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8 PAGES THIS WEEK
MARSHALL, N, C, THURSDAY JANUARY 19, 1961
$2.60 A Year In Madison A Buncombe Counties
$4.00 A Tear Outside These Two Counties
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Heed For County Hospital
Discussed At C Of C Meeting
To Be Inaugurated Friday
District NCEA Meeting To
De Held Here Next Tuesday
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Dr. John Ditunno Is Guest
Speaker Tuesday;
To Make Study
"We have no alternative ex
cept to Ibuild a county hospital
if we expect to progress, arbtnact
industry and improve our care
for the sack," Dr. JoStn F. Ditun
no, popular Hot Springs physi
cian told' members of the Mar
shall Chamber of Commerce and
other guests at a dinner meeting
Tuesday ait the Presbyterian
Church. "If we are satisfied to
ait on our haunches then we can
not exipect doctors u. reside for
any length of time in our coun
ty," he added.
Dr. Ditunno spoke to the heart
of every person present when he
urged a further study of the pos
sibility of a county hospital for
(Madison. It was pointed out that
ifihe "horse and buggy" diays of
doctors traveling day and .night
from home to home caring for
the sick had just about passed.
"Common sense proves that doc
tors are almost compelled to have
" adequate equipment and accom
modations to be of the best serv
ice to the .patient," Vie said. Dr.
Ditunno praised the doctors for ,
their lives of service but ipointed
out the urgent need tor more hos
pital) facilities.
"It is hard to attract industry
without a modern medical cen
ter nearby," he continued. In
oases oi emergencies, sucn as
broken hones, cuts, injuries, sud
den attacks, etc., minutes saved
could mean the difference be
tween life and death,", the added.
He also brought ouit the fact
'that money spent an other coun
ties and states at hospitals could
be spent in' Madison .Comity if
there . was .a.Lhoapdtal. , iH said
! that ..' county! hospital . would
FARMERS URGED
TO FIGHT ANY
TOBACCO TAX
tcfeteite Ja this county--4n4"-uc
for' ttM's coirny Vwi!cK would woqjk
M4U IU' )1OTI 114 WHIM Ull VbMVl All V4
ieai centers and BuVwombe Coun
ty surgeons and personnel.
Dr. Ditunno was introduced by
Dr. Ed Niles. -
A committee was appointed by
Jim Story, president of the Ohami
. - ber of .Cannmerce, composed of
J ! jQbate Senator Clyde M. Roberts,
itepiresentative L. B. Ramsey, ill
Roberts, chairman of the county
commissioners, Dr. W. A. Sams,
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Raleigh The PTesiident of
the North Carolina Farm Bureau
warned yesterday that a possible
attempt to levy a tobacco tax in
North -Carolina is one of the
problems farmers moist face this
year.
B. C. Manguim of ' Rougemont
told the Wake County Farm Bu
reau to appose any attempts to
levy a tobacco tax. He said legis
lative committees are being
formed by farm groups to help
persuade members of the General
Assembly to appose such a tax.
Some legislators gay new sour
ces of revenue will be needed to
finance a $106 million .public
school improvement program
backed by Gov. Terry Sanford.
Manguim told fhe group, "ev
eryday somebodly comes .to; me
and says that 'so-and-so' is for
the tobacco tax. Odds don't wor
ry me. We can. beat this thing if
we take an interest in it."
WHITENER FOR
3 ADDITIONAL
HOUSE SEATS
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Liquor Raiders Find Man
Sitting On The Evidence
Washington, D. C. Congress
man IBasil L. Wihitener (D-NC)
has introduced a bill in the House
As absorbing conversations go,
the one in the Big Laurel Section
of Madison County Wednesday
must have .been a dilly.
There sat Ervin (Spats) Gos
nell, 56, and Mrs. Nora ;Hensley
dantrell, 32, both of the Little
Laurel Section and both chatting
away as federaH and state officers
strolled up.
There's no federal or state law
aigainst a quiet chat in the woods,
but the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax
Division and state Alcoholic Bev
erage Control investigators had
good reason to be there.
After charging the two with op
eration of an illegal still, the of
ficers citem them for appearance
L L. STOREY DIE
THURSDAY AFTER
LENGTHY ILLNESS
Was News-Record Editor;
Arrangements Are
Incomplete
3 additional .permanent House
8fv Under .tW.WjbiA eas
ure the .pi-eseiW statutory number
greatly, help 4i (present medical J of 435 House seats would .be in-
of Representatives to .provide for at 10 a. n. Friday bafore U.. S
J Commissioner Lawrence Stoker.
Seems GosneMi isnd Mrs. Can
trelF 'jnever 'noticed the . of ficers,
who said Gosnell was , seated on
greased to 438, The bill is lidenti
oafl to one fflifcroduced' hy White-
ner m the Serai Congress but
wnion aiu. not reaon cne r loor 01
the House for a vote.
The 1HV District Congressman
declared in a speech before the
House that the purpose of his bill
''as to provide for the additional
representation in the House made
neceteary by the admission of
the. States of Alaska and Hawaii.
Under present law the 3 (Repre
sentatives tfhat these States will
have in the 88th Congress must
bo laibsorbed within the present
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County AGP "Signup"
Is Uovj Underway
-Madison County Allocated
$rp3,2o7?br For ACP
' Purposes
The County Agricultural Con
seryation.,Prognam for 1961 got
underway on! onday of this week.
Farmers, iwitfhin toie County may
file their requests for ' Govern
memit Cost-snaring on farm .prac
tices iwhjch will help them meet
their soil and water conservation
problems ' during the period of
January 16 through January 31
'according' to announcement by
Ealph W. Ramsey, County ASC
Office Marnager. Ramsey explain
ed that the basic objective of the
A CP Is to help farmers achieve
the necessary conservation of oar
eoil and water, resources by shar
ing the cost in performing needed
pnaeOces'' would or
couDd not "perform on their own
irrititatave. The, AOP might better
be defined as 'a Gove mmentf a r
mer twrtnershlip tlvrough nwhidh
the farmer and Government each
share about 60 of the cost of
perfoffimng ootieerviatiion .practi
ces to protect our soU and water
resources, thereby assuring the
adequate so3 and water resources
to supply their need of food and
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An "Initial" ACP sign up per
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WNC PHONE
SUBSIDIARY
IS APPROVED
six gallons of white iightin'. iBoth,
Oie officers said, were surrounded
by the still operations.
The investigators desti-oyed two
&5-gallons of whisky, five gallons
pf "backings" (low proof whisky )
and 2r0 galMons of mash.
ALso charged and cited for a
Friday, apperance was the alleged
owner of the farm where the still
was located, Jeff Rice..
The officers never learned fcha
topic of conversation, which ceas
ed abruptly.
"Give me liberty or give me
death" are not the only words
of Patrick Henry that go ringing
down the years. He also said, 'He
is the greatest patriot who stops
the most gullies."
Lanhford L; Storey. 52, of
Asheviile, died at four o'clock
this (Thursday) morning in am
Asheviile hospital following a
lengthy illness.
iMr. Storey was the son of Mr.
H. L. Story and, he late Mrs.
Story, of Marshall and Asheviile
and the brother of James Story,
of MrrWi 1 , iiM-f
Mr. Storey was a gnadoata, of
Marshall High School, and for
mer editor of The News-iReebrd
and at one time had the distinc
tion of being North Carolina's
youngest newspaper editor. -He
was a member of the Moose Club
of Asheviile, and was a former
member of the Woodmen of the
World, JOUAM, and a member
of the Marshall Baptist Church.
For the .past 14 years he "had
been employed at the Asheviile
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ASC OFFICIAL
RECOMMENDS
SOIL TESTING
At Inauguration
Among those attending the in
auguration in Washington, Fri
day are, Ned Ramsey, Millard
Tipton and Buddy Boswelli of
Marshall and Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Whitten of Hot Springs.
The Agricultural Conservation
Program for 1961 provides .sever
al instances where the Govern
ment shares with the farmer the
cost of conservation practices re
quiring (application of lime or fer
tilizer. Novile Hawkins, chairman
of the Agricultural Stalblizatian
and Conservation county commit
tee, says that although a soil test
is not mandatory under any of
these practices, it is strongfly re-
coi. mended in every oase.
Hawkins further brought out
i'?f the fact that several counties -in
the State have had or are having
drives to encourage 100 per cent
soil testing iprior to any planting.
"This," .Hawkins said, "just fur
ther emphasizes the need for a
scientific knowledge of soil ineedf
and t'lie following of soil test re
commendations." The conserva
tion pnactices under the ACP
which .should be preceded by a
Boil test include establishment of
permanent pasture, additional
vegetative cover in a crop rota
tion, application of liming ma
terials on farmland, improvement
of permanent .pasture and others.
Every on of these AOP prac
tices recommends that the farm
er take a soil test to determine
needed soil treatment.
The need for lime on Madison
soils is great and even with cost
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COUNTY ACP
VENDORS MEET
SET JAN. 19-20
Business fiiims or persons de
fining to become qualified and ap
proved as eligible County ACP
vendors for 19G1 will have an op
portunity to do so on Thursday
or Friday of this week. Accord
ing to ASC Office Manager,
Ralph W. Raimsey, there are two
basic requirements for becoming
an approved County vendor so as
to be eligible to furnish ACP con
servation materials such as seeds,
lime and fertilizer to farmers un
der the Government purchase or
der plan. Namely the require
ments are (1) tliat he attend ia
vendors meeting each year at
which the program procedures,
forms and vendors agreements
are explained in detail; and (2)
that he execute and secure appr
oval on a vendors agreement
with the county ASC office.
The county ASC office manag
er stated that all known prospec
tive vendors had been given writ
ten notices regarding t'ne two
meetings scheduled for January
19 and 20. It was further -pointed
out that each of the meetings
would be held in the ASC office!
at Marshall, that they would
start .promptly at 9:30 a. m., and
last till noon. Attendance of only
one of the meetings is required.
Two meetings are being held so
as to accommodate more of the
prospective vendors for 1961.
In condlus-ion, Ramsey stated
that the meeting scheduled for
Thursday and Friday are the on
ly ones to be held in jMdisoa
this spring and urged represent
atives of business firms or per
sons interested to attend one of
the meetings if they desire to be
come an approved vendor for
Madison County.
Between 300 - 400 School
Personnel To Be In
Marshall
The North Carolina Education
of this -district will meet at the
Marshall High School next Tues
day afternoon, it was announced
today.
.Between 300-100 superintend
ents, principals and teachers
from Madison, Buncombe, .Mitch
ell and Yancey Counties iaiml also
the Asheviile City Schools are
expected to attend.
The opening session will begin
in the school auditorium at four
o'clock with Mr. R. L. Edwards,
principal, welcoming the group.
At six o'clock, dinner will .be serv
ed iirv the school cafeteria and t!he
final session will begin at seven
o'dlock in the auditorium.
This meeting is one of ia series
being held throughout the state
by various districts of the NCEA
where they study line needs and
accomplishments of the schools.
"We are delighted to welcome
the district school personnel ts
Marshall amd are looking forward
to an interesting meeting," Mr.
Edwards stated.
SH PATROLMAN
HALL RESIGNS
:h 'I ;S.
The State Utilities Commission
Friday authorized Western Caro
lina Telephone Co., to organize a
fully owned subsidiary to provide
service to runal areas in the
Western part of the state.
The action was taken to en
able Westoo, the subsidiary, to
acquire an $8 million loan from
the iRural Electrification Admini
stration. '
Under the plan, Westoo will
assume service responsibility for
western exchanges at BakersviKe,
Fontona, Hayesville, Hot Springs,
Marshall, Mars Hill, , Murphy,
Robinsville and Clayton, Ga. -
r At a Shearing Dec. 8, Western
Carolina officials said the Motion
would not at the . present time
necessitate rate increases except
in cases ,wfhere new exchanges are
put tnta operation. '. -- S '-
The firm, however, requested
that 4ts rights not be waived to
reqneist rate changes' in the future.
No .- one (protested the Western
proposal at the ' Utilities' Cotn
miasion hearing.-' ."
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Big Laurel Road
Is Improved
'Improvements were conitpleted
on more than 4 miles of roads in
the Thirteenth Highway Division
last -montfh.
Grading, draining and stabil
ization was completed on 0.45
mile of Big Laurel Road in Mad
ison County.
The Thirteenth Division com
prises Madison, Mitchell, Yancey,
Burke, McDowell, Rutheitforid,
and Buncombe Counties.
The resignation of Patrolman
E. E. Hall of Sylva from the
State Highway Patrol effective
Sunday was announced Tuesday
by Captain H. C. Johnson, com
manding officer, Troop F. Hall
was sworn into the patrol June
16, I960, completed his basic
training in September, and has
eeny'bffslati6n91 at Mar- -shall.
School Bus, Car
Collide IMadison
No injuries resulted from an
accident involving a school bus
and a car in Madison County
Wednesday.
Pfc. A. L. Feldman of the
State Highway Patrol reported
the accident occurred about 5 p.
m., when .the bus skidded on ice
and struck a parked car on rural
road 1503 a half mile north of
the Y.ancey County lliine.
Floods can scoop the life-giving
topsoil from one .man's land and
deposit it three hundred miles
down tihe river.
Dr. E. S. Preston Speaks
At Red Gross Dinner
PAUL SOSSAMON
LIKELY TO BE
U.S. MARSHAL
THE UAD SHIFTED-- Ray Gillenwater "of Evansville, Ind.v 'who
was driving this tractor-trailer truck when it got off U.'S. 25-70 in
Madison County just north of the Buncombe County line about 2:30 a.
in' Friday, said his load of finished plywood shifted as he entered Tur
key Neck Curve and caused him.to loae control cf the rig, State Troop
er Edward Hall reported. ; Gillenwater escaped i jury, but damage to .
guard fails mowed down was estimated at ap'
: Dfiinftffp tn th '195R; Tntprnatinnnl triieV and
-rnately $3,000.00, IT" 11 said. The truck, hang;
e. 9 of a steep er.oankment, had to be unlo
. ;" ; " "k..-.: .- i t . "V T"u datirUtu
imately $I,t)00.00.
rgo was appron
ccariously on the
rfore it could be
' ryille Citizen-Tim' '
Paul D. Sossamon, a U. S. dep
uty .marshal since 1933, appeared
Monday to be the next U. S. Mar
shal for the Western District of
North Carolina.
Both Sen. Sam J. Ervin and
Sen. B. Everett Jordan aaddr Mon
day they recommended -Sossa-mon'a
appointment to Praeddent
elect John F. Kennedy. Sossamon
will succeed Roy A. Hianmon of
Banner Elk, marshal for (the past
eight years. .' .-, V-.;- -,v-..'--"' v,-;.t
The f Sassamone, who live at 8
Unaka Ave., have son, John C.
of Asheviile, and daughter, Mrs.
WilKani Munday of ; Gainasville,
In addition to Sossamcmy
erat other names had figured on
eariief I speculation including"
Chief ' Do, 'y Marahal J. IPaul
Teal Jf, deputy marshal CU' M.
Beam of Charlotte, Burke County
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150 At Buncombe-Madison
Dinner; Volunteers
Needed
The work of women volunteers
in Red Cross programs was
praised by Dr. Edwin S. Preston
of Raleigh, 'director of public re?
lationa for the State Board of
Health, tat the annual Buncombe
Madison Red Cross Chapter meeting-
Monday, night in Battery
Park Hotel .Y ,
About 150 persona attended the
meetintjj, at vhioh a number of .
awards were presented to volun
teers and new officers elected,
, Women, Preston said, furnish
much of the dncanrtive that goes '
into making of a complete Red
Cross, -progtmn.' .. "A. -' natjon ;
without women would atagna
Won," be quipped. ' .
' Wevertheless," he said, ' "you
can depend on just good1 work.
"A job "well done in Red! Cross
.is (not enough, As fine as this last
year has been, it .ia useless if hot
kept p and improved upon,"
Preston eaid. '
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