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r A . I f J 3 vy vyu "TT VOL. 61 NO. 50 8 PAGES THIS' WEEK MARSHALL N.C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 196 , 10c PER COPY 12.60 A Year In Madison ft Buncombe Couatles : - $4.00 A Tear Outside Thee Tiro Counties L jj ll hus ujo.ju ;,,:.'s;V;,' ' ' .:'V::''K:''''" ii-iV'. . - ..:ic!::II For Dir5&l Cold And Bitter Weather Hampers Crowd' Pony Won By Fisher - Despite bitter cold weather, "hundred of persons crowded the - sidewalks, the courthouse lawn and ' the courtroom here last Saturday for the first drawing; for prizes in the annual event sponsored by the ,: Marshall Merchants ' Association. Starting promptly, at three o'clock the huge cage containing the ticket stubs was turned, thoroughly mix ing the tickets. Some prices re quired several drawings before the winner was found. At four o'clock, one hour after the beginning, the final prize a beautiful pony was awarded to Ronald Fisher,; of Marshall RFD Three.' ' " Other winners were: , Transistor Radio: Miss Dorothy Bridges, Route '6," Marshall. Reclining v Chair: Mrs. Polk Bryan,. Route 1, Marshall. . Ten-dollarBasket of Groceries: Charlie Sexton, Marshall. Bost Fruit Cake: Dean Cutshall, Route 4, Marshall. ' Steam Iron: Donald Martin, Mar shall. $25,00 Savings Account: Miss Jewell Ball, Route 5, Marshall. $109.95 Sewing Machine, Paul Smith, Walnut. 60 Silver Dollars: Miss Louise Griffin, Route 5, Marshall. 'i.M ... v 15 'JEN NEEDED FOR LABOR IN FOREST AREAS .-: -if i- J A h .V I'M '.'us ''.yY-VV . Led pishop. oif the State Em ployment - OffiCejV Asheville, an nounced thizi wesk 'that there was still openings v.iof 15 Madison County .men . to work and labor in U:S.,' Forest ' Areas in Madison CountyVil i,m v;. BlshOo stated that the men must be a least 15 years of age, pref erably married and in need of employment 'of the unskilled type. Be; stated that this was part of the Federal ' Works Program and those .wishing to , apply for em ployment could do so at the Em ployment , Office in Asheville. lWe,. already have fifteen men but heed fifteen more,'" Mr. Bish op" said.1':.'" W.W ROBINSON IS RE-ELECTED TO Show Ice, Zero j" Weather Hartipe; i; i J Jadd 'fjjfoiA , " : ' ' Madison County,, like the rest of the area, has been experiencing sub-zero temperatures this week. , With, the, sub-zero weather, more , than five inches of snow bad faft iil enToday.;j-.atu.y.-lsch'oolsei'closeiJ ?S end 'trading 'ijwas J almost at vl - stahdatflfc "f yft tfffi I Although; skies, cleared , Wednes f day morning,, the' temperatures 1 dropped to two degrees below xe , ro early Wednesday morning and at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning; " the thermometers in Marshall ' read a cold, uncomfortable zero. , Although highways and roads were -hazardous, no serious acci , dents, have been reported. .; i FINAL RITES ARE HELD FOR GEORGE SHUFORD Final rites for former Congress man George A. Shuford of Ashe ville, were held Monday. Shuford, 67 died Saturday, Dec. 8, 1962, following a stroke six days before. Services were conducted at Trin ity Episcopal Church by Bishop M. George Henry, the Rev. John W. Tuton, rector, and the Rev. A. Finley Cooper, associate rector, of Trinity. Burial was in Riverside Cemetery. The large crowd for the church services included members of the local bar, Democratic party lead ers, Congressman Paul Kitchin of IWadesbore, who served in Con gress with Shuuford, 1967-69, and Congressman Roy A. Taylor of Black Mountain. Shuford, a native of Asheville, served in Congress 1963-69, in the State Legislature 1946-47, and as a special Superior court judge 1947-49. .r.S '. VI D. '. M, . Robinson has been elected a Director, of the Asheville Agricultura) . .' Development Coun- CH Ior viaoa .representing juaatson Goufity,:,Tl-8 election at the Coun ejecvtatel meeting has lutAti' '' itiTintinAa' , Mswir ' Furl W,,,;Ellerf of Asheville, president of the development group. The''-Agricultural. Development Council operates over an 18-coun ty ;area of ' WeBteAi North Caroli ni. . nromotinfl' , acrricnltiirftt'' BPOS- is.-: ' a J'rTurafftjMriiWify NieW-1 opment. If was among the. first of such organizations formed, in the nation, having teen started .in 1949.-; There are now twelve simi lar! area associations in North CaroHn.:M:-.'";-'-r:; ' !v: : The Council Is financed by bus iness, industry and farmers over the area and operates under the theme of a "partnership for pro gress between town and country." (Continued To Last Page) URGES FARMERS TO INCREASE EFFICIENCY According to Printess W. Eng land, associate agricultural agent, some of our greatest opportuni ties to increase incomes in Madi son County appear to be increaa ing the productivity of those peo pie who desire full time farming. One way of increasing producti vity is to increase the size of the farm when it is necessary, in or der that more efficient techniques may be adopted and labor and e- quipment be. employed full ; time. A fanner may increase the size of his operation by buying, renting, or "erppi additional land. f.ioanclngi'la one of the main ob stacles of increasing the size of the - operation. Credit - institutions an reluctant ,tov lend money to farmers who. are' barley making a living for 'their families and pay- (Continued to Last Page) COM 41 Tii7l7f1 TO CLOSE ON DECET,Iliri l5 r The season for hunting deer will close in the county December 16. There will be part of three days hunting (December ,17, 18, 19) in the Rich-Laurel Area, beginning at noon the first day; 11 a. in., the second day: and 10 a, m., the third days. During the three day perior in the Area,-deer of either sex may be taken, but the season on the outside will te closed. 0 n r?i nan 2 Ml Christmas Edition To Be Published Next Thursday . Cliray Damscy, Tommy Hunter .Me lit In Cbccsl ilili By MANLT WADE WELLMAN . Chapel Hill, Dec. 9 Two Mad ! ison . County musicians, Obray Ramsey of Walnut. Gap and Tom my Hunter of Mars Hill, were in town over the week-end on busi- ' ness, you might say. , These vigorous and original per formers of traditional mountain i music came down from their home heights in the teeth of last week's snowstorm to show the dwellers in the low country. what folk sing ing . and picking ' really. ; can be. Theirs was a three-cornered spon- , sorship. The. North Carolina Folk- lore : Society . presented them ; on Friday, Dec. 7, as the prize per formers of the annual meeting of . the society at Raleigh, and on Sat- "urday .; night. under, auspices of the North Carolina Folklore ' Coun cil and Graham Memorial at the ; University of ' North Carolina, they sang in Chapel HilL At oth- er times they sled up by sing- ing for audienu i of friends. When they Mt, ' every 1 thought they left too n, and "ging in their ears were invitations to come back and f'"y a week or a month. The Raluigh-Chapel Hill audi ences are eager to hear folk mu sic, and they've heard some that was authentic 'and a lot that was synthetic in times gone by. What Ramsey and Hunter said, sang and did was what l a people found tliry wanted. Kamsey, sometime s ' h ard pnmetimes . command ! i i - pnd IT .."'.tor, a MHC Lions Meet Tu8culum Friday The final game of their pre- holidaya schedule will be played at Mars Hill at 8 p. m., Friday, Dec. 14, by the Mars Hill College Lions against Tusculum College of Greeneville, Tenn. The Baptist resume play on Jan. 6, when they entertain King College of Bristol. The annual Christmas E- diton of The News-Record will be published next Thursday. The paper will have manv Chrutmas Greet ings from business firms and individuals. If you have not been contacted and wish to have a Greeting advertise ment in this issue, please contact this , newspaper be fore Tuesday Noon. News correspondents are asked to send in their "copy" as early as possible so that the paper can be mailed at the usual time. Girl Scouts To Sponsor Bazaar Here Saturday - iK- Girl Sccout Troop 05, of. Msjs shall,' will have a bazaar Satur day, December 15, in the building where the Garren Auto Supply Store; (old Model Grocery teuild ing) iS, to, be locafed All ;'ms afferedy for sale bf-t.,a by the girls. " Among the Items oft f end will, be decoratedf. "plastic door wreaths pine fone - wreaths, angels, candles, dried citrus peel ings, plaques and homemade fan cy candiesc, ' i , ' s HEAD-ON CRASH LEAVES LOCAL MAN INJURED One man was injured about 4 p. m., Monday in a head-on, truck car collision on the Bear Creek Road three miles west of Marshall, State Highway Patrolman J. E. Richards reported. Clarence Claude Roberts, 48, of Rt 6, Marshall, operator of the car, received treatment at Memo rial Mission Hospital for facial lacerations and other injuries. The Roberts vehicle collided on an icy curve with a truck driven by Love Everett Ponder, 61, of Rt. 1, Leicester. FIRE HAZARDS ON MODERN FARM MANY TODAY Some precautions which may be taken to prevent fires on the farm today are: store gasoline under ground, if posible. If not place it at least fifty yards away from a building and never inside of a buil ding; replace wiring that has fray ed insulation or that is unsafe in bthe,;iijirV'fim.'that all cir cuits; arg protected with proper size fuses;, keep chimney flues clean; repair or. replace chimney that has smoke leaks. The' season for mpriV heat is here ttnd ?; an hcdtlng i-iiystems f phould be (In spected closely, It is a good idea to have a ladder for climbing on the toef and have' a garden hose long enough , to reach any point on the building that is to be protect- ( Continued, to Last- Page) SILVER $$$ TO FLOW HERE DECEMBER 24 Merchants Will Emphasize Cash Prizes Others Also The third and final drawing of the event sponsored by the Mar shall Merchants Association will be held Monday afternoon, Decem ber 24, at S o'clock when over $600 in silver coins will be given away. Drawings will include $50, S100, $160, in silver with the fi nal and Grand Prize being $300 in silver dollars. Members of the Prize Commit tee also announced that other val uable prizes will also "be given a way in addition to the silyer dol lars. "Be sure to attend the drawing here this Saturday and also on Monday, December 24,", Ron Sprin kle, chairman, said. Return OTbibacco Marketing Cards Santa To Arrive Hero Next Thuro. O ..S y, , S S. S W RED CROSS : H0N0R R0LL ! O : o Below is published a list of per sons giving $5.00 or more to the American Red Cross - Drive , now underway in Madison County: ' -Marshall Chapter Eastern Star Sprinkle-Shelton Co. Fred O. Tilsony Mrs. O. A. Gregory r Service Motor Sales, Ine. ' Roberts Pharmacy i Vena C Davis ; Dr. W. A. Sams ' . " . Carolina Beauty Salon . Nationwide Insurance Co. , "Sto - Tarm Insurance . " .,1 Mra. . 3. Roberta . . Dr. J. L. T' '-oy Cc;!y r.'otor tales - . Ilowar J '" ( if s " 4 4 dg ;l One of the responsibilities of the farmer who operates a tobac co farm is that of -properly ac counting for the disposition which he. makes of his . marketing pro duction each year. ' In discussing this subject, county ASCS office manager Ralph W. . Ramsey said that each individual farm's mar keting card: is used primarily for the. purpose . c-t accounting not on ly for the quantity of tobacco pro duced on tfie farm but also for recording the v time,' nlacel and manner of marketing each Jot of tobacco, In most all cases, all the farmer needs to do to account for his disposition of tobacco is to simply return his marketing card to the county ASCS office from which, it was issued. " The best time to return the card is inune- (Continued To Page Four) , Large Crowd la Expected f Prizes Are Listed Below The second of three drawings will be held this Saturday after noon at three o'clock in front of the courthouse when many valu able prizes will be presented to persons holding the "lucky numbers." This annual event is sponsored by the Marshall Merchants Asso ciation when they give tickets for each $1.00 purchase or paid on ac count. The annual promotion has prov en popular in the past three years for both the merchants and the public. A large crowd was on hand for the first drawing last Saturday and an even larger crowd is ex pected this Saturday. The public is reminded to save all tickets as they are valid for all drawings. Prizes to be given away this Saturday include: $5.00 fruit cake; 100 gallons gasoline;; $25 savings account at Citizens Bank, $10.95 percolator, $10 basket of groceries, $59 boy's or girl's bicycle, $100 diamond studded fountain pen, 50 silver dollars, $149 Speed Queen Wash ing Machine, and a pony, valued at $125.00. Wptnan Injured In Auto Plunge On Doggett Mtn. A Buncombe County woman re ceived Jt knea'.injury requiring hoi. pitaliaation, but four others es caped injury Sunday when the car they were ' occupying skidded on ice on a rural paved road in f'.id- ison :. County,, went over a .' . cp embankment and came to rest a- gainst a large tree 40 feet below the-roadbed. ' klH:r!?:'i $ xv Admitted to Memorial Mission Hospital t in Asheville was Mrs. Thelma Reeves of Rt 8, Asheville, (Continued to Last Page) ; Hot Springs Plan Is Given At Meeting Last Week .A n V - V .31 MODERN WATER SYSTEMS URGED BY AGENT BOSS Frederick E. Boss, assistant county agent, says this is the age of symbols. We hear so much i these days about status symbols (two car family, color TV, etc.). Have you ever noticed what a cartoonist uses to symbolize back wardness? Take, for instance, the cartoons "Little Abner or Snuf fy Smith." The artist will, invari ably, use an outhouse or a water bucket, Why? Both of these ' ob ( Continued To Page Four) Santa Claus Will Arrive JEn Marshall on Thursday Morninsr, Dcccrr.ber 20, at ten o'cloc!: and will xhit the Marshall scliocl. Us !1 1! n return to his hecdu-r-tersinlhafcr.crr.Icc! !G- - :ry Euildins to talis with v child. fn frc-n 2:C3p. m., ":CDp. m. . HavI.Ii'-o! -rtt' 3' '-r:!:rj frcn.Y") to COURT -YES, NO, HERE THIS WEEK The December term of superior court for the trial of civil cases is following an unusual pattern here this week due to the heavy snows and hazardous road conditions. Judge H. L. Riddle, of Morgan ton, arrived late Monday morning but court started as scheduled. Then the snows increased and Tuesday's session was cance'VJ. Sub-zero temperatures a' o trio li ed out court WednesJny mon.V: but by Wednesday afUrr.oon cc;.;t was resumed. Sub- zero t :"' j V - (T! ' ;. ) '. to c.:. ' :' 1 f r ; i Development of Hot Springs as a recreational center" able to at tract tourists- visiting other sec tions of Western North ' Carolina was the subject of a joint meeting at Hot Springs Wednesday of last week of the Hot Springs Plan ning Board and the WNC Region al Planning Commission. Charles Doaust, of Hammer and Co. Associates, which holds a $20,- 000 contract for Hot Springs planning, was principal speaker. . He outlined development possi bilities for the French Broad River flood plain, the town proper and the area north of town and across the river. Possible development included campground and picnic park for the flood plain; refur bishing of buildings in town, along with landscaping and lighting; and private development of the area north of town for swimming, golf, tennis, motels, lodges and other activities. Wayne Shields, senior field co ordinator for the Area Develop ment Administration which put up the lion's share of funds for the study, also attended the mer'" . Mayor J. B. Henderson v.l' n ed the group to Hot r;rir-i i -1 praised the civic-mi nJ 1 c 3 who are devoting tme t. ! 7 to the town's future. 1" ! , chairman of the I i Fiarming Foarl, r 1 r.'.of '.vg. C ' -rs et i" f f 1 5 I 1: " r, 1 :- 1 I.r t 1. o 1 ' r lied 15 below 'ny night, ac-
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