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Girl C::3lpc3S:.TpDp
C::oruj arch 12-10
Marshall A od Walnut
, Troops To Participate j , ,
Urge Cooperation,
- .
, Girl Scout Week will ,be cele
: bruited from 'Sunday,, March 12,
i through Saturdays March. 18, by
the Pisgeh Girl Scout Council.
Local . Girl.' Seonte will
jodn 8 million girls' and adults
across the country in observing
the 49th Anniversary of the found
i img of Girl Scouts of the U, S. A.
March 12 marks the formation of
the first Girl Scout troop in Sav
annah, Georgia, by Juliette Low
in 1912. ' ' ! . v '
In announcing Girl Scout Week,
Mrs. Chanles U. Culmer, preai
' dent of -Gorl Scouts of the U. S. A.
cited ,.the ;organiaation'e :hirthdey
' years theme, "Honor the iFaat
' Serve the Future." "We do" mot
only encourage girla to become
'familiar with their own "heritage
and the orlg of Scjouting"
she said, "but we help Ahem' to
: prepare forN their, future roles as
homemakera, .citizens and (profes
sional workera. We wra nroud to
" see 'how many former Girl ficouts
Sieve distinguished' themeelves in
all of these areas.'
"Through oinr - many Senior
aide programs we offer girls an
ffnnaritunaittr to explore and. test
: their abilities in a broad , variety
of fields," Mrs. Culmer explain
ed. "In edditkwn,' we plan youth
forums land "vocationa : guidance
'conferences to
- interest, . such as foreign service
1 and the sciences, designed to as
sist gkia of Senior' Scout age to
select their life woTk and avoca.
tions." . ' ' ; ,
During 1961 Girl Scout Week,
the Fisgah Girl Scouit Councjf da
: out career women in its Own com
nuinitj ia. an. effort to, evaluate
what Girl Scouting has meant to
f them, and to enlist (their laid - in
Girl Scout program. :
f Qualified women will be in vi
' ted to work iwith the gonls as lead-
era and troop consultants . '
Participating in; the observence
; in Madison County are 46 r irJ
, , members of the Mairahail and Wal
nut ( Troops, "whioh, ' include one
" Brownie. 'and ; two" Intortnediate
; Troops; -11 " adults are also parta-
cipaittng in Girt Scouit Week. '
FEED GRAIN ; .
ACREAGES NOW
BEING RECORDED
i Farmers '' in ,'Madison County
who snay be interested in a posai
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Suits Filed Last November
s. ; By Zeno H. Ponder ,: ,; .
And 2 Others '
Stats Republican ' Chairman
.William 'E. Cobb t of Morganton
fcias asked that three label, suits
filed against him in Madison Coun
ty - Superior Court be ; dismissed
and that the threev men who
brou.t the charges be taxed
court cc- 'i. The snrts ask dama
ges tv,:, ,". z $aoo,cco. ' ..Tt--!.
Tl.o si:''- were f'lod last No-
r 1 y
Tonv
:er, reg
ing .pre-
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C. C. Graham Is
Killed Accident!
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Last Thursday
Native Of Madison County
Killed By Accidental
, Gun Blast
A 'iirunslhot iwound took the.Bikfe
Thursday afternoon, March 2,
1961." of a, 85-year-old Candler
furniture lesnianr
Br. John C. Young, ..coroner,
said C. -C. Graham was apparerrt-
Iv killed insUunftly about 12:0 p
m. when a oaMbre rifle aoffl-
dentlm discharged senddng a
bullet into hie head.
Graham's body was found about
3 p. m. beneath a fence in the
backyard of bis home on Orowell
road, the coroner eaiid.
Dr. 'Young-said Graham, who
had been at borne alone during
the lunch bour, apparently w s
seairohinnr for animals which re
portedly bad bothered his
He was carrying an automatic
rifle when he attempted to crawl
under the fence, Dr. Young said.
Graham was irtative of Madi
son County and wlas a son of the
tote C. & and Betty Sober ts
LGraham. He was a member of
r
Eidgewood IBaptist Church.
Graham was a Navy veteran of
World War ir and 'had been
salesman for Candler Furniture
Co. for 15 yeara. He ia survived
by the widow, ' Mrs. Miildred
Greene i Graham; a daughter,
Brenda.'and a sister, Mirs. Jose
phine, Payine of Alexander,
Alcvan'l'
fy -cwlu
"Servlces-",wet
ucted a t
4 p. m. Saturday, in tlie E4t,re
wood' Baptist 'Church by the Revs.
GNen Short and Hobart HcFalls.
PaBbearens were Bobby and Gra
dy .Hawkins, Dean , pearson, ' Leo
Meadows, x R. G. Moss Jr.. ; and
Fred' Roberts, .Burial was in
Forest Uawn Cemetery.
RABIES CLINICS
ARE SCHEDULED
Dog ' vaccination . clinics . ' have
been scheduled for many areas in
Buncombe County. Dr. Margery
J. Lord, .Madison. County Health
Director 'has obtained a ' schedule
of .the clinics for the information
of Madison County residents who
may wish to utilize them.'. ;
.' The followdn T schedulLe ; lists
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LVIULaJI
WOJIEN MEETING
IN WORKSHOP ON
PICTURE; FRATiffiS
Women from our xounty are
meeting today and (Friday for , a
special ; workshop , ' on picture
frame refiniehdng. i Frames that
are in need of ref inbhing could
become one of your most priaed
possessions vi'.'h a little effort on
your part Do you have family
oortraits in 'these frames? Would
you 1-e to d'T'jy t'-emt bnt j ;
.- :t l--.-,r to Itk t t'9 f
t" 1 "j iJ 8'"9 C':'9' c our r
? ' 1 to aiUiul i t
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CIIORAL CLINIC
AT MARS HILL
THIS WEEK-END
A choral clinic for high school
students, orgdneilly scheduled Feb.
8-4 but .postponed ' because of
enow, wall be held at Mars Hill
College on thus Fridey and- Sat
urday. Approodinrntelly 200 vatudents
from 25 high schools" throughout
the (western half of the ataite will
attend. ' .
Dr. Lee Poser, : music profes
sor and durector . off choirs ; a
Marshall College . in Hiuntington,
W. Va., wiffl conduct the two-day
workshop, which has been spon
sored annually - by the fcaptiat
junior college hers since 1949.
Among the sdhools which have
made reservations are Marshall
and Mars HdM, directed by John
Lackey and Henry Clay Edwlairds.
FIRE WARDENS
ATTEND MEET
AT HOT SPRINGS
The Annual Fire Workers
Training Meeting for Fire War
dens on' the French Biroad Ranger
District .was held at the Ranger
Station in Hot Springs on Thurs
day March 1, 1961. A very inter
est imv program was arranged by
Mr. William A. Tuttde, Assis
tant District Ranger and pre.
sentei' bv the regular j .French
Broad Ranger District personnel
Topics discussed were , Fire , Pre
vention, Sbftey, The Job of The
Grew iBoss, Fire Line Constructs
ion, Mop-up Standards and Time
lweninff. Mr. Moodv Chandler,
S,'e Fire Wairdon 1 rom J'ir-hall,
f avft,a 'ood' tfv n I f '
ment. . lcr. Don f.lj-ua.;, i.
Manaigdment Biologist fin tlie
Supervjlsora Oiffiice dire , Adlieville
summarized the meeting and made
the dosing remarks. - Fire War
dens attending the meeting were
Fred I A. ' Bamett, : Cfaurence B.
CutohaV, W. C. Outshadl, Martin
S. Gosnell,! David R, Noland, Har
dy W. Phillips.: (Roy. JRoberts,
Grant Shelton and Waymon Wal-
droup. .
3 FACE TRIAL
EN ROBBERY
y': Three teenagers, Monday were
bound over for trial in Buncombe
Superior Court under $500 'bonds
each on charges of highway rob
bery, stemming from the allleged
robbery Friday night of. $24 from
a 74-yeswsold Leicester man. r
Robert -Clark, 19 of Alexander,
waived prelimprJary examfinatkln
in AsheviUe Police Court. '
" Probable " cause'.' 'was 'found
aginst Lewis M. Hafeail, 17, of
Leicester, and Andy Capps, XI, of
Rt 6,' Marshall.
The ' trio was . taken into cus
tody after Clifford H. Mears, 74,
of .Leicester, had ; reported to
Defc Sgt. J. D. iBtaker and J. W.
Silvey Jr. that be bad been rob
bed.''. . ---j ,
HONOn JME P
SEuVE::THE.;FUT"
Dclnl
X (More than 40,000 people are ex
pected to attend the Better liv
ing Esposnaon dwrtag mis iout
days Aan
vills Ci t y. Auditoriurn, . starting
Wedinesday, March 15, J
'According 'to sthe officials of
the Exposition, there wiU be,' 137
booths and '. flpeoial exhiiibiita dis
playing hundreds of new ideas,
inventions end products, valued
at isj quarter million dollars, con
ceived for the promotion of bet
ter h personal and commiunlty life
throughout outt -Western Nortih
Carolina region. . Many products
on display will be seen by the pub-
lie for -.the.'' first tame and "ma
prove interest provoking! and in
trisudng. '
It is stated .that 79 ' Ashev&Ue
and regional bueinesa fMims wmU
participate i m the ' Exposition
wibh eshibits of services amid
products for .which tfhey are deal
ers or distributors. Counting the
decorators, ipersonnel of partioi-
panta, auditorium and newspaper
employees, over 1,000 people are
involved -in the project.
- An added attraotrion" for . visi
tors - wiU be numerous vtaluable
prisses totaling mors than $6,000
that Jwill toe given away during
the four-day- event.
v Taking part in the gala opening
of the Exposition will be the May
or of Asheville, Earr W. Eller,
and dignitaries from various com
inuindities and countieis of Western
North Carolima'. Pulchritude will
exert its shture of attraction in
the presentation of MAas D;f
Miss. North CaTO!!'na, .Miss 8,
Crrolina amj M!"-i I " 'l'nln
of North C:.-' ' .. ' 1
of levity winl sunn , u..t
ions antics of Linnu 1 Kelly 1 Jr,
America'e 'famous cW eiik
tainer. j, .'..- ' i , '
' The .(Better Living Exposition
will be open to everybody inter
ested in n richer, ' fuller way of
life. - There - wdffli' be a nominal
charge fox Udmission '. of fifty
cents per person. '',,..
BAPTISTS TO
MEET AT MC;
TO MAKE PLANS
' iBaptists - throughout the west
ern half of the state wil be in
vited to "a special . conference at
Mars .Hill College on vApril 6 to
help bem prepare for la called
sesskn of the Martlh iCarolina
Baptist - State Convention in
Greensboro on May 4. . ' -...
At . the . Greensboro meeting
North Carolina Baptists will be
asked to launch a campaign to
raise $45 million for the seven
Baptist cof-tegee in the state and
for .the' Baptist student work on
other campuses, - . -J,
The meeting here xwill provide
opportunity for discussion of the
proposed campaign and give Bap
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Stbdipg
FIVE JAILED,
ONE SOUGHT IN.
ASSAULT CASE
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' Sheriff Laurence E. Brown of
Buncombe County reported Mon
day that five Madison County
youths were being held in Bun
combe County -jail without bond
on charges of raping: a as'-year-old
widow ' at knifepoint last . Friday,
' The five were identified as L.
D. -Buokner, .19; Bruce Ramsey,
18; Oyne iRobineon, -21, of Mars
Hill ; ChartoS Randall, 21 and Lar
ry : RUndall, 19., The latter wo j
are .brothers, the sheriff said! i
One other man ds being sought
for questiomng and investigation
in - connection with the . incident
which allegedly occurred at . the
head of iBaird's , Cove, Deputy
Flake S. Moffitt said."
.Raimeey reportedly met the wo
man, a. MSitcheU County resident,
at a night spot land ; persuaded
her to Heave with hikn on the1 pre
text of driving 'her 'home, Moffitt
related. -. - ' ' ' I'-jiiv
Ramsey then is alleged to have
picked vgf the other five youths
and to have driven to the bead of
Baird's -iCove, Afoffitt said.
Three of the men have admat
ted that the woman was threaten
ed with a' knife, officers stated.
.The woman, attends a school in
A&heviile, has three children, and
lost her husband in a drowning
accident about four yeara ago. v
Sheriff .Brown said Charles
wdnJl was sentd to a
ipins-
i . itnA" .R. ' I. pCumy in
1951 (for kuuku z inio a 'guk'
dornutory at Mara Hill College,
and escaped about 18 months ago
from a prison camp at Troy.
BRADM ,
HEADS NCEA
C : Wayne Bradbuirmi of i the
Transylvania County school sys
tem and former coach kit Marsbaill
High School,' has been elected
Western district president of the
North Carolina Education Associ
ation. '
Donald D. ' Jones, (principal of
Lee H. 'Edwards High School in
Asheville was, elected vice presi
dent and lOharies "A. Pearee Jr.,
of Transylvania County was elect
ed secretary.
'Results of the recent election
were 'announced by the NOEA
board of directors foUowing the
canvass of the baHots. .
Dr. Lloyd - Y, Thayer, assistant
superintendent of High Point city
schools, was elected state NCEA
president and Dan S. Davis, ' Un
ion County school superintendent,
wlas elected vice president. Thay
er and Davis were both unoppos
ed. . A
"Western district delegates to
the , National V Education - Assn.
convention in Atlantic City, N.
J., in June will be (Clifton An
drews of Asbeville ' city school
system and Sallie Green Allison
of Henderson County schools.
gAud:sinai,ied
TO BOARD 07 ED.;
TEnn gi;.;:i:d
J, G. Gardner was named
succeed Owen TZson on tT.e I "
ism County Board of .E.!u -in
a bill it 'rodjceJ We.'. .'
T-p. Luton iB. Eajnscy cf Z'
..: :l .
r 1 ' to fall -r
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MADISON CASE
MOTIONWILL
BE HEARD LATER
A hearing in' U. S. Middle Dis
trict Court in Greensboro on a
motion to dismiss a law suit
started as the result of a Durham
law student's arrest in Madison
County last fall has been contin
ued. ' f
James R. Vosbnrgh, thindyaair
law student at the University of
North Carolina, contends be was
maliciously , arrested while ob
serving activities at Utpper Spring
Oreek precinct in Madison Coun
ty last .November. He asks $500,
000 damaiges. ;
A consent order setting a new
date for the bdaring will be sub
mitted to Judge Edwin M. Stan
ley, the Associated Press report
ed. - .'
The hearing was originally set
for Monday.
Defendants m ne actvon are
Madison 'Sheriff E. Y. Meadows,
B. K. Meadows, registrar in Up
per Springs Creek, Wayne Payne,
Wayne Norris land Vestde Worley.
DITUNNO GIVES
HOSPITAL FACTS
AT. CO. MEETING
easibility Of County Unit
Is Discussed; Study
- - To Continu.p-
7 TSi.
n ir. John F. DauiAiO. idoiah
ilot Springs phyioiatij prosen i,. .
.pertinent facts obtained from tine
North Carolina Medical Gouttmh-
sion concerning ithe erection of a
county hospital at the Chamber
of -Commerce meeting here . Tues
day. Groundwork was started at
.the meeting to further study the
feasibility of a county hospital
to be erected near the center of
the county. '
In addition to Dr. Ditunno's re
marks others heard at the meet
ing included Dr. Margery Lord,
Madison .County Health' Depart
ment; ,Mrs. iFrances Ramsey
superintendent, Madison County
Welfare Department; Col. R. F.
Hill, Engineer, State Sanitation
Department; Dr. W.' A. Sams,
who introduced Dr. Ditunno;
Gaston Gage, manager of Pacific
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LG3?uing !
Mars Hill Red Cross
Council To Sponsor
Bloodmobile, Mar. 23
The Red Cross Council of Mars
Hill High School will sponsor (the
Community BloodmobiJe visit on
Thursday, Jrarch 23, at the First
Baptist Church in Mars Bid from
12 noon (urtU 6:00 p. m.
Tie
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Sales Of Crops And Live
stock, Milk Products
Have Increased
Madison County farmers have
ishown a steady increase in farm
sales for .the past several years.
Sales' of crops land livestock have
climbed liked steps as follows:
1966, $4,493,627; 1957, $4,857,
624; 1968, $5,526,796; 1059, $5,
466,087; 1960, $5,773,364.
Income from forest, govern
ment payments, and miscellane
ous farm sales are to be added' to
these figures to give the grand to
tal farm income on 1960 of $6,-
This .increase in volume was ac
complished with a decreasing
number . of flamms and people liv
ing on farms.
Some of the more interesting
changes jin farm saka from Madi
son (County are ae follows: k -
From . Tobacco : 1966, $2,966,- ;
657; 1957, $3,064,766; 1966, $3,
25796i 1969, $3,11948; 1960, '
$3,27723. ' . T-tf -
From Milk: 1956, $405356; .
1967, $463,692; 1968, ' $49750 ;
1959, $546,480; I960, $665,380. -
. The tobacco income
$312,166. This represents only .
12.2; : This increase was ie re
sult of a slight increase in yield .
and price (per pound. The increae-
ed price was tt result of decreased
surpCue of tobacco and a alight
Increase in demand, The demand
picture may be ejqpeoted to re
main a bout the same if cigarette
consumption continues to increase.
The recent increase in allotments
by 6 couibi possibly create bur
densome surpluses egmin, especdal
ly if the 1961 and 1962 tobacco
seasons -i -faivorable .for good
production. y Madison . farmems
tJiould do fwek ':, best to 4roduce
good crops of the best quality to
bacco they can if hey expect to
gain maximum cash benefits from -the
6inorease., 1 .
The increase' in" income from '
the sale of milk of $169624 rep
resents a Z9J6 increase. This in-,'
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PRESBYTERIANS
TO HOST SYNOD;
TEAM SUNDAY
The Marshall . Presbyterian
Church will be. host to the Synod
Presbyterian Team for the North
Carolina . Church this -Sunday
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iBoys ' and girls In Madison
County are joining, . other 4-II
Club members throughout the na
tion this week by observing Na
tional) 4-H Club Week. The first
full week of March is set eskie
each year for the observance 1
recognition of some of the w..k
4-H Club members tare &
iMamy of the 4-H Club nv
are continuously work;. g t
jects wlich require it . . y .
of kbor to complrte. -
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pit mr,g iiey 1st
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