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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
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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"
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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