Deaths and Funerals In Jamestown Area
Worfie Bar Kearns 57 of 701 Highland Ave died Saturday evening after a heart attack. Services Tuesday at 3 pm in Sechrest Chapel with Dr. E W Price Jr and Rev Earl Black Jr. Interment Floral Garden Park Cemetery. Armfield Sr 83 died Friday morning at High Point Memorial Hospital after two years of declining health. Funeral Sunday 3 pm at Jamestown Methodist Church with Revs Clark Benson and A C Waggoner. Interment Deep River Friends Cemetery. Pallbearers listed.
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Worfie Bar Kearns
Sechrest Chapel
E. W. Price Jr
Green Street Baptist Church
Earl Black Jr
Highland Methodist Church
Floral Garden Park
Mr. Kearns
Highland Ave
High Point Memorial Hospital
Charles Emmett Armfield Sr
Jamestown Methodist Church
Clark Benson
A. C. Waggoner
First Methodist Church
Deep River Friends Cemetery
Richard Short
James Hunter Groome
Groome
Percy Groome
Charles ‘Groome
George Covington
Mr. Armfield
Jamestown
Infant John Ray Smoot Dies in City Memorial Hospital
Martha Pau line Smoot infant daughter of John Ray Smoot and Louise Craig Smoot died at City Memorial Hospital Sunday at 9 05 am. Survived by parents at 205 Harris St six brothers one sister and a twin. Graveside services held Sunday at Hicks Chapel Cemetery in Marion at 4 pm.
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Thomasville
Martha Pauline Smoot
John Ray
Louise Craig Smoot
City Memorial Hospital
Harris St
Kenneth
Leonard
Bill
David
Steve
Paul
Anne Smoot
Hicks Chapel
Marion
Claude Brockett of Lexington Dies at 47
Claude M. Brockett, 47, of Lexington died at 10:35 p.m. Saturday after three months of illness. Survived by wife Mary Robbins Brockett and daughters Claudie Ann Betsy Eleanor Bobbit Brockett, two stepdaughters, siblings Etta Nunnally and Hilda Williams, and mother Bessie Asbell Brockett. Funeral 3:30 p.m. today at Second Presbyterian Church with burial in Forest Hill Memorial Park.
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Lexington
Claude M. Brockett
Bessie Asbell Brockett
Richmond
Mary Robbins Brockett
Claudie Ann
Betsy
Kinston
Eleanor Bobbit Brockett
Littleton
Mary Virginia Evans
Edna Ellen Evans
Etta Brockett Nunnally
Hilda Brockett Williams
Second Presbyterian Church
Henry Poole
Sammy Shoaf
Forest Hill Memorial Park
Lexington Woman Nettie Cody 92 Dies at Home
Mrs. Nettie Jane Cody aged 92 of Route 2 Lexington died Sunday at 8 40 p.m. at her son's home. Survived by two sons Clarence Cody Winston-Salem and W H Cody, three daughters Mrs E G Warner Winston-Salem Mrs Roy Crofts Thomasville and Mrs Carlos Bowles Morehead City, 23 grandchildren and 32 great grandchildren. John Culver and Richard Saunders to in charge. Burial in Jamestown Church cemetery. Body to be taken to son's home today at 4 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Nettie Jane Cody
Route 2
W. H. Cody
Clarence Cody
Winston-Salem
E. G. Warner
Winston - Salem
Roy Crofts
Thomasville
Carlos Bowles
Morehead City
John Culver
Richard Saunders
Jamestown Church
Chester Koontz Dies After Heart Attack at 51
Chester G Koontz 51 died at Presbyterian Hospital Charlotte at 2 30 AM after a heart attack that followed a period of illness since Friday. He was born in Davidson County in November 1907, lived in Lexington Detroit and Charlotte. Survived by wife Pearl L Koontz son Bill G Koontz three brothers and three sisters and three grandchildren. Funeral at First Evangelical and Reformed Church Lexington with Rev R A Mensendiek officiating. Burial at Floral Garden Park Cemetery with body at Koonce Funeral Home before service.
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Chester G Koontz
Presbyterian Hospital
Charlotte
Mr. Koontz
Davidson County
Curtis and
Mary Brazington Koontz
Lexington
Detroit
Mich
First Evangelical and Reformed Church of
Geet Tessen
Char
Pearl L. Koontz
Woodhaven
Bill G. Koontz
R. S. Koontz
High Point
Stokes Koontz
Welcome
Cromer Koontz
Emma Link
Roxie Link
Winston-Salem
First Evangelical and Reformed Church
R. A. Mensendiek
Floral Garden Park Cemetery
Koonce Funeral Home
Signboard features three girls near San Diego sewage plant
A signboard showing three small girls holding tissues to their noses was erected on Harbor Drive in San Diego near a sewage disposal plant, drawing attention to odor concerns.
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San Diego
Calif
Harbor Drive
Funeral services for infant Andrew Michael Cody
Funeral services for Andrew Michael Cody infant were held Sunday at 2 30 p m at Orrell's Funeral Home with Rev W M Grant of Fisher Street Church of the Living God officiating Interment was in Oakwood Cemetery He was the son of Mr and Mrs Charles H Cody and died Friday night in High Point Memorial Hospital
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Michael
of Orrell
W. M. Grant
Fisher Street Church of the Living God
Oakwood Cemetery
Charles H. Cody
High Point Memorial Hospital
Ingrid Bergman Feted At Hollywood Dinner Dance
Ingrid Bergman attended a star filled dinner dance at Buddy Adler and Anita Louise's home in Hollywood. About 300 guests were greeted by Bergman as the festivities stretched into Sunday morning with Sir Laurence Olivier performing a jitterbug routine. Bergman is in Hollywood to present an Oscar at tonight's Academy Awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Ingrid Bergman
Buddy Adler
Anita Louise
Ingrid
Laurence Olivier
Jen Schmidt
Miss Bergman
Press Women elect Chapel Hill leader in N C
Chapel Hill editor Jane Hall was elected president of North Carolina Press Women at the closing session of the sixteenth annual spring institute. Grace Laffoon of Elkin was named vice president with Mrs Mary Ellen Albares of Ahoskie as secretary and Dr. Shelby Drumm as treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapel Hill
N.C
Jane Hall
Raleigh News and Observer
North Carolina Press
Grace Laffoon
Elkin
Miss Hall
Mary Ellen Albares
Ahoskie
Ce Ee
A Drumm Shelby
Speed Watch Nets 41 Motorists
Thomasville police used a speed clock on National Highway Saturday and netted 41 speeders. All 41 arrests were motorists entering Thomasville. Citywide speeding arrests rose to 45 with four more cases over the weekend. Paul Green, 58, Huger Street, charged with assault with a deadly weapon, bond $200, trial April 14. Clifford Jackson, 21, Tremont Street, charged with assault on a wife, bond $200, trial April 27. Paul C. Warner, 35, Fisher Ferry Street, held on $300 bond, license reportedly revoked, trial April 27.
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Thomasville
Eakend
Paul Green
Huger Street
Green
Ella Green
Recorder’s Court
Clifford Jackson
Tremont Street
Truman Returns to Los Angeles for Campaign Talks
Former President Harry S. Truman arrives back in Los Angeles after a Palm Springs trip to outline the qualities he believes the 1960 Democratic presidential candidate must have. He will address a Democratic group, speak at a Town Hall meeting, and lecture at UCLA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Harry Truman
Ucla
Truman
Palm Springs
Ed Pauley
Phil Regan
Stabbed Youth Succumbs in California Party Fight
Leon Whitley 16 sobbed as police reported the death of 18 year old William Campbell after a hunting knife wound in a party fight with Whitley and a 15 year old. Police booked Whitley on murder investigation as over 20 youths involved.
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Menlo Park
Calif
Leon Whitley
George Potter
William Campbell
Whitley
Secrecy Discussed By TV Panelists
A CBS panel on The Great Challenge debated government secrecy with James Hagerty noting a White House directive to release information that does not affect national security or military matters. Eric Sevareid and Arthur Schlesinger Jr. joined in calling for less news withholding and fewer obstacles to reporting nuclear issues.
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New York
James C. Hagerty
Columbia Broadcasting System
Hagerty
White House
United States
Eisenhower
Defense
Swezey
Wdsu Broadcasting Corp
New Orleans
Arthur H. Schlesinger Jr
Harvard
Eric Sevareid
CBS
Reston
Congress
Schlesinger
Red
China
Judge to rule on Randolph County Jail condition
Randolph County Grand Jury recommended condemning the county jail for failing to meet state welfare standards. Judge F Donald Phillips heard a hearing at the request of the county board. If condemned, prisoners would be housed in out of county jails in Davidson or Guilford counties.
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Asheboro
F. Donald Phillips
Rockingham
Randolph Superior Court
Randolph County Grand Jury
Phillips
Randolph County Board of Commissioners
Grand Jury
Sherwood Robbins
State Board of Welfare
North Carolina
Wilson
Randolph
Davidson
Guilford
Richard Goad Seeks Thomasville Mayor Race
Richard A. Goad 43 of National Highway filed to run for mayor of Thomasville against former State Senator George L. Hundley. Goad owns a firm dealing in cleaning materials and is running for public office for the first time. He cited foresight of long overdue needs as a citizen, promising to outline them later.
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Thomasville
Richard A. Goad
National Highway
George L. Hundley
Goad
Crosby's Wife Expectant Mother in September or October
Crosby announces his wife Kathy Grant is pregnant again in Ishpeming Michigan. The couple wed in 1957 and have one son named Tex born last August. Crosby's first wife Dixie Lee died in 1952 and he has four other sons.
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Ishpeming, Mich
Bing Crosby
Kathy Grant
Crosby
Dixie Lee
Kathy
Harry Lillis Crosby III
Bing
Tex
Gary
Dennis
Phillip
Lindsay
Actor Jay Robinson Fights Intruder in Hollywood Motel
Hollywood actor Jay Robinson wrestled with a husky intruder wearing a silk-stocking mask in his motel room. The 28 year old said the bandit grabbed him by the throat and wrestled him to the floor, stealing his bank withdrawal valued at 3200 dollars intended for a New York trip.
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Hollywood (Ap
Jay Robinson
Robinson
New York
Hollywood
Emperor Calligula
Mrs White and Sink Win Seats on Davidson Board
Mrs. C. L. White Jr the first woman elected to public office in Davidson County is sworn in on the county board of education along with Clarence Sink. They replace Roy Lohr and Dr J W Griffis. Lohr retired after long service since 1940 and Griffis since 1954.
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Thomasville
C. L. White Jr
Davidson County
Board of Education
White
Spring Street
Clarence Sink
Lexington
Link
Roy Lohr
J. W. Griffis
Lohr
Griffis
Posse Sweeps Swamps for Cumberland County Escapees
A 24 member posse searches woods and swamps along the South River in southeastern Cumberland County for two escaped prisoners. Police found their camouflage car used in the Fayetteville jail escape, with ignition keys missing, suggesting they planned to flee again. Charles Bradford from Plant City Florida and John Odom of Fayetteville face bank robbery and murder charges as the hunt continues.
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Fayetteville
N.C
South River
Cumberland County
Charles Thomas Bradford
Plant City
Fla
John William Odom
J. L. Wilson
Driver Held Following Collision In Cannon Street Incident
William B. Howard 48 of Cannon Street jailed at 6 15 a m Sunday on a charge of drunk en driving after his car left Fisher Ferry Street and struck a yard wall at 35 mph. He suffered head injuries and was released under $300 bond pending trial in Recorder's Court April 20. The 1951 car sustained about $300 damage and the wall about $25.
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Sunday Ning
Recorder’s Court
Paul C. Warner
Fisher Ferry Street
Thomasville
William B. Howard
Cannon Street
Howard
Recorder's Court
Desk Nameplate Reverses Message At State Capitol
Miss Corinne Geetersloh, receptionist for Governor Ribicoff, drew smiles when a desk nameplate was found reversed showing the phrase Give them what they want, revealing the error during a routine check at Hartford.
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Hartford
Three Construction Permits Issued in Thomasville
Spector Jim Miller announced that three building permits totaling 73 400 were issued this month. W A Kennedy receives a 59 600 Valley Road home permit in A 4 zone, dated April 3. Randall T Shuler gets a 13 000 Unity Street one family residence permit dated April 2. W C Boyles of Fairview Road gets an 800 addition permit.
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Thomasville
Jim Miller
W. A. Kennedy
Valley Road
Kennedy
Randall T. Shuler
Unity Street
W. C. Boyles
Fairview Road
Family of Ten Breaks Iron Curtain in Seven Ton Truck
Friedrich Graefe, 47, his wife and eight children aged 2 to 13 escaped East Germany in a seven ton truck. Border guards failed to stop the vehicle as it barreled through the barbed wire fence at the frontier, aided by a special permit for the area.
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Brunswick
Germany
Friedrich Graefe
East Germany
Graefe
Housewife Strikes It Rich In Store
Mrs Irene Manke of Allen Park found a paper bag with hundreds of dollars in cash and a set of checks after shopping at the supermarket. She alerted the store manager who retrieved the receipts. She said he did not thank her.
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Allen Park Mich
Irene Manke
Allen Park
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Kearns
Charles E. Armfield
John Ray Smoot
Claude Brockett
Chester Koontz
Cody Infant
Press Women Elect
L.A
Richard Goad
Mrs. White
Sink
Posse
Wales
Scotland
Ireland
England
Housepower
Duke Power
Duke Power Company
Rs Es Eae
Weathertron MA
General Zett
Eleetric
N. Main St
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