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NEWS-RECORD ,, ,, , 8 PAGES THIS WEEK MARSHALL, N. C. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 31, 1963 10c PER COPY $2.60 A Year In Madison Adjoining CountU M OO A Year Outside Thaaa Ceusdsa VOL. 62 NO. 44 WNC B I ssssssl a Hiinrina rests Closed , Fishing RALEIGH A prolonged dry spell, ripening condition for forest fires, has prompted Got. Tarry Sanford to isaua proclamation closing forests in 26 western counties. The order, which becomes ef fective one minute after midnight tonight, was issued Monday. It GRADING FOR PACKING SHED ABOUT FINISHED According to Harry forbids hunting, fishing, trapping county agent, grading G. on Silver, a pro- or camping in the forests of the 26 counties. It also prohibits the burning of brush, grass or derbis within 500 feet of any wooded area, The 26 counties affected by the governor's proclamation are: Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain, Transyl vania, B u n co m b,e, Henderson Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Yancey, Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Stokes, Surry, Watauga and Wilkes. The governor was urged to is sue the proclamation by Depart ment of Conservation and De velopment Director Robert Stall ings and Wildlife Resources Com missioner Director Clyde Patton. The proclamation was requested by State Forester Fred Claridge. Only the coastal area of the state received significant amounts of rain from Hurricane Ginny. To the west, conditions have became so dry. Claridge said it would be difficult to put out fires once they start. Before the Governor's order posed fruit and vegetable pack ing shed on the industrial site is almost completed. The blue print and bill of specifications on the new proposed grading shed which is 80 feet wide and 200 feet long, will be ready for the Madison County Development Board during the early part of next week. Af ter the plan has been received, an application to the Small Busi-1 ness Administration to assist in financing the plant will be sub mitted. Within a very short pe riod of time we should know if the proposed packing and grading shed can be financed through SB A. If there are regulations which prohibit financing such a project through SBA, the plans will be submitted to the Area Re development. Madison County farmers who are interested in increasing their agricultural income will have an opportunity to produce and mar ket . through the local facilities vine ripened tomatoes, pepper and poled beans during the 1964 sea son. The proposed facilities will offer marketing opportunities within the countv for tin to one could take effect, however, more mniion dollars. smoke was rising into Icoudless skies in four mountain counties. HOT SPRINGS TO FURTHER STUDY ON PROBLEMS W.N.C. Regional Planning Commission To Aid Town The Town of Hot Springs, through its Planning Board ap pointed by the Town Council, is taking a concentrated look at its overall growth problems. "Realizing that change is inev itable and that plans should be made well in advance to antici pate change, we have contracted from a series of basic planning studies, using the staff resources of the Western North Carolina Regional Planning Commission. An intensive examination will be made of our land area, our Street and Highway systems, and our population and economy. A look ahead will give us a comprehen sive community plan to guide us in the years to come," Neill Ross, chairman, stated. Specific work items to be ren dered by WNC Regional Planning Commission staff through period ic reports to the Planning Board (Continued To Last Page) PARENTS OF CUB Wednesday Parents of eight, nine and ten-year-old boys are urged to meet at the Marshall Methodist Church next Wednesday night at 8:16 to discuss and make definite plans for the Cub Scout program in Mar shall. Frank Gay, district Scout Ex ecutive of the Daniel Boone Boy Scout Council, will be at the meeting to explain Cub Scouting. It was pointed out that in or der to have an aotive Cub Pack, it is necessary for parents inter ested in the program to learn a bout Scouting and show interest in continuing the Pack in Mar shall and immediate area. Local School Board Gets Most Of Equipment In J. E. Mclntire Dispute CROSS BREEDING OF CATTLE GIVES GOOD RESULTS It is evident, from a large num ber of articles on cross breeding of beef cattle in the various ag ricultural publications, that l.here is a great deal of interest .among commercial beef calf raisers i n this breeding tool. Scientific ex periments in cross breeding have been pretty conclusive in their re sults concerning hybrid v i g o r, which is what the producer can expect to accomplish through cross breeding. This hybrid vigor comes about by taking advantage acteristics which make a particu ( Continued To Last Pagei "NICKELS ARE CHICKEN FEED" This old comparative phrase doesn't have its intended meaning' with poultrymen except when the nickels spoken of are those that go into pounltry and other argi cultural research through North Carolina's Nickels for Know-How Program. Feed is the Tar Heel poultry man s largest expense. He con stantly looks for ways to cut this cost. And, at the same time, he attempts to supply his bonis with a diet that will result in a top quality product. One way the poultryman goes about this is through his contri bution to the Nickels for Know How Program. By giving a nickel to research with each ton of feed or fertilizer he buys, the farmer is supporting- research at North Carolina State College. Results of this research are re turned to the producer in the form of new knowledge. This know ledge is used to produce a better product and produce it more (Continued to Last Page) WHY, HOW, WHEN TO SAMPLE SOILS Harry G. Silver, Extension Chairman for Madison County says that many farmers are ask ing about soil tests and what they can learn from this practice. Soil tests, says Silver, provide infor mation about the lime status and fertility level of a soil. This in formation is valuable when used as a basis for fertilization and liming practices. Adequate fer tilization is essential for high per acre yields. High yields, result ing from carrying out all good production practices at a high ler ( Continued To Last Page) Supt. Edwards Speaks To Lions Here Monday Night Superintendent R. L. Edwards was guest speaker at the Mar shall Lions meeting here Monday night at the Rock Cafe. Mr. Edwards reviewed the his tory of the schools in Madison County and gave interesting and informative data on the past and present trends in education. H e also pointed out the various cir- riculums required and the accred- idation requirements of schools and spoke of the federal state and county governments partici pation in school financing. He was introduced by Lion Har ry bilver, program chairman. President John Corbet presid ed at the dinner meeting in which 20 members attended. Driver Education Course To Start Here Next Wednesday Interested Persons Should Apply At Local License Office Driver Education Representa tive Joe Bennes of the Depart ment of Motor Vehicles announced this week that driver education courses, sponsored by the vehi cles agency, have been schedul ed for this area. Traffic safety education was made mandatory by an act of the 1963 General Assembly for all 16 18 year old youths wanting a driver's license. The new courses getting under way are being offered in compli ance with the law and will be available in all 100 counties. They are designed to supplement reg ular high school driver trafafrf and to meet the needs of those young people to whom such train ing is not available. High school students will be re quired to have written permission from their principal prior to en rollment. The first coarse for Madison County will be held at the court house next Wednesday, November 6, from four to six o'clock. The department representative (Continued To Last Page) H ft A v H& JBSaMtS Sr&PVk VkI bssssssw4bWkbss r .Jssmsassi IjisssssssssBJasl A Jt .ilJftLjta asssssssft Jsssssfl sttcstJstl ..J jKaixaf J WILL PONDER SEEK STATE SENATE SEAT? LOCAL STREETS IMPROVED IN CITY LIMITS Several designated Powell Roads (or streets) In the corpor ate limits of Marshall have been hard surfaced during the past three weeks. Caney Ramsey Jr., street com missioner, stated that the Powell fund could be used only on desig nated Powell streets. He further explained that by. bard surfacing the streets it would cost much less to maintain the streets thin the constant repair of dirt streets. Mr. Ramsey further explained that the money was used as wise ly as possible for the overall in terest of Marshall as a whole. "Any roads omitted are not from and grudges and any loads improv. ed were not done for favorites.' None of the work was done for political gains but strictly for the betterment of the town,' Mr. Ram sey said. He also said that private roads (Continued To Last Page) MADISON COUNTY CHAMPS Pictured' above are the Hot Springs Blue Devils who won their third consecutive Madison County football title. The Blue Devils handed Mars Hill a 26-14 loss and defeated Marshall, 13-0. Front row (L-R) : Roy Johnson, Bruce Cantrell Lloyd Almany, Freddie Sharpe, Billy Roberts, Don Gahagan, Jackie Moore, Everette Shelton ; second row, Dowell Ricker, coach ; Kenneth Sunier el, Ronnie Gentry, Joe Combs, DeLane Sumerel, Joe Shipley, Warren Nix, Gary Gentry ; third row, Danny Cogdill, Charles Lawson, Ray Ga hagan, Tommy Roberts, Kenny Davis, Lonnie Padgett, Tommy Huff; fourth row, Robert Cogdill, Bobby Holder, Jerry Gentry, Haynes Wal lin, and managers Ralph Shelton and Richard Plemmons. Cut courtesy Citizen-Times V Rosman Spoils Hot Springs Homecoming Sat., 20-14 Parade, Crowning Queen, Game, Dance Feature Events Homecoming turned out to be a howling success st Hot Springs Saturday except for one thing Hot Springs lost the football game. Forgetting the xootbai game which is almost impossible the test of the features were excel lently carried on. These features included a big parade at five o'clock which originated at the Pacific Mills plant on the hill and Hot Springs Lions CSnb. continued from the plant through! At 7 oocx Homecoming cere the business area to the high were held on the football school. field which, for the first time, bad Included in the parade were Hot the brilliant lights turned on. The Springe officials, the Homecom- lights afford Hot Springs with ing Queen, members of the court, ' perhaps the best-lighted athletic the fire truck, the cheer leaders, 1 field in Western North Carolina. the Marshall High School Band, and the high-stepping, rhythm minded Stephens Lee High School Band of Asheville. Following the parade, members of both bands ware served a ham burger supper, sponsored by the "It was just like daytime, not a shadow on the field," one person remarked. Through the cooperation of WQd's Radio and Television Serv ice, a public address system was (Continued To Last Page) Name Looms At V-A Dinner; Jonas Will Not Run For Governor The announcement that Repiili Iican Congressman Charles Jonas would not seek the governorship of North Carolina in 14 spread like wildfire among the 1,000 Democrats who attended t h p Vance-Aycook Dinner in Asheville Saturday night. The announce ment hrotight on mixed feelings 'Some said they were sorry the Democrats wouldn't have a chance to lick him. Others frankly he lieved Jonas would have hern hard to heat. Western North Carolina had plenty of local politics to chew on at the dinner. Longtime Madison Tounty po litical power Zeno Ponder loomed as a potential candidate for sen ator from the newly formed Mad ison - Yancey - Mitchell . McDow ell 34th District. Ponder himself, chairman of the Madison County Board of Educa tion, said, "Any comment now would be premature until the ex ecutive committees make an agree ment on a rotation or merit sys tem of selection." ' He conceded: "I've had quite few people approach me. I've given it some thought and plan to give it some more. I've neither jjBBJSerer f rom anything yet and fl hate to break that record.'" Brt. three of the four Demo cratic chairmen in the district spoke in favor of Bonder's candi dacy, although saying they could not speak for the voters of their counties as yet. Mitchell County's John Hovis of Spruce Pine said he had only heard of Ponder's possible candi dacy Friday. "For myself I would support him,' he said. Yancey's Yates Bennett said: "I like Zeno Ponder. He's a (Continued to Last Page) Complicated Case Consumes Three Days Of Court Here J. E. Mclntire left Superior Court here Wednesday with a camera, a tape recorder, three planes and two rachet braces, the remains of a mass of tools and equipment over which a title claim had been argued for three days. The Madison County School lkurd got the rest. There were either 401 or 2G1 items involved at the start, depending on which of two sheriffs' inventory was Used. The division was established by stipulations, agreements, and the action of a jury imported from Yancey County. The school board had instituted claim and delivery proceedings, a civil action, against Mclntire, a former Mars Hill High School vo cational - agriculture teacher, to recover the goods after Mclntire left in 1961. Sheriff R. Frank Outland of Northampton County, where Mc lntire went, listed 261 items he said he found in the former teach er's possession. Sheriff E. Y. Ponder listed 401. Judge J. Frank Huskins listened to two days of proceedings, during which the trarkload of items was moved a round the courtroom, lifted up, tagged, claimed, disclaimed, and lugged aside. What was left consisted of the ratchet braces, planes, recorder, and camera, which Mclntire said he bought with his own money, and for which the school board could find no record of payment on its part. Judge Huskins ruled there was not sufficient competent evidence in the record to put those items up for the jury's consideration, and he allowed Attorney Harold K. Bennett's motion for non-suit there. ' 'HW However, another category of tools went to the jury for assign ment, practically directed by we judge as belonging to the school board and the verdict was so given. These were the backbone of Mc- Intire's counter-claim. He main tained that they were tools m (Continued to Last Page l Mars Hill Beats Marshall On Island Friday, 26-6 PAY BOOST TO BE GIVEN BY PACIFIC MILLS Wage employees of The Hot Springs Plant of Pacific Mills, a Division of Burlington Indus tries, will be given a pay increase effective Nov. 4, according to an announcement by R. N. Boss, plant manager .He said the in crease would average approxi mately 5 percent. Confirmation that the local phut would make an increase fol lowed a statement by Burlington Industries president, Charles P- Myers Jr., that many divisions of (Continued To Last Page) jfcotball Season Ends This Week , Although Marshall's football season is over, titers are Htm two us games involving Madison County schools. Hot Springs travels to Cane River Friday and Mars Hill plays st Bakersville. Rebounding Mars Hill rode home run plays to an impressive 26-6 triumph over Marshall here Friday night in the final game of the season for the locals. Halfback Bob Wood, Mars Hill co-captain scored three touch downs to spark the Wildcat tri umph. He tallied in the opening period on a 19-yard run and the extra point try failed. In the second quarter he raced 72 yards to score and then passed to Gar land Hunter for the extra point Mars Hill made it 20-0 is the early moments of the third period on a 19-yard TD run by Wood and Wood's plunge for the extra point. Then late in the quarter fullback Charles Tolley streaked 87 yards to score and the extra point fail ed. Marshall drove 46 yards in the last quarter for its lone touch down with Ralph Candler going over from the three. The extra point failed. First downs Rushing yardage yardage PsntT Fumbles lost 5Sf 8 7 282 100 69 79 9-4 11-5 0 4-31 a o 26 80 6 7 18 0 I 0 0 0 6