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DAIRY MEETING;
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TO BEHELD HERE
is'iio;;;
SATURDAY NIGHT
coutl:
fin
linn ' 1 1 ii - ,i i i it i. i i - i iii ' L . I 1 .' '. 1 'I 1 , 1 ' H
oCie ff :S'fcr tot
icn -J a-viar isv tCs .iMow
Authorize J To GiV
efaad jpilaiD for the 231,141 tycre 4$.
per iTMowft liroad Riyvw ibaaiq.iwll
FRSNKlAMSEY
announced 7upsiav. "M
Taykr Said t 'tT. S. Soil Con-
fiemooA iseriw is; tamubbint a
diamnnitinri (program cxpeeitea to uw-
sul jn conerm?tioif of (wMwtBter
dtm. ofiffwng flood Tpdbecticoi to
; Oedc(pBin qof : ttm plan. efc-
pected Ip v require to nine
moatV. Jk oordl)iated with
(3 V fewfr ferod t Watershed
iyviit -fitonl iid Water
Oonerw.tia! Dtotriot, Eidrvraml H.
Mclc7vvf ' Penrose , ftwimv
Tmflyl(MWi5 WateraW Imqxrove
mettt itAatriot, M. Boyd pf Ore
varti, ohairnwui; ann JHadeion
Sod! aod Water Conemitian Dis
' teiot, X3eaff A. Hovtmm xt "RL
2, HiWii)viIler dt1ajmmt
Tj4rlid the S03 tnow as u
thocdmj to Jve teahrocal and ff
naaclal fleiatance,'tJiroA9i' Wioee
oitgtmiteMctim, o lvelofBnrrt of
watershed, XMWgMunr. ' ' f
Once WW r cfpletd, Ty
lor aaM, ie a ubmit V
the Budget Bum ad fee request
at fund needed for Che program.
, Estannaitfia of theroat for IVenoli
Broad tieadwhiter dtme1 Win not
be avaflaWe nHitil tudie ara .com
l be w , :
lUluai lMitil'il r, Hi.- 0.... !
4o te. iUkeo toWMxT' otuJ devel
opmeni of ,optroi"p3am ud con
atroeticMi of flood demis,' -dedared
Tagrior wfca Mai bean nahinr Kit
program. ; .
Lai Jane, lWnyJvanta reai
amm weed mve to one for a wa
ter control pfognain.
Henderson , voters went agjnet
a BmiKar propoeal few days be
fore -die TVaneylvamia vote. At
issue dt both counties wa the as
seaekia; of property taxes for main
tenbince of tM ieadwater dams.
Frank Ramsey, of Mairehall
RPD' 6,Maidfison County Auditoor
for the paat 14 imonitihe, has re
Bdt;med Ms qpoet due ibo ill 'health,
it was &unoutyd (here 0m weeJ.
In epeoiaJ tmeot&rw of the
coaiontoeionera ' "WedneBdiay, lihey
accepted hie ireaigTiation which be
came effective immediately.
. . In addition to, bemv radotor,
Trt 'Ramtsejr iho eerved e tax eu-
perVtsof, deJinqwen tax codleetor,
county ipurdhaaing Agent and sec
retary to the board of commaiS-
sioners.
Bill Roberts, chairman of the
board of comirussiioniera, stated
tfhia (Thwraday) mornine tJitat
Mrs. 'Mary Rutrwiiiom, who has been
serving as aaawtant ito iMr. Rain
sey, -would assume Mr. Ramsey's
duties, as Acting Auddtor.
Duiningr the first ihalf of 1961,
t(he combined net profit of iron
and ateel companies was 61 per
cent lower than an the firat half
of I960, according to reports from
companies (making (about 03 per
cent of the total cited.
ACP YET OPEN TO
INTERESTED
FARMERS
The County Agraoutoiral Con
servation Program through wmdb
the Govcrrnnent eharea -. 'toit,
with farmer ki perfonmW need
ed, fanm practices t) coneerwe out
ott - and Trtefr"wiuwW' "U yet
o n .eiiaiitel S&mmmbo
f, i'J 4d;-fw,tlhelr:iaojieat,mrto(r
ary 10-25, edye Eanory Robinaon,
ahauntan f.,h Madisoa vCouny
ASO ocanmittet. Atmwnad crr&c-
twea fnemdar the establishment
of a vegetative over for oaatart
or Jtayr Hh eippladaition of litne
atona to fannland; the planting
of trees; the improvement of ex
isting vegetative cover; tile drain
age; contour eMporonping; for
est improvement and farm ponds.
The ASC chairman eeid that
the A OP is one flamm progiraim in
which all farmers are eligible to
partioiipate, if they ihave a farm
problem which can be solved with
one or more of the approved coun
ty practices and urged those with
need -to contact the ASOS office
at Marshall for the details and
the .filling of their request. He
also stated that those who made
their requests during the initial
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February Term Of Civil Court
To 'Start Here Mon.
AH Biltmoret Produce? Are
Urged To Attend At,
CdurtluHise , H ?,
An important '' sneebin, of, all
Rilitmore cooperating Jiroducerrs
will be held at ' tha coartbouse
here Saturday night at, 7:30 oV
clock.
. Tlhe 'following letter has i been
mailed ito Ht . Baltimore producers
whikih ia eeJf -explanatory I ' ;
Dear Da&rjnnen : , -fnf.
The - two Bitonore iprodmcers
representing you on tiie Htmorf
cooperating produce re orgjanuss
tion have attended a directora'
meeting In. AaheviUe and are In
a position, to sit down wrah you
and idiscaaa iSm detail the tnarket
mg aStoatioin; tae it pertain to
you; foiikt .' ... : !
I feel that it w of utmost im
portanca that 1 rge each of you
to pamtictpate in tihis verrsttei-
portamt' , tneeting . affecting- ' the
marketing of your milk, the dairy.
economy of our county ands'off
course, more , important to yon,
your own pocketbook. There is
little doubt in fny mind but that
the State iMSlk Commiseion will
make nriinge .(affecting all fijflit
more (producers in the very near
future. It is .imperative that your
directors be given benefit of you
thinking after you have been- ad
vised as 4 the present sibuation
as lit affesUr you. t "'.
;V "I ;tTeaUt ithat Saturday A$4 i
not the best time to cal) err
(Wit&Q'i hedulea ; tr
imposaibl f orfoje and jr"'
memfaeni 'of your
present'et ' Mmoei "
nglit befor tt ul
for tht'dlreoto.r t-'
f 'ha met"l.iIl?,,
7:30 p. So., Saturday, Febapuairy 8
Voura very truly,..
. HARRY I. SILVER -.
County Agricultural Agent..
ceceivea tovc;
Badge" Ic
t f Hi 1
"Thanks
voted.-
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Cregory; of StaV-
bv.p T.ded the coveted
'Thanks Badfee" at the tfirat an
ual dinner meeting of the Pisfeafti
Girl Scout ' Councul, Ihcld 'Con
jawtotion' with the 50!Jh anniversa
ry of Jin1 Scouting last Thursday
nigh M Battery Park Hotel.1; 1
Other special tawaavla were pre
sented to Mrs. . V. . Thorpe of
Afebeytle, and Mrs. Tamia Rollitnao
of Wayioesville. '
:Donald H- Denton, president of
United iCamimuiuty Service f of
Meddlenburg County, addressed
the-. 125 Girl Scout foadexa .nd
friends on eonawu iiinyeadeTislhipi
. fllr.-jt?regory, &it t ice prea-
dent, - gave Plai a . r h Pree-
;(CntinM To I . rage.ii
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by
TELEPHONE CO.
SEEKS CHARGES.
RATES
' Western Carolina Telephonei
Company .today filed am appltea
ttan with the North Oaroikia Util
ities Commission for authority to
inoreas rates and chargea jv all
of ta North Carolina Excnanges,
The application requests Author
ity to establish rote group for
its local exchange service, to. ad
just xatee for local exchange
teleplbdine aervice in ; tacoordance
with the (pwipteed grouping, : , to
make adjustments to (rates' !s ,'
charges for uniaceUaneousi quip-
ment, aervice oonneetion charges,
and to provide extended area ser-
ii; . ,!. a i . A . . . ,1 . ..... A t
-tj . vice Desman -uuuawoee anBayi-
va, Brveon City and Cnerokee,
and between Mutiphy and iHayes-
Western brolina Telephone
Company serYea a large geographd
cal area in "Veatern Nonth Caroli
na with eacfhangea located at Ba
" (ConttTvueii, to test Page)
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A I
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of
NEGRO STUDENT
ENROLLS AGAIN
MARS HILL
Mies Oralene Graves, a Negro
described by Mars Kill College
President Dr. iHoyt PJadtoweU aa
"a. very attractive girl with' the
I.Q. for college work," has re-enrolled
at the college and is lWiing
in a dormitory.
Miss Graves registered at Mara
Hill in September to become the
firat Negro to enroll aa a full
Hedged omdergradnate student at
a Baptist college in North Garo
lint.' Illness forced lier to drop
out after a month.
':, iMiss Gomes , jived with her
gindmotiier and comrmrted dur
ing the firat month of studies, but
moved into a dormitory to make
ii easier to attend classes this
semester, Dr. Biackwell said. -
"W haven't had one word of
criticism from our local commn-i
nity or our student body," Black
weU said. "We've bad a very nice
Congressmen From 6 States
Ask For Increase To Meet
Increasing Demand
experience. . ,
He said the aohool blae received
some MoutsideM critic iam, ohWly jncreaee was oieceseaiy to keep
irom . other states. ... (Continued to Last Page)
The 1962 Iburley tobacco acre
age aUotment has been increased
six per cent, Sen. Sam Ervin,
D-N.C, toOd the Aesociftted Press
Monday in Washington.
The increase culminates a long
fight by farm and tobacco or
ganizations to get the acreage al
lotment raised. 1
Congressmen from . Kentucky.
North .Garodtina, Virginia, Indi
ana, Tennessee and Qfcio Recently
asked the Agriculture Department
to boost burley acreage i4 order
to meet increasing dwnand.
The requests: for ;. increases
ranged between 6 and 7 fcWosnt
and meet, including the Western
North . Carolina delegation, had
requested the 6 per cent granted
Monday. rt; ,
past year's aliouneot of 829,095
acres was baeed on a national
marketing quota of 638 snlliou
pounds. The 1962 allotments are
baaed' on a quota of 671 million
poandB. , ' .
The 1961 allotments htad been
increaeed 6 per cent from the?..
year before -and spc&eemen for
the burley; states said e foribat
REFERENDUM ON
BURLErKSET
FOR FEB. 20
'.'V'
SchedOled
Judge James C. Farthing To
Preside; Several Cases
On Docket
fU February term of superior
coorrfor the trial of civil Oases,
will begin 'here Monday mornang
with Judge James C. Farthing,
presiding.
The (following motions and cas
es are scheduled:
Motions
Nate Heneley vs Gains E. An
derson, et el;
Glen Sick Whitt vs Gains E.
Anderson, et al; . -;
WaJter (BHaail ys Lucille C. Mc
Devitt; V.., .
.Woodson W. Ray ve Haasie B.
Lamb, admr-2
. Charles Davis vs Donald Shel
ton ta all;
vFaye P. Kent vs John F. Kent;
. V' Bulah Rice et ox vs Edney
Rice, et ml; , ,
r Lawrence Reavis et al va Ralph
Reavis et aL , - .v. - 4 . , ,t , .
? . " Case .
J. B. Ramsey vs Otto Helton;
- Luke Guiffio et al vs Edhey
Rice et al;
Wayne Norton Vs Roy Stamey;
Myrtle Coward et al va Hayden
Meadows et al) ' ; ' ' . i Z
' Crawford Mace vs Clinton Fen
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COUNTY BURLEY
REFERENDUM
GROUP MEETS
The TeguiJatioms igoverning ."fhe
acreage anocmenx, mamceung. quo
ta and price support program- on
tobacco provides .that all produc
ers shall be given an opportunity
of deciding in a referendum whe
ther they are for or agiannet such
prograon. As a general rule
these referendums on tobacco are
held every three years. County
ASCS office manacrer Ralph W
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A meeting of business men,
bankers, farm organizational
leaders and county atgrrculiturpl
workers was held ini the county
ASCS office on Monday p. m., for
the purpose of formulating plans
to .be followed in. the forthcoming
Burley Referendum. The group
named a committee to spearhead
a drive to inform our burley pro
ducers, business people and other
citizens of the importance of the
Burley Referendum which- will be
conducted on Feb. 20. Persons
named, on this cosnmittee were
Htary Silver, chairman; -P. R.
Elam, John M. Anderson, Leonard
Briggs, Jack.Payme, W. B. Shel
ton, and Reeves Church, members;
Jn releaading this announcement,
Ralph W Ramsey, ' ASOS, office
manager, said that IMr. Silver and
his eonmnttee will be calling on
mjsirvy people at the conimunlty
level io assist m getting' out the
largest county , vote possible, on
Fbernary 20. " . i . ,
Slight Error
In Basketball
Tourney Dates
It was published in iast week's
edition that the Madison County
basketball tournament would be
held here February 19-24.
The correct dates are Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday,
and Saturday, February 20-24.
ed, Ao?
ly tf'preoiated,'' Ramsey
i hyone wishing to Utmate may
no so by seeing a fflremm or
mailing vouryontiutkms Io1 yt.
B. Ranwy. Mawshall N,. C.,.
A Jdat of additional donor dur-
big .the past fer. days M'lowsli .
Mrs. Vennw Runnion, sHafry
Silver, Mrs. Iknery WaHin, ' jMi.
Aaron Reese,' Mrs. Thula Norton,
W. T. Moore, Boyd Baucom, iMrs.
Jennie Lee iBuckner, Mm. . Fran
ces F. Btanisey, Halliard Teague,
Dr. H. E. Boliinger, Miss Stella
Carver, Mashiburn & Huff, Frank
Moore, Mjrs. Retha Ward, Mrs.
Gale Silver, Miss Faye Adams,
MisSi'Mae Fleminig, Mrs. Ethel
Sprinkle, Miss Judy Bucfaner,
Mrs. Mary Etta dark,' Ed Sams,
John Chandler, J. J. Ramsey.
Miss Graves was an honor stu
dent at Stephana-Las High School
hf Aeheville, where she waa grad
uated" Sast'year. - ' iKjt
' Some other JJaipttiat eoflep-ee' in
the state are taking Negre stu
dents on a ipart-Tjne itaeis. - The
-fonliaptii i. .o wei-iion, meewr.-
rJkst F mber, urred the. colleges
'(to u; ft f"" ' 'y possl'le"
STHATYBERRYfg
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v
BRUCE ELMORE
FOR CONGRESS?
Asheville Attorney Bruce EJ-
more apparently is the choice of
certain Democratic leaders in the
newly-created Eleventh Congres
sional District to oppose Rep. Roy
A. Taylor in the May primary.
Whether he laotually enters the
race wiJil depend upon events in
the next few weeks. However, .he
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it Fou.
presenbid tie -a.
in Sneed's Restaurs. i
fak :the citation, Enfcohwta
Credited for his work-in the build
ing program of Bryson CUy (Meth
odist Cburoh, his aervice foar JO
years as director of public wel-
fare, tt&s originatingj the idea of
setting up a home for the aged in
Swain County, his. arrangement,
working through the Lions dub,
for three eye clinics for the indi
gent which have eerved1 ISO per
sons and for his work to 'bring a
bout a better understanding of
the civil defense program in the
county.
Mr. English is the youngest son
of Mrs. Grace English of Mar
shall and the late Guy English.
N. C. Doctors Back
Care For Aged Plan
The North Carolina Medical So
ciety announced Tuesday it backs
an American Medical Association
Aw medical care for the aged
through iBlue Shield insurance.
The plans calling for uniform, '
nationwide Blue Shield benefite
for physicans' services for older
persons, recently was released
jointely iby the AM A .and the Na
tional Association of Btkie Shield
lb
p-! tliv'v
Oil Church Street '
r ilants 1)9 or-
- iSome people are ust naturally
h)dkyf What would be ypur
dhances of finding a handbag con
taining more than $300 after los
ing it on iam AsheviUe street for
more than four hours?
Well, that's exactly what hap
pened on a recent Tuesday might
to three Marshall people.
It seems -that .Mr. and) Mrs. Page
Brigman and Mirs. Brigiman's
mother,' Mrs. Kate Reed, rushed
of f to AshevilQe where Mrs. Reed
attended an Eastern Star Meet
ing. They ihad intended deposit-
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tMuoMim. ..v.j .'A have i r r
tunity iliis year to place
for Jt.., oe Eeauity jpU.
the noniiinal price of ninety-five
fteote per--one hundred. All points
wiU be inepeoted ; prior to being,
puled and miU be 'tracked inr .tot.
insure good "fresh plants. Fresh,'
or frozen strawberries are one of
the best fruits available. The lo
cal supply of good! strawberries
is short. There is room for as good
acreage just to satisfy local de
mands. Last year, almost nostra!
berries- were sold in roadside
stands within the county. Few
farmers have enough berries for
home use.
Camirneriioail strawberries offer
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(lot Springs Development
Corporation Gets Charter
adison's Inoome doubles In Decade
Still Lags Behind The North
Carolina, National
. : "-Averages' '
Per capita income in' Madison
County has more tHaw doubled ia
the past 10 yeara '. " but. ieWl
;s behind ' the i North .Camilfeia.
average and. H.Jess than two-
thirds of -the national average.
In 1950 .the per capita income
fox the county was ' Only.; $434.
In 1960 the- figure had risen to
$1,013.' 'cotupared to' 'a' '; national
average of li.868.-.?? i; '.?; -;:-;;!
A survey of a, county pknning
body says that in past years "the
county has participated fully in
the kng "run economic depression
and underdevelopment on Western
North Carolina."
iPiincipal- reasons, listed . were
lack of good roads, slugged terrain
and the high number of marginal
farms.
Underemployment in the county
is chronic and about 10 per Cent
of the total work force was unem
ployed daring the past ye&r Qut
migration has been Severe tin- re
cent years, with .the pouJation
dropping from 22,522 ih-O to
1717 in 1960 a net of
505 persons. Estknated Vgitosa
out migration from the '.- county
during the aame period was. esti
mated at 11,300. - ' " fixA;
' Although Hammarlund - and
Brarlingtoia iMils have, iodated' in
the county, and v service employ
ment has increased by 40 per cent
since 1960, gross employment has
dropped. Smaller businesses tike
r.ivco at Mars I.-l and the three
arcMl kilns in the county nave
helped relieve the situation-. Many
workers commote daily to Bun
combe County for work. .
Current unemployment is esti
mated kt 600 persons and'; jobs
must be found for them, if econo
mic decline is to be halted. .
1 There are a total of about 700
persona working in Jobs Covered
by unemployment insurance. .Their
average weekly pay is more than
$50 and. total payroUs In the coun
ty last year came close to $2 mil
ton. ' : ' ' : . ' . .
The potential, for tourism, re
ereational actavity, health resorts
and iretirement eolonies is great in
Madison Oottotyi V The Basnmst
Report hem jpre'ed that tourism
will increase 30 old by 1968 and
Madison leaders are . hoping , to
share in the bonanza, . . ..: . ,
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LOCAL FIREMEN
TO START COURSE
HERE FRB)AY PJtt.
Allen Duckett Will Be The
Instructor In 14-Weeks'
Course Hare
Objects Of Corporation Are
Cited; Planar Are
Continuing
W. B. iRamsey .Marshall Fire
Chief, announced thte week that
a course on f irefSgtbtring Would be-
. . i . ' - if.ttA
gin mere rinaay- ngm en j.av
o'clock at the fire house, with for
mer Fire Chief Allen Duckett be
ing the inBtruetor,.r.$-..'y--V'-'-'l'
, Duckett has recently qualified
as an instructor, in the rigid course
and local firemen are looking for
ward to the course. Chief Ramsey
said that the course would consist
of 3-&our sessions every Friday
for 14 Weeks., 'fy':!-' Tl.K-
He urged aU local firemen to be
on hand 'or - the .start of the 42
hour course JViday night here. '..
""It 4a a - ' splendid opportunity
for the firemen and 1 hope that
a many firemen, as possaiie. wiii
take the entire f course,", Cliof
Ramsey concluded.
A Oharter has been granted
setting , forth the incorpoaiation
of the Hot Springs Development -'
Corporatkm, it was .' announced ,.
this Weak,' With the latest action
plana will conttnus for the deveJop-
menc of uoc springs, j ;
'Mtany meetings have been neces
sary to get the plank formulated v
and the many technical "(processes
tat such planning to 4ecome ef- -fective.
.Working htemd- in-hand
with the Madison County Planning
Board, the (Hot Springs Planning
Board is now in a nosttaon to
make further ', stepar4 toward ' re
development -tww 'that the charter '
has been grar.te.1. -.'"' .
Main objedts of the corporation -are
listed .in fflart as foil .-.vs:
To develop the natur 1 e-.l 1 i
mari resp-irvfs of the T 1 .'
area; to fonr.
jects T r r ' r c
pron"'. -i r. ; 1 " '
Uiw . .'a i. .
and bUi.'j-. -., t
exi. i:.r3 -i " '. . . -eno
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