Deaths and Funerals in North Carolina Reach Across Counties
Mrs. Cleo Perry aged 47 died at High Point Memorial Hospital after nine weeks of declining health. She was born in Davie County on September 5 1908 and survived by relatives in Statesville High Point and Indiana. Funeral arrangements set for Society Baptist Church with burial at its cemetery. Michael Ray Reece two months died at Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem. Alfred Martin Payne 86 died at High Point Memorial Hospital and funeral held at Mechanicsville Primitive Baptist Church with interment there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleo Perry
High Point Memorial Hospital
Davie County
Alice
Robert Safriet
Society Baptist Church
Statesville
W. R. Hicks
Cincinnati
Ohio
Alfred Evans
Route 4
May Griffin
G. H. Cunnagin
Indiana
J. O. Prather
High Point
Blandina Safriet
Mocksville
Sam Safriet
Lenoir
Clyde Safriet
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Prather
Arlington St
Thomasville
Michael Ray Reece
Billy R. Reece
Evelyn Chandler Reece
J. C. Green and Sons Funeral Home
Joel Tyson
Carolina Ave
Alfred Martin
Payne
Mechanicsville Primitive Baptist Church
D. A. O'Brien
L. T. Tucker
R. D. Newnam
Ernest Jones
Gurney Snider
Fred Gordy
H. M. Taylor
Luther Corn
Tom Sharpe
Jule Coe
City Court Stoppage Briefly Halts Local Proceedings
City Court halted for two weeks after a short criminal session. Judge Archie Myatt fined a man $35 and costs for tampering with another's vehicle. Doyle Bowman and Talmadge Gladden faced additional charges with sentences or fines, while Fred Carlile was fined $100 for drunken driving. The civil term opened under Judge Walter Crissman as bar association seeks more courtrooms to ease congestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archie Myatt
Doyle E. Bowman
Hedgecock
Lindale
Talmadge Gladden
Brooks St
Fred Lee Carlile
Hamilton St
Walter Crissman
High Point
Bar Association
Poemseng
Ace
Board of County Commissioners
Fire damages frame home in Thomasville
Fire damaged two rooms and an outside wall at 807 Fisher Ferry St across from the old Southside Baptist Church. Willie Simpson occupies the home owned by J. W. and W. C. Lomax. Preliminary investigation cited wiring in a television set as the likely fire source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Fisher Ferry St
Ise
Southside
Willie Simpson
J. W
W. C. Lomax
Bird blamed for passenger’s cold and bus crash claim
A man aboard a bus claims a guinea hen crashed through the windshield causing him injury and “great pain and suffering” and contributes to a severe cold from drafts. He sues the bus company for damages.
Man Charged With Assault With Knife In Thomasville
Johnny Maybin, 32, of 204 Church St., was arrested Sunday on charges of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill and drunkenness. Bonds totaling 350 were posted, with Maybin set to appear in court on December 19. Police report a separate drunken crash incident at 505 Jacob St. caused $160 in damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Johnny Maybin
Church St
Maybin
Henry Charles
Cose Maybin
Ag Ae
Harris
Jacob St
Ted Bond
Hodgin Named To Health Corps Post
Thomasville dentist Dr. Orin R. Hodgin has been named a senior dental surgeon in the U S Public Health Service reserve corps. Washington announced the promotion as part of a reserve expansion to provide trained personnel for critical emergencies including enemy attacks or natural disasters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Orin R. Hodgin
United States Public Health Service
Washington
The
Public Health Service
Hodgin
Mock St
Here
North Carolina Dental Society
United States
Wright Brothers Get Surprise Airmail Letter
An airmail letter mailed Nov 19 from the African Gold Coast to "Wright Three Brothers" arrives at Wright Patterson AFB. Kwabana Addinkroh of Osenasi asks for latest catalogs as the base public information office prepares aviation literature for the Wright brothers noting the joke about Orville and Wilbur having a brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Ohio
Wright Three Brothers
America
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Kwabana Addinkroh
Osenasi
U. S. Air Force
Wright
Pie topping fate and knife greasing affect serving
A brief note states that meringue topping on a pie will not pull away if the pie is cut with a well greased knife. It mentions a focus on dollar value in a confined phrase.
Twin City Coach Company Wins 15 Cent Fare Authorization
The North Carolina State Utilities Commission authorized Winston Salem City Coach Lines to adopt a 15-cent cash fare with free transfers on one day’s notice, overturning a prior order. School children keep 10 cents or four tokens for 25 cents. The commission estimates annual net income of 22 dollars for the company under the new structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Wston-Salem City Coach Lines
Inseparable Sisters From Nashville Pass Away Within Hours
Miss Mary Corcoran and her sister Nellie, both in frail health, died within minutes of each other in Nashville Tennessee. Mary had been home while Nellie studied at St Catherine's College Bardstown Kentucky. Nellie could not bear to live without Mary and followed her sister shortly after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Mary Corcoran
Nellie
St. Catherine's College
Bardstown
Miss Mary
Mary
Integration Arguments Scheduled
Federal Judge Robert L. Taylor hears arguments on issuing a final order in the Anderson County public school integration suit. NAACP and county counsel must appear to argue the question as the desegregation process continues following the 1954 Supreme Court ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville, Tenn
Robert L.taylor
Anderson County
Taylor
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Anderson
Oew County
Clinton High
U.S. 6Th Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S. Supreme Court
Business Comes To Abrupt End In Everett Jail Sting
Snohomish County Sheriff Bob Twitchell received a call about an Everett Herald ad offering car wash deals. A woman steered the Sheriff to park next to the county jail for a wash and a man named Jake Enfield. Enfield, a jail trusty, is serving six months for burglary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett
Wash
Snohomish
Bob Twitchell
Everett Herald
Bayview
Twitchell
Jake Enfield
Enfield
Open Sky Inspection Fight Launched at U.N. Assembly
United States pushes for U.N. endorsement of President Eisenhower's open sky plan to exchange aerial inspection rights and defense blueprints with the Soviet Union. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. challenged Moscow to drop opposition and join the West in openness for disarmament, aiming to prevent surprise attacks and curb nuclear weapons. The plan was first proposed at the Geneva summit and echoed by Stassen and Dulles in U.N. debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. S. Goldberg
United Nations
N.Y.P
United States
Fight Today
U.N. Assembly
Eisenhower
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
U.S
Assembly
Soviet Union
Lodge
Geneva
Harold E. Stassen
U.N
Dulles
Newsman Edwin Camp Dies at 73 in Atlanta
Edwin Camp former market editor and sports analyst for the Atlanta Journal died at Emory Hospital after a heart attack. He retired April 1, 1951, after 29 years at the paper and also worked as a radio broadcaster at WSB. Survivors include his wife, two daughters, two sisters, and three grandchildren. Funeral services set for 3 p.m. Tuesday at Spring Hill Funeral Home chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Edwin Camp
Emory Hospital
Atlanta Journal
WSB
Joel Chandler Harris
Uncle Remus
Robert H. Wright
Matthew M. Chapman
Nell Camp
Forrest Gardner
Hendersonville
N.C
Spring Hill Funeral Home Chapel
Lodge presses for broad disarmament plan approval
Lodge urged full Assembly approval of an expanded disarmament proposal including Soviet ground observer spots at rail centers and factories. He warned Moscow might shift positions again and backed a U.S.-British-French-Canadian resolution prioritizing the Eisenhower plan and allied inspection ideas in sub committee debates.
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Lodge
Soviet Union
Twenty-Five Car Pileup On New Jersey Turnpike
Twenty five cars piled end to end on the New Jersey Turnpike at Swedesboro causing minor injuries to 13 people. The incident began when a car stopped in the southbound lane and another failed to pull over. Twenty vehicles were towed as traffic backed four miles until clearance.
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Swedesboro
New Jersey Turnpike
Science Shrinks Piles New Way Without Surgery
New York special reports a healing substance, Bio-Dyne, shrinking hemorrhoids and relieving pain without surgery. Case after case shows reduction alongside pain relief with the Preparation H ointment form, money back guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York, N. Y
Canre Enery
Thomasville Churches Mark Centennial and Install Ministers
Three Thomasville churches observed a centennial of Methodism, a ground breaking for a new $135 000 church, and new pastors. Memorial Methodist Church hosted guest speaker Dr Gilbert T Rowe of Duke University with a reception. First Methodist Church broke ground at Sunrise and Wood for a new building. Rev M Teague Hipps attended. Heidelberg Evangelical and Reformed Church installed Rev Richard A Cheek succeeding retired Dr J A Palmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Asville
Memorial Methodist Church
Gilbert T. Rowe
Duke University
Main St. Methodist Church
Main St
Community Methodist Church
Sunrise Ave
Wood St
First Methodist Church
M. Teague Hipps
Methodist Church
Taylor St
H. Glen Lanier
Richard A. Cheek
Heidelberg Evangelical and Reformed Church
Mr. Cheek
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Mrs
Michael Reece
Alfred Payne
Municipal Court
Superior Court
Bird
Norah Prestwich
London
England
John Thomas Prestwich
Corpus Christi
Tex
London Daily Mirror
Texas
John
L. B. Jackson
Health Corps
Twin City Coach Company
U. 8
SUPER
High Point N. Main ST
COCA
COLAS
Wauguns Money
Iks
Fonfare
Vaughn
U.S. NO
Bordon Ballard
Pillsbury
Allied Wood Products CO
Rufus W. Reynolds
John R. Haworth
High Point, N
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