25 Dec 1976
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Newspaper
The Gastonia Gazette
Location
Gastonia, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1976
Page
1
A High Point department store security guard in a tower observed a stocky man carrying a suitcase through the sales floor and toward the exit. The guard halted the man in the parking lot and opened the case, revealing a Santa Claus suit belonging to the store and worn by the man, an employee.
David Alex Derreberry Sr died at 28 in Gaston Memorial Hospital. Survived by wife Lassie, four sons, three daughters, siblings, and many grandchildren. Funeral Sunday at Ridge Baptist Church with interment at Gaston Memorial Park. Burin area at Carothers Funeral Home. Clifford Lively Bresmer City cutlery Lively 69 dies in Kings Mountain Hospital. Retired textile worker. Survived by wife Etta, two daughters, sister, brother, and one brother-in-law. Funeral Sunday at 4 at Sisk East Chapel. Burial at Westview Gardens. Family to receive friends Sunday 3-5 p.m. William Leslie Dude Sprouse 24 of S 5th Street Extension dies in auto crash. Vietnam veteran, Lithiam Corp. survivor list. Funeral Sunday 3 p.m. Chestnut Ridge Baptist Church. Burial Mountain Rest Cemetery. Reception at home of David McKeehan Sr. Mamie Williams Weight Wright dies at Gaston Memorial Hospital. Member Humphrey Chapel AME Gow Church. Survived by daughter Mary, six sisters, four brothers, and two grandchildren. Funeral Humphrey Chapel AME Zion Church Sunday 3 p.m. Body lies in state 1 hour prior at Southother Funeral Home. Burial in church cemetery. Family receives friends Saturday 6-6:30 p.m. John Williams of 210 East Ratchford Street dies at Gaston Memorial Hospital. Member Greater Mt Zion Baptist. Survived by son Ernest and three sisters. Funeral arrangements incomplete.
A local newspaper item lists the traditional twelve days gifts with new prices. Doves cost 4.99 each, French hens from France, and pear trees from Tennessee. Other items include calling birds, geese, swans, milking maids, dancing lords, pipers, and musicians. Total estimated cost reaches 4,497.43 dollars plus tax, with notes on availability and local sellers.
A tiny Arizona town named Santa Claus near Mohave County, about 45 miles southeast of Las Vegas, is offered for sale for 52500. The property includes a service station curio shop and restaurant named the Christmas Tree Inn run by Mary Gaillard and the Stanovich couple. The listing notes living quarters, a desert setting, and a movie tie to The Day the Earth Cracked.
In Kannapolis North Carolina seventy two year old Linker, a former long haul trucker, now plays Santa at a shopping counter. He sports a four month beard and a twinkle in his eye as youngsters question if his beard is real. He claims to travel by helicopter from the North Pole and weighs 208 pounds.
Beef prices paid by shoppers rose 1.6 percent in November the first increase in six months while pork costs fell to the lowest since April 1978. Government analysts noted producer slaughter slowed as cattle inventories thinned and hog production rose with modest gains through mid 1977.
The list records multiple churches with pastors and weekly services across Cherryville Gaston Avenue Lowell Union Road High Shoals Kings Mountain Iron Station East Gastonia and East Gastonia addresses. It itemizes Sunday School times Morning and Evening Worship Evangelistic services midweek trainings and family nights along with contact and location notes.
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