J'v y of a hii: -
1 i '.:' 1 I..jtl f
1 - 5 w; 5 sulv 1
' 7 ' - - 'i t'e dljfovei;,
'Vila Un..l thid.U
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i Coun'y. TLerL'f. E. Y.
a r 1 C"-? Cosr-ell, 21, cf
' C ", 1 1.,' 1 "
i u c,' I'aul.G ter, 21, .cf
C- i.i of LIrs. -'E
C. . ef Hot Springs. The skull
Co v cUr rred V h mur
r y ... 1 ijdlledJto
l, i'c ' 'ir euid. ' ;
lo
Lave tJiis" account: ,
' . if hn tai.cu JUiju -
l"ut rie 7, saying her son had
, br n ij ' ilng since late June 1, or
- eai'j J.:ne 2.,; Ponder.; had; since
been Voting for the missing man.
Saturday. Gosnell called Greene
. ville authorities and told them he
could take them to " the body.
Grceneviile" police called Ponder,
end Gosnell led them to the site
on Upper Paint Creek on the .Ten
nessee Bide of the fine where the
. body; had lain undisturbed since
eai .'y Ju a 2. ' ' " ' '
r ' r quoted Gosnell as. say
i .,; he r ..d Cunter had gotten in-'
to an argument; that Gunter had
cyme at him with a screwdriver
a;.l he had taken ft rock and hit
0 t in the head with it, kill-
J
fran' fisher
N. C WLh
- m y . . L . i i
p.
d r
A;
'ormer Ttarshall. Man Gets
. . Ve'l Deserved
'V ,y Promotion ,.,:-',
1 " '" "-n taken the victim's
i it under a r 'i
ill) from t
' "1 ' i ! .
N" S. Whitaker.
reaerai , Land Bank Assn., - of
Asheville,' retired Saturday after
35 yeara in farm credit. He will
oe succeeded by J. Frank Fisher,
who has been . nromnfcut f vnm
assistant manager. , ,
Whitaker .was elected' secretary-treasurer
of the Mars Hill Na
tional Farm Loan Assn., in 1927,
a r ' l j held until becomir
" " ' :'-:ve ia m
' . i 1 ' !" 0 r
of the local officethen the Ashe
ville National Farm Loan Assn.
rand was later promoted to' the
positoin of manager. '
Under Whitaker'a suwarviaion.
several associations were com
bined with thn ' AnhaviTla
and putv under his management
The. Asheville office now servr
12 WNC counties' and has lon
outstanding fa excess of 4 n
lion.', .
.Whitaker resides with his v.-'
in Mars r::i, whore l e has t
active in c ' ji 1
rev
Ioi
J'
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INCORRECT DATE
I L Correct Date CP ' V 57 z.
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A".:.
Fifteen
. -j In
f Vation of - more than 300
i front 15 Western North
3, counties gathered in the
Youth ' Center last
liiursday afternoon to pay tribute
to a Buncombe .community recog
nized nationally for its self
improvement efforts. - . - '
1 The Leicester community, which
last year carried off farm division
honors in t!e WCj; Community
Developement program ana went
on y carture a flOflW prize as
national winner - In the Grange
Community Service Contest.' was
awarded a plaque by Ashevillc's
Mayor Earl W. Eller, president of
tbe Asheville - Agricultural .Devel
opment Council.
Following the formal program,
a. motorcade tour of the Leicester
community- returned - the
group to the Youth Center for a
chicken barbecue supper. Fourteen
itemized the
.kh
Leicester speakers'
progress' report, x
completion of t' i ?:7,C0O . Youth
Center, . Grange a.llvilies for en
riching rural ?livirj;; and esU-.b-
hsbment of Boy Scout, Girl Scout,
UiD bcout and Brownie units, i
Also noted .was ' the organiza
tion , of neighbors,, Inc a group
dedicated to bringing help to the
sick and-J distressed; ' establish
ment of boys baseball leagues and
a rifle club:- est .blishment of ;'a
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it ,' 1 e oa t.
j Ce chapter
;is of Foreign Wars,
cf If a" all EFD
rrs; a
included which was -
'4th of Jul
of the Yet
, Wade Er;
8, was -t'
also given
The v. '
4 o'clock
1.1. - Tl .. . 1 .
wmma..jj I Spn. .Ie stat-
ea mat te w..,:1id to t iank all
those v cop; era ted ia this' e-
vent.
!
r .of
te 1
'te ham,
J VFW.
meed at
box on
J
eevea To Preach j Picnic
Dinner To Follow '
iJt,- f Service J
The congregation of the Walnut
Methodist; Church invites friends
and former pastors to the annual
homecoming service at -the church
Sunday morning July S, at 11:00
o'clock.'-' ',' " .- .'-
' The' Rev.' Joseph M. Reeves, for
mer pastor,' will deliver the ser
mon and special musio is under the
direction of Mrs.' Cloice Plemmons,
church, organist. - v; ,-1 ;
'At the close' of the service, an
old-time i 'picnic dinner. " wiU be
spread on. the-church grounds and
an hour of fellowship will be en-
oyed. ; ,!', r- .
The Rev. Wi C. " CIarkr pastor,
invites you to attend the service
and the dinner. . V ' '
.. t. ...J i.i.j a Cu.,v s
j i.'. 'U'ii.-d!. -later.
The nature of the Ll
.s was not disclosed, except Cat
'' was respiratory- ailment. , Jle
u.. j A-ent a major. uratioA .sev
eral months -ago. j ja
V.J .
pama v " . ;
Stars ,t 3 .
Shortly :r, te i
v (Continued a Lx
7
Marshall And Mars Uill
tu Jents Shine In Raleigh
' j Last Week'..:
r
:i
Two Mad.'son County men were
,' i-ed about 2:"0 p. m., T irs-
Jay vihen thtir c..r i .. k sa em
h.)!.Iimpnt off U.S. ,-70 f'out
or--lr,'f r-.ile s ..h of tV.1 I iJI
sourancuiibe County L, .
Ar. ' " L ais Jr., SI, of ' . '
"', a f- .--cr r in t
Several members of the Future
Farmers of America from Madi
son County brought buck top Jion
ors .from the State I FA Conven
tion which; was held , in Raleigh
last week. , , - . .....
Jack Cole, Marshall advis6r,
and M". L Andrews; Mars Hill ad
visor, ' can both be proud of t',e
showing- tlieir "student's rr ' i
gainst hundreus of ot r s
from every . section of North C. r-
. ElymusV. Payne, a mprnhfi; of
f a T.r " '1 ' after if I FA, ie-
(i-.a t : t S'rsr 1 . i
i Award a coveted honor.-Elymus
Was presented,- a 17-j'iWel watch
for his excellent program of farm
works, lie is the son of ; Mr. and
Mrs-Jack Payne of Littld'Pine
He and Verlon Coates,' son of
Mr. and1 Mrs. T. 1 Coates, of
Grapevine, also received the State
Farmer Degree. " "
The tool team from Marshall
also 'atU;.. T J t'.e convention and'
test, r -v.,.'.
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ALo s
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