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Marshall, N. C. Jan. 11, 1973
Number 52
Feed
Is
Sign-up for the 1973 feed
grain and wheat programs
begins February 5 at the ASCS
county offices and continues
through March 16.
In making this an
nouncemnt, Ralph Ramsey,
County ASCS Director, gave
the following explanation. The
1973 feed grain program in
cludes barley, corn, and grain
sorghum, and producers may
elect to participate under one
of two options. Option A
requires an acreage set-aside
equivalent to 30 percent of a
farm's feed grain base.
Payment will be on an
acreage equal to one-half of
each feed grain base
established for the farm. Per
acre payment rates will be
equal to the farm program
Tayl
or
iculture Aid Cuts
WASHINGTON, D. C.-U. S.
Rep. Roy A. Taylor of Black
Mountain said Friday that the
Nixon Administration's recent
cuts of federal aid to
agriculture "is shortsighted
and will encourage the rush to
cities, thereby increasing both
rural and urban problems."
Taylor said, "Everyone
would like to see a balanced
budget, but cutting funds
which could affect the
country's food producting
program is extremely short
sighted , as is cutting back
aid to rural areas without
similar cuts in urban areas
where the big spending really
exists."
Cancellation of the Rural
Environmental Assistance
Program was ordered
recently by the Office of
Management and Budget as
part of Nixon's attempt to
keep his budget within a $250
billion limit
Also ordered were a can
cellation of a water bank aid
program, a phaseout of
emergency farm loans, cut
backs on grain storage facility
lending and an increase of
interest rates on Rural
Electrification A d -mimstration
loans to
eliminate about $825 million
from the budget
The REAP funds, which
Taylor said have been used
widely in the 17-county 11th
Congressional District,
provided matching funds for
drainage systems,
reforestation and cover crop
planting, and other small
farm conservation projects
In addition to the above
cuts, Taylor siad. "I fear
federal assistance to rural
communities, through the
Farmers Home Ad
ministration, for water and
waste disposal systems may
also soon be discontinued by
the Office of Management and
Plemmons
To Lowe's
Lowe's Companies, Inc , a
building materials and ap
pliance retailer with 90 stores
operating throughout the
Southeast, has named four
new Vice-Presidents.
The four are Robert E.
Black, Jr.; J. Ross Burgess,
Jr.; Dwight E. Pardue, and
Albert E. Plemmons Black is
now Vice-President, Pur
chasing, while the other three
men are now Regional Vice
Presidents. The four men
average over IS years ex
perience with the firm.
Ia announcing the ap
pointments, Lowe's Executive
Committee of the Board of
, Directors stated, "These
gentlemen have achieved an
outstanding record of,
dedicated service to the
company, and have con--
- tributed immeasurably to its -growth,
progress, and swe
ets. . Their outstanding
business careers bi Lowe's are .
4,ty recogTHed by their new
peiili-.
Grain Program
Explained
yield times 35 cents for corn,
33 cents for grain sorghum,
and 28 cents for barley. A
supplemental payment is
possible if a five-month
national average price plus
the payment is less than 70
percent of parity. Feed grain
acreage on farms signed up in
Option A will be limited only
by set-aside and conserving
base requirement.
Option B requires an
acreage set-aside equivalent
to 15 percent of a farm's feed
grain base. Farmers electing
to participate under this plan
agree to limit their 1973 total
feed grain acreage to the total
acreate certified as planted
for harvest in 1972 and also
agree to forgo supplemental
payments. Payment will be on
Critizes
Budget."
Taylor siad, "Congress last
year passed the Rural
Development Act to bring new
hope and purpose to rural
sections of our nation and
reverse the rush to cities. The
President's action in cutting
funds for the rural programs
is a step in the opposite
direction."
He said using federal funds
to encourage a strong rural
economy by helping those who
are presently on farms to
remain, and others to go into
farming is "in the national
interest."
Taylor said, "Presently we
are the best fed country in the
world with only two per cn! of
the people producing food and
fiber for the rest of the
population. But with an in
creasing number of farmers
moving to urban areas, how
long will this continue''"
Taylor Resigns
Harold Taylor has resigned
as head football coach at Mars
Hill College and the Lions are
now formulating plans for his
replacement.
President Fred Bently of
Mars Hill said Monday that
the school will hold a board
meeting Thursday to review
the situation and a further
announcement is expected
Friday on Taylor's
replacement.
Taylor, who had been at
Mars Hill for three seasons,
will assume head football
coaching duties at Harriman
iTenn.) Consolidated High.
His record at Mars Hill last
fall was 3-6
Bentley said there had been
no word concerning the status
of assistant coach Billy
Mitchell and that he hoped
Mitchell planned to remain
with the Lions
Is Promoted
V-P
Plemmons began his Lowe's
Career in Lowe's Asheville
store. He was the Assistant
Manager in Durham and
Charlotte before being
promoted to Manager of
Lowe's Huntington, W. Va.
store. He also managed
Lowe's Durham store for six
years before being named a
Regional Manager in 1970.
Plemmons is a native of the
Spring Creek Community in
this county. He and his wife
Betty have a son and a
daughter. He is a graduate of
Blanton Business College. He
is a member of the North
WilXesboro Baptist Church.
When asked to comment on
t his new title, Plemmons said,
"My career with Lowe's has
been an exciting one. At the
time I joined Lowe's, we had
four stores. Now we have SO,
and we should top the 100
mark in our current fiscal
year. Lowe's is truly-a. com
pany - with opportunities
unlimited. - ,.
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an acreage equal to one-half of
each feed grain base
established for the farm. The
per acre paymentrates will be
equal to the farm program
yield times 24 cents for corn,
23 cents for grain sorghum,
and 20 cents for barley.
Under either option, sub
stitution of wheat in excess of
the allotment and soybeans
planted for harvest as beans
will be considered as feed
grain for purposes of
preserving feed grains base
history for the farm.
Commodity loans will be
available to all participants in
the feed grain program on the
farm's entire production.
National average loan rates
will be $1 08per bushel for corn
(No. 2 basis); and $1.79 per
hundredweight (1.00 per
bushel) for grain sorghums,
and 86 cents per bushel for
barley.
Those interested in ob
taining more details should
check with the County ASCS
Office, Ramsey said.
Ramsey said that the far
mers will be given notice of
their 1973 feed grain bases and
farm yields within the next
week. Base acres and per acre
yields will be the same as for
1972 for most farms.
Western Auto
Officially
Opens Here
BILL HODGE
Marshall's newest firm, Bill
Hodge's Western Auto Store,
located in the former Chan
dler Hardware Building on
Main Street here, will of
ficially open today (Thur
sday) at 9 a. m., with ribbon
cutting and a brief ceremony.
Bill Hodge, owner, a native
of Rutherfordton, his wife and
three children, have recently
moved into the F. A Dodson
house on Skyway Drive
The store has been
repainted and modern lighting
fixtures make Marshall's
newest store most attractive
In addition to the opening
ceremony, a reclining chair
and a Western Flyer Bike will
be given away along with
other free gifts for Mom and
Dad Children will also
receive free balloons, Mr
Hodge stated
"I look forward to serving
the people of this area with
hundreds of items and cor
dially invite everyone to visit
the store and look over our
vast merchandise," Hodge
said.
M.M. Critical Care Recruitment
"The Training and
Education Department of
Memorial Mission Hospital of
Western North Carolina is
concerned with the education
and training of Critical Care
Nurses in Acute Cardiac Care
and Intensive Care nursing.
To accomplish this lofty goal,
the Training and Education
Department of Memorial
Mission Hospital will conduct
a two day recruitment
program to interest those
nurses and student nurses who
eventually win be selected to
participate in the full, and
complete critical care nursing
course, so that the new
William B. Fuller ton Wing of
Memorial Mission- Hospital
(second to none in the
Southeastern States; will
continue to have critical care
nurses with a highest level of
sophisticated training com-'
mensurate with the . most
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CHAMPIONS! Pictured above are the members of the Marshall High School
team which recently won the INS competition at UNC-A against eleven other
schools in Western North Carolina. First row left to right: Sheila Wallin
Marilyn Wyatt, Debra Roberts, Patricia Fisher, Jean Chandley, and Rhonda
Sprinkle. Second Row: Sharon Henderson. Marlon Rice, and Teddy Deal.
Third Row: Susan Frisby, Larry Davis, and Ben Ledford. Not pictured are
Ralph Ponder, James Briggs. and Leslie Masburn. Items of interest pictured
are the champion's trophy and a handmade flag of the nation Marshall
represented. The flag was made by the team itself.
Hot Springs Methodists
To Hold Meeting Jan. 21
United Methodist Women of
Hot Springs United Methodist
Church of Hot Springs will
hold one of their most im
portant annual observances
The Call to Prayer and Self
Denial. More than 1.5 million
women in 34,000 local units in
all 50 states will join in the
observance.
The Call, inspired by special
mission needs and by the
Opportunities to be made
pWiible, focujcs or. f,aye., a
deepened spiritual lite, and a
guided mission study. Major
events of the observance in
clude the Quiet Day and an
interpretation of the mission
projects in the United States
and abroad for which a special
offering will be made. Each
woman who takes part is
asked to give for others by
denying herself, and to
cultivate through prayer a
spiritual oneness with plan
ners, mission workers, and
those served in church-re la led
ministr ies.
The Call to Prayer and Self
Denial for women of the Hot
Springs United Methodist
church will be held at 2 o'clock
on Sunday, Jan 21, at the Hot
Springs United Methodist
Church.
The Women's Division of the
United Methodist Board of
Global Ministries sponsors the
Call to Prayer and Self-Denial
and has designated two
aspects of the large United
Methodist mission program to
benefit from this year's
special offering :
1. In the United States the
offering will be used to repair
and improve mission
properties and to renew
programs of Christian
mission. Through these in
strumentalities the renewal of
lives in the name of Christ is
sought as well as a
strengthened Christian
presence in cooperative
community efforts Mission
facilities are in constant use
sophisticated equipment
housed in the William B
Fullerton Critical Care
Nursing Wing."
Courthouse
Schedule
Effective this Saturday, the
Register of Deeds office and
the Auditor's Office in the
courthouse will be closed each
Saturday until further notice,
it was announced this week.
The clerk of superior court
office is also dosed each
Saturday.
The Tax Collector's office
will remain open on Saturday
until noon throughout January
but win be closed thereafter
every Saturday until further
notice,' James Ledford,
chairman of board of county
commissioners, announced.
and demands for help increase
daily. It is the belief of the
Women's Division that
mission programs, to be ef
fective, must be sensitive to
the varying conditions and
needs of their surrounding
communities md staffs must
be ready to wen k in new or old
directions and combinations
2. Overs1. ,s the special
offerjp will be used for
jLAdersjyr, 4 raining foi
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women aroirid the world tf
follow earlier Christians in
carrying on Die responsibility
of training other women for
leadership roles in famih,
church, community, and civic
life. A woman receiving such
training has often passed it on
to her whole community
Missionaries and nationals
from around the world have
provided information for trie
Shields Joins
Dean Shields, general
manager of WMMH, an
nounced appointment of Gary
I. Moore, as news director of
the radio station Gary is the
son of Mr and Mrs Frank
Moore of Marshall He is a
graduate of Marshall High
School in the class of 1971 and
a student of UNC-Asheville
The 20 year old Moore resides
on Skyway Drive, Marshall
Shields also announced
certain basic changes in the
WMMH format. Among the
changes was moving the news
cast to 25 to 55 minutes after
the hour, with the exception of
the two major news sum
manes at 7 a m and the noon
Sen. Taylor
To Address
Sierra Club
Senator Charles H Taylor,
minority leader of the North
Carolina State Senate, will be
the principal speaker at the
annual dinner meeting of the
Western North Carolina group
of the national Sierra Club,
Saturday, Jan. 13th, in the
Biltmore Forest Town Hall 4
miles south of Asheville. He
will discuss forthcoming
environmental legislation in
North Carolina and has
consented to a question-and-answer
session after his talk.
Dinner will start at S:30 p.m.,
followed by the program at
7:45. The public is invited.
Anyone ; Interested In con
servation is particularly ,
asked to attend. Reservations '
are necessary for the dinner,
bat not for the program.
Reservations may be made by, -contacting
Warren Smith, IS ?
' Oak Leaf Lane, Arden, phone.
Call to Prayer and Self-Denial
observance The Quiet Day,
"Our Life Together: A
Hlgrimage," was written by
Miss Peggy Halsey, formerly
a US-2 shorUterm missionary
to retarded children in the
United States who is now
Secretary for Financial
Promotion for United
Methodist Woman.
United Methodist Women Is.
former denominational
women's groups the
Women's Soc iety of Christian
Service and the Wesleyan
Service Cuild, and is related
to the Women's Division of the
United Methodist Board of
Global Ministries. I.ast year
the (ill the Call to Prayer and
Self-Denial offerings of United
Methodist Women totaled
$651,312
Station WMM1I
hour Also announced were
two major contests; one
primarily for business men
the other, starting in
February, for listeners
Shields stated the contest
would provide potential prizes
in excess of $1,000
Republicans
Attend Ball
Among the local Rep
bulicans who attended the
Victory Celebration" and
inauguration of Governor Jim
Holshouser in Raleigh last
Friday included the following :
Reuben Lisenbee, Frank
Massey, Roger Swann, the
Rev and Mrs. Jim Long, Mr.
and Mrs Wm. Chapman, Mr.
and Mrs Lee Roy Briggs, Mr.
and Mrs Eddie English, Jr.,
Dr Larry N Stern, Mrs. H.
B Ditmore, Mrs. Roland
Ramsey, Mr and Mrs Frank
Morgan, Jr , Mrs C. R. Ed
ney, Mr. and Mrs. Greenwood
Edney (Asheville), Dr. H. E.
Bolinger ( Asheville),
Richard Freeman, Mr. and
Mrs. C. N Willis. Mallie
Brown and son. Gale; Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Crocco, Dr. and
Mrs. W. Ernest Powell, J
Dedrick Brown, Mayor and
Mrs. William T. Powell, Mrs.
Loy P. Roberts, Alan Briggs,
Mrs. Frances C. Ramsey, Mr.
and Mrs. Clyde M. Roberts,
Walter R, Barren, Judge and
Mrs. Bruce Briggs, C. William
Briggs, Mr. and Mrs. Perry
Willis, Jim Craine, Fred
McDevitt, Jack Guthrie and
Joe L Morgan. Mr. Morgan,
county chairman of the GOP
Executive Committee, was
presented a black and gold ash
tray from State ' COP
Chairman Frank A. Roue. Oa
tw tray were Inscribed a
Norn Carolina map with aa
elephant with the following
fettering: N. C-COP.
Marshall High School
Declared Champions
In INS Competition
Recently thirty Marshall
High School seniors were
involved in a project known as
INS-UNC-A. INS, which
stands for Inter-Nation
Simulation, was conducted in
a Marshall High senior class
under the supervision of four
UNC-A students and two
Marshall faculty members,
Miss Carol Whitt and James
E. Boone. The four
UNC-A students were
Chairman-Ricky McDevitt,
Wayne McDevitt Jack Brown,
and Danny Stewart
During a two week period,
the class simulated a real
world situation. The class was
divided into six groups of five
students. Kach group
represented an individual
nation The six nations were
Algo, Bingo, Dorb, F.rga,
Yora, and Zena. The five
members of each nation were
given individual offices
These were Head of State,
Foreign Affairs Diplomat,
Foreign Policy Advisor, Of
ficial Domestic Advisor, and
Domestic Opposition leader.
Kach nation was given in
dividual characteristic such
as population, budget, armed
forces, and other various
characteristics that red
nations of the world have
today. Kach day the
simulation was conducted for
one hour which represented
one year. During the
simulation each nation con
ducted its affairs, both in
ternally and foreign, the way
its officers saw fit. Trade
bargaining, alliances, war, or
any activity a real nation does
could be enacted. During the
simulation many concepts of
' international affairs and in
ternal governmental com
plexities came out and were
understood far better by the
students. The simulation
involved a Sea of Salt which
the nations were disputing its
ownership. Possession of the
Sea of Salt would greatly
increase a nation's resources,
power, and basic capabilities
The dispute eventually ended
in a war between the nations
By the end of the simulation,
the Sea of Salt situation was
stall not resolved and its
possession did not belong to
any nation
After the simulation at
Marshall, a team of fifteen
students was chosen from the
class to represent Marshall
High School in competition at
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THE SMOLDERING REMAINS of the beautiful Fred O. TUsoa Heme arc
how above. The two-etory boose, over 10 years old. was destroyed by fire
late Friday night despite efforts of firemen and volunteers to extinguish the
names. No one was injured and the sU pet dogs and a cat were rescued
unharmed. The home was located oa Highway 213 between Marshall and Mars
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A home that was considered
part of Madison County's
historical heritage was
destroyed by fire, along, with ;
many antiques, late . last
Friday night .
The beautiful two-story
. bouse, known as he "old Doc
; TOaon Home located beside
w Marsha U-M art Hill high.
way Fas more Own 100 year
"eld.- - . . '-
The fire broke Out about 11
am. Firemen beliere the
flames spread to the home
UNC-A with eleven other high
schools in Western North
Carolina. The schools were
divided into two groups of six
which competeted on two
consecutive Saturdays.
Judging was based on level of
preparation, understanding of
concepts, ability to conduct
nation's affairs, both in
ternally and on a foreign
basis, and on overall per
formance. On Saturday, December !),
the Marshall High School
team journeyed to UNC-A to
compete with Asheville High,
Pisgah High, Asheville
Country Day, Fast Hen
derson, and Christ School. The
Vietman conflict was the
subject of the simulation
Marshall was North Vietnam,
Ptsgah was Russia, Asheville
Country Day was China,
(lirist School was France,
Kast Henderson was South
Vietnam, and Asheville High
was the United States. The
issue was simulated for five
hours or five years in the real
world. One of the highlights of
the simulation was a war
between Russia(Pisgahi,
China (Asheville Country
Day) and North Vietnam
(Marshall).
After the competition, all
the schools went home and
eagerly awaited the next
Saturday on which a banquet
was held at 7:00 p.m. At this
banquet, the winners were
announced and awards given.
Marshall High School was
declared the winner of the
first Saturday's competition.
She was awarded a huge
trophy for its first place finish
First runners-up were Christ
School and Pisgah. Seuonu
runners-up were Asheville
High, Asheville Country Day,
and East Henderson. Owen
High School was declared the
second Saturday's winner. T.
C. Roberson and Reynolds
were first runners-up. Erwin,
Enka, and North Buncombe
were second runners-up. Each
of the twelve schools were
given a full scholarship to
UNC-A for one of its students.
The members of the
champion Marshall team
were Heads of State- Patricia
Fisher, and Ralph Ponder,
Foreign Affairs Diploma ts
Harlon Rice and James
Briggs, Official Domestic
Advisors-Islie Masburn and
Debra Roberts, Foreign
Policy Advisors-Susan Frisby,
from an adjoining outbuilding.
Cause of the fire ia un
determined. About 23 firemen from the
' Marshall and Mart Hill fire
: departments fought the blaze
for nearly two hours. More
than 50 neighbors and friends
volunteered to fry to save the
antique furnishings, but a'.l the
antiques on the second floor
were lost -'
Antiques salvaged were
' teken f T"? the r" d to a
barn -e t'.-y were e'-.tcJ
unt.1 r?:.. vri.
and Ben Ledford, In
ternational Relations Officers
Teddy Deal and Larry Davis,
Security Guards-Sheila
Wallin, Jean Chandley, and
Sharon Henderson, and two
alternates Marilyn Wyatt and
Rhonda Sprinkle.
The competition was
covered by the Asheville
Citizen, WIX)S-TV, and six
educational television
stations. On December 24, a
half-hour program was
telecast on WLOS-TV,
Channel 13 featuring the two
Saturday's competition and
the two winners. The UNC-A
academic community ex
tended its congratulations to
the Marshall team and the
school as a whole for an ex
cellent performance.
The Marshall team wishes
to express deep gratitude to
Miss Carol Whitt, Mr. James
E. Boone, the members of the
Marsliall class not on the
team, and the UNC-A students
for their help in making the
team a success. All of these
people had a definite part in
making the team a champion
and the team wishes to
acknowledge their ap
preciation. The team also
wishes to thank Mr. R. L.
Edwards; Superintendent of
Madison County Schools, and
Mr. Clive M. Whitt; Principal
of Marshall High School for
financing the project and Mr.
Bob Farzanegan, UNC-A
professor and co-ordinator of
the project, and UNC-A for the
opportunity to participate in
the program.
$65,595 Paid
County For
STIC Taxes
Southern Railway Company
has recently paid 1972 ad
valorem taxes totaling $65,595
in Madison County.
Southern, which operates
1,563 miles of road in North
Carolina, in 1971 paid taxes in
the state totaling $2,703,556. It
employed 3,049 people in the
state whose total payroll
during the year reached
$26,472,546.
Purchases and other
payments by Southern in
North Carolina reached
$8,514,867 in 1971.
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