The Asheville Times from Asheville, North Carolina (2024)

June 23, 1958

Publication:

The Asheville Timesi

Location:

Asheville, North Carolina

Issue Date:

Monday, June 23, 1958

Page:

13

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Valley Springs Play Program Hours Changed A change of hours and sched ule for the Valley Springs recre ation program has been an nounced effective today The schedule has been set UP from0 a to 6 Monday through Thursday for boys and girls of all grades Activities include softball baseball ping pong horseshoe badminton and tennis with play equipment for younger children ridays will be devoted to spe cial events with supervised square dancing each riday night The program is sponsor ed by the Valley Springs Par ent Teacher Association and the Lions Club and is open to all children in the Valley Springs school district THE ASHEVILLE TIMES Engineers Begin Search or Ways Asheville 1 Roads Mftnday June 1958 Section Two At Taverns Vagabonds Weather Tipton of Asheville Heart Attack City County tor this a Vitov Lnaknuuaiu ui VivVviairl hivuo uumuifc avenue Oakley charged with ideip artment answer to tne creeping disaster rof Communist encroachment day night when a rpodel airplane ficials are so suspicious of all at OGARTY WARREN WALSTON THE GIRLS By ranklin olger 3 SUTTLE Multiple Death Accidents Boost Highway atalities RALEIGH (AP) A Utilities Commission examiner ruled today Ha Wagner of Black speeding $15 fine and Negro Gets 1 8 Months for Assault L3Ke Claudius Jones Jr Durham was electrocuted help the world's hungry millions help reason our government oL ti i me state The increase would bring intra state rates up to a level set recent ly by the ederal Interstate Com merce Commission on traffic be tween the states Examiner Clarence Noah conducted a hearing last May on the rate increases No one ap peared to protest and all major North Carolina railroads were represented by counsel About' 50 items were exempt from the rate hike The included 17 Of Satur A 21 year old expectant moth er seeking a warrant for her husband on an assault charge was hospitalized here yesterday with a broken jaw and other in juries apparently received when she fainted and fell in the Police Department Police Chief A Sluder said that Mrs Margaret Jamerson of 21 Mardell Circle came to headquarters about 9 a yes terday She also wanted to in clude other charges in the war rant and was referred to the Sheriff's Department he said Unable to locate the proper of ficial there she had returned to the Police Department and was leaving again when she suddenly slumped to the floor Sludfcr said He rushed to the aid and found that she was injured She was itaken to Memorial Mission Hospital where she was' admitted with a fracture of the jw several loose teeth and a cut on the chin Sluder said a warrant cannot be issued in a domestic case ex cept by an officer from the do mestic relations court That of fice is closed on Sunday Pr 17 47 00 10 59 00 01 30 74 42 74 44 04 07 22 04 74 44 001 74 03 73 61 00 71 50 04 03 70 00 75 40 00 45 21 77 33 73 40 04 74 63 Woman Injured In Tumble At Police Station Laubach Says Technical Aid Needed Bloodmobile Operating rom Downtown Sjte Pr 10 60 24 Anaelei 62 09 Memphis 42 63 00 Meridlin 71 55 00 Miami 15 67 04 Minn Sf 71 36 01 Mobile 71 50 10 Myrtle 79 61 153 Orleans 70 56 00 City 74 56 00 Raleigh 73 67 01 Antonio 05 76 33 r'cisco 73 57 13 Savanneh 72 54 00 Tamoe XVEATHER BUREAU ORECAST Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected tonight in the north and middle Atlantic states the Great Lakes region the Ohio Tennessee and upper Mississippi val and in the Gulf coast area Elsewhere it will "be clear with some warming in South Dakota and Ne braska (AP Wire photo Map) Two '13 year old boys riding in a soap box racer near their homes on Beaucatcher Mountain were injured yesterday when the vehicle got out of control and plunged over an embankment and into a creek Jimmy Bassett of 451 Beau catcher Rd and Joseph Nixon of 443 Beaucatcher Rd were given dispensary treatment at MemorialMission Hospital about 1 for injuries received in the accident Jimmy had a deep laceration of the left eyelid contusions of the left temple and abrasions of the left arm and hip Joseph received a deep cut of the left jaw and abrasions of the right knre according to the hospital report A two year old letcher child Ltca Allnult apparently escaped with only minor bruises of the right arm in a fall from the at tic of her home to the ground floor of the house yesterday She reportedly fell eight or 10 feet and' was brought to St Hospital about 1p She was given dispensary treat ment and released Henry Maddox Jr 8 of 113 Black St was treated at Memo rial Mission Hospital about 3 yesterday for a dog bite wound of the upper right hip He was nipped by a dog across the street from his home according to the report "I lit the oven Six ined or Brawls Intrastate Rail Rate Hike OK'd CAROLINA BEACH (AP) An intensive survey is in progress to find ways to build roads better able to stand the blows of weather Highway Director Babco*ck announced today A heavy toll of damage from last severe freezes and drenching rains prompted the study Bab co*ck said in a speech pre pared for delivery to the North Carolina Assn of County Commissioners A party of engineers has been mountain counties where almost one million dollars has been spent to repair weather damage to begin the survey the highway official reported "If there is a belter way to build and maintain these roads to give better service and mini mize the weather effect we want to know Babco*ck asserted feel this study can pay big dividends in reducing mainte nance costs and providing more permanent road Charles McCullough of th North Carolina State College Engineering Department and a team of associates have been hired by the State Highway Commission to make the sur vey Their work has begun In the mountain' counties of the 11th 13th and 14th highway di visions 'Later members of this re search party will move into th east and it Is hoped a continu ing research project will be set up to make certain we are pro viding weather' roads of as permanent a nature as is eco nomically and technically feasi Babco*ck explained The highway director told th bounty cpmmissioners North Caro present road needs total more than one billion dollars do not have this money and we will not have this money in the foreseeable future" lie added As income from stat gasoline taxes has increased so have the needs fpr highways and costs of constructing highways have gone up even faster he ex plained Babco*ck said he believes th new seven member highway commission gives equity and fairness to all our people wnirh was never completely possible under the division com missioner setup" Under the prompting of Gov Hodges the 1957 legislator abolished the system of 14 high way commissioners and sub stituted the seven member state wide group Heavy rainfall hard freezes and sudden thaws last winter and spring inflicted the heaviest dam age to roads in Western North Carolina in two decades Babco*ck said many instances paved roads were reduced to muddy he added The engineering study now in progress will Include a careful analysis of methods and materials used in both stabilization and paving he reported A report on the survey will be made to th highway commission in late sum mer or early fall he said offers of is because the Communist writers have been so plain and insistent that the world must be emancipated from al' the especially the Unit ed States which has half the world's he said are pictured as the archdemon of the callous cruel crooked robbers! The Communists are indoctrinat ed with that belief and are tell ing it to all the hungry illiterate destitute people of Africa and Two "weekend brawls resulted in convictions of six persons three of them in Police Court today A brawl at Tavern Sat urday night led to the conviction of Louise Buckner 25 of 117 ireneh Broad Ave rankie Alice Cope of Waynesville and Wflla Mae Price 25 of Hazelwood According to the tavern owner the fight started when the Kiris became jealoun over one of the men in the tavern All three were sentenced to 30 days suspended on pay ment of court costs for affray William McHone of Weaver ville Unias Ramsey and his brother Ernest both of Stoney Knob were also sentenced to 30 days suspended on payment of $10 and costs for affray The boys all teenagers were arrested at the Cactus Drive In Saturday Oscar Mountbatten Calhoun 58 of 54 Central Ave was acquitted of stealing Smith's pet crow and selling it for enough money to buy a bottle of wine Marjorie McIntire 25 and Jean Hamlin 18 both of 69 Ran kin Ave were sentenced to 30 days on a vagrancy charge Jean was also convicted of tion but the cases were con solidated for Judgment James Conway of 10 Blanton St gave notice of appeal to Superior Court after being con victed for carrying a conceal iged weapon He was sentenced to 90 days Judge Sam Cathey set bond at $200 Newton Brown of 61 Herron Ave West Asheville was fined $100 and costs on a driving in toxicated charge Glenn Lawin Jr of 11 Barnard Ave charged with damage to property was taxed court costs Robert Rollins of Patrick and James Phillips of Marshall RD 2 were taxed court costs for failing to stop for a traffic light Clarence Grif fin of Leicester was taxed $7 of court costs on the same charge Convicted on an improper muf fled charge George Brooks of Oteen RD 2 was taxed court costs orest Benchboard of Cleveland XV VM ll'Ul IIIMIUII (JUO LAKE Dr ranktpended sentence for public drunk Laubach New York City who ienness and resisting arrest has done literacy work in 91 countries said here yesterday 'The Communists put all of us Americans in the same class We are slated for Dr Laubach spoke at a Deeper life Conference being held at this Southeastern Jurisdiction Metho dist Assembly June 19 26 He told the delegates the onciitu In fho nroinind Hicncfn 4 US 1 tV HIV XJI JCICIV4 JRC Summer Program The summer program opens today for Junior Red Cross mem 1 bers of the Buncombe County Red Cross Chapter All pro grams will be held in the office in the Municipal Building from 1:30 to 4:30 pm Two Injured In Soap Box Racer Crash The Gudger Banks home in the Dillingham section was destroy ed by fire early today resulting in losses amounting to some $15 0OTfetheBarnardsville Volunteer ire Dept reported Chief Dick Dillingham said the Banks family was not at home when the fire started from an undetermined source He said about 25 members of the newly organized fire fighting unit an swered the call but the fire made too much headway to be controlled 60 77 73 74 mr SO pct Redbook Has Story On WNC An illustrated story of a vaca tion in the Smokies appears in the July Issue of Redbook Maga zine The story on what there is to do and see between Blowing Rock and ontana Dam wa written by Miss Llewellyn Miller of New York City Illustrations include a picture of file rhodo dendron on Roan Mountain the Eagle Dance of Thesa7 the Cherokee Indian out door drama a fishing scene and pictures of native handicrafts Miss Miller was assisted by th News Bureau of the Chamber of Commerc in preparing her article iiT no eJt temperature and rainfall for the 24 hour ending at 7:30 a Atlanta Augusta 8'm'gham Boston Charleston Charlotte Chicago Columbia Denver Detroit Evansville Galveston Gr'nsboro Greenville Jaxonville 70 72 50 Washington Lit Rock 90 2 00 Wilmington United States weather bureau forecast for Asheville and vicinity: Some doudL ness mostly fair and mild today to night and tomorrow oggy late to night High today 70 low tonight SO hloh tomorrow 02 degrees txlended forecast through Thursday: al today and tomorrow showers likely tomorrow night or Thursday Mild days and cool nights with highest daytime temperature from 73 to 05 degrees and nloht lows from 55 to 02 degrees or North Carolina: Mostly cloudv this afternoon with occasional light rain east of the mountains high temperatures 70 to 70 Rain or shower In east portion and occasional ram west portion to night low temperatures 00 to 00 Tomor row occasional rain east portion In the morning otherwise partly cloudy and warmer Extended forecast through Saturday for North Carolina: Temperature will aver 4 All 4a Ew KaIaui AAmt moderf tomorrow through Sat i urdav Normal high and low temoera VOUnZ tures around 44 to 60 In the mountains 4 4a 4T to 4a plains Somewhat warmer tomorrow and Wednesday otherwise moderetely cool Rain or showers occurring In parts of the state on mo 1 days OICIAL ASHEVILLE PECORD Highest temperature yesterday 40 Lowest last night Year ago today: High 02 Low 67 tooari 7 4 9 10 Todav's 0 a 74 net Sun Rises: 5:15 Seis: 7:49 Precipitation tor 24 hours ending at CJU a incnes total montn tig Normar for day: 12 Deficiency since June 1 Deficiency since January 1 rench Broad River stage bankfull stage 17 Official weather bureau Calendar Today 7 Pistol division 6T Asheville Rifle and Pistol Club Courthouse 7 Ladies night pro gram for Candler Lions Club Candler School 7:30 West AshevilleMasonic Lodge Masonic Tem ple Brevard road 7:30 Naval Reserve Surface Division 6 17 Training center 7:30 West Asheville Odd ellows 20 Hanover St 8 Barbershop Singers rehearsal Lee Edwards High School Tomorrow 1 Civitan Club George Vanderbilt Hotel 4 Recorded music Paek Memorial Library 6 to 8 Regional Blood Center open for donors Munici pal Building 6:45 West Asheville Kiwanis Club Cafe teria Westgate 7 West Asheville Lions Club Community Center 8 DeMolay Broadway Masonic Temple 8 Asheville Civic Art Center board of directors Art Museum 8 Alcoholic Anonymous 12 Wall St 8 Biltmore Masonic Lodge Lodge Hall 1 8 fl Knights of Colum bus Laurentine Hall 8 Moose Lodge Moose Home 8 Odd ellows Odd ellow's Hall temperature: 55 56 59 63 Relative Humidity To Build Better Mountain Negro prison escapee from Charlotte who arrested June 16 after he had attacked a white woman in the Candler area was sentenced today in General Coun ty Court to 18 months on the roads Beni? Sturdivant 32 whose name previously was given as Sti vender was sentenced on an assault charge Judge Burgin Pennell found no probable cause as to a charge of breaking and entering Sturdivant who escaped fast Monday morning from a Hay wood County Prison Camp road gang made his way to the home of Mr and Mrs Troy King entered the house and grabbed Mrs King around the neck threatening her with a small knife officers said He released her and fled when she cried out The Negro was picked up late Monday night by Buncombe deputiesas he walked along the Leicester road new sentence will run consecutively to the sentence he was serving at the time of his escape Other cases disposed of today with defendants and charges in citKiea: Thomas Mountain costs Tommy RD 3 no operator's license and improper registration $25 and costs Stanley Griffin of River side Drive improper muffler $15 of costs Bill Swann of Bingham Heights escape from prison camp four months on roads Paul Shepherd of Leicester (top sign violation $10 of costs Wayne Taylor of Eastview street improper registration $10 of costs Harold Holder of Pickins speeding $25 fine Willis Church of Asheville RD 1 improper muffler $10 of costs James Sluder of Leicester speeding $10 of costs Joe Penland of Candler RD 3 speeding and improper muffler $10 fine and costs The Morenci open pit located northeast of Tucson Ariz is one of the largest copper operations jn uic cnneu stales STROUD HARRILL CABINESS AUTOMOTIVE DEALERS The fifth annual convention of the North Carolina Automotive Wholesalers Association is in session at Grove Park Inn Representatives shown here are Dick Stroud of Charlottte Harrill of San ford rank McKenzie of Bluefield Va and Clay Cabiness of Lawndale New officers and directors will be elected at the final business session tomorrow morn ing Today is Donor sponsored by Civic Clubs of Asheville taking part in a drive to bring in blood donations to the Asheville Regional Blood Center Headquarters for the drive sponsored by B'nth today is the used car display room at Harry's Cadillac Pontiac Show' Room 68 Haywood St where the Bloodmonile is in operation The center in the Municipal Buildinz recesses it was learned at hiss will be open from 6 to 8 office here jtoAy Shuford's administrative assist Tuesday through Thursday the ant in Washington i a di center will be open from 6 to 8 Queen is recuperating from a pm and riday from 9 a to heart attack il pm Is atal To Neely Neelyj 56 of Columbus Ohio former Asheville clothing dealer died here yesterday morning from a heart attack Mr Neely was stricken while attending services at irst Bap tist Church and was pronounced dead on arrival at a hospital A native of Asheville Mr Neely was formerly associated with his father the late John Neely in the Neely and Co clothes on Pat ton Avenue for many years or the past 14 years Mr Neely resided in Columbus where he was a salesman yith the and Lazu rus Co in the men's clothing co*cke Will Aid Shuford's Staff In Washington Plvilirv AcViaomIIa torney and district secretary to Rep George A Shuford left yesterday for Washington to be in Shuford's office while the 12th District congressman is recuperating from a stroke co*cke wjll be in Shuford's of fice until July 2 but will spend the July 4 holidays at home here He will return to Washington on July 6 to remain until Congress Open Season Tomorrovy ELAT ROCK The Vagabond Players will present Re Si iLl i luciani veouiante as uieir ur itial offering of the new summer stock season beginning tomorrow evening Reluctant deals with a fashionable family of three: feather brained mother imperturbable father and a sonzhtlv leve headed daughter of 17 The triumvirate descends upon London for the annual social season in general land tor the daughter's debut in society in particular Mother feverishly connives to have daughter tied to a catch father blandly resents the whole costly nonsense and daughter exerts her own mind by faling instantly in love with a philandering young bachelor whom mother in a moment of supreme confusion mistakenly invites to dinner In the three pivotal roles will be Dorothy Masterson as the matchmaking Roger Welty as the droll daddy and Pat Orr as the determined debu tante of the title role Will Greg ory plays the engaging but in eligible young bachelor while Vic Asch plays the accepted suitor Also in the cast playing impor tant supporting roles are Virginia Remer as an anxious social climbing rival matron and Sally King as her marriageable daugh i ter By United Press International With three multiple fatality high way accidents boosting the toll at least 17 persons died violently in North Carolina over the week end A United Press International survey showed 14 dead in traffic accidents one was killed in a plane crash one electrocuted and one stabbed to death Two persons were killed and 17 others injured Sunday when a crowded pickup truck overturned as the driver fell asleep near Gastonia The dead were Cohen Raymond Williams 21 of Mc Adenville and his mother Essie 47 Two persons were killed and three others injured Sunday night ah on IT Ul 1 iJVau uii luiuaiuii uh vmuc7u uGiuiuaj a picuif near Raleigh Killed" were James near Newton The plane which Daughtry 22 of Goldsboro and Cecil Kornegay 25 ol Ra leigh a mail clerk au Central Prison Three prison guards rid ing with Kornegay were injured Three persons were burned to death Saturday when a tractor trailer Collided with a car near Asheboro They were Arvin Davis 30 Lexington: Billy Skeen 27 Asheboro and Donald Parks 29 Green Cove Springs la Hits Bridge Bobby Triece 20 Rt 2 Albe marle was killed early Sunday when his car hit a bridge abut ment on the old Dunn Erwin road John Cole 21 of Asheville was killed Saturday when his car over turned down a 40 foot embank ment near Asheville James Thomas Good 16 of Mooresville was killed riday night when the car in which he was riding went out of control and overturned near Mooresville Monroe Johnson 20 Negro of County Board Cancels Meeting The regular meeting of the Board of County Commissioners was canceled today due to the lack of a quorum Commissioners co*ke Candler and Harry Mitchell are Carolina Beach attending the annual meeting pf the Association of County Commis sioners Also attending the con vention are County Accountant Garrison and Tax Super visor Leon Parks The board will meet next Mon dey at 10 a to consider the 1958 59 countywide budgets liUiu unimgmc iiic JJIWUUUQ various cotton commodities ferti DGStrOVS lizer manufactured and unmanu i i factored tobacco furniture and BaRKS ROSiuGHCG newsprint overtime parking violations was He was a mem taxed $10 of court costs bcr of irst Dennis Hollifield of letch Baptist Church er received a four month sus 'here and the Mt Her man Lodge A and AM He also was a member of the Scottish Rites Masonic Order in Co NEELY lumbUs and a former member of the Asheville Business Club A son of the late and Julia Neely of Asheville Mr Neely is survived by the widow Mrs Ella Neely three sons John Jr Mark and Rich ard Allen Neely of Columbus: one daughter Miss Nancy Marie Neely of Columbus five Mrs Solomon Mrs Em mett Davis and Mrs Tom Howie of Asheville Mrs Harry Klundt of Charlotte and Mrs Harry Wells of lint Mich four grandchildren Mr and Mrs Neely were here visiting members of their fami lies Arrangements are under direc I I ma 1 woo vx Azam euu miiiams ru neral Home 0 JACKSON 1 SAVINGS AND LOAN OICIALS Some 350 delegates are attcndirig the 55th annual convention of the North Carolina Savings and Loan League in Battery Park Hotel Discussing plans for meeting are John ogarty of Greensboro president of the ederal Home Loan Bank of Greensboro Suttle of Shelby president of Savings and Loan League George Walston of Greens boro Jackson of Gastonia and rank Warren of Burlington Bishopville was killed and another Negro was injured Satur day in the crash of a stolen car near Albemarle Eectrocuted Adelaide Smithfield Bradenton la wa killed Saturday in a col lision with a tractor trailer on 301 near Smithfield ivi ill nt i i rnvi vauuiicut Joanne Sherrill Shook 18 of the world Is "to send iat Tar Heel railroads be granted ayetteville was killed Saturday i enough Christ filled 4 cent rate hike on certain night in a collision near Spring' American technical experts to Commodities when shipped within a Ira i i hx a he was controlling with a guide wire became entangled in a high voltage line Mozon Little 27 ol Newton was killed Saturday in a olan crash I Little was considering purchasing crashed and burned while he was trying it John DehrL 35 Weldon Negro was stabbed to death riday night at his home His wife was held on an open charge pending an in quest today 1 OIMMO ssS fit ife A ML 0 Ll' Jrn 'Bi Wk fflESw'BS WJishH EiU)illS31feylaaH jum jLim nninr ir: MnnMac LMMWMWijiQabiiuBKMHMitf'') 1 Ji 'GOME A jQRm ORECAST "6.

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