Eshelman Retires After 56 Years Leading Lyon Southeast
Fred Eshelman of High Point retires after 56 years guiding the Southeastern office of Lyon Furniture Mercantile Agency. A Pennsylvanian by birth, he moved with Trinity College to Durham and built a long career in furniture trade, civic work, church service, travel, and family ties in North Carolina.
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Trinity
Fred
Lebanon Valley College
Pennsylvania
Eshelmans
High Point
Trinity College
Durham
George H. Crowell
Steve” Clark
Capt
W. H. Snow
Fred Eshelman
High Point High School
University of North Carolina
Old Eagle Furniture Co
Columbia Furniture Co
Furniture Commercial Agency Co
Southeastern
Red Book
Lyon
Lyon Furniture Mercantile Agency
Eshelman
Consolidated Agencies
East Tennessee
Belk's
Wachovia Bank
S. Wrenn St
United States
Cary
Helen Bonner
O. B. Bonner
Woman's College of the
Buffalo
St. Louis
Alaska
Hawaii
Mexico
Cuba
Bahamas
Canada
Emerywood Country Club
Lyon Agency
Robert Marks
Enterprise
High Point Enterprise
J. A. Eshelman
South
Furniture South
Fred” Eshelman
Manufactuers
Mr. Eshelman
Poe
Henry van Dyke
Fred’' Eshelman
Boy, 10, Rescued After Quarry Sand Slide
WALNUT CREEK Calif AP Donald Blake ten was trapped by a sand and rock slide in a quarry. The rescue lasted about 45 minutes with about 100 men using shovels and three bulldozers. Dr Leopold Goldberg said the boy was in shock but expected to recover.
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Walnut Creek
Calif
Donald Blake
Leopold Goldberg
Tax Lists To Begin Monday In Guilford County
Tax lists start Monday across Guilford County for 1960 property listings. Residents of High Point and townships line up at the county courthouse windows as filings continue through January 31. Corporate listings occur in the tax supervisor’s office with locations varying by area.
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High Point
Guilford County
Tax Department
Morehouse
Gilmer
Cigarette Ignites Awning at Rose Marie Beauty Shoppe
A cigarette burned an awning at Rose Marie Beauty Shoppe on W Main Street, extinguished by water before firemen arrived. Probable cause is a lighted cigarette flipped onto the awning with minimal damage. A grass fire on a nearby tennis court caused only minor damage.
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Thomasville
Rose Marie
City Park
Saucers To Fly For Campaign Against Polio
Asheboro Randolph County began its "Saucers Flying for the March of Dimes" drive to raise 1961 funds for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. The campaign starts a day early due to New Year holiday and runs to month end with paper saucers dropped on Asheboro and other towns bearing campaign inscriptions.
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Asheboro
Randolph County
March of Dimes
National Foundation For
Boy And Dog Reunion Ends 400 Mile Homeward Trek
Alex Borsi a 13 year old from Jersey City traveled 400 miles to find Wanderer his dog left behind when his family moved from Buffalo New York The search drew police help and local news coverage Wanderer was found Friday morning and Alex planned to take the dog home with a large yard awaiting them The Borsi family are Hungarian refugees who fled Hungary in 1956.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Alex Borsi
Jersey City
N. J
Jeno
Wanderer
Borsi
Tonawanda
Alex
Borsis
Funeral for Jesse Hill Steed Held in Sechrest Chapel
Jesse Hill Steed, 70, of 302 Chestnut St., died after being admitted to High Point Memorial Hospital. A funeral service was conducted at 2:30 p.m. yesterday in Sechrest Chapel by Dr. George T. Tunstall and Rev. A J Argo. Burial followed at Guilford Memorial Park Cemetery with pallbearers Norman Elder Harold Davis Ray Copley C A Von Cannon Paul J Goble and John Sechrest.
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Jesse Hill Steed
Sechrest Chapel
George T. Tunstall
English Street Baptist Church
A. J. Argo
Hayworth Memorial Wesleyan Methodist Church
Guilford Memorial Park Cemetery
Norman Elder
Harold Davis
Ray Copley
C. A. Voncannon
Paul J. Goble
John Sechrest
Mr. Steed
Chestnut St
High Point Memorial Hospital
Funeral for Frank D. McKinnon at Penitostal Holiness Church
Funeral services were held yesterday at 2 30 p m for Frank D McKinnon 58 of 810 Tryon Street at the Pentecostal Holiness Church with pastors G F Overstreet and Philip Birchall officiating Pallbearers were R L Davis M M Strother Ernest Bogle N H Hicks W J Brooks and C K Luck Burial followed in New Hope Methodist Church Cemetery Davidson County McKinnon died Thursday evening after seven years of declining health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank D. McKinnon
Tryon St
Pentecostal Holiness Church
G. F. Overstreet
Philip Birchall
Ennis St
New Hope Methodist Church
Davidson County
Mr. McKinnon
Funeral services for Jack Gray White announced
Funeral for 30 year old Jack Gray White will be held today at 2 30 p m in the residence at 2411 Clifton St Rey. Frank Marks pastor of Hilliard Memorial Baptist Church and Rev Jimmy Hinson associate pastor of Green Street Baptist Church will officiate. Burial follows in the Mitchell Grove Methodist Church cemetery. The body will stay at Harold C Davis Chapel until 10 a m then move to the residence. White died at his home Friday morning after an extended illness.
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Jack Gray White
Clifton St. Rey
Frank Marks
Hilliard Memorial Baptist Church
Jimmy Hinson
Green Street Baptist Church
Mitchell Grove Methodist Church
Harold C. Davis
Mr. White
Funeral service for Sandy D. Jordan in Thomasville
Funeral for Sandy D. Jordan, 60, will be held today at 2 30 p m from J C Green and Sons Chapel. The service will be conducted by Reverend Donald Moore, pastor of Park Place Baptist Church.
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Thomasville
Sandy D. Jordan
J. C. Green and Sons
Donald Moore
Park Place Baptist
Funeral for Carl Winfield Hob Son Held at Union Grove
Funeral services for Carl Winfield Hobson 71 of Route 1 Boonville will be tomorrow at 2 30 p m from Union Grove Baptist Church Yadkin County with Rev J S Murphy Rev Jack Gentry and Rev R E Adams officiating. Burial follows in the church cemetery. The body was moved to the residence yesterday. Hobson died Thursday at Lula Conrad Hoots Memorial Hospital after three years of declining health and three months critical condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Winfield Hobson
Boonville
Union Grove Baptist Church
Yadkin County
J. S. Murphy
Jack Gentry
R. E. Adams
Mineral Springs Baptist Church
Mr. Hobson
Lula Conrad Hoots Memorial Hospital
Memorial service for Rev T C Vaughn and burial at Holly Hills
Mr. Jordan died Friday at City Memorial Hospital after an extended illness. Burial will be in Holly Hills Cemetery and the service will be conducted by the Ramseur church.
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T. C. Vaughn
Ramseur
Holly Hills Cemetery
Jordan
City Memorial Hospital
Burlington man Jimmy Monroe Maynard dies at 37
James Monroe Maynard 37 known as Jimmy died at his Burlington home at 2 43 a m after two years of declining health and a month in critical condition He owned Maynard Studio for six and a half years He is survived by wife Isabel Shaw Maynard his Burlington mother sister Mildred Lankford and three brothers Harold R Jerry Vance in Germany and Yeoman 2C Charles Ray USN Funeral at Rich and Thompson Chapel Burlington with ministers A C Starling Jr Carl H Stark and W G Smith and burial at Alamance Memorial Park
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James Monroe
Jimmy) Maynard
Rainey St
Burlington
High Point
Maynard
Vance Robert Maynard
Anna V. (Hill) Maynard
New Hope Baptist Church
Isabel Shaw Maynard
Sis‘ter
Mildred Lankford
Harold R
Yeoman
Charles Ray
USN
Key West
Fla
Jerry Vance
USA
Germany
Rich and Thompson
Alamance Memorial Park
A. C. Starling Jr
Carl H. Stark
Piedmont Presbyterian Church
W. G.smith
Highland Street Chapel
Record Traffic Deaths Reach 1960 High Point Toll
The article lists eleven fatalities from automobile accidents in High Point in 1960. It details Mrs Lawson and Mr Lawson injuries, Kizer Johnson Thomas as a city employee, Raeford Yarboro of Frank's Finance Co, David Lee Crisco, Robert Wayne Martin and others. It notes Thomas died April 30, Yarboro died on arrival, and totals show 315 injured and property damage of $495,305.14.
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Lawson
High High Point Memorial Hospital
Baptist
Thomas
Centennial Avenue
Rotary Drive
Creekside Drive
Rotaryrive
High Point Memorial Hospital
Raeford Yarboro
Ferndale Drive
Frank
Yarboro
David Lee Crisco
Rt. 3
Robert Wayne Martin
Whiteoak Street
Kivett Drive
Martin
High Point Hospital
Lois Mashburn
W. Green Street
John Campbell King
E. Commerce Street
High Point
Mrs. Mattie Porter Moore 85 Dies in Asheboro Hospital
Mrs. Mattie Porter Moore 85 of Asheboro died after a two week illness in a local hospital. Widow of Dr. W J Moore a Randolph County physician who died in 1931. Survived by two daughters Miss Evelyn Moore and Mrs Clarence Lovett two sons Wallace J W Coleman and Lt Col David L Moore in France eleven grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Funeral at First Methodist Church at 2 p m Monday with burial in City Cemetery. Pugh Funeral Home awaiting the body.
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Asheboro
Mattie Porter Moore
Cecil Hefner
Pugh Funeral Home
Miss Emma Ridge 75 Dies After Short Illness
Emma Ridge 75 of Rt 2 Randleman died in a local hospital after one day of illness. A native of Randolph County and longtime public school teacher, she taught 50 years in the area. She belonged to Farmer Methodist Church. Funeral at 3 p.m. today at Pugh Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Oaklawn Cemetery. officiated by Rev White and Rev Cecil Hefner.
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Asheboro
Emma Ridge
Rt. 2
Randleman
Elephant trunk rivals human hand in usefulness
The trunk of an elephant is described as capable of more functions and services than any other animal’s body part except the human hand, highlighting its versatility and strength.
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John Eshelman Sr
John Phillip Fishburn
America
John Phillip Jr
Washington
Valley Forge
Princeton
Yorktown
John Alfred Eshelman
Alfred Feerher Eshelman
Fredricksburg
Mary Catherine Ward Eshelman
Annville
Greensboro
William Cox
Hickory
Cox Manufacturing Co
Braxton Craven
Duke University
John Franklin Crowell
Esherman
Dr. Crowell
Helen
Johnson Street
John Alfred Eshelman Jr
Quaker Lane
Adams Millis Corp
Persian Gulf
Methodist Church
New York City
Woman’s College
Columbia
Scarritt College
Helen Bonner Eshelman
George Washington High School
New York
Woman's College
Columbia University
Rowan County
Salisbury
Presbyterian Church
Washington Street
Rotary Club
Elks Club
Elks Band
Executives Club
Chamber of Commerce
YMCA
Ymca Health Club
Fred N. Tate
Manufacturer
Y Gymnasium
Lake
Junaluska
Travel
Boy
Earth
General Electric
Weathertron
Ae Air Conditioning and Heating CO
N. Main ST
McKinnon Service
Jordan Service Today
Hobson
Jimmy Monroe
En Who
Miss Ridge
Time Books
Cecil
Office Equipment CO
S. Main ST
Rie
Perpetual
Fepetual Savings & Loan Association
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