Deaths and Funerals in Thomasville Area
Obituaries list Mrs. Sallie Robinson White 63 of 610 E Green St in Green Street Baptist Church service with multiple pastors and burial at Floral Garden Park Cemetery. Dorothy Elizabeth Johnson Steed 34 of Dogwood Rd in Pilgrim Evangelical Reformed Church service and church cemetery burial. Allie Roberts Oakley 75 of 838 Putnam Ave in Sechrest Chapel service and Oakwood Cemetery burial. T-Sgt Harry Vernon Vereen 39 of Purner AFB in Siler Funeral Home service with full military rites and Holly Hill Cemetery burial. Rufus P Asbury of Perry Okla brother of local resident, funeral pending.
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Sallie Wite
Sallie Robinson White
E. Green St
Green St. Baptist Church
George T. Tunstall
Roger Bell
Woodrow W. Robbins
Lexington Ave. Baptist Church
Floral Garden Park Cemetery
J. R. Deator
Carol McGill
J. R. Teague
J. E. Hall
J. B. Phillips
Rue Holder
White
A. W. White
High Point Memorial Hospital
Thomasville
Dorothy Elizabeth Johnson Steed
Stephen P. Steed
Pilgrim Evangelical and Reformed Church
Reuben Lovett
Elgin Doby
Fred Journey
James Beck
Jimmy Beck
Odell Beck
John Pittman
Chess Hollifield
T. J. Hughes
Percy Hagar
Ted Beck
Allie Roberts Oakley
Sechrest Chapel
Lexington Ave, Baptist Church
Oakwood Cemetery
C. W. Chapman
D. H. Short
S. M. Austin
J. L. Jones
J. W. Myers
Frank Rook
Oakley
Putnam Ave
Sunset Rest
Martin Luther Oakley
Harry Vernon Vereen
Purner Air Force Base
Chapel of Siler Funeral Home
Howard M. Perkins
Siler Funeral Home
Pope Air Force Se
Pope Field
Holly Hill Cemetery
Vereen
Ang
Albany
Oddball trivia and slang history from a 1955 column
A collection of light anecdotes on daily life and language. It notes sweat loss and salt intake, AFL union labeling, a Durham Sun headline about a father aiding a son in slayings, shifts in soft drink packaging, a musical joke about a conductor, and seasonal drug sales. It also riffs on photo flashbulbs, shaving thoughts, past slang, and the Bonehead Barry origin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AFL
Durham
N.C
Local Youths Safe At Camp Sea Gull
Ward from Camp Sea Gull director Wyatt Taylor reports all boys at camp near New Bern are safe. Six High Point boys are at the camp. Taylor says the boys were not evacuated as previously reported.
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Sea Gull
Ward
Wyatt Taylor
New Bern
High Point
Taylor
Galloping Grandma’s Long Walk Across States Ends In Sight
Emma Gatewood 67 of Gallipolis Ohio travels from Mount Oglethorpe Georgia toward Mount Katahdin Maine on a long hiking trip begun May 3. By yesterday she had shed 24 pounds, worn out five pairs of shoes, and logged 1700 miles with about 350 miles remaining. In another item a gunman imitates a threat at a Pacific Finance Loan Co cashier, hears Spanish, and flees without taking cash.
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Rutland
Emma Gatewood
Gallipolis
Ohio
Sherburne Pass
Mt. Oglethorpe
Mt. Katahdin
Maine
Los Angeles
Jane Silva
Pacific Finance Loan Co
New Daughter for Byron Palmer and Ruth Hampton
A son born to actor Byron Palmer and his wife Ruth Hampton, Miss New Jersey, at the 1952 Miss Universe contest. The American Hotel Association reports convention attendees spend about $93.63 in the convention city.
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Hollywood
Byron Palmer
Ruth Hampton
New Jersey
American Hotel Assn
Robbed While Fixing Flat in Dakota City
Paul G. Cromwell of San Bernardino California had a flat near Dakota City Nebraska. Two men offered to help. one pulled a gun and the pair stole 72 dollars from his wallet a suitcase of clothes and the car spare tire.
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Dakota City
Neb
Paul G. Cromwell
San Bernardin
Calif
Cromwell
Wrong Man In Jail Three Days
Boston police jailed Edward White for three days before proving the arrest wrong. White, a 32 year old father of three, was taken from bed before dawn on a warrant dated September 16, 1953 for auto theft. He protested his innocence to guards all weekend until fingerprints confirmed he was not the wanted White.
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Boston
Edward White
White
Segregation Request Rejected by Hoxie School Board
In Hoxie Arkansas the school board rejected a petition demanding restoration of segregation in public schools. About 200 people gathered at City Hall as the board announced it would keep integration. A presegregation leader claimed 1,063 signatures. About 25 Negro students had been admitted to the white schools at the start of the fall term.
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Hoxie
Ark
Herbert Brewer
Leslie Howell
City Hall
Two Escape Burning Plane Disaster Near Saskatchewan Border
In Manitoba and Saskatchewan, two Imperial Oil Co. workers escaped a plane crash and were hospitalized with burns and shock. Four other employees died trapped in the wreckage. A search plane found G. H. Kendall and Owen Smith from Regina, with one sighting nine miles from the crash, then a pontoon plane located the second survivor.
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Oil
North
Saskatchewan
Imperial Oil Co
Manitoba-Saskatchewan
G. H. Kendall
Owen Smith
Regina
Sask
Police Inspector Kills Eight Children Then Self in India
A police inspector in Uttar Pradesh shot and killed his eight children and then himself after a family quarrel. He began by wounding his wife accusing her of infidelity. Their 15 year old daughter tried to intervene and was killed, along with the other children, including a two month old infant. The mother survived in critical condition.
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New Delhi
India
Uttar Pradesh
Joan Evans Gives Birth To First Daughter
Culver City California actress Joan Evans and her husband Kirby Wetherby welcomed their first child a daughter born yesterday in a/news article notes the happy family milestone and family names.
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Culver City
Calif
Joan Evans
Kirby Wetherby
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Dorothy Steed
Imrs, Allie Oakley
Harry V. Vereen
Rufus P. Asbury
Perry
Okla
Mr. Asbury
W. C. Asbury
Adams St
Pers
Tad
Theodore A. Dorgan
Bonehead Barry
Barry
New Free Saat Entertainment
Cesar
Zenith
AM Sapien
U.S
Hendrix
S. Wrenn ST
Oscar Mayer
Bush
NAVY
Dixie Crystal
Vienna
Jefferson Island
Salt
Borden - Carnation
Delicatessen
Columbia Food Market
S. Main ST
Southern Motors
Yftiilome
Call
DODGE
Horace G.ilderton
S. Main Street
High Point, N. C
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