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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1964
Page
15
Deaths and funerals for Mary Frances Huneycutt Ella Jackson Shaw Leo Hubert Dunning James Davis Lenora Eagle Bruton Charles Edward Young. Services held at Koonce Cumby Bethel and Mt. Tabor churches with burial at Oakwood Floral Garden Park Fair Grove and church cemeteries. Surviving family includes spouses children and grandchildren.
RAMSEUR Mrs Emma Hornaday Craven 91 died at daughter Mrs Edgar L Brady Rt 4 Siler City Sunday afternoon. Survivors include daughter two sons Dan Craven Coleridge Lewis Craven North Asheboro two half sisters Lela Combs Nannie McDaniel High Point 13 grandchildren 18 great grandchildren. Funeral 2 p m Tuesday Loflin Funeral Home by Rev J C Kidd Rev D C Sullivan. Burial Concord Church Cemetery Coleridge.
Raymond V. Ward Sr. 70 of Lexington died Saturday after a 15 month illness. He co-owned E. M. Ward Lumber Co. and was a World War I veteran born in Lexington. Surviving are his wife Mabel Hewitt Ward two daughters Margaret Mendenhall Greensboro Nancy Pritchett Burlington a son Raymond W. Ward Jr. Lexington six grandchildren and one brother Carr Ward Sr. Lexington. Funeral 2 p.m. today at Piedmont Funeral Home with Rev. David Hoke Coon Jr. Burial in Lexington City Cemetery.
Randolph Sun reports a funeral for Mrs. Frank Toler Sr of Asheboro with survivors including son Austin N. Allen of Lenoir, eight grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren. Also listed are two sisters Mrs. Walter Abernethy and Mrs. J W Collopy and two brothers Earl G. Thomas and T Kent Thomas. Burial took place at Green Hill Cemetery in Greensboro.
ASHEBORD Mrs Zora Yow McNeill 75 of Seagrove died Sunday. She was a Randolph County native and survived by two sisters Mrs Burty Boone and Mrs Pearl Lucas a brother Zernie Yow 23 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements show Baptist rites at Union Grove Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery.
Lexington resident Bryan Lester 47 died Saturday in the Veterans Hospital in Durham after a three year illness. He was born in Hanover West Virginia and was a World War II veteran. Surviving relatives include his father Amos Lester of Portsmouth Kentucky wife Reba Lester three sons Hubert Lester Cleveland Freddie Lee and Danny Lester of the home a daughter Linda Lester four brothers Remley and Lendie Lester Lily and Bertie Lester Justice widow of John Wilson a sister and one grandchild. Funeral at 7:30 p.m. today at 200 North Salisbury Street officiated by Rev Jack Story. The second service will list the Church in Justice West Virginia with burial in Joe Point Cemetery Hanover West Virginia.
James Ed gar Sheets aged 34 of 314 Fairview Dr Lexington died Sunday from injuries after an attack. He was born in Lexington. Survivors include his parents Edgar H and Etrulia Going Sheets a brother Thomas G. Sheets and grandparents Mr and Mrs Cicero Sheets of Rt 1 Lexington. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
Mrs. Lou ise Hughes, 88, of Rt. 2 Lexington died Sunday at 9 30 a m in Hill Top Rest Home Linwood after three years decline four weeks critical illness born May 8 1876 in Davidson County daughter of the late Jimmy and Jane Floyd Hughes lifelong Gordontown resident member of Methodist Church Burial at Gordontown church cemetery Funeral home handling arrangements with viewing today 7 to 9 p m
James Pinzie Mabe 69 of Walnut Cove died at Stokes Hospital Danbury after a heart attack. He was a retired farmer born in Stokes County. Survivors include four daughters Nina Ruth Duggins of Winston-Salem and Lorene Redman. Funeral will be held at 2 p.m.
Guilford members and a proposed official out of state trip will be among items discussed at the monthly health board meeting, Dr. Ellinwood reported.
Guilford County 4 H Club members and leaders prepare for National 4 H Club Week starting September 26. A visit to the County Commissioners meeting is planned for October 5 with radio TV and newspaper features and posters to promote enrollment and program awareness.
Pope Paul VI opens the Vatican council with a concelebrated Mass for 25 bishops and 2 500 council fathers. He says defining the role of bishops in church governance is the weightiest task and urges centralized leadership while pursuing Christian unity. Voting on church structure and bishop duties begins early in a session marked by potential controversy.
Some geologists argue heat expands the earth causing crust swelling while others dispute this idea. The debate centers on rock behavior under pressure, thermal gradients, and the implications for plate movement and geologic activity.
In Thomasville residents demand hospital integration and equal facilities. NAACP leader warns of legal action if demands are not met. Protesters criticize segregated wards and higher rates for Negro patients while condemning inadequate sewer and paving in Negro neighborhoods. City officials note petition hurdles for street paving.
Jas Gardner schedules a Davidson County visit this week with stops in Lexington Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning. He will join events leading to a ceremony introducing Senator Barry Goldwater at the courthouse steps, then return to Lexington for Miss Davidson coronation at the fair. Friday includes a Lexington coffee party at Mrs Wright's home and an opening of a Welcome area headquarters.
The local Draft Board announced 18 men from High Point will report for active Army duty next month. Nine will depart October 19 and nine on October 29 after passing required tests. A separate list states 37 area men leave September 21 for Char and another 37 prepared for October 27 to be notified.
In San Marino the Communist Socialist alliance fell to 20 seats, down four, as Christian Democrats and Democratic Socialists won another solid victory. A seat shifted to a new party, the Movement for Constitutional Liberty.
The Davidson County Agricultural and Industrial Fair begins near Claude's Restaurant on U S Highway 29 70 at 6 p.m. today with 85 rides and amusements and nightly free fireworks. Over $5,000 in premiums will be offered on the midway each evening. Tomorrow is school day for Lexington and Thomasville students with free admission for children 1 to 8 p.m. Davidson County students admitted free Wednesday. Dairy cattle, beef cattle, swine, ponies and sheep judged during the week. Saturday special school hours offer free admission 1 to 6 p.m. Bicycles to be awarded on Tuesday and Wednesday at 8 p.m. and Saturday at 6 p.m.
Thomasville authorities report Paul Eugene Grubb aged 49 of Rt. 2 was charged with drunken driving after a Highway Patrol arrest on Highway 109. He was jailed at 4:30 p.m., posted bond, and faces trial later this month. Also arrested were Clarence Marvin Hutchins 37 of Fisher Ferry Street on a charge of assault on a female. The warrant was signed by his wife Jeanette and Hutchins will be tried in Recorder's Court on September.
Grace Lutheran Church congregation votes to authorize contracts totaling 269614 for a new church. Ground breaking is tentatively set for Oct 4 at 4 p m at Unity Street and Culbreth Avenue. General contract awarded to J R Graham and Sons of High Point with plumbing by Model Supply High Point heating by Dick and Kirkman Greensboro and electrical work by Bryant Electrics High Point.
Guilford County tobacco farmers are urged to join Operation Reduce Six Pests a statewide program to save farmers money. Bert Taylor tobacco expert notes Nemadotes Mosaic Brown Spot Free Beetles Bud Worms and Horn Worms cause about 500 000 annually in the county and 20 million statewide each season. The plan calls for cutting stalks and plowing out root stubs immediately after harvest to curb diseases and insects for the next year.
Police reported a busy weekend with six assault cases and other offenses. James Noah Smith, 23, faced disorderly conduct and assault with a deadly weapon after stabbing Jessie Lee McBride, leaving a 12 stitch wound. bond set at 125 dollars.
About 600 pigs from six counties including Guilford Davidson and Randolph will be sold at auction in pen lots at the Guilford County Agricultural Center east of Greensboro starting at 1 p.m. on September 16. The sale, first of its kind in the area, aims to boost swine production with animals field inspected vaccinated castrated and dewormed.
Crabgrass is an annual belonging to the millet tribe of both annual and perennial grasses, highlighting its classification within grass groups and its life cycle.
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