Community Calendar
Snow Queen Dance Friday
On Friday, Nov. 18th, the 1963 Madison
High F'HA will hold its annual Show Queen
Dance from 8 until 11 p.m. Admission will be
$3.00, with contestants admitted free.
Contestants for Snow Queen began raising
. money on Oct. 31 by selling food, chances on
merchandises, and donations. The contestant
who collects the mo6t money will receive one
dozen red roses and be crowned by last years
queen.
All money collected will go to the March of
Dimes. Everyone is invited to attend.
Reems Creek VFD Benefit
The Reems Creek Volunteer Fire Depart
ment will hold a benefit pig pickin' Saturday,
Nov. 19 from 5 until 9 p.m. at the fire house.
Proceeds will be used to purchase equipment
for the fire company. Admission for adults is
$3. Children under 12 will be served for a $2
donation.
Laurel VFD Turkey Shoot
The Laurel F ire Department wishes to re
mind everyone to the turkey shoot which will be
taking place all day on Nov. 24. F ood will be
sold on the premises. Anyone wishing to make a
contribution will be greatly appreciated.
Trout Course Offered
A course in Trout Culture will be held at
Haywood Technical College in Boom 361 from
3 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Tuesdays, beginning
November 15, and continuing through
December 13.
The course is designed to give trout
growers and potential growers information to
grow trout profitably. The lecture and slide
presentations will include new developments
in marketing and promotion, feeds and
feeding, hatchery management, maintaining
water quality, culture of alternate species of
fish, Economics of trout culture, and the use of
genetics to produce desired characteristics.
Top specialists in each field from North
Carolina, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Pen
nsylvania have been selected to teach the
course.
A registration fee of $10 will be charged.
No advance notification or registration is re
quired. For more information call Charles
Johnson, Fishery Training Specialist at
627-2821.
Optimists' Holiday Tourney
Applications are now being accepted for the
Madison Central Optimists Holiday Basketball
tournament. The tournament will be held Dec.
26 through 31 at Madison High School. Registra
tion is open to teams in the third through eighth
grades. Registration fee is $10 per team. For
more information on the tournament, contact
Ralph Baldwin at 649-2968 or Bryce Hall at
649-3515.
N.C. License Examiner
The N.C. License Examiner will be in
Marshall on Monday, Thursday and FYiday
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. He will be in Mars Hill
Tuesday and Wednesday from 8 a.m. until 4
p.m.
Take on
Tough Jobs
with a STIHL
Produces a powerful air
stream to blow litter,
leaves or grass clippings
into one convenient area.
Runs up to 45 minutes on a
single tank of fuel ? no In
convenience of extenaion
cords.
Featurea the famous Stthl
anti-vibration system.
^ Lightweight ? only 64 Ibe.
ACT Sets Auditions
Auditions for parts in "Pool's Paradise,"
a farce will be performed January 20-29 at
Asheville Community Theatre, will be held
Sunday and Monday Nov. 13 and 14 at the
theater, 35 Walnut St., in Asheville. Headings
will begin at 8 p.m. each evening. The play has
parts for three women ages 19 to 45 and four
men ages 19 to mid sixties. "Pool's Paradise"
was written by Phillip King, author of "See
How They Run." It is the story of the winner of
a half-a-million-dollar football pool.
Optimists Open Pecan Drive
The Madison Central Optimists Club will be
offering two-pound bags of pecans for sale
again this year beginning on Friday. Proceeds
from the sale will be used to provide Christmas
gifts for needy Madison County children.
Pecans may be purchased trom Optimist
members and at The News Record Office.
Tobacco Support Program
Plaqued By Misconceptions
By WILEY DuVALL
Agriculture Extension Agent
The tobacco program is in a
state of change. Constant
references to it by the news
media leave many people con
fused. This article is an effort
to clarify some of the ques
tions.
One misconception that ex
ists concerns the tobacco sub
sidy. The tobacco subsidy is
like the tooth fairy - it simply
does not exist. There is no
tobacco subsidy. The tobacco
support program is financed
completely by the people who
grow the crop, farmers will
be assessed 5 cents per pound
to finance this year's crop. In
addition they are assessed to
pay for the cost of government
graders.
When tobacco companies
are not willing to pay one cent
above the support price for a
basket of tobacco, it goes to
the Burley Stabilization
Cooperative, a farmer owned
organization. Money required
to purchase this tobacco is
borrowed from the Commodi
ty Credit Corporation, a
government organization.
This money is repaid by
Burley Stabilization at the go
ing interest rate. The
cooperative is run by farmer
directors. Hoy Amnions, of
Mars Hill, was recently ap
pointed as a director in Burley
Stabilisation. Tobacco stored
by the Co-op is later sold to
tobacco companies. Any profit
is distributed to those farmers
who had tobacco in the Co-op
for that particular year.
The No-Net Cost Tobacco
Program Act of 1982 required
that certain burley allotments
must be sold by December l,
1983. These allotments are
held by public utilities, educa
tional institutions, religious in
stitutions partnerships, cor
porationa, estates, and trusts
No individuals are required
nor allowed to sell their allot
ment. Flue cured growers are
allowed to sell their allotment
if they choose. Some organiza
tions are pressing Congress to
change the law and to allow
this privilege for burley
growers.
The U. S. Senate has recent
ly passed a new bill which
would require some changes
for burlev growers. The House
of Representatives has not
passed a bill, although it is be
ing discussed. No changes will
be made until they are passed
by both the Senate and House
and signed by the President
The North Carolina Tobacco
Growers Association is asking
Congress to allow burley
growers to sell allotments,
also allow them to continue to
lease up to 30,000 pounds to
(Continued on Page#)
The News Record
ESTABLISHED 1901 ? NON-PARTISAN IN POLITICS
Box 369 ? Marshall. N C 28753 ? Phone (704) 649 274 J
Robert T. Koenig, Editor
Cheryl W. Koenig, Advertising Manager
JJ?phSi?^n, C?,um"lsb ^L?L^W.mbtoC0rtribu,0's
Published Weekly By The Madison County Publishing Company, Inc., USPS 388-440
Second Class Postage Paid at Marshall, N.C. 28753 and at additional mailing offices.
Subscription Rates In Madison and Buncombe Counties - 1 Year $5.72. 6 Months $4.42.
Outside Madison and Buncombe Counties - 1 Year $8.75, 6 Months $7.00. N.C.
Residents Add 4% Sal^s Tax.
Postmaster Send address changes to the News Record. P.O. Box 369,
Marshall. N.C 28753 *
North Carolina Press Association