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J ( ( (l U U UL 13, , J U d VOL. 61 ; NO. 19 8 PAGES THIS WEEK MARSHALL, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1962 10c PER COPY $2.60 A Yea la Maddeom & Buncombe Counties $4.00 A Year Outside These Two Counties gaDosate. Gnesfats Oii Ubies k M MM f irGwefis a! Camcsratic Convention To Be EJerc Saturday Night ;,!'?;-: ! ' . . 1,11 111 State Committees Will Be Named At State Meet ;'t',,Mayl7 ' ; The second phase of the organ' ization of the Democratic Party in Madison County will occur on Saturday, May 12, when the hi- v annual Democratic County Conven tion will be held, according to Hilliard Teague, Democratic Chairman. . . y, The convention will start at 7:30 o'clock at the courthouse, he said, f - The -first., phase -was completed last .Saturday i when precinct of r ficers were named. The third and ; final level of the state-wide or- v ganization - will be completed in . Raleigh on '.' Thursday, May 17, when several thousand Democrat ic Delegates from all over North ', Carolina will converge on Memo- - rial Auditorium at noon, for the Democratic . State " Convention. Congressman Harold D. Cooley, representative of the fourth dis- t trict since 1984 and Dean of the North Carolina Congressoinal Del- : egation will deliver the ' keynote v address, it was announced from State Democratic Headquarters in Raleigh en Monday by state chair man Bert . Bennett'. ? -.-..' - ' ' Bennett stated that the all im portant state executive commit--l tee,' congressional, judicial, solici- tonal and senatorial committees will be selected by the delegates . from th various counties at the ' district meetings to be held in Raleigh at 10 a, m on May 17 Alter the convention Bennett will appoint a chairman and secretary fcram- each committee and Cplans will be made to utilize these groups during; the" fall election. , , The : state chairman 7 also stated that ha is tasking , the district . chairman to arrange with : the - county chairmen in each district to . arrange a :- meeting place for an ' informal caucus on' Wednesday, May ,16. .:w:.'- '"' t The state chairman pointed out that since the district lines have i been L changed a revised plan of Organisation - is ' effective at the ' convention for the first time, and it is accessary that the counties . in each district agree on various ( problems prior to the official dis trict meetings. I MARSHALL LIONS INSTALLATION MONDAY NIGHT Ladles' Night Will Be Held; Ed L. Nile. I. New President Ladies' Night and Installation services will be held by the Mar shall Lions , Club Monday night at the Rock Cafe here. Lion Bill Shull, of Canton, past District Governor of 31-A, will act as installing officer, it has been announced. Officers to be installed are as follows: President, Ed Niles; first vice president, Jim Story; second vice president, Earl Robinson; third FARMERS URGED TO FILE ACP REPORTS One of the responsibilities of farmers who receive Government cost-sharing for carrying out con servation practices on their farms is to make a report of the use of the materials as soon as they have completed the practice, according to Ralph W. Ramsey, Manager of the Madison County ASCS Office. All approvals given under the 1962 ACU this spring carried a report date of May 31, 1962. There is , a provision whereby a request for an extension of time in which to complete the practice may be approved. If a farmer finds that he will be unable to complete the practice before the report date, he may rue a written request with the County Committee request ing that the date be extended pro vided he does so prior to the re port date. In conclusion Ramsey urged all farmers to file their reports prior vice president, Walter Ramsev: secretary-treasurer, Earle Wise;fto rePrt date My 3 assistant secretary-treasurer, Ralph Barnes; Lion Tamer, Kelley Da vis; assistant Lion Tamer, Ber nard Reese; Tail Twister, Bob Da vis; assistant Tail Twister, Boyd Baucom. New members of the board of Tdirectors are past president Harry Silver, Wade Huey, E. C. Teague and Ralph Barnes. AGRICULTURE HERE TUESDAY 108 Gallons Of Booze Poured Rive St- , ere Sunday If the fish below Marshall became intoxicated last Sunday, yon can't blame then. An abandoned car on Hopewell Hill near Walnut last Sunday con tained 18 cases (108 gallons) of hoii-taxpaid or white liquor. State Patrolmen seized the car and cargo and brought it to the Marshall jail. About 8 a. m., Sunday morning, the patrolmen and sheriff's department emptied the whiskey in the French Broad River. The occupants of the car were thought to have run away after the car broke down. No arrests have yet been made. Revival Mission At Hot Springs Presbyterian Church The Presbyterian Church, Hot Springs, announces a Revival Mis sion starting Sunday night May 13 at 7:30, and continuing every night through Sunday, May 20, Rev. Charles Heier, director of Madison County Parish of Pres byterian CBiurches, will be the speaker ach night Special mu sic and Gospel singing will be fea tured every night : with the mesi sage.4;;Sunday ' night's message wiu do enuuea ,xne ; jNeea.-; jor RevivaL"f -'J4''tis:-J. 'fl k -iVjf$i The public is invited to attend these services where everyone is always welcome. All-Risk Crop Insurance Is Kow Available To Farmers The United States Department of Agriculture has added several r changes to its Federal All-Risk Crop ; Insurance program that is avail ( able to burley growers in Madison ' County for 1962, C. K. Withrow, 'district director for -the Federal Crop ' Insurance Corp., announced :' this week. , ' 0 .' The new program gives burley 4 growers a dollar guarantee to cover their investment cost Under the - old. guaranteed, production plan, the amount of protection was ba- sed on the average Belt price for tobacco, Thus, if the price was - low over an entire Belt the loss payment from FCIC was low. This year . regardless of market , price a loss settlement will be , the difference between the amount of protection a farmer h as and '; the amount of tobacco he sells. Also in 1962, a claim for a to tal loss can be settled when it happens. A payment for a partial loss can be made when the farm er sells his tobacco. In past years, claims could not be settled until &:i the tobacco on a Belt had been f ' 1 and the average market price t' 'ormined. - ! ,'-om County has had a Tc 1- t,i In8'"sTi,e rrr'" 'ceo since 1'.' NEW CONSULTANT IS NAMED FOR TOC COUNTIES , A new fielld consultant for: the North Carolina j Heart Association will be working in western. North Carolina, according to an announce ment by W. James Logan, execu tive director of the state Heart group in Chapel Hill. He. is Robert Wilkins Lindsay, who recently moved , to Asheville from New, York where he was em ployed by the U. S. Public Health Service as public . health director. A native of Sampson County, Lind say is a 'graduate of the public schools of that county and of East Carolina College. His previous ex perience includes work with the U S. Public Health Service in North Carolina and Ohio, and with the Iredell and Mecklenburg County Health Departments. He is mar ried to the former Anna Smith of Charlotte. ; Lindsay will work . with local p"rt Council volunteers in the vii 3 counties: Madison, Alle- f .ary, Arlie, Avery, Cherokee, C'-v. f'tj.'.am, Henderson, Ja k- i , : i, ir:tche:i, Sw&in, Tn n- .. ''? t ' ' ' Walnut PTA Will Sponsor Chicken Supper Saturday The Walnut Parent-Teacher As sociation will sponsor a chicken supper in the school lunchroom Saturday evening, between the hours of 6:00-8:00 o'clock. i The public is urged to attend. POOR CONTACTS Gifted students who show sparks of genius while in school often de velop ignition trouble when they get on their own. I Denny, Jones, Bullard Are , j Speakers) Anderson Presides Madison . County school princi pals and teachers and other guests attended a county conference on adult . education in agriculture Tuesday afternoon at the school building in Marshall. The meet ing was ' devoted; to planning for the future projects in the county. R. J. Denny, district supervisor of agricultural education, spoke on the purposes of the meeting, emphasizing the responsibility of the public schools in participat ing. A, G. Bullard, State Supervisor of Agriculture spoke on the "Di rection for -Adult Education," pointing out the technical nature of farming, how adult education was needed as part of the school's philosophy, the - quality and na ture of the instruction needed and how time was needed to develops programs, r v, r C. I. . Jones, ! Consultant of the State Dept. of Agriculture Educa tion, spoke on "Steps in Develop ing Program of Adult Educa tion," pointing out educational needs and to have special teachers and their .responsibilities. Tom Simpson, Director of the Asheville Center and J, B. Ed wards, Coordinator ;. of the Agri cultural Technology Education al so spoke at the meeting. Mr. Zeno Ponder,,? member of the Madison, County Board of Ed ucation, along with Mr, Printess England . and Mr. Harrv Silver from-the oufttjfjrfr office at- Mr. Fred W, Anderson. County Superintendent ' presided r at r the meeting, f .1 i;; UNCS JAKE WADE FOUND DEAD IN WRECK WED. Jake Wade, 61, veteran Univer sity of North Carolina sports pub licity director, died of an appar ent heart attack Wednesday while driving from Raleigh to Chapel Hill. Wade, one of the best known sports writers in the country, was found in his wrecked car off U.S. 54 about a mile and a half east of Morrisville. Wake County Coroner Marshall Bennett issued a tentative ruling attributing death to a heart at tack. Wade had taken his wife to Ra leigh so she could get a bus to Wrightsville Beach to visit her mother. He was returning alone to Chapel Hill when death struck. His car ran off the left side of the road, went down a slight in cline and traveled about 30 feet into a heavily wooded area before it rammed into a tree. ASCSFIELDMAN IS HONORED FARMERS URGED TO GIVE WHITE PINES CHANCE o.Oo- Adams Defeats Leake At I'Jalnut; Sams Easily I'Jins ars Hill Chairmanship PONDER ISSUES STATEMENT OF MEETINGS SAT. The ASCS office in Washing: ton, the State ASC office, and the western district Of ASCS county offices have joined in honoring the Fieldman for the district Jeff H, Enloe Jr. According to A. P. Hassell Jr., executive director for the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation state Committee, Mr. Enloe is the first and only field- man in this state to receive rec ognition for a sustaned level of performance in his counties, for (Continued To Page Five) ifir i: -With 1 . ; Farmers who have woodland that is being pastured may be miss ing a good . opportunity for this land to be replanted in white pines. Herschel Ramsey, who lives in the Sandy Mush community, fen ced the cattle out of a thin stand of hardwood two years ago. White pines have come up, naturely and reforest" 1 this area. Herschel be- u lutii uie cowb were uiuiig these small seedlings off and kill ing them as soon as they came up. This reforesting Job is so nearly complete that be plans to take out most of the hardwood now stand ing and give these white pine an opportunity to grow, ;; Athletic Banquet To Be Held Tonight The annual Athletic . Banquet will be held at the Marshall school tonight (Thursday) beginning at 7:80 o'clcok. Coach Ed Morton will preside and Gene Wyke, of Asheville, will be the principal speaker. Zeno H. Ponder, Secretary to Madison County Democratic Exec utive Committee, released the fol lowing statement of and concern ing with the Precinct Elections of Saturday, May 5, 1962: Mr. Ponder stated "of the 23 Precinct Chairmen elected and the 23 Vice Chairmen elected, 23 of the Chairmen and 23 of the Vice Chairmen have been and are con sidered friendly toward the Dem ocratic Organization. The contest fin Walnut Precinct, Township 1, Ward 2, showed a numerical number- for Garland Adams greater than the number for A. E. Leake, however, certain extenuating cir cumstances have led to Mr. Leake questioning procedural methods as well as ethics on the part of Gar land Adams. There will be no protests as to Adams being seated but a full and descriptive set of Protest Middle Fork Count; Chairmen, Vice-Chairmen Are Named Intense interest prevailed at the 23 Madison County precinct meet ings which were held last Satur day morning. In 20 of the 23 precincts, the Organization Democrats, referred to as the "Ramsey-Ponder" fac tion, won uncontested victories for precinct chairmen, vice-dhairmen and committees but the action in three of the 23 precincts name ly, Walnut, Mars Hill and Middle Fork clearly pointed to plenty of opposition from opponents of the Organization candidates. Perhaps the most confusing out come is that which occurred at Mars Hill. An overwhelming number of the 400 present at the Mars Hill meet ing voted for a committee which named Dr. Bruce Sams as chair man and Miss Irene Willis as vice chairman. This action was generally re garded as an "anti-Ramsey-Ponder'' victory by many, especially around Mars Hill. In a statement to this newspaper, however, Zeno H. Ponder, secretary to the Mad- minutes will show the Republic ans' participation, as well as ex-ii80n County Democratic Executive weme coercive pressure oy ar. Committee and Organization lead- Wayne Brigman, Chairman of the Madison County Welfare Board." . ."The Precinct election in Town ship 4, Ward 2, Middle Fork, has resulted in considerable charges an4-euntei charges as to--eligibil ity. The outcome as to whether Jack Fox or J. G. Gardner has of ficially, won will probably not be known until Convention time. Sat nrday night May 12th. v "The Mars Hill Township, No. 16, elected Bruce Sams, DDS, and Miss Irene Willis as Chairman, and Vice-Chairman, respectively. Dr. Bruce Sams headed a list of 21 Democrats proposed by the Ram sey-Ponder Organisation as Dem ocrats who would be acceptable as compromise candidates for Town ship Chairma nand subsequently (Continued to Last Page) MISS AMERICA MEETS PANTHER HONORED AT MARS HILL College Saturday were (L-R) t Hazel .West and Peggy Plemmons. . v.;: COEDS HONORED AT IIII COLLEGE Outstanding coeds in the De partment of Business Administra tion at Mars II ill College were honored Saturday evening during the 23rd anm?sl reunion of the Business C..b Alumni Association, composed cf f-.n--.-r fc- .r slu.-Jer.is l 1 ' i. . : i i y. c: By F. G. SIMONSON Berlin, Germany Two North Caroliniais met in Berlin, Germa ny recently and compared notes on the Tarheel State. Although they had not been formally introduced, the two had met before. " Last year when Sp4 James A. Craine of Headquarters Company, 2nd Battle Group, 47th Infantry, was a postal clerk in Asheville,' North Carolina, he sold stamps to a pretty young lady who is now "Miss America", Beautiful Mis Maria Beale Fletcher stopped in -:; Berlin re cently for a three day visit She is on a whirlwind two-week tour of U. S. military installations in France and Germany. Jii Specialist Craine is serving in Berlin with the Tanther" Battle Group, and he has been on duty Jf. dU iTchSTT .ti? in tte Music Recital At Walnut School Next Thursday The piano pupils of Mrs. Maude Long and Mrs. Minnie Davis will give their music recital in the Walnut school Thursday, May 17, at one o'clock. ' Every one is invited to attend. - er, claimed that Dr. Sams 'head-, ed a list ' of 21 Democrats pro posed by the Ramsey-Ponder Or ganization as Democrats w h o would be acceptable as compro mise" candidates f of 7- Township Chairman and , subsequently mem bers of the Madison County Dem ocratic Executive Committee." " To the citizens outside Town ship 15 (liars Hill precinct) 'the choice of Dr. Sams as cliairaun seems satisfactory to both Demo cratic factions. ' - At Walnut, where 189 attended the precinct meeting, Garland Ad ams, anti-Organisation candidate, was named, chairman by the com mittee ' elected in a rather close standing r vote. Although accusa tions of "coercive pressure," "pro cedural methods" 'and "ethics" were advanced, Mr. Ponder stated that " . . .' there will be no pro- , tests as to Adams being seat- : ed . ..." Mrs. Jennie Smith was elected vice-chairman by the com mittee. She succeeds Mrs. Jennie Lee Buckner. .y ,-.,. . ; In the meeting at Township 4, . Ward 2 Middle Fork the k "a n t i - Organization" candidates were victorious with the committee elected naming Jack Fox as chair- ; man and Mrs. Reva Edwards as ; (Continued To Last Page) ' lly by the association to the out standing student in , a two-year business course. The meda , will commencement exercise on May 28, -. . Peggy . Joan- Plemmons, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Plemmons of Rt 1, Hot Springs, was recognized as the outstanding student in the one-year accelerat ed courses in business.. Selections for the honors are made annually by the members cf tSie faculty cf ths Department cf Eusiness Ad.--.i:.i!--lration Crit. 'i are superior t ' '. rf.ip, Clsn ' -..' .-.rv'nr, ' '7 pmor. r ' ' " - " t "post office business." He's chief mail clerk of the 47th.' The Carolina beauty told Craine 'My grandfather taught school in the country where you live.'' He's the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jim F. Craine of Route 5, Box 1S3, liar shall, N. C. l!.ss Arrerica asked Cra'ne how he Kiel Lerlin. "It's a v-or,Jcrful f-rerienre," said Z2-y r-cJ :.utne, a-t it ; t back to t"ueteen y.r .aocarrei ea I :i t 1 r to Ho Losses In FHA Moral Housing Loans In 12 Vcar LOCAL FIREMEN COMPLETE 14 WEEK TRAINING Marshall firemen completed a 14-weeks' training course last Friday night with a ladder drill and review of the entire course. Former Marshall Fire Chief A. L. Duckett was the director and was highly ' commended by tl-e firemen for his thorough enJ splendid presentation of the mm y Cre-fifhtirg At a f and their i Kfr-mee' '.r t .fcS c " , 3 1 techr.: "'s. :e ' V $6,000,000 Loans Equivalent To Many Industries, . ' , Jobs Mr. Melvin H. Hearn, State Di rector of the Farmers Home Ad ministration for North Carolina, said today that during ti e 12 - r operation of the F?r'"-iv I Adminstration rur ' j ' progTam in Nor " have been no I The s!a( . t status cf t'l 1 lat-t Dm " r Tt. r.re thr. "
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