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The Daily Times-News from Burlington, North Carolina • Page 9

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The Daily Times News Want Ad Comics Secfton Weather Sports Local Newt High temperature yesterdiy. low lart night, 70: at 11 a.m. today, 11; rainfall for 24 hour period ending at 11 a.m. today, .03 BURLINGTON. N.

C. SATURDAY, JULY 19, 1958 Moody Faces Murder 134 In City System Last Year Why Do Students Drop Out Of School? Charge In Drowning providing housing for married body was recovered, and he ad nwmhs of the Graham Rescue GRAHAM A Route 2, Liberty, Unit after they had dragged the man todav was being held in Ala mance County Jail on a charge of. mitted being witn uauey sevciai hours Wednesday afternoon and fighting with him on the edge of the lake. water for aDout tour nours. Appordinff to the coroaor's re the fact that they want to go to work.

But surprisingly, marriage, once rare in college and unheard of in high school, now accounts for the second largest number of annual drop outs in the Burlington system. For some years now the trend has been to earlier marriages, especially on the college level. Colleges all over the country are faced with a huge problem in ing to figures just released by Harvey Newlin, director of instruction for the city system. In this age when trained persons are being sought to fill the needs of industry, when education is looked up to as never before, what reasons do these youngsters give for quitting school? As expected, most of the students who drop out of Burlington schools give as their reason nort. Bailev died of drowning, but However, he denied pushing Bai Why do so many young high gchool students quit school? Are they mentally incapable of doing the work, not interested, physically unfit, or do they just want to quit school and go to work? Last year in the Burlington city schools 134 students dropped completely out of school, accord invesuctuon revwueu a.

uumuci v. unusual circumstances surround ley in the water. He was ques HnnmA at tfrrat iMuzth yesterday murder in connection witn me drowning of a neighbor Wednesday. Being held without privilege of bond is John W. Moody, about 41, who was formally charged with murder by Sheriff Joe W.

Cole yesterday afternoon in conjunction ino tho death. inorhing by sheriffs deputies, and students. If the trend continues, some observers feel that, high schools as well may have to go into the housing business to keep students in school. Last year, 13 per cent of the students who dropped out of Burlington schools gave as their reason the fact that they were quit ing to get married. The year before the figure was even higher at 16 per cent.

Newlin says the World War 2. Veterans coming back to school often married and then went on to finish high school and college. Some of this apparently rubbed off on the younger students. Since that time there has been a steady increase in the number of high school mar finally in tne atternoon ne cuamscu his story. It was reported to the sheriff Moody had told some people in the area he had fought with Bailey and had pushed Bailey in the lake.

Bailey's shirt was found on the edge of the water, and these facts In describing the fight, he said, Wo arj intn it at the dam again. NEW CITY BUDGET NO. 3 with the death ot winirea uaiioy, 25, also of Route 2, Liberty. Bailev's bodv was found in Hin prompted tne searcn ior me uuuj. Mnnii.v was found Thursday WILLIAM L.

TRIPLETT shaw's Lake in Patterson Town ship just inside the Alamance County line Thursday afternoon by Water, Sewer Line Extensions and I pushed him off the edge of the dam, and while he was in the edge of the water I ran and didn't see him again." Upon this admission and on the basis of the other evidence in the night about two hours after the Get Revolving Fund From City case. Sheriff. Cole decided to ormg the murder charge against Moody. Triplett Appointed To New Post Ellis Gets Promotion To Rear Admiral Rank riages, and college marriages Tn the Fncineerinsz Traffic Divi It appeared the two men naa heen fiehtine in the woods next to are spread out, the city has to put I up the money to allow the project to move on. This $30,000 is for this sion there is an appropriation for a long needed traffic signal to be orated at the intersection of Gra the lake, the sheriff said, and a broken jar and broken bottle were have become the rule rather than the exception.

The 13 per cent figure includes only those students who drop out of school to get married. The ouronse. It will be used William L. Triplet of Burlington ham Hopedale Road and Vaughn The Navy Department announced in Washington late this morning er insiauanons wneie By DON BOLDEN Times News Staff Writer Several items of major importance appear this year in the miscellaneous division of the city's budget, which has been given tentative approval and now awaits final adoption. For the first time there appears has been appointed to the Custom Burlington system keeps no fig Road in front oi aiamance muu wncnitei.

This will be the acti property owners choose ment Davments. that Capt. William v. jkuis ot isuriingion iias urau.uuiww rank of rear admiral. er Service recnmcai sraii oi uie rhwnipalc: and Dvestuffs Division.

ures on the number of students vated type, controlled by the flow. who marrv and continue to go Koppers Company, according Actually, it amounts to a ivdu the DroDerty owner. The city Adm. Ellis currently is serving i chief of staff to the operations fj of traitic. school.

However, it is known that quite a few were enrolled last About $1,000 more will be spent i the coming year for signals and to an announcement today from the company. ttp irons Kramers after leaving a revolving fund, in the amount of commander of a fleet division provides ttte money, ana uie owner pays back the cost in time. 3(1 noo. to cover the city's new aboard the super aircraft carrier signs tnan in tne pasi yeai. This is the iirst year tne fund has aDDeared in the bud policy regarding water and sewer ti r.

the overall I his post here as superintendent of the. Decorative Fabrics Finishing plant of Burlington Industries. He; aratoga off Lebannon. Adm. Ellis is the son of C.

B. annually dropping out to get married may have leveled off get, as the policy is just beginning line installations At present such installations here dropped from last year. It mac S32 M. but fell to $31,347. One to Junction tuny.

(See WHY DO on Page Five B) found there. Moody saia nauey had broken the jar which contained whiskey. He said they fought, and he yelled several times for Bailey to emit beating him, and some people in the area reported hearing sounds of the fight at the lake. Moody said he went home after the fight, changed shirts and bathed in his father's pond, washing the blood from his face. His face was bruised considerably.

He was found in the woods about two hours after the recovery of the body and offered no resistance to officers. He has been in custody since, while the investigation wa3 under way. Bailey's body had been in the water about 24 hours when found. Funeral services for Bailey were held this afternoon at Hollis Chapel Holiness Church near Liberty. He leaves four young children.

In addition, there is tne amount SR3.920. which is to be trans done on an assessment basis, just as are street programs. For those owners who desire to I worker was dropped from the off street parking maintenance crew, and this work will be done by had been witn nuriingum industries for 20 years. Triplett and his family will continue to make their home on Parkview Drive here. A prarinate of Clemon Univer make their payments in installments, the citv lets them spread ferred to the sewage disposal plant i fund.

This amount represents the 10 cents tax levy placed in effect part time labor. The City Lake budget increased from S5.752 to $6,587. with im 1955 for the construction oi me payments over a period of five years at six per cent interest. However, when these payments Ellis, and the late Mrs. Ellis of Burlington.

A graduate of Burlington High School, he entered the U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, from which he was graduated in 1930. He started early in his naval career to specialize in aviation and became a Navy pilot shortly after his graduation from Annapolis. Since that time his duty has been mostly on aircraft carriers and staff assignments.

new plant. Also included is $25,000 for pur sity, with a B. S. degree in textile chemistry. Triolet has had wide provements slated for the docks there.

However, there will be no new boats purchased for fishing chase of land on Stoney Creek around the new dam site. This is experience with all phases of piece goods wet processing, resin finish facilities. to be added to $100,000 from previous bonds to be used for this ing, and with the application of latex eomDounds. He has super vised the dyeing of fast colors Youths Held For Theft Of Auto In these first three articles, the various parts of the general fund budget have been reviewed, and appropriations for the coming year He assumed command of the and has had much experience in nrnnessinff Drocedures for the vari Other items listed in this part of the budget include $21,125 for May Memorial Library, $4,000 for Civil USS Forrestal, the nation's first super carrier, in June of 1956 and ety ot colors usea in uiv uyeiug ui total $1,400,015.83, compared io 39R fifii 04 set ud last vear. ADM.

WILLIAM E. ELLIS Defense, and contingencies total rommanded the ship during its synthetic laoncs. in S10.000. The announcement said that GRAHAM Alamance County Tne total misceiianL oub nems Moving into other areas of the budget, the debt service payments are found have declined more Triplett will be available primari amount to $201,128.85, compared sheriff's deputies were en route to Rockingham this morning to takei itial period of operations with the Atlantic Fleet. He was relieved of his command on the Forrestal last July and later was assigned to the chief of staff position, first serving aboard the Forrestal before go to $173,411.34 last year.

Hi an SO Der cent from last year. Mrs. Ellis has been in Europe and in nearby ports to be with her husband since February. Their son, William E. Ellis, is a (See ELLIS on Page Five B) ly to otter tecnnicai assistance io large textile mills throughout the South.

However, he also will act intn nnstodv two bovs charged with Better Lazntea stealing an automobile at Granite Burlington will be better The new budget has $20,045 for debt service, while last year there was $50,851.85. For the next few vears this budget items will re as a consultant to customers ot Koimers Company. particu Mill at Haw River Wednesday. Hisrhwav oatrolmen apprehend ing to the Saratoga. according to Light Department figures for next year.

The budget larly in matters that pertain to ed James Scott, 17, of Greensboro, main around the $20,000 mark, but synthetic fibers. here jumped irom wo, 29 1. and this allows for the pur Body Of McLeamville Man about 1962 it will jump again as rhPKfi nf 50 new street lights for ana uanana nenry roiu, Thomasville, last night in Richmond County. The boys were taken to Rockingham to await the ar residential areas. New areas will PFC.

HAROLD PERKINS, JR. benefit from this budget figure to other commitments come due. The publicity fund rose about $1, 000, from $10,300 to $11,479.50. Included for the first time is an ap Found Today In Rock Quarry Driver Charged In Auto Mishap a larfe extent. rival of Alamance County deputies carrying a warrant signed by Roy Engineering Department figures McLEANSVILLE The body this afternoon, but that appar propriation for annual report by the city.

Other items include $4,000 Roberts ot iu uaniey atreuL, Griiham. ently there was no indication of moved up irom io and this increase is consumed by of an aged McLcansvillc man. A Negro resident of Glen Raven i ori onoinoprinu for the Chamber of Commerce, who had been the object of a Pf c. Perkins Now On Duty In Lebanon was cnargea witn tauure to maintain a proner lookout, late suDDl'ies. I and 52 000 for National Guard.

day afternoon following a traffic accident at Tarleton and Davis Streets, according to local police. Roberts reported the theft of his car, a 1955 four door sedan to deputies at noon Wednesday. He stated the automobile was taken from the parking lot at Granite Mill. The sheriff's department notified highway patrolmen, who in turn, recovered the automobile and this morning reported the car to be in John E. Wiley, 62, of 613 Lake Both Local Hospitals Are Awarded Accredited Rating Pfc.

Harold Lee Perkins, Jr. JOHN W. MOODY view Drive, Glen Raven, was of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Perkins of 530 Country Club Drive, also is charged with this offense after striking a car ooerated by Tom among U.

S. Marines now on amy my M. Mullis, 19, of 1431 West! Rnih of the hosnitals here have received a satisfactory report from in Lebanon, it was learned today. Webb Avenue. the Joint Commission on Accreditation, a hospital inspection agency running condition.

The owner of the vehicle is mak widespread search since nc disappeared Tuesday afternoon, was found late this morning in a rock quarry near his home. Searchers found the body of 87 year old W. N. Webb in the quarry operated by Superior Stone Company at 11:05 o'clock. Guilford County Sheriff John Walters said that Mr.

Webb apparently fell into the quarry shortly after he left the homo of his daughter, Mrs. W. T. Banks of Shepherd Road, with whom he made his home. Mrs.

Banks said she last saw her father around 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon as he took a walk along Shepherd Road toward the old Bethel Church Road. chnriff Wnltrrs said that a cor The accident occurred at 5:48 The Times News announced yes terday that Pcf. Raymond Thomas foul play. A large searching party composed of approximately 80 persons had combed an estimated 1,200 acres of land in the area of the Banks home in searching for Mr. Webb.

The search began when Mrs. Banks issued an alarm after her father did not return home about two hours after he was last seen. An intense search was conducted throughout daylight hours and on into the night since the disappearance was reported. A helicopter and airplane also were utilized in the search, which was directed by the Guilford County Sheriff's Department. Ponds throughout the area were ilrnggctl bv the Greensboro Rescue Unit on the theory thai Mr.

Webb might have fallen into a pond and drowned which reviewed facilities nere in Apru. ing the trip to Rockingham with Alamance General Hospital each o'clock police stated. Damage to Alamance County Hospital and Sneed of Route 7 and Pfc. James the deputies to Drag nis car uacn. received the satisfactory report.

the Minus venicie was estimated The Joint Commission on Ac at $150, and to the Wiley car $5. L. Hall of 317 Tate Street already are in Lebanon and that Cpl. Guy C. Gentry, of 336 East Davis creditation, the only national ac 1 Street apparently is on me creditation agency for hospitals, inspects facilities in hospitals at least once every three years on aboard a troop transport.

The theft of six books of baseball tickets was reported to police by Roy Springer of 115 Tucker Street. He stated that the tickets I1U LAUd fFISpace voluntary basis. Inspected are the hospital were taken from his room betw Hall and Sneed were among the .800 Marines which composed the nitial landing force in Lebanon. Perkins was among Marines on 30 a. m.

Wednesday and 7:15 a. standards in regards to organiza Ti.orio,T ti, knnic nf nnpr's ruling on tne cause the aircraft carrier Wasp who tickets were valued at $7.50 each.l death probably would be made tion and rules of the medical staff, safety of the plant and its went ashore yesterday near Beirut. I 'JM f0' "'deafer is worth rea money whether IMMMIH for your old heater on eauioment, proper training of Perkins attended Williams High personnel in proper schools of with Sr.hnnl for two vears and was a stu instruction, and organization and) dent at Hargrave Military Acad operation of the various emv at ctiatnam. wnen ne en tered the Marine Corps in April of The objectives of such an in 1957. spection is to provide safeguards! He received his training at Island, S.

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