North Carolina Newspapers

J U b -.j "e vol.61 rcaa 8 PAGES THIS WEEK $2.60 A Year Id iMaddsoa ft Buncombe Counties $4.00 A Tear Outside These Two Counties MARSHALL, N. C, II. DAY, JAN. 11, 1962 10c PER COPY l .1.'' '. ' ' " '. i." 1 1 . I'".' ' ii I -1 ' , - 1 (Scr-gross Draws Linos Fori Hajpr SEiirmishes Open Tfew Session "With Much Good Will; Install New Speaker Wed. Washingtomi Congress open ed a new session with beaming, backskfppmg good -wall, installed a mew speaker erf the House and told President : Kennedy Wednes day it was ready o buckle dawn to business. Kennedy's ideas of what the busi ness should be was sketched out today ( Thursday ) He delivered his State of itibe Union imesaaige in person .then, in the House cham ber, shortly after 12:30 p. m. Sonne of his ideas are old ones, come of the new ones dire known in general forms, and' some of both (already have starred up -controversy. So skinmish lines already were well established for whet could be a rough, explosive, election year session. And the opening 'day harmony and .pleasantries may melt aiway like the Mantle sf snow that fell on Washinigiton dur ing the might s BIGGEST SQUABBLES As it looks now, the big squab bles -will center on administration Wiitin arly ten days remairanig (before the end of its annual Christmas Fund Oamvpaicm, Jan- l uary 15, George E. Penrin, Fi- bills for such things as tariff -cut- nance Chairman of ithe Children's SRS NC Franchise Taxes Of $473,330 For 1961 Are Paid Southern Railway System re ports that it wiill this week pre sent the tax collector of ithe State of North Carolina with checks a- mounting to $473,330.00, repre senting payments of 1961 State Franchise taxes far Southern Railway and affiliated oonxpanies, the Carolina and Northwestern Railway and the State University Biailroad. Total of aOI direct taxes, state and local, paid or to be paid in 19- 61 by Southern Railway System in North Carolina is estimated to be more -than $2,150,000. WALNUT YOUTH HURT IN WRECK HERE MONDAY Fawmkie Thomas, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Thomas of Walnuit, was Intfared about 7-0 p. in., Mon day when the vehicle which he was drivting' went out of control, ran off the highway and struck a rock embankment on the night side of Redman Road near Mairahaill, ac- cardinig to the State Higihrway Pa trol. He received dispensary itreat- ment at an Asheville iospitaj for chest con tusions and released. He js a memlber of the senior okas of Walnut High School. Children's Home Society In Need Of $11,874 For Goal Allen Replaces Mrs. Adams At Laurel School ting authority, medical) care for the aged .trader Social Security, aid to education farm legislation, moire spending, tax changes eign aid, and the federal purchase of $100 million in bonds to help the United Nations out of a diintan cial jamv ","-. "V , With theae and peiihafpe other conjtrovea-aiaj; - propoaails in the of - r fing, he mood stilt was ores of ..-.s.iyw.rti.dewe,. .only;; for - the moment. '4'. 1 '.';3;.fr.V.c : .i c;-.isV. i - Senate and House members held , vartoo off-floor meetings for as sorted ipnrposes. They roajmed the Capitol greeting felW legislators they hadnt seen for ithree months, They were grabbing . hands and pumping vigorously (all over the place. Some of the women mem bers were bussed on the cheek by gallant solons. NOTE OF SADNESS Democrats a n d Republicans were smiling and saying nice things about one another. In the House, there was a note of sad ness utfong with igladness at the end&ng of an era and the start of a new ' career. For the first time since 1913, Sam 'Raybura of Texas was ab sent from hs halls of Congress. The man who wla speaker far longer ithan any other died in No vember,' And .with the end of the Ray bum era, ithe House opened its session with no one in the speak er's chair. The vacancy wasn't allowed to stand for kmg. John W. McCoBmack, 70, who served as Democratic leader un der Rayburn for 21 years, was elected . speaker amid standing ovations and salvos of bipartisan acclaim. Home Society of N. C, announced today that the largest number of contributors in the 60 -year history of the Society have responded to the aipipeatt. This year's campaign features the "tittle Astronaut" and has search for a safe sanding in a loving mew home. The drive is ' conducted pmimairay in areas whidh have 'no affiliation ' with the- Carolina United Fund agen cies. The Children's Iloane Socie ty is completely supported by voi-7 untary gifts, t To date, 173 comtributors have govern $48,126 to continue the work of safe adoption by thds oon-eec- tanian service which helped over 600 dependent babies and children during the past year, in 97 of the 100 counties of tha state. To leave no call for help un answered, the Society has sent out an urgent plea for $11,874 in con tributions to compil'ete its goal of $60,000. Anyone concerned with ithe fu ture welfare of the many helpless little North Cartlindans who hope to make safe landings in 1962, are asked to send their New Year's contributions today, if .they have not already done so, to the Chil dren's Home Society of N. C. headquarters, Greensboro. It was announced this week that James .Allen, of Walnut, has replaced Mrs. Neple W. Adams on the Laurel school faculty. Mrs. Aidants resigned her position on Monday, due to ill health, it was stated. Mrs. Rankin WaUin, who was fifth and sixth grade teacher, will take over the second grade which was taught by Mrs. Adams and Mr. Allen will replace (Mrs. Wal lin as teacher of .the fLfith and sixth grades, it was announced. pr.:::'LANT FEiliiLIZATION ON C0?tH CHEAPER According to Hanry G. ! Silver, county agricultural ; agent, ;' corn growing can be easier and less ex pensive. : The Job ' of applying a sidedressing when corn is two to three feet tall can be eliminated. The com growing season ;; : of 1961. found a number of Madison farmers ": applying " all the fertili zer to their corn before it was planted. These ' farmewr, demon- strait ian farmers, ; used ' 30-10-10 and 60 .potash in a Hme spread er and harrowed it into -the soil Their corn was then planted with out ; any fertilizer . in the planter and none was used later. Jack Boone of Hayes Run said, "The nrenLant nitrogen kept - my corn fiireen later and didn't fire. I be lieve it .yieJded better than if had been sidodressed." . The new analysis 80-10-40 has been awDroved by TVA for all farmers in Madison County -101 use as a. source of preplanit initro- een and nhoenihorous on ; corn. This 'fertilizer ' fumishring 80 pounds of nitrogen and 10 pounds of phosphorous- per hum dare d pounds comes in 60- pound bags and costs $3.70 per hundred. Farmers mniterestecl art the use of preplant fertilixiaibion and .who would like to have 30-10-10 should contact the . county agricultural agents', off ice in. the courthouse. mmDsoio!2iiirs To Me !tetioii 003 Torastaip 1 p Getting arriod ;i nytt!elcr..iGr----7G2 TAX LISTING TIME IS HERE Madison County taxpayers are again reminded that this is the month to list taxes. Consult past schedules published in the News Record for dates and places for tbuc takers. It takes a libtk . loK&er to -begin manriuge in 1962. )"' . New marriage - license ' ; forms were introduced by the state at the beginning of the year, which require additional information and ttre made with an extra copy for the State Board of Health. -On the old form, and on all marriage licenses issued up to Dec. 80, the mamfc name, town, age, eoDor, father and mother and their town, followed by ithe wom an's name with the same Informa tion, were all that iwas required at the Register of Deeds office. Meeting state requirements for marriage consisted of giving in formation, and paying $5, and they were given a blank to be used within 60 days in this coun ty land returned to the Deeds of fice by one month later by the person who married them. The new form is a 'tablet-type document made ion triplicate, one side for male, . one for female. Each is required to give name, ace;' bwHjb-tihplace", r iuH Jiddr state, race; and check "by answers ;jto .these questions: , ' Never' married, widowed," . ; dd voreed, number of times previous ly married. Parents' names with full addresses and a check by liv ing or dead complete ihe docu ment. '! - . The couple is required" to swear the statements, are true, make an oath, that there is no legal impedi ment to the imlarriage, and they. sign the copy left in the Register of Deeds office. They leave with (two copies tl18Sl' take to ithe preacher,-still to be used in 60 days, hut he returns both copies to .the Deed office, who sends one to the State Board of Health, after filling in the fi nal mformation. Heretofore only - two witnesses to the . ceremony were required, but the new form requires three witnesses to eign to blank that they witnessed the -wedding. ZERO WEATHER HITS COUNTY- SCHOOLS CLOSE Bitter winds and zero temper. atures trailed into itihis areta Wed nesday night limt the wake of Tues day night's snowstorm, which snarled traffic and closed schools for the second time in the 10-day-old year. Although the (main highways were cleared of much of .the snow and ice, side roads were almost impassable without car chains, Weather officials hold out little relief in the next few days. Al though the skies are dear with sunshine, the temperature is ' ex. peoted to be sub-freezing over the week-end. ' Superintendent Fred W. Ander son : stated this morning that schools would be closed for the remainder of the week due to the hazardous condition' of roads. CAROLINIANS HAD $187 MILLION IN 1961 TO SPEND SANFORD SAYS HE WONT SEEK OFFICE AGAIN Raleigh Gov. Samford said Wednesday night he doesn't in tend ever to run for public office again after .he completes his four year term las governor. The igovemor made the state ment in an informal session with reporters at the executive man sion. In recalling the hard-fought primary battles he went throuugh in winming the Democratic nomi nation for governor, Samford de clared: "I hlawe had all I ever intend to have." Asked if he meant he wouuld not run for office again, San ford answered, "yes air." "I have been saying that all along." Obstacles are placed in a man's path to test his initiative. 1 sgszine Sees Possibility GJ Record Year In 1C32 Economic Outlook Is Bright According To Changing Times Magazine . 1962 will be a good year pos sibly e, record year with more 'obs, higher pay and increased production, according' to Chang ing Times, the Kiplinger. mega sine. An article in the current is sue of the nwrrn-be takes a look at the yeaT ahead, ar.l ' 1 j t".e economic ,r Vture espeoial'y i ' " t. The pre "-.! va' j..- , 'a T- '9. 1 1 a ? ' 1 of the nu s i t r- ir i -w"i I e a- , x : ; ' 4 1 ' " t ; VT . S ", J ' " ; S V. ! U f try will operate at 90 percent of capacity or better, compared with a bit over 80 percent in 196L That means more of everything, from steel and aluminum .to buttons and safety pins, will pour out of the factories. Gross National Product will rise to a rate of at least 570 billion dollars by .the end of 1962 . . . an impressive 6 percent in crease." Pay will go hiigher, ' too, , the mpa imre predicts. "Hut how much is a ouc!n. Xtilh. profits' and I ' '-y g-ro.-pprous, unions will f a f ..r more tmwy. Elany f . - rs v ;:i go x rather 1 1 ' i :' rrr; ''.ri of c '?ut. ,r - y r t Tj: a T" tie 1 A JOB WELL DONE EDITORIAL r We appreciate the progressiveness of the French Broad Electric Membership Corporation in its recent project of replacing electric wires , with larger ones . and installing new. poles throughout this communi- ty. In changing over to the new wires the voltage has been increased thereby giving better service. The local co-op awarded the "hot contract" to Leo T. Barber, of Moultrie, Georgia, who chose the Skyline Construction Company, of Asheville, to do the actual work, A dedicated crew of fifteen expert ' linemen, working under Earl Turbyfill, as foreman,, started the difficult job in October. V For the past three months these highly qualified electricians have . worked in just about every conceivable kind of weath ier. In burning sunlight or driving rains and- snow, these men have stuck with the job a job that only real men could .endure.;,';;::;; s -:y jv. r '.''s iSy:'':w::z ' Impossible working weather such as the case was ' here Wednesday of this week has caused some delay in what they had hoped to complete before now but f the crew expects to complete the job in a few days, ; - The amazing accomplishment was realized with a minimum of inconvenience to the pulllc. Consid eration, efficiency and courtesy have brc 1 the trade marks of these fellows means that while char. new, from old poles to r ew, for the most part, with "I : V They know their bu I ' ' The cltf'cr.s cf IT:r ' -Co-op evi the f ' :" - tl'.t t! '? f v; 1 r- '. ' !" "t'-U'"'". over frcn a 1 contract I wires to working,"" i voltage. - ' the r :3 Carolinians had nearly $187 million more to spend during the first 10 (months of 1961 than . in the same period the year before, according Ao.Me latest issue ousuneBs yveeiK onagazone. Personal Income in North Cai linjsl was inp 2.7 per cent, from $5.96 billion to $6.12 billion, while in 'South Carolina there was an increase of 1 per cent from $2.79 billion to $2.81 billion. For 4he nation as a whole, per sanai dncome was up 2.3 per cent. All seven iCarolinas cities that rank by population among the top 200 in ithe nation showed in- citetases in building permit valua tions for the first 11 months of compared with the same period of 1960, according to Dun and Biadstreet. CENSUS BUREAU MAKING SURVEY IN MANY FIELDS Aim to do good in this life it'll heClp miss fire in the next. Petition Involves Townships 4 And 5 (Beech Glen Area) A petition requesting the relo cation of boundary .line between No. 4 Township and No. 6 Town ship in Madison County will be presented to the board of county commissioners at their next regu lar meeting at the courthouse on Monday, February 6. The exact boundary requests and petition' is published iln legal form on Page Seven of this issue. Any and all .persons having) any interest in this matter or any ob jections to the proposed change are asked to present them to the commissioners on February 5. One of the reasons for the re location of boundary lines would be for the convenience of voters who live near the Beech Glen school who must travel approvi maitely five miles where they must vote wt Caliimntia Creek. The change would give them an oppor tunity to vote much nearer their homes, it was stated. Among the petitioners fare J. G. Gardner, Clarence Boone, O. E. Anderson Jr., Paul Carter, Don ald Whitt, Paul Gillis, Clyde Jar- vis, I'eard uaiiiis and other petl-i tioners. Aerial Topdressing Is Doing Ftonncd Iri Cladison County Correction I List Of Names n Advertisement lot .the -list of names appearing in the advertisement published m last .week's issue concerning t citizens protesting post office ac tion, the name of Mrs. Owen iRice should have bean Mrs. Queen Rice. It has also been requested to announce that the Howard Rector name was not that of Howard L. Rector of Hayes Run. Marshall PTA To Meet Tuesday In Auditorium Agent Say There, Is A Way 10 renuize mountain Pastures " The January Current Survey will include speciaH questions on plans to purchase automobiles, television sets, washing machines, and refrigerators, the U. S. Cen sus (Bureau announced today This as part of a quarterly sur vey being, made tat the request of the Federal Reserve Board for use in a national study of consu- mer buying trends. At the request of the Defense iDepairtment, home owners in the Current Population Survey panel will be asked if .they have a fall out shelter or if .they Intend to in stall one within ; the next 12 months. Another special question will cover ; ; television set - owner ship. This question is being asked at the request of the Advertising Resewrch Foundation, ; ., ; : The special questions on consu mer baying plans, television ' set ownership, and .fallout shelters are in addition to the regular in quiries on employment and unem ployment which are asked each month in the Current Population Survey. ". ! .'; 5 v-V. The Current Population Sur vey iw.il be conducted here and in 332 other earn pie areas of the, country during the week of Jtan- uary 15. Information will be eol 1 il locally by Krs. Ihl.a ' L. ) of 61 WoL'a Cove Pjoad, ' , N. C. ' nareau ac'.l ':a ia CJs x i a b orvised I - J R. , I' -,-ional ... '-.''I I ' The Marshall Parent-Teachers 4ussociation will meet Monday, January 15, at 3:15 p. m., in the achool auditorium. Mrs. Ear Robinson will have charge of the program. Mrs. Dor othy Shupe will preside. The fellow with a fiery temper fills tomorrow with regrets. What is going to happen to my mountain pasture? , With no fertility, that rough hard-to-getxto with fertilizer, , pasture is grassing fewer cattle every year. If it is not improved it is destined to: 1. Have less carrying capacity, or, 2. Have sparse ground cover until it e- rodes into gullies, or, 8. Grow up into undesirable weeds and brush! "There is a way to fertilize ' mountain pasture," states Harry Silver, county agricultural agent. "Why not use a $10,000 fertilizer spreader an airplane?" The cost can be reasonable. A nigh analysis fertilizer is a .must aerial topdressing. The TVA will assist by making available 0-30-30 or 0-63-0. This means that 90 pounds of phosphorous and 9o pounds of potash can be' applied by using only 300. pounds of 0-30-30. If phosphorous is the need 189 pounds can be applied by spreading only 300 pounds of 0-63-0. Yes, but what about the cost? For aerial topdressing, 0-30-30 is available at $3.86 and 0-63-0 (Continued To Last Page) . Importance Of Agricultural Conservation Program Cited January 1 0-25 Designated V As .initial dign-up : s." - Period The Agricultural Conservation Program (ACP) is a sofresDving program, which helps farmers to conserve not only their soil but also ithe water that faille on their land. Under this program, Ralph W. Ramsey, ASOS Office Mana ger, ' points out . tnac MnavKJuen farmers form a partnership with the Federal Goevrnraent, under which each shares about half of, tiie actual cost of carrying out practices dlre--ed toward consenr- f.ie Nation's asrh-u.'eral c pouter resources.. mh the ACT, i' res of prot- ' " v w '..'-he -IU be estol'.' ' len if.. - - ' ' h would C ! 9 1 dished under the prqgiram protect steep and rocky land where a veg-. etathre cover, would be onpraotl cal or hard to ejafclifsVA-s.';--" : CVmservation of any; kind ., i a good policy, and our farmers defi nitely need to protect their soils and other agricultural resources from washing or blowing away.. Why would the CJovernment pay to do this work on private own el farms? ., .'" The reason in a finite!!, ac cord in -to fftamesy, is t'.r.t v 9 r ' 1 all d 7nJ.-t rr-nn. f. "---1 r anl i" t" a f - - t ' ; ff " 1 '.-'- ; '; ; - of 9 or c v.r 1 C. n. Tree fh.r: