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' u' ,1 , lit' , its r VOL 67 ' NO. 19 8 PAGES THIS WEEK MARSHALL, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1968 10c PER COPY $3.00 A Year In Madison and Adjoining CoosMaa MUM A Yaar Ontoida Thaaa OooatlM nn . .'By, DuBDim: ' - . ''J , ...,'.;..v..v. . 'f '""'.' 1 - HI II fill I mm Commencement Exercises At Wars Hill College This Sunday 219 Students Will Receive Degrees; Activities Announced Commencement exercises will be held at Mars Hill College Sun day, May 12, with approximately 219 students expected to receive degrees. Dr. John R. Claypool of Louis ville, Ky., will preach the bacca laureate sermon at an 11 a. m. service. Dr. Fred Bentley, presi dent of the college, will award the degrees and speak briefly to the graduates at 3 p. m. Both pro grams will be in the college au ditorium. The end of the school year comes two weeks earlier than us ual this year because of a major change in the college calendar last summer. The academic year was begun two weeks early in order that the fall semester might be completed by Christmas holidays. A host of end-of-the-year activ ities will begin on campus Satur day morning when two adminis trative groups at the college will hold meetings. The Board of Trustees will have a business ses sion to adopt the college budget for 1968-69, appoint faculty and administrative personnel for the coming year, and handle other transactions. W. R. Chambers of Marion is chairman. The Board of Advisors, a 57 member organization which was formed! last October to add di. versity and strength to the admin istrative procedures at the col lege, will have a luncheon meet ing with the trustees. John W. Daniels of Asheville is chairman (Continued To Last Page) ato Packing Company Is Undergoing Improvements Plans Call For Opening In Mid-July; Open House Soon Mato Packing Company, Inc., of Marshall is now in the process of reworking its operation located) near Marshall, for the 1968 to mato crop. Mato Packing, which is one of the largest and most efficient packing plants in West ern North Carolina and employs more than 100 employees during its operating season, handles to matoes for several hunddred farmers in Madison and surround ing counties. In planning for the new year, Mato is reworking its entire op eration from forms to bathrooms to make Mato the finest, best run ning plant in Western North Car olina. Every possible revision is under way already hero in early May to ensure that the entire op eration will be ready to go well in advance of mid-July when the Representative Li. B. Ramsey " (Dssocrt) MHC Baccalaureate Speaker . . -.wW W: : : ft 5 1 Dr. John R. Claypool, III FRISBY, TEAM WIN AWARDS AT WNC BANQUET Henry Logan, WCU Cage Great, Wins Top Honors; 500 Attend Four-year Ail-American Henry Logan of Asheville and Western Carolina College was honored at Mars Hill Saturday night at the 10th Annual WNC Sports Banquet as the, most outstanding college athlete in Western North Caro line during 1967. More than 500 athletes and sports fans attended the fete held (Continued To Last Page) plant will open. Norris Gentry, General Manag er of Mato, stated that "We at Mato hope that 1968 will be a good crop year. We are planning and working now to make sure that we will be ready and able to handle each and every farmers tomatoes in the best possible way." Mr. Gentry went on to say that, "Mato was built by the people of Madison County, and for the people to have a place to market their tomatoes. In the last four years tomato production has grown greatly, and we want to continue to give every aid in the further development of our area. Mato was the first pack ing house in Madison County, and will continue to be a leader." Many changes are under way at Mato for 1968, and between now and opening day there will be an open house for everyone who is interested in getting a first hand view of MATO-68. Representative Daes II . , - DeaMcrat) -1 v, 5, f, w.v - I DEMOCRATIC MEETINGS ARE ANNOUNCED Precinct Meetings Saturday; Convention On May 25 J. C. Wallin, chairman of the Madison County Democratic Exe cutive Committee, announced this week that the Democratic Precinct Committee meetings will be held in each of the eight polling places on this Saturday (May 11) at 10 a. m. He stated that the purpose of the meetings will be the organi zation of the Democratic Party on the precinct level. "All registered and active Demo crats are urged to attend the meeting in your precinct", Mr.1 Wallin said. The Madison County Democratic orgnzaational meeting will be held in the Marshall school auditorium on Saturday night, May 25, at 8:00 o'clock. All duly elected precinct chair men and vice-chairmen will meet to organize the county Democratic Executive Committee. CONVENTION Following the organizational meeting.. the Democratic Conven tion will be held. All Democrats are invited! to at tend the convention, Mr. Wallin stated. SPRUCE PINE WINS LEAGUE TRACK TITLE Charlene Nix Stars; Mars Hill, Second; Marshall Is Third Charles Collis set two confer ence records an'd won three events as he led Spruce Pine to its third consecutive Appalachian Confer ence track championship at Mars Hill Thursday. Ten conference records fell in this meet which features track competition for both boys and girls. Spruce Pine scored a total of IZVi points, more than 46 points ahead of Mars Hill which took (Continued To Last Pare) Rice Beats Peterson Carl W. Rice defeated Everette L. Peterson for the GOP nomina tion for Commissioner of Insur ance in the May 4th Primary (Republican) in Madison County. Rice received 337 votes to Peterson's 327 votes. Democratic And Republican Board of Edacatioo Emery Waliia ' (Democrat) T Governor v i Bob Scott (Democrat) 4-H DRESS AND APRON REVUE TO BE HELD FRI. The 4-H Dress and Apron Re vue will be held Fridlay night, May 10, at 7:30 p. m. in the Mar shall High School Auditorium. The public is invited. Girls from all over the county will model gar ments and aprons which they have contsructed. Winners will be selected in the Apron Revue, Junior Dress Revue and Senior Dress Revue. The Senior Dress Revue winner will represent Madi son County at District Activity Day, June 5. Garments and aprons for the revue should be brought to the 'County -T&rteWbn"tS;ace w Home Electric BuOdSniJ by 9:30 o'clock Friday morning; May 10 Construction will be judged dur ing the day. Girls should plan to arrive at 7:00 o'clock Friday night at the school in order to change into their garments. FRENCH BROAD WMU TO MEET NEXT TUESDAY Will Be Held At Madison Seminary; Begins At 5:00 O'clock The French Broad Woman's Missionary Union will hold its 64th Annual meeting on next Tuesday, at 5:00 p. m. The meet ing will be at Madison Seminary Baptist Church, of which the Rev. J. J. Slagle is pastor, and Mrs. D. Frank Fisher is president of the Woman's Missionary Union. The program, centered on the theme "Love In Action", will fea ture two visiting speakers: Mrs. Oren Bradley, State Mission Study Director, and Mrs. John Oliver, Missionary to Bra til. The covered dish supper will be served from 6:30 to 7:80 p. m. The hostess church will serve the beverage. A covered dish is to Ibe brought by each WMU member (Continued to Last Page) Winners In The May 4th Primary In Madison County Board of Education v: V f 4 Dr. Wi"ia A. "WWtsoa (Democrat) Governor Jim Gardner (Republican) OTHER WINNERS IN DEM. PRIMARY Other winners in the Democrat ic Primary in Madison County, not included in official table, are: " Judge Court of Appeals Holton 245 Morris 142 Judge Court of Appeals Mallard 1386 Brewer 272 Commissioner of Insurance Benton 1199 Lanier 297 Whitley 165 Belk 91 Superintendent Public Instruction Stone 1256 Phillies r 51S Miller i 183 Harrill 3 "ii Smiley L 3fj Commissioner of Labor Craine 1665 Wardell 162 French M' Jet Elevemues For Taxes DAIRY FARMERS TO VOTE MAY 23 IN REFERENDUM North Carolina dairy farmers will have the opportunity to vote on a greatly expanded research and promotion program on May 23. Voting places in Madison Coun ty will be as follows: Marshall Teague's Milling Company. Mars Hill Cody's Hardware. Hours for voting will be 8:00 a. m. to 6:00 p. m. In a referendum scheduled for that day. Grade A dairy farmers will vote on the question of assess ( Continued To Last Page) Tax Collector Dm West (Democrat) County Voters, For Most Part, Follow State Trend No Second Primary Mel Broug'hton decided Wednes day in a hastily arranged show of party unity, to let Bob Soott have the Democratic gubernatorial nomination without a run-off. "After much careful and pray erful consideration I have con cluded that it would not serve the ibest interest of the State of North Carolina or the Democratic Party for me to call a second primary," Broughton told a news con ference. "I will support (Scott) and all other Democratic nominees in the fall election and hope that those who voted for me this past Sat urday will do likewise." Work Going On To Improve Local Water System Work by the local employees of the town is progressing on lm proving the water system at and near the lake which stores the W8' ter supply for Marshall. Ajn intake dam has been built, ditches dug, and piping underway which will, it is hoped, improve the taste of the local water. When completed the water supply will ftow directly into the main wa ter mains via the new pipes in stead of out of the enormous lake. The project is expected to be 1 completed in about four weeks. PERSEVERANCE It's the man who keeps on keep ing on in the face of obstacles that reaches the top. FARMERS URGED TO REPORT ACP PERFORMANCE One of the responsibilities of farmers who enroll in the county's annual Agricultural Conservation cost-sharing program is that of filing a written performance re port on their approved farm prac tice) after they have been car ried out or completed. Ralph W. Ramsey, office manager for the county ASC Committee who ad ministers the 'Agricultural Con servation program at the county level, says that several of the 1450 farmers who enrolled in the pring portion of the ACP have (Continued To Last Plage) State Senate Brnre B. Brirrs (KepuUicaa) 1 x $ I I -I ; . : l 5 ' " i . ,' I . " I N 1 I M- . - Scott And Gardner, Carry County; Ramsey, Messer, Briggs, Harvey Win In a comparative light vote last Saturday, county Democrats and Republicans elected their nominees for the general election next November. For the most part, the local voters followed the trend of the state. Out of some 3,789 registered Democrats, about 2,665 voted Sat urday. Out of some 2,439 Re publicans registered, some 869 votes were cast. (Governors' race). jn the Democratic voting in Madison County, Bob Scott, candi date for governor, received the largest number of votes 2,030. The four next highest vote-getters were Sam J. Ervin, Jr., 1,945; Roy Taylor, 1,905; and Liston B. Ramsey, 1,717. In the Republican voting in Madison County, the leading vote getter was Bruce Briggs, State Senate, with 740 votes. The next four highest vote-getters were Jim Gardner, 735; Don H. Garren, 554; Scott Hairvey, 546; and J. E. Holshouser, Sr., 603. The Republicans had no "local" contests except for State Senate where two nominees were elected. Bruce Briggs, incumbent, amass ed 740 votes. K- T. (Ted) Dent was runner-up with 256 votes, while Jesse I. Ledbetter received 113 votes. Th Democrats had three "local" oontesta. ' In the race for Repre sentative, Incumbents L. B. Ram gey and Ernest Meeser were de cided yictoira over J. Yates Bailey (Continued To Last Page) CaCPaidSB County Receives $14,209.40; Breakdown Of Taxes Listed French Broad Electric Mem bership Corporation of Marshall, Bumsville, and Bakersville paid more than half of its net income in 1967 in local and State texes. D. M. Robinson, manager of French Broad EMC, said today that the total of local and State taxes paid in 1967 figured out to 66 of the electric cooperative's net electric revenues. Robinson stated that French Broad paid $31,596.45 in local property (ad valorem) taxes in four North Carolina counties, 12,- 837.01 in four towns, and 4e 696.45 in gross receipts and th- er taxes to tiie State of North. Carolina. French Broad EMC al so paid $2,603.46 in taxes to the (Continued to Last Page) State Senate r t. r (
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