How To Have Your Soil Tested
hm of the
by
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to exactly what the
ta, along with
the division
analyse* aoil samples sub
mitted primarily by farmers
bat also by homeowners golf
courses, hmineaees and even
the Department of Tran
sportation to determine lime
and fertiliser needs.
Through this scientific
approach, the correct type
tad amount of fertilize- and
time can ba applied to crops,
gardens or lawna providing
maximum results at
minimum coat. Additionally,
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tne environment la protected
from over-fertilisation. Too
much can leak out of the Mil
and find Us its way into
waterways promoting un
wanted plant growth.
Plant analysis and
nemotode assay are relatively
recent additions to the
Agronomic Division. Plant
analysis tests determine
a plant la i
on the
tatto
to ridding the
aoll of
worms that generally feed on
the plant through Its root
system. Without control of
theoe peats, a p'fr* is
productivity is raducad and
sometimes the plant diea.
For sample soil teeting for
fertiliser and lime
requirements, the service la
free to all North Carolina
citizens. With plant analysis
and nematode assay, there is
a small fee.
Soon to be included in the
?oil sample examinations are
tests for zinc and copper
deficiencies
Latest figures show that
?,000 citizens had their soils
tested during the year. 148,000
samples were examined with
1,350,000 determinations
made. This is a marked in
crease since the 1M9-70 year
when approximately 15,000
people had 77,700 soil tests
run totalling to 700,000
determinations.
Five hundred ci times had
3,500 plants tested with 45,000
determinations msde diving
the past year and nematode
assays were run for 2,300
individuals. 11,500 samples
were tested with 175,000
determinations.
Along with service to the
people, education and
research are prime activities
of the Agronomic Division.
According to Dr. Donald W.
Eaddy, division director,
education takes the form of
lab tours, formal talks across
the state, news releases, TV
and radio appearances and
person-to-person grower
consulation. This is conducted
by headquarters and regional
agronomists located in
various points in the state.
Last year 3,090 grower
consulations were conducted
along with 125 lab tours.
Talks, releases and radio and
TV shows totalled 107.
Regarding research, Eaddy
said: "We have developed
and published new methods
for determining lime and
copper requirements along
with a new soil test ex
tractant."
In addition, the division
director noted that numerous
papers on research had been
published internationally and
others were being readied for
publication.
According to state
Agriculture Commissioner
Jim Graham, the NCDA's
Agronomic Division is a
model for the nation. We have
the facilities, techniques and
top personnel and we are
going to render the best
service possible.
As an indicator of the high
professional competence of
the Agronomic Division, it
has been visited over the past
10 years by scientists from 42
countries, 14 states and has
had requests from around the
world for 234 research papers.
Graham and Eaddy jointly
encourage North Carolina
citizens to have their soils and
plants tested. The best time is
during dry weather, ideally in
the fall, but anytime is far
better than not testing at all.
Programs For Aging
Listed In Directory
The first directory ever
compiled listing programs for
and about aging in the state
has been published by the
North Carolina Adult
Education Association,
Section on Education for the
Aging in conjunction with the
N.C. Division on Aging using
funds from a grant under
Patrolmen
Monitor
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Bus Routes
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With schools reopening,
State Highway Patrol
Commander John T. Jenkins
has called on trooper* to
dqsely monitor the operation
of ; school buses. Although
Ncrth Carolina has an ex
ceQent school bus driver
tnOning program, Jenkins is
defecting this special at
tention of troopers to ensure
maximum safety of students.
Eight students were killed in
school bus accidents during
th^ 1978-79 school year.
Troopers will monitor not
onty school buaes, he said, but
all I vehicles along school bus
rmfcea. According to Jenkins,
troopers have been directed
to be on the lookout for any
unduly conduct by school bus
passengers which might
distract the driver's attention
or Otherwise be hazardous.
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Title IV-A of the Older
Americans Act.
Raymond C. Rapp, coor
dinator of Continuing
Education Programs at Mars
Hill College, and chairman of
the Section on Aging for the
N.C. Adult Education
Association, announced the
publication of the directory
and noted that "Like Topsy,
programs for and about aging
in North Carolina just grew."
"We began the project
thinking that there were not
very many institutions and
agencies offering programs in
the field of aging in the
state," he explains, "but we
ended up with well over 80
responses to our initial
questionaire."
This is the first time an
effort has been made to
systematically organize all of
the programs and institutions
and agencies offering
educational services for or
about the aging
Those interested in ob
taining a copy of the direc
tory, free of cost, should
contact Mr. Rapp in care of
the Continuing Education
Program, Mars Hill College,
Mars Hill 28754, or for more
direct service, contact Mrs.
Julia Jessop, Editor, Director
of Education Resources in
Aging in N.C., P.O. Box 3286,
Durham, 27706, or the N.C.
Division on Aging, Suite 200,
708 Hillsboro St., Raleigh
17603.
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Heard And Seen
By POP
Some people have referred to me as a
"sports nut" - they're perhaps correct. I'll
admit I love sports of every kind, especially
baseball, football and basketball. A good ex
ample of what a "nut" I am, I stayed at
home last Saturday afternoon where I wat
ched Missouri defeat Ole Miss., on TV and
at the same time listened to the Carolina
Pitt game on one radio and the Clemson
Georgia game on my transistor - all at the
same time - as these games weren't enough,
I changed over to another channel and saw
the Cincinnati-Astro baseball game played
in the Dome. I took out time for a bite of sup
per and then tuned in to WWNC and heard
the Western Carolina-Appalachian football
game and during time-outs and commer
cials, turned ova- to FM and picked up
parts of the Mars Hill-Gardner- Webb game.
Although Ihj^eyes were tired and my ears
full of football and basebell, I listened to
Lawrence Welk (as usual) and the other
Saturday night TV shows. Then came Sun
day. After church service Sunday morning,
I rushed home to watch the Lions -Falcons,
followed by the Miami Dolphins vs. Chicago
Bears football games and also the
Cincinnati-Houston baseball game. So I
guess I could be termed as a sports llmrt" -!
also haxe friwirtrWho are just about
as nutty as I am - maybe not as bad but still
"nutty."
Alan Anderson, the new editor, is doing
a fine job here and is quickly learning the
people of Madison County. Alan is a fine
writer and I like to read his articles. He
likes to do feature articles and appreciates
the cooperation which has been extended
him. Keep it up, people, cooperation of the
2 Represent State
At U.S. VICA Meet
July 2MB, the National
Leadership Conference for
the Vocational and Industrial
Clubs of America was held in
Atlanta. This year from July
23 to aa Madison High School
was proud to have, among the
6,000 members invited, two
students who did very well on
the national level.
Keith Flynn, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Donald Flynn tt Mar
shall, represented the state of
North Carolina in ex
temporaneous speech. Flynn
who placed first in both
District ? and state com
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peuuon j piscwi sixui piuopq
the 47 states that were in
attendance.
Ronald Rice, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Exetdel Rice, was also
the District ? and state
seminar in Laurinburg. The
Madison High VICA Club, one
of the outstanding clubs in the
state, is now holding cam
paigns and elections to elect
school officers to represent its
180 members.
KEITH FLYNN
...
Marshall Library Display
ANTIQUE TOOLS collected by
Fred Ray are on display in the left
library window. Most of the 45
tools shown were used in the
1800s. Included are seven augers
(one a bung auger), a hay hook,
tobacco knife, one-man saw, meat
saw, sheep shears, hay knife,
cross-cut saw, handmade hoe,
mattock, hatchet, hammer, corn
shelter, 10 planes, a level,
doughboard scrapper, and
dougbboard flat scrapper, froe,
WPA shovel, weed cutter, draw
knife, food adz, groove chisel,
wood pick, broad axe and maul.
An apple pealer of George
Penland is also shown.
THE FOREST SERVICE of North
Carolina has 15 posters in the
right library window showing how
they can assist residents in main
taining our forests and keeping
them productive and healthy. The
posters show that: 1) Forests are
renewable natural resources; 2)
trees regulate and purify water
for our streams and homes; 3)
trees provide us with over 1,500
items made from wood; 4) trees
provide us with shelter and food
for wild animals; 5) forests offer
recreation for our families; and 6)
trees act as windbreaks and sound
barriers to make life more plea
sant. The exhibit was prepared by
Tony Webb and Bill Leatherwood,
Madison County forest rangers.
The following pamphlets are
available in the library: Lan
downer's Guide to the North
Carolina Forest Development
Program ; Forestry Assistance to
Landowners in North Carolina;
Forestry Incentives Programs;
and others.
Mars Hill Drama Department Announces Fall Schedule
Mam Hill College's Theatre
Arts Department has an
nounced the fall semester
schedule of productions which
includes two one-act plays, a
special musical revue, and
William Shakespeare's "The
Tempest," which will be
guest directed by Dr. William
Martin, a Tony nominee for
his direction of "The
Lieutenant" on Broadway in
1975.
The two one-act plays will
lead off the season, opening
Oct. 1 for a two-day run.
These comedies will be
student directed and free of
charge to the public. The first
play, Robert Anderson's "The
Footsteps of Doves," explores
the struggles of a married
couple reaching middle age.
Directed by Martha Hill, a
senior from Mt. Airy, the
production features four
characters, and is set in the
present time. Mi* Hill has
RONALD RICE
performed and worked with
the technical crews of the
Andy Griffith Playhouse,
several Mars Hill produc
tions, and the Southern
Appalachian Repertory
Theatre. She will graduate in
Decembr with a degree in
Theatre Arts.
The second one act is
Chekhov's "A Marriage
Proposal." This Russian
comedy will be directed by
Ron Andrews, a senior from
Winston-Salem, who has
served as musical director,
actor, and with the technical
crew* of several Mars Hill
productions as well as the
Southern ~ Appalachian
Repertory Theatre.
The musical revue will be
the college's next production
and will feature performers
singing popular songs from
past productions. The cast for
this production includes Earl
Leininger, Callie Warner,
Sara Page Hall and Kim
English, among others, and
the songs will include
"Oklahoma," "September
Song," "Adelaide's Lament,"
and others. The revue opens
Oct. 11 and will be performed
through the 17 with the ex
ception of Oct. IS. Seat
reservations are required for
this produciton and may be
made through the box office
at 689-1239. The box office will
open Oct. 8.
The final production of the
fall semester will be
Shakespeare's "The Tem
pest," and will feature Dr.
William Martin as guest
director. Dr. Martin, who
earned his Ph. D. at the
University of Wisconsin, won
a Tony nomination as Best
Musical in 1975 for his
direction of "The
Lieutenant," by Curty,
Scharfner and Strand.
He also assisted Edward
Albee when Albee directed his
own plays, "Seascapes," and
"Who's Afraid of Virginia
Woolf" on Broadway and has
extensive experience In Off
Broadway shows as well as
regional and stock theatre.
"The Tempest" will open on
Dec. 5, and ran through the
16. Additional information on
any of the productions, box
office information, or>
auditions, which are open to-:
the public, may be obtained .
by calling the Theatre Arts .
Department at 689-1203. All of
the productions will be held in'*
Owen Theatre and will begin .?
at 8 p.m. for the evening!;
performances and 2:90 p.m. >
for the Sunday matinees.
Health Clinic Posts Schedule
Edward A. Morton, health
director for Madison County,
has announced the Health
Department Clinic schedule
for October. Clinics listed are
held at the health department
unless otherwise specified.
Tuesday*, Oct 2 ? Eye Clinic
by appointment.
Wednesday, Oct. 3 ? Child
Health Supervisory Clinic by
appointment.
Thursday, Oct. 4 ? General
Clinic, Mars Hill Town Hall 1
4 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 4 - Nurse
Screening Clinic, Mars Hill
Town Hall 1-4 p.m. by ap
pointment.
Friday, Oct S - General
Clinic, Mars mil Town Hall 1
4 p.m. by appointment.
Friday, Oct. 5 ? Nurse
Screening Clinic by ap
pointment.
Friday, Oct. 5 - WIC
screening by appointment.
Monday, Oct. 8 ? General
Clinic, trailer on left Hot
Springs Health Program
Grounds 1-3 p.m.
Monday, Oct S - Nurse
Screening Clinic, trailer on
left Hot Springs Health
Program Grounds 1-3 p.m. by
appointment.
Tuesday, Oct. 9 - Maternity
Clinic, ? a.m.
Friday, Oct. 12 - General
Clinic 8:30-noon, 1-4 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 12 ? Nurse
Screening Clinic, by ap
pointment only.
Friday, Oct. 12 ? Nurse
Screening Clinic by ap
pointment.
Friday, Oct. 12 - WIC
screening by appointment.
Tusday, Oct. 16 - Family
Planning Clinic by ap
pointment
Friday, Oct. 19 - General
Clinic 8:30-noon, 1-4 p.m.
Friday, Oct. IB ? Nurse
Screening Clinic by ap
pointment.
Friday, Oct. 19 - WIC
screening by appointment.
Tuesday, Oct. 23 - Family
Planning Clinic by ap
pointment.
Friday, Oct 28 ? General
Clinic 8:90-noon, 1-4 p.m.
Friday, Oct. ? ? Nurse
Screening Clinic by ap
pointment.
Friday, Oct. 26 - WIC
screening by appointment.
At all general clinics,
protection is available against
diphtheria, Poliomyelitis,
whooping cough, tetanus
(lockjaw), measles, rubella
and smallpox. Blood testing
and tuberculin skin testing
are also available at the
general clinics.
Bach's Passion According to
St. Matthew was first per
formed in 1729 in Leipzig.
CHARLES BISHOP, right, a
stylist at the Beverly Hills Barber
Shop in Asheville, won first place
in the Associated Master Barber
and Stylist state competition held
in Charlotte on Sept. 2. His trophy
was given for executing the best
hair cut, shown on his model at
left. Bishop began his career in
barbering at Vader's Barber Shop
on the Marshall Bypass, where he
worked for 14 years before mov
ing to the Beverly Hills on Tunnel
Road. "He was one of the best I
have ever seen," says Vader
Shelton, his former boss. "He was
like my own son. I always knew he
could do anything he put his mind
to. I repeat: He was one of the
best."
Junior Beef Show
Largest In Years
Forty-nine prize steer* and
heifers were exhibited in the
recent WNC Junior Beef Cat
tle Show and Sale at the
Western North Carolina
Agricultural Center near Flet
cher by 4-H dub and FFA
members from all over
? Western North Carolina.
Jackie Ball of Marshall waa
at the sale, the
Club member from Candler in
Buncombe County.
N.C. Farm Bureau In
sura nee Co. was the "big
buyer" at the event, purchas
ing 10 steers from the various
counties. Included was the
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steer shown by Diane Mc
Cracken of Haywood County,
which sold for $!.? per pound.
The News -Record
NON-PARTISAN IN POLITICS ,iw?m?>>
ALAN H. ANDERSON, Editor
JAMES L STORY. Editor* Cor^lUnt
And Columnist
Published Weekly By
Madison County PuMshinf Co. Inc.
BOX 369 MARSHALL, N.C. 28753