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Newspaper

The Gastonia Gazette

Location

Gastonia, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Jun 03, 1955

Page

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Rentals in North Carolina and Myrtle Beach area include multiple apartments

The listing describes numerous rental options across North Carolina and South Carolina, including cottages at Kure Beach and Myrtle Beach, 1 to 3 room units, furnished and unfurnished apartments, and special features like all electric kitchens, steam heat, and garages. Contact numbers provided for each property.

Kure Beach N.C Cherry Grove Beach S C Lowell Myrtle Beach Waterfront Bessemer City Dia Royal Cleaners Franklin Edgewood Apts

Ayers-Warren Vows Exchanged in York Ceremony

Miss Myrtle Jeanette Warren and James Benjamin Ayers were married Thursday at 4 o'clock in York. The bride wore a light blue sheer frock with white accessories and a purple orchid. The couple will reside in Ranto with relatives and friends attending the service.

Myrtle Jeanette Warren T James Benjamin Ayers Marrige York Probate Dodge Gharies PF Nunn Ayers Pee A.R. Warren Lowell Mr. Warren Russell Ranto

Wedding Guests Arrive for Miss Mary Elizabeth Torrence

Friends arrive for the weekend wedding of Miss Mary Elizabeth Mason and Charlton Kennedy Torrence Jr. Guests include Mr. and Mrs. Clay Vance Ring and Mr. and Mrs. Clay Vance Ring Jr, Miss Gertrude Vance of Kernersville, Harry Stelter of Brooklyn, N Y, Larry Gallen of Arlington Virginia, and Mr. and Mrs. Janie Davis Cook of Roanoke Rapids, staying with Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Torrence.

Mary Elizabeth Mason and Charlton Kennedy Torrence Jr Clay Vance Ring Clay Vance Ring Jr Gertrude Vance Kernersville Harry Stelter Brooklyn Larry Gallen Arlington, Va Janie Davis Cook Roanoke Rapids C. K. Torrence

Buildings Listed For Additions And Rentals On City Streets

A list of construction add-ons and rental notices appears for multiple addresses including 11 Lincoln avenue 14,000 dollars for Pearl HaversAnn Harry ney on Davis Park road 101 Washington Street 200 dollars 002 Union road 400 dollars 107 Hawthorne Lane 100 dollars B03 West Sixth avenue 140 dollars and 205 Smubly Trent 00 63 Unturnishad Apartments plus furnished rooms at 68 York. Additional ads offer three to four room apartments private baths and weekly rates at Southern Hotel with air cooled rooms and reasonable rents.

Harry Ney Davis Park Road Jimmy Jacobs West Franklin Avenue W. J. Sisk Washington Street Ell P. Lineberger Union Road M. C. Bowers Hawthorne Lane M. B. Derreberry West Sixth Avenue Brooks Motor Company General Repaira Ji Lalge Southern Hotel York Renilenan Pvt. T Bath Ate Hay

Local Social Calendar Highlights Weddings and Receptions

A busy social weekend features rehearsal and wedding events across Gastonia and nearby churches. Rehearsals for Lawrence Mason and Lane Leagan weddings, plus a Carpenter couple ceremony at Antioch Lutheran, headline the schedule alongside bridal teas, dinners, a cake cutting, and a Gaston Country Club reception celebrating Mary Elizabeth Mason and Charlton Torrence Jr. with family and guests from area communities.

First Presbyterian Church Gaxton Country Club Grady Stott Charles B. Smith Julius T. Sanders Beath Gastonia Margaret Ann Dixon C. E. Barker K Ann Barker Fred Ferguson Davin Park Road Jane, Hanna Lane-Leagan Victory Baptist Church T. L. Sellars York Road

Summer Union Services Set for Churches

Uptown churches unite for community evening services each Sunday through summer. Each week features a visiting pastor from a participating church, with venues including St Mark's Episcopal and Main Street Methodist. The schedule lists speakers from Foust ARP, St Marks, Holy Trinity Lutheran, and First Presbyterian among others.

St. Mark's Episcopal Church Clyde BO Murbig Asj Minster Mary Street Methodist Clinch Episcopal East A Re Presbyterian C. E. Murray

Gastonia Dallas Water Pact Up Monday Night

Gastonia and Dallas plan to reach a long term water contract next Monday night. Dallas considers remaining with Gastonia or building its own filter plant after a bonds issue of 172000 dollars. The Dallas board will hear from James Wilkins Miles Rhyne and Ben Brown Jr on the water study commission before talks with Lowell, Gastonia's wholesale water concern.

Gastonia Dallas Biys Gastons Dallas Citzens Iula Jas, Wilkins Miles Rhyne Ben Brown Jr Cyistonia Commission Mioe Lowell

Linwood Alumnae Reunion Notice at Pisgah Church

Former students of Jones Seminary and Linwood College plan the eighth Linwood Alumnae Association reunion on Saturday July 1 at 2:00 PM at Pisgah Associated Reformed Presbyterian Church. A short program follows at 3:15 PM, picnic supper at 5:00 PM. bring a picnic basket. Officers listed: Helen Neal president, Margaret Pearson vice president, Herman Ratchford secretary, Oscar A. Falls treasurer.

Jones Seminary Linwood College Linwood Alumnae Association Pisgah Associated Reformed = Presbyterian Church Helen Neal Margaret Pearson Herman Ratchford Oscar A. Falls

Simpson invites to Shirley Lou Simpson wedding

Mr and Mrs Ralph Harvard Simpson request the honor of your presence at the marriage of their daughter Shirley Lou Simpson to Mr Joseph Allen Johnson junior on Saturday June 25 at five o'clock at First Baptist Church Gastonia North Carolina. Reception immediately after at Gaston Country Club. RSVP.

Ralph Harvard Simpson Shirley Lou Joseph Allen Johnson Baptist’ Church Gastonia North Carolina Gaston Country Club R.S.V. P

Defendant Convicted Of Driving Drunk In Gastonia Court

Ernest Harris 29 Negro of 1402 North York Street was convicted by Judge Froneberger Friday morning of driving drunk after officers said his car nearly struck a patrol car. He faced a minimum $100 fine plus costs. Other items note individuals paying costs for speeding improper license tag and other minor offenses. A separate civil suit filed seeks $21,694.25 in an action brought by James Roy Ervin related to injuries from a Clover highway wreck on August 21, 1954. Vacation Bible School opens Monday at First Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, running through June 15 from 9 to 11:30 a.m.

Ernest Harris North York Street P. ©. Froneberger Gastonia Sloan Avenue M. J. Rainey R. 4. Burris Ernest Warren Harris Arthur Webb Bradley Avenue Wiliam Williams Charlotte James William Hensley Dallas Myrtle Lipscomb South Vance Street Dewey V. Butler Ervin Beard Vacation Bible School Sociate Reformed Presbyterian

Two Injured In Auto Collision In Gastonia

Willie Mae Lowery and Catherine Black, both 33 and residents of West Allison and West Lincoln avenues, were injured Thursday morning in a crash at East Second and South Belvedere avenues. They rode in a 1950 Pontiac driven by Hurdle Gullick, 54, while Bobby P. Lyle, 18, of Rockmart Georgia, drove a 1947 Chevrolet and told officers he stopped at a stop sign before the collision. The injured sustained bruises.

Willie Mae Lowery Allison Avenue Catherine Black Lincoln Avenue East Second Avenue Belvedere Avenue Hurdle Gullick East Fourth Avenue Bobby P. Lyle Rockmart Belvedere

Death Claims T J NeeSmith Jr

Thomas J NeeSmith Jr aged 32 of 113 South Dalton street died Friday at 4 a m in a local hospital after an illness of several weeks He had been in failing health since August He worked at Firestone Textiles Survivors include his wife Ella Mae NeeSmith his parents a sister two half sisters and three half brothers all of Lyons Ga The funeral is set for Sunday at 10 am at Hardins Chanel Lyons Ga with burial in the church cemetery The body was to be moved from Carothers Funeral Home to Trapnell Funeral Home Lyons

Thomas J. NeeSmith Jr Dalton Street NeeSmith Firestone Textiles Ella Mae NeeSmith T. J. NeeSmith Willie Mae Collins Sally Parton Bell Beasley Hershell Albert Nee- Smith Lyons Hardin’s ‘Chanel Church Carothers Funeral Home Trapnell Funeral Home

Ford terms leak hints at industry wage rivals

Front page notes Ford offered to fund about 18 million dollars a year in supplemental jobless payments and raise wages by five to eight cents an hour. Proposed three year deal could total 35 million with higher pension and insurance benefits. GM sets strike deadline next Wednesday amid self imposed news blackout on negotiations.

Ford

Local births announced in Gaston Memorial Hospital notices

Mr and Mrs Willie Sparks Phillips of East Gastonia announce the birth of a son on Thursday June 2 at Gaston Memorial Hospital. Mr and Mrs Morrison Amos Crisp of Mount Holly announce the birth of a son on Friday June 3 at Gaston Memorial Hospital. Mr and Mrs Howard Phillips of Bessemer City announce the birth of a daughter on Thursday June 2 at Gaston Memorial Hospital. Mr and Mrs Calvin Clifford Carlton of 1306 Congress Avenue announce the birth of a son on Thursday June 2 at Gaston Memorial Hospital. Mr and Mrs Lavance Huey Simmons of Gastonia R-4 announce the birth of a daughter on Friday June 3 at Gaston Memorial Hos

Willie Sparks Phillips East Gastonia Gaston Memorial Hospital Morrison Amos Crisp Mount Holly Howard Phillips Bessemer City Calvin Clifford Carlton Congress Avenue Lavance Huey Simmons R-4

Boyle Begins On Front Page Investigation

The article discusses vaccination history and impact, noting smallpox rare where vaccination is compulsory, with a historical claim of 3,513,000 Philippine residents vaccinated without fatalities. It contrasts Jenner and Salk vaccines and envisions polio and smallpox becoming diseases of the past within a generation or less.

U.S Philippine Islands

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