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VOL.61 NO. 51
12 PAGES THIS WEEK
MARSHALL, N. O, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1962
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Accidental! Sboi; Hills Larry
Dean Shcltoh Last Saturday
Accident Occur
Rabbit Hunting pfoar
Mar. Hill"
Larry Dean Shelton, , 10-year
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Shel
ton of Rt. i, Mars Hill was killed
instantly by a blast ; fronts 20-
guage shotgun carried by a neigh
bor and friend, Cline Gosnell, a-
bout noon last Saturday.
The sheriff, E. Y. Ponder, quot
ing the Gosnell boy, said the Gos
nell boy was walking up the old
Mars Hill-Asheville Highway and
called to the Shelton boy, who
came down a field into the road
and talked for a short , time.
The Gosnell boy then Started up
a bank into another field to con
tinue the hunt, leaving the - Shel
ton boy in the road. The Shel-
ton. boy called, and when Gosnell
turned to answer, the gun'v acci
dentally discharged, the shot?, fcit-
- ting the victim in the right shoul
der and killing him instantly.'
No inquest was hddy';v'V
' Surviving the boy are the, par
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TO CLOSE TWO
DAYS FOR XHAS
Marshall merchants voted to be
closed Tuesday, December 25 and
Wednesday, December 26 for' the
Christmas holidays. This schedule
has' been announced by John Ar
beit, president of the Marshall
Merchants Association and the ac
tion was taken at a recent meet
ing of the merchants. ' ' ... i "
MIIS STUDENTS
INJURED IN
CAR WRECK SAT,
Wreck Occurs Near Brevard
En Route To Cage
Game
Joe Lynn Metcalf, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Chauncey Metcalf, of
Marshall, RFD 2; Bobby Jack Al
len, son of Mr. anl Mrs. Bayard
Allen of Marshall RFD 2; Sam
my Payne, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Payne of Marshall RFD 5;
and Eugene Flynn of Marshall
RFD 3 were injured last Saturday
night while en-route to a basket
ball game between Marshall and
Rosman, at Rosman.
According to authorities the car
HOLIDAYS IN
SCHOOLS START
FRIDAY AND SAT.
Superintendent Fred W. Ander
son has announced that due to
previous days lost due to weather
conditions all Madison County
schools, with the excejption of
Marshall and Walnut, will close
for the Christmas Holidays after
classes Friday, December 21.
Marshall and Walnut will close
after classes Saturday, Dec. 22.
The extra Marshall-Walnut day
was necessitated by the loss of an
extra day when the district PTA
meeting was held here, Anderson
said.
Lions To Give
Away Champion
Steer Here Monday,
The 1,050 pound Prime Reserve
iHieiwniAn Qf AAr - ska wall ei a nf.ltAi
rhW,MCalf l',"fvalto prteea'will be given a-
1957 Chervolet head on about
three miles from Brevard, on the
Bnevard-Rosman ' road. The lone
occupant, a man in the Chevrolet
was renorted. unlniured. '..x. ,
JTetcalf, . Allen ni rsyne""Wefe
admitted to the Transylvania
County Hospital In Brevard, while
Flynn was released from the hos
pital after dispensary, treatment
Ailed and Payne remain patients
in the hospital, where their con
ditions are reported improved,
Metcalf is at his home where he
is recuperating. ,
The car, a Corvair, which Met-
calf was driving was completely
demolished.
AGELESS
The young in heart are people
who keep looking ahead and plan
ning for the future. :
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17HC Telephone Date Case
Is Slated In neDouell
Superior . Court in McDowell
. County will hear .Western Caro
lina Telephone Company's appeal
"of the State Utilities Commiss
ion's refusal to grant the company
a rate Increase.";'
western Carolina liiea its ap
peal on November . 80, an action
that, was expected following , a
thumbsown ruling . from the 'S.
U. C on a company request for a
new hearing to present additional
f evidence supporting its contention
that it needed a . rate hike.: Earl
ier, the S. U. C. had denied the in
' crease, which is in effect in the
W.C.T.C area under bond. -.-
When the appeal ease is schedu
, led to be heard in McDowell Conn-
ty Is not known. However, nntil
the ease is heard, the increased
' rates will remain in effect Should
the court back the S. XJ. C decis
ion denying the increase,, the com
pany will repay it scustomers.
County ASC Office
Closed Dec. 24-25
For Christmas
vThe" Madison County A SCS of
fice will be closed on December
24 and 25 in observance of Christ
mas holidays. ...
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way by the Marshall Lions Club
next Monday,
. The drawing will be held at the
courthouse following the . amv
Merchants 'Association . Thrawing
on Monday, December- 4y,d
Nilea, president of the elub, stat-
eL ,"s-t
Donations of $1.00 will entitle
a . person to a ticket and it was
announced that the holder ot tbe
ticket does not have to be present
at the drawing.
This annual event , is held for
the benefit of the blind in Madiso
County when large baskets - af
food are delivered by the. Lion
to the members of blind famflie
n the county.
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RED CROSS
HONOR ROLL
O
OH . o
Below is published a list of per
sons giving $5X0 or more to, the
American Red Cross Drive now
underway in Madison County:
Marshall Chapter Eastern Star
: Sprinkle-Shelton Co. .
. Fred O. TOson
y. Mrs. 0. AV Gregory
; Service Motor Sales, Inc.
Roberts Pharmacy
Vena C Davis
;. Dr, W. A. Sams
' Carolina ' Beanty Salon -j
Nationwide 'Insurance Co. '
State Farm Insurance -
Mrs. S. B. Roberts
Dr. J. L. McElroy
v Cody Motor, Salea
Howard Payne
William V. Farmer
Jack Guthrie
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Story
H. W. Fisher ,
' A. & Hadacek - '
Neill Ros'
Bob Coray
Joe King :
CHRISTMAS
OBSERVANCE
ONCE ILLEGAL
Celebration of Christmas the
most widely observed religious
holiday of the modern world
was at one time illegal in early
American history.
Colonial New England did not
celebrate Christmas, according to
researchers at Compton'a Pictured
Encyclopedia, because 1 the stern
Puritan colonists believed v that
Such .activities were wholly pagan
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HUEY RESIGNS
AS MAYOR OF
MARSHALL
4 . December 6, 1962
To the Board of Town
Commissioners
Marshall,' North Carolina
' This is to tender my resignation
as Mayor of the Town of Marshall,
North Carolina, to become effec
tive immediately.
This decision comes only because
I cannot hold two elective offices,
these being Mayor and Madison
County Auditor.
This RESIGNATION is with a
sad and unpleasant feeling with-
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T0PP1ESSING BY
.iu.uiiiilJ.-Ii A;;
'62
FIRES DESTROY,
DAMAGE HOMES
IN MARSHALL
Silver
Silver, County' Agents, Say
Method To Be Uaed '
Again In 1963
New Yeart Edition -r
To Be PublUhed
Next Thursday
The annual New Yean &
diton of The Newt-Record
will be p o b 1 i h e d next
Thursday. The paper will
have many New Years Greet
ings from business firms and
individuals. If you have not
been contacted and wish to
hare 'a Greeting advertise
ment in this sssue, please
contact this newspaper' be
fore Tuesday Noon.
News correspondents are
asked to send in t h e i r
"copy" as early as possible
so that the paper can be
mailed at the usual time.
Harry G. Silver, county agent,
stated here this week that Mad
ison' farmers in Spring Creek,
Meadow Fork, Bluff, Sandy Mush,
Marshall, Little Pine, East Fork,
California Creek, Mars . Hill, and
Petersburg communities topd reel
ed 400 acres of pasture in 1962 by
airplane. The 1962 aerial topdress.
ing was the first in- the history
of the county. There were many
questions about this method of ap
plying fertiliser to steep moun
tain pastures. Could the pilot get
my fertiliser on my land! .How
would this syste mwork? Wouldn't
the pilot get killed t Wasn't this
system too expensive I v
. The 1962 experience proved that
aerial topdressing is practical and
not too expensive when high an
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Dollars To Roll
Marshall At
3 P. M.
In
Two fires reported less than an
hour apart leveled a frame home
just outside Marshall and dam
aged another inside the town late
Thursday afternoon.
A fire which started before 6
p. m., destroyed the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Willard Barnes along
with all its contents, according to
Fire Chief Charles Crowe. The
Barneses and their two children
were away from home at the
time, and the fire was reported
by a neighbor. ...... i
Firemen, who had been called
about 5:30 p. m., to put out a blaze
at the home of Miss Stella Car-1
1 . - a a . , . . . I
ver on main oxreet nu were just
deittfr-wHlB debris, wentte
the ., Barnes home St; Rollins; ' a
Marshall suburb, but were too late
to extinguish the blase, which had
by then -engulfed the single-story
frame 'building. The house was
owned by Love Ponder of Bun
combe County.
v The fire at the Carver house, a
two-story structure, was believed
to have been caused by an elec
trical short curcuit in wires at the
roof of the duplex house.
Although snow and ice on the
roof hampered firemen, they were
able to. extinguish the fire within
SO minutes, Crowe reported.
The third and final drawing of
the Marshall Merchants Associa
tion promotion will be held next
Monday afternoon at three o'clock
when over $600 in silver coins will
be given away. Additional prizes
will also be given away, it was
announced by the Prize Commit
tee. The second drawing last Satur
day was even more well attended
than the first although it actual
ly took fifteen minutes longer
last. Saturday than the previous
Saturday.
Ron Sprinkle, chairman of the
Prize Committee, announced this
week that separate drawings for
50," 10Q and 150 silver dollars will
be held and the final silver dollar
drawing will be for 300 silver dol
lars.
Winners last Saturday were:
5-lb. fruit . cake (Waldensian
pakery) Doyle -Itogersj. Marshall,
,? 100 gallons ' of " gasoline (Phil
lips 66), B.,; X Xedford; Route 6,
MarsBalLifyfe; $25.00 v Savings 'Account 5 (Citi-
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Draft Office To
Close Next Week
The Madison County draft board
office will be closed all next
week, it has been announced.
It was also announced that the
Department of Public Welfare
will be closed Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday.
Ralph Qamseys IVin Top
Honors In Contest Here
Dr. Ellen Wiraton
Appointed To Top
Federal Position
Dr, Ellen Winston, North Caro
lina's commissioner , of welfare
for the past 18 years, was named
Wednesday-to head the new Wel
fare Administration in the
Health, Education and Welfare
Department
HEW; Secretary Anthony J.
Celebrezse also announced that
the first major realignment in
the department since it was es
tablished In 1953 will be effective
January 28,
Dr. Winston will have the title
of welfare commissioner. Her
salary will be $20,000 annually.
North Carolina's assistant wel
fare commissioner, R. Eugene
Brown, 63-year-old Statesville na
tive, ::i be named active com
missi "er. State Welfare Board
Ch&' a Howard Manning said
JWeO;
lay night
SANTA WILL
VISIT SOI00L
HERE FRIDAY
Headauariers Will Be On
Main Street; Children?
Invited
The arrival of Santa Claus to
Marshall was changed from
Thursday to Friday. " '
Santa will arrive in Marshall
early Friday afternoon and will
go directly to tne : Marshall
school, arriving there about 1:00
o'clock. x'' ;'
After his visit to the school he
will set up his headquarters in
the building formerly occupied by
Model Grocery on Main Street
He invites all youngsters to
visit him st the headquarters be
tween 2:00 end 4:00 p. m., on Sat
urday, Dee. 22, and on Monday,
1 would like to see end talk
with ss many girls and boys as
possible," Santa said.
Annual Contest Sponsored
By The Marshall
Garden Club
Winners in this year's Christ
mas Decoration Contest were an
nounced this morning following
Judging Wednesday night The
annual contest is sponsored by the
Marshall Garden. Club.
Officials of the club announced
that the Judges were most com
plimentary in commenting about
the various decorations.
Winner , announced are as fol
lows: ' . .
Best Overall: Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Ramsey.
Honorable Mention: Mr. and
Mrs. John O. Corbett and Mr. sad
Mrs, Arthur Ledford.
Best Doors snd Windows: Mr.
snd Mrs. S. C RudisilL
Honorable Mention: Mr. and
Mrs. J. A. Dennis. :
Best Outdoor Tree: Mrs. Val
erie Shelton.
HonoraLla
Conner.
irention: I'r. and
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