Deaths and Funerals Samuel Blakley Dies In Thomasville
Samuel Wright Blakley 87 retired farmer of Clemmons died at City Memorial Hospital Thomasville after a heart attack at his daughter's home Tuesday morning. Born July 26 1869 in Surry County he lived mainly in Forsyth County and was a member of Clem ons Baptist Church. Survived by wife Flora Ann Yates seven sons and daughters and numerous grandchildren. The funeral is set for Centenary Methodist Church Clemmons Thursday at 2 PM with burial in the church cemetery.
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Thomasville
Samuel Wright Blakley
Clemmons
City Memorial Hospital
A. Clyde Jones
Wheatmore Farm
Trinity
Surry County
Jesse Robert Blakely
Emily Easter Baker Blakley
Forsyth County
Flora Ann Yates
Tom Trent
Kernersville
Glenn Crane
M. A. Blakley
Clemmson
C. C. Blakley
Lexington
Eugene Blakley
Hillsboro
J. W. Blakley
Reidsville
Horace E. Blakley
Advance
Ernest W. Blakley
W. H. Moore
Bethania
Charlie Blakley
Lynchburg
S. S. Blakley
Monroe A. Blakley
Centenary Methodist Church
Ceme
Mary Hester Hester Succumbs at 74 at Maryfield
Mrs Mary Witcher Hester 74 of 204 Jamestown Rd High Point died at Maryfield Convalescent Home Tuesday at 3 55 pm after five years of declining health and four months critical condition. Born Oct 18 1882 in Guilford County she lived in this area all life except four years. Surviving are four sons and seven daughters two brothers two sisters 28 grandchildren 13 great grandchildren. Funeral Thursday 2 30 pm Hickory Chapel Wesleyan Church pastor E Parker Buck. Interment church cemetery. Body at Cumby Mortuary until 30 minutes before service.
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Mary Witcher Hester
Jamestown Rd
Maryfield
Guilford County
William and
Purcilla Spoon Witcher
W. A
R. H. Jester
Jamestown Road
High Point
C. R. Hester
J. W. Hester
Glendale
Ariz
Vera Michael
Edith York
Mozelle Faircloth
Iola Pinkston
Augusta
Bertha Winslow
Kivett Drive
Ruth Leonard
Jamestown
Evelyn Cowan
J. H. Witcher
J. O. Witcher
Asheboro
Walter Stroupe
Mattie Carden
Hickory Chapel Wesleyan Methodist Church
E. Parker Buck
Cumby
Princess Grace Delivers Baby Daughter in Monaco
Monaco residents gathered as cannon salutes rang over the 367 acre principality. Princess Grace’s baby girl arrived as Paris gynecologist Emile Meme and Monacan Charles Bernasconi attended. John B. Kelly lamented missing a boy and noted Grace’s growing number of daughters.
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Aristotle Onassis
Sir Bernard Docker
Paris
Emile Meme
Monacan
Charles Bernasconi
John B. Kelly
Grace
Philadelphia
Kelly
Margaret
Margaret Kelly
Carlo
Cen
Richard A. Hanes Dies of Heart Attack at 69 in Thomasville
Richard A. Hanes 69 of Lexington Road Thomasville died Tuesday afternoon from a heart attack while hunting near Midway. Born July 27 1887 in Davidson County he lived in Thomasville most of his life. Survived by wife Malissa Ree Hedrick a son Reid A. Hanes a sister and a brother and a granddaughter. Funeral arrangements pending at J C Green and Sons Funeral Home.
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Thomasville
Richard A. Hanes
Lexington Road
Midway
Mr. Hanes
Davidson County
Matthew and
Mary Virginia Wagner Hanes
Memorial Methodist Church
Masonic Lodge
N. J
J. T. Jackson
Lexington
John Wesley Hanes
Route 1
J. C. Green and Sons Funeral Home
Furniture Market Sees Sellers Face Buyer’s Market in 1957
SAFA president Willis warns of a tightening market with higher prices and rising savings as 1957 may offer a breathing spell for business. He notes furniture retailers struggle to capture spendable income, while designers pivot to casual living and Danish French and Early American styles. Greensboro dealers optimistic about NC sourcing and service framing sales.
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SAFA
Boyd Barker
Guilford Galleries
Greensboro
North Carolina
Barker
W. W. Shope
Weaverville
Agricultural fairs attract six times MLB gate income
Agricultural fairs draw gate receipts six times the annual major league baseball gate, according to estimates from es.
Eisenhower Sees Inflation Risks and Economic Plan
President Eisenhower urged wage agreements tied to productivity and price stability while pushing Congress to study money and credit policies. He noted high installment debt and housing loan barriers, proposed a citizens commission, and outlined 38 recommendations, including anti trust tools and small business support. Exports hit 23 billion and imports 20 billion, records.
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Eisenhower
Ng Standrm Selanticg
Federal Reserve Board
Congress
State of the Union
Small Business Administration
Organization For Trade Corporation
Market Slightly Higher On Rails And TV Shares Rally
The market moved up modestly in early trading aided by gains in rail stocks and the Zenith radio television division. Major rails like Northern Pacific and Chesapeake & Ohio rose about a point, while Zenith jumped over two points. oils, aircraft, and metals showed mixed results and the Associated Press index edged up to 175.80 at noon amid light volume.
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New York
Eisenhower
Congress
Northern Pacific
Chesapeake & Ohio
Baltimore & Ohio
Southern Railway
Santa Fe
El Paso /Natural Gas
American Smelting
RCA
Fairbanks, Morse
Boeing
United Aircraft
Associated Press
Dow Jones Averages and Listed Stocks Snapshot
Dow Jones averages show morning and noon levels with a closing total for 30 industrials at 477.49 and rails at 149.50. The list includes Burlington Mills Chrysler New York Central Carolina Light & Power Douglas Aircraft DuPont Dow Chemical Eastern Airlines Consolidated Edison Eastman Kodak Greyhound General Dynamics General Electric Gulf Oil General Motors Goodyear International Harvester International Tel Tel Standard Oil Johns Manville Loew s Phillips Petroleum Pennsylvania Railway Pepsi Cola Procter & Gamble among others with various percentage changes.
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Burlington Mills, Corp
Chrysler Corp
New York Central AR
Carolina Light & Power
Douglas Aircraft
DuPont de Nemours
Dow Chemical
Eastern Airlines
Consolidated Edison
Eastman Kodak
Greyhound Corp
General Dynamics
General Electric
Gulf Oil
General Motors
Goodyear Tire & Rubber
International Harvester
International Tel. & Tel
Standard Oil Co
Jones Laughlin
Budget Foreshadows Ike Economic Views
President Eisenhower’s budget message foreshadows his economic stance, signaling continuation of good times with inflation risks. Deliberations among businessmen and bankers focus on inflation versus deflation and tight money versus expansion to retrench. Fed officials push tight money while others warn about wage and price inflation and housing finance policy.
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Sam Dawson
New York
Eisenhower
Congress
New York Federal Reserve
Chicago Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Board
Veteran Administration
Fedan Reserve
No Kidnap Indictments Returned
Los Angeles County 1956 grand jury adjourned after a three day hearing on Marie McDonald case without indictments. Foreman Warren Thorne said jurors believed a serious crime may have occurred but 12 could not agree an indictment would help apprehend or convict those responsible. Jury urged continued police work and Marie McDonald plans to raise rewards. lawyer Jerry Giesler said investigations would continue.
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Los Angeles
Marie
McDonald
Warren Thorne
John Doe
Jerry Giesler
William H
Parker
Mother of Local Resident Dies in Greenville Tenn
Mrs. Matt Cox, 70, mother of Jack M. Cox of Chesnut Street Ext., died this morning in Greenville, Tennessee after several days illness. Survived by husband Matt Cox and other children and grandchildren. Funeral Friday at 2 30 p.m. in Greenville with interment at family plot. The fossil tree Callixylon, oldest known, is at Ada Oklahoma estimated 350000000 years old.
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Matt Cox
Jack M. Cox
Chesnut Street
Ext
Greenville
Tenn
High Point
Ada
Okla
Cotton futures open lower then near steady
Cotton futures opened ten cents a bale lower and closed near unchanged with March at 34.43 44, May 34.48, July 33.36, and March 33.21. Corporate quotes show a mixed trading day alongside industrials like American Telephone and Telegraph and United States Steel.
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New York
Vk Bomb Seebs
Gabherve
Sears Roebuck
Southern Railway
American Tel. & Tel
the Texas Co
Union Carbide & Carbon
United Aircraft Corp
Westinghouse Electric Co
U. S. Steel
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
F. W. Woolworth Co
Bomber To Be Examined for Bellevue Hospital Commitment
Assistant District Attorney Karl Grebow consented to immediate commitment for the bomber Metesky to Bellevue Hospital. Schmier described Metesky as a pronounced mental case unable to distinguish right from wrong and suffering a severe psychosis with a persecution complex. Magistrate Reuben Levy noted the acts suggest a deranged mind.
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Bellevue Hospital
Asst
Karl Grebow
Schmier
Metesky
Bellevue
Reuben Levy
Dristan Decongestant Tablets Marketed Without Prescription
Public notice announces a new tablet called Dristan that untangles nasal congestion in colds without a prescription. Medical trials claim rapid relief from stopped and running nose, with effects lasting hours, and it features a unique three component formula. Sold at drug stores for 98 cents through Whitehall Pharmacy Company.
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New York
N. Y
Whitehall Pharmace Company
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Samuel Blakley
Mary Hester
Furniture
Ike
Zenith
Radio-Tv
Bache & Company
American Can Co
Allied Chemical
American Tobacco Co
Bethlehem: Steel
Dow-Jones
Bache & Co
Business Mirror
Gilbert E. Marsh
Vine Street
Davis Patrol & Detective Agency
Privavestigating—Criminal, Civil, &Co
Jages
Davis
Gilbert
N. Main ST
City of
H. A. Wood
High Point Township
W. F. Hester
Zett
Duke Power Company
Same
Aadagat Corsleras
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