10c PER COPY Solid Waste Disposal Plan Heard Here The Committee on Solid Waste Disposal Programs organized last month met on March 17 to hear reports of sub-committee chairmen and to continue outlining work of the members. Lawrence Burwell, interim chairman of the Committee on Solid Waste Disposal and director of the Madison County Health Department, presided. A Solid Waste Disposal Plan will be presented to the Madison County Board of Commissioners in company with officials of the towns in Madison County at an early date. A slide series with narration is being prepared to use throughout the county in publicizing need and action for disposing of waste under approved methods. Mr. Burwell reported on the Conference on Solid Waste Disposal held in Washington, D. C. in March. Many types of programs have been developed, but problems of implementing them are of national concern. Each community will have the responsibility of initiating the plan most accommodating to local needs. The Madison County Committee will not meet again until a plan of action approved by the County Commissioners can be presented. Craft Store To Open In M.H. Sa fur day The crafts store, known as Country Boutique, will open this Saturday in Mars Hill at 10 a.m. This store, filled with numerous mountain crafts, is located on the Sun Porch at Spillman Dormitory and is a project of Madison Country New Forester Now On Duty In Hot Springs Thomas L. Bailey, a professional forester for the U. S. Forest Service, reported to duty in Hot Springs February 21, according to James Lunsford, District Ranger. Mr. Bailey replaced Charles Ray Jackson as assistant Ranger on the French Broad Ranger District. Mr. Jackson was promoted and transferred to Brevard, as Timber Staff assistant on the Pisgah Ranger District Mr. Bailey is a 1961 graduate of the University of Georgia with a B.S. Degree in forestry. Previously Mr. Bailey worked ltt years for th Forest Service in New ' Bern. He has worked for Roseburg Lumber Company MattSOn County Library Marshall, N.C, 28753 oKEL l 1 PICTURED ABOVE are the two doublt knit machines now in operation at the Quorum Knitting Company, Inc., in Marshall. Each machine costs ap proximately $35,000. Standing beside the machines are Fred Gunter, left, and John Merrill, right, who serve as "fixers". Marshall Land Judging Team Places First Mnvena i Hinn xrnnni Future Farmers of America Land Judging team won first place and $25 in the Blue Ridge Federation contest held last week at Spring Creek High School. In second place was Erwin High School, with A. C. Reynolds High placing third. Other schools competing were North Buncombe, Spring Creek and Owen. The local contest was sponsored by the Buncombe and Madison Crafts under the auspices of the Opportunity Corporation. Miss Diane Brown, is the coordinator. The store will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily and the public is invited to visit the store. in Roseburg, Ore., The American Thread Company in Sevier, and also as manager of the 5,000 acre Family Forest in Bakersville. Mr. and Mrs. Bailey will live in Hot Springs with their two children, Kevin 7 and Gena 2. THOMAS L. BAILEY MARSHALL. N. C. THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1971 k SHOWN ABOVE is Marshall's FFA Land Judging team which won first place in the Blue Ridge Federation Contest last week. Left to right are Kenneth Roberts, Sanford Graham, James Kent and Joe West. County Conservation Service. Members of the winning team were James Kent, Sanford Graham, Joe West and Kenneth Roberts. They are coached by Jack C. Cole. Kenneth Reeves of Erwin High had the highest in dividual score in the meet followed by James Kent, Marshall, second; Sanford Graham, Marshall, third; and Joe West, Marshall, fourth. The Marshall team will represent the Blue Ridge Federation at the 17th annual state land judging meet to be held at Southern Nash High School in Bailey, on April 3. First prize is $750, given by the sponsors who are the N. C. 3 ankers Association and the Carolina Power and Light Company in cooperation with the N. C. Department of Public Instruction, Agricultural Extension Service, Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts, an the Soil Con servation Service of the United States Department of Agriculture. i HI' ) -I'M ? l e -1 1 Fi A.- . ? I n i-MJitffe&l Sag I . i mM, g fmt'"?L''-"- SHOWN ABOVE are the ladies who attended the meeting here Monday night when plans were made to establish aa Epsiloa Sigma Alpha Internat ional Sorority Chapter here. (Story on Page I) VOLUMK 70 NUMBER 66 Quorum Plant Now In Operation Here Marshall's latest industry, the Quorum Knitting Com pany, Inc., producers of double knit fabrics, has started production with its present two modern machines. The new industry is located in the Frank Coxe Building which was formerly occupied by Mills Manufac turing Company. At present there are six men and two women employed but as ad ditional machinery arrives more employees will be used. The two smoothly-running machines which produce the fabric are in operation 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The machines are manufactured in Spain and cost approximately $35,000 each. "We anticipate having 25 machines by the end of this year", Arthur Klaff, general manager of the plant, stated. Uhlig Gunther, an expert with the modernized process, is plant manager; Herbert Devos is the controller and Mrs. Helen Hunter is secretary. Lincoln Day Dinner Saturday U. S. Rep. Fletcher Thompson of Atlanta will be the principal speaker at the 11th Congressional District Republican Lincoln Day Dinner on March 27, John Veach, chairman of the Speaker Committee, has announced. The dinner, sponsored by the Buncombe County Republicans Club, will be held at the Greek Community Center, Asheville, starting at 7 p.m. "We are delighted to be in Marshall and are loking forward to continued growth as new machines arrive", Mr. Klaff said Talent Show To Be Held Here Friday The Marshall Parent Teacher Association will present a talent show and program at Marshall High School this coming Friday night at 7:30 p.m. High school students and elementary students will be doing their acts and individual per formances. Three cash prizes will be given for the best act in grades 1-3, 4-6, and 7-12. School participation is going to be real good and there will be an added attraction with a real good band from Asheville, "Doug and the Rounders", completing the program. Admission is $1.00 for adults and 50 cents for students. Refreshments will be served and all proceeds will go to the Marshall PTA for playground equipment. This will be a real treat for everyone so mark this coming Friday night, on your calendar and make plans now to enjoy an evening of en tertainment by our students. Singing The regular 4th Saturday night singing will be at the Hot Springs Free Will Baptist Church this Saturday at 7 o'clock. All singers and the public are invited.

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