Exerpts from the article from the Morganton NEWS HERALD:
"A twelve-year-old Valdese boy was killed almost instantly Monday nightwhen an auto struck his bicycle just south of Valdese on the Mineral Springs Mountain road.
...."Young Martin, delivering newspapers, was struck at 6:15 p.m. by a 1949 Buick ... young Martin had only one more paper to deliver when he met his death at the intersection of the Abee's Grove Church Road."
Exerpts from the article from the Morganton NEWS HERALD:
"A twelve-year-old Valdese boy was killed almost instantly Monday nightwhen an auto struck his bicycle just south of Valdese on the Mineral Springs Mountain road.
...."Young Martin, delivering newspapers, was struck at 6:15 p.m. by a 1949 Buick ... young Martin had only one more paper to deliver when he met his death at the intersection of the Abee's Grove Church Road."
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