View Of Cuba Under Castro Described By Guilford Professor
Hiram H. Hilty, Guilford College Spanish professor, after a week in Cuba, said freedom prevails under Castro. He noted armed guards but no fear, less censorship, disarmed police, and a rebel army focused on morality and restraint. He disputed reports of thousands dead and described relief efforts, food abundance but clothing shortages, and US arms history.
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Hilty
Batista
Cuba
Castro
Huy
Santa Clara
United States
U. S
Red Cross
Committee For Emergency War Relief
Abandoned Mine Rescue Near Hillsville
Two 16 year olds were rescued from the Hoover Hill mine below Hillsville by Guil Randolph Rescue Squad members. Fire Chief Clyde Wilkerson Asheboro and Tommie York of Lee Street Asheboro aided, lowering into the mine, then lifting the youths via a large rope after the original line proved too short. The boys had used a flagpole rope to descend and refused to discuss why they explored the mine.
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Archdale
Hoover Hill
Hillsville
Guil Rand
Clyde Wilkerson
Asheboro
Tommie York
Lee Street
Joe Welborn
Ees
Wilkerson
Woman cleared in highway shooting near Baker Road
John A. Coates Jr. of Greensboro survived a near fatal shot while driving on Highway 29 near Baker Road. Deputies surrounded the area after the bullet struck his neck and lodged near the spine, with Mrs. Flora Fields later admitting firing at a dog from two feet away. Coates underwent emergency surgery and was reported off the critical list with prognosis good. The investigation pointed to an involuntary manslaughter charge for Fields if death resulted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker Road
John A. Coates Jr
Greensboro
Coates
Greensburgher
Memorial Hospital
Cordon
State Highway Patrol
Ed Fields
Flora Fields
Fields
Pretty Weather Tonight and Through the Week
Light rain is forecast tonight with some snow possible in the mix. Tuesday looks to remain rainy with a cooling trend into the week. Thursday cools further and more rain is expected over the weekend. Tonight lows 35 to 40, tomorrow highs near 44, with a 63 degree day today. Last night’s low was 28 and normals are 49 and 29.
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Bureau
Construction Permits Plunge Week Over Week
Construction permits totaled 15300 for the week with one residential permit for an 8 000 five room home at 518 Radford St by J B White. Repair permits reached 7300 led by a 1900 aluminum siding project at 309 Ennis St for Mrs Rebecca Anderson. Other repairs include 1500 at 519 Cable St for C V Hall and 1500 for a two room addition at 600 W Lexington Ave by Howard W Ritch. The week lifts the year to 646435. six months and three weeks total 4765405. the 12 month record is 7179204 set in 1958.
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Radford St
J. B. White
Ennis St
Rebecca Anderson
C. V. Hall
Cable St
Howard W. Ritch
Lexington Ave
Scout Goals For 1959 Set By Uwharrie Council
Scout Executive Bunn Hackney outlined 1959 aims for the Uwharrie Council. The five districts target 4 302 total scouters including 1 205 cub scouts 2 802 boy scouts and 295 Explorers. Goals also include 45 cub packs 117 scout troops 23 Explorer posts and 50 percent Camp Uwharrie participation with 75 percent unit representation. The leadership panel seeks 90 percent adult leaders with basic training and 28 percent of scouts reaching first class or higher by year end.
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Bunn Hackney
Uwharrie Council
Hackney
Uwharrie
Camp Uwharrie
Funeral today for ex resident of High Point
Funeral services for Mrs. John W. Cannon 57 former High Point resident who died Saturday in Cameron were held at Cameron Presbyterian Church with Rev A C Trivette officiating Burial followed at Cameron Cemetery Mrs Cannon lived here several years while her husband a longtime editorial and feature writer with the Greensboro Daily News ran the newspaper bureau in town
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John W. Cannon
High Point
Cameron
Cameron Presbyterian Church
A. C. Trivette
Cameron Cemetery
Miss Lottie Mae Davidson Rites Delayed Await Brother
Funeral arrangements for Miss Lottie Mae Davidson 36 of 310 Spring Street are incomplete. She died Saturday after a six day illness. Services will be delayed until her brother arrives from Germany and the body remains at J. C. Green and Sons Funeral Home.
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Thomasville
Lottie Mae Davidson
Spring St
Germany
J. C.green and Sons Funeral Home
James A. Jones Retired Cabinetmaker Dies in High Point
James Alexander Jones 78 of 500 Fisher St. died today at High Point Memorial Hospital at 9 am after a period of declining health. A Mt. Airy native born Nov 15 1880 he lived in High Point 30 years and was a retired cabinet maker and Methodist lay leader. He married Cora Lee Barns in 1904 and leaves his wife five daughters and other relatives. Funeral services were set for Lebanon Methodist Church with Rev. Kenneth Crouse.
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James Alexander Jones
Fisher St
High Point Memorial Hospital
Mr. Jones
Carroll County
Robert
Nancy Emily Gwinn
High Point
Mt. Airy
Methodist Church
Lebanon Methodist Church
Cora Lee Barns
Doris Gallimore
Gladys
Five Counts Filed After Auto Chase
State highway patrolmen filed five charges against Robert Carson Jarvis 27 of Wilkesboro after forcing his auto to stop. Florida officers reported the car was stolen in Daytona last Monday. Jarvis already faced larceny and traffic counts with a $1000 bond. He allegedly obtained keys to the Daytona car with a bogus check and drove off after a months long West Coast tour. Investigators linked a spree of vending machine thefts to a possible gang using stolen autos.
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Robert Carson Jarvis
Wilkesboro
Florida
Daytona
Dave Mount
Bill Lundy
Jarvis
High Point
Greensboro
Sedgefield
Daytona Auto
Vis
Southern Retail Florists Meet Plans Design School
The executive board led by Jake Hamilton of Gadsden presided at the semi annual gathering in Atlanta. Discussion centered on planning the Florist Design School to be staged at the Atlanta Biltmore Hotel with input from district directors Robert C. Cherry Jimmy Williams and James A Hartman. The group notes the association comprises about 1700 members across 12 southern states. A separate report to Charlotte and Roy Johnson noted car thefts with fender skirts removed from a Leonard Street vehicle.
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Southern Retail Florists
Jake Hamilton
Gadsden
Ala
Association
Atlanta-Biltmore
Allan
Robert C. Cherry
Paducah, Ky
Jimmy Williams
Tampa
Fla
James A. Hartman
Elkins
W. Va
Florists Telegraph Delivery Association
Barney Finger
Charlotte
Southern Association
Queen City
Southern Retail Florists Association
Funeral rites for Mamie S McDowell in Fairview Church
Mamie Silman McDowell, widow of Alfred L McDowell, died at High Point Memorial Hospital at 10 p.m. after her illness. Funeral services were to be held at 3 p.m. in Fairview Methodist Church with Rev. Carl Lain and two other ministers officiating. Interment followed at Oakwood Memorial. A Fairview resident for 26 years.
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Mamie Silman McDowell
Fairview Methodist Church
Carl Lain
Spencer
Austin
Oakwood Memorial
McDowell
Alfred L. McDowell
High Point Memorial Hospital
Fairview
Trinity
Mrs. Cecil's Father Dies In Hospital
Artis Cozart Koontz 82 retired farmer of Providence Church near Statesville died in a Mocksville hospital. Survived by three children, a foster son, four brothers, two sisters, a step daughter, and a large extended family. Interment in Salem Church Cemetery Mt Airy. services at church with body at Sechrest Funeral Home.
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Statesville
Artis Cozart Koontz
Providence Church
Mocksville
Bear Creek
Route 1
Arthur Koontz
Columbus
Ohio
Minnie Cecil
High Point
Floyd Parker
Winston-Salem
Harvey Koontz
Nobel
John Koontz
Winston Sa‘lem
Gene Koontz
Lexington
Ernest Koontz
Louisville
Lizzie Payne
Everette Bailey
Princeton
W. Va
Ben Bishop
Tampa
Fila
Salem ‘Church
Mt Airy
Sechrest Funeral Home
Thomasville man Grover Gailey dies at 69
Grover Sylvester Gailey 69, of Route 4 Thomasville, died Sunday morning at Mercy Hospital Charlotte after years of decline. Born October 23, 1889 in Commerce, he was a retired hosiery worker and a Mt Olive Baptist Church member. He leaves Maggie Bell Gailey, wife, plus sons Ploud A. Gailey and William Allen Gailey, daughters Pauline Edmonds and another Gailey, and several grandchildren and siblings. funeral Tuesday at 2.00 PM.
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Grover Sylvester Gailey
Route 4
Thomasville
Mercy
Charlotte
Commerce
W. P
Hattie Ray Gailey
Gail
High Point
Gailey
C. H. Gailey
Pensacola
Death of Mrs Mary Ty sor Deaton at 58 in Asheboro
Mrs Mary Ty sor Deaton, 58, of Asheboro died at 4 55 pm in Randolph County Hospital after six weeks of serious illness. Native of Randolph County she leaves one son C Frank Deaton of Sea Grove Route 1 four sisters Mrs W C Presnell Miss Golda Tysor Route 1 Seagrove Mrs Dal K Rich and Mrs Eugenia Meacham all of Asheboro three brothers Ray Tysor of Greensboro Wade and Joe Tysor of Asheboro and one grandson. She belonged to Mt Olivet Methodist Church and had lived in Asheboro 18 years. Funeral services set for 2 pm Tuesday at Mt Olivet Methodist Church. Burial planned for nearby cemetery.
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Asheboro
Mary Tysor Deaton
Randolph County Hospital
Randolph County
C. Frank Deaton
Route 1
Seagrove
Pennsville
N. J
Golda Tysor
Dal K. Rich
Eugenia
J C Shoaf 73 Lexington Dies In Hospital
Joseph Conrad Shoaf 72 of Lexington dies at 6 40 p m Saturday in Lexington Memorial Hospital after months long illness. Survived by son J Corbet Shoaf Route 3 Lexington brother Walter Ray Shoaf Fayette Mo sister Mrs Harvey S Beck R Farris. Burial in Lexington City Cemetery. Member of First Lutheran Church. Former Dixie Furniture Co employee for 53 years.
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Lexington
Joseph Conrad Shoaf
Lexington Memorial Hospital
J. Corbet Shoaf
Route 3
Walter Ray Shoaf
Fayette, Mo
Harvey S. Beck
R. Farris
B. S. Brown
Benny Crawford
Lexington City
First Lutheran Church
Dixie Furniture Co
Uwharrie Lake Camp Dredging Underway For New Facilities
Workers begin a dredging operation to remove about 6 000 cubic yards of silt from Camp Uwharrie Lake to create a mud free bottom. A new 10 acre lake is planned with a 500 foot dam and a fund drive of $50 000 by February 15 to cover the lake dining hall water system and other improvements. Local district meetings set to organize the campaign in High Point and other towns.
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Camp Uwharrie
Buan Hackney Jr
Hackney
High Point
YMCA
Baxter Freeze
Thomasville
Lexington
Salisbury
Mocksville
Small Boys Start Fires at Blair Park and Nearby
Youths playing with matches caused a grass fire near Blair Park and another on Clin ton Street with minor damages. Investigators planned to recheck a two alarm Tate Street blaze that destroyed a 7500 square foot warehouse with undetermined cause and possible arson.
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Kearns Street
Clinton Street
Tate St
Davidson County Teachers Set Reading Demonstration
Davidson County third grade teachers from Reedy Creek Arcadia Welcome Midway Wallburg Pilot and Fair Grove schools are invited to a reading demonstration at Hasty School on January 27. Principal Elvin Arrants says Iris Covey from a publishing firm will lead using Mrs D C Veach’s pupils. Miss Julia Wetherington may attend. Mrs Lois Reich supervises the program. A discussion follows the demonstration and refreshments will be served.
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Thomasville
Reedy Creek
Arcadia
Welcome
Midway
Wallburg
Pilot
Fair Grove
Hasty School
Elvin Arrants
Iris Covey
D. C. Veach
Veach
Arrants
Julia Wetherington
State Board of Education
Lois Reich
Davidson County
Covey
Prayer for TODAY from Anderson minister quotes moral courage
A short devotional prayer asks for moral courage and a search for light, invoking the Spirit that moved in the boy Jesus at age twelve in the temple. The closing blessing asks that the truth which makes men free become both goal and saving possession through Christ.
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Jesus
Temple
Christ
W. Dale Oldham
Anderson
Ind
Park Place
Church of God
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Langdon Ammen
Britain
South
Meeting of Friends
Hiram H. Hilty
Randolph
Tered Coate
James A. Jones
Southern Retail Florist Assn
A. E. Williams
Roland Hop
David Cox
English St
Phillips and
English Streets
S. Main Street
Smith & Ward
West End
Roy Johnson
Leonard St
A. L. McDowell
Cecil
Grover Gailey
Mary Deaton
J. C. Shoaf
Uwharrie Lake
Blair Park
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