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MARSHALL, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1969
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' ' $400 A Taw Outside These Cenattas
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Dood-BoiWiBg-frogress.
Sununaty Of Projects In
13th Division Are
Outlined
Activities of the State Highway
Commission in Division 13 aver"
the past three and a half years
have produced new conatruobUwu
(and improvements on all ayatems
involving aotn 625.28 millea with)
h value of $24,394,029.97, Oammds
jrfattW James G. StikeieaAher Jr.,
.,AheviUe aid Tuesday.
JSfcikekaither, who was appointed'
Ito the Highway Commission by
Gov. Dan Moore July 1, 1965, was
(responsible for developing the mul
tdnmion dollar highway program
for- Buncombe, Burke, Madison,
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Shown above from left to right are Mm, Mildred Morria,
Asheville City ESEA $ofcdal Worker; Mrs. Rev Plemmona, Ma-.
Ison County JCSEA, Instructional ftiperriaori Mr.Billi Htjpiv
Beading,11 Teacher at Asheville" 'aty BSEA Reading Cmm
IMis Jennie Creasman, Coordinator of ESEA, Title I AsheVSller
Schools; Mies Jinaie Undewwood, Madison County ESEA'
Librarian; Mrs. LatreOe Robinson, Madison County ESEA Guio
ra Supervisor; Mrs. Pauline Ditmore,' Asheville City Psycho
metriet; end Mrs. Leo Donini, Asheville City ESEA Social Work
er. The picture waa taken during the recent visit of the Ashe
iviHe City BSEAi TMe I staff to Madison County.
Asheville City ESEA Staff
Uisits Lcsal ESEA Staff
Group -Visits Walnut And
Mars Hill Schools
"Recently
The Asheville City BSBA Title
I Staff visited the Madison Coun
ty ESEA, Title I Program here
recently. 'A joint conference of the;
Title I Staff of Asheville City
Schools and the Title I Staff of
Madison County schools was held
in the ESEA' Unit Center Library
located in Walnut School
A preliminary overview . of the
Mliaon County Title I program
was given by Ooorainaaor, uwen
W. Ffeh, as well as an inspection
of the Madiaon County ESEA Un
it Center Library, the Walnut El
ementary Library, and the Wal
nut ESEA Reading Program. The
highlight of the program was when
torts
McDowell, Mitchell, Rutherford,
and Yancey counties.
A oomprehenirive summary of
Ithe work shows that $7,318,494.71
in primary and interstate federal
laid funds waa spent on 60.97 miles'
of the total.
Federal Appalachian aid funds
flooding $8,868,212.47 went for.
21.60 moles of road work; $1,450,'
035.42 in secondary road federal
funds was spent on 1.80 miles; and
urban bond money in the amount
of $693,270.80 went into 28.21
miles in the 13th Division in the
8 year period.
Work on 35.42 miles of roadway
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Miss Jinsie Underwood, Madison
County ESEA Librarian, gave the
group an A-V cultural presenta
tion on Madison County.
From Walnut School, the group
traveled to Mars Hill School for
a visit of the Mars Hill ESEA
Reading Program, and the Mara
Hill ESEA Business Education
Program. Immediately following
lunch in the school cafeteria, the
group toured the ESEA Process
ing Center located in Mara Hill,
where all library books and audio
visual material for Madison Coun
ty schools are processed before de
livery" to each individual school.
This visitation was most benefi
cial to both organizations, in that
there was a sharing of ideas and
problem on ESEA, Title I.
District Court
Is Held Here
The first term of District Court,
under ,(he iwwcuayij, waa;
held here on Monday and Tuesday
with Judlge J. E. Holshouser, of
Boone, presiding.
Several cases were disposed' of
land several cases had to be contin
ued due to illnesses of defendants,
and witnesses, it was reported.
1969 To See Costs
Up, Farms Down
By WOODY UPCHURCH
N. C. S. U. Farm Writer
Declining falitn numbers and)
rising farm expenses, two trends1
that have marked U. S. agriculture;
for several years, will continue in
1969.
A further decline in U. S. farml
numbers of 5 per cent is being
predicted Total net income for
the nation will drop, compared to
1968, but net income per farm is
expected to be slightly higher. So
the continuation of the rise in farm
coats will not completely stop the
wheel of farm income progress.
Net income for 1968 is predicted
to be 4 per cent higher than a year
ago at $15 billion. The 1969
Figure is expected to be about
$14.5 billion.
On the cost list, the same items
that 'have made rapid increases in
the past will continue to lead the
list in 1969. These include wage
rates, machinery and real estate
'costs, according to North Carolina
State University extension farm;
(management economists!
"With the exception W fertil
izer, interest and feed, a -general
increase in costs of most pro
duction items is expected,'' said
Hugh L. Liner.
Farm wage rates have increased!
at an average rate of about 10
per cent per year in the South
Atlantic states, he said. This mate
will continue, spurred on by a
strong demand for labor in the non-
Dr. Sams Observes
80th Birthday On
Saturday Night
Dr. W. A. Sams observed his
80th birthday here last Saturday
night at a birthday dinner given
in his honor.
Those enjoying the dinner in ad
dition to Dr. and Mrs. Sams were
Dr. and Mrs. R. C. Rhea, of Can
ton; Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Lowe, of
Winston-Salem; Mr. and Mrs. Cal-
i Reynolds and children, Ajndi
and Bert, of Winston-Salem; and
Mrs. Roberta Pritchard, of Marshall.
Southern Belles To Play
At Mars Hill Viednesday
Game In High School Gym;
. Sponsored By Chritan
Club
Those Colorful, Sensational
SOUTHERN BELLES, Darlings
of the Hardwood'', "Queens of Big
Tims Basketball" will be appearm
in Mars Hill on Wednesday Bight,
January S. ; Rated as one of A
merica's Greatest Sports Attrac
tions the Famous Girl Athletes'
will be Mars Hilla top cage at
traction for the current basketball
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This season the SOUTHERN
F ::LLT3, America s Greatest Pro-
-soonal Girl's Bkethall Team
' 1 play between 183-200 games,
1 tc&h-st men tecuras, with men
""a a!l across 'Ajnwisa. That
it a t"" aVnot every ti.t
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Republican Worrier
To Meet Feb. 6;
Not In January
The Madison County Republican
WvHW,CJub will .not meet at
their regular time during Janu
ary, as the meeting has been can
celled. The club will meet February 6,
alt the home of Bill Zink in Mara
Hill at seven-thirty.
You can't blame David Teague
farm sector and an increase OT
mindimum wages of 15 cents per
hour for covered1 farms.
Farm machinery prices increas
ed about 5 per cent during the past
year. A similar increase is ex
pected next year.
Although the national average
price for hay may decline slightly.
an increase is expected in North
Carolina where silage, hay and
pasture crops were damaged1 by
summer drought. 1
A similar production situation
(existed with feed grain, but prices
should be slightly lower in the
state due to a large national
supply. Processed feed prices are
expected to average near last year
due to higher processing and
handling costs.
Other items: feeder cattle prices
fairly stable first quainter with a
Recline in the last half, depending
on feed outlook; feeder pig prices
at near fall 1968 levels through
first quarter of 1969 with some de
cline axneoted later in the year!
Ireplauement dairy heifers rfightJy l
MfifccffJaa mine tofcfte inaettehf
Other increases expected Xor gift,
oil, Aendcls,"buildliig BWterwB,
farm real estate, and real estate
and personal property taxes.
As for farm income, Dr. Fred
A M&ngum Jr., of NiCSU summar
izes it like this: "With prices of
both crops and Uveatook artdteri
pressure, prospects for farm in
come in 1969 are lees favorable
than a year ago."
Bible Study To
Start Sunday At
Baptist Church
The January Bible Study will
begin Sunday evening at 6:15 o'
clock at the Marshall Baptist
Church. Sessions will also be held
on Monday and Wednesday eve
nings. Teachers include:
Adults: Rev. A. A. Peverall, Jr.;
Intermediates, Joe Green; Juniors,
iMrs. Joe Green; Primary, Mrs.
Clyde Reed; Beginners, Mrs. Bar
bara Rice and Mrs. Polly Robin
son; Nursery, Mrs. Lorado Pon
der. where. Due to the fact that the
SOUTHERN BELLES Organisa
tion selects only Top Champion
Players from Areas where girl's
basketball is played in High School
and College, plus the experience
and know bow of the Management
behind the SOUTHERN BELLES,
makes them - America' - Greatest
Girl's Pre Basketball Team..'
' The SOUTHERN BELLES wQ
feature Fancy Passing, Super Bait
Handling, Exciting Flay Patterns,
Clever Moves, Amusing Routines
and just plain good solid basket-
halL The SOUTHIUV r.r.IJJ??
are playing each and every game
with one thoiigti in ir.ind to
buSd a reputation far p'oaslrg tie
paying fan with t!.r team ami
irvIrUual reTfarrnsnce. 1" C' lt
v-ocal Girls Are
ponsors At
augural Ball
Miss Maiine tsCRatnsey and
Miss Margot Roberts, both of Mar
shall, aire among thirteen Western
North Carolina girls who will be
among sponsors to be presented at
the 1969 Inaugural Ball tonight
(Thursday) in Reynolds Coliseum!
in Ralaighi The event honors
Governor-elect and Mrs. Robert W.
Scott
The event is open to the public
and is formal for patrons and
dancers, but not for spectators.
Miss Ramsey is the daughter of
State Representative and Mrs.
Listen B. Ramsey.
Miss Roberts is the daughter of
Mir. and Mrs. Clyde M. Roberts.
March Of Dimes
Sing At Asheville
Auditorium Jan. 11
A free gospel singing program,
for the benefit of the Mfiirch of
Dimes, will be held Saturday, Jan
uary 11, in the Asheville City Au
ditorium. E. J. Ball end Frank Reed will
serve as masters of ceremonies.
The public fa invited.
Icy On Wednesday -Today-Cold,
Clear
Today (Thursday) is sunny and
pleasant with a high in the mid-
Bo's.
Wednesday's high was an icy
29 degrees with a low of 14. 1
Grandfather Mountain reported
a low of 7 below on Wednesday.
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1SG9 Feed Gram Program
A valuntary 1969 feed grain
program virtually identical to thai)
for 1968 was announced today by
Secretary of Agriculture Orvilla
L. Freeman.
Signup will be conducted aimul
taneowHly for feed grains, cotton,
and wheat from Feb. 3 through
March 21.
Target for acreage diversion in
1969 is 37 million acres of com.
grain sorghum and barley. This;
compares to the 1968 diversion of
32.4 million acres when barley was
not included in the program. The
37-million acre diversion target
for next year is designed to pro
duce a 1969 crop about 3 to 6 mil
lion tons below estimated require
ments. ' Utilization is increasing
because of greater domestic live
stock production, and corn exports!
are expected to show modest gains.
Price-support loan and payment
levels for corn and sorghum will
be the same as in 1968.
Producers may participate in the
1969 feed grain program by reduc
ing their total base acreage by at
least 20 percent. Additional acre
age reduction is being encouraged
by acreage diversion payments
based on 45 percent of the total
county price-support loan and pay
ment (U. S. average of $135 fos)
corn), times the farm's projected
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.. "Excepttonslly good crop weai
ther, and Improved cropping prac
tices at boms and abroad durtotf
the last two years has lad to world
wide increases m grain product
taon," 1h Secretary explained.
"The 1968 feed grain program pot)
strong brake on soaring domes
tie pieduetkKi.' '
"Despite the fact t h at corn
yields la 1967 and fa 1968 ware
shoot U percent greater than the:
preceding 19C2-66 average, the
acreage Aversion pmgiiua for
those two .ye--a kept carryover
stock near n ' I reserve levels.
"Eased on t' December 19,
19C3, crop re;- ;t, production for
1"3 wTJ be about 168 minion tons.
U '.;.-ji'.;on for the 1903-O r -.!-
c z year c '7 is es'- ' T
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Now Governor
Bob Scott
9p 3fr 9fr
The reins of North Carolina's
government will be handed over to
day (Thursday) in Raleigh to Haw
River dairy farmer Bob Scott dur
ing a colorful array of inaugural
festivities.
It will be the third inauguration
in which the 39-year-old Alamance
County man has participated with
considerably more than sideline in
terest. !
The ceremonies in which Gov.
Dan K. Moore, a Haywood County
lawyer, will turn the office of chief
executive over to Scott, begins at
4 p. m. today with the ac
tual inauguration talcing place at
noon tomorrow (Friday).
It is probably little different
from the ritual in which the late
W. Kerr Scott, the incoming gov
ernor's father, took office in 1949.
Bob Soott was also involved in
bhe inauguration four years ago
when Dan Moore took office. It
was on that date, Jan. 8, 1965, that
Scott was inaugurated as lieuten
ant governor.
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lion tons. Through active partici
pation in .the 1969 program, farm
ers can realize further reduction
of 8 to 5 million tone by the end;
of the 1969-70 marketing year.
"Finally, I firmly believe the
prke-eupport loan program if ful-'
ty utilized by producers, will sub-
firtanttialily firm up market pric
es. If growers continue to use the
price-support loan program for or
derly marketing throughout VaA
year as they are now doing, we can
look forward to much progress,"
the Secretary concluded.
Price-support loan levels under
ithe 1969 program will be the same
las in 1968 for corn, $1.05 per bush
el; sorghum, $1.61 per hundred-
iweight; oats 63 cents per bushel;
and rye, $1.02 per bushel. Barley
will be 83 cents per bushel instead
of 90 cents as m 1968 because it
now is eligible for price-support
payment. These price-support pay
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'.H The newly elected officers of French Drosl Lo e
Installed recently in ceremonies held at I' ' ' T 'e b ' 3 V
. Front row. Jack C ." '-'e. treasurer: T 1
'-'e, treasurer;
Carol Edwards, f ct.i-..r V
lifteos, Junior War' T
reward, Junior IV. t I
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EDITOR'S NOTE: The follow
ing portion of the annual forecast
made by agriculturists at North
Carolins State University's exten
sion service is of particular inter
est to Western North Carolina.
By WOODY UPCHURCH
NCSU Farm Writer
HOG and CATTLE ....
Declines in both hog and cattle
prices are anticipated in 1969, but
ishould have little effect on the
future of these two farm indug-
iries in North Carolina.
The entire pork industry cur
rently is living under the threat
of some kind of price depression.
North Carolina State University
economist Dr. Donald West said
ithat the drop may not come until
after early 1969.
"The favorable prices of this fall
will continue into early '69, then
weaken as production rises," West
said. "If the current hog and feed
prices lead to an upward revision
in planned farrowings, additional
price reduction can be expected
later in the year."
He pointed out that hog produc
tion in North Carolina will follow
.much the same short-term re
sponse. In addition, the longer
term growth taking place in the
state will be encouraged. Prices,
however, will closely follow the
national average.
Lower prices may extend into
1970 which would lead to reduc
ed output and stronger prices in
later periods. In other words, pro
duction will gradually trend up
ward but "a cyclical production
and price pattern wil no doubt con
tinue."
On the beef side of the picture,
slaughter prices are expected to
be only slighly lower in the first
half of 1969 but may weaken fur
ther in the second half of the year,,
North Carolina feeder cattle;
j prices should renminfirm throttghj
in the spring and remain below
1968 levels the rest of the year.
Over the nest three ito five
years, the demand! for feeder cattle
produced in North Carolina should!
continue to grow as the demand
for beef continues strong.
MILK
Encouragement in the form of
slightly higher milk prices can be
seen on tne Horizon lor iMorta
Carolina dairymen.
Grade A milk prices are expect-
Aed to rise moderately in 1969 if
present support programs are con
tinued after April 1, said Henry
A. Hkxnme, extension dairy mark
eting economist at North Caroli
na State University.
The North Carolina Milk Com
mission has voted to increase
prices to farmers. This increase,
with fluid usage continuing high
would improve average prices in
North Carolina hi 1969.
North Carolina continued to lose
dairymen in 1968. There waa
eight per cent fewer dairies in
August than a year earlier. The
number is now down to 2,421.
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