Creaky Arm Makes Open Champion Ed Furgol Talkless
Ed Furgol the 37 year old from Clayton Missouri won the U S Open at Baltusrol with rounds of 71 70 71 and 72 for 284 defeating Gene Littler and Ben Hogan. The left arm ten inches shorter and bent at the elbow proved a steady guide and Furgol spoke only after clinching the title. The caddy received 1000 of his 6000 first prize.
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Springfield
N.J
Ed Furgol
Clayton
Baltusrol
Gene Littler
Palm Springs
Calif
Furgol
Ben Hogan
Utica
N.Y
Littler
Hogan
Dick Mayer
St. Petersburg
Fla
Lloyd Mangrum
Niles
Ill
Bobby Locke
Johannesburg
Tommy Bolt
Houston
Fred Haas
New Orleans
Shelley Mayfield
Seguin
Tex
Billy Joe Patton
Morgantown
S.C
Sammy Snead
Madison Square Garden bout could name Saddler title challenger
Friday’s MSG featherweight bout between Lulu Perez and Percy Bassett will likely determine Sandy Saddler’s next title opponent. Perez has victories over Gallardo Pep and Mars, while Bassett impressed in featherweight bouts in Europe but lost to lightweights Andrade and Zulueta. The network broadcast includes ABC radio with NBC TV, closing Garden’s season and resuming in September. Next Garden card features Jackson vs Valdes heavyweight bout.
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New York
Sandy Saddler
Madison Square Garden
Lulu Perez
Brooklyn
Percy Bassett
Philadelphia
New York State Athletic Commission
Perez
Davey Gallardo
Willie Pep
Mickey Mars
Bassett
Europe
Cisco Andrade
Orlando Zulueta
ABC
NBC
the Garden
Garden
Tommy Jackson
Nino Valdes
Dark Takes Voting Lead in All Star Shortstop Race
Alvin Dark of the New York Giants moved ahead of Milwaukee’s Johnny Logan for the NL starting shortstop job as fans vote in the All Star poll. Dark led Logan by 736 votes in the Chicago Tribune tally, with Musial, Minoso, and Berra among top vote-getters as balloting runs from June 11 to July 3 for the July 13 game in Cleveland.
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Chicago
Alvin Dark
New York Giants
Dark
Milwaukee
Johnny Logan
Chicago Tribune
Ok 2
Logan
Cleveland
Stan Musial
St. Louis Cardinals
Minnie Minoso
Chicago White Sox
Yogi Berra
New York Yanks
Fourteen Stolen Cars Found In Abandoned Mine Shaft
Fourteen badly damaged stolen automobiles were recovered from an abandoned mine shaft near Wilkes-Barre. Police arrested 20 year old John O Boyle of Plymouth in connection with the thefts. Police Chief Larry Kendig said the youth used the mine pit to dispose of cars during seven months. He said O Boyle had hundreds of dollars in automobile accessories in his basement.
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Wilkes—Barre
Parp
John O'Boyle
Plymouth
Larry Kendig
O’boyle
Black man eludes police after theft attempt at car lot
Police chased a Black man who allegedly tried to steal a car from Highland Motors on Main Street. He fled the scene, disappearing after officers approached the vehicle about 3:30 yesterday morning.
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Highland Motors
N., Main St
Double Shooting Charged To Rt. 1 Trinity Man
Trinity man Hayes Hedgecock, about 60, of Route 1 Trinity, is jailed in Asheboro without bond after a Sunday night shooting at a High Point couple. Mrs. Crissman was wounded in the arm. Mr. Crissman was shot in the chest and treated at High Point Memorial Hospital. Police also arrested Alvin Cobb on liquor for sale charges with a $200 bond set for Asheboro Recorder’s Court.
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Trinity
Hayes Hedgecock
Asheboro
Clifford Crissman
Route 4
High Point
Robert K! Hedgecock
Gooper
Crissman
Insects Sought For Test Of Thomasville Spraying
Health officials in Thomasville seek live flies mosquitoes and Japanese beetles to test the citys fogging system. Traps will place at 50 to 150 feet from streets to compare DDT and lindane efficacy and monitor beetle damage on roses and trees reported by residents.
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Thomasville
Bea
Chestnut St
Asheboro Auto Dealer Killed In Accident
Ralph Burke Essick 34, Asheboro auto dealer, died in a two car crash on U S 501 nine miles east of Marion South Carolina. His wife remained in critical condition and two Hills cousins were killed. Fire destroyed both cars. Funeral plans pending.
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Asheboro
Ralph Burke Essick
Marion
S. C
U. S. 501
Essick
Thomasville
Jack Kirkman
South Carolina
Essicks
Route 3
Joseph Sherrill Hill
Charles Ralph Hill
Marshville
Myrtle Beach
Deaths and Funerals for Hutchens Lyndon Snyder
Christopher Hutchens 19 months died of acute meningitis at his grandparents home in Woodhaven New York while his parents visited Chicago. Funeral arrangements pending. Miss Mary Frances Lyndon 83 died at Sunset Nursing Home High Point after years of poor health. Services Tuesday at Sechrest Chapel with burial in Oakwood. Mrs Mattie Louisa Pierce Snyder 92 died after seven weeks illness from a broken hip. Services Sunday at Mount Zion Randolph County.
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Christopher Hutchens
Leonard M. Hutchens
Woodhaven
85Th Rd
Mary Lyndon
Mary Frances Lyndon
Sunset Nursing Home
Miss Lyndon
Randolph County
Thomas Emery
Elizabeth Hoover Lyndon
High Point
T. R. Lyndon
W. Russell St
First Methodist Church
W. C. Lyndon
Sechrest Chapel
H. G. Allen
Main St. Methodist Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Sechrest Funeral Home
Thomasville
Mattie Louisa Pierce ‘Snyder
Phillip H. ‘Snyder
Mount Zion Methodist Church
J. P. Greene
Harold Robinson
Memorial Methodist Church
Wayne Fuller
Don Fuller
Ed Fuller
Clark Snyder
Reid Dillon
Joe Bland
Snyder
Rites Held For Mrs Addie Grubb Clark
Mrs Addie Grubb Clark 54 wife of James R Clark died after a brief illness in Winston Salem hospital. Funeral services were at Fair View Methodist Church with Rev Russell Montford and Rev F J Staugh presiding. Interment followed in Clark family plot at the church cemetery with pallbearers McKinley Kennedy Will A Clodfelter Ralph Campbell Sr R E Motsinger B Evans Clarence Carr. She was a native of Davidson County and resident of Route 1 Lexington in the Fair View community.
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Thomasville
Addie Grubb Clark
James R. Calrk
Fair View Methodist Church
Russell Montford
F. J. Staugh
Center Methodist Church of Welcome
McKinley Kennedy
Will A. Clodfelter
Ralph Campbell Sr
R. E. Motsinger
B. Evans
Clarence Carr
Woman Suffered Fracture In Auto Crash In Thomasville
Mrs Lorene Shore of Winston Salem sustained a fractured shoulder when her car collided with Verma Albertson s vehicle at Salem and Guilford Streets. Damages were estimated at 350 dollars total. Cross warrants charged both drivers with reckless driving. court date set for June 25. Shore treated at local hospital then transferred to Winston Salem hospital.
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Thomasville
Lorene Shore
Winston-Salem
Salem
FE. Guilford Sts
Foley William Shore
Salem St
Verma L. Albertson
Carmalt St
Albertson
Dami
Recorder's Court
Patrolmen Catch Thirty Motorists On Speeding Count
State troopers charged more than 30 motorists with speeding during the weekend and plan to continue the crackdown. A speed watch machine operated on the Thomasville Lexington superhighway this weekend and will move to Highway 109 and rural Davidson County roads this week. More than 120 people were tried for speeding last month and arrests this month have already surpassed half that figure, with potential to reach 200 in June if the pace holds.
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Thomasville
Thomasville-Lexington
Davidson Couny
Prayer for Th Prayer for Th ee Pe Th YDAY
A prayer text thanks graduates from schools colleges and universities and asks conversion for the unchurched. It asks God to make better Christians of those already with him and to help the young improve the world, in Jesus name. Signed by James Ross McCain president emeritus Agnes Scott College Decatur.
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Jesus Christ
Jesus
James Ross McCain
Decatur
Agnes Scott College
Goodes Wins Linville Country Club Four-Ball Crown
Ben Goodes and Wolf captured the 17th annual Linville Country Club four-ball golf tournament in Linville North Carolina yesterday. The duo led 4 holes after the first nine, then stretched to the finish with a birdie on the 20th hole after a 20-foot putt securing the victory over Erwin Lax ton and Phil Hazel of Charlotte.
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Linville
N. C
Ben Goodes
Nares Mths
Anit Xington
Linville Country Club
Goodes
Wolf
Erwin Laxton
Phil Hazel
Charlotte
Executor's Notice for John Torrence Estate in Guilford NC
Qualified as Executor Louis J. Fisher requests all creditors and claimants to present verified claims to his office at 312 Wright Building High Point NC by June 17 1955. Creditors owed the estate should settle promptly. Dated June 14 1954.
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John Torrence
Guilford County
North Carolina
Louis J. Fisher
Wright Building
High Point
Rooms for rent and apartments listed in local ad columns
The notice lists multiple rental options including YMCA rooms for gentlemen with 24 hour service and elevator, furnished and unfurnished front and back bedrooms, kitchen privileges, and numerous apartments and houses with monthly rents from $20 to $100. Includes addresses such as 120 Thurston and 907 Montheu, plus repairs and amenities like gas ranges, automatic water heaters, and garage access. MENDENHALL MOORE REALTORS also advertised.
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B. Green St
Allred St
Carr St
Panera St
Barker
St. ‘S
Richardson St
Oak Ave
Green St
Chestnut S T
Johnson St
Kivett Dr
Kearns St
Walnut St
Ferndale Drive
N. Main St
Madison-Monroe
Apts
S. Main St
E. Lexington Ave
Lexington Ave
Willowbrook St
W. Green St
S. Hamilton St
Steele St
Mendenhall-Moore, Realtors
Washington St
Gene Marsh
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Hi-Toms
Stafford
Cannon
By Orlo Robertson
Frankie Ruff
Brian Kelly
Niagara Falls
Ont
Eastern Parkway
Abc-Tv
Pedro Gonzales
Rankin
Italo Scortichini
Italy
St. Nicholas Arena
DuMont
St. Nick's
the Parkway
Floyd Patterson
Jacques Roger
France
Ray Arcel
Carman Basilio
Syracuse
al Andrews
Superior
Wis
Joe Miceli
Basilio
Pierre Langlois
Scortichini
Kid Gavilan
Reed
Johnny Saxton
Paulie Andrews
Buffalo
Danny Nardico
Tampa
Chicago Stadium
Cbs-Tv
Red Sox
High Point Red Sox
Statesville
Rt. 1
Trinity Man
Mattie L. Snyder
Addie G. Clark
YMCA
Thurston
Montheu
APT
Rowella Apt
Gantt Apt
Furn
Oakwood
Rms
Oakwood Ct
Easenata Field
Rm Apt Spee
Broad St
Phillips St
Grimes St
W. Green
English St
G'boro Rd
Best St
R. B. Gantt Company Arcade
E. Green
Tryon
Winston Hwy
Seward
Valley Ridge
Ieee
E. Green St
William & Mary
Ambassador Apts
Call Dewey Hinkle
Curtis Smithdeal
INO. Realtors
S. Main
Triangle Lake
W. Howell
Lindsay St
Idol-Green CO
N. E
James Conrad
College St
Emory St
Valley Ridge Dr
Bath
Main St
Fifth St
Wade Rd
Tom
Kenree
Oakwood Court
Jeanette
Ward
Hillsville
Tate St
Inturn
James Conrad Realtor
Wise St
Stone St
Meadows St
Jamestown
Archdale
D. R. Whitaker
Sunset Dr
Oak St
Pergan
Rocksprings Rd
S. Wrenn
W. Broad
Ward St
Koonts Realty, Inc
White Realty Co
Hunter Apt
Parkway
Lexington
Granby St
Thurston St
N. Hamilton
Beulah Kimery
Barbee
Woodbine St
W. Washington St
Taylor M. Simpson CO
E. Washington St
Ennis St
Seene
Greer St
N. Main
Howell
Fisher
Lee Wilson
W. High St
Carolina Beach
Raleigh
Water Front
M. C. Idol
Carolina Ave
White Lake
Melvin
Holden Beach
Oceanfront
Bed— Sales Co
N. Wrenn
Bryant
City Appliance CO
Joe Levine & Sons Inc
South Main St
10-A
Burton
Buchanan Supply Co
Ilevingston
Teletronix, Inc
W. Davis St
F.H.A
Atlas Concrete Products Co
Nash
Cash
Nash Jewelry CO
North Main St
Kenmore
Boyles Auto Parts
N. Main St. Ph
Randolph St
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