Repentant Democrat Returns to Party Fold
D. F. Harris of Sanford, who ran Lee County campaign for Republican Robert Gavin, apologized at the State Democratic Executive Committee meeting. Harris, a committee member, supported W. W. Staton for Democratic national committeeman, replacing Henry Hall Wilson who left to join the White House staff.
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D. F. Harris
Sanford
Lee County
Robert L. Gavin
Democratic Executive Committee
Harris
W. W. Staton
Bert Bennett
Bennett
Staton
Henry Hall Wilson
Monroe
Wilson
White House
Washington
Essay Award Winner Is Announced
Hugh Barnes Rogers Jr., a 17-year-old Winston-Salem high school student, won the top 1961 North Carolina Jaycee essay prize receiving a 200 scholarship at a banquet in Goldsboro. Runners up were Judy Weingarth of Winston-Salem and Carolyn L. Smith of Raleigh. Rogers chairs Bishop McGuinness High School student council and plans to attend Williams College, aiming for journalism or foreign service while 28 finalists wrote on My True Security The American Way.
Soldier slain by stepson at North Carolina home
William Pyle, 29, a Army veteran discharged the day before, was shot to death by his 14 year old stepson Larry Graves at the family residence on Hope Mills Road south of Fayetteville. The boy said he warned him to stop beating his mother before firing a single shotgun round. No charges were filed against the youth. Pyle was from Stockton California.
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Here
Larry Graves
William Pyle
Hope Mills Road
Pyle
Ft. Bragg
Stockton
Calif
Legally Dead Man Awaits Court Hearing
Davidson County jail houses David T. Driver awaiting Monday hearing on child abandonment charges. Declared legally dead in 1957, Driver was found in Illinois and returned after fingerprints matched FBI files. He had been missing since 1949 and was jailed after a five month vagrancy sentence.
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Lexington
N.C
David T. Driver
Davidson County
Driver
Vandalia
Ill
FBI
Jamestown to mark 350th tobacco anniversary
Jamestown Va plans a May 16 19 commemoration of the 1612 Rolfe tobacco crop that saved the colony and helped grow a lasting $7 billion industry. The event ties to Pocahontas and Captain John Smith legends. The Jamestown Foundation will stage the anniversary next year.
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Pocahontas
John Smith
John Rolfe
Rolfe
Jamestown Foundation
John Birch Society Audited as Un Christian by Ave Maria
Ave Maria editorial brands the John Birch Society as part of a dangerously un Christian movement and warns Catholics against joining. It cites concerns about anti communism and urges Catholics to follow papal directives for social justice and moral reform.
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New York
Ave Maria
John Birch Society
Donald J. Thurman
Society
Richard Cardinal Cushing
Boston
Welch
California
Robert Welch
Thorman
Bigger Libraries Are Urged As Kennedy Calls National Library Week
President Kennedy urged bigger libraries during National Library Week April 16 to 22. He noted that 25 million people lack library service and about 50 million have inadequate access, urging widespread participation to improve libraries and stimulate reading. The note recalls William Becknell’s 1822 Oregon Trail achievement.
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Kennedy
National Library
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Balance Needed to Keep Bonnie Barneycastle Out of Prison
A total of 428.39 was needed to reach 5128 to fund the court payment to keep Bonnie G. Barneycastle out of custody. She was convicted in February of embezzling that amount from Wachovia Bank and Trust Co. A $3000 fine or 18 months in prison was ordered, with extra time granted if the balance is paid by tomorrow. Contributions were invited through Rev. J. S. Higgins at 318 Phillips St.
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U. S. Middle District Court
Bonnie G. Barneycastle
Wachovia Bank and Trust Co
Barneycastle
J. S. Higgins
Phillips St
Hardware Week Event Slated
Beeson Hardware Co on N Main Street will join 23 000 independent stores nationwide in Hardware Week beginning April 20. The Independent Retail Hardwaremen of America sponsors the promo with prizes including two automobiles.
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N. Main Street
Independent
Retail Hardwaremen of America
Beeson's
Revival at Union Cross Baptist Church this week
Rev Robert L Mobley of First Baptist Chase City Virginia will lead revival services at Union Cross Baptist Church starting Sunday evening and continuing through the morning worship on April 23. Music is directed by Joel Stegall and the nursery will be open for all night services and for the Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary visit.
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Robert L. Mobley
First Baptist Church
Chase City
Virginia
Union Cross Baptist Church
E. Coye Still
Joel Stegall
Horace Ilderton Honored at Chrysler Dinner in Atlanta
Horace G. Ilderton, a local Dodge dealer, was honored at a Chrysler Corporation dinner in Atlanta, Georgia. He recently sold 225 Dodges to customers, highlighting his dealership's sales success.
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Dodge
Atlanta
Georgia
Chrysler Corporation
Ilderton
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