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r v ' - . " V". 'AO ' ' , , t,.i:"i 1. j ''!.v5,"f''' l ' 10c PER C0PtM';v 2.60 A Year In Madison A Adjoining Counties S4 .00 A Year Outside These Counties VOL.66 NO, 4 8 PAGES THIS. WEEK MARSHALL, N. C THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1967 w 1 t I ! f ' re m' m n ' ill Mi ri.'ll- ii. i ii i r K" Ins Sye "Question As To The Tax Measure" Wiinhtntfton President John- n wronosed Monday the biggest) In SoA& Security bene- Ff its in 30 years. He said it would; take 1.4 anSUkm older American out of (poverty i year. But the President's proposals, sent to Congress in special mes sage, include increases in Social Security taxes that would double by 1974 the amount deducted from paychecks. I The scope of the proposed ben efit increaseB, ranging from at least 16 per cent for all recipients) to 68 per cent for he 2X million receiving minimum benefits, was outlined earlier in Johnson Jan. 10 State of the Union message. , Monday, be spelled out the price 'whfch would be paid batb, by extending the amount of in come on wfckh Social Security taxes are levied and by raising the tax rate. i Currently, Social Security tax es, including medicare, amount to) 4.4 per cent of income up to $6,600 a year, for an annual total ofj $290.40 for an individual receiv ing that much pay. Johnson proposes that the tax able base be raised next year to $7,800, which would lift the max imum ax to $343.20. The tax rate, which bad been scheduled to climb to 4.9 per cent in 1969, would go instead to 6 per cent, for a maximum of $390.00. The President's message calls (Contmoed to Last Pace) TK INCREASE STARTS MARCH 1 Due to rising costs in materi als and production, the -seriptioa rates of The News Record in Madison and adjoin ing counties will be increased effective March 1, 1967. Those wishing to subscribe and those who wish to renew at the present rates may do so be fore Msrch 1, it was announced. New rates will be: IS months, $3.60; One year, $3.00; 8 months, $2.50; 6 months, $2.00; 4 months, $1.50. (Plus 3 sales tax). JHIC LIONS GET .rm k xT FAD rAM17 WITH PEMBROKE By WILLIAM DEANS The Maw HiU College Lione be 1 gan preparations Monday for tb seco nd half of their baaketfcaU season. The lions are 4-6 for b Man, wui( wvm row before eemester break, which, began Jan. 12. ' Monday that the Lions lost three ipkyers during the break. Wayne) Barber, 6-7 Junior from Eoanoke, -Va withdrew from achool dus tw Illness in Ua famfljr:- Lionel Ed ards, 6-5 fresbmaB and George 'fc-ubbs, 6-4 senior were lost fo ur tallest nan is 64," atatedl A.t d. "We started tbe season th a hetfbt problem hut I guess w didn't know how lucky w were. 'Well find oak how weft we're gir.g to stand np t tsDet! orpositiim Fii !ay when we play- I'mbrvt-e. ;ge out f. opott'- ' 1. -' t V a Tl, -St front three ejsw. r 1 C 5 vchkh meant w T t i two inches per,- three mad) X to !cCon y's fnynej - r t cf a j " a 7; ' VII i II . ii iiii nair u fi ir Passes Sunday Elbert N. Ward ELBERT N. WARD PASSES SUNDAY; RITES TUESDAY Former Educator, County Auditor Dies After Long Illness Elbert N Ward, 78, of Marshall Bt. 2, died at 1 p. m., Sunday, Jan uary 22, 1967 in an Asheville hos pital after a long illness. He was a retired school teacher in the Madison County school sys tem, where he taught for thirty- four years. He was a eaduate f.iba.ia:AshevJUe. lege and attended Man UI col lege " and ' Western. Carolina Col lege. He was a member of French, Broad Lodge No 292 AF & AM and of the Asheville Consistory of Scottish Rite Bodies 82nd De gree He also served as Auditor for Madison County. Surviving are the widow, Mrs Annie Crowder Ward; two daugh ters, Mrs. Don C. Young and Mrs. Ted C. Davis,. both of Candler; two sons, Warren of Newport News, Va., and Robert Ward of Greeneville, Tenn.; a brother, Earl Ward of Marshall Rt. 2; five sisters, Mrs. Hattie Crawford of, Weavsrville and Mrs. Roscoe, Briggs, Mrs Ada Smith, Mrs. Ka ro Rice and Miss Nellie Ward, all of Marshall Rt. 2, and nine grand children. Services were held Tuesday at 2:30 p. m. in Long Branch Bap tist Church, The Rev. Arthur Am nion, pastor, officiated and buri al was in Tiltery Cemetery. Neph ews were pallbearers. BowmannDuckett Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Four Injured In Car-Truck Wreck Near Here Saturday A car-truck colhmon on Hayes Run about 6:80 o'clock Saturday afternoon resulted in four par eons being injured and two ve hicles "totaled" Floyd "Pea-eye" Preasley, bis wife and ohild of Marshall Boots were in a 1950 Pontiac travel ing west on Highway 213 when they were struck by a 1966 Chev rolet pickup driven by Jackie Lunsford, of Marshall Route 1. Also in the truck were Danny Garrett, of Marshall Route 4, and Jerry Dale Homer, of Marshall Rt L Preasley received a broken wrist and cote; and Mrs. Preasley, Gar rett, and Hunter received lacera tions about the face. They were treated at Memorial Mission Hos pital. . Tbe Preeeley child and' ILunsford escaped injury. ! " t State Patrolman E. R. Kirby, who favestfffatpd, stated that Lrord has tn C 1 r ' en te wrcrg '.". cf tie i ' " MglBJBJSBJSSMBJBJS $7,024 TIMBER FURNISHED BY F. B. DISTRICT Asheville NattofcaJf Forests The Mothers' Match t fcr tn North Oarolina sold more that National Foundation of the iMattty five million board feet of timber 0f Qes will be held in jh Mars during the second quarter of Fie-, jjju on Friday night, Jlanu ,cal Year J967, SwiTl!?Ufeary 27. Every -iMJhoMifedL Wil J. Hanlon announces. The Na- contribute is asked to W tfcair, bional Forests received over 6fl porch light on and a oonfritwtion thousand dollars for the standing reaj The Marching Mothers in- timber. elude: v" ;! During the same period, pur4 , . chasers of National Forest timber Mesdames Harrell Wood, rranK cut more than 14 million board. Nagey, Emory Robinson, navW ...uu . -f.v . Metcalf. Joe Taylor, Carl EUer, more than a quarter million dol- lars arS' The quantity of timber sold and, ut is sufficient to build 1,900 homes of average size. Each doll lar of stuimpage value of standing timber represents $25.00 to the economy of North Carolina, mk-i ing the timber sold and cut have, a final value of more than 7 mil lion dollars. The French Broad Ranger Dis trict contributed 207,000 board, feet with a stumpage value a? $7,024.00 to the timber sold and cut by the National Forests inj North Carolina, Charles B. AuMa, tne local LHstnct ganger sara. Medicare-Aged Driver Clocked At 112 MPH Rutherfordton Would you believe a little old lady, late for a DAR meeting, going 112 miles per hour? Highway Patrolman Frank Hol man says it's authentic she was clocked at that speed. Hol man says the 73-year-old woman was spotted by a patrolman ii ,$utbrford County M,4fa chest ed before she stopped. 1 j 90 mUee-eThour" uLZaI jfZ ZJtTtSl Ji mA a computer on her." When the ticket young man. 11m tote for DAR meeting in Asheville and vou're exxine to make me later, than I already am." Mallonee To Visit County February 23 Tom L. Mallonee, 11th Con gressional District Assistant to ConfiTeseman Roy A. Taylor, is now making scheduled visits to the county seats and other sec tions of the counties. On Thursday, February 23, he will be at the Madison County Courthouse, Marshall, from 9:00 to 10:00; at the Yancey County Courthouse, Burnsville from 1:00 to 2:00; and at the Town Hall, Spruce Pine from 3:00 to 4:00. Any person who has plans or official business pertaining to Congressional matters they wish to discuss is invited to meet with Mr. Mallonee at the above-specified time. Burlington Reports Quarterly Figures New York, N. Y-, Jan. 24 Burlington Industries, Inc., today reported consolidated net sales of $337,497,000 for the quarter end ing December SI,. 196o, compared to sales of 1338,499,000 for the seme period last year. Net earnings for the quartet; were $16,146,000, equal to 64 cents per 'share on 25,221,000 shares outstanding at December, 61. For the comparable quarter last year, net earnings were $19r . 685,000 or 78 cents per share. The Board of Directors of Bur lington - Industries, meeting in New York today, declared a leg nlar quarterly - dividend at 80 cents per share, payable March 1, . 1967 to maiehotdert of record at". the close of business February 8, 1W7. - - '' - - STANDSTILL The fellow o is satkf.ed with ll scct- ' "if-r.ts is ea t'"9 dowr-Tsja cf l-i. , it AT MARS HILL FRIDAY NIGHT?; Bill Hollifield, Lee Andrews, J lia Holcombe, Helen Oasteloe, Bob Melvin, Bruce Murray, James Jordan, Charlie Narron, Edwin Qheek, Ernest Ervin, John Hay p ELam, Alf Huff, Paul Thorn- a8 Hubert Briggs, Bob Chapman, Elmer West. Mrs. Ernest Powell Jr., is Area Chairman of the Mars Hill area. CPRllNin 1KF WEATHER' The midwest mav be exnerienc- ing hfiavy anow8 jut not true in this county Springlike tempera- j.urea for several days MOTHERS have almost given people spring way Commission will meet in Ra fever. leigh. Committee Meet ESerc M.H. COLLEGE IS DESIGNATED AS . . afsi a. Tr- HiU " rri0C the administration of fre Nation- " Tn, tTm 18, accoroang w isr. jonm i- i 4. fAntlm ""P"""'" Eligible to take the tests are college seniors who are planning to teach and established teacners wmwmi&kS!ti i - who are applying for positions in "We are going to need many ter will be provided at no cost to Managel.( e proviaion, and ben school systems which encourage people working in several differ- the enrollee. Recreational facili- lmdeT 1967 program are or require applicants to submit communities to study our ties along with spending money yjry muoh like thoee fJr 1966 their scores on the teste along school problems," he stated, and will be enjoyed by Mr. Smith and Sotnfl of the change, (j) with their other credentials. said, "... be prepared with rec- his comrades. Barley is not included as one of' The exams are preapred and ommendations and suggestions." Any person interested in tak- - feed ain.. (2 funne with adminsitered nationally by Edu- cational Testing Princeton, N. J. Service of The designation of Mars Hill as a testing center will give per- sons in the area who are eligible an opportunity to compare their foance on the exams with other candidates throughout the country. During the one-day session a person may take the common ex- (Continued to Last Page) TAKES DEMONSTRATION FLIGHT . Representative 'Ernest County, on 9 of the two rer trict, v i r cf many tZ ftrr1'- l.' ' t' '3 mon'.h : c- t. -rllfN ? 'Vi i In Tbis pfiify Neiit Oeek BIDSTAHENTO RESURFACE 4 MILES BY-PASS Local motorists, as well as non local motorists received good news this week when it was announced by the State Hfg-hway Ommis- lion that bids had been received i'or the resurfacing of 4.5 miles of the Marshall by-pass, Bituminous concrete surface wiH he laid from 1ihe Ivy Kiver invent section north to the intersection 25 7Q businesS( ravis r. , ri.lmr. The apparent low bid of $99,560 waa entered by Dickerson, Inc., of Monroe. The bids were opened Tuesday and will be reviewed for final ac- tion on Friday, February 3 at 9:30 a. m., when the State High- Of 100 To tat Thurs. All Members Are Urged To Attend; Important Decisions MU iWrmbUYoumt. chairman. of the '.. .ImnotOant meetdmr of the Com- mittee will be held next Thurs- day night in the MarehaU high atlditorillm Winninj? at 7:80 0ClOCk- rr Vimww? stated in a ltiter .. . .. .. . A several things to conswer ana w uke action upon and requested) members to make every effort to be present. He also stated that, copies of the School Survey will be dBstrib- uked to each member at the meeting. The purpose of the Citizens Committee of 100 for better schools shall be to encourage and assist tbe improvement, develop- merit, modification or expansion of education programs and facui- ties of all types in Madison Coun- ty as required by the changing needs of the community. r, cf Ilrywood -:3 from t'-is dla-' 7 F 1 ; Ir Jl... . i -. Drive . I I 't 1 a. K. :.-J.- .... Mayor Huey Carl Smith CARL J. SMITH IN JOB CORPS; OTHERS WAITING . , . vascular disease Our Heart As Marshall Man Is First from BOciation Kpteaenta opportu- County; Now In Kentucky Mayor Wade Huey swears Carl J. Smith into the Job Corps. Mr. Smith, 19, a resident of Marshall, attended Marshall High School, and,ha. been assigned to aw 5a&iS5 mrm grain is one of the several boys from Madison County who have been interview and accepted into the Job Corps. Others are waiting their assignment to appropriate, i vvra a. a.L TJU. . cemers. vvnue wm eiw jim . i i li. It!. .A tilA irainm m Medical and deW expeneeswM be provided along with a monthly salary, rood, doming, ana roei- ing tbis dmportant first step by joining the Job Corps, contact the Madison Community Action, lo- oated on the second floor of the Citizens Bank Building. Marshall, or cau marsnau o-ooi. Valentine Approves Proposed Changes In Election Laws As Chainnan of the North Carolina Democratic Execu- tive Committee, I wholeheartedly had recently extended the enroll endorse and recommend to the ment period to March 17, pointing? General Assembly the proposed out that when the program first changes in the election laws of opened on January 23 that the en this state as suggested by the, rolhnent period was January 23 State Board of Elections. through March 8. The basic ob- These recommendations, if en- Jfos I eed grain pro acted into law, would require (1) grtem continiue im all '100 counties (presently only provement of farm income, ea 80) put into effect the Loose livestock prices at a level Leaf Registration System; (2) in- b to producers end consumers, dividual voters be required to develop our export potential, and sign their name upon receipt of a, maintain adequate but not exJ ballot; (8) certification of ab- cessive reserves of feed grains, sentee ballots by a member f Sinea barley is out of the 196T, the County Board of Ekethma. diversion .program, corn 'and, These would to my opinion tend aorghom are the only fesd to do away with real W hnaginary grains loTOlved and as Madison buses of me election process. frm wit rata orghum The Denwcmtfc iPar by Its aa, only farms with corn base nature, praeticea, and background participate. ; is in favor of these election re-- requfremenw provide : atoxms. : Indeed, t tbe Demoeratie (Contiiraed To Last Page) Party la North Carolina has) " '. ,' 1 V 1 " through Sbs i yean f a v o r d Republican Women's atrengthening of the franchise ' plf rrt r w f Af and protection of the rights of all i"3 1 citizens to have a full, free, and i.CrS Hill Fc J. 3 unrestrained voice in ths election process in the naming of those The J'a,i: on C I i . people who will govern them. : Women's C 'j ' '. I --: Also, I take this opportunity to day, IV - -y r. , ': 'commend the .IHeoUon Li Ttt tn '.' t ; vkdon " Coror .;n for t" a t i- 1" -m'."- tious --.:k t' '7 ; in t e tn " t r ' i . i : a r. J i i 1 . Starts Will Continue Through February; Plemmona Chairman Jerry Pleimmons of Marshall has been named 1967 Heart Fund Chairman for Madison County, it was announced today by Madison County Heart Association Presi dent, Mrs. Ruth Allen. As Heart Fund Chairman, Plemmons will supervise the lo cal association's 1967 fundraising activities and will appoint local community leaders to direct the various activities planned for the campaign during Heart Month. The local campaign will 'be car ried out in conjunction with the drives of the North Carolina and! American Hearth Associations, held each year during February, Mr. Plemumons aaid that plans for the local drive are being formulat ed and leaders and activities will be announced shortly. He pointed out that local funds will go to conduct the Hearth Association's research, public education and community eervice programs. "Heart disease," Mr. Plemmons said, "is still the elading cause of death in Madison County, as it is in the nation and the world. Last year some 22,000 North Car olinians died as a result of cardio- nity for every person in Madison County to take a hand in stamp ing out this killer." Mrs. Ernestine Plemmons is secretary-treasurer of tbe cam- paljfni tt announced, ' DIVERSION PROGRAM OPEN J Grain Diverison Program got Ay in Madison County on Jan 23. According to Ralph Kamseyi County ASCS Office WTt, asee are not) for dSversdon payments unlesfi cno0ae to temporarily retxe eir base to 25 acres, di- vert toe plant feed grain for the year; (S) a slight increase in diversion pay ment rates and a slight decrease in per acre yields'; and (4) 'the' advance of half of the support price payment at the time of en rollment Ramsey also explained that the U. S. Department of Agriculture
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