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A pair of vandals caught stealing gasoline from a county school bus last Thursday were apprehended and held at gun point by a local citizen until an officer could be summoned.
Loring Anderson of Washington, who lives just off Route 211 near the Covington River,
eight o'clock. He saw two subjects emerge from the vehicle with something in hand, cross the highway and disappeared Into the darkness. With gun in hand Mr. Anderson concealed himself in the shadows and awaited their return, which was not long. The two men approached their car with a five gallon can, loosened the cap to the vehicle’s gas tank as Mr. Anderson shouted “Halt'' and fired a shot over their heads. He ordered them to raise their hands then marched them about a hundred yards to his house and called his wife. Unable to make Mrs. Anderson hear his shouts, he tossed a small stone on the tin roof to attract her attention and when she appeared at the door asked her to phone the police. Sheriff Charles Estes arrived in minutes and his investigation disclosed the can with about four gallons of gas in it and a ciphering hose. Further search brought forth a switch blade knife and some bullets, but no gun. A check with the school bus driver. Jack Bruce who lives across the highway from the Anderson place, revealed that approximately 3 cans of gas had been taken from the bus. The men were identified as William Edward French and Richard Karl Barnes, both of Hagerstown, Md. The vehicle in which they were traveling was a 1955 Buick bearing Ohio license tags. Also found in the car was a valid set of Tennessee tags. A check with these states by Trooper W.A. Buntin revealed the vehicle can be seen at the higher elevations from the parking overlooks witlp the reds of dogwood, white oak, black oak, Virginia creeper, sumac, maple, and black gum, and the golden yellows of the birch, chestnut oak, maple, ash, locust, lindenwood, hickory, and tulip poplar. Of interest to trailer campers was Hoskins’ announcement that a new travel trailer sanitary station was placed into operation at the Loft Mountain campground in the South District during the past weekend. The station is located along the entrance road to the developed area and provides facilities for the discharge of sewage holding tanks as well as potable water for the filling of water storage tanks. This is the second such, facility in the Park, the other being at Big Meadows.
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