MARTING—HEATON
George H. Martlng of Tryon
and Columbus, formerly of Cleve
land, Ohio, and Miss Emma Loo,
Heaton of Tryon, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. W. E. Heaton of Hen
dersonville, were’ married this
morning, Dec. 31, at 10 a. m., in
Landrum, S. C., at the First Bap
tist Church with the pastor, the
Rev. Henry L. Anderson, officiat
ing.
After a brief wedding trip Mr.
and Mrs. Marting. will return to
Tryon to make their home at the!
Millikin apartments on Lindcourt
Drive while they are building a
new home. . .
Mrs. Mar ting has been the sur
gical nurse at St. Luke’s Hospital
for several years and prior to
•that was at a hospital in Green
ville, S. C.
Mr. parting, a former Cleve
land, Ohio business man, has been
engaged in the real estate busi
ness in Tryon and Columbus for
a number of years.
HOSPITAL NEWS
New patients at St. Luke’s Hos- >
"ital include Mrs. Rosa Durham,
Tryon; Mrs. Bryson Gibson, Co
lumbus, and Barry Staggs, Co
lumbus. No dismissals.
Mr; and Mrs. Arthur Laslett
Smith and family arrive New
Year’s Dav for a short visit with
Dr. and Mrs. Laslett Smith on
their way home to Huntington
Valley, Pa., from Florida where
they spent Christmas.
The Spartanburg Herald reports
the marriage of Delmer Dennis
Green and Jacqueline Dorothy
Smith, both of Tryon.
Dr. William B. Ward, pastor
virst Presbyterian Church of
Spartanburg, has returned home
after a brief stay at Oak Hall.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Tison and
children have returned to Estill,
S. C. after spending the holidays •
in Columbus with Mr. and Mrs.
H. E. Walker.
The Spartanburg' Herald reports
that Alber Green, Nora Gardner
and - Allen Sudduth,. all of "Land
rum are patients at Spartanburg
General Hospital. r ;
300 MILLION DOLLARS
FOR NEW EQUIPMENT
U. S. Steel Corporation© back
ing its confidence in the country’s
economic future by an investment
of approximately $300,000,000 dur
ing 1954 in new equipment and
replacements of its production
facilities, according to Benjamin
F. Fairless, Chairman of the
Board.
“We are undertaking this ex
penditure because we believe that
the Corporation can best serve the
long-term interests of its custo
mers, employees, stockholders and
the defense interests of the nation,
by maintaining its . producing
equipment at a high efficiency
level,” he said. “This includes al
so the continuous search for and
development of raw- materials to
replace those consumed and to in
sure adequate reserves for any
emergency that might arise. Such
policy, is moreover, the only one
that -conforms to the nation’s long
history of ever-rising living stand
ards,-which in turn is the proof
of the superiority of the American
competitive system over socialism.
“The growth of America’s steel
industry, particularly since the
end of World War II, has provid-.
ed us with our greatest basic
strength in history. During . 1953
U. S. Steel, alone, established an
all-tinie production -record of
35,700,009 ingot tons of steel
which was accomplished by oper
ating at the average annual rate
of 98 per, cent of capacity.
“Production records set by U. S.
Steel and the rest of the industry
were aided by many factors dur
ing the past 12 months. There
has been .substantial freedom from
major work stoppages, price and
wage controls Were eliminated and
the distribution of products, for
the most part, returned to the
normal channels of free enter
prise. The cost of living leveled
in its hazardous climb.'
Hendersonville Times-News re*
ports that $Jrs. Willard R.^ Pell
of Tryon is a patient at Mar
. era ret R. Pardee Memorial Hospi*
tal. .