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The frontiersman., 1956-03-22

Kiuian

Mr.. and Mrs. Elwood Charles
Killian of Sutton are receiving
congratulations on the birth of
their third child, son, who was
born at Valley Presbyterian Hos
pital March Is. He weighed nine
pounds, two ounces at birth and
heen named Michael Oliver. Mr..
Elwood is employed by the Mrak
Coal Company.
The frontiersman., 1956-03-22
GREAT BOOKS GROUP
TO MEET MONDAY

The Great Books discussion
group will meet Monday evening,
March 26, at 7 pm. at the Expert
ment Station. Topic for discus
sion viii be Calico, Two New
Sciences.
The frontiersman., 1956-03-22

FRoNrrERsMAN cLAssIF1EDs
ALWAYS BRING RESULTS
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-02-01

covered with two feet of snow.
was beautifully contrastcd by
the black water in the Wacca-
nav river.
Carrying tons of snow he re-
.Sumcd his voyage, and two days
later arrived at Conway, where
no show had fallen. A crowd
lined the banks to admire his
long, white procession.
On another lonely trip he was
navigating by the light of bgi,
round autoumn moon. 1t was a
beautiful, balmy night and the
river reflected the glory of the
stars. The gray specture of
Spanish moss seemed to enhance
the moonlight but deepen the
shadows of the dense forest on
the banks.
Then distant rumble of
thunder was heard as it reverb
Grated down the river. Soon a
black, ominouS cloud obscured
the heavens and the moon and
stars vanished like a lighted
match dropped into the water.
1t was dark as ink, save when
intermittent flashes of lightn-
ing Silhouettcd the horizon and
mirrored it in the deep. dark
water. Thunder rocked his raft
and echoed amoung the coves.
A torrential downpour made
it impossible to steer the raft
and one of the logs rammed a
small tree with overhanging
limbs. The impact dislCdged a
giant water moccaSin from a
limb Of the tree and he fell onto
the raft. Then the lightning
flaShid and the lumberman saw
the snake squirming about his
feet.
He stood motionress for a
moment, a cold sweat gushing
from his forehead, then plunged
tlindly into the water and swan
to the bank.
With sickcning sequence he
cought glimpses of his raft as il
rammed the bank, jack-knifed
and finally cracked up. DisaS-
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-02-01
Log-Rafting Days We're Replete
With Romance And Adventure

With the coming of improved
roads and high-powered motor
trucks to the Waccamaw coun-
try the old custom of rafting
legs and floating them from the
upper reaches of the river down
to Conway has practically be-
come a lost art.
While it succumbed in the
wake of progress, we who were
E.,rn too late to realize its priv
alton and hardshipS are prone
to visualize Il strange enchant-
ment in such a colorful way of
earning a living. We would love
to literally float down the river
On a raft of logs.
While we see it as thrilling
land romantic adventure, we
feel justified in such a view
point when we hear an old re-
tired lumberjack with that he
could ride just one more raft Of
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-02-01

logs drifting dreamily down the
zy Waccamaw, where great
pendants of Spanish moss hang
from ancient live oaks and
risky squirrels scamper among
the tree tops.
A raft several hundred feet
long gliding quietly by at a
speed of one mile per hour
lsymbolized perfectly the patti
ence and fortitude of the rug
ged, weather-beaten lumber
jacks of the Waccamaw. To the
casual observer it was an inter-
esting spectacle, poetic and SER
enc.
But it was not all romance,
and the old river woodsmen
didn't do it just for fun. It was
their bread and meat. 1t took a
lot of hard work to cut the logs
ard haul them to the river bank
where they could be rolled into
the water and assembled into
RATS.
a single raft, or "batto" in
the Waccamaw vernacular, was
made up by binding a dozen or
more logs, lying parallel, with
bdtten poles lying across the
ends of the logs and attached to
them with wooden pegs inserted
into the logs.
AS these assemblies were
made up they were linked to-
gether in tandem. like a train
{. railroad cars, forming a great
multiple raft of as many as forty
or fifty battoeS and containing
perhaps five hundred logs.
Drifting with the current was
SLOW. Usually two men guided
the raft. One used an oar on the
leading assembly. The other
kept a watchful eye on doingS
toward the rear. AT night Il great
fire was built on the raft to il
illuminate the river.
Even at slow speed the inertia
of five hundred logs defies a
sudden stop. In order to stop
the moving raft in running wat
er a long rope was tied to the
rear end and then wound once
around a sturdy tree. AS the
rope slipped around the tree,
being pulled by the raft, the
free end of the rope was gradu-
tally frightened until the raft
finally came to a stop. Both
cndS were then securely tied up.
A veteran Waccamaw lumber
man, recounting his experiences,
said he was drifting a raft of
about three hundred logs by
himself when a binding snow
storm forced him to tie up late
in the afternoon.
He built roaring fire on the
bank and prepared his supper.
Then he built a brush shslter
with bed of pine straw and
Spanish moss. Snugly ensconceC
in the bed of straw he slept
warmly while the snow fell and
the wind howl2d all through the
hight.
He awoke the next morning.
he said, in an igloo. His raf'
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-02-01
Joe Harrison
Assigned To
Cuba Base

Cpl. Edward Joseph (Joe)
HARRISON will report to Guam
tanamo Bay, Cuba February 9
for new assignment with
Marine Corps.
Harrelson, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. II. Phillips Harrelson, of
Tabor City, received basic
training at Paris Island and was
transferred to Camp Lejeune as
mail clerk with Headquarters
Battalion. He will hold the
Same assignment in Cuba serv-
ing a re-enlistment of one year.
The Tabor City High School
graduate arrived here Monday
night for a visit with his par
entS.
Before enlisting in the Marine
Corps about two years ago he
vas employed by the Tribune.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-02-01

sembled by the impact, the logs
fioated wildly down the river.
But the old order in logging
mas changed now to make way
Tor the new, and the dark coves
IN the Waccamaw echo the
whine Of chain saws and power
SkidderS, trailer trucks and Dor
table sawmills.
This new look in logging,
perhaps, will become old and
obsolete, too, because change is
constantly at work. Change is a
constant thing. Like the water
III the Waccamaw, it runs on
forever.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-02-01

a parole officer with deep
faith in human nature risks his
job TO put his trust in an ex-
convict with long criminal re-
cord, IN Gamble on a Thief"
starring Macdonald Carey, De-
wey Martin and Phyllis Kirk,
on CLIMAXl Thursday at $50
pm over WBTW.
Lucille Ball, Lesi Arnaz, Rich
ard Rodgers, Oscar Hammer
stein, the Ames Brothers, come
day team Corey and Cook, VEN
trlloquiSt Ricky Layne and his
dummy visit the ED SULLIVAN
SHOW Sunday at 8 pm over
WBTW.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-02-01

MRS catherine Carroll Sharpe Commercial Credit CORPORATION
nas accepted position Within Charleston, s. C.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-02-01

~"Os ~ssy, ~. -.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-28
Brother Fires on Refugee
Crossing Iron Curtain

I'VE decided to flee on a trac-
tor, l drove toward the barbed
wire. A flare mine was touched
of. Seconds later, border SEN
tries fired the first volley from
tommyguns. Two mines were
touched off and the whole area
was light as day, although il
was night.
MY friends wanted to sur
render. They lifted their hands.
Shots missed me. ] ran like a
mailman toward the barbed wire.
crawled through it and remained
fiat on the ground. Only 10 yards
from me, the Hungarian border
sentries gathered. In the center,
tommygun in hand, was my
brother Christoph. He personally
directed the manhunt. The SEN
tries searched every inch of the
border but they did not cross the
barbed wire. AT dawn. ! saw
them carrying off the dead. But
there were still sentries remain
ing behind. My heart was in my
throat. was still on Hungarian
soil, as the barbed wire is some
yards behind the frontier. Any
moment, the sentries might come
over and get me. They finally
left. Exhausted. | dragged myself
TO the FIRST Austrian farm. There
Il collapsed"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-28

VIENNA, Austria, April 28 tP)
The only survivor among fom
young Hungarian refugees who
made a dash for freedom through
the lion Curtain on a farm trac-
tor told reporters today he recog-
nized his own brother among
the Hungarian border guards
who fired on them.
He said the other three youths
were killed BY machine gun fire
as they sought to tear through
the barbed wire entanglements
that guard Communist Hun
gary's frontier with free Austria,
Only 49, year : old Friedrich
Fritz Hammer made it to safe
~ in Austria. He told Austrian
border police that his family is
Communist. He said his brother,
Christoph, is a lieutenant in the
border police and his father is
the captain and commandant of
another Hungarian police unit.
When Fritz went back to the
border with Austrian police to
reconstruct the flight. he said his
brother Christoph stood behind
barbed wire on the Hungarian
side and cursed him as a rene
eade. Fritz will be given politi-
cal asylum here.
The youth told reporters this
story:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-28
Capital Basks
in Warm Spell
Temperuture in Dos
Due Again Tomorrow

A week end spell of warm
weather is in sight for the Wash
ington area with temperatures
in the COS, accompanied by thun-
dershowers.
Todays perfect weather should
bring a high temperature OF
about "a degrees. The high SC
far this year was IS degrees or
April 4. a record for that date.
The mercury will drop to only
g. tonight and tomorrow is ex.
pected to bring considerable
cloudlneSS. temperatures in the
sos. and thundershowerS.
The rapidly rising temperature
today prompted a police order
sent out by radio and teletype
shortly before noon for police to
shed their jackets.
Usually, the uniform of the
day is not changed during tour
of duty but the temperature rose
so fast after the uniform sitting
call to the Weather Bureau al
7 am. that Deputy Chief George
r. Wallrodt, in charge, ordered
the change to shirtSleeveS in the
middle of the shift.
In contrast to Washington's
balmy weather. heavy fog halted
airplaneS and slowed shipping in
the New York area today. Idle
wild Airport shut down at 2:13
am. and delays were reported at
other fields.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-28
Truck Jumps Curb,
Crosses Seven Lawns

A speeding bakery truck
jumped the curb at Porter street
and Klingle road NV. early to-
day, skidded across seven front
lawns. smashed some stone steps
and iron ratings and finally
turned over on its side.
Police said the truck. belong
ing to Ottenbere's Bakery, was
driven by James S. Young. 20. Of
the 3400 block of Sixteenth street
N w, an employe. With him
were two unidentified colored
men, detectives added.
Police said the truck was COM
ing out Of Rock Creek Park when
II apparently turned left from
Porter street onto Klingle road
and the driver lost control.
Mr. Young who was charged
with unreasonable speed. said
another vehicle forced him of
the road. The truck finally came
to rest on the lawn in front OF
20l8 klingle road. Nobody was
injured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-28
ANYWAY YOU LOOK
AT IT-THIS LAWYER
CAN'T LOSE CASE

LONDON tPl. - Harold
Cassel, a London lawyer who
can see both sides Of a ques-
ton, had a sure winner,
Mr.. Cassel went to court
yesterday as prosecuting at
torney. found the defendant
had no lawyer, then vol
unteered 10 act for the de-
Tense as well.
Mr.. Cassel, the prosecutor.
accused Thomas Elliott of
driving a motorcycle with
out a license.
Mr.. Cassel, the defense
attorney, said Mr.. Elliott
merely was pushing the mo-
torcycle and declared the
prosecution argument call
Ing 1t driving lis absurd"
The judge ruled Mr..
Cassel. the defense attorney,
was the more convincing.
The case against Mr.. FL
lott was dismissed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-28
Bandit Robs
3 Gas Stations

An armed bandit. striking in
quick succession, held up three
service stations last night in
Anne Arundel County taking
nearly $500.
Chief Wilbur c. Wade of the
Anne Arundel police force said
the first victim was Richard
Gallagher who was held up at
station on Old Annapolis road
in Ferndale. The holdup man
appeared at Mr.. Gallagher's sta
ton about 1920 pm. stuck a
rifle in his ribs and robbed him
OF S2l, the chief said.
At l2:45 am. a bandit with a
similar description held up
Charles w. Smith at a Macy S
Corner station on the Richie
highway. He took 1854 at rifle
point and locked Mr.. Smith in
a WaShroom.
The third robbery occurred
about lis am. at MillerSville
Post Office on Richie highway
The bandit stuck a gun in Ken
meth E. brakes back. robbed him
Of 500 and locked him in a
Washroom.
Chief Wade said the holdups
were within II miles of each
other. He said the bandits de-
scription tailed with that of a
holdup man who took about $40
from another service station OPP
orator about a week ago.
The bandit was described as
white man. about 25 to 30
years old, about 6 feet tall and
wearing horn-rimmed glasses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-28
Bird Saves Speeder

TOLEDO. Ohio. April % tP,.-
A pheasant broke UP a 1l0-mile-
an-hour chase on the Ohio Turn
pike west of here last night.
The bird flew against the wind
shield Of a car driven by State
Highway Patrolman NJ. E. Nye.
The windshield cracked and Pa
trOlman Nve gave up the chase
without getting description of
the Specder.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-28
Cana Mau|s Driver
After Selling Bus
DAYLIGHT TIME
STARTS HERE AT
2 AN. SUNDAY

Washington goes on Day.
light Saving Time at 2 am.
tomorrow when the hour
suddenly becomes 3 am.
A large part of the Nation
joins the District in the an
nual time change. All you
have to dc is move your
clock hands forward an hour
when you go to bed tonight.
Western Union has the
biggest job. It's employees
have to stay up to set for
ward the hands on 55,l69
clocks in 1000 cities and
towns.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-28
D. c. Budget
Set
By Senators

The Senate Appropriations
Subcommittee handling the Dis
trict budget today scheduled
two days of hearings for next
Wednesday and Thursday.
The District Subcommittee
headed by Senator Stennis,
Democrat Of Mississippi, will
open its first session at 10 am.
Wednesday in the Appropria-
tionS main committee room F-37
on the street floor in the Senate
wing of the Capitol.
First witnesses to testify on
the House passed funds meaure
carrying Sl79,7 million will be
the District Commissioners and
the heads of departments.
All sessions will be open, but
there is limited space available
for the public in the hearing
rooms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-28
.PresidentGoes
ToGettysburg
For Week End

GETTYSBURG. Pa, April 2S
(P).-President Eisenhower. en-
Toying an easy-going week end al
his farm, planned a look around
his property today and hoped tc
get in a round of golf too.
The President arrived at his
country home from Washington
by auto yesterday afternoon
Mrs. Eisenhower had driven UP
from the White House earlier in
the day.
This is the first week end they
have spent at the farm in more
than a month and they lost nc
time catching up with develop
mentS.
For one thing, the President
and Mrs. Eisenhower inspected q
newly furnished guest cottage
about 200 feet from the mar
house. The small white brick
cottage formerly was used as {
headquarters Office by the Secrer
Service agents who guard thu
President and his wife.
There was no word on Whethe
the quarters would be occupied
by guests during the Eisenhow
erS' current visit.
Mr.. Eisenhower planned t,
take look at planting opera
tons around the farm toda,
and to inspect his livestock, in,
GLIDING a herd of Black Angu.
cattle. New in the pasture thi,
week is a burro named Perico
the gift of Generalissimo Fran.
co of Spain to Mr.. Eisenhower.
8-year-old grandson, David
Weather permitting. Mr.. Ell
senhower hoped to play golf al
the Gettysburg Country Club
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-28
Human Side of Eisenhower
Revealed in Star Series

An exclusive, new series of "a articles entitled
Eisenhower in the White House begins Monday
in The Evening Star
Written by Robert J. Donovan you will read
for the first time some of the byplay and the reaxa
tons of Ike and Mamie and other White House
occupants how the amusing question of silk hats
VS.. homburgs was hashed out by the cabinet-to-be
For vivid, intimate story of Mr. Eisenhower's
first three years as President be sure to read this
exciting new series beginning Monday in The Eve
ming Star.
Phone Sterling $4,000 for Home Delivery
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-28
Russian Sailors
Testify Today
Will Tell Why They
Refuse to Go Back

Three of the four Russian sea-
men. who rejected with en-
phatic "nyetS" a personal ap-
peal by Soviet Ambassador
Georgi N. Zaroubin to return
home, tell their story publicly
before a Senate subcommittee
today.
The Seamen and Mr.. Zaroubln
had a face-to-tace meeting-at
the Ambassador requeSt-at an
immigration Service hearing
here yesterday.
Afterwards. the Seamen told
reporters assembled outside the
immigration offices at 119 [
street NE, they had rejected
Mr.. Zaroubin's appeal and said
they want to stay here forever.
One reported he had told the
Ambassador he would never re-
turn until Russia is free.
Promise to Tell All
The four are Michael Ivankov-
Nikolov, Viktor Tatamikov, Der
Ermenko and Viktor Solovyev
Three of them were called tc
testify at a Saturday session Of
the Senate Internal Security
Subcommittee and said I'VE will
tell you everything then" The
fourth. 20-year-old Solovyev, al
ready has appeared before the
Senate group.
Mr.. Zaroubin had no comment
as he left the immigration hear
ing that lasted half
hours. He strobe through a
crowd of reporters and photog-
raphers muttering. Sorry, sorry
sorry"
immigration Com lis sioner
Joseph Swing said in a state
ment last night that Mr.. Zaroubin
had requested the seamen to re-
turn but had been turned down
twice.
Commissioner Swing also said
the seamen were advised that
they should call Immediately on
the immigration Service or their
sponsor. the Church World Serv-
Continued on Page A-3, Col. l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-28
Riotous Youths
Rob OPERATOR;
Suspect Held

A teen-aged gang took over
a Capital Transit Co. bus early
today, beating, clubbing and
robbing the driver, Washington
police reported.
Detectives said over 20 colored
youths, l6 TO Is years old, and
several girls poured INTO the
bus when it stopped at Fiftieth
and Grant streets NE shortly
after midnight. The rioting and
mauling of the bus driver con-
tinued about 10 minutes before
they left.
Later an l8-year-old boy,
identified as the ringleader, was
picked up for questioning. Police
said he was talking after first
denying everything.
The driver. William H. Hall,
36, of 5206 Emerson street, Ed
monSton, Md, suffered a cut
over the left eye and bruises
about the head and face. Four
stitches were taken at Emer-
gency Hospital.
Before he was set upon Mr..
Hall said he heard one boy shout,
I'm juiced with vodka and I'm
not gonna take any stuff"
Follows Police Drive
The attack came only two days
after Police Chief Robert V. Muir
ray ordered a department-wide
breakdown on juvenile crime by
directing officers to arrest youths
gathering in unruly crowds on
city streets.
Deputy Chief Edgar E. Scott.
commenting on last nights at
tack, said we're not going TO
stop looking until we've brought
all this. bunch in"
I'VE don't know" he added,
but what these people have been
the ones troubling other bus
drivers and assaulting people on
the street-and we're going to
bring the whole mob in"
Pour Into Vehicle
The incident began. Mr.. Hall
said, when he stopped the bus
for the group. They poured in
both front and back doors
holding down the rear treadle
and locking the brakes. No other
passengers were aboard at the
time.
He said one youth. who APP
peared to be the ring leader.
came from the rear and de-
manded "a damn transfer" Mr..
Hail said he told him he didn't
need one and to 90 and sit down.
Il tried to give him transfer
when he kept talking rough TO
quiet-him down but he wouldn't
take 1t, the bus driver said. MIR.
Han salu ne nOpeO 10 drive on
to find police car, but some OF
the juveniles in the rear kept
the treadle down.
Another boy behind me
reached up and hit me on the
nose j. and then the ring leader
hit me on the right side of the
face, Another boy behind me
Their struck me with a piece OF
pipe or club. I'm not sure"
he said, but it was hard"
Took Change Carrier
Il was stunned" Mr.. Hall
continued. and l dropped my
head down on the steering wheel
then I felt someone going
IN my pocket. But / couldn't
raise up to see. 1t was then they
See BUS, Page A-3
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-28
Storm Kills Four

PUEBLA. Mexico. April % up
-Four persons were killed yes
terday when a sudden windstorm
toppled a brick wall in suburban
Chulavista. Four other persons
were dug from under the debris
alive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-28

since their sophomore year at
the university. Officers thought
this might rule out any dis
qruntled sutton" motive.
Members of the family said
the funeral services for Mr.
DiXon'S father would 90 ahead
as scheduled. The services Will
be at West Milton. about Is
miles north Of Dayton.
The Dixon family. after Mr.
Dixon's death Thursday. decided
that since the plans for the elab-
crate wedding were SO far ad-
vanced, it should not be can
celeb despite the funeral services
One member of the family said
Mr.. Dixon would have wanted il
that way
Most of those in the house at
the time of the bombing had
planned to attend the funeral
services in the afternoon, after
first attending the wedding serv-
icp