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''VHy.ymry a"- ty I - t ' r ' n Ml Voluiiie73,Naiiibrt7, Marshall, N. C. 15 CENTS PER COPY MtyO.1174 Mars Hill College Graduates Largest Class In 118 Years The largest graduating class in Mars Hill College's 118th year history received their diplomas Sunday. The 296 seniors were awarded their diplomas by college president Dr. Fred B. Bentley. Folding chairs had been placed in the aisles of Moore Auditorium for the 3 p.m. commencement, but many still observed the ceremonies from the lobby of the 1,800 seat facility. Bentley told the senior that "today you enter society at a significantly different level of responsibility." Noting that education is a function of society, and is accountable to society, he told the new graduates that he has many hopes for them; that their faith in Christ had been strengthened; that their desire to learn and grow has been set a blue ; that they have learned the true meaning of brotherly love; and that M ars Hill Student Charged In Coeds Death A seven-month investigation into the death of Mars Hill coed Sally Bell Moff it resulted Wednesday of last week in the arrest of another student on a charge of murder. Sheriff E. Y. Ponder of Madison County Identified the suspect as Wayne Schilling, SoHy Mofflff Ebbs Chapel Organizes Committee Tbt Ebbs Chapel Com munity held a meeting, Friday night. May 17th and organised a committee to work with the American Revolution Bi centennial in Madison County. Tbt following officers were elected: Mrs. John Falk, Chairman; Mrs. Ed English, Jr., Co-Chairman; Mrs. Furmafl Fox, Vict-Chairman; Mrs. Ed Ponder, Secretary; Mr. and Mrs. Dave Mayfield, Publicity. ,. Committees appointed were: BEAUTIFICATION, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Parker, Mr. od Mrs. Porter wallin, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Condra, Mr. and Mrs. L D. Ballard, Mr. and Mr. Lee English. Mrs. Turman Fox and Freddie and Freddie Wanin. CLEAN-UP! Mrs. Patricia BalL Mrs. Ed Ponder, Mrs, Dedrlck Cody and Mrs Kenneth Condra. ' DLMPSTER: Mr. Ed T:' Jr., Mr. Ed Ponder, T'r. V srne Eumrtt, Mr. and -' "-''"4 ea Pse I they have gained a purpose, with integrity, to be respon sible citizens. Earlier in the day. Dr. Perry Crouch, general secretary - treasurer of the N. C. State Baptist Convention, delivered the baccalaureate sermon. He told the seniors, parents, alumni, and the congregation of the Mars Hill Baptist Church, which traditionally joins the college for the service, that "If our world is to be saved, man must be reconcilled to his God." Using the Apostle Paul's transformation as an example he told the assem blage that "we may have to leave the comfortable world, the acceptance of our friends and family to seek the an swers to our world's needs in the light of Christian truth." Telling the seniors, "You are a child of change," he urged them to evaluate the knowledge they had ac 21, of Mt. Holly, N. J., being held in the Madison County jail without bond pending a bond hearing. Ponder described Schilling as a former boyfriend of the dead girl, adding that ex tensive interviews with fellow students at the school in dicated the couple was "very close." Miss Moffitt's body was found at a highway con struction site on the morning of Oct. 13 by workman. The location is at the intersection oT U. S. 213 and U. S. 19-23 north. Miss Moffitt was last seen alive about 10 p. m. Oct. 11 when she left her dormitory walking toward the main campus. Ponder said the girl died when one of three broken ribs severed the pulmonary ar tery, but said he "couldn't say" at this point how the injury occured. An autopsy by Dr. Otis Duck, Madison County medical examiner said the girl was dragged across the road, and down an em bankment attar "either falling from a great height or being thrown from a moving vehicle." Other Injuries included a fractured skull and bruises, according to Duck, who discounted chances that the girl may have been hit by an automobile. Mist Moffitt was fully clothed and had not been sexually assaulted, according te Duck. Schilling had completed bis work for the spring semester, according to the spokesman : for tbt coQegn. . Other agendas working la , ' the sevefHnonta Investigation ; far addition to the Madison : : County Sheriff's Office include ; the Mare Hill Police Depart- ment. State Bureaa of In- ' ; vestigation and Harold BaOey, i nn agent with the district I solicitor's office - The girl was believed to" have been carrying a red i canvas shouSder bg when she ; was last seen on crr;ms. A l!,C"0 rerd rtd for the t3, ' Ms t-" cumulated in college in order to lead an abundant life as a spiritual reality, rather than for the multiplication of things in a secular society. During the ceremony, Livola Sue Freeman Stroud, a Spartanburg, S. C. native, was awarded the Scholarship -Character Medal. This award goes to the student who ranks highest in scholarship, manners, and general character. Mrs. Stroud, who completed her studies in December, is a religion major and is currently enrolled in Southeastern seminary with her husband Paul Stroud, a Fuquay - Varina native and a magna cum laude graduate of the college. A transfer student from Wingate Junior College, Mrs. Stroud maintained a 3.97 grade level out of a possible 4.0. In action taken by the college's Board of Trustees found, according to a spokesman for the SBI. Worn Schilling r 7 Charged With Growing Marijuana In County The State Alcoholic Beverage Control Board has scheduled a public hearing in Asheville the second week in June on plans to oust the Hot Springs ABC Board. The state board voted Tuesday of last week to hold the bearing at the request of Robert S. Swain of Asheville, attorney for the Hot Springs Board. Swain said In a letter to the board that the local has no Intention of resigning. State ABC Chairman L. C Holshouser sent a letter May 1 to R. W. Ponder, chairman of ' the Hot Springs Board, la which he said aa investigation bad uncovered "many discrepancies", ia the operation of the local board. Holshouser said ' the discrepancies "have caused as to feet that yea and the other members of your board can no longer be considered fit to serve on the local board.'' Holshouser went on to say that if the kva! board refused to r',"v the state board Saturday, the first day of the two-day Alumni Commencement weekend, the 36-member policy-making group adopted a $4.3 million operating budget for the coming academic year, ap proved plans for a new $75,000 physical plant building, ap proved faculty tenure and promotions, approved a $210 increase in student tuition and fees, and nominated new trustees and officers. The trustees elected to retain the current officers of the board with the exception of Charles Trammell, former Hendersonville banker who recently moved to Virginia. Under the bylaws of the college, the trustees must be residents of North Carolina. Trammell was named to the Board of Advisors, and was replaced as treasurer of the Board of Trustees by Alvin Philpott, executive vice president of Burlington House Furniture Company in Lexington. Other officers re elected are Chairman Webb Ellis, president of Ellis Tomberlin Insurance Com pany of Asheville; Dr. W. Otis Duck, Mars Hill physician, vice-chairman;' and Keith Synder, U. S. District At torney for Western North Carolina, secretary. Over 700 alumni enjoyed the day Saturday, with 14 classes holding reunions. The Alumni Association elected new of ficers for the coming year during their business meeting Saturday afternoon, naming television star Archie Camp bell, Class of 1935, as president. Other officers in clude vice-president and Hot Springs ABC Ouster Hearing Next Month The Madison County Sheriffs Department arrested seven persons Sunday and charged them with growing marijuana. Sheriff E. Y. Ponder said. The seven were identified as would take its demand to the mayor and commissioners of Hot Springs. The letter stated that if they "then fail to order your board's removal we shall Dry Pond The trustees of the Dry Pond Cemetery recognise the need for a trust fund to be Election Board Office Closed For Five Days : was announced this week that the Madison County Election Board " r-e on Main Street will be c'. wd on the foDowirg dates: May 3, 33, 31; June 3, 4. president-elect Bernard Schumate, president of the First National Bank of Miami, Fla., Class of 1948, and secretary Mrs. Louise Web ster Teague, Class of 1928 and wife of Trustee Ernest Teague of Marshall. During the Alumni Banquet Saturday evening, Dr. Duck and Mrs. Paul Price Davis, Winston-Salem business woman, were named alumnus and alumna of 1974. COUNTY GRADUATES Listed among the Honor Students were four Madison County students, Mars Hill: Susan Rachel Chapman, magna cum laude, and Maurice LaMonte Metcalf, cum laude. Marshall: Jackie Eugene Fisher, cum laude; and Joyce Cutshall Thomas, magna cum laude. Other Madison County graduates are: HOT SPRINGS Mattie Ray Ramsey, DeLane Sumerel MARS HILL James B. Acker III; Patricia Lawrence Anderson; Marie O. Brown; E' zabeth Ann Clayton; Jeff Delond Conner; Robin Thompson Erickson; Billy Wayne Hodge; Wanda Rogers Hollifield; Mary Ellen Met calf; Dennis Myers; Dearl Dean Norton; Paul Pegg; Larry D. Shook; Ronad Tedder; David Michael Thomas; BeV-Yly Dianne Vines; Mary Wood Waddell; Stephen F. Waddell. MARSHALL Betty Ward Bradley; Barbara Thomas Ray; Marie Gardner Cody; Shirley Slagle Cody; Clifford Wilson. Rick Dover, 18; Charles Edward Davis, 21; Patsy Sprinkle, 20; Calvin Robert Sprinkle, 19; Walter Fountain Goodman Jr., 18; Jean E. Llcenszza, 18; and David Cross, 17. be forced to order its removal according to our regulations." Ponder told newsmen earlier he had no intention of resigning. Cemetery Care Fund established for the car and maintenance of the Dry Pond Cemetery. Many cemeteries presently art going ankept and sneered for daw to lack of ; rands to provide ,the cart v accessary to keep them at tractive and neat. Presently, ; there ia much Interest and concern la maintaining Dry ' Pond Cemetery and it was decided that the esUbUsb ment of mcb a perpetual care fund at this time would be moat appropriate. ; : The trust fund papers wen drawn and art record. The trust fund at present is bfirg handled by the First V n Bank of Marsha!!. i:e tm-tees have at pr t m Then .... 1924 And Now 1974 According to the sheriff, six of the suspects were arrested about 11 a.m. on Redmond Road. The seventh suspect fled the scene and was arrested Sunday night. They were charged with manufacturing and growing marijuana for sale and with the possession with Intent to distribute about 2H pounds of marijuana. Ponder said about an acre of marijuana, with an estimated 2,000 plants, was found growing in the Pine Creek section which ia believed to have been cultivated by the seven. Out on tlfiOO cash bond are Calvin Sprinkle, Patsy Sprinkle and Rick Dover, all of Asheville. The other four inmates remain in jail here in lieu of bond. deposit approximately Um.lt. Tbt trustees would like to encourage anyone wistutomakaadonatioato this fund to go the First Union Bank In Marshall or contact any of tbt truateea of tbt CCflMtflTJTe Sunday, May M, 1974 Is Decoration- Day at tbt; cemetery and we encourage all to come prepared to make' some donation to this fund. The trustees will be there and have full information en the fond, bow it worts, etc, for any who art Interested. Trustee art Lemuel Kent. Wayne Roberts, WSsrd Ban, Bula Kent, ISerschel Roberts, Jackie Ball and G rover F.edmon. wifc,r: T- nim,n i T, hrt-" - J - - - f-, T , THE 1924 GRADUATING CLASS of Marshall High School it pictured above as they appear then. Left to right, front row: Madge Lucille Tweed, Selma Rector, Zora Sue Roberts, Sallie Juanita Fisher, Edna Elizabeth Rice, Julia Mae Worley. Back row, Albert C. Bryan, Fowler Wallin, Wendell Wayne Smiley. William Wayne Fisher. Cleo Don Eller. Win. T. McKinney. eaT9wrcj i W m a' mT m. a v r 1 at i rfi rf SIX MEMBERS of the 1924 graduating class attended the Marshall AhunnJ meeting here last Saturday night, celebrating their 50th anniversary. Front row, left to right. Mrs. Odell Matthews (Madge Tweed), Mrs. J. J. Ramsey (Selma Rector), Mrs. Clarence Huffman (Zora Sue Roberts). Back row, left to right. Fowler Wallin, WendeU Wayne Smiley. William Wayne Fisher. Two members, Cleo Don Eller and Wm. T. McKinney, are deceased. Sitting la chair is Mrs. Hettie R. Blankenship, one of the teachers of the 1924 class, who was present. $120 Million Grants For Rural Water And Sewer WASHINGTON - Senator Herman E. Talmadge an nounced that the Department of Agriculture has decided to release $120 million In water and sewer grant money for rural communities. The money had previously been impounded. The release of the money came following a March t Talmadge complaint that the Department of Agriculture policy on water and sewer grant funds represented "a starvation diet for rural America." Last year, the Congress appropriated flM million for water and sewer grant money. However, tht money was impounded. Later, 130 million of tht appropriated sum was released. Today's action was to release the remainder of the appropriated sum. .'- . Senator ' Talmadgt, tbt Chairman of tht Committee on Agriculture and Forestry said be had been informed of the release of the money this morning by telephone, in a conversation with Secretary of Agriculture, Earl L. r 'i. Talmadge aJJed: T s is , doubly good new s. 1 1 February the UCDA r ' a r r complication into t. s i program by red. ' f i ' to 8 percent the total amount of a project which could be funded with a grant I was informed today that this restriction was being changed back to SO percent so that the communities in the greatest need would get the money. . The Senator said that ft was his understanding that tbt money released today would be allocated during the current fiscal year and wul remain available amU ft was expended. He concluded: "I hart never felt that Secretary Buts Rural Fire Trucks Ready For Service ! Officers at tht Marshall Volunteer Fat Department announced this week that there art two firt tracks which can be used for rural fires. A third firt truck remains la the corporate 1Lt.:u at a3 tiroes for lwsj protection, ft was ex;" . i. T t rorfcl tn; ' f . "-f t i was personally responsibie tar the sabotaging of tbt Rani Development Program over the past two years. It has Beta pretty dear to mt that ha and others at USDA believe to. rural devetopment, but that they were being told what to do by a bunch of people at tbt OfQct of Management and Budget who have not cared whether rural common tttaa nved or died. I trust that today's decision marts a turn around in Administration policy toward rural "If wt can awrtt -hesitate to ct l i tTZ) one of t t t Stated. Coi'll! v.. 0 " ' . a kJ atui 1 Y v tJ Sw i - 51 1
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