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VOL 64 NO. 3
Rice Says He
food Records
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En - Warehouse Supervisor
Answer Charges Br
Following the article published
n last week's issue of this news
paper in which Doyle B. Cody,
Mtalrmsn of the county board of
commissioners stated that the Sur-
pn Foods records could not be
found, Hairy Rice, former Sur
plus Foods Warehouse Supervis
or, this week issued the following
reply:
Surplus Foods Records
I read the front page news
item released by the Republican
Commissioners and their Attor
ney, Clyde Roberts and was not
astonished to find that they are
reckless with the truth. Neither
of the Republican County Com
missioners nor Mr. Roberts nor
Joe Huff have spoken to me con
cerning the Surplus Foods Records-
since the November Election.
Through the former Chairman of
the County Board, Mr. William
M. "Bill" Roberts, I have been
in touch with Mr. Jay Davis, State
Surplus Director. He and his
Agents have been fully informed
that I hare in my possession all of
the Surplus Food Records and all
of the Surplus Foods Records have
been thoroughly audited and the
State Agency has further been
informed and advised that as Mad
iaon County Surplus Food Super
visor since its beginning and up
until December 7, 1964. I do not
trust the present County Commis
sioners, Mr. Zink, or their Attor
ney since they do not trust them
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GIRLS ESCAPE
INJURY IN FIRE
AT ORPHANAGE
About 20 young girls escaped
injury Monday night when a
spectacular fire destroyed a dormi
tory at Oxford orphanage.
Supt. A. E. Leon Gray estimat
ed the "damage at $100,000. Mrs.
Velma Futrelle, counselor, dis
covered the fire on the second
floor. Gray expressed the belief
the fire had come up a ventilator.
The fire, which apparently start
ed in an upper part of the build
ing, burned out of control for a
bout an hour. School officials said'
arrangements had been made to
house the girls in other buildings.
The fire threatened to spread to a
new $100,000 dormitory nearing
completion nearby, but the Oxford
Fire Department succeeded in sav
ing the building.
State Baptist Board Opposes1
Sale Of Liquor By Brink
The General Board of the Bap
tist State Convention took a stand
Tuesday in opposition to propos
als to legalize the manufacture of
liquor in North Carolina and to
permit the sate of liquor by the
drink.
In other action, die General
Board authorised the appointment
of a 28-member advisory group
to study capital needs of the can1
vention's seven colleges. '. S
Named to a nominating commit
tee that will appoint the study
group wan: Convention President
Howard J. Fond of Wilmington;
Hi tW prtnmMK mw. W. IL.
McGee of Winston-Sal
vice pnsidsnt John E.
Norflcct Gurdnw of Hcndcfs
and Dr. E. W. Price Jr., of High
Point, iiuaailiint of the central
board. Price was elected Monday
night.
Dr. W. Perry Crouch, general
not foresee any recommendations
from tills committee to our con
van lion next iNuvcmoer, dux per
haps something will be ready by
the spring of 196. If so, a sue-
8 PAOb THIS WEEK
His Surplus
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Jurist Is Well
Wtvfw Tk;.
Retirement of former Attorney
Gen. George B. Patton of Frank
lin as resident superior court
udM)tbe 80th Judicial District
was announced Monday by Gov.
Dan K. Moore.
The governor approved the re
tirement of Patton, 66, and his
designation as an emergency judge
in Moore's first executive order.
Patton first went on the superi
or court bench in 1947 when Gov
R. OrVgf; Cherry appointed him a
special judge. He remained a spe
cial judge until 1966 when Gov
1uther H. Hodges appointed him
attorney general. He was elected
that fall to a four-year term as
attorney general but resigned two
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laTAlUTTi
'ANT
-v Eleventh District
Roy A. Taylor has
the House Science1
Committee
nations space
his member
nterior Com
mittM.'.WAtowlie- h the eitrth
rnnlrino TlMiwrjit
The Science and Astronautics
Committee oversees the National
Aeronautics and Space Administra
tion, which operates a tracking
station near Rosman, N. C.
Taylor's appointment was made
ray the Deoeratic members of the
House Ways and Means Commmit
tee and will be routinely ratified
at a caucus of House Democrats
Monday.
"I am flattered to be nomina
ted for this important committee.
Decisions by this committee are
significant both to our civilian
space efforts and military plan
ning."
The congressman said his inter
est in the committee had been in
creased by the Rosman station.
He said he also enjoyed his
work on the Interior Committee,
where he is a member of the Na
tional Parks and Indian Affairs
Subcommittees.
SOCIAL SECURITY
AND INCOME TAX
MEETING JAN. 25
Several changes have been made
in the system a fanner should f ol
tow in filing his Federal Income
Tax for 1964. A meeting will be
held in the Courthouse here at
7:00 p. m., Monday, January SB,
to discuss income tax and social
security.
Douglas Butter, Sodal Security
repneantaova for Madison County
will be in charge of the
octal security and James AH-
goon, extension r arm
I Specialist with N. C.
College will discuss filing federal
income tax.
The public is invited to attend
the meeting and discuss any ques
tions they have concerning either
of these subjects.
TIP TO MOTORISTS
People who insist on exceeding
the spaed limit are always on the
Reported! Gone
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MARSHALL, N.
INAUGURATED PRESIDENT WEDNESDAY
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PRESIDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON was swom in
as President of the United States Wedneadafcr. Hubert
Humphrey took the oath as Vice-President. The North
Carolina delegation to the ceremonies in Washington wa8
headed by Governor Dan K. Moore. The Waynesville
High School Band marched behind Gov. Moore's car in
the gala parade, viewed by thousands.
17 INDUCTED, 3
TRANSFERRED
IN JANUARY
The Local Board sent the fol
lowing men to Charlotte for in
duction during January:
Guss Wilson, Frank David Reese,
Arthur Sherman Ball, Emmerson
King, Wiley Fayette Metcalf, Bob
by Junior Sexton, Douglas Mack
Wheeler, Benny Glenn Proffitt,
Jerry Dean Shelton, Bernard Car
son Franklin, Clyde Ronnie Rigs-
by, Robert Haven Payne, Jackson
Blaine Ramsey, Johnny Clyde
Blankenafaip, David Mitchell Da
vis, Alvin Shelton, Eugene Demp
sey. Woody. I 1
The following men were trans
ferred to other board for indue-
tion: Varnel Strickland to Local
Board No. 46, Waynesville; Ed
ward Ray Davis to Local Board)
No. 08, North Wilkesboro; Hubert
Russell Metcalf to Local Board
No. 7, Red Bluff, California.
The Local Board also sent 37
men for pre-indue tion physical and
mental examination on January 19.
TREE PLANTING
IS PROFITABLE;
GET SEEDLINGS
Amnions Diverts Eroded
Field To Paying
Trees
Every acre of land has a best
use, and in Madison County land
owners have felt 3,283 acres were
best suited to tree planting. It
has taken 3,149,042 seedling to
plant this land, including 122,700
seedlings planted last year.
When an acre of land is man
aged for its best use it should pro
duce an income. E. M. Amnions,
of Mars Hill, owns two acres of
white pine planted on an eroded
field in 1937. Included as a part
of a survey made by foresters,
this plantation is expected to yield
$1,181 by 1984, or $12 per acre
per year on land not suited to oth
er crops. Other plantations fan
Tliiisl Mil North Camlfna included!
in the survey art expected toJerette Shelton, barely escaped.
yield as much as $28 per acre per
year, -v . :.:f
If the plantations of
County earn $15 per acre per year,
average of 100 similar planta
tions studied, it mesne the 3.283
acres are growing wood worth
over 949,000 per year to
Jobs for cutters, haulers, and
a healthy economy far the county
The North Carolina Division of
jrestry has seedlings availble,
but if you want to be sure your
order will be filled it should be
submitted now. Contact the ASC8
office, your Sofl Conservation
Service technician, the county ag
ricultural agent, or the county
ranger for help to obtaining tree
seedlings, Fred Boss stated this
C. THURSDAY, JANUARY
PREPARATION OF
TOBACCO BEDS IS
CITED BY AGENT
An adequate supply of early
tobacco plants is the best start a
farmer can make for a good burley
tobacco crop, says Harry G. Silver,
County Extension Chairman. Al
most every year a number of farm
ers experience difficulty in treat
ing and preparing their tobacco
beds for seeding. The ground will
either be too wet or too cold to be
worked and gassed in preparation
for seeding'.
A large number of Madison
County tobacco growers prepared
their beds last fall usd the open
Winter has anfWVrnumberk--'of
others to got their beds plowed,
the fertiliser worked in and ready
for gasing. Early preparation of
plant beds is a practice that should
be followed by more farmers. It
would give farmers a greater as
surance of having an adequate
supply of plants at early trans
planting time which would not
have to be pushed too hard in n
plant bed. Such a supply of plants
will aid tremendously in avoiding
immature tobacco at harvest time
This cost Madison County farmers
and other fanners in the area a
tremendous amount of money in
the 1964 crop with frost bitten
tobacco in the field and green
tobacco because it had to be har
vested in an immature stage.
HENSLEY HOME
ON SPHLCORN
BURNED TUES.
Four Barely Escape Early
Morning Blaze;
Everything
The one-story frame home of
Mr. and Mrs. Brack Henaley, or
the SpilVcorn section of this coun
ty, was completely destroyed by
fire about five o'clock Tuesday
morning
Mr. Henslev. who works to Il
linois, was not at home but Mrs.
Henslev and their two daughters,
aces 10 and 18, and an uncle, bv
from the biasing house.
thing In the house was destroyed
i..i..atm hniwlmia of isrs at can
ned foods, all clothing, including
their ahoes, arid au xurni-
ture. Only what they wereweat-
vhila aeleeo was saved.
There was no insurance on the
building, Sheriff Ponder stated.
Anyone wishing to aid this lam-
llw In tn wav mav leave waa
they wish to donate at the Jflthere, like their
here or at Home Electric 4 Furni
ture
BEGINNERS
A small bov was seated 00 the
rear seat of a school bos beside I
nfH, littU M He wea aaMH
as he whispered, "Helen, you're
the only girl I've ever loved."
'Humph," snorted the Utile gM
10c
I Marshall
4-H LEADERS'
BANQUET HELD
HERE WEDNESDAY
District 4-H Agent
Dick
Smith Principal
Speaker
The annual 4-H Leaders' Ban
quet was held in the Fellowship
Hall of the Marshall Presbyterian
Church Wednesday night with 37
leaders and guests attending.
Miss Hilda Gosnell, of the
Grapevine Club, daughter of Mr
and Mrs. Everette Gosnell. wa
mistress of ceremonies. She led
the group in the Pledge of Alle
giance and the 4-H Pledge.
Jay Nealey Edwards, a mem
ber of the Hn Hill Cliih nnrl Ron
of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Edwards, wel
comed the Leaders and guests.
Miss Sandra Hunter, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hunter of Wal
nut Creek, sang a solo, accompa
nied at the piano by her mother.
Earle Wise, county 4-H Agent,
introduced the Leaders and guests
and Mrs. J. D. Gosnell, Grapevine
Leader, led in prayer prior to the
delicious dinner. 4-H members
served the meal.
Miss Jewell Ball, of the Little
Pine Club, and daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Ball, introduced the
principal speaker, Mr. Dick Smith
of Raleigh, District 4-H Agent.
Mr. Stontth spoke on the ob
jectives and opportunities of the
Leaders and praised them for the
splendid work they are doing in
the county.
Following Mr. Smith's talk,
Misses Leuretha Buckner and Ells
sa Hafley, ef the California Creek
Club, entertained the group with
a dance.
Concluding the enjoyable affair
was the presentation of certifi
cates to the leaders by Mr. Wise
and Mrs. Barbara Rhodes, home
demonstration agent.
STATE TO AH)
IN PLANNING
SCHOOL NEEDS
Carroll Answers Ponder's
Request For Professional
Assistance
A reply from State Superintend
ent of Public Instruction Charles
F. Carroll, to Zeno H. Ponder,
chairman of the Madison County
Board of Education, regarding
Ponder's request for professional
assistance and advice for future
school and educational needs was
received here a few days ago.
Ponder had written Dr. J. L.
Pierce, Director, Division of
School Planning, State Depart
ment of Public Instruction, Ra
leigh, earlier this month pointing
hut that " .... in view of the
$864,000 from the recent bond is
sue, as well as the $44,000 held in
escrow for Madison County from
the 825.000.000 statewide bond is
sue," a new study be made of me
whool buildhnt needs in Madison
County. Ponder further requested
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TRELLISED
TOMATOES
IN FOREFRONT
RALEIGH Trellis tw
re taking the forefront to
an North Carolina,
an finding then to
for new
James A.
(Jim) Graham said
(that N. C,
of Agri-
- nUnm meiahata In the
division hav reported that an add
itional buyer of the trellieed crop
to being brought in for that sec
tion of the state.
21, i960
Ramsey
COPT A Tear hi Madison A Adjehtia, Ossak.
Has
HAVE
DIMES
To Conduct Door-To-Door
Drive Monday,
January 25
A team of 81 women and one
man has been recruited to make
a door-to-door canvass of the Mara
Hill community n e x t Monday
night, Jan. 86, from 6 to 9 to so
licit contributions to the March
of Dimes.
Area director Mrs. Joseph Huff
and four area captains Mrs.
Bruce Murray, Mrs. W- C. Silver
Jr., Mrs. Ernest Powell Jr.. and
Mrs. Charles Davis recruled
the canvassers and will direct the
campaign.
Those volunteering to go from
house to house seeking contribu
tions include the following: Mes-
dames David Metcalf, A. W. Hol
lifield, HarreU Wood, Bill Powell,
Lee Andrews, Fred Boas, Hubert
Briggs, Wayne Pressley, Bill Ben
nett, James Jordan, John Denton,
Elwood Roberts, Moselle Buckner,
Robert Melvin, Plato Reese, Jim
Fish, Loren Bridges, P. R. Elam,
Jack Grose, Hoyt Blackwell, Don
Henderson, Don Cox, W. E. Powell
Sr., Carl Holcombe Sr., and A.
W. Edye.
Others are Misses Palsy An
derson, Nancy Medforxi and Vis-
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New Rural Route:
Replaces Ball As P. If.
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CANVASS
AcCOsMltS
ACP In 1964 Are Cited
C. B. RADIO CLUB
MET THURSDAY;
ELECT OFFICERS
Madison County's newest organ
ization the Citizens Band Ra
dio Club met at the American
Legion Building here last Thurs
day night with 18 radio enthusi
asts attending.
Officers were elected and plans
discussed for future projects and)
entertainments. It is believed that
the new organisation will form a
Rescue Squad under the Civil De
fense setup in the near future, as
well as study snd enjoyment in
the various phases of CB Radio
operations.
Jerry Plemmons was elected
president of the organization;
Charles Davis, vice president; and
Tom G. Wallin, secretary-treasurer.
The next meeting will be hcM
next Thursday night at 7:80 in
the Legion Building.
All persons interested in join
ing the club an invited to attend.
Florida Vegetable Crap Is
Damaged By Arctic Blast
BITTEN BY DOG?
DO
Frederick E. Bone, Agricultural
Agent, metis the fol-
we do have a rabies epi
demic in ottr neighboring county
in Tennessee and then has been a
great deal of publicity, when the
naturally a great deal of anxiety
Walnut Post Office Changed
To Rural Station;
Same Service
Marshall has a new rural route;
a new postmaster; and the Wal
nut post office has been changed
to s rural station, it was announ
ced this week. The change is part
of the vast economy moves being
made by the United States Post
Office Department throughout the
nation. For months, President
Lyndon B. Johnson has ben cur
tailing Federal Post Office ex
penses when feasible and this is
a result of the move.
Effective last Saturday, the
Walnut Post Office was changed
to a Rural Station. This means
only that by this action a new
route (Marshall Route 1) has been
added from the Marshall post of
fice. It was explained, however,
that the Rural Station, still locat
ed in Brig-man's Store at Walnut,
will render the same service as
previously rendered by the post
office. Patrons of the Walnut
community can still purchase
stamps, money orders and all
types of postal service.
Knox Brigman is in charge of
the rural station.
The new route includes the same
coverage as the former Walnut
Star Route and will also include
boxes in Walnut to those who wish
to be served by the new route. It
was further explained that the
new route out of the Marshall post
office will continue to serve the
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hments Of
1,931 Farms In County Took
Active Part In
1964
Over the years the Agricultural
Conservation Program has done
much to aid the rural economy of
our nation says Ralph Ramsey,
Office Manager for the Madison
County Agricultural Stabilisation
and Conservation Service. By con
serving the Nation's soil, water
and forestry resources, the entire
economy is strengthened. The
ACP attacks low farm income and
strengthens the economy by: In
suring future production capacity
of good land; Stimulating business
by developing a larger market for
conservation goals and services
thereby creating new Job op
portunities; helping to shift land
to more needed uses; introducing
and expanding new and improved
conservation techniques; Reducing
costly wind, flood snd sediment
damages; Helps to overcome flood
or drought disaster by restoring
the productivity to the land which
benefits the farm family it sup
ports; and assures a more ade
quate supply of water for indus
trial growth.
Ramsey said that
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Bitterly cold arctic air gripped
the entire Atlantic coast Monday
snd dealt a heavy blow to Florida's
mukknilUoa-dollar Tujetahh crop.
the cold Mast, borne far south
by a shifting high-altitude Jet
stream sent tasnpereturee plung
ing to record lows for the date in
of Miami
Hardest kit rt Florida won the
cane and vegetable crops
en former swampland
claimed ;
of Lake
The state
Jos B. Gourlay, NCDA Mar
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n can be called." J verge of a
week.
"That's ail I ever get beginners.'
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