pftt November ML 1171
The News-Record
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EDITORIAL
EDITOR'S NOTE: Ever since Mrs. Diora B.
Rice, of Marshal, witnessed the terrible and fatal
accident near Mars Hill recently, she has been most
concerned about cars and people. She voluntarily
wrote the following "Guest Editorial" in hopes it
might awaken reckless drivers and asked that it be
published:
CARS AND PEOPLE
Cars are a wonderful, useful invention when
rightly used and not abused. To be able to drive a car
is blessed if driven carefully and rightfully. If the
inventor had thought that cars needed wings and
didn't need lights I believe lights would have been
left off and wings put on.
How can speeding cars be controlled? How can
innocent lives be saved? I saw a wreck on a highway
where three innocent lives ebbed away. Where
others by the roadside lay. What happened? What
went wrong? Both cars demolished, a sad sight to
see. Car drivers could I beg of you not to speed. Keep
lights on when needed and watch the other car as
well as be careful and thoughtful with your own. Try
to save a life. It could be yours or your loved one's. I
might say or ask if it's war? So many are losing their
lives on highways. Why, oh why, from car wrecks do
so many die? Is it the car's fault? The driver's fault?
Is it speeding? Carelessness? What? After being at a
wreck where three lost their lives, why? And what
can be done about so many losing lives caused by
cars and people on highways. How can this be
controlled? What can be done about it? Who can
control death from cars on highways?
Drivers of cars, large and small ones, when you
get into your cars ask God to guide and direct you on
your journey to and fro. Keep this in mind as along
you go Try drivers, try to avoid deaths on highways.
li s going to be
a green Chrisimas
By PAUL HARVEY
The third quarter of 1971 is in and added up. The inflation fever
broke. That crisis is past. It's now safe to project the fourth
quarter.
It's going to be a "green" Christmas!
Even allowing for inflation, individual income in our nation is 4
per cent more than two years ago.
Never in our country's history have we had this many workers
working-79.8 million.
Never in our history has Detroit sold
10 million new cars; it will have-this
year.
And there has never been when we
have begun construction of more new
homes more than 2 million this year
And that industry alone fills a lot of
Christmas stockings.
My traveling microphone has
bugged a whole bunch of dealer
meetings in recent weeks. Wherever
I've been invited to address con
ventions of ad men, salesmen,
bankers or filling station operators,
I've gone early enough to do some
listening too.
Despite the questions left unanswerable by the wage-price
freeze I've been seeing a lot more smiles than frowns.
And where they have allowed me a peek at their research and
development of what's upcoming, man alive it appears
everybody's pregnant with products, the names of which aren't
even in the dictionary yet
Two respected journals, The Wall Street Journal and U.S. News
and World Report, recently surveyed retailers. It's only at the
shopping center that they can team how you feel about all this
They found you feeling fine.
I-ast year holdiday retail sales increased an unimpressive 3 1
per cent from the year previous. This year most expect to top last
year by an impressive I per cent to 10 per cent .
Allowing for the fact that retailers characteristically talk
optimistically about holiday prospects, this year they've put
money where their mouths are; they've boosted inventories
ordered much more stuff. Orders for Tinker Toys are running 25
per cent ahead of a year ago.
And this year for the first year in many you hear some retailers
expressing fear of shortages developing because of the
longshore walkout and such.
;, Sears and Montgomery Ward expect Christmas sales to in
crease I per cent to 10 per cent.
Marshall Field expert an per cent Increase.
Kresge expects a 20 per cent increase though part of that
reflects additional stores since last year.
Bases for the bullishness include: we, the people, have been
stockpiling more savings. With encertainty and pessimism
waning, we are spending inor Retail sates have increased
steadily all year. " - ' - N ' -' ' v ''
After the first of the year there are some "ifs" in our outlook but
the Administration's track record for increasing employment
while curtailing inflation is reassuring.
Meanwhile, our nation's total output of everything has never
been greater our trillion dollar economy is 11 per cent higher
than ever before. And rising. : ; .
Kerry Christmas and Happy New Year. ' , ,'
Marshall, N. C.
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Lesson
LESSON TOR NOV. U, 1171
LESSON TEXT: Romans 5:
8:28-39;
2 Corinthians 4:7-18
We have previously studied
God's establishment of moral
order, and since moral order
cannot survive under conditions
of evil that are tolerated and
allowed to go unpunished, this
Lesson will detail they way in
which God conquers evil in the
world, thus assuring fur
therance of His overall plan for
mankind.
For the believing Christian
the steps taken by God to
conquer evil must be a very
personal thing, for their basis
was the redemptive death of
Jesus Christ, His only begotten
Son, on the cross at Calvary,
that all men might be saved.
Christ's redemptive sacrifice,
however, can only realize its
full potential if man
acknowledges Him openly and
fervently, awarding Him the
central place in the individual's
life. This can only be done by
man accepting the burden of his
full guilt, enduring his punish
ment for sin, and returning a
full response in faith thereby
making of himself a creature
fully acceptable to God. This is
what Paul meant by
"justification of the sinner."
As will be seen from Romans
5, Paul then goes on to spell out
the benefits accruing to man as
a result of sanctification...what
it means to be saved.
Through sanctification sin
ning man discovers a deep
sense of inner peace. Anxieties
and insecurities vanish, and he
is bolstered with a new inner
strength to carry him through
trials and tribulations which
would hitherto have utterly
defeated him. The Christian
experiences a new sense of well
being, for he acknowledges that
there IS an afterlife, and the
best still lies ahead of him.
He has gained access to God's
presence, and the sense of
loneliness that is present in
every man alieniated from God
is a thing of the past. Where, as
an enemy of righteousness, he
was excluded from close
communion with God, as a
justified sinner he has access to
Him in Prayer, and he reaps all
the benefits that prayer can
bring.
Another newly-discovered
blessing of the redeemed sinner
is grace. Through it, man comes
to the realization that God is
ever active in his behalf in His
redeeming love, provided in the
Person of Christ.
And no litany of the benefits of
the Christian doctrine would be
complete without mentioning
hope. For, because of Christ's
sacrificial death, we possess the
confidence that we will even
tually come unto that state
which God originally ordained
for His most precious
creation... man!
We come, also, to realize that
each and every affliction we
may endure has its own pur
pose. Adversity courageously
accepted develops quality and
character in the individual. As
we mature in Christianity we
have more of ourselves to give
to those around us who have yet
to be saved in this world, and as
a consequence, we have more of
ourselves to bring to the Throne
in the next!
If we accept God in our hearts
we become His willing in
struments in defeating all that
is sinful and evil in the world.
We become His most effective
weapons in His war on sin!
i These comments are based
on outlines of the International
Sunday School Lessons,
copyrighted by the In
ternational Council of Religious
Education, and used by per
mission )
A slim fark
(iroundbreaking
Sex I Sunday
Aston Park Hospital an
nounced today that they will
hold a groundbreaking
ceremony for their new 6.8
million dollar hospital at 2 p. m.
on Sunday, Nov. 21, at the new
Rhododendron Park site.
Principal speaker for the
event will be the Honorable Roy
A. Taylor.
Parking will be provided on
the site and at the National
Guard Armory across Highway
191 from the location. The
public is invited to the ground
breaking event as wen as to
refreshments following the
ceremony at the National
Guard Armory. -
Actual construction Is
scheduled te begin Spring of
1972. and will take about two
years to complete. ,
Letters To
Editor
Dear Editor,
The road program in Madison
County is a serious one. B Is
slow, uncertain and ill advised
at best. The roads are
deteriorating faster than they
are being repaired in many
sections of the county and few
roads have been built In the
county since the Morrison Road
Building program of the early
1920's. Kerr Scott's ad
ministration repaved some
roads in the county but there
was no fundamental road
building program then. We're
still "in the mud" as far as
Madison County goes. Having a
Road Commissioner in the
county hasn't helped ap
preciably either as far as the
average taxpayer is concerned.
We need less private and more
public roads built. It's politics
as usual in regard to priorities
in the allocation of funds, and
the building of roads in
Madison. Hasn't this county
experienced too much of this
sort of thing already? Political
cronyism in road building
should cease forthwith!
It makes me shudder to think
that a consolidated high school
is contemplated in the next few
years with such a piecemeal
patchwork of poor quality roads
here. I do not subscribe to the
notion of some that the con
struction of a consolidated high
school will automatically bring
better roads to the county. This
is getting "the cart before the
horse" and will be a big
disappointment. Only a
dreamer or visionary would
have such high expectations.
The hour is already late and
there is little evidence to show
that a comprehensive road
building program for the county
is even in the planning stage on
the state or county levels. If
better planning both for the
school and roads is not forth
coming, it will be evident to all
competent observers that
consolidation will only mean
that mediocrity is compounded
since both are political footballs
in Madison!
An example of the bad road
situation is the Bend of Ivy
Road. Two school buses travel it
daily and it has two mail routes.
It has three churches along the
way and more than the number
of houses required for priority.
Numerous petitions have been
signed and forwarded to per
sons responsible for roads but
the response has been nil thus
far. Such a disheartening
response leads to complete loss
of confidence in government's
service for the needs of the
popple. (Incidentally, every
property owner has signed all
petitions.) This road is a
thoroughfares from a paved
road in Buncombe to another
paved one in Madison and is
heavily travelled. It meets all
the requirements for paving. It
was surveyed once, money was
appropriated for its con
struction but was never paved. I
notice that the ploiticians have
good roads but the honest
taxpayers often have to travel
through pot holes and mud
holes. Old, dusty country roads
contribute to pollution; why not
fight this plague on all our
houses by paving the much used
"side roads," especially the
ones the property owners
unanimously agree to right-of-ways
for. There is plenty of
money in the state for road
building, money specifically
allocated by the legislative
servants in the General
Assembly. Then too, the big
surplus in the State Treasury is
a potential source of financial
support too.
I urge our Road Com
missioner and resident State
Representative to action.
Madison County has been
treated like a stepchild at a
family reunion too long
already !
You can travel to any other
part of our state and new roads
are being built and other roads
being repaired but "not so in
good ole Madison." Why?
Sincerely
-f-JeraldC. Fisher
If you like
the idea of
learning to fly,
you'll like
the Army Reserve.
I- Just A Woman s Observations 1 1 HFARIl AND SEEN
How about that snow? I had
written that column last
Monday night and actually
threw in that it might snow Just
to fill out a line and by Jove,
here we get it before the paper
gets to press! I was beginning to
think at one time that we might
get a good deep one, but aorta
glad that we didnt so soon in the
fall. Makes me think of last year
when Mr. Whitt let me leave
before the bus and I got stuck in
the mud on Mashbum Hill! Oh,
snow you are so pretty, but you
make it hard on us poor
mountain people!
Did you read Bobby Terrell
the other day when he had been
arguing with Al Geremonte
about an adage? I'm with Al, I
rdo believe the saying is "The
best defense is a good offense."
I don't really know who said it,
but think it sounds like Rupp of
Kentucky when he had his fine
basketball teams. I know
coaches feel much better when
their teams have several points
on the board, and the other
fellow is trying to catch up,
while the one ahead is trying to
get further In the lead.
Sorry to miss the YDC dinner
the other night, but understand
they had a fine time. I sneaked
over to the gym Monday
morning to see the lovely
decorations and I'll bet you a
dollar to a doughnut that Miss
Billie Jean Redmon did a big
part of the job. She has always
I
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Extension
News
Phone 649-2491
Home Economics 4-H
Over 500 boys and girls have
enrolled in the 4-H TV Science
Program to begin Feb. 5 in this
area. If you are a fourth, fifth,
or sixth grader, and did not sign
up for the Science Program, you
may still do so by contacting the
Madison County 4-H Club Of
fice, 649-2411.
Now is the time of year to be
taking soil samples from your
pasture land and your 1972 crop
land. Samples may be taken
now and fertilizer for next
year's crop may be bought
before Jan. 1 and listed with
your 1971 income tax return.
Thus, you may show a larger
profit on next year's crop
returns. Soil sample boxes are
available at the Extension
Office free of charge. A
worksheet is also furnished
giving instructions for taking a
soil sample.
Personals
Mr. and Mrs. John King of
Detroit, Mich., arrived in
Marshall on Wednesday to
spend a few days with Mrs.
King's brother-in-law and
sister, Mr. and Mrs. Liston B.
Ramsey.
Mrs. Joseph Malinoski, Jr.,
returned to her home at Fort
McClellan, Ala., on Thursday of
last week after spending a few
days in Marshall with her
mother, Mrs. Ron Sprinkle.
Mrs. Malinoski and her husband
returned to Marshall during the
week-end and attended the
funeral of Mrs. Malinoski's
uncle, M. A. Clark, of Asheville.
Mr and Mrs J. H. Eads spent
Sunday in Stanley where they
visited their son-in-law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Ted
Sprinkle, and their three
children.
Train
Strikes
Car
Konnie Baker, 20, son of Mr.
and Mrs Herbert Baker, of the
Big Pine section of Madison
County, escaped serious Injury
Friday morning when the car he
was driving was struck by an
east bound freight train about
8:00 at the Barnard crossing.
According to reports, Baker
said he stopped his 1970 Ford
before crossing the tracks and
looked and he said the signal
lights were not flashing so he
started across the track. The
train struck the rear of the
automobile causing - con
siderable damage to the car but
Baker miraculously escaped
with minor head injury, bruises
and a few minor lacerations.
He was taken to Memorial
Mission Hospital where be was
released soon thereafter.
' State Highway Patrolman
Pipes investigated. j
BY DOROTHY BRIGMAN SHUPE
been such a help to all of us
when we needed it about
decorations for any celebration.
I'm sure there were others who
worked hard too, but I feel that
Miss Billie is one who stands
back and lets others have the
limelight but she wouldn't
have it any other way. She's
some gal, and everyone just
loves her the most est!
Another gal that seems to
delight in getting things done in
' the past year or so is one Mrs.
Pat Roberts Franklin. I have
meant to congratulate her and
her new sorority on their many
community projects and now I
do so! It is refreshing to see
young folks interested in doing
good for their fellow man!
We had a delightful surprise
at school the other day. The
pastor of the Red Hill Free Will
Baptist Church, Mrs. Frances
Radford, brought a quartet
from Mexico whom she had met
on a trip down there and they
sang in Spanish for several
classes. They sang one song in
English, but probably didn't
know the meaning of all the
words they sang. But they were
so sincere and had excellent
harmony and I believe all the
students thoroughly enjoyed
their program.
Our calendars are here and
he student that you bought
ours from will be around soon
x deliver yours. We have a very
few left over so if you want one,
send your money within the
THINK CHRISTMAS'.-If
you're-thinking above a living
gift, why not consider preparing
a Christmas cactus or poin
settia for holiday gift-giving?
You still have time to prepare
one or both for holiday
blooming, according to U.S.
Department of Agriculture
scientists. If you purchased a
plant last month and haven't
given it extra care each day,
you aren't going to have one in
bloom for the holiday season.
But, if you just bought it
someone in the nursery has
been giving it extra care each
day which is required to provide
beautiful flowers at Christmas.
We
that
Bowman Hardware
next day or so. Rom Hensley
fussed at me tor geuui nis
birthday on the wrong day, but
he can just get girts on Marcn u
and 14!
OBSERVED David Smith
came by one day last week,
home for a visit from the ser
viceRoger Haynie was home
last week-end, but didn't come
by to see me bad, boy We've
elected new basketball
cheerleaders but I can't
remember all so won't name
any try to get (heir names next
week grade cards go out this
week for the second time
David and Joan Caldwell have a
pretty new red Monte Carlo
car Very pretty Sorry
Marvin McClure and Edgar
Henderson are both in an
Asheville Hospital Hope they
are much better by the time this
gets into print Saw Larry
Wyatt the other day and asked
him if his Mars Hill students
were as mean as he used to be in
school. ..He laughed and said
they were. ..He seems to really
be enjoying his teaching and I'd
say he's probably doing a good
job . Bill Brigman got a good
editorial written about his Red
Oak School and his good job
ther...Keep up the good works,
Cousin. ..Shupe and I are gonna
celebrate our 28th wedding
anniverary Saturday. ..Imagine
28 years with one of the sweetest
guys on earth. ..Have a happy
day!
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the idea of
keeping ready
you'll like
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III By pop tf; jj
The Open House at Westco's
new building in Marshall last
Thursday was well attended...I
enjoyed going through the
building, filled with com
plicated machinery and
thousands of wires and gadgets,
but I'm way too dumb to un
derstand what I saw.. .Paul
Wooten, long-time friend, tried
to explain how it all worked but
finally gave up on me.. .all 1 can
say is that I'm glad the
telephones work... J. B. Payne,
local policeman, had a most
unfortunate accident last
Saturday p.m. when the police
car he was driving left the
Redmon Road and plunged
down to the railroad tracks.. .he
received several serious in
juries and is now in an Asheville
hospital... I hope he soon
recovers.. .Ronnie Baker of the
Big Pine section, escaped
serious injury last Frday a.m.
when a freight train nipped his
car at the Barnard
crossing. ..I'm glad he's able to
be out again. .1 attended the
Beta Omega Youth Essay
contest at the Baptist Church
last Thursday night and thought
the girls and boys did fine
jobs.. .being one of the judges
was no easy nor enviable
chore... picking "the best" one
out of 12 contestants was
mightly hard and it took us
quite a spell to reach the
decision. ..congratulations to
Randy Cody on being selected
county champion. ..Coach Roy
Reeves and two of my close
friends and associates in
Canton Vernon Russell and
Robert Green and yours truly
left early last Saturday morning
for Atlanta to see the Georgia
Tech-Florida State football
game Saturday afternoon and
the Falcon-Giant game Sunday
afternoon... after adelayed start
to alarm clock failures at both
Roy's and Vernon's, we made
good time and arrived in
Atlanta in time to check in at
the Henry Grady Hotel on
Peachtree and look for tickets
to the game.. .we found them at
the magnificent Regency Hyatt
House and got a taxi to Grant
Field just in time to see the
kickoff...it was Robert's first
trip to Atlanta and the first
major college game he had
attended... the game was ex
citing and we enjoyed every
wi Yi -mm
The beauty and strength of marble come from the skeletons
and shells of countless millions of tiny sea animals called
crustaceans.
In Madison County
Freezers - Ranges
Marshal)
minute of lt...we
k,,. hark to the hotel and thai
was an experience for Robert,
Vernon and Roy,'.. weft
sight-seeing after tappir,..eve
down on 10th Street to Observi
how the Hippies look nd act
...after a restful night' we all
breakfast at the hotel dining
room, rode all around 'Atlanta,
featured by a lengthy tour
iiicnii'i mammoth ' Ail.
port. ..arrived ' at Atlanta
Stadium about noon ana started
looking for tickets... finally
red four tickets just before
kickoff...it was the first pro
game seen "in person by Roy,
Vernon and Robert and you can
imagine how they enjoyed lt.:J
did too, although I'd seen pro
games there before.. .the game
was more than enjoyable. .it
was thrilling until Fran
Tarkenton, Giant 'super
nuarterback. scored from the
two-yard line with 23 .'seconds
remain inc for a 21-17 victory for
the Giants.. .he's quite a
quarterback, believe me.. .after
the game, we headed back to
the mountains and had a fine
trip. ..in fact, the entire trip was
one of the most enjoyable I've
ever been on... my three com
panions are as fine pals as
anyone could want and I hope
we can go back again. ..in
cidentally, the weather was
"baseball temperature" and we
were in shirtsleeves at both
eames...and in November,
too. ..the Marshall-Weaver ville
road hearing in the Marshall
auditorium Tuesday afternoon
was well attended ' and in
formative.. .here's hoping right-
of-ways can be secured as
quickly as possible and work
actually begun... from all 1 can
hear, the decorations for the
Pat Taylor dinner, in the gym
here last Saturday night were
the most impressive ever seen
in Marshall.. .Charles Hiiey is
certainly an expert "when it
comes to decorating,' arranging
flowers, etc.. as well as being an
expert and talented organist...if
I hadn't been In Atlanta
.(iturdav nicht I would have
SEEN the decorations rather
than just HEARD about
them., gosh, I've' written too
much for this issue so guess I'd
better put my "close" on this
line...
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do.
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