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Li(tM ' 2. ix'- .H.M?;iV.u VJ T VOL.59 NO. 19 8 PAGES THIS WEEK MARSHALL." N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1960 10c PER COPY $20 A Year In Madison & Buncombe Cknntle $4.00 A Year Outside These Two Counties SEAT BELT SAVES LIFE OF OFFICER ' Is Elevated To Resign Pastorate PERFORMANCE CHECK TO START SOON ON FARMS $ ft Jso '!) '."hi it""''-.. A safety belt probably saved the ilife of a State Highway Pa trolman when his, cruiser crashed late Saturday '. night on Marshall highway while chasing a speeding motorist. Because of the seat belt, Patrol man M. A. Eitel escaped uninjur ed in a plunge down a 28-foot en banfcment, Sgt. E. C. Guy report ed. The patrol cruiser was parked just off iMonticello Road about 11:80 p. im., Saturday wthen a ve hicle passed at a speed estimated in excess of 70 jmiles per hour. Eitel immediately gave ohase to the car, headed toward Mar shall on U. S. 25-70. The chase had continued for a bout two miles when one wheel of the patrol dar dropped off on the right shoulder. The car skidded on wet pavement on a curve, swerved to the deft. The cruiser plunged down anT embankment, struck some boul ders and overturned on its left side. Strapped in, Eitel was un hurt and aible to crawl out of the car. MISS ETHEL TOWiNlSEiND, w'no has served efficiently for the past year as Assistant Home Ewnomics Agent o f Madison County, has been elevated to the post of Home Economics Agent, suceeding Mrs. Marion Wilson, who recently resigned. An assist ant agent is expected to be named in the near future. Wildlife Protector 14' . 1 " I &3 I OFFICERS ARE ELECTED AT CLASSROOM MEET RAYMOND C. RAMSEY 13 years in -state wildlife service as wildlife protector in Madison County. - He-is- married and the father of three children. He is considered an efficient and veryf capable woodsman. His "hobbies are hunting and fishing and he enjoys shooting skeet. Right now the apple of his eye is his two- montfh-old granddaughter,' Donna Catherine, his eldest son's little girl. Last year he made 77 ar rests of game violators. Officers were elected at the Madison County Classroom Teach ers meeting which was held in the school cafeteria here Wednesday night. Prior to Cue business ses sion, more than 84 persons enjoy ed a dinner, prepared by the Home Economics Department. Henry Clay Edwards, past president, presided at the elec tion. Officers elected are: President, Mrs. Paul Thomas, Mars Hill; .; vice president, Mr. Hughey "Ray, '.Beech- Glen; . secretary-treasurer; ' vMti. ,Ey O.' Bur nefteT'WalnntT'V ,'': ; "'""r WARNS ON USE OF INSECTICIDES ON TOBACCO PLANTS ii i r mm in M-Mf"-"' r. 11 L Saras Ds ieieral Praci iiistiGy ' ? 1 ear In fl . Attends Convention Mr. C. D. Bowman and Mr. Al len Duokett of the Bowman-Rec- tor Funeral . Home hers, ' attended (fiSie Funeral Directors Convention hH in Anheville fchi wrftfllc. ' f Salutatorian 'Aileen Burnetts has been flam med salutatorian, of the 19G0 grad ' nating ; class y of MarshU High School. She is the ; daughter1 of Mr. and ' Mrs.- E. O."- Burnetts of Walnut'.', V Aileen has been' outstanding In scholastic endeavors during her four years of h::rh school. ' She v as a rcarshal for t'--'t years; j 1 1 c ',., in rota c: 4-n ' , ; ! f ' o( ct:vi: ' .. . ! e is Small tobacco plants are very sensitive to some insecticides to the ipoint that they are burned and killed. Insecticides that work as good as bean dust, and house hold sprays, may not, necessarily, be good materials to use on to bacco plantJbeds. Some farmers in Madison 'County have used insec ticides which were not recom mended for tobacco plantbeds, and others did not follow directions for the . recommended chemical. In some instances damage to tobac co plants did result. 'Farmers who are in doubt as to whlat chemical to use for spe cific, insect control, and the prop er rate, should contact the coun ty agricultural agents' office for information' as to the correct chemical and recommended rates. Elected B y Overwhelming Majority In Raleigh ' Monday Dr. WilMam Albert Sains, 71 well-known and beloved Marshall physician, , was the delegates' choice for the General .Practition er of. the Year honor, at Monday's session' of the State Medical So- He was elected by a large ma jority over Drrf Lloyd Robertson of Salisbury and Dr. Rupert Ry an Weathers of Knightdale on Monday. Dr. Sains was nominated by Dr. (Otis Duck of Mars Hill. Dr. Sams, a veteran of the hard, old school of mountain phy sicians, spent his first seven years practicing at Unicoi, Ten nessee, riding horseback to visit patients on remote farms in iso lated coves and on mountain slopes. It was in 1911 he started his ipractice after graduating from Knoxville's Lincoln Memorial U niversity (now the University of Tennessee school of medicine). ' While practicing in his native East Tennessee, he also became Unicoi County coroner and later served as acting sheriff of Unico County for seven weeks, after the regular sheriff died in office. His long career in Madison County W as- a physician and pub lic Bervant :f-; started February 1, 1919, where . he and' his wife, the .former Miss -Leta Ei'Davis of Marshall,, moved oftcrhe served ihithf Annv in J,.l4t &tefs in being injured in a train accident at Newton in September 1949, 'Also 'active in professional and fraternal organizations, Dr. Sams in his first year of practice at Marshall helped reorganize the Madison County Medical Society and later served as its president and all its other principal, offices. He also' - served, an 1938-39, as In 1923, while serringl!,as' mayor 'of Marshall, he promoted the de velopment of. the town's present water system. He also was Mad son County's state; representa tive in the 1951 General .' Assem bly and served as health officer and coroner.; The latter office he still holds. : v One of the successful pieces of legislation he introduced result ed an the installation of the Capi tol's first elevators. He introduced the bill shortly after his arrival in ffaliegh, after seeing that some of the older legislators had diffi culty climbing the building's stairs. During the course of his medi cal practice, he delivered .OOO .ba bies all of them in the mother's omes. He gave .up obstetrical work in his practice,, however, after Uresidiji'fc f the iftth Ditfrio Jud ical Society, , and, since'Ui47,-ha9 been its counsellor,' f' ihe next year he helped organ ize the North ; .Carolina Academy of General Practice and became its first vice (president, then was elected president the following year. , He also has attended 'all 12 of the annual meetings of the Ameri can Academy of ieneral Prac tice House of Delegates. In fraternal organization work he has served as president of the North Carolina State Elks Asso ciation and helped establish the North Carolina Elks boy's camp near Hendersonville. He also served as exalted ruler of the Asheville Elks ,Lodj?e, which h joined in 1935. 'Dr. Sams has been worshipful (Continued To Last Page) 1 u The Reverend D. D. Gross, pas itor of the Marshall Baptist Church since June 1, 19i54, announced to the church Wednesday night that he would present his resignation to the church on Sunday morning and ask that it becoime effective on August 16. He is going to East Carolina College, Greenville, North Carolina, as Director of i Religious Activities and will begin his work tliere on September 1. Little League, Babe Ruth Meeting Here Friday Night A meeting of managers and oth ers interested in Babe Ruth and Little League baseball for Madi son County this season, are asked to meet at the Citizens Bank Tiere Friday night at 7:30 o'clock. Plans for the season in both leagues will be discussed and of ficers of the leagues elected. Approximately 2,500 seasonal ASC employees trained in. acreage measurement work will soott bey gin their annual summer "job of checking crop acreages on farms participating in the acreage allot ment, price suport, and soil bank programs, according to H. D. God frey, State Administrative Offi cer of t'he ASC Office. In connection with the acreage measurement job for 1960, God i frey urged complete cooperation of the farmer when the reporter visits his farm. "Producer coop eration," he said, "can help us do this job faster and more economi cally. Some of the ways the farm er can help are: (1) see that stakes are in place on premeasur ed farms; (2) make sure plant ( Continued To Last Page) Wins Scholarship WW RYE STORED FOR i LATE ?3 X. Jennie Lou Roberts , ,f7: SUMMER BAND CONCERT FRIDAY NIGHT AT MHS GYM Calvin Metcalf ' To Get Degree -Friday At SBTS . ; Calvin 'iS.V Metcalf of ;Woodl dale N. C, has completed the re quirements foi graduation : from the southeastern Baptist Theolog ical Seminary. He will be award ed, the bachelor of divinity degree at the 'regular i seminary, 'com mencement exercises, Friday, May MetcaJf, y the son of i Mr;; and Mr. Stewart Metcalf of Candler and formerly' nf Mlarshall, Is' a graduate of Marshall High School and Mars Hill and Carson-New man Colleges. He has served as pastor , of Hot Springs, Baptist Church, and is now pastor of Bethel Hill .BUptist Church";,- . Metcalf is married to 13ie for mer Miss Barbara R. Rushbrook of Arlington, Va. ,. With the graduation of this lass, Southeastern Seminary will end its ninth year of its opera tion. The S.'iunary's tenth an- er ry c-' ' ' . '.'.-n will bo: in ' ; ; ! will fx'.-)J ,iMr. John Lackey, i director of the Marshall , High , Sbhool "Band announced this week that the band woufld give a concert in the Mar shall .gymnasium Friday , nigjht be ginning at 7:30 o'clock. r ','A small (admission price will 4 charged: The public is urged t attend, i, ,..-. - - Madison County V People Aided By RC Home Service - The Home" Service Department of the Buncombe-Madison Chap ter,' American Red Cross, reports service given ' t V five ' Madison County families during the month of ApriL Three of jfhese involved servicemen with two being veter ans... Military authorities granted emergency leave in one of the in cidences involving a service-man. CATTLE OF THE COUNTY ACP WORK IS CITED ; Farmers have solved many of Madison . County's conservation problems " through work they per formed under the Agricultural flnncamratlrwi PnnrasM mm 4am dividual -farms, says Mr:; Novae1??" Chapter for Month rf April RED CROSS BLOOD REPORTSWORK FOR APRIL Report of Blood Collections am Distributions in Buncombe-Madi Hawkins, chairman - of the - Madi son County Agricultural SBabili zation and Conservation Commit Under :; the 1953 ACP, -1900 farmers in the county carried out one or more conservation prac tice. About 10 of the farmers participating in the ACP were fol lowing a farm conservation plan. These conservation practices protect the soil, water, and wood land resources. In the county, the (major) . conservation; : practices carried out under ! the 1969 ACP included: (1) Establishment of a vegetative" cover for hay or pas ture; (2) Use of limestone (3) Planting trees; (4) Improvement of a ve;: improve;; (7) Sir. In-? 8 V. Nort!.brk!, A i V.ve cover; (5) Forest t; (6) Tile drainage; i ; ing; and (8) Estab- ''r cover crop. . : ' ? ACP nationally, i J :m-s s'.n'.rt 1 .'f 1 ft- --'rva.'vin '' -:-r. : ! l.!s 1960. i Collected on BloodmohHe Oper ations: At Weaverville, 58 pints, In West Asheville," 31 pints; At Biltmore Dairies, 82 pints; At Hot Springs, 81 pints; At Sayles Bilt more i Bleachewes, : Asheville,. 57 pints; In the Center, 213 pints; total colKcted, 472 pints.' ' rj;. , 4 Distributed: ' Aston Park , Hos pital, 7 pints; Memorial Mission. Hospital," 216 pints;1 St; JosepVs Hospital, &i pints;;, Veterans Ad ministration, Oteen, . : 152 .. pints ; total distributed to local hospitals, The above does not incude blood sent to other ' hospitals' for resi dents of the Buncombe-, Madison Chapter area, nor does it include blood from, this chapter, fraction' DETERMINATION Chestnut Grove, Md. . . IKTien his car broke, down, Harold 11am- n walked 11 miles to tinlc i 1 his promise to donate a r;nt ' ' i to the Red Cro?s. Cover crops have beerff a head ache! to some farmers Madison County. Especially when they get mature and the farmer has not had an opportunity to turn them under. Lloyd Thomas, a dairyman in Madison County, has taken ad vantage of a heavy rye crop by harvesting it with a field harvest er and putting it in his silo for use in the late summer ,when pas tures are short Mr. Thomas cut, hauled and stored four acres of rye one afternoon. H5 stored this in a bunker-type silo, using a tractor to pack and put on a plas tic cover, using sawdust to hold the cover in place. He figures he harvested 25 tons of feed from four acres of rye cover crop. Lloyd spread a heavy cotat of manure on the stubble of the cov er crop and plans to turn under as soon as possible. MISS ROBERTS IS AWARDED $150 -SCHOLARSHIP Mars Hill School Committee Named The list of school committee foi District 10, Mars Hill, was com pleted this week as follows: D. M. Robinson, Gay . Merrell, Floyd Ponder, Oscar Anderson, and Jack Fairchild. The other school committeemen were published in last week's is sue. f - : MARSHALL PTA LUNCHE0N0N ISLAND SUNDAY Officials of the Marshall Par ent-Teacher 'Association announc ed thia week .trtat a ,; bountiful luncheon will be served to the public in the school cafeteria-Sunday beginning at 12 o'clock noon and continuing nntH 2:30 o'clock Proceeds from the event will be used for Science room equipment. Advance tickets are being sn!J but those unable to secure a .1 vance tickets are a I to c to the Island on Sunwty tickets will . be ava'"..l! e,t t' . loor. ' j Miss Jennie Lou Roberts .daugh ters of -Mr. and Mrs. George G.' Roberts, of Marshall, was among the three award winners announc ed at the 21st annual meeting of the Mars Hill College Business Club Alumni Association at Mars Hill Saturday. :: Miss Roberts was identified as the winner of the association's $150 scholarship for the 1960-61 session. The award, which will be' presented officially at Commence ment later this month, goes to the outstanding freshman member of the business cvlub. ' Retiring officers of the associ- ation are Wesley Neely of Spart-' anburg, president; Mrs. Carole Benfield of Greeneville, vice pres-,;. ident; and Miss Myrti Putnam of Mars Hill, secretary. :'..? Valedictorian i' f 1 -" x. - " Eldridge Leake Jr., 1,. named vledictorian of t' ' graduating class of MarsL So.hovl.' He (is the son of " Mrs. A. E. Le.Vke cf : rt:J3 3. ". e p. ; -r;3 ' ' !
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