Stewart Named NC Director of Conservation and Development
Gov. Dan Moore appointed Dan E. Stewart vice president of CP&L as director of the North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development. Stewart replaces William P. Saunders as acting director, Saunders to join the C&D board through June 30, 1969. Stewart, a Benson native and 1923 NC State graduate, has a long CP&L career including regional posts and Raleigh since 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Dan Moore
Dan E. Stewart
Carolina Power & Light Co
North Carolina
J. W. York
Dan Stewart
Stewart
Moore
York
Department of Conservation and Development
Gov. Moore
Saunders
Bill Saunders
C&d
Inder
Terry Sanford
Benson
North Carolina State
Cp&l
Westinghouse Electric Corp
East
Massie Thomas Palmer Final Rites Set Today
Massie Thomas Palmer 76 of Crystal Hill dies in local hospital. Final rites set Saturday at 11:m from Crystal Hill Baptist Church with burial in church cemetery. Survived by three sisters Mary Blackstock Estelle Palmer Ruth Hall and four brothers Addie Louis John W Holt Palmer, all of Crystal Hill.
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Boston
Massie Thomas Palmer
Crystal FH
Crystal Hill Baptist Church
Palmer
Mary B. Blackstock
Estelle Palmer
Crystal Hill
Ruth Pp. Hall
Halifax
Addie
Louis
John W
Holt Palmer
Grover C James Final Rites Held
Final rites for Grover C. James were conducted yesterday afternoon from the Wrenn Yeatts chapel by Rev Kenneth Story. Interment followed in Highland Burial Park. Pallbearers were Arthur Lane Harvey Cook Roy Richardson Aubrey Henderson Willie Paul Philip Souder and Frank G Walsh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover Co. James
Wrenn- Yeatts
Kenneth Story
Highland Burial Park
Arthur Lane
Harvey Cook
Roy Richardson
Aubrey Henderson
Willie Paul
Philip Souder
Frank G. Walsh
W Shelton Funeral Rites Set Tomorrow
Funeral services for Ewell Walton Shelton will be held Saturday at 4 30 p m at Greenfield Baptist Church. Interment will be in Gretna Burial Park. The 67 year old died Thursday night in a Lynchburg hospital. He was born May 8, 1898 in Pittsylvania County, son of John and Eliza Yeatts Shelton. Survivors include his wife Mary Hoffman Shelton four sons Ramsey Haile and Carlton Shelton of Gretna and Harold Shelton of Chatham four daughters Mrs Onyx Shields of Pittsville Mrs Paul Lewis of Gretna Mrs Warry Vosburg of Lynchburg and Mrs Richard Mann of Danville two sisters Miss Irene Shelton and Mrs Cabbel Creasy both of Gretna and 14 grandchildren.
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Ewell Walton Shelton
Greenfield Baptist Church
Gretna
Mr. Shelton
Lynchburg
Pittsylvania County
John and
Eliza Yeatts Shelton
Mary Hoffman Shelton
Ramsey, Haile
Carlton Shelton
Harold Shelton
Chatham
Onyx Shields
Pittsville
Paul Lewis
Warry Vosburg
Richard Mann
Danville
Irene Shelton
Cabbel Creasy
Nigel N Moore Dies At 66 In Reidsville
Nigel N Moore 66 of 502 Lawsonville Avenue Reidsville died Friday at Annie Penn Memorial Hospital after a week long illness. He was a former Southern Railway brakeman retired in 1950 born in Rockingham County near Ruffin and lived most of his life in Reidsville. Survived by three sisters and three brothers. Funeral Saturday at 2 30 p m from Wilkerson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Lewis Styons officiating. Burial in Greenview Cemetery. Body to remain at the funeral home until service.
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Reidsville
N. C
Nigel N. Moore
Lawsonville Avenue
Annie Penn Memorial Hospital
Mr. Moore
Rockingham County
Ruffin
Southern Railway
Sadie Price
Ann Buckner
Blanche Barbee
C. W. Moore
Miami
Fla. R
King L Powell Final Rites Held
King L Powell funeral rites were held yesterday afternoon at Swicegood Funeral Home with Rev J C Raper and Rev Richard Smith officiating. Interment was at Highland Cemetery. Pallbearers included Clinton Gregory Graham Marshall Percy Sigman Walter Sebastian Clyde Howell Robert Austin Rufus Atkins and Robert Youngblood.
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King L. Powell
Swicegood Funeral Home
J. C. Raper
Richard Smith
Highland Burial Park
Clinton Gregory
Graham Marshall
Percy Sigman
Walter Sebastian
Clyde Howell
Robert Austin
Rufus Atkins
Robert Youngblood
State School Escapees Kidnap Woman in North Carolina
Mrs. Helen Meggs, 35, was confront by two runaway students from Jackson Maining School who tied her into driving them to Statesville after looting her home of about 600 dollars in goods and weapons. They demanded she write three ten dollar checks, then released her unharmed near Statesville. Suspects Robert Gordon Sheffield, 14, of Thomasville and Leland Edgar Offut, 16, of Goldsboro fled. Police issued a statewide alert. Her car was a 1961 white Falcon, plate EL-7595.
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Concord
N. C
Helen Meggs
Jackson
Meggs
Thhem
Statesville
Robert Gordon Sheffield
Thomasville
Leland Edgar Offut
Goldsboro
No Injuries Reported in Eight Accidents on Local Roads
Police recorded eight traffic accidents yesterday with total damage of 1145. No injuries occurred as 15 vehicles were involved. The largest incident happened at 5 10 p m on the Main St bridge when Lloyd James Patty 50 of 302 Melrose Drive waited for a light and Johnny Elliott Moultrie 16 of Halifax Road turned onto the bridge. The Moultrie car struck the Patty auto, bounced off a guard rail and skidded into oncoming traffic. Patty’s car sustained 150 damage and the Moultrie vehicle 200.
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Main St. Bridge
Whitlow
Lloyd James Patty
Melrose Dr
Johnny Elliott Moultrie
Halifax Rd
Rt. 58
Moultrie
Patty Auto
Death of V M Brummett at 56 in Danville hospital
Vernon M Brummett 56 of 34 Carlson Ave died yesterday at 1 20 pm in Memorial Hospital after a heart attack on Feb 8 He was a Dan River Mills maintenance mechanic husband of Trula Sproles Brummett and father of three daughters Funeral arrangements pending at Swicegood Funeral Home He is survived by his wife three daughters one brother and six grandchildren.
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Vernon M. Brummett
Carlson Ave
Memorial
Ife
Sheldon Baptist Church
Trula Sproles
Belly Houston
Lou Ella Cline
Danville
Doris Harrison l
Richmond
Clarence Brummett
Kingsport
Tenn
Swicegood Funeral Home
Carson Ave
Hendersonville Man Charged With Counterfeit Notes
Hendersonville resident Charles Edward Rogers, 57, jailed on possession of counterfeit notes and negatives linked to Atlanta Mustangs payoff. US marshals and Secret Service say notes share serials with counterfeit bills used to pay Atlanta players. W. E. Westcott Jr., 34, of Atlanta, also charged and jailed. Jacksonville game noted. Rogers claimed ties to a Dominican knitting business and frequent travel between Hendersonville and the Dominican Republic.
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N. C
Atlanta
Asheville
N.C
Hendersonville
Charles Edward Rogers
Saluda
U.S. Marshal
Hugh Stevens
Secret Service
Vernon Spicer
Charlotte
North Carolina
Rogers
Atlanta Mustangs
W. E. Westcott Jr
Westcott
U.S
Frank Holden
James Gil
Dominican Republic
Mecklenburg County
Hendersonging
Spicer
Funeral Rites Today For Mrs Walker in Norfolk
Funeral services for Margaret Bulloch Walker 54 who died from a self inflicted gunshot Thursday morning at a local motel will be held at 12 30 p m from Olivers Funeral Home Norfolk burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery She was widow of Dr R W Walker born November 12 1910 in Farmville and resided in Chatham at death Survivors include daughters Rocco MacAllister of Goldsboro and R M Simpson of Towns as Bid two brothers Lloyd K Bulloch of Roanoke and Ernest Bulloch of Baltimore Md three sisters J W Kirby Machipongo Walter Davis Richmond Ind and Elizabeth Burch Martinsville with no grandchildren
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Margaret Bulloch Walker
Olivers Funeral
Norolk
Elmwood Cemetery
Harvey Kyle Bulloch
Alpha Dowdy Buloch
Rocco MacAllister
Goldsboro
N. C
R. M. Simpson
Townsor
Bid
Lloyd K. Bulloch
Roanoke
Ernest Bulloch
Baltimore
North Carolina Supreme Court Reverses Teer Award
The North Carolina Supreme Court reversed a Wake County court ruling that awarded Nelle L. Teer Co. $259,570 for added highway project compensation. The case is remanded to a board of review for further hearings, with Teer allowed to present evidence on amounts due for work and materials in its claimed categories. Teer, based in Durham, bid on an Interstate 95 project in Cumberland County.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Supreme Court
Nelle L. Teer Co
State Highway Commission
Eer Co
Durham
Teer
Cumberland County
Brown Paving Co
Superior Court
Harry C. Martin
Wake County
Martin
Commission
Supreme Courts
William J. Bobbitt
Boards of Review
Board
High Court
Board For Review
Peele Dies In North Carolina Father Of Local Man
M R Peele aged 66 of Oxford N C died Friday funeral services set for Saturday at 4 p m from Perkinson Currin Chapel with Rev Louis Aitken and Rev Leslie Giles officiating Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery Survivors include Mack Roy Peele Jr Danville Va another son Julian E Peele Jr West Palm Beach Fla four daughters Adele Wanks Alice Currin Libby Currin all of Oxford and Margaret Harvey of Richmond five brothers three sisters and 15 grandchildren
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Oxford
N. C
M. R. Peele
Mack Roy Peele, Jr
Danville
Perkinson - Currin
Louis Aitken
Leslie Giles
Elmwood Cemetery
Julian E. Peele
West Palm Beach
Fla
Adele Wanks
Trucker Buys Self A Bridge Collapses
In Christiansburg Virginia a 72 foot steel girder bridge on Virginia 603 collapsed into the Roanoke River after a five ton limit bridge sign was reportedly ignored by a truck loaded beyond capacity. Driver Bobsy Linkus waded the river to receive a ticket for violating highway signs and markers.
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Christiansburg
Virginia
Roanoke River
Here
John W. Harrison
Bobs Iby Linkus
Harrison
Linkus
South Hill Hit By Freak Storm
In South Hill Virginia a freak thunderstorm Friday dumped two inches of rain in an hour and dropped temperatures from 88 to 64. Large hail was reported but no damage was visible. four bolts of lightning struck Radio Station WJWS at 5 p.m., knocking it off the air.
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South Hill
Virginia
WJWS
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Grover C. James
V.M. Brummett
Liam
Buncombe County
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Jacksonville
A. B. Wentz
Selcret
Georgia
Wentz
Mrs. Walker
N.C. High Court
Guard
Famizyo Weekly
Family Weekly
Bob Wegner
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