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VOL. 68 ... NO. .19. ft PAGES THIS WEEK MARSHALL, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1969 10e PER COPT $8.00 A Tear la Madison and Adjoining CoosMw 1440 A Tew OoMds These Comities v Toffi Elections Toes. Ponder, Powell, Schaffer Are Mayors; Aldermen X Are Nmed! Comparative light voting was experienced In all three Madison County towns last Tuesday. In Marshall, 848 persona cast votes; in Main Hill, 140 went to the pedis, and in Hot Springs, 161 bal lots were cast. , Results of the elections follow: V A T CTT ATT For Mayor: Lorardo Ponder, 294 (unopposed) For Aldermen: Roy Wild, 265; Fleet Nix, Jr., 241; George Pen land, 216;; Garland Brown, 99; Ed Niles, 70; Bob Davis, 50 Lar ry Corn, 18. Aldermen elected were all in cumbents. Niles, Davis and Corn were "write-ins." MARS HILL For Mayor: William P. Powell, 135 (unopposed) For Aldermen: B. W. Grigg, 134; Carl Eller, 128; Arthur Wood, 128; William A. (Bill) Deans, 19. Powell is incumbent. Aldermen elected are all incumbents. HOT SPRINGS For Mayor: Charles G. Sohaf (Continued on Last Page) I1C Baccalaureate Service To Be Held Sunday Morning Alumni Day And Banquet To Be Held Un Saturday Baccalaureate services and com mencenwhOxeKlses lor approxfc mately 258 degree graduates will be held at Mars Hill College Sum day, May 11. Dr. R. Eugene Owens, senior minuter of the Myers Park Bap tist Church in Charlotte will preach the baccalaureate sermon at 11 a. m., in Moore Aukfitorium. Dr. Fred Bentley, president of the college, will present degrees to 120 earning the Bachelor of Arts, 120 earning the Bachelor of Sci ence, 3 who have completed re quirements for the Bachelor of Musk, and 15 who have majored for the Bachelor of Music Educa tion. In addition to the (degree grad uates four students will receive the Associate in Arts diploma for completion of two-year cours es. The graduation exercises are' scheduled in the college auditori um at 8 p. m., with several hun dred visitors expected. Saturday, May 10 will be Alum ni Day at the Baptist college with several hundred former students returning for class reunions and the annual alumni banquet. Mrs. Rachel Crawley of Raleigh will be the banquet speaker. Dur ing the dinner Dr. William How ard Plemmons, retiring president of Appalachian State University a Boone will be honored as (Continued on Last Page) French Droad r.7c2iingi Hero Covered Dish Supper Befina . .,, j At . 6:30t ? Paatora v - - Are CueaU.lcr. -i'm - The French Broad! . Woman's Missionary Union ,wiH hold ;i ita 65th annual meeting on Tuesday, May 13 ai 6:00 p. m. Ths meeting will be at -ths Marshall Baptist Church, of which the - Reverend Albert PeveraH is pastor and I'ra. Pever&Il is president of the Woman's Minary Society.' t proj-raa is I'.rsesaes." - Ths 9 V " ''t.1 t i t i W. J. SEARS NAMED DEAN AT MARS HILL Dr. William J. Sears, 30, as sistant professor in the depart ment of education at Mars Hill College has been named dean of students effective with the open ing of the 1969-70 session in Au gust. i Dr. Fred Bentley, president of the callege who made the an nouncement Saturday, said Dr. Sears will succeed Dean William L. Lynch, who will become di rector of a Counseling Center to be set up for students at the Bap tist College. 'A native of the tiny communi ty of Olar in Bamberg County near Orangeburg, S. C. Dr. Sears holds degrees from Clemaon, Ap palachian and the University of Alabama. He joined' the college Staff last summer as assistant di rector of the Upward Bound Pro gram. DIAL - A - PRAYER 649-9231 To Deliver Sermon Dr. R. Eugene Owens EMPLOYERS ARE ASKED TO HIRE OLDER WORKERS With President Nixon's desig nation of the month of May as Senior Citizens Month and Gov ernor Bob Scott's proclamation, the Employment Security .Com mission and its 54 local offices' across the State are bringing in to focus a more intensified pro (Continued To' Last Page) 1X10 Animal Hcxt Triiday be the speaker in the afternoon session.. The covered dish supper will be erred from 6:30 to 7:S0 p.m. The hostess church will serve the bev erage. A covered &LA Is to be brour' t fcy each W.M.U. member ttonU.'ng the meeting. There will be corns one at ths front of the church to t..le your dish hen you arrive. . The of.:crs of tl'.e er9ocf. ' extend a c .1 r v. i to :n to r u ; 4 1 Ai I rastors to r end to I'? 1 -?d dUh t I'ktsifvnary t ;S r-."-. ".. i r l .a c: REV; J. R. OWEN; MINISTER, IS BURIED TUES. 1 Was Former Pastor Or Mars Hill Baptist Church The Rev. Jesse R. Owen, Sr., 97, of Greensboro, former West ern North Carolina Baptist min- Sster, died in a Greensboro hospi tal Saturday, May 3, 1969 after a long illness. A native of Lake Toxaway in Transylvania County, Mr. Owen served as pastor of the old French Broad Baptist Church in Aehe- ville. He also had held pastorates at Brevard First Baptist, Canton First Baptist and Mars Hill Bap tist churches. Mr. Owen was a member of the Mars Hill College Board of Trus tees for 30 yeairs, past president of the North Carolina Baptist Ministerial Association and was a member of the home mission boandl of the State Baptist Convention. He had lived in Greensboro two years. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Nell Bishop Owen; two daughters, Mrs. C. G. Alspaugh of Greens boro and Mrs. Forney M. Hoke, Jr., of Humtsville, 'Ala.; two sons, Francis M. of Asheville and Maj. Jesse R. Owen, Jr., of the Air Force. Services were held at 11 a. m., Monday in Lawndale Baptist Church. Rites were also held at 2 p. m., Tuesday in Mars Hil Baptist Church, with the Rev. Richard E. Price, Prof. John A. McLeod and Dr. Hoyt Blaokwell officiating. Burial followed in the 'Mars Hill Cemetery. Retire As FOB Beloved Field Worker Has Served For Past 23 Year "Like a clap of thunder" the routine of the meeting of the French Broad Association Exe cutive Committee which met last Sunday at the Mars Hill Baptist Church, was jarred when it was learned that the Rev. David B. Roberts, association field worker, was going to retire on August 1. The announcement was made when the Rev. W. Robert Holt, moderator, read a letter from Mr. Roberts indicating his intention. The beloved field worker has served for the past 23 years and has been a "rock" for the French Broad Association. His untiring and devoted efforts have made him one of the most effective field workers in the county's history. Following the announcement, the Rev. Horace Youngblood, pastor of the Forks of Ivy Baptist Church, led in a prayer of thanks and appreciation for the many years of missionary service of both, Mr. and Mirs. Roberts. Following some discussion rel ative to a successor to the retir ing Field Worker, Joe Morgan r ME, WATER PROBLEMS ARE STUDIED IIERE Roy G. Wild, water eopMttisBion- er of Town of Marshall, stated to day that Marshall water prob lems and firs problems were un- Idler study by Western North Car olina Regional Planning Commis sion in connection with the coun ty-wide planning program to pro vide the bask information for Federal Grants. He also stated that a new industry, looking at Marshall, will require improve ments in the water and sewer systems. Marshall Students Are Selected For 'Who's Who' Edition Four Marshall students have been selected to appear in the 1969 edition of "Who's Who In American High Schools.'" TheyJ are Phyllis Cooper, Gale Mayhew, Morris Roberts, and James Hay nie. Miss Coopelr is a honor student, co-editor of the school yearbook, and Was nalmed most likely to suc ceed by her class mates. Miss Mayhew was last year's football queen, a member of the basket ball squad, and named the pretti est girl in the senior class. Roberts is salutatorian of his class, president of the Beta and Debating Clubs and was selected most intelligent boy in his class. Haynie has been president of his class for three years, a three-letter man in sports, and named1 the most athletic boy in the senior class. '.-v ' ,.,Sf" Missionary Rev. David B. Roberts made a motion that Mrs. David Roberts serve as interim Mission ary until the Association selects a replacement lor ner nusoana. The motion carried. Mr. Holt was authoried by the Executive Committee to appoint a commit tee of nine members from the (Continued to Last Page) DoDern TTo To Retire August 1 For assail ! To Speak In New York Thomas J. CDonnell 3f 3fr 9fr O'DONNELLTO SPEAK AT NEW YORK MEETING Conference Sponsored By New York Academy Of Sciences Thomas J. O'Donnell, S. J., of the Jesuit Residence, Hot Springs.-i will speak at the Conference on New Dimensions in Legal and1 Ethical Concepts for Human Re search at the Barbizon-Plaza Ho tel, New York City, May 19-21. Sponsored by The New York Academy of Sciences, the confer ence will hear 30 representatives of medical education and research, the law, the clergy and the pub lic; speak on the legal and ethic al questions raised by science's use of human beings in its in creasingly successful attempts to alter and prolong life. Among1 the subjects to be discussed will be the conditions under which hu man experimentation is neces sary and proper; the extent to which it is practiced and under what safeguards; the current def initions of "life"' and "death" fori medical science; government's role in the regulation of clinical re search; and the reaction of society to such new scientific capabilities as genetic intervention and organ transplantation. Reverend O'Donnell will speak i "The Moral Milieu: Funda mental and Changing Concepts." Soil Stewardship Week To Be Held In State May 11-18 Soil Stewardship Week will be held in North Carolina May Il ls according to George Winchest er of Raleigh, President of the North Carolina Association of Soil and Water Conservation Dis tricts. The Association sponsors .the celebration in the State in co- - ? operation with the National As- sociation of Soil and Water Con serration Districts. Soil Stewardship Week is a week set aside each year nation ally to call attention to every one's moral responsibility as a steward of the soil end other na tural resources provided by God. The theme of this year's ob servance la "Confronting the Is sues." The theme was developed with : the 4dea the tt le .now fa. oombeat, as arway,' on all ' men nti.iromen vwfthMaootWtaoww Wdgt and a flense of stewardship reeponubfllty' to Identify the key issues jwt must be,jesoIved In order to tiring1 conservation prog ress and confront .these issues boldly and Vigorously in terms of tie Wll we how'Bve in.' ; .Xhia is-the 15 year that soil and water conservation districts have sponsored the event. ' ' V UNUSUAL ACCH3r.:,T . ' A new recruit vss sent to ti e it''-1 'i r :' 4 . $&r gift Amgim nft w- ' - I'-A quarterrmsster to pick ct t ' i uni DISTRICT COURT HELD THIS WEEK District court started here Mon day morning and adjourned Tues day afternoon with Juldge J. E. Holshouser, Sr., presiding. Judgments during the term in cluded: ' Mrs. Mildred (DJ.) Graham, assault with (Deadly weapon, nol pros with leave; assault on fe male child, not guilty. Louise Allen, assault, guilty, $25 fine and cost. Ernest Cole, abandonment and non-support, guilty; appealed. Otis Shade, public drunkenness, not guilty; resisting arrest, guil ty, fine and cost. Claukie Ball, receiving stolen! goods, not guilty. Weldon Ramsey, public drunk enness, guilty, fine and cost. E. F. Kent, worthless check, guilty; appealed. Ted F. Payne, reckless driving, not guilty. Estoy Metcalf, assault, not guilty. Carrie H. Henry, trespasssing, not guilty. James Porter Young, speeding and driving under influence, pleaded guilty; fine and costs. Clayton Haynie, non-support of children, guilty, pay for support and costs. Lawson Marler, murder, waiv ed to superior court. Jimmy Dover, larceny, break ing and entering, guilty; $200 and costs. " Bobbby lphillips, larceny, guil ty; IS morlths. Weldon Hensley, aiding' and abetting larceny, $200 fine arid costs. Jerry Richard Briscoe, murder, continued. ALEXANDER SPOT IS NOW HARDTOPPED Glory be . . . the terrible, rough and damaging spot on US 25-70 near Alexander which has caused much concern during the past several weeks is now hardtopped. The improvement was made this week by the state highway de partment. Marshall Firemen To Meet Fri. Nights Joe Fisher, Marshall Fire Chief, announced this week that regular meetings of the firemen would be gin Friday night and will be held each Friday thereafter at 7:30 o'clock. Chief Fisher urges all firemen to be present, especially this Fri day night when important matters will be discussed. Girl - Scoot: Scnrtr-Ofrfcri c!d At Co!:::! IfflSALOflt BANQUET IETiE OX SAT, MAY 17 The annual Marshall Ahirr.tJ Banquet will be held on lUj 17 t the Kartell " hvl CJeUui st 7.'J p. l a&tes cf Hars'ifeU L'.,l f I - J rvi'.wV.f Inviied to e'.U;.J f 'i hnmi HUD Official Visits Here; Local Authority Is Optimistic On Thursday, May 1, Mies Frances Barrett, of the Atlanta Division of Housing and Urban Development in charge of local inspections, visited Marshall for "on the site" study of Marshall's need for low-rent housing units. Miss Barrett was met and con ducted on a detailed tour of the town by members of the Marshall Housing Authority. The town was host to lunch for Miss Bar- (rett, members of the Housing Authority, the mayor, J. B. Tweed, and Mrs. Suhart, of the Opportu nity Corporation. Mass Barrett was also intro duced to various town leaders who talked with her about Marshall's present and Marshall's hoped for future. Although nothing definite will be known for three or four weeks, members of the Marshall Housing Authority are very optimistic re garding the number of units that will be assigned to Marshall. It is understood that these units will be individual brick units of $15,000 or more and will be scattered all over the town where lots are made available for this construction. The next step after notice of the number of units to be built is the acquisition of building sites. For these the local Hous- ( Continued on Last Page) TRAINING FOR LUMBERMEN NOW AVAILABLE The Haywood County Technical' Institute will start training class es on June 9 to train men for key jobs in the lumber industry. Class es will be taught for sawyers, lumber graders, dry kiln operat ors and saw filers. Bach class will last twenty-seven weeks ex cept for sawyers and it will take forty weeks to complete the course in sawing. Men with twenty to thirty years of experience in the lumber industry have been employed to instruct the classes. Part of the funds to purchase equipment are (Continued To Last Page) Courthouse To Close Monday For Memorial Day Offices in the courthouse will be closed next Monday in observ ance of Confederate Memorial Day. J N. Willis, clerk of court, said that no district court would bo held on Monday but would con vene on Tuesday, May 13, at 90 o'clock. ivX, ; Also observing Oonf ederate Me morial Day on Monday will be the department of public welfare. ' Ctro.Tc::. Badges ' Awarded; J " s. '-, M. Roberts Presen J c. -The annual Girl Scxwt C t Awards was held at I scLool lunchroom on Tu-' r- e I i 1 n T. ' Ths cf "Ye 1U Ea V. c' ' ' -e cf V v -:.u. x - -i i i ; for U. e - form, lie took tVe - t ' win be t.s EeverenJ ik-r j r: "a-r. ! vr.6ry-emer!iu to tit : a IT Dr. I s 1 c ? r 1 it on sal it - . , rlcTtn, Dr. V
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