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Friday ilight
Continue; Is
Gives Working People Extra'
Time To Shop In
Marshall
Listed in ,an advertisement on
Page Two are the firms which be
gan last Friday night to remain
open each Friday night until 8:00
o'clock.
Most of the merchants express
ed satisfaction about last Friday's
response and stated that they ex
pected more shoppers to take ad
vantage of the extra shopping
time this Friday night.
Several shoppers, both local
and rural, also expressed delight
in the stores staying open until
eight o'clock.
"It gives us working girls a
chance to shop after going home
and having supper," one local em
ployee stated.
DORLAND-BELL
SCHOOL REUNION
AUGUST 12-13
Faculty members and students
of Dorland-Bell School will meet
for their annual reunion on August
13 and 13 in Dorland Memorial
Church at Hot Springs. A
memorium to Miss Emily Side
botham, beloved principal of the
school for many years, will be
given at the morning worship ser
vice. DEWEY WILLS
TAKES LIFE SUN.
WITH SHOTGUN
Incident Occurs Near Home
At Antioch; Funeral
Wednesday
Dewey Wills, 51-year-old farm
er of the Antioch community in
Madison County, was instantly
killed by a self-inflicted gunshot
wound near a barn at his home
Sunday night about eight o'clock.
Sheriff Roy Roberts stated that
the 12-gauge gunshot blast struck
Wills in the left side of the chest.
Roberts said that Wills had
threatened to commit suicide
several times and that Mrs. Wills
had left the house to go to a
neighbor's home to report her hus
band's threats. Soon thereafter,
a shotgun discharge was heard
and when Mrs. Wills and a neigh
bor went back to the Wills home,
he was dead.
Coroner Fred McDevitt ruled
suicide and stated no Inquest would
be held.
Wills is survived by his widow
and 10 children, 6 girls and 4
boys. '
Maloy's Funeral Home of New
port, Tenn., was in charge of ar
rangements. Edward Craine
Attends Session At
Purdue University
Lafayette, Indiana Edward
Craine of Marshall Rt. 1, was
among some 860 youth scholars
attending ha 89th annual summer
session of. the American Institute
of Cooperation at Purdue Univer-
sity, August 6-9.
The delegates, from' 41 states
i as f well, as ..England, Denmark,
j Puerto Rico and Canada, partid-
pated In a special three-day pro
; gram especially for the young
people. Major attention was given
It the need for greater. Involve
ment of young" farmers and youth
in farmer cooperatives and ways
.to encourage and help them find
lucrative and satisfying careers
In agribusiness, r - , v.
c Theme of the three-day meet
ing was " "Cooperatives-Pacesetters."
Opening To
Siieeessfull
WHEAT PROGRAM
PARTICIPATION
IS OUTLINED
While there will be no wheat
diversion in 1968 the wheat pro
gram is still a compact between
government and farmers with each
participating farmer doing cer
tain things to qualify for wheat
marketing certificates and price
support loans, Ralph Ramsey, Of
fice Manager for Madison County
Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation Service, pointed out
today.
He explained that the pro
ducers' side of the bargain in the
1908 wheat program includes do
ing these things:
1. Sign up as a program partici
pant at the appropriate time. In
1967, program signups for wheat,
upland cotton, and feed grains
were held in the ASCS county of
fice in February-March.
2. Stay within the participating
farm's wheat allotment (unless
the excess wheat option or the
substitution provisions are used.)
Under the excess wheat option, a
grower may plant up to 50 per
cent in excess of his allotment
acreage and still be eligible for
marketing certificates and loans
if the excess production is stored
and other conditions of the pro
gram are met. Under the sub
stitution provision, growers tak
ing part in both the wheat and
feed grain programs may substi
tute one for the other.
3. Meet the conserving base
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Pisgah G.S. Council
Hosts All-States
Encampment Sun.
The Pisgah Girl Scout Council
is serving as host for another All
States Encampment in the moun
tains of Western North Carolina.
The All - States Encampment
brings together Girl Scouts from
all of the fifty states and several
ioreign countries. Campers are se
lected on the basis of leadership
ability, community participation,
school records and other evidence
of mature personality develop
ment. One girl from the Pisgah
Girl Scout Council has been se
lected to attend. She is Linda
Faulkner of Asheville.
A base camp will be established
in the Nantafiala National Forest
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MRS. ADA RAMSEY
DIES TUESDAY;
FUNERAL TODAY
Mrs. Ada Rice Ramsey, 82, of
Rt 6, Marshall died Tuesday,
August 8, 1967 in an Asheville hos
pital after a brief illness.
She was a lifelong resident of
Madison County, the widow of Lee
Ramsey and a daughter of the
late Joe and Polly Allman Rice.
Surviving are six sons, Ralph,
Frank and Walter, all of Marshall,
Ed and Warren, both of Asheville,
and Charles Ramsey of Knoxville,
Tenn.; a daughter, Mrs. Blanche
Houston of Marshall; a sister,
Mrs. Alice Sprinkle of Marshall
Rt 3; 21 grandchildren and 20
great-grandchildren.
Services were held at 2:30 p.
m. today (Thursday) in Enon Bap
tist Church, of which she was a
charter .member.
. The Rev. Paul Sorrells, the Rev.
Lester. Crayton and the Rev- Paul
Morrow' officiated. Burial waa in
R, Z. Ramsey Cemetery. Grand
sons and nephews served as pall
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wss in charge of arrangements.
ESTRANGED WIFE
HELD HERE FOR
SHOOTING TUES.
John Dale Edwards Is In
Serious Condition
In Hospital
Mrs. John Dale Edwards, 29, of
Mars Hill Rt. 1, is being held in
the Madison County jail without
bond pending the results of pistol
wounds received by her husband
at her home about 6:30 o'clock
Tuesday night.
Sheriff Roy Roberts reported
that Mrs. Edwards, the former
Juanita Crain, of this county, and
her husband had been separated
for sometime. Sheriff Roberts al
so stated that Edwards was recent
ly discharged from Broughton
Hospital and had previously been
in "a lot of trouble and drank a
great deal".
Roberts and Coroner Fred Mc
Devitt were called to Mrs. Ed
ward's home about a mile west
oi Mars Hill soon after the shoot
ing and arrested Mrs. Edwards
Edwards was struck in the stom
ach by a bullet fired from a 22
caliber pistol. He was rushed to
the Memorial Mission Hospital
where Ins condition is reported as
serious.
Mrs. Edwards told Roberts that
her husband came to the house
cursing and threatening her and
started off with their baby. He
later returned with the baby and
started to enter her home. When
he again started cursing her and
came toward her, she shot him,
Roberts said.
They have three children, John
ny, 9; Stanley, 8; and Joel, 15
months of age.
Mars Hill V.F.D.
Training Course
Now In Progress
A 42-ljwur training cdurse under
the direction of Richard Silver,
of the Enka Fire Department, is
now in progress at Mars Hill. The
course invludes various methods
and techniques in fighting fires.
The courses are being held in
the Mars Hill City Hall every
Monday night from 7:00 - 10:00
o'clock.
In addition to the Mars Hill
firemen, anyone interested in tak
ing the courses is invited, provid
ed he is 16 year of age or older.
At present there are 15 enrolled
but there is an urgent need for
more firemen in Mars Hill, one
official stated.
Firemen from surrounding
towns are also invited to attend
the courses.
Tobacco Allotment
Transfers Hearing
Dates Changed
Rep. Watkins M. Abbitt (D
Va.), chairman of the Tobacco
Subcommittee of the House Com
mittee on Agriculture, has an
nounced public hearings will be
held Wednesday and Thursday,
August 16 and 17 on all pending
legislation which would authorize
the transfer of tabacco acreage
allotments and acreage poundage
quotas by lease or by sale.
These hearings originally were
set for August 9-10, but Mr. Ab
bitt said postment to August 16
17 is necessary to accommodate a
number of persons who wish to
testify.
The chairman said the Subcom
mittee will receive the views of
the tobacco producers and others
who are interested and who
would be affected in any way by
a number of allotment transfer,
bills now pending.
Those desiring to be heard
should communicate with Mrs.
O.ristir.e S. Gallagher, Clerk,
House Committee on Agriculture,
1301 Longworth Building, U. S.
House of Representatives, Wash
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iton people die from worry
than work so work harder and
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TOMATO PLANT
AT HOT SPRINGS
IS BUSY PLACE
Word from Hot Springs this
week indicates that the tomato
shed there is certainly a busy
place.
78 farmers had brought in to
matoes by 12:00 o'clock Noon on
Tuesday and more are expected
as the season continues
Mr. McCormick, owner, stated
that he expects the Hot Springs
plant will receive more than twice
the tonnage it did last year.
"The crop is very good and the
rainy season just passed, did not
damage the crop as badly as
many suspected," Mr. McCormick
said.
Reports from Spring Creek also
indicate good supplies of toma
toes are being received at the
shed there and officials of Mato
in Marshall, are well-pleased with
the fine response tomato growers
are showing. As the season reach
es its peak, all three tomato sheds
are expected to be as busy as bees
in a hive.
Honor Graduate
MUMPHORD H. KENDALL,
JR., son of Mr. and Mrs. M. H.
Kendall, of Mars Hill, was among
the honor graduates at Clemson
University when he received his
degree in Electrical Engineering
Saturday at Summer Sessions
Graduation.
MISINFORMED
Girl Scout camper in a letter
home wrote "Mother, there are
snakes all over my tent and on
my bed " The counselor asked the
youngster why she wrote that.
"I don't know how to spell cater
pillar, that's why," the camper
replied.
What's In A
By MRS. JEAN T. ROBINSON
County School Dietician
School lunch is equal opportu
nity for good nutrition. It means
healthy youngsters today and
good eating habits for a lifetime.
Good nutrition is more than
just ENOUGH FOOD, it is get.
ting enough of the RIGHT POOD.
Children taking part in ;tha Na
tional School Lunch Program will
grow " up with a knowledge of
WHAT they should eat for- good
nutrition and WHY it is Impor
tant. y
School lunch teaches youngsters
to eat not only wisely and well
but also with pleasure. It often
introduces them to new foods and
it should. It is sn opportunity to
learn social graces and to broad
ea life's experiences; The lack of
social graces often disqualifies! a
well trained person for a good
job. - In many schools, teachers
nse lunch as a tie-in ' With
classroom work, helping to rein
force or enrich ut jects ranging
from "geography" to languages.
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BILL TO OFFSET
RISING TIDE OF
TEXTILES MADE
Washington A bill to offset
the rising tide of textile imports
has been introduced by 11th Dis
trict Rep. Roy A Taylor.
It would authorize the President
to negotiate with single countries
with groups of countries to de
velop orderly trade in textiles.
The legislation would protect
the domestic market from foreign-produced
natural and man-
made textiles and textile products
by providing for a reasonable lev
el of import quotas. Agreements
negotiated by the President would
limit imports by categories
textile products and would be
ba.-H'd on a representative period
in time.
"The high level and upward
tmid in textile imports has made
this legislation necessary," de
dared Rep. Taylor. "Imports of
all textile products have tripled
since and at the present.
these products are entering the
U. S at an annual level of almost
three billion square yards," he
said.
"This bill will protect the do
mestic market from disruption. It
will reduce unemployment and
will insure a strong and growing
domestic textile industry in the
United States," Rep. Taylor said.
KEST SERVICE
IN NEW MADISON
SEMINARY SUN.
The first service in the new
Madison Seminary Baptist Church
will be held Sunday morning, it
was announced this week. The
Rev. Jess Slagle, interim pastor,
will deliver the morning message
at 11 o'clock.
Dedication of the new structure
will be held at a future date after
the old church building has been
removed.
The public and all former pas
tors are cordially invited to at
tend the services Sunday.
The first service was previou
ly planned in July but had to be
postponed because of delay in
getting pews installed.
TO HELP DECIDE
An election should be held to
decide which half of the people
will reform the other half.
School! Lunch?
Lunch at school has become firm
ly established as a part of the
educational system or process in
this country. It is a part of our
way of life. The child who does
not take part in the lunch pro
gram feels inferior and certainly
he misses something intangible
that is important to his develop
ment. It is of value to the lunch
program that every child par
takes of the school lunch; 100
participation means more money
from the state to reduce cost per
student or to pay increase cost
of food and labor. The actual cost
of the one menu type A lunch
(type Madison serves) is sbout
50 cents. Madison schools have
charged 25c; the majority of the
counties charged 80 and 85 cents.
The correct and adequate use of
donated foods help cut cost Some
of these foods are new to the chil
dren and are not offered as f re
cently as they should ha. The
nutritive Tama is too high to be
overlooked and the young should
be encouraged to learn to enjoy
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JONAS BACKS
J. L. STICKLEY
FOR GOVERNOR
Veteran Republican Congress
man Charles Raper Jonas said
Tuesday he will support Charlotte
businessman John L. Stickley for
the GOP nomination for governor
of North Carolina.
Jonas, serving his eighth term
in the House, thus removed him
self from consideration as a pos
sible gubernatorial candidate.
Only last Sunday, Rep. Jim
Gardner, K-NC, listed Jonas, Rep.
James T. Broyhill, R-NC, himself
and former state Rep. William
Osteon of Guilford as the four
leading GOP candidates.
Gardner said he will make a
decision on his own future politi
cal plans soon.
David Wyatt
Is Principal In
Lincolnton School
David Wyatt left Tuesday to
assume his duties as principal of
Battleground School in the Lin
colnton City Schools.
Wyatt received bis Bachelor of
Science and Master of Arts de
gree in school administration
from Western Carolina Universi
Uty. He taughtgfiathematics and
( scien
ifrom
Vw
fist
science at Martjall High School,
from 1963-1966 2nd was principal
West School iri Kings Mountain
year. ,
. ioviu i wwiwu w but; luiuior
Willa Ann Plemmons. She is a
senior at Mars Hill College and
will be doing her student teaching
in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Sys
tem beginning in October.
Attend OES Meet
At Brevard Sat.
Mrs. Phillip Merrell, worthy
matron; Mrs. Charlie Leake, Miss
Ruth Guthrie, Mrs. Marvin Faulk
ne.', Mrs. Frank Fisher, Mrs.
Glenn Slagle, Mrs. Ernest Frisby,
Miss Joyce Fox, and Mrs. James
Story, of Marshall Chapter No.
35, Order of the Eastern Star,
attended the 20th District School
of Instruction held in the Mason
ic Temple at Brevard last Satur
day. Mrs. Merrell nd Mrs. Fisher
took part in the School.
Scouters To Hold
Planning Meeting
At Mars Hill Mondays
Boy Scout leaders and officials
of the Bald Mountain District,
which is composed of Madison and
Yancey counties, will hold their
annual planning meeting next
Monday night, August 14, at 7:30,
in the Mars Hill Baptist Church.
All district committee members,
institutional representatives, Cub
Pack and Scout Troop committee
men, and all unit leaders, includ
ing Cubmasters, Scoutmasters,
assistants and Den Mothers, are
invited and urged to attend.
Program planning notebooks
and charts for ' the. coming pro
gram year will be presented to all
units represented at the meeting,
and their use will be explained by
district Scout executive Frank
Gay. Information regarding the
annual "Fall Roundup will also
be given to all unit leaders. '
The Scouters will' discuss and
adopt a district calendar of Inter
unit activities and events for the
program year; beginning in Sep
tember and going through ' Au
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' Plana will also be made for the
election of district officers for
the coming year.
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James Armstrong Is New
General Manager; Other
Changes
A top level shake-up xf two
telephone companies serving 11
western counties appears in the
offing, as indicated by disclosures
at a conference Tuesday with the
North Carolina Utilities Commis
sion.
The conference was between the
commission and parties to Hun
dreds of customer complaints
which have been lodged against
Western Carolina Telephone Co.,
and Westco Telephone Co., both
of Weaverville, because of alleged
poor service. The concerns are
sister organizations financed by
Continental Telephone Corp., of
St. Louis, Mo.
Sources disclosed that the fol
lowing occurred at the conference,
held at Raleigh:
Officials of Western Caro
lina and Westco companies an
nounced the hiring of a new gen
eral manager. He was identified
as James Armstrong, who is com
ing to Weaverville from a position
with the Bell System's Chesapeake
and Potomac Telephone Company.
It was understood Armstrong
will manage affairs of both West
ern Carolina and Westco, which
serve 23,184 subscribers.
(Asked about the report, the
president of the two firms, Thomas
H. Sawyer of Weaverville, said
the companies have not hereto
fore had a position known as gen
eral manager. He said Armstrong
will begin his duties Aug. 14).
Representatives of the two
concerns told the Utilities Com-
mission that a new plant manaerj
and a new traffic manager will!
be brought in' next week. ,
Fifteen "key" personnel have
been sent into the 11 -county area
served by Westco and Western
Carolina companies in conjunction
with company efforts to correct
customer complaints specified at
an Asheville hearing July 11-14.
Witnesses at the hearing told of
waiting two years or more to have
a telephone installed, of slow re
pair service and long distance
operators who sometimes would
not answer calls when long dis
tance circuits were busy.
Representatives of Continen
tal Telephone Corp. filed with the
Utilities Commission an "inch
thick" survey they said showed
weaknesses in service and what
the company intends to do to cor
rect them.
Persons at the conference
discussed with the Utilities Com
mission the contents of an in
terim order the commission issu
ed Wednesday.
The order is expected to be a
ruling by the Utilities Commis
sion on a 12-part motion offered
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Doggone It, We
Meant Bridges, '
And Not Brides
Two glaring errors in last
week's editorial entitled, Highway
213, resulted in several inquiries,
and msny laughs. : "
The "g" was left out of bridge
in two sentences and overlooked
by proofreader. Fortunately, no
serious damage was dona by the
mistakes......
The first sentence read: It la
our understanding that at least
three BRIDES are being taken out
and new ones constructed between
Marshall and tMars BiH ; Wo
doubt that there are three brides
between Marshall and Mars HOI
and ' if there were, we seriously
doubt that ' they're being taken
- The' other sentence read; "It
is hoped that the designers of the
new ETUDES will take this I-
consideration and will trs e t i
wide enough to be used in f , '.
highway in'provernerts."
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