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Gate; COere-Friday, November 29 1 '."'m i '.. r "iif '., 1 ,' " "' . 1 i"i . '. 1 " I flpplicalrt Uppwd $m Application For Feed-Grain Program Not Justified., By HARRY G. SILVER County Extension Chairman The severe drought which was extreme in the central portion of the county has created a feed shortage for livestock fawners, particularly in the central section of the county and to some degree throughout the county. Many dai ry farmers harvested 30 percent less silage per acre than in a nor mal year. It is the responsibility of the' ASGS committee chairman and of fice manager, the Farmers Home Administration supervisor and the chairman of the Extension office to review the disaster situation affecting agriculture and to make recommendations to the U. S. De partment of Agriculture through the State ASCS office an assist ance needed. At an earlier date this commit tee made an application to have Madison County qualified! aa a! disaster area for the benefit of disaster loans through the Farm ers Home Administration and the Small Business Administration. This application was approved and Madison County has been desig nated a disaster area for this pur pose. Farmers interested in us insr auch- Joans mar Jcttribsjct ftfc FHA' office .localeTiowflW tSfcj Izens Bank in Marshall. The committee met test week; for the purpose of reviewing the effect of the drought on feed crops and to determine whether or not it would be advisable to submit art application for the feed-grain pro gram. The committee was advised' that the support price on corn was) $1.55 per bushel and that the feedl grain program, if it could be ap proved for the county, could not) be approved at less that 75 of this support price, that the Sec retary of Agriculture could set the be approved ait less than 76 of port prices. When this was learn ed, the committee elected not to Continued To Last Page) "" Hight To Be Held At adison Seminary Monday Local Men Defeat Redheads, 46-44 In Cage Game Friday In one of the most hilarious basketball games seen in the local gymnasium in years, the Mar shall men's team defeated 4h All American Redheads, 46-44, last Friday night.. The 'local testa was composed of such basketball "greats" a Lawrence Ponder, J. G WaEin, Roy Reeves, Tom. WalHn, Ed Mot tea, Tommy ; Nix, Wiley DuValL David Caldwell and Buddy Ram- ey. v'.:-..V;rV- , Officials were-Irertte Boona and R. J. Pfctnmwna. (; Even tiwy nWmf a ftw minute torinff thai ganwklthough they were not red heads. fi ' ' ;. - jyVf; i ".' -; j ' The gam Jwaa,'. as expected, a larce out ,m players ana xan enjoyed every minute of it . J " ' ' "l, was little ore Saturday morning but I didn't mind that at all," one of the players said. Mars Hill PTSA Will Meet Nest Tuesday luht The. Mars I 1 TT- A' : '1 meet t f 7.: : " . k ft t' e r s i -. r, rpe-;.'. ir. lister MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS AIRED AT MEETING TUES. Ralph P. Campbell Leads Discussion; Will Help Future Program Mental health needs and prob lems of Madison County were dis cussed at a luncheon meeting held at the Madison Grill Tuesday at noon. Ralph P. Campbell, Jr., Acting Administrator of the Mental Health Center, led the discussion, asking those present to relate 'their own opinions as to the needs and problems of mental health in the county. Also participating was Dr. Margery Lord', former Health Director of Madison Coun ty; Mrs. Barbara Wood, who in troduced Mr. Campbell, and mem bers of the county health depart ment. Mr. Campbell explained the pur pose of gathering this informa tion so future programs could be1 submitted which would benefit this county. Approximately 30 persons were present. man, Payne Appointed County Magistrates C. N. Willis, clerk supenop court, announced this week that Judge W. E. Anglin has appoint ed the following magistrates for the new district court: Richard Freeman, Route 1, Marshall; John H. Burry, Mars Hill; Evin Payne, Route 5, Marshall. The three men are in Chapel Hill this week where they are at tending magistrates'' school. They will be sworn into office with the other county officials on Monday, December 2. Program Will Include Film, Tournaments; Members Urged To Attend Mrs. Joe Green, French Broad Baptist Association Training Un ion director and the Rev. David B. Roberts, missionary, announced this week that the Assocjational Mobilization "M" Night would be held Monday, November 25, in the Madison Seminary Baptist Church beginning at 7:30 o'clock. Mrs. Green had the following to say about the plans for "M" Night. During the year of 1968 South ern Baptists have pledged to Work and "Witness for Christ together with- all Baptists, in North, Cen tral and South America, This Joint effort is called, the "Cnxmdm of the Americas." its purpose is to confront this disturbed goneratiofv with Che truth Christ the Only Hope! ;:'"' J:u-;;vv,S- The Crusade, goal for .1969 will be Proclaiming The n Gospel of Christ through community witness ing and 'simultaneous revivals in all our churches. If a year fa ceded for proper preparation, sore ly some tune should be given to following-up T the "fewif'.a, New church member orieritf.'ia mats rials are now availtM for this training program, , , Oyr "71 r'ght program k pWn tipJ to i .1 soms r iritutii nwk 't ot O' t ewr!..'..n, I"- a , . ' . . .1 U I" i --j ( . . . ta Lst ri!t) Loaoiis MARS HILL SETS UP FREE CO-OP NURSERY CLUB A cooperative nursery program for p re-school aged children held its first session Thursday at Mairs) Hill United Methodist Church. Called the "Humpty Dumpty Club" the program will be held every Thursday from 9 a. m. to 12 noon in the church's nursery. Mothers of the participating chil dren serve in pairs on a rotating basis to supervise the stories, games, art and free play. Miss Connie Kramer, coordi nator, said the weekly project ia1 a community-wide-effort and lsi-i operated without charge. Mrs. Peg Neal, church and com muhaty worktetr, will conldtuct ai abort period of music and rhythm activities each week. There will be no program Thanks giving, Miss Kramer said. Williams, Escaped Convict, Surrenders In County Sunday caped fconviot, surrendered at the home of im parents, Mr. and Mm. Oscar Williams, of the little Lau rel section Sunday afternoon about 5:00 o'clock. Deputy Sheriff Dewey Griffin, who made the arrest, stated thaiti Williams telephoned him at his home on Sunday and told him to come to his (Williatme) parents" home "on important business."1 Griffin, who knew Williams, said he went to the home and thlait Williams told him he was " . . . tired of running and wanted to sur render." He told Griffin that he) had been in seven states and! eveni out of the United States since es caping from the Burnaville Prison! Camp last April. Williams was taken to the Mad ison County jail and officials from, the Burnaville Prison Camp were, notified and came to Marshall and transferred Williams back to the Burnsville Camp. Williams served nearly three years in the prison camp before (Continued to Last Page) L AND ERICK rise as the Hot : f"t to the plant The project w;:i v I vroveawfits lot tr. eondlUr r i niization e pS:"S ; -r-u. The" Hot Frnrf 5' t s ; i rrojjctioo of weolena 1 v 2 J "I ; ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM PLANS MADE FOR DEC. 9 The Madison County 4-H A- chievement Program will be held Monday night, December 9 at 7:30 o'clock at the courthouse in Mar shall. Members of the planning committee are: Harlon Rice, chair man; Cheryl Reeves, Edna Ann Silver, Nancy Gentry, Frank Rob erts and Lynne Baker, ex officio' member. These 4-H members have been meeting to plan the program for the annual event when club members, leaders and friends fromi the entire county will be recog nized for outstanding work dur ing the 1968 4-H year. The general public is invited to the Achievement Program. 4-H'eira are encouraged to bring exhibits relating to their projects. Ex hibits will be displayed, judged and ribbons awarded. ENDEAVOR The worth of any endeavor is best figured by the need for it. Metcalf Is Acquitted Of Counterfeiting THANKSGIVING ISSUE TO BE PRINTED LIH Due to Thanksgiving being on .the usual press day, next week's tissue of The News-Record will be; published early. Correspondents, advertisers and! those wishing articles published are asked to have them in' the of fice by Tuesday noon. THANKSGIVING UNION SERVICE WEDNESDAY PJtt. The annual Thanksgiving Union Service will be held in the Mar shall Presbyterian Church on next Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock. The Rev. Albert A- Peverall, Jr., pastor of the Marshall Baptist Church, will deliver the message. Other Marshall ministers will al so participate. The public is cordially invited. HOT SPRINGS PLANT ADDS IMPROVEMENTS FARMERS URGED TO COMPLETE ACP PRACTICES Farm operators within the coun ty who have not as yet completed and reported performance on all their approved ACP farm practic es for 1968 are urged to do so by December 1. Emory Robinson, chairman of the ASC County Committee, who administers the Agricultural Con servation Cost-Sharing program for the U. S. Department of Ag riculture, says that all farmers who era-oiled in this program nruist, follow through to completion on their approvals in order for the! farms and county to realize the full soil and water conservation benefits on this program. Hef stated that approximately 85 of the 1700 farmers who enrolled in) this year's ACP had1 already com pleted and reported performance on their approved practices and that the other 15 should do by the reporting date of December 1. (Continued to Last Page) Bogus Bills Passed At Cabin In Wolfe Laurel Section A federal Jury, sent back for fur ther deliberations after tellinifthe ed, acquitted an Oteen counterfeiting charges Prida; in U. S. District Court in Asheville. The Jurors came in after about an hour and a half to report that they were unable to reach a ver dict. Judge Wilson Warlick asked them not to give up, at least un itil the noon recess. About a halfhour later, at 11:43 a. m, the jury brought in a not guilty verdict in the case of Guy Metcalf, 19, charged with selling and transferring bogus bills. Trial of the case took nearly five hours Thursday. Judge War Jick charged the jury ait the start of Friday's session. Key witnesses against Metcalf were William Clyde Robinson, 28, of Burnsville Rt. 4, and Harold John Silvers, 27, formerly of Ashe ville. Both testified Thursday that Metcalf gave them $1,000 worth of bogus $20 and $10 bills last Dec. 3 at a cabin in the Wolfe Laurel sction of Madfison County, for which the two were to pay (Continued to Page four) liii! ill i i',. t of Pacific Mill add eome 1 r t S5 new jobs in the plant . w of some new inachlnery;. t f 'V'..k are included in ttta ; -s rs-n reeiSo! ; . traJe. ;" Tickets Given For Each $1.00 Purchase Or Paid On Account COUNTY S&WCD SUPERVISOR TO BE NAMED DEC. 4 Wednesday, December 4, will be election day for Madison Soil & Water Conservation District. Her schel Ramsey, chairman of the board of supervisors, made this announcement today. All voters who are qualified to vote in general elections are urgedl to support their district by vot ing. One man will be selected to n position on the board. He will take office on January 6, 1969 for1 a three year term. As set up by law, the District Board of Supervisors has three elected men and two men appoint ed by the State Conservation Com mittee upon the (recommendations of the local board. All men serve for three years with the term of one elected member expiring each year. Burder Reeves has been nomi nated by regular petition this year and his name will appear on the ballot. He is running for the position vacated by Hilliard Tea gue. Polling places are: Teague Mill ing Co., Marshall; Odell Cook's Store, Little Laurel; Levi Hunt er's Store, Middle Fork; Ponder & Ponder. Hot (Wintrs: Davis' Store! lorotoiidaXast'PsJtw: TTr- EH Christmas Idea Exhibit December 6-7 In REA Building ' Madison County Annual Christmas Ideas Exhibit will be held in the French Broad Electric Building December 6-7. The Ex hibit is open to the public the fol lowing hours: Friday, Dec. 6 10:00 a. m. to 5:00 p. m.; 7:00 p. m. to 9:00 pjn. Saturday, December 7 9:00 a. m. to 1:00 p. m. Agricultural Matters To Be Discussed Here On Dec. 3 OPPORTUNITY CORPORATION GETS AWARD Mrs. Suhart U Cited For Outstanding Rural Work Opportunity Corporation of Madi son-Buncombe Counties received three awards for outstanding ser vice from the Office of Economic Opportunity in Winston-Salem Thursday night. , The awards were presented at the annual dinner meetSag of Itfoe North Carolina Ootmnunity Ac ffloa Association ta me wooer Lee HoteL Tbey; were signed for Sargent Shrhrer headed the OEO before his recen resignation. ' 1 Singled out for praise ia the; awards were' Dr. RJgar ' W, Xyda of' Asheville, the Interfaith Com- nitbee on Housing and Mrs. Mariet ta Suhart, deputy director of Op portunity Corporation. V . Dr. Lyd waa cited for bis vol unteer service in the area of fami ly planning; the Interfailh com mittee for its -effort fei eirar.izmg groups to assist low-income fam ilies ia home improvement e ,1 re- 1 n ation, end V.-t. f ' -.rt f t ? 0. j, r ' (' ... vt '.':lsfcl.t T " " -1 ' j' . (Continued To L. ) Merchants Getting Ready For Shopping Season; Plans Being Made Members of the Marshall Mer chants Association are again giv ing tickets for each $1.00 purchase or paid on account, Dr. Ed Niles, president of the Marshall Mer chants Association announces. Definite plans were made here (Monday night at a merchants meeting held ait the REA building. The official Christmas promo tion and the start of giving tick ets will begin on Friday morning, November 29 the day after Thanksgiving. Valuable trade certificates, to be used to purchase merchandise at the participating firms or to be used in paying past accounts, will be given away on three dates December 7, December 14, and December 21. All drawings will Ibe held in front of the courthouse1 lat four o'clock on the above dates. The tickets this year are to be, the same kind used last year. You are given a ticket for each $1 pur chase or paid on account. All you have to do is sign your name and address on the back of the ticket and deposit it in a container in (Continued To Last Page) MARS HILL LIONS WIN OPENING 1. The lions roared at Mara Bill College Tuesday night, much to the delight of a ''Yancey1 County Night" throng of 1,800 lane. Led by senior Rudy Reeves, who pumped in 25 points, the Mara (Hill College lions swamped Tus culum College, 87-67, to open their 1968-69 basketball season, and it was a far cry from how they' started the season a year ago with a loss. While Reeves was pacing the scoring action, the rest of vne eight varsity teaanimates were hustling all over the court, stead ily adding to the lead. f i 7f.AFllf1TI h . NCSU Officials To Speak On Activities; Statewide Meetings An area meeting has been sched- Ji uled for Marshall on Tuesday, Dev. comber 3, to give local people an opportunity to discuss agricultur al matters with several adnanistnwr tors from North Carolina State -University. Harry Silver, County Extension Chairman, said the Marshall meeting has been planned for the people of Haywood, Transylvanda, Madison, Buncombe, and Bender' son counties. -, Nineteen- such ! meetings are planned across the state in an ef fort to improve rxxninunications between local citizens ; and the School of AgrkruXurs ead Life Sciences at NCSU, Silver explain-' eAV-:r--O V--V:, -.The NCSlI officials wifl report, on What the University is doing in the way of agricultural teach-; ing, reeearoh and extension. .Lo cal people will have an opportuni- ty to dl-wuss thf'r I-'7" an4 nee-.ls,'' Harry t ' 1. Frmers, . egri-Au:.;,.-. . : e 1 other people wl'H t n .' t : 1 asrriccltare are i ' '.. tkne is 7:S9 p. n., 1 t" s ; J3 U; liar? r ' : 1 et I' ? 7
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