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i ' v VOL.88 NO. 52 Si ; 0) isllarioteagGaDl last Cold Weather Hempera I Crowd) Pageant It : Successful . , " ' Despite a bttter cold rain, freez ing tempeiwtures and cold winds, an estimaited 75-100 persons wit nessed the Christmas Pageant here Thursday night The characters' performed well although? they were wet to tlhe skin when the per formance ended. Many felt, sorry for die character, eapedall.for he anffeto who brared the 'el; Uients bareheaded except for the angel crowns which gave them little if any protection. ; Thursday's performance was he fist time the pageant has been given. Many believe tttsajif 1 Thursday's weather was the moat miserable aOthough not the wld. st in the seven yesrs or m$ paf h k. ..ill' ;. .v eant. " , n if Friday . and Satvtrday nights, . however; were ideal for the per formances cold but clear. An estimated crowd of over 200 at , tended Friday night's event and more than 300 attended Saturday night's performance. Although the overall attendance was not as large as expected, those who did attend, especially those from other cities and states were generous in their praise and highly commended the beauty, the natural setting, and the charac ters. ,H ; ''' The hot coffee and cookies serv ed by the Hospitality Oonrmdttee and sponsored by the Merchants Association, proved popular as many persons from distant places came into the courthouse lobby following the performances to have V (Continued to Last Pags) County School for M.G.O.E. Program Designed To Study Drop-Out Problems In Schools i'. t Raleigh The Madison Coun ty School Unit was one of 21 ad- ' nrinistrativs units in the Middle Grades Occupational Exploratory -. program approved for fundingt by the Stats Board of Education at . Its December meeting.' f - ii ' . Dr. Craig Phillips Superiritend- ent of Public Instruction. mM Ht experimental program wbich was . authorised this year, by the Gen eral Assembly is designed to get at the problems of why youngsters drop out of school, especially la ths middle grades. V-'-.-iC t- The program was presented to ths Stats Board by 'Assistant Su perintendent Dr. Jerome Melton; Director of Occupational Educa tion Dr. Charles Law; and ths program coordinator Tomrnie Ste phens. Implementation is effect ed to bf gin immediately in each of the 21 un"ls. i Dr. I ; Wd t'.e l-oard t'.st f e bui'jrKs for the ln.!;'viJ:ial pro i re.onmerKl-1 f t f i- v frwn ;-rta -.'t'y J ) "3 i r the I :.u V i n 4& U Li to PAGES THIS WEEK WINNERS OF SAT. DRAWING ARE ANNOUNCED WW '. $40Q I Trade Certificates ? Given To Nineteen Winners ;,ThS wxird and final drawing in the annual Marshall Merchants Association promotion was held last. Saturday afternoon at four o'clock at tiie courthouse here.' T)e total redeeming power of the certificates was $400. ' ' f. i'rlWieh to thank all those who sasisted and cooperated in the promotion and I especially wisb' to" thank' itbe general public f of trad5ng:''C:!MrshallLw::Mbr,."Cl RudisiU, president - of the Mer chants Association, stated. Last Saturday's winners, their addresses and the firm the ticket came from are as follows: $10.00: Mrs. Cecil Banks, Mar shall (Dodeon's Grocery); Allin Chandler, Rt 4, Marshall (Bow man Hardware); Worley Cutahatl, Kt. 2, Mars HU1 (Penland & Sons); Thelma F .Freeman, Mar shall (Roberts Pharmacy); Mrs. John R. Messer, Rt.,;5, Marshall (McKinney's); Lydia ''Roberts, Rt 3, Marshall (Dodeon's Grocery); Mrs. Cecil Banks, Marshall (Dod. son's Grocery); Solie Griffey, Rt. 3, Marshall (Wikfs Radio); Shir ley Griff ey, Rt 1, Box 89hB, Mar shall (National Be & 10c); Joyce Plenvmons, Box 527 Marshall (Dix ( Continued to Last Psge) ; Unit Approved Program Funds Fred D. Chandley If Office Manager Of IBM In Raleigh Fred D. Chandley has. been named administration manager for the branch office in Raleigh of International Business Machines Corporation's field engineering di vision which installs and services IBM information handling sys tems, equipment and - computer progTantming systems. He was a distribution services manager: for the division's Atlanta Distri bution Center 'j .? i ' - A native of Flag Pond, Tenk, he received a B.S. degree from the University of Tennessee and Join ed IBM as an administration spe cialist in HuntsviHe, Fla. in 1962. Chandley is married to ths for mer' Kathaleen SheKon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul SbeltoB of Route 3, Marshal 1. They reside at 329 New Mar ket .Way, RaleigV i i. w t , OPTIJ1ISM C;JV': A cheerful frame f r. " . 1 C . i erw.!.les a kettle to - h i 1 1 t v ' rp to 7 MARSHALL, N; Cf CEILING IN COURTRO OM IS BEING LOWERED New Jury Box, Chairs To Be Added; Other Improvements Work started here Monday on remodelling parts of the court room. The main project is ths lowering of the ceiling and ths installing of a new Jury box and ehairsl A new lighting system witt also be installed. The floor will also be sanded and the walls paint ed, tt was reported. ' 8. M., Rice and Sons of 'Wea verville, are in charge of the 're modelling. "We hope to have all the im provements made in about a month," one of the workers stat ed. MORE WAX "I didn't come here to be told I'm burning the candle at both ends," said the patient to the doc tor. "I come for more wax." BS r n L , , A BRIGHT 'W7 . ' ' . ' ir.i. THURSDAY, DECEMBER EIRE DESTROYS BARN, CONTENTS A fire of unknown origin coau nietelv destroyed a bant and fts contents in ths'lSodoitf'Sarea of Madison County on Wednesday night of last week. The barn was owned by Mrs. Sophia Ramsey Rice. Mrs. Rice stated that friends told, her of the fire. She said there1 was no insurance on the barn or contents. In addition to the barn, six tons of hay, 1,000 tobacco sticks, lum ber, two turning plows, a mow ing machine, disc harrow, drag harrow, two cultivator plows, new Lemon wagon, ttouWetoot plow, and other items were destroyed. IN MARSHALL , Late Christinas gift shoppers discovered cold, freezing weather and some snow as they hurried to do their last-minute gift buying here and elsewhere in the county. Clear skies deified bad weather predictions Tuesday and Snow flurries, predicted for Wednesday, had not arrived as this paper goes to press. High Tuesday was 39, low was 17. . . . t III I t !' TM J I III if i I " -1! ' nn1" ii 'i Ann w r - I 9tfl - i-.i I r..l.. ,i ; . i nyl Jfr.uAi ,.., t 25, 1969 10c PER COPT 1970 License Tags Go On Sale Jan. 2 Local License Office Again Located On Bridge Street The application cards necessary for obtaining 1970 license plates were placed in the meal on De cember 18. Department of Motor Vehicles officials expect this huge mailing, estimated at more than 3,300,000 cards, to be delivered by January 1. Motorists will be playing more for their 1970 plates than they have been paying in the past The registration fees were increased about 25 by the 1969 Legisla ture. This does not apply to North Carolina's amputee . veterans and those war veterans having a 100 disability rating by the Veterans Administration. They will get their tags" free I' -:- The new reflectorised red and white plates will go on sale throughout the State on January 2. The 1969 plates expire Decem ber 31 and their usebeyond that date is permissible only if they are duly registered by the Depart ment to the vehicle on which dis play is made. Owners who have their vehicles properly registered) by the Department have until Feb ( Continued to Last Page) ' ' 'it- V i'V, r7 ' P it v' S8.00 A Tau In I ".' ,,r.i Retail EotaBisbnents Gain D&L ARE Ralph Ramseys Win Top Honors; Judging Held Monday Night Judges have reported to the Marshall Garden dub contest chairmen the following Winners in the Christmas Decorations and Lighting conpetitioiir - First Prise; $10.00, for the Best Overall decorating ---'Mr. and Mrs. Raloh Ramsey. ' Walnut Creek Road, Marshall. Second Prise, $7.50, for the best religious theme used la decorating Mrs. Jessie Worley, Hayes Run Road. UandudLv :.,:,'fW.-- Third Prise, $6.00 for' hs best door or (window)' other: than re- Uigious -Mr. and Mrs. Robert Banks, RonU. l (Sandy Mush Road), Marshall. , v J Honorable mention for the Beet Overall decorating is made to Mr. and Mrs. Fain Sprinkle, Hayes Run Road, Marshall and Honor able mention for best door is made to Mr. and Mrs. Sam Rudisill, Walnut Creek Road, Marshall. , In awarding first prize, the judges noted the . unusual use of natural materials, lighting effects and originality in idea displayed im decorations at the Ralph Ram sey 'home. The Marshall Garden Club ex presses thanks to both the judges who gave time and effort in select ing winners and to aH who have made the Chriatrntaa "season more meaningful by decorating their premises. Public lc:istance Gbecft Gut ay Be SlWt-Lived -- Jordan ASCS Office To Be 7 Closed Dec. 25, 26, 27 According to Ralph Ramsey, of fice manager Jae local ASCS Of fice will be closed on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, December 25, 26 and 27 for the Oufetmas holidays. . NEWS-RECORD TO BE PUBLISHED 6?rwi:sDAY. Dus to New Tear's Day coming on next Thursday, Ths News-Record will be published on Wednes day, a day early. . Community news writers 1 advertisers are asked to prosrv their copy early. A can cr r A r- " r ! - I 1 rt- i 4 x ' i , 1 ' IfadiMB and AAtoinhw ' Past Four ' 1 120 Stores, 217 Employees Have Payroll Of $680,000 The general advance in the na tion's economy, since 1963, has been reflected, in Madison County, in mounting business activity in local retail stores. Residents of the area spent more money and bought more goods and services of all kinds in the follow ing four years than in any other comparable span. According to ths latest Census of Business, jus$ released by the Department of Commerce, retail sales in the local area rose 10.9 percent in the period. The gainjsas made despite con sumer discouragement . over the war in Vietnam, despite inflation, despite talk of a possible reces sion and despite higher taxes and domestic problems, ';; The figures show that the a moont of business don by Madi. toitXkty,A.etail establishments went; op $812,000 fe i:the'four years. Some of the gain is et tributable to inflation, however. The 10.9 percent increase com pared favorably with the rise in many communities. Sales in the area were equiva lent to $2,037 per local family. , ' Chiefly responsible for the progress that was made was ths marked improvement in real in-' come, even after the larger bites taken by taxes and the higher cost of living generally. 5 The average consumer spent confidently, feeling that he had protection in the form of a Job he could count on, an income that was rising steadily and a future that was financially safe, by vir ( Continued to Last Page) Additional Funds Must Be Found, Official H Sutes Impending cuts in ths financial assistance checks for families with. dependent children througho. North. Carolina the first of he. year may be short-lived, sjtcord- - ing to Slats Social Servioea Boardr. Chairman, John R. Jordan Jr. ' Jordan anneunced in .Raleigh, "I ' will personally see thai Bft stone-. k left unturned la trying se cure the . additional state fund necessary to make up the deficit ws are faced with." -:3ii- . Hs commented further, however. "I anticipate ths greatest difficul ty in alleviating this situation will be in the 100 counties finding the additional funds that will be required for this purpose. "When the State Board of f -cial Services vote.1 the cut i -ments in the AT" C c ' y i living r' ( ' t'.an ' ' I I' c
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