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Page Four T?e Neutt - Record Published Weekly At MARSHALL, N. C NON-PARTISAN IN POLITICS Socond-claM privilege, authorised at Marshall, N. C. J. L STOKY. Managing Mite OUTSIDE MADISON COUNTY 15 Month Om Year ail Month Thro Month Airmail .IZ-Z HM 10 Month URGENT NEED FOR COUNTY A NURSING HOME We hear so much about the urgjfent need for bet ter roads, more industry, more modrnschool build ings, and beautification of our towns. and rural areas. True, these are all urgent needs bufc'there is still an other great need which is vital foriiour county a QUALITY NURSING HOME. Madison County, along with the entire state of North Carolina, must brace itself for a heavier im pact than most states when the government's new "Medicare" program becomes effective next year. Figures reveal that there are only 72 advanced nursing homes in the entire state, while the rest of the nation has an average of 200 per state. In addition to the handicap of, starting with only 36 of the national average, ffpverSiment figures show the nation's total must be increased more than 400 within the next four years in order to meet the needs created by medicare. This actually means that North Carolina will need about 10 times as many nursing homes as are now available. The North Carolina Board of Health furnished the figure of 72 nursing homes in the state but only 43 are listed as full nursing homes while the other 29 are listed as combined nursing and rest homes. As we know, Madison County doesn't have a nursing home at the present. Most of the already existing nursing homes in the state are taxed to capacity now. When medicare is put into effect, the demand will become more acute almost instantly. A group of North Carolina businessmen, along with some other sections of the country, has seen the possibilities raised by these prospects and has been quick to take advantage of the situation. The group, which includes former Gov. Terry Sanford and a number of doctors, plans to establish a number of nursing homes throughout the country. A 108-bed facility already is nearinpr completion in Raleigh. The new firm, Medicare Nursing Centers of America, Inc.. also has acquired a Charlotte build ing which is to be converted into a 100-bed facility. Others are planned in the near future in North Car olina. The new nursing homes planned by this concern certainly will help- ease the critical shortage. There is the fact, too, that operation of nursing homes in an efficient and businesslike manner usually means a tidy profit for the operators. It is anticipated, of course, that this new busi ness enterprise will ever keep in mind all of the hu manitarian angles involved, and there will be no possibilites of "short-cuts" whch might be detrimen tal to the health and well-being of the elderly clien tele in the operation of these new nursing home fa cilities. In other words, the "quality" must be as sured if they are to succeed in every way. The opportunity knocks here in Madison Coun ty. Will a grouftaof men or a club take advan tage of this greaV need? If our coiiflty is to ever progress we must have some positive thinking and positive action. Instead of our leaders constantly bickering with each other and seemingly enjoying a continuous "political war," it is our hope that the leaders of the two major po litical parties, along with the general public, will realize what is happening to our county and thus join together in some unified and worthwhile porjects for the future. Unless this is done and quickly our county will continue to lose "face," population, and reputation. . Let's wake up before it's too late! SEE SUBSCRIPTION BATES IN MADISON - BUNCOMBB COUNTIES t - .- $p -22 tl.50 MM On Year HjN Eight Men THE NEW 1966 FORDS THE ATlOMAlX 4-H J CLUB WEEK September 2 Vocfober lJ Madison County 4-H Club mem bers join with other 4-H members 'throughout the nation in celebrat ing National 4-H Club Week. The 'aims of National 4-H Club Week are to influence more young peo ple to join or form 4-H dub. En courage capable, youth - ninded men and women to become volun teer 4-H leaders. Increase public understanding of 4-H aims and 'method, and expand support for 'year-round activities. Allamtand MRS BIRCH A RD SHELTON Correspondent Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Shelton visitwl Mr. anrf Mrs Fred Shelton ' and Mr. and Mrs. Birchard Shelton : Tuesday evening. Mrs. John Cook and daughter, i Terry Lynn spent last weekend with her daughter, Mrs. Donald Hensley of Candler. I The Rev. and Mrs. W. T. Walls of Yonkers. New York, after a car accident on Paint Mountain, were , admitted to a ureeiievwc, nim hospital and are reported to be improving. Their car was estimat ed to be a total loss. Mr. Roy E. Styles is on the sick list and slowly recuperating. We wish for him a speedy recovery. Mr. and Mrs. Bueford Shelton and daughter, Mrs. Larry Vinson, visited homefolks on Laurel Sun day. Mrs. Joe Griffey, on the sick list for several weeks, is slowly recu perating. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gahagan spent the weekend with their par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Milburn Gos nell. Water Supply (Continued from Page One) tern at Beech Glen was presented to the board by the school official from a report dated September 13 by T. J. Croom, assistant regional engineer of the State Board of Health, which said in part: "The present water supply (for Beech Glen School) is obtained from a spring located in the hills above the school. It is situated below a cow pasture and edge of a small creek. . . at the The outlet of the spring is about 8 inches above the present water lev el of the creek. Debris on the fence showed definite evidencp that the spring was recently flood ed. There is evidence that the so- I called spring is not a true spring, iDut a snaiiow wen, wmcn nows with nothing more than creek wa- ter. The water from the spring flows about 900 feet by gravity to a 6,800 gallon concrete reservoir through what is thought to be a one inch pipe. A very small stream of water was flowing into the res ervoir from the spring at the time of inspection, indicating that the pipe was either too small or stop ped up. 'The sohool has an enrollment of 165 pupils and is equipped with 10 flush toilets, 12 wash basins, 3 fountains, and 4 lunchroom spig ots. Because of the acute short age of water at the present time, only adults are permitted to flush the toilets of the school. "In view of the above findings lit is concluded that the present supply of water to the Beech Glen school is unsafe .... and inade quate to meet the demands of the school population." The board of education has ask ed for $43,486.00 for heating and plumbing in their proposed 1965 1966 budget with part of the fund earmarked for th Beech Glen school water system. The county 120309' RECORD Brown-Elkins Vows Spoken Last Friday Afternoon Here Mis Adaleen Klkins, daughter of Mr. and Mr. Clarence Skins, of Weaverville Rt. 3, became the bride of Kenneth Brown, on of Mr. and Mrs. Kunie Brown, of Marshall Rt. 1, Friday afternoon, September 17, 195, t th home of th groom. The ceremony WS perform by Wade Huey, Justice of the Peace. The bride is graduate of North Buncombe High School and i cur rently employed at Mills Manu facturing Company here. The groom, a graduated of Mar shall High School, is employed at Mill Manufacturing Co., Wea verviHe Highway. They an at present residing in the News-Record Apartment. Irrigation (Continued from Page One) toes. Mr. Gerald Young and Mr. Greenberry Robinson of the Mid dle Fork community used some ir rigation on their tomatoes. Gerald Stated in the areas where the wet ter waa put down heavier than in the surrounding areas that the to matoes were much better and one could pick these areas just by walking through the fields. Mr. Dannie Rathbone irrigated his tomatoes from the Upper Shut in Creek. Dannie's tomatoes were in an area heavily lniestea wisn nematodes which did severe dam age to the root system of his to matoes. In the absence of irriga tion Dannie would probably have found it necessary to discontinue harvesting by around the middle t tv,., onth -r A the 20th of Ausrust. By irri- luting he is still harvesting good tomotoes on September 17 ana i well pleased with the results. Most of the farmers who have used irrigation in the county on tomatoes have noticed that they received higher yields, better graded tomatoes because of re duction in the amount of cracked fruit, puffed fruit and other mal formed fruit which did not grow normally because of the lack of water. Irrigation has added up to $2,000 per acre income to some of thViarmers who haw used it in Madison County in 1969. Some ir rigation does pay in tomato pro duction every season. It has been proven at the Experiment Station that tomatoes require approxi mately 1 inch of water per week during the growing season. When they do not receive this amount ef water, the yield is reduced and there may be more incidents of craved fruit if heavy rainfall follows an extended dry period. Blossom end rot is more severe where a reasonable amount of wa ter is not present throughout the growing season. It is difiicult to lgrow a god foliage which would protect the tomatoes from sun and cause them to crack following showers or rains. A' number of farmers are plan ning to put in irrigating systems for the 1966 growing season of tomatoes. The results from those farmers who did use irrigation in 1965 indicate that the investment in an irrigating system would pay aimost any tomato Madison County, producer in Don Banks Answer Is Published In Carolina Farrmer Don Banks, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Banks, of Marshall, Rt. 1, has again had one of his an swers published to a question ask ed in the Carolina Parmer, REA publication. The current issue's question was, "Can a girl trust her date to drive her family car ?" Don's answer follows: ". . . He should never drive the . car. It is entirely too much of a j responsibility Because we ooy would usually not (rive the oar the same driving respect he would bis own. The only exception would be if her parents personally ask him to do the driving." A 1963 commitment for 120,000 for the Marshall school sewage disposal left only $800 for heat ing and plumbing for all other Madison County schools combined. NE MID MERCURYS FRIDAY, Laurel Club Met And Elected Officer The Laurel Health Career's Ctab met September 21 and elected of ficers a follow: President, Linda Gail Shelton; rice president, Christ Ann Thom as; reporter, Raymond Oantrell; secretary, Shirley Jean Franklin; treasurer, Zella Rea Bank. They are planning to go to the convention on October 8. Little Pine H.D. Club Met Tuesday Ths Little Pine Home Demon stration Club met Tuesday at the home of Mrs. Lyda Ball. Devo tions were given by Mrs. Loy P. Roberts, who read and discussed the 22nd chapter of Matthew. Following business, Mrs. Ethel Wsllin gave a most interesting demonstration entitled "Dress for the Occasion," giving quotations and points from "Charm Encyclo pedia" by Alice Bell, noted au thority on charm and dressing. Mrs. Wallin displayed a fall dress, bag, shoes, hat and various acces sories to illustrate the importance of co-ordination and simplicity in good grooming. Delicious refreshments were served to members Mrs. Jack Ball, Mrs. Myrtle Rogers, Mrs. Wm. M. Roberts, Mrs. Howard Payne, Miss Gladys Meadows, Mrs. Wiley M. Roberts, Mrs. M. J. Ball, Mas. T. R. Worley, Mrs. Wiley McHone, Mrs Loy P. Roberts, Mrs. J. L. McElroy, Mrs. Tom Wallin, and one visitor, Mrs. George Roberts; and the hostess, Mrs. Ball. Co-Workers (Continued from Page One) or staff for the drive, and have had to do the best we could. Your work helped put us in a position to fight hard for a place in the area's hospital care picture. Many, many people now believe in our future. Some of them knew nothing of the hospital before the drive. We hope soon to present to the public some sketches of the kind of hospital we propose for the abandoned Rhododendron P a rk site, should we purchase it. As you know, anonymous benefactor have promised us $100,000 for this property, and City Council has ap proved the sale to us for this sum, contingent upon the result of a professional survey. Although we had thought it pre mature to set up a Building Fund, some of our friends have not agreed. The other day we receiv ed our first donation "for the new Aston Park," first payment on a pledge of $10 a month for three years! The donor is a working woman of modest income. We on ly hope we can stay worthy of this kind of enthusiastic support. Others have expressed their wish to give generously, when the time comes. Thank you for the time and en ergy you gave so graciously. Sincerely yours, DAPHNE SHUFORD, Co-Chairman Assistance Fund JUDY KING Co-Chairman Assistance Fund Lions Work Hard For Game With M.I. Saturday Disgusted with themselves but not discouraged, the Mars Hill , College Lions will depart Friday for Marion, Ala., where they will tangle with Marion Institute. Angered by their poor showing in a 48-0 licking by Catawba last Saturday night, the Lions have practiced all week with determina tion to rebound against Marion. With the possible exception of punter Johnny McLeod and fresh man Larry Miller, tackle, who were injured in the opener, the! Lions will start virtually the same offensive unit and a slightly re vamped defensive unit against Marion. Mars Hill-Marion games in re cent yean have been marked by bard, dean play and low scores. In 1961 the two teams battled to a scoreless tie; in 1962, the Cadets won 14-7; in 1963 the final score was another tie, 7-7. Last year Mars Hill won, 7-0. In Switserland a aj W Mary Emma Ponder Mary Emma Ponder Left Tuesday For Geneva, Switzerland Mary Emms Ponder, daughter of Mr. snd Mrs. Lorado T. fon der of Marshall, left Tuesday by plane for New York where she at tended a reception prior to leav ing for Geneva, Switzerland, where she will be enrolled at the Univer sity of Geneva. The group, composed1 of stu dents from several colleges, left Vw York via Swiss Airlines. The director of Academic Year Abroad C. Julian Douglas, a former tMfthor of Mars Hill Hhrh School. He is now teaching at Fah-leigh Dickerson University in Ruther ford, New Jersey. While abroad they will tour sev eral countries, including Athens, Greece, the Greek Islands, Rome, Italy, Egypt, Spain, Lebanon, Tur key and the Euphrates Valley. Also, Miss Ponder will be a spe cial guest at the Isle of Jersey, the Isle of Guernsey, and the Hol stein Country. Miss Ponder was accompanied to New York by Mrs. Munroe Griffin. Shoot On By-Pass Successful Saturday Lee Sluder, secretary of Mar shall Gun Club, reports the. Shoot on the By-Pass a success last' Sat urday. Several relays of rifle and hot gun were run off. "We XJ pect to run them each Saturday until cold weather," he said. Shot gun targets are scored by the most shot in the bullseye target The shooters have expressed sat isfaction of this method of scor ing. Bring your rifle and shot gun and try them out this Saturday. Jobs for the lobles; with RURAL ELECTRICITY Although fewer than one-third of this nation's popula tion lives in rural areas, mora than half the nation's poor live there. Consumer-owned rural electric systems such as ours have brought vital electric power to rural America, and have helped to create new industries which have already resulted in mora than 125,000 new Jobs across the country. We have long bean engaged In our own "war on pov erty", and wa take seriously the belief that we exist solely to serve the needs of French Broad Membership OCTOBER 1. AT . . . . v r MM M tu At Warren Wilson Edmond Goforth, Jr., son of Mr and Mrs. Wmond Goforth, Rt 4, Marshall, has returned to Warren Wilson College. Swannenoa, a a member of th Sophomore Claa. Goforth i graduate of Mar shall High Sohool, Claa of 1944. Warren Wilson College is own ed and operated by the Board of Ntionl Missions, United Presby terian Church, U.S.A. County Girl Scout Leaders' Training Courses Madison County Girl Scout lead ers will participate in training courses sponsored by the Pitgeh Girl Scout Council in both basic WnYrshin tob courses and advan ced training to arte, craft, pro gram levels and outdoor skills. Mrs. Jack Edwards of the Pis gah Girl Scout Council, staff dis trict adviser for Madison County, and Mrs. Barbara Hardy of Black Mountain will be in charge of the course in basic leadership job training which begins September 30 from 7:00 to 10:00 p. m., in Marshall and will continue with sessions on October 7, 14, 21 snd 28. Mrs. Edwards spent two weeks in August taking courses at the Edith Macy National Girl Scout Training Center in New York. The courses will Include a thor ough understanding of Girl Scout aims and principles and s study of the leader notebook and age level handbooks as well as relationships with the community, resources. group behavior and personal val ues. Parents of Girl Scouts as well as leaders are cordially invited to join the course far a better under standing of Girl Scouting. Mrs. Dixie Mcintosh of Ashe ville will hold a song and dance workshop in Marshall on October 23 from 10 a. m. to 2 p. m., for girls and leaders. Marshall OES To Meet Here Monday The Marshall Eastern Star Chapter will meet Monday evening at 8 o 'clock in the Masonic Tem ple. All members of the Order arc invited. See the new 1966 FORDS and MERCURYS October 1 at SERVICE MOTOR SALES, Incorporated Marshall, N. C. our community. Electric Co - Op - :, i. A - TV. - BW VICE MOTOR SALES INC.
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