100 acres; ; and ' cotton 26,697
' acres. .-'".'" i.'r:'C-.-'-'' ,'t '.'
According to Godfrey this re
duction in the planting of allot
ment crops is Just a drop in the
bucket compared with the total
reduction in the planting of soil
' p'. .- crops in this state, whic'h
s 1 1 ' ,r achieved through the pro
i. Tie Conservation Reserve
Co,:"rey gaij, has hro
. i t'.a j'lx.jr,. .i, si has
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to County
Ticket .
Wins Honors
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DAVIS WINNER
IN H.P. COLLEGE
STUDENT VOTE
Vance Davis of Hot Springs
won the race for president of the
High Point College student body
in a two-day election held April
6-7. '
Vance, a Junior, is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Davis, of R-l,
Hot Springs. Before beipg elect
ed, president of the student body,
he served as Treasurer of his
Sophomore class, Speaker Pro-tern
of - -file House of Representatives,
and as Junior Marshal. - Vance
was tbi year named to The Order
of the Lighted Lamp, an honorar
I have excelled') in sdholarsMp, char-
acter,' and leadership; In hddition,
he is a member of Sigma Phi Ep
silon jFraterhity a,nd Kappa Chi
Fellowship, a pre-ministerial or
ganization. Davis, upon graduation from
High Point College, plans to enter
Duke Divinity School to continue
his education
Welfare Dept. To
Be Closed Monday
It has been announced tfiat the
Madison County Department of
Public Welfare offices will he
closed Monday in observance of
the Easter holidays.
in ieserue
DONALDSON AFB
MAY BE CLOSED
WITHIN 2 YEARS
Washington "The Air Force
may close its Malitary Air Trans
port Service base at .Donaldson
Field near Greenville, S. C, with
in 'two- years.;;.
, 'The Donaldson base was includ
ed in a list made public Monday
by th Air Force of installations
it is considering closing. It said
it could see no need for the base
after, 1962. -.; -' . V
The planned reduction in instal
lations was attributed to technol
ogic ai ' developments .and budget
reductions. . . -- ,
Cc"rl!:cuse To Be
Ti e c?-.':.'j
courUiouse will be
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HOT SPRINGS
SCHOOL GETTING
NEW PAINT JOB
Roy Reeves, principal of Hot
Springs High School, announced
this week that Hot Springs school
is being painted ly the Willis D.
Rankin Painting Contractor ot
Greenevillo, Tenn. Mr. Reeves
stated that funds to pay for this
job would come from PTA funds
of the school. W'nen completed,
school personnel, students and the
people of Hot Springs school dis
trict will have something to be
proud of in the new look the
school wall have, stated Mr
Reeves.
STATE-WIDE RED
CROSS MEET IN
RALEIGH APR. 21
An all-day State-wide Red
Cross meeting will be held in
Raleigh Thursday, April 21, ac
cording to an announcement by
Dr. Edwiin ' S. Preston, State
Chairman.
Outstanding volunteer and staff
Red Cross personnel will appear
on the progrom to be held at the
Sir Walter Hotel starting t 10 a.
m., and closing at 8:30 p. m.,
A special feature of the State
meeting will be a Red Cross Chap
ter Exhibit Competition. All
Chapters in North Carolina are
expected to be represented. .
Robert F. Shea, Vice-President
of the American National Red
Cross, will be the speaker at the
opening sessiion, using as his sub
ject "Red Cross In A Changing
World." The day's program will
close with, a dinner meeting at
which Dr. Robert Gordon, Nation
al Director of Educational Rela
tions of thei American ; National
ject " Xoutft in' ?Bed Cross."
SURE SIGN
IT'S SPRING
Springtime exuberance bubbled
over into what apparently was an
attempted "panty raid" at Mars
Hill College Tuesday night.
A college spokesman said a
group of 50 to 100 nia.!e students
assembled at 10 p. m. at the men's
dormitories, t'nen turned their at
tention to the coed's quarters.
He said the basement of Huff
man Dormitory wasf entered, but
the college night watchman and
Mars Hill town police moved in
and restored quiet.. He said, the
student activity .jvas Wsly but not
violent.
OPEN SEASON
MONDAY NIGHT
The Asheville. Tourists will open
the 1960 . basebaill season at Mc
Cormick Field Monday night at
7:30 o'clock when they meet the
Knoxville Smokies.
A complete season schedule can
be - found -on Page Eight in this
issue. i ' . ,
, "There are still a few "12fo
$10" books left and a fef opening
game tickets for sale at the News
Record office here", Jim Story
said thia week.H.'.rt .''fY
Martliall PTAjl ; ;
Met Mon., "April 4;
Officers Elected r
:.;-rY- v -r . ' -'-t ;
; The ; Marshall ?' ParenUTeacJier
Association elected new ' officer
Monday night, April 4 at the Mar
shall' school. They are as fqcws:
Mrs. Clyde M. Roberts was elect
ed president; Mrs, Liston Ram
sey, 1st vice president; Mrs. Craig
Rudisill Jr., 2nd Tice president;
Mrs. George G. Roberts, treasur
er; Mrs. S. L. Nix, secretary;
Mrs. Howard Earnwell and Mrs.
D. D. Gross, program cx'.inin..
ART PERKINS
TALKS BASEBALL
AT LIONS CLUB
Art Perkins, popular. business
manager of the Asheville 'Tour
ists, was guest speaker " at the
meeting of the Marshall . Lions
Club Monday night at the Rock
Cafe here. - "
The topic of his talk you
guessed it baseball. He told of
the working agreement with the
parent Philadelphia ' club ; of the
National League and ..exiplaijied
how players were , 'transferred
from one club in flie chain ;to an
other according to ability and de
sire. Mr. Peflcins also assured' the
Lions that this year's edition of
the Tourists would be "an excit
ing one with plenty of speed."
He commended Manager Charlie
Kress on being a . manager that
"you fans will Eke."
He stated that he was highly
pleased with the loyal baseball
fans of fliis section and hoped thatj
J they would be pleased with the
1960 team. ' '
Following his talk he answered
numerous questions about players
of last year and prospects for this
year. t
He wias introduced s by ; Jim
Story, who was in charge' of the
program. - r.
28 members and vdsitors were
present. ;
GIRL SCOUT
COOKIE SALE
NETS $8,300
The Pisgah Girl Scout Council's
annual Cookie Sale this year net
ted
eg of the cookies, with some 2iM)0
giria jjaruciipwimg in Lite saue. '
Profeeds from the sale will go
to the Girl Scout camp, wifh plans
to complete a major water system
at the Brevard Camp for serving
150 persons, Giirl Scout officials
said.
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i ne new water system will to-
elude a 15,000 gallon reservoir at
the 2,800-foot elevation - with, - a
two-horse-power pump to lift 1 the
water to the reservoir plus new
pipe from pump to reservoir. -The
remainder of funds will be used
to develop day camp sites.
RED CROSS BLOOD
REPORTS WORK
FOR MARCH 1
li'ood on hand in Center at end
of February, 10G0, 140 pints; Col
lected in month of MarcTi, 18(53;
Boi rowed from other Red Cross
Centers, 36; Total available for
month, 2039 pints; Sent to. hos
pitals within the Region, .1558;
Sent to hospitals outside the Re
gion, 45; Sent to other Centers
and Blood. Banks, 68; Total dis
tributed, 1671 ; Returned by hos
pitals, 340; Net used as whole
Blood, 1322; Made into Plasma
and Fractions, 203; Used for Cul
tures, etc, 14; Total used during
month of March,. 1539; Balance
on hand in Center at end of March,
I960, 500 pints sv'
Blood Fractions distributed dur
ing month of March, 1960: Frown
Plasma, 2 Units; Gamma Globu
lin, 24 OC's; Serum Albumin, 20
Units (100 OC's each); Packed
Red Cells distributed, 1 Unit
-Buncombe ' and Madison ' coun
ties only for March r Collected
593 ; Distributed, 584; Returne i
by Hospitals 98.'. . .
Banks To Be Close:!
On Easter Monday
The Citizens Bank and
Bank of French Broad
or-eri MonJ.-iy due to the I
a (profit of S8,300 to theCon-
' The fiill, Stouts sold JSX320 bbx-
LISTON RAMSEY
SEEKS SEAT IN
Resigns A s Chairman O f
County Democratic
Exe. Committee
Listen B. Ramsey of Marshall
announced he has resigned the
chairmanship of the Madison
County Democratic Executive
Committee and filed Monday for
the party's ijftm;ination to the
State House of Representatives.
Democratic incumbent State Rep.
Fred Holcombe of Mars Hill has
filed for renomination to his seat.
The filing deadline is noon
Friday.
iRamsey is a graduate of Mar
shall High School and attended
Mars Hill College. He is also a
member of French Broad Masonic
Lodge 292 AF&AM, and is a mem
ber of the Mars-hall board of al
dermen. PRE-EASTER
SERVICES AT
BAPTIST CHURCH
New Church In Readiness
For Easter Services
f ; ' On Sunday
Community Pre-Easter Services
shall Baptist; building -oh Wednes
day, Thursday and Friday even
ings of this week at 7:30 p. m.
The service o-n Wednesday even-,
ing reviewed the last week in the
life of Jesus leading to the cruci
fixion. This evening, Thursday,
the Lord's Supper will be served;
and on Friday evening the cruci-
fjxion and the
seven last words"
from the cross will be recalled.
On Sunday, the regular services
of Sunday School and worship
will be held in the new building.
At 7:30 p. m., on Sunday the
choir of the Marshall Baptist The Madison County Republican
Church will present an Easter Primary election slate of candi
cantata. dates will be announced in next
On Sunday, April - lih, 1h- week's issue of The News-Record,
formal opening and dedicali-m I an o'ficial stated this morning,
services will be he'd. fn'Iowcd l-yj :
a revival lwarsnninuf
April 25th. The JJev. A.
fcastor of 1 1 " F Un
church of E!:uk Mount iin
preao'h the revival sermon.
The public is ci'diolly
to attend all these services.
ELEVEN 4-H
MEMBERS GET
PULLETS HERE
Eleven 4-H Club members in
Madison County have received
their pullets on the 4-H Poultry
Chain for 1060. The names and
addresses of the chain members
who received chicks this year are
as follows: Everett Craine, Route
5, ''Marshall; Harry Tweed, Mc
Arthur, Johnson, Jerry Shelton,
R-3, Marshall; Bessie Bishop, R
i; AJetander; Cline Gosnell, Scot
ty ; Wheeler, " R-2, Mars , HU1 ;
Charles Thomas, Hot - -Springs;
Gary Holt, R-l, French Broad,
Tenn.; ' Glenn Wyatt, R-l, Hot
Springs'; and Roger Rfce,'R-4,
Marshall. I v V ' i
Each member who received 100.
chicks will bring 12 of their pul
lets In for the 4-H Poultry Show!
and Sale In October, The Farm
- "s Federation sponsors the chain
iu ! year by giving each or me
V; ants a cash prise at the
e -of t'Te Show and Sale. They
f -.ve a 25-pouDd bag of start
i grower mash to each mem
- '.' '3 year. ,
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s Protested By
Republicans
The Madison County Board of
Elections Saturday ignored the
recommendations of its Republi
can member in ttie selection of
Republican judges in the county's
23 precincts.
The action brought strong pro
tests from Jack Guthrie, Republi
can member ofthe elections board,
and Clyde M. Roberts, chairman
of the Madison County Republican
executive committee. They call
ed it "high handed . . . not in
keeping with the intent of tfhe
state election law."
Chairman Roberts submitted 5
recommendations for each pre
cinct, 115 in all, but only in Town
ship 10, Ward 1, was the Repub
lican judge taken from his list.
In this precinct, Willie Rice was
chosen the Republican judge. ,
The Madison board at its meet
ing Saturday, selected a regitrar,
one Democratic judge and one Re
publican judge for each of the 23
precincts. . Board Chairman Mar
vin Ball presided at the meeting.
Levi Ponder was the other Demo
cratic member. Zeno Ponder act
ed as secretary.
The -state elections law pro
vides for the county chairmen of
the two parties to submit the
names of three to - five electors
that r thapipQiipijments . Jmay ,? be
made", ttom: the lists.- Apparent
ly the two Democratic members of
the board took the position that
the law did not require them to
follow the recommendations.
COUNTY GOP
CANDIDATES TO
BE ANNOUNCED
Press-School
Symposium Is
Held Saturday
The Press-School Symposium,
sponsored by the Western North
Carolina Press Association, was
held last Saturday night t the
Manor in Asheville.. -
In addition ' to an address by
Dr. Dawson, of the . NCEA, a
panel discussion was held which
proved ' highly j informative - and
entertainang, .".'". H ';.,'';. -' , V S ;;;
The primary purpose of the
symposium was to reach si better
understanding between school and
press relations ' concerning , dis
patching and publication of news.
: Education leaders and editors
agreed that they are anxious to
cooperate with each other and it
was decided to further study im
provements on "local levels'.
. Attending the sympo-l i-n from
Madison County were Srer'i.; n
dent Fred Anderson an J TV '-
pal Auburn Wyatt, r
the schools, and X.t. .1 :."i.. ; ; i
Story, who rer-rc-?er.UJ t'.e i . . .
r'H'!emfintarv i-i Contest
If lot Springs Friday
Registrars, Judges Named
To Conduct Primary
Flection May 28
The Madison County Vnrd of
elections nu t last Saturday morn
ing in the courthouse and appoint
ed the various township election
officials for the 19C0 elections.
Members of the board of elections
are Marvin Ball, chairman: Levi
Ponder, secretary; Jack Gutfhrie,
member.
The election officials are as
follows :
TS 1 W 1: Zeno Ponder (D),
Registrar; J. Winston Rice (D),
judge; Frank Runnion (R),
judge.
TS 1 W 2: Carrol Tweed (D),
Registrar; Paul Jarvis (D),
judge; Arthur McDevitt (R),
judge.
TS 1 W 3: James Baldwin (D),
Registrar; William Hensley (D),
judge; Don West (R), 'judge.
TS 2 W 1: Floyd Wallin (D),
Registrar; A. E. Cantrell (D),
judge; Raymond Shelton (R),
judge.
TS 2 W 2: Eual Gosnel (D),
Registrar; Mrs. L. H. Cutshall
(D), judge; Odell Cook (R),
judge.
TS 2 W 3: Mrs. Fronnie Gunter
(D) Registrar; James Wallin (D),
judge; Enoch Gunter (R), judge.
TS 3: Coy Morgan (D), Reg
istrar; Harry Payne (D), judge;
Walter Buckner (iR), judge.
TS 4 W 1: Gaiibher Metcalf (D)
Registrar; Grover Gillis (D),
judge; Dewey Ray (R), judge. .
TS 4 W 2: Clarence Boone (D),
Registrar; Floyd Chandler. (D),
judge; Clyde I. Rice (R),-judge.
istrar; s Rwbinson"amlWf;;( (D),
judge ; Genera Schronce t R )
Judge,- ' 1 .'rt.'-iv-v:;.: ', "
V TS; 6:" 'Men BaipStD Jtegis
trar; B. J. Teague, (D), judge;
Porter Graham (R), judge.
TS 7: Roy Freeman (D),- Reg
istrar; Ervin Hensley (D), judge;
Laney Bailey (R), judge.
TS 8 Ward 1: B. K. Meadows
(D), Registrar; Berry Edson (D),
judge; R. L. Moore (R), judge.
TS 8 W 2: Banuie Lusk (D),
Registrar; . Loyd Coward (D),
judge; Calvin Cogdill (R), judge.
TS 9: Tom Russell (D), Regis
trar; Charlie Schaffer (D),
judge; Ed Lawson (R), judge.
TS 10 W 1: Elbert, Gentry (D),
Registrar; Mrs. Velmer Wilds
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Trophies To Be Awarded;
Public Is Invited
To Event
The Madison County Elementa
ry Declaration and Recitation
Contest will be held Friday night
in the Hot Springs High School
auditorium beginning at 7.:30 o'
docfi. ,-..; ; -:,.-
, Schools participating 'will in
clude Walnut, - Beech . Glen, Ebb
Ohapel, Marshall,1 Spring Creek,.
Mars Hill, Hot Springs and Lau.-
It was announced that a trophy
wouJd,be awarded the winner "in
each division and a silver dollar
to each contestant.
The public is cordially invited
to attend. '..
' Betow is published the Schools
represented, title of subject, and
name of contestant.
Walnut: "Faith," Michael M
ford; "Get Efady For s?ar. ;'
School," Janire C- ." rth.
Eeeth C-.'on: "A r-y .-' I
Country," I. ' e I ' .
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