North Carolina Newspapers

1 I ' ' , . .'vj ''Vl' iif' U s 1,1 4 . '7 Ml VOL.66 . NO, 33 kmfB?ACE5t i".'..M',i,f.V.r BOUGHlN"IT Directors of the French Broad Electric Corpor ation are shown with officials of the Big Bald Mountain Development Corporation. The board of directors met in monthly business session at the project site, President C. P. Edwards ID, Vice President Karl Ketron, and Project Manager P. R. Elam were on hand to greet the members. ,-. REA Directors Visit Dald Mountain Directors of the French Broad Electric Corporation, headquar tered at Marshall, got a bird's eye view ' 6t the unique year round resort -wafait'f construction at Big Bald Mountain. The board of directors met in a monthly session recently in a century-old log cabin at the pro ject's dude ranch. After adjourning t picnic lunch prepared and served by the corporation's pentonaal, the di rectors ': were" given a tour of the Southeast', newest resort. Big Bald Mountain officials President C. P. Edwards lit, Vice President Karl Ketron," and Pro ject Manager P. R. Elam were on hand-to ipejMonally greet ach guest. Some 30 persons were in at tendance. They got their bird's eye view FINE TALKS MADE AT F.B. BAPTIST ASSOCIATION Joe L. Morgan, clerk of the French Broad Baptist Association stated this week that many fine speakers were heard at the an nual Associational meeting held last week. Morgan said that Rev. Robert H. Bruhn, who is as sociated with the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina (and who was former interim pas tor at the Marshall Baptist Church), spoke for the Baptist Foundation of North Carolina. He said this Foundation helps people make wills, etc., in behalf of Bap tist institutions. Mr. Bruhn at tributed the breakdown in our society to "the lack of Christian leadership and guidance in our day of troubles." He referred to this generation as "one which knows not God." Ha stated with conviction that the church should be a "communicator of the dia logue between God and man." i Rev. Robert A. Mslvin address ed the messengers Friday after Jboob. He spoks of the . roe Slues of Ufa. He noted' aoina tagonizing divisions in the world of .-the apotUi Paul and the lainiHar tontr bi fiht sdirUld ;world of toda): Bt MeMri, who ia Chaplain of liars Hfll College, stated that Paul's analogy of the first century of Christendom was strikingly similar and appropos to the iron eurtains, rebellions and alienation so typical of iha titanism of the 20th century. Ha aid the purpose of God in Christ is to heal our inner disharmony. He called for good relations a fmong Christians, racial Justice, and an and to the barriers that . (Continued to Last Page) mmmmmm Vlii;lita v humming over the 6,000-acre de - velopment in a helicopter. The French Broad Electric Cor poration will furnish power to the newly - opened Wolf - Laurel Boundary of the Big Bald Moun tain development. Hundreds of mountain home sites are now being offered fof sale in this first section of th new mountain development which straddles the North Carolina Tennessee boundary. Skiing, golfing, fishing, hunt ing, swimming, camping, and horseback riding: all of these fun filled sports and more, too are planned for the gigantic re sort atop Big Said Mountain. -The' Pusutih-' Broad- Electric Corporation is to supply electric power to the huge project with the financial aid of the Rural Electrification Authority. The Agricultural Group Organized The newest agricultural organ ization in the State is the "North Carolina Association of Farmer Elected Committeemen," with a reported current membership of more than 2,500 and a potential membership of about 10,000. Charles R. Reeves, a general crop and commercial pork pro ducer from Sampson County, has been elected president of the North Carolina organization. Reeves said that, "any person who is a present or past member or alternate of a farmer elected county or community AAA, PMA, CSS, or ASC committee is eli gible for membership." Reeves went on to say, "any ASOS county or State office em ployee who has been a member of a committee at some time in the past is eligible for member ship but will not be eligible to hold office in the new associa tion." Other officers are Henry Win chester, Summerfield, vie presi dent; .William F. Tyson, Stokes, secretary; and Charles A. Sud- dreth, Rt. S, Lenoir, traarer. - , I There also is an txcuttveom- mraee oz zu memoers wo from each of the 10 Agricultural Stabilisation and Conservation Service districts. Associations of farmer commit teamen hata "been organised to data in several states, chiefly in the Midwest, and a national con vention is to be held in Kansas City on Jpecember 8-9.. . -..--. The president of the national association is Robert 3. Hoffman of Alden, Iowa.. A North -Carolinian, John N. Lockamy at : Et 1, Clinton, has been named South east Area Director.' '. . The preamble to the constito ( Continued To Last Page) i THIS WEpC MARSHALL, N, C, ? - - ':: f 1 ' ' o Tauthority has approved a quarter of a million dollars to provide the necessary power. Transmission lines have been surveyed into the Big Bald Moun tain project. And a substation site has already been approved for Uje center of the 6,000-acre moun tain resort. ! Members of the hoard of direc tors include Ernest Potest, Bakers ville; W. S. Willis, Mars Hill; M. D. Bailey, Bumsville; J. M. Ball, president, Marshall; J. A. Rice, Flag Pond; Paul Higgins, Bums ville; O. H. Tilson, Asheville; J. H. Sprinkle, Marshall; Ernest Tea gue, Marshall; C. L. Proffitt, BitauuriUa; and Elmet Buchanan, Bakersville. Dong Robinson, Marshall, is general manager of the French Broad Electric Corporation. EXCESS CCC BINS AVAILABLE TO N.C. FARMERS Madison County farmers will have an opportunity to purchase excess CCC bins for the storage of this year's crops. The Secre tary of Agriculture has said that sales of bins will be stepped up to give farmers an opportunity to purchase needed storage space for this year's bumper grain crops. With increased production of wheat, corn, and other feed grains in prospect, bin sales are being expedited as much as possible to help assure orderly marketing and to protect fanners against the price-depressing effect of temporary excessive market sup plies. ' Orders have been placed by the North . Carolina State ASC Com mittee for IS truck loads of CCC bins. ch of these truck loads srifl have approximately 10 bins. The bins will have a, capacity of 3.ZS0? bushels. Toe mmtrauar sales SV! it i - - : . . , i price iel then bins is. expected to be approximately iiSO to 1475. The actual manimum price will var depending on the transporta tion and handling eosta to vari ous points in North Carolia. Local ASC county committees rill handle the sale of the bins to farmers.. .Further details aa to the sale of these bins to avail able at the ASOS office in Mar- CANT PROVE IT! . . . Women live longer than men, hut yoa cant prove it "by their age. .' . - A J, J jj;'' 1 THURSDAY." AUGUST 17, HOT SPRINGS IS PRAISED BY A.J.BERRET.S.J. By ANTHONY X BERRET, S.J. On 11 August the new college warmup session at Hot Springs ended its summer classes. Chem istry, mathematics ,ad, English were offered. Thirteen students finished the course. Jim O'Connell, the math teacto er, and I, the English teacher, came here from Philadelphia and Baltimore not expecting to see much. On our way down we slept late at a plush motel to kill time. We thought half the fun would be in getting, here, and the other half in getting back. But Hot Springs surprised us. It seemed economically on the move. There was the Burlington Mills thread plant. Last year the tomato business began to thrive enough for McCormack and Co. to build a large packing shed in town. Teenagers over 16 who were not on farms were earning J$1.25 an hour on road, forest, and building work. Education also showed improve ment. Beside our college warmup program, inspired by Fr. Thomas J. O'Donnell, a ' 'Head Start session for elementary pupils was in progress. In the English course I taught, although my students made oc casional errors in grammar or spelling,, their main problem was the acquiring and expressing of (Continued To Last Page) Blackwell, Lee, Leake In Current Who's Who Book Among Western North Caro lina's prominent citisens in the current Who's Who in the South and Southwest are Dr. Hoyt C. Blackwell and Dean Ralph, (M. Lee, of Mars Hill, and A. . E. Leake, of Raleigh, forAetflh' Of Marshall and Walnut. J BARBERSHOP QUARTETS IN ASHEVILLE SAT. One of the outstanding treats annually is the SPEBQSA con cert held at the City auditorium in Asheville. This year's event will be held Saturday night be ginning at 8 o'clock with proceeds going to promote work with the blind of the Asheville Lions Cluib. Allen Duckett, of Asheville and Marshall, is director of the chorus and is one of the outstanding singers in the star-filled array of musicians. Poll Reveals UUfJC Favors Decisive Victory In Vietnam, Taylor Says WASHINGTON Western North Carolinians favor action to win a decisive victory in Vietnam, according to the results of a poll taken by 11th District Represent ative Roy A. Taylor. Three months ago he mailed 134,000 questionnaires to box holders in the 16-county congres sional district. Approximately 1,000 were returned. Tabulation of the results took several weeks. Seventy-one, percent aafcl they would ' expand -mflftary" effort P win decisive victory as the best course of action in Vietnam An other ten percent said keep mili tary, efforts . at present level while 19 percent preferred that our military efforts be reduced or terminated. The next question asked: "Should Congress approve the President's request for a 6 sur charge of income taxes T" A neg ative response was registered by 196,7 10e PER COPY FOREST SERVICE JOB PROGRAM IS POSTPONED The start of "Operation Main stream" in Madison County a project to open up jobs with the U. S. Forest Service for 30 men fnim Iow-dncome families has been postponed three weeks. Mrs. Marietta Suhart, director of rural programs for the Op portunity Corp. of Madison and Buncombe Counties, the local anti-poverty agency, said the de lay was to allow the applicants enough time to make extra money picking tomato crops. The program was to have be gun Tuesday, said Mrs. Suhart, but has been put off until Sept. fifth. The 12-month project will op erate with a federal grant of $12.') ,550. These funds will provide pay of $1.40 an hour for the 30 men who will perform such jobs for the Forest Service as Prepar ing sites for reforestation and working on the Appalachian Trail. Mrs. Suhart said about 100 men have applied, but the final selection of the successful 30 has not been made. Passes Friday Manchester PROJECT GROW HEAD, RITES SUN. Weil-Known In County; Was Honored Here For Service Services were held at 3 p. m., Sunday in Central Methodist Church in Asheville for Frederic A. Manchester, 71, retired offi cial of American Enka Corp., who died Friday, August 11, 1967. The Rev. R. Herman Nicholson and the Rev. John Cook officiated. Burial was in Lewis Memorial Park. Mr. Manchester was purchas ing agent for American Enka (Continued To Last Page) 77.6 percent. Msny underscored their view with a written com ment or exclamation point on the margin of the questionnaire. Approximately 22 percent said the Poverty Program should be continued under present circum stances while 78 percent indicated it should be dropped or radically modified. "Should Social Security bene fits and taxes to provMo for same .be increased ! 4Titif4rahe percent of the respondents" ild "yes,' and M percent, th." " Extension of the Blue Ridge Parkway o Atlanta, a proposal moving forward in Congress, won the support of 58 percent of the respondents. A few said wait un til after Vietnam. Th closest contest on the qnes tionnair proved to center on whether draftees should be pick ed by lottery. Fifty-three per cent said, "no." So did Congress fplflllw h 3-00 A, Year V . , !l' " 1 'I, 1 . Change i Rural Mail Delivery Benefits County Elected President ilipllliipi ... JACK C. COLE, Vo-Ag instruc tor at Marshall High School, is President-elect of the North Caro lina Vo-Ag Teachers Association. The election of Cole was made at the annual conference in Raleigh last week. Mr. Cole will serve one year as president-elect, two years a s president and one year as past president on the executive com mittee of the state organization. Racial Relation "Are Very Good" In North Carolina The state's top expert on racial relations said Wednesday that ra-1 cial trouble spots in North Caro lina are being resolved and that the situation in the state is "very good." D. S. Coltrane, chairman of the Good Neighbor Council, said he does not anticipate any violence or rioting in North Carolina this year. 'Tm encouraged about our gen eral situation," Coltrane said. "I Wouldn't trade our situation with any other state in the nation. "I consider the racial climate very good," he continued. "The T problems in our three trouble spots are being resolved." The three are Durham, Greensboro and Anson County. NO CHOICE Waiting in line at the para chute jumping club, the new mem ber nervously inquired of the grizzled veteran, "What made you decide to become a jumper?" The older man replied: "A plane with three dead engines." when the matter cams up recent ly. Fifty-nine percent paid college students doing acceptable work should continue to be deferred. another point upon which Con gress recently agreed.1 '- The final question in' $h poll won a overwhelmingly favorable vote of 96 percent It read: "Should Congr appropriat needed fund and pua legialatioa to assure investintlon and trial iai, .draft 'ar tmrners, people who cross atate lines to tacit riots and to aid local police departments ' fl 'gbt 'organlsAd crime?"-' . ''. Approximately o&e-third - at tached a letter to their question naire amplifying and -explaining th position taken. .;-.v.". r'..-.- .; ' Congressman Taylor saij that this response enabled him better to understand and express the views, feelings and mooda of th people whom he represents. In Madison and Adjoining Counties 14.00 A Year Outside Thaia Countias 6,000 Rural Families In Four States To Be Affected About 6,000 families in the four-state Atlanta Region are now eligible for the first time to have mail delivered to their homes un der a new Post Office Department policy. These families became eligible for this service when Postmaster (ieneral Lawrence F. O'Brien last week announced a nationwide ex tension of rural delivery services to less-densely populated areas of the nation. Regional Director C. Banks Gladden, who praised tne hew pol icy, estimated that about 20,000 individuals in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Flor ida will ultimately be affected. Under the new policy, rural de livery service can be provided for all areas with an average popla tion density of one and one-half families a mile instead of the pri or requirement of two families a mile traveled by the rural carrier. This means that a family liv ing within three quarters of a mile from the present route of a carrier is now eligible for deliv ery service. Under the old policy, delivery service was possible only if the family lived within one-half mile of a carrier's route. l Mr. Gladden said tht" extension of service,-first sine: 1959, is "a significant step in fulfilling Post master GBeral O'Brien's prom ise to provide the best possible postal service to all citizens." "The Post Dffice Department is constantly seeking new ways of improving postal service and the extension of rural delivery re flects this fact," he said. - Mr. Gladden ' aald thetianta Region has 3,147 rural routes and it's estimated each route will have an average of 1.8 families who can receive mail for the first time because of Mr. O'Brien's new policy. Despite the fact " the ttaited States is becoming' mre orbania ed, Mr. Gladden sai overall pop ulation growth has kp$ the de ( Continued To LasTJgeJi Attend Lion Meeting At Etowah Sunday The first Cabinet Meeting of the Lions of District 31-A was held Sunday afternoon, August 10, at the Etowah Elementary School, Etowah. District Gover nor Howard Haithcock outlined his objectives for the year and made official announcements of all Ser vice Committees appointed to work with him and his cabinet during the year. Marshall Lion President Wade Huey and Secretary Ed Morton at tended the meeting. Cole Attends V-Ag Conference At University Of Ga. Jack C Cole returned Monday from Athena, Georgia, where he attended the Region 6 Vo-Ag Teachers Officers Conferenc which waa held at the University at .Georgia. " r Wise Explains TV A Pilot Project At I C Of C. Tuesday Earl Wist, of th Msdison County Extension Department, aa guest speaker at th Mar shall Chamber of Commerce luncheon meeting Tuesday at Plemmons Restaurant. i Mr. Wis explained the orip'n and recommendations of the TV A Pilot Project of which k is a l ? person in the county. Allen Duckett, president, rr sided with 13 members frw-.t. Vacate zi- Ia.'Oveir ScEioeH E (T II" ' " !.""