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v-1 u v VOL. 61 NO. 43 8 rACZS TISI3 WEEK MARSHALL, JN. C. THURSDAY, NOVE! 29, 1962 lOe PER COPT S2J0 A Tmt la (Madison Buncombe Counties U.00 A Tw Outride Theee Two Couatie i ' J C::7l To Do fJrcJiC 0 Meeting To Be At Court .Restaurant ; Hammer To Be Present. -. It was announced this week that . .the quarterly board' meeting of .1 : 4b Western North Carolina Re ' ' -gional Planning Commission will ' be held Jointly with the. Hot Springs Planning . Board on Wed' neaday, December 5 at the Court - Restaurant in Hot Springs. The meeting will begin at 12:30 with ' many regional officials scheduled to Attend. .' ' Phil Hammer will present the Hot Springs Recreational . study and other Important phases of the proposed redevelopment plans for the Hot Springs area will be discussed. In addition o mem bers of the WNC Regional Plan- ning Commission speaking, rep- f resentatives of the Area Redevel opment Administration (ARA) will also attend. Reservations can now be made I with Neill Ross, at Hot Springs, r or the Planning Commission In Hot Springs. . All interested persons are in--,.- vited to attend that, they may know the latest developments in the future growth of Hot Springs. I EOWlEvGK' SPEAKER AT Hons aw An interesting" Program On ; VOrnest Transplanting; Held Monday ,. " 'V V Vl f. 'I. l. l V.-. . . . , i Harold Bowling, a member of the West Aaheville Lions Club, a lay minister, and a successful con struction. . executive in .Asheville, was the. principal,' speaker at the Marshall v lions . Glub meeting at Hi Jlock.Cafs Monday night ; Mr., Bowling, who has had two successful cornea , operations, ex plained ,how the oneration is ner- formed, A using slides to illustrate his . remark ;.He' also told ' the members and guests of his early childhood.,, and the difficulties of his . visual .handicaps. He revie MUST LAND IN COUNTY SHOWS . 1.4 INCREASE According to an inventory com pleted last July by TVA in coop eration with . Champion Papers, Inc., Madison County has 224,600 acres of commercia forest land 3,100 acres more than In 1953. This means forest area in the county Increased 1.4 percent i n nine Tears. While some 4,700 ac res were cleared for pasture and other use, 7,800 acres ; of open land reverted to forest by natural means and by tree planting. : Pre sent estimate of open land in need of reforestation la 12,000 acres. R, A. Vogenberger, TVA fore stry representative at Asheville, says the Inventory shows 80S mil lion board feet of sawjtimber In the county. This is an average of 8,600 board feet per acre, about 1,600 board feet more than the average for all Tennessee Valley forests. White oaks account for 21 percent of the sawtimber, red oak 15 - percent, yellow-popular 13 'rrwZT T v" T.lpercent, hickory 7 percent, yellow ente,; ,MeW Mae f " 10 percent. d whit pine with nioinn tta ,.,. 9 Pt. A variety of species ne ed his inf and tatere frj 26 .ib (...'.'-i.i.:- i l. , nufc-vi we wrcai volume, naru- talk;DyA explaining how he wentl. . . 'Aw--..xf:- u...s. woods amount to 621 million CHESTNUT TREES NOW AVAILABLE , ' As. soon as it was apparent, in 1918, that the American Chestnut tree was doomed to extinction from the Oriental Chestnut blight, the U. S. Department of Agricul tore began a search for a blighi resistant" variety. ' Many - plants were tested. ; Most of the- Asiatic chestnut species, although not im mune to the blight,' are, -highly to- sistant to it The Chinese chest nut was found to be more resist ant than the Japanese chestnut. Seguin chestnut or Henry chinka pin. . Its nuts are sweeter and finer textured than the others but : larger than he American chest nut., One selection, of Chinese chestnut stood out- as most- close ly resembling the American tree, It was called PI 68602. There are only a few of these trees available each: year. We have been fortu- opto in securing a limited number board feet,- softwoods 186 million, If all merchantable sound trees down to 5 inches diameter are in (Continued To Last Page) 1? 4f these trees for planting in Mad- json County. If you are interested Atatact the county agents office rin the court house hv Marshall. " MERCHANTS'" MEET TONIGHT Members of the Marshall Mer . chants - Association will - meet to night at . 7:00 o'clock St the Rock Cafe, at which time,. Christmas Decorations and a visit from San to will be discussed. " . ' PRODUCTION RECORDS KEPT ON BEEF HERD Lion Bowling praised the great work' of .the doctors and the mod ern methods of .transplanting cor- nea, ,He urged members of the club .tbt'wiil their, eyes so that those ,5Who 'iCantjot see might, through': the generosity of others, live a norm al life. Lion President Ed Niies presid ed with ,'18. ' members and the f ol lowing guests present: Lions Jack Ebbesen, VC; CXJ VMcCurry, Harold I -Bowlings of ' thevWest Asheville I Clubj Lion.SoIarf; of the Wobdfin . Accroding to Frederick E. Boss, Club; , and Joe Fisher. Ed Morton assistant county agent, Mr. D. J. and J, C -Wallin of Marshall, Graham of the Piney Grove com- , .y.,, i. , ,' ; J munity has started keeping pro- , , . - 1 . I auction' rncarcl ft n MiMmm. f.Ilss Cleta Edwards ciBl be' w herd. The first step Pfl(tP( WiJn.J..' v" to identify each eow with a . ; , . I giant ear tag number. These tags r unerai rriaay v ; lean be read without catching the animal. Then a record natre was Miss CieU inwards, 92, died vt I set up for each animal, in 4 loose- 7:30 p. m.; Wednesday. November I leaf book. In' addition td, a d 1962 at her home to Mars Hil Iscrlption of each ccwJ thia-lnfor- Toiiowing a lengthy, illness.. :. vi Imation i sheet has breeding data Funeral services will be held at knd information about each calf. p. m., Friday in the r Mars Hillf With this type of record, a breed- Baptist Church, conducted by The I er can sit in his living room and, Rev. Charles Davis: castor: Dr. he has kept his records ud to Hoyt' Blackwell, and .William U d, he can do a good job of cuB- Lyneh. BuriaI''will' be in' Mars k Hill Cemetery, and , nephews will Most of Mr. Graham's cows are serve as pallbearers.-- I young, so he is starting them off Miss Edwards is - survived bv 1 011 right foot with production three sisters, Mrs. Clota Liimard records starting with their first and Mrs. M. H. TerreD, both pf I calf. To insure that his cows get the home; and Mrs. T. D. Hollo- every advantage he has pnrchas- well of Gastonia; also several d n outstanding young purebred nieces) nephews, and cousins. I shorthorn bull to be used on these Miss ;Edwards was a charter youn C0W8' member of the Mars Hill Baptist Church and one of the oldest alum na of Mars Hill College. Ginnd Got Tern Is cn::I!: J Herbert Hawkins, clerk superi or court, announced this week thai the December term, of superior court here for. the trial of criminal cases has been cancelled. The rea son for caaeellatikm ia due to the three Madison cases being trans ferred to Haywood County. : The next criminal ; tern here will begin on Febraery 25, 1963, Mr. Hawkins announced. " JAIflE MERRELL DIES TUESDAY; RITES TODAY: THREE 1IEN ARE INJURED LAST WEEK IN WRECK Well-Known And Popular! worked. A track carrying three ployea of an Asheville coastrec tioa firm skidded off a section of Woriey Cove Road and overturned about eight miles from here a bout S p. ay. Wednesday, Nov. SI, injuring all three. Glea Fox. 35, of Rt. S, Mars Hill, vea admitted to Memorial Misaioa Hospital in Asheville suf fering a broken ankle and two broken ribs; Jack Blakck, SO, of St. 1, Canton, sustained head lacerations, strain and contusions; and William Quins, 34, of Rt 2, Candler, received lacerations and a badly bruised shoulder. Blalock and Quinn were treated at the hospital and released. State Trooper J. E. Richards said the accident occurred when the truck attempted to pass through a section of the road on which construction was under wax- by Z. A. Sneedea'S Sons, Inc, of lAshevtlle, for whom the men um t Co" Goto . Dr. Grover F. Tyner Jr Of Georgia, To Address Group The annual French Broad Asso ciation "21" Night will be held in the- Mars Hill : Baptist ' Church next Monday beginning at 7:30 o'clock. The theme for the occa sion wil he "Be Ye Witnesses." Br. Grover F. Tyner Jr., of Au gusta, Ca., will be the. principal speaker..' He'I will' deliver his ad dress, "Ee Ye Witnesses" at 8:30 o'clock. ' . Tr. Tyner, presently serving as of the Concord Clermont, Ca., h Y.ziovn !'.-!.!. r i 1 Sr .Night Speaker r ( 'or ',11. y. .. ... i BASKETBALL PROSPECTS ARE GOOD AT EDJS Practice Continues) Season . Opens On Friday, ' December 7- " Prospects are good at Marshall I High School for an ' interesting basketball ; season, , according to Coaches Ed Morton and J. C. Wal lin. " ' "With eight girls returning from last year's squad, the out look is bright," Coach Wallin said when commenting about the girls' team. . ' - . The Marshall . sextet, county champions last year, will sorely miss such players as Betty Mc Devitt, Jani Woodard, Sheila Kice, Judith Payne and Inei Crowe, but Wallin says that the girls who are now out for the team are sowing great spirit nnd desire. "The adjustment to the rover f.ayer ruie will require mh.i rraet'ee but we hope to te r 'y for our cri'f.irjr f iio ca IV" v, C'HJ. 7 VI i h f-str r Ci - i t r C V C h V -i f "I. t ' "'! r - - f , ' : Citisen Passes In An Asheville Hospital Zeb Ransom (Jakie) MerrelV 91, of -Marshall, died early Tues day morning, November 27, 1962 in an Asheville hospital after brief illness. - , .. . - Services will be held ithisj (Thurs day) afternoon st 2 o'clock !n the chapel of Bowiuaa' 1 nei-l The Rev. V. CJ Fier and the Rev. Jesse Slagle will officiate. Burial will be in the Laurel Branch Cemetery with friends as Ban- bearers.'.; .''Vi' t. .riW' Surviving are the widow, lira. Lovada Lisenbee Merrell of Ashe ville; five sons, Kam of Marshall, and Otho, Bass, Rosa and John Merrell of Asheville; four daugh ters, Mrs. R. H. Edwards of Rt 1. Mars Hil), Mrs. Jack Wilson and Mrs. Jerry Lee Amnions of Rt 6, Marshall, and Misa Perry Mae Merrell of Ashevflle; 14 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren vend one great-great-grandchild. Bowman Funeral Homo is ; in charge. WE MONEY IN SPARE TEIE, LOW GRADE TREES There's money ' in cull oak. hickory, sourwood, blackgum, ma ple and other inferior hardwoods, stated Harry G. Silver, county agent, this week. Wood not suit able for lumber can be turned in to charcoaL Timberland that for years has had only the ' select trees cut and the cull trees left has become unproductive. Now there's a chance to get paid for getting the wolf . trees off the land end leave the more product ive trees a chance to grow. Mr. Roy Roberts of Barnard tan use ISO cords of charcoal wood each 80 days. Roy welcomes an op portunity to explain this market to Madison fanners. See him far a market Now is a good time to trot in-;? work done improving your f ' - land and got psil for ytn:r 1 " Give the popr, wl.ite r tor f i The truck slipped off the rain- softened shoulder of the road and overturned in a field, Richards said, t "v . ; Fox, who was riding with Bla lock on the bed of the truck, was pinned under the track, Richards said. The truck was being operat ed by William Eric Carson, 25, of Uiartotta, who escaped injury. No charges were filed. T. K CnPJSiT.IAS SEAL CAMPAIGN IN PROGRESS BULLETIN! Inveetigutkm Rejected The State Board of Elections Wednesday rejected pleat for a full scale Investigation Into the election of November 8 in Madi son County. iUe -w oo not taiu: tne evidence introduced warrants the sort of sweeping investigation" the Re publicans had requested in Mad isoa County, said Chairman Wil ham Joslia as he' announced the board's decision. : . , . , He said the declsioa waa unan imous, indicating the board's two Republican membera agreed with its three Democratic members. The hoard acted in the Madison County case af tec Democrats sharply denied charges of wide spread irregularities and frauds in the general. election, voting in Madison. The charges were made Tuesday by Clyde, M. Roberts, Madison GOP chairman. - ' Zeno Ponder, Madison Demo cratic leader who served as - a registrar at the Marshall. Precinct on election day, called one charge made in an affidavit produced by Roberta a "direct Ke. The affi- lavit contended that an absentee Roberts Details Charges? ' InTeetigatkm la ; Requested Charges of 'widespread "frauds and irregularities" during the No vember 6 general election in Mad ison County were made by Re publicans to the State Board of Elections Tuesday. , Clyde M. Roberts, Madison County Republican chairman, ask ed the state board for "a full scale investigation" of his charg es. The Madison charges came as the board met to offidslly can vass results of the general elec tion voting and to hear election complaints. The vote certifica tions brought no changes la re sults of statewide, and congres sional district races from those previously reported. Roberts' charges" of irregulari ties in Madison included: 1. That the elections vote totals in several precincts were more than the persons rwho actually voted, either in person or by ab sentee ballot 2. That polling places in at least two precincts were-moved at the last minute without notice causing many persons to lose ballot was cast for a dead man.-wi? to vote- The Annual Tuberculosis Christ mas Seal Campaign got underway earlier this month and win con tinue through Deeembir. - Madison County is one of the 17 counties which make up the Western North Carolina Tubercu losis Association. The campaign is conducted to obtain funds to carry out a year-round procram of Tuberculosis control in the counties of Avery,' Burke, Cher okee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Mad ison, McDowell,- Mitchell, Polk. Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania and Yancey. -.-, (Continued Te Page Fire) Calvin Ellis. But. Ponder said the absentee vote was cast by a Cal vin Ellis, a soldier stationed in Germany and very much alive. . Roberts also had charged that counts kept by Republican watch ers of the number of persons tot ing fell far short in several, pre- cincts of the number of votes re ported. ; j, XvwJa. : JosBsKraeidte-consideriMg-tfais charge that the state board took the position that the counts kept by . these "unofficial watchers were less reliable" than the poll books which listed the names of persons who voted and which tal lied fairly closely with tin report ed-vote totals. ' . Hi vi The state hoard did call on the Madison County Board of Elec tions to provide ballot boxes with smaller slots for ballots. Roberts had contended the slots were big enough to permit a good-aised book to go through. Joslia noted that even the Democrats admit ted the slots were wider than they should have been. He added, how ever, there was "no evidence of stuffing" the ballot boxes. ACP Performance ReporU Due By . November 30 One of the farmer's responsK bilities in regard to the county's Agricultural Conservation Cost sharing Program is that ef mak ing a written performance report with the local ASCS office after completing his fans practices on which Government cost-sharing was approved, According to coun ty ASC office manager, Ralph W. Ramsey, each ACP approval car ries a report date by which the farmer ia to make his report Farmers who are not in a position to timely complete their practices r.-.sy request an extension in time oa the report date. At the pre- F.amscy stated, that some :S farmers within the county w- e not made their performance its on the'r fall approvals - v. Y.ter eover-crcr or limin? Dont gamblemany a financ ial goose ass been cooked ia a jackpot 3. That persons were voted by absentee ballot who "were either dead, residents of other states or, in one esse, too young to vote. 4. That the Republican party was denied representation at the polls because the Madison County Board of Elections refused to name Republican election judges from a list of nominees submitted -by Roherta ia,ia-f. 2S. precincts. t. That ballot- boxes used in , Madison are illegal in that the; slot for insertion of ballots measure about 1 516 inches by 10 inches - "large enough to permit a good-siied book to enter." ,t ' " A, E. Leake, attorney repre senting the Madison County Board of .'Elections,' undertook to deny Roberts' charges in detail v OFFERS AFFIDAVITS Roberts read a number of affi- davits to back up his charge that ' ' the election vote totals as report- " ed by the county board of elee- -tions exceeded the number of per sons who voted, either in person or. by' absentee. v ; One of these was from Garland Brown who said he kept a count at Township One, Ward. One pre- cinct ia Marshall. : He said 873 persons voted in person and there (Continued To Last Page) Go6rCi CO Panel Dm s tre sell i to -1 not later t!;aa Novera- la cr csk ar.j l. i y a cT race to r-r.l.e you are l.-r-rc ' ' 1 i rr.t 1 1 c i -J all ' 1 t'.ir r ' t' r Square , Dance Is Success t Special Gifts Are Requested . . 'nr . . The fund drive for the Ameri can Red Cross will proceed this week with letters being sent to citizens throughout the county asking. for special gifts and con tributions. . ' ... The total goal for the county is $273.00. . It was agreed that the goal would be divided at each of the three towns aad surrounding areas with each area having in dividual goals ef approximately $1,000X0. - Many efforts are being made to raise these funds so that the ser vices of the Bed Cross can be maintained in C? r The JTsrshaU er-. a t ul a fine and most r ' ' . ..ie Jance at t" r X c r her List F: ' " v i . U . I ' -sra's Ac-.i'.. "7 " '' s ' - r r- 5 r" s-"a t . t f " total goal and also that all may have the opportunity to contribute in some manner, cor.tr 2uf'"" s are being requested by letter a.t over the county. ' v , . The contributions i v r will be counted on it e section, it was expl... The News-Record wiil pi.' list ef donors cf ?rf -1 Tl. iil be the r. s t so.. .....Ling coi r" - fo.Cj or more for f is v.i . effort Any pcrs'-i " cr.;; " ." -does not was t i . r t in the li..t r "7 t- . Tl-e area Tit ,.h a ''13. r?r- of in . r
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