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r.:.-::.ui, n. c, THurjrDAY, septz::: 22, lscs , ioe per cgpy 14.00 A Year Outaid TImm Two CoontiM - Program. To . Be . Announced Next Weekj Grant ' l - Heliia '" p -'"' ...I : . , f i-' i. -t t'-y'f .The main ' headquarters of ' the Madison County Library, (o be' lo cated in -the McElroy Building 'on Main Street i and formerly occu pied by the ASC offices,. witt: be '.- officially opened -with', dedication services ! at three o'clock on Sat- urday, October 1, it was announc ed this week by Mrsv Harry Dot. ,sterer. -M " " .., . .!; ; : Hie building has been undergo ing a complete "face-lifting" and ', a $2,000 federal grant for the 'purchase of furniture and metal shelves has greatly helped, Hal Potterer said that the furniture - has already arrived and - the -shelves are expected this week, v Volunteers have been secured to ' "shelve the hundreds of books" next week and everything is ex pected, to be W readiness for the October 1 opening. 1 It was explained that the vast bulk of the books would be kept in the Marshall library' with .600 i remaining on the bookmobile. It was also announced - that the Hot Springs branch would have 600 books and also ' the (Mars Hill branch. . ' The Hot Springs branch of the library will open in the commu nity building on Friday, October 7 while the Mars Hili branch will open pa Thursday, Oct; 6, it was said. f , .- ; A complete program of the ded ication service will be announced , in next week's issue. ASC ACCEPTING coiznvA'uorr. RC;K3I3uW. Madison County is yet losing a portion of it's top soil each year on unprotected cropland - during winter months. NovUe Hawkins. Chairman of -the Madison. .County ASC Comit- tee, points out that now is an ideal time for fanners to request -needed - assistance for carrying out . fall conservation . practices under the County Agricultural Program. ' " " The establishment of a protec tive vegetative cover on otherwise idle land1 is a practice that is not carried out to the extent it should be. In order to prevent this un necessary waste of our vital top soil, the ACP for 1860 is offering cost-share assistance to help farm ers protect their farmland from ; wind : and .water , erosion- during the winter. According to Haw( kins, this is only one of the need ed practices Chat should be carried (Continued To Last Page) Car Ji Stolen . v From Home Here Saturday Night - The car owned by R. J. 1 Ed wards, of (Marshall, was stolen from his home in Marshall some time Saturday night it waa re ported, v - . . 'Edwards' keys and billfold were tin the car at the time of the theft The car -was found Tuesday ini petroit, Michigan, Sheriff Ponder announced, . A Michigan youth is icing "held on theft charges, , v .iu ALL - '":-nuLE CLASSROOMS 1 TEACilERS MEET: HEREON SERT, 29 The;, Madison County, unit of ClasWoni? Teachers1 Will nieet' in the ; Marshal school, cafeteria at 7t3up.' m.',' on September 29. The chief purpose of the meeting will be to prganize, elect ,new officers and plan, its activities for the new school year. . Membership cards wilbe distributed at the meeting. Therefore, all Classroom Teachers !n the county are cordially invited to attend and become members. (There were .iifty-seven members last year, and it is hoped that this number will be ,; surpassed . this year.) Membership dues are only $1.50 and 60c of this sum will be used by the local CTA' Unit : The CTA is vitally important to teachers throughout the nation The role is two-fold: it draws teachers into State and National programs for: realizing broad edu cational objectives and for develop ing a spirit of professionalism Two of the goals of the OTA are to maintain the highest possible levels of educational service to the community and to provide inspira tion ni fellowship toward build ing good moral among members of the teaching profession, r JOE MORGAN, " Sec-Treasurer, ; Madison County y a. CTA UiNIT . v,' Marshall Will Play Rosman At Brevard Tonight (Thursday) .Marshall will play Rosman at Brevard, Thursday night at 8:00 o'clock instead of Friday night, as originally planned. . , VAN NEST SPEAKS AT C OF. C HERE John D. Van Kest, who recent- Iy moved to Marshall,' was the principal speaker at the Marshall CSiaimber, . .of . Commerce . lundheon meeting; Tuesday at the Presby terian Church. t 'He' told of his past experiences in the ,mining profession and ex plained the recent " developments in the Stackhouse ' area. He also expressed delight at being a resi dent, of Marshall... . -The member also gave Fred O. Tilson a round of applause for his recent honor given him : by Olin jnatnieson. s : . ;,' Jim' Story, president presided with 20 members and two visitors present. . ., NO RESERVE SIGNUP TUB FALL UNDER SOIL BANK There, will be ; no signup this fall of additional land or comtractg under the Soil Bank Conserva tion " Reserve, W. E. Matthews, Chairman of the. Agricultural State Committee, said today in response to inquires from farmers regarding the status of the pro gram. ' MattWs also said that ' pro- iiMi con'i-nfJj wlivU e -ire in i:!" or Jat r r"e ni 1,,; r e'i :." ' ti la c ' fr s. r ' ASC CCKaY: : CONVENTION IS . SET, FOR FRIDAY On Friday, September 23,' at 10:00- 'a. irf, the ASC , delegates, who were, recently elected; by Uhe farmers ! wlthirf ;the county, ' will meet hi a County Convention' for the," purpose of electing a County Committee ' to head ' the Jounty ASC work i during the coming year. The" newly1' elected County Com mittee wilt begin their tern of office on October 1 and serve1 foi one year or11 until their successors are elected. The principal r duty of the County Committee is to ad minister at the- county level the farm program assigned to it by the Congress and the Secretary of Agriculture in accordance with the prescribed regulations and procedures. IKE DE CREES DISASTER ADD for n.c coast; - v. j. : f-- 11 1,1111 . Washington ' : ' President Ei senhower Friday night declared a major disaster area in "coastal North' Carolina, 'hit haM recently as Hurricane Donna swept up the Atlantic Seaboard. ' . Previously Eisenhower had de clared hurricane-wrecked areas of Florida disaster areas'.'-'." ' In his telegram to Gov. Luther Hodges of North Carolina, the President said he had authorized federal (funds to augment local resources. for . reconstruction ' Of the coastal area. ., - t RequestingJt'he aid Thursday, Gov. Hodges said the coastal area of North Carolina suffered heavy damage -from the hurricane.1 He did not specify the counties af fected. ' ; HOT SPRINGS TO PLAY CHRIST SCHOOL FRIDAY ' Hot Springs will play.. Christ School on 'die Island here Friday night, instead of Saturday night which was 'originally planned. The game will begin, at 8:00 o' clock. - . i , r i - 'Knew What They Mad To, . A 1 r!J hC.!J::." Coach Clyde Peek . ' By WALT RIDDLE ' -Asheville Times Spbrtt Writer "The boys knew what they had to dor and tney went out and did the job,? said a happy Clyde Peek, head football "coach at Mars Hill Hiiigrh ! School,,. Tuesday morning after learning that his team had been "voted the r Team of tiie ,Week by T5ie v Times for its 6-0 upset win over Clyde last 'Friday: Clyde (3-0) was ranked No. 2 in Class A by the weekly grid poll of The Times. Mars '.1121 was ranked after breaking even in its' fast t.vo games. The wi! opener to Eal.cr c: -r.e 1 :ak to .'.; : i !lt3 1- t V o. are HI Iff TRAINING UNION MASS MEETING IS SUCCESS HERE The Aasociational-wide Train ing -.Union Mass (meeting which was held in the Marshall Baptist Churcn ' last Sunday afternoon, was a complete : success, ;: states Wade Huey, . moderator of the French Broad Association; -iMr. Huey'said the 'largest con gregation ever to gather so ' far in the new Baptist church, was present, with approximately 326 people registered. ; r ' ' - The Rev. Geoffry Knott, pastor of the Cumberland Avenue Bap tist Church of Asheville, was the guest speaker. 4-H CLUB PULLET SALE TO BE HELD HERE O CTOBER 8 Ten 441 Club boys - and girls will exhibit and sell 120, six- months-old Warren Red x Pullets on October 8. The sale will be held on the Courthouse lawn in Marshall beginning at 10:00 a. nt The money received for the pul lets will be used to buy 1000 day- old pullets for 10 4-H boys and girls in the spring of 1961. COUNTY GOP leaders mm DINNER FRIDAY j Madison County Republican leaders' who attended t';e 12th Congressional -District f,:til rais'- mg dinner at the Georire .indr bilt Hotel in Asl. 4) nfght included Clyde . . uei, Jim F. Crain, Jack Guthrie, R. Spencer Rice, Loy P. Roberts, M. J. Ball and Lon Sluder. Republican National Chairman Senator Thurston B. Morton of Kentucky, was the main speaker at the $10--plate dinner, f ' v - "Things look good, very good, if Republicans really turn on. the heat in our 1960 campaign,", Mor ton said.. He also declared "the Republicans would not concede any state : to the opposition or take any state for granted." ' - The Kentucky Senator was in terrupted by applause- 14 times during his SO-minute speech.'- Os jacrj Foam 8Gfe Rfley Brady and Willard Edwards v -.. , were in the . Clyda lackfield all night, holding the bigger team to a total 'of 'only 27 yards rushing. ; "The .boys rushed their passer (Bob MoCracken) so well Chat he failed to complete a pass," Peek said. " ' ' -When they couldnt pass theyj tried to- sweep sthe ends and the line was waiting for i them each time," the head mentor disclosed. Peek said this was their two main, offense threats and "we stopped ' them at - their best and this won the game for us." Peek had" scouted Clyde 'twi. " and had most of their plays dw. rat. "When the second string r ' em in practice we had a fei t' ut we were going to come -f ti e gnme with a victory," ! '! ; - ' ' - -1 i'i lore t COUNTY DEMOS PRESENT BUT NOT IiENNEDY A colorful caravan , left . Mar shall's Island promptly at 11 :00 o'clock .Saturday morning en mute to MoCormick Field in Asheville to see and hear John F. Kennedy, Democratic : candidate i for Presi dent Also, at 11:00 o'clock, an other caravan left Mars Hill en route to the same destination. The two caravans emerged at Sanders Court and with ; lights' on and horns blowing, proceeded . to Mc Cormick Field. It was one of the most colorful and elongated cara vans ever witnessed in Asheville. However, all went amiss. The weather' was unsuitable and tfie plane bearing Kennedy was un able to land. . iMore than 4,000 people waited and waited but most of them left tfhe field when the announcement was made that the plane could not land. . Kennedy spoke to the Asheville gathering from Char lotte by phone but many had al ready started their homeward, trips. "' "We had a good time, though, being together although we were greatly disappointed not t s and hear Kennedy and the other Democratic leaders," one member of the caravan said. 1 PREPARATION URGED FOR FALL The ' spring of I960, with its cool, weather, made it very diffi cult for the burley tobacco farm ers to prepare their tobacco plant beds for seeding. The spring of 1,1' could be just as bad, says James M. Stewart, 'assistant " ag ricultural agent. Farmers could take much of the spring work out of ' the plantbed preparation by doing most of this work in the fall. ' Tlantbed sites can be .selected, plowed, , ditched and treated now. For burley tobacco farmers,, this will mean that next spring they can have their tobacco plantbeds ready for seeding with just a lit tle preparation of the upper sur face of the-plantbed. Farmers whe fix their plant- beds this fadl should pick a site which Is sufficiently well drain . .' (Coritinued on Last Page) a first down on the Mars Mill 30. The Wildcats hen braced and took over on downs. ' In -the last period the. pressure mounted and in Peek's own' words "I was a little scared at the time.." "We had third down and about eight to go on our 18 yard line. We tried a; quick punt but the center made a-bad snap. : Clyde recovered on our 10 and I thought that t1ey. might letdown," he con tinued, "but they held and threw Clyde back to the: 20 and we took over.". ,'. ;, . -'. , "I know that the school and the footbaCl team is real proud that they "have been chosen as the team ; f the week. I just hhpe that we in live up to it for the rest of the - .son," he said, ' We Enrollment Is ''''".'.'";'.'..;,,;-" ':'' ' , . For ; Dcdispfl; WALNUT YOUTH RECEIVES HEAD INJURY SUNDAY Falls While Running- From A Drunken Man On School Ground ' Eddie Thomas, 16, son of Mrs. Vonnie Lee Thomas of Walnut and the late Lankford Thomas, received lacerations on the head Sunday afternoon following a 'Wxup" which occurred on the Walnut High School grounds S bout 4:3o o'clock. He was taken to. the Memorial Missioij Hospit al where he received dispensary treatment and released.. Sheriff Ponder reported that from information received from several boys who were present- Thomas fled from the group when Shuford Wild, 42, of the Thomas Branch aection, drove - on the grounds and started . brandishing a pistol. The iboys said Wild was apparently drunk and that Thom as became frightened and ran. He stumbled and struck his head on a rock while trying to go' to a nearby home. Sheriff Ponder said he later arrested Wild at his home and charged him with drunk and die- orderly conduct. " . ii, . Wild is now out on bond await ing preliminary hearing. , , ; TICKETS START TO MOVE HERE; SALES KCREASE :k.iti'- ' The Marshall Merchants Asso ciation promotion which started last Friday is gaining momentum daily with merchants reporting several brisk sates and trading Increase. . The promotion, similar to; last year's, will continue through December 24. ; ' -Those receiving tickets are ad vised to take1 good care of them and copy the numbers ; down con secutively so they can be found easily, ' , Another two - page advertise ment can be found in this issue which has all the participating firms with twelve Of tSiem pub- nsning separate advertisements. ASC OFFICE MANAGERS MET IN MADISON The regular monthly-meeting of Abt. Officer Managers for District No. 10 met with Madison' County on Thursday of last week. Dis- trict 10 consists of nine Counties. Office, Managers attending were: Mr. Floyd Fisher from McDowell, Fred "Anglin from Yancey, Mrs. Nell Young from Mitchell, Clay Thrower from , Avery, Joe Leo nard from Burke, B. E. -Hinsdale, JiV from Polk; Gilmer Edwards from Rutherford; Ralph Harrill from Cleveland, and Ralph Tam y from Madison.' Mr. r ,u t T.. Farmer, who is ASC l'h V.-n.in for District 10, conducted C.e :'.,.!. ag-ers Meeting. . . Office Manager, I;,', 'i i; sej', statel that f ie G ;:,' : ' had a very o.:, -1. - fro:.i t:.e " .'j " 3 c: ' - - t.-n.I tse ::. : i . v!' '-r - - .; flnnooncsd c " County ? Sclical 0 1135 Are Enrolled In High School; 2917 In . Elementary It was announced this week by Superintendent Fred ' W. Ander son, the t6tal of pupils enrolled in each high Echoed and elementary grades. They are as follows in High Schools, Marshalll, 296; Wal nut, , 109 ; Spring Creek, 90; . Hot Springs, 122; Laurel, 147; ,and Mars Hill, 871. The enrollment for elementary grades are, Mar shall, 679 ; Walnut, 802; Spring Creek, 233; Hot Springs, 300; Laurel, -416; Ebbs Chapel, ,230; Beech Glen, 206 ; and Mars Hill, 651. The total enrollment for the high school's are 1136 and for ele mentary grades are 2917. The total enrollment for both are 4052. Madison Youths Charged With Store Burglary ' Two Madison County youths, 1 charged ' with breaking, entering, and larceny, consolidated for judgment, ' were found - guilty in the - Superior Court in Buncombe County , with Judge George - M. Fountain presiding, Monday, Sep tember 19. . Sruce Ramsey and 'Harold Reid of Marshall RFD 6 were given 18 months on roads suspended on five years', probation and pay ment of costs and $60 restitution. The youths were charged with breaking and entering Cecil Hall's store in the ' Newfound section, and taking cigarettes, cigars to bacco, three auto tires and some -shotgun and rifle shells. ' LOCAL MAY HAVE SAVED LIFE OF A BOY: Quick thinking on the part of , the Rev. Silas J. Fortner, local minister and pastor of the Dutch , Bottom Baptist Church below Newport, probably saved the life of a boy late Thursday afternoon, Sept - ' J 1 The Rev. Mr. Fortner, who had worked at the Newport Rescue Squad First Aid booth at the , Carolina-Tennessee Fair at New port during the day, was return- . ing to the "home' of his sister, Mrs. Frank' Essick,' of Marshall with whom he makes hla home, when the incident occurred. M , ' Two trucks - had "sandwiched", on a steep curve about two miles east of Hot Springs. ' The traffic had: backed up by fhe time Mr. Fortner and a passenger reached the scene.- - - The two had got out of the Fortner car, a new Falcon when the "truck, in which a boy was sitting, immediately in front of it, started i running backwards. Mr. Fortner jumped into his car and rammed it into the truck in ; an effort to stop it. Alt!iou,t. both the car and truck came cl. to running off the ro.. ! ar. J d -i "to awii'n, t i . rwt f : car t
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