Thomasville Deputies Destroy Moonshine Plants Near Silver Valley
Thomasville deputies joined Denton officers to eradicate two 100 gallon moonshine plants near Silver Valley. After an earlier gunfight, reinforcements found the mash facilities mashed and abandoned, with two 55 gallon drums buried nearby and an additional 100 gallon setup moved recently. Both plants were destroyed.
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Thomasville
Denton
Silver Valley
Pete Sexton
Tysinger
Arnold Craven
Melvin Stamey
Sexton
Funeral services for J. P. Williams held Saturday
Funeral services for J P Williams Route 5 resident were conducted from the Cumby Orrell Mortuary chapel Saturday at 2 30 oclock with Cecil E Harworth Central Friends Meeting minister in charge. Pallbearers were J J McDowell J C Farr Jack Dunn James Blackwell R C Davis and J C Barker. Burial was in Floral Garden Park Cemetery. Williams a retired furniture worker died shortly before noon Thursday in a local hospital after four years of declining health and two days of critical illness.
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J. P. Williams
Route 5
Cumby- Orrell
Cecil E. Haworth
Central Friends Meeting
J. J. McDowell
J. C. Farr
Jack Dunn
James Blackwell
R. C. Davis
J. C. Barker
Floral Garden Park
Williams
Funeral services for Henry Lee Trotter LI
Funeral services for Henry Lee Trotter LI are set for 2 30 PM at First Methodist Church with Dr Kenneth Goodson and Rev C C Washam officiating. Burial follows at Floral Garden Park Cemetery. Born August 12 1934 in Winston Salem he was a son of Henry Lee and Peggy Ledford Trotter Jr. He had been ill for years and died unexpectedly. body returned to 1501 Valley Ridge Drive.
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Henry Lee Trotter
First Methodist Church
Kenneth Goodson
C. C. Washam
Memorial Methodist Church
Bessemer City
Floral Garden Park
Henry Lee
Peggy Ledford Trotter
Winston-Salem
Valley Ridge Drive
Hale Inducted Into National Pre Med Honor Society
Albert Hale of High Point is among 16 new members inducted into Alpha Epsilon Delta at Wake Forest College. The ceremony announced Hale joining the national pre medical honor society, recognizing scholastic achievement and commitment.
Wake Forest Inducts 21 Students Into Who's Who
L. M. Wright Jr. of Thomasville is among 21 Wake Forest students named in Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities for 1952 53 according to today’s announcement.
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L. M. Wright, Jr
Thomasville
Wake Forest
Mrs Oma Woosley Dies In Chapel Hill
Mrs Oma Gray Woosley wife of Dr John B Woosley died Friday night at her Hillcrest Road home after a cerebral hemorrhage Dr Woosley chairs UNC Economics and Business Administration and is Kenan Professor of Finance Surviving are a sister three half sisters and a brother Funeral services will be at Walkers Funeral Home Chapel Hill Sunday at 2 30 p m with burial in Chapel Hill Cemetery
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Chapel Hill
Oma Gray Woosley
John B. Woosley
Hillcrest Road
Woosley
Department of Economics and Business Administration
Kenan
University of North Carolina
Randolph County
Robah W
Effie Hains Gray
Carlene G. Meyers
Mary
Virginia Gray
Graham
Nancy Gray
High Point
F. H. Gray
Walker
W.M. Howard, Jr
Chapel Hill Methodist Church
Chapel Hill Cemetery
Franklin H Hoover Dies at 92 in Robbins
Franklin Harrison Hoover 92 died Friday at his daughter’s home in Robbins after a long illness. He is survived by three daughters, two sons, a brother, a sister, 22 grandchildren, 30 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. Funeral will be Sunday at 2 30 p m at Back Creek Friends Meeting with burial in the church cemetery.
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Asheboro
Navy
Franklin Harrison Hoover
A. H. Trotter
Robbins
Trotter
Alvin Johnson
John Hinshaw
Randleman
Lewis Hoover
Route 2
Sheboro
Dewey Hoover
Archdale
Elmer Hoover
Laurine McDowell
Denton
Back Creek
Millikin Asked About Eisenhower Liaison Post
Sen. Eugene Millikin refused to decide if he would serve as President-elect Eisenhower’s liaison in the Budget Bureau. He spoke at Municipal Airport in Memphis during a stopover en route to Augusta, Georgia, saying he did not know if he would take the role.
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Memphis
Tenn
Eugene Millikin
R-Cole
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Municipal
Augusta
Millikin
Eisenhower
Budget Bureau
Senate
Wayne Morse
Ore
Morse
Barkley
Richard M. Nixon
Double Hit Run Charge In Randleman Area
Cabel Phillips McBride, 24, of Route 1 Randleman, was arrested by High Point police on two counts of hit and run driving after striking two autos, one owned by A J Williams and the other by Clifford Bean, around 6 p m. Bond set at 300 dollars each. Also, Zac hhriah Latta 28 and Johnnie Boswell 26 faced assault charges with bonds 100 dollars. Fred Junior Brickley cited for illegal use of a siren on an ambulance converted to a furniture hauler.
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Cabel Phillips McBride
Randleman
High Point
McBride
A. J. Williams
Clifford Bean
Zachhriah Latta
Thissell Street
Johnnie Boswell
Reid Street
Boswell
Latta
Fred Junior Brickley
Lumpkin resigns as Mississippi official over Eisenhower support
Former Lt. Gov. Sam Lumpkin quits his $9 350 year state post accusing Gov. Hugh White of forcing his resignation for backing Eisenhower. Lumpkin described a confrontational call and White’s refusal to comment. White urged all administration supporters of Eisenhower to resign. De-icing shingle patent note follows.
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Jackson
Miss
Sam Lumpkin
Hugh White
Dwight Eisenhower
White
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Mississippi
Lumpkin
State Employment Security Commission
V. White
Eisenhower
Saltonstall Or Knowland Favored for Senate Leadership
A Republican senator said the 83rd Congress majority leader could be Saltonstall of Massachusetts or Knowland of California. The choice hinges on support from Eisenhower backers. Saltonstall previously served as Senate whip, while Knowland gained momentum after backing Eisenhower and touring with him.
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Washington
Senate
Leverett Saltonstall
Massachusetts
William F. Knowland
California
Dwight D. Eisenhower
GOP
Saltonstall
Knowland
Eisenhower
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Earl Warren
Chicago
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Appropriations Committee
Homer Ferguson
Mich
Homer Ek. Capehart
Ind
Bourke Hickenlooper
Everett M. Dirksen
Ill
Taft
Flames Raze House Outside City Limit
A fire possibly started by a recently installed oil circulator heater destroyed a five-room frame house on New Street just outside the city limits. Guilrand Volunteer Fire Department and neighbors aided, saving only the out-buildings. the blaze began about 9 p.m. and the owner was Walter Tucker.
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New Street
Guilrand Volunteer Fire Department
Walter Tucker
Northwestern Dental School Enrolls NC Student William Campbell
William Raymond Campbell of 816 Magnolia Court is enrolled in Dental School at Northwestern University in Evanston, DC. He is among 20 North Carolinians registered for the fall term.
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Northwestern
William Raymond Campbell
Magnolia Court
Northwestern University
Evanston, DC
Too Noisy Rome Navy to Return Home
An 82-year-old Italian widow, Antonia Fincamore Magnone, returns to Italy from New York after five years in Brooklyn with her four sons. She says the city is too noisy and frightening, and she fears going out, preferring life in Adulo where she can freely walk.
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Rome
Navy
Italy
New York
Antonia Fincamore Magnone
Brooklyn
Adulo
Nests Built by Various Animals Beyond Birds
The article notes that nests are built not only by birds but also by mammals reptiles amphibians fishes and many invertebrates, illustrating a wide range of species that construct sheltering structures.
Man and Wife Hurt As Auto Strikes Rail Underpass
A High Point man Harris A. Mumms 30 of English Street Extension was cited for reckless driving and violation of prohibition laws after his car veered at the Ward Street underpass near Prospect Street struck the middle support and hit a telephone pole. He sustained a nose cut while his wife received 16 stitches for a chin laceration. their daughter was unharmed. The crash occurred about 7 45 p.m. and a whiskey bottle was found in the vehicle.
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Ward Street
Prospect Street
Harris A. Mumms
English Street
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