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f ''v'J-.V'S;v:::"i!,:Vliv''K:'s Volume 72 Marshall. N. C. April 26, 1973 Number 15 - - THE REV. GORDON BALL, extreme left, is shown with a few members of the Belva Baptist Church standing beside church bus which is used to promote the work of the progressive church. Watch Belva Baptist Church Grow Watch Belva Baptist Church Grow, or better stall, join the energetic group of people who have accepted the challenge for building an active Baptist Church in this area of Madison County. Nine months ago the Belva Baptist Church was a mission church. It had been a mission project for various churches over a period of twenty-two years. Grassy Branch Baptist Church in Buncombe County was the last church to sponsor the Belva State Alumni i IHI't'l i II ' Raleigh RALEIGH Led by the golden and silver anniversary classes of 1923 and 1948, North Carolina State University alumni will return to the campus May 4 and 5 for an nual Alumni Weekend festivities. The two-day event will in clude dass dinners, the an nual awards luncheon, a reception at the home of Chancellor and Mrs. John T Caldwell, campus tours and a dance and social. A highlight of the alumni gathering will be a breakfast Saturday morning, featuring talks by Chancellor Caldwell, football coach Lou Holtz and basketball coach Norman Sloan. Classes holding five-year reunions in addition to the golden and silver anniversary classes are the NCSU Forever Club, made up of alumni graduating more than 50 years ago, and the classes of 1928, 1933, 1938, 1943, 1948, 1953, and 1958. (The classes of 1963 and 1968 will hold reunions at Homecoming, October 13, 1973.) Festivities will get un derway on May 4 at 1 p.m. with the awards luncheon at the University Student Center and will conclude with the campus tours Saturday morning. "Postal Week" To Be Observed Apr.29-May 5 Paymaster Frank Ramsey d the Marshall post Office announced plana today for "Postal Week" to be celebrated her April 29 thru May S. The Marshall Post Office and Walnut Branch will join with the nation's 31,000 other post offices in issuing 10 .special stamps honoring the nearly 700,000 postal em ployees. These ten eight-cent . commemorative stamps - on the same sheet, each depicting a service penormea oy postal peoplefrom window clerks selling stamps to workers on the workroom floor to letter carriers will be Issued on Monday, April SO. Postmaster General E. T. Klassen said the Postal Week observances are "an ap propriate occasion for Mission, before the French Broad Association undertook the task. On July 23, 1972, Belva became a fully organized and constituted Missionary Baptist Church and was the forty-ninth church to join the French Broad Baptist Association. There were ten members to start this project in faith on this night in July. Today the church has thirty members and a record Sunday School attendance of fifty three. The 1972 Daily Vacation Bible School had an enrollment of sixty-three children. The Rev E, I Jenkins Associational Missionary for French Broad Baptist Association initiated the movement to bring life back into the Belva Church. But, it was the Rev. Gordon Ball, Moderator of the French Broad Baptist Association, who made the decision to become the first pastor of the constituted church at Belva. He also insisted that he must live in the community in order that his ministry could be extended over seven days in the week. Mr. Ball brought the young enthusiasm and the Christian zeal to convert Belva from a struggling mission project to a church of great promise. Belva's program for growth has already taken on projects of considerable magnitude First, there is a weekly visitation program every Thursday evening. Teams of four two men and two women visit the sick the elderly, and the prospects for membership Their theme is "We at Belva care about you." Growth of the church is already demanding a building program. It has been con cluded that the present church building is too inadequate to consider for renovation or expansion. So the church has voted to raise $6,000 during 1973 in order that a new building may be started by March 15,1974. To celebrate the church's recognition of the vital responsibilities assigned to the mail service and a valid time to take stock of the challenges which must be Jointly met by postal people and by the millions of citizens . throughout America who depend upon the mail as an essential partof their personal and business lives." ' A special souvenir envelope honoring Postal People with a EF&E on the Tower left corner of the envelope will be offered free to the public as long as the supply lasts. Marshall Mayor Lorado Ponder has proclaimed the week of April 30 through May &, as "Postal People Week" in honor of the local Postal employees. i first anniversary on July 23, 1973, the pastor and members have set a goal of one hundred to be enrolled in Sunday School. The men in the church have leased some tobacco acreage and this summer they will grow tobacco and the money from the crop will be applied to the church's building fund. If you would like to know how it feels to work and worship with a "live" group of church members, and you are not attending church anywhere, come and join the group at Belva Baptist Church. Rpliin i a njoject in faith. WNC Draft Boards To Be Consolidated Selective Service boards in 19 Western North Carolina counties will be consolidated administratively into four central offices by Dec. 15. However, registration of young men will continue to be earned out in their respective home counties if arrangements can be made, Mrs. Ethel Leonard, executive secretary of Local Board 11 in Asheville said Thursday. Potential registration places Important Industrial Meeting There will be an important industrial meeting in the courthouse, Friday, May 4, at 8 o'clock p. m. Because so many industries are looking for an existing building, plans are underway to construct a 30,000 square feet building in Hot Springs, has to be raised by local people to qualify for a $100,000 loan from Nor thwestern Bank to finance this project. The loan will be at the prime interest rate. Three individuals, who are involved in Industrial Development, will speak at the meeting. They are Harry Clark, President, Western Carolina Industries, Phillip Elam, Asheville Chamber of Commerce, and Ray Denny, -of the State Conservation and Industrial Development. Further Information maybe obtained from Lawrence M. Ponder, Director, Madison Industrial Development Commission at Courthouse Phone 649-3901. : 4 All interested parties are , meeting. "All local money win be used to buy stock and should the building be leased by a tenant everyone will receive an investment dividend and should the building be pur chased, their full amount will be .returned, Mr. Ponder said.''... French Broad EMC Meeting On Island Here Saturday The 32nd annual meeting of the members of French Broad Electric Membership Cor poration will be held at the Marshall High School Gym nasium this Saturday with registration beginning at 10 a.m. and ending at 1 p.m. A free barbecue dinner will be served in the lunchroom from 11:00 until 1:00, officials have announced. At the business session beginning at 1:00, members will take action on the following matters: 1. Report of the officers and directors. 2. Election of three directors of the cooperative. 3. All other business that may properly come before the meeting. C. L. Proffitt, secretary, said that in connection with the election of three directors, the following members have been nominated for directors by the Committee on Nominations appointed by the board of direcotrs pursuant to the by-laws: C. E. Buchanan, Mitchell County; Novile Hawkins, Madison County; J. A. Rice, Unicoi County. Guest speaker for the oc casion will be Walter Harrison, Director NRECA, of Washington, D. C. A free barbecue dinner will be served from 11 a.m to 1 p.m., officials have an nounced. Free prizes will given away, including electric dryer, fry pans, irons, mixers, radios, hUfvVrV faros. taaiters. n where local offices close in clude schools, colleges, post offices and courthouses The consolidation, or "co location" program, was begun following the decision of President Richard Nixon to halt the military draft insofar as it was used to raise man power for the armed forces after the Vietnam settlement was reached. The Selective Service Act remains in effect, however, as a standby measure Young men still are required to register with their local boards between 30 days before and 30 days after their 18th birthday, receive classification by their local boards and in their 19th year acquire a random sequence number from the yearly loteries. "We can induct no more after June 30,"' Mrs Ionard said in citing instructions from the director of Selective Service, Byron Pepitone, and North Carolina director, William M. McCachran Jerry Wyatt In Satisfactory Condition Following Shooting A 17-year-old Madison County youth was listed in satisfactory condition Tuesday at Asheville's Memorial Mission Hospital where he was taken Saturday night following a shooting Incident hers, Madison Sheriff E. Y. ; Ponder Identified the gunshot victim as Jerry Wyatt. son of Mr. and Mrs. Junior' Wyatt of ; Marshall. v- , . Ponder ' said . another Madison County youth, Ray , Wauin.21.son of Mr. and Mrs. James Wallin of Rt 3 Mar. shall, has been charged la connection with the shooting. Wallin was being held in the county jail on a charge of asMult with a deadly weapon : with Intent to inTJct serious injuries, according to Ponder. WALTER HARRISON, Director NRECA, of Washington, D. C, will be the featured speaker at the 32nd annual meeting of the French Broad Electric Membership Coop to be held this Saturday In the Marshall school gym nasium. JOHN A. DARLINGTON, formerly of Atlanta, Ga., Is the new General Manager of the French BrOBd KMC. He succeeded D. M Robinson, who retired last 'cember. The administrative merger will reduce the 101 units in North Carolina to 21 locations Files will be brought to the consolidated site, Mrs I,eonard said IOcal boards will deternune where to hold meetings If in the home county, a clerk will be assigned to be present for the meeting In mergers already carried out, Mrs I-eonard said, there have been 12 administrative positions vacated in North Carolina through April 12. by retirement, transfer to other agencies or finding em ployment elsewhere The WNC moves call for the local boards of Madison. Yancey, Transylvania. Henderson, Polk and Bun combe Counties at Asheville The tentative date for the Asheville area move to begin is July 17, Mrs. Leonard said The Asheville office will have a staff of four, as compared to three full time and one part time worker at present The incident occured in a parking lot adjacent to the Exxon Service Station on the Marshall By-Pass about 1:30 . pjn. Saturday, Ponder said. He said Wyatt and his brother, David, It, were arguing when Wallin stepped in without apparent cause. The sheriff said Wyatt was shot once with a single XL-, caliber pistol. Tbe bullet entered his left chest hot,, below the heart Ponder said. Ponder ' said Wallin voluntarily submitted himself , . for arrest at the county jaiU several boar after the t Shooting - - .;i:9 :l Wyatt' reportedly worked pert-time at the service tteOon bat was not on duty there Saturday night. . . THE 1972 ANNUAL REPORT of the French Broad EMC is dedicated to D. M. Robinson who served the co-op from 1940 to 1972. He retired as General Manager on December 31, 1972. The dedication was made in ap preciation of his services in this Important field of rural eiectrtfication. E C. TEAGUE, of Marshall, President of the French Broad Electric Membership Cor poration. UiAon Service' At Ponder's 1 c 1 Lnapel hlindaV The North Buncombe Fellowship Union will meet at the Ponder's Chapel Baptist Church this Sunday morning at 11:00. The speaker will be the Rev Edgar Waters, Jr., of Asheville. The Young Men's Chorus of the Rock Hill Baptist Church will furnish the music Sunday morning Lunch will be served at 1 p. m. at the church. The afternoon session will begin at 2 45 o'clock. The Rev Sherman Forney will deliver the afternoon sermon. He is pastor of the AME Zion Churches of Newport, Term The chorus of the church will furnish the music The public is invited Two Oliver Rays Cause Confusion The story in last week's issue of this newspaper concerning Elizabeth "Betty" Ray, a native of Marshall, who is making a success in Washington, D C. as a model, receptionist and movie star, failed to fully identify her. The paragraph stated that the girl is the daughter of Mrs. Nor man Roberts, of Route 1, Marshall, and the late Oliver Ray. Since there were two Oliver Rays in the county, the one referred to was formerly of Marshall Route 1, and NOT Mars Hill. Stern Elected Treasurer Of YRC Federation Professor Larry Stern, of Mars Hill College, was elected treasurer of the North Carolina Federation of Young ; Republicans at the recent . State Convention held In the Sr Walter Hotel in Raleigh. . He Is presently a director of the 11th District Young Republican Club. In cidentally, this district led all others in North Carolina la chartering new Y. R. dubs In r thtt staler : . . - - -- . many other prizes. You must be present to win, it was an nounced. Free tickets to the Land of Oz and Tweetsie Railroad will be given to kids and a week-end, all-expense paid "vacation" for some Rally, Workshops Are Planned By Methodists United Methodists of the Asheville District will hold a rally at Central Church in Asheville April 29 in behalf of the Lake Junaluska development drive and the Key 73 visitation program Bishop Paul Hardin Jr of Iake Junaluska will be the speaker in the district rally and some of the Lake Junaluska singers will present a musical program Prior to the district rally, workshops will be held in three areas of the Asheville District in connection with the Key 73 visitation program. The workshops are scheduled Thursday night, April 26 in the Biltmore, Mars Hill and Cummings Memorial chur ches. The Biltmore workshop, primarily for United Methodists in the Asheville area, will be conducted by the Rev. Terry Hammill and speakers will be the Rev. Tom Stockton, the Rev. Ralph Reed and the Rev. Phil Gibbs. Mars Hill workshop, with the Rev. J. E. Rink as chairman, has the Rev. James wng, tne Aev. Bryce Vainer and the Rev. Ralph Jacks as speakers. The Cummings Memorial workshop at Horse Shoe has the Rev. John Emory Jones as chairman, with Jones, the Rev George Robinson and the Corbet t Again In Exclusive Ford Club John O. Corbett formerly of Service Motor Sales, Inc., of Marshall, has been named a member of Ford Division's exclusive 300-500 Club, a national organization of outstanding Ford salesmen. Membership in the club was earned through individual sales success during the 1972 calendar year. Club members will receive awards from A. T Buddin, Ford Division's Charlotte district sales manager, at a banquet Saturday, April 28 at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center in Myrtle Beach, S. C The purpose of the 300-500 Club is to recognize out standing salesmen and to highlight automotive sales positions as "valuable service to the national economy and the local community," Buddin said. The 300-500 Club was founded 23 years ago. Marshall FFA Team Gives Lions Program A most interesting program on Parliamentary Procedure , was presented to the Marshall . Lions Club Monday night by the Marshall Chapter, Future , Fanners of America. The ttudents participating ncluded Ted Dill, president; , Billy Roberta, vice-president; Kenned) Roberta, secretary; Wayne Rica,- treasurer? Ray Flynn, reporter; and Rodney ' Flym, Sentinel Jack C. Cole kt the Advisor of the team, , The demonstration involved . the correct parliamentary , procedures for a business . meeting of the Chapter and , was splendidly done by the , Marshall students. - : ' . The program was concluded by Bil!y Roberts giving the FFA Creed, ..... .., luck' parents and kids to Beech Mountain will also be given away This includes a tour of Land of O7 and Tweetsie Railroad, also You must register for tln.s opportunity Kev, Robert Tuttle as speakers The Asheville District rally at Central church is beinn planned by a committee consisting of Dr J Clay Madison, Asheville district superintendent, Carl B Hyatt, Asheville and the Rev Terry Hammill of Candler Bishop Hardin will speak on "Visitation in Key 73". It is expected that teams from all the United Methodist churches in the district will attend The area workshops in the three sections of the district will draw teams of laymen and ministers committed to evangelism visitation during May. Ambulance, Truck Collide In Asheville A Marshall ambulance carrying a patient to the Memorial Mission Hospital was struck by a pick-up truck Monday a'tpjnoon abou' 4 V o'clock on Bdtmore Avenue and miraculously, no one was injured in the wreck. According to reports, the Marshall ambulance was driven by Jack Ramsey while Celola Ramsey, of the am bulance service was ad ministering oxygen to Mrs. Plato Worley, of Marshall, who was being rushed to Memorial Mission Hospital suffering from a heart attack. As the ambulance reached the intersection of St. Joseph's Hospital driveway and Bilt more Ave., the truck, driven by Harold George Lunsford, of Asheville, struck the am bulance Instead of taking Mrs. Worley to Memorial Mission, she was taken quickly to St. Joseph's David Metcalf Scholarship Recipient ( 0 David Metcalf David Miles Metcalf, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph R. Met calf of Mars Hill, Route 2, has been swarded a George Foster Hankins Scholarship at Wake Forest University. Metcalf, a senior at Cane" River High School at Burna viDe, Is among 32 scholarship winners whose names were announced by William M. ' Mackie, associate director of admissions and financial aid. The scholarships range in potential four year value from to $13,200. The 20 boys and 12 girls, all North Carolina High School Seniors, were chosen for their outstanding records of scholarship and leadership potential. Metcalf is a men er of lis schKl rrwtpfpfr st; 'f. srti'V M cm.' il, f 'a CLb r J Krer.t h ( ! V Shadowline Featured On WWNC Sunday Shadowline of Mars Hill was featured on the radio program PROFILE over Station WWNC in Asheville, last Sunday at 6:15 p.m. Grant Jones, Plant Manager of Shodowline was in terviewed by Fred Brown, WWNC staff announcer, on the 15-minute program. Following the broadcast, Shadowline received a Profile Award from WWNC and North Carolina Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Inc., sponsor of the program, for its outstanding contribution to the industrial growth and development of North Carolina. The citation was signed by Rogers C. Wade, acting president of Nor th Carolina Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Inc., and by Robert Bunnelle, president of the Citizen-Times Publishing Company. The Profile Award was presented to Shadowline by David Iickadoo, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of N. C.'s representative in the Asheville District Office. The purpose of these broadcasts is to assist in the campaign to attract new in dustry to North Carolina and to develop greater public appreciation of business and industry already located in the State. Hospital. No one received 1 njuries from the wreck, It was stated. Mrs. Worley was in in iitisiue care ftomjftie heart jiiai on TueshyT ' 4 The Marshall ambulance was totaled" it was stated. Ramsey Hopes To Keep Roads Formula Alive Rep. Liston B. Ramsey of Marshall said after the high way reorganization bill got through the House that he was "very happy" that an amendment he put in it wasn't taken out during floor debate. The bill is now headed for the Senate for final action, and Ramsey urged senators from the mountain counties to stay on their toes and not allow the provision for a formula allocating secondary road funds to be removed from the legislation. Ramsey argued in the House Roads Committee against leaving the allocation of such funds up to a Secon dary Roads Council appointed by the governor. He won passage of an amendment which he says favors the mountain counties. It is identical to the formula used under the present system. I certainly hope Our senators will be equally In terested in making a strong effort to retain the provision for mis formula," Ramsey said. The formula provides that the allocation of secondary roads contraction be made on an annual bash, with the distribution based on a per centage of the total un paved mileage m the state. ; - - , Each county's share would be determined by its per centage of the total of unpaved . road mileage la the state. Clock f-",ar Y" !f A f p II If ' , Yes, it's tV t f ' j . rha--e f; 1 ' dard to 1 ; Time, In1 f ' rS 1 I ' .