Deaths and Funerals: Arthur P. Shaw and Henry Floyd McGee
Arthur P. Shaw 76 of 115 Culler Street died at home Thursday. Funeral held yesterday at Mt. Carmel Baptist Church Montgomery County with burial in church cemetery. Pallbearers listed. Henry Floyd McGee 65 of 826 Mance Avenue died in Veteran's Hospital Durham. Funeral held yesterday at Koonce Funeral Home chapel with burial at Guilford Memorial Park Cemetery. Pallbearers listed.
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Arthur P. Shaw
Mt. Carmel Baptist Church
Montgomery County
Earl Black
Highland Methodist Church
Worth R. Pugh
Cloverdale Church of the Living God
Charlie Williams
Lennie Bumgarner
Kenney Scott
Alfred Taylor
David McNeill
Jim Markham
Henry Floyd McGee
Chapel of Koonce
Glenn Overcash
Kingdom Hall
Retired Thomasville Farmer Robert Murphy Dies at 78
Robert Lee Murphy 78 a lifelong Davidson County resident and retired farmer of Rt 4 Thomasville died after an extended illness at his home. He was born Oct 5 1882 son of Robert Bib Murphy and Liza Jane Murphy. He married Bessie Hiatt in 1907 who died in 1957. Surviving are four sons Jesse B Paul P Francis W and Cleveland L, three half sisters and three half brothers, 13 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Funeral at Pine Woods Methodist Church with burial at Mount Pleasant Cemetery.
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Thomasville
Robert Lee
Bob) Murphy
Rt. 4
Davidson County
Mr. Murphy
Robert Bib Murphy
Liza Jane Newton Murphy
Bessie Hiatt
Murphy
Pine Woods
Pine Woods Methodist Church
F. A. Wright
John William Hoyle
Mount Pleasant Methodist Church
J. C. Green and Sons Funeral
Mrs Ava Connell Dies at 79 in Thomasville
Ava Elizabeth Cansler Connell 79 of 716 E Guilford St died yesterday at 5 p.m. in Haven Convalescent Nursing Home after an extended illness. She was born May 2 1881 in Gaston County and lived in Thomasville since 1903. She married Dennis R Connell in 1903. he died in 1943. Burial at Thomasville City Cemetery. She was active in First Methodist Church and its Women’s Society.
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Thomasville
Ava Elizabeth Cansler Connell
E. Guilford St
Haven
Connell
Gaston County
Martin
Bettie Cansler
Dennis R Connell
Oakwood Knolls Nursing Home Opens on Kernersville Road
Calvin C. Orrell and Mary W. with Ivey T. Orrell announce the formal opening of Oakwood Knolls Nursing Home on Kernersville Road Rt. 1 Ker ner sville. The 30 bed facility, built in 1960 1961, features electric heat fire alarm system and central nurse station. Annie Larrick leases the structure and also runs two other homes in town.
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Oakwood Knolls
Kernersville Road
Rt. 1
Kernersville
Calvin C. Orrell
Mary W
Ivey T. Orrell
Orrell
Northside Funeral Home
Archdale Funeral Home
Archdale
N. C. Board of Health
Tape Evidence Ties to Spade Cooley Murder Probe
Investigators seized tapes from private detective William S. Lewis hired by Spade Cooley two days before Ella Mae Cooley was beaten to death at their ranch. The recordings reportedly include an admission by Ella Mae of an affair and phone conversations with Cooley. authorities cite possible link to the beating. Cooley, jailed in Bakersfield and later moved to Kern County General Hospital, faces murder charges.
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Los Angeles
Kern County
Spade Cooley
William S. Lewis
Ella Mae Cooley
Lewis
Cooley
Los Angeles Herald-Express
Morris Chain
North Hollywood
Bakersfield
Kern County General Hospital
Quick On
A brief note explains the pidgin origin of the term chopsticks by linking quick in pidgin to chop and noting the phrase quick ones as a translation. It cites the Chinese term kwaits ze meaning rapid items and connects it to everyday dining utensils.
Rites Today For Rocky Mount Drowning Victim
The body of Hugh Manly Finch 20 of Clinton was recovered near Belhaven after a drowning in a boating accident. He is survived by his parents wife and infant son a sister and will be buried at Pineview Cemetery after a 2 30 p m funeral at First Baptist Church Rocky Mount led by Rev Clarence Godwin and others.
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Rocky Mount
Hugh Manly Finch
Clinton
Belhaven
Clarence Godwin
Lakeside Baptist Church
J. W. Kincheloe
First Baptist Church
B. R. Pulliam
Fork Union Military Academy
Pineview Cemetery
Evelyn Penny T Ville Native Dies in Florida
Evelyn Lambeth Penny 60 of Miami Florida died Thursday at 4 50 p m after three years of declining health She was born October 28 1900 in Thomasville daughter of Robert T and Mamie Belle Root Lambeth Her husband Allen L Penny former president of Southern Finance Co died April 15 1942 She attended St Pauls Episcopal Church Surviving are four sons Allen Penny Charlottesville VA Hugh Penny Stanton VA Thomas Penny and William Penny Miami Services tomorrow at 2 p m from St Pauls Episcopal Church Rev E Dudley Calhoun in Forsyth Memorial Park burial Vogler Funeral Home will keep the body at the funeral home until it lies in state for 30 minutes before the service
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Winston-Salem
Evelyn Lambeth Penny
Miami
Fla
Penny
Thomasville
Robert T
Mamie Belle Root Lambeth
Allen L. Penny
Southern Finance ’Co
Eye Bank Explains Its Work To Local Club
In Lexington the Eye Bank for Restoring Light Inc of North Carolina outlined its history at a Davidson County YMW Club meeting held in the county building auditorium. A L Newson Jr president described the group as the second organized in the United States and answered audience questions. The event wrapped with club business planning for a district UMW banquet and refreshments followed.
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Lexington
Eye Bank For Restoring Light, Inc
North Carolina
Davidson County
YMW Club
A. L. Newson Jr
Eye Bank
United States
YMW
Charles Fisher Ward
Service
Busi
North Carolina Frozen Food Locker Assn Opens Three Day Meet
The 17th Annual North Carolina Frozen Food Locker Assn convention opens at the New South Motor Inn with a 3 PM registration and 6:30 PM social hour. Aubrey Flynt will entertain at the buffet. The event features sessions, talks by Wayne Corpening and Lester Hembel, a ham and bacon show, a banquet, and awards.
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North Carolina
R. T. McNeely Association
Gus Carter
Arthur Corpening
New South Motor Inn
Carter
Lake Terrell Paul Stokes
R. A. Duncan
Wayne Corpening
Agricultural Department of Wachovia Bank Winston-Salem
Lester Hembel J
South Carolina
Guilford County
Ers
Mickettes
Karin Gill
Lucinda Clark
Cindy Gill
Greensboro
High Point Women's Club
Alyce Ashburn
Tar Heel
Jim Scott
L. Y. Ballentine
North Carolina Department of Agriculture
Association
Lenin Monument in Florida Melted and Removed
A bronze plaque honoring Nikolai Lenin, placed at the USDA experimental station near Brooksville, was torn from its base and melted into Lake Lindsey. Officials said the piece, dating from 1918, rested on federal property for years before removal.
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Brooksville
Fla
Nikolai Lenin
Florida
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Chinsegut
Lake Lindsey
Margaret Dreier Robins
Kingdom of Heaven
Raymond Robins
High Pointer Named Dean At College
Dr. Richard W. Setzer, former High Pointer, named dean of Lamar Technical College Graduate School in Beaumont Texas, effective April 1. He will become dean of the college on September 1, overseeing about 7000 students. He is the son of Mr and Mrs R T Setzer of Woodrow Avenue and a graduate of Lenoir Rhyne College and George Peabody College Nashville. He studied at High Point College and UNC summer school and taught at Catawba College and Vanderbilt before joining Lamar in 1956 as dean of the School of Business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard W. Setzer
Lamar Technical College
Beaumont
Tex
Dr. Setzer
R. T. Setzer
Woodrow Avenue
High Point College
Lenoir Rhyne
University of North Carolina
George Peabody College
Nashville, Tenn
Lamar
Setzer
Catawba College
Vanderbilt University
Prisoners Take Youths On Wild Ride
Four inmates escaped the county jail in London Kentucky on Saturday and abducted two young boys during a two and a half hour flight. They hijacked the boys’ car, abandoned it eight miles away when it ran out of gas, and fled four miles on foot before a state police posse captured them. The boys were fatigued but uninjured.
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London
Kentucky
Here
Old South Ball Parade Roils Richmond Students
The Old South Ball weekend in downtown Richmond drew NBC students from East Carolina College Duke UNC Wake Forest and NC State in Kappa Alpha robes. The parade prepped for the Old South Ball at the Hotel John Marshall with ties to Gen Robert E Lee through Kappa Alpha's Virginia roots.
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Richmond
Old South
North Carolina College
East Carolina College
Duke
University of North Carolina
Wake Forest
North Carolina
State
Kappa Alpha Fraternity
John Marshall
Kappa Alpha
Washington and Lee University
Virginia
Robert E. Lee
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Ava Connell
Annie Larrick
Oakwoods Knolls
Oakview Methodist Church
Rebeccah Lodge
Evelyn Penny
T-Ville
Payne Bros
Modern
Moore Electric Repair CO
Worth Ave
Lenin
Cak Knoll Rest Home
R&h
J. W. Hubbard
Walter M. Smith
Best
Oakwood Knolls Rest Home
High Pointer
Richard Setzer
Richmond, Va
Oakwood Knolls Nursing and Convalescent Home
Herman F. Brown
Highway
High Point City Limits
Ruth Carter
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