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F. B. CHURCHES
T0.HAVE EPCF
CLINIC MY U i
"A
MS6cidM?flbrt '! w
RATE ON LOANS
Registration Book Will Be
Opeir Next Three 1 ,
- Saturday .
Rock
'V
larvio Ball, chairman of the
Madison Ooonty Board of . Elec-
tJoni, announced this week that
the various 'voting places have
t been selected for the May 28 Pri
'. mary.
' Mr. Ball also, announced that
registration books will be open at
t the voting places this Saturday as
well as on Saturday, May 7 and
, Saturday, May 14." Challenge
r-i Day will be on Saturday, May 21,
' be explained.
The following places have been
chosen. where the. election will be
new:
TS 1, Ward 1 MarshaU
High School.
TS 1, Ward 2 Walnut
T,S 1, Ward 3 Mrs. Elmer
Clark's.
' US 2, Ward 1 White
! High School.
TS 2,' Ward 2 Eual Gosnell's
House.
TS 2, Ward 3 Mrs. Eugene
FranWan's Tertant House.
- - TS 3 Cory Wallin Dairy
Barn.
TS 4, Ward 1 Van Carter's
; Store House.
V TS 4, Ward 2 Beedh Glen
School.
TS 5 Novile Hawkins Gar
,s, age. ?
TS 6 Zack Reeve's Mill
, House.
TS 7 ' Wiley Roberts Store
House.-. .
TS 8, Ward 1 Janitor House
i SpMng Creek School. -
" 'IS 8, Ward 2 Caldwell's
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JOHNSON BOUND,
OVER UNDER
$30,000 BOND
"Robert Johnson, 48,' of Walnut,
will .ace a charge of murder in
the shooting last month of his
daughter's date in the May 30th
term of Madison County Superior
Court.
He was bound1 over under $30,
000 bond Monday by Buncombe
County Superior Court Judge P.
C. Froneberger in AsheviUe.
Johnson's daughter; Betty, a Wal
nut High School senior, was
placed under $2500 bond as a
material witness.
Johnson is (accused of shooting
Olyne Everett Rector, 26, of Mar
shall BPD 6 on Roberts Hill Roadf
near here, on the night of March
17, 1960. The sheriff's depart
ment said Rector and Miss John
son were returning from a bas
ketball game at Marshall.
Johnson remains patient at
Aston Park Hospital where he is
under a doctor's care for a heart
ailment
'' A Forward Program Of Church
Finance Clinic will be held at the
California' Creek r Baptist 'Church
on i May 5 and 6 at 7 :80 ' o'clock
each evening, '
This clinic is for 'the Mission
ary Baptist Churches ' .' in the
French Broad Association and
will inform the churches as . to
how the FPCF can increase the
spiritual and financial interests
of the church.
T.B. ASSOCIATION
MEETING HELD
AT MRS HILL
MHS SENIORS
NOW ON TOUR
M " Thirty-one seniors from Mar
shall High School left Sunday
night for Washington, D. C, and
;. New York City where they are
spending this week.
The group was accompanied by
Mr. Bill Reeves and Mrs. Earl
. Rjfsnson, faculty members.
- They are expected to return
?' Saturday afternoon.
DEMOCRATS TO
HOLD PRECINCT
MEETINGS MY 7
County Convention Will Be
Held Here On
V- ', May. 14
;,ilt was announced this week
that ' the Democrats -of - Madison
County will' meet at the
various .v precincts o n .Saturday,
May 7, at ten o'clock and will e
lect their precinct officials, in
cluding a chairman, vice chairman
and three committee members.
On Saturday night, May 14, the
Democratic County Convention
will be held .at the' courthouse be
ginning at eight o'clock. The
Democratic Executive Committee
Chairman, Vice Chairman, and
delegates to the State Convention
will be elected.
All Democrats are -urged to par
ticipate.
The annual meeting of the ex
ecutive board of the Madison
County Tuberculosis 'Association
was hold Wednesday night, ''April
20 at the "home 'of Mr. and Mrs.
Glen Carter in Mars Hill. Fol
lowing dinner, the business ses
sion was opened' with Mrs. Brown
Amnions, chlairman of the local
Association, presiding. Budget
for the year 1960-61 was set,
funds being allocated for Health
ducation, Case Finding, Rehabili
tation, Research and the Annual
Seal Sale.
'Money allocated for Health Ed
ucation is used for educational
materials as well as for scholar
ships for Public Health personnel
for specialized study in tSie field
of tuberculosis. Funds allocated
for Case Finding are used pri
marily to finance the X-ray Clin
ic held bi-monthly at the Madison
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Report Shows .
Savings Bonds V
Sales Are Higher
Rot Springs Students I'Jin
County High School Contest
Reading And Declamation
V Contest Held At Mars
, ' Hill Last Friday
- Hot Springs high school stu
dents 'captured first place in the
annual countywide Reading and
Declamation Contest held last
,,-Friday night in the Mars Hill
' High School auditorium. .. Six
. schools were represented Hot
. Springs, Walnut,' Marshall, Mars
" ' Hill,- Spring Creek and Laurel,
, , Joyce Barker, daughter of Mr.
land Mrs. Gordon Parker, who is
ja junior, won first place in the
county,; using as . her. subject,
. F Joan of Lorraine."1 . ' '
Lena Jean Ray, daughter .. of
Mr. and Mrs. Byard Ray, a stu
dent at Laurel High School, won
second place in the contest. '
In the boys' division, William
(Bill) Smith Jr., son of Mr. and
Nra. Bill Smitji, and a freshman
at Hot Springs, . captured first
place. His topic was, "The Sleep
ing Boy." .:-
ICcnneth Davis, son of Mr. and
Sirs. Thomas C Davis, and a stu
' i.t at Walnut Higfh School, won
i 1 place. . i'
V : 'i the two students of Hot
. winning the fcountywide
r.'col contest and Ronnie
' r, sl-fl of . Hot Springs,
- ' e e!omentary contest,
f J.'nts have the d!s
T three cf the
" s this year. u
POPULATION OF
MARSHALL 919
According to Mrs. Robert Banks,
census enumerator for Marshal!,
latest tabulations reveal the pre
sent (S (1060) population v of ; the
Town Marshall is 919. -
As soon as other town popula
tions in Madison' County are tab
ulated, they, will, be published. j
As of March 31, Series E & H
Savings Bonds .combined sales in
the first quarter of this year a
mounted to $13,683,248. This rep
resents 26.79 per cent of the
state's 1960 dollar quote.
The first quarter sales of Sav
ings Bonds were 4.4 per cent
higher (than sales for the compar
able three months' period of last
year, or an increase of over $570,-
000.
In each of the first three months
the sale of Series E Bonds was
up over the same month of last
year. For the three months' pe
riod E. Bond sales increased 7.3
per cent. -
The Series H Bonds showed a
decrease of 12.7 per cent in the
January-March period of this
year. .:.'.-.--.-
In the first quarter of this
year, Allegheny County. led all
other, counties of North Carolina
with a record achievement of 80
per cent of its quota for this year.
Fifty-eight other counties either
achieved oi exceeded 25 per. cent
of their annual dollar quota.
Through March, Madison Coun
ty - Savings Bonds . sales totaled
$46,129.80, or 27.8 per , cent of
this year's quota, according to
Craig L. RudisiQ Jr., Volunteer
County Chairman, x. ' .' - '
i The Interest ' rate . charged pro
ducers if nder ASC's , 1960rop
prJea support loan program will
TOJitinue. ; at' 8 M per . cent on all
loans repayments received by the
regular nonrecourse loan maturi-
tyd&iesr . ' ;.,"' " .r.
' . Novila ; Hawkins, chairman of
tihe Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation, County Committee,
says under' the law, nonrecourse
prie support is limited to $50,000
on ? those commodities determined
ta be n surplus supply. Howev
er,; any person may obtain unlim
ited nonrecourse support if he re
duces his i960 production of the
commodity by 20 per cent below
bis, 1959 production, and any per
son may obtain recourse loans for
any ; excess over $50,000 without
reducing 'his production, .but the
excess amount advanced must be
repaid in full with interest, . .
According to Hawkins, crops
determined to be In surplus under
this provision of law include
wheat, barley, grain sorghums,
upland and extra long staple cot
ton, oats, cottonseed,; flaxseed,
soybeans, rice, peanuts, tobacco,
corn, and rye.
WALNUT PTATa
INSTALL NEW
OFFICERS FRI.
..New officers will be installed at
the Walnut Parent-Teachers As
sociation' meeting whiefh will be
held Friday night at 7:30 o'clock,
In addition to the installation,
the - Walnut High School Band,
under the direction of Mr. John
Lackey, will perform.
Officers to be installed include:
President, The Rev. George
Robertson Blue; 1st Vice Presi
dent; A. E. Leake; 2nd Vice Pres
ident, John Chandler; 3rd Vice
President, Miss Ruth Guthrie;
Recording Secretary, Mrs. Fred
Rector; Treasurer, Mrs. Grace
Dockery; Corresponding Secreta
ry, Mrs. Lucille Burnette.
All members are urged to at
tend.-
County Dncoball League
To pan
PLANS BEING
MADE FOR MHS
ALUMNI MEET
Informal Picnic On Ground;
Short Business
Session
10
aturday
Five Teams Are Slated For
Action; Games Start.
At 3 O'clock
The ' I960 Madison County
League baseball season gets of f to
a flying start this Saturday with
theyHot Spring County Che
pions traveling to Laurel. ' w
shaii ' wm irto-spTsr ici
while 'WlalnJt is idle. )J'- '
Gamles Will, start ait three o'
clock due to schools being held on
Saturdays, it was explained ' ;
The May 7 schedule has Spring
U n ' i in
Creek at Hot Springs and Walnut
at Marshall, with Laurel , idle.
- .Managers q' the, teams are ask
ed to be responsible for , their
home games being reported to The
News-Record not later than Tues-
x-towrning following the, game,
distance, the Laurel jnanag-
fciry 91 eithr report -et some
one f responsible to report the Hot
Springs-Laurel game Saturday;
Spring Creek will be responsible
for reporting the Marshall-Spring
Creek game.
preliminary plans for the an
nual High School Alumni Ban
quet to be held Saturday, May 21,
were discussed by the officers
here Tuesday afternoon.
In order that former class-mates
and friends could have more time
to 'Visit' 'and talk, it was decided
that the meal, usually held in the
lunchroom, would this year be
held on tlie school grounds in pic
nic style.
"'We thought it would be more
fun and also be much cooler and
comfortable to eat outside where
you can mix and mingle with
friends and former classmates,"
Jim Story, president, said.
The officers also decided to e-
liminate a formal program and
speaker, thus allowing more time
for a few games and contests.
Following the meal, a short busi
ness session will be held in the
gymnasium when new officers
will be elected and other business
transacted.
"We decided to nave something
different" this year. In past
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Civil .Defense Urges Local
Citizens To Cooperate
With Conelrad
DISTRICT LIONS
HONOR DOCTORS
IN ASHEVILLE
District 31-A of Lions Interna
tional sponsored a dinner program
honoring the eye physicans who
particiate in holding Lions Eye
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11 COUNTY MEN
ARE INDUCTED
The following ' were , sent ' to
Charlotte for induction into the
armed forces today: '
Tommy Hughie Boyd, " James
Ervin Waldrup, Grover Oleo Ha-
gans, Harold Dean Chandler, Wil
liam H. . Caldwell Jr., Kenneth
Fender, , Eugene Marler, Paul
Bruce . Ramsey, Charles Grady
Rice, Kenneth William Rice, Rob
ert B. Ledford.
Nine men were sent for pre-in-
duction physical and mental ex
amination on the same date. ; i
MARS HILL FFA
TEAM WINS TOP
HONORS ON WED.
- First place honors were won by
the Mars Hill "High Sohool Chap
ter, Future Farmers of Ameri
ca, in a ibeef cattle judging con
test held Wednesday at Orail
Hereford Farm in Henderson
County by the Blue Ridge Feder
ation of FFA. Winning Mars
Hill judging team members are
John Bruce Buckner, Gus Bal
lard, Neal Willis and Jack Thom
ason: faculty adviser is J. E. Mc-
Intire. The team scored 1,140
points out of a possible 1,200 to
register its seventh straight judg
ing victory this year. Ballard
was individual fotsrh scorer and
Rollie Fish of Enka, High Sohool
was second. The. Enka team won
second place in team judging. Flat
Rock won, first place in a Pisgah
Federation contest held at the
same tune, and Fietcner placed
second. "V J" . ; !
Patrolman Says
Lights Should
Be Tested Now
TrstateTatroliman ' C; "HT Long
this weik requested ttiat all driv
ers ' . of . - automobiles carefully
check their Igihts and be certain
that all are in order before driv
ing at nigt. '
"Entirely too many cars with
one or more lights out are on the
highways. This can easily cause
serious accidents," Patrolman
Long said.
On May 3, 4, and 5 (Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday), the
seventh annual Civil Defense pre
paredness exercise, Operation A
lert 1960, will he held from ooast
to coast. The principal partici
pation by the public in the ex
ercise will be during the half
hour beginning at 1 p. m. (EST),
on Tuesday, May 3, when a Con
elrad radio broadcast will be aired
on 640 and 1240 kilocycles. In
the Marshall area this broadcast
will come from WWNC, AsheviUe
(640 on your dial). During this
period, all television, FM radio
stations, and those radio stations
not on the Conelrad network must
leave the air. Under attack con
ditions, the 640 and 1240 channels
would be the only source for sur
vival instructions to the general
public. This exercise is, there
fore, to provide training for the
public in emergency broadcasting
measures.
In AsheviUe, at approximately
1 p. m., on May 3, the CD sirens
will sound the "alert" signals, an
uninterrupted blast lasting about
three minutes, AU radio and TV
stations, except Conelrad (640
and 1240) will leave the air across
the nation. This will be the sig
nal for all those who are out of
hearing distance of the sirens.
Approximately 15 minutes after
the sirens are first sounded, they
will be sounded again. This time
it will be the interrupted or inter
mittent signal, which means "take
cover" at once." ?.vi "All vehicles
should pull by the side of the
street or; highway and remain
forked"1- nntirrTmitiistttr -de.-clared'
jovafc tpectvanti ..' behi-
cles should duck down, below the -glassed
area of the vehicle, and '
listen to' the Conelrad broadcast.
Ail other people in the open should
get into the best available cover
at once, and, if radios .are avail
able, tune them to 640. The take
cover exercise - will last about 10
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Meeting
Attend 26th REA
Here On Saturday
'ForSak Sign Vp At Maple Sr:
" : ,-
Gap
To Relocate Nearer Center
Of. Population Which
. , Mission Serves :
Old Man Winter bas helped put
the "For Sale" sign up at the Sal
vation Army , Mission' headquar
ters at Maple Springs Gap, about
35 miles north of WaynesviHe.
The asking price: $27,500 for
133 acres of mountain-top land
and seven irfajor buildings. " '
Lt. Col. William Range of Char
lotte, 4he Salvation Army's divi
sional comr. .nJor for North and
uth Carr.Vn, s 'I rJ.ay tht
9 won't s t t 9 t i c:n-
s in a 4?-'-i'.e rs cf .ca-.l-
quarters which serve people Hvj
ing in several - hundred . square
miles of Tennessee and Norths Car
olina mountains. V; ! " .
He said the Army wants to re
locate hsadguarters- in a nearby
section which will permit it to be
Imobile" 12 months of the year.
A total of 194 inches of snow was
dumped on the Maple Springs Gap
area last winter. At one Tl.ne
the total accumulation at head
quarters was nearly 4', a feet.
Mrs. Ja'iies P. Kenry, wife of
the JTaunft'n I" - ,-km's com:: .-.r !-
er 6"! 4 a i ..tvr.; Arry c ' i
herself So.14 tie Arr - f-- :
to Relocate near Hot Springs after
the present property is soldi
Col. Range Said the Salvation
Army wants to put the headquar
ters in an area that is closer In
the center of population of t' :
region the mission serves.
He said, however, such p'
depend on whether the pre
Maple Springs Gap property
be sold.
The headquarters was e
111. 1 by the late Major
Er n of V."a; . v;"e in a
al tie 1 : ' .. V r'r . C.
passed under U. S. Forest Service
jurisdiction and the logging camps
have disappeared. . Few people
live right around Maple Springs
; .1 most of those served by that
ter are quite a distance from
. ' r -y :r x-hr-:-r
Tie division to sell was made
v eck by officers of the Sal
i Army territorial headquar
' i Atlmta. . r-
' .lies who Use the Ma
3 Center now will use
i t he! ton Laurel. The
5 sre at Max Patch,
I T ' "e Creek, Sleepy
r Gap, and at
CROPLAND TO
lit MEASURED
NEXT 2 MONTHS
Over a million acres of North
Carolina cropland planted to to-
bacco, peanuts, cotton, and wheat
will be measured within , the next
two months, says W. E. Matthews,
chairman oi -the - State Agricul
tural Stabilization and Conserva
tion Committee. r . .
A major ; part of the Acreage
Allotment and Marketing Quota
Program 't is .. the ; measuring of
mese acres , tafter planting and
prior to harvest. : These allotment
programs are in effect as a re
sult of approval by farmers in
referendums held to determine if
such allotments would be in ef-
iecfc ' l'nis measuring la accom
plished in the flue-cured tobacco,
peanut, and cotton areas by visit
ing the farm and determining
where allotment crops are planted
and plotting and measuring the
acreage through the use of aerial
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Attend Ir.:liiut3
AtCL n:::i
au
Mr. Ted
tor, ar: i
Fv.
Morris McGough Speaks;
Prize Winners Are
' Announced
Several hundred members at
tended the 20th annual meeting
of t the French Broad , Electric '
Membership Corp., Saturday in
the Marshall High School Gym
nasium. S ;,-;' ..""--;
Registration started at f 10 :00 ; .
o'clock with many exHbits being
on display by 'appliance dealers.
The audience was treated to a '
unique and colorful cane dance at :'
1 :30 p. ' m., by the , Cane Dance
Team of Mars Hill. 'The skillful
teain was composed of Ruth Ann- .
Carter,1; Captain; I Mary Ella
PhiUips, Hasel West and Grace '
Carter, dancers; and Barbara Dy-.
cus,r Brenda .Tomberlin, J u d y .
Randolph and Hope Fox, Beaters
. Following the ;;' special music,,
the Rev. D. D. Gross, pastor of the .
MarshaU Baptist Church,; pro
ouneed the invooation and Oyde
M. Roberts called he meeting to
order and conducted tfhe roU calJ.
Reading of Minutes and reports
of the. treasurer and manager
were presented and Mr. D. M.
Robinson , then introduced the
speaker, Mr. Morris L. .MXIon- h,
ExecuUve Vice rresiJcnt cf A,' '
viHe Agricultural Dev.-l
Council. .
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se-i cf t' a r - r
coun'y
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