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. 4 ..'.v; , ,,: . ' 4 "in -J -4 ..', 1 .VOL. 54 NO. 20 16 PAGES MARSHALL, N. C, THURSDAY, MA Y 19, 1955 PRICE: $2.50 A YEAR $1-9,500 i French Broad Road Report Is Completed By Officials Howerton's Report To Be In Hands Of Commission This Week-End A decision liy State Hiffhway Com mission officials on North Carolina routing of an interstate highway be tween Knoxville, Tenn. and Asheville may be announced soon. One delay to the announcement ended yesterday with completion of a report on the feasibility of build ing the superhighway down the French Broad River. The report was compiled by T. M. Howerton, Asheville engineer. An earlier report, already in the bands of the SHC, proposes the road tie routed along the Pigeon River in Haywood County. A. majority of the SHC has favor fcd the Pigeon River route. But Chairman A. H. Graham of the SHC, at a public hearing in Asheville April 18 on the two routes, Agreed to delay a final decision un til Howerton's report could be com pleted. Howerton said Tuesday his report would be in Raleigh for Graham's consideration by the end of the week. Tentatively Approved nl Tl! T: lion ., 1 Teady been "tentatively confirmed" . hv the SHC. Graham said following ;the April 18 hearing. The commission voted to delay it ' decision on. the route at the conclu ,l j sion of If nearly day-long public """Siearing'lfi City Auditorium in Ashe- vine. , Graham said at the time the com mission gtavea on a aecisiou umy long enough to receive Howerton's report. One of the state's top technical highway experts has recommended the Pigeon River route Chief Lo cating Engineer R. Getty Browning. State Highway Engineer W. H. Rogers estimates the French Broad , route would cost between $21,000,000, and $20,000,000 with 40.G miles of j new road to build. He estimates- the Pigeon route of 24.1 miles of new j voad as costing Sl.VOOO.uOO with 0.8! miles alreudy graded at a '$2,000,000. COst of Shelton Fined $300 For Setting Fires Zeb Whitt Shelton was fined $300.00, given all 18-montlrs suspend ed sentence and placed on probation for two years, in U. S. District Court in Asheville Monday. Shelton was charged with allegedly setting unattended fires on govern ment property. Piano Recital To Be Given Tonight At Methodist Church Pupils of Mrs. Robert N. Barefoot will present a piano recital at the Methodist Church here tonight (Thursday) at eight o'clock. Mrs. Fred W. Fulp, of Greensboro, ' sister o the Rev. R. N. Barefoot, frill be guest vocalist and will sing several rejections during ..the recital. , Pupils participating are from Wal nut and Marshall. The public is cor dually invited to attend. o Legislatives , . Summary . . lut.tka UnSmlntiwm mtaff of the ' Institute of Government m ike wrk f the jvoiw varoima urn eemblv cf mi.T It it confined M 4icunon of matters of generat interest n& major fmporUmM.v - Without question the General As sembly Is driving toward adjourn ment The Bouse began on Monday r"'v iwo r- jsions'n dW, nd kept mil lottery FREEZE SCHOOL TO BE HELD HERE NEXT THURSDAY MK Nita Orr Is To Head "Freeze" To Save" Event At REA Building Here INI rs. Jnnie Ramsey, home demon tration agent, announced this week that Freezing School would be held at the French Broad Electric Mem-, bership 'Corporation Building here m Thursday afternoon, May 2fl. The meeting will begin at 1:30 o'clock and will continue until about three o'clock. This is the "first Freezing School ever held n the county and is expected to be well attended. Miss Nita Orr, specialist from the Extension service of Raleigh will be in charge of the meeting. Various problems and solutions will be dis cussed and a demonstration on the deep-freezing of vegetables, etc., will be given. Various defrosting meth ods will be presented and many other interesting phases of freezing will e discussed. The topic of the school will be "Freeze to Save" and the public is cordially urged to attend. All home demonstration clubs in the county are cooperating Wjfth the school and an interesting event is anticipated. , Burning Permits Can Now Be Secured; Ban Is Lifted According to J. Moody Chandler, County Forest Protector, burning permits will now be uwued after hie ing cancelled for the past week due to dry weather. Mr. ("nandler stated that suffi cient rain fell during the past weak to permit burning to be safely re sumed. Mr. Chandler warns that extreme caution should still be used when burning. Mars Hill Wins Tie For Skyline-A Lead Mars Hill's Wildcats capitalized on 10 hiU and seven Marshall errors at Mars Hill Wednesday afternoon to dump the Tornadoes. 15-8, and gain a first-place tie in the Skyline A Conference. Charles Boone, who went the route for Mars Hill, scattered nine hits effectively among the. losers. The Wildcats thumped two Marshall hurlers for 10 safeties. Boone led the Mars Hill hitting with three for five. Milam Wall added two for four. R. J. Edwards had three for four for Marshall. The two teams are in a deadlock for the league lead with 4-2 records. They meet this (Thursday) afternoon at 1:30 on the Mars Hill field to de cide the championship. Marshall 010 BOO 2 8 9 7 Mars Hill B43 111 x IB 10 3 Dr.HoytBlackwellTo Deliver Baccalaureate Sermon At : Old Fort Dr. Hoyt1 Blackwell, '"president of Mart Hill-. College, will deliver the baccalaureate, sermon to ' a class of 43 Old. Fort,HIfc School aeniorg In the school iuditorium May 22 t 8 OES Nb Meet $ " I Hera "McylaV li rrh'lM '"d It has been announced by lira. If ary Elbh Epr'nkle, Worthy fa- iron, t" t i r ti ao r-- Staged MARSHALL SCHOOL BOND ISSUE OKAYED Marshall School District voters Saturday approved by an overwhelm ing majority a $50,000 bund is.sic for a new -gymnasium and vocational building. The count was ;115 in favor and 2(1 against. County Schools Superintendent W. 'VV. Peek said after the tabulation vas completed it was hoped con 'struction of the two-story building near the two existing Marshall School structures would be started next month. He said the work was expected to be advanced enough to permit use of 'at least part of the new building at the start of the next school term. Already available for the job in addition to the money which will be supplied by the bond issue is $2fi,000 in capital outlay funds allocated by the board of Madison County com missioners. Today's election was rescheduled after the voting of last March was invalidated because of a technicality 'in the election form. Voters in the original election ap proved the bond issue by a three-to-one majority. . f 1 The new building w'J-4veMat-shall its first school I 'nouse the vocational! 'home economics ';d: free space in the e. to alleviate overcrow' WALlJTlfflIM BANQUET TO BE HELD SATURDAY The eighth annual meeting of the Walnut High School Alumni Associ ation will be held Saturday night, May 21 at 7 o'clock ,at the school. ' A special program honoring Airs. Fpjis McClure, founder of the or ganization, will be given. Mr. William W. Peek, superintend ent of Madison County Schools, will be the. principal speaker. All former graduates, teachers, and principals are cordially invited to attend. 'Slow Down and Live' Campaign To Start On Friday, May 27 Raleigh Governor Luther II. Hodges has joined with the gover nors of 47 other states, the Common "wealth of Puerto Rico and the Com missioners of the District of Colum bia to declare Memorial Day to La Tor Day, 1955, as the period for a "Slow Down and' Live" highway safety campaign. The objectives of this nationwide program is to reduce death, injury and property damage ton the streets and highways of the nation during the peak period of Summer motor travel. The "Slow Down and Live" pro gram, sponsored by ' the National KTonference of State Safety Coordi nators, was introduced in the north east in 1953, and in 1954, operating In 24 states from Maine to Texas, 'provided the first "acros the board" reduction in traffic casualties report ed by any group . of : statea since World War II. . A total of 601-Uves -were saved in the 84-atate area and noteworthy decreasea were effected In personal injury and property dam-fcge-accidents.'' ; jpfeic Edward - Scheldt, State ; Safety Coordinator ,ior North 4 Carolina points out that 'persons were killed on the highways of the nation between Memorial bay and " Labor Day, 1954.1 With he' prediction: that CO million: Americana will ' travel to vacation destinations 'by motor ve hicle this year, we are faced I.y a trw4oug ch'eng, - t'"-,-9 c,-'V( H ; retell i Dn Hot "BIG AS LIFE" TO BE GIVEN HERE ON FRIDAY "Big As Life," a lie-ht-hea rted comedy, will be given in the Marshall! II i- i i-. .... ' inn" .11 riooi rtuuiMirium, i' riday night. May 20, at eight o'clock. Eddie Hopkins- and his family arc funny enough to be a hit with any audience. His father, an absent minded professor, is forever getting himself involved in hilarious prob lems while pursuing the study of white rats. His mother's interests in the new neighbors are as amusing as his si.-ter. Elaine's efforts to .sing With a vo:(e more suited to singing in the bathtub. Eddie himself is in clined toward a fondness for loud clothes, fox tails on his car, and oth er idiosyncrasies common to a young ."man about school." His triuni-l pliant arrival home after being elect-1 ed class president, impresses his family. Barbara and Flossie, two classmates, are not quite so impress ed. Barbara in particular, feels Ed die's had so much success in school it is going to his head. She and Eddie have been going steady and Barbara wishes something would happen to bring Eddie back to nor mal. She appeals to Professor Hop lcinSj but he is not interested in any JlnC "bigger than' a white rat. Then Igly, Eddie DOES change! jthing becomes austerely dig ,he begins to read books and poetry. His family is as sur as arbjUATvontil the rs- utt.. forvthe change becomes apparent. The new neighbors ha?e a beautiful twenty-year-old daughter named Eu- (Continued on Page Five) (First Section) BACCALAUREATE SERVICE AT 2:30 SUN. AT MARSHALL Tiie liaccaiaurcaie .service will r.e held at Marshall High School Sun day, May L'-i a! L':0 p. m. The -'crmon will be delivered by Dr. A. Ellison Jenkins, member of the Mars Hill CoMeec faculty. The service va originally sched uled for 11:00 a. m. "with speed the violations typical of the driver who is perpetually "in a hurry" and throws caution and cour tesy to the winds. According to Mr. Scheidt, "Slow Town and Live" Is not a gigantic speed trap. Ex cessive speed, speed too fast for con ditions, improper passing, following too closely and failing to give right of way are the violations which con stitute the largest single factor in traffic accident causation. "We have a solemn obligation to protect those using the 'highways of 'North .Carolina this summer for bus iness and recreational purposes' from the 'Hurry Bugs' who try to get there first and fastest" State and municipal governments, business and industrial leaders, civ ic and service organizations and safe ty groups throughout the nation have joined forces for the promotion of "Slow Down and Live." William 'Iff, Greene, of Connecticut, Chair man of the National Coordinator troop, fea pointed out that "a 1955 tampaign result as good as that of the 24 states last year will mean a aarlnr of ever 1100 Urea. ' . t The 1954 taffic fatality v toll bit 'North Carolina covering-the period from :00 p. int rWay,Jfsy 28 W midnight,' September t Tetaled" tSS Wording ,to Jiotor A ' fcent records. S "W i to irrreve tfcVwJ '- Depart ' termined "i tve 1351 ft n- Springs - Widespread Search Continues For Two Men; No One Injured i LOCKED IN VAULT . v. ZJ JOE Q. TILSON, manager of the Hot Springs hank, was temporarily locked in the vault along with a cus tomer, Bob Davis, as the robbers es caped with ?I!,500. B. Y. Owensby, who came in the bank soon after the robbers escaped, unlocked the vault after Tilson shouted the combination to him through the heavy steel door. Navy Enlistments Open To High School Graduates U. ,1. Navy offers greater oppor tunities to high chool graduates. Th pj'ogrr.m.i thrown open to tb" high school graduate over the fields of Jrcrronics, hospital ami dental eoi', uviation. anil specialized cbb fo'- general mo tire. All candidate who attain a quali fying scor" on the Navy's en ! i-i mr lit examination and present their high ch"o! do:! ;;:!;;. wi:! be a -;;ied of an opportunity to a'ten three ba:c vocatruia of fiftv- nde sehooN, n and nior- r.l fur I'll - air o ffiMid phys'i ni c ni at onaracter are ri list ment. Men in 1 1 T -U'd i blanch may now be in the aation I'lilisted as an u:l! be as-igned unit upon 1'iim- airman recruit and to a naval aviation pli" ion ol Meruit t ra inine'. Vov moTV information on these greater opportunities in the V. S. Navy, see your Navy Recruiter to day . A .Navy recruiter will be at the Tost Office Building in Marsha. 1 every Wednesday from II :.'!(! A. M. to 4. P. M. NEW DELAY DISCLOSED IN VACCINE RELEASE Washington, May 18 A new de lay in further releases of Salk polio vaccine was disclosed tonight pend ing what a Public Health spokesman called "another look-see at this whole very-confused picture." The disclosure came when a re porter asked why there had been no report on the findings of a federal inspection team which has completed a visit to Wyeth Laboratories, fine., at Marietta,' Pa. . ''There will be no further releases of vaccine from any manufacturer for several days," a spokesman said. He added the situation did not affect 1b 7,850,000 cubic centimeters - of 1 vaccine produced by two other lab oratories and approved for ose in the nation-wide tmmunfaatkm program. .Mux of this, has already been, weed nd ' whit- k.neft 'U' itifl -approved lor W' ' 1 'i.rV' .',.r r.v C esdaasM ' . '' i '.i '' 1 -r A A" 'ichmeitt'bf Vr5nsrtinder Wednesday oOo - Manager Joe Tilson And Bob Davis Locked In Vault; Soon Released Wi for held lr- il search is continuing lie two unidentified men who up the Hut Springs branch of the Citizens Hank of Marshall at Hot Spring- Wednesday morning at '.l:.'!r ami sped away unnoticed in a flashy car with Sl!,5()0. Dozens of law enforcement offi cers, including the FBI, sheriff's de partment and the State Highway Pa tiol are participating. Road Block Abandoned Road blocks were set up Wednes day in a fan shape in Madison, Yan cey, Haywood, Buncombe and as far away as I'olk County at the South Carolina line by members of the State Highway Patrol. This was abandoned, however, several hours later to allow officers to concentrate on other phases of the search. ( apt. D. G. Iwis, commanding of ficer of the patrol's Troop "E," said that at least a half dozen patrolmen, under I.t. H. C. Johnson were search ing the area as far as the Tennessee line for clues in connection with the robbery. Hot Springs Police Roy Johnson reported today no new developments in the investigation.-'. There wa-jfr at leai on Indication that the ijoldup men "cased" the bank and town prior to the robbery. They picked a day in which Patrol man P. J. Bagwell, of Marshall, was off duty. The officer patrols the Hot Springs section and it was his regular day off, although he joined fellow officers in the search. The first patrolman to reach the scene of the crime was A. V. Harri son of Asheville, who was in the vi cinity investigating an accident. About !:;) A. M. The bani,:ts one tall and one short walked into the bank around ti :.'!" a. m.. and herded Manager Joe Q. Tilsmi and a customer into a walk in vaelt. They 'moped up some $.",000 in cash from the teller's drawer, then forced Tilson to open the safe inside the vault where they stole another $1 I, Mil). Still wielding pistols, they locked Tilson, and the customer. Bob Davis, inside tile vault. They apparently fled without being noticed in a 1951 red and black Oldsmobile hardtop sedum Minutes later B. Y. Owensby heard Tilson and Davis pounding on the vault door when he came to the bank to make a deposit. Owensby first called Sheriff Y,. Y. Ponder and then with Tilson shout ing the vault combination to him, unlocked the.ydtiftr and freed Tilson and Davis. The Oldsmobile was found ram med into a thicket just off the Ashe-ville-Hot Springs Highway, about a mile and a half from the scene of the robbery. Tilson was the only employe in the bank and had 'opened for bust. (Continued to Page Eight) (First Section) MINISTER FR OM CHARLOTTES : PRESIDENT'&BXL Miami. Fla May 18 HorittanV.'V 10,000 ministry students are how etw' ; rolled in Baptist seminaries and col- legeabatleeni - bf .the Southern " "fl Bantist Convention benn' tnovea tn prepare' for Jhigher enrollments , - y Presidents "of the f:v !' ' - ' " aponsbred 'thu - . ported that "more s- ' (needed if these t menta materi'""." : The COTvr dys f t r ' E '" 4 C'oa.l t x -t " I V. S. Ariy, for tr.e ' ' ""-'.. T&e "V t I 2 it L-; r'l . r ' -1 V
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