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2X0 A Yew Inffiladteon ft Bumco la C :iall, C, AY, FEBRUARY 13, ice copy a, xeac uutndt Dhew Two c,. Ut 1 L V V m. j, v w - J M " W fan i 1 1 nnnn nor lio;;3 ra a DONATING EYES II 1 S , f i 11 '1 ; II 1 I 1 II ( ... . f i ,v ''-..v.' ''- ri . ' j . i ft j ., Tin n . nn ! 1 1 r Trial Set For February 27 In Superior Court; Bond Denied . Robert: Lee" Henry Jr., 23, of ' Atlanta, ' Ga.y' has confessed aet . ' ting - ftrea Sunday ' night, Febru- ary 6, which destroyed a 67-year-' old lauditorium . amd' damaged two other buildings on the Mare. Hill ! College campus, . Sheriff . E, Y. Ponder mid Friday. ; ( ' 4,f Ponder said Henry, a former student, had afened a confession early 'Friday afternoon in which - lie admitted setting1 the fires.' But ' he told Ponder (he J'didmi'it know , why" ihe set tfeem ',-,'' . U - In his confession, he' mid- he "got the urge" as church was be ing dismissed Sunday night, a feiw minutes before the fires were set, accordiiur to Ponder. ' . After signing - 'the confession, ! Henry ' was taken to Mam Hill by Sheriff Ponder and State Bureau yf Investigation .Agents Claude 'Davis of Arden and P. JR. KsWhett of Waynesville,' ' where he point ed out Abe' places where the fires wer set, Ponder said. V , Henry's attorney, ' 'MMthews of Atlanta, wea in Marshall ear . Her last week to ' try to rangel bond, which was denied. ; .Mat thews lias .returned .to Atlanta, -Trial was aet for Feb. 27 to Madison , County Superior Court , in Marshall,; Ponder said Friday. VHenry is now in jail in Marshall. ! Henry was a student at the coH- ' lege during' the 1958-59 term, but was a poor student, according too school authorities.' " ' ; , He returned for the summer school session in 1959, land was then asked mot 'to apply for ad mission Hhe next f alL ,,,t.i',s s. Hejwy returned to" the y Mara IliU eaimivua Vx day -jbefore. the fires were, set, , and 'come of the students aranged a, place for him do stay since he was a . f onraer student. " i . - -; - Vr Henry, ohforged with arson, was arrested while firemen were still battling iha ' blaze on. 'Sunday ,night. Authorities were acting on tinforroartfcaa furnished tfltem by an unnamed school offiiolalt . L . T7 ?o.'Qc!:3rfe'MiuGff Shooting 'Occurs On Patton : Avenue; Find True r; 1 ' The ' grand jury 'in, IBiuncombe ' Superior . XSourt ' Tuesday return ed a fame,. bill against 2eb ,W. Jones, 53,- of RFO 8, AdhevdEe, , charged witn asaault with deadly weapon with intent to kiU- . v '" Jones is charged with the shoot ing of Mrs. Edith "Coforth JJob- -erts, 37, of. 63 Old Stames Cove Kd., last ." Saturday on v Patton A venue. - ' He was taken into custody .by police moments 'after. ' (Mrs.. Roberto, who suffered 32. 'calilbre- pistol bullet , wounds in the face and chest, has been patient at Memorial Alassion Hos pital since the eihooting. .Her condition is reported, fair. ?: . Jones had waived , a prelimi jiary hearing' .Tuesday mtonnimig before Judpe Sam . Cathey . in Ashevil'e Police Court ten J 'was f. bound over fr trial in Eiuiconilbe Superior C "t , The s" broad d.': " ra of t" c -'li' T 1. 1 1 1." t took place in J i a ' i - '"If ? r of T To Attend Exposition iWUMWW'' i ". Miss Ann Herring ' ; (Miss-North Carolina) - BETTER LIVING EXPOSITION TO . BEINASHEViLLE ; More than 40,000 people are ex pected to visit the (Better Living Exposition be helrf in the City Auditorium,' .Asheville, ' March .15 ttirous?h ,18.- There will be 132 ex hii4s covering ia ' wid dweawitfii cation ' of, produdts,.'1 materials, methamdiiee, ' and new ideas and bivantions associated ' with . the stepped-up standard of Jiving of the 'Amierican' people. , -IvVisitors 1 wifflf ba present fawn aH parts of Western North Oar olirii tiecause .the exipxiaition da a aWv dooigiwd o apipeal to -everybody;" men, women, and ' children in city, towa and country. The Better Living Exposition will be the : biggest and most dmportant event of its. kind ever held in fhe region. . In addition to the broad, mag nitude of t.4ts .displays, the show will ,' present , entertainment iea ""i (Continued To,' Laat Page) .., CURIOSITY - ; NO EXCUSE; ; ;: CAUGHT COLD & , .M.i, , I,, ,i f ' ' v " Wasiity, r the sometime cat killer, was 4' , Madison County man's excuse for a Sunday trek to an,, illicit , atll 4n the Little Laurel section. . iBut it wasn't good' enough for two federal Akohqi and Tobacco Tax ' Dtviaion irwestifjators wjho had spent five hours Sunday . on a stlalceout dn the snow. : f The officers oharged Oliver . (Dutch) Cook, 60, with operating an un licensed distillery and- with pos session of materials and equip ment to make illegal whisky, . '- Cook' appeared at a 10 a.Km. heaiing Tuesday : before" U. -S-CoowmiMion Lawrence Stoker and was freed on $300 bond. , The mventigators eiao destroy ed a SO-c" "i steamer-tjipe still and 103 f s of mi .h. "He t5 re d 'l't w ' t' a t '.1 'tut I ' - ' "t I. 1 T t C ' .." '. T t v f " Several Marshall Lions Will Their Eyes After V ,t . Death , iK Heimann .K,1 rauer, Eye-Bank CH3ixraain; "of' Andrews,' N. C, was 'guest speaker at (the iMar shaCQrLiana Cilub meeting iMianday night at the. Bock Cafe. k - , i iMr. Brauer praised the ( Lions Clubs of Sl-A for 'their participa tiont in Hhe eye bank and urged the ManahiaJl, club o Join others. He set forth three goals for (the local club, towit: ' 1. Each mem ber donate bis eyes; 2. Haiae 1.00 ,per member for work of eye-bank in North (Carolina; 8. Lion Eiye Chairman promote program to let others 4earn of eye-barik. ; . . He reviewed Uhe beginning of the eye-fbamk las follows: 1 Back in 1944, the Idea of an Eye-Bank ', was . first . conaldered serioualv. -; It ..: ia estimated tihat. at that time, there were less than! a dozen .qualified' surgeons who were interested in what is called the corneal) .grafting ; operation. Those surgeons who were Inter ested in it xwn into extreme dif ficulty in securing eye tissue for a successful operation. ; ; In the first seventeen Tears of the Eye-Bank operation, (the pub lic Jiaa responded' .rather well, but the ' Eye-Bank today s unable to meet -the growing demand of , sur geons for this grafting material. ( Continued To Last Page) CENSUS BUREAU TO COLLECT 'I. IfiFfiRTJATIONi -Special questions, designed to ob tain infonmation on the work ex perience of C, ttnericans in 1960, will be asked &i Jte February Ourrent Population Survey, it was announc ed today by jDorector Joseph. R. Norwood of (the Cansua Soreiaiu's regional field office at Oharktte. , The work experience . questions willl be in addition to the regular mantWy "inquirka on ettvplojvnent and 'unemployment. . They wilil, cov er J3ie number of weeks worked during I960, amount of time lost from 'work idue to 'unemployment or layoffs, the principal job held dur ing the L year, and related items. Additional, questions wAl be asked of hired , arm workers covering sudh items as years worked for the name farmer, seasonal farm work away from home, and amount of non-f arm work for cash wages or eatery. ' ',,..,. iv - ; 4 ' . The Current Population, Survey wiH be conducted here end in 829 other areas of the country during the week of February 20. Local in terviews will ' be carried out by Mrs. Edma L. iHarmon. ', -C, ' To Be Closed : All offices in ' the Oourthouse will be cCosed : .Wednesday,-; FebJ 22, ' to observe " George Washing ton's ' birthday, f The Bank tof French 'Broad,' the Citizens Bank and the Draft Board mid also be dosed. , Wife .Wanted Acta.' Gets Qulclc Results ' "It certainly does pay to adver tise in The Newis-Eecord,'' Mr. E. R. Moore," of AsSieville RFD 4, sUW t'.is week. T'r. PToore "ran" a V;i.'d Want- 1 ti ' '' 1 1 ii (' c1 "'I t V- 1 r J 1 3 1 1 -J. Ts-ter Seal Child I Jane Yates JAIS YATES IS 1C51 EASTER SEALOOLD 'Chapel Hill Pr. Edgar T. Thompson of ' D,take University, prestlmt "T North Carolina and' AduJa- tihe Easter Seal Society, has announced the 'selec tion of little Miss Jane Yates of Kings Mountain.tts ithe 1961 State Easter Seal Child. Jane is the daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Hugh Yates, c ,"'!,. y ' i f Jane is eight years old and a third grader at East T:iementa- lyy Scboolf.::Xlngs'.'Mouii1toin,:'Sbs is very active ' and, says Mrs. Yates, "StiU only when she's a steep." Her .report card shows an almost . continuous string Of A'a Jane da quite expert with the hu : ;: (Continued To Last Page) ' T Thieves Captured . With Loot From , Hot Springs Store , Three tHrieves who stole some shoes, three guns and ammunition from the Wade Ponder store in Rot Springs ' oft Decemfcer 21, have been: arrested in Canyon, Texas. ' According . to Sheriff , E. Y. Ponder, ihe .three menr James R. G rovers, of Indiana, Donald Carlson, of . Pennsyivanaa, - and I Houston ILee Winnett, of Sparta,' xenn. .were arrested aner breaking : and entering at .Tula, Texas and killing, a deputy eher iff. , When arrested, the stolen merchandise from : ' Hot Springs was found. , ' , , . All three are charged with first degree murder. ' ' " ' ' ' ' 0 Large CHchen Here FtlZ-.y i.': One of Vie larpest chicken hav' 3 e'r ' ' J i:i :'..;s area was srt Ti oV!.a' I. I'j-y ? V " - - ' t'9 1 1 . n i ut two ' "fy. ,! - '.' e wide : ; t "n'a v I v evc-r sean." FOOD AND COVER PLANTINGS NOW AVAILABLE HERE .Shrub and sericea lespedeza vfhen planted alone or in conibd natkm' are valxtalblle game cover plantings. iShrnba mext (to woods produce seed at the rate of 600 pounds, per acre. Bericea planted next to fields may be used as turn ram for farm equipment. ' Pilantinga of mixed ' annuals, such as malo, millet, lespedeza, soybeans, and cowpease, provide a (temporary fall and winter food supply for fawn game. -'. ' i' These plantings can be secured by coniaoting Harry Siiver, Farm Agent; Boyd Baucom, Soil Con servationist; ' or by writing iRex Bird, . N. C. WiOldAife Resources Commission, 1619 Kensington Rd., Hendarsonviile, N. Ct ' RESIGNATION OF J.M. BALEYJR. , IS ACCEPTED James M. (Baley Jr., of Ashe viile and; formerly of iMareBiall,, U. S. attorney ,for ihe Western Dis trict of. North OaraMea, Monday by .President John F. Kennedy that iBaley's resignation had been wT)tfflrl r ' "Tie auToptaiiice s peiiJlng )the nomination and qualification of Batey'a euoceseor, . the President wrote. Baley announced Jan. , 24 that he bad submitted bis resig nation. ". WOOL PAYMENTS APPLYT0 SALES BEFORE APRIL Wool growers were reminded today that the 1960 program pay ments, to be made this summer', will be made only on wool and unshorn flainbs , which are market ed before March 81, 1961. That is (the closing date for the 1960 prog mm. , i' Novdie Hawkins, chairman of the ASC county committee,:; also pointed out that applications for such payments .under the I960 wool , program ntusf be filed be fore the end of April, 1961. " ''': , He emphasised that adequate records on the sales must support the v information on the payment implications; For . instance, ' pro ducers' sales records for ehorn Jahoop, rides a tricycle, sings in :. (Continued To Last Page) 1 ' APPALACHIAN iiLUMlU lUMIll WASIEVELEFPil. , j ' I- (Boone . Appalachian State Teachers College al umni ' in .13 counties of the western district come together for an organiza- tionial meeting and dinner- in Aslie vilJe at the iSiW Cafoteria Fri- (Cottlnufd To Le t T.;.) r f j k i M. M. (i .i v. j A p Finals On Saturday light; JU Games To Start At 6:00 Heart Director Miss Joanne Aldridge MISS ALDRDDGE IS FIELD DIRECTOR HEART DRIVE (Miss Joanne Aldridge of (Chap el Hill is Field Director for the North. Carolina Heart Association in HJadison County. In addition to Madison County, Mies AMiridge is responsible for sweroteen other counties I iA ; the ' FMWUnoLC aij Western section of the state: Av ery, Burke, 'iCaldwell, (Catawba, Cleveland, .Durham, High Point, Iredell, Lincoln, McDowell, Mitch ell, Moore, Polk, Rutherford, Tran sylvania, Watauga land Wilkes counties. , . ' Mies Aldridge is a native of iBoone. She graduated from Ap- ' (Continued To Last Page) Darned Duino M 'DCS. Stirs Dany BAR GROUP ; PICKS ROBERTS , AS PRESIDENT v. lisndon H. Roberto, of r Ashe ville, .and formerly of Marshall, is tihe new president of the Bun eombe' County Bar Association. He was elected to succeed Ju nius G. Adams Jr., at the annual meeting Friday in the Buncombe County Courthouse, '; ; The , knew officers were intro duced at a dinner dance at 6:30 p. m., Saturday in The Manor. The asaaaiation rrtaA nlaina to held memorial . services f 0 r the seven members who died during the past year.- ' . . i i . .- r Senator Roberts U A-: :: ::! To t ; Of 'T 1 1 ' oOo r m, f ! r Mars Hill Girls And Boys Are Defending Champions . 4 ' ') ' 'Players and coaches wiU - be tense, fans , excited, whistles ; JSj1. begin to blow, lineups will be an- ' nounced amid (the annual basket ball fever wtilb reach its peak next , Tuesday night as (the annual ibas- .. ketibbll tournament gets underway in the Marshall gymnasium. With season's records sndacat- ing close contests in both girls' and 'boys' divisions, this year's - tourney is expected to be one of (be most exciting in history. . The closeness of the standings is ewk denced by "ihe fact that, pairings for the tourney were not made nn- , ta this week's games were played. Defending champions are ' the Mars. Hill girls and the Mars Hifll boys. 1 ' 1 , ' I't"! ! i Although the tourney ia single , elimination, the event i will con tktae nightly . through j9aAurday ,' when the finals will be played. The high school ,' junior (varsity tourney .will precede itihe "big" -games : nigntly. The' opening games nightly wall begin at six . o'clock' with girla JV games. These will be followed by th JV boys' games. ' The varsity games (Continued T Last Page) I . Local Firenicn -") To T.Ieet Friday Allen L. Duckett, Marshal) Fire Chief, announced this week that a meeting of the firemen . will be held at the City HaU Fri day night, at 7:30 oVslock. n All firemen are , urged to be present. ' ' , onos'to Suggests Making' Bricks Of ; . Building Available To , Alumni As Souvenirs , The burned -out ruins' of the old Mars ' Hill ' CoUege auditorium have ' stirred- fond, memories a-, momg some older alumni and brought varied suggestions for disposing of ' the massive brick walls., t ' , 1 i ' , Franklin-,.' Y. iMoCracken of Waynesville, a student here in 1906 when the building was erect ed, ' wrote j Dr. .Hoyt Blackwell, president of the Baptist institu tion,' lamenting the Boss and of fering a contribution toward the cost of a new auditorium and f'ao arts building now under const r u c tion. "It was in tlie ilttle nort' corner room I V e olj an ' urn," he MTo'e, "C :.t I r ' to Kiss v I.fs Cox, ' er 1 - -i b v ' ' Tt V 2, 1 ' " " it t. - T
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