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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1957
Page
12
A Davidson County rural area known as Silver Valley, including Gordontown, transformed from an illicit liquor neighborhood into a thriving, modern community. Churches and the school foundation work spurred progress with highways and power lines, drawing parental support and student pride as a new school building opened.
Funeral services for Neal Pressley 71 were held at Unity Methodist Church with Rev. John K. Miller presiding. Interment followed at Holly Hills Cemetery. Other notices report the death of Mr Remple, a Cabarrus County native in Lexington, and the passing of retired farmer Motsinger of 910 Old Winston Road in High Point after seven months of illness.
Funeral services for Mrs Ada Hensley of Route 1 Jamestown were held at Woodlawn Baptist Church. Pallbearers included W A Sherrill C S McKenzie Jr Harold Jensen C R Thomas John Wright Roy Knight and John Farris. The 29 year old died Friday morning at her mother Mrs C N Davis home 1117 Jefferson after one week of critical illness.
Robert William Venable 84 of Route 5 Winston Salem died at Lexington Memorial Hospital after a two year illness. He was born November 19 1872 in Stokes County and lived in Midway Township four years. A retired farmer and merchant he belonged to Canaan Methodist Church and its adult men’s class. Surviving are a daughter Mrs Will Belton nine grandchildren nine great grandchildren and a sister in law Mrs Walter G Venable of High Point. Services will be conducted at Shady Grove Methodist Church Tuesday at 3 p m with the body arriving 30 minutes prior. Rev C F will officiate.
The Selective Service office will be closed all day tomorrow for local draft board clerical staff to attend a regional meeting in Winston Salem.
Funeral services were held Sunday at 2 pm at Wesley Chapel Methodist Church for John Fletcher Smith 77 a retired farmer who died Friday at High Point Memorial Hospital after a year of ill health. Interment followed at Floral Garden Park Cemetery with pallbearers named Jer FY Larry Billy Ronald Smith J R Maners Wayne Beck and Lawrence Moore.
Herman Grady Kelly 37 died at his mother Mary Kelly’s home on Route 5 High Point in the early hours Sunday. Born near Thomasville he was a son of J J Kelly and Mary Black Kelly and had moved from Martinsville seven years ago. He worked for Black Metal Co. Surviving are his mother, father J J Kelly of Boaz Alabama three brothers Horace Kelly Winston Salem and William Hoyt Kelly Wichita and one sister Sara A Garwood High Point. The body rests at J C Green and Sons Funeral Home Thomasville with funeral arrangements to be announced.
James Hicks Idol 78 retired farmer and lumberman of Route 1 Walkertown died at his home after an extended illness. Born in Forsyth County August 2 1879 he was a son of James and Sally Idol. Survived by wife Emma Price Idol three sons Charles Togo and Clarence Idol three sisters three brothers and two grandchildren. Body to son Togo Idol home. Funeral Tuesday at 2 p.m. with three ministers officiating. Burial Pisgah Methodist Church Cemetery.
The second school building replaces the one burned in July 1954 during an electrical storm. Upper grades declined for years as interest in high school waned, but a shift followed. Last year half the Davis Townsend High School graduates were former Silver Valley students. The town boasts modern homes, tidy yards, and remarkable cleanliness aided by church and school efforts.
Residents celebrate the achievements that have earned broad community acceptance. Local leaders note the goals reached and the positive impact on the area, highlighting volunteer work, collaboration, and sustained effort.
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