^?Years
Of The
News - Record
Since Oct. 8-14 is National
Newspaper Week, it might be
interesting to go a bit into the
history of The News-Record
and point out the progress
which has been made since
H.L. Story purchased the
weekly paper from Mrs. Annie
May White in July, 1924.
Before that date, The News
Record was set by hand, letter
by letter, from type cases. The
papers were folded by hand
and addressed by hand. When
the paper had been printed,
folded, addressed and mailed,
all the type had to distributed
back in the cases, letter by
letter, in their proper places
before type-setting could
begin on the next issue. The
only person now living who
experienced this slow and
tedious job in Marshall is the
Rev. Coleman C. Caldwell.
Although "Coley" has long
been retired, he seldom
misses a morning visiting the
office for a few minutes.
In 1924 the newspaper office
was located on the site of the
present Masonic Temple and
Wild's Radio and TV Service.
It was in the old wooden
building that Mr. Story pur
chased ths then modern
Linotype on which an operator
could set type. Instead of case
type, the Linotype cast metal
"slugs", making the process
of "setting up the paper"
faster and more accurate.
Instead of having to return the
separate letters into cases, the
"slugs" were remelted and
poured into molds, making
metal bars ("pigs") which
could be used again and again
in the Linotype. With the
Linotype came other im
provements, never dreamed
of in Marshall. A larger
flatbed printing press, a folder
for mechanically folding the
newspapers, a Wing mailer
which was used to address the
papers instead of by hand, and
other machinery was added.
The circulation grew from a
few hundred to over 1,000.
With the growth of the paper,
a larger building to house the
machinery was necessary.
The newspaper plant then
moved to a larger building
located at the intersection of
Roberts Hill Road and US 25
70. After many years the plant
GOSS COMMUNITY Web Offset
Press on which The News-Record
is printed. Oliver "Babe" Yount,
pressroom foreman and Jim
Story, editor, are shown looking at
a paper before starting the weekly
"run". Other employees in the
pressroom include Robert Jones,
Joey Ferguson, Jeff Ledford, and
others. The $150,000 press has six
units, four pages per unit, prints
18,000 copies per hour, prints four
colors and each roll of newsprint
weights approximately 975
pounds.
LINOTYPE which for 46 years
was the type-setting machine at
The News-Record in Marshall.
This machine which cost $20,000 in
1924, is still used to set type for job
printing. The mechanical part of
printing The News-Record is now
done by the modern offset system
at The Mountaineer plant in
Waynesville.
MODERN proofreader machine
(Unified Composer) is pictured
above with Brenda Burnette
proofreading News-Record news
after it has been set on IBM
machines. Other operators of the
above machine and the IBM
machines include Betty Neuen
schwander and Mary Jo Revis.
V
and office were moved to Main
Street adjacent to the then
Bank of French Broad. In
later years the News-Record
plant was moved to the
present site, which was
purchased by Mr. Story.
Following the declining
health and death of H.L. Story
in December, 1964, his son,
James "Pop" Story became
owner, editor and publisher.
On Aug. l, 1970, the News
Record was purchased by
Community Newspapers Inc.,
of Spartanburg. S.C. This
transaction was made due to
the prohibitive cost of offset
machinery which was fast
becoming popular in the
production of newspapers.
Although the ownership of the
paper was changed, Story was
retained as editor. The News
Record remained as a local
paper except for the
mechanical change when the
paper was printed in Canton.
The policy of non-partisan, its
fairness to all creeds,
religions, etc., and its
dedication to the upbuilding of
Madison County continued
under the new ownership.
In April of 1976, The News
Record was purchased from
the South Carolina
headquartered corporation by
a newly-formed corporation
headed by Clifton Blake
Metcalf, a Mars Hill native,
with close Madison County
ties. The first edition under
the present ownership was
published on April 22, 1976.
Metcalf is the son of Jake
and Roxie Marie Wilde
Metcalf, the grandson of
Donald F. and Pearl Ray
Metcalf of the Beech Glen
community and the late Mr.
and Mrs. Max Wilde of
Marshall and Mars Hill. He
has numerous other relatives
residing in Madison County.
Under the present
organization, Story has
continued to serve as editor of
Madison County's only
newspaper.
With the advent of offset
printing, many weekly
newspapers have centralized
with newspaper plants which
have the very latest in
equipment.
"The Waynesville Moun
taineer plant is a prime
example of the advancements
in printing techniques and the
continuing growth and in
creasing circulation of The
News-Record," Story com
mented.
Singing
The regular second
Saturday night singing will be
held this Saturday at the
Belva Baptist Church
beginning at 7: 30.
Wendell Wallin will be in
charge.
Everyone is welcome, the
Rev. Andrew Grindstaff,
pastor, announced.
FOUR-PAGE flatbed Miehle
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printing pren, wnicn printed ine
News-Record for many years, is
new used for printing large
window cards and other jobs too
large for job presses at Story
Printing Co. in Marshall.
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Civic Center To Host
Triple Header Fall Fair
I
If you like mountain arts
and ra?mtato<dBte^n
doa't miss the Carelini KS
ft* " ?? Asheviile Civic
Center Atom, Oct. 14 through
'? "P?1 from 10 a.m. to 10
f m Monday when the
tzzrsjr <ad Mt 9 pm
selected local artisan phis
?ome from several states will
iSi"ndK^iltheproducte
? their hand-made work
Many will be working or
demonstrating
A top notch all star
bluegrass band has been
recruited by Mart Kuykendall
of Asheville. He calls it the
Smoky Mountain Bluegrass.
Band members include Mare
banjo: Arlen*
Kesterson, guitar; Bud DaviT
Fre*man. fiddle;'
and Mark on mandolin. The
clogging is said to be "out of
this world". Several local
earns with their own unique
nam? and styles will perform
? well as world champion
dancers from Boone, Salem,
SC and Sparta, Tenn
Heading the clogging will be
Ham'f "Mr F?nte8Uc"
Hampton from Boone
followed by Ronnie "Mr. CToc
SC*? ^ from Sa,em
S?. Hampton is the two time
and present world champion
?!e clog dancer. But
f^f8' ?e"ing the most
Tim* f ^ ^ the Old
ThTvT Sp>rta' Tenn
They hold the world title for 50
Discount List
F or Elderly
Increases
Three more businesses have
signed to give older citizens
discounts on their products or
services, according to Mrs.
Dorothy B. Shupe, director of
the Madison County Council
?n Aging.
They areLAM Self Service
near the Buncombe County
??u/,l([a,nUt Cash and Carry
at Walnut; and Town and
Country Hair Fashions at
Mars Hill.
This brings the total to 58
businesses who are interested
in the senior citizens
years old and over
Sam Simpson of Brevard is
in charge of the dogging.
Three of his teams ? the Tar
Heel C loggers ? will dance
exhibitions and help Sam with
the big Smoky Mountain Style
square dances that will be
called by Sam at 8 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday. The
audience will be encouraged
to join in the fun.
Fifteen door prizes, in
chiding three TV sett, will be
given away.
School groups accompanied
by a chaperone will be a?
mitted on Monday at a special
rate. Advance tickets at a
discount rate may be p*i?
chased at the civic center bat
office and all of its scvoth
outlets plus several select*
schools, churches, club*,
motels, restaurants, and clog
dance teams.
IF YOU DOIM'T HAVE
CENTRAL HEATING..
We believe this is
the next best thing!
THE BRENTWOOD ;
Model SOH-6O-I by Lear-Siegler
?
Fully automatic furnace type heating unit, with- ;
out ducts. Uses No. 1 or No. 2 fuel oil. Thermo-'.
stat control. Automatic
lighting. Automatic hot
air circulation. Highly
efficient? economical
operation.
O. A. Gregory, Inc.
Marshall, N. C.
VOTE FOR THESE
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES
ON NOV. 7 1978
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
Clydo M. Roberts
SHERIFF
William E. Powoll III
CLERK OF COURT
C. N. Willi*
TAX COLLECTOR
Fay Ball
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Parry Willi*
Frank Macsay
L. Patrick Clamant
BOARD OF ED. DISTRICT I
Don Hall
William (Bill) Soars
BOARD OF ED. DISTRICT II
Gary A. Sprinklo
Francos C Ramsay