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iiM" V ('OUll 1 . . il 1.1 TO L3e VOLUME 71 MAKSHALL. N. C. THURSDAY. MARCH 9. 1972 NUMBEK 9 Mars Hill College Lets Contract Mars Hill College trustees this Week awarded a $418,950 contract to Buncombe Con struction Company of Asheville to build Cornwell Hall, a three story, brick classroom and office building. The facility is named in honor of George Thomas Cornwell, Morganton pharmacist and drugstore owner, who has been a regular member of the Fairview Community To Have Central Water System People in the Community of Fairview will soon be able to enjoy the luxury of unlimited quantities of pure, fresh water. James T. Johnson, State Director of the Fanners Home Administration announced today that a loan of $13,900 and a grant of $12,600 was made to the Knlrtrif MJatair Aeonfiatinn Inc., of Madison County, for the (fertpmeijM central water System. -iX ' ' f The loan will enable some 80 residents of the Fairview Community to have pure, fresh water at their disposal, many for the first time. Plans call for a deep well, a pumping station, erection of a 5,000 gallon water tank, and installing three miles of pipeline. Nineteen homes and a church will be served by the system with a possibility of MRS. JEWELL CHURCH, principal of Spring Creek High School, announces the Valedictorian and SaluUttorian for the 1972 graduating class. The Valedictorian is Judy Caldwell, (left) daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Troy Caldwell, Route 1. Hot Springs, and Virginia Price, (right) daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Price, Route 1, Hot Springs, has been named Salutaterian. LTC DAWYER D. (Jack) GROSS, (right) of GuwCle. resident and former pastor of the MarstaS Baptist Church, was among seven career NattMAl Guardsmen awarded the North Carolina DlstfeCujshed Service Medal Sunday at the Guard's Military Center in Raleigh. Gross has retired from theTarlleel Guard after 17 years of service. His last pos&0R .was Division Chaplain. The awards were presented by Major General Dan K. Edwards, (left ), Commanding General of the 30th Infantry Division. The tftations wer signed by both Gov. Bob Scott and Ma). Cen. Ferd L. Davis, the Adjutant General. The citat'TH also presented read n rU Tor ex ceed ally meritorious conduct In the performance of x 'anding service to the North Carolina Nativ -1 Guard." Mars Hill College Lets Contract For Corn well Hall trustees' board since 1952. He is a 1927 junior college graduate of Mars Hill. Buncombe Construction's bid was selected as the lowest among seven others: H M. Rice and Son of Weaverville ( $434 ,823 ) . Kngineers-Constructors of Knoxville, Tenn. ($457,800), Associated Constructors of Skylandl $459,990 ) Fiske-Carter Construction of Spartanburg, S. adding as many as ten to 15 more families later. For several years most families in the area have been hauling water to fill their cisterns. Drought of recent years plus increasing con tamination of wells has forced residents to bring in water they need for household use by truck. Johnson said that con struction of the water system will mark a milestone in the development of rural Madison County. "The new water system will increse the income of farmers whose livestock operations have been hindered by lack of water," he said. "The water system also will enable families to modernize their homes and make adequate water available to all families in the Fairview Community. It is estimated that ' "It M m aMHHHMMH C. ($462,843), Merchant Con struction of Asheville ($472,800), W. R. Patton of Asheville ($476,200), and Antrim-Tech of Charlotte ($548,077) Construction will begin within three weeks and is expected to last a year, according to college president Dr. Fred B. Bentley. It is the second major con struction project begun by the college this year. In January at least four four new homes will be built along the water line in the first year the system is in operation." The Farmers Home Ad ministration insured loan will be repaid in forty years at an interest rate of five percent. Mrs. Juanita Tolley of Route 1, Hot Springs, is the President of the Fairview Water Association, Inc. Rural water system financing is extended through the Far mers Home Administration to organizations operating on a non profit basis, such as non profit corporations, water supply districts, small rural towns and other political sub divisions. Loans are made only when adequate credit at reasonable rates and terms is not otherwise available. Highway Maps Are Available From Raleigh The new official North Carolina highway maps for 1972-73 have been received by the State Highwaj in Raleigh. The maps are distributed free to motorists to provide travel information with the provision that they are not to be used for commercial, promotional or political purposes, the Com mission announced. On the back of the new maps, as usual, are color photographs of scenes depicting life in North Carolina from the coastal region to the mountains. The maps also contain lists of points of interest in various sections of the states. The maps are distributed by the Highway Commission and by the Travel and Promotion Division of the State Depart ment of Natural Resources. H. Boyce Midgette, state locating engineer, said that the press run on the new maps is 850,000 Banking Hours Announced First Union Bank of Marshall and Weaverville and Citizens Bank of Marshall, have an nounced the following hours they will be open for business. Effective Monday, the hours at First Union Bank will Be: Monday-Thursday, I am to 1 p.m.; and 3 p.m. to I pjn. Friday, a.m. to 1 pjn. and I p.m. to I p ro.; Tbt bank will be closed on Saturdays. . The atlxens Bank announced this week that no changes wul be made hi bankkuj hours. Hours wul remain as follows: Six days a weak, 1:30 am. la S. p.m.; Wednesdays. 1:30 ajn. to UNoon. - -- - work began on a three-story, $1.3 million college union building Construction costs for Corn well Hall and the union building are being financed through federal interest-subsidy loan grants, which have been ap proved by the general board of the Baptist State Convention, with which the college is af filiated. Loan agreements for both buihiings have been made Girl Scouts 60th Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. was founded by Juliette Gordon liOw, 60 years ago in Savannah , Ga., on March 12, 1912. The first troop was also in Savannah in 1912 with a membership of 18 girls. Since that time there have been 32 million girls, men and women members. At present there are nearly four million of which 670,000 are adults. Also in 1917 in New York City the first Girl Scout troop for the physically handicapped girl was organized at Public School 75 . It 19?6 the first nationally franchised Cookie sale was launched and on March 16, 1950 the Girl Scouts of U.S.A. was chartered by Congress. In all this time our program has remained constant with activities centered around the arts, the home and the out-of-doors. Our program is geared to the interests and needs of girls at each four levels: Brownies, 7 8 years; Juniors, 9-11 years; Cadette, 12-14 years; Senior 14 17 years. " "" y !' ; 'I 1 H I B I - - - 1 AlAlkHH WENDY SAMS AND Teresa Brigman, front row; and Carolyn Ramsey, Margaret Davis and Lisa Kiddle, back row, members of Girl Scout Troop 95, are shown receiving Girl Scout cookies which they will deliver. EL 'V i' I MEMBERS of Brownie Troop IM receive Girl Scoot cookies for sale. Left to right, Deena Rigsby, Debbie Buckner, Annette Messer. , with First Federal l,oan and Savings Association of Hen dersonville. Cornwell Hall will contain 17,758 square feet of space for six classrooms, eight seminar rooms, 32 faculty offices, English and modern language laboratories, a central campus on N. C. 213 and will face west towards the site of the first classroom building which housed the Baptist shcoul over a century ago. Celebrating Birthday In our county since Sept. we have started new troops in Ebbs Chapel, Hot Springs and Spring Creek. Before this time these areas didn't have troops. Our combined activities have in cluded Brownie Fun Day, Juliette Iow Birthday Costume Party, Junior Patrol Workshops, field trips, cookouts, various holiday parties and our cookie sales. In the coming months we will be preparing for several weekend camping trips, a ,mayh fid til'y- iich will include sen-al counties, in Asheville and our Hertage Fair on May 6th. As we do every year, there will be camping at our resident camp in Brevard from June till August. There will be seven sessions. There will also be our local day camps which usually has over night camping for the older girl on the last night. We as Scouts build lasting friendships, learn useful skills, grow in understanding and most of all have lots of fun doing it. ' tomato 1 L HUNDREDSOF POUNDS of boxed items, mostly canned foods, were shipped to flood v ictims in West Virginia from Marshall last Saturday. The appeal was spearheaded by Vader Shelton, of Marshall, after he had heard of the urgency of food over his short wave radio set. Through the cooperation of Radio Station WMMII and the Madison County Ambulance Service, and others, the public responded generously, as evidenced by the above picture. SHOWN MAKING and examining crafts are Sherry Slagle. Sybil Cody, Sonya Cody, Katherine Taffer and Sandra Peterson, members of Ebbs Chapel Junior Troop. I i f- J MRS. LEONARD DAVIS is shown accepting delivery of Girl Scout Cookies in Marshall on February 28. Cookie sale started March 1 and ends March 18. Red Cross Report The Asheville Area Chapter, American National Red Cross, reports that during the month of February, three units of blood were donated and sixteen units of blood were used by residents of Madison County. Also during -February, the Red Cross, Service to Military Families Department serviced threee cases for Madison County. All were for ser vicemen. One case involved an emergency leave, one was for reporting, and one case required financial assistance. Two County Students Make Lyme E. Baker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, James Leonard ' Baker, of Walnut, is one of 155 students at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro wbo made all A's on courses completed during tbt first - semester which ended recently. I - J ! i - f'y.i?:-. ii r ir 1! -iff 1 Fire Destroys HomerBarn Eire completely destroyed the home and bam of Roy "Hop" Henderson between Marshall and Walnut about 3 a.m. this ( Thursday (morning. Henderson, who lives alone, managed to escape without injury. He went to a neighbor's home where the Marshall firemen were notified. When trucks arrived, however, the flames had made such headway it was impossible to save the structures. All household fur nishings were destroyed. Altogether, one other UNCG student from Marshall attained the dean's list during the first semester, ..r ,V". The other student is: Sharon M. Sluder, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Loo F. Sluder, Rt. I, Box 60. "aV - .1 ' ' f i,; . . - i Kj J CANNED 5U1 j jj jtktmJm MtaVwaM AiueovuiutMn J Tronfhom Cited For Achievements Rodney Lane Trantham, son of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Trantham, of Route 2, Hot Springs, recently received a plaque from the J. C.'s of Dralington, S. C, as being the Outstanding YoiTig Educator of 1971. Trantham, who grew up on a farm in the Meadow Fork section of Madison County, is District Instructor of Darlington Area Schools. He is married to the former Miss Betty Parker and they have three sons. Residents of Darlington, Trantham was featured in the 1971 "Personalities of the South," and has been the recipient of many honors in the eduational field and also in sciences and won many honors in the U. S. Navy. He is a graduate from Western Carolina University, University of Virginia iand did educational graduate work at Clemon University, Florida State University and University of South Carolina. He is also active in the Kilbourne Park Baptist Church and is highly esteemed in Darlington and vicinity. Holy Land Slides to be seen The Rev. Ebb Jenkins win iow slides of the Holy Land at the Laurel Branch Baptist Church this Friday night at 7 o'clock. The public is cordially invited. Civil Term Court Starts Here Next Monday The March term of superior court for the trial of civil cases will start her Monday morning with Judge Fred ft Hasty presiding. Jurors drawn for the term are as follows: Dollie Reese Payne, Donald Rice, Grace Goforth, Aaron Scronce, AHie Shelton, Jack D. Wallin, Walter Eugene West, Van Proffitt, Mrs. Mark Bal, Charlie Griffin, W. Donnie Gillespie, Walter Honeycutt, Guy Ramsey, Troy Honeycutt, Conley Hubert Whttt, Mamie Landers, Jean Seaver Price, Wiley Henderson, . Lillian Conner Debruhl, Jackson Blaine Ramsey, Judy E. Wallin, Eloise Ward, Lexine W. Baird, Sallie H. Brigman, Loyd Rigsby, OrviDe Ponder, L'de Mace, Mary Eve'yn l'r OVod. Carol E. Amsrs.-i, Iru English, Jcsae f ' .e Ralph Worley Killed In Truck Mishap Ralph Oneal Worley, 47, of Marshall, was pronounced dead on arrival at Memorial Mission Hospital Monday, Mar. 6, 1972, after I he fuel oil truck he was driving rolled off an em bankment near the Alexander Community on an unpaved road about 11:30 a. m. Patrolman W D. Styles said Worley had backed his truck off the Alexander Road onto the unpaved road in an attempt to turn it around. A soft shoulder gave away and the truck rolled down a 20-foot embankment. Styles said the truck ap parently rolled over Worley after he was thrown out. Robert (Tink) Davis, a passenger in the truck, and who was assisting Worley, was uninjured. Worley was co-owner with John Self of the City Oil Co. of Marshall . r 3 I mi tmmwt RALPH WORLEY services were held at 2:30 p. m. Wednesday in Davis Chapel Baptist Church, of which he was a member. The Revs. Lloyd Ponder, John White and E. J. Jenkins of ficiated. Burial was in Bowman Rector Cemetery. Pallbearers were Ronnie Shelton, Rodney Wallin, Jimmy Thomas, Benny Davis and Bruce and Jasper Treadway. Worley was a lifelong resident of Madison County. He was a veteran of World War Ilwhere he served for three years. He was also a prisoner of war in Germany for nine months. His citations include American Theatre Service Medal, EAME Service Medal with bronze service star; good conduct medal and World War II Victory Medal. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Barbara Crowe Worley; three sons, Ronald of Mars Hill, David of Marshall and Terry Worley of the home; two daughters, Janice and Debbie Worley of the home; two brothers, Clyde and Ernest Worley, both of Detroit; two sisters, Mrs. Robert Buckner of Rt. 7, Marhsal and Mrs. Fred Payne of Rt. 6, Marsha". Bowman-Duckett Faaerai Home was in charge. Metcalf, Dr. W. A. Wnftsoa, Nellie Ray, Jolene dart Cbates, Delia S. Griffin, CeQa A. Metcalf, Tilda ML Henderson, Alma Messer, Carol Dean Edwards.Mack Boon, Kelt GosneQ Thomas, MemJ T. Wallin, Herbert Claude Eoier, Sandra Scott, Hardy SheOon. GOP Senatorial MCandidatcx: Visits Here -; ? William ft Booe, Rep. ' Candidate for U.S. visited in Marshall 111 where he met wlih T ; leaders. Eooe is from C ' he is e " y e: 1 rra "'. ? r? ! . I r-" ! r v ' ' r-!'f t : sn y i 1 . , .CI i j
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