Farmers Use Multiflora Rose Plants For Fences
Farmers in Gaston County turn to multiflora rose as living fences to replace posts and wire, aiding wildlife habitat and soil protection. The program, aided by the Soil Conservation Service and state resources, lists farmers receiving planting stock and notes future tree seedling requests for erosion control on steep land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BR. J. Seitz
Gates
Gaston County
Act
N. C
Hailie Stowe
Gastonia
Dan Harrison
W. E. Leigh
J. c
E BD. Adams
Paul H. Martin
Mr. Holly
Lloyd L. Brown
Stanley
Forney A. Rankin
W. F. Gaston
Robert S. Robinson
Hickory Grove Church
Tom B. Robinson
Hardin
Burlington Mills
Cramerton
Stowe Mills
McAdenville
Wrecks leave several hurt and fines posted in Gastonia
A Gastonia court docket lists several minor crashes and penalties. Two Negro defendants, John Odell Fewell and Robert Lee Hughes, paid costs for ABC law violations. Wayne E. Clippard and Alvin Angello Jones paid fines or costs for prohibition and speeding. An accident at South York Street and West Second Avenue injured Johnny R. Jeffries and Linwood Hollowell with $575 damage. A West Franklin Avenue crash near Weldon Street injured Leroy Benfield and Bridgeman. Goodlett’s car and others involved suffered damage totaling about $750. Additional defendants faced half-costs for stop sign, improper exhaust, and speeding offenses. The United States has 8,000 coal producing companies in 28 states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gastonia
North Carolina
John Odell Fewell
Bessemer City
Robert Lee Hughes
North Rhyne Street
Fewell
Wayne E. Clippard
Lowell
Alvin Angello Jones
Atlanta
Johnny R. Jeffries
Windy Hill
South York Street
West Second Avenue
Jeffries
Linwood B. Hollowell
West Sixth Avenue
West Frank
Lin Avenue
South Weldon
Leroy Benfield
B. S. Bridge
Kings Mountain
Benfield
Ford and Bridgeman
Studebaker
William Dupree
Goodlett
Welborn
Kings Moun
Carl Dimette Brady
William Richard Costner
A. K
Driver Issued Prison Terms In Gastonia Court
Willis Bazzle aged 31 was sentenced to four months and 90 days on the roads after pleading guilty to drunk driving and hit and run stemming from a minor East Airline avenue collision. Dewey E. Long Jr. reported the hit and chase, aided by City Officers Gilbert and Carswell. no injuries. Albert Lynch, 45, received 30 days for affray and 30 for drunkenness, with pending Cleveland County trial on similar charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis Bazzle
Gastonia
East Airline Avenue
Bazzle
Dewey E. Long Jr
Long
E. J. Gilbert
M. A. Carswell
East Cale Avenue
Albert Lynch
Lynch
Gaffney
S. C
Cleveland County
Commander Keeps Legion Banquets In Air
National commander Seaborn P. Collins, a former Air Force pilot from New Mexico, travels by his own plane, logging over 50 000 miles on speeches for the American Legion. Local posts worry about delays as he arrives, while Collins recalls past wartime flights and handles risky landings including a near crash in Guymon Oklahoma and a dust storm episode en route to Calhhart Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
NEA
American Legion
Legion
Seaborn P. Collins
Air Force
New Mexico
Ince Dalhari
Rock Island
Guymon
Prac
Guyman
Collins
Oklahoma Panhandle
Columbus
Ohio
Cal
Hart
Tex
Early Spring Spell Broken in Fragmentary Note
A fragmented OCR item notes an early spring spell broken and mentions a figure named Graham as a sole ally, reflecting a terse, non-specific historical snippet.
Barbers Rally for Crippled Children Fund Drive
Barbers across Gastonia rally for a One Day charity drive donating 30 percent of earnings to crippled children. Participating shops to display posters and place collection containers. Lloyd Spargo says customers still receive a haircut or shave while profits support the Orthopedic Hospital program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ap-Inet
Society of North Carolina
St. Louis
Lloyd Spargo
Spargo
Gastonia
Anaeram
Eastern Seal Society
Dr Jennings To Speak Wednesday At Bradley Memorial
Dr Lowell Jennings former missionary to India for the Wesleyan Methodist Church will speak at 7 o clock prayer service Wednesday night at Bradley Memorial Methodist Church. He will recount his life and work in India and note that the population of Morocco has more than doubled in 56 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell Jennings
India
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Bradley Memorial Methodist 1
Jennings
Morrocco
Dallas considers water bonds amid audit figures and slow creek flow
Dallas town engineers cite nearly 400000 in textile property and untested Little Long Creek flow as factors in proposed water plant debt. Officials say audits and state reports imply tax and water rate hikes if bonds pass. Two potential water sites along Little Long Creek are under review. Mayor Beauchamp says Gastonia may supply water under a 10 to 15 year contract with unchanged rates unless emergencies trigger changes ahead of the election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Long Creek
Gastonia
Philadelphia Church Road
H. R. Shuford
A. J. Beauchamp
Dallas
Obituary and arrest report mix from Clover area
Obit notes Evelyn Wilson Price died after a domestic case. graveside services at Woodside Cemetery with parents and grandparents listed. Separately Otis Kelly, 19, of Sarvis Hill, jailed after a Saturday break in for four packs of cigarettes and 57 cents, claimed by Detective J R Harris. He admitted the act after arrest on Main Avenue around 9 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otis Kelly
J. R. Harris
Kelly
Myers Mill
de Warenige
Harris
Main Avenue
Sarvis Hill
Prigh
8. C
Effie Elvon
Larseny
A Price
Lloyd Bicycle
Evelyn Wilson Price
Clover
Ress
Woodside Cemetery
Boyd Price
Charles Wilson
Youths Travel On Borrowed Gas Stop in City Lot
City officers Frank Childers and Charles Penley stopped two 20-year-olds in a late model Chevrolet in Franklin avenue parking area after they said they were en route from Mississippi to Norfolk Virginia. The pair Roy Owens of Anniston Alabama and Hilly Tolbert of Meridian Mississippi admitted using a syphon tube to siphon gas and had filled the tank about half full. Their cases are set for trial Tuesday morning in city court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Childers
Charles Penley
Mississippi
Norfolk
Roy Owens
Anniston
Ala
Hilly Tolbert
Meridian
Miss
Franklin Avenue
License Plates Awaiting Owners
Washington reports a federal payroll decline of 282,893 from 2,649,441 to 2,355,548 between Jan 31 1953 and Jan 31 1954. Civil Service Commission notes Washington area employment also fell by 26,481 in the same period as postwar payrolls shrink after the Korean War peak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gastonia police/seahower administration
Andi Sons
Civil Service Commission
Ito
Truman
Truck tag numbers turned in at N-DUAD facility
The report notes that truck tags 891-413 892-152 and 829-960 have been turned in at N-DUAD. The concise entry records the serial numbers submitted to the depot facility.
Robbery Cases Set For Tuesday Hearing
Preliminary hearing may be held Tuesday morning for two men charged with highway robbery. Robert Lee Duff, 21, of 708 South Vance Street, and George Wa. Corn, 25, of 118 West Bradley Avenue, were arrested Saturday by City Officers on a knife point robbery claim by Willis Jeter involving 40 dollars. The defendants expect to represent themselves and are ready for trial once witnesses are produced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Lee Duff
South Vance Street
George Wa. Corn
West Bradley Avenue
Robert Burris
John Sadler
Willis Jeter
Group To Honor Graham Tonight
Montreat hosts educators friends and officials to honor Evangelist Billy Graham who will leave Saturday for a revival tour of Scotland. Graham, who lives there, arrived by air from Washington where he preached for President Eisenhower. The banquet is sponsored by Montreat College and Mountain Retreat Association students and staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreat —Pi
Billy Graham
Scotland
Graham
Washington
Eisenhower
Montreat College and
Mountain Retreat Association
Labor Leader Fink in Serious Condition in Salisbury
Charles A. Fink, longtime president of the State Federation of Labor, remains in serious condition at Rowan Memorial Hospital after more than a week with pneumonia related lung complications. In other notes, a home remedy suggests removing hard water scale from tea kettles with alternating rinses of warm vinegar and warm water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salisbury
Charles A. Fink
State Federation of Labor
Rowan Memorial Hospital
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