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y .J u i 0 u a M Z3 MARSHALL, N. CTHUSy. SEPTEMBER 20, 1962 10c PER COPT V. mo A Twlilteittm Buncombe Cooatlet MJW A Tw Outride These Two Counties VOL. 61 NO. 33 8 TAC-J THIS WEEK h - CuGITG : D j w JO oO 'M rv an no nn?n uuu uvu u u w duus uifg0 m People Are Excited About v . Prospects Of Firm ; . - Here Soon 1 Between tea and fifteen work men are busily engaged this week at the Coxe Building getting it In readiness for the Mills Manufac turing . Company, parachute and parachute components- manufac turers. The new firm hopes to begin operations here by December 1 or, before, it was stated. LJoyd Slagle, local contractor who is in charge of the renovation, said that a great deal of work had already been done during the past few weeks and with ideal working weather, it is hoped that the build ing, generally known as the old Marshall Cotton Mill Building, ACHIEVEMENT DAY FOR COUNTY 4-H CLUBS SAT. Each year the HD Clubs in the county have their achievement day program. This year it will be held SEPTEMBER 22, 1962 in the MARSHALL SCHOOL LUNCH ROOM. The displays will be assembled from 8:00 a. m. to 10:30. The pub lie is invited to visit the displays beginning at 10:30 a, m. Each club is displaying one of the topics studied this year. A covered dish luncheon will be en Joyed by everyone. The after 1 .... a . 'noon program win e a xasnion uhow with 4-H Club girls and HD Club women as models. "Come" and enjoy the displays and fashion show. , lACP HELP WITH IE K NOW MAILABLE . The fall period is one of , the boat times of the year for making delivery and for applying" lime stone to farmland, says Ralph W. Ramsey, office manager for the Madison County ASC committee. It1 has been a county committee, policy -Dor the past three or four years to use any A CP funds re maining after the cover crop sea son on the liming practice. Ram sey said that the county ASC om (ContkMMd To last Tags) Jot Springs Qos Past Ganc nivcr FrL"ay,t3-0 Hot Springs, boasting one oil the finest teams ever, scored in ' I every quarter on , the Cane River field last Friday- night in rolling to a 86-0 Pisgah Conference vic tory over Cane River. The Hot Springs r Blue Devils smashed the inexperienced Cane v . River line time and time again for . huge chunks of yardage. All t h e scores came on long plays. Bill Smith late in the first quar ter broke through a huge Cane River line and raced 70 yards for the first , Blue Devil touchdown. : r ' Early in the second period Fred UA dy Sharps fired 80 yard pass Everett Shelton standing all V alone in the Cane River end sone. Late in the second quarter with Sharpe t back to pass from the Cane River 40 yard line and find ing no one open ran around right end and got two good blocks in the secondary and scored stand ing up for the third Blue Devil touchdown. Half time score; Hot Spring 18 Cane River 0. The Blue Devils took up where they left off early in the third period when Cane Eiver punted to the Hot Springs ten yard line. On V.:e f'.r-. t rlay from scrimmage (C '!j To Fr:s rour) will be .ready in November. . The: elevator is now being re paired and will be ready for use when,, the .controls arrive, it was saidjHyjl;) ' , kUSitli ''that they plan tc start pouring concrete next week in " flooring the first and second stories.1 A new and modem heating system will be installed and this work js expected to start this . week.-'; ' The' road from the lower bridge to the building; is being repaired and a culvert has already been in stalled.;: Hardtopping of the road will be done jhometime in the fu ture..: " i i, Although it has not been an nounced officially, it is thought that the third story of the build ASC COMMUNITY COMMITTEEMEN ARE ELECTED Election returns from 16 county agricultural communities have been tabulated and approved by the county committee. Mr. Emory Robinson, Chairman of the Madi son ASC County Committee an nounced, '.today that the following iii the 1 order of Chairman, Vice- Chairman, and Regular Member were elected to serve on the ASC community committees for the fol lowing year;, Community 1; - Frank, Briggs, Bert Freeman;, and Jesse Amni ons' Community 2 - Bruce ; King, Walter-. Gosnell, and Enoch Gun ter; Community) S Lester Rob. Sams; Community 4 r James Rob- toon, Shelby Ray, and Gerald Youn g; Community 6, Harold Wallin, Dick Murray,' and James E. Ramsey; Community 6, Reeves Frisbee, Arnold Brown,' and Randall Buckner; Community 7 Leonard Payne, Lon Sluder, and Arthur Payne; Community 8 -4 Joe Gentry, Billy Woody, and Glen Davis; Community 9 Eu gene L. Willis, Harold Baker, and Walter B. Shipley; Community 10 - Lee Wallin, Willie Rice, and Joe Bullman; Community 11 - Wayne Burnette, Kermick Hens ley, and Paul Bailey; Community IS A Fred ,Tanthm, Marvin Lowe, and Cecil Pangle; Commu nity . 14 Wayne Clark, L. F. Boone, and Arvil Gosnell; Comm unity 15 -Dewey Phillips, Claude Fjorester, and Rollins Jarvis; . (Oontimed to Last Page) THREE FINED ON OFFICIALS HENDERSONVnJLE Warren Bishop and Albert Bishop, both of Buncombe County, and JamesT Hurst of Laurel of Madison Coun ty, were each fined 825 and costs and given 12 months suspended sentences Saturday at a hearing before Magistrate Jim Gilliam. ; The three submitted guilty pleas to charges of assault on two foot ball facials after a game Aug. 30 between Marshall -and East Henderson at the West Henderson field. J,;-.: f;.'-4 ; . . The two officials Louis Joy ner and Ed Harrill failed to ap pear. 1 '. . ' j As a result of the incident, the WNC Officials Association placed Marshall High School's football toam on one year probation but according" to latest information, it is t'.otTsht ttat Marshall will be s to i'ry its home schedule as ing might be used for training purposes. . : ;M ' It was also explained that ap plications which have been , re ceived her during the past two weeks for the dress manufactur ing firm which is negotiating on prospects of locating hero, will be shared with the Mills Manufac turing Company. The people of Marshall and vicinity are indeed excited about the Mills Manufacturing plant hero and are eager to see opera tions begin. "We intend to go all-out in wel coming the Mills Manufacturing plant hero and look forward to having this splendid firm locate here", one official stated. Honored v Joseph B." Huff ,Tn. , '; " '' - , j ""Sill --V-- V j -, ; j. f' .f Marshall Attorney Named President Of District Bar Joseph B. Huff, prominent local attorney, was named president of the 24th District Bar, at ha an nual meeting held in Newland on Saturday morning, September 15. Mr. Huff makes his hem in Mars Hill and is a graduate of Mars Hill College and Wake For est College; he is a veteran of World War II and the Korean War; and holds the rank of Lieu tenant Commander in the U. S. Naval Reserve. Frank Watson of Spruce Pine, was named vice president; and C. E. Mashburn of Marshall, secretary-treasurer of the Bar Associ ation, which is comprised of Av ery, Madison, Mitchell and Yan cey counties. FOREST CITY MAN IS KILLED IN COUNTY SUN. George P. Watkns, 21, of Forest City was killed Sunday night, Sept. 16, 1962 when the ear ho was driving ran off U. S. 70 near Hot Springs, crashed and burned. : He was pinned in the wreckage. , State Highway Patrolman J. R. Richards said the ear went over a steep embankment and into a small stream. iH said Watkins was traveling at' moderate rate of speed when the wreck occurred about 8:80 p. m.a half-mile north of Hot Springs. V Watkins had gone to Newport, Temu, to drive the car back to Forest City for Tate Wilson, Rich ards reported. Wilson's wife had driven him to Newport It was raining at the time of the wreck, Richards said, and when the ear Watkins was driv ing entered a curve, it got off the road on the right shoulder and overturned down a 20-foot em bankment into a small stream. The vehicle then caught fire, and Watkins, pinned in the wreckage, was burned over his entire body, the trooper reported. The body was taken to a funeral home at Cliffside in Rutherford County. If " 111 Hi Mlfef It WW -A HOT SPRINGS LEADERS met Thursday after noon with professional planners for a discussion of the possible development of Hot Springs into a ma jor tourist attraction. Among those present were (L-R), seated: Philip Hammer, Joseph Amisano and Charles Daoust, planners; Neill Ross, Harold Ander fkMjk Jiitliiid For Elionig M By BOB SEYMOlftt Citizen Staff, Writer '5 develon this once-famous : health resort into first class tourist attraction' was .presented Thurs day night at a meeting in the Hot Springs Inn. '. .V '' ' j'v : ,'-,v The outline was' presented in the form of reports from Philip Hammer, whose nlanninr firm develoned the "Hammer Reoort" ifor Western North Carolina; Jo seph Amisano,' who was architect for the Hot Springs, Ga.,' develop ment, and Charles Daous, recre MSB NHOWERTO BE SPEAKER AT PINEHURST SAT. The campaign of Robert Brown of Asheville, Republican candidate for Congress from the 11th Dis trict, will get a boost from the Sop man in the GOP Saturday, September 22. The boost will come from for mer President Dwight D. Eisen hower when the two confer at Pinehurst. C. . Brown and General John B. Wogan (USA-Ret), a West Point classmate and personal friend of Dee's, will, fly to Pinehurst Sat urday morning. A''' ' c ? ' Eisenhower will arrive at 1 p. iru, at Pinehurst Airport from Co lumbia, S. C where he will speak in behalf, of William Workman, Republican candidate for. the U. S. Senate from South Carolina. , Following a special .meeting with Brown, Dee will speak at a luncheon honoring Charles Jonas, Representative in Congress of the 8th District, who is seeking his fifth consecutive term in office. Brown and Wogan . will be guests at the luncheon. , , : Y Attend Republican Precinct Workers' Meet In Ashevilla Those from Madison County who attended the Republican Precinct Workers' meeting held at the George Venderillt Hotel last Thursday and Thursday right were Clyde M. Robert Loy P. Roberts, R. S. Rice, J ' i Gentry, Shad Franlvirn, and H . V."":. rians w?re disc; ' f.-.r the comb? ".,;', n in 1" Xer. ation authority. ; . . , , The ; reports ctoaxed . 820,000 'atudc 'f or itht' Aro - RedeveJop ment Administration ' and -ended months of arudous waiting by Hot Springs leaders, who hold options to buy key propetry around the hot springs. A very flexible plan, the isut lino calls for development of the flood plain between the French Broad River and tho,business sec tion into park, including a campground. . Water from the hot . springs, which are located .fe this plain, RiW; PONDER IS INJURED BY TRACTOR SAT. Mr. R. Wade Ponder, of Mar shall and Hot Springs, where he onerates a store, was painfully in jured on his farm here Saturday mornimr. when a tractor mowing machine,, which had. been tempo rarily parked, ran backwards over him. Mr. Ponder suffered a compound fracture of one arm, four broken' ribs, and a badly mangled arm in the accident. He is a patient in Memorial Mission Hospital where his con dition is listed as satisfactory. Mr. Ponder is a brother of Sheriff E. Y. Ponder. MARSHALL PTA PRESENTS $100 TO SCHOOL a film on the objects and program of the National Congress of Par ents and Teachers, was shown to members of the Marshall PTA at their first meeting of the year Monday afternoon in the school auditorium. ' Mrs. cieophas Ward was elect ed to serve as secretary of the rroun. She replaces Mrs. Frank Fisher, who resigned. In other business the sroun voted to spon sor a donkey basketball r me on Novei ? . r 17; changed V date of nn- ' r to the second . ,;.y (C 1 To Page I ) son, and Bill Ferguson of Hot Springs and Tom Mal- lonee, representing Rep. Roy A. Taylor; standing, Bob Davis of Hot Springs, Gary Head of the WNC Regional Planning Commission and James Gentry of Hot Springs. . Cut Courtesy of Asheville Cituen ' would be nined ; acMSS . thei river to a; 'raterdome-a glgantio glass swimming lools, meeting : ; rooms, and a thonninff or commercial a- rea. The pools, thanks to the hot springs, would be open year round. The water dome would be the focal "point of a complex of tour ist facilities to include a golf coarse, drivine range, tennis courts riding trails, restaurants, motels and business buildings. This development, which would be located on a terrace well above aiwll'17biTrpi:12 Friday flight At Trycn MERCHANTS TO HOLDDIPORTANT MEETING TUES. Corbett Is Named President Christmas Promotion To Be Discussed Members of the Marshall Mer chants Association met Tuesday night at the Citixens Bank here and (Continued To Last Page) County Women' League To Meet Tuesday Night. The Madison County Women's Good Government League will hold its first annual . meeting Tuesday ngiht at 7:30 in the Mars Hill School Cafeteria, i . A progress report on the League's first year will be given by Mrs. Walter .Smith, secretary. During the . business session, vice president and treasurer will be elected, and the program and budget for the ensuing year will be adopted. Krs. Cl.arles Davis, president, will rreside. All members are ur 1 to b present for tf.is l.rnov, , t r; eat ing and women tf I",' i C--"n-ty who are r t i v r - rf i Good Gov-: -- 'I ,r i a !'ed to a', 1 : j ' i the Hi. i . '.:s I 'I 'x ; x J u V xMev I w the flood level,, "would -add sig nificant new depth to too town,- Hammer-- 4eiaeoaV'---v--.--Another nhase of the outline pertains to the busineas district, which would bo cleaned up and modernised in soma respects but not sto much as to destroy the at mosphere of a "quaint mountain river town," Hammer stated. The meeting, high point so far in a long-time battle to restore Hot Snrintni to its former nrom- inence as a summer resort, had a note V)f irony at the beginning. - (Cbnunood To- Pago Four) Marshall traveled to Tryon Fri- 'day to notch a 12-7 ' victory from the host team, in a Pisgah Con ference event. ! , ' , Both teams ' failed ,to score in the first quarter and in, the" 2nd period Tryon gained the lead on a quarterback sneak play by Andy Hancock for a one yard touch . down. Chip Leonard made the ex tra point -;;') .v-'S-n v;;-? After that it was Marshan's game. , Candler threw a pass . w Nix that was good for 72 yards and a ' touchdown in the second . period. In the third Ralph Cand ler scored again on an eight yard rUn. H '- . ,v-: .':.(--,- ,, , ;'' . - In the fourth quarter, Tryon fought to the one yard line and ; with less than a minute to go, uddy Crowe fumbled in the end sone and Colon Bishop ran it out to the one-yard line as time ran out. ' - s , ' t' M . - T First Downs 8 11 Rushing yardage 83 157 Passing yardage ' 108 13 Passes 8-9 ' 1-4 Punts 3-42 2-80 Fumbles 1 2 Penalties 85 80 "1 T T I i Thurs T.iy J-' Marshal vs. T - - i" t : . not Srrt- '('i r.irs I"'.', i : C 1 -1 1 ' .1