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, -mm- m.mi The newS'Reqrnd VOL. 64 NO. 29 Tomatoes Start Pouring Into Packing Shed Near By-Pass Early Supplies Exceed AU Expectations; Increa - Expected Soon - Th MA TO Packing Plant, rated near the Marshall By r opened as Scheduled last Thurs day afternoon and from all re potto, 9m number of tomatoes brought to the parking shed ex ceeded all expectations. The sea son it young and the tomatoes are just beginning to get ripe enough for marketing. Nevertheless, to mato growers whose tomatoes were rips enough wasted no time in getting to the plant which is in its second year of operation. It was also stated by officials that vast increases in the number of tomatoes brought to the abed are expected within the next few weeks. Additional help is being added to the already large work ing force and from all indications this year's output will completely overshadow last year'a. The MATO shed was closed last Friday but was again open Satur day with thousands of tomatoes graded and packed. The plant opened again Monday and will be open this Friday and Saturday, it was expected. It is expected to be open every day in the near future as the supplies of toma toes' Increase. "Thus far the quality of toma toes has been excellent and with in a few days MATO is expected to be about the busiest place in the Marshall area," one official said. CLYDE BEATTY LOSES BATTLE WITH CANCER Calif. Clyde Beatty, 61, famed wild animal teenier who r had survived more than 100 maul- mgs by Hons and tigers, died Mon day after a year-long fight against cancer. PASEBALL SATURDAY 3:00 p. m. Madison 9 vs. Leicester At Leicester SUNDAY 3:00 p. ra. 9 Host Bamardsville Oa Island Maidsoa Justice Goldberg Succeeds Stevenson In U. N. Post LBJ Chooses Supreme Court Justice From 30 Candidates President Johnson plucked Tues day a reluctant Justice Arthur J. Goldberg from the bushed halls of the Supreme Court and thrust him into the maelstrom of world politics as ambassador to the United Na tions. "I'd rather the President hadn't asked me to asume this duty, in all candor," Goldberg said after his suprise appointment to succeed the late Adlai E. Stevenson. He said he agreed to step down from the Supreme .Court "the culmination of everything I could have hoped for in life" only be cause the Presided told him it was hit duty. The White House said Johnson announced the appointment about an hour after coming to a final de cision this morning to pick Gold berg from among a list of some 30 (.prominent Americans. Press Secretary Bill D. Moyers declined to name any of the others considered for the post the na tion's top ambasadorship. Goldberg, former secretary of labor and before that a noted la bor lawyer and mediator, pledged to work for peace through inter national law. "It is that or doom and we all know it," he said at Mm White PAGES THIS WEEK SEVERE TOMATO PLANIULI IS CAUSING CONCERN According to Harry G. Silver, rounty agent, a large number of tomato producers i n Madison County have become disturbed tomato plants which took place about the severe wiit of their very rapidly when It first occurred. In s majority of instances when this trouble was investigated by one of the Aunty agricultural Ex tension agents, it was found that the tomato field in which the tre ble was occurring, was bordered by one of mors black walnut trees jr stumps. The tomatoes showed no injury until they were knee high or beyond and their roots nave grown to meet the roots of ithe walnuts. The walnut roots roduce a toxic material which causes immediate wilt and even tual death of the plants. Farmers noting this type of ap earance on their tomatoes should heck the field borders carefully for walnut trees or stumps. Plans should be made in the future years to put tomato fields at a location .where there are no walnut trees or stumps within a distance where the w&lnt roots might grow into the tomato fields. NORTH CAROLINA ANTIP0VERTY CHIEF QUITS Raleigh Dr. James L. White f Greenville has resigned as eo- rdinejMmrejjAe Economic timity Program in North i- na, effective July 31 He will return to his teaching duties at East Carolina College, where he has served on the busi ess faculty since 1946. White took a one-year leave of absence from ECC last Sept. 1, when former Gov. Terry Sanford appointed him to direct the N. C. phase of President Johnson's war on poverty. "This has been a challenging and very rewarding year for me, and I aim grateful for the opportu nity of working in state govern (Continued on Last Pace) R.A. BASEBALL IS INCREASING IN POPULARITY Sluder, R.A. Leader, Praises Efforts; Winners Announced Lee Sluder, Royal Ambassador Leader, announced the winners to date and said that two more churches are sponsoring teams with new R.A. Chapters formed. Mr. Sluder said response of play continued ah Last Page) Norman Baker Is Policeman Here Norman Baker, of Marshall Rt- , has been added to the Marshall 'olice Department. Baker has een working relief for Cecil Hackwell and Fred McDevitt rhile they were on vacation. Baiter la expected to remain as policeman doe to the retirement ecently of Charlie Rector, who re signed due to health. I will appreciate the coopera tion ef sistgoas and will try to enforce the laws IhWHty - Mr. Bel to the best of my Baker said. MARSHALL, N. C. 'Mm COMMITTEEMEN FOR ASC HAVE VARIED DIMES The farmer-committee system of administration of farm pro grams has been in effect for bet ter than 90 years. Ralph Ram sey, ASCS office manager of Mad ison County, points out that on May 12, 1933, the Agricultural Adtjusmtent Act of 19HS was pass ed by the Congress and approved by the President of the U.S.A. The passage of that act author ised the Secretary of Agriculture to establish state and local com mittees of farmers. In 1938, leg islation was passed which directed the Secretary to administer cer tain farm programs through elect ed farmer-committees. Following this legislation, the basic proced ures for electing farmer-commjt-teemen was established. Since 1938, farm committeemen have (Continued To Last Page) National Farm Safety Week To Be Observed PRES. JOHNSON, TOP AIDES VIEW WAR SITUATION Washington President John son met with Secretary of Defense Robert SMcNamara and aLpa: or top Strategists weunesoay to begin a '"thorough sad penetrat ing review of many facets" of the Viet Nam situation. McNamara had just returned from a five-day inspection of the battle-churned Southeast Asian nation with the word that the sit uation there has deteriorated in. the past year and many more troops are needed to fight the Communist Viet Cong. The description of two separate White House sessions was given to newsmen by press secretary Bill D. Moyers, when asked if it was fair to describe the confer ences as a reappraisal of policy in Viet Nam, Moyers, instead, called it "a review of ear nation out there." With another session scheduled for Thursday, no immediate deci sions were announced and none appeared forthcoming soon, no tably on how much larger the U. S. troop commitment mast be. Huskins Key M9 CAPTURES 11-10 WIN OVER FRENCH BRQAD The strong arm pitching of Vono Anglin and good clutch hit ting made the difference as the Madison 9 defeated French Bread Saturday by the score of 11 to 10 in 11 innings, at French Broad. It a wild hitting affair with 6 J home runs, 8 by the Madjson 9 and 3 by French Broad. J.C. Wallin, Madison 9's centerf ieldler was 4 for 6 at the plate, Including 8 home runs, one a tremendous drive ov er the road In lelt-ceroeniew. Jerry Raid also hit a foug-bagger far "The 9." Hitting the distance or French Broad were Fox, Rock t and Kibby. Kibby's homer was a 8-run blast in the ninth to tie he score and send the game into .rvertime. Anglin, wee is wall known In (Continued on Last Pegs) THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1905 JOINT ACTWN STUDIED FOR EOA PROGRAM Dr. Charles PewoJl, County Chairman, Asks For Merger The possibility of Joint action by Buncombe and Httfif nnnties for developing HHPaeii under the Econontta Opportunity Act was taken under Study WeaW day by the aieentrri committee of the Opportunity Corporation of Avheville-Bunosenhe County. The committee laaehsd a letter from Dr. Charles H. Powell of Mars Hill, chairman of Madison County Community Action, Inc., stating that the U. 8. Office of Economic Opportunity requires rountiies with less than 50,000 population to Join with other coun ties in order to receive grants for poverty-fighting programs Dr. Powell asked for merging of the Buncombe and Madison groups. Morris L. MeGough, J. Weldon Wair and Ons A. Spaid, executive director of the Ashe- ville-Buncombe Corporation, were named as a committee to explore the possibility of a merger with Dr. Powell and other representa tives of the Madison County or ganization. President Designates July 25-31; le For The week of July 25-31 ha been designated as National Farm Safety Week by the President of the U.S.A. Emory Robinson, chair man of the Madison County Agri cultural S vation Cll co-s National Safety Week and that all organisations and individuals allied with agri culture have been urged in this ef fort to reduce the shocking num ber of farm, home and highway accidents. Robinson emphasized the fact that we should all hasp promote greater farm safety throughout the entire year as well as during the special designated safety week. Follows is a schedule of safety practices which each person asso ciated with agriculture is urged to follow during farm safety week: Sunday Reverence for life: Take Time to Take Care Be open minded to safety suggestions. Realize that haste makes waste. Plan to avoid an over-crowded schedule. Monday Safety Begins At Home: Keep Your Farm and Farm Home in Order. Eliminate haz ards as you find them. Be a good (Continued on Last Page) To Success LAST RUES ARE HELD FOR ADLAI STEVENSON MON. Bloomington, 111. Adlai E. Stevenson, whose diplomacy, wit and charm made him at home in all the great cities of the world, was barfed Monday among his an cestors in a quiet, pleasant coun try cemetery. President and Mrs. Johnson, Vice President and Mrs. Hubert Humphrey, Chief Justice and Mrs. Earl Warren led en impres sive list of dignitaries, who cams to psy their respects to the man who twice made, and twice lost, bids for the presidency. They heard Otsvsnson praised as an eloquent, farsighted leader whose fan will grow In the yens Schedu tabilisatiojwand Conser- whsor COPY ; Principals, To Madison to, 1 1 THOUSANDS ARE TURNED DOWN BY COLLI North Carolina universities sad colleges are being forced by crowded conditions to turn down thousands of applications this year from state high school grad uates. Ken Rabb, director of admis sions at North Carolina State Uni versity at Raleigh, said Monday: We already have turned away 4,400 prospective students. A few of these were rejected because they did not meat our entrance requirements, but the vast majori ty were well-qualified students for whom we simply did not have room." Fred Daniels, assistant director of admissions at Duke University, said: "We have had about four times more applications than we can possibly accept. We will get out letters the first of next week no tifying those who were accepted and those we cannot accomodate." Jack Home, dean of admissions at East Carolina College In Green ville, addel; ''We nave been full for months. We had 9,600 applications ami have room for about 1,600 stu dents. You figure it from there." Even the smaller schools are experiencing similar crowded con ditions. Admissions director Roger Deck er at St. Andrews College in Lau rinburg said, "We are full and have been for some itme. We can take only a few more day stu dents, but that's it." Ardaas provide his own1 hoi Robert King of Campbell Col lege said, "We have had no rooms since February. We had to close our registration for resident stu dents in May." W. E. Cobb, Ex-GOP Chairman, Divorced, Has Remarried Morganton Former North Carolina Republican chieftain Wil liam E. Cobb, whose political car eer ended following disclosure three years ago that he was liv ing a double family life, has been divorced by his wife and has re married. Cobb, now 42, was divorced June 8 by Mrs. Mildred Huffman Cobb, his wife ef 22 years, ac cording to records in the clerk f superior court office in Morgaa ton. Justice of the Pwace T. E. (Contieued to Last Page) Of Program New Responsibilities Fall To Former iBusevsvule Judge In Directing Courts The role prescribed for lodge Frank Huskins in Gov. Moore's court program is that ef key ex ecuthre official. In many respects, J. Frank Huakins will run the court system in North Carolina, seeing that the system is estab lished smoothly, that ft worts wen, and that the district courts fiisllen to aware that the ad ministration of justice is actually improved, which is the objective of the entire program. Bat the duties as administrative officer for the General Court of Justice which face the lean, slow talking mam from Yancey encom- A brief run-down of these du ties so spelled out in law is im poastble, for the duties are too numerous for brevity. Bet among them era these: 1. Assemble all statistical data on the judicial and financial oper (Continued to Page Six) County Schools Sikedile For fr . , School Opening It Announced Superintendent R L. Bdwards this week announced the following schedule for the opening of Madi son County schools for the 1966 66 school year: August 26 First day for teach ers August 26 for students August 27 -teachers August 30 students September 6 - September 24 Registration day Second day for First full day for Labor Day Western Dis- trict NCEA Meeting November 25-26 Thanksgiv- ing December 22 -January 3 Christ mas April 8-11 Easter (Weather Permitting) May 26 Schools close for summer. $100,000 To Be Offered For New AP Hospital Site An offer of $100,000 In cash will be made to AsheviMe City Council today (Thursday) for- the purchase of Rhododendron Park as a future building site for ACon Park Hospital, C. Fred Brown, president of the hospital's board of trustees, said Tuesday. The property involved lies be tween the French Broad River and Brevard Road and is to be bisect ed by Interstate Highway 40, now under construction. The two sec tions will be connected by an un derpass. 1.476 CAMPERS r Last year 1,476 girls in the 16 most Western North. Carolina counties took part la established camp, day camp and troop camp ing in the Pisgah Girl Scout Coun cil and a larger number is expect ed this summer. Marshall Banc Ruth Team Wins County Championship CRAFT FAIR t ATTENDANCE 1 IS UP 1,800 ' Attendance at this year's 'Grafts man's Fair of the Southern High lands topped that of last year by approximately 1300 paid admis sions, according to Robert W. Gray, executive director of the Southern Highlands Handicraft Guild. There were 14,790 paid admis sions for the 1966 fair as compar ed with 12396 feat year. Tabulation of proceeds from the fair has not yet been completed, but Gray estimated that they amounted to $42,000 or mere, an increase ef $6,000 to $7,000 over feat year. Exhibitors, Gray said, Mt they received a good return en the six- day showing of their crafts. Seme individual craftsmen sold $1,000 or more in merchandise and seme individual pieces ef ftsriiMma brought about $400 each. There were 42 exhibitor frssn the nine states petechia: Meryl West Virginia, sea. North and South Georgia an I ftsnV OabsfeTbLst Sen'lsa saassjawestsasaspMa.assMm as) i i m m 'pas Listed below are the principals and teachers for the 19J&-66 term in Madison. County as, released by the board of educatidn and county superintendent this weak: MARSHALL High School: aire M. Whitt, principal; Ken Sanferd, James E. Boone, Jack C. Cole, Lawrence M. Ponder, Dorothy B. Shape, Selwyn M. Eure, Jessie M. Ramsey, Paul ine R. Ditmore, Lucille Bellmen, Carol Whitt, David Wyatt, Mary C. Sprinkle, J. C. Wallin, Wade fluey, Industrial Ed.; James E. Allen. Elementary: Mary E. Ward, Mafru B. Clark, Biffie J. Redmon, Lula L. Adams, Anna B. White, Sandra Ann Edwards, Lucile An derson, Winifred West, Helen Led ford, Viola M. Ramsey, Hattie Teague, Orla C. Ponder, Jessie B. Worley, Salena Fisher, Eva Sams, Viola B. Ramsey. WALNUT Elementary Auburn Wyatt, principal; Linda P. Fox, Edward Morton, Queen F. Bullman, Ora M. Fox, Jeanette S. Tweed, Tressalee Ramsey, Zora Huffman, Helen Adams, Jennie L. Chandler, Naomi G. Tweed, Ruth Guthrie, Lucille Burnette, Mary M. Ponder. EBBS CHAPEL Elementary James B. Phillips, principal; Vernon Ponder, Lucille G. English, Mary D. Buckner, Mary Helen Jarvis. SPRING CREEK High School; Fred W. Ander son, prmcipal; Uon rowier, turner Chandler, Barbara J. Steen, Gar land Woody. Elementary: Howard Trimble, F. N. Willett, Margaret I. Reeves, Emma Mate Osteen, Jeanette C. Meadows, Viola A. Fowler, Donna Hutchinson. HOT SPRINGS High School: Roy E. Reeves, principal; Frances Zimmerman, Jewel Church, Jimmy E. Lewis, Troy Harrison. Elementary: June Plemmona, Mamie E. Rice, Hattie L. Hender son, Dorothy R. Chandler, Vers Surmmerel, Harriett Runnion, Es ther C. Brooke, Alma P. Fowler, Harvey E. Franklin. LAUREL High School: Owen W. Fish, (Continued To Last Page) Season Is Nearly Over: No Team. Can Overtake Local toys .-a I The 19)65 Babe Rtfth season will go down as one of the most suc cessful seasons in the history of boys' wassfasfl if you are a Mai -shall player or Jan. ft ThJa Itncdkhittiag,. strong pitch ing team, managed by Boyce Ram, sey, solidly clinched the county I title a the Bstend this past Mon- wy ween wary defeated Mars Hill 6-1 behind Hhe pitching arm of West nd the solid RBI hit- West ouad teammate John- ATrhasigh The Marshall team still Tr r ny. the team has eflssaalr copped the title with - im, 1 loss wcord. The lone Joes was to Ebbs Chanel. m second guaee although they nave more games scheduled a. ju the other two league team. u.,. Hill and Beech Glen. Much interest has been throughout the season hnA k. players and fans ef the four teams in the county. OhvBm, I (hit u jroqr mr m