Train T Bone Crashes Kill Two Women Near Draper North Carolina
A car driven by Mrs. Carol Jeffries Jones and carrying Miss Linnie Belle Thomas was struck by a Carolina and Northwestern freight train at Meadow Summit Road crossing, one mile north of Draper. Jones died instantly, Thomas died at Morehead Hospital. The 1962 Falcon was likely the car involved. Thomas had long lived in the Leaksville area and taught at Spray Baptist Church. Funeral plans were announced with services at Spray Baptist Church and burial at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Draper
N.C
Leaksville
Carolina and Northwestern
Meadow Summit Rd
Carol Jeffries Jones
Linnie Belle Thomas
Karastan
Marshall Warner
Danville
Jeffrey Theodore Farr
Warner
Jones
Leaksville Rt. 1
Fred E. Jones
Belinda
Sandy Sue
Fred E., Jr
James Edward
Peyton Jeffries
Douglas Jeffries
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Lillie Mae Jeffries
Carter Bowman
J. H. Jeffries
Rt. 1
Fair Funeral Home
Thomas
Karnstan” Service Center
Spray Baptist Church
Women’s Missionary Union
Lloyd Thomas
J. M. Knight
Georgia Thomas
Dora Willis
Rt. 2
Oscar Pilson
Fieldale
Man Injured By Tree On Clearing Job
Herman H. Burch of 319 Cumberland Drive, foreman for Laramore Construction Co., sustained head injuries while clearing trees at The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. plant site. Taken to Memorial Hospital, he received multiple head lacerations with several stitches. His condition was reported as fairly good. Burch was in a tractor crew when struck on the head by a tree or branch. exact cause unclear whether the tree flew up or a limb fell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laramore Construction Co
Goodyear Tire & i Rubber Company
Herman H. Burch
Cumberland Dr
Memorial Hospital
Burch
Robertson Names Friends Advisors For Campaign Team
U S Senator A Willis Robertson forms a ten member advisory committee drawn from each Virginia congressional district to assist in re election planning. Notable members include Andrew A Farley Danville Fifth District Democratic chairman and long time ally. Committee will meet soon to organize finance treasurer and campaign manager roles.
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U.S
Willis Robertson
Andrew A. Farley
Danville
Sen. Robertson
Robertson
W. Pat Jennings
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
M. M. Long
Wise County
Colgate W. Dar
Newport News
Lewis M. Walker
Petersburg
Jere H. Willis
Fredericksburg
Bruce Green
Arlington
Virginia
Senate
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Appropriations Committee
Democratic Steering Committee
Churches and colleges split over federal aid stance
Dr Curtis V Bishop of Averett College backs Southern Baptists in opposing federal aid to church related schools. He warns accepting federal funds would make such schools no longer private and would shift control to payers. Other Baptists fear lost gifts if the stance shifts.
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Bishop
Curtis V. Bishop
Averett College
Southern Baptists
Averett
Southern Baptist
Ralph A. Phelps, Jr
Ouachita Baptist University
Arkadelphia
Ark
Arkansas Baptist Convention
Phelps
Alabama
Leslie G. Wright
Samford College
Howard
Birmingham
Furman University
Greenville
S.C
Appeal for Missing Wallet of Elderly Man
Relatives of 87 year old Sam Fitzgerald appeal for return of his missing wallet containing 183 dollars saved from social security. The wallet held important papers and may have been lost during a Friday trip to the Old Dutch supermarket on N Main St. The family asks anyone with information to contact local police.
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Sam Fitzgerald
N. Main St
Woman reports home entered at 233 Gray Street
Mrs Talina D Kalezis reported her home at 233 Gray Street entered yesterday while she was away. Police said intruders gained access by removing a rear window screen. Nothing appeared missing.
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Talina D. Kalezis
Gray St
Arm Replant Fails. Danville Man Loses Right Arm
Raymond Hudgins of Danville, 45, lost his right forearm in a December accident at a city rock quarry. Surgeons at Duke Hospital, Durham, attempted a rare replant operation but removed the limb after six weeks of efforts to restore viability. Hudgins, a Public Works truck driver, will be fitted with an artificial arm once the wound heals, with recovery expected to take about six weeks.
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Raymond Hudgins
City Rock
Duke Hospital
Durham
N.C
Danville
Hudgins
City Public Works Department
Public Works Department
Memorial Hospital
Duke
Warner named executive vice president of Danville Chamber
Jeff E. Warner, previously director of public affairs for the Virginia State Chamber of Commerce in Richmond, is named executive vice-president and secretary of the Danville Chamber of Commerce. He will assume duties Jan. 17, filling the post vacant since Howard Hylton’s Oct 27 death. Warner, 36, has long chamber experience in Martinsville, Thomasville, and Greensboro and has worked on state and national legislative programs to boost Virginia’s economy. He is married to Mary Jester with two children.
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Jeff E. Warner
Virginia State Chamber of Commerce
Richmond
Danville
Thomasville
In.c
East Carolina College
East Carolina
Education Administration Institute For Organization Management
Wilmington
N.C
Marstinsville
Martinsville
Chamber of Commerce of
The
United States
Chambers of Commerce
Greensboro
Chamber of Commerce
Warner
Virginia State Chamber
Virginia
Mary Jester
Jeff E. Warner, Jr
Mary McDonald Warner
Freight Derailment Near Rocky Mount Sparks 35 Car Pile Up
About 35 cars of a Norfolk and Western freight train derailed six miles south of Rocky Mount, with five diesel engines in a burning pile. Four crewmen escaped injury. 13 cars carried fertilizer tobacco baled paper and lumber while 38 were empty. Line to be cleared within hours, damage estimated around 400000 dollars.
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Rocky
N&w
Winston-Salem
N.C
Roanoke
Paul Wray
Rocky Mount
Webco Mills Elects Durham President Of Dan River Subsidiary
Webb Durham was named president and treasurer of Webco Mills Inc a Burlington producer of tricot fabrics now a Dan River Mills subsidiary H E Alexander was chosen executive vice president and N C Robbins vice president and sales manager Robbins led Webco merchandising since 1952 with prior sales roles at Cohn Hall Marx and Burlington Industries Webco employs about 200 at its Burlington facilities dedicated to synthetic fabrics for lingerie.
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Burlington
N.C
Webb Durham
Webco Mills, Inc
Dan River Mills, Inc
H. E. Alexander
N. C. Robbins
Dan River
Durham
Webco
Turing
Alexander
Narrow Fabrics
Burlington Industries
University of North Carolina
Air Force
Robbins
Cohn, Hall, Marx
Motion Over-Ruled on $35,750 Verdict
Judge A M Aiken overruled a motion in Corporation Court to set aside a $35,750 verdict awarded to Gust Exarchon against his widowed landlady Mrs Helen M Nicholous. Exarchon claimed he turned over $36,750 to Nicholous last August for his death and she returned only $1,000 after he survived surgery.
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A. M. Aiken
Corporation Court
Gust Exarchon
Helen M. Nicholous
Exarhon
Nicholous
George B. Anderson
Aiken
Pelham School remains open for another year
Caswell County Board of Education voted to keep Pelham Elementary operational for at least one more year. A proposal to use federal funds could add two teachers. The board rejected consolidation with Cobb Memorial, citing state guidance and facility limits. Local residents urged preservation while some favored consolidation for educational gains and better staffing.
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Pelham
N. C
Caswell County Board of Education
Cobb Memorial Elementary
T. H. Whitley
Whitley
J. L. Pierce
Division of
Department of Public Instruction
Cobb
Shady Grove
Walters Mill Rd
Caswell County
Virginia
Pelam
Paul Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
G. W. Ward
State Line
Corning Glass Works
U.S. Gypsum
Goodyear Tire and Rubber
John Newnam
Hester Fowlkes
Peclham-area
Werbert McDowell
Elree Loftis
Loftis
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Goodyear
Draper Crossing
Furman
Gordon Blackwell
Education Commission
Woman Reports Home
Chamber
Rickman
Brantley F. Barr
Landon R. Wyatt
Neary County
Jeff E, Warner
In& W
Pelham School
Board of
Edication
Dr. Pierce
Holiday Inn Restaurant
James Anderson
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