Multiple Funerals Set Across Local Churches
Death notices report funeral services for Martha Blair Davis Jones 39 of Rt 4. John Strickland Sr. 56 of 117 Camden Ave.. Tony Ralph Heath 17, killed in an accidental shooting. and Isom Everett Wagoner 57 of 1302 W. Green St. Services listed at Marlboro Friends Meeting House First Church of Christ Ennis Street Wesleyan Methodist Church and Calvary Temple Baptist Church with multiple pastors officiating and interments at Floral Garden Park Cemetery Oaklawn Cemetery family plots.
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Martha Blair Davis Jones
Marlboro Friends Meeting House
Bob Medford
Hubert C. Clinard
Fairfield Methodist Church
Mike Tuttle
Jones
Luther Jones
Rt. 4
John Strickland Sr
First Church of Christ
James McClure
Thomas S. Haggai
Emerywood Baptist Church
Floral Garden Park Cemetery
Sechrest Funeral Home
Mr. Strickland
Camden Ave
High Point Memorial Hospital
Thomasville
Tony Ralph Heath
Calvary Temple Baptist Church
D. W. Long
W. J. Sykes
Austin Jarrett
C. A. Brady
J. R. Troxler
Arlen Leonard
Wayne Carter
J. D. Rowe
Oaklawn
Spray
Funeral services for Henry Burton and Maranda Lawson scheduled
Funeral for Henry Albert Burton aged 67 will be at 3 p.m. today in Sechrest Chapel with burial at Mechanicsville Primitive Baptist Cemetery. He died at 7:50 a.m. in Piedmont Memorial Hospital Greensboro. Funeral for Maranda F Craughn Lawson at 3:30 p.m. from Cumby Chapel, burial at Floral Garden Park Cemetery. She died Friday at Baptist Hospital after a car crash Thursday.
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Henry Albert Burton
Sechrest Chapel
George T. Tunstall
English Street Baptist Church
Mechanicsville Primitive Baptist Church
Sechrest Funeral Home
Mr. Burton
Williard St
Greensboro
Piedmont Memorial Hospital
Maranda F. Craughn Lawson
Cumby Chapel
C. R. Ritch
Highland Baptist Church
W. R. Pugh
Cloverdale Church of
Mrs. Ollie Mae Hamilton Denny 65 Dies in High Point
Mrs Ollie Mae Hamilton Denny 65 of 425 Willowbrook Street died Friday near midnight at High Point Memorial Hospital after five months of declining health and five days in critical condition. Born January 24 1895 in Independence Missouri she was a Methodist. Survived by husband Robert S Denny one daughter Margaret Davis Independence Mo two brothers Hayden Hamilton Independence Mo Jay Hamilton California one sister in Missouri and two grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. Body at Cumby Mortuary.
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Ollie Mae Hamilton Denny
Willowbrook S
High Point Memoria Hospital
Independence
Denny
High Point
Robert S. Denny
Margaret Davis
Hayden Hamilton
Jay Hamilton
California
Missouri
Cumby Mortuary
Solve A Crime Solution
Blood stained car rear suggests the victim had not been dead long when found by Eilers, contradicting his claim of time since death. The scene implies recent violence and ongoing bleeding.
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Eilers
Mrs Landreth Dies At Home Of Her Son
Mrs. J. O. Landreth 84 died at her son T. L. Landreth’s home in Greensboro Rt. 8 at 5 05 p m after four months illness. She lived with her son for 28 years and was born Feb 17 1876 in Stokes County. She was a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church. Surviving are four sons two daughters and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. The body will be returned to T. L. Landreth’s home at 3 p m today from Siler Funeral Home.
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Thomasville
J. O. Landreth
T. L. Landreth
Greensboro
J. A. Middleton
High Point
Charlie Dodson
Madison
Ellen Vernon
Rosa Dodson
Siler Funeral Home
Death claims Robert Moore at his home
Robert Oscar Moore, 74, died at his home at 143 W Lexington Ave yesterday evening after years of declining health. Born August 30, 1886 in Davidson County, he lived in High Point for 40 years and was a Primitive Baptist. He married Lillie Benton on September 15, 1921, and is survived by his wife, a daughter, two brothers, and two sisters. Funeral is tomorrow at 3 at the residence, with burial in Floral Garden.
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Robert Oscar Moore
Lexington Ave
Davidson County
Abijah
Margaret Albertson Moore
High Point
Lillie Benton
Lillie Mae Eldridge
Woodrow Avenue
Vernie Moore
W. Lexington Avenue
Monroe Moore
Country Club Drive
Lee Payne
Carl Swaim
Floral Garden Park Cemetery
U N committee votes against advance news censorship
A United Nations committee rejected a proposal for advance censorship of news comments and political opinions. The 39 22 vote included 15 abstentions and 23 countries absent. The Soviet bloc United States several African and Middle East nations opposed the measure sponsored by eight Latin American countries.
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United Nations, N. Y
U.N
United States
Middle East
Denton Man Robert Harris Dies at 48
Robert Glenn Harris 48 of Rt 2 Denton died suddenly at 1 pm. He was born Oct 10 1912 in Davidson County. A salesman, he belonged to Denton Baptist Church and the Denton Lions Club. Survived by wife Pearl and three daughters, two brothers, one sister, and one grandchild. Funeral 3 pm Monday at First Baptist Church Denton with burial in Denton Cemetery.
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Denton
Robert
Bob) Glenn Harris
Rt. 2
Harris
Davidson County
Will T
Dollie
Daniel)Harris
Denton Baptist Church
Denton Lions Club
Pearl ‘Peacock Harris
J. W. ‘Thompson
Graham
Sherrra Ann
Barbara Harris
Lee
Concord
Wade Harris
Albemarle
Charlie Lambeth
First Baptist Church
George Shore
Fred Duckett
South Hill
Denton Cemetery
Car Crash in Tucson Injures Public Property
Bernard R. Intogna 24 loses control of his car in Tucson. He jumps a curb roars through a parking lot smashes a bus bench tears down a cyclone fence at a gas station destroys 12 feet of hedge and crashes into a tree.
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Tucson
Ariz
Bernard R. Intogna
J i
Hospital Patient Cletus Mills at Cone Memorial
Cletus Mills was admitted to Cone Memorial Hospital in Greensboro on Saturday. He is expected to remain a patient for about two weeks and resides at 816 Pinecroft Street.
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Cletus Mills
Cone Memorial Hospital
Greensboro
Mr. Mills
Pinecroft St
Staton Baby Dies At Birth
Infant daughter of Donald L. and Patricia Sugg Staton born dead at High Point Memorial Hospital. Survived by parents a brother Craig Staton a sister Pamela Staton paternal grandmother Mrs J C Allen High Point maternal grandfather J T Sugg Ellerbe and maternal grandmother Mrs Leota Sugg High Point. Graveside services at Floral Garden Park cemetery at 4 30 p m with Rev Jimmy Hinson officiating. Body remains at Harold C Davis Chapel until service.
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Donald L
Patricia Sugg Staton
Winslow St
High Point Memorial Hospital
Craig Staton
Pamela Staton
J. C. Allen
High Point
J. T. Sugg
Ellerbee
Leota Sugg
Floral Garden Park
Jimmy Hinson
Green Street Baptist Church
Harold C. Davis
Drug Sales Grow From 300 Million to Nearly Two Billion
A pre war period shows U S drug industry sales around 300 million dollars annually. By 1958 sales rose to nearly two billion dollars, reflecting substantial growth in the pharmaceutical market.
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U. S
Escaped convict sought after two assaults and wreck
Police hunt Hillard V. Biddix 25 of Franklin Street in connection with an attempted armed robbery at College Village Shopping Center on Friday night. A stolen 1958 Oldsmobile driven by an injured man crashed on Lexington Avenue after the holdup. Detectives say the incident began around 9 20 p m with two women he attempted to rob. one woman struck him and he fled. No sexual assault indicated, authorities say.
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Lexington Ave
Nue
Hillard Valley Biddix
Franklin Street
Albemarle
College Village
Donald Wheeler van Loan
Lexington Avenue
Emerywood Country Club
van Loan
Parkway Drive
James A. Collins
Circle Drive
Paul Shelton
Avondale Drive
Biddix
Hearing Set In Goldfine Case
A court hearing is ordered for next Wednesday on a petition to release Bernard Goldfine from St Elizabeths Hospital in Washington. The Boston industrialist has been confined since Oct 18 after a federal court ruled him mentally incompetent to stand trial on income tax evasion charges. Attorney Edward Bennett Williams says Goldfine is being held illegally and his ability to stand trial is deteriorating.
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Washington
Bernard Goldfine
Boston
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Federal
U. S
Edward Bennett Williams
Goldfine
Fremont's 1843 Utah Visit Shapes Mormon Settlement
John C. Fremont explored the Great Salt Lake region in 1843 and his descriptions influenced Brigham Young. Young chose the lake area as a settlement site guiding early Mormon pioneer travel and colonization plans.
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John C. Fremont
Utah
Great Salt Lake
Brigham Young
Lake
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Martha Jones
John Strickland
Tony Heath
Isom Wagoner
Isom Everett Wagoner
Ennis Street Wesleyan Methodist Church
Philip Birchall
Mr. Wagoner
W. Green St
Henry Burton
Mrs. Maranda Lawson
R. S. Denny
Fair Grove
Royalty
Kings
Fair Grove School
Donnie Embry
Jeanette Carter
Queen
Ginger Evans
King and Queen
Pat Cline
Harrell Ally
Odell Smith
Robert Moore
Bob Harris
Staton
Davis
Patrol & Watchman Service
Jack S. Davis
Slipper Horns
Washington St
General Electric
College Street
Piedmont
West Washington St
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