Death claims Max E. Fish at 31
Max Edward Fish, 31, of 23 East Branch Avenue, died Saturday morning at 12 o'clock after a three week illness. He worked in the sales department of Southern Bell Telephone Company and served in World War II. He was a member of the Clover Lions Club and attended Gardner-Webb College and Ashley High School. He was a grandson of Carters. Services and further notices follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Edward Fish
East Branch Avenue
Fish
Southern Bell Telephone Company
Cody Smith
York County
Treas
U. S. Army
Clover Lions Club
Ashley High
Veterans Club
Gardner-Webb College
J. Hal Daugh
Howard Campbell
Joan
Charleston
Ronald Dunlap
Miss Campbell
Bobby Gibson
Erskine College
Robert
Louisiana Votes Today in Primary for Congress and Local Seats
Unopposed candidates led a field of nine seeking votes in the Eighth District primary to fill the late Rep. George Long’s seat and nominate eight candidates for Congress. Gov. Oscar Long’s brother Karl Long heads the statewide contests as candidates press for positions across state and local offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Louis
Congress
George 5
Clover Booster Club Elects James Parrish President
James Parrish was elected president of the Clover Blue Eagle Booster Club at the annual meeting in Clover South Carolina. New officers include Jim Owen vice president Sidney Smart secretary treasurer Rollin Brandon Pat Harvey Harold Mickle Tom Stanton and David Stanton. President Parrish called for another meeting Monday night at 8 o clock at the high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MBS
J. M. Smith
Gibson
Linda Craig
Clover
8. C
James Parrish
Faye Web
Oet
Summerville
Blue Eagle
Lindsay Davidson
Bobby
Smith
Myrtle Beach
David Stanton
Sam W. Smith
John
Rudisell
Charleston
Jim Owen
Sidney Smart
Rollin Brandon
Pat Harvey
Harold Mickle
Tom Stanton
Etars
Parrish
Johnny Warlick
National Order of the Array
Lawrence
Kansas
Palmetto Council of the Order of the Arrow
Funeral planned for deacon at Flint Graves Baptist Church
The funeral for a Flint Groves Church deacon will be Sunday at 3 p.m. at Flint Graves Baptist Church with Rev. W. T. Hendrix officiating. Burial will be in Gaston Memorial Park. The body will be taken from Carothers Funeral Home to the home Saturday at 4 p.m. and lie in state for one hour. Honorary pallbearers are Flint Groves Church deacons. active pallbearers include Robert McMurray Ronald Heainer Lynn Barnes James Christenberry Jr Jack McNeil and Gene Brown. Survivors include wife Sandra Waldrop Fish a son Derek his parents Grace Fish and Thomas R. Fish two brothers Jack and Robert Fish and a sister Helen Robertson.
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Flint Graves Baptist Church
W. T. Hendrix
Gaston Memorial Park
Carothers Funeral Home
Flint Groves
Robert McMurray
Ronald Heainer
Lynn Barnes
James Christenberry Jr
Jack McNeil
Gene Brown
Sandra Waldrop Fish
Derek
Grace Fish
Gastonia
Thomas R. Fish
Kentucky
Jack
Robert Fish
Helen Robertson
School For Handicapped Set To Open In Dallas
Gaston County Handicapped Children's Center prepares for its fall opening on September 3 in Dallas. Bruce Thornburg presided, new board member Robert Rhyne attended, and Max Childers visited. A Gospel Sing fundraiser, led by Aldrich Myers, aims to support the center. Dr. Mary Ellen Nelson reports ongoing psychological tests for prospective pupils. test appointments may be arranged by calling WA 2379. About 35 children are expected to enroll this fall and teaching positions are under consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delores Childers
Gaston County
Handicapped Children's Center
Dallas
Bruce Thornburg
Kings Mountain
Robert Rhyne
Max Childers
MU Holly
Aldrich Myers
Belmont
Mary Ellen Nelson
Nelson
Eight Firms Bid On Gastonia Sewer Improvements
Eight general contractors are bidding on the Avon outfall and additions to Gastonia sewer system. Bids open at 2 pm August 26 in the city hall council room. Bidders include Blythe Brothers CW al lant, Midstate Contractors, Ray J. Lowder, Gilbert Engineering, P F Withers, Gastonia Plumbing, Tri Mac, and others. The Avon outfall will run from Avon and Second to Catabwa Creek connecting to the new plant outfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gastonia
Rom
City Hall
Blythe Brothers and
al. Lant. Inc
Charlotte
Midstate Contractors
Hickory
Ray J. Lowder
Tea Invitation and Obituary Notices in Negro News
Negro News notes visiting relatives of Mrs Margaret Belton Jessamy from Yonkers and asks social courtesies at a tea hosted by Saint Paul’s Baptist Church's Junior Department at 119 West Walnut. Also reports the death of Mrs Cora Lee Tatum of Gastoma Road after a three week illness and funeral plans at Little Mt Pisgah Baptist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel D. Bankhead
Margaret Belton
Jessamy
Belvery Ann, Alvin and
Michael
Yonkers
N. J
W. M. Belton
Lillian Crosby
Sullivan Avenue
Anita Dee
West Walnut Avenue
Saint Paul’ S Baptist Church
Coral. Tatum
Cora Lee Tatum
Gastoma Rl
Little Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church
Albert Meeks
Martin
Tome
Tattim
Wsband
William Tatum
Ada Watkins
Harisburg
Geneva, Williamson
Greensboro
Test Ban Talks Expand On Front Page
Officials outline a plan for continued nuclear research without explosions while negotiations among the United States Britain and Russia aim to curb testing. Red China and others may be drawn in later to monitor stations as the Pentagon keeps building and improving weapons. The U S aims for a wind up to a test series in the Pacific starting next spring.
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U.N
Red China
United States
Britain
Russia
Atomic Anergy Commission
Defense Department
VU. S
Pentagon
Ahnul
Pade
Obituary of R. M. Robinson of Clover
R M Robinson 84 of 393 Kings Mountain died Friday night at home. Elder of Clover Presbyterian Church and longtime Clover council member. Funeral Sunday 4 pm at Clover Presbyterian Church with burial Woodside Cemetery. Survived by wife Aris Isabel Pursley Robinson two daughters Mrs McLain Ford and Mrs H Boyce Faulkner two sisters Mrs J F Pursley and Miss Minnie Robinson five grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
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R. M. Robin
Clover
Robert McCorkle Robinson
Kings Mountain Street
J. BR
Rebecca F. Robinson
Robinson
Clover Presbyterian Church
Cloverown
Woodside Cemetery
M. N. Ford & Sons Funeral Home
Aris Isabel Pursley Robinson
McLain Ford
H. Boyce Faulkner
J. F. Pursley
Minnie Robinson
Life Saving Crew Keeps Gaston Safe In Disasters
The Gaston Life Saving Crew operates across counties with rapid aid in disasters. They saved a Gaston Memorial Hospital patient by securing rare blood type B 1 from Charville blood bank for immediate transfusions. The crew performs life saving work amid deathly scenes, continuing CPR until a doctor orders cessation. Citizens are urged to support via the United Fund Campaign starting in October.
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Gaston County
Dow
Gaston Life Saving
Gaston Memorial Hospital
Charville
Gaston Life Saving Crew
Gastonians
United Fund
Tube Rose Snuff Bandit Stolen From Car at Drug Store
City police seek the tube rose snuff bandit who took a case of snuff from a car parked at Franklin Drug Store. J C Tenkins of 369 Oakdale Street reported the theft. The snuff was valued at 14 dollars.
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Franklin Drug Store
J.C. Tenkins
Oakdale Street
Congress Faces Debt Ceiling and Education Aid Plan
Congress debates a debt limit set at 288 billion dollars through June 34 1960 with a permanent ceiling at 275 billion and a temporary top of 28 billion. The Senate sent two measures to the House a four year 9 million dollar federal education aid program focused on science and math and a six month stopgap to renegotiate defense contracts. Jones and Frank Ridgeway.
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Senate
House
Jones
Frank Ridgeway
Farmer Ralph Kiser Dies After Heart Attack
Ralph Augustus Kiser 40 a Lincolnton farmer and former Love Memorial School teacher died Friday at his Dallas home from a heart attack. He was stricken at work near his dairy barn and had served 39 months in World War I. Survived by widow Mary Frances McAllister, parents Augustus M and Zoe Carpenter Kiser, three nieces and one nephew. Funeral Sunday at Bethel Lutheran Church with burial in the church cemetery. Warlick Funeral Home handling arrangements.
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Dallas
Ralph Augustus Kiser
Kiser
Lincolnton
R 4
Love Memorial School
Lincoln County
U. S. Army
Tra
Augustus M
Zoe Carpenter Kiser
Mary Frances McAllister
Brenda
Gail
Elizabeth Neal
Curlis Neal
Bethel Lutheran Church
Tryon
Gaston County Farm Bureau
Ll. Sammin Miller
Warlick Funeral Home
Lincafnton
Three Lowell Girls Represent Fire Dept in Beauty Contest
The Lowell Volunteer Fire Department is represented by three girls in the beauty contest at the Gaston County Spindle Center Fair. With 27 entrants, the event opens Monday September 8 with bathing suit judging and concludes Thursday September 11 with the grandstand coronation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
Lowell Volunteer Fire Department
Gaston County
Mrs Reid Entices Readers Review Club at Sparrow Springs
Mrs J W Reid hosted the Readers Review Club at Sparrow Springs Lake with husbands in attendance. A terrace picnic dinner overlooking the lake accompanied by late summer flower table decor accompanied the month’s book selection Beyond Sy Worth by Lilian Roth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
Readers Review Club
J. W. Reid
Sparrow Springs Lake
Reid
Claudia Baker
Charles Ishii
Lilian Roth
C. B. Jenkins
Claudia Baker T
Susanna Wesley
Methodist Church
A. R. Warren
Carl W. Kendrick
George Young
Hattie Ashhira
New Teachers Join Rhyne School Staff
Rhyne School will have two ARN teachers for the coming term. Mrs. Martha Jean Holbert, formerly at Rhyne, and Glenn Dover join with degrees from Erskine College and Appalachian State Teachers College Boone. Returning staff include Helen S Carpenter Irene V Mac Pherson Lucile Lewis May E Hunter Carr Rachel Spencer Kate Van Dyke Doris Ann Yarbrough George F Wright D J Lewis Norma Ruth Minges Ann R Franklin Layertle Guyererry L Garrison and Wayne Kenneth Ratchford. Bus routes unchanged. Samuel C. Rhyne serves as principal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhyne School
Martha Jean Holbert
Rhyne
Glenn Dover
Holbert
Erskine College
Dover
Appalachian State Teachers College
Boone
Helen S. Carpenter
Irene V. MacPherson
Lucile Lewis
May E. Hunter Carr
Rachel Spencer
Kate van Dyke
Doris Ann Yarbrough
George F. Wright
D. J. Lewis
Norma Ruth Minges
Ann R. Franklin
Layertle Guyer
Erry L. Garrison
Wayne Kenneth Ratchford
Samuel C. Rhyne
W H Cook Dies Suddenly in Los Angeles
William Ho Conk Jr 38 formerly of Gastonia died in Los Angeles after a sudden illness. Funeral at McLean & Son with burial in Hollywood Cemetery. Rev A A Seuggins to officiate. Born July 98 1990 in Andrews, he was son of the late W H Cook and Clara Lang Cook. Survived by brother George E Cook of Baltimore and sisters Mrs William Harvey of Baltimore and Mrs Raleigh Black of Washington DC.
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William Ho Conk Jr
Gastonia
Los Angeles
Calif
Mclean & Son Funeral Home
Hollywood Cemetery
A. A. Seuggins
Andrews
W. H. Cook
Clara Lang Cook
Mr. Cook
George E. Cook
Baltimore, Md
William Harvey
Baltimore
Raleigh Black
Washington, D.C
The Quill Front Page Reflections of Fear and Dawn
A fragmentary reflection laments burdens of taxes laws and looming danger. The speaker fears burglars fires and wildlife but hopes for dawn and daily routine to resume. The narrative voice contrasts anxiety with a plan to fix breakfast and continue life despite fear and sleepless nights.
Rodeo Show Draws Gastonia Crowd At Optimist Club Event
The Gastonia Optimist Club sponsored a rodeo featuring bronc riding calf roping bull riding and clown acts. Spectators cheered the specialty act by Hammett and Goldie and the rodeo clowns. Club officials praised turnout and expected a larger crowd Saturday night said President Bugh McArver.
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Gastonia Optimist Club
Hammett
Goldie
Optimist Club
Sisk Family Reunion Set for Sunday at Brackett’s Cedar
The Sisk family reunion will be held Sunday at Brackett’s Cedar. Family members are gathering for a daytime event with plans to share memories and photos, continuing a long tradition of reunions in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sisk
Brackett’s Cedar
Fighting Women Tip Is Fruitless
Rural Police received a complaint Saturday morning around 1 o'clock that two women were fighting in a parked car on the Kings Mountain Highway. Officers reached the scene but the car was gone. The report came from Gastonia city police Park near Polkville. The program will begin at US 45 at Putnam Heights, Conn. A picnic lunch will be served at noon.
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Kings Mountain
Gastonia City
ASC Seeding Push Drives County Farm Purchases
Gaston county farmers rush land prep for pasture alfalfa red clover crimson clover vetch and ryegrass with hundreds of tons of lime spread. Mrs May T New county ASC office manager says purchase orders for materials are being issued now and urges farmers to obtain them at the Agriculture Center near Dallas.
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Gaston County
May T. New
ASC
Soil Bank
Dallas
Festival Dance Draws Crowds at Mt Holly Textile Festival
In Mt Holly Al a large crowd gathered in the downtown square for a Jaycees led community dance tied to the 13th Annual Textile Festival. The high point was a drawing for a new automobile won by Miss Rudy Boyles of Belmont Station WCGC.
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Mount ‘Holly al
Thad Lawing
Jaycees
Mt. Holly
Rudy Boyles
Belmont
WCGC
Oklahoma City Negroes Push Toward Equality
Oklahoma City NAACP officials report progress in a sit down movement to end racial segregation in dining. Mrs. Clara Luper leads youths seeking service at white fountains and counters, with Brown's Luncheonette still resisting while Kress Variety Store serves. White community support grows, and organizers rely on Christian solidarity to push change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
National Assn
Clara Luper
Naacp Youth Council
Luper
Ing
Kata
Ood
Kress Variety
Brown's
Kress
Brown
Five Injured In Two Car Crash At Akers Center
Five persons were injured in a two car collision at Akers Center. Frank J Saunders 70 of Chester South Carolina admitted to hospital with possible rib injuries and a bruised jaw. Sarah Williams 33 bruised knee Mrs Belly Prince 37 of Brunson D C injured ankle Marvin F Williams six bruises and Janet Gay Williams six cuts and bruises. Saunders was admitted. others were discharged. The other driver Robert Lee Wilson 42 of Gastonia North Carolina said to have had a green light. Both cars were damaged. City officers J J Terry and F W Carrigan investigated at 803 p m. No charges filed. The article also notes US tin imports in January 1958.
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Akers Center
Takeno
Frank J Saunders
Chester
3. C
Sarah
J. J. Terry
F. W. Carrigan
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Max E. Fish
Telephone Company
Max BE
Louisiana
Clover Booster Club
Nah Adl
Rachel Crawford
Beth Withers
Ve Iterian Hospital School of Nursing
Jin Charlotte
Crawford
Herbert Crawford
Ann McChord Williams
Miss Withers
Frank Withers
Morgan Ruppe
Patha
Wora
Joel, Jackson
John McCarter
M. B. Nall
Floyd Parrish
Moffett Wylie
Bryan Gibson
Johnny Murphy
John Barnett
James Jeter
Joe Jackson
Ray McCarter
Lake
Edward OH. Smith
Laouisiana
Hale Roges
John Patrick Conway
Edwin Willis
Olla Passman
T. A. Thompson
F. Edward Hebert
A. P. Vureaud
Nossa
Tuccaud
Luisiana
National Association, For the Advancement of Colored People
Partist Church
Avon
Catawba Creek
Seware
Abernathy
Negro News
Snuff Bandit
BY Ralst
Ralph A. Kiser
Nancy Lynn Reed
Gail Reddick
Carol Jean Nichols
Lowell Fire Queens
Mrs. Reid
Sparrow Springs
Fred Watson
C. M. Robinson
B. F. Pollard
Marion
Pollard
Montreal
Wade Boggs
Harold Rankin
Jerry
Ocean Plaza
S. C
W. C. Bivins
W. C. Jr
Jane
Robbie Hand
Decatur
H. Hand
Dick Smith
Junior Merle Greeley
Robby Warren
Denbigh
R. B. Groves
Aubrey Tinder
Billy
Judy
Bob
Richmond
Atlanta
L. H. Heck
Ray Heck
Douglas
Savannah
T. P. Rankin
Roberta Smith
Betty Sue Smith
Rachel Smith
W. L. Baker
Pantine Teague
Carol Teague
Nashville
Tenn
Elaine Tollison
Sarasota, Fla
Fr. W. Frazier
Ralph Warren
Des Moines
Iowa
A. R. Warren Andauty
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Malaya
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AL South &T
Penegar
Foter
West
Franklin Ave
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