Bryant Welch Vaughn Deaths In Thomasville Area
Curtis L Bryant 81 of Route 2 Thomasville died Thursday night after a four year illness Funeral services were held at Mt Zion Pilgrim Holiness Church with interment in the church cemetery Charles Banner Welch 81 of 100 Old Winston Rd died Friday in High Point Memorial Hospital Funeral services were at Spring Hill Methodist Church interment in Spring Hill Cemetery Joseph E Vaughn 80 former High Point resident and 20 year superintendent of the Southern Furniture Exposition Building died Friday in Portsmouth Va Funeral services set for tomorrow at 2 PM in Harold C Davis Chapel interment in Springfield Friends Cemetery
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Curtis L. Bryant
Thomasville
Route 2
Mt. Zion Pilgrim Holies Church
C. E. Apple
Glenn Lanier
First Methodist Church
T. R. York
St. Petersburg
Fla
W. T. Thompson
Foy Foust
Clarence Eddinger
I. E. Elliott
James Grubb
Harold Parks
Earl Nifong
Cletus Elbertson
Mr. Bryant
Charles B. Welch
Charles Banner Welch
Spring Hill Methodist Church
John H. Christy, Jr
Spring Hill
Sechrest Funeral Home
Mr. Welch
Winston Rd
High Point Memorial Hospital
Joseph E. Vaughn
Harold C. Davis
J. S. Gibbs
Lebanon Methodist Church
Springfield Friends Cemetery
J. W. Greenway
I. B. Ridge
Bill Frye
Gene Horney
R. W. Irving
Charlie Suttenfield
Mr. Vaughn
High Point
Southern Furniture Exposition
Portsmouth
Daugher
James A. Parks Dies in Wilmington Hospital
William A. Parks, 74, died yesterday morning at 8:15 at James Walker Hospital in Wilmington. He is survived by wife Mary Bean Parks, two daughters Myrtle Hutchens of High Point and Iris James of Winston-Salem, son Delmar Parks of Seagrove, four grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Funeral at Farlow's Funeral Home Asheboro tomorrow at 3 p.m. Burial Pisgah Methodist Church cemetery.
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James Arley Parks
James Walker Hospital
Wilmington
Mary Bean Parks
Myrtle Elizabeth Hutchens
High Point
Iris James
Winston-Salem
Delmar Parks
Seagrove
Farlow
Asheboro
Pisgah Methodist Church
Retired farmer Jesse Skeen dies at 88 in North Carolina
Jesse H. Skeen age 88 of Randolph County died Friday at Pine Forest Rest Home near Pleasant Garden after a month of illness. Survived by wife Grace Stuart, son Lester E. Skeen, nine grandchildren, eight great grandchildren, five daughters, four brothers, one sister, and one sister in law. Funeral at New Salem Methodist Church Sunday at 3 p.m. Rev. D G Bridger and Rev. Lake Wright will officiate. Interment Providence Church Cemetery.
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Greensboro
Jesse H. Skeen
Red Cross
Randolph County
Pine Forest Rest
Pleasant Garden
New Salem Methodist Church
Grace Stuart
Lester E. Skeen
Charlotte
Mary E. Bodenheimer
Kernersville
Anna Berry
Bertha Gray
Eula Pugh
Rosa Skeen
William Dean
Asheboro
E. L
High Point
Thomas
Enos
Trinity
Cora Sawyer
Thomasville
D. G. Bridger
Lake Wright
Providence Friends Church
Providence Church
Textile Workers Union abandons industry wide wage policy
New York January 5 The Textile Workers Union of America announced it will abandon its traditional demand for industry wide wage and fringe benefits in the woolen and worsted sector. General president William Jae said the decision came at a meeting at the Governor Clinton Hotel with delegates from 25,000 workers in 100 mills. The move follows a sharp contraction and changing nature of the woolen and worsted industry.
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New York
Textile Workers Union of America
William Jae
Governor Clinton
Publisher Appeals To White Citizens Council
Buford Boone, publisher of the Tuscaloosa News, urged the West Alabama Citizens Council to uphold law and order as integration at the University of Alabama becomes inevitable. He warned both sides must compromise and stressed open minds while recalling Autherine Lucy’s 1956 campus expulsion and urging orderly, lawful action.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Citizens Council
University of Alabama
Buford Boone
West Alabama Citizens Council
Autherine Lucy
Boone
Tuscaloosa County
Lucy
Textile Salaries Shine as South Engineers Stay Home
Clemson College survey shows textile graduates from 1940 to 1953 earning an average income around 90,000 dollars across cohorts, with 14 percent of 1900 to 1940 graduates earning above 25,000 yearly. Starting pay in 1955 ranged 325 to 400 dollars monthly for textile manufacturing, 375 to 425 for textile chemistry and textile engineering.
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Clemson
S. C
South
Clemson College
R. M. Cooper
South Carolina Development Board
South Carolina
Baruch Sells Plantation To His Daughter
Geogetown, S C January 5 Hoban Barony once owned by Bernard Baruch has been sold to his daughter Miss Belle Baruch. The December transaction covers 1408 acres and three islands completing years of sales by which Baruch divested Hobcaw holdings in Georgetown County. Miss Baruch now owns most of her father’s former estate and resides at Bellefield near Hobcaw.
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Georgetown
S.C
Hobcan
Bernard Baruch
Belle Baruch
Baruch
Hobeaw
Charles II of England
Lord Carteret
Carolinas
Fraser's Point
Hobcaw
Winyah Bay
North America
Bellefield
Actress Tells Of Kidnapping By 2 Gunmen
The actress described being kidnapped by two gunmen who called her, grabbed the phone, blindfolded her, and drove her to a hideout. They dumped her along a highway after radio reports made them flee. Jewelry was stolen from her home, including pearls, diamond earrings, and a ring. Her estranged husband Karl offered to pay a ransom but claimed he no longer loves her.
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Michael Wilding
Harold Plant
Richard D. Corn
Cora
Miss McDonald
Karl
Fight Results In Boy's Death In Gastonia
A 17 year old Negro boy Sam Kennedy was stabbed to death in a street fight in Gastonia North Carolina. Police held 17 year old Roger Hardin Jr for questioning. Both youths are from Gastonia.
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Gastonia
N.C
Sam Kennedy
Roger Hardin Jr
Raleigh Times announces staff changes in new edi torial shift
The Raleigh Times reveals further staffing moves after a fresh editor took charge. Bette Elliott becomes women’s editor replacing Nancy Diekett who moves to general assignments and features. Mae White shifts to cover state government and takes over Capital Bulletin Board. Herbert O’Keef Jr. becomes editor succeeding Mark Ethiridge Jr. who has resigned.
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Raleigh
Raleigh Times
Bette Elliott
State Capitol
the Times
Nancy Dickett
Mae White
Elliott
Capital Bulletin Board
Herbert O'Keef Jr
The
News and Observer
Mark Ethiridge Jr
Truck Driver Admits Theft From Phone Coin Boxes
Gastonia North Carolina officers say 29 year old truck driver John Louis Carrin of Greenville admitted robbing at least 50 telephone coin boxes in the past month from South Carolina to Maryland. Carrin was arrested near Spartanburg with 9700 in coins and a crow bar and claimed he could open and reseal boxes within 60 seconds.
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Spartanburg
Gastonia
N.C
Greenville
Baltimore
Ray Smith
G. C. Bates
John Louis Carrin
Carrin
U.S
South Carolina
Maryland
Smith
Bates
Missing 5 C Businessman Found In Ala
Aynor South Carolina January 5 An Aynor businessman missing since October 14 on a hunting trip was found in Montgomery Alabama where police identified him as Francis Marion Altman 34 He had been held in jail there since December 30 at his own request Amnesia suspected He recall being bitten by a snake and could not explain how he reached Montgomery FBI fingerprints confirmed his identity
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Aynor
S.C
Montgomery
Ala
E. P. Brown
Francis Marion Altman
Brown
Altman
FBI
Wadmacom Island
Santee
Georgetown
Capt
Suit Against Sheriff Moved to Rowan County
A suit for 310.2w was transferred from Cabarrus to Rowan County. Hoffman of Kannapolis challenged Sheriff Arthur J Shuping with fire transfer. Cabarrus Clerk Ray McEachern approved the move. Hoffman's attorneys appealed and Judge L Richardson Preyer granted the change.
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Salisbury
N.C
Hoffman
Kannapolis
Chaisinn
Rowan County
Arthur J
Cabarrus County
Ray McEachern
Rowan
L. Richardson Preyer
High Point Surgeons Charter NC Chapter At Duke Meet
The American College of Surgeons was chartered in Durham during its first annual meeting held on the Duke University campus. About 200 surgeons and guests attended lectures by Duke Medical School faculty, with the charter issued by Dr. Howard H. Bradshaw of Winston-Salem. Officers include President William H. Sprunt, Vice President George T. Wood, and Secretary-Treasurer Alexander Webb Jr. The day featured surgical observations at Duke and Watts hospitals, a business session, and a Hope Valley Country Club reception.
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Durham
American College of Surgeons
Duke University
Howard H. Bradshaw
Winston-Salem
Board of Governors
William H. Sprunt
George T. Wood
High Point
Alexander Webb Jr
Raleigh
Duke Medical School
Duke and
Watts
Hope Valley Country Club
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Edmund S. Muskie
Melinda
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James A. Parks
TWUA
Supreme Court
Council
United States
Boy
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Pharmacists
Parke, Davis & Company
Erin
Pretty Dixie Craver
Landis
Queen City
Mid-Plateau
Lakes Area
Pacific Northwest
Kentucky
Oklahoma
Oregon
Atlantic Seaboard
Upper Plains
Surgeons Charter
N. C
Duke Meet
Buick
Arke
W. F. Mauldin, Inc
High Point, N. C
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