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THE NEWS-RECORD VOL. 62 NO. 32 8 PAGES THIS WEEK MARSHALL, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1963 10c PER Hot Springs Robbery Suspect Nabbed In Va. R. A. Copeland Arretted Virginia; Miller Still At Large In Tasewell, Va. Ronald A. Copeland, one of two Tennessee men wanted in conectio with a $8,000 bank robbery in Hot Springs, waa returned here Tuesady to un- uergo questioning Dy federal au thorities. Copeland, of Knoxville, Tenn., waa apprehended shortly before midnight in Buchanan County, Va. Buchanan County authorities said he had $14 in his possession when picked up. The other fugitive, John Ed ward Miller of Rutledge, remained at large. He was believed to be hiding in the Bristol area although Tennessee authorities said a car was istolen early Tuesday in the area where Miller was last seen. The search began here Saturday night when state police conducting a traffic check stopped the pair. Copeland immediately abandoned his car while Miller, driving a sec ond car, sped toward Tennessee where he later fled on foot near Brsitol. Both men left their wives and Miller also deserted his 2-year-old daughter. Cpoelandli wife, Barbara, 22, was released from the Tazewell County jail Tuesday several hours before her husband was brought back from Buchanan County. She had been charged with car rying a concealed weapon and was released on bond. Tazewell authorities said she was not re quired to attend her trial for which no date was set Miller's wife, Jo Ann, 23, was taken to the Sullivan County jail at Blountville, Tenn., but later Washington County authorities said she was charged with feloni ous assault and with stealing an officer's pistol. She was with her husband Saturday night when he disarmed a state trooper in Wash ington County. Additional charges also were filed against Copeland in Tazewell County. In addition to the bank (Continued To Page Four) TWO INJURED IN COLLISION NEAR MARS HILL Two persons were seriously in jured in a two-oar collision near Mars Hill early Saturday night. Miss Shirley Jean Metcalf of Rt. 2, Weaverville, listed as driv er of one car; and a passenger in her car, Owen DeBruhl, 15, of Mars Hill, were admitted to Me morial Mission Hospital in Ashe ville. The DeBruhl youth suffered an extremely severe laceration of the forehead when his head went through the wintdshield, accord ing to Trooper A. L. Feldman, who investigated. Feldman said the car driven by Miss Metcalf was turning left in to Big Branch Road from U. S. 19-23 when another car, driven by Charles Donald Bennett, 24, of Brevard, struck the Metcalf ve hicle from behind, driving it into an embankment some 60 feet a-way. Five children riding in the back seat of the Metcalf car were not hurt, FeMman said. Bennett was charged with im proper passing. KITCHEN BOLT INJURES WOMAN Mrs. Gelene Griffin, 38, of Rt. 11, Marshall, was injured Wednes day night in her home in a freak electrical storm accident. Mrs. Griffin was standing in the kitchen of her home when light ning struck the water lines be neath the flooring. She suffered shock and frac tares of both ankles when the kitchen floor exploded upward, and was admitted about 9:15 p. m, to Memorial Mission Hospital for treatment. Marshall Telephone Office To Be Discontinued Friday New Toll Equipment Being Installed; Promises Better Quality RtaaseU McKervjey, vice-presi dent of the Westco Telephone Company announced this week that the local telephone office lo cated over the Citizens Bank for many years will be discontinued this Friday. Mr. McKelvey stated that the move was necessitated due to the illness of Miss Georgia Gwaltney, who has served faithfully for many years. Although the office will be discontinued, Mr. McKel vey stated .that Miss Gwaltney would remain on the company payroll. He also stated it was no long er practical to maintain a one- employee office such as the one at Marshall. By transferring the service to Burnsville, the move will lead more efficiency doe to more employees at Burnsville. The local office has been used primarily for collections but most of the paying of bills, will, In the future, be done by mail from the Burnsville office, it was explained. A direct line has been installed from Marshall to Burnsville so that those wishing to inquire a- bout telephone bills could reach the Burnsville office at any time. Mr. McKelvey also announced that workmen were now in the pro cess of installing new toll equip ment oat of Marshall which will afford better quality toll calls for local users. Other expansions plans for the telephone company are being con sidered and more details will be published when plant are complet ed, Mr. McKelvey said. MIKE LEDFORD SENT CAMP COLLISION NEAR WALNUT SUNDAY KILLS 1, HURTS 6 Three Marshall Youths Are Involved In Head-On Crash A grinding head-on crash by two cars six and a half miles north of Marshall Sunday on U.S. 26-70 fatally injured the driver of one of the vehicles, seriously in jured one passenger and resulted in lesser injuries to five other per sons, the State Highway Patrol reported. Miss Julia Lynne Moir, 20, of Asheville, died early Monday in Memorial Mission Hospital, from head and chest injuries and a broken leg. Also admitted was Roy Smith, 28, of Sandersville, Ga., a passenger in the Moir ve hicle. He suffered head injuries and facial lacerations. Two other passengers in the Moir car, James Herschel Wood, 24, of Rt. 1, Good Hope, Ga., and Charles Vester Taylor, 32, of Tu pelo, Miss., were given treatment and released. Wood suffered a left hand fracture and bruises and Taylor contusions. The driver of the second car, Alvin Rice, 19, of Marshall Rt. 1, and two passengers, Miss Mary Jo Rathbone and Miss Virginia Rath bone of Marshall, were given treatment at St. Joseph's Hospi tal in Asheville. Miss Mary Jo Rathbone suffer ed a broken right arm; the other Rathbone girl received multiple body abrasions and Rice suffered multiple body contusions. State Trooper J. M. Shuler said the three men, all employed in Hendersonville, told him they were hitchhiking to Knoxville and were picked up by Miss Moir. Dr. W. A. Sams, county coroner, said no criminal negligence was involved, according to statements made by Patrolman Shuler and several eye witnesses, and that an inquest will not be necessary. FIRST CALL FOR MS FOOTBALL PLAYERS FRL JERRY ADAMS IS DETHRONED IN SHOOT WED. Lee Wallin, As Usual, Wins First Place In His Ago Group Vee Jones, of Aliens' Creek out shot all comers and set a record for accurcay Wednesday at the 26th annual Catalooche Ranch Beef Shoot on the mile-high table land of Pie Top Mountain. He dethroned 16-year-old Jerry Adams of Walnut, the youngest sharpshooter ever to win the muz-le-loadin' championship of the hills, who took the title last year and broke all previous records for marksmanship. The best Jerry could do Wed nesday was to take top honors in the under-20 age group, posting a three-inch cluster that measured out five times bigger than Jones' cluster. But the Madison County young ster had no excuses, although friends said he had been sick for almost a year and that he enter ed the match against his doctor's advice. The word of Jones's irreat shooting got around fast, and the other rifle-crackers began shak ing their heads. Robert Lee Wallin walked off down the way, sat down in the shade of an apple tree. "It'll take (erne doin' to beat that," he said. "Jerry just isn't up to it' He wont be here until late in the afternoon. He's been sick. He's still not well. The doc tor didn't want him to come. But Jerry talked !to his folks into bringing him for part of the match. Hell be here. But I'm afraid he's not up to matchin' Vee's shootin'." Other winners during the day long shoot, which drew 188 tar gets, included Robert AeV Wallin, the 75-yef tetiV of Mer- Sha11 '4'f t Marshall Garden Club Met Thursday With Mrs. Gregory Red Cross COPY Drive 12.60 A Year In Madison A Adjoining Counties $4.00 A Year Outside These Counties To Start In County Next Thursday Marshall Principal teB iWvis Jr BBBSm jaBBBV BBsl Bsfl BBBSm eBBBBBBBB 1BBB1 Mike Ledford, 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Ledford of Mar shall has been selected as the 4-H dub representative from Madison I County to attend the annual 4-Hr Forestry Gamp at Camp Millstone near Rockingham. One hundred boys each a 4- H Club forestry leader in his coun ty will converge on Camp Mill stone in Richmond for the annual 4-H Forestry Awards Camp dur ing the week of August 12. The 4-H Forestry Camp is held annually at Camp Millstone as part of the overall 4-H Forestry Program. To date, over 700 4-H Club boys, representing each of the 100 North Carolina counties, and nearly 100 county agricultur al extension agents have attended camp. The camp has received rec ognition as one of the best activi ties of this type in the country. MHS Now In Appalachian Conference; Schedule Is Announced Coach Ed Morton has issued the first call for football practice at Marshall High School. He has requested that candidates for the team report on the Island Friday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. Morton will again be assisted by J. C. Wallin and Lawrence Ponder, star Mars Hill College lineman and former Marshall High star, will join the coaching staff. Ponder will work primarily with the line, head coach Morton said. Morton also explained that Marshall and Mars Hill were now members of the Appalachian "A Conference. For the past few season these two teams have been in the Pisgah Conference. Hot Eastern Star Official To Visit Local Chapter Mon. Mrs. Dele L. Tinker, of Ashe ville, district deputy grand ma tron of the 20th District, Order of the Eastern Star, will make her official visit to Marshall Chapter Monday night at 8 o'clock. She will be accompanied by Clifford Springs will remain in the Pisgah Conference, it was announced. Marshall has a nine-game sched ule for 1963 which includes five conference games. The non-con ference games are being played due to early commitment, Coach Morton explained. Conference games include Spruce Pine, East Yancey, Ba kersville, Crossnore and Mars Hill. Non-conference games in clude East Henderson, Tryon, Ros- tman and Hot Springs. The Marshall schedule is as fol lows: August 80, East Henderson, hers; Sept 6, Tryon (site un known); Sept 18, Spruce Pins, there Sept 20, Rosman, here; Sept 27, East Yancey, here; Oct 4, Bakersville, hers; Oct 11, Hot Springs, here; Oct 18, Crossnore, there; Oct 26, Man Hill, here. L. Gamble, of Candler, district deputy grand patron. A social hoar will be held at the close of th on Thursday with Mrs. O. A. Gre gory as hostess. Following re frehhments, Mrs. C. M. Roberts, club president, opened the meet ing by leading the club collect Mrs. J. L. Baker gave a brief re port of the tour to Biltmore House and Gardens which took place of the regular June meeting of the Garden Club. Mrs. Roberts pre sided over the business session which included a discussion of the club's project of maintaining plantings at the Court House. Mrs. Delmar Payne, chairman of the project committee, reported on re cent work on the iris bed end plantings of late-blooming annuals. Mrs. Roberts then gave the pro gram on Wild Flowers. She dis cussed horticultural needs of wild flowers and stated "if wild flowers are' to be transplanted:, transplant them to an area as much like their natural habitat as possible. Wild flowers may be propagated by seed, cuttings, layering and plant division", Mra Roberto continued. She displayed several varieties of wild-flowers, including Chicory, Spiderwart, Bee Balm, Day Flow er, Evening Primrose, Self-Heal, Biasing Star, Lady Slipper, Trail ing Arbutus and Galax. Mrs. Rob erts explained how to identify these and other wild-flowers, bas ing her explanation on a book by Robert S. Lemmon and Charles C Johnson, WILDFLOWERS O F NORTH AMERICA. Nine members attended the meeting. Clive Whitt (1IVE M. WHITT NEW PRINCIPAL AT MARSHALL Teachers To Start Work On August 19; School To Open August 21 Clive M. Whitt, of Mars Hill, assumed duties this week as prin cipal of Marshall High School. He succeeds Robert L. Edwards, who became Madison County Schools Superintendent on July 1. Whitt has taught in Madison County for the past 31 years with the exception of 8 years Dowell County Schools. H Mi elementary principal Hps in Madison County schools in the Mare Hill area. In Mc Dowell County he was a class room teacner. Last year, ne taught the 8th grade at Walnut School. US W1HJ in Mc H was f$r 41 He is a graduate of Mars Hill The Marshall Garden Club met rmirh School and Mars Hill Col- Rep. Ramsey On Committee For Redisricting At least a half-dozen legislators from Western North Carolina have been picked to serve on a secret committee named by Gov. Saufonti to study the Senate re districting issue facing a special session of the legislature next month, a reliable source said. Reportedly selected from WNC (Continued To Page Five) 'lege. He received his bachelor of science degree from East Tennes see State University cum laude in 1959, and his masters degree also from the same institution in 1962 with a major in education and a minor in academic fields. He is also qualified to teach in high school with a major in Eng lish and a minor in social studies. Since receiving his masters de gree, he has completed several hours in school administration and is presently enrolled at East Tennessee State University in area of work. He is married to the former Miss Eula Buckner of Flag Pond, Tennessee. They have two daugh ters, Miss Carol Whitt, who also teaches at Marshall, and Diane, S years old. Commenting on his new post tion, Whitt said he hoped to con- tinuue the improvements brought about during Edwards' four years at Marshall. He plans to concen trate on changes recommended by an evaluation committee from the State Department of Public In struction when it evaluated Mar shall School the .pest spring. He annouunced that teachers will begin work on August 19, and DUDils will report for classes on August 21. FIVE INJURED IN COLLISION HERE TUESDAY A two-car collision on Main Street here Tuesday about 7.16 o'clock injured five persons. The cars were driven by Martin Gos nell, 24, and Wilbur Wallin, it was reported. Gosnell and Wallin were treat ed at a Marshall physician's of fice and three passengers in the cars were given dispensary treat ment at Memorial Mission Hospi tal in Asheville. Treated here were Edmond Rice, 15, of Marshall Rt. 4, lacerations of the forehead; Gary D. Nor ton, 10, of Marshall RFD 4, abra sions; and Richard Norton, 4, of the same address, lacerations of the head anjd scalp. JAMES H. WELLS IS APPOINTED DISTR. RANGER James H. Wells will replace Dis trict Ranger Arthur Hadacek, who has been promoted and transfer red to the U. S. Forest Service regional office in Atlanta, Ga., N. C. National Forests Supervi sor Peter J. Hanlon announced this week. Wells received his B. S. degree from West Virginia University in 1956 and since has worked for the Forest Service in Idaho, Georgia, Mississippi and Florida. Previous to his Forest Service employment he had served two years in the Army. Hanlon said Hadacek, who has been a ranger in the French Broad district for four years, will work in the Division of State and Private Forestry, and will be help ing State Foresters in forest fire control. $3,000 Is County Goal; All Citizens Asked To Help The 1963 American Red Cross Membership drive will get under way in Madison County next Thursday, August 16 and will con tinue through August 30, it was announced this week by Wade Huey, county drive chairman. The goal for this year is 88,000 and it is hoped that all clubs, organi zations and individuals will help in reaching the goal. It was explained that if serv ices are to be continued in this county that it will be necessary to raise sufficient funds for their operation. For several weeks this news paper has pointed out the bene fit and necessity for these serv ices, especially emphasizing the Blood Program, closely followed by the Home Service activities in relationship to its importance. Water-safety, nursing, disaster and other services are also in cluded in the $3,000 budget Madison County is a branch of the Asheville Area Chapter and the county's budget is most rea sonable when compared to many 'like counties for services render ed. In order to get a better organi zation for the drive in the county, several meetings have been held with representatives from the area office meeting with repre sentatives from Marshall, Mars Hill, Hot Springs, and other sec tions. D. M. Robinson is Red Cross Chairman in Madison County and Paul Tugman of Mars Hill is vice chairman. In addition to serving as drive chairman, Wade Huey is also serving as secretary-treasurer. Ed Niles is acting ae drive chair man for the Marshall area; Wil liam L. Lynch is chairman for the Mars Hill area, and Harry Up church, an official at Pacific Mills in Hot Springs, is serving as drive chairman for the Hot Springs Each chairman is expect- ( Continued To Page Four) Mars Hill Man Is Fatally Injured In Car Accident Firemen, Wives Enjoy Meal Tues. At Madison Grill Wives of Marshall firemen were guests of their husbands Tuesday night at a dinner at die Madison Grill. Approximately 86 firemen and wives, who are members of the Firemen's Auxiliary, attended. Chief Charles "Ham" Crowe welcomed the guests and express ed appreciation for the fine work they are doing in assisting the firemen. Plans were also made for an outside supper on the Island on Friday night, August 28, when firemen and their wives will st ates TUNNEL ROAD F0UR-LANING IS COMPLETED Four-laning of Tunnel Road be tween Kenilworth Road and New Haw Creek Road in Buncombe County was completed Monday af ternoon. City Manager J. Weldon Weir reported that the only work re maining on the $75,000 project was the completion of highway lane markings. The job was carried out as an emergency measure to relieve traffic congestion on the heavily traveled stretch of highway. Special Services Next Week At Walnut Church Beginning Sunday and continu ing each night for the entire week, special services will be held in the Walnut Methodist Church. The services will be under the direction of the Rev. Henry King and the Rev W. C Clark. Each evening there will be special mask. cordial invitation is extended the entire community to and participate in all these ten Phillip Barton Phoenix Is Struck By Car Monday In Asheville Phillip Barton Phoenix, 28, of Mars Hill RFD 2, was pronounced dead at 12:62 p. m., Monday, Aug ust 5, 1963, at Memorial Mission Hospital after being injured when struck by a car on Patten Avenue near Westgato Shopping Center, Asheville. Police said Phoenix darted into the path of a ear driven by Wiley C Jones, 87, of Canton, who was traveling west on Patton Avenue. He died of a broken neck and internal injuries. Dr. H. W. Stevens, acting Buncombe County coroner, ruled the accident, un avoidable. No inquest is planned. Funeral services were held at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday at Ae California Creek Baptist Church. The Rev.. Robert Holt officiated and burial was in the church ceme tery. Pallbearers were Arnold Dean, Ray Carter, Dean Ballard, Larry McLanghin and Edward and Ken- Holt. Surviving are the parents, Mr. and Mrs. William L. Phoenix. ASSEMBLY LINK this day and age it's efficiency not that brings about high standard of SfflMIS WITT ItiUs week