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VOL. S3 ISO. 43 8 PAGES THIS WEEK MARSHALL. N. C THURSDAY, NOVEMBER ,10,' 1900 ife PER COPY 12X0 A .Year In Madison A Buncombe CountlM 14.00 A Year Outside TbeM Two Coaattea 1 i V r on to, nn mm Toesday UadisoD k lamed As flSC ... i County Of Year For District Honor Conies As Complete Surprise; Ramsey Cites Help From Others During the quarterly ASC Staff Conrferince at Asheville on October 20 and 21, all personnel of tfhe Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Offdce and the Madison County ASC Committee recieved (Stations from the State ASC Oomimittee and the United States Department of Agricul ture. The ASC Office in Madi son, in competition with nine oth er counties in the District, was selected as the outstanding Coun ty Office in the District for 1960. H. D. Godfrey, State Adminis tration Officer for the ASC State Committee, in making the an nouncement, explained that com- ( petition for tMs honor was based on over-all service to farmers by each of the offices in the District . from August 1, 1&69 through May ' 81, 1960. In evaluating the counties in the District, the following factors were considered: cervice to far- mers, getting the work done, plamrting and organiizinig work, organizations and alienations within t!he county. Of the six i tms involved in grading the work of the ASC County Office, the first two carried more weight than the remaining four. The ef f iency and effectivelineas of per formance in each county office (Continued To Last Page) if"" jVRepresenUtiv. IV:" 9'' V", . M if 1 h iii WESTC0C0.T0 OPERATE LOCAL TELEPHONES Next President Next Vice-President. Mr. G. G. Speer, District Mana ger of Western Carolina Tele phone Company, Marion, N. C. today announced the forma tion of Westoo Telephone Com pany as a wholly owned subsidi ary of Western Carolina (Tele phone Company. It is proposed that Westco Tele phone Company wild obtain a loan from the Rural Electrifioabion Ad ministration for the purpose of acquiring certain properties from Western Carolina Telephone Com pany and permitting the expan sion of telephone service through out the rural! areas. To accom plish this purpose, Mr. Speer will be conveyed to and operated (Continued To Last Page) HOT SPRINGS HEALTH COUNCIL HOLDS 2ND MEE1 The Hot Springs Heallth Coun oil which was organized on Octo ber 3, 1960, met for the second time Monday evening, Novem ber 7. The council is composed of rep resentatives from the Civic Club, Men's Club, Lions Club, Friend ship Club, Volunteer Pare Depart ment, PTA, school faculty and churches. It stated its purpose as direct ed toward the promotion of serv ices and facilities which would main-tain and improve tihe health of the community. The first pro ject was to return our much need ed ambulance to active service by Thanksgiving. A goad of $450.00 was set to cover previous debts, repairs imai.itenance and cost of opera- ( Continued To Last Page) :. . -oOo- John P. Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson $300,000 Action Against Cobb Is Filed By Ponder Precinct Judges To File Similar Actions; Total $900,000 Suit A $300,000 suit charging libel has been filed in Madison County Superior Court against State Re publican Chairman William E. Cobb by Zeno H. Ponder, regis trar of the Marshall voting pre cinct. Both precinct jjudges, Repubii Both precinct judges, Repuibli orat Or en Rice, Wednesday were issued extensions of time to file jniiptaiats by Clerk, of Superiof "Court Herbert Hawkins. The or ders issued by Hawkins indicated One Of Heaviest Votes In Madison County's History Is Recorded MADISON CRASH INJURES FOUR that both men would file com plaints similar to that of Ponder and would ask $300,000 damages each, making a total of $900,000. Bonder's suit is based on o'tvarges -made by Cobb after Mad ison County votes were tallied in October, 1959, in a state-wide bond election. Propositions to issue $100,000 in State Armory Capital Im provement Bonds and to issue $500,000 in North Carolina State Ports Bonds for port facilities at Southport near Wilmington) were civen 30 ,4tfoJr' votes imd 905 (Continued To Page Four) Mars Hill Wildcats Champs; All-Conference Team Named County Players Honored; Mars Hill Wins Seven Conference Games 1 B. Ramsey News-Record Is Day Late Due To Election In order that the readers can have the official results of the election, The News-Record is a day late this week. Since Nov. 11 Veteran's Day is on Fniday, rural papers will not be delivered until Saturday, anyway, since the rural carriers get a holiday. CLOSING DATE FOR 1960 ACP DRAWS NEAR1 flCLYDE PEEK IS nNAMEDPISGAH ,: LOOP PRESIDENT Clyde Peek, veteran Mara Hill High coach, Monday night was ' lected as president of the Class A . Pisgiah Conference for the 1960 61 school year. - . Peek coached Mars HdU to the - district basketfcaU playoffs last winter, and directed the Wfldcats to the Pngah Conference cham- pionahb v this season with a 7-0 mark, " Z J 'VJ"-f ' Be was elected at a conference meeting at the Sports Mart. Oth er officers elected were ' Perry Plemonons of Clyde as vice pres ident and Bill Cathey of Rosnvan as secretary and treasurer. K&med to comprise the executive comrmMtee were W. 3. Nedbitt of r ' yZ'.e, Bill Metoalf of Tryoa a 1 Hoy Reeves of Hot Springs. , With the 1960 Agricultural Conservation Program closing in just a few more weeks, approxi mately 88.000 Tarheel farmers signed up to participate in the program, according to figures re leased today by W. E. Matthews, Chairman of itlhe Agricultural 'State Committee. Maitrtfhews reports, however, that of this figurem many farmers have qualified for Federal' cost- (Continned To Last Page) During a meeting of officials of the Pisgah Conference, held at the Sports Mart, in Asheville Mon day night, Mars Hill was recog nized as conference football cham pions and Clyde as runner-up. The group also selected an all- conference football team compris ed of 28 players, 15 linement and 13 backs. The champion M-ars Hill team landed six of its start- era on the squad. Clyde and Ros- man placed four apiece while Cry- on, lumeyviile, Marshall aind Hot Springs had three each and Cane River placed two. Biggest man named to the squad was end Tom Melton, a 6-6, 210- ( Continued To Page Four) i A driver and three passengers were injured about 1 :30 p. m Sunday in the crash of a pickup truck on Big Pine Road in Madi son Copnty, Highway Partolman E. E. Hall reported. Wade Massey, 43, of Walnut RFD 1, the operator, was treated at Memorial Mission Hospital for forehead lacerations and abra sions of the leg and hand. Three passenigers, aill of Wal nut RFD 1, also treated at the hospital, were: Mrs. Ciara M-as-sey, 43, forehead lacerations and body bruises; Mrs. Hattie Buck ner, 45, cuts on the hand, and and Mrs. Kate Massey, 48, abra sions of the face, arms and knees. Patrolman Hall said Massey lost control of has vehicle on a isharp curve and plunged down a (15-foot embankment. The truck overturned on its side and was an estimated $375. BANDS, OTHERS WILL VISIT MARS HILL SATURDAY Seven Western North ' Carolina high school bands and about 100 boys, ages 12-16 from the Royal Ambassador organizations of WNC Baptist churches are pected at Mars Hill Saturday for special activities at Mans Hill College. The bands, comprised of ap proximately 300 boys and girls. will participate in the college's third annual Band Night. Includ ed are Marshaill, Mars Hill, Can ton, Clyde, Sylva-Webster, Bethel and Kings Mountain. The Royal Ambassadors and their adult counsellors will take part in the annual campus visita tion program sponsored jointly by the college and the Baptist State Convention's RA secretary, B. W. (Continued To Page Four) State Senator Clyde M. Roberts Unseats Canipe For State Senate Clyde M. Roberts BROTHERS LEAP FROM CAR AS IT RUNS OFF ROAD Two Marshall brothers narrow- iy escaiped serious injury or pos sible death late Thursday after noon when the steering mechan ism in their car broke, causing thei0pponen(; vehacle to travel 50 feet off the left side of U. S. 25-70 and down a steep embankment a distance of 600 feet. The accident occurred approxi mately .3 k a mile north of the Ivy River Bridge and about two miles from Marshall. The driver, J. B. Read Jr., 19 was injured slightly when he and his brother, Harold, about 16, jumped from the 1953 car just before it went over the shoulde of the highway. He was treated at an AsheviiMe hospital and re leased. Patrolman Edward E. Hall said that the car was totally de molisned. He added that the en gine was thrown completely out of the automobile and landed some 20 feet away from it. In one of the "heaviest" flec tions ever held in Madison Coun ty, the Democratic candidate won in every race. Although it was a sweep for the Democrats, tremen dous gains were noted in the Re publican columns. Republican Clyde M. Roberts, Marshall attorney, was victorious in his bid for the State Senate in the 30t'n Senatorial District. He unseated Democratic incum bent Albert Oaniipe. The District is composed of four counties Madison, Avery, Mitchell, and Yancey. Mr. Roberts received 14,375 votes to Mr. Canipe's 10, 338. Democrats were elected to coun ty offices as follows: Representa tive, Listen B. Ramsey; Auditor, Frank Ramsey; Tax Collector, W. T. Moore ( incumbent) ; Register of Deeds, Halliard Teague (incum bent) ; County Commissioners, W. M. (Bill) Roberts, Gay B. Merrill and Emery WallLn; Coroner, W. A. Sams (unopposed); County Surveyor, Lee Roy Shelton (un opposed ) . In the North Carolina Guber natorial race, Democrat Terry Sanford won over his Republican Robert Gavin, 4848 to 4193 in Madison County. San ( Continued To Last Page) Governor U. S. Senator B. Everett Jordan ??iFmrn.a MdK-f -J x J ( s - 1 -1 x - ' i - mm- ' -r 1 Turkey Shoot To Be Held Here Saturday, Nov. 19 Shown above are members of the Madison County ASC Committee and ' personnel receiving citation as the outstanding county office in the : district, for 1960. , . ( " - s : ' Front Row, left to right: Anna Mae Tipton, ACP. Clerk; Hattie Jarrett, Performance Clerk; Genell Fox, Chief Clerk; Ralph Kamsey, Office Manager, and H. D. Godfrey, State Administrative Officer. Back Row, left to right: Novile Hawkins, Committee Chairman; Joel : B. Morgan, Vice-chairman, and Andy. N., Woody, Committee Member,. Absent were "Minnie Rice, Gen. Clerk, & Dorothy Sprinkle, Adm. Clerk A big turkey shoot will be held on the Island here on Saturday, November 19, it wis announced here this week. The shoot will begin at 10 o'clock in the morning and last until four o'clock. Lee Sluder will be in charge of the event and he states tihat am- muirwtdon will be furnished but to bring your shotguns. A large number of expert guns men are expected to enjoy the event which is being sponsored by the Marshall Chamber of Com merce. Terry Sanford 1 Marshall Man Hurt In Plant Accident Re-Elected" To Congress Basil - WLitener Edward Reece, 24, of Marshall, was admitted Saturday night, to St. Joseph's Hospital for treat ment of arm injuries, reported at the hospital to have been re ceived in a granary plant ac cident at Mar-s Hill. Reece's arm was reportedly caught in a piece of machinery. It was necessary to amputate the arm below the elbow, according to the hospital report. CLAUDE A. CODY IS AWARDED TVA CERTIFICATE Claude A. Cody, of Foster Creek section wias presented with a certificate Wednesday ' in v rec ognition and appreciation of 25 years of eervioe as a TVA as rain ' gauge observer. , , - . , 1 Mr. Cody is one of 24 such ob- : servers m ..-the ntir ' 41,000 qur jniles f,' the' Tennessee ViaBey to receive this jeooirnition and tbe only one in Madison County. :- i. The radnflall station known' as Cody's Store bas Wti checked daily by . Mrl Cody or smne cna io ilia family since it n .a f.'r established, in Au- V' , t records of r.,?a S: j carefuy recorJed .
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