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THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN, Thursday, Oct. 5, 1967 15 OEO Group Makes No Commitments Deaths And Funerals Ora A. Snaid. Oonortunitv ton. To many friends, she was for a 40-hour week while doing so.

Spaid suggested Dorsey should take training as a rehabilitation aide at the state's Juvenile Evaluation Center at Swannanoa, which houses juve mil? 1 ST if- The glimmerings of a solution to controversy that has erupted over discharge of two Asheville anti-poverty workers flickered into view Wednesday night after a four-hour meeting of the personnel committee of the Opportunity Corporation. The committee agreed to meet Friday with the two workers concerned to discuss the situation further. No commitment was made by the personnel committee at its Wednesday night session at Winks Drive-in Restaurant on Tunnel Road. However, there was a chance the situation might be resolved like this: The Opportunity Corp. may agree to reinstate William E.

Roland, former director of the East Riverside Opportunity Center, in another job that carries a lower salary than the $7,200 a year he has been receiving. At the same time leaders of the East Riverside Area Council, a neighborhood citizens' organization, will sound out the membership on whether they would be willing to donate sufficient funds to bring Roland's Salary back up to its former level. In the case of Preston Dor-sey, former community wroker at the bast Asheville Opportunity Center on Eagle Street, the Opportunity Corp. would be will ing to hire him as a trainee in its "New Careers" program for which recruitment begins Corp. executive director, said Dorsey would get a year training and be paid $1.40 an hour Supermarket Marriages Getting Routine BOONE, N.

C. (AP) It happened again Wednesday. For the second time within a month Boone Justice of the Peace Dave Hodge has been called on to conduct a wedding and, as he did the first time, Hodge escorted the bride and groom to a supermarket where he tied the knot. The bridegroom, 24-year old Ernest Lee Terry of Glade Springs, and the bride, 19- year-old Ocie Lee Reynolds of Abingdon, Va. Hodge at a Boone service station.

The J-P said the confusion at the service station was too much, so lie took the couple in tow and headed for a supermarket. The same thing happened to Hodge about a month ago when he conducted a wedding in the same store. One of the witnesses at Wed nesday's wedding was a meat-cutter who said he continued work and watched the wedding with one eye. it VIC Officers niles who are under court sen tence for lawbreaking. The lengthy meeting, chaired by R.

L. (Bobby) Edwards, Madison County School superintendent, was marked by calm and restrained discussion among the committeemen and critics of the two discharges. Mrs. Virginia Holloway and Leonard Dobbs of the East Riverside neighborhood spoke in behalf of Roland. The question of the East Riverside Area Council's Supplementing Roland's pay raised by a personnel committee member, Mrs.

Helen Owenby of 29-E Pis-gah View Apartments. Spaid earlier had explained how a $200,000 federal cut in the Opportunity budget for operating neighborhood centers was responsible for the discharge of the two workers. Mrs. Susie Smith and Mrs. Thelma Porter of the East Asheville area appealed in behalf of Dorsey.

The personnel committee agreed to meet with Dorsey at 10 a. m. Friday in Spaid's office at the Parkway Office Building to discuss the proposal offered for him. The committee will confer with Roland at 10:30 a. m.

Friday at the same place on whether he would favor the arangement outlined for him. it mm New officers of the Ben Franklin Chapter N.C. Vocational Industrial Club of America, at Lee H. Edwards High School were named this week. Elected were (L-R) Grayson Parton, president; Mike Banks, editor; and Ricky Bell, vice president.

Other officers include Chuck Siler, secretary; Anthony Ballew, treasurer; and L. M. Lehto, adviser. (Staff Photo) S1BWI III JAUtM0(IIIMnm8fflCD 93311 0 CHOOSE FROM SUCH FAMOUS NAMES AS' Mrs. Maude Edwards Services for Mrs.

Maude McHone Edwards, 58, of 331 Broadway, who died Tuesday in a local hospital, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in Long's Chapel Baptist Church near Weaverville. Tho Rev. Lester C. Edwards and the Rev.

Ben Lee Honeycutt will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Pallbearers will be Luther I-Iarwood, T. L. and Gary Watts, Jerry Ramsey, Paul Gregory and Phil Buckner.

Mrs. Edwards was a native of Buncombe County. Surviving are the husband, Remus Emerson Edwards; five daughters, Mrs. Maude Louise McMahan of Fairview, Mrs. Juanila Higgins of Weaverville, Mrs.

Vernie Mae Harris, Mrs. Judy Ann Watts and Mrs. Nina Belle Lunsford, all of Asheville; five sons, Claude ot Jacksonville, Verdy of Hyattsville, Emerson Gilbert, Samuel and Rickman Joseph Edwards, all of Asheville; five sisters, Miss Ida McHone and Mrs. Dolly Buckner, both of Weavervil'e, Mrs. Bergetta Baldwin ot Philadelphia, Mrs.

Rena Sherlin and Mrs. Bminu Waldrop, both of Asheville; two Robert McHone of Weaverville; 3G grandchildren and one greatgrandchild. The body has been taken to the residence by Berryman-Hall Funeral Home, where it will remain until placed in the church for the services. John D. Finley MARION Services for John Daniel (Jake) Finley, 55, of West Court who died unex pectedly Thursday afternoon, will be held at 4 p.

m. Thursday in the chapel of Westmoreland-Hawkins Funeral Home. The Rev. Dewey Hobbs will officiate. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Jim Greene, Max and Carl Wall, Dan Koone, Walter Morgan and A. D. Messer, all employes of Duke Power Co. Mr. Finley was a veteran of World War II, and had been an employe of Duke Power Co.

for 30 years. Surviving are four sisters, Miss Blanche Finley and Mrs. Georgia Nichols of Marion, Mrs. William Bowman of Morganton and Miss Madge Finley of Washington, D. C.

Mrs. Hessie Russell RUTHERFORDTON Mrs. Hessie Pettit Russell, 59, died unexpectedly in her home in Forest City Rt. 1 Tuesday at 8:50 a.m. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs.

Earlene Henson of Harris; a sister, Mrs. Dora Parris of Chesnee, S.C.; a brother, Earlie Pettit of Cowpens, S.C.; and a grandchild. Services will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday in Harris Baptist Church, of which she was a member. The Rev.

Jim Wilson, the Rev Wayne Bradley and the Rev. Kenneth Roach will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The body has been taken to the residence by McMahan Funeral Home, where it will remain until placed in the church 30 minutes prior to the services. John T.

Forester HOT SPRINGS Services for John T. Forester, 79, of Hot Springs, Rt. 2, who died Tuesday in an Asheville hospital, will be held at 2 p. m. Friday in Meadow Fork Baptist Church.

Burial will be in the church cemetery. Mr. Forester was a lifelong resident of Madison County and lived in Marshall for two years. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Myrtle Balding Forester; three daughters, Mrs.

Lois Carney of Marshall, Mrs. Tilman Reece of Hot Springs Rt. 2 and Mrs. Ernest Presnell of Clyde Rt. four sons, First Sgt.

Barton Forester with the U. S. Marine Corps stationed in Oceanside, Estell of Coronado, Denver of Warner Robins, Ga. and Rannel Forestor of Hot Springs; four brothers, Eliss and Melvm, both of Hot Springs Rt. 2, Dewey of Hot Springs Rt.

3 and Lester Forester of Taylor, four sisters, Mrs. Willie Frisby and Mrs. Allie Frisby, both of Asheville, Mrs. Lura Plemmons of Hot Springs Rt. 2 and Mrs.

Hughey Baldwin of Marion; 33 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. The body will remain at Bow-man-Duckett Funeral Home, Marshall, where the family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p. m. Thursday. "SEND FLOWERS BY WIRE" JVIacARTHUR KRAUSE FLORIST PHONE 252-4426 24 N.

MARKET ST. M0RRIS-HEND0N I FUNERAL HOME MAnFRATP cost FINEST FACILITIES 140 MERRIMON AVE. 252-1811 Mrs. Winnie Rollins CANTON Mrs. Winnie Rollins, 77, who made her home with a daughter, Mrs.

Kathleen Garrett in West Asheville, died at 1:45 a. m. Wednesday in a Waynesville hospital after a brief illness. Mrs. Rollins was a native of Haywood County and the widow of L.

C. Rollins, who died Nov. 18, 1952. Surviving are two other daughters, Mrs. Vernon Stephens of Oklahoma City, Okla.

and Mrs. Harry Holland of Canton; two sons, Gaither and Curtis Rollins, both of Canton; two broth ers, Ransom of Canton and Nick Cooper of Lewiston, Idaho; 1U grandchildren and five greatgrandchildren. Services will be held at 11 a. m. Saturday in the chapel of Crawford Funeral Home.

The Rev. H. Edward Young will officiate. Burial will be in Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Nephews will serve as pallbearers.

The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p. m. at the funeral home Thursday ana. a riaay. Mrs.

Laura Ward WHITTIER Mrs. Laura Belle Rogers Ward, 81, of Sevierville, formerly of the Qualla Community, died Tuesday in a Sevier County, Tenn. hospital after a short illness. Mrs. Ward was a native of Jackson County and a member of Shoal Creek Baptist Church.

Surviving are two sons, Charlie of Whittier and Kelly Ward of Sevierville; a daughter, Mrs. Vivian Nations of Whittier and two brothers, James H. of Dillsboro and Thomas N. Rogers of Candler; a sister, Mrs. Alice Styles of Dillsboro; nine grandchildren and 17 greatgrandchildren.

Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in Hyatt's Baptist Church. The Rev. Mrs. Mae Bumgarner and the Rev.

Clyde Johnson will officiate. Burial will be in Ward Cemetery. Grandsons and nephews will serve as pallbearers. The body will remain at Moo dy Funeral Home, Sylva, where the family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, and will be placed in the church 30 minutes prior to the services.

Earl Freeman BAKERSVILLE Earl Free' man, 65, of Bakersville Rt. 1, died in a Spruce Pine hospital i uesday after a short illness. Mr. Freeman was a native of Mitchell County and a retired farmer. Surviving are the widow, Mrs Jessie Conley Freeman; two daughters, Mrs.

Earlene Burle son of White Marsh, Md. and Mrs. Romaine Gouge of Bakersville Rt. two sons, James of White Marsh and Dearil Free' man of Bakersville Rt. two sisters, Mrs.

Bertha Ledford of Bakersville Rt. 1 and Mrs. Rex-ie Ledford of Columbus, Ohio; 15 grandchildren and four greatgrandchildren. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in the Little Rock Creek Baptist Church, of which he was a member.

The Rev. Clarence Stanfield and the Rev. Robert Seatz will officiate. Burial will be in Ma jor Cemetery. The body will be taken to res' idence at 2 p.

m. Thursday by Henhne-Hughes Funeral Home, where it will remain until placed in the church for the services. John II. Greene SYLVA John H. Greene, 70, of Hall Heights, died unexpectedly Wednesday morning in his home after suffering a heart attacK.

Mr. Greene was a retired service station operator, having operated the East End Pure Oil Station for 25 years, and was a lifenog resident of Jackson County. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Fannie Hooper Greene; a son, Paul H. Greene of Sylva; a daughter.

Mrs. Bill Sutton of Chillicothe, Ohio; and four grandchildren. Services will be held at 3 p. m. Friday in the chapel of Moody Funeral Home.

The Rev. Dillard Wood and the Rev. Sam Dean will offici ate. Burial will be in Keener Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Edwin Knight, Lewis Bumgarner, R.

D. Smith, Clarence Stephens, Clifton Crisp and Harry Parker. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p. m. Thursday.

WWW Mrs. Ruth Smith MORGANTON Services for Mrs. Ruth Bailey Smith, 81, for merly of Morganton, who died Tuesday in Washington, D. will be held at 4 p. m.

Thurs day in Burkemont Baptist Church. The Rev. Johnny Tiller and the Rev. Luther Snipes will officiate. Burial wil be in Forest Hill Cemetery.

Nephews will serve as pallbearers. Mrs. Smith had lived in Wash ington for the past 14 years For the past 10 years she had spent the summers in Morgan known as "Aunt Ruth." Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Ted Rice of Washington, and a number of nieces and nephews in Morganton. The body will remain at KirK- sey Funeral Home until placed in the church 30 minutes prior to the services.

Mrs. Emma Orr EAST FLAT ROCK Mrs. Emma McCall Orr, 73, of East Flat Rock, died unexpectedly Wednesday morning in her home. Thos. Shepherd and Son, Funeral Directors, Hendersonville, will announce arrangements.

J. Oscar Sharps Services for J. Oscar Sharpe, 54, of Leicester Rt. 1, for many years coach for the Little Leagues in Leicester and Erwin communities, who died unex pectedly Tuesday while driving his car, will be held at 2:30 p.m, Friday in Zjon Hill Baptist Church, of which he was a mem ber. The Rev.

Harrv Deweese and the Rev. Vernon Hall will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Pallbearers will be Rov Vance Sharpe, Junior Martin, Charles crown, coDDy ana joe Howara saies, ana uewayne meate. Honorarv nallhearers will hp Shuford Roeers.

Leonard Millpr Cecil Hall, Dr. John Kerr, Eurel riemmons, j.d. woney, Lee Gorman, Ralph Brom, Paul, Baker. Bill Clark, and emnlnves of the spinning department of American cnna corp. Mr.

Shame was a native nf Haywood County and had lived in Buncombe County for 30 years. He retired in 19(54 trom American Enka Corp, after 27 years service. Survivine are the widow. Mrs Wilma Sluder Sharne- th rpp daughters, Mrs. Judith Cogdill ana Mrs.

Joyce ClarK, both of Leicester and Miss Lisa Sh arnp iof the home; two sons, Larry ana jenery bnarpe, also of the home; two sisters. Mrs Belle Sales of Canton and Mrs. Virginia McDowell of Sylva; a oroiner, itoy Sharpe of Leicester; and two grandchildren. The body will remain at Groce Funeral Home, where the family will receive friends from i a p.m. Thursday, and will be piac- cu in we tnurcn ou minutes prior to the services.

Arnold B. Smith Arnold B. Smith, 63, of Leicester, died unexpectedly early Wednesday morning at 64 Mer-rimon Ave. where he maintained a residence. Mr.

Smith was a lifelong resi- ucia ui ouncomne county, a son of Mrs. Etta Martin Smith of Leicester and the late William J. Smith. He was a retired grocery clerk. Survivine in addition to ihn 'mother are two sisters, Mrs.

G. w. is-uyKendall and Miss Mary Wylene Smith, both of Leicester. Services will be held at 2 m. Friday in Turkey Creek Bap- usi.

inurcn, oi wnich he was a member. The Rev. Claude Surrett and the Rev. Alvin Ballard will of ficiate. Burial will he in tho church cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Powell and Vernon Merrill. Glenn AWan- der, Guy Jordan, Carl Gibbs and Paul Teague. Honorary pallbearers will be Edwin Cowden, F. T. Sevmour.

Rov -Trantham Ganes' Sluder, Dr. John Kerr ana trienas and neighbors. The body will remain at Groce Funeral Home, where the family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p. m. Thursday, and will be placed in the church 30 minutes prior to the services.

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