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8 NEWS -RECORD hi; VOL, 63 NO. 42 10 PAGES THIS WEEK MARSHALL, N. C. THURSDAY, OCTOBER It, 1964 10c PER COPY County Farmers Divert Wheat To Conservation 2-60 A Year la MwHton A Adioinimr M.00 A Year Outaide Theae OoOatW 19 County Farmers Sign To Divert 46 Acre To Conservation Farmers in North Carolina have signed up to divert 137,757 acres from wheat production to approv ed conserving usee under the 1965 voluntary wheat program, Emory Robinson, chairman of the Agri cultural Stabilisation and Conser vation county committee, hag re ported. This is almost 50 percent of the 279,925 acres of allotments on the 45,631 farms signed. Na tionally, 780,916 fnrmors signed up to participate in the program. The wheat signup period ended October 2. Robinson pointed out that growers who signed up this fall will be able to modify their planting intentions any time be fore the close of the feed grain program signups early next year. Program benefits available to growers who 3ign up in the 1965 wheat program and then carry out the appropriate provisions in clude price-support loans, market ing certificates, and diversion pay ments. The diversion payment rates have been increased to 50 percent of the county rate in or der to encourage maximum diver sion and continued progress in reducing excessive grain stocks. Robinson said that 19 Madison County farmers signed up to di vert 46.0 acres from wheat pro duction to approved conserving uses for 1965. SEWAGE WORK CONTINUES HERE; 25 COMPLETE Drilling of pipe channels on lower bridge street, continued work on other ohnses of the new sewerage disposal plant and sys tem in Marshall are continuing hero daily and one of the most dif ficult tasks yet face workmen. Plans call for a pipe to cross be neath the French Broad River at the lower end of town. This pro ject is expected to be undertaken BOOH. All in all, it is thought thr.t the new system is more than 25' completed. Stato and Federal inspectors have been here and have approved the work thus far. The high wa-J ters recently did not in any way damage the construction on the Is land, it was said. Meanwhile, the local Govern ment Commission announced in Raleigh the sale of the $79,000 bond issue to cover the cost of :the sewer system. McCarlcv and Co., of Asheville was the pur chaser. GRANGES ASKED TO SUPPORT BOND ISSUE People To Vote Nov. 3 Funds To Better Schools On HOMECOMING AT WCC IS SET FOR SATURDAY WCC-Mars Hill Lions Will Clash At 8:00 O'Clock SJijjfemecoming Day at Western Carolina College is set for Sat urday, October 17. Dr. Guy Burchfiel, Alumni Executive Sec retary and chairman of the Home coming Committee, said this year's theme is in keeping with the col lege's 76th anniversary celebra tion. A coronation ball will be held in Reid Gymnasium to begin the festivities from 8 to 12 Friday night, when President Paul A. Reid will crown Queen Patricia Maddox of Rutherford ton. Alumni will register at Hunter County Health Nurse la Praised For Outstanding Work Hie following article is reprint ed from the 'current issue of The Health Bulletin, the official pub lication of 'the North Carolina State Board of Health. In addition to the artieje, several pictures showing Mrs. Fox on duty in this county were also published. The article follows: MOUNTAIN NURSE Our subject is Mrs. Anna Fox, a public health nurse in Madison County, North Carolina which bor ders on the North Carolina-Tennessee line. Madison County is as mountainous and rugged a region as can be found in the Eastern United States. The elevation is very high and if the county were Library from 10 a. m. to 1 p. m., flattened out it would be about MRS. ANNA FOX FEATURED IN PUBLICATION Mrs. Harry B. Caldwell, State Grange Master .has called on all local nnd county Granges of the state to give full support on get ting out information regarding the school bond election to be held November 3. According to Mrs. Caldwell, the Act approved by the legislature authorizes the issuance of $100 million in bonds of the state to provide funds for public school facilities in the counties of the state subject to a vote of the people. ine money will be used lor pro viding grants-in-aid to the coun ties of the state for the "con struction, reconstruction, enlarge ment, improvement and renovation of public school facilities and for the purchase of essential equip ment for the operation of the fa cilities." Each county and administrative unit shall receive funds from the proceeds of the bonds on the ba sis of the per capita average dai ly membership for the school yea The State Board of Education must approve orojects using bond funds. A majority vote of the people who vote is necessary for pas sage. Local Granges are urged to help stimulate discussions on the sub ject and get out the vote on No vember 3, according to Mrs. Caldwell. REPORTING 1 CHANGES IN 1 FARM OWNERSHIP and coffee will be served by Al pha Phi Sigman scholastic socie ty. Elaborate displays will be placed at various spots over the campus, prepared by student, or ganizations in competition for awards. A parade will begin at one o'clock at Reid Gymnasium, follow (Continued To Last Page) twice the size it now appears on the map. The French Broad River mms through the middle of the county and part of it is coveTel by Pisgah National Forest. Mrs. Fox is an RN who grad uated from Presbyterian Hospital in Knoxville. She has four children including one daughter named (Continued To Page Five) Mars Hill Grange Elects Officers Tuesday Night The Mars Hill Grange No. 1249 met Tuesday in the Mars Hill Community Center and elected officers for the coming year. They are: Master, Larry McLauglin; overseer, Larry Joe Phillips; lec turer, V. D. Carter; steward. Lar ry Whrtt; assistant steward, Rex Sprinkle; chaplain, Ray Carter; treasurer, Roy Jcy Edwards; sec retary, Lela C. Peek; gate keeper, Jay Nealy Edwards; Ceres. Vista Stines; Pomona, Inez Ediwards; Flora, Lucille English; Lady as sistant steward, Norma Jean Whitt; executive committee: Glenn Whifct, chairman; D. M. Robinson, V. D. Carter. Members are planning to at tend the State Grange Conven (Continued To Last Page) Persons selling or purchasing farmland within the county have the responsibility of reporting each transaction to tiie local ASCS oftfice in order that farm and ownership records may be correct ed and kept current. In comment ing on this subject, Gen ell Fox, acting manager of the Madison Couty ASCS office said that farm allotments are divided based on the conditions that exist at the time the land is conveyed rather than at the time when committee action is taken to correct the rec ords and that it would be to the Interest of the farmers to help get records changed immediately after the deeds have been made and recorded. She further points out that the fine print on tobacco allotment notices states that ouch notice is not valid if here has been a change in ownership or op eration which has not been report ed and it cautions the farmer about reporting such changes. Miss Fox further explained that it is impossible for the county committee or office staff to know about each change in ownership and for this reason the U. S. De partment of Agriculture places the responsibility of reporting land transfers with the persons invol ved. Each year Madison County! has about two hundred land trans actions which are reported to the county office. In conclusion, Miss Fox urged each persons selling or purchasing farmland to promptly report such transactions to the ASCS office so as to comply with their responsibility. Voters To Decide School Bond Issue November 3 N.C. BAPTISTS TO ENLARGE STATE BOARD Raleigh A move to enlarge the Baptist State Convention's general board by 10 members was approved unanimously Monday night at a board meeting. The proposal will be submitted to the convention's annual meet ing Nov. 10-12 in Greensboro. The new members would come from each of the It) Baptist re gions in the state. They would be recommended by the convention's nominating committee. The powerful board now has 91 regular members and six ex-offi cio members, three of whom can not vote. The Rev. Jerry Niswon;er of Zebulon, chairman of the group which framed the proposal, said the move was designated tj strengthen the make-up of the board. Preliminary Plans Are Made For Girl Scout f und Drive' Leaders and interested citizens of the Girl Scout Program in Mad ison County met Tuesday at the Mars Hill Methodist Church where plans were formulated for the Girl Scout Fund Drive to get un derway in the county on Novem ber 12. In addition to leaders from Mar shall and Mars Hill, Council of ficials present included Mrs. Paul Buff, executive director; Mrs. Jack Tessier, District Advisor; S. D. Warner, finance service con sultant; Mrs. Ruth Gregory. Coun cil President; and James Chand ler, Area Chairman, who presided at the meeting. Tractor Overturns On Brown Norton Wednesday; Critical HOMECOMING IS POSTPONED TILL OCTOBER 30 A week out of school, caused by the flooding waters of the French Broad, has necessitated the post ponement of Homecoming cere monies this Friday night, it wan announced here this week. "We just haven't had enough time to work out full details since wo resumed school here Monday", Olive Whitt, principal, stated. Plans call for tiie selection of a Queen and King and all the gala observance of Homecoming to be held during the Rosman-Marshal! game on October 30. Brown Norton, of the Grape vine community, ic in critical con dition in Memorial Mission Hos pital following an accident Wed nesday about noon. According to information, a tractor overturned on Norton near his home. nty Represented Vance-Aycock Dinner Saturday Madison County was represent ed at the Vance-Aycock dinner in Asheville Saturday night at the city auditorium when 1489 Dem ocrats from the state gathered to hear State Treasurer Edwin Gill expound the virtues of the Dem ocratic Party to the faithful. Those attending from Madison were Representative Listen Ram sey, A. Eldridge Leake, Mrs. Earl Robinson, and Mr. and Mrs. George B. Shupe. DREAMERS Some of the things they do ate pointless, but every man is the hero of his own imagination. Hot Springs Blue Devils Defeat MHS Tornadoes In Stunning Upset, 7-6 Friday EDWARDS URGES PASSAGE0FB0ND ISSUE ON NOV. 3 Robert L. Edwards, chairman of Madison County, commented emphatically on the need for 14.'! classrooms for the local schools This county will received 3.r4,180 dollars from the $100 mill ion Bond Issue to be voted on November 3. Local chairman stated that the urgent needs of the school depend on the success of this Bond Is sue. Senator David Clark, Stato Chairman of the Steering Com mittee, emphasized the State-wide needs. He pointed out that m the event that the bond issue is not approved that each county will, through necessity, have to find ways and means to build their much needed classrooms. DHPOE.83, FARM EDITOR, IS STRICKEN Democrats To Have Fund Raising Dinner Saturday Sponsored By County Demo. Women's Club; At School A talk by William E. Webb of Statesville, Democratic national comrnitteeman from North Caro Una, 'will feature a fund-raising dinner to be sponsored by the Madison County Democratic Wom en's Club Saturday at 7 p. m., in Marshall High School. Mrs. Earl Robinson, vice chair man of the Madison County Dem ocratic Executive Committee, will introduce Webb, and Mrs. George Shupe, president of the club, will preside. . y, Members of the arrangements committee for the $B-a-plate din ner include Miss Bobby Jean Peek, Mrs. J. D. Buckner, Mrs. Vernon Runnion, Mrs. Jack Lunsf ord, Mrs. Marvin MeClure, Mrs. Ralph Tip ton and Joe Penland, Jr., presi dent of the Marshall Teen Dem LIONS TO TACKLE CATAMOUNTS AT CULLOWHEE SAT The Mars Hill College Lions have dreams of putting a bright feather in their caps. MHC LIONS SCORE HOMECOMING VICTORY, 25-0 The young Baptists, Just emerg ing into the field of senior college football, tackle the Western Caro lina College Catamounts at Cul kxwhee Saturday, and they would like nothing better than to beat the Oats. It would definitely be a feather to their caps. Coaches Don Henderson and Ron Bromley sent their charges through heavy scrimmages Toes day and Wednesday and will be gin lightening up today. Tommy (Continued To Last Page) I Jimmy Few scored two first quarter touchdowns and the Mars Hill College Lions defeated New port News (Va.) Apprentice School, 26-0, before 1,700 Home coming fans at Mars Hill Satur day afternoon. Few scored on bursts of four yards each. The first was set up by a 32-yard run by Harry Bprouse and the second when guard Dong Echols recovered a fumble at the Newport News 11. Mars Hill drove 80 yards to the second with Bill Dyar running the final 10 for a touchdown. Includ ed to the drive were 26 yards to penalties and 10-yard runs by Henry Zion and Sprouse. Bill Smith kicked the point. - On the next-to-last play of the first half. Quarterback Jack Reece hit Jerry Blevtos with a 26-yard scoring pass to send Mara Hill to the dressing room with a 26-0 FOOTBALL FRIDAY NIGHT: Crossnore at Marshall Mars Hill at North Buncombe Christ School at Hot Springs halftime lead. Neither team scored in the sec ond half. Newport News made its only thrust into Mars Hill terri tory in the third when Charlie Russell recovered a fumble at the Mars Hill 40 and the Apprentice men drove to the 11 before Few intercepted a pass to kill (be drive. Mars Hill, now 8-1, plays at Western Carolina next Saturday night to the Western Carolina homecoming game. NNA MJS First downs 8 14 Rushing yardage 80 168 Passing yardage 39 63 Passes 11-3 -4 Passes in'cepted by 0 8 Pants 4-33 441 Fumbles tost 3 3 Yards penalized 60 40 Newport a. scnooi w w u u Mars Htu w i Bruce Cantrell's Placement Margin Of Victory Friday Night Mars Hill had defeated the Hot Springs Blue Devils, 40-6; tne Clyde Cardinals had slaughtered the Blue Devils, 33-0; Tryon had run over tho Blue Devils, 33-7; and Lee Edwards' 10th graders bad played the Hot Springs elev en to a 6-6 tie before last Fri day night It was a miserable season for the Blue Devils who had previously won the county championship for three consecu tive years that is, until last Friday night. All the previous season's humil iations were completely forgotten when the aroused band of Blue Devils banded the Marshall High Tornadoes a stunning 7-6 upset on a cold night on the Hot Springs gridiron. The Blue Devils' victory was witnessed by some 800 fans, many of them from Marshall. Toe first quarter was a rugged, hard-nosed defensive struggle be tween the 80 yard stripes. Mar shall received the kiekoff and irehed to the HS 28 yard stripe where the Blue Devil line braced (Continued to Last Page) Dr. Clarence Poe, a leading farm journalist for many years, died in Raleigh Thursday, October 8, 1964, a week after suffering a stroke. He was 83 years old and, at the time of his death, was chairman of the board of The Pro gressive Farmer, which he bought in 1899. He served as editor of the mag azine for 67 years, and earned a reputation as a champion of thel Southern farmer. Funeral services were held at 11 a. m., Saturday at the First Baptist Church in Raleigh, with burial in Oakwod Cemetery. Money Will Be Used For Building; County Would Get $354,180.00 Recognizing "the acute and con tinuing need for substantial im provement in school racilities" re sulting from "incjpasing enroll ments, needed ensolidation of schools and rapaily approaching obsolescence off some existing school plants" J5md desiring "to aid the rountm in this emergen cy." the Gpieral Assembly of North C:mn;i in 1963 authorized "the issft. of $100,000,000 in bonds of the State to provide funds for public school facilities in the counties of the State sub ject to a vote of the people of the State." "Tho question of the issuance of said one hundred million dol lars ($100,000,000) State of North Carolina Public School Facilities Bonds of 1963 shall be submitted to ihe qualified voters of the State of North Carolina at an election to be held on a date in 1963 or 1964 to be fixed bv the Governor by a proclamation issued by him. . . ." Pursuant to legislative author ization and direction, Governor Terry Snnford has proclaimed that the School Construction Bond Issue shall be voter! upon at the time of the General Election on Tuesday, November 3, 1964. The General Assembly stipu lated the amount of the proceeds from the Bond issue that shall go to each county and city school administrative unit "for the con struction, reconstruction, enlarge ment, improvement, and renova tion of public school facilities, and for the purchase of such equipment as shall be essential to the efficient operation of the fa (Continued To Last Page) Johnson-Humphrey Drive Headed By Rep. L. B. Ramsey Listen Ramsey of Marshall was today named Madison County Chairman of the Rural Ameri cans for Johnson-Humphrey. This is a nationwide, non-partisan, ed ucational effort headed by Rob ert W. Scott, Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor, to in form rural people about what the two presidential candidates have to say about the farm program. COUNTY WOMEN PLAN HD TOUR IN ASHEVILLE The annual Achievement Day for the Madison County Home Demonstration Clubs will be a tour to the Asheville area. The tour will be held October 20. be ginning at the Biltmore Dairy Bar at 9 a. :m. We will go from tile Dairy Bar to the Biltmore Coun try Market, then to Ball Brothers, Gerber, and back to the Lazy Su san for a group luncheon. After lunch we will go to Clinton Man ufacturing Company to BumsviUe for a tour of their dress making procedures. This tour to planned to the place of an exhibit or achievement day as we have had to past years. All HD Club members are urg ed to attend HARRY SILVER, COUNTY AGENT, RECEIVES AWARD Six North Carolina agricultur al extension agents have been cited for dintingntobe service by the National Association of Coun ty Agricultural Agents. One of the six receiving the wards was Barry G. Silver, of Marshall, Madison County Agri cultural Extension Agent. The Tar Heel extension agents were presented national distin guished service awards at the as sociation's annual meeting at New Orleans, La. Silver was recognised for his leadership to the promotion of the beef and dairy industry to Mad ison County, and for his impor tant contributions to the vine-ripe tomato industry. He has been to agricultural extension wtork for 15 Remember, Only Two More Saturdays To Regi tu
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