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; 3 5 - i 1' VOL. 6,7 NO. 26 E ml mmnm$ Investment Of Project Is $li8 Million; Work To Begin Soon The Hot Springs Plant of Bur lington Industries has announced' a building program that will in crease the plant size by 24,000 square feet and increase employ ment by an estimated 35 employ ees. Plant Manager Truman Melton said construction is expected to begin within the next month or so on addition to the manufacturing plant and reconstruction of the warehouse. The project will also include improvements in existing air conditioning, installation of some new machinery and moderni zation of existing manufacturing facilities. The new addition, when com pleted, equipped and in operation, will represent a new investment of approximately 1 and mil lion dollars, Mr. Melton said. The Hot Springs plant has been in operation for the past 15 years and is one of the county's great est assets. The new project is the first addition to the manufac turing area. Templeton To Address Madison Planning Conference James Templeton, Assistant Di rector of the Office of Economic Opportunity for Sural, Programs, will address a Madison County planning Conference next Tues day June 2, at Wars Hill College. . The conference, a joint venture of The Opportunity Corporation and the Upper French Broad Eco nomic Development Commission, will be devoted to "The Creation of Better Opportunities for Mad ison, County Through Planning." Templeton is expected to apeak on tie relationship between plan ning and economic growth, '"A Plan for Progress." L. D. Hyde, Director of the French Broad Commission, will moderate the conference and Dr. (Continued To Last Page) bounty 4-tJ'ers Uin Honors At Activity Day Mcintosh, Gosnell Elected To Top Posts Last Tuesday Sixty-one 4-H'ers, parents, lead ers and friends attended1 Western District Activity Day held Tues day at Sylva-Webster High School in Jackson County. Madison County club members competed with 4-H'ers from other counties for District honors and received the following awards: Shirley Mc- Inioah, Pioneer Club, was elected' vice-president of the Western Dis trict and Joyce Gosnell from the Grapevine Club was elected West er District secretary-treasurer. This Western District includes 18 counties and Madison County is fortunate in having two- of the . fbur officers to serve in 1968-69. Three 4-H'ers were named Dis trict ; Demonstration winners and three were selected as runners-p. Winners are as follows: Harkn Rice, - Walnut-Hopewell Club, Poultry Marketing and Production Demonstration; Lynne Baker, Wal nuUHopewell Club, Horse Denunv stratkm; and Johnny Hensley, Pioneer Club, Tobacco Demon stration, Eunners-op in demon' strations were: Jane Mclntocn, Pioneer Club, Soil and Water Con servation Demonstration and Ornamental Plants and Land- ping Demonstration; and Jim I Ver, WaJnut-Hopewell dob, .' ""'a rv-'onstrstioa. " Hives Run Square Dance i v. s ' vn gi cn of the 8 PAGES THIS WEEK IMS CM Elected Secretary Tom Johnston V TOM JOHNSON IS SECRETARY BOSTON Am Native Of Walnut Has Fine Record With Itek Corp. Tom Johnson, Supervisor of Itek Corporation's Physical Secu rity Section, was recently elected Secretary of the Boston Chapter, American Society for Industrial Security, The occasion was the' Annual Meeting of the Boston Chapter of A.S.I.S., which was held at the Indian Badge Country Club in Andover, Mass. The mem bership of this society is compris ed of security executives from business and industry. Itek Corporation, with head quarters in Lexington, Mass., is a leader in the development and production of advanced informa tion systems for government and industry. The company's princi pal areas of operation and main locations are: optical, electronic, (Continued To Last Page) NEW SEWERAGE PLANTS AT FOUR COUNTY SCHOOLS Work Is Already Started; Total Cost Of Projects, $26,650 Bids were opened by the board of education last Monday for con struction of new sewage treat ment plants at four of this coun ty's schools. B, L. Edwards, superintendent, announced that the successful bidder was H. B Brown, Jr., of Mars Hill, con tractor. . The combined projects will cost $26,650.00, Mr. Edwards said aad they are expected to be completed by August 14 in time for the fall semester. The four schools to set the new plants are Spring Creek, Laurel, Ebbs Chapel and Beech Glen. Work was started Tuesday on the new "Aer-o-Flo" Aerobio Di gestion Sewage Treatment plants which '"will, when completed, be great assets to the schools. Masonic Meeting French Broad Masonic Lodge No. 252 will bold a stated com munication on Monday, July 1, at " " " - . ATI c"f-w-9 fni. r""i j ie Eci.e. -- i - CI if I I MARSHALL, N. C, (Project INSTALLATION, LADIES' NIGHT OF LIONS HELD Miss Marjorie McCune Is Guest Speaker; Kanipe Installs Officers Installation of officers and la dies' night was observed Monday night at Bailey's Westgate Cafe teria by the Marshall Lions Club. Hubert Kanipe, past District 31-A governor, installed the of ficers, charging them with their duties and responsibilities. Outgoing Lion President Wade Huey presided at the dinner meet ing and paid tribute to the mem- bers and their wives for the,lwu UVV" progress of the Lions during the past year. Several of the Lionesses who aided greatly in the success of the recent Horse Show here were presented gifts. Special recogni tion was paid Mr. and Mrs. Fred Boss, of Mairs Hill, for their as sistance in promoting the horse show. Lions Earl Wise and Page Brig man were presented awards for new memberships to the club and Lion George Shupe, former pres ident, secretary and charter mem ber of the club who recently re joined the club after being away, (Continued To Last Page) Shown above are Madison County School Superintendent R, I Edwards, left, and Dr. Guy Birchfield, of Western Carolina Universi ty, discussing the project, "Teacher Professional Growth Study" which will get underway in MadSson County this summer. Mr. Edwards an nounced that an ESEA Title III grant of $16,863.00 has been received and that Dr. Birchfield has been selected as director of the project. " Dr. Guy Birchfield To : Be Director Personnel t'" Named V 1 Superintendent' K." L. Edwards announced today ; that Madison County .schools have received aa ESEA Title ITT frant of C16 863,00 to conduct a "Teacher Pro fessional Growth Study" this sum- mer. '.VV"''.t ; ' The purpose of this project b to promote inter-school profes sional relations, -l to w' cohesive eX'orls toward L. , ,v- (Q)UiilJv clisife ( THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1968 NEWS AT A GLANCE THE NATION President Johnson told a news conference Wednesday he will sign the 10 per cent income tax sur charge bill, following a review of the spending curbs Congress add ed over administration objections. fr The Johnson administration opened its drive in Congress Wed nesday to further firearms con trols, including registration and licensing of all guns and a ban on interestate mail sales. 3fi 3fi 3p President Johnson named Abe Fortas to be chief of the U. S. Sureme Court Wednesday. H e ipicked another close friend, Homer Thornberry of Texas, to succeed Fortas as an associate judge. Sfi 3fr 3fr The Poor People's Campaign sought a federal court injunction Wednesday to force the Agricul ture Department to spend a sur plus $227 million immediately for cans. Secretary 01 Agriculture Orville E. Freeman plana to re- turn the $227 million to the U. S. (Continued to Page Four) Civil Court Ends Here Wednesday; No Jury Trials The June term of superior court for the trial of civil cases "died out naturally" about noon Wed1 nesday. Although there were no jury trials, several cases were dis posed of and several eases con : 4 ing education throughout the coun ty. ' 1 Dr. Guy Birchfield, of Western Carolina University, has been selected to be the director of this project Dr. Birchfield has served as consultant in ' the past few years to many administrative tmits throughout North Carolina and is recognised as aa outstanding educational leader. ' "We are indeed fortunate in having Dr. EirckficTl d"rvt 's proj-ct," Kr. Edgar's ss'l ' Tie follow Ji'.f :---4 C .'.y 10c PER COPY arslrf, E3ol Springs I bserve fala 4fh Thursday Dairy Princess Miss Jewell Ball, daughter of !Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ball, of Route 5, Marshall, is the present Dairy Queen. A graduate of Marshall High School, Miss Ball is a se nior at Mars Hill College. She is business manager of the An nual, an honor student, and nom inee for Katherine Smith Rey nolds scholarship. She has held many prominent offices in 4-H clubs. Junior Dairy Princess Little Miss Beverly Bruce, age 17, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hall Bruce of Mars Hill RFD 1, has been reigning Junior Dairy Prin cess for 1967-68. Beverly will be out-going Prin cess June 28, when there will be a contest to choose a new Princess. JUNIOR, SENIOR DAIRY PRINCESS CONTEST FRIDAY Beverly Bruce, Jewell Ball Have Reigned For Past Year f The annual Junior and Senior Dairy Princess contest will be held ib the county courthouse here on Friday night beginning at eight 'clock. This is always a feature of the month of June which is Dairy (Continued To Last Page) personnel have been selected to participate la the project: Mrs. Jewel Church, Fred Anderson,- Ray Tweed, Auburn Wyett, James Allen, Ronald Higgtes, Bruce Phillips, Grover Gillis, Mrs. Rena Shelton, Miss Jinsie Under wood, Mrs. Juanita Boone, Miss EJJth he!ton, Dennis McCurry, r.irrr-y rVRnlin, J. D. Wallin, l'r. J. 21. Ly, ir.-sJ'LotEe r . r-'-a r Da- '"V'. " MARSHALL Members of the Marshall Vol unteer Fire Department are a gain sponsoring a gala 4th of July program next Thursday which should thrill hundreds of persons of all ages. An exciting wild west rodeo will be the feature for the day. The rodeo will consist of both afternoon and night performances. The afternoon show will begin at two o'clock and the night per formance will begin at eight o' clock. The rodeo will have bare back bronc riding, steer wrestling, calf roping, barrel racing, bull riding and ribbon roping. Clowns will also perform during the rodeo. It was also announced that hot dogs, hamburgers, sandwiches, homemade cakes, ice cream and soft drinks would be available all day on the Island. A Shetland Pony will be given away just before the night show, it was stated. A fine assortment of fireworks will be displayed soon after the final show which should thrill per sons of all ages. "We believe this rodeo will be the most exciting event ever shown on the Island and we cordially in vitt everyone to attend", Joe Fisher, fire chief, stated. SEVEN COUNTY MEN INDUCTED ON WEDNESDAY The following registrants were inducted into the Armed Forces on June 26, 1968: Charles Douglas Davis, Route 4, Marshall; Ronnie Stephen Chandler, Rt. 2, Mars Hill; Farris Wade Hensley, Rout 5, Marshall; Paul Wayne Payne, Route 5, Marshall; Dolson Cecil Rice, Rt. 6, Mar shall; Rodney Patterson Wallin, Rt. 5, Marshall; Thomas Solon West, Rt. 6, Marshall. Government Asked To Continue Mainstream JAMS ELAM ON BAPTIST YOUTH TOUR TO EUROPE Janis Elam, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. R. Elam, of Mars Hill, joined twenty-five other ex cited travelers on Tuesday of this week in boarding an Icelandic Airlines plane on the first leg: of a thirty-four day tripNrhich will take them through the heart of Europe. They will he traveling through Iceland, France, Luxem bourg, Belgium Holland, Germa ny, Austria, Italy, and the tour will end in Berne, Switzerland. where they wffl join 6,000 other delegates to the Seventh Baptist Youth World Conference. , These youth conferences are sponsored ones every five years by the Tooth Division of the Baptist World AV liance and delegates will come from mora, than sixty countries where Baptist churches are locat ed. , . , , ? The twenty-six delegates in this J group are traveling under the di rection of Mr. Henry W. (Hani) Creer, Baptist Campus Ch? 'n at Ara'acLlan Elate TJJ?i. , l i sen, Ec-" a t ' t r 'i r - i r i - j $3.00 A Year In Madison and Adjoining Couatfes HOO A Tear Outride These Counties S 3$ Sfr HOT SPRINGS Fourth of July fun seekers will have an opportunity to relax all day on Thursday, July 4th at Hot Springs where an elaborate pro gram is being planned. The Hot Springs Lions Club will again sponsor the events. A skeet and trap shoot will start off the day's activities at 9:,'i0 a. m. A fish fry will be served from 5:00-7:00 o'clock. Bingo will al so be on tap, it was stated. At 6:30 a greased pig contest will be held on the high school athletic field and a softball double header will begin at TTtKTo clock. The teams will consist of all-star players from the league. Shortly after dark, fireworks will be displayed. The public is cordially invited to Hot Springs on the 4th. "We are looking forward to an exciting day for everyone", one Lion official stated. Marshall Union Service Next Sunday Evening The churches of Marshall will hold their Fifth Sunday Union Service Sunday evening at 7:30 o'clock at Ponder Chapel. The service will be conducted by Rev. J. E. Pedew, the pastor of the host church. Rev. W. C Clark, pas tor of the Methodist Church, will read the Scripture and-Rev. A. A. Peverall, paster of the Baptist Church, will lead the prayer. The sermon will be delivered by Rev. Arthur F. Williams, the new pas tor of the Presbyterian Church. News-Record To Go To Press One Day Early Next Week So that the subscribers can re ceive their newspaper at the regular time next week, The News Record will go to press next Wed nesday instead1 of Thursday so that the employees can also have a holiday on July 4th. Your cooperation is requested in getting in the news and ad vertising copy early. Board Of Directors Met On Thursday; Appeal Made To Con. Taylor Newly elected members of The Opportunity Corporation's Board' of Directors met in A'sheville Thursday evening, June 20, and gave unanimous approval to a proposed continuation of Opera tion Mainstream. A proposal requesting expansion of the project from 80 to 60 job slots is to be sent to the U. S. De partment of Labor. Additional Federal cost for the expansion will be near $104,000. Rural Program May Lost To Cities James Thorson. Acting- Direct. or of Operation Mainstream, stat ed .that actual prospects for re funding are not known. The pro gram is designed primarflr for rural areas. However, the De partment of Labor has earmark ed almost all national Oneration Mainstream funds for the new Concentrated Employment Pro grams. Most of these CEPs are operating in urban areas, particu larly the 60 largest cities. Madison Cnm-, t'- fa ces the threat cf ! ' - C' -". i ilainstreara it t' a I f r project's fU jr'tr J ' - ::.
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