North Carolina Newspapers

r - x 1 1 1 J" f , s V. I Ik ' . " i' , ft j ' v iJ t - I ' f ) ' i, ' VOL. 3 NO. 1 v 10 PAGES THIS WEEK MARSHALL, N. O, THURSDAY, AI . 21. 1C0 10c PER COPT 12.60 ATui In Madison ft Buncombe Counties ' ' $4.00 A Year Outside These Two Counties ors Hill, (3ot In D-0 Contest , JanU Elam, Rokiniei Forester ' " Honor' - Jainis Ehm, daughter of Mr. : snd Mrs. P. R. Elan), of Mars Kill, won top honors in. th0 recitation division in the cdtinty elementary! reoitatian-declaroation contest held : Friday night in toe Hot Springs ' Forester, son of 'Mr.: and Mrs. Randall Forester, of Hot Springs, won first place in the de- '.olantation division. Miss Elam's superb presentation of f Scratch, The News" Boy's nog", was a unanimous choice of . the judges for first place honors. ; Her expression and tone, were perfect and her delivery was "smooth" and impressive. Second place honors went to little Miss Darlene Ramsey, of a Laurel,' wiho presented, "Mary Ellen Star". She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dustin Ramsey, of Laurel. r Terry Holt, Hot Springs stu dent, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mahley Holt, of the Sleepy Val- , ley community, w a s awarded ; Honorable Mention in presenting "Angel Wings". ' . Ronnie Forester's presentation of "No Time For Panic" also drew a unanimous decision'- from the judges., for top honors. , Ronnie is the 'son of Mr. and Mrs. 'Randall , Forester, of Hot Springs. . . His sincere and well-delivered -de- - claiption Jeft little to be desired -in thin iyisio. Following his :, presentation, ; he; was given a . thunderous ovation by 'the audien ce. ' - - ' , Second place honors went to Steven Carter, of Mars Hill. His ' topic' Was, "Standing On ' The Brink.",.' , - Honorable Mention went to Lar ry Moore, of Marshall, son of Mr. ."and Mrs. Frank Moore, who pre- ' VUV.UIHIWIII VI luuc pendence." So close were Carter and Moore in the final tabulations , of the judges that it required more than five minutes for the judges to de cide between the two brilliant - (Continued To Last Page) WATER RATES ARE INCREASED FOR MARSHALL y ' It was announced this week that water rates in Marshall were increased Apiui zst ana mat may .billing will show .the increased rates. Elsewhere in this issue can be found an advertisement , which gives . the increased rate. Started Building1 Fund Jarvis V. Tea - ue je, who served as pas- 3 Marshall Bap fv.m October, 1230 in, s'art- 1 : t:.e ' T r te new c'lurii Springs Cip Friday HigEit SCOUTS MAKE FINE RECORD IN COOKIE SALES , Louise McDeyitt I a. Top Brownies Lead In -Total Sales -'Louise McDevitt, daughter of Mr,, and; MraT. Otto. McDevitt, of Marshall BFD :6, : was "tops" in Bale of cookies in the recent Girl Scout Council Cookie Sale. Lou ise, ,.who is a member of Troop 24, Walnut, led all others in' Mad ison County by selling 116 boxes. Sheila Rice, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Rice, of Marshall RFC 6, was second wibh 100 boxes. She is a member of Troop 95, Marshall. Brownie Troop 100, of Marshall, led all other Troops by selling es and - Troop 24 sold 264 boxes of a total county saile of 1,104 boxes for the three Trootpsi. The Brownie Troop will be pre. sented .a Certificate of Merit in appreciation of its accomplish ment in the 1960 sale. Proceeds "from the sale will be used in the camp development program at Brevard. Five per cent of t!he sale proceeds is retain ed by the local troops for their own use. . WATER FOR EARLY TOBACCO . PLANTS IS URGED Mr. Sanford McGalliard of the Grandview Community is busy re gaining some of the time lost dur ing the bad weather with his tobacco plants, states Harry G Silver, County Agricultural A- gent. Sanford is putting water on his plantbeds about every day. He isn't trying to put on a lot of water, just enough to wet the top inch of soil. This wets the area where 'ma plants "and germi- (Continued To Last Page) Morning Speaker Carson-Newman Choir . Will Sing; Former Pastors". To Attend . ' Formal dedication services' will be held at the recently completed Marshall Baptist Church Sunday. Dr. Pha L. ElVtt, President of Gardner-We1 b College, and pastor here in If "3-2 4, will deliver t:.e norir;rg nse- -r.gt at eleven o- -ii ' ' Ml ' I j Dr. Phil L. Elliott ' TRUCK PLUNGES DOWN 200-FOOT EMBANKMENT A cargo of some 5,000 chickens valued at $3,000 ! was scattered down a 200-tfoot emfoanlkment fol lowing a truck plunge Tuesday morning off the Old Fort-Ridge crest Highway. ' State Highway Patrolman Archie Burrell said Marion Griffin, 85, of Marshall RiFD 4, jumped clear of the out-of-control truck and escaped in jury. The crash occurred about 3:30 a m., about a mile and a quarter west of Old Fort. Griif fin, driving east, said the brakes gave way. . , The truck, valued at 4,000, was demolished. John Knox Brlgman, Harry Lee Brig- man and Wall wan Brigman ox Marshall RFD 3, were listed as owners of the cargo en route to a .poultry processing plant in Mor- gainton. About half of the chick' ens were killed in the plunge. FARMRRl IlKfrFD lD)' Gay MrriU D BiI1 Rob-7the upturn in cigarette consump rllllULtllO UilUiil ferts -(D), J. V. Roberts (D)Wtion of seven per cent reflected TO COMPLETE ACP PRACTICES Records pertainjng to the Coun ty Agricultural Conservation Pro graim for 1960 indicate that ma ny farmers are not utilizing the approvals for cost-sharing secur ed under ACP on their filed re quest. ' According to Ralph W. Ramsey, ASC office" manager for Madison County, some . several farmers, have, noV. ss yet cashed iVkfil m nsrarviiTi lilt t Vl a aa mlorsi tot conservation material - needed in performing soil and water con servation practices approved for their farms. He said that many of such orders were issued early in February and that some farm ers had been waiting for more favorable weather conditions be ( Continued To Last Page) The-NetwMarshall held with Dr. Douglas Branch, General - Secretary, Nortfh Caroli na ' Baptist State Convention, de livering the evening message. Prior to the message, former pastors, Association ' and ' De nominatkma! representatives, and various commDttee members will be recognized. At five o'clock, a dinner will be served in the Fellowship, Hal! to former pastors and tVtr f. -i- i'.:-r, and to mw.i'iers sr.J s. . Nurseries wi'.l 1 e c -i at 1 r n.'.i ' t . .' t .,: st. Fall list 67 Candidates Announced With ' the " deadline for filing ending test Friday, the following candidates , have announced in Madison County: Fbr state senator, 30th district: Albert Canipe (D); Clyde M. Roberts R). ")' For state representative f Fred Holcombe (D), incumbent; Lfeton B. Ramsey (D); Mrs. R. R. Ram sey (R)..trf For county tsx collector: W. T. Moore (D), incumbent; Arvil G. Gosnell (R). t ' ' ' For register of deeds: HilliaTd Teague (D), incumbent; Lee.'WlI iis, (R).ir,;' , ' ; . For county venditor: Frank Ratmsey (D); E. N. Ward (R), ; For member, board of county commissioners: Emory WiaUiin Ralph E. Briggs (R), Loy P. Rob erts (R), Jim F. Craine (R). For coroner: Dr. W. A. Sams (D), incumbent. - . , For county surveyor: Lee Roy Shelton (D). v ' For Constable . The following have filed 5 for constables: . ' Harry Davis (R) and Fred Mc Devitt (R), 1, Ward 1. .Pritchard iKxskery (D), TS 1, ww 2.' ".. ; ' : it y.-,.. s . . jT : mo ".. f ' . Isaac Canter (D), TS 10 f - .tayWm, f ramffliwtt wfweek that a, series OES To Meet Here; I' Monday Evening , ' Marshall Chapter No. ' 35, Or der of t'ne Eastern Star, will meet Monday evening, i at 8 o'clock ia the Masonic Temple. - Baptist Church well as during the dinner. . On Sunday evening sacred cho ral music wtiH be presented l i the Baptist Student Union CV of Carsoin-Newman OoBege, Jefferson City, Tennessee. T i ' ' ' i . t ' choir is under the direction Mr. Charles Huey, son of Mr. Mrs. Waue Kuey, of iMa who is a student at the co! The Kev. D. D. Gross, r pre-,: ! at Loth" service ': rts i' ' ; ; rwival. f BURLEY TOBACCO OUTLOOK FOR '60 IS CITED ' According to the recent tobacco report of the Department of Ag riculture, Buriey Tobacco grow ers are entering the 1960 season in a better position fhan they have experienced in some years. During recent months the Bur ley Stabilization Pool sold 170 million pounds of so-called surplus tobacco. The Pool now has on hand about 85 million pounds, however, Burley stocks held by dealers, manufacturers and the pool a mount to 1736 million pounds or 3.8 years supplies while the de sirable level of supply is 2.8 years The Secretary of Agriculture set 1960 Burley allotments for the same as those in effect in 1969. During 1969 domestic use of Burley totaled 480 million pounds, which' was a small increase over 195S. The domestic use of Bur ley is tied very closely with the Manufacture of cigarettes and the increase. Though small, the increase was the first in six years. (Continued To Last Page) METHODISTS TO HAVE REVIVAL ATMARSIHLL J. The Rei?. Jim Thunpan, pastor L Mis Hill Methodist Church, of . revival services would begin Sunday night jn t!he new church location in the former P. C. Stringifield Home on Main Street, in Mars Hill. f. The Rev. Douglas Corriher, pas tor of the Providence Methodist Church of Charlotte, will be the guest minister. Mr. Corriher is sSlso a former pastor of the Bre vard Methodist Churt'h. Special music will be presented each evening under the direction of 'Mr. Joe Naff, director of the Mars . Hill College Music Depart ment. ' It was announced that the nurs ery would be open for nightly services through next Friday. Evening Speaker Dr. Douglas Branch will begin at the-church .Monday everting with the Rev. A. T. Uah er, pastor of the " First Baptist Church of Black Mountain,' de : ering the messages. Services .1 start nightly at 7:30 oVilock. Mr. Usher was born in Lancas-: r County, South Carolina, He led Mars Hill College, Fur-j i University snd the Southern t TheologicVl Seminary. IHs y las been in various ' -a in South Carolina unl U the First a -vS' 1111 E'ptist tarn on orris cGough L'Jill Speak; Prizes To Be Given Away REA Speaker Morris L. McGough ANNUAL WMU MEETING TO BE HELD APRIL 28 The isnnual meeting of ttie Woman's Missionary Union of the French Broad Association will be held on . Thursday, April 28 with the Madison 'Seminary Baptist Church, of which the Rev. E. D. Sawyer is pastor and Mrs. Bryan Wallin is WMU president The meeting will begin at 10:00 a. m. .'The theme of the program is "Doers of the Word." The mis sionary JspeakeiT"! tffemorning will be Mr. Roy Z, Ohamlee, a missionary n to Peru. The sifter- speaker will be our state ; YWA director, Miss Sara Ann Hofobs. Special music will be rendered by Mrs. James Smith. All pastors in the association are urged to join in the mission ary services of the day, and to be guests at Cne luncheon. The following WMU presidents are expected to attend with their various officers: Mrs. Coye Jam erson, Beech Glen Church; Mrs. C. R. Oohn, Bull Creek; Mrs. Her bert Hawkins, California; Mrs. Ralph Holcombe, Calvary; Mrs. (Continued To Last Page) To Conduct Revival Rev. A. TV ,Usher Th New Church , The Marshall Baptist Church Building Fund was started in Oc tober, 1960, soon after the Rev. Jarvis Teague became pastor. Mr. Teague, 'himself, started " the Buildinr Fund with $25.00. The last service in the old building was held on f infay morning, May 17, 1?"9. Exactly eleven months -,' r the f'.y?t C .in day service was 1...M in the i.r-v church on Arril 17, 1ZI). During the thv.a V i t v ! (C . -.'. . i Tj I ..I -oOo- Registration At 10:00 A.M.; Capacity Crowd Is Expected The members of the French . Broad Electric Membership Cor poration will meet again at the Marshall High School Gymnasium this Saturday for the purpose of transacting the business of the Cooperative and to mix and min gle with their neighbors. The meeting Saturday will be the 20th anniversary of the Cooperative which has constantly grown in membership in four western North Carolina counties and three Eastern Tennessee counties. The are Madison, Buncombe, Yancey and Mitchell in North Carolina; and Greene, Unicoi and Cocke in Tennessee. At this meeting the members will have an opportunity to hear Mr. Morris L. McGough, Execu tive Vice President, Asheville Ag ricultural Development Council. Mr. McGough is well-known in Madison County, having spear headed the rural development program in many sections. He is also Secretary, Governor's Farm Advisory Committee. He is a graduate of Louisiana State Uni versity, having received his B.S. end M.S. degrees in Agricultural Economics Mr. McGough was named "Young Man of the Year" by the Asheville Junior Chamber of Commerce for 1956 in recogni tion of work in agricultural de velopment in the AsheviUe area. The work of the Council and the BffoTtsfM, - as-Ve is -affec-. tionately known,' have been wide-, publicized -i . in Reader's Digest, I Farm . Journal, The . Progressive Farmer magazine and other pub- -lications. . He will be introduced by Mr D. M. Robinson, - Manager of French Broad Electric Corp. Special music has been arrang ed. The business to be transacted at the meeting will include pre sentation of the financial and op erating reports for the year 1959 and the election of the board of directors. Present directors are as follows: Madison County: M. J. Ball, president; E. C. Teague, vice president; J. H. Sprinkle, treas urer; W. S. WiMis; Buncombe County: O. H. Tilson; Yancey County, C. L. Proffitt, secretary; M. D. Bailey, Paul Higgins; Mit chell County, J. C. Burleson and Elmer Buchanan. D. M. Robinson is manager; C I. Yelton, Division manager; and Mrs. Florence M. Ramsey, office manager. ' r ' Mr. Robinson stated that the f members will be given an oppor- tunity' to nominate anyone they-' (Continued To Last Page) . " Present Pastor 'r. C At 7:C3 oV n.k Sr.; Jay evening L.v .1 T. n e v,;u le' I- K - 1