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8 PAGES THIS WEEK MARSHALL, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1970
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This is a typical scene in County last week-end
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Winter's Heaviest Snow
Falls On Christmas Day
Six Inch Average; And Some
Drifts Up To Four Feet
Reported
"I'm dreaming of a white
Christmas'' became a reality in
Madison County and Western
North Carolina on Christmas Day
when an average of six inches cov
ered the ground and drifts up to
four feet reported.
"Hie flakes started descending
ahoibt 10:H0 o'clock in one of the
prettiest snows ever seen. Small,
medium and large flakes floated
pently to the earth which soon
became white. By f. :)U p. m., it was
mx inches deep. Although heavy
Know ceased falling about 8 p. m.,
flurries continued. Flurries con
tinued through Friday and part
of Saturday and Sunday.
Traffic was almost at a stand
still with few vehicles moving, es
pecially on secondary and private
roads. Sonic resuK'nts were ma
rooned but see-med content to
watch television and the beauti
ful outdoors. Football fans had
uldod enjoyment with a week-end
of televised games.
Highway crews wrkel on the
main roads but little could be
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Children's Home Society
Is Still In Need Of Funds
35 Boys And Girls Find New
Homes In Month Of
December
"i hnstnias has com.1 and gone,
I'll the Little Red Stocking of
The '"hildren's Home Society of
North Carolina. Inc.. is ;t'll hang
in':, waiting to be filled", announ
ced Howaid Holdern s. . Society
pi c -ident. today.
"We are deeply grateful to the
many people across the state who
have sent gifts for our Red Stock
ing, and we hope there are other
friends who wish to have a part
this year in the work of the
Society. The extent of our ser
vices to children in 1970 is con
tingent upon our success in bal
ancing this year s budget. Our
goal of $107,700 is needed to meet
1969's operating expenses. Aa of
Chrirtmaa Day, we bad received
$78,664", Holderneas reported.
According to Mr. Hotderrtess,
December has been particularly
Lumber Occupation
Courses To Start
Jan. 5 In Clyde
Congressman Roy A. Taylor has
announced approval and funding
in the amount of $197,14(1.00 for
n-ourses in Lumber Occupations
under the Manpower levejoaanent
Training Act.
This training in Lumber Oc
cupations is being offered t the
Haywood Technical IiMftitulte at
their Clyde, N. C facility. Train
ing will be conducted 40 weeks for
each course.
Training is scheduled to begin
on Monday, January 5, 1370 in the
occupations of Sawyer, Grader and
Kiln Operator, and Saw Filer.
Basic educatim is included in all
couTses.
Applicants should he at lea.st
18 years vf age and have the a
bility to read and write.
Upon completion oS the course,
it is expected that trainees will be
qualified far jobs witii the Lumber
and Furniture industries in West
ern North Carolina.
Allowances under the Manpower
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exciting month in the Society's
nurseiy. Poring this month !i5
little boys and girls, most of them
about six weeks old. were placed
in the eager, waiting arms of their
new mothers and fathers. T h e
creation of a family through a
doption is a very special experience
for all concerned. It brings love
and security to a child who other
wise would not have a permanent
home, and makes a house a home
for the parents who have taken
the child into their hearts.
Finding permanent homes and
less children is the mission to
just the right parents for home-
which The Children's Home Society .
of North Carolina has been dedi
cated since its founding in 1903.
The services of this statewide, non
sectarian agency are made pos
sible solely through voluntary di
rect gifts and through the local
United Funds, which contribute
46 of the Society's annual trad
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HEALTH CLMC
SCHEDULE FOR
COUNTY IN JAN.
Dr. liarbar A. Wood, Madison
County Health Director, Yha? an
nounced the Health Department
Clinic Schedule for the month of
January, 1970. Clinics listed are
held at the Health Department un
less otherwise specified.
Fi i., Jan. 2: (ieneral Immuniza
tion Clinic, 8:30-12 noon; 1:M
4:00 p. m.; Nurse Screening Clin
ic, by apKintment only.
Mcin., Jan. 5, General Immuni
zation Clinic, Hot Springs Town
Hall, 1 :00-3:()0 p. m.
Tues., Jan. 6, Eye Clinic, Jcy ap
pointment only.
Wed., Jan. 7, Pediatric Clinic,
by appointment oMy..
Thurs., Jan. 8, General Immuni
zation Clinic, Man Hill Town Hall,
1:00-4:00 p. m.
Kri., Jan. 9, General Immuniza
tion Clinic, 8;U0-12 noan; x :00
4:00 p. m.
Tuesday, Jan. Hi, Maternity
Clinic-, 12 noon.
Fri., Jan. Hi, General Immuniza
tion Clinic, 8j.'i0-12 11011; 1:00
4:00 p. m.; Chest X-Jlay Clinic,
9:00 a. m.
Fri., Jan. 21, General Immuni
sation Clinic, 8:;S0-L2 noon; 1:00
4:011 p. m.
l ues., Jan. 27, Family Planning
Clinic, by appointment only.
Fri., Jan. 3l, General Immuni
zation Clinic, 8:.'i(l-12 noon; 1:00
4.ini p. m.; Nurse Screening Clin
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LION MEMBERS
TO ENJOY HOT
DOGS, STEAKS
Ct members of the Marshall
I. ions will soon be enjoying nice,
lui y steaks while 14 other mem
bers of the c lub will have to be
content with hot dogs. ,
This special occasion is the re
sult of the recent "contest" in
soliciting donations for the annual
Christmas basket project for the
blind and visually handicapped.
Two teams were cho6en from the
membership and the team re-
sponsible for the most donations
were to eat steaks and the losers
would eat hot dogs.
The location and exact date of
the "payoff meal" has not been
determined but will probably be
decided ait the next meeting of
the club on Monday night, Jan
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TARHEEL
TOP STORIES
OF SIXTIES:
Politics, traged'es, additional
taxation ar,d Negr'u.ui. Tl.se
were the top stories of the 19l0s
in North Carolina.
The dual life of the Republican
chairman, airplane crashes at
Bolivia and Hendersonville, the
Speaker Ban Law . . .
Following is a list of the top
stories selected at the end of each
year by member newspapers and
broadcast stations of the Associ
ated Press. Perhaps it will recall
to you some of the headlines of
the 60s.
19fi0 National Airline plane
crashes mysteriously near Bolivia,
N. C, killing 34 persons aboard
including heavily insured lawyer
JuJian Frank.
19fil Legislature puts tax on
food to expand the education pro
gram boostd by Gov. Terry San
ford. 1952 - - State Republican Chair
man William Cobb reveals he has
lived a dual life, living with his
wife and child in Morganton and
with a common-law wife and two
children in Roanoke, Va.
l!Wi3 General Assembly re
districts the State Seriate for the
first time m 22 years.
lftf4 Dan Moore is elected
governor after two fcard-foughi
I kemocnalic primaries.
1905 The Legislature, meeting
in special session, drastically a
mends the Speaker Han Ijiw pro
hibiting Communists and others
from speaking at state-supported
colleg-es and universities.
1900 --- State Supreme Court
rtdes brown-bagging illegal after
the state appeal a Superior Court
judge's order slopping officers
from making arrests for brown-
bagging.
19C7 -- Kighty-two persons are
killed when a Piedmont Airlines
jetliner collides with a priarte plane
near Hendersonville.
1908 Negro violence apreads
throughout the state in the wake
of the assassination in Memphis,
Tenn , of Dr. Martin Luther King.
19f0 After a grass roote cam
paign by Gov. Bob Scott, the
General Assembly taxes cigarettes.
Taxes on soft drinks and gasoline
are increased.
INTRIGUE
Nations will be able to stack
their arms only when diplomats
ojuit atacking the deck.
HAROLD O'TUEL
PROMOTED BY
BURLINGTON
Harry S. Stern Jr., president of
the Burlington Worsteds and Bur
lington Woolens division of Bur
lington Industries has announced
the promotion of P. Harold O'Tuel
to the newly created post of vice
president for administration of the
two divisions.
Mr. O'Tuel, a native of Golds-
boro, and Morehead Scholar at the
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, has recently served as
executive vice president and di
vision manager of Burlington
Woolens in Cleveland, Tennessee.
Mr. O'Tuel attended public
schools in Goldsboro and gradu.
ated fror CNC-Chapc 1 Hill. He
joined Burlington in I'iOO a.nd hay.
held a number of positions m se
eral Burlington divisions and loca
tions including Burlington Men's
Wear, Burlington Industrial, Bur
lington Ribbon, and Burlington
Woolens. While in Cleveland, he
was active in the Westwood Bap
tist Church, the YMCA, the Brad
ley County Junior Achievement
program, Rotary Club, Connmuini
ty Chest, Cleveland Associated In
dustries and other civic programs.
He is married to the former
Carolyn Ford of Lynchburg, Va.,
and they have two children,
i Burlington Worsteds plants are
located at Halifax, Clarksville,
Drakes Branch, Brookneal, Va.;
and Lexington, Raeford, and Hot
Springs, N. C.
COUNTY SCHOOLS
TO RESUME MON.
Madison County schools will re
sume classes next Monday follow
ing the Christmas Holidays, R. I..
Edwards, superintendent announ
ced this week.
For Ambulance At
Night Dial 649-4613
A new telephone number has
been installed for night calls for
ambulance service here.
Dial f49-4;i.'t from 7 p m. to
7 a. nt.
SCOTT URGES
GOVERNMENT
REMODELING
Gov. Bob Scott called for a
streamlining of state government
Tuesday and announced he will
appoint a Citizens' Conference on
Reorganization to advise on how
it should be done.
In the second part of his three-
day, televised year-end report to
the people, Scott said he will ap
point the citizens' conference ear
ly next year and expects it to re
port by early fall.
The governor also urged citi
zens of the state to approve an
amendment to the State Constitn-
(CantiBMd Ta Last Pag)
1,200 Units For 5-County
Low-Income Families Planned
COURT HERE IS
CANCELLED FOR
JANUARY 14
Next Term District Criminal
Court Will Begin
February 2
('. N. Willis, clerk superior
oiirt, announced this week that
lie January 14 term of criminal
listrict court has been cancelled.
Willis stated that he bad receive!
.iotific-at ion from Chief District
.'i.dge .1. Ray BrasWell of the caii
cllation. The next term of district court
or the trial of criminal oases will
eg in on Monday, February 2, at
':"0 o'clock. All defendants are
requested to be in the courtroom
on tlie above date.
A non-jury term of district
court for civil cases will begin on
Monday, January 9, with Judge
Braswell presiding, Mr. Willis
said.
BK PREPARED
Practice your chosen religion to
day it might save you looking
for a loophole later.
Tree Planting Benefits
County Farmers, Public
WALTER BRAZIL
WINS COLOR TV;
RICE WINS PONY
Walter Brazil, of Alexander,
was the winner of the $649.95
RCA color television set given a
way last Wednesday by the Mar
shall Lions Club in the annual
Christmas Baskets for the Blind
project.
Alfred Rice, of the East Fork
section of Madison County, was
the winner of the pony, also given
away by the Marshall Lions Club.
"We appreciate the wonderful
cooperation and response of the
public during the annual Christ
mas basket project", Lion Presi
dent Jerry Plemmons stated.
GOOD INDICATOR
You may not be able to judge
a man by the company he keeps,
but it's a good indicator.
1970 License Plates Go On
Sale Here This Friday
Marshall Man Cut
In Fight At Cafe
Jesse Ray Owenby, 22, of 192
Last Chestnut St., Asheville, was
charged by Asheville police with
assault with a deadly weapon fol
lowing a scuffle Saturday night in
a cafe on Coxe Avenue, according
.t.. City Police Rgts. C. R. Rhew
and F. W. Hensley.
Police said 31 -year-old Robert
B Rice of Long Branch Road, Mar
shall Rt. 2, suffered a knife wound
during the affray. Rice received
dispensary treatment at Memorial
Mission Hospital for a six-inch
laceration on the upper left arm.
WORRY
Warrjrs Mk running away from
something that tent even after
you. . .
OEO Funds To Be Used;
User May Purchase
House
A five-county area surrounding
and including the city of Asheville
has been designated one of three
rural "development centers" to
share in a program that will build
at least 1,200 units of new hous
ing for North Carolina's low-income
families in the next three
years.
The five counties in the target
area include Buncombe, Haywood,
llendeison, Madison and Transyl
vania. The Low Income Housing De
velopment C-ororalion of North
Carolina which previously had an
nounced its target areas in tin
east and in the Piedmont, this
week announced its selection of
the Appalachian area, following
an intensive, six-month series of
meetings with community leaders
in each of the five counties.
The L1HDC program, which will
use Office of Economic Opportu
nity funds to develop low-cost but
high-quality housing within a 25
mile radius of Asheville in the
west, Greenville in the east and
Lexington in the Piedtmont, was
approved by the Opportunity Cor
poration of Madison-Buncombe
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ACP Will Provide Cost
Sharing On Forestry
Practices
Green acres on Madison County
farms include more than grasses,
legumes and crops such as corn,
tobacco, small grain and tomatoes;
green acres also inorrtde our wood
lands, says Ralph Ramsey, Coun
ty ASCS Office Manager.
Tree planting is a long-term in
vestment for both the farmer and
the public; ultimately the trees
will add to the farmer's income
through timber harvest; however,
they also provide substantial con
servation benefits to the public.
They help reduce erosion and
flooding by stabilizing and im
proving water supplies for cleaner
clearer streams. They provide
wildlife habitat, serve as hunting
arews and offer other outdoor
recreation opportunities. They add
to the beauty of the country'side.
Ramsey explained that under the
Agricultural Conservation Pro
gram (ACP) which is administered
locally by ASCS, the farmer and
the public invest together in wood
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Local License Office Again
Located On Bridge
Street
The application cards necessary
for obtaining 1970 license plates
were placed in the mail 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 paying more
for their 1970 plates than they
have been paying in the past The
registration fees were incruuuxl
about 25 by the 1969 Legisla
ture. This does not apply to North
Carolina's amputee veterans and
tiloe wr veterans having a 100
dwMlity rating by the Veterans
Administration. Thev will r.t
their tegi free!
Tha aw refleotoriaed rad and
wamm pastes WU1 go oa
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