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,VOL. 69 NO. 17
8 PAGES THIS WEEK MARSHALL, N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1970
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Prospects ILooii For isrtl
1 loth Plant Merc
wo
taual
M On
Main KEA Speaker
James A. (Jim) Graham
Business, Address, Music,
Prizes To Be Featured
In Gymnasium
.lamps A. (Jim) Graham, or!li
Carolina Commissioner of A(jri
eulture, will deliver the principal
mlriress at the annual meeting of
the French Broad Electric Meni
hership Corporation to he held
in the Marshall Hitrh S, hool Gym
i a-dum this Sal nlay.
l.'epistration will heirin at 10:00
a. in. and himh will Ix. served ij
t':e Marshall I'lirciil-Teiiehcr As
: ... it.tmn from ten to one oYlork .
UK llMC
mat
the r.
tirr
1 . Kcpoi ts of the Of fin i s aia
drectors.
.' I'.Iectioti of thrre directors .
tie cooperative.
.". A resolution as follows:
' The Hoard of Directors is here
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Hrry Silver
fi
Silver District
Uisc Succeeds
Changes Effective May 1;
Silrer I. Highly
PraUed
Harry Silver, Madison County
extension chairman, has been
named district supervisor of the
Extension Serrice - TVA program
in die Western District Earle
Wise, a member of the Madison
extension staff, will succeed Sil
ver. These announcements were
made by Dr. George Hyatt, Jr.,
director of extension at North
Carolina State University, and
the Madison County Board of
Commissioners.
1e changes are effective May 1.
Silver assumes the duties re
linquished by Denver Robinson
'k, , y w '
District Supervisor Succeeds Silver
If! r mii
I w -'II 11 : 'SM 'S5. fZi I
.C'i-f"- . AN
-1MJI MXU
Reefing To Be
Dsland Saturday
Little I'ine KH Club
I'iclui'ed jibove are members
niiikers Club who won first place
le ld hero hist Thursday night.
AWARDS NIGHT
WELL ATTENDED
HERE THURSDAY
Mrs. Torre! Speaks; Many
Awards, Trophies Are
Pret r ntc d
their :. in. nal Avaid ",d'a:
'I :. 1 i-:. iv of tic Lvt.-n- he.
Horn. 'miller Cub w : cm, 'piled 1,
each .b.b and pM-. i.t. d by Mi.
(('out inuod to Last Paget
Supervisor;
Silver Here
earlier this year when he became
chairman of the Western Exten
sion District.
Director Hyatt and Board Chair
man Carl W. Cody praised Silver
for outstanding leadership of the
extension program in Madison
County. They pointed to the in
crease in farm income from $4.5
million to $9 million as evidence
of the effective educational pro
gram Silver has directed as coun
ty chairman.
Included in this program, Hyatt
and Cody eaid, was Silver's work
with farm and business leaders in
developing new sources of income
and improvements in older ones.
Silver baa been chairman in
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Earle Wise
First Place Winner
of the Little Pino Extension Home
award at the Awards Night l'rojjran
snows i:iiiiins
't.
mi:s. l i;i inA i n;i:i I i .
j , n)i,(iI . ,i.
jx ,,,,,, .,, ,(,.
in;t Tlmrflay night
CLINICS AHE
SCHEDULED BY
F. B. BAPTISTS
The b'l'cnch Hroad Missionary
Baptist Association will be offer
ing three follow-up clinics. These
clinics will be to study the new
Rible Fchool material and mabe
plans for Rible Schools through
out the association. The clinic
will consist of studying the new
Sunday School and other organi
zational literature for th1 new
church year ahead, trading, new
literature conference will bo led
by Rev. Luther Osment frrmi the
State Convention office in Ka
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Consolidation
Endorsement By
Walnut PTA Tues.
The Walnut Parent-Teacher As
sociation went on record as unan
imously endorsing th consolida
tion of Madison Ceunty higrh
schools at its meeting Tuesday
night, Mrs. Barbara Ray, secre
tary, announced.
MHS Seniors Are
In Washington
And New York'
35 Marshall High School seni
ors are making the annual trip to
Washington and New York this
week. The group left the Island
last Sunday night in a chartered,
air-conditioned Motorcoach bus.
The chaperones making the trip
are Miss Irma MiTJer, Mrs. George
B. Shape and Jacjc C Cole.
The group will return about
10 KW a. m., Saturday.
6'"LA ll '
CANCER DRIVE
IN PROGRESS
IN THIS COUNTY
Scholarship Is Given;
Examinations At
Sylva
Free
The cancer drive in this county
is still in progress and contribu
tions are being accepted in hopes
that the final totals will he a cred
it to our county. Mrs. Rctha Ward,
county chairman of the Cancer
campaign, stated this week that,
.as in the past, a scholarship is
being given to some worthy girl
who wishes to enter nurse's train
ing. Your contributions will also
help this person ill her profession
al ambitions, Mrs. Ward stated.
She also said that Madison
County citizens should be remind
ed that through past cancel' con
t ribul ion ; from this county that
an elimination has been fund '
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Questions And Answers
On School Consolidation
Since the printing of the h'.o t
Sheet on consolidation of Madi
son County High Schools in last
week's issue, additional question
have been asked. This ncwspapei
contacted .Superintendent K. I
Kdwards who has furnish. d to
following answers:
Q What would be the - os'
the ': op, , ' v f.,i this Si In ! V
A 'i I i nv, : of ' -J
II I ' 1 "" of tin Sf'Oe I I.
pai in,. : 1 of I'll1'1 ' ii. 'i
rccon:!), "d-d t 1 i- I'm:. ' ' "
I hi-
onili.it :. e I. . !..r... nded I t
Madi am I .. r,ty lloaid of lld'a
tin t" ' er. i-e ;.!t opt :
M UtSU ALL MAYOU, Al.DLUMl.N OKDLK MOW FIItK Tlil Ch
"M
f - mi iiariMSTm - -I
Shown signing the lease contract Saturday morning at the MiiT
shall City Hall for a new 750 gallon per minute American LaFrance
(pumping engine on a CMC chassis
beside Mayor Ponder is Boyce Ford, American LaFrance representative,
of Asheville. Co signers of the contract were the Marshall aldermen,
left to right, Roy Wild, Fleet Nix
scheduled for delivery by January.
Marshall Officials Order
Urgently Needed Fire Truck
To Be Delivered In January;
Truck Valued At
$22,000.00
Marshall officials signed a
lease contract Saturday morning
at the Marshall City Hall for a
new 750 gallon per minute Ameri
can LaFrance fire truck. Signing
the contract were Mayor Lorado
Ponder and aldermen Roy Wild,
Fleet Nix, and George Penland.
Hie modern, well-equipped track,
valued at approximately 122,000,
is scheduled for delivery from
Elmira, New York, next January.
Boyce Ford, American LaFrance
representative, of Asheville, ne
gotiated the transaction.
For years the present municipal
TRANSLATOR
FORWLOS-TVON
RICH MOUNTAIN
Hot Springs TV Club Buys
Generator; Needs
Donations
WI.OS-TV and the Hot Springs
Television Club have installed a
translator tower on Kich Moun
tain in order for the residents in
the Hot Springs area to receive
WI.OS-TV. Channel V', through
Channel S.
II, e II..I Spngs television
( lul, arieod to l.ny the generator
that ''applies the power to oper
ate the tower, which '.:-! the
cl.il. S'Ton.
T'he Club wo .dd appreciate do
trill- Horn tho-e people in the
',..1... L.ei'.e WI.'lS TV
Cbal I. 1 v to In 1" hi" I thi '"
p. '.' i a from '.he Hl.Ntii,
, .! i . M dollar ., h an !
(('..( ir'ieil To Last Pare)
from In to an acres of I S. MILK ;
pi .. pert v. The Madi -on Hoard j
ci i ied out their i eeom me ndat ions j
and took option on the Hrignian ! The Marshall Volunteer Fire
property for I o a, n ami thenun will meet this Friday night.
Woiiey' city for 7 to 1 (I j beginning at 7ato.
"'. 'pending on the wishes of j A )(,w anj o)l) ,). a.e
hool patrons, urn pn.e ,,e,
from ?l,r,nu to SI. duo.
'elt that . n
ier local ion aid i
of School Plai
a;it the existin
mi'L
vai.
his
,d to La.t l'age)
is Mayor Lorado Ponder. Seated
and George Penland. The truck is
9fi 3fc 3fi
fire truck, a 1945 American La
France on a Chevrolet chassis,
hss been considered obsolete and
one reason why the town's fire
insia-ance rating has been so high
thus causing the fire insurance
rates to be vastly increased.
The town has for the past seve
ral years depended largely on the
rural fire trucks to answer fire
alarms but the urgent and neces
sary need for a new municipal
track has long been considered a
"must".
By acquiring the new track on
a lease basis, the officials are
hopeful that the tax increase will
be negligible. It is believed that
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Would Be Located On
Marshall By-Pass
Consolidation
Endorsements
Organizations which huve gone
on record as endorsing the consol
idation of high Schools in Madi
r,Hmty iM(.U(!t,.
Marshall Chamber of Commerce
Marshall Lions Club
Mar hall Parent -Teacher Asso
it ion
Mars Hill Cuitan Club
M.'irs Ihll Lions Club
Hot Springs PTSA
W;:1' d I'iil. t Te:e b. r A ... i
1'a
if th. i.
i,., I, I::
III-.! 1 "I.
be li-tcd m la M
if th
Firemen To Meet
On Friday Night
(m Mpvl
0oat
To Serve Large Consumers;
I Only Such Plant
WNC
i '. n I i action of a modern liquid
I feit di. a r facility at Zenina Farms,
! Koiite J. Mar. h.all is now com
pleted. Znm l'onder, owner an
nounces. The plant features the Scientific
Liquid Formulation process de
veloped by Allied Chemical Corpo
ration. 'The new high analysis
"fluid' or "suspension" type ferti
lizers also will be produced, Mr.
l'onder says.
Plant units, manufactured by
Zenina Farms, are designed for
rapid, accurate, and labor-saving
formulation of a wide range of
grades and Analyses. The liquid
All-Out Campaign To Fight
German Measles April 29-30
SET CLOCKS IP
ONE HOUR THIS
SATURDAY NIGHT
Don't forget to set UD vour
clocks and watches one hour when
you go to bed this Saturday night
It's time to change from Eastern
Standard to Davlis-ht Savin
Time. If you go to bed at 10 p.
im. just set vour clock fomnl n
11 p. m. and you're all fixed. If
you forget to do this you might
arrive at church Sunday morning
when the congregation is leaving.
Republican Women
To Meet With Mr.
W. B. Zink Monday
The Madison County Republi
can Women's dob win meet at
the home of lira. W. B. Zink is
Mars Hill next Monday night at
7:30 o'clock.
AH members of the club are
urged to attend.
Knitronic Knitting Mills,
Inc., Would Initially
Employ 60
The approval of a loan of $,'304,-4'J-l
from the Small liiiainess Ad
ministration to assist in acquiring
a new industry for Madison Coun
ty has been announced by lb M.
Kohinson, president of the Mar
shall T o w n s h i ji 1 U velopmciit,
Hoard, Inc.
Mr. Itobin on stated that C 11.
Masliburn, Marshall attorney, ic
ceied a letter fro.., Sen.it. .r P..
Kver.tt .birdiin that the loan had
been approved. '1 he aniwiii, ce
ment of t lie loan v. . a! -o !: iob'
by I '' Mf 1 1 -small L" A. Ta: 'or.
'J lie new ind'.e I: ;, i ' Kni' '
Kiii-ti-,: M : i . . '..he ' '
T
1 1 1 1 i 1 1 ' i 1 1 a , 1
l;no'.'.u a
ed that ;;
pl.t.d. '.v,
Id
nient when demand warranted.
The building, to be located on
the industrial site adjacent to the
Marshall by .ass. v, :!1 have b'l.
flim .-quai-e feet and will be of
brii k construction furnished with
a sprinkler system, air condemn
ing and probably electric heating.
It is estimated that the building
complete w'ill cost in excess of
,s 10,(100 a square foot.
Hobim-on stated that the SUA
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s-y-tehi, Mr. Lend, r says, pi, .vide
means for incorpot ating e-s.nt.a!
in i i.ei a 1 nili i oiiut i a nt .- m : eiaui'ed
amounts, ti. a mal ing po-,ildo
ecoi.,,!i,i,al fnm,iatin of "pre
script!..!." I' Ttili.el s to meet
specif ic i rop and soil needs.
Key production material used in
formulating K "I'oly-X," a 10-30-0-aniinonii.m-jiolyiihosphate
solution
manuf.'ictni'ed by Allied Chemical
Corporation at its vast production
complex at Ceisniar, Louisana.
This is used in combination with
"Arcadian Golden Uran," Allied's
non-pressure solution containing
nitrogen in combined ammonium,
nitrate, and urea forms. Both ma
terials are widely used for direct
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Immunization Teams To Be
At County Schools
For Two Days
Dr. W. O. Duck, president of
the Madison Oaunty Medical So
ciety, and Dr. Barbara A. Wood,
Madison County Health Director,
announced this week plans are
being finalised for the campaign
to "Rub out RabeHa" (German
measles) in Madison County.
The following schedule for ad
ministration of the tormucixation
has been set up:
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9:
Marshall School 8:30 a. m.
to 11:30 a. m.
Mars HJQ School 8:30 a. m.
to 11:30 a. m.
Wahot School 1:00 n. n.
to 8:00 p. m.
Beech Glen School 1.-00 . m.
to 3:00 p. to.
THURSDAY, APRIL SO:
Lartrel School 3:30 a. tn. to
11:80 a. a.
Hot Sjrrbrgs School 8:30 a.
m. to 11:80 a. m.
Ebbs Chapel School 1:00 p.:
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