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Dr. Charles
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Chairman County EOA
Other Officer. Ar Elected;
By-Law. Approved At
Director! of 6m Madison Com
unity Action Inc., under the Eco-
nomic Opportunity Act for MadJ.
son County, met Monday night in
the courthouse here where by-law
were adopted and permanent offi
cer elected. "
The Rev. Jack Thomas, tempor
ary chairman, presided with 2ft;
of the 26 directors present
It was explained that the Art
icles of Corporation had been app
roved by the Office of Secretary1
of State, Raleigh, and were now
filed in the clerk of court's office
here.
Moat of the three-hour meeting
was consumed with the careful
reading and discussion of the va
rious by-laws for the organiza
tion. Following several changes
in the original draft of the by
laws, they were unanimously
adopted.
Mr. Thomas then opened the
floor for nominations for the per
manent officers. Bruce Murray,
of Mars Hill, a local car dealer,
placed the name of Dr. Charles
Powell, Mara Hill physician, as
chairman. Zeno H. Ponder, chair-'
man of the county board of edu
cation, nominated Harry Silver,
county farm agent, for the chair
manship. These two men were the
only nominees for this post.
However, before voting started,
Mr. Silver explained to the group
that he was uncertain as to whe
ther or not he coukd serve if
elected due to his status with the
State Extension Service.
Mr. Ponder, however, insisted
that Mr. Silver's mane remain as
a nominee until -definite rulings)
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PONDER GIVES
VIEWS OF BOARD
IN COUNTY EOA
The following letter, addressed
to Dr. James White, Coordinator
State EOA, Raleigh, and released
to the press for publication, points
out the view of the Madison Coun
ty Board of Education in regard
to the election of Dr. Charles
Powell, of Mars Hill, as chairman
at an organizational meeting held
here Monday night:
June 22, 1966
Dr. James White, Coordinator
130 E. Morgan Street
Economic Opportunity Program
Raleigh, North Carolina
Dear Mr. White:
The Directors of Madison Coun
ty Community Action, Inc., met
last night, Monday, June 21, 1966,
and read, discussed, amended, and
approved the By-Laws. Shortly
thereafter, Rev. Jack Thomas op
ened the floor for nominations for
permanent chairman, but before
doing so he renewed his plea that
each of us Directors be mindful
that persons bearing political scars
should not, for the best interests
of Madison County, be elected to
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Marshall, Hd
Celebrate 4th
Dances And Fireworks Will
Be Featured In Both
Towns
July 4th, this year, falls on
Sunday so the usual programs
held here and at Hot Springs will!
be held on Saturday, July 8, it
has been announced.
Although the usual observance
of the 4th is, being held in many
places on Monday, July 5, the Hot
Springs Lions dub, sponsors of
the activities at Hot Springs, and
the Marshall Fire Department,
sponsors here, decided on Satur
day instead of Monday. As for
Monday, it is a probability that
:
THIS WEEK
Powell Is
HhN
MCAfcc Chairman
tec jtftiftM
Dr. Charle Powell
$1,500,000.00 REA
LOAN APPROVED
F0R,,L0CAL CO-OP
Washington A $1,500,000 REA
loan was was approved here Weil
nesday for the French Broad Elec
tros Membership Corp., at Mar-
shall, Congressman Roy A. Tay
lor announced
The loan will be used to finance
construction of 44 miles of dis
tribution line to serve 860 new
eMttmera,,. It will also be used
to install 20 miles of heavy-duty
flees and for the con
Yfubstations at Ba-
pring Creek.
"M.. BaTT of Marshall is presi
dent of the corporation.
Babe Ruth, Little League
Schedule Is Announced
Games Start At 5:00 P. M.;
More Details Are
Needed
Below is published the schedule
for the Babe Ruth and Little
League baseball season in the
county. More details are expect
ed to be worked out in the near
future with the possibility of
changes being made.
In order that game results cap
be published, each manager is
asked to write up the games play
ed and mail or bring them to this
newspaper office by Tuesday
night of each week.
The schedules follow:
BABE RUTH LEAGUE
June 26 Beech Glen at Hot
Springs; Marshall at Ebbs Chap
el June 28 Beech Glen at Mar
shall; Mars Hill at Ebbs Chapel.
July 2 Marshall at Beech
Glen; Ebbs Chapel at Mars Hill.
July 12 Hot Springs at Mar
shall; Mars Hill at Beech Glen.
July 16 Marshall at Hot
Springs; Beech Glen at Mars Hill.
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Springs To
On July 3
arranged. This will be announced
In next week's issue.
On Ssturday, July 3, in Mar- jj
shall, a baseball game between
the Madison Nine and a yet to be
named opponent, will be played on
the Island at 8 p. m. Pony rides
will also be held in the afternoon
and fireworks will be displayed
Saturday night The program will
be concluded with a square dance
in the school lunchroom.
At Hot Springs, the Lions Club
is sponsoring skest shooting, bog
rifle shooting, pony rides, bingo
a fish fry, fireworks, street dance
and square dance. Thus for the
various events can be found in an
ft' ' -'nifiii'iMri'ii
MARSHALL, N.
MARSHALL LION
OFFICERS TO BE
INSTALLED M0N.
Will Observe Ladies Night
At SAW Cafeteria At
7:30 O'cock
s. .. , ,
Installation and Ladies Night
will be observed by the Marshall
Linns Club Monday night at 7:30
o'clock at the SAW Cafeteria in
Asheville.
Roland Leatherwood, District
Coventor, 31 -A, will install the of
ficers and a program of music
will he presented by students of
Western Carolina College.
The following officers will be
installed:
Jim Story, president; Roy
Reeves, first vice president; Ralph
McCormick, second vice president;
.lack Cole, third vice president;
O. A. Cregory, secretary; Jack
Zink, assistant secretary; Robert
Davis, tail twister; Ron Sprinkle,
assistant tail twister; Kelley Da-
ion tamer.
New members on the board of
directors are Lions Walter Ram
sey, K. C. Teague and Charles
Ci owe.
The committee on arrangements
is composed of Jack Zink, Jim
Storv and Jack Cole.
Little Damage Is
Done At Mills
Plant Fire Tues.
A wax box became overheated
at the Mills Manufacturing Com
pany Tuesday morning and sent
billows of smoke boiling out the
windows and into part of the as
sembly area of the plant here.
Marshall firemen, using chem
icals, quickly brought tile fire un
vr control and littte-'damagfe was
reported.
"Singing On The
Mountain" To Be
Held This Sunday
The largest annual event an the
mountains of the South takes
place Sunday, June 27 for the 41st
time at the base of Grandfather
Mountain. No admission is charg
ed for the non-denominatioiral
singing contention k n o.w n as
"Singing on the Mountain'' to the
highland residents of the Caroli
nas, Virginia and Tennessee who
are the principal participants.
Last year the popular gospel sing
ing group, the Chuck Wagon
Gang, took part in the event
which this year will feature Ar
thur Smith and the Crossroads
Quartet, the Christian Heirs Quar
tet, and Appalachian folk sing
ers Virgil Sturgill and Bascom
Lamar Lunsford.
HnW mam
Shown above is a sketch of the huge new phys-1 new football stadium on the west side ef the cam
ical education building at Mars Hill Conege. Bids Ipsa, It will front on Bailey Street (high school
totalling 11,340,966 were received last week and road) and wfO be bounded on the esst by Athletic
sonstruction is expected to begin in the near fu- Street, which runs behind Certs Bridges Dining
C. THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1965
1 HEAD START IS
INCREASING IN
MEMBERSHIP
Knowledge Spreading; 90
Eiirolld Volunteers
Increase
J. C.'UWsB,,3Brsetor oFHead
Start in this county, stated this
week that registration during the
second week of the program show
ed vast increase.
At present the enrollment rep-
presents approximately 90 of
the expected enrollment in public
schools this fell," Wallin stated.
Wallin said he was well pleased
with the rapid increase of stu
dents and interest in the pro
gram. "The knowledge of the
program is spreading and more
and more parents are finding out
ts benefits," Mr. Wallin saidl.
He also said that volunteer as
sist .nee was increasing and that
the program was now "sailing
along at top speed."
Classes will continue daily
through August 18 and it is not
too late to enroll vnur nn lumi
age child, he concluded.
4-H ELECTRIC
DEM. WINNERS
ARE ANNOUNCED
Winners in the Western District
4-H Electric Demonstration con
test were announced today by
French Broad Utric Member
ship Corporation, sne of the spon
sors of the. event Steve Lambert
and Richard Pannell of Jackson
County were winners in the Boys
Division. Then- parents are Mr.
and Mrs. James Lambert, and Mr.
and Mr.fc..Cig V- Their
demonstration was entitled "Be
Bright Fuse Right."
Louise Conrad of Mitchell Coun
ty was the winner in the Girls
Division. Her parents are Mr. and!
Mrs. G, W. Conrad, Her dem
onstration was entitled "Away
With Rocks and EmTdes."
These 4-H'ers will represent
the Western District at the State
Contest to be held m Raleigh dur
ing 4-H Club Week. As winners
in the district contest, their 'tui
tion expenses to 4-H Club Week
will be paid. Winners in the State
Contest, sponsored by Tarheel
Electric Membership Association,
will receive a handsome award.
The sponsoring organization, Tar
heel Electric Membership Associ
ation is the statewide trade-service
association of tile thirty-three
electric cooperatives.
Oher participants in the Elec
tric Demonstration were David Al
len), son of Mr. and Mrs. James
Allen of Walnut; Ramona 'Bow
ditch, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Bowditch of Burnsville and
Harry Ray Garland, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Garlan of Bafcers
vilfe. Called On Carpet
People who lime on velvet ' are
often called on the carpet.
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Ambulance
Continue
AfPUCAWONS
TO BE TAKEN
FOR MATO WORK
Mato Packing Co., Inc., plans
to start packing and selling to
matoes about the mkMle of July.
There will be a number of jobs
for locaJ people at the tomato
packing and grading shed. They
will need women to grade toma
toes and to do other jobs in the
packing house. There will be a
number of jobs for men such as
dumping tomatoes in the ma
chines, trucking tomatoes from
machine to cooler and trucks, put
ting lids on boxes, etc.
All people interested in work
ing at Mato Packing Co., Inc.,
are asked to come to French Broad
Electric Membership Corp. Build
ing on Main Street in Marshall,
from 9:00 a. m., unt il 12:00 noon
on Tuesday, June 29, to make an
application.
County Has Six Winners
At 4-H Demonstration
ACPPLANS UNDER
WAY FOR 1966
The. 1966 Agricultural Conser
vation Program is now well unlder
way, and work already has been
started on formulating the 1966
program, according to A. P. Has
sell, Jr., Executive Director of the
Agricultural Stabilisation and
Conservation Service.
The Director explained that the
A CP for each state and county is
formulated by local people to deal
scientifically with local as well as
national conservation problems.
Needed conservation measures are
recommended by local farm lead
ers and technicians of several
agencies and organizations. Cost
sharing assistance under (the pro
gram amounts to about Half the
cost of the approved ronserwalion
practices.
Among 1?66 ACP practices app
roved for application m Uorth
Carolina, Mr. Hassell listed the
following
The establishment ir improve
ment of vegetative cover, to in
crease water penetration, lessen
runoff ., reduce erosion and salt
ation, and keep water clean.
Terracing, contour farming,
and contour stripenopping, to in
crease water infiltration and reduce
damaging and wasteful runoff.
Tree-planting and timber
stand improvement, particularly
on sloping land, to provide for-
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CIVIL COURT IS
IN PROGRESS
HERE THIS WEEK
The June term of superior court
for the trial of civil cases started
here Monday with Judge W. K.
McLean, of Asheville, presiding.
The calendar calls for one
week term.
Baseball
SATURDAY
Madison 9 vs. Leicester at
Leicester, S p. m.
SUNDAY
Madison 9 vs. BarnardsviUe at
Flat Creek, 3 p. m.
52 Attend Event Tuesday;
Other Members Win
Ribbons
Madison County was well rep
resented at the 4-H District Dem
onstration Day Tuesday st Clyde
A. Erwin High School Of The
twenty - nine divisions, Madison
County 4-H'ers participated in 22
of these with six winners. They
are Hilda Gosnell, Dairy Foods,
Grapevine 4-H Club; Jewell Ball,
Dress Revue, Little Pine 4-H
Club; Varden Cody, Fruit and
Vegetable Production, Upper Lau
rel 4-H Club; Lonetta Gosnell,
Poultry Barbecue, Grapevine 4-H
Club; Kay sad Fay Hensley, Soil
and Water Team, Man Hill 4-H
Club; and Linda Buckner, Share
The Fun, Pioneer 4-H Club, these
boys and girls will compete la the
state contest daring N. C State
4-H Club Week in Raleigh during
the week ef My 26.
Blue Rbon winners from Mad
ison and their demonstration pro
grams were: Sandra Heater, Egg
Cookery; Warren Roberts, Tobac
co; Jimmy Baker, Wildife; Shir
ley Mcintosh, Girls Electric; and
Linda Buckner, Talent
Those receiving Red Ribbons
were Amelia Coates, Sewing; Da
vid Allen, Boys Electric: Phi
Price, SOU and Water (Individu
al); Charlotte Shape, Public Speak
ing (girl); Gary RanHolph, Public
Speaking boy); TSary Ledford,
Forestry; Billy Parker. Foraee
Crops; Joe Ferguson, Tractor
Drhtfag; Margaret lieu Plemmons,
Fruit and Vegetable Use- rt
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nddaaghlw
Lady Is Stale
Fiw Breakins At
Walnut Last Week
Sheriff E.T . Ponder sui
tins weak Oat these Men from.
Greenville, & C. had been taken
into custody, charged wish break
ing i n and (heft at the Johnson
self-service store at Walnut last
week. The three men also are
charged with stealing csesSne at
the residence of S .C. Rudhull.
They were identified as A
Page, Jackie Stewart tsd
CssteUe.
Merchandise valued at
$8,400.00 was stolen, fcj
Service
More
ATtToUTW
Cesalto
To
Days
County Officials, Private
Ambulance Companies
Seek Solution
Ambulance service by the two
Madison County Funeral Homes
will be continued for 60 days, ef
fective July 1, it was announced
this weak by Bowman Funeral
Home of Marshall and Holeotnbe
Funeral Home of Mars Hill.
The 60-day extension period
was granted by the funeral homes
after efforts had failed to secure
a private ambulance company to
serve Madison County.
The two funeral homes in Mad
ison County, in addition to funer
al homes in Buncombe and Hay
wood counties, had previously an
nounced that they were discontin
uing ambulance service after June
30, due to the heavy losses in
curred by such services.
Members of the county board
of commissioners, funeral borne
officials and officials of private
repeatedly met in an effort to come
up with a solution whereas the
public will not be deprived of all
ambulance service after June 30.
Realizing the gravity s&fteJ
uation, the two county runeral
homes graciously wfljW to con-
itinue ambulance service for 60
days in hopes that ambulance
service can be secured by the
commissioners, either by private
parties or by companies.
SANKEY BRIGMAN
DIES TUESDAY;
RITES FRIDAY
Prominent Walnut Citizen
Succumbs In Knoxville
Nursing Home
Services for Sankey Brigman,
82, of Walnut, who died Tuesday,
June 22, 1966, in a Knoxville nurs
ing home, will be heM at 2 p. m.,
Friday st Walnut Baptist Chuych.
Dr. D. E. Richardson, pastor of
the Walnut Baptist Church and the
Rev. David B. Roberts will offici
ate and burial will he in Bryan
Cemetery. The body will be at
Bowman Funeral Home in Mar
shall until 30 minutes before the
service.
Mr. Brigman was a former mem
ber of the Walnut School Board,
and a deacon and Sunday School
official of Walnut Baptist Church.
Before retiring,: Je was a mer
chant. He was a native of Madi
son County.
Surviving are three daughters,.
Mrs. George B. Shape of Walnut,
Mrs. Paul Hensley of Knoxville,
end Mrs. Henry Ruth of Balti
more Md.; a son, Bernard Brig
man ef Raleigh; a sister, Mrs.
Fabft Hyatt; of Weaverville, and
two grandchildren.
P.'illbearers will be Marvin Mc-
CluiJe, Tom Wallin, Everette Rice,
Ron Hensley, Knox Brigman, and
CJaiode Landers.
Of Local
Titlist
i Legion'
A top dancer from Stanley, N.
C, lV-year-oJd Gavli- r ,
bean crowned "Miss k
ia American Legfcp,
Miss Moors, blue-eyed brown.
ntte who ntnrwto Uu A-
gidgss with her Spanish top dance,
fnrung a caps like a matador
Kto win the crown during
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