OL. 69 NO. 32
10 PAGES THIS WEEK
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ars Hill Captures County
lobe Ruth ChamDionsIiin
ill Bennett' Boys Take
"Rubber" Game, 14-9,
Tuesday
' Bill Bennetts Babe Rutti base
ball team i$ the ' 1960 Madison
Comity Champions. The Mars
, Hill team won the title Tuesday
by defeating , Jerry Plemraona'
. v strong Walnut team, : 14-9 in the
' final of a two-out-of-t!hree game
' .playoff. 1 ' . ' '
- Doug Ponder had the honor of
. being the winning pitcher, al
though he needed help from A.
- ' Davis who relieved liim in thff 5th
Inning after Walnut crossed the
plate; six times. .
Frankie Thomas started for
a Walnut but was shelled from the
- mound in the first inning when
Mars Hill scored six runs. , He
was relieved by Eddit Thomas,
. who gave over the mound diores
to Jerry Beid in the 6th .
Arthur t Davis led the winners
with four hits in five trips, in
cluding a double1 and homerun.
Donald Davis led the Walnut team
U with 3 for 4.
In the first game of the series,
played last Friday), Mars Hill
defeated Walnut, 6-1, behind the,
five-hit pitching of Doug Ponder.
The second game was won by
Walnut in an exciting extra-in-,
ning game . which Walnut won
2-1, in nine innings, Donald Da-
, vis and Jerry Beid had back-to-back
doubles in ttie 9th frame
which proved disastrous to Mars
' Hill. Frankie Thomas went the
. route for Walnut,: giving up only
. 'four hits. Arthur Davis was the
loser.' i
Donald Davis, of Walnut, with
8 hits in 11 trips, was the lead
ing series Utter, ' 1 ' ,
A FARMING NOTE
ON GRID SAFETY
ft ba Kwn a11et , ta ant ' St
tention that too many farms still
i ' contain death traps for . little
children in the form of water-
ing-holes, many of them built with
; government aid. The. watering,
holes, which most of ui are fami-
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Ccr Stolen In Town
A 1?5 Tudor Chevrolet seJan,
lv to Aldo!phu3 Cook, of
i.':-T " :!, LFD 3, was stolen fro"
tl.e I - ' 'on r-arklr-r lot here Tu .
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HOT SPRINGS
RECREATION
PROGRAM
After the first four weeks of
operation, the 'supervised, recrea
tion program . sponsored by : : the
Service Clubs of Hot Springs has
been a teal success. This program
is being held for six weeks for all
the schoo' "age children 'oi Hot
Springs, under the direction of
the Hot Springs : High School
coach, Roy Amnions, and has been
enjoyed by all of the children and
young people who have taken part.
The highest attendance for one
day during the first weeks was
eighty, : while an average attend
ance daily has been around seven
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-vju -KiJthe Madison County u Selective!
tAH mm,nt m- Knj hw
activities with the director pres.
ent to supervise them. The , prog
ram has two weeks remaining and
will close on August 19. . .
Activities and games that have
been held are swimming, baseball,
football, softball, volleyball, cro
quet,, badminton ping pong, and
other games. A part of the prog
ram baa been the coaching each
day of the Little and Babe Ruth
League teams by Coach Amnions
Swimming bas been at the iil
ver Mine Recreation Area, with
competent life guards on duty.
The remainder of the program
has been located , on the school
grounds with equipment, purchased
especially for the recreation group
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ASC ELECTION
PLANS BEING
FORMULATED :
Plans are now being formula
ted for the election of around 8500
ASC. community committeemen
who wifl assist in administering
the ASC farm programs in North
Carolina during 1961. Each
year an election is held in whic&
three ASC committeemen and two
alternate committeemen are elect
ed to serve , in each ASC cem
munify in the state. Three ASC
County . ' committeemen ' and ' two
a' '-''- committeemen are also
" ? each county after com-
i t!.a community electlotig.
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4-H CLUB '
MEMBERS WIN
CAMP HONORS
Madison County 4-H Club dis
tmguished themselves in, camp
last week in several phases of the
camping program. Miss Christine
Lim from Te-Land, who is visit
ing Mr. ; Frank : Shelton's family,
went with us to learn about our
youth groups so she could 1 write
a book on American youth activi
ties. She won the honor, of being
selected as runner-up for the best
campers award for the week. Also
as winners in the four groups as
best campers we had Xutiher Nix,
Max E d m o n d s, Shirley Parris,
ICarry . Lee,, Ramsey U and Jthol
Meadows. - ' ' K
We were very' proud of our
club members as they worked in
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Draft Board To .
Close Monday; To
Reopen August 29
v.f Mrs. Myrtle Morgan, clerk ofl
Service Office (Draft Board), an
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nuuucuu nils wew uiai. uie oiiice
would close next Monday, August
15 and would remain closed until
Monday, August 29.
Hot Springs Plant
Will Be Closed
August ,14 -21
It was announced this week by
Gaston Gage Jr., plant manager
of t!he Hot Springs Plant, that
the plant -will observe August. 14
21 as vacation week.
The. plant will close at the end"!
of operation on August 13. :
."All eligible employees are to
receive vacation . pay,1 based on
lehgtih of service," Mr. Gage said.
Visitor Spsalss Out
Roadside
This letter may be a bit out of
the ordinary, but after several
days of serious thought, '.'' felt
compelled to send yon the infor
mation, 1 have found 'newspaper
editors very effective in getting
results, and many times, by stimu
lating such action some serious
conditions have been corrected,' I
hope that this may be true in this
particular case. ,r ' '.; '
I'll try to be as brief as possible
in presenting the facts and yet
give all of the informal: v. kith
I fail is pertinent to Ce c: .-e. On
J..' .";, t T.'.!;er wl"'. r ? v!3,'
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At V.yj ASO Office Aug. 19
Refreshments To Be Served;
. v Public Is Invited
; ' To Attend
The Madison County ASC Com
mittee and office personnel an
nounced today" that "Open House"
at the new ASC 'office, quarters
is being planned for . Friday, Au
gust 19, between the hours of
1:00 and 4:00 p. m. It was point
ed out that the main objective of
this event ig to permit the farm'
m nd tliV MTiPi-ai miWfr. nt Mail.
ison County to visit and inspect
the ' e quarters lo
cated a- iis ;inWw-ttion 'o4 Upijcr
Bridge Street In Marshall.
a- Office mltnager, Ralph W. Ram
sey, stated that any and all per
sons who would like to observe the
new quarters would1 be welcomed
and that refreshments would be
served to those who visit the of
fice during "Open House."
Mars Hill Little
Leaguers Take
3rd Championship
The Mars Hill Little Leaguers
closed out another successful 3ea
son on the Mars Hill diamond last
Tuesday as Steve Davis shut out
Hot Springs with a no-hitter, 3-0.
Davis had a perfect game going
into the last inning when his in
field committed two bobbles, Tol
ey and Gentry hurled well for
Hot Springs but their teammates
gave up two unearned runs.
Mars Hill has now won three
consecutive Madison County Lit
tle League championships. Their
overall season's record showed 11
wins and 1 loss. In the past three
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Gambliiifif
Sometime around 2 p. m., is the
afternoon on tlhe 9th we were
traveling west on route No. 25 be
tween Asheville and Hot Springs
when we ran into " a most un
pleasant experience. Getting ' a
bit hungry, we noticed targe yel
low signs (with red lettering)
"Kosher" Corned Eeef Sandwich
es, etc., wl.ich a-' ea'1! io us and
we decided
and had a
and a col
ing we Hi
who is sr
t a f
L.f t' .j'r'
to step for a snack
coi 1 beef sandwich
T. .".s we were eat
I t'.ut the woman
en employe of
' ! la a partner,
1 (.?'.' in front
- t-.rrs! to
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Local Merchants
To Meet Tonight
At 7:30 O'clock
W. F. Holland, president of the
(Marshall Merchants Association,
announced ; this week that the
merchants Will ..' meet tonight
(Thursday) at 7:30 o'clock at the
Citizens Bank here. 7
' beverai vital matters are to be
discussed and election of officers
wijl beheld.
t Ail members of 6 AssocBftaon
are asked to be present. ; i ."
ASSOCIATIONS
COUNTY TODAY
The French Broad Missionary
Baptist Association, with Wade
Huey as moderator, convened this
morning at Long Branch Baptist
Church, where the morning an("
afternoon sessions will be held
This evening's session will be heW
with Grandview Church and to
morrow's session will be held witt
the Upper Laurel Baptist Church
The French Broad Free Wil
Baptist Association is meoting it
its annual session with the Drr
Branch FWB Church on Lower
Walnut Creek this morning. To
morrow's session will also bq'heid
at this church. . y
Agairist
Joint:
tried to ' give us . he impression
that he was managing the place
for someone else, pumped us for
information as to where we were
from; whether we were visiting
in a the - ares or ' just passing
through, etc. AU of this should
have made some impression : on
me, but unfortunately we were
traveling leisurely without too
many words, and it did not.
After we had finished our
snack and I paid the bill t" .
young, fellow asked my v,'" t
try her luck on the daily I .
lie ha J a dice g-ime on tl a c
er and he told her t" t evc-y
who r.a'e a putv's." a v
to fite tl.iv -', c ...
house! f'-a tvu- 1 s :
Uill Increase Employes;
To Be Ready In Dec.
Announces Expansion
WALTER D. NOLTE, Vice-Pres
ident 'and Plant Manager of Ham-
tnarlund Manufacturing Compa
ny of Mars Hill, announced plans
for the expansion of the plant
which will begin Monday.
ASCCOMMUNITY
ELECTION
BOARDS NAMED
The Madison County ASC E
Teetion- Bbkrd which is composed of
of the County Agent," the FHA
Supervisor", he County SCS Tech
nicdan and . the President of the
County Farm Bureau, has appoint
ed the following persons to serve
on this year's Community Election
Boards in the respective order of
Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Re
gular member: Township 1 M,
G. Ramsey, E. O. Burnette and
Roy Roberts; Township 2 Dew
ey Cook, Roscoe King and Ben
Gentry; Township 3 Cory Wal
lin, Grant MoDah's and Harry
Payne; Township 4 Judson Ed
wards, Virgil Metcalf and Grover
Tomberlm; Township 5 Will
Phoenix, Frank Ramsey & Frank
Jarvis; Township 6 . Roy Cald
well, Hubert Teague and Tad Gra
ham; Township 7 Joe Payne
Ted Payne and Columbus Ball
Township 8 Jack Caldwell
Cerry Edmonson and Lloyd Fish;
Township 0 D. G. Church
Perry Cowan and Clarence Law
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ROAD MEETING TO
BE HELD HERE
ON AUGUST 25
: Residents of , the seven-county
area comprising " the Thirteenth
Highway . Division will have an
opportunity to present ' road re
quests, petitions and problems to
representatives of the Thirteenth
Division at a public hearing here
on Thursday, August 25. 3 An-1
nouncement of the hearing was
made today by Division Engineer
W. M. Corkill, who is in charge
of the hearing.' ''-y
City and county officials, along
with the general public, are in
vited to attend the hearing if
they have road requests which
they feel t'.oulj receive at'-ir.llon.
The It ark j v III la' iold te
tAetn the Louis cf 13 a. m., J
12 noon, on Thur? r, A:,r- -t I",
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Will Triple Floor Space At
Mars Hill; To Begin
Monday
Plans for a $500,000 expansion
program were unveiled Monday
by Hamrmarlund Manufacturing
Company at Mars Hill.
To its present 27,000-square-foot
plant in Mars Hill, the elec
tronics firm will add 53,000 feet
bringing the total plant size to
80,000 square feet The company
already has some 10,000 addition
al square feet in warehouse space.
Contracts were let Monday for
the new unit. Hickory Construc
tion Co., was awarded the gener
al contract. Other contracts were
awarded to Haynes Electric Corp.,
Price Piping Co. (heating), and
Moser Plumbing Co., all of Ashe
ville. To Begin Monday
'Hammarlund Vice President
Walter D. Nolte said construction
would start next Monday, with De
cember 21 set as the completion
date.
He said the new plant would
provide jobs for an additional 200;
to 300 employes, about twice the
number now employed.
Nolte listed Wachovia Bank V
Trust Co., the Business Develops
ment Corporation of North Car
olina, the Citizens Bank of Mar
shall and the civic leadership of
the Town of Mars Hill as firms
and organizations which had aid
ed in planning and carrying out
the expansion plans. v- (
, iPhe new building will be brick
veneer and will be situated fcf-the
west end of the present structure.
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Telechrome Affiliate '
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The "50-year-old Hammarlund
firm was acquired last March by
Telechrome Manufacturing Corp.
of Amityville, Long Island, N. Y.,
and now operates as an affiliate .
of this corporation. Joseph Me- .
Phee is president of Hammarlund
and vice president of TMG Mar
tin Koenigsberg is executive vice
president of Hammarlund. Fra
zer a. Hammarlund la assistant
plant manager. . ' , '"
The Mars Hill plant maanfae
turers communications receivers,
electronic components and teleme
tering equipment for remote con
trol systems. The firm supplies
the commercial market as well as
amateur and government markets.
The new plant was designed by
Six Associates. '.' Asheville archi
tects and engineers. vv L,
Dr. A. M. Ramsey
Injures Knee In A
Fall Mere Friday
Dr. A. M. Ramsey, Marshall
dentist, severely injured his h'i
knee and right ankle last FriJay
afternoon when he turned his an
kle while descending steps ra V
Bowman-Rector Funeral II:
He was taken to St. I '. j
Hospital vkliere it was four.l ' ' .
tendons in his left knee w s ; -
ed and his rirht ankle s
bruised. Ills leg will be i. a t
for several weeks, it v a j r
ed. ' .. . '
die Is expect i-J t j 3
hospital far sev : '. C
ret..i-.'r- to his 1. ,
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