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PAGE 19 TiMES-NEWS, Rich Square. N. C., October 14, 196.‘> NOT MUCH LEFT - The charred skeleton was about all left the Bertie County School system." Complaint to the Civil Rights standing as firemen continued to tight the blase of unknown Division of the Justice Department the same day, brought FBI origin which broke out early Saturday in the abandoned Mars investigators into the picture Hill School at Trap, described as "one of the better buildings in Proof Of Arson Is Found At Mars Hill School Fire By LAURA HARRELL of Inflammable liquid In the hall Committee worker who has been and four classrooms. Not dam- MARS HILL - While the Bertie Board of Education looks for ways to eliminate overcrowding at the C, G. White School, the Federal Bureau of Investigation continues In the fire-proof portion of the living In the Mars Hill area sev- bulldlng, A five-gallon oil can was eral months, found In the hall but the can had Reached at her home by tele- been badly burned. phoneMrs.Tiegerdecllnedear- SomB of thB materials from jjgj, ^ggk to comment for to sift through the ashes of Mars building have been taken to “Your Home Newspaper.” Mrs. Raleigh to be analyzed to deter- Tleger was asked whether her Hill School. mine the type of fuel used In the husband had filed a complaint as Evidence of arson has been destructive blaze. ^ result of the fire. Mrs. Tleger discovered, according to Bertie Investigating the fire are mem- neither confirm nor deny Sheriff Edward H. Daniels. He bers of the Federal andStateBu- the question, said oil or gas of some type had j-eaus of Investigation and the Ar- was to have started this been poured on the floors. The son Division of the State Insur- week on getting the abandoned newer section of the building, ance Commission. building Into shape for use by six which included the auditorium, Deputy Sheriff Dewey Swain S^^des from the overcrowded C. rest rooms, two classrooms and was at the scene Saturday morn- '''hlte School at Powellsvllle. the cafeteria, did not burn but Ing a short time after the fire Board of Education voted suffered smoke damage. was discovered by a route man unanimously last week to use the The Sheriff said the floor in who went to the home of the Rev. '^^lldlng. County maintenance that section was ruined by the Earl Haynes, who notified the workers had a load of furniture heat. There wasslgnofsometype Trap Fire Department. ready to move in this week in A* T Lv. ti OK iM preparation for the opening of Danlplf tadlLfeJ L wou?d 0^^uid°av?Sp'?rtat“i ID M .he State Bureau luvestiga 3^a“f.he1r 5* S ‘aS";; e‘Setln^^fc ‘c w'ir It was learned that the Federal ™‘»- Bureau „I tayeattgatl™ entered ^ filed with the civil rights dlvl- Mrs. Hattie Ward Dies At Age 88 RICH SQUARE - Mrs. Hattie Elliott Ward, 88,diedlastThurs- day in a Wilson hospital. A native of Northampton Coun by Joseph H, (B'uddy)*^ Tleger," ty she was a daughter of Elias and student Nonviolent Coordinating Mrs. Julia Taylor Elliott and the Odom Funerol the case when a complaint was „:L‘ filed with the civil rights dlvl- h money on the Sion of the Justice Department ^ "" He added, however, thattheuse of insurance money will have to be presented to the Board of Com missioners for their approval. Two men from theStateInsur ance Division were here Monday and Inspected the building. While a building estimate is being pre pared, an equipment list is also being compiledbytheSuperinten- ■ mt. The building was insured for A native of Northampton Coun- $97^000 and equipment was in- ty she was a daughter of John and sured for $6,000. It is believed Mrs. Sallle Brldgers Nelson. that all the equipment insurance She is survived by a sister be collectable but it Is not Mrs. Sophie Askew, of Rich known how much of the building Held Sunday WOODLAND-Mrs. Jennie Nel son Odom, 76, died Friday aft ernoon in a Rich Square nursing home. * widow of W. A. Ward, Sr. She Is survived by five sons, William A., Jr., and E. B., of Rich Square, Gilbert S., of the Air Force, Robert C., of Ports mouth and George Taylor, of Hampton; two daughters, Mrs. Marlon W. Beach of Roberson- vllle and Mrs. Esther W. Lassi ter of Roxobel; a brother, J. D. Elliott, of Rich Square; four sis ters, Mrs. Lottie Elliott and Mrs. India Quinn of Rich Square, Mrs. Helen Lassiter of Conway and Mrs. Evelyn Martin of Jack- son; and nine grandchildren. funeral service was held imately two-thirds of the insur- A funeral service was held Saturday at 3 p.m. in Woodland ance was on the fire-proof por- Sunday at 2 p.m. In Rich Square Cemetery by the Rev. W. E. tion that remains standing. Methodist Church by the Rev. O. Herbert. Sheriff Daniels said lateTues- S. Williams and the Rev. Fred day no arrests have been made King. Burial was in Cedar Lawn The Inside of furniture draw- leads have been found as Cemetery. .rj should he sanded smooth and *'>’ ‘"“S' *’®®" responsi- lacquered to prevent snagging and to make cleaning easier. ^^® portion contained the boiler room, library, office Square. amount will be received. Approx- Say, “I saw it in The Times-News,” please. RAIN I'-/ Will not Stop Us from Buying, Cutting and Hauling Your TIMBER! But it does slow us up! We would oppreciote your winter business this Fall ★ IF YOU PLAN TO SELL THIS WINTER . . . WHY NOT SELL THIS FALL WHILE YOUR WOODLAND PATHS ARE DRY! ★ WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB FOR YOU AND DO IT EASIER. R. L. TOPPING, Jr. GASTON — PULPWOOD DEALER JE 7-2433 aged by the blaze were the near by gymnasium and a wooden classroom structure which had been theorlginalMarsHillSchool building. Know Your Newspaper Better Can You Spell AAxlequatzke? That's a hard one! But a newspaper encounters names that difficult every day. And there's only one way to make sure the spelling is correct ... to check . . . and check . . . and sometimes triple-check. Now Smith Is Easy . . . . . . but is it Smith or Smythe? It is spelled John or Jon?: Is it Nelson or Nelsen ... or Johnson or Johnston? Names^ are tricky, even the seemingly easy ones. Yet, hard or easy, a newspaper is expected to have them right. Hundreds of Names Every Issue All spelled correctly . . . 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