NEWS-RECORD
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VOL.
NO. 12
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8 PAGES THIS WEEK
MARSHALL, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1963
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Sulray,
Inc
Plant In Marshall
Early Ruling Requested
In Madison Jury Issue
Leake State. That An Early
Settlement Would Be In
Public Interest
Raleigh An attempt to ob
tain an early ruling from the
State Supreme Court on the con
situtionality of a 1956 Madison
County act establishing a one-man
jury commission was started here
Tuesday.
A. E. Leake, Madison attorney,
filed a motion with the court to
advance a hearing on the matter
to the current spring- term tl
though the normal period allowed
for cases to arise to the high court
from Madison's judicial district
(24th) has closed.
Leake told the justices that a n
early hearing was desirable b e-
cause an important constitutional
question had been raised and that
an early settlement would be i n
the public interest.
The issue arose in companion
damage suits brought by Ed Rice
and Charles Davis against William
Rigsby. Leake was attorney for
Rice and Davis.
When the case came to Madison
Superior Court, Judge H. L. Rid
dle of MVxrganton ruled that Don
ald Stines, jury commissioner,
had vacated the off ice when he ac
cepted appointment to the Wal
nut local school committee and1
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PRODUCERS SHOW
INTEREST IN
CORN DIVERSION
As of Noon Monday, March 18,
some 220 corn producing farmers
within Madison County had exe
cuted agreements with the De
partment of Agriculture to divert
689 acres of their corn base to
conservation use. Diversion pay
ments on these farms will amount
to $23,453.90 of which one-half of
it is made as an advance payment
when the farmers signs up.
According to Ralph W. Ramsey,
County ASCS Office Manager,
this represents an increase of mere
than 200 over the number tak
ing part under the 1962 feed grain
program in the County. He further
explained that the basic objectives
of the feed grain program are to
(1) Increase farm income, (2)
Maks further reduction in stocks
of feed grains that are under stor
age by CCC thereby reducing the
tax payers storage bill, (3) Bal
ance production and needs, and (4)
Conserve cropland for future needs.
Farmers who make voluntary re
ductions in 1968 will be compen
sated by surplus grains now in
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APPLICATIONS
RECEIVED FOR
MILLS PLANT
Official Report Turnout Is
"Very Pleating;" About
200 Applicants
Applications for employment at
Mills Manufacturing Company in
Marshall were taken at the French
Broad Electric Membership Build
ing here Tuesday from 8 a. m.,
to 6 p. m.
Representatives from the North
Carolina Employment Service and
the Mills Plant were here to take
the applications and to interview
applicants. They reported the
turnout to be "very pleasing." A
round 200 applications were re
ceived. The applicants were de
scribed as being nice, cooperative
and very eage rto work.
The employment officials wish to
thank everyone for the coopera
tion and interest shown, especial
ly the Chamber of Commerce, who
entertained the men at a luncheon.
Secy. Of Commerce Luther
Hodges To Visit Not Springs
To Personally Observe The
Plana; April 5 Is Date
For Visit
Secretary of Commerce Luther
Hodges is expected to visit Hot
Springs on April 6 at which time
he will personally observe plans
for the redevolpment of this town.
He plans to leave Asheville a
about 9 a m., and arrive in Hot
Springs around 10:20 o'clcok. He
will remain in Hot Springs for
approximately an hour before re
turning to Asheville for a lunch
eon meeting. While at Hot Springs
he will confer with members of
the Hot Springs Planning Board
and other civic leaders of the
county.
Also expected to visit Hot
SrfVings with the former gover
nor of North Carolina are Charlie
Edwards, N. C. coordinator for
ARA; George Stevens, Governor
Sanford's Representative, and oth
er officials.
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To Vtoit Hot Springs
BASEBALL
MEETING HERE
FRIDAY NIGHT
WBT TO PRESENT
PROGRAMS ON
LEGISLATION
Anyone interested in playing
baseball this summer in the Bun
combe County League with the
Madison Nine baseball team is
asked to be at a meeting to be
neid at Plenums Res
the MnrMmi&W&mm
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Local Filling
Station Entered
For Second Time
CHARLOTTE National and
local government legislation, as
they affect North and South Caro
linians, ore now reviewed regular
ly by prominent Carolina lawmak
era, on two new WBT Kadio pro
grams.
Weekdays at 6:80 p. m., WBT
presents Legislation Day, a sum
mary of each day's activities in the
North Carolina Legislation by
Jerry Elliot, of Raleigh, with
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Rep. L. B. Ramsey
Introduces Bills
In Legislature
Included in this Bulletin is a
a list of all local legislation intro
duced or acted upon by the Gen
eral Assembly during the week
ending March 15, affecting Madi
son County or any municipality
therein.
SQft' 106 Introduced by Bailey,
March 6 (24th District Court Re
porter). March 11, passed Sen
ate. March 12, received in House;
sent to Courts and Judicial Dis
tricts. HB 188 'Introduced by Ram
sey, March 6V" (Tax equalization
board) March IS, ratified.
HB 198 Introduced by Ram
sey, March 8 .(Deputy salary )
March 14, passed House.
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CHARLOTfE
LEADS IN MOTOR
REGISTRATIONS
RALEIGH Among the state's
ten largest cities Charlotte, riot
suprisingly, heads the list of re
gistered motor vehicles with 128,
093, as compiled by the DepaS-
ment of Motor Vehicles. '
1962, the vehicles agency report
ed Winston-Salem in second place
with 71,975 vehicles, followed by
Raleigh with 68,337.
Although second in size Greens
boro is credited with 65,592 and
f ourt place in the vehicle line up.
Figures include only private pas
senger cars and trucks.
Next is Durham with 45,104
while the remaining five towns
show totals as follows:
Asheville 34,809, High Point
33,050, Fayetteville 82,449, Gas
tonia 25,560 and Wilmington 25,-471.
Operations
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1st Of Julv
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PROFIT SHARING
PLAN ANNOUNCED
BY BURLINGTON
NEW YORK, N. Y. A profit
sharing retirement plan for wage
employees was announced today
by Burlington Industries, leading
textile manufacturing company.
The new program, approved by
tae Board of Directors in a meet
ing here today, is designed to pro
vide retirement benefits for non-
salaried employees who are eligible
under terms of the plan.
Charles P. Myers Jr., president,
said that "the purpose of the pro
fit sharing retirement program is
to provide additional security for
our employees, and to create
greater awareness of the impor
tance of profits and of our em
ployees' contribution to profitable
operations."
Lightning never strikes twice
in the same place doesn't applv to
the Phillips Service Station loca
ted at the intersection of Main
and Upper Bridge Streets here.
For the second time in the past
jfew weeks the station has been
entered. The first time the cul
prits took some cash.
Last Saturday night, however,
jthe station was entered from a
side window and approximately
80 worth of cigarettes were stol-len.
No arrests have yet been made
but the investigation is continuing.
0MA
MEDICAL ASSO.
Mars Hill Man,
Mother In Auto
Accident Tues.
Glen Carver, 43, of Mars Hill
RFD 3, and his mother, Mrs. Ten
na Carver, of the same address,
were injured at 8:20 p. m., Tues
day when their car hit the rear of
ft church bus stopped on U. S. 23
about three miles north of Mars
Hill, State Highway Patrolman W
D. Arledge reported.
Carver and his mother were
treated for forehead lacerations
Medical Center and
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PRESENT
FOR HEARING
Accidental poisoningfmostly in
the home, has become one of the
major causes of accidents in Amer
ica, particularly to small children.
And no wonder. A quarter of
a million products used in the
home and in industry are poten
tially hazardous, according to the
American Medical Association's
first aid card on accidental poisonings.
To help emphasize potential
poison hazards, the AMA has
joined with many other national
organizations to observe Nation
al Poison Prevention Week March
17-23.
To prevent poisoning:
Keep all drugs, poisonous sub
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Henry Massey Of
Walnut Is Among
Craggy Escapees
Three of four prisoners who es
caped from Craggy Prison Camp
Friday were captured near Ander
son, S. C, Saturday night and re
turned to the Camp Monday.
Camp Perry Hilliard, camp su
perintendent, identified the three
as James Nolan Parker, 25, of
Hayesville R-l, Jim Herny Massey,
25, of Walnut and George Dwight
Holland, 24, of Union Grove.
Hilliard said the three were a
sleep in a car reported stolen in
Asheville when they were cap
tured. All were serving time for
misdemeanors. The fourth es
capee, Johnny Heffner, 25, of Con
cord, is still at large.
A pre-trial hearing on a $260,
000 damage suit filed during the
1960 general election failed to ac
complish much in Asheville Tues
day hi y .8. District Court when
the plaintiff didn't appear.
Attorneys for the plaintff,
James R. Vosburgh, told Judge
J. B. Craven Jr., "they had at
heard from their client in some
time, but promised to attempt to
find him
Vosburgh, then a second-year
law student at the University of
North Carolina, had charged his
Constitutional rights were violat
ed during an election day tiff.
The suit was filed against Madi
son County Sheriff E. Y. Ponder,
B. K. Meadows, Wayne Norris,
Vestie Wiorley and Wade Payne.
URGES USE OF
BETTER BULLS
According to Frederick E. Boss,
assistant county agent, every fall
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Will Employ 200 Persons
When Permanent Plant
Starts Operations
Governor Terry Sanford today
announced in Raleigh that Sulray,
Inc., of New York will begin op
erations of a pilot plant in Mar
shall July 1.
The company will employ ap
proximately 200 people from the
Marshall area and will have an
annual payroll of about $600,000
after the permanent plant begins
operations next spring.
Initial investment by Sulray,
Inc., in the 85,000 square foot
building, equipment and machine
ry will be over $300,000. The
plant will manufacture cut and
sewn items, such as beauty bon
nets, sleep caps, breeze bonnets,
head bands, and other related hair
covering items.
The Marshall plant will be man
aged by Herman Bass, formerly
plant manager of famous Bath
robes, Inc., of New York City. Mr.
Bass will make his home in nearby
Asheville with his wife and two
daughters.
Sulray, Inc., a publicly held
firm (over-the-counter), headed
by Hal A. Salzman, president,
now operates the Thomas Holmes
Division in Philadelphia; the Los
Angeles, California firm of Du
Berry of Hollywood and Marketon
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Marshall Hicrh Sfthiuil ftirle
Named Pisgah Loop Champs
BAUCOMSAYS
TO KEEP TILE
DRAINS OPEN
Secy, of Commerce Luther Hodges
LOCAL SURVEY TO
HELP UPDATE Midg
CENSUS FIGURES
Bill
Would Affect WNC
ett Bill Would Alter
Present District
By DOUG REED
A scientifically chosen sample
of local households will take part RALEIGH A Senate redis-
in a nationwide survey this month I trie ting bill introduced Tuesday
to enable the Bureau of the Cen- would alter the present line-up of
sus, U. S. Department of Com- all Western North Carolina coun-
merce, to update many national ties with the exception of Buncom-
1960 Census figures, it was an- be (31st District) and the f de
nounced today. county 33rd District of Cherokee,
In addition to the regular month- Clay, Graham. Macon and Swain,
ly inquiries about employment 411 It would change Buncombe from
unemployment, the March Current the Slat to the 37th District, con-
Population Survey will include tinuing Its representation of one
questions en family composition, senator. The present 33rd Dig
date of marriage, migration, and trict, as the new 41st, would con-
income. The latest benchmark tinue to have one senator.
figures on these subjects are from The bill, introduced by Sen. P.
the 1960 Decenial Census. D. Midgett of Hyde and two oth-
Census Bureau officials point I er eastern senators, would give
out that all information furnished Mecklenburg, Forsyth and Gttfl-
the Bureau is held in strict con- ford counties two senators each
fidence under Federal tew, and While increasing the number of
cannot be used for investigation, districts to 41, it would not increase
taxation, or regulation. The in- the size wf the 60-member iioom-
amauais ana Households who as- enamber.
sist tne Bureau by replying to its For ntW wr u
! m. 1J...U. "
4 - . " 1 """""WO 9 anyiMiogett Bill would completely al-
, "-u .v ummi raer iter present district lines. Each
of the proposed new WNC dis
triots would elect one senator.
Avery and Mitchell would be
placed in a new 36th District with
Caldwell. All three counties are
predominantly Republican. Avery
and Mitchell are now part of the
four-county 30th District, with
Yancey and Madison, which this
year is represented by Democra
tic Senator J. Yates Bailey of Yan
cey. In 1961, the district sent Re-
puoncan iyae noperts 01 waai-
Bon to the Senate.
Burke and McDowell would be
joined to form a new 86th District.
Burke is now fat the 28th District
with Caldwell end Alexander. Mc
Dowell is in the 27th District with
Cleveland and Rutherford.
McDowell and Rutherford ro
tate in election of one senator, and
Cleveland elects the district's oth
er senator.
Polk nd Rutherford would form
new atn uistrict under Mid-
gefcfs bill. Polk is now part of
the 82nd District with Haywood,
Henderson, Transylvania and Jack
son. The 32nd District now sends
two senators to Raleigh, with a
rotation agreement alternating one
senator between Haywood and
Henderson and the second among
the other three counties.
A new 39th District would con
sist of Haywood, Madison and
Yancey and a new 40th District
would combine Henderson, Tran
sylvania and Jackson.
The present 33rd District in the
far west, which would become the
41st, formerly had a rotation a-
greement It was broken b ylegis
lation introduced hi 1969 by for
mer Rep. Leonard Lloyd of Gra
ham County to enable the senator
to be elected at large.
Four other redisricting bills
previously introduced are still
pending, with joint Senate-House
committee bearing Slated to start
Wednesday morning.
These are the so-called Currie,
Humber, Strong and Crew bills,
taking their names from their in
troduerc. s
The first, introduced by Sen,
Claude Currie of Durham, Co-
sponsored by Sen. Oral L. Yates
of Haywood and strongly backed
by Sen. J. G. Stikeleather Jr. of
Buncombe, would have little nu-
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A few minutes with that shovel
could be time well spent. With
the recent floods, streams could
have made deposits in unusual
places. It is very important that
the outlets of all tile drain sys
tems be kept open. If silt and de
posits are obstructing the outlet,
proper drainage will riot be se
cured from the tile system. For
those wet fields to dry out rapid
ly this spring, then a check on
those tile outlets could be one of
your most important chores in the
next few days. Also see that
bushes and trees are not coming
in near the .outlets. Roots of
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LYNN L SAMS TO
PLAY ROLE IN
"THE MISER"
Marshall, Mar Hill, Hot
Springs Boys, Girls On
AH-Pisgah Team
Pisgah Conference cage coach
es met at the Sports-Mart Mon
day night and selected an All-Pis-gah
Conference girls and boys
basketball team for the 1962-63
season.
The teams were evenly divided
as each school placed two play
ers each on the tw(o first teams.
Marshall, however, pieced three
girls on the first team, as two
nominees were ties.
Marshall High's girls, who com
pleted the season with a 12-0 rec
ord, were declared regular sea
son champions. The boys cham
ionship was not decided due to
the inavailability of team records
at the meeting. It will be deciede
at a later date.
All-Confference boys selections
were: Russell Bradely end Andy
Hancock of Tryon, Joel McOall
and Willie Owen of Rosman, Walt
Leatherwood and Floyd Rogers of
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Lynn L. Sams, son of Mrs. Era
Sams of Marshall, is currently re
hearsing the role of Master Si
mon in "The Miser," which is be
ing produced by the Department
of Dramatic Art hi Richmond Pro
fessional Institute, Richmond, Vir
ginia, March 20 through Match 23
in the Shafer Street Playhouse
on campus.
Mr. Sams has previously appear
ed in three other major produc
tions at the college, end a number
of one-act plays, as well. He re
cently served as stage manager
for the Institute's production of
"Long Day's Journey Into Night."
"The Miser," by Meflere, is a
seveateenth century farce which
deals with a stingy old man whose
ssion with money creates
havoc for his family and friends.
Mars Hill Boy Is
Injured By School
Bus Friday
A youth was admitted to Me
morial Mission Hospital Friday
afternoon March 16, after he eith
er fell or walked into tike aide of a
passing school bus on US. 19-23
bout two miles north of Weaver-
vuie, according to State Highway
Patrolman M. A. Eitel. investim-
ing officer.
Eugene Edward Stines. 17. of
Mars Hill suffered heed injuries
in the accident, Eitel said. The
Stines youth was in fair condition
Friday night, hospital spokesman
said.
titled youth were MrfHrii.