Service Station Checker Players Draw Nightly Crowds
At Hill's Crown Service Station on Highway 311 near Forsyth Guilford and Davidson Counties a mixed crowd of players meet nightly for chess games. Regulars include Tom Abbott Pickett and Haynes as the store’s bustle fills with chatter and advice as players move across county lines. Games end around 9 30 on weekdays with late Saturday sessions often extending to midnight.
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Hill's
Crown Service
Highway 311
Forsyth
Guilford
Davidson
Tom Abbott
Pickett An der
Mrs. Ada Bryant 70 Dies in Winston-Salem Hospital
Ada Lee Bryant 70 of 1006 Old Winston Rd died yesterday at 5 15 p m in a Winston-Salem hospital after a stay at home She was born in Surry County Sept 17 1886 daughter of the late Scott and Nancy Cobbler She was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints Colfax and had lived here 10 years She married Dec 8 1912 to Walter B Bryant The obituary notes 28 grandchildren and two great grandchildren and that funeral plans were pending arrival of daughters from Utah
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Ada Lee Bryant
Winston Rd
Winston-Salem
Surry County
Scott
Nancy Marshall Cobbler
Allen Jay
Burin
Utah
Ralph Johnson
Sandy, Sistem, Hus
Debn Gallien
Brary Ky
Walter Taylor
Trinity
Orrell
Bill Howard Wins State Junior Memory Work Title
Bill Howard of First Baptist Church won the State Junior Memory Work Tournament at the Training Union Conference in Caswell last week. It marks his fourth consecutive victory in the event as players must recite 53 Bible verses perfectly to qualify for the state contest.
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Bill Howard
First Baptist Church
Training Union
Caswell
Young Howard
Oakwood Cemetery Sechrest Family Keeps Legacy Alive
In High Point the Sechrest family has run Oakwood Cemetery since the 1850s, shaping plots for founders and laying out changes in burial practices. The article recalls grave digging with picks and shovels, later jackhammers, and the shift from horse drawn hearses to modern vehicles.
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High Point
Sechrest
Oakwood Cemetery
Henry
Oakwood
Deaths and Funerals for Glenn Arnold Curtis
Funeral services for Glenn Arnold Pete Curtis were held Saturday at 2 30 p m from South Side Baptist Church. Rev W H Barker and Rev W H Walton officiated.
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G. A
Pete) Curtis
Glenn Arnold
Southside Baptist Church
W. H. Barker
W. H. Walton
Abbotts Creek
Funeral Services For William Ho ward Dillon
Funeral services were held Saturday at 4 p.m. from Marlboro church with Rev. J Carroll Hedgecock Herbert Stone and Coy L Brown officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery. Dillon died at High Point Memorial Hospital shortly after 2 a.m. Friday after a heart attack Wednesday, leaving his usual health prior.
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William Howard Dillon
Marlboro
J. Carroll Hedgecock
Herbert Stone
Coy L. Brown
Dillon
High Point Memorial Hospital
Mrs Murphy Dies in Thomasville at 70
Mrs Bessie Deering Hiatt Murphy 70 wife of Robert L Murphy dies after a 15 day illness in Thomasville She was born in Davidson County April 25 1687 and lived there all her life Survivors include her husband four sons one sister two brothers twelve grandchildren and three great grandchildren Funeral services 4 p m today at the family home with two ministers officiating Interment Mt Pleasant Cemetery
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Thomasville
Bessie Deering Hiatt Murphy
Robert L. Murphy
Alfred Mack Hiatt
Glendore Spurgeon Hiatt
Jesse B. Murphy
Francis W
Cleveland L. Murphy
Paul P. Murphy
Orlando
Fla
Minnie Anderson
High Point
J. Will Hiatt
Route 1
Joe S. Hiatt
Elkin
John William Hoyle
B. R. Bonds
Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church
Mt. Pleasant Methodist Church Cemetery
Randolph May Get Tax Hike
Randolph County commissioners set a tentative tax rate of $1.05 per $100 for 1957 58 an increase of seven cents over the current 98 cents They cite school needs and legislated raises for sheriff department personnel as reasons The budget will stay open 20 days before final adoption No further details or names provided.
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Asheboro
Randolph
Randolph County Sheriff's Department
Trinity High School field gets lights and fence by August
An athletic field project at Trinity High School progresses with waterproof reflector lights installed under a 6400 dollar contract, housing a two acre clearing and a six foot cyclone fence costing 3650 dollars to be completed by August 15. Funds raised total 5600 dollars with 4100 needed to balance costs and a stadium seating plan awaiting funds.
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Trinity
Trinity High School
High Point
Archdale
Thomasville
T. H.smith
C. J
Chuck” Hiatt
Smith
Terry Pickett
Jimmy Hinson
Alumni Association
Hiatt
David Kennedy 15 Dies After Illness in Trinity Area
David Eugene Kennedy aged 15 son of Mr and Mrs Elder V Kennedy of Route 2 Trinity died at Baptist Hospital Winston Salem after a six week illness. Survived by parents maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs W C Seward paternal grandfather Czero Kennedy one brother J B Kennedy and one sister Barbara Ann Kennedy all of Route 2 Trinity. Body to remain at Siler Funeral Home Thomasville pending funeral arrangements.
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David Eugene Kennedy
Elder V. Kennedy
Trinity
Baptist Hospital
Winston- Salem
W. C. Seward
Cicero Kennedy
J. B. Kennedy
Barbara Ann Kennedy
Siler Funeral Home
Thomasville
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Charlie
Enterprise
Esseus
Snow Wrenn
Ragan
Kirkman
Alexander
Burgess
Tate
Welch
Mississippi
DAR Deporte
Slee
Delton
Greenhill
Ate
Joe Jackson
Jackson
Leighton Gray
South Main Street
Elwood Hotel
Steele Street
Delton Sechrest
Thomas A Edison
David Kennedy
Near Trinity
High Point Hardware CO
ST. Main ST
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