Byrd Leavell died while visiting Culpeper
Byrd Leavell 86 of Culpeper Va died while visiting his daughter Mrs Louise L Blake in Thomasville. Funeral from St Stephens Episcopal Culpeper Thursday at 2 pm with Rev David Lewis officiating. Interment in Masonic Cemetery Culpeper. He served as assistant secretary of the Treasury under Woodrow Wilson and was Grand Commander of the Knights Templar of Virginia in 1933. He is survived by two daughters a son a sister and five grandchildren.
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Byrd Leavell
Thomasville
Culpeper
Louise L. Blake
St. Stephens Episcopal Church
David Lewis
Masonic Cemetery
Mr. Leavell
Amisville
John Minor Leavell
Louisa Amiss Leavell
Treasury
Woodrow Wilson
Knights Templar of
Virginia
Lucie Browning
Leavell
Nearolina
Mills Home
Henry D. Blake
Greensboro
Id S. Leavell
Charlottesville
Lizzie Leavell
Warrenton
Walter Branson 74 Dies. Longtime High Point Resident
Walter C. Branson 74 of 1312 Long St. died at 1 45 this morning in Oak View Rest Home after years of declining health. Born in Stokes County on August 29, 1881, he worked 27 years for Welch Furniture Company before retiring. He joined Flat Shoal Primitive Baptist Church in 1904 and later moved to High Point Primitive Baptist Church. Survived by a sister, half sister, four stepchildren, several nieces and nephews, and step grandchildren. Funeral arrangements incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter C. Branson
Long St
Oak View Rest Home
Mr. Branson
Stokes County Navy
J. Co
Sarah E. Bolling Branson
Cornelia Nelson Moran
Flat Shoal Primitive Baptist Church
High Point
High Point Primitive Baptist Church
Welch Furniture Company
A. R. Priddy
Route 1
Madison
J. A. Vernon
Route 6
Greensboro
C. C. Moran
Jamestown
Daniel Moran
Orlando
Fla
Doris Dunlap Dies in High Point Hospital
Doris Maxine Hendrix Dunlap, 29, of 1025% in High Point, died in a local hospital on December 28. She was married Sept 4, 1948 to Howard W. Dunlap and is survived by her son Stephen Wayne Dunlap, her mother Mrs. Mary L. Hendrix, her sister Mrs. Arthur Loveless, and her maternal grandmother Mrs. Maggie Hendrix. The body remains at Cumby Orrell Mortuary pending funeral arrangements.
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Doris Maxine Hendrix Dunlap
High Point
Howard W. Dunlap
Stephen Wayne Dunlap
Mary L. Hendrix
Arthur Loveless
William O Wall Dies at Trinity
William O Wall died at 11 45 am yesterday at his daughter Mrs 5 W Sumner s home on Route 2 Trinity He is survived by his second wife Lizzie Miller Wall two daughters Mrs Dock Rush and Mrs Sumner and several great grandchildren He was a Randolph County native and member of the church Interment is planned for the church cemetery with body to be taken to the Sumner home at 4 pm today
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Asheboro
William O. Wall
W. Sumner
Trinity
Sumner
Lizzie Miller Wall
Dock Rush
Ashe
Wall
Randolph County
T Church
Bobby Lyndon
Ed Maderis
S. W. Sumner
Church
Adventists Plan Institute For Church Officers
Elder C H Lauda of Charlotte will preside at a church officers institute at the Adventist Church on Maple Street. Officers from Winston Salem Greensboro Asheboro Burlington Lexington and Salisbury will attend after morning services and luncheon at the CA. The event is led by Elder Charles C Cress pastor of the local church.
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C. H. Lauda
Charlotte
Carolina Conference of Seventh Day Adventists
Adventist Church
Maple St
Winston-Salem
Greensboro
Asheboro
Burlington
Lexington
Salisbury
Charles C. Cress
Development Group Organizing Efforts in Thomasville
The Industrial and Commercial Development Committee of the Thomasville Chamber of Commerce meets at 4:30 to plan forming an industrial and commercial development corp. Co chairs are George L. Handley and Stuart Kennedy with Macon P. Miller Jr. to lead the effort.
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Thomasville
Miller
Department of Conservation and Development
Raleigh
Chamber of Commerce
Merchants Association
Development Corporation
Jll Perryman
The
First National Bank
Hundley
Kennedy
Homer Beck
J. C. Jerman
Hammett A. Cecil Jr
Harvey A. Carpenter Jr
Thomas A. Whicker
Cliff Black
C. R. Reed
John R. Perry
S. T. Stoker
Thomas Broos
Carl C. Wilson
State Industrial Development Corp
Cleaning carpet with new Agriculture Dept method
The Agriculture Department researchers developed a machine that pushes suds through carpet fibers and vacuums out dirt to restore brightness. The note adds assorted tidbits from a busy column including bee lifespans, an Arkansas legal case, and humorous observations.
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Dept. of Agriculture
Texarkana
Tex
England
U.S
Shelby Lawyer May Seek Seat In Congress
Shelby attorney Hugh Wells says he will announce in coming weeks whether he will challenge U S Rep Woodrow Jones in his bid for re election. Wells has practiced law in Shelby since 1952 and serves as chairman of the district Young Democrats and 2nd District vice president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce.
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Shelby
N.C
Hugh Wells
Woodrow Jones
Wells
11Th
Young Democrats
Chamber of Commerce
Fund Meeting Now Set For January 23
THOMASVILLE The local United Fund's annual meeting, postponed once, is set for Jan 23 in the City Hall courtroom at 4 30 pm. Harry Brown Finch, president, says new officers and 12 board members will be elected and a 1956 drive report will be presented. Nominating committee members are Mrs. Bob Powell, Joe Johnson and Dick Jenkins.
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Thomasville
United Fund
Harry Brown Finch
City Hall
Finch
Bob Powell
Joe Johnson
Dick Jenkins
Police Recover Stolen Auto and Arrest Man
City police early today recovered a four hour old stolen auto in Winston-Salem. Officers found the 1956 model on S Main Street near Blair Park with a Negro man in the car who first claimed to be George Washington then Melvin Johnson. Johnson allegedly used a duplicate key to steal the vehicle from a Winston-Salem car lot and was returned to that city to face auto larceny charges. Detectives also reported a pair of fender skirts stolen from Rex Gladson’s car.
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Winston-Salem
F. J. Winslow
S. Main St
Blair Park
Winstow
George Washington
Melvin Johnson
Winston-Saem
Johnson
Winston
Winston - Salem
Rex Gladson
Fire Deluge Destroys Back Porch to Attic on Spring St
Firefighters battled a blaze at 410 Short Spring St starting in the back porch toilet of a Negro tenant house and spreading to the attic and kitchen. Damage not estimated. the owner is W. W. Horton and occupant Sara Widicon.
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Short Spring St
W. W. Horton
Sara Widicon
Cousins Narrowly Escape Injury Near Bison
In Hennessey Oklahoma two teenage cousins nearly suffered serious injuries when a .22 rifle discharged as Leroy Fuksa 15 held the barrel and poked at brush. The bullet struck Bob Fuksa 14 in the right hand and then Dor Leroy wrist. both were treated and released from a doctor’s office.
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Hennessey
Okla
Bison
Leroy Fuksa
Bob Fuksa
Leroy
Revival Services At King's Chapel In Progress This Week
Revival services are in progress at King's Chapel Holiness Church at Moon and Davis Streets through Jan 29 with Evangelist Mae Lofton of New Bedford in charge. Evening services include Divine healing at 8 PM. The American Legion meets tonight at 8 PM at the YMCA.
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King’s Chapel
Holiness Church
Moon and Davis Sts
Mae Lofton
New Bedford
Mass
Legion
American Legion
YMCA
Abbey Clement Jackson
Louisville
Iny
George Viernen
Jackson
fHiome Anu Foreign Missionary Society
Ame
Zion
Daisy Robinson
Price St
Frele
First Baptist Church
A. B. Burnett
Lexington, Ky
Greenhill Dome
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Walter Branson
Doris Dunlap
Adventists Plan Institute For Church Officers
Soren Kierkegaarde
Tide’ Mag
Nikita Khrushchev
Stalin
Russia
Kremlin
Joe
Wce
Agate Ott
Congress
Sweetie Pie
Nadine Seltzer
SUES
Columbia Super Market
Oscar Mayer
Valleydale Pure
Carton
Chow Chow
Spring St
Cousins
Brotherhood
John Lowery
Lowery
Brotherhood Unmanuel Lutheran Church
Fellowship Hall
M. L. Aderholdt
New Orleans
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