Kingsport Times from Kingsport, Tennessee • 13

Schools Seek Fair Program for funds raised by citizens Akard said other schools of that community more than have already begun two years ago to provide the school board about getting athletic facilities their own fields improved too School Supt Craft Akard says t)ie Sullivan County Board of Education would be interested in the establishment of a program in which County Court will match locally-raised funds for building playground facilities But Akard agrees with the board that its improper for magistrates to choose certain schools for new facilities especially without consulting the board first PRESENTS A JACKET JUST FOR FUN Akard said today he believes the board is- in a better position to know which schools need new or improved playgrounds and that if a fund-matching program is set up the board can 'act as a central receiving point for fund requests Last Tuesday night the board refused to accept $32000 appropriated Monday by County Court for improving facilities at five county schools In July when court meets again-board members will ask magistrates to initiate a fund-matching program if the county can afford it if not they will be told to keep the $32000 County Judge Lon V- Boyd has already said that the courts appropriation will raise the tax rate by one cent The funds included $6000 to provide lights for athletic" fields at Colonial Heights and Bluff City JunioF Highs -and Avoca for additional football field house facilities at Sullivan High School and $10000 to reimburse Ketron High School Times-News reporter and pho-1 0 a er yesterday joined the search for young Dennis Martin missing in the Smokies since Saturday Here isjvhat they found GATLINBURG Today is little Dennis Martins seventh 3 Yesterday hundreds of rescuers intensified their effort 'to give him the best present ever a 'safe return to his family ts Chancery Court Set June 23 Thirty-one -divorce cases and 55 civil -cases are set to be heard during the June term ofGhancery Court' Part II which opens Monday at City Hall Judge Howard Witt will be on the bench for the week-" long session come to the left toward the trail But in five minutes I didnt see -him anymore We called and called andl there was no answer he said The childs grandfather Clyde Martin recalled over and over again his last vision of his grandson' wearing a bright red shirt -and beige shorts I keep looking for that boy His bright little shirt appears over and over again but hes never there I say in my -prayers that if I put my faith in God that he will lead us to him and I believe he will -I think Dennis can survive this unless he has fallen andhurt himself: 7 A well cut jacket thattakes its tailoring seriously -it's the fabric that's so carefree in a bold spray of color and blend The perfect I jacket for-doingJTiofhing--dn3Tooking good "while you do it from 5750- -The childs grandfather who is a teacher at" Knoxville Junior High School said hed always be overcautious with children in the future Ill never let a small child out of my sight again Several members of the family have stayed -in a stone three-sided park shelter since the boys disappearance Reporters talked to them as a large black bear stood about 75 feet from the shelter Park officials said it is doubtful bears bobcats or wild boar in the area would bother the' child unless he' suffered some sort of injury that left him helpless Meanwhile two-ton trucks carried more and more volunteers six miles along the Bote Mountain trail to a point where 20 jeeps awaited to transport them along the rough narrow two-mile stretch to the search area Among volunteers where 65 Green Beret troops who saturated a large area apart from park officials national guardsmen park rangers and mountain volunteers Forest Ranger Myers yesterday discounted any possibility that the search for young Dennis would be called off You wouldnt want to quit now would you? As-long as Ihere is any- "chance at all we wouldnt think of quitting he added Another ranger noted that the search would continue indefinitely if the child is not found Although it would not be as intense as time goes on he said between 10 to 15 searchers are usually assigned to the area in such cases The search area about four miles wide and 14 miles long is particularly difficult because of the huge oak hickory and pine trees and the jungle-thick laurel throughout the park along with deep gorges and swift mountain streams Myers noted another problem faced by the rescue parties You can pretty well figure out what an adult would do he said Anybody used to this type of terrain would probably find -a stream or-branch and follow it down the watershed line But a small child you -just vdont-know what theyll do They're so unpredictable" Officials were limited in their use of helicopters and other airborne equipment early in the day because of the lingering early morning mists However by 11 am all volunteers were being transported to the top of the mountain by air while rangers repaired the wet path which was damaged by the heavy travel by the jeeps Sneddon said many of the parks rangers were working 18 hours a day and said the situation cannot go on indefinitely If the boy is not found by this weekend he said the search may have to be reassessed V- iF But for the fifth day there were no clues to the whereabouts of the bright brown-eyed tot who was last seen by members of his family as he romped with his older -brother in laurel-covered fields Saturday Park rangers estimated 400 persons had been transported to Spence Field by 11 am where the largest search ever in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park was taking place in a 56-square-mile area marked: -off by officials Volunteers were still arriving at that time and were expected to number' in all at least 500 persons Meanwhile plans for a mammoth weekend effort- likely-Jo" involve up to 800 persons were being made in case Dennis is not found by then Chief Ranger Lee Sneddon said experienced men from other national parks in the southeast have been alerted and are to arrive Saturday Sneddon said the president of the Tennessee Association of Rescue Squads Skip Trotter of Greeneville told him he can put 300 to 500 squadmen on the mountain Saturday Several members of the Kingsport Lifesaving Crew are expected to be inthis group Eleven persons from the Kingsport squad searched the area Tuesday and squad officials said a larger number is expected to go Saturday The boys father architect William Martin weary from his constant search for his son yesterday refused to give up hope The whole baffling- thing is how he disappeared so fast Martin said People suggest to me that maybe somebody kidnaped-him But people just dont go upon a mountain in the wilderness and kidnap a kid Martin said his son had never been on Spence Field the point of his disappearance except two years ago when he went with a group The boy has spirit' and loves -to hike Martin said He- likes to jump from rocks and logs and sometimes wanders off to the side of the trail The childs great-uncle Robert Martin said the fog which has periodically shrouded the area since the search began was not there when Dennis disappeared It was clear and pretty I saw Dennis Civil Jun 23 Judy Carol Grigsby et al b-ruf Virqie Cavin City of Kingsportvsi Delinquent Street Improvements 195356 City of Kingsport vs Delinquent Real and Personal Property Taxes 1954-57 Hobart Garland Smith vs Giant pood Markets Dorothy Westerdahl vs Gibson Meiskell Emmert Georgia Frances Long vs Curtis Emmert et al The City Natrona! Bank of Tuscaloosa Alabama vs Max Hibbs and Janet Hibbs Peters Oil Company Inc vs Jack Cummins Jnc Snuggs Jr et ux vs Joe Johnson et ux Blakley-Mitcheli Co Inc vs Robert Beaty Clinchfield Supply Company Inc vs Third Baptist Church of Kingsport Tennessee et al Glass Electric Furniture Company i vs Ortie Fleenor et al Brunswick Corporation vs Rass Morelock d-b-a Morelock Lanes Robert Abernathy d-b-a Black Plumbinq Heating Co vs Willis Supply Kingsport Inc The-Travelers Company vs 'Mrs Joe Shutko Mrs Marbeth Carroll et al vs Miles Galloway et al Harkieroad vs Adam Hayes Ann Bartley vs Garland Dingus James Walker et al vs John Munal et al Wiley Carter vs Worley Wright Beecher arlyle Powers- et' ux7 to adopt: Carolyn Marie Laudermilk Leonard Cardwell et ux et al vs Oney Cardwell et al Minnie Tolliver Hurley vs -Lilley Tolliver et al Cooper Construction Co vs James Phillip Walker-Brown's Custom Shop vs Wood Plumbing Heating Co Betty Long vs Ronnie Mack Fields Kenneth Duard Tittle to adopt: Cynthia Ann Richardson James William Conk in Ruby Mane Conkin to adopt: Lisa Galt Conkin Value Insurance Inc vs A Widener et ux Dorman Products lnc vs Southwestern Fastonerret al Enoch Thomas Shipley Petitioner to appoint Conservator for Ida Shipley William Ewing Dickenson Melon Dickenson to adopt: Daphna Elizabeth Don i he James Claude Bloomer at ux vs George Edward Thompson et al Ernest William Davenport -Jr- ef ux to adopt: Lisa Carol Davenport Milton Davault Scott Roller d-b-a Holston Coal Company vs Bernice Bawn et ai Civil June William Drew Neil et ux to adopt: William Gary Neil Wiliiam Clyde McKeider et al vs Gordon Hobbs Sr City of Kingsport Tennessee vs Charles Smith Daugherty Jr Ernest Fred Lawrence et ux to adopt: Kenneth Wayne Lawrence Tom Lee Bragg et UX to adopt: Anieia Linn Bragg William Simeon Conner Jr et ux to adopt: Laura Dianne Conner Charles Kenneth Marrell to adopt: Andrea Ruth Marrell Robert Calhoun vs All American Lite Casualty Company Price A Ramey Inc vs Louisa Henry Jimmie Lane et ux to Adopt: Richard Lee Lane More On Page 14 if! Yi rifi Ranger plots search on map orum here By CAROLYN ATKIN Times-News Staff Writer why isnt Bob Good tonight? he asked Center bookkeeper and Miss Bonnie- Culp as Neighborhood Youth Corps secretary ly terminating employment Also during the meeting -Price told board members that" a plan to establish day care centers in the area has been at least temporarily increase Meanwhile Hamilton would become Neighborhood Youth Corps coordinator for Price said the job changes Greene Washington and part came as a result of of Sullivan Counties This -judgement on my part as -posit ion was vaeated withihe well "as'requirements set by resignation of David Parks the Atlanta office which must Good is a state representative from Johnson City Folsom said he was- appointed by the late President Dwight Eisenhower as Tennessees representative to the 1960 White House Conference on Aging and has been tentatively appointed to the 1970 conference by President Riehard Nixon be met According to the executive director Some are not performing in their duties and we are giving them another chance instead of mere- Price said Hamiltons salary would decrease with the new job Price also said Mrs Carleen Webb has been recommended as Neighborhood Service GtVETYOUR WINTER SHIRTS A VACATION SEE ALL THE BRIGHT SUMMER COLORS In all the latest styles Everything from wide spreads to long British points Tailored in cool crisp fabrics that simply refuse to wrinkle guaranteed to keep you at your comfortable best In long or short sleeves Short Sleeve from 650 1 Sleeve lengths from 750 'I The board of directors of the Upper East Tennessee Qffice of Economic Opportunities last night was presented-a-pTaiTwhich wouIcT feihuffle three of the top staff positions of the agency However the board was unable to take action on the proposal which was approved tjvo weeks ago by the executive committee due to lade of quorum (The board was eight members short of the required 24) 6EO Executive Director John Price told the board he jind the executive committee recommended the following Changes: i David Banner who is presently Headstarts gram-supervisor woukt-be- since Atlanta officials have announced that no funds are available at present to set up the centers We knew there was a possibility the centers wouldnt be funded but hope shouldnt be abandoned Price said He said that money appropriated for- Summer Headstart possibly could also be used for day care centers in the future 1 The application for day care center funds will be held for future review officials said A visitor at the meeting Folsom Tavlor called OEO NEED A CONSTABLE? TELEPHONE UNLISTED OEO UNIVERSITY TO FIND STUDENT JOBS 1 The Upper East Tennessee 1 Economic Opportunities Authority Inc has entered into an agreement with East Tennessee State University to sponsor three participants in a college work-study program 1 I Constable Hillary awkrns of Mount Carmel is a man who doesnt like Jo be called at home So if you need an officer after five pm better try elsewhere Hawkins has had his phone changed to an unlisted number and he Isnt saying what it isT 245-4134 The program is for recent high school graduates who intend to attend East Tennessee State University in the fall of 1969 the purpose of which is Jo provide work for eligible students particularly from minority groups The work to be performed will either be related to the students educational objective or in the public interest which would not otherwise be provided Any student interested may contact the Agency at 247-9167 or one of its Neighborhood Service Centers located in Bristol Johnson City Sneedville Rogersville Greeneyille or Perry Counts at East Tennessee State I' -v board members attention to what he termed a lack of funds and suggested officials determine why the situation exists I think theres something wrong he said but what is it? Taylor also asked the group what the attitudes are of the areas A legislators Where does Jimmy Quillen stand or Senator Albert Gore? And ined NeighJjorhood Youth Corps director Banner who selected Headstart directs just a few months ago would receive no change in salary Price said Banner Vralald replace Jack Christian -f-Christian under the new flan would become Manpower rbgrams Coordinator a job lleld by Gilbert Hamilton Jr is salary would Why? Tell them it aint none of their damn business he growls Hawkins asked Thursday how people could contact him in emergencies said Uiey know where to find me right here at home Ive been here 25 years He says they also might be able to reach him by calling Liberty Hill Elementary School where hes janitor The school is open half a day and Hawkins is doing repairs this summer 1 Hawkins was first elected Aug 4 1966 and( was re-elected last year Hell serve until August 1970 -C- I MEtn STORE COMMERCE AND CENTER STREETS A 1 'Mv.