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MARSHAIL, N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1955
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Fire Truck To
limits In Case
DecUion Made At Meeting
Here Tuesday; Firemen
Are Notified
The Marshll aldermen, in the
meeting here Tuesday night, unani
mously agreed that Fire Chief Jim
Story be notified not to take the fire
truck beyond the City Limits of the
town in case of fire and that all
members of the Marshall volunteer
fire department be notified to that
effect.
The board also passed a ruling
that only members of the Marshall
Fire Department be permitted to
operate the fire truck.
The . ruling Tuesday night is one
which has been "in the air" for ma
ny years and is based on statutes
relating to Municipalities with one
unit (truck) fire protection.
Heretofore, it has been left up to
the fire chief to answer fire calls
outside the corporation with the
hope that no fire would start within
the corporate limits while the truck
was gone. It has been the practice
in the past to answer all calls re
gardless of kind and size of fire.
Fire Chief Story stated here (this
mtorning that the new ruling will
jirohibit answering fire calls outside
the corporate limits and that he is
bound by the ruling and laws of the
jniinicipality and state to abide by
them.
"I have always answered calls
whenever possible but at the same
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BANK ROBBER TO
BEJROUGHTcfO
'VV'V; Cleveland, Ohio, June 8 U. S.
V. Commissioner H. A. Horn today
ound nranable cause for removal of
NiWan Bobik, 31, to North Caro
lina where he is wanted in a $19,434
robbery of a tank at Hot Springs
May 18.
Bobik's attorneys contended in the
hearing that there was mistaken
identity and Bobik was not one of
the men involved in the holdup of the
Hot Springs branch of the Citizens
Bank of Marshall, N .C.
But Robert Davis, operator of an
auto accessory store at Hot Springs,
identified Beibik as the holdup man
who pointed a gun at him when he
was in the bank as a customer. Swan
Huff, operator of a cafe across the
hrPBt from the bank, also testified
he saw two men carry a bag fromors are; .Robert Holt, Raymond Nel
Ihe bank to a car and that it one
wasn't Bebik, "it was his brother."
Commissioner Horn tomorrow will
report his recommendation to feder
al court which will decide whether
to issue a warrant of removal.
The U. S. district attorney's of
fice cited a criminal record for Beb
ik in Ohio and Southern states go
ing back to 1938 and including an
armed robbery conviction in 1945.
Bebik is on parole from a 10-25
year Ohio Penitentiary sentence for
that 1945 offense.
Bebik was arrested here May 23
m a warrant from the Federal Dis
trict Court at Asheville, N. C.
Carl Wacker. arrested in Dayton,
Ohio in connection with the Hot
v Springs robbery, is lodged in Bun
combe County Jail's Federal section
f waking trial in U. S. District Court
in -the November criminal term here.
-: ' Wacter waived a hearing and was
returned 'to Asheville Sunday by a
Deputy U S, Marshal, Federal a-
thoritiee said yesterday.
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CITIZEN OF YEAR
DR. HOYT BLACKWELL
DR. BLACKWELL IS
CITIZEN OF YEAR
AT MARS HILL
Civitan Club Makes Award;
Officers Are Installed
Tuesday
Dr. Hoyt Blackwell, president of
Mars Hill College, was named citi
zen of the year for outstanding serv
ice to the comtrniinity by.tfie Mars
Hill Clvitanlub atral JinneKne
inir XileadaV eveninp. June. 1.
at the Maw Hill Community Honse,
at which the wives of club members
were special guests.
The guest speaker for the eveninp
was Dr. Robert Seymour, pastor of
the Mars Hill Baptist Church, who
tfave an account of his visit to Yu
goslavia last summer and told of
conditions in a Communist country
as he observed them.
Following the address, A. J
Hutchins of Clinton, who was re
cently elected lieutenant governor of
Zone 1 to succeed U. M. Lee of Mars
Hill, spoke briefly of the aims of
Civitan International and installed
the new officers of the Mars Hill
club.
These officers for the coming year
are: Owen Tilson, president; Ken
neth Anderson, vice president; Rob
ert Chapman, secretary; Adam Dy-
cus, treasurer. The board of direct
son, K. M. Lee, m. ii. K.enaau, co
ward Smith and Bruce Murray.
Officers for the past year were:
Bruce Murray, president; Owen Til
son, vice president; Bruce Sams, sec
retary-treasurer; Morris Puckett,
corresponding secretary; Kenneth
Anderson, Raymond Nelson, Adam
Dycus. R. M. Lee, James Cox, Leonard
Briggs, directos.
County Ministers
Will Cooperate In
Slow Down And Live
State Highway Patrolman Preston
Bagwell announced here this week
that the ministers, of Madison CoVm'
ty will cooperate in every way pos
sible with the current "Slow Down
and Live" Campaign.
"Material concerning the campaign
has been given most of the ministers
and they have " all shown a willing
desire to cooperate," Patrjolman Bag
well stated. . , ,
Several of the ministers are ex
pected . to mention , the s- importance
of theSlorwv Don" and live", when
ever possible in sermons as well as
in.Siipday School nd ether rejigiou
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James D. Reeves .. . , J
To Recbve Desree-i i ;
At Ncrthweitern U-"
Jaanes D. Reeves, eon of llf. rnd
Mrs. A; S. Reevesi' of V.Vnrt, ' .1
receive a decree of V ' r f
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MAYIflW NAMED
coheiander of
legion Post
43 MemW Attend Meeting
Last Thursdays Other
Officer Named
Boyce "Bub,; Mayhew was elected
Comanander of the ' Davis-Sexton
Post No. 317, American Legion at a
meeting held at the Legion building
here last Thursday night. Other of
ficers elected are as SqUiws: Joe
Nix, Vice-Commander; L. B. Ram
sey, Adjutant;'. J. C. Dodson, Fi
nance Officer; and Elsworth Rector,
Sergeant-at-Arma.
The meeting last Thursday was one
of the most successful meetings in
the history of the Post when 43 mem
bers were present:
It was announced following the
meeting that regular meetings will
be held on the first Thursday night
of each month and that all members
are requested to attend the meetings.
"In order to make the local Post
an active and progressive one, it is
necessary for all members to attend
the meetings and cooperate in every
way possible," Commander Mayhew
stated here this week.
Madison Native Is
Killed In Wreck
Near Hendersonville
Eli Plewimons, 74, of Fletcher RFD
I died Tuesday morning, ? June 7
1955 in a Hendersonville hospital ,qf
injuries ha receivedMnnn wts?mmlel .1. Ffanfe
accident last Saturday "warning. . f vt a peci
The autoobile -JrteVn
artving nao ciwii sko xut
feiPiiro jfiwA ding
- No inquest has1 been
A resident of. the Hoopi
section of Henfflfon County; Plem-
mon$ was the son of the latf T. L.
and Jane Woody Plemimons of Niadi
son County.
He had been superintendent of the
Henderson County Home for eight
een yearn, hut had resigned in 11150
to engapre in farming. A year ago,
he established Plemmons Grocery in
Fletcher.
Funeral services were held at 10
a. m., Wednesday in Hooper's Creek
Baptist Church. Burial was in the
church cemetery.
Nephews were pallbearers.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Lu
la Darnell Plemmons; two daughters,
Mrs. Dora Coggins of Washington,
D. C, and Mrs. H. H. Coggins of
Asheville; five sons, Joe of Hender
sonville, Charles and Roy of Fletch
er, J. D. of Skyland, and Carroll of
Washington, D. C. ; a sister, Mrs.
Linda Sherlin of Weaverville; and
11 grandchildren.
Any man can make a dozen oppor
tunities for success while he is wait,
ing for one to make itself for him.
Children To Be Admitted Free
To i Camming CtiA Tivice Weekly
BANK ROBBERY
HEARING IS
CONTINUED
An extradition hearing for Norman
Bebik. 34. charred with comnkcitv in
the robbery of h Citizen Bank fit
Marshall, N. C, on May 18, was post
poned Until June 8. , - "v.VV. . 5
Bebik, of Cleveland, Ohio, and two
other men nave been charged fcy the
FBI in the f 19,600 daylight jobbery.
The other ' are' Carl Virgal ' Wacker,
89, of Dayton; Ohio and Bernard Ed
ward GosnelL .38, also of Dayton, r
Wacker waived' hearing after," his
arrest; May 23 at Dayton and "was
held tmder 130,000 bond. Goenell was
arrested at Asheville i and releaned
under f 2,000 bond." Bedik'e bond ,waa
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GYMNASIUM PLANS
ARE ALTERED AT
RALEIGH MEETING
New Bids To Be Let Prior To
July 1 ; Plans Are
Announced
W. W. Peek, Superintendent of
Madison County Schools, announced
this week that the plans for the
gymnasium and additional class
rooms at Marshall High School were
altered at a meeting in Raleigh with
the Schoolhouse Planning Division.
According to Mr. Peek, building
plans were altered by eliminating the
wings containing class rooms and
locker rooms, raising the gym floor
approximately four feet to permit
use of the space under the gym
proper for locker and class rooms.
."It is expected that the alteration
will result in bids that will come
within the amount of money allocat
ed for the project," Mr. Peek stated.
Present plans call for a new let
ting of bids prior to July 1, 1955.
Mr. Bernard Brigman and Mr.
Lindsey Gudger attended the meeting
in Raleigh with Mr. Peek.
HUSKINS NAMED
RESIDENT JUDGE
( Governor Hodges tapped two Wes--tyrn
North Carolina natives as he
started filling Superior Court judge
ships under thavnew redisricting leg-
Hslation,
of Burnsville,
or"-Court judge,
' Is appoin
ent judge of the
district of Avery,
yi!Weitauga,nd
eeyjuly..?v..;
ir"24th '
f 'arm, ' ;
'distrtet. set up.
aV,TaifHAn and. Im
."'cWnties will
be split up, as ao
j.dison going to thV.iiew 24 th and
(Bunoembe oomjprisig". a ope-county
disti ict . r
Hugh Campbell, a Haywood County
native and now p. Charlotte, attorney,
was appointed resident judge for the
now 20th district comprised of Meck
lenburg County.
Also appointed were: Malcolm C.
Paul of Washington, second district;
and C. W. Hall of Durham, 14th
district. Both are nuw serving as
special judges .
Hus-kins is a former state legis
lator and was chairman of the State
industrial Commission for several
years.
FISCAL BUDGET FOR
MARSHALL CAN NOW
BE INSPECTED HERE
Notice is published els-ewhere
in
wus issue seating uiui uie uuugetj
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estimate for the fiscal year VJbo
1956 has been presented by the Mu
nicipal Accountant to the Governing
Board of Marshall and that a copy
is on file in Accountant's office for
public inspection.
American . Legion To Buy 100
Tickets Monthly For
Children
The local -JJavSexton Post No.
317, American Legion, voted last
Thursday night to purchase 100
children's tickets monthly so that all
children under 12 years of age. can
use the swimming pool twice weekly
without having to pay. Commander
Boyce Mayhew announced thk week
that this wiU enable many children
to renjoy. - wading - and, swimming
throughout tie summer who might
otherwise not-be able io go to the
Park., , .-rt''-s v.V
V Huliert Edwards,mnager of the
Marshall jPark, atinounoed Jt h U
week that an each Monday and Fr
day any .boy , or girt nd 12 7r
of TkMwill a? admitted Jjwir af
charge to the pool. These two day
each week r the only aaya,;th
plan will be effectiva; x-
Ilainet-.'"H 'Pi;, . t:
, -I am ur the children will l
rmteful to the American Le-ti '
r "j UJa.poisiwle,''..Mr, 1'
Howerton's Plans To Be Studied
By State Highway Commission
MADISON COUNTY
IN 24TH JUDICIAL
DISTRICT NOW
Under the new district setup, Mad
ison and Buncombe counties will be
split up as a district with Madison
going to the new 2)th Judicial Dis
trict and Buncombe comprising a
one-county district.
Other counties in the 24th district
beside Madison are Avery, Mitchell,
Watauga and Yancey.
DRIVER FREED
IN PRISON
TRUCK DEATH
The driver of a prison camp truck
wiis freed of a manslaughter charge
Saturday following an inquest in
Thursday's fatal accident near Hot
Springs.
The Madison County jury found
no negligence tv the driver. Wade
Junior Gardin, 20, of Bluff, in the
death of Iascko Wiley, 411-year-old
Craggy Prison Camp prisoner from
Asheville.
The jury decided Wiley's death
was caused by an unavoidable acci
dent and recommended Gardin be re
Jeased. Gai-din had been placed under $500
bond following the accident,
.tlgrilejr.- ai-:0ria and aeven othew
iiie"Glrdin were injured wheil
ict vith Mathe truck add its trailer creihed info
an ernbanlcinent and turned . o,r
ahout five miles south of Hot Spriit
after the truck's brakes and a whSl
bearing failed. ' .(
Control Praised
State Highway Patrol Pfc. A. L.
Feldman in his testimony praised
the youth's control ovei- the vehicle
as it careeneu me nan mite uuwu
the steep, curving mountain road be
fore it failed to make a curve and
crashed.
Wiley, due to be freed next Thurs
day on completing a .'SO-day sentence
for public drunkenness, died of a
crushed skull.
iu.nnwliil.. three prisoners in
jured in the accident were off the
critical list Saturday, Memorial Mis
sion Hospital at Asheville reported.
"Fair" Condition
The hospital described as "fair"
the conditions of G rover McMullen,
ut, ...... ill, i K Mixon. 33. of
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and Crawford Gordon,
44, of Gastonia.
The four other prisoners less se
riously injured were discharged, tne
hospital said.
Gardin and the other prison sys
tem employe, H. F. Meadows, 54, of
the Spring Creek section, were treat
ed by a local physician for lacera
tions of the hands.
RAIN DEAYS FISH
FRY UNTIL NEXT
WEDNESDAY
The fish fry which was scheduled
to be held Wednesday night of this
week was postponed until next Wed
nesday night due to heavy rains.
The event will be held at the Old
Mill Wheel. at 6:00 o'clock.
All members and families of the
Wildlife Cfub, sponsors of the occa
sion; are Invite to attend. t ,
Five. Madison County &
Men Enlist In U. S.'.v.
Nary Monday, May 30
. : . ' ' ' ' t.
1 JFiva Madiaon County mew enlisted
the United States Navy Monday,
May f SOr-'Tie men, weref , Bailey
Payna, Floyd Davis Jr Bill I
eaife, Dougtai Adama and El I
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Advocates Of French Broad
Route Plead For
Survey
State Highway Commission engin
eers will study in detail plans for a
superhighway into Tennessee along
the French Broad River route.
Twoi alternate routings along the
French Broad valley were submitted
to the Commission in Raleigh last
Thursday by T. M. Howerton, Ashe
ville engineer.
Chief Highway Engineer W. H.
Rogers Jr. and Chief Ijocating En
gineer R. Getty Browning were in
structed to study Howerton's'
recommendations and report next
month.
The French Broad River route now
carries traffic following U. S.
Highway 70 and 2.r, but is far from
being a super highway.
Advocates of the Pigeon River
route favor the building of a new
direct-shot highway between Clyde,
near bake Junaluska, and Water-
ville on the Tennessee line.
Buchanan Makes Motion
Highway Commissioner Harry K.
Buchanan, of Hendersonville, who
favors the Pigeon River route, moved
that, Howerton's data be studied by
Commission engineers and that they
report back in a month.
Commissioner J. F. Snipes of
Marion, who favors modernizing the
French Broad River route, asked
that the engineers survey the routes
projiosed by Howerton. Howerton
said such a survey would take well
$A'cr a month.
' Buchanan told the Commission
Tennessee authorities last Decembt'vl
asked "that we meet them at tk
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SIGNUPDATE
bsetforfAll
ACP PRACTICES
An initial 15 day sign up period,
whereby farmers may file their re
quest for assistance in performing
Fall practices under the 1955 coun
ty ACP has been set for June 6 to
June 20, according to Ralph W. Ram
sey, county ASC office manager. All
farmers who did not participate in?
county ACP during the spring peri
od will be given priority over thosa
who did receive Government cost
sharing in the spring, provided they
file their application during this
initial sign-up period. , Funds which
are not obligated to farmers who
file during the two weeks period
will be used to assist all farmers on
a first come first served basis during
the remainder of the 1955 program
year, Ramsey explained. All fann
ers will be given an opportunity to
file their request either during or
after this initial sign-up period;
however, those who do file in the
two weeks, June 6-20, will be given
approval over those who file at a
later date.
tional information on eligible Fall '
practices on which Government cost- . )r
sharing will be available phould con- f ) .
laoi uieir jooai community commu- ' ft
teamen, any of the county Agricul- I
tural Workers, Vendors or the caun- ?
ty ASC office in Marshall. V1
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Accident In Michigan
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and ffra- troy Bobaerormerly of
Madiaonv.Conntyi ?waa killed hu.
iy Sutfday, iune1 5, 1955, near I
jt 'MichiCT.n,1 When "tha car
iwaa driving struck, telephone p"
f. Tha . body wa rebirned to
home f a brother in Erwin, T
? Tha funeral- will be reld
(Thursday) at 2 p.ra., at t'
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