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MARSHAL N. a, SEPT. 11, IMS Til HIWMCOP PAOl Plant Replacing Mineral Baths As Hot Springs Major Income f Rounding a series of hairpin ln 1954 power uge in Hot Springs as some towns, but wrs Work curves on a major Asheville-Knox- nB8 ain,0gt doubled since 1966. ing toward improvement," he says, ville highway, motorists suddenly Taxes paid to the town of Hot "I could show you psopls whj bear down on a quaint little vil- Springs by Carolina Power & Light used to work hard and make lit lage, nestled in a valley cut by a Comoanv have nearly tripled since tie money. Now they Have a river that meanders peacefully tho plant was built through the Bald Mountains. Exact figures are not available, Here era overlaps era. but 8everai town leaders put their Trucks, buses and oars rumble headg togetrier and estimated that through a mountain puss that once rcUil 8ales have increased at least surefooted 25 per cent because of the indus try. Has Hot Springs reaped any intangible benefits from its indus trial payroll? steady income and can afford to eat out once in a while. "That seems like a small thing, a Burlington Industries loan pro gram. They couldn't attend col lege otherwise. "People are fixing up more now," says James Gentry, who runs a hardware store. "There buying more puint, appliances, and other home improvement i terns. but it means a lot to man who There's been a lot of indoor plumb- posed a challenge fo beasts and the most skilled wag onmasters. Overull-clad men of the hills trudge by a motel pool where scantily-attired tourists pause to gaze at real-life mou)itaili(jeis. Slow winking traffic lights set a leisurely pace for the one- once couldn't afford to take ms kids out for hamburgers." Other little things mean a lot to Hot Springs, benefits that have come with industry. The Presbyterian Church has Harold Anderson is a young two new choir members, plant businessman who co-owns t w 0 manager and Mrs. Neil Ross restaurants, two motels, and a ns.s is also president of the Li- "country store" tourist attrcation. block business district. The closest Ho served as postmaster for thing to a truffle problem is a en yearf, and is now a rural narrow bridge spanning a creek in the middle of town. A doctor in a modern clinic ministers to the sick. Just up rier. A member of City Council, he knows Hot Springs nnd its people. Asked about intangible bone ons Club arid chairman of the Hot Kprings Planning Board. This imported leadership is ap preciated. A native son who is al so a civic leader nut it this way: ing installed up here since the plant came." Miss Hazel Moore, a beauty shop operator, recalls with civic pride that Hot Springs won a first prize for community development in the Carolina Power & Light Company "Finer Curolinu" contest in 1956. A Catholic priest and 11 Metho this preacher mixed practical eco nomics with their dispensing of spiritual enlightenment u decade ago. Father Andrew Craves and the road, a decaying sign points fa he replied: to a bath house where the in- ..j KUPBS you'd have to say it firmed once sought healing in improved our town morale. A lot warm spring water bubbling from 0f people said Hot Springs was the mountains. Hence the orig- dying. We're not growing as fast inal name "Warm Springs," which was changed to "Hot Springs" about the turn of the century. Other contrasts abound here, some not as apparent, but just as profound. There are souk- indications that Hot Springs might be standing Mill, contcni lo let tune pass he: "Whenever something for the good the late Rev. Z. V. Arthur were of our town needs to be done, among the determined leaders who Neil Ross and his people are us- refusod to say no when the pros unlly up front leading the way."' pect of an industrial payroll was Two promising Hot Springs presented to Hot Springs. High School graduates will go to Their work was not in vain, college this year with funds from Cut courtesy Asheville Citizen Is 9 mm V hPfefr mj JBmW Wmmmmmmmmm MANAGKR NKIL ROSS (left) explains operations of Burlington Industries' Hot Springs plant to James M. Hall, assistant manager of Carolina Power & Light Company's Asheville district. I'.loV. til. In industi ial pride w 1 a til it I .easting a hotel with I 'A imposing columns representing the A orig inal colonies. People came from far and near to bathe in the warm .pnng water thought to contain healing properties. Today, a modern textile plant employing approximately 120 work ers hums around the clock six days a week. What has an industrial payroll of several thousand dollars a week meant to a town of less than 800 population? The simple struc ture of email Hot Springs affords a convenient "control" for meas uring the gains from one added industry. Hot Springs is not a boom town. It is not bursting its economic iseams. But there are shoots of economic growth springing up a mong the fields of unemployment, welfare cases, and the near-poverty that plagues parts of Madi son County. Not all of the growth in Hot Springs can be attributed to the industrial plant. Some of the pay roll dollars find their way to oth er towns, and motorists traveling two major highways contribute to the town's economy. Most Hot Springs residents would tell you, however, that Burlington Industries' plant is the town's bread and butter, and that it accounts for the bulk of its growth. The plant, a part of Raeford Worsted Company, a di vision of Burlington, supplies yams that go into the well-known Raeford 280's suiting fabrics. These things have happened to Hot Springs since industry came a decade ago: Three new retail businesses have been established. Postal receipts rose from $39, 488.71 in 1952 to SI 19,062.73 last year. Before industry came two employees handled the mail. Now six people work at the post office. There were 43 more telephones in service last year than 10 years before. Bank officials estimate that bank debits have increased by 100 per cent in 10 years. Sale of paint and other home improvement items has risen sharply, merchants say. A beauty shop operator says her business has almost doubled because of the plant. A church has completed a $10, 000 addition. One of its members ays he believes it wouldn't have been possible without tho extra industrial payroll. Hot Springs in a decade has addeti a library, a medical clinic, and street markers. Total tax as sessment in Hot Springs has in creased from $731,231 in 1962 to $949,113 a decade later. City Hall reports that 15 new homes have been built since industry came. There has been only a slight increase in population. Burling ton's plant employs a local labor force. The 1960 census counted 728 people, only two more than in 1960. I mj''' m WW w ip wmsXF wstmm (ESS 1 ! Wm'XWSKmmtmmmfwmm WmRMT w&&mNKBm8umM MnsrawliSPSffiHi3MHSWSlSlSSSnnSSSSSHBw HOT SPRINGS A worker in a modern spinning plant at Hot Springs is shown in left photo. An abandoned bath house where the in firmed once sought healing in warm spring water is shown at right. The plant has replaced the bath house as Hot Springs' chief resource. m )fr ' . .1 in h n m W. A. Green, 89, Passes Monday; Funeral Wednesday W. A. Green, 89, of RFD 2, Marshall, died Monday, Sept. 9, 1963 in an Asheville hospital after a lengthy illness. Services were held at 'i.'.ii) p. m. Wednesday in Bull Creek Bap tist Church, of which he had been a member for 68 years. The Rev. E. F. Sprinkle, the Rev. W. B. Sprinkle, the Rev. V. C. Fisher and the Rev. Joseph Reese officiated. Burial was in the church cemetery. Pallbearers were Bruce, Joe, Gay, Clinard, Edsel, Harold and Richard Green, and Clyde Wild. French Broad Masonic Lodge 292 of Marshall, of which he was a member, held graveside services. Surviving are five daughters, Mrs. Oscar Wild of RFD 6, Mar shall, Mrs. Bill Silver and Mrs. Clyde Buckner, both of RFD 2, Marshall, Mrs. Brisco Crawford of RFD 8, Weaverville and Mrs. Andy Mcintosh of Marion; six sons, McKinley, George and How ard, all of RFD 2, Marshall, Lark and Wade, both of Mars Hill and Wayne of RFD 6, Marshall; a sis ter, Mrs. Lillie Crowder of RFD 2, Asheville; 54 grandchildren; 78 great-grandchildren and 22 great-great-grandchildren. Bowman Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Send The News-Record To Your Boy In Service HOT SPRINGS 1 R C. KIRBY, Correspondent Mrs. W. F. Hice and family of Alexandria, Va., and Mr. H. A. Maney of Oak Ridge, Tenn., have been visiting their mother, Mrs. L. R. Maney and their sister, Mrs. Bud Ramsey, this week. MV. and Mrs. R. C. Kirby have returned from Greenwood, S. C, where they spent several days with friends. Mr. Joe Tilson and Mr. Neil Ross are home after a round of deep sea fishing at Mobile, Ala bama. Joe says Neil undoubtedly was a cowboy in former years, as he dropped the hooks and line and went to lassoing the big ones. Miss Clara Blankenship of Wash ington, D. C, is visiting relatives end old friends here this week. Mr. and Mors. Neil Lewis and (son, Stanley, of Roanoke, Va., are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Swann Huff this week. New! Gillette sum Adjustable J mm. Razor Trl You turn dial MmgM I 71 I H from 1 to 9 A9f3 H 1 W lor theO'Syvl lasw act setting M JH that match- JBBW UJUf XlnTnd MM with Super '" mm Blu9Blgdet You turn from 1 to 9 COMPLETE LAUNDRY SERVICE Pick-up and Deliveries ALL-NIGHT SINGING AT Marshall High School Auditorium Saturday Night, Sept. Start At 7:30 - - The following singers have been invited: Joyful Aires Quartet Glory Dawn Quartet Ivy Chapel Trio Homeward Bound Quartet Gospel Light Tiiio Metcalf Family Cox Brothers Bethel Quartet Peek's Chapel Quartet Arrington Branch Quartet Oak Hill Quartet True Gospel Quartet Rock Ridge Quartet Melody Trio Up per Laurel Quartet. All Other Singers are Invited. Each Adult attending will be given a Red Cross Mem bership Card and a Ticket on a PONY which will be GIVEN AWAY IN FRONT OF COURTHOUSE ON SATURDAY, SEPT. 28 At 3:00 P. M. Admission: Children under 12 years, 25c; Adults, $1.00 TUESDAYS and SATURDAYS MM IN AND AROUND MARSHALL 1 14 Weaverville Laundry Proceeds Benefit . " it Madison County Red Drr 1 if. Then are 367 electric meters m Hot Springs. Then won 292
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