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Record SERVING THE PEOPLE OF MADISON COUNTY SINCE 1< MADISON COUNTY LIBRARY GENERAL DELIVERY 82nd Year No. 47 PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE COUNTY SEAT AT MARSHALL, N.C WE[ Opening Day Burley Sales Set Records Opening day sales broke several records as burley tobacco auctions began Mon day in Asheville, Boone, West Jefferson and Greenville, Tenn. Sales were reported heavy in all markets. Officials reported total sales reached the maximum allowed for one day in all markets. Asheville markets reported an opening day average price of $1.85 per pound. Boone also reported average prices of $1.85 while Boone reported an average sale price of $1.80. Warehouse men in Greenville reported an average sale price of $1.90 per pound. One Asheville warehouse said very little tobacco was going into the stabilization program. One auctioneer said he was surprised at the high prices being paid on the open ing day of the sales. The sum mer's drought reduced what was thought to be a small crop, prompting the increased demand for top quality tobac co. One buyer told The News Record, "We'll pay top dollar for tabacco that's prepared for market this year." As was the case last year, buyers were bidding on both bales and tobacco tied in bundles. "We don't really care how its set on the floor, so long as its been properly cured", the buyer said. Charles Day of Day's Warehouse said, "I've never seen such high prices. I'm completely delighted for the farmer. They deserve a good year." Those sentiments were repeated by Monk Owen, owner of the Dixie Big Burley Warehouse in Asheville. "I've never seen farmers so happy" he said. Asheville markets reported sales of 983,237 pounds on opening day for a total sale price of 11,823,517.49. Boone reported sales of 402,013 pounds and total sales of (745,737.47. West Jefferson reported sales of 35,080 pounds for $806,074.16. Complete figures for sales at Greenville warehouses were unavailable The warehouses will remain open through Wednesday, , with sales closed Thursday and Friday for the Thanksgiv- , ing Day holiday. Auction sales will resume next Monday mor ning. , Total burley production for , this year is projected at 543 , million pounds, well below last | year. , WAREHOUSEMEN EXAMINE stacks of burley tobacco at Planter's Warehouse in Asheville Monday morning. Madison Farmers Eligible For Emergency Loans Madison County farmers may receive emergency loans for farm-related expenses from the Farmers Home Ad ministration. Madison was one of 25 North Carolina coun ties recently designated natural disaster areas by ll.S. Secretary of Agriculture John K. Brock. Earlier, Brock had designated 55 North Carolina counties eligible as a result of crop losses brought about by the summer drought. Counties designated natural disaster areas suffered at least a 30 percent lo6s of crop produc tion. According to Larry Godwin, state director of the llSDA's Farmers Home Administra tion, the designation makes the county's farmers eligible for PmHA emergency loans to minimize the effects of the crop losses. Godwin said, "F armers who are interested in receiving an emergency loan should get their applications in to KmHA as soon as possible after they have completed harvesting their crops. We intend to res pond as quickly as possible to all applications and hopefully can avoid backlogs and delays of applications that come in early." The emergency loan funds may be used for essential farm-related expenses such as cash operating expenses, critical term loan payments, family living expenses and similar uses that will insure the continuance of the farm's operation on a sound and pro fitable basis. Applications for the disaster emergency loans are filed in county FmHA offices. The Madison County office is located on Main Street in Mar shall Small Business Loans Available Madison County is also one of 25 North Caorlina counties eligible for Economic Injury Disaster Loans from the federal Small Business Ad ministraiton (SBA). The an nouncement was made last week in Charlotte by Larry Cherry, district director for the SBA. The disaster loans are available to eligible small business concerns adversely affected by the impact of farm income losses due to the sum mer's drought. The SBA loans will have an in terest rate of eight percent and may have a maturity of up to 30 years. The deadline for filing for the loan is April 27, 1964. More information on the loans may be obtained by con tacting the SBA Disaster Belief Office at 75 Spring St. SW, Suite 822, Atlanta, (ia. or by calling the office at (404) 221-5854. Community Development Awards To Be Presented Saturday The 34th annual awards lun cheon of the Western North Carolina Community Develop ment Program will be held at noon Saturday, Dec. 3 at the Inn On The Plaza in Asheville. An estimated GOO rural and civic leaders and local of ficials are expected to attend. Highlight of the event will be the announcement of winners in one of the nation's oldest self-help community improve ment programs. Among those scheduled to present awards or make brief remarks are N. C. Commis sioner of Agriculture James A. Graham, Dr. Chester D. Black, director of the N. C. Agricultural Extension Ser vice, and Congressman James McClure Clarke. A special multi-media slide presenta tion highlighting community and rural development in Western North Carolina will be premiered. According to former Con gressman Koy A. Taylor, president of the Western North Carolina Development Association, which sponsors the program in cooperation with the N. C. Agricultural Ex tension Service in the 18 western counties, area awards totaling $10,000 are being presented this year. Approx- i imately $20,000 in local county J awards have already been i presented. i Mrs. Cary Owen of Asheville i is program chairman for the awards event. < The luncheon is open to the i public. Tickets must be pur chased in advance. Cost is i $4.50 per person and tickets < are available at the I Agricultural Extension Office < in Marshall and at the WNC I Development Association, i Room 420 in the Asheville City j Building. t Awards will be presented to rural and suburban areas in Western North Carolina selected as having made the most improvements during the past year. Awards will also be made to the com munities with outstanding youth programs and to youth groups with outstanding ser vice projects. Special recogni tion will be made of the "Man and Woman of the Year" in community development from each county and the area win ners. The winners of a Senior I'itizens Awards Program will also be announced. A special "Calico Cat" iward will go to the organized immunity club selected as laving done the most outstan ling job of improving and >eautifying and existing com nunity center during the rear. A record number of ireas have been entered. Winners of the community club division of a special mobile home improvement and safety contest will also be announced. These will go to the communities which have done the best job of promoting mobile home improvement during the year. Individual winners were named earlier. The Community Develop ment Program was started 34 years ago. It has encouraged folks to organize and work together throughout the area and to build community centers, recreation areas, start volunteer fire depart ments, organize beautification projects and work on a multitude of improvement projects. (Continued on Page 5) sd vitt trailer U in* driver rlaroW Sheltor <m I.C. Itt. Mo ?M| parget filed. House Approves Wilderness Bill By a vote of 398-21, the House of Representatives has approved legislation spon sored by Congressman James McClure Clarke and the entire N. C. delegation which would create an additional 68,750 acres of new wilderness in four national forests in North Carolina. The legislation, which now goes to the Senate for consideration, also < sets aside 25,816 acres as designated wilderness study areas and releases 114,000 acres for multiple use, which allows for timber cutting under b ores! Service supervi sion. "1 am very pleased that the North Carolina Wilderness Act of 198S passed the House." Clarke said. "It represents a compromise reached by many people including the represen tatives of the timber industry and environmental groups. "The bill is a real bipartisan team effort which was cospon sored by every Member of the North Carolina House delega tion, and 1 am deeply grateful for their support." Everyone involved felt that the time had come to end the debate over the wilderness issue and to take definitive ac tion. The bill assures the timber industry of protection from lawsuits filed as a result of a 1982 federal court deci sion, while protecting other areas for future generations. It also clarifies the manage ment decisions for the United States Forest Service and relieves the Forest Service from the expensive and time consuming task of an un necessary KAKfc 111 study. "AH of us in the North Carolina House delegation feel that this bill is a positive step forward for our State." The additional areas to be included as wilderness are, in the Croatan National Forest: Catfish Lake South, Pocosin, Fond Fine, and Sheep Kidge. In the Nantahala National Forest the areas are: Lllieott Hock Additions, Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Addition, and Southern Nantahala. Wilderness designations in Pisgah National Koresi are: Linville Gorge Additions. Mid dle Prong, and Shining Kock Addition. Also to be designated as wilderness in the Lwharrie National Forest is Birkhead Mountains. The legislation also includes as congressionally designated wilderness study areas: Harper Creek, Lost Cove, and Craggy Mountain Extension in Pisgah National Forest, and the Overt low and Snowbird areas in Nantahala. 11ie bill was considered in the House Interior and Insular Affairs Subcommittee on Public Lands and National Parks on Oct. 28. The full com mittee approved the bill on Nov. 2. The measure now goes to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry for action WITH THANKSGIVING just around the corner, who could bl4me this gobbler for being ner vous. Tom would make a fine feast, but his owner, Raymond Wyatt of Grapevine, says he'll spare the plump bird. Water Project Funds Cut Federal funding for the planned Madison County Waters project has been reduced. The announcement of the cutback was made at a public meeting held Monday night at the Madison County Courthouse. ' Mike Bradley of the county health department explained that funding from the federal Environmental Protection Agency (LPA) will result in additional costs being borne by residents served by the pro posed project. The $519,000 project calls for installing septic systems in homes in the Metcalf Creek, Grapevine, East Fork, Upper Shut-in, Foster Creek, Revere and Spring Creek sections of Madison County. (Continued on Page 7) Shuttle Astronaut Visits Weaverville By ELIZABETH SQUIKE "Your patches have travel ed over IS, 000 miles an hour with me in space," Com mander Daniel C. Brandens tein, a NASA astronaut, told workers at A-B Emblem last Thursday as he gave the Weaverville company a display of emblems made herr that were used in the eight space' shuttle missions. The display includes signatures of crews on the flights Brandenstein was pilot for the third flight of the orbiter Challenger that was the firs) night launch awl landing ot fc. Henry Conrad, chairman I of A-B Emblem's parent com pany Conrad Industries, pro udly showed Brandenstein the machine invented in 1910 in his native Ptauen, south of Leip zig in what is now East Ger many ? a device that has been the backbone of the machine embroidery business ever since. The machine con verts a design into a punched roll not unlike a player-piano roll. The punched roll makes embroidery machines repeal the design. Only now are com ^ toreeof the m DANIEL ; ... tf, ?J tourea
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