Deaths and Funerals for Foster W West and Maggie Evans
Funeral services for Foster W West age 53 were held at Cloverdale Church of the Living God with multiple pastors presiding. Interment followed at Floral Garden Park Cemetery. Also honored, Maggie Lee Evans age 69, widow of D Evans, had services at Green Street Baptist Church with pallbearers named from the Morris family. She died at High Point Memorial Hospital after a two year decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foster W. West
Cloverdale Church of the Living God
Worth R. Pugh
Eston Highfill
Austin Brady
State Conference
G. F. Overstreet
Pentecostal Holiness Church
J.S. Cranfield
Jesse Highfill
Sam Proctor
Harvey Slack
Raleigh Hayden Jr
Albert Perry
Johnny White
Roy Crawford
Floral Garden Park
Mr. West
Highland Rd
Maggie Evans
Mag. Lee Evans
D. Evans
Green St. Baptist Church
George T. Tunstall
E. C. Morris
G. L. Morris
J. E. Morris
C. W. Morris
W. G. Morris
Charles Buddy Evans
Golden Age Club
Evans
High Point Memorial Hospital
James A Smith 83 Dies At Home In Colfax
James A Smith 83 of Route 1 Colfax died at home after a brief illness. He belonged to Sandy Ridge Methodist Church and is survived by his wife two daughters a son a half-brother 13 grandchildren and 23 great grandchildren. Funeral will be Tuesday 2 30 pm at Sandy Ridge Methodist Church Rev W T Forbis and Rev Richard O Nuckles will officiate. Burial in church cemetery. Body to be taken to daughter Mrs E C Alley home at 4 pm today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kernersville
James Albert Smith
Route 1
Colfax
Sandy Ridge
Sandy Ridge Methodist Church
W. T. Forbis
Richard O. Nuckles
E. C. Alley
College Band To Play At Fort Bragg
The High Point College concert band directed by Dr. Lew Lewis is invited to Fort Bragg to perform for the Army Special Service at Service Club No. 3 at 8 30 p m The band will wear new concert style uniforms and Aubrey Flynt will feature a monologue at intermission The trip includes 36 members listed by name and role with Aubrey Flynt among them includes several students and staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point College
Lew Lewis
Fort Bragg
Special Service Department of the Army
Service Club No. 3
Aubrey Flynt
HPC
Fort
Lester Alman
Coy Burchfield
Ronald Hall
Robert Long
Joseph Misenheimer
Mary Stuart
Henry York
Bob Elliott
Judith Wilson
Frances Wilson
Rhonda Strange
L'bby Murray
Gattis Bullard
Emma Smith
Lloyd Stiffler
Jack Barrier
Reginald Smith
Frank McQulloch
Willis Stevens
Gibbs Guyer
Roger Shelton
Merrill Perkins
Angie Gaskins
Glenn Sarah Stafford
John Beasley
Betty Mullinix
Jan Kirkman
Johnnie Eugene Watkins
Connie Young
Mellink
Pat Mize
Berma Doty
Edwin Mackintosh
Retail Credit Course Set For Opening
A course in Retail Credit opens at 10 o'clock with High Point retailers and credit staff expected to attend. The program covers registration, current credit conditions, trends, and definitions of credit terms with Sterling S. Speake teaching for the National Retail Credit Association in St. Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Sherman Aycoth
High Point Merchants Assn
Sterling S. Speake
National Retail Credit Association
St. Louis
Closet Fire Destroys Home in Thomasville
Firefighters battled a blaze at 402 Council St in Thomasville damaging the Clyde Jackson home. Intense heat scorched walls and clothing in a central closet where an oil furnace was located. fire was quickly extinguished with unknown cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Clyde Jackson
Council St
Ray Mitchell Jr 26 Dies From Wreck Injuries in Havelock
Ray Mitchell Jr. aged 26 of 110 Forest Hill Drive Havelock died in a Havelock hospital from injuries sustained in an automobile accident Saturday. Born in High Point October 12 1929 he was a US Marine Corps member. Survived by wife Betty Reid father Ray Mitchell and mother Pearl Young Mitchell Kirkman. sister Mrs Donald Johnson and several Winston-Salem aunts and uncles. Funeral at Wilson Baptist Church Stokes County Wednesday 2 p.m. Burial in church cemetery. Body to arrive in High Point tomorrow then go to local funeral home.
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Ray Mitchell Jr
Forest Hill
Havelock
High Point
Ray Mitchell
Pearl Young Mitchell Kirkman
Mitchell
Cloverdale
U. S. Marine Corps
Pne
Betty Reid
Trinity
Donald Johnson
Winston-Salem
Wilson Baptist Church
Stokes County
Church
Teacher Hurt When Auto Overturns in Thomasville
A 70-year-old schoolteacher, Queen Bess Kennon of Mocksville, was injured when her 1950 car overturned on Highway 64 near Thomasville Sunday afternoon. She was pinned under the vehicle for minutes and treated at City Memorial Hospital before transfer to City Hospital in Winston-Salem. Damages were about 300 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Here
Queen Bess Kennon
Mocksville
Kennon
Troy
Bscident
Funeral Rites for James Powell Held in Center Methodist
Funeral services were conducted Sunday at Center Methodist Church near Mocksville for James Chapman Powell. The Rev. R. L. Akley and the Rev. J. G. Binkley officiated. Pallbearers included E. L. Silvey, E. A. Silver, W. W. Harkey, Ray W. Cross, W. R. Grayson, and C. B. Byrd, all associates at Duke Power Co. Interment followed in the church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Chapman Powell
Center Methodist Church
Mocksville
R. L,akley
J. G. Binkley
Lexington Ave. Church
Duke Power Co
Church Cemetery
Father of Local Resident Dies
J. F. Nickels, father of Mrs. Horace Simmons of Kivett Drive, High Point, died last night in Kingsport Tennessee after a daughter’s illness. Funeral time is set for Tuesday afternoon at 2 oclock in Kingsport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Nickels
Horace Simmons
Kivett Dr
High Point
Kingsport
Enn
Driver Facing Three Charges In Thomasville
B K Batten 49 of 115 College St was arrested for reckless driving leaving the scene and failing to report an accident after a car struck a utility pole on Kenney St Witnesses said the driver fled the scene Bond set at 300 with Feb 17 court date Three men charged with affray after a scuffle at Thomasville Bar Chappell 25 Wood 22 Sapp 22 all Lexington residents Sapp also charged with drunkenness Bond set at 100 for Sapp 50 for each Chappell and Wood Also arrested Marvin Hill 36 for assault on his wife Norma Bond 500 Case to be heard in Recorder's Court Bond for Robert Carter 150 speeding and liquor law violation to appear Feb 10 Neal Sexton 35 charged with illegal possession of taxpaid whisky Bond posted later in the day
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
B. K. Batten
College St
Batten
Kenney St
Recorder's Court
Thomasville Bar
Chris Chappell
Franklin St
Donald M. Wood
Route 4
Lexington
Thomas Wesley Sapp
Route 3
Sapp
Chappell and Wood
Marvin Hill
Fife St
Hill
Norma
Robert Carter
Griffin St
Carter
Neal Hardin Sexton
Hamilton St
High Point
Sexton
Three Drivers Charged With Hit-and-Run
Three men faced warrants and arrests over weekend hit-and-run incidents. Henry Vaughn Blanton, 54, of E Ferriss Ave, is charged with failing to stop and drunken driving after his car struck William Cornelison’s vehicle on Julian Ave. Glenn Ray Todd, 26, of Albertson Rd, faces leaving the scene of a minor collision on Adams St. he is free on bond. Henry Mills, held in Salisbury, is charged with fleeing after colliding with a truck Saturday night. George Meindell, 27, of RaGAN St, is jailed on a disorderly conduct charge tied to alleged prostitution activity at his home. Hearing tentatively set Feb 8. William Ruth, Mae Etta King, and Donald K and Marie T Shaw are named as associated individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Vaughn Blanton
E. Ferriss Ave
Blanton
William L. Cornelison
Julian Ave
Glenn Ray T
Albertson Rd
Adams St
Todd
Henry Mills
Salisbury
Mills
George Meindell
Ragan St
Meindell
Thieves Steal $100 From City Upholstery Plant
Detectives report burglars broke into Central Upholstery Co on Progress St Saturday night through a side window and stole one hundred dollars in hundred dollar bills from a desk drawer in the office. No other items were disturbed at the plant in the industrial development in the southwest corner. It was the sole weekend burglary in police files today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central
Progress St
Resigned Teacher’s Charges At North Davidson High Declared False
Principal W. L. Graham says school activity at North Davidson High in Welcome is normal after social science teacher Ellis Love resigns amid claims he was barred from entering his classroom. Davidson County officials say Love’s charges are untrue. Love cites disciplinary obstacles and barricades. The consolidated school serves Arcadia Welcome and Midway with about 450 students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Davidson County
W. L. Graham
North Davidson High School
Welcome
Love
Graham
Ellis Love
Paul F. Evans
Evans
Mount Airy
Guilford College
Appalachian State Teachers College
Arcadia
Midway
Reption Lodge No 63 Odd Fellows to Meet Tomorrow
Plans for the new term will be outlined at a meeting of Reption Lodge No 63 Odd Fellows tomorrow night at 7 30 at the lodge hall 12815 W Commerce St. Refreshments will be served after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reption Lodge No. 63
Odd Fellows
W. Commerce’ St
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James A. Smith
Chars
James C. Powell
Val
Charile Lavender
I. Fowler City
W. Commerce
H. A. Wood
High Point Township
W. Pf, Hester
N. C. Dairy Products Assn
Walter R. Comfort
Borden Co
R. C. Albright
Lindale Dairies
Roanoke Rapids
R. L. Burrage Jr
Concord
Association
Pinehurst
William Ruth and
Mae Etta King
Donald K. —Nd
Marie T. Shaw
Jon-Salem
Guilford Optical CO
N. Main St
W Hospital Care Association
404 Wright
High Point, N
A&p
Ann Page
Rich Red Ann
A&P’s Own
Sunnyfield Flour
A&P’s
Packer
Sultana Rice
Jane Parker
Worthmore Chocolate
North Main ST
Jar
BOT
APLC
South Main ST
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