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1 1 A i A A EE P. 1 2. 1 9 it 1 r. 1 i 1 1 Nelliirans Sue I PsHrnnnv in Bent-inn Of Kino Is DEATHS AND FUNERALS Conflicting; Unconscious 20 Days h. tut jifu l-Mluirr hita bt.wirii ff aiiti i.

1 oni- i ji-: ant! grant! t'luiiil t'li, Tiie i as the The l.ilihiv lr--t lli.liv IV tj.i-: t.iat luiv.rr- I iiiitlt-il. R. A. Moore WESTMINSTER nef 1 v.sii I lar.U Pal it carers will le Pi.il-V...;.e l.r- iurie-bit-ck. Durisun I'i 1.

I'oiirli. The e-crrt will Kiijit- ai.tl ti.e lirt lit erimnl the Gutnrie hurvh. and Arihiir Qnt-t-n, liiiider. A C. AU-viiuier.

In. II. L. () Uievv er. Waller Naliey.

Dr. E. O. f- rivr-Dn am! W. M.

Hopkins. The body will remain at Robin-ison Funeral Home and v. Hi be placed in the church cne hour belure the service. The family w. ill be at loo fcaytiard St.

in tlie 'Glenwwxl community. Graveside services will le conducted bv Brandon Lodae 2TH. 'the second yoiins woman at her rw me in Clinton, and B.4ity n. Kinn and the vi-iied Iike Thomas, another Laurens County nk'ht spot in search of more beer. iti Ti KN to ci rvro They then returned to Laurens after one of the Spoons had Ibouirht ome whisky at a rural Iiif'hly nervous and having eon-iideraMe trouble hearing the question, testified that at the laxi stand, Horace Spoon knocked him down and Ihen the elder Spoon struck him on the head with a flashlight.

He He remembered nothing further until he came to tome 20 days later In the VA hospital. The Jones woman said she called Bobby Spoon, whom she knew, at the taxi stand and asked him to pick her up in front of a Clinton where she had seen a mov ie. hen Bobby Spoon arrived, he aked her to accompany him to Morgan's Place where he said he had to pick up another fare. She said that after she and the others left the night spot and were returning to Clinton, Horace Spoon struck King in the face repeatedly despite King'i entreaties that he desist. REMAINS IN CAB When they finally returned to the taxi stand, she testified, that she heard someone say, "Let's take him behind the taxi stand and give him a real going over." She said that she remained in the cab and did not see the actual beating behind the station.

but she said "heard the sound of licks" and moans and groans. She said she was so upset by the incident that she couldn't sleep that night, and she called Clinton police the next morning to give her version of the inci dent. Another state's witness, William F. Bagwell, a Clinton mill worker, testified he was in the lclnty of the taxi stand at the time of the fracas, and that he taw Horace Spoon ttrike King and then he said he taw the elder Spoon emerge from the taxi stand and strike King "with something." Howard Walkins, Laurent County VA service officer and the last slate witness, testified that he had had King committed to the psychiatric ward of the VA hospital after the beating. King himself had testified earlier that he is still a patient in the hospital but denied that he was in the psychiatric ward.

He said he is on leave from the hospital in order to present in court. SAW KNIFE, CLAIM Bobby Spoon was the first witness for the defense and his story was about the same as the others, except that he testified he saw King swing a knife at Horace when the latter attempted to take a half pint bottle of liquor from him. He testified that his father did not join in the fight except to attempt to separate the two struggling men, pushing them apart. The "second woman" who had entered the cab at Morgan's Place was called next. She identified herself as Lib Burton, 21, of Clinton, but later she said she was married to a man named Lusk.

She said that King was "cussing" in the back of the cab after they left Morgan's Place and that Horace slapped him twice when he refused to be quiet. She was still on the witness stand when court was recessed by Judge Thomas Patrick Bus-sey until 10 a.m. Wednesday. No Salesmen to annoy you. No commission to pay.

Buy whert you eon sore. Buy with confidence. JSL Gillespie Marble AND Granite Works S01 Lauren Rd. 2-2651 1 liutt Infant DougUs Vj. ne i' Mr.

ao.t AiJs J'lur H.oU of Trail ti.ed at 3 30 a in lfSiur the S.itVlvi(. i Uo Waini ariu 'lriry criie LfitiT. Curus lLuU. and pa.ei I grarnipatems. Mr.

arid Mis. henry Hiut: of JijOllt. Funeral tenices will be can ducted Wednesday at 11 a.m. In Gray Mortuary Chapel bv tlie Kev. W.

T. Ked. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery. The body will be tlie inur-tiiarv. Mrs.

R.T.Long ANDERSON' larns Long. 77. of Luray, Ya and a fornier resident of Amier-aon. died Id a Front Royal. nurainf home at 30 p.m.

Mon iay after a long Illness. Long vs." a daughter of the la'e Oscar and tlizaUfth Harris aod had resided In Luray sine 1W7. Her husband, the late Ruben T. Long, died in Jjiy. Ste was a member of St.

Jlarks Lutheran Qiurch in Luray. Surviving are two Ruben TLong of Macon, Ga and i'iyi. Benjamin 11. lxng of Scott Air Force Base; on daughter, Lenoa Ixmg of Luray; one grandchild; one sister, Mrs. A.

M. Alexander of Greenville and two half-sisters, Mrs. W. D. Simpson and Mrs.

J. K. Adams. Loth of Greenville. Funeral services will be conducted at Bradley Funeral Home in Luray Wednesday at 2 p.m.

by the Kev. M. L. Minnioh Jr. Committal services will be con ducted at Silver Brook Cemetery, Anderson, at 3:30 p.m.

Friday by Dr. Alton C. Clark. The body will arrive In Anderson Friday morning and be at WcDougald Funeral Home. Mrs.

L. Durham Mrs. Ollie Whitson Durham, 72, widow of Alex L. Durham of 608 VI. Morgan City View, died fit the home at 6 a.m.

Tuesday. Although she had been in declining health for the past year, her death v.as sudden. Mrs. Durham was born Dec. 8, 1885 In McDowell County, N.

and was a daughter of the late Joshua and Josephine Marlow Whitson. She lived at Thomaston, before coming to Greenville 35 years ago. Prior to her retirement eight years ago, she was employed at Southern Weaving Co. She was known to her friends as "Granny She was a member of Beulah Holiness Baptist Church. Surviving are 4 daughters, Mrs.

Mattie Huff, Mrs. Ollie Craigo, Mrs. Margaret McLees and Mrs. Georgia Chambers; 4 sons, Robert, Frank and Columbus Durham of Greenville and Fred Durham of Pickens; a sister, Mrs. Mary Hall of Marietta; 25 grandchildren, and 19 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 11 a.m. at Beulah Holiness Baptist Church on Fletcher by the Rev. H. F. Mclntyre, the Rev.

O. H. Mc-Kinnon and the Rev. S. F.

Mc-Auley. Burial will be in Grace-land Cemetery. Pallbearers will be W. M. Huff, Lonnie Prince, T.

J. Etris, Caldwell Ghent, Herbert Rowley and Jimmy Stone. Honorary escort will be Chief Haskell Lybrand and all off-duty firemen of Parker District, with L. O. Stone, Nick Boone, Clinton Cagle, Odie Brown, Frank Porter, Ralph Porter, Darvin Carson, John Owens, James Owens, Dewey Hamby, John Hamby and Wade Jeffersoa The body will be at the home after 10 a.m.

Wednesday. Thomas McAfee is the funeral director. Ford For TV Assessments iltr a a ltoiiiohiie argued in tr.Wj! court T. Ford Motor Co. vn-lated antitrust by avjier to to fie cvi of a national iele.

inn program. Counsel ior Robert 1). Nell.an and Owen B. Nelligan part-; iters in Tite Nelliiaits. Creenville.

told tne U.S. ourth Circuit Court of Appeal they were re quired to join Lincoln Mercury' leruwrs Advertising. Inc. i S25 PER CAU They said Ford tlwn ad lefl J2.V to tite invoice price of each rarj shipped to tiieir tiealers. and tlie, advertising (und handled tlie ad-! vending purchased from the con-! tributions, mainly on fid Sulli-! van Television Show.

Nelligans from an order by a federal district jiKbje in Souih Carol.na dismissing their suit. ln a similar rurt decided last Jan. 20, the Federal Court of Ap peals held that Ford had not violated the antitrust laws by requiring dealer contributions to national advertising. I Tlie Ne'ligans stated in the suit that their dealership was canceled in W4 when they complained that tlie Ed Sullivan show was not carried in Greenville and when they refused to pay the $25. ASKF.D Tlie fund arrangement cost them daring the five years prior to and the cancelation of their dealership cost them Sl.VJ.OOO.

the suit stated. The partners asked th court to award $63,000 in damages. The suit was dismissed by U.S. Dist. Judge Ashton H.

Williams of Charleston. S.C., last April 8. Judge Williams ruled that the advertising fund arrangement was not an unreasonable restraint of trade and was not a conspiracy in violation of antitrust laws. He also held that the fund did not re sult in public injury and caused no damage to the dealer result ing directly from violation of antitrust laws. feld, Herbert Beicr, David I.

Horowitz, Leon Campell, Max Heller, Max Shore, Harry Gaglin, Sol Zaglin, Dan Shager, Leon Shain, Isadore Niden, Harry S. Abrams and Jack Nachman. Mr. Stark died Tuesday at 6:25 a.m. at his home following several months of declining health and a sudden illness.

He was born in Austria-Hungary and was a son of the late Pearl Cobb Stark and Wolf Stark, a professor of language in Vienna until his death. He attended the University of Vienna and was a graduate of the University of Budapest. He was a linguist, speaking five languages. Mr. Stark came to the United Slates in 1903 and was an importer and dealer in art in New York City for many years.

In the 1920's he moved to Clu'cago, where he painted and manufac tured religious pictures which were sold all over the world. He came to Greenville in 1937, and had been a portrait artist here since that time. He was a member of the Temple of Israel and B'nai B'rith. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Pearl Tew Stark.

The body is at the mortuary. Powell Infant Patsy Ann Powell, 3-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Otis L. Powell, died In a local hospital last night at 10 p.m.

after a sudden illness. Mrs. Powell was the former Miss Jo Ann Oliver. The family resides at 38-F Woodland Homes. Surviving are the parents; four brothers, Charles Robert, Reggie Lee, Jackie William and Lonnie Joe Powell of the home; the grandparents.

Mrs. Annie Ruth Oliver of Greenville and Mrs. Maude Newton Powell of Donalds, and a great-grandmother, Mrs. Lula Grant Shaw of Anderson. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Thomas McAfee Funeral Home.

htmt after finding Lake Thomas closed, according to one witness. The fitmt during which Kins TT (J IATUIVII V.VWi mi HVI tin. quartet had returned to the OK taxi stand. From this point on the testi rrvmy was in conflict. William B.

Klakely. asiilant police chief at Clinton, was the first wiines railed by the stale. The officer testified that the taxi stand is located Just to the rear of the police station. He said that about 11:30 p. m.

June 2, Bobby Spooa came into the police atatloa and told him there was a fight going on at the taxi stand and there was a knife Involved. He said when he reached the scene. King was lying unconscious, face-up on the ground, and that the three Spoons were standing nearby. He said he found a pocketknile with the blade closed Iy4ng on the ground beside King. On cross-examination the police officer said that Horace had two cuts on the side of the neck and one on the hand when he reached the scene.

KING BADLY BEATEN He said that in all of his years in police work, he had never seen a man as badly beaten as King. Dr. George R. Blalock. Clinton doctor who treated the injured man at the clinic in Clinton, descriled the many lacerations and bruises sustained by King.

He said King was un conscious when brought to the clinic and still had not regained consciousness when removed to tlie VA hospital the following day. Anderson Medical Society Health Service, and director of the National Cancer Institute. Other officers named were Dr. J. H.

Young, vice president; I. Robert Thompson, secretary; sncl Dr. J. W. Jackson, treasurer.

Dr. Heller told the doctors of several promising developments in cancer research. One, he said, is the development by a group of women scientists of a vaccine which Is 96 per cent effective against leukemia In mice. He said a tremendous amount of additional research must be done before the vaccine is used on humans. Another Important development Dr.

Heller credited to Dr. Cray-ton Pruitt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Major Pruitt of Anderson, has found cancer cells in peri pherial blood. This discovery he said, may lead to early detection of cancer or to further important developments in cancer research.

Lee Is Winner In Dillon Recount DILLON tTv-Dixon Lee came out the winner Tuesday in a recount of ballots from the Nov. 4 general election for Dillon Coun ty senator. The recount showed Lee with 1,414 votes, and Roger W. Scott, a write-in candidate, with 1,140. The recount was held after Scott protested the first tabulation on several counts.

The election commission dismissed all of Scott's protests but one: that Lee had failed to file the required pledge at the time he announced his candidacy. The commission indicated that it would take action on this protest later this week. Patsy Moore FiiK-T ir it Ktf PdiV Gait 14 iiii'Iii tilvl UuwjijirT Mr. ami Mjs iiitifivl Mmfe eii.tr l.jne 'Ifaurr f'uiirt ml! be ttiiitiiit ic-ii r.ni. Thur (iv at Jti- ruin-mi iitMiw i KeV.

hubrrt L. Duncan Sliil the S. V. Liii.a! be in Graceijnd Cemetery, Si Cued Monday, i Mrs Moute vtas Miss Allene Da is pnur to Iwr mamae. iMuoies aie natives Oconee County.

Atier 10 30 a m. today the both in ill be at tlie home ui the grand lather, Clem MtKire. un While littise Kd. Prior to that time ii vttll be at Junes Ktux-ral Hume. J.

H. Hyatt CFN'TEAL Funeral services for Jamrs Henry Fvatt, Ui. 114 Whitehall Greenvilie, who died Monday morning, will be conducted at Clemson Wesleyan Methodist Church Wednesday at 3 pm. by the Rev. Jack Funder-burke and the Kev.

J. A. Ciles. Bunal will be in Mt. Zion Cemetery.

Central. Fallbrarers will be George. Claude 8'id Alfred Newton, Gene and Laurence and Roy Pinon. Honorary escort will be Guy Pressley, Dr. K.

J. Lease. Tom Fads, the Rev. F. E.

Kelley. Frank Diilard, Walter Dobson, Homer Keliey, Charlie Iawrence. G. T. and J.

I. Newton. V. J. McAhs'er and G.

C. Summey. The body, now at Duckett Funeral Home, will be placed in the church at 2 m. Wednesday. The family is at the home of Mr.

and Mis. N. N. Newton, Grove Sunny Acres, Clemson. Mrs.

Van Deusen ANDERSON Mrs. Rosa Pitts Van Deusen, 47, of 1823 Green died at a local hospital Tuesday morning following bad health of several months and an illness of a few days. Mrs. Van Deusen was horn in LaGrange, a daughter of Mrs. Hattie Comilla Pitts and the late Edgar Albert Pitts.

Surviving besides her mother are her husband, Andrew G. Van Deusen of Anderson; two children oy a former marriage, one dangh ter, Mrs. J. W. Clark of Falls Church, Va.

and one son, Don Gib son of Anderson; two sisters, Mrs. Ruth Jenkins and Mrs. Hattie Wilson, Iwth of Anderson; one brother, William A. Pitts of Long Beach, and one grandchild. Funeral services will be cvon dueled at Bleckley Memorial Chapel of Sullivan King Mortuary Thursday at 3 p.m.

by the Rev. George L. Robertson and the Rev. Larry Moorehead. Burial will be in Silver Brook Cemetery.

The body will be at the resi dence Wednesday morning. Mrs. J. A. Parris Funeral services for Mrs.

Ger trude Bowen Parris, 68, of 19 Croft widow of Joseph A. Parris, will be conducted Wednesday at 2:30 p. m. at The Mackey Mortuary by Dr. D.

M. Rivers. Burial will be in Graceland Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Tom Ben nett Gresham, Russell D. Gresh- am, Larry Gresham, Billy Bris sey, Clarence Gilbert and W.

L. Simpson. Mrs. Parris died Tuesday at 6:25 a. m.

in a local hospital fol lowing an Illness of one week. She was born at Pelzer and was a daughter of the late Elijah M. Bowen and Joanna Carnes Bowen. She lived in Greenville for more than 40 years. She was a member of Pendleton Street Baptist Church and of the Watson Memorial Class of the Sunday School.

Surviving are 3 daughters, Mrs. W. W. Kellett Mrs. Frank G.

Carpenter and Mrs. Margaret MIVAIE PARKING MEMBER. I THE ORDER OF THE 15 HI T.ll W. WHITE ISijle I Uitor. The Nrn L-U'KTNS A ljuren- tin ty St-vi(iK Court Tuesday iIiernoi) hear! cooihcun teimony as W.

H. ovuier ami oiwraior of a Clinton tai stand, uent on trial on a of assault ami battery with in tent to kill. The state contends that the heavy-set. middle-aged man took Dart In th brutal beatin? of UN.IT-1 UHl'l 40 1 the taxi stand the riht of June 2. I'VCONSflOl'S 20 IHYS King, who said lie remained unconscious in a VA bospiial for 20 days a a result of the Uniting, sufiered broken upper jaw-tiones.

serious bruises and lacera Uon on the face and head, and "probably" broken ribs. State's Solicitor William T. Jones sent several witnesses to the stand to testify that Spoon joined in the assault on King after King and Spoon's son, llor-ace, engaged in a fight late the ni'ht of June 2. Both state and defense witnesses were in pretty much agreement on events that led to the fuht between King and the younger Spoon. It was generaTI? agreed that King ant) Horace Spoon were drinking beer at Morgan's Place, a 1-anrens County niifht spot, the night of June 2, when a taxi, belonging to the OK Taxi Company, owned by the elder Spoon, arrived at the tar em.

was being driven by another of the elder Spoon's cons. Bobby, who had as a passenger a young woman identified as Kate Jones. Horace Spoon and King entered tlie cab and were Joined by a second young woman, who, it developed, had called the cab in the first place. The group returned to Clinton in the taxi, and on the way Horace Spoon and King engaged in a argument during which Spoon slapped King a couple of times. After dropping Lunimus Heads County By STAFF CORRESPONDENT ANDERSON Dr.

William F. Lummtis was elected president of the Anderson County Medical Society at a business meeting Tuesday night after the physicians had heard an address by Dr. John Rodney Heller, assistant surgeon general, United States Public Patrons Are Challenged By Students By STAFF CORRESPONDENT GREENWOOD Patrons attending Open House at the new Southside Junior High School here Tuesday night were challenged by the president of the student body to lend their "enthusiastic support" to the school in its first year. Carole Hollingsworth told the parents, "We take great pride in presenting Southside to you" and the student body plans to make a great name for the school In years to come. Carole, principal speaker for the Open House ceremonies, poke on "What to Expect from Education" and listed goals which should be set by students.

W. A. Ruff, principal, presided and introduced the members of the faculty. Thomas I. Dowling, district superintendent, and Douglas Featherstone.

chairman of the Board of Trustees, spoke briefly. Mr. Featherstone said the trustees had built seven new school buildings in the district in the past six years and the next projects would be gymnasiums and auditoriums for Northside and Southside junior high schools. This will be in two or three years as the funds become he said. Some 300 parents and friends toured the new building following 1 tlie program in the cafetorium.

PTA Week The Newt is able cernr PTA i notices only one lime. WHTTMTRE I WHITMIRE The Whitmirei PTA will meet Thursday at 7:30 p. m. in the Whitmire High School Auditorium. The meeting will be devoted to the science fair that the science classes of Whitmire Hih are presenting for the PTA.

There will be exhibits from general science, biology, chemistry, and physics. Mrs. Allene A tt Mrs. Sara Holmes, and Jack Smith are in charge of the science fair. GAFFNEY GAFFNEY A panel discussion, "Tlie Child in the Home," will feature a meeting of the Goffney High School PTA at the high school cafeteria Thursday at 7:30 p.

m. Mrs. Mildred Car ter, the president, announced. Taking part will be the Rev. 1 E.

W. Hardin, pastor of Buford Strpet Methodist Church; Miss Katherine McSwnin, a hieh school teacher; Mrs. F. F.lwell Litlle-john, a grammar school teacher: Dr. C.

II. Phippins, member of! the Limestone College faculty and Mrs. Norma K. Shapiro who has leen active In PTA work for a I iser vices (or Robert Arnold Moore, iio dit-d Monday morn ill itr coiiiiiit ird at Ciiauga baptist Church Wednesday at 2 p.m. by tiie Kev.

Clareme Ln trei.in. tlte Kev. Ernest tlie Kev. E. T.

McLane. burial will le in the church cemetery. Tlie body will be at the home Samhier l'liiH-ra! Home is charge. Mrs. Cobb WESTMINSTER -Funeral services for Mrs.

Nan Cobb, who dd Monday evening at her home in the Mountain Kest community, will be conducted at Mountain Grove Baptist Church Wednesday at 3 p.m. by the Rev. Taylor Burton, the Kev. Cliff Cobb and the Rev. A.

A. Williams. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Pallbenrers will be Melvin, i Rav, Paris and Bill Cobb. Fletch er tarter and Edward Walking.

The body is at the home. Samlifer Funeral Home Is in charge. V. A. Bradley ANDERSON William Andrew Bradley, 61, of Rt.

1. Starr, died at 1:20 p.m. Tuesday in the Vet erans Hospital in Augusta, Ca after ieven years of declining health and an illness of 1 week. Mr. Bradley was a painter by occupation and bad lived all his life in Anderson County.

He was a son of the late Earl Dean and Marv Ella Adcox Eradley. He was a member of the A. R. P. Church of Iva.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Gladys Burgess Bradley; three aughters, Mrs. Talmadge Shaw of Iva, Mrs Jimmy Singleton of Anderson and Miss Margaret Bradley of the home, one grandchild; one brother John M. Bradley of Palatka, Fla; two sisters, Mrs. l'earle Jones of Piedmont and Mrs.

Maggie Lark of Anderson Funeral arrangements will be announced by McDougald Funeral Home. T. E. Thompson BLACKSBURG Thad E. Thompson, 77, retired farmer, died Monday at 6:30 p.m.

at his home. Mr. Thompson was a Heywood County, N. native but lived most of his life in Mount Paran community. Surviving are his wife, Mrs.

Meda Bettis Thompson; 4 daughters. Mrs. C. L. Byars of Palter-son Springs.

N. Mrs. R. K. Wilson of Shelby.

N. Mrs. J. W. Richards of Kershaw.

N. and Mrs. Dewitt Moss; 3 sons, M. B. Thompson of Atlanta, C.

A. Thompson of Charlotte and Zeb E. Thompson of the U. S. Air Force in Guam; 22 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren and 2 brothers, J.

B. Thompson of Canton, N. and S. A. Thompson of Spartanburg.

Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 3 p.m. at Mount Paran Baptist Church by the Rev. R. B. Dobbins and the Rev.

Grady Barringer. Burial will be in the church cemetery. E. G. Fletcher EASLEY-E.

C. (Dad) Fletcher, 84, died at the home 100 Bay-nard St. at 6:20 p. m. Tuesday.

He had been in declining health for nine months and seriously ill for two months. A son of the late Jim and Nancy Osteen Fletcher, he was a native of Buncombe County, N. C. He made his home in Greenville for several years, but had lived in Easley for the past 26 years. He was associated with the Easley Mill before moving to Glenwood where he was employed in the spinning department for a number of years before his retirement about five years ago.

He was a member of Brandon Lodge 279 AFM and a member of the Guthrie Grove Church of God. He was twice married, first to Elzie Trammel Fletcher who died a number of years ago and from this union the following survive, 2 sons, Ernest Fletcher of Greenville and Frank Fletcher of Greenville; 3 daughters, Mrs. R. B. Brock, Mrs.

Clyde Seigler and Mrs. Mary Harbin all of Greenville. His second wife was Mrs. Leila Chandler Henson Fletcher who died a short time ago. Also surviving are 1 slepson, Jones Henson of Easley; 2 brothers, Cab Fletcher of Piedmont and Ole Fletcher of Greenville; 15 grandchildren, and 19 great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be conducted at Guthrie Grove Church of God at a time to be announced. Officiating will be Elder M. 0. Williamson, the Rev. John N.

Wrenn and the Rev. A. M. FUNERAL INVITATIONS The friend and relative! of Mr. and Mr, Jeno Sttrk ire rewecfttilly Invited to aiima the tunoriil tor Mr.

Jeno Stark Wednesday at II a.m, at The MaCKfy Mortuary, F.ntombment will be in the family mausoleum in fMna Cirove (efnelery, Quitman, Ml. The, Mackey Mortuary, f-unerai Director. The friends and relatives of Mrs. Ger trude Bowen Parris, Mrs. W.

W. Kel- eit Mrs. f-rann a. carpenter. Mrs Marqaret P.

HickJ, Mr. Fred H. parr Miss Alma howen, Mrs. o. F.

Norris and Mm. Haskell Bowen are re-suectlully Invited to attend the funeral services for Mrs. Gertrude Bowen Parris Wednesday at 2: 30 p.m. at Ihe Mackey Mortuary. Burial will be In Graceland Cemetery.

Th Mackey Mortuary, Funeral Directors, II. H. Saxon FtlKK SHOALS Funeral ser vices lor Herbert Edward Saxon. 47. ho was killed in an automobile accident Monday afternoon near Fork Shoals, will be conducted Wednesday at 3.30 p.m at Washington Baptist Church by the Kev.

C. R. White, the Rev. Rotert Scroggs. the Kev.

D. E. Gilreath and the Rev. Paul Hudson. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Pallbearers will be nephews: Thomas Coker, Charlie Campbell. Aubrey. Ralph and Jimmy Saxon and Vance Ellison. Honorary escorts will be Hugh W'offord. Joe Riddle, Ned White.

Raymond Stone. Roy Burns. Thurston Canup. Fred Chaslain. Zeke Durham, Sam Campbell, the iKev.

W. II. Harbin. Franklin Gaulk. James T.

and Y. B. Kellett. Boyd Pressley, Leroy Pitts, James Erwin, Clarence and William Williams. Louie Ellis, John Kelly, Ed Tumblin, T.

J. Mahaffey, Howard Eleazer. Robert Davenport, Joe Chapman and John Sullivan. The body Is at the home In Fork Shoals community. Cannon Funeral Home of Fountain Inn is in charge.

JohnC.Utsey John Clarke t'tsey, 86. died at his home, 200 W. Mountain View at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday following a sudden attack. He was a son of the late William Utsey and Mary Elizabeth Bowyer Utsey and was born at St.

George. He had lived in Greenville for 53 years. Mr. Utsey was a telegraph operator for the Seaboard Airline Railroad Co. for a number of years and for 36 years was associated with the Southern Railway Co.

in the same capacity, retiring 16 years ago. He was a charter member of Triune Methodist Church and for many years sang in the choir. He was a member of Mountain Lodge 15, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and was a past Grand of the lodge. His wife, Mrs. Sarah Bozeman Utsey, died in September.

1956. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. B. C. Clark of Greenville; two sons, R.

M. Ulsey of Greenville and J. B. Utsey of Atlanta; one sister, Mrs. Jennie Mont gomery of Manning; one granddaughter.

Mrs. Jerry Reynolds of Myrtle Beach; and one great-grandson. Funeral arrangements will be announced by The Mackey Mortuary. The family respectfully requests that flowers be omitted. N.G.Davis GREENWOOD Nicholas Gran ville Davis.

67. of 939 Marshall St. died Tuesday at 2:15 p.m. at a local hospital following a few weeks of illness. Mr.

Davis was born in Beaver- dam, a son of the late Samuel and Frances Hocker Davis. He had made his home in Green wood since 1933, having moved here from Aiken where he had made his home for 13 years. He travelai for Belknap Hardware Co. from 1916 to 1950 and then became associated with Dixie Hardware Store here. He was a member of Main Street Meth odist Church and the Hodges Bi ble Class.

Survivini are his wife, Mrs. Mary James Davia; one daugh ter. Miss Mary Jane Davis, both of the home; one son, Morton E. Davis of Dallas. one grandchild, and a number of nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be con ducted at Blyth Funeral Home Thursday at 3 p.m. by the Rev. J. Walter Johnson, Dr. F.

C. Beach and Dr. R. Brvce Her bert. Burial will be in Greenwood Memorial Gardens.

Pallbearers will be: Gilliam Whatley. James Fred Duckett, John Sastings, William Luquire and. Tom Pressley. Honorary escort will be mem bers of tlie Hodges Bible Class, employes of Dixie Hardware Store, E. P.

Barron, F. E. Grier, Charles Walters, Francis Grier, Ben Rainsford, Earle Cobb, Carl Williams. Dr. C.

J. Scurry, Dr. 11. E. Hunton and Dr.

W. N. Price. The body will be at the funeral home. The family respectfully requests that flowers be omitted.

Jeno Stark Funeral services for Jeno Stark, 73, of 236 Byrd artist and Importer, will be conducted Wednesday at 11 a.m. at The Mackey Mortuary by Rabbi Maurice Feuer and Rabbi Henry 12. Barneis. Tlie body will be sent to Quitman, for committal services and entombment in the family mausoleum in Pine Grove Cemetery. Honorary escort will he Meyer Lurey, Carl Proser, Julius Bloom, Nat Kaplan, Ludwig Rothschild, William Reyner, William Rosen- You rely on him wm ft, for courage, inspiration, guidance and help.

Instinctively, you place your trust in him and your faith makes possible his equal devotion to oil men. Beciuliftil The outstanding quality of our profeisional work is the result of years of training, and the careful attention given to each phose of our professional duties. Jones service is notable for providing memory picture of unusuol beauty. Count on Us, too for that same desire to be truly helpful in every possible way. We wish to offer even more than the high ideals, ethical practices and business integrity which our membership in National Selected Morticians guarantees.

jrpms A yJ 1004 AUGUSTA STREET William D. Willis SIMPSONVILLE William Du-Rice Willis. 22, died at a Greenville hospital at 8:45 p.m. Tuesday from injuries received in an automobile accident near here late Tuesday. Mr.

Willis was born in Laurens County and had lived in Fotuitain Inn most of his life. For the past two years he had made his home in Simpsonville. He was employed by Cryovac Corp. and was a member of Harmony Baptist Church. Surviving are his wife, Mrs.

Lin-day League Willis; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Willis of Fountain Inn; four brothers, Garth, Jack and Charles Willis of Fountain Inn and Edward Willis of the U. S. Air Force stationed in Charleston and one sister, Miss Jean Willis of Fountain In.

Funeral arrangements will be announced by the Cannon Funeral Home. The family is at the home of his parents, Farrow Fountain Tun. WRONG STYLE TOLEDO, Ohio (H A thief broke into the automobile of salesman William Lutz of Mount Vernon, Ohio, stole 30 sample drosses and suits, then discarded them in downtown alleys. Hie garments were the backless type used by undertakers In dressing corpses. 4 mi Tlu111ttCfkv fflwtuctw fUNfWl PIMCTMI UNCI 1171 N.

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