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w if '". 5 W- ' V 2 I MP;: if , VOL.' 9 NO. 43 8 PAGES THIS WEEK i Si'.1 MARSHALL, ft. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, i960 I lOc PER COPY 3pccrqticDcIlyH7il!;De j 4 $2.C0 A Year In Madison A Buncombe Counties ss.uu A xear Outside These Two CouaHas tlcld (Icre On oucmtDr5 -A '(! Con. .Basil L. Whitener To topeak; Public Is j Invited A countywide Democratic Ral ly will be held at the courthouse here on Saturday, November 6," It was announced this week. ' The rally will begin at three o'clock with the public invited. tJongressman Basil L. White ner of Gastonia will be the prin cipal speaker. judge w. K. McLean Is also scheduled to speak and the vari ous county candidates will be in troduced. IT 4. .... it was cuso announced that a free supper will be served in the Marshall school cafeteria on the same date, beginning at 5:00 o'clock. GOP Elephant Gone To The Dogs In Marshall Tuesday Many Democrats and Republi cans are proudly wearing Kennedy-Johnson and Nixon-Lodge but tons, depending on who tfney are supporting in the Presidential e lection. A new fad, however, was seen in. Marshall Tuesday when Mrs. Anmie May White, staunch Re publican, put a GOP elephant on the collar of her pet dog, "Nippy." This was a unique idea and cre ated quite a bit of laughter. Re publicans said it was "good ad verting" while some Democrats nWght say that the "GOP has gone ft the dogs." TIME FOR SEEDING WINTER COVER CROPS EXTENDED Due to the laite harvest season and the favorable weather con ditions which exist, tihe closing date for securing Government cost-sharing for seeding winter cover crop seeds has been extend- ded according to Ralph W. Ram sey, manager of the iMadisom County ASC office. The closing date for vetch, barley, oats, and ryegrass has been extended to No vember' 1. The" closing date for Seeding rye is November 20. In closing, Mrs. Ramsey stated that farmers desiring to secure ACP cost-sharing on this practice should conftact the AJSC office within the dates set up. AUTO DRIVER FLEES, LEAVES LIQUOR LOAD CTAOFFICERS ELECTED HERE A vehicle with a faulty tail light led a highway patrolman on a chase along U.S. 25-70 in Madison County early Friday which ended shortly after both cars crept around a burning cir cus truck near the .Buncombe County line. Patrolman Edward E. Hall said he attempted to stop the vehicle about 2:10 a. m., Friday because of a faulty light. When the driv- er refused to stop, the patrolman (Continued To Last Pair" Trne Madison County Classroom Teachers Association met. Thurs day night of last week at the Marshall school cafeteria. The devotions were rendered by Mr. Joe Morgan, who presided. Mrs. Truman Wilde served as acting secretary. This slate of officers was elect ed: President, Mrs. Earl Robin son; vice president, Mrs. Otis Fox; secretary-treasurer, Joe Morgan. The acting president praised Mrs. May M. CLapp, tihe outgoing president, for her devo tion to her ideals and duties and her trutly professional spirit Teachers were urged to Join pro fessional organizations and to at tend their meetings so as to keep properly informed on the issues and challenges that education fa ces today. A letter from our state CTA president, Marie Sanders of Ra leigh, revealed that tfne Madison County unit was doing a good job. f Several matters were considered by the group. One opinion was aptly stated to the effect that an increase in teachers .salaries was not as desired as a lower teacher pupil ratio, more teaching aids and more suitable working condi irons. The consensus of the group favored tine giving of rec ogniuon and nonor to the coun ty's retired teaohers for their years of faithful survice. On mo tion by Mrs. Elymus Ponder, the meeting adjourned, after which a social hour was enjoyed and de licious refreshments were served. Fair Are Awarded $305.60 All S High School County Are Well Represented In 'Madison County tobacco grad ing teams won $305.00 in prize money at the State Fair Burley Tobacco Grading Contest on Oc tober 14. All of the six high schools1 in the county were repre sented at the fair with grading teams. Four of these teams were awarded cash prizes for their placement in the event. . The first place team in the grade came from the Walnut Se nior 4-H dub. Johnny Rigsby ' and Jimmy Flynn, of the Brush Creek section and Nicy Roberts of . (Continued To Last Page) TEACH CHILDREN TRAFFIC SAFETY With schools in fuM swing all over the country, it is necessary that parents teach their children' nabits of traffic safety. That iB true in both urban and rural areas where young children have to use and cross busy streets and highways on their way to and from school. Although schools and police de partments have consolidated their efforts to protect and teach safety education to these children, their (Continued To Last Page) Gibson Family Is Greatly Aided By Kindness Of People .'Mrs." "E. C. Clark wishes to thank all the people who helped in" buying f 108.00 worth -of oTotSu ing for the Williaim Manley Gib son family last week. Mainy peo ple alaasent clothing and food Which greatly aided the family. Mr. Gibson was killed instant ly Oct. 18 when he was crushed between a rolling stump and tree on a farm where he was helping cut pulpwood. In addition to the widow, five sons and three daughters survive. "The people have been most generous and their contributions are greatly appreciated by the Gibson family," Mrs. Clark said SCHOOL FIRE v -HAZARDS NEED EARLY DETECTION Fire Chief Allen Ducktjtt, of Marshall, today issued a remind er that school fire frequently result in tragedy and he called for removal of fire hazards before there is cause for regret ' Chief Duckett called attention to such items as the school heat ing plant, overloading of circuits through the use of multiple plug- in units and careless storage of combustibles. "Your Fire Department stands ready at any hour to answer an alarm, but it is more pleasant for all concerned to fight fires Che, sensible way through preven tion," said Chief Duckett. "Frequent, announced fir drills could train every child on orderly escape in case of fire," said the Chief, urging that it be part of the training of every school. "Only through acceptance of individual responsibility in elim ination of fire hazards can we help reduce the toll of lives and property," Chief Duckett said Sloivdoivn In Employment Is Gifted In Buncombe, Dadison Counties FARMERS URGED TO ADVISE ASC OF LAND TRADES Social Security Representative Increases Trips Here Douglas H. x Butter, newly-as signed Mad is on County repre sentative of the U. S. Social Se curity Adminstratdon, AjsheviMe, N. v., announced (today an in crease in the number of trips he will make to Madwon County to assist residents in matters rela ting to social security. , Mr. Butler is available at the courthouse jn Marshall on speci fied days to assist persons inter ested in filing claims for social security benefits : and toj handle fl other t-0mS0:0 tycial security, including the ans wering of questions regarding the grograiml r "i...- ELLSWORTH RECTOR WINS TRIP TO EUROPE Win Free Trip To Europe f . rmm fHwp Effective with November, and until further notwe, Mr. f Butler will be available in -Marshall on the first three Wednesdays of each month, instead of on the first third Wednesdays of each month. PERFORMANCE REPORTS MUST BE MADE TO ASC Farmers who received Govern' ment eost-sharing under the 1960 ACP are requiring to file a re port of the use of the material, according to Ralph W. Ramsey, Office Manager of the Madison County ASC Office. At the time the approval was given, each farmer was given copy of his approval and advised that he could use it for making a report by mail, or that he could come by the County Office and make the report in person. Mr. Ramsey stated that he was well pleased with the number of reports they were getting in the county office, but that there were still many farmers who had not filed their reports, and urged them to com plete the practice as soon- as pos sible and file their reports. Savings Bonds Sales Continue Upward CIVIL TERM OF COURT TO START HERE ON MONDAY The sale of U. S. Savings Bonds during September in North Carolina was over 3.5 million dol lars, which is an increase of 2.39 per cent for the month as com pared with September, 1959. The cumulative sale of bonds period amounted to $35,503,749 The October term of superior court for the trial of civil cases will begin here Monday morning. Judge J. Will Pless, of Marion, will preside at the one-week term. Jurors drawn for the term are: Vestie Worley, Grady Gaha gan, John R. Ramsey, Emery Wal lin, Murphy Rice Jr., S. P. Fen der, Hobart Edwards, James Briggs, CfleastU'S Freeman, Dow ard Gentry, Dewey Brown, Garel Stamey, George Harmon, Harry Flemming, Glen Sharp, J. A.. Sams, Joe Nix, Jack Chandler, Buford Martin, Wayne .Smith, Ralph Woody, Amy Littrell, Em mitt Fore, Clay Roberts, Willard Davis, Willard Mashburn, L. F. Freeman, Jeff Hamlin, Clyde Ray, Albert Freeman Jr.,. Johnnie Mc Peters, EJi W. Clark. WOLFE TROPHY PRESENTED AT MARS HILL SAT. Unemployment T o Reach 4,000 Persons By Mid-January Professor J. A. McLeod Of Mars Hill College, Is Principal Speaker Luther Robinson of Lenoir has been presented the Thomas Wolfe This, too, is an increase of 2.391 Memorial Trophy for 1960 for his Chicago Mr. Ellsworth Rec tor, Marshall, of Oopeland & Co., 226 .Billiard St., Asheviille, Motor ola distributor for the Western ASC Committee. Personnel in the Farmers who are buying or selling farm land with an acre aige allotment have a definite re sponsibility for becoming familiar with the regulations concerning combinations and divisions of al lotments, and for advising the County ASC Office when pur chases ' of sales have been made, according to Novile ' Hawkins, Chairman of the Madison County Carolina area has won a contest sponsored by Motorola and has been named a "Good Will Ambas sador" for a People to People ex change to Europe. - Under the plan, Rector and his wife will join eighteen other couples from that many ' regions' of the United States for- a visit to England, Spain, Portugal and Tangiers where the group will not only do the 'usual - sightseeing ' but will meet and visit with people; who are their counterparts In the elec tronics Industry. j-T v In each country - visited the group will visit factories and marketing' activities similar in na ture to ther ' own work hers for Motorola. In addition, ; they . will call on orphanages, church groups and other1 eimalar institutions. ; The group will be feted before departure at a banquet in New York whera they will be joined by United Nations representatives of the countries to be visited and officials of the State Department. Robert W. GaJvin, Motorola Pres ident, will host -the gathering. ' Tough Clrind . . . It's no problra to tell whether or not you. are on t3i road to suc cess - it's urrrade all the way. per cent over the comparable 9 tnonths-periodL of lasV yeaf,, j W. H. Andrews Jr., State Vol unteer Chairman, expressed con fidenc that ,.the. vinwrJBonids sales will make quota this year Savings Bonds have become more attractive to investors as) well as savers. .Savings Bonds sales in Madi-j son County for September Were $9,133.65. For the first three quarters for this year, total sales of bonds amounted to $103,129,000, which is 61.1 per cent of the county's I960 goal. Mr. C. L. Rudsill, Jr., Voluteer Ooimty Chairman, in releasing, this report, said, "Everyone in terested in savings or investments with high yields and absolute saftey should consider putting part of their money in U. S. 'Savings Bonds." book, "We Made Peace With Po lio." The "a ward was made by Charles G .Tennent ,a trustee of k (Continued To Page Four) A normal downtrend in season al industry and production cut backs in manufacturing have forced a slowdown in employment (n Buncombe and Madison count ies, the Asheville office of the ion reported Saturday. Unemployment has remained on the same keel as the July level, as withdrawals from the labor force have offset the em ployment decline, according to B. C. Wilson, ESC manager. Employment has dropped about 1,000 during the past two months and is now estimated at 61,500 persons. Agriculture has dropped about 50 workers since mid-July, and is no won a level emeimploy ment in that field abaut one year ago. Manufacturing plants have dropped about 350 workers since July, a situation which climaxes a long record during the past year of employment gains. Net gains for the year, however, total about 400 persons. Productions cuts and other economy-inspired moves, brought about because of slack orders in textile and chemicals ,as well as other fields, were given by the local ESC o f i c e as under lying the employment decline. Favorable trends during the past year have been in food prod ucts, apparel, furniture, electri cal machinery, , glass products, non-ellectrical machinery and fab ricated metal products. With the exception of the fur niture industry, employment gains have been caused by staffing re quirements in new plants. Construction has added 150 workers in the last two months (Continued To Last Page) First Drawing To Be Held Here This Saturday At 4:60 Hallowee'n Carnival At Marshall School On Monday Night MARS HILL FFA TEAM WINS HONOR F County Office is not in a position- to know of all land sales and pur chases and therefore cannot make a change in the farm until a rel quest is made by the purchaser. Mr. Hawkins stated that ASC has definite regulations and in structions on how farm may be divided or combined and that it would be advisible for fanners to visit . their ASC Office and determine, how the f ami would be divided before they bought or ofld any land. 7 ' GOP Headquarters -U Located On Main , Street In Marshall The -Republican' Headquarters ar ' occupying the building on Main Street between the Beauty Shop and the Model Grocery. One might say : that the Republicans have " set .ud "housekeeping" be tween a Beauty and a Model, -j (Hostesses 'ere on duty at i"l times wfco are cordially invite tv.e public to visit the headqvr s" ?. Cultivating kindness H 5 ; -i::? practice in the b' Three Future Farmers of A- merica members from Mars Hill placed second in the nation in the livestock judging competition at the. national FFA convention ' in Kansas City, Missouri, last week, They were Neal Willis, 16, .and Gus Ballard, 16, both - juniors at Mara Hill 'High School, and John Buckner, 19. of Mars Hill, now a fresthman t N. C. State College." , The three , - boys, ' coached ' , By their Mars Hill vocational 'agri culture ' teacher, J. . E. Melntire, won out in the state FFA compe tition last June. 1 v At the national meet they com peted . with judging teams from a cross the. nation. . They judged market and breeding sWep, hogs and beef for graded feeder calves and feeder, and slaughter steers. For ; their " individual efforts, Buckner received., a: gold medal; Willis a silver medal, and .Ballard, honorable mention. '- ' , The national team winner k M the judging competition' was from mid-western state. . The annual Hallowe'en Carnival will be held at Marshall school, Monday night, October 31. The doors will be open at 6:30. A small admission of 15c and 26c will be charged. A good program has been plan ned .as well as lots of other en tertainment for all ages. The first drawing of the pro motion will be held here Satur day at four o'clock. For the first drawing prizes will include an electric blanket, value $24.95 (Home Electric & Furniture Co.); 20 silver dollars, (Merchants Association); $20 in trade at McKinney's Dept. Store; $10 worth of groceries at Model Grocery; G. E. Electric Iron (Wild's Radio & TV Service); $9.00 Watch Band (Sluder's Jew elry; a $6.95 Fry Pan (O. C. Rector Hdwe.) and a $19.95 Mir- romatic Electric Percolator (P. iR. El am Farm Supply Co.) Mars Hill FFA Team Returns Lou J An J Clear ' ey caB the campaign wbis .l.,t hy seem to - have a i . .pt attachment. -V - a. m ibe team as t-" ret;rr l frr i version in li&r.sa3 Cily, 1.1 o. 'at th, Marshall rsf'ron 1 s1 turned.' I-Ir. J. E. Ilcl.'il.e 1 I' t
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