Serious injuries after truck rear-ends auto on Wilkinson Blvd
A tractor trailer struck a sedan carrying Lee Owensby’s family near Belmont on Wilkinson Boulevard. Carolyn Robinson, 22, suffered severe head and nose injuries, with several relatives also hurt though less seriously. Driver Donat Dion, 24, Charlotte, was cited for speeding for conditions. The crash occurred around 8:45 p.m. as the 1951 sedan waited to turn.
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Lee Owensby
New Hope
Robin
Beach
State Patrol
Paul H. Hemphill
Wilkinson
N. C. Highway 7
Belmont
Carolyn Robinson
Gaston Memorial Hospital
Hemphill
Harley
Catawba
Donat Vincent Dion
Charlotte
Dion
Tony Earl Robinson
Jonathan Robinson
Calvin Owensby
Allen
Death Claims R. P. Elmore
R Porter Elmore 182 a retired Gaston county merchant died suddenly at 8 30 a m Sunday at his daughter’s home on Union road He was born June 23 1876 in Gaston county lifelong Bethesda Methodist Church member The funeral will be Tuesday at 10 a m at Bethesda Methodist Church with burial in the church cemetery Officiating will be Rev Leroy Scott and Rev J R Bogle Pallbearers will be nephews Surviving are two daughters Mrs Pat Smith Cocoa Beach Fla and Mrs Armstrong two sons K E Elmore Cocoa Beach and Robert P Elmore Jr Gastonia two sisters Mrs Thomas H Ford and Mrs T L Ford Gastonia seven grandchildren five great grandchildren Fite and Bumgardner Funeral Home in charge
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belmont
R. Porter Elmore
Gaston County
R. S. Armstrong Jr
Union Road
Mr. Elmore
Henry R
Susan
Henry Elmore
Bethesda Methodist Church
Leroy Scott
J. R. Bogle
Mtrs
Pat Smith
Cocoa Beach
Fla
Armstrong
K. E. Elmore
Robert P. Elmore Jr
Gastonia
Thomas H. Ford
T. L. Ford
Fite and Bumgardner Funeral Home
Florida death of Lakeland resident Broadus Blanton
Broadus Edwin Blanton 47 of 105 Waynesville Ave Lakeland Florida died suddenly at 12 30 p m Friday in a hospital He was connected with refrigeration and air conditioning services The funeral was set for Monday at 4 p m at Colonial Chapel Carothers Funeral Home with Rev Ralph Webb and Rev Wilson Payne officiating Burial will be in Gaston Memorial Park Surviving are his wife Norma a daughter Gail Bancom of Lakeland two brothers Alfred of Wichita Kansas and Raymond Blanton of Gaffney South Carolina three sisters Ola Mc Daniels and Kate McDaniels of Gaffney and Mille Floyd of Blacksburg Redmen Masonic Lodge and Woodmen of the World member
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Broadus Edwin Blanton
Waynesville Ave
Lakeland
Fla
Colonial Chapel
Carothers Funeral
Ralph Webb
Victory Baptist Church
Wilson Payne
Monroe
Gaston Memorial Park
Norma Blanton
Gail Bancom
Alfred
Wichita
Kan
Raymond Blanton
Gaffney
S. C
Ola McDaniels
Kate McDaniels
Mille Floyd
Blacksburg
J. Lyda
Lloyd Coley
Russell, Carpenter
Bill Barnes
Fred Rawlings Jr
Paul Falls
Blanton
Holland Memorial Masonic Lodge
Order of Redmen
The
Woodmen of the World
Drag Racers Yield Place Behind Wheel
Two youths, Fred Floyd Rush and Gus Junior Garrison, were convicted in Gastonia city court of drag racing on Franklin Ave. Judge O. F. Mason ordered three months suspension of their driver’s licenses as a condition of leniency. Hubert Crisp received a 30 day stay and a $25 fine plus costs for driving without financial responsibility insurance. Robert MedAfee was given a 30 day suspension for violation of the prohibition law.
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Gastonia
Franklin Ave
B. R. Lyerly
Fred Floyd Rush
W. Fifth Ave
Gus Junior Garrison
Bessemer City
O. F. Mason
Mason
Hubert Crisp
N. Flint St
Robert MedAfee
Propst St
Funeral Rites Planned for Mr Johnson and M D Richard
Marian David Richard 53 of Stanley dies at focal hospital after a long illness. Funeral at Stanley Methodist Church Tuesday 4 p.m. Rev J J Rayle officiates. Burial Hillcrest Gardens. John Wesley Johnson 76 of Dallas Stanley highway dies after serious illness. Surviving wife Ruth Byrd and daughter Roberta Pope. Funeral Tuesday 11 a.m. Mountain Side Baptist Church Spencer Mountain. Burial Bessemer City Memorial Cemetery. Flowers to building fund of Stanley Methodist Church. Body to Carothers Funeral Home for transfer.
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Marian David Richard
Stanley
Focal Hospital
Stanley Methodist Church
J. J. Rayle
Hillcrest Gardens
Carothers Funeral Home
O. B. Bentley
John Wesley Johnson
Dallas-Stanley
Daughe
Calif
Tony
James
Fred
Cornelius
Floyd W
U.S. Army
Dallas
John W. Johnson Jr
Robert
Lawrence
Newberry
S. C
Waverly Richard
Thomp Burgess C
Charlotte
Horace A. Johnson
Venice
Keu Calif
Adist Church
Mountain Side Baptist Church
Spencer Mountain
Oscar Costner
Bessemer City Memorial Cemetery
New Delicacies At Public Market Fair In Los Angeles
At a downtown hotel wholesale market fair a display features exotic foods from around the world. Quail eggs shark fins reindeer steak cater pillars lily bulbs grasshoppers in butter are shown alongside hams soaked in whisky candies caviar cheeses pink beer and other unusual items. The fair manager Ted Dobl notes the insects on a plate are for those who have eaten everything.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Ted Dobl
Miss Gwen Pearson Entered in Gastonia Beauty Pageant
Gastonia teenager Gwen Pearson 18 daughter of Mr and Mrs Hubert J Pearson competes in the Gastonia Beauty Pageant Saturday night. She lives at 1026 Midway Drive and attended Western Carolina College the past two years. She has training in dramatics music and pantomime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gwen Pearson
Gastonia
Hubert J. Pearson
Gwen
Midway Drive
Western Carolina College
Driskill Webb Passes At 81
Driskill Webb 81 of 26 N Oakwood St died at 6 35 p m Saturday at his home He was a retired textile worker and farmer Survivors include his wife Ida Carver Webb two sons Arthur and Joe Webb of Gastania six daughters Ruth Joyner Orlando Fla Jessie Sell Jers Norfolk Va Florence Dover Frankie Smith Daisy Yancey all of Gastonia and Georgia Hayes Stanley two brothers Andrew Webb Greenville S C and Milford Webb Newport Tenn 43 grandchildren and 41 great grandchildren Funeral will be Tuesday at 2 p m at Beech Avenue Baptist Church with Rev Ronald Holland and Rev Fred King officiating Burial in Hollywood Cemetery Carothers Funeral Home
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Driskill Webb
Oakwood St
Ida Carver Webb
Arthur
Joe Webb
Gastania
Ruth Joyner
Orlando
Fla
Jessie Sell“Jers
Norfolk
Florence Dover
Frankie Smith
Daisy Yancey
Gastonia
Georgia Hayes
Stanley
Andrew Webb
Greenville
S. C
Milford Webb
Newport
Tenn
Webb
Beech Avenue Baptist Church
Ronald Holland
Fred King
Hollywood Cemetery
Carothers Funeral Home
Man charged in two deaths in Gastonia
John Clifton Nolen aged 35 was charged Monday morning with manslaughter in the Friday night highway deaths of two Gas ton ia men on US 321 south of Gastonia. State Patrolman Paul Hemphill said Nolen’s car was involved and he was in the vehicle at the time. Nolen, a telephone company worker, was injured and taken to Gaston Memorial Hospital. The warrant was turned over to Hemphill for execution.
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John Clifton Nolen
Gasilonia
Paul H. Hemphill
Oakdale
Nolen
John K. Wetland
Oakland St
Alber
James Childers
Quark Ave
Holland c
Childers
US S
Highway 321
Gastonia
Hemphill
Nofen
Nolen Wats
Telephone Company
Gaston Memorial Hospital
Loen
Durham
Rob
Edward Smith
Atlantic
Lake Ming Pool
Ning
Oraanius Rh
Flavia
Hamburg
France
A. MacPherson Ross
Pettus
Alfred
Bessemer City
Cher
Twolryville
Ed Groves
J. W. Smathers Succumbs At 72 In North Carolina
Obituary item notes James W. Smathers, 72, died Saturday at 195 p.m. after a three week illness. Retired auto mechanic, he lived at 1427 N. Rhyne St. Funeral Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. at Colonial Home, Rev. Fred King officiating. Burial Hollywood Cemetery. Survived by five sisters and a brother.
Obituary for C D White Jr of Clover S C
Clover South Carolina obituary for Thomas D White Jr age 27 of 405 Bethel Street who died Monday after several weeks illness. Service at Clover Methodist Church led by Rev C L Hardwick with burial in Woodside Cemetery. Survived by wife Nadine Blanton White four children Thomas Howard David Corol Lynn Libby White of home his parents Mr and Mrs T D White of Clover four brothers Walter Yardley Bratton Carl and Joe White and four sisters Mrs Alfred Michaels Aileen Virginia and Cynthia White all of Clover.
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C.D. White Ek
Clover
S. C
Thomas D. White Jr
Bethel St
Clover Methodist Church
C. L. Hardwick
Woodside Cemetery
Nadine Blanton White
Thomas Howard
David
Corol Lynn
Libby White
T. D. White
Walter
Yardley
Bratton
U.S. Army
Germany
Carl
York
Joe White
Alfred Michaels
Aileen
Virginia
Cynthia While
Shark Attack Kills Skindiver at La Jolla Beach
Robert Pamperin, 33, of San Diego, was killed by a shark while skindiving 50 yards offshore at La Jolla. Onlookers, lifeguards, and a Coast Guard helicopter searched the waters, but Pamperin was not recovered. A large white shark was reported beneath the surface. this marks the third shark fatality in the region in recent years.
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LA Jolla
Calif
Husky
Robert Pamperin
San Diego
Bob
Tom Lehrer
Lehrer
William Abitz
Pampetin
Abitz
Pamperin
Carolyn
Coast Guard
Pam
Perin
Ropter
Albert Kogter
San Francisco
Monterey Bay
Chamber Man At Institute
Fred Ratchford executive secretary of the Gastonia Chamber of Commerce left to attend the Southeastern Institute for Chamber of Commerce Executives in Chapel Hill. The institute lasts one week. Ratchford joined the chamber last Monday replacing Doug Guthrie who moved to a Chamber job in Goldsboro. Ratchford formerly was personnel manager at the RCGL Plant of Burlington Industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Ratchford
Sec
Gastonia Chamber of Commerce
Southeastern Institute For Chamber of Commerce
Chapel Hill
Ratchford
Chamber
Doug Guthrie
Goldsboro
RCGL
Burlington Industries
North Carolina Violent Death Toll Climbs Over Weekend
Weekend violence across North Carolina claimed at least 30 lives, with two fatal highway wrecks in Gaston and Wayne counties. Accounts list victims from Gastonia, Goldsboro, and other towns, plus a separate fire aboard a cable ship causing casualties among crew and workers.
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Rey
Associated Press
Gaston
Wayne Counties
North Carolina
John Kenneth Holland
Albert James Childress
Gastonia
Wayne County
William Charles Whaley
Ruth Lamm
Goldsboro
Aaron Moore Jr
Durham
Daniel Thomas Foster
Henderson
James Lloyd Cranfill
Yadkinvilte
Roosevelt Little
Woodville
Roscoe Herman Ziglar
Stoneville Hoy
Stoneville
More About Methodists Beginnings On Front Page
Providence R I report notes a plan to nab sweets by three youngsters ended badly Sunday. Mrs Lillie Cline Rudisill, 74, died about 7 am Sunday after police arrested three boys aged 10 to 13 at the Rosen home 1515 South Marietta Street. She had lived here 35 years and was a member of a local Baptist church. Funeral arrangements set with Carothers Funeral Home. Survivors include three daughters and seven grandchildren among others. Burial in Cline Cemetery at Hilderbrand. Various church and community figures listed as replacements in a roster of clergy and congregations across nearby towns.
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Providence
Lillie Cline -Rudisill
Rosen
South Marietta Street
Candy Co
Ana J
South
I Sjamotta Street Baptist Church
Carothers Funeral
C. H. Balch
Abbemarle
Harold Sprinkle
Cline Cemetery
Hilderbrand
Daugh- Bangle
Lowell
Bangle
Edna’ Welch
Avondale
Henrietta
W. E.thome
Ruth Tarlton
Fitzgerald
Jefferson
Asw
Bohannan
Gastonia
Bruce Nelson
Lawesville
Hills Sister
Addie Cline
Hilder- Chapel
Thomas W. Weeks
Brand
Adenville
E. ©. Queen
Alders
Gate
Mt. Holly
T. H. Swolford
Herman Bill
North Brook
Bruce Norty
Oak Grove
St. Pauly Wade
R. Bustle
C. Kendrick
Pisgah
G. L. Wile
Kinson
Polkville
Steeplejack Held On Liquor Charge in Dallas Prison Camp
A year-old Lowell steeplejack, Arthur M. Elkin known as Bud, was arrested Saturday and charged with attempting to smuggle a pint of liquor into a Dallas prison camp. Rural Police say the act was witnessed by the wife of a prisons department officer as inmates played baseball near the fence.
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Lowell
Dallas
Arthur M
Bud) Elkin
Prisons Department
Funeral for John Kenneth Holland
John Kenneth Holland dies from injuries after an automobile crash. Funeral is Tuesday at 4 p.m. at Tabernacle Baptist Church with Rev. P. B. Barnett Rev. J. T. Jones and Rev. J. H. Acker officiating. Burial follows in Rose Hill Cemetery. Body at Cestnet's Funeral Home.
Long's claims of persecution and health concerns discussed
The article recounts Huey P. Long alleging he was drugged and brutalized while in Baton Rouge, mentions his nephew Sen Russell Long and wife Blanche Tong, and notes Louisiana officials and political maneuvering around governorship. It also lists upcoming rehearsals, dinners, and a forum on nuclear weapons, plus an aside about bower birds.
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Long
Baton Rouge
Texas
Shreveport
Ktrs-Tv
Russell Long
D-La
Blanche Tong
Raymond Hufft
Louisiana
Senator Long
Huey P. Long
Hurst
Lang
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R. P. Elmore
Mr. Blanton i
Florida
Mr. Johnson
Death
M. D. Richard
J. W. Smathers
West Franklin
West Franklin Avenue
M. It. Griffie
Frank Childers
Betty C. Sherrill
Memorial Hospital
Effie W. Mitchell
Broad St
King Street
James W. Smathers
N. Rhyne St
Modena Street Baptist Church
Eva Duncan
G. C. Pressley
Lee Darwin
Canton
Lillie Johnson
Candler
Ruth Reese
Horseshoe
Dewey Smathers
Marion
George W. Harold
Luke Smathers
Lannie Lawrence
Thula Garland
Tampa
YBMC
United States
Mason Thomas
Gene Minges
Trinidad
Shark
Skindiver
Institute
George M. Carver
Riverbend
Snow Hill
M. W. Heckard Jr
Rock Springs
W. R. Doser
Salem
New Salem
Harold Austin
Sharon-Boiling Springs
E. C. Price
Purcell
Harley Dickson
Aldersgate
Shelby
J. C. Stokes
Central
Kelly
C. Brendle
Hoyle Memorial
Shellby
R. W. McCulley
Park Avenue
J. H. Coleman
Lafayette Street
R. M. Hauss
Robert F. Forward
J. Leonard Rayle
Grady R. Barringer
E. R. Lynn
Toluca
Paul R. Taylor
Union Circuit
Duke’s
Flint
Negro News
Kit Carson
West
Franklin
Ashley High
Country Club
al Aldridge
Art Freiberger
Harald Sumner
Rison
West Berlin
Bloc
Berlin
Ashley High School
Lions
Australia
New Guinea
Mie Mates
Ash
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