Allen Jay Church Plans Unit Expansion
Reavis Memorial Baptist Church began construction on a new unit with a note burning ceremony marking indebtedness payoff. The addition will hold three Sunday School departments and an auditorium, built of cement block brick with porcelain panels and aluminum windows, to be completed next spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Tucker
Tone J. A. Ingram
W. W. Allman
Deacons
G. C. Loflin Jr
Reavis Memorial Baptist Church
Saaans
C. S. Knight
M. R. Ingram
Thomas Huff
Richard Campbell
Tar Heel Aid For Belgium Fair Pledged
Gov Luther Hodges will select six North Carolina youths to serve as guides and demonstrators in the United States Pavilion at the Brussels World's Fair in Belgium. Applicants aged 19 to 25 must pass health certification and the job lasts about 28 weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Luther Hodges
North Carolina
United States
Belgium
Howard S. Cullman
U.S
Hodges
Cullman
Eight Convicts On Trial For Prison Murder
In Raleigh on September 21 eight Central Prison inmates faced first degree murder charges for the July 30 stabbing of Martin Chavis, a Robeson County Indian serving a life term. Several defendants testified they were elsewhere during the fatal incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Wake County Superior Court
Martin Chavis
Ralph Byers
Lester V. Chalmers Jr
SBI
Chavis
Central Prison
Robeson County
Polio Victim Enrolls In High School
Linda Johnson, a polio victim, enrolls in Siler City High School after years of hospital stays. Living with her parents on Rt. 3, she learned to spell and read by TV and words, aided by tutoring from Mrs. Edward C. Johnson and Linda’s studies via televised civics and science. The Lions Club donated their TV, and Chatham County Public Library notes her reading habit. she now studies as a special student under Mrs. Elliott’s civics and science courses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siler City
N.C
Linda Johnson
Linda
Jesse Johnson
Rt. 3
Johnson
Lions Club
Edward C
Elliott
Lin High School
Chatham County Public Library
Crocodile Catchers Use Chick It Bait in South China Sea
Natives of Malaya in the South China Sea reportedly lure crocodiles with hooks baited by whole chicks. The text notes local practice and geographic context but offers limited details on methods or outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malaya
South China Sea
Minister Faces New Trial in North Carolina Case
The Rev. J. D. Lynn, 41, pastor of Conover Baptist Church, faces a second trial for carnal knowledge of a youthful congregant. Lynn had earlier been convicted and won a retrial after the State Supreme Court found prejudicial questioning by Judge F. Donald Phillips. The detailing girl, now 16, testified to molesting during a fishing trip near the Catawba River and claimed Lynn fathered her child born in April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Turcotte
Chavis
Floyd Reeves
Inci
Turcotte
Reeves
Olen Montgomery
Taylorsville
N.C
J. D. Lynn
Conover Baptist Church
Catawba
State Supreme Court
F. Donald Phillips
Lynn
Tenced
Alexander County
Catawba River
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Allen Jay Church
Reavis Memorial Baptist
Nomad Communi
R. Edwin Wilson
Fair
Nile River
National Geographic Society
Ward ST
Asheboro
G. T. Maner
L. D. Ruland, Jr
High Point
H. Joe Thomasville
J. T. Scroggs, Sr
Dleman
C. A. Spivey
FOX
S. Main St
High Point St
Tel
Ationvvide Mutual Insurance Company
Columbus, Ohio
San Francisco
Harllee’s Presents
Harllee’s Infants Department
Harllee
Ues
Portemeer
Paris
VIVA
Emilio Pucci
Capri
Harllee’s
Ction
Cologne
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