The Morning News from Wilmington, Delaware • Page 36

THIRTY-S1X WILMINGTON MORNING NEWS. WILMINGTON. DELAWARE. FRIDAY. MAY 24.

1957 Town Adopts Destitute a i 1 of Ten OBITUARIES (Continued From Pife 4) Ihii neiehborhood. Second and will be paid until it is able to She was rushed to a hospital and a short time later a bov was I UakvIbah Ct f.lll W. VaU continue its journey oacit to Texas provided the Abneys ever want to leave. are needful to the body, what doth it profit? Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone." The newspaper story told of the Abneys and said they "need help and a lot of it." It urged Flora's 6.000 residents to "function as God's will intends." Within 24 hours after the story was printed, these things had happened to the Abneys: worker, fell while walking near tZ'L Rockland Ahnpv had set nut in a 1941 Come You'll Save at A Mealey Funeral Home, 103 North Broom Street, with requiem mass car with his wife and seven chil dren to find work in Cleveland. Unsuccessful, he started to re FLORA.

111., May 24 (IPI. A destitute Texas family of ten, the youngest a 2-day-old baby, found a haven of friendship in Flora today. The townspeople, inspired by a biblical text In the local newspaper, have adopted the family of Gene Abney, 31, an unemployed carpenter from Corpus Tex. Church groups and individuals pledged that the family shall want for nothing and all its bills at 9:30 a. m.

in St. Paul's Church. Friends may call tonight at the funeral home. A widower, he was born In Ireland but had lived in this country for many years. Until his retirement about six years ago, he was employed by Joseph Bancroft Si Sons Company.

born. The next day, the Flora Daily News-Record began its story of the birth with a text from the Book of James, second chapter, verses 15-17: "If a brother or sista be naked, and destitute of daily food and one of you say to them, depart in peace, be ye 'warmed and filled notwithstanding ye give them not these things which turn home, driving along U. S. 1. The doctor who delivered Mr.

Flinn was stricken with a the baby decided to waive his charge. heart attack at his 204 South Harrison Street, about Surviving are his daughter, 30 through southern Illinois. Tuesday night, the car broke down in Flora, 1.000 miles from Corpus Christi. At the same time, Mrs. Abney began having pains.

2. A bank set up a fund for do Mrs. Dorothy J. Wiggins, with whom he lived, and two nations to the family and had 1:30 p. m.

Wednesday and died in The Memorial Hospital a little more than an hour later. A HEAVENLY TREAT $75 In a matter of hours $50 from a single family. The Salvation Army con Mrs. Walter R. Richardson Mrs.

Elsie R. Richardson, 64, tributed $100 and the small con gregation of the Church of Christ offered to pay any bills for the Abneys without limit wife of Walter R. Richardson, 64 Belmont Avenue, Richardson Park, died yesterday In The Funeral services will be held at 11 a. m. tomorrow at the Hir-zel Funeral Home, 201 South Maryland Avenue, Elmhurst, where friends may call tonight Interment will be at Gracelawn Memorial Park.

George R. Fritz to'. 1 Memorial Hospital after an ill 4 Bundles of clothes arrived for the children, ranging from li ness of about three years. years old down. Born in Wilmington.

Mrs 4. A woman's church society Richardson had been a resident Funeral services for George scheduled a fund-raising coffee of this area all her life and had lived in Richardson Park for Roblen Fritz. 80, of 1004 Jeffer is i party tomorrow. An auto dealer set about obtaining a new car for Abney. about 30 years.

She was a mem son Street, will be held at 10 a. m. Saturday at the McCrery Funeral Home, 2700 Washington ber of Delaware Avenue Bethany Abney's wife must stay in the fane, ffhrAw Baptist Church and of the auxil iary to the Five Points Fire Street. Interment will be at Riveiyiew Cemetery. There will hospital for at least a week.

But he may never leave Flora. Company. "I'd be willing to do anything Mrs. Richardson had worked be no viewing. In lieu of flow-ers, contributions to the Dela to make an honest dollar." he for Danforth's Drug Store.

Sec ware Heart Fund are suggested. said. "Perhaps, if there was a job Mr. Fritx died yesterday morn ond and Market Streets, for a total of 10 years, first as a young woman and later during World on farm somewhere near here ing at the Salem, N. Memorial Hospital after a month Illness.

17- war II. oz Ring C) cial prlcet pricet EDEN LODGE HOLDS He retired last November after 25 years with the Phillips Com Special Pi STORM'S CUSTOM MA DES LET THE BREEZES IN! 1 There's nothing like these punched llama grain 2 'lightweights for that cool, comfortable, well-drf ssed feel 5 Ing. See our other smart 00' inniler MEMORIAL SERVICE pany, In addition to her husband, she is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Paul McCullum, this city; two brothers, Charles Bratten, Hagerstown, and George Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Alice Watson Fritz, and a daugh A memorial service was given by the Eden Lodge No.

34, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. ter, Mrs. Alicia F. Coxe, Carneys Bratten, Wilmington; a half-brother, Jesse Workman, also of this city; and two grandchildren, last night at the Eden Building, 210 West Tenth Street The serv Point, N. J.

Mrs. Thomas Anthony Light as a cloud with a delicate texture and fine flavor. Lightly priced, too! Mor Jane Parker Urge Cherry Pie Dcnish Pecan llina 39c Crcchcd Wheat 16 snaron Ann and Paul McCul lum, Jr. Mrs. Viola Anthony, 29, wife of Thomas Anthony, 3436 North Funeral services will be held ice was held for six members of the lodge who have died during the past year.

Services were under the direction of Ray C. Schaeffer, noble grand, and Fred Eichelbereer. Eighteenth Street, died on May at 1 p. m. Monday at the McCrery Funeral Home, 2700 Washington Street, where friends may call Sunday niffht White Breed chaplain.

They paid tribute to Interment will be at Siiverbrook 6, friends here learned recently. Funeral services were held in Philadelphia. Mrs. Anthony, a native of Wilmington, lived here until 10 years ago. She was a member James M.

Thompson. Charles Minich. J. Frank Otwell, Carson Memorial Park. Frank C.

Zeron A. Wright, member8 for Margarint f.lrs. Filbsrt's 2 it 59 Frank C. Zeron, 52, formerly of Wilmington, died yesterday In of Eighth Street Baptist Church. Surviving, in addition to her husband, are her mother, Mrs.

Helen M. Ford, Philadelphia; two children, Howard. 13. and Charles Forwood, 48 years, and Henry Hey, 58 years. Mr.

Schaeffer announced that plans are being made to initiate a large class of candidates in the fall of the year. union Hospital. ElKton. Md. A bricklayer, Mr.

Zeron recently had been working for Talley Hurst. He alio had worked for other local construc Yvonne, four brothers, Charles Ford and Robert A. Ford. Wilmington; Clifford Los Angeles, and Walter Ford, New York. tion arms.

For the nast 10 vearr fr Zeron had been living near SCHARB' TP? Miaaieiown. He suffered a heart attack on Sunday, May 12, and was stricken again while driving to the hospital in Elkton. He was accompanied hv rir Vaey E. Stacey Funeral services for Wiley E. Stacey, 65.

chief of police of Els-mere, will be held at Honaker, where interment also will take place. Friends may call to Mrs. Helen E. Zeron, and his brother. Theodore Zeron, who took over the wheel at Ches 824 MARKET ST.

night at the Griffith Mortuary, 1400 New Road, Elsmere. apeake Citw Mi Mr. Stacey. who was promoted Placed in an oxveen tent nn to police chief last month, died arrival at union Hospital. Mr, aiea shortly afterward 7 TT TT1 .1 was a member of the Brick yesterday morning at the Veterans Administration Hospital where he was taken the night before from his home.

940 Dover Asiorted Flvor $1.33 1 Dosco Syrup 37e 63 llcrb-0x Dlcnnd 3 1.T 31' Old Virginia 31' StarKist Tuna 4T 31' Dcg Yummlcs sr 5 1 Ajax Cleanser 2 25 layers union. Surviving, besides nl wir. jju iiii i in i II if Avefcue, Elsmere. He had not OTEsramsta. i mm and brother, are a son, Edward Newark, and a daughter.

been well for the past year, but naa continued working, his fam ily said. He had been under a aus. Marion long, Wilmington; another brother, Edmund Zeron and five grandchildren. physician's care. A heart attack is believed to have caused bis funeral services win k.i death.

at II a. m. tomorrow When he first joined the Els Mealey Funeral Home, im mere police he was the traffic North Broom Street, where airector for school children. Two inenas may call ton sht Tnr, 1 09 Gracelawn years mer ne necame a ser geant and last month was pro inenioriai rari. moted to cmer.

Born in Whitewood. he Deaths Elsewhere received a teaching certificate at Emory. and taueht school WASHINGTON, May 23 u- Beauties- Summer 1600 in his home town and Honaker, Va. vyaucer s. Buel, 67, one of the Aminmt'a 4 i During World War I he served with the Army inj France.

He Jeoffsatel iA Ajax Cleanser vuuuujr loremosi political reporters and veteran Washington correspondent of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, and Cleveland was wounded and won a Silver Star. ews, aieo today. His police work started 35 Remarkable years ago at Bluefield. W. Va YORK, May 23 W.The Rev.

Dr. Paul E. V. Shannon He then transferred to the state police of West Virginia. Before 59, elected bishop of the east central district of the Evangelical United Brethren Church last montn, cued today.

moving to Elsmere he was a captain of police of the Weirton Steel Company in Weirton, W. Va. He was a Mason and a member of the Square and Shield Club of Elsmere. Surviving are his wife, Violet; a son, Wiley E. Stacey.

Jr Wil LEWISTOWN. May 23 Benjamin Franklin Eby. who celebrated his 100th birthday on Borax 39f'a79c Floricnt DXi 75' Woodbury Soap 3 40( Fab D.t.r,.nt 29 Ji" 70 MISSES' aiea yesterday. mington; two daughters. Mrs.

Josephine E. Griffin, Claymont, PRINCETON, N. May 23 UPI. William Townsend White. 79, paper manufacturer, died ioaay.

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