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Population Growth I
; Exciting Story
j While itihe exact time la.tunpre-
j ,. tiictable, North Carolina's popu-
i datum is expected to. hit the 5 mil-
( - ' Hon mark to 1966 or 1967.
' "Certainly, it should be no later
, than the first half of '67," (Says
Or. Sola C. Mayo, head of the De
partment .; of Rural Sociology at
North Carolina State College.
''incidentally," (Mayo added,
"NortJh Carolina's pop iul at ion
" phould reach 5 million (ait about the
same time as the Nation's popula
tion reaches 200 million.''
North Carolina had.' 4,656465
people tine census of 1W50, : or
12.2 per cent (more than in 1950,
Mayo bases bis estimates for fu
ture growth on these figures. '
'The growth of North Carolina's
population during the past cen
, tury land a half ia an exciting sto
ry," Dr. Mayo said.
In 1800, leas than a Jiaif mB
tlion (people Jived in the state. By
the census of 1870, the population
was up to one million.
The second million was recorded
, in the census of 1910, the (third
mnllaon in the census of 1930, smd
the fourth million
of 1950.
, While the number of Tar Heels
is increasing1 rapidly, Mayo (points
out that the- 'State's rate of
growth fas considerably under
the (national average daring de
cade of the '50s. .
. This 'was (because .the state bad
a net loss (from (migration of 330,
0D0 people. One fcrameddata tangi
- ble result of this Migration was
. the loss of one conErressman.
i - To make North Carolina's pre-
sent growth patterni more imwn-
PRESBYTERIAN
PASTOR HERE
Presbytery At Erwin OK's
Call; Installation In '
February
It was ammounced this : week
that the Presbytery at Erwin had
approved, the anil , of the Rev.
Charles R. Heier as pastor of the
Marshall Bdtesbyterian. Church.
This .was the result of ; action
taken in - which ithe . Marshall
Church onemmously called Mr.
Heier and the Holsfton Presbytery
of which MarshlaJl is a member,
concurred in this oaM. '
By calling Mr. 'Heier, the Mar
shall Church also becomes a mem
ber of the (Madison County Lar
ger Church Parish, of which he
is director. This Parish includes
the Presbyterian churches at Al
leghany, Allenstand, Hot iSpringa,
Hurricane, Glen Lee, White Rock,
Walnut, and now Marshall.
Mr. Heier, previous to coming to
North Carolina, has served church-
in the censuses in Pesnmayt'vania, Alaska as a
missionary pastor, and New York.
He received his education at Ny
ack Missionary College with grad
uate work at New; York Univer
sity, ind continued study at the
University of ; Washington and
the Uirfveraity of Oregon, :
, - Installation services, for " ; Mr.
Heier will be held Sunday even
ing, .February 4, at the Marshall
church at seven ' clock.
The public is invited to this
service that will include ' guest
.ministers from Greenewille, Term.,
speail to Lie:;.
HERE WAY
Bob iBarnea and" Ed Miohlael,
members i of the West Asheville
Lions Club, were guest speakers
at the : Marshall Lions meeting
here Monday night. ' Lion 'Barnes
ie International iCoumiselor . and
Lion Michaels . is Past District
Governor.
Both visitors spoke on Lionjam,,
pointinigi out Ahe Lions participa
tion in the eye toamk and other
phlasea of aiding the blind and
visually handicapped.
In the absence of Lion Presi
dent Harry Silver, Lion vice pres
ident Ed Niles presided.
17 members - amd two . VMBitore
were present.
SEMINARY cnont
TO BE AT IfflC
THIS WEEIt-END
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Ocxm,le Cu
The .
Blue ra
tional A
traoted t
C. Rej i
A. Einwin ,1
tMemb&M
were Vei "
Lean, (
Payne, T' .
erett Jtliu o.
visor.
Hi
OWEN
.a from Marshall
'ijiursnlay aftamoon
e m the ritual end
v procedure oomitesfc
; High Sdhool in Bun-
t, sponsored hy the
i Federation of Voca-
icultiiTe Teachers, et-
ni3 from . IMarhali, ' A.
, Mars Hill, and Clyde
' h schools. - .
of the winning ieaim
v Coates, lEdmjaiid Mc
ciice Davis, ' Bamett
umd Norton' and Eiv
Jadk C Cole is ad-
The touring choir of Southern
BaipUat Theological Seminary in
Louisville, Ky., will give two con
cerrts at Mars EM this week-end
(Jan. . 27-28), during its anmual
tour.
The 37-voke mixed chorus .di
rected by Dr. ; William Bushnell,
will perform in Moore Auditorium
at Mars HiJi College at 8 p. m.,
Saturday. .: The public is especial
ly mvited to this performance.
The singers, some of whom are
Mara Hill graduatesr will remain
on the campus overnight end give
another concert at the Mars Hill
Baptist Church Sunday morning
at 11 o'clock.
j. The musical program, entitled,
"Sacred !ur.ic of Aimeirloa,'' is divide-1
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K : TAIN '.
S:2:j7 DATES
J.5-:,1AROI30
The s', 1 i'P period for corn, and
crain 1 'im crone -under . the
19G2 f . J r-n, program will be
irn -Ft' i i ry 6 and will run
throurh T rth 80, Emory Robin
son, :'.:' ti of the. ASC county
comtrtl.k-e .mounced today.
The ' -p period wifl apply1 to
1962 or f-oreages of -com and
grain s -wheat
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Vi.'. r '
nnson
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neoi'i 1 - :
Mfly Eiaslliette
I!q U Ikm Febo 10-14
11 COUNTY MEN
ARE INDUCTED
INTO ES. ARMY
' ii:ns. . Fall . seeded
.1 arley acrciages were
sulcr the program dur
iol ended December. 1.
a .two programs, Rob
farmers help
' i into line "with
feed graini aore
i i'Tmserving uses,
""-wiill give
dindlus
' e ear-
The following men were sent to
Charlotte, Tuesday for induction
into the IT. S. Army:
Carl .Herman ColKna, Harold
Van Prof fitt, Ronald 'Eugene Gun
ter, Bobby Richardi Worley, Vin-
net Judson Willis, AJionno Dennis
Fore, Leroy Alien, William James
Caldwell, Cnste SheMon, L. D.
Roberts, and Donald Jackson
Ramsey. -
The board also sent 26 men for
pre-dnduction physical examina
tion on the same date.
IN-SERVICE
TRAINING CLASS
BEING HELD HERE
More ithami 20 Madison County
teachers are taking ''in-service''
training every Monday night from
6:30 to 9s80 o'clock at the Mar
shall school. The class is prima
rily for Adachera who wish to im
prove and enrich their teaching
techniques and v scope! V Credits
may also be obtained if desired.'.'
The class started January 15
and will continue through March
19, it was stated.
Professor Randall Duckett, prin
cipal of EwW JIi""h fWhnol, is
PISGAH COUNCIL
WILL CELEBRATE
SCOUT FOUNDING
The 50th anniversary celebra.
tion of the founding of Girl Scout
ing in the United Stiaites will be
officially opened at the annual
dinner and meeting of the Pisgahi
Girl Scout Council at 6:30 o'clock
tonight (Thursday) at Battery
Park Hotel.
The program will be based on
the theme of "Serve the Future
from .the Springboard of the
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ASCS ANNOUNCES
1962 FEED GRAIN
PRICE SUPPORT
Support prices for the 1962
crop of feed grains should be ap
proximately the same in North
Carolina in 1962 as they were in
'1961, according to A. P. Hassell,
Jr., Executive Director for the
AfepricuJ&urel . Stabilization and
Conservation State Committee.
This prediction, he said, ie based
on the fact that the feed grains
for 1962 will be supported at ithe
following national average sup
port level. J
Conn, $1.20 per bushel averag'(
for all- grades; banW, 1 cw
Junior Varsity And Varsity
Are Combined; Four
Games Nightly
The annual! Madison County
high school baaketball tournament,,
will start in the Marshall gymna
sium on Monday night, February
19 and continue for five
nights with the finale elated for
Saturday night, February 24.
The Junior Varsity ielaims will
clash each might with the girls'
game scheduled to start at 6:00
o'clock and .the boys game at 7
o'clock. The varsity girls' games
will stiart a 8 o'clock with the boys'
games starting as near 9 o'clock
pe possible. 1
It is durmg this week that moat
everything else is- secondary and
people from every section of the
county head for-the Island to get
choice seats for the four games
nightly. '
.Regardless of the regular sea-i
son games, the main interest Is in
the tournament games. The al
ways possibility of an - "upset"
keeps the interest at hot pitch and
the gymnasium, is expected to be
crowded throughout the tourney.
Last year the Mara HiU teams,
all four, walked away with the
championships.' In the finals, the
Mara Hill girls eked out an ex
citing 39-87 victory over Laurel
fo : ithe crown, rfe. The wildcats
downed Walnut in the finals, 58
81, to cop the boys' title. ' ,-
In the Junior VUrerity ibracket, -
the Mara Hill girls defeated the
Laurel girls, 84-18, and the Mars
Ilill boys downed the Laurel boys,
Commanded By Son Of Well
Known Madison County
,it Minister And Wife ,T
- The U.S.S." Roberts, one of two
Navy Ships operating wiUi Balti
more reservists who were activa
- ted laet October, entered fleet
service January 22.
'i She ia one of the first reserve
ships to have successfully com
pleted her refresher training pri
or to being authorized! to partioi
Her (patrols will be out of Nor
folk where he .is based as a mem
pate m " regular naval duties.
bar of Escort Souadron 12, Amiti
Submarine Forces, Atlantic Fleet.
The 180-man crew " contains more
than 70 .Baltimore area reserv
ists. The rest of the men are in the
rpiiriklair Naw. .. .' '".. .
The Roberts, designated as DE
749, ie corwmtemded by Comdr.. Ja
cob S. Zimmerman, of 605 North
OhaneTijate lane, a Baltimore in
surance man in civilian life.
Satisfactorv Test
After its 1 activation by Presd-
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Ship Commander
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Cmdr. Jacob S. Zimmerman1
r.IOUE DONATIONS
r.IADE HERE FOR
i'LiiiiiUU LuOat
jr.its d,rst.in rnve been ma!e
I.iu. ' i:;G r.-;,t Vi '-; for the fi-
( i at V. .r ' :i f ht:se.
At a .r' -rn-i'o ! ' r l''"t
n---V. a rrp.ivt vs. "'vi on. d-
it;
JONES
REMEMBER WHEN? Gen. Al
fred M. Graenther reminisces a bit
in.Battery Park Hotel Monday nhlit
with Gen.' Harris Jones of Ashevu a
the man who instructed hi:"i m
mathematics at West Point almost 40
GUUENTHER
years ago. Gruenther, president of
the American Red Cross, was speak
er for the annual dinner meeting of
the Asheville Area Red Cross Chap-,
ter, of which Gen. Jones is treasurer.
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-i'rrry R. C. TrC '
f - j V- '.'try
rrsinft EU.ltn, .d wiU Ma
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pafe--C.3il
For Allotment Increase
f. '
Con. Roy A. Taylor
Ucp. Taylor Strongly
Supports Increase
In Allotments
Washington Twelfjh is.trict.
Congressman Roy A. Taylor has
advised the Dept. of Agriculture
of his Strong eupport oa f1""
posed 6 percent (increased im bur
ley tobacco " allotments for ' the
10G2 crop. '
Rep. 'Taylor, who rewj-s
( i ui...- '
hsvilcy belt, 5Tl'- ;" "
i ' 1 T!iur,':'V, J.-,'i. r- '
Madison County Reaches,
CO. vo Uf uoia v " .
$150,064.00,
11 . -'. ' - ," '
" .TWwk . 'Protpram
has just .concluded a .most wugxeer
f'ul year in North Carolina.
Bond seiles in the state during
the month of December, were, over r
13 per cent above DecemiDer w io
previous year; E Bond eaJes were
up 11 per cent, land H Bond, sales
were vep 40 per cent. ,
Oumulatave sales for - he 12
month iperiod of 1961 were 4, per
cent above trie prevoouo jw.
amid iH .Bond combined ealee total
ed 48.5 million dollars, imis as ap
proximately 94 per cent of the 1961
anmual quota assigned to ' North
Carolina..".' ' .
"The IBond Program bias just
finished a most successful year in
the state. It was one of our better
peacetime performances of vu.i.h
every citizen can take pride," f 1
W. ill. Andrews Jr.', Slate Chair
man, U. S. Savings Bonds- Com
mittee.
Bond sales in Maoison County
were $150,064.00. This is 83.1 per
cent of the county s q .'o , a r ,
yosr. In r'.- t'.is rr t !
C. L. T J '1 Jr., - '
Volunteer CUirw-.n, e-; '
anrc'i- 11 '" -made
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