f 44 t 11 , I ' ' ' i ' . 1 , . , 1 , 1 f It ' ' 1', s' 1 U , , i - .'hudison County Xibrtry , ' v ' ' Marshall, H..-C, 28753 r- ' 1 1 til, f " B ' rn Vm3,N.mb,K ,Mmb.,W.C. IS CENTS PER COPY AprillTi French Board WMl Meeting At Mars Hill Next Thursday The French Broad Woman's Missionary Union will hold its 70th Annual meeting on Thursday, April 25 at 5 p. m. The meeting will be with the Calvary Baptist Church of which the Rev. Ralph Hogan is pastor and Mrs. David Stanton is WMU Director. The theme of the program is "Sharing Christ Through His Word." Hymn for the year is "Word of God Across the Ages". Watchword this year is "The word was made flesh and dwelt among us. . .full of grace and truth" John 1:14. From its beginning WMU has worked to support the work of the denomination by praying, giving and helping to create an atmosphere in u which missions is considered important and in which t persons are encouraged to consider missionary vocations. Drunk Driving Law Draws Praise The North Carolina General Assembly's action in toughening the state's drunk driving law was described Monday "as a major ac complishment needed to solve a very serious problem." "It takes tough medicine to solve a tough problem and we think this new law will do the job," said Rep. George Miller, D-Durham, chairman of the House Highway Safety Committee and co-sponsor of the bill. The new law, which goes into effect next Jan. 1, provides that if a motor vehicle operator takes a breathalyzer test and has a blood alcohol content of 0.10, "it constitutes that he was driving under the influence," Miller said in an interview. "The man is still entitled to a jury trial and the issue before the Jury will be whether he had a blood alcohol reading of 0.10. We've got a standard now to be guided by." The 1973 General Assembly Kenneth Wilde On Honor Roll At California Kenneth C. Wilde, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Wilson Wilde, Route 6, Marshall, achieved academic honors for the fall quarter at California State College, San Ber nardino. Wilde, a senior sociology major, was listed on the honor roll with a perfect i t (straight A) grade-point average. A graduate of Marshall High School, Wilde attended College of St. Joseph, Albuquerque, New Mexico and San Bernardino Valley College prior to enrolling at Cal State. He reiades with his wife, Chuo-Tia Jen, at 25117 E. 4th 8L, Saa Bernardino. -Republican Womens Qub To Meet Monday The Madison County P.fpViMi"n M'.-imens Cjb Will rw't t:s f-' - '?y r'r'it at tle J'i's K.:i Town F...J St 7.33 e'c!.. k. I inerr.bprs are u-fJ to '- 1 A covered dish supper will be served from 6:30-7:30 p. m. The host church will serve the beverage. A covered dish is to be brought by each member attending the meeting. Girls in Action and Acteens from Calvary Church will serve as pages. The officers of the Association extend a Cordial invitation to all pastors to come to this meeting, and to be guests for the covered dish supper. Woman's Missionary Union needs the cooperation, prayers, and leadership of all Pastors in "Sharing Christ Through His Word." "We are fortunate to have as our missionary speaker for the evening session Mrs. Ronald Hill, a missionary in Thailand. Her message will close theprogram," Mrs. Locke Robinson stated. made it mandatory that persons suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol submit to a breathalyzer test. If they fail to do so they automatically lose their license for six months. "Under the 1973 law," Miller said, "there must be evidence presented that a person's mental or physical faculties were appreciably impaired if he had a reading of 0.10. There were arguments to juries that some men were more experienced drinkers and could drink more than others. We were having all kinds of evidence presented to try to get defendants off." Miller said alcohol is the primary factor in ap proximately 60 per cent of all single car fatalities in North Carolina and more than 45 per cent of multiple car fatality accidents. He said the effective date of the new law was set for next Jan. 1 because the Motor Vehicles Department is getting improved breathalyzer units "and we wanted the public to be fully aware of the effective date." Under the new law, if a driver feels that the breathalyzer tests ad ministered by the officer was improper or inaccurate, he can request that another test be performed "at that time by an independent source or request that he be taken to a hospital to get a blood alcohol test," Miller said. "The law provides that the officer must assist the person in carrying out his request" rrsszsjMios cr taz cniivrrrt rr e li'l St '-r.'iy r.' ' t c-f la ctk in V.-.e kJ f ' i-t f ' 'e tre J t !"'''" " rrr.! ! .1, frf - ','('';; r tf. 1 ra--tfv,(f s. .DerimgeF Only a year and a half after opening a manufacturing facility in Marshall, Deringer Mfg. Company has announced plans to build a new 22,000-squre-foot plant overlooking the new shopping center on the bypass of U. S. Routes 25 and 70. The announcement was made by Deringer president, Roderick W. Lamm, upon his return to the headquarters plant in Mundelein, Illinois, from a week's stay in the Marshall area where he was finalizing plans for the new facility. Mr. Lamm and the company's executive president, J. Porter Duell, Jr., attributed the success of the local venture to the continuing community support received and to the fine loyalty of its employees here. All are local citizens except Laurence (Pat) Clemens who moved to Marshall to start and manage the operation, currently located in the Cody Building on Main Street. In the year and a half that Deringer has been operating locally, it has become one of Marshall's major employers. The new one-story brick and concrete building will be situated on slightly less than 10 acres and ground is ex pected to be broken later this month. Construction is ex pected to take about one year. Mr. Lamm said the new building became a necessity because the present manufacturing site here is virtually filled to capacity. He stated that he is pleased to IV t eft Plant share Deringer's pride in the upcoming reality of the new plant with the Marshall community and the citizens of Madison County. He also acknowledged the splendid continuing counsel of Western Judge Found Dead In Former S. C. representative and present Columbia city judge Robert Roth George, 50, of 4411 Sylvan Drive, Columbia, S. C, was found dead at 10:35 a. m. Saturday in the Shelton Laurel section of Madison County. According to Madison ALLEN STEMES, 13-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond S tines of Walnut, was one of the top solicitors In the recent Heart Fund Balloon Sale in the county. The energetic 7th grade student at Walnut, collected $75.90. Madison County Jaycees as v:y it V e French Tread EMC. North Carr!:a Jaycfes, (IffO ??n,a;!, Prr: ' -1 f f t' e local t I"? J 3 y r f rs. To In Marshall Carolina Industries, Inc. The building architect is Six Associates, Inc., of Asheville and the general contractor is Associated Constructors, Inc., of Skyland. ' Derinyer neat ear"ill be County Sheriff E. Y. Ponder, George was traveling south on N. C. 212, one mile east of the North Carolina-Tennessee line, when the car he was driving rolled off the side of the road and overturned. Natural causes are suspected, Ponder said. An autopsy, under the direction of Dr. John McLeod of Asheville, was performed Saturday night at Memorial Mission Hospital. George was returning to Columbia after dropping off his 16-year-old son Mark and two other boys for a camping and hiking trip on the Ap palachian Trail at the time of the accident, according to family sources in Columbia. The two other youths were identified as Bill Thomas and Brown Retires After 36 Years With CP&L J. Rex Brown has retired from Carolina Power fc Light CO. after 36 years of service. Brown Joined CP&L in 1938 in residential sales. He was promoted to commercial sales in the Asheville district in 1946, and held the position of commercial marketing ser vices representative at the time of retirement A native of Mars Hill, Brown was graduated from Mars Hill College with a bachelor of science degree. He served as a staff sergeant in the Army during World War H. He Is married to the former Frances Hayroan, and they, have two children, Elizabeth Lynn Brown of Chapel Hill and Daryl Brown Jones of New . York City, . -. V Brown is a member of the Board of Governors of the American Bsstness Qub, president of the American Business Club, and a member and officer of the Engineers ' Society of Western North Carolina. V ; - - He Is a member i First Baptist Church of A Seville where he is a nr r of the board of deacons, t ch-ir Build celebrating its 25th an niversary. The company, founded by the late J. Paul Deringer, is a leading producer of precious metal contacts used in relays, switches,' motors, controls and Laurel Section Saturday Kenny Bass, both 16 and from Columbia. The trio was supposed to have camped out until April 21 at which time George was to have picked them up. George was a Columbia native and a graduate of the University of South Carolina Law School. He was elected to the South Carolina House in 1957 and again in again in 1959. After his terms in the House, George returned to law practice and on July 1, 1970 was named Columbia's first full time Judge, a position he held at the time of his death. Members of the Madison County Sheriffs department and the Hot Springs police Department conducted a search of the area Saturday and a teacher for the Men's Bible Class. Garden Qub Meeting In Asheville Mrs. J. Ross Pringle of Greensboro, president of The Garden Qub of North Carolina, has issued the can to the forty-ninth annual meeting to be held April It May 1 In Asheville, N. C , Convention headquarters will be the world famous -Grove Park Ina nestled In the . Great Smoker Mountains. Special plans have been made . to visit the Governor'! '. Western Residence. -. The theme of the meeting win be "Mountain Memories'' . with Tuesday being "Brows Mountain Lights" and Wed- ' nesday, "Mountain Maelc". The hostess group will be . district one who send word that "many Interest,,-g events art being planned fur your enjoyment . Guest speskors .'.! be: Mrs. Howard S. K.:u "J of Fxt Worth, Texas, Pr Jert of t" e New other electric-electronic devices. The products being made in Marshall are cwrently being shipped throughout the United States. and the youths were found at Jerry's Cabin near the state line. Sheriff Ponder gives credit for finding the youths to three Madison County boys Auz King, Jr., Kenny Wallin, both of Route 3, and Robert Thomas of Route 4, Marshall. P.O.W. To Speak At Mars Hill This Saturday Captain Eugene Barker McDaniel of the United States Navy, one of the most brutally tortured Americans to survive North Vietnam's prison camps, will speak at Mars Hill College Saturday night, April 20, at 7:30 in the college's Moore Auditorium. A native of Kinaton, Captain McDaniel attended Campbell College when that school was a Junior college, graduating in 1952, and continued at Elon College grac anting In 1954. A sports enthusiast, McDaniel was awarded athletic National Council of Slate Garden Clubs; Mrs. J. B, A. Danghtridge of Rocky Mount, South Atlantic Regional Director; and Mrs. E. Wallace Webb who . will have the program at the Wednesday breakfast. ' v? --. - Baseball To Start Monday In Asheville , The Asheville Orioles w3 kick off the borne bsvb!l season against the Ot'.J Twins next Minify r! -' t, April a. McCortni k i wM-h was first opew 1 in i:; t. Is fj".y years o'.i t' J 'T - tve Ori-!cs are f ' - g-,jv,-- ,j prep--e a s ti t' t f t. Proposed CP&L Plants Discussed At Press Conference Jim Story, editor of The News-Record, and Grant Dickinson, of Canton, representative of Community Newspapers, Inc., were among the newsmen attending the Carolina Power & Light Company's press conference in Asheville last Thursday. Shearon Harris, president and chairman of the board of CP&L, outlined reasons for the 5.06 percent interim rate hike granted April 1 to CP&L by the North Carolina Utilities Commission. Following his informative talk he asked newsmen if there were any questions he might answer concerning future plans for Western North Carolina. GARY WILDE, soa of Mr. and Mrs. Tramaa Wilde, of Route (, Marshall, has accepted a position as salesman at the French Broad Chevrolet Co., In Marshall. He succeeds Jim Cody who recently resigned. Mr. WOde Is a graduate of Owen High School and Mars Hill College. He served in the U. S. Marine Corps for two years and Is a member of Grapevine Baptist Church. He and his wife, the former Miss Nancy Thomas, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Uoyd Thomas, of the Middle Fork section, reside in the Gabriel's Creek section of Madison County. scholarships at both schools. McDaniel entered the Navy in 1955, was commissioned that year and was awarded his Aviation Wings in 195S. He served with Attack Squadrons 65 and 42 at the Naval Air Station in Oceana, Va. At tached to Attack Squadron 35 aboard the USS Enterprise, he flew tl combat missions over North Vietnam in the ASA Intruder before being shot down by a SAM missle May 19, 1967. He was listed as an MIA until March, 1970, when Hanoi acknowledged nun to be a prisoner of war. He spent six years in North Vietnamese prison camps, being brutally tortured for his active role in camp communications after an escape attempt by fellow prisoners. He was released following the Vietnam Cease Fire on March , 1171 His awards include the Distinguished nyurf Cross, Ore individual Air Medals, seven strike night Air Medals, two Purple Hearta, the Navy Commendation Medal with Combat "V", Combat Action Ribbon, and ' the Vietnamese Ah Gallantry Cross. He recently has returned to full flying status ' and is presently attached to Medium Attack V. .rg One at : NAS Oceana, Va. Captain McDaniel was featured in the rstional television film, "P.O W.," t 1 in the serifs, Tf': t AmTira." Vt t'-n ti ! t ori i,"!'yt.. -M-H, ' Wv: ' 1 ? r (' i I v ' r. v r- vi '. r : I f i .1 ; r . - - - f t ' Mr. Story asked him about the two proposed CP&L plants to be located in Madison County. Mr. Harris stated that the feasibility of the plants being located in the Sandy Mush area and the Big Pine area were being "investigated and explored." He said that careful study of the terrain and other phases of locating the plants in Madison and Buncombe Counties would perhaps require several years before reaching a definite decision. One of the plants would be for Nuclear development and one plant would be a Hydro Electric pump-storage type which would, if erected, supply adequate power for the fast-increasing demand for electricity. This would also necessitate a large lake and perhaps two dams of varying , degrees which would control water levels. The areas ad Jacent to the lake could be developed into recreational' and residential areas. Mr. Harris also explained that the company was not actually purchasing property in large acreage at the present but officials would consider purchasing land at reasonalbe offers for "investments" should the sites be chosen for the plants. "We will keep you informed of any definite developments along these lines," Harris tokt Story. Revival At Seminary Baptist Church REV. LARRY STEPPLETON A series of revival aavkea will begin Monday, April a and continue through Saturday, April 27, at the Madison Seminary Baptist Church. Nightly services will be held at 7:30 o'clock with special music each night. ; : The visitng preacher wiH be the Rev. Larry Stepptotoa, ' pastor of the Bethel Baptist Church at Arden, N. C The Rev. Gem HaU, pastor, cordially invites the public to Republicans Plan Meeting Here April 27 An advertisement is published elsewhere In t' s issue setting forth r' rs I r a gala get tefc -rr f Republican car, : ' f i voters In the 1' ' - 'I 1 Si.hool fyrr-p- t Satsriay r.' !. ' ', b' it : : t n t - s

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