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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1957
Page
2
Angus Calvin Mec Duffie, 90, of Asheboro died last night at his home after a six month illness. Funeral services will be held Tuesday with Mrs. Clarence Henry and others listed among family survivors. Affiliated with Asheboro community, he is mourned by relatives in High Point and nearby towns.
Joseph Lee Russell Sr. 70 of 717 Unity St. Funeral Sunday at Unity Chapel Methodist Church with Rev. J. W. Miller officiating. Pallbearers named Lambeth Murdock Hill Kennedy Parker Money. Interment in church cemetery. Russell died Friday night at 7 20 from a heart attack. Henry Wright 36 Route 1 Asheboro died in a Lumberton clinic after months of illness. Survived by wife Louise Roberts Wright, three sons Tommy James Odell, one daughter Mary Frances, parents Cleveland and Route 1 Asheboro, three brothers Talmer Clifford Jonah, two sisters Theron Lynch Wayne Saunders. Funeral 2 p m Tuesday Richland Baptist Church with Revs. Ben McPher son Kenneth Ferree. Burial Union Grove Church Cemetery.
Funeral services for Joseph Martine Clinard 84 were held Sunday at 4 p.m. at Cumby Mortuary chapel with Dr. Edmund W. Price officiating. Graveside rites were performed by Junior Order of United American Mechanics Tro phy Council 29 as honorary pallbearers. Active pallbearers were six Junior Order members. Interment followed at Oakwood Park Cemetery. He died Saturday at 1:35 a.m. in High Point Memorial Hospital after three years of declining health.
Funeral services for William H Yokley 76 were held Sunday afternoon at 3 30 from Lebanon Methodist Church by Rev J B Gibbs. Pallbearers included Gene Marsh Arlen Yokley Bernie Yokley Ed Yokley Joe Yokley and Pervie Smith. Interment followed at Floral Garden Park Cemetery. Yokley died suddenly at his home 209 Idol Street Friday afternoon after 18 months of poor health.
Arthur J. Allen 60 formerly of Ramseur and Asheboro died yesterday at the Veterans Hospital in Johnson City Tennessee. He is survived by a brother Mrs Minnie Forkner of Durham Route 4 and three sons James California Jane Raleigh and Bob Asheboro. Funeral services will be held near Ramseur.
Mrs. Della Jeanette Elbertson Leonard 66 wife of A S Leonard longtime Thomasville resident died in City Memorial Hospital. She was born in Davidson County on June 13 1889 and spent her life in the area. Survived by husband seven sons three daughters seventeen grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral services set at South Side Baptist Church with burial in Clarksburg Methodist Cemetery.
Ellen Blanche Russell Ballard aged 79 wife of William Miles Ballard dies at Baptist Hospital Winston-Salem after a long illness. Born January 8 1878 in Montgomery County she lived in Thomasville since 1921 and was a member of First Baptist Church. Funeral Tuesday at 4 30 p m from First Methodist with burial in Holly Hills Cemetery.
Karachi report says 4000 tons of pig iron and steel billets arrived from Russia as the second instalment of 14000 tons bought under a trade agreement signed last year. The shipments bolster Pakistan's industrial procurements from the Soviet partner.
Funeral services for James V. Maness, 20, who died from injuries in a Saturday afternoon automobile crash, were held at 2:30 p.m. today at Riverside Baptist Church with ministers Bill Clapp and Colon Strick officiating.
William Robert Swaney aged 76 died at a Butner hospital after seven years of declining health. Born April 4, 1881 in Randolph County he moved to High Point in 1924 and worked at Cloverdale Dye Works until 1950. He married Bessie Laughlin in 1907 and is survived by his wife two daughters a son and eight grandchildren. Services are set for Springfield Road Baptist Church with interment at Saint Paul Church Cemetery.
Terry Wardell 6 of 1017 Meadowbrook Dr died Sunday at 6:35 AM in High Point Memorial Hospital after lifelong illness. Born March 4, 1951 in Guilford County, he was the son of William J. and Magdalene Hickman Wardell. Surviving are three brothers Michael Larry and Steven, paternal grandfather W. B. Wardell, and maternal grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Haywood Hickman. Funeral Tuesday at 2:30 PM from the Gospel Tabernacle. interment Floral Garden Park Cemetery. The body will be at the parents home Monday after 5 PM.
National security policy tests how much oil can be imported without harming future reserves while metals face a price floor linked to defense stockpile purchases. Officials weigh effects on price, production, and jobs as imports rise from 236k to 934k barrels daily since 1946 and domestic output climbs from 4.75 to 7.15 million barrels.
Attendance holds steady as manufacturers and buyers in Chicago anticipate full scale July and August promotions. Most new merchandise will be delivered by mid July with collections seen as the market’s volume drivers. Eddy proposes abolishing January and June markets by 1959, a plan met with mixed reactions.
Stock Market notes a brisk advance for steels led by Lukens and Outboard Marine amid mixed economic signals. Gulf Oil and Standard Oil firms rise while Outboard Marine slides after a disappointing quarterly showing. Other major issues trade in cautious gains as investors factor anticipated price moves and stock-split rumors.
About 10 percent of door to door salespersons in the United States are widows or widowers. This reflects a notable share of workers choosing or forced into a house call trade despite personal losses.
A regional movement in Sanita pressed the Jakarta government for less centralized control and a fairer share of tax revenue to outer islands. The agitation cited this overreach as a key driver of recent revolts and urged tighter alien restrictions to curb subversion.
In McKeesport Pittsburgh area, 51 year old William Blakley an unemployed steelworker died after a late night cardiac arrest. Surgeons revived him twice with chest openings and heart massaging but could not restart his heart a final time. His wife Mary stood at the bedside during the terminal event.
The Dow Jones averages show noon and close values with bache and Co. furnished data. Utilities and rails quotes appear with index levels at 173.11 and 173.24, volume figures listed as 490,000 920,600 and 2,380,000 across different listings.
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