Jekyll Island visit chapters and coastal scenes
A Georgia piece recalls a Jekyll Island visit near Brunswick with notes on the Jekyll Island Club, private travel by railcar or yacht, and plans for motels and a shopping center. It describes a 9 hole golf layout on the dunes, a deer-target driving range, and current greens fees. Also covered are Pensacola mine sweepers at a 1559 anniversary celebration and local farm updates on tobacco harvesting and bank open house in Denton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Bean
America
Bean
Tom
Dunes
Jekyll
Weather Outlook Repeats Showers and Warm Temperatures
The forecast calls for scattered showers and thunder today with a high near 88 degrees. Tomorrow is expected to be similar with a high around 88 and a low of about 70 tonight.
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Tomor
Archaeology Find in Avdat Reveals Nabatean Workshop
An excavation at Avdat in the Negev uncovered a kiln and decorated pottery from a Nabatean period workshop about 2,500 years old. The discovery sheds light on ancient crafts in the region near Jerusalem.
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Jerusalem
Avdat
Negev Desert
Police Involved In Family Feud Ends With Arrests
Officer Carl Martin tried to intervene in a Fairview Street domestic dispute between Paul Pemberton 38 and his wife Bertha. Paul and Bertha allegedly assaulted Martin. reinforcements freed the officer as Paul resisted and allegedly damaged a wrist watch. Paul faced multiple charges and bonded at $500. Bertha charged with affray.
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Carl Martin
Fairview Street
Paul Pemberton
Bertha
Martin
George Walker
L. R. Hiatt
Hiatt
Walker
Paul
Janie Williams
Virginia Mack
Janie
Virginia
Spring Street
Harold Flynt Receives Second Good Conduct Medal
Army Sergeant First Class Harold H. Flynt, 29, son of Mrs. Rose Flynt of High Point North Carolina, was awarded his second Good Conduct Medal with Battery D of the 13th Artillery in the 24th Infantry Division based in Germany. Flynt, an ammunition section chief, entered service in 1954 and arrived in Europe last December. A Pine Hall High School alumnus and former farmer, he is accompanied in Germany by his wife Helen Flynt.
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Army
Harold H. Flynt
Rose Flynt
Randolph St
High Point
N. C
24Th Infantry Division
13Th Artillery
Germany
Flynt
Europe
Pine Hall High School
Hel
Safety award given to Southern Oil Transportation Co and others
Southern Oil Transportation Co of High Point was among 19 firms receiving state safety plaques at an awards banquet at Grove Park Inn in Asheville last night. The highway award from the North Carolina Motor Carriers Association went to Akers Motor Lines of Gastonia, which has topped the safety contest for the past two years.
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Southern Oil Transportation Co
High Point
Grove Park Inn
Asheville
North Carolina Motor Carriers Association
Akers Motor Lines, Inc
Gastonia
Ak‘ers
Local Vets Plan 16th Italy Entry Reunion at Sheraton
World War II veterans of the 686th Ordnance Ammunition Co. announce their 16th anniversary reunion in Greensboro at the Sheraton Hotel on September 12. David Barber, president, outlines a 3:30 p.m. business meeting with a nominating slate including Sol Kennedy and Maurice Geiger. A cocktail hour precedes a 7 p.m. banquet with J. T. Carruthers Jr. as after-dinner speaker. the unit, formed in 1942 with 180 men and six officers, served overseas from 1943, including Ft. Jackson and Camp Sutton training, Ft. Lewis, and Morocco.
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686Th Ordnance Ammunition Co
Italy
Sheraton Hotel
David Barber
Sol Kennedy
Greensboro
Maurice Geiger
Jeter Cooke
High Point
Garland Nall
Pleasant Garden
George Underwood
Ernest Sewell
Gene Walton
John Kirkman
Barney Greeson
Sheraton Ballroom
J. T. Carruthers Jr
Greensboro- Hich Point
Ft. Jackson
Camp Sutton
Ft. Lewis
Wash
Morocco
Deaths and Funerals Roster From Local Obituaries
Obituary notices for Ira Earm Harris Effie York and Robert A. Smith Jr. list funeral services, locations, and interment details. Harris died after a tractor trailer accident in Charleston WV. officiants include Worth Pugh and W H Barker. Interment at Floral Garden Park Cemetery. York to be laid to rest at First Baptist Church with J E Rawlinson officiating and Oakwood Cemetery interment. Smith Jr. to be buried at Fairfield Methodist Church Cemetery. services at Cumby Chapel with A T Tuttle officiating.
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Ira Earmon Harris
Cumby Chapel
Worth Pugh
Cloverdale
Effie York
First Baptist Church
J. E. Rawlinson
Oakwood Cemetery
Yow’s
Roger Edwards
C. T. Ingram Jr
Jess Washburn
Morris Jones
Robert Davis
Bill Price
Albert Hart, Jr
Parkway
Robert A. Smith Jr
A. T. Tuttle
Bethesda Methodist Church
Welcome
Fairfield Methodist Church
Frank Sink
V. W. Bohler
BE. K. Hedrick Jr
Bobby Hooks
J. H. Pendergraph
Coulter Pendergraph
Mr. Smith
Route 4
High Point
Deadline Near For Trucker Tax Filing In North Carolina
A year ending June 30 1960 federal use tax deadline nears for highway motor vehicles over 6000 pounds. North Carolina Internal Revenue Director J E Wall urges single units tractors and trailers to file by August 31 to avoid penalties and interest.
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North Carolina
Internal Revenue
J. E. Wall
Funeral services for Mrs. Etta Barns delayed
Funeral services for Mrs. Etta Bray Bean Barns 56 a former High Point resident who died in the North Carolina State Hospital Saturday morning at 3 30 o clock are incomplete pending arrival of a son from Korea The body will be removed to the home of a daughter Mrs Chester Street 2212 Kivett Dr Sunday at 1 p m
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Etta Bray Bean Barns
High Point
North Carolina State Hospital
Korea
Chester Street
Kivett Dr
Mrs. Christiania Muser 68 Dies in Portsmouth
Mrs. Christiania Muser, 68, wife of Albert C. Muser of Portsmouth, died Friday night after a short illness. A Uniontown Maryland native, she lived in Portsmouth 19 years and was a Parkview Methodist Church member. Survived by husband, two sisters, two brothers, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral at Snellings Funeral Home today at 5 pm. interment in Uniontown, Maryland.
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Portsmouth
Christiania Muser
Albert C. Muser
Muser
Uniontown
Luther and
Elizabeth Divifviff
Parkview Methodist Church
George Bowen
Towson
Thomas Ellis
High Point
Howard
William Hiteschew
Baltimore
Snellings Funerals Home
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Braxton
State of Georgia
Jekyll Island
Brunswick
Jekyll Island Club
New York City
Pensacola
Fla
Piedmont
Clyde Motsinger
Near Wallburg
Wesley Morris
Mac Haislip
Fred Bean
Carolina Bank and Trust Co
Denton Lorne
CMT
Ft. Bragg
Winston-Salem
Weatherman
John K. Louis
New York Grill
Florence
Mangum Avenue
Hill
Arnold Cox
Charles Street
Tukes Daves
Route
Seagrove
Becky Jarrell
Council Street
Bond
Harold Flynt
S. Main ST
Mrs. Effie York
Fifth Army
Mrs
Etta Barns
Mrs. Muser
Ya National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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