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8 pages this week MARSHALL. N, C, THURSDAY, CCT. 23, 1961 10c PER COPY z.ov a i ear m uuaaasoa s ijuncomos : . $4.00 A Year Outside These Two Counties n no:.::co:.3hG to Highway 2 To Be Discussed L'uuIIu o4, .-7 ra IF nn jk B2 HELD FRIDAY, ATIIOTSPRINGS Blue Devils To Play Rosman irnnnnoon (M I V.4 Cooperative Program Now Heads Planning Board Needed; Is Important To Future , VCLC3 ' r olio wing fre-vjame Ceremonies Homecoming ceremonies wll be A com prehensive ' t e u o r it n present traffic and parking prob lems in .the (town of Mainshall has been completed ami the results' of the study was (presented the may or , and board of btdermemi here Monday nteht The officials wEl consider the report and action is ''expected ito' follow totm ' i It was pointed out that a posi ' tive cooperative program is' need ed which will invoke the under- standing ' and v active support of merchamts, employees, and town V officials, , The study was .'initiated last j' year by ithe Marshall Chamber of ' Commerce, Merchants' , Association and county officials. ' A local . tudy Commission was . appointed, ' composed of - C. E. MasSilburn, chairman f' Leonard Baker, - Del mar Payne, J. J.' Ramsey, S. C. ;' Rudaeill, John 0. Corbett, and - James Story. 1 Following . a thor ough survey of the local area, technical tttsaistance was granted by the Western North Carolina - Regional Planoinsr Commission. v John R. Hampton, .ptanmang dt - rector of the Commission, met with itShe local committee and find ; tngs of (the survey .were discussed. : The WNC Eegaonai Planning Commission then started work on .. the facts and solutions and Ithe ' latest Tepont received - this week. Scope Of Study , The purpose of the report is : fcpptradse realbiibiceilly (the paliflc- ince icroblem in Marshall and to f urndsh leadership with - guid : lines for . improving' the - current ' parking situation. The economic health of the community depends, in tjart . utxmk the adequacy, of - convenient parking facilities ifor Grading vehicles. As the county seat of Madison and las an area &radi.nr center of historical rep ute, the Town of Marshall da as- ( Continued To Last Page) Mm Dr. John Ditunno PLANNING BOAR MET TUESDAY; TO MAKE REPORTS Counter Economic JReporU Are Now Being Prepared The Madison County Planning Board which was recently created for the louroose of making a study or resources, possibilities,.: and needs of the county, met Tuesday afternoon at the RE A BuikKmiar here to become officially organiz ed. "- , C. E. Mashburn (presided at the meetinir and reviewed the purpose taind activities of itfite board. - Fol lowing this "review, the following were elected to serve as officers of the board: John F. Ditunno, of Hot Siminips. chairman1: - D. M iRobfaieon, of Mars Hill and Mar shall, vice-chairman'; and Deimar Payne, of' Marshall, seoretary- Continued to Last Page)' held at Hot Springa Friday af ternoon with the 1961 . Queen land King to 'be - crowned. Following the . ceremonies, the (Hot Springs Blue Devils will battle ithe strong Rosman football team on ithe (Hot Springs field. . . A lares crowd is expected to be on hand prior .to the game to wit ness .the spectacular Homecoming ceremonies, which start at 1:00 o'clock. ' iMiss Peggy Huff is the new Queen who will be crowned. Her attendants are Patsy Davis,, Dean is Parker, Judy Sams and Barbara Roberts. Bill Smith, the new King, will be presented a football. Escorts include Freddie Sharp, Johnny Moore, Johnny Combs and Johnny Roberts. Principal Roy Reeves will be Master of ceremonies with Mayor Joe Henderson crowning the new Queen. TRADITIONAL MHS-MHHS GAME HERE FRIDAY FARMERS URGED TO ADVISE ASCS ON LAND ACTION Both Teams Seek Victory In Final Game Ut Ihe Season Calibrations On Grading Tc!::8Co I'Jill De In County Dates And Places Given For Four Demonstrations; Flack To Be Here - Madison County farmers have done an excellent job of produc ing and harveetinir burley tobac co in 1961. The crop is nearing the finish in curing and the im- ; portant.job of stripping and sort ing the crop is here. - A lot of money will be made or lost in preplanning the , tobacco for mar ket. Four- grading demonstrations . have been scheduled for Madison farmers next' week as follows: Thursday, November 2, at 10 a. m., Willis' Store on Upper Lau rel; Thursday, November 2, at 2 ' n. m.. Mara Hill Vocational Agri- cuilrtmiral Deportment; Friday,' No vember 3, at 9:30 a. m., Clark's ; Store at Center (2 miles above ; Petersburg on East Fork and - Grapevine Road) ; Friday, Novem ber 3, at 2:30 p. m., Qarence Ramsey's ease house, Revere., Mr. h. D. Flack, n U. S. Grad er, and v tobacco grower . from Whiitesbure. Tenn., (will conduct tha .tobacco demonstration. In ad dition -to deinonstratinig the prop- ( Continued on Last Page) SAWYER HEADS PHONE FIRM As strain ere as it inlay seem, the winless Mars Hill Wildcats, euf ifetting their worst season in ma ny years, wiU invade the island (Continued to. Last Page) CIVIL COUST 1 TO START5I0N. The Cxstober term of Superior Court for the iirhH of civil eases will start nere Monday morning with Judge P. C. Froneberger pre aiding. ,. yv' v.. :. '. The tenm is for oneweek. FARMERS LOST $180,000 WORTH OF ALFALFA HAY Fanmera iwho , are buyimg or RelMiur farm land with an acreaige allotment have a definite respon sibility for becoming aimoliar waith the recmlaMons concerniinuf com- bdna'tiona and divisions of allot- mhs and for adlvieinir the, Coun tv ASCS Office when; purchases or aafles have been made, according to Eimorv Robinson; 'Chairman or the Madison ASC County Comit- tee. Personnel in the County Of' face is not in position to know of all land iwurchases and sal nmA nunnot anake I3 change in the f anm ionta a request is made by the iodiucer(). :v Mr: IRobinson stated that ASOS has deanae gulations and inatruotione on how farms may be divided or comwnea ami that at would be advisable for .fainmers to visit their ASCS Of fice and detenmine how the f anm would be divided before r they libousht or sold wny 'land. Xm. -rtiuliuaon. Mr. 'Robinson said that farmers who had boughtf or sold land but had failed to re port it .to itfhe'ASOS Office shouCd do so immediately and 'that they Hhrtiild be eure to brang their re gistered deed with them when ithey visit the ASOS Office iior wie pur pose ofmakingi changes inl fiieiir farm . ownership, i j ; . ,',ii,; .o. 4, .' According to Harry G. Silver, eoumitv aeent, Madison farmers have over 4,000 acres of alfalfa This crop annutattly yield's 12,00fl tons of hay. The 1961 alfalfa yield was reduced by about 6,000 tons of lhay by alfalfa weevils iar This loss could have .been e- PERFORMANCE REPORTS DUE Large Group From Madison County Is Expected To Attend SHiGS HARVEST IS INCREASED ; IN COUNTY ; ' st 7 To lie ::i:r , r Hen J Chclicn Try iFreeman, cliainman f .n Cor.y Eo?ri c' , b-O-'VCfl V ' V- ; C.t. iX v. " ' At a meeting of the board of directors of Western Carolina Telephone k Company, Thursday, Thomas H. Sawyer of Weavervilie was elected president to fill the vacancy created by (the resigna tkm of Linn D. Garibaldi, of Cttusrlotte. who was a director as wel las president of the company John B. Veach. of Ashevodle, was appointed to fill the unexpir ed term of Garibaldi on the board of directors, and Kester Walton, of Asheville, - was elected .voce nresident and seneral counsels He is also a member of the board of directors. - The th ree were (also appointed to similar 'positions with Weatco Telephone Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Car olina Telephone Compafty. . County Gets First Taste Of Winter Last Week-end PAYNE LAUDED FOR DAIRYING IMPROVEMENTS Several changes in 1961 have made the job of dairying easier for tfhe Jlack Payne family of the Little Pine Community. This vear. a 210 ton capacity bunker silo was. constructed and ia now eoutoped with a self feeding gate. This silo and ithe gate makes the job of feeding 23 dairy cows eas ier and less 'time consuming. Manure, a constant winter pro blem around any dairy, will not (Continued To Last Page) Snow flurries, high winds and Dlunrina .temperatures flung a forecast of winter across Western No: '. Carolina lbs Friday in the v i c a .roar' c'l fro:- ' ':.s v ' ex il.e cf C 1 I': According to (Harry G. iSiUver, eountv aeent, last year four farm A1"A . Ml 'Madison County, an ' the Snriniir ' Creek community, tried stacked silage covered with plas tic. The1 1962 season ithe same four farmers in four communities stacked over 895 tons of silage. ' Silage stored in new trench si los increased by over 240 tons Three new block silos and three farmers addine or building for the first time : wooden upright stored oved 220 additional tons of silage. . One new toressure treated bunk - . A A. 1 er and six new concrete idihmt ailoa hold 590 tons cf additional silage.' ""- Old silos on moat farms are fil led fuller tWan ever before. Many of them have been enlarged. Thus, ithe total additional silage stored in Madison County would winter over 1000 steer, cattle. va liminated bv the use of 60 tons of granullaor heptachlor at a cost of $11,000. The lost hay yiew could have been prevented for SI. 84 ner ton. O. G. Ramsey of the (Halewoori eommumitv. Lorado Ponder of Renter Corner, and Kenneth Henslev : of " Petersburg demon strated to themselves" and others that granular heptachlor will do an excellent job of tailing aJiauii weevil. " ' "' " '"" 0. G. Ramsey stated (that the al falfa he treated last November with heptachlor was the best he bad ever grown in the field he treated. - .?. ALFALFA CAN BE SAVED : Madison Dairmers are urged by1 the county agent, Harry fciliver, (Continued to Last Page) U. S. BOND SALES CLEIB IOGIIER In response to the Treasuiry De partment's recent efforts, to stim ulate bond sales, 'North lAjuroiim isns have responded by ' substan- thily inoreasing their purchases rJ hrmds. For the second successive month in North Carolina Savings Bonds sales showed an increase over the eonroaraible month of a year ago Series E Bond sales for he month of September were up over 6, while the Semes Uond caIm' nsnnA icua nearlv 13. The combined sales total wtas (Continued To Last Page) Records in the Madison County ASCS office reveal thait there are many JUurmers who have not filed a 'performance report on tine use of the materials they received through the ACP in 1961. In commenting on this, Genell Fox, acting office manager of the Madison County ASOS, said that the report date shown on moat approvals given was October 31, and .that all farmers had been no tified to make itheir reports by this date; or if unable to com plete the practice by the speed fied. time, they should1 file a re quest, in writing, for am exten sion of time to complete the prac tice. In conclusion. Miss Fox said that alll farmers should make an effort to complete (the practice and make their report not later than ithe report date shown on their approval, or request an ex tension of time in order to com plete it. HALLOWE'EN TO BE OBSERVED AT MHS ON TUESDAY AHallowe'en :CariniaI"will ) .be held at the MarshaM school next Tuesday beginning at 7:00 o'clock. Featuring the program wall be the popularity contest at well ms Hallowe'en games. - , Hallowe'en To Be Observed At Laurel Friday The North Carolina Highway Commission' is expected to meet '.ait 10 a. an., Friday in Asheville City ' Auditorium!, according to Yates Bennett of Bumsvillie, mem ber of the commission. He said officials hope to have 1,000 persons present for the meeting which will (cover iroad problems in 17 WiNC counties. Yates said that the commission wanted to encourage as many Deorole as possible to attend the meeting and see wthlat the com mission is doing about roads. About one hour of this regular meeting will be devoted to state wide business and one and a half hours to a presentation of WNC road problems by legislators of the General . Assembly represent ing mountain counties. Approximately 40 commission members land their wives are due to arrive at Grove Park Imn Thursday night. . No events are scheduled other 'than informal .visits among parties interested in the work of the group. Following 'Die meeting Friday, members of the commission and engineers will depart from Grove Park Inn by bus for an anspecuan trip as follows:-' U. S. Highway 25 (and 70 at Hot Springs (20-animute rest pe riod and coffee). N. C. 209 at Lake Junaluska. U. S. 19 and 23 to Asheville and Grove Park Inn. I At 9 a. mi., Saturday, the bus will depart 'fromG rove Park. Inn' on another inspection trip, going south on U. S. 25 to Loan Shdals Road. Along Long Shoals Road to 191 to Hendersonville. North - (Continued To Last Page) Marshall FFA VJins First . Place In State Fair Gct CLYDE WINS 13-7 OVER MARSHALL THURSDAY NIGHT Olvde Hash's Cardirtala held on . , . to at least a tie for first place an Carnval wall be. . . r Amh. 'A Hallowe'en held at the Laurel High School Friday migh beginning at 7 o' clock. A program will foe given in addition to a, door prize and customary games and contests. . - A small admission will b e changed and the public is invited to attend and have fun. -'..' v'; . .. , i v, ..'-.... ' . T T -n u u the Pnstrah Conference by ; drub- hirw loon foe Marshall, 13-7, in a a& nf irniMi TihorsQav nucinc at Clvde. Th Cardinals boosted their record to 5-0 loopwise. Cane Riv er has 'a 4-0 mark and plays Ros man Fridav. Cecil Hannah. Clyde1 sopho more Walfback, scored in the first neriod on a one-yard rum then the extra ipomt. Walt TB.i!hmtimv)d scored from four varda out in the second period. The xitra moint try failed. Marshall's Clyde Candler scor ed in the final frame on a 15-yard jaunt then added the extra point. Event To C-e On Island 3:00 O'clock; A Cij Crowd Expected At Leontard Baker, president of the Marshall Merchants Association, announced this week t!;at f.; f "i draw?; ;r 4n the ' al j " will ie'leld on V a I. i . ' ' vrL-y, October 23 st t'.ree . ' . I '.-rv' ants are vvr ' ' ' ' will be held on Friday, I 22, it was announced. Mr. Baker announced t eta are good for all dw advised the public to g tickets in sequences to r.." '. ers can be easily f "I t year's T "'''' t'.e sens Bank). Electric Blanket, valued $16.95 (Belk-Broome Co.) 110.00 Basket (Model Grocery). o f Groceries C e car Ti" 1 t, VE1""'! r i-1 First downs . Rushing yardage Passing yardage Passes Passes in'cepted by Punts Yards penalized P-vrshall Clyde M .6 0 0-4 0 5-35 5 0 0 0 c 18 237 44 1-9 0 0 60 7- Four Other County Schools Win Places In Burley . Tobacco Judging .Results in the iBurley Tobacco Judging Contest held at the North Carolina State Fair on IRaleigh were announced this week as fol lows: First Place: Marshall High School FA Coach was Jack C. Cole, Vocational Agriculture Teacher, Rt. 5, Marshall. Con testants: Verlon Coates, Jackie Wilson, Raymond Norton. Win nings were $150.00. v Second Place: Hat Springs CBub Coach, Earl Wise, Assistant County Agent, Marshall. Con testants: Charles Thomas, Mar gie Harris, ; Christine Ether ton. Winnings: 85.00. Third Place: Mars Hill FA; Coadh, M. L. Andrews, Vocation al Agriculture, Mars Hill. Con testants: PauJ Honeycutt, Bobby Miller, Ralph Rice. , Fourth Place:. Laurel High (Continued To Last Page Il-Ilovc'cn At 7 6 0 0-1-' 4 f 7