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T The News record SERVING THE PEOPLE OF MADISON COUNTY 2-, ifS^ 81st Year NO. 22 PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE COUNTY SEAT AT MARSHALL, N.C. WF~* ^0' ' *opy av NO INJURIES ? No one was injured when this tractor-trailer left the road and plunged down a small ravine approximately three miles north of Marshall on U.S. 25-70 at 9:30 p.m. Friday. Trooper William C. Swanson of the N.C. Highway Patrol said no charges were filed against James Michael Jenkins, driver of the truck. Swanson's report said Photo by N Hancock Jenkins, 25, of Hot Springs, pulled to the right while meeting a car, causing the right wheels of the truck to drop into a side ditch. Jenkins was unable to pull the wheels back onto the road, careened over a culvert and driveway, and plunged into the ravine. Swanson at tributed the accident to rain and bad weather. Jenkins was hauling furniture. Graduates Urged To Take Responsibility For Future By NICHOLAS HANCOCK Editor "The world can not fulfill our dreams, it's what you do that counts," said Peggy Sexton, one of four student speakers addressing the Madison High School 1962 graduating class Sunday in O.E. Roberts 'Stadiuni. Some 190 graduating seniors and over 1,000 parents, relatives and friends braved a scorching mid-afternoon sun to participate in the eighth graduation ceremony to be held at the consolidated high school. Miss Sexton reminded her fellow graduates they had reached a milestone in life and said now is the time to "move forward, leaving behind old well-set ways and to face problems squarely without blaming others." Senior Ronnie Weathers recalled that in time of need great Americans like George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr. had been there to lead the country. "The only way to make free enter prise work is to have leaders. Bold, fresh, innovative leaders," Weathers said. He urged the graduates to set high goals, motivate themselves and become leaders. Laurie Melvin, a senior from Mars Hill, spoke to the graduates about mankind's advancements in technology and about man's lack of positive rela tions with his fellow man. "Let your guiding principal be truth," she said. Mary Lisa Anderson recalled the past four years and said of all lessons in high school, learning how to lire was the most important. "Continue to live life to the fullest," she urged the class Lambert, biology; Marie Messer and Maria Reese, business; and Jessica Newton, science. Ten students were presented with Madison High Honors Scholarships. The new $1,000 scholarships donated by R.D. Williams, president of World of Clothing, Inc. of Henderson ville, went to Dewitt Bishop, Alex Filliss, Lisa Fisher, Donna Franklin, Jackie Gar din, Tammy Henderson, Russell Lambert, Tommy Ray. Peggy Sexton and Ronnie Weathers. Diplomas were awarded by assistant principal Bruce Phillips. Wyatt, and senior Sandra Griffin. Stuart Jolley. president of the student body, gave the benediction. '? ^ov.'NTV - ...V^Vvr rv ?.** Three Mei ?..i<a-ged With Assaulting Hikers By NICHOLAS HANCOCK Editor Two men have been arrested and charged with assault and damage to private property at the Jesuit Parish in Hot Springs, according to Sheriff E.Y Ponder. The arrests followed a series of in cidents, sparked by what the sheriff called a "drunken brawl," which occur red late Friday night and early Satur day morning at the hiker's hostel located on the parish grounds the sheriff said. A warrant has been issued for a third man allegedly involved in the same in cidents, according to Chief Leroy Johnson of the Hot Springs Police Department. Michael Holt, 19, and Dean McCarter, 26, both of Hot Springs, were arrested Saturday after they allegedly attacked and beat two male Appalachian Trail hikers with plastic pipes just outside the hostel. Chief Johnson said he has a warrant for the arrest of Tim Ramsey, 20, of Hot Springs, who is also charged with assault and damage to property in the incidents. As of Monday, Johnson said he had not been able to serve the war rant and that he heard Ramsey tiad gone to Indiana. THE HIKERS. Dan Pieper of Portland. Ore. and Steve Parmenter of Los Altos, Ca., were attacked about midnight Friday while resting at the hostel, according to Frank McAloon, ma lager of the hostel which is primari ly used now to house Catholics' on retreat. Pieper and Parmenter continued their trek northward on the trail after Pieper was treated Saturday morning at a nearby medical clinic for a large gash over one of his eyes and several bruises on his leg, forearm and stomach. Ponder said bond was set at $1,000 each for Holt and McCarter Holt was released on his bond and McCarter re mained in the Madison County Jail Monday, the sheriff said. Ponder said the hostel was also vandalized in the in cident. McAloon said the two hikers were sit ting in a breezeway between his cabin and the hostel building when they were approached by two men. The hikers and the men began exchanging words and then the men began beating the hikers with plastic pipes. One of the assailants pulled a knife at which point Parmenter began runnning toward the town for help. "FORTUNATELY, SOMEONE came by in a truck and picked him up" as one assailant continued to chase Parmenter, McAloon said. I Johnson was summoned to in vestigate the incident and McAloon said he took Pieper to the parish house where he was initially treated by a nurse. Later, about 1 p.m., a car drove into the U S Forest Service parking lot ad jacent to the hostel, McAloon said. "There were four men in there and they were asking. 'What the hell's going on here,' " he said. "At first, we didn't think they were being threatening. We just thought they were curious," he said. But the four men got out of the car and approached the building carrying clubs, he said. Holt, McCarter and Ramsey were later identified as three of the four men. The fourth man remains unidentified. Continued on Page 2 Marshall Reservoir Runs Low, Closes High School A water shortage here last Tuesday forced the closing of Madison High School and several businesses and left about half the town's residents without water. Early Tuesday morning town workmen discovered the one million gallon reservoir on Derringer Drive was nearly empty. MarSHall Maybr ta?hJfice Ponder blamed the shortage on a pump which failed to come on when water in the reservoir dropped below a cer tain level. , A power outage apparently caused the pump's malfunc tion at 3:30 a.m. Tuesday, of ficials said. Water was restored to most area residents by late Tues day. "All pumps are constantly pumping water now. Chiorina tion has been stepped up and water from a standby reser voir is being added to the system. ' said Madison eounty Sanitation officer Michael Bradley. When workmen discovered the problem at 5:45 a.m., the reservoir contained about 1,000 gallons. Marshall History Contest Winners Advance To Maryland Nationals Six Marshall Elementary School students took top honors recently in the state level of the National History Day Contest in Charlotte and will advance to national level competition at the University of Maryland. Dawn Phythian, Elizabeth McBride, Kay Rice and Autumn Taylor won 1st place in the group category for their project, '"Hie Railroad Era In Madison County." Jeannie Pegg and Carol Fox won 2nd place in the group category for their "Contributions and Con troversies of a Small Town In dustry." Hie state level competition was held at the University of North Carolina at Chartottt. The students advanced to the state level after winning 1st and 2nd places in district competition held at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee. Thirteen other students from the school won 1st and 2nd places in all categories at the district level. Listed are the students, title of entry, category, district results and state results: Tony Payne, "Capitola : Its Influence on In dustrial Change Past and Pre sent," Historical, 1st, 4th; Kevin Clark, "The In dustrialized America," In dividual, 1st, 4th; Danny Brigman, "Presbyterian In fluence on Trade and Industry and Industry in WNC," Media, 6th; Randy Riddle, "Tourism as an Industry in .Public Meetings , The June meeting of the Madison Coun ty Board of Education will be held Friday, June 4 at 10:30 a.m. in the courthouse on Main Street in Marshall. The Madison County Board of Commis sioners will meet Friday, June 4 at 7:30 p.m. in the courtroom at the Madison Coun ty Courthouse. * The Marshall Board of Aldermen will Monday, June 7 at 7:30 p.m. at Town The Hot Springs Board of Aldermen will rone 7 at 7:30 p.m. at City i Street in Hot Springs Will DM* .4 ||m *nu.n hall WNC," Media, 2nd, 3rd; Scott Boone, "Down on the Farm in Madison County: a Family In dustry and History," In dividual, 1st, 4th; Mark Rice, "The Peddler: Memories of a Forgotten Trade." Individual, 1st, 6th; Monica Cody, Teresa Keller, Buck Davis, Jimmy Treadway, Tony Martin, "The Cadillac Comes Home: Rural America Searching for Jobs," Group, 1st, 3rd; Edd Reemes. (Continued on Page 3) 1<1 a U TTh ?? -
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