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THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN, Tuestlay, June "4, 1968 19 Deaths And Funerals Funerals Today Mrs. Tina Crowe, 2:30 p.m. Richland Baptist Church. The Rev. Albert Allen, 4 p.m., chapel of Williams Funeral Home.

fcjiww.y A Herman D. Turner Memorial services for Herman D. Turner, 33, of 3 Green-briar who died Sunday in an airplane crash at Emma Airport, will be held at 7 p. m. Tuesday in the chapel of Williams Funeral Home.

The Rev. B. Hoyl Evans will James li. Staton BREVARD James Benjamin Slaton, 57, died Sunday afternoon in a local hospital after a long illness. Services will be held at 2 p.m.

Tuesday in Mt. Moriah Calvert Baptist Church. Mrs. Vesta lirovey CANTON Mrs. Vesta Smathers Brovey, 72, of Canton, died unexpectedly Monday night at the home of a sister, Mrs.

Hilda S. Halliburton at 10 Division St. Wells Funeral Home will announce arrangements. James D. Morgan FRANKLIN James Dale Morgan, 28, of the Cullasaja Community, died at 1 p.m.

Monday in a local hospital alter a long illness. Services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday in Sugar Fork Baptist Church, of which he was a member. William A. Lambert WAVNESVILE William A.

Lambert, 86, died at 8:30 p. m. Sunday in a local hospital after a long illness. Services will be held at 2 p. Frank E.

Simpson GLEN ALPINE Frank Ernest Simpson, 84, of Charlotte, died there Sunday in a hospital after a long illness. Services will be held at 4 p. m. Tuesday in Gle.i Alpine Methodist Church. 6 Claude C.

West Services for Claude C. West, 85, of Salisbury, formerly of Asheville, who died Sunday, will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Lewis Funeral Home. The Rev. Jack Smith will officiate.

Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Frank Mulvaney, Jack Snyder, James Wingo, Harry M. West Frank Glenn and Stanley Riddle. Mr. West, a native of Buncombe County, was a retired passenger car conductor for Southern Railway and had lived in Salisbury since his retirement in 1953.

Ha was a charter member of the Retired Citizens Club and Haven Lutheran Church of Salisbury and a member of the Brotherhood of Railway Conductors and Trainmen. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Garry Webb of Salisbury; a brother, Harry M. West Sr. officiate.

Private graveside services will be held at a later date. Mr. Turner had been a resident of Asheville for the past Ernest L. IVingate MORGANTON Ernest Luther Wingate, 58, died Sunday in a Charlotte hospital alter a long illness. Mr.

Wingate, formerly in the electric motor business in Lenoir, came to Morganton in 1953, where he established Morganton Electric Service. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Inis Wilson Wingate; four sons, Maj. Douglas Wingate of Webb AFB, Big Springs, T. Sgt.

John Wingate of the U. S. Air Force in Okinawa, Ben of Edneyville and Victor Wingate of Morganton; a daughter, Mrs. David Brown of Morganton; two brothers, Morris and Leslie R. Wingate, both of Charlotte; four sisters, Mrs.

Todd of Newberry, S. Mrs. Whitt Brown of Charlotte, Mrs. Edna Johnson of Asheville and Mrs. Howavd Grisham of Orlando and nine grandchildren.

Services will be held at 2 p. m. Tuesday in Morganton Seventh Day Adventist Church. Elder Henry Fowler and A. D.

Livingood will officiate. Burial will be in Forest Hill Cemetery. The body will remain at Sos-soman Funeral Home until placed in the church 30 minutes prior to the service Mrs. Maude Nicholson Mrs. Maude Parrott Nicholson, 85, of 1056 Haywood died early Monday in an Asheville hospital after a long illness.

Mrs. Nicholson was a native two years and was a native of Knoxville, Tenn. He was an engineer employed by Northrop Carolina, a graduate of The Committee ponders problems of employment. (Photo by Bob Mnrisey) i of Asheville; a sister, Mrs. jj.

O'Kelly of Asheville; a grandson and two 'The Committee' Probes Job Placement Problem m. Wednesday in the chapel of Garrett Funeral Home. Cox Infant HENDERSONVILLE Michael Dewayne Cox, infant son of Kenneth and Betty Joyce Watts Cox of Rt. 5, died Sunday night in a local hospital. Services will be held at 4 p.

m. Tuesday in the French Broad Baptist Church. Ertvin W. Vance NEWLAND Erwin Wesley! of Missouri and had resided in Mrs. Lillian Jenkins HENDERSONVILLE Services for Mrs.

Lillian lva Jenkins, 53, of Rt. 6. who died Sunday, will be held at 2 p. m. Tuesday in Fairhaven Baptist Church.

Jay L. Owensby Asheville since 1912. She was the widow of G. Paul Nicholson, who died in 1966, and was a member of Trinity Methodist Church. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs.

Herbert E. Rudisill of Asheville: two sons, J. Earle 'mission for fear they will have ler wlien they're eating better, of limiled understanding con- to hire Negroes; ARDEN Jay Looney Ow- By BOB LINDSEY Special to The Citizen Asheville Chamber of Corn- Vance, 88, died Sunday night in ensby, 68. of Rosscraggon Road a Crossnore hospital after a long'died at 2:53 p. m.

Monday in of Asheville and Joseph C. Nicholson of Metaire, five illness. Henderson County hospital aft-1 mree leaact Znl er a brief illness afternoon- with representatives Berryman Hall the Services will be held at 2 p.m. food." i tinued to be uncovered, but the Or on appearing at out-of-the- shape of the nsxt step came into city plants and making out ap-j being. plications: Hugh E.

Gentry. Wachovis "They don't have ears. Buses vice president and president-won't get them. Or if they can elect of the Chamber, pushed for get there once, they can't get it. back every day at a certain! can understand what the hour.

Something has to be work-1 problems are. You can un-ed out from our side on getting 'derstand them, but unless the people to jobs." I people who are doing the hiring Tuesday in Little Plumtree Bap- iegiu lining a muiuij pi u- duction job receives no encouragement or ihelp from his fellow employes, as does a new white employe. That he suffers growing feeling of isolation and frequently drops out of the job; That adequately trained Negro applicants for office jobs are being rejected as not sufficiently grandchildren and 13 greatgrandchildren. Services will be held at 2 p. m.

Wednesday in the chapel of Home will announce tis' Church, of which he was a Texas Technology Institute with a degree in mechanical engineering. A veteran of the Korean War, he was a member of the Mountain Flyers Club of Henderson-ville. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Gay Goodner Turner; the mother, Mrs. Ann Kimball of Chattanooga, two daughters, Audrey and Molly Turner, both of the home; a son, Jack Turner of the home; and a sister, Mrs.

Norma Pate of Cincinnati, Ohio. Ellis Smart CLYDE Ellis Weaver Smart, 67, of Rt. 1, died at 2:20 p.m. Monday in a Waynesville hospital after a brief illness. Mr.

Smart was a native of Haywood County and a retired farmer. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Cordelia Rogers Smart: three sons, David of Clyde, Pau! of Waynesville and Frank Smart of Clyde Rt. a sister, Mrs. Thclma King of Asheville; a brother, D.

C. Smart Hayes-ville; and seven grandchildren. Services will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday in Mt. Zion Methodist Church.

The Rev. Claude Conard and the Rev. Glenn Stevens will officiate. Burial will be in Dawn Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Joe Smart, Frank James, Edgar McElroy, Joe Davis, Landon McCracken and Kenneth Cog-dill.

The body will remain at Garrett Funeral Homo, Wavnes-ville, where the family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, and will be placed in the church 30 minutes prior to the services. Paul Cochran ARDEN Services for Paul O. Cochran, 91, of Rt. 1, who died Sunday at the home of a daughter, Mrs.

Harold Brown, will be held at 2 p. m. Tuesday in the chapel of Berryman-Hall Funeral Home. The Rev. Bob Stevens and the Rev.

Harry Sellars will officiate. Burial will be in the Christian Church Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Julian. member. Groce Funeral Home.

The Rev. J. W. Brackett will who are most concerned Mith job placement for the hardcore unemployed and under-employed of Asheville. Known as "The Committee" for lack of a better name, the meeting was the second of what have been two "tell-it-as-it-is" sessions.

officiate. Burial will be in come to hear what we have There was agreement that! skilled, while Negro teacher of Mrs. Barbura Hurding NEWLAND Services for Mrs. Barbara Aldridge Harding, Green Hills Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Edward Roche, Compton Nicholson, An Andy Warhol Wounded In N.

Y. Office heard here today, they aren't going to understand." This then is the nex step fort Thi. thpn thn nnvl ln fnr office machine practice, making; communication was vital. Com-a folloAiip application, is re-'munication with the under-jectcd on the same grounds. i privileged that there was a will- 28, who died Sunday, will be held sel Levi, Bill Pettit, James Sparrow and E.

R. Parris. The first meeting took place lei iBne.ss noin nne leaucroiiip io the! iciucm.iiii Some faces chansed for 1 at 3 p.m. Tuesday in Pmeola Church of God. at the former Z.

B. Robinson second meeting. Square plant 8 ha" way' series of relativelv mall i I i a rVmrniinH-atinn thai inhs up rot series 01 rciailVCly SIMM Rein-Sturdivant Funeral Home Honorary pallbearers will be Hugh Tomberlin, W. P. Warren, is in charge of arrangements.

NEW YORK Andy McDowell Street the night chevro available. i Salves of l'e Warhol, the pop artist and un-i May 28 and lasted lor three and! Jaseph Hunter had heard of The, Communication ihc business, and the owners of William McElreaih, Dr. Richard Nailling, Dr. J. F.

Hamil a half hours. Committee and asked to sit in leaders were selling out to the Ismail businesses who desire to establishment." but were work participate will come together to hear it as it is." Accorine to Chamber Prp.ai- ing for the best interests of their community. 11 came at the initiative of the Executive Committee of the Chamber of Commerce, which had taken on itself to explore conditions in Asheville that, in other American cities have resulted in hopelessness and ex More job counselors and community organizers were present. Individuals like Edna Whit-tcnore, Margaret Fullwood, Billy Gardcnhight. Henry Robinson.

Rosa Lee Davis. Betty Lester. Carl E. Johnson. Johnnv Communications that Negroes dent Irvin.

the unofficial were already holding good jobs chairman of The Committee a and were advancing in local in-; first such meeting will come dustry. soon. Communication with Negroes! derground film producer, and an English art gallery owner were shot and wounded critically by a woman Monday in Warhol's Manhattan office, police said. The woman, who identified herself to Warhol's secretary as an actress who appeared in one of Warhol's underground movies, walked out of the sixth floor office near Union Square. She was sought by police.

plosive racial tensions. C. Blakclv. Paulette Irbv, and Mrs. Martha Burnett BALSAM Mrs.

Martha Maud Pickett Burnett, 76, retired school teacher and summer resident of Balsam for 17 years, died at 6:35 p. m. Monday in a Waynesville hospital after a brief illness. Crawford Funeral Home, Waynesville, will announce arrangements. John Dicker son John Dickerson, 90, of Knoxville, brother of Walter B.

Dickerson of Asheville, died there Sunday in a hospital af Modany's session was held at Irene Paff. who did not show up when good Croup Hears further problem areas were Mobs wore offered. ton Dr. J. T.

LUtlcjolin, Ketron Smathcrs, C. B. Johnson, John Dellinger, Walter Ward and Charles L. Shuford. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m.

Tuesday. 6 Mrs. Vera Bonier Services for Mrs. Vera Bo-mer, 58, of 15 White who died Wednesday, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Shiloh AME Zion Church.

The Rev. J. R. Green will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Surviving are the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Bomer of Asheville; and two brothers. James me unamner Duiicnng ana ran from 4 to 6:30 p.m. As Chamber President Sam Irvin expressed it at the first meeting, "We've come to listen.

We're not making any promises or laying out any solutions." exposed. From the employer's From the Chamber's side. siic: voiced by P. Austin Bleyler, vice 'We've got jobs for qualified president or Taylor Instrument Negroes that we can't fill. We Companies: 1 just don't get applications." "We reported two openings And the response would come paying $1.85 an hour.

These back exposing more problems: were cood jobs. The two ap- Dr. Donolio Dr. Clive W. Donolio head of the Department of Horticultural Science at North Carolina State University, spoke at a meeting of the Horticultural The wounded gallery owner was identified by police as Mar- me telling exposed raw areas IU muajo, txr '-ll'o il.nl j.

if! I men were taken to Columbus ter a long illness. Tu ipncanis never snoweu up. Commission of the Ashe-Ihese people don have a high: What can we do? How can we I ville Agricultural Development school diploma and experience. 'find cut. why?" Council at Bailcvs Cdictcria, then thev re not nnatifioH Civa nuin fmm ll ivinlnvprs UrA.tn..t I 1....

Services and burial will be in Hospuai. heard points like this: Knoxville Wednesday. I Police said the woman sought i Neerocs responding to notices of Middlctown, Ohio and Avery immy, Gerald, Keith and Billy I Bomer of Detroit. Mich. auiiu6ioii iu niiuuia uu.LC J00 openings are being told "icm a cnan.se.

Let them prove side: Dr Donolio stated that Horli- giving the name Valeria Solan- -the job has been when "hat they can do." "You've sot to understand culture is the most raniriiv pv- a follow-up telephone callj Or on the appearance of the' that icrsonality and appearance I panding segment of agriculture discloses applications fer the applicant: jarc important in certain jobs. I in the state. He said the cash minn.nnp i 1 III i i I -1 I I. .11: I I openings arc still beina taken .1 iinvuii 1 imu a joo. iikc selling, jne.se i value norticuRura; ci ops was you're not going to be dressed represent the company, while or! $117 million in 1963 in North very well.

Hire some. When they black they have to be able to1 Carolina and is expected to are earning money their ap- property represent it." (reach $1C5 million by the year pearance will improve." No buv from the other side: 1971. an increase of 41 per Or on health: just don't understand how cent. "Some of these people don't 'anyone can ask for a "light col- He stated tnat the con! inning eat very well. You don't whenjored Negro." or for a "pretty population growth win cause a you don't have a job.

They can't Negro girl" Vanilla or chocolate. 'continuing yain in production Cochran and Walter fryer. Mr. Cochran, a native of the Avery's Creek community, was a graduate of Johnson Bible College and a member, former Sunday School superintendent and teacher at Avery's Creek Christian Church. Surviving are four sons, Randall K.

of Skyland. W. J. of Asheville, Walter of Vale and Paul F. Cochran of Orlando, three daughters, Mrs.

C. B. Fullam of Canton, Mrs. Harold Brown of Arden and Mrs. K.

V. McCurry of Louisburg; 22 grandchildren and 26 Warhol's secretary, Paul Mor-risscy, told police the 36-ycar-old blond artist told him to "let her in" when he heard the name she gave. Minutes later, Morrissey said, the short, thin woman, wearing a raincoat, calmly walked out, leaving the office door ajar. When Morrissey got up to close the door he saw the two men on thp floor, he told Dnlice. The uneducated Negro with no training or job experience is "turned down Tie Negro "Can't get the white man's jobs." Only the menial jobs of sweeping, cleaning and food service are offered.

There is no opportunity to advance on the job; Mrs. Elizabeth Hunt MURPHY Mrs. Elizabeth Hunt, 82. died Monday morning in a Bryson City hospital after a long illness. Services will be held at 2 p.

m. Wednesday in the chapel of Ivie Funeral Home, Haycs-ville. Edward II. Smart Edward H. Smart, 70, of Savannah, brother of Mrs.

Loucr-rol Wilkie and Mrs. Stacy B. Walters of Asheville, died Friday in a Knoxville, Tenn. hospital. He had been in an auto ever) imng on your physical I what does it matter.

What I can of fruit and vegetable crops The body will remain at Jesse Ray Funeral Home until placed in the church one hour prior to the services. Charles A. Kessler Charles A. Kessler, 82. of 106 Barnard died Sunday in a local hospital after a brief illness.

Mr. Kessler, a native of Eau Claire, was a retired supervisor of UniRoyal Tire Co. of Eau Claire. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Iva K.

Kessler; a son, Robert Kessler or Rapid City, S. a step-daughter, Mrs. William Harris of Asheville; a step-son, Darrell Holbrook of filenview, a brother. Frank Kessler of Jobstown, N. and a grandson.

'Hie body will be sent to Eau Claire for services and burial. examination. Give them a 'do is important increased populaiion will Security m-l break. Their health will get bet- Warhol was shot in the abdo-1 Employment Points of difference and areas i be reflected in a heavy demand Irr ornamental planis for landscaping homes. men and Amaya in the chest with a small caliber gun, police said.

$20,500 Contract Atvurded For Jones School Alterations The Asheville City Board of Application was marie for Lee H. Edwards accident a short time before. He Several of Warhol's paintings and his wife were frequent hang in the Museum of Modcro visitors here. Art two of Campbell Soup cans Services were held Monday and one of Marilyn Monroe in afternoon in Savannah. 'gold.

Ml 1 MORRIS-HENDON FUNERAL HOME FINEST FACILITIES MODERATE COST 304 MERRIMON AVE. I5MHI Education awarded a $20.500 1 assistance for the education of And those promoted to the eighth grade from Hill Street Mrs. MacFmlyen Rites contract lo Blount Construction Co. at a meeting Monday night WJWTAW.y.. Willanl Marlin Dies hi Allanla BRYSON CITY Willard Thaddcus Martin, 61, former Bryson City man who was a veteran postal olficial, died unexpectedly Monday morning in Atlanta.

Appointed postmaster here in 1934, he was named Postal Service Officer in the Atlanta region in 1961. Subsequently he became director of the Postal Service Officer Division. Mr. Martin, active in numer Set Tuesday Afternoon of Henry F. MacFadyen, former Services for Mrs.

Henry F. and Livingston Street elementary schools will ro to South French Broad High School. Any parent or guardian of a child dissatisfied with assignments may apply lor a change of assignment by making written application on forn.s furnished by the school board on handicapped children in a joint move by the city and Buncombe County boards of education, which includes a total of $2,400 to employ a specialist in testing and referral for the two-months summer program. A pupil assignment plan for 1968-)9 was approved by the board under which any pupil entering first grade or the school system for the first time at any level will be assigned lo MacFadyen, 67, of Long Shoals Arden, former faculty member of Asheville Country Asheville hotel man, was a native of Fayetteville, and had lived in Western North Carolina for many years. She for alterations to be made lo Ira B.

Jones School. The construction includes a U-shaped covered walkway at the school's driveway, three basketball goals in the gymalo-rium and two flag poles for the grounds. One of the poles is for the American flag and the other is for the North Carolina sUte Dear, friends, Kecent surveys Day School, who died Sunday, ous civic organizations includ- or before July 31. graduates Sbn, The following school facilities ing Lions and Kiwanis, was a for summer plav ground pro- member of Oconee Lodge No. a marKed i a marked ten will be held at 3 p.m.

Tuesday in' had been soloist in many local All Souls Episcopal Church, churches. BiKmore i She was at Asheville Country School from 1941 to 1964. l.rimXrrom 1964 until her death, Mrs. fic.ate. Burial will be in Green WM rields of is of ser grams were approvrd at the re-1 427.

AF AM and the Loyal vice as the appropriate school in the 1 banner anner. quest of the Asheville Park and Order of Moose. Lodge No. 152. The Blount bid.

lowest of five! attendance area of i ecreation DcpaI.ll;1(,llt: i He was a Naval veteran of his residence ace Corns me Peace research. ra-h- submitted on the work, is $4,000 Hill Lemciery, waynesviue. icolinselor al Grogan all World War II and in charge One room, restrooms and playgrounds at Hall Fletcher. All pupils are assigned to the of mail operations in the Euro higher than the cost would have been during the original Hill Street, Herring and Jones Pallbearers will lie Harvev. Sam A.

Bingham Moss Salley Marshall Abcll, Henry Foy and George M. University of North Carolina al Greensboro where she was advisor to foreign students and a member of Pupi Epsilon pean Theater. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. school in which they are presently enrolled, or to the school lo which they normally would Because of a shortage of funds Sarah Woodard Martin; two schools; the playground or ball field only at Vance, Burton and Lee Edwards. The ball playing program at Uic time of construction, the Stephens Sr sons.

Wallace W. of Misenhei- mer and W. Earl Martin of Honorary pallbearers will be Surviving are a daughter. J-ais shows impressive graduates, our "easmgly gootf hands. Sincerely, Atlanta; a daughter, Mrs.

Dor George M. Stephens Charlesi Blanche Joy MacFadyen of starts June 10, and the play dc promoted. All pupils promoted lo the eighth grade from the Herring. Jones, Randolph, Claxton and Newton elementary schools will go to David Millard Junior High School. othy Williams of Bryson City; Waddell.

Dr. Walter Johnson work was deleted from the original plans. The increase is d'je to a rise in construction costs. Approval of the summer Head Start Program was made by the board, following approval ground program June 17. The board, for the second year, fixed the 2oth of each Washington, D.

two brothers, Reese W. Jones of McCrory, Ark, and Hilliard A. month as the pay date for Jones of Crawfordsville, received from Washington Those promoted Die sev and a niece. and nine grandchildren. Services will be held at 3 p.

m. Wednesday in Bryson City Methodist Church, of which he was a member. The body will remain al Bill Moody Funeral Home, where the family will receive friends William Cloud Hickling, George Holmes, Marshall Hall, Gene Ward, Henry Adams, Harvey Corn, Dr. Luman Tenney, Charles Reed, Robert Stetson, Sidney Main, William Parsons, Col. Frank Hubbard, Dr.

Charles Smith, Terry through the Opportunity Cor principals and teachers instead of at the end of 20 consecutive teaching days. In lieu of flowers, (he family enth grade from Aycoek, Rankin, and Vance elementary poration here. Included was an additional $6 per child in federal requests that memorials be made to the voice student A financial statement was schools will go to Hall Flelche submitted for the period end funds above requests made by Junior High School. scholarship fund of the Ashevii'c ing April 30 which showed thai from 7 to 9 p. m.

Tuesday, the board to cover medical and! All pupils promoted to the Trowbridge, William Ballard HI Music Club. dental services for the chil- 10th grade from David Millard1 the school system opt-raipcrana win De piacea in me cnurcn 30 minutes prior to the services. and John Preslon. Morris-Hcndon Funeral Home Mrs. MacFadyen, the widow is in charge of arrangements.

diri, 'and Hall Meieiier win go io wunin us ouagei. 4.

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