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Northwost Arkntno, TIMES, Moy 9, 1972 FAYETTIVILLE, A A A Open For Business Tlio new Mcllroy Drlvc-lu Rank opened for customer srr- vlce yeslcrdny. It is par! if tlie large structure which will house llu' hunk when II Is cnmplcleil. Cars cnlcr from Block niul drive nut on East Avenue. Purchases For Mansion Under Fire Of Hursf Stale Sen. Q.

Byrum Hurst charged today thai Governor Bumpers has made a number of "unreasonable" purchases for the Governor's Mansion and bypassed stale manufaclui't-rs in spine cases and boughl fun nisbings' made in such dislanl places as England. Hurst, of Hot Springs, dean of the stale Senate, who is opposing Bumpers for the guber- a i a post, said the cs discovered in a check of public records in Ihe state auditor's office. Hui'st also said Bumpers has made expensive purchases from Brandon Furniture of Lil- lle Rock which is owned by Slate Rep. Doug Brandon. He questioned the propriety of the executive branch of state gov- cVnment doing business with member of Ihe legislative arm Hurst criticized Ihe purchase of "One Chippendale mahogany silver cabinet, ciislom made i London, a expresscrilj for the Governor's Mansion i Lllllc Rock, Arkansas." i notation he said came from the filed invoice winch was from Randall's Incorporated of Littl Rock.

The total warrant was for $2.054.80. Other purchases came undci fire. said Bumpers spent 57,935.10 with Brandon's i in tax funds for i i foi the Governor's Mansion, 'For Fisherman' Classes Begin The a a "For the Fisher man" classes, sponsored by the Fayetteville Adult Eriuc'alioi program started last night a Ramay Junior High School. Doug Buckles of Daisy Hcd don a a i Co. present ed a program covering the use of different types of fishing lures.

Winners of awards fur nished by the company were Harold Licherenz, Harold Me Kinncy, Charles Pope a Lee Smith. Five more sessions of (he course are scheduled, from 7-30 lo 9:30 p.m. The first i be conducted lo night by Shakespeare Co. am i cover rods, reels, lines i inolors and depth find ers. Three electric i mo (ors will bp presented.

a for the remaining classes arc May 11, 15, 1(5 and 18. All scs sions are held in the a a Junior i School gynina sium. Interested persons may regis ler al the door and in formation may be obtained railing 442-7351. UA Student, Store Employe Enier Pleas i a H. Beaidslcy, 13.

a a at the i i of A a a pleaded innoccn a in Faycllevillc i i pal Court to charges of pos session of a controlled substanc and of being a minor in posses sion of alcoholic Ronald H. a i a 23, 6.32 i a an employe (be Parly Store Liquor at 10 N. Block pleaded innocen in i i a Court charge of selling alcoholii beverages to a minor. The two were arrested 1 a weekend by city police. A agenl from Ihe stale Alcoholi.

Beverage Control Board a participated in the arrest Hurkapillar. KELLY, Mrs. Fnntes G. -Wednesday 2:00 p.m. Oak Grova Church.

Rev. Jjm Moad offtclatta ff. IiUcrmcni, Oak Ufova Ccmolery. NEW YORK STOCKS Opening Furnlihnl by A. C.

Edwirdl Ark Best Corp 25Va Mean 2 Ymer Airlines Amcr Tel Tel 19 Ark La Gas Baldwin Boeing Jamphcll Soup Ccnl Si -J2 Chrysler 33V4 Comsat GO 14 diamond Shamrock 1914 Jillarris Easco A Edwards Omerson 79V4 ronlier Air Ind Corp en Motors Georgia Pacific" West Fin 5nlf Oil nil Bus Mach nil a -T-12 Imperial I Penney (err McGce Caiser Alum ing Tcmco Vought Marcor 'an Am World Air ''lumps Ralston Reynolds Metals Safeway "1 Regis Paper Scat's iet'vomation Shakespeare Singer Co Soulhcrn Pacific Sperry a Sid Oil California Stri Oil New Jersey Texaco 1'ri Stale Molors Jnion Carbide JMC-CoTp Jnitcd Aircraft Steel I'ictor Westinghouse i a Weslvaco Ark West Gas Citation Growth Prop Kearney a i Minute Man 3rig Coney Island Pioneer Foods II Porter Sid Hcgislrr Tyson Foods Wal-Mart Wilson Laurel Farm. Yellow Freight Averages Trans Utils Volume 22-14 22 78 2414 386 30 20 Vi 914 2714 I 71 is down 12.72 down 3.21 down 7,140,000 Bicycle Stolen Whiie Student Watches Monday A Fayetteville High Schoo student wlio a a bicycle al the Palace Drug W. Dickson Monday nigh saw a young man on thi bike and ricie a a The student, Richard Lancas tcr, 16. nf 300 W. 15th hat borrowed his brother's bike ti go to Hie slore.

Lancaster loir police he saw the bike beinp stolen but couldn't get outsid quickly enough to tell w'nich di reclion the thief pedaled to hi getaway. The bike was described as ai orange and while 10-speed ma chine with a leather pouc strapped behind the. saddl Lancaster reported i stolen al 8:05 p.m. Monday. Awards Made To Students In Accounting Awards to students in the tlc- nrlmenl of accounting al the Jiiivcrsily of Arkansas have ceti announced by Dr.

James Modisctle, head of the de- icirlmcnl, Winers of awards and sch- iarships are: Outstanding senior A $300 livings bond, engraved key, nd name engraved on a per- niincnl plaque in Ihe deparl- award provided by R.A. Liltle Rock CPA: won by 3ryan II. Banks of Benlonville. E. L.

Cullum f'oundalion ward A $150 scholarship; 100 for the student to desig- ale for library use of Ihe ac- ounting departmenl, and an en- raved plaque, presented bv L. Liltle Rock OPA nd attorney; won by Kendall a of Fort Smith. Outstanding junior A $400 ctiolarship and name engraved in plaque in department pro- ided by Russell Brown Co. if Litlle Rock; won by Linda Ann Cox of Tillar. Bcsl all-around cholarsbip provided by Thonas and Thomas of Texarkana; von by i i a H.

Cauriill of Blythcville Waller B. Cole fellow $400 scholarship provided by formei students and friends of Emeri- us Prof. Walter B. Cole; won by Robert F. Dew of Warren.

Robert Irving fellow $400 scholarship provided in mem ory of the late Mr. Irving who was a partner in the Hou slon office of Price Walerhouse CPAs; won by Dickie Jiile of Greenwood, Dillard Scholarship $400 provided by Dillard Deparl nent Stores of Litlle Rock; won Frederick D. Dunn of De Douglas a Co. scho arship (Fayelteville office) -MOO to a Lands, III. of lonesboro.

Norlhwesl A a a Cbaptei of CPAs scholarship $400 to 'Jcorge A. Ward of Rogers. Tyson Foods scholarship to Brenda Bruce of Ne vviirk. Cecil Powers scholarship proviced by Cecil Powers a CPA of Tulsa, lo John F. Van Horn of West Mem phis.

Monsanlo scholarships Two (200 grants presented by the Monsanto Company of SI. Louis ivon by Stephen M. Courlenaj of Hot Springs and James Hon of Forl Smith. House Left In Will Is Sold By Library The hoard of the Roberta Ful Drigbt Library Monday sold a and lot left to the library by the late Lessie S. Read for $8,251.65 (o Ray White of Fay the high bidder.

The property consists of a stone nouse on premises at 524 Sha dy Ave. Six bids were opened at meeting of the hoard by Cilj Attorney David Malone. Thc ranged in price offered fron $3.495 lo Ihe top $8,251.66 Board members consideret discussing i Cy Carney Jr disposal of i property im mediately east of the library A two-floor house on the proper ty was damaged by fire re cenlly, and Carney was among i)idders for I Shady Avenue ouse his proposals i i a possible Irarie for the property next to the library. Area To Be Visited By Oscar Alagood Norlhwesl Arkansas will be visited this week by state Sen Oscar Alagood, a candidate foi the Democratic nomination for secretary of state. Alagood said he will be it Fayelleyille May 12 and includi Ihe University of Arkansa: campus among places he wil stop.

That same day he plan: to visit Springdate, Rogers am Bentonville. His Saturday slops i i i a Springs. Berryville Green Forest. Harrison, Yell villc. a i Home, Calici Rock and Melbourne.

He said he plans to speak Kri day evening at a Bcnlon Coun ly Democratic rally in Benlon ville. Tires Stolen Four lires have been remove from lale-model Cadilla parked al Ihe Halfield Ponliac Cadillac Co. garage on Meado 1 Street, city police said lodaj The was reported The South Hill Street CHURCH OF CHRIST invites you to hear N. E. RHODES, JR.

Lubbock, Texas in a series of gospel meetings May 10 through May 14 7:30 each eveninq Obituary i iinnii in innnmim mi ui in HUM iiiminim in inmiiniiiHtniiiii REV. PHILLIP HADEN Betilonville The Rev. Phll- Ray Haden, 31, of Bciiton- ille died Sunday in the Grav- Uc Medical Center. He a orn July 21, 19'IO at Sayre, kla. the son of Mr.

and Mrs. line Haden, was a graduate Benlonville High School and ved in Tulsa, Okla cighl years Four UA Agri Engineers To Present Papers Four agricultural engineers Arkansas will present echnical papers at the a a iceling of Ihe American Socie- of Agricultural Engineers, Ire held June 2S-30 in Hot 'Prings. Warren S. Haris, associate rofessor of agricultural engi- eering al the University of iTkansas, will demonslrale aal. with few exceplions, Ihe xlcnsive subsurface drainage ysleins which have been instal- cd in Ihe Arkansas Delia do ot J.

A. Ferguson, assistant pro- essor of agricultural engineer- ng al the University, will pre- enl the results of four year's ludy of the effect of varying lood depth of rice. These re- nils indicate thai effective wat- managemenl can reduce ir- igalion requirements by as much as 35 per cent. Carl L. Griffis will presenl a on various melhods of stabilizing Ihe water lable in he Grand Prairie of Arkansas.

Griffis is a research as- sociale in agricultural cngineer- ng at the University. Herman H. Hill, district con- seryalionisl for the Soil Conser- Service of the USDA in )eWitt, will discuss return low managemenl systems in he Mississippi Delta. Springdale Boys, Girls State Delegates Named SPRINGDALE Ten dele gates have been named to State and 13 to State from Springdale i School. The delegates will al lend Boys Slate beginning June 3 -and Girls State June 11.

The encampnienl will take lilace al Camp Robinson anc delegates are sponsored Legion Post 139 and civil organizations and business en tci'prises. Girls Stale delegates are Bar iiara Baseom, Linda Henry Paula Invin. a a Kathy Vaughn, Karen Turnbow Susan Rollins, Darlcnc Bales Sherri Grimsley and Lisa Me Laughlin. Boys State delegates are Jin my Crowder, David Atc'nison Doug Bryant, Chuck Power, Jin Weii-. Jiarpcr.

Tim Enda coll, James Randall i a Tony Williams. Jame F. Pren dergasl, David B. Reed. i Skordal and Bob McAnarney.

Raiiroad Sues Truck Driver )e(ore returning to Bcntonville 1970. He was pastor of the tethlcliem Missionary Baptist Church and an employe of Daisy Yl-anufacluring Co. He is survived by the widow, Mrs. Bernelle llolcomb Hatlen ind twin daughters, Terry and Sherry, all of Ihe home; i arems of Cave Springs; a sis- er, Mrs. Phyllis a Conway and his paternal grandmother, Mrs.

Lydia Haden, also of Cave Springs. Funeral service will be 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church iear Ccnlerton with burial i 3enton County Memorial Gardens under direction of Callison- tfcKinney Fueral Home of 3entonville. MRS. SITHA Mrs.

Silha May Brown, 82, of Roule Paycltevillc. died Monday in Rogers. Born May 12, 1880 In Winslovv, the daughter of Henry and Nancy Robinson Luper, slie was a member of Ihe Church of Christ. Survivors are Ihree sons, L. of Springdale, Cecil 0 Dell of Rogers and Harrison of Pea Ridge: Ihree daughlcrs, Mrs.

Verna Mounce of Fayelto- Mrs. Florence C. Lovcy of Fremont, Calif, and Ruby Turner of 50 grandchildren and 55 great- grandchildren. Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Thursday a Moore's hapel with burial in Baptist Ford Cemetery.

Prisoner Walks Out, Then Comes Back To Jail A 17-year-old prisoner walked away from the counts jail annex in the old arm- basement Monday i volunlarily Ihis morning. Sheriff Bill Long said: Kenneth Edward Roseberry of Springdale had been since Friday for being absent without leave from the army. Sheriff Long said Hie door lo Ihe youth's cell was left- open a the evening meal Monday and Roseberry. walked oul aboul 6 p.m. Roseberry will be returned to military control, Long said.

University VROM PAGB ONE) pondenl for the News. After service as an Army officer in World War II, he became editor of the Charlotte News, where he served for two Ashmore had served on Board of Directors of the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions at Santa Bar- iara, since 1954. He joined the staff and became chairman of the Executive Committee in 1959. He was executive vice president before being named president. Warficld moved with his par cnts from Arkansas to Rochester, N.Y., while still a boy.

His father became a minister of the Mount Vernon Baptist Church there and Warfield began his singing career in church choir, As a teen-agei he studied piano and became a proficient performer on that instrument before resuming vocal studies. While a senior in high school, he won the regional auditions ol the National Music Educators League, and then took first prize in the national competition at St. Louis. He won a scholarship to Eastman School of Music at the Univer sily of Rochester, where he earned his bachelor's degree After years of service in the i i a he returned there for a master's. His first professional work was as tlie singing lead in the road company of the musical "Call Me Mister." He 1 worked in Broadway productions antl appeared ill i I clubs before a i i cert debut in 1950 at New York's Town Hall, which cril ics described as "an historic event" in the field of serious music and which propelled War field into the front ranks of con cert artists.

GREENWOOD NATIVE Young is a native of Green wood and a a a oC Ouach i(a College and the Universilj of Arkansas, from which he re ceived his law degree in 1033 He practiced law i For Smith and in 1940 began oper a lion of the Ctiaffee Transi Company there. He lefl the practice of law in 1947 to his own com pany and, in 1951, purchase! Arkansas Motor Freight Lines Inc. In 1957. he added to thi Ihe Best Motor Lines of Dallas combining the two firms undo the a Arkansas $1,000 Gift Opens Church Fund Drive St. Louis-San Francisco Rail Co.

filed a $6,500 suit in Washington Circuit Court Mon day against the i and owner of a tractor and trailer which collided with a moving train al the intersection of the railroad tracks with the Hwy. 1 by-pass Dec. 12, 1971. Suit was filled againist Lloyd Leon Self of Polk County, the driver, and W. D.

Smilh, of Decjueen. The suit said 24 of Ihe train's reight cars and four engine units had already crossed the racks before the mishap occurred. Impact was to the side of the a i according to the suit. The plaintiffs ask $5.000 for damage to seven freight cars, $1.000 for disruption of business and additional expenses and $500 for a a to the tracks and right of a Pleads Innocent- Ted Bert Smith. 38, of Springdale, pleaded innocenl before Circuit Maupin Cummings Monday lo an arson charge filed against him May 4 in a fire which destroyed a trailer at Shady Grove Mobile Home Park, Springdale.

Smith is scheduled for trial June 9 in Washington Circuit Court. Had At Least A Dozen Prospects To Buy This 1954 Chevrolet! No doubl about it-- automotive buying in Northwest Arkansas begins in The Times Automotive Want Ad Section. Recently we advertised this one: Ffi Air. rrratr- pllrfe, 2-rtoor hirrttrip, restored. Ynu nms'.

tr-e UiLx CAT lo Appreciate it. Ml-xxvx or after 5, It. "Sold il--at least a dozen prospects to buy" was the word from the advertiser. To sell a car you have that is no longer needed, eonlact Ihe buyers today. Phone 4426242-- ask for Classified.

costs jusl $1.44 per day for 38 words or only $8.30 for our low weekly rate, Sell Itvnl car loday 1 I I CANE HILL A $1,000 con- tribulion opened a drive to raise funds lo purchase pews a a i Presbyleri- an Church. The gift, Mr. and Mrs. Fount Earle Jr. of Peoria, III.

was announced at the dedication services of the memorial organ Sunday afternoon. Earle is the grandson of the late Dr. F. R. Earle, the last president of Old Cane Hill College.

Plans are completed lo mark memorial pews i metal plates suitably identified. Persons interested in assisting in the campaign may contact Conrad Russell, Miss Araminta Richardson or Conrow R. Miller, all of Oaiie Hill. The surprise presentation was made by Miss Richardson to Lon Moore, church elder a Conrad Russell, church secretary atthe conclusion of the dedicatory services. The organ is a gift of Ihe children of the late Stanley and A i Yates.

The recital included a i i a hymns, classic sacred music and a variety of inspirational music. The program included piano organ duos, organ solos performed by Miss Richardson and two advanced organ students. Rhonda Lawson and Lynn Mohley. Vo- calisl was Ihe well known Tulsa baritone, Adrian Bcnton, Credit Card Stolen The theft of a i and a credit card from the Ed Wymer residence at Winslow is under investigation by sheriff's deputies. The was reported Monday afternoon.

Freight System, Inc. He formed the Arkansas Bes Corporation in 1966. i is multi-million holding compan of which Arkansas-Best Freigh System, Riverside Furnitur Corporation, the National Ban of Commerce of Texas Data-Tronic Corporation an Arkansas Bandag Corporalio are subsidiary companies. Young is presently chairma University Developmen Council's long-range, multi-mi lion a fund-raising pro War FROM PJGE ONK outlaws of North Vietnam." As he ticked off the measure being implemented as he spok' Nixon said any president, wh failed to act decisively "would have betrayed the Irus of his counlry and the cause peace." Within hours after his ad dress, an armada of America aircraft were bombing ra lines and highways throughou North Vietnam. Earlier, even before Nixo met with his National Securit Council to outline his plan U.S.

warplanes had allacke targets near Hanoi, the firs such raids in three weeks. Nixon deyoled Ihe closin minutes of his address to wha ranks as his most emotional peal ever to the America people "for the same slron support you have always give your President in i i ments." is you mosl of all that 111 world will be watching," said. KIDDIE KAMPUS NOW REGISTERING 443-3367 PUBLIC INVITED Dale Carnegie Course ORIENTATION SESSION For the Northwest Arkansas Area Tuesday, May 9 6:30 P.M. TRADEWINDS MOTEL SPRINGDALE HWY. 71 SOUTH Develop Greater Poise and Self-Confidence More Effectively Discover and Develop Potential Abilities FREE MEMORY TRAINING LESSON Presented by Leo Hawkins Assoc.

Licensed by State Board of Education Dale Carnegie Course Prairie Grove Man Sought On Thefl Charges A Roule 2, Prairie Grove nan sought for possession olen goods escape pursuit by Deputy Sheriff W. B. Colvard I about 8 p.m. Monday night, heriff Bill Long said i lorning. The stolen goods were ound in the man's home and ar, Long said.

The stolen items included ods and reels, a four horse- jower motor and a car radio eported as slolen from Ihe Roy iwinford residence at Route 4, "'ayetleville. Long said a warranl to search he home of the suspecl was is- ued by Municipal Judge Rich- ird Wells al Swinford's re quest. The suspect' was not a I home when Colvard arrived, said. As Colvard way, he spotted the suspect's nearby and gave pursuit. Long said the pursuit con- inued lo Hwy.

265 and onto a lirt road. The suspect stopped lis car near Uie Illinois River and lefl on fool, Long said, abandoning his six-months I son in the car. The child was returned to his mother. The radio and fishing equipment -were found in the man's car and Ihe motor at his resi- lence, according to the sheriff. Long a i anlicipates charges of possession of stolen property will be filed against the man.

136 Species Of Birds Sighted MOUNTAIN VIEW Some 136 bird species were sighted during the a a spring meeting ol the Arkansas Audubon Society held al Mountain View last week. This is the greatest number of species sighted at any pre- ious meeting, according to Thomas of Jackson- 'ille, president. More than 200 bird watchers registered and Jack Griswbld of the National Forest Service conducted a lour of Blanchartl Caverns. Speakers for the dinner meeU ing Saturday were Thomas Fa. li of Pine Bluff who discussed designation of wilderness areas in the slate and i Sliepparrt of the State Planning Commission.

Seek New Trial A motion for a new trial for fWo men convicted of receiving stolen goods and each sentenced to 18 years in prison a iled in Washington Circuit Court Tuesday. The molion was i in behalf of Russell Felker. 53, and Frank Engel; 44. The two were convicted March 9 for possess ng a stolen lapeplayer.lapes and a radio adapter. The sentence was pronouncec on the two April 10 by Circuit Judge Maupin Cummings, Lhey were allowed to remain on bond pending notice of appeal The motion for new trial a filed instead.

Chamber Expresses Thanks For (lean-Up The Fayelleville Chamber 'of Commerce Board of Directors has adopted a resolution oxi pressing appreciation for sup port in a county-wide clean-up effort last week. The board said the clean-up, campaign "was a great and thai "Ihe Fayetle ville Chamber of Commercp Board of Directors wishes thank publicly Ihe citizens Washington County and all othi' ers who helped to make county more attractive." Rod, Reel Theft Two rods and reels were reported to the sheriff's i Monday night as stolen from a Well house at the Henry Stamps residence on Blue Springs Rd. Now Many Wear FALSE TEETH With More Comfort They know a denture ndhcsivc can help. Powder gives dentures loneer, firmer, steadier hold. You feel more comfortable rat more naturally.

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