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Classroom Work T o Start
! On August 24; Will "
Observe Holidays
Superintendent Fred W. Ander
son announced r this ' week ,: that
"Madison County schools -will offi
cially open on Monday, August
21 with Prinoipal-Teacher Orien
tation which will coiwums two
days, Monday, and Tuesday.
- Mr. Anderson explained that on
Wednesday, Augiusk.3ihe day
would be devoted to Pupil-Teacher
Orientation when high- school stu
dents will pay neces&ary rental
fees and receive their books.. Mr;
Anderson said that the . high
school text book (rental fee will
be M.50.
. "Textbooks will be issued to
pupils upon receipt of these fees,"
Mr. Anderson stated.
He stated that school buses will
begin running Wednesday, and
school will begin tat 8:30 o'clock.
On Thursday, . August 24, the
first actual day of classroom stu
dies will begin with all students
attending. J.,- .'
The following holidays will be
observed, it was stated : '
District NCEA j Thanksgiving,
November 23-24; Christmas, De
cember 20-January 2; Easter, A-T
.pril 20-23; "(Provided too ' many
days have hot been lost due to bad
weather.) .
COUNTY ROADS
ARE IMPROVED
BENNETT SAYS
Highway :- Commissioner Yates
Bennett Saturday ' reported that
improvements were made to more
-l'H.-4a-mUesoiLiroads,,.in. Fn
combe, Madison and Yancey coun
ties last month.
Madison County improvements
included grading, draining and
paving on .150 miles of , Paint
Rock Road; on .15 mile of Grassy
Creek Road; and on 1.20 miles of
. Ivy River Road. The following
roads were resurfaced : , 1.60 miles
of Big Laurel Road; 8.20 miles of
Little Pine Road; .73 mile of Mars
Hill iHigh School Road; 6.30 miles
of Paint: Fork Road; 2 miles of
Hamburg Road; ,40 mile of Ham
marlund Mill Road; 1 mile of Big
Branch Road; and 1.5 mile of
loops of old US 19, south of the
Yancey County line.
arstioll Tbrnadcss Cpen
Season 2cre August 25
Will Play Hot Springs Blue
Devils; Schedule Is
Announced
Coach Ed Morton and assistant
coach J. C. Walla n have been drill
ing the Marshall Tornadoes daily
trying to (get them in shape for
the 1961 football season. With
the opening game scheduled for
Friday night, August 25, both
cdaohes realize that they have little
time to teach the boys fundamen
tals. .
Although :; a large number of
boys have reported for early prac
tice, Coach iMonton huts only eight
lettermen returning. They are
Harry Briggs .tackle; Luther Nix,
halfback; Clyde Candler, quarter
back; Paul Treadway, center; Co
lon Bishop, Danny Henderson and
Herbert Ponder, guards, and Tom
my Nix, ends. Harry Briggs and
Luther Nix are co-captains. '
The opening game will pit the
always fast Hot Springs Blue
Devils against the Tornadoes at
eiht o'clock Friday night, Aug.
5 on the local gridiron.
Below is the Marshall
School schedule:
Ar. t 3, Hot Springs,
r - t. 1, Eos-uian, here;
. HU-h
here;
pt 8,
:.V-ry-
Trrcn, f're; Sept. 15, T.1
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LOWELL MOORE IS
COAGIATMARS
IIILL SQIOOL
F. N. Willett, Bruce Phillips
.Transferred ; Moores
To Move ,
- Superintendent Fred W. Ander
son announced this week that Low
ell : Moore, who will receive his
Master's Degree tat the Universi
ty of JJorth Carpliwa inthe next
few days, has been named head
coach and physical education
teacher at 'Mars Hill High School.
He will report for duty on Man
day, August 28, H was explained.
Bruce Phillips; a member of
the Laurel school staff last year,
has been transferred to iMars Hill
scthodl where he will be assistant
coach. Phillips is now in charge
of football practice until Moore
Arrives.. ; J
Coach Moore is a graduate,
of .Sheppard's College in West1
Virginia, where he was a star
athlete. '
Superintendent Anderson also:
announced that F. N. Willett had
been transferred from Mars Hill
school to the Laurel school He
will serve as head coach of bas
ketball and baseball . and also be
physical education teacher. -
Mr. md iMrs. Mbore will move
to Mars Hill later this nmrCh.
INOUHSCII00LS
IS LAI1ENTED
There is too muol empliasis on
"togetherness" in' America's
schools, . North Carolina V school
superintendents meeting at Mars
Hill College, were told last week.'
Dr. J. Lloyd Trump, associate
secretary of the National Assn. of
Secondary School Principals, point
ed to that and other characteris
tics which he said are holding back
progress in education.
' He Said the American emphasis
on "togetherness" Unas . served to
retard " the education of many
children. "It has been proven
that average and above average
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Hot Springs High
Has 12 Lettermen
Back For Football
I Coach Roy Yates Ammons of
Hot Springs, announced this week
that he is drilling his boys hard
getting them ready for the open
ing game with Marshall at Mar
shall on Friday night,' August 25.
Coach Ammona stated that he
has twelve lettermen returning
with six new candidates already
reporting. He said he expects sev
eral more candidates after school
starts next week. (
Lettermen returning are Junior
Lovan, Bill Smith, Johnny Combs,
Johnny Roberts, Douglas Evans,
Cart Gentry, James Johnson, War
ren NiXi Johnny Moore, IBill Rob
erts, Charles Thomas and Freddie
Sharp. New candidates include
Charles Tolley, Jimmy Harmon,
Joe Combs, Bobby Combs, Everett
She! ton and Rof Johnson.
CiUrcns Should
TLzzd Ordinance
O.i IV 3 r.:7:;i
Legislators Not To Be Called
Before November ' ,a'
v:1:.: Election , "
- Gov. iSanford announced that a
statewide referendum will be held
Nov. 7 on whether to issue $61.6
million in bonds approved by fine
laei uenerai Aseemoiy. f
At the same time, the governor
told finis news conference no spe
cial session of the Legislature will
be held before the referendum te
consider a 'bond issue for school
construction. ,
Sanford said as would issue a
proclamation in the next day or
so calling for the special referen
dum . Of the bond Issue, $48 mil
lion would be used 3by tate-Bupr
ported colleges and other institu
tions. The remaining $13.5 mil
lion would go lor improvement of
state ports at Wdfanington nd
Morehead City.
Sanford was specific in eayinglthat the basic objectives of the
he would not call the legislators
into special session before the No
vember election.
"After that," :he said, "well
worry ; about other sessions and
other 'isBues.' . ,
The governor' has said he would
consider calling the legislators in
to sessions to act. on a bond issue
for school construction if federal
funds were not made available for
schools. The House committee has
tabled all proposals for federal
aid.', '"'):'?$
A reporter wanted to know if
Sanford would call a special ses
sion in 1962. . 0
iHe indicated this was looking
too far ahead by saying, "I'm not
considering what I'm going to do
even in December."
CAT7L5SIHPFUND
IS-0IJLY $20,CC3?
SHORT 0? GOAL
Wilmington ' The North Car
olina Battleship Commission has
collected all but $20,000 of the
$250,000 needed to bring the hIleMt eMgible voters in the re-
to Wilmington as a memorial and
tourist attraction.
Plans call for the battleship to
leave Bayonne, N. J., Sept. 6 on
its towing trip here, arriving on
September 16.
HEART PRESENTS
CERTIFICATES
HERE WED.
Hal Sieber, field director of fine
North Carolina Heart Associa
tion, of Chapel Hill, "visited Mad
ison County this weelc to present
certificates of appreciation from
the state heart (research group to
the leadership of the Madison
County Heart Council.
' Certificates were presented to
A. E. Leake, president of the
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NORRIS GENTRY
WINS 1ST PLACE
INSTATE CONTEST
Norris Gentry, son of Mr- and
Mrs. Edward Gentry of Hayes
Run, won first place in the Soil
and Water Management demon
stration in the state contest In
the winning demonstration, Nor
ris showed how to properly take
soil samples from fields and ex
plained the importance of soil
samplinig to fine farmer. Compet
ing in the slate contest were six
boys who hid been district win
ners in different locations of t' e
state.
The State f ."1 and Water Con-
serva
.in
I ";.trk ts rponsor t' e
.:.m eath y ar 1 y ry;s-;
County ASCS of f ices ; througfh-
out the mation began making fi
nal (payments to corn producers
under the . 1961 Feed Grain Pro
gram on Monday, August 7. Ac
cording to ' county ASOS . office
managerrRialph Ramsey, 23 I the
43 com producers of Madison, who
are participating m this special
program, have already bee& issued
their tflmal payments totaling $2,
653.00. Payments -to the remain
ing farmers are expected to be
made within the next few days.
Advance payments amounting to
approximately tnalf of the total
payments expected to be earned
under the program are made dur
ing the months of 'May and June
to these corn producers who agree
to reduce their 1961 corn acreage
by at least 20 of their (normal
acreage and 'divert such acreage
to conservation use. :
In conclusion, dRiaimsey stated
Program are: .? u scop me
buildup of feed grain surpluses,
and to reduce current stock of
feed; grain in government star
age; (2) To reduce government
cost of farm programs; (3) To
increase farm income, and (4) To
assure consumers fair tand stable
prices for meat, poultry, and dai
ry products. Tine only two grains
applicable ' under the 1981 Feed
Grain Proeram were corn and
grain sorghum
AUG. 21 DEADLINE
FOR PETITIONING
4SC NOMINEES
Farmers within the county have
only through Monday, Aug. 01 to
I nv J ' n OTiSatioiw .flf ASC Com-
this deadline date for petitioning
nominees, Andy N.- Woody, chair
man of fine Madison County ASC
committee, points Out that fai or
der for the petition to be valid it
mMt earrv the signature of at
spective ASC community for which
the nominations are being mode
and- that it must be submitted to
the county ASC office on or prior
to the closing date of Aug. 21.
The chairman also stated that un
der this year's regulations govern
tag the election of ASC eemmuni-
ty committee, the incumbent ASC
community committees will name
a slate of 10 nominees for their
communities if, no. petitions are
submitted by the deadline date of
Aug. 21 and urged farmers' who
would like to submit petitions to
do so immediately. In conclusion,
he pointed out that the names of
persons nominated x by : petitions
and the community boards would
be made public on Aug. 23 and
that an election at the polls will
be conducted on September 11.
Attention Firemen I
Marshall firemen are asked to
report at the drill Friday night
at 7:30 o'clock. Town hydrants
will be checked and some painted.
BY-PASS AND
MAIN STREET
RESURFACED
State Highway Department
Does A splendid
. Job Heire
Marshall's bypass is getting a
brand new resurfacing job murih
to the delight of tourists and oth
ers. This top coat is smoothly laid
of asphalt which makes driving
much easier and safer. ..
Marshall niotorists were, made
happy this week when Mam
Street, Lower tBndge Street and
the highway north of Marshall
were resurfaced with smooth as
phalt . .
The efficient crew worked fast
"laying" the surface and at vne
same time kept traffic moving
with only moments of delay.
It is also thought that mew
guard rails will be installed north
of Main Street along Frisby
Branch in the near future.
"We are indeed eratefu! to the
State Highway Department for,
these improvements," Mayor Wiade
Huey said here this week.
HUEY REELECTED
MODERATOR F.B.
BAPTIST ASSN.
Wade1 Huey, of Marshall" has
again been reelected moderator of
the Jreneh Broad Missionary Bap
tist Association. This ' marks "the
tenth year that Mr- Huey has
served as moderator. - , '
In addition to being moderator,
Mr. Huev is also tits mayor of
Marshall ,a Sunday School teach
er in the Marshall Baptist Church,
a businessman, aad an active
rmember of the Marshall Chamber
of Commerce.
LIGHT, DAMAGED
WHEAT ELIGIBLE
FOR SUPPORTS
The USDA has announced that
the 1961 crop price support -eli-
cflbilitv requirements tan toeing
broadened to include wheat grad
ing number 4 and 5 amd cample
because of damaged kernels (oth
er than heat damage). The dam
aged wheat made eligible must not
contain more Chan 14 per cent
moisture and must not be musty,
sour, heating or hot. The discount
for such wheat will be one cent
per bushel per percent of damage
from 7.1 to 15 percent and two
cents per bushel per percent if
damaged f rom iS.l to 30 percent.
The discount for wheat contain
ing damage in excess of 80 per.
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PATROLMEN
URGE SAFETY
SEPTEMBER 14
Motorists To Drive With
Lights On As Symbol
Of Pledge
Drivers will be requested to
drive with lights on as a symbol
of their Pledge for Safety in rec
ognition of their awareness of the
traffic accident (problem dn ail of
its seriousness from September 1
through September 4.
Lights on will indicate to other
highway users that the driver is
conscientiously observing tall safe
ty rules dn a cooperative effort to
keep the Labor Day week-end ac
cident experience as low as pos
sible.
Patrolman C. W. Pearson stat
ed this week that the safety pro
gram will be used in this county
and that lights on will be observed
durlnsr the day as well as for
night driving.
This program is statewide, Pa
trolmam Pearson said and urged
motorists to take the Light Your
Pledge For Safety and coopenate
in make the 'Labor Day holidays
safer..
Baptist Children
Home To Present
Program . Saturday -
There will be 18 children from
fiheBaptist i-Childrejx4.jHome of
Thomasville in the county during
the week-end. '
The children will present a pro
gram Saturday night, Aug. 19, at
7:30 o'clock at the Laurel tBranch
Btaptiat Church.
The Rev. Glen A. Ramsey Jr.,
pastor of the Marshall Baptist
Church, will speak on "Concerro
Ing the Work of the Children's
Homes."
The children will be quartered
among the 9 different communi
ties and will attend difference
church services on Sunday morn
ing.
Judd Is Homed amber
f J. 6. Elections Qonrd
TOWN OFFICIALS
INVITE PEOPLE
TO GIVE ADVICE
- The town officials and mayor of
Marshall announced this week that
they cordially invite every citizen
of the town to discuss with them
any problems or suggestions which
mteht improve !; and benefit the
town.'':'J"''
"We will be glad to sit down
and listen to anyone : with con
structive advice," Mayor Huey
said. i ' ' ' -
Mayor Huey said that two fine
Marshall women! recently tap
proached him about two matters
which' certainly needed attention.
In both cases, Mr. Huey said, the
ladies made the following: state
ments, "We do not want to te
containing nor do we v ,-.t to
trouble you."
"T,e wouU i:e f.-r c- '
know V: --l e .o ret
Separate Drives Replace
United Fund; RC Uoal
la $3,500.00
In en urgent effort to main
tain the Red Cross services m
Mtadison County, Rex Allen, of
Mars (Hill, chairman of the coun
ty unit of ' the Asheville Area
Chapter (Buncombe-Madison), an
nounced this week that a separata
drive for Red Cross Memberships
is now dn progress. He explained
that the United Fund system,
which is now defunct in this coun
ty, will no longer supply the Red
Cross with necessary funds to car
ry on the blood program, the
Home-Service program and other
urgent programs of the Ameri
can Red Cross.
Several meetings have been held
with leaders from Marshall, IMars
Hill and Hot Springs where plans
were made for the separate drives.
It wtaa decided tfiat a $1.00 dona
tion for membership to the Red
Cross entitles the donor to a tick
et which is good for drawings to
be held in the three towns in Sep
tember. It was explained that
three calves will be given away
to the lucky holders. . The drawing
at Mars Hill will be held at 4:00
o'clock on Friday, September 8.
Marshall and 'Hot Springs draw
ings ' will be tneid on esavuraay,
September 9, at 4:00 o'clock. , You
do not have to be present to win,
Mr. Allen announced.'
"By giving away these calves
it is hoped that more people will
participate, especially in the rural
m.vaa if mi 'itniMittf tUffi :: Allien
stated. " ' ' ..
' He stressed the need for par
ticipation by everyone .., In - order:
that the Red Cross .Services will
be continued in (the county. A
,For " 'thepast "few - years,'' the
united una nas xauen snon oi
the necessary money to continue
these services and a meeting of
United Fund Directors was re
cently held here. . The directors
voted to disconthie the ; United
Fund (Appeal) system since 4!he
goal hud fallen far below the nec
essary total for continuance of
all ' participating agencies. ,
"Although many clthsens agree
that the United Way could have
been (the most simple and easiest
way to raise funds, the results of
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State GOP Chairman Cobb
: Made Happy Over
Selections
Gov. Sanford ' completed the
makeup of the State Board of E
lections with appointment of two
Democratic and two Republicans
to the five-member board ;
What's more the governor made
State Republican Chairman Wil
liam S. Cobb happy with the ap
pointment of the two Republican
members Robert S. Eiwing,
Southern Pines publisher, and Dan
S. Judd, West Asheville hardware
merchant '. : "
Sanford reappointed two Dem
ocratic members of the board,
Warren Williams of Sanford tand
David MoConnt'l of Cn:M',
Earlier he 1. ' ' I '
board's othor a
Joseph Zaytoun . - v I
State Uw r-; !' i,t 1 ' '
members r v 5 ' '
from t' e ' .. ' 's
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