Deaths and Funerals in North Carolina Region
Obituaries and funeral notices for Rufus A Hampton 70 of Galax VA and former High Point resident. Mary Ellen Briles 75 of Trinity died after two years illness. Arthur M Hedgecock 71 of Abbotts Creek area funeral in Abbotts Creek Missionary Baptist church. Mattie Stilley Marion 33 wife of Vance Marion of 604 Kearns Street funeral at Woodlawn Baptist Church. burial Floral Garden cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rufus A. Hampton
Rufus Arthur Hampton
East Bay Street
Galax
Hampton
High Point
Mary Briles
Trinity
Mary Ellen Briles
J. WH. Summey
Rt. 1
T. S. Briles
Archdale
S. L. Summey
J. H. Summey
T. D. Albertson
Trinity Rt
P. W. Hulin
Jackson Creek
Minnie Parks
Brown Summit Rt. 2
Pierce’s
A. M. Hedgecock
Arthur M. Hedgecock
Abbotts Creek
Abbotts Creek Missionary Baptist Church
B. A. Mitchell
T. W. Bray
W. V. Williard
Mechanicsville Primitive Baptist Church
Chester Spurgeon
John Spurgeon, Jr
Roger Wolff
Sanford Hayworth
Curtis Motsinger
Willie Essick
Andrew Bodenheimer
Roe Kaney
John Curry
Perry
Roy Hayworth
Ivey T. Orrell
Orville Beeson
Wilson Hedgecock
Carey J. Davis
Vance Marion
Mattie Stilley Marion
Kearns Street
Woodlawn Baptist Church
A. B. Asbill
Winfrey Powers
Floral Garden
Cumby-Davis Mortuary
London walkout ends as union leaders claim victory
Delegates representing 17,000 strikers voted to end an unofficial walkout that halted half of London’s bosses. The vote supported union leaders opposed by labor minister George Isaacs, who described the action as an organized Communist campaign to disrupt defense efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
George Isaacs
House of Commons
Four Teens Injured In Auto Wreck North Of Oak View
State police report four teens aged about 17 were injured when their car failed to make a sharp curve two miles north of Oak View school. Three were hospitalized and X rays were done on Joy Knox and Darlene Jenk ins. Charles Kearns, driver, received head laceration treatment. Barrett remained for back injury evaluation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Here
Boulevard Unit Hospital
Joy Knox
Sunset Drive
Bill Barrett
Woodrow Avenue
Darlene Jenkins
Centennial Avenue
Charles Kearns
Montheu
Barrett
Kearns
Oak View School
Skeet Club Road
Oak View Road
Police Hunt Missing 1950 Ford From Lot
Police search for a man who stole a 1950 Ford valued at 1800 dollars from English Motor company at 210 East Washington Street. The theft occurred about 10 o clock Saturday morning. Owner listed as F. J. Mickey of 922 Forrest Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
English Motor Company
East Washington Street
F. J. Mickey
Forrest Avenue
Drunken Driver Charged After Mallory Street Crash
An allegedly drunk driver caused about 75 in damages when his car struck a parked vehicle on Mallory street around 6 pm. Gartrell Cothran of Lexington was charged with drunken driving and no operator's license after hitting Mrs. Essie King's car. Damages totaled 75, with 25 to Cothran's car and 50 to the parked car. Additional drunken driving charges were filed yesterday against Lowell E. Houck, 27, of Grimes Street, and Emerson Allred Jr., 26, Negro, Jamestown Route 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mallory Street
Gartrell Cothran
Lexington
Essie King
Cothran
Lowell E. Houck
Grimes Street
Emerson Allred, Jr
Jamestown
Route 1
Improvised Gas Tank Causes Car Fire
A makeshift gasoline tank under the hood caused a minor blaze in a car owned by D. Gowsend in the 500 block of Tate Street at about 12 57 p.m. yesterday. Firemen said the regular tank was faulty and a gallon can had been installed and connected to the fuel pump to serve as a tank.
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D. Gowsend
Tate Street
Williams elected president of North Carolina Young Democratic clubs
Ashe ville hosts three day convention naming Robert R. Williams Jr. as president and Arthur York as secretary. Other officers include Hope Marshall and Martin Cromartie as VP s, Jack Kirksey as treasurer, and Jim Chestnutt as national committeeman. District officers named for twelve regions with numerous chairmen and vice chairmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
Robert R. Williams, Jr
Young Democratic Clubs of
North Carolina
Terry Sanford
Fayetteville
Ashe Ville
Miss Hope Marshall
Winston- Salem
Martin L. Cromartie
Tarboro
Duke University
Arthur York
High Point
Jack Kirksey
Morganton
Jim Chestnutt
Clinton
J. W. Griffin, Jr
Forest City
Edith Marsh
Monroe
YDC
M. O. Blount, II
Greenville
Elizabeth Copeland
Washington
Mary Beth Eldridge
Carl G. Conner
Winston-Salem
Robert A. Farris
Wilson
George Fountain
Muriel Ketchum
Jacksonville
Woodrow Blackburn
Warsaw
Harry Horton
Chatham
Renee Dupree
Raleigh
Joe Fowler
Rockingham
George Taylor
Lon Folger
Reidsville
E. J. Hamlin
Hillsboro
Rose Lemert
Durham
Duke Parrish
Alamance
J. B. Lee
Whiteville
Joe Barrington
Lumberton
Bill Allen
Jim Black
Elizabethton
Nelson Gibson, Jr
Gibson
Henry Hall Wilson
al Cruce
Aberdeen
Ross Craver
Lenington
Martha Francis
Concord
Harry Brown
Statesville
Earleen Pritchett
Boone
David Zumbrunnen
Salisbury
Carl Horne
Charlotte
Lilian Ross
Burke County
Mark W. Bennett
Burnsville
Durham Davis
Shelby
Robert M. McFarland
Columbus
Peter Chagaris
Mount Holly
Cecil Hall
Brevard
Emily Baker
Eight Ku Klux Klan defendants fined and censured
City Recorder E Mca Currie imposed $50 fines and six month road sentence suspensions on eight of nine professed Klansmen for 21 property damage and conspiracy to trespass cases linked to Klan terror in a mixed Negro white neighborhood. Heaviest penalties were for Caldwell Hucks and McQueen with restitution orders and probation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
E. Mca. Currie
Helen Ratcliff
Knight
Ku Klux Klan
F. M. Caldwell
S. R. Hucks
A. T. McQueen
Caldwell
Napoleon McRae
Hucks
McQueen
Georgia Gaddy
Statesville Ave
Kligraff
Klavern
Tryon Palace Furnishings On Display
GREENSBORO September 16 Beginning October 12 the paintings furniture furnishing and silver of the Maude Moore Latham Tryon Palace collection will be on display at the Greensboro historical museum announced by J. M. Thorton president of the museum society A preview for members and guests is planned the night before opening The collection dates to about 1725 and includes a Worcester dessert service and a Gainsborough portrait Philip Bowes Broke 1749 1801 in a Chippendale gilt frame Three crystal chandeliers a three sectional breakfront and a set of Chippendale chairs will be exhibited with the breakfront supporting the dessert service and a round drop leaf dining table
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Greensboro
Imh
Maude Moore Latham
New Bern
North America
J. E. Latham
Worcester
Thomas Gainsborough
Philip Bowes Broke
Gainsborough J
City Offered Church Plant For Operation As Civic Center
Thomasville officials consider using Memorial Methodist church building as a civic center under city recreation commission control. City Manager Cooksey supports if legally possible. city attorney's ruling awaited. Foundation offered the property with no formal action stated. Memorial church plans to move next year, the site long seen as ideal for a civic center.
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Thomasville
Memorial’ Methodist Church
The
Recreation Commission
R. M. Cooksey
Cooksey
Roy Proctor
Community Foundation
Memorial
Ence
Church
Memorial’ Church
Davidson county roads 95 miles paved since bond program
Thomasville reports 95 miles of Davidson county secondary roads have been paved in 14 months under the road bond program with 200 million dollars in state funds. State Highway Commissioner George Cobb says the total paved is about 30 percent of the county’s projected hard-surfacing. The 95 miles were completed in roughly 40 projects.
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Thomasville
Davidson County
State Highway Commission
George Cobb
Lexington
Two Severely Burned In Rock Quarry Explosion in Davidson
In Thomasville on Sept 16 two men suffered severe third degree burns in a rock quarry blast off the Denton highway behind Mt Zion church. James Fink 37 Thomasville Route 2 and Dewey Hil 19 Salisbury Route 5 were listed in critical condition at the hospital. Authorities had no new information and a rumor said the gasoline tank exploded while cleaning machinery.
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Thomasville
James Fink
Dewey Hil
Salisbury
Denton Highway
Mt. Zion Church
Condition Of Teacher Good After Collision
Mrs Estelle West a 46 year old Thomasville school teacher was treated at Baptist hospital Winston Salem after a Friday afternoon car crash at Thurston and Elm streets. Hospital staff described her condition as good with bruises and lacerations and no fractures and she was expected to be dismissed within a few days.
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Estelle West
Thomasville
Baptist Hospital
Winston- Salem
Thurston and
Elm Streets
Negro Child Injured When Hit By Car
A six year old Negro boy Douglas Blue son of Mrs Dulla Blue Trinity Route 5 was struck by an auto in the 600 block of East Washington Street about 940 last night and remained in Boulevard unit hospital. Police investigated and said two teeth were knocked out and a split lip suffered. Witnesses said the child ran across the street when struck. Driver Joseph Reece 38 Negro of 811 Wade was cited with no charges filed yet.
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Douglas Blue
Dulla Blue
Trinity
Route 5
East Washington Street
Boulevard Unit Hospital
Yesteray
Joseph Reece
Wade
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George D. Deaver
New York
American Academy For Cerebral Palsy
North Carolina League For Crippled Children
Saturday Evening Post
Manhattan
William Holden
Barry Fitzgerald
Nancy Olson
Jan Sterling
Lyle Bettger
Jam Sterling
Bob Hope
Lucille Ball
Secretary of
Charles Wayland ‘Tribble
Wake Forest College
Woman’s College
Gordon Gray
University of North Carolina
Tryon Palace
Welch Field
Buron St
Clyde Beatty
Ward
Harriet
HE 'Gingle
Bauilieris
Barton
Skillers
Lauer
Galaxy
Frank Doyle
Veises
Medy Aeriat-Bor
Morales
Groupes
Terras
GERIE
Mann’s Drug Store
North Main ST
Davidson
John N Wayne
Rialto Plus
Paramount Presents
World News
Russell
LU Ase
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