Volume 73. Number 48.
Marshall. N. t .
15 CENTS PER COPY
December 26, 1974 '
ASCS Will Explain
Farm Census Questions
By the tune farmers receive
their 1974 Census of
Agriculture questionnaires in
early January, employees at
the local county ASCS offices
will have an information
packet on hand so they can
answere questions about the
1974 farm census.
The Bureau of the Census
plans to send to all county
ASCS offices throughout the
country a complete in
formation packet which will
include a reference handbook
and a sample questionnaire.
The farm census will be held
by mail, and producers in the
counties may expect to
receive the census forms by
early January and are asked
to fill in the blanks and return
the forms bv mail before the
hrfSnriQS
end of the month, if possible.
Farmers might want to
make a note row that if they
have any questions about how
Installation By Masons
December 27
The installation of Masonic
officers will be held at the
Masonic Ix)dge here on Friday
night, December 27.
Activities will begin at 6:30
o'clock when supper will be
served by the members of the
Marshall Chapter, Order of
Eastern Star.
The program includes piano
selections by Mrs. Joe Eads
and the installation services
with Lester Wilde being the
installing officer.
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to fill in the 1974 Census of
Agriculture forms, they can
get help at the county ASCS
office.
The following willl be in
stalled: Sam Houston, Master;
George Slagle, Senior War
den; Elwood Waldrup, Junior
Warden; Bill Ricker,
Secretary; Jack Guthrie,
Treasurer; Grady Rice,
Senior Deacon; Roger Slagle,
Junior Deacon; Bobby
Arrowood, Senior Steward;
Kenneth Rice, Junior
Steward; Chauncey Metcalf,
Tiler; Phil Wallin, Chaplain.
Weather Observer
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MRS. MABEL RAMSEY
Mrs. Mabel Ramsey of Hot
Springs has been presented
with a pin by the National
Weather Service in
recognition of 20 years' ser
vice as a cooperative weather
observer.
Mrs. Ramsey makes
aviation observations from 10
a.m. to 4 p.m. daily and calls
the reports to the National
Weather Service at Asheville
Airport each hour.
These reports are entered
on the national telecom
munications network for the
benefit of pilots flying over the
Western North Carolina
mountains.
Mrs. Ramsey also keeps
daily records of temperature
and precipitation, and this
information is published in the
North Carolina Climate Data.
The station Mrs. Ramsey
operates was established in
January, 1902 when E. C.
Laird was appointed observer.
She is the ninth observer since
the program was begun.
The aviation observational
program was started in 1940.
The reports consist of cloud
height and extent of sky
covered, visibility, tem
perature and dew point
Honored
measurements.
Mrs. Ramsey is one of 13,000
cooperative weather ob
servers in the nation.
The pin was presented by
Ernest A. Rodney,
meteorlogist in charge of the
Asheville Airport office of the
National Weather Service,
accompanied by Earl Ram
pey, substation network
specialist for Western North
Carolina.
Jim Baker Is
Appc
ointed To
MHC Office
Three students have been
named to fill Student
Government Association
offices at Mars Hill College.
Larry Pike, president of the
SGA, announced the ap
pointments, noting that the
vacancies occured through
mid-year graduations, and in
one' incident, through a
student getting married and
transferring to another school.
The three are: Jim Baker, a
sophomore political science
major from Marshall. Baker
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J.
Ieonard Baker and will fill the
office of secretary.
Belinda Scalzo, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Peter V. Scalzo
of Brookfield Center, Con
necticut, will fill the position
of treasurer. Miss Scalzo is a
sophomore biology major.
Ben Sprouse of Orchard
Drive in Forest City will serve
as the first speaker of the
joint residence hall council.
Sprouse is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Benjamin F. Sprouse.
Sr., and is a junior religion
major.
These three students will
serve until the spring elec
tions, when the entire student
body will elect officers.
Pageant Is Well
Attended Here Friday
Several hundred spectators
attended the presentation of
the Marshall Christmas
pageant at the courthouse
Friday night. Although the
weather was "cool" the
spectators were thrilled and
remained throughout the 45
minute presentation.
Since this issue goes to press
before Saturday night's
performance the final night's
account of the pageant cannot
be published but an even
larger crowd is expected.
Veterans Service
Office Now Open Here
Don West, Veteran's Service
Officer for Madison County,
announced this week that a
Veterans Service Office is now
open in Marshall in the back
offices of the Magistrate's
Office opposite the Jail on
Bridge Street.
New Year's Edition
Early Next Week
In cooperation with local firms, The News
Record's annual New Year's Edition will be
published in time next week so that readers will
receive their papers before New Year's Day
(Wednesday). '
Vat early schedule also will give employers and
v employees of The Canton Enterprise, who print the ;
paper, and the editor and bookkeeper of The News-,
Record an opportunity to enjoy New Year's Day
'when the office will be dosed. :"',v ' '
Those wishing to have New Year's Greetings, who
, haven t been contacted,; can secure space before ,
: Saturday, December , deadline for next week s
issue. This deadline also applies to e11 news articles ,
for next week's issue..
Echoes
By: VICTOR CASSIZZ1
All over the world people
are praying for revival. In
many places people are
having a series of meetings
that they call revival. They
invite speakers and special
singers and when it's all over
they say 'Praise the Lord,
we've had a revival'; when all
they've had in a series of
meetings.
Revival never ends for God
is a continuous revival.
Revival is the life of Jesus
Christ poured into our human
hearts, filling us and over
flowing through us to others.
Before we can have the life of
Christ dwelling within our
hearts our wills must be
broken to His will. The Lord
Jesus can not live in us fully
and reveal Himself through us
until the proud self within us is
broken. This means dying to
self and self-attitudes. Just as
Paul said of himself in
Galations 2:20 - "I have been
crucified with Christ; and it is
no longer I who live, but Christ
lives in me". NAS This means
that the hard-hearted self
which wants its own way,
stands up for its rights and
seeks its own glory surrenders
The American consumer
wants extra services. He
wants more time-saving,
work-saving, convenient foods
in handier packages. He wants
them with added safety,
nutrition and flavor, available
in the attractive 8,000-item
supermarkets. Past pur
chases have shown that the
consumer wants these new
convenient products.
If an item doesn't "move"
from a grocer's shelf, it is
Those who watched the
pageant were most com
plimentary of the per
formance. The registration
book revealed that some
present were fram as far
away as Ohio and Georgia.
Background singing was by
the Youth Choirs and mem
bers of the Oak Ridge and Oak
Grove Baptist Churches. Mrs.
Arlene Bailey was soloist and
organists were Mrs. Marie
Ballard and Mrs. Betty
HoneycutL
The office will be open daily
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m..
West stated.
"Any veteran wishing in
formation and assistance is
urged to come by the office
and I will be glad to help
them," Mr. West said.
From The Ridge
all to Lnrist that He may have
His way in our hearts.
Jesus said, "If any man will
come after me, let him deny
himself, and take up his cross,
and follow me" Matt. 16:24
KJV. We can pray for revival
week after week, but until we
are willing to deny self, pick
up our cross, and truly follow
Jesus there can be no revival
Jesus was willing to have no
rights of His own, no
possessions of His own;
willing to suffer persecution,
to let men tread on Him and
not once did He defend
Himself. He is calling us as
Christians to die to self and
become like Him. Jesus said,
iyove your enemies, bless
tliem that curse you, do good
to them that hate you, and
pray for them which
despitefully use you, and
persecute you; that ye may be
the children of your Father
which is in Heaven". Matt.
5:44-45 KJV.
"Reckon ye also yourselves
to be dead indeed unto sin, but
alive unto God through Jesus
Christ our Lord." Rom. 6:11
KJV. To die to self and sin
means we have no plans, no
time, no money, and no
pleasure of our own ; for its ail
Extra Services Cost
soon replaced by one that will.
If the consumer likes a
particular product, he
returns to buy it again.
The consumer votes for
what he likes every time he
buys, groceries. However, his
desire for convenience foods
naturally increases the
amount of hi! grocery bill.
Out of every dollar spent by
the average VS. consumer for
food, it is said that from 7 to 12
cents goes for packaging and
labeling. If the weekly grocery
bill is $50, that's between $3.50
and $6.00 for the fancy
packaging alone. Consumers
may be surprised to learn
that, in some cases, the cost of
the container is more than the
farmer gets for producing the
food inside.
With increased costs of
labor and materials,
packaging and labeling has
become the third largest item
of cost in the consumer food
Midnight Mass At
Hot Springs Christmas Eve
The traditional Christmas
Midnight Mass will be held at
the Catholic Church of the
Redeemer on Christmas eve
at mid-night on the site of the
Jesuit Residence across the
road from the Hot Springs
Grammar School. The parish
would like to take this op
portunity to invite all the
people of Madison County to
attend the Mass and service to
welcome in the beautiful feast
of Christmas. Fr. Jeff Burton,
S.J., the Administrator of the
Parish and Boys' Home and
Youth Hostel will offer the
Mass. He will also preach the
Homily at the Service. Im
mediately following the
ceremony, coffee and donuts
and cookies will be sen fed in
the Jesuit Residence. All are
cordially invited to attend the
anrice.
On Christmas morning at
1: Fr. Andrew V.
Gnvea, S.J., Pastor Emeritus
of the Church, will offer the
Attention' V
Anonomymous
- " Tltia newspaper recently
received a handwritten article
entitled, "A Tribute To
Madison Cotaity" which wo
. would publish except it has no
signs to re other than
"Anonwnjtnma".
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be published ..l:put a
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been given to the Lord.
"And they continued
stedfastly in the apostles'
doctrine and fellowship, and in
breaking of bread, and in
prayers. And fear came upon
every soul: and many won
ders and signs were done by
the apostles. And all that
believed were together, and
had all things common; and
sold their possessions and
goods, and parted them to all
men, as every man had need.
And they, continuing daily
with one accord in the temple,
and breaking bread from
house to house, did eat their
meat with gladness and
singleness of heart, praising
God, and having favour with
all the people. And the Lord
added to the church daily such
as should be saved." Acts
2:42-27 KJV.
We here at Glory Ridge are
praying that God through the
Holy Spirit will light revival
fires in the hearts of men
throughout Western North
Carolina. We want God to
have His way in the ministry
of Glory Ridge so that the lives
of men and women might be
channeled into the service of
God. We need your prayerful
support.
bill.
Another reason for rising
"food" bills: Today's
supermarkets have more than -food.
In Zact, nearly jM percent
of what spend at the
supermarket isn't for
groceries ij all. It 'J for
something to ftu, read,
listen to, or clean with. The list
of items available In grocery
stores seems almost endless:
laundry soap, potted plants,
socks, records, magazines,
light bulbs, hair spray, tooth
paste, aspirin, paper towels,
etc. Yet, many persons con
sider these items as part of the
grocery bill.
Certainly, prices for food
items are continually rising;
however, it takes people to
process and market food.
Labor costs are by far the
dominant part of the
marketing bill for food. And,
labor costs are still rising.
morning Mass of Christmas
for ail who might like to at
tend. The Catholic Church of
Madison County would like to
take this opportunity to wish
everyone in the county and all
our readers a very Mary
Christinas and a Happy New
Year.
ESC Offices
Open Dec.
23-27
Employment Secarlty
Commiasioa offices across the
State win May open December
23 and December 27 ta
process unemployment In
surance datms. Governor Jim
Holshoaser said today.
The Governor recently
announced that most atata
offices would be closed to
entire week of December 23
27 aa an energy-saving
-We expect abot H,r:o
' obleas workers to C!e c' mi
en each of these days," t' e
Governor laid. "IVy 1
receive aroxirnaU '? f 4
million In bene';:, a- 3 if r
employment r" e
closed on t". t t r . it
would c- 'y :
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