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Kingsport Times-News from Kingsport, Tennessee • 10

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is Several this -will be actual are 4 careful send it up the very Continued From Page 1 be telling a story but you will be contracting new buildings there' The Inn is the only -original thing we have and its got to be preserved Judd estimates that about 80 percent of the Inns structure dates back to the original which wak already standing by the year 1818 Some authorit- clue' looking for ies think the building' years older than Painstaking study jieeded before any hammering and nailing" done Judd said i We have to be very We shouldnt even someonein to clean They may haul off Raymond Dean ROGERS VILLE Funeral tiif Raymond Clyde Dean of Mohawk Route 1 who died Thursday at the age of GO will be at 2 pm Monday in the Persia Baptist Church 1 The Rev Tommy Thompson and Rev Elbert Lumpkins will conduct the service Burial will be in the Persia Cemetery The funeral originally was scheduled for today but was postponed to allow time for the arrival of a son from Vietnam 'i Mrs Louella Wilson the son of Mr and Mrs Ralph Carter 317 Elmhurst Dr Born in Bluefield Va he spent most of his life in-Kingsport He attended-Holston High School and was a member of Colonial Heights Christian Church He entered the service in 1964 and spent three 'years-in Germany At the time of his death he was stationed at Fort Sill Okla Surviving are his parents sister Mrs Glenn Gibson also of Kingsport and1 paternal grandparents 1 Mr and Mrs Kelley Carter Bluefield The family will receive -friends at the funeral home from 7 to 9 this evening The body was taken to the home at 5 pm Saturday where it will remain until time of services Wilson Funeral Home is In charge of arrangements Charles McDavid WEBER CITY Charles McDavid 76 died in Holston Valley Community Hospital in Kingsport at 12iJQ pm Saturday after a short A retired mail carrier and merchant he was a native of Scott County and a member of the Modern Woodmen of the World Survivors Include his widow Mrs Meda McDavid and "Charlie of Gate City McDavid Santa Calif funeral will be at 2 Monday in the Scott Funeral Home Chapel Frank Chapo-will the service Burial in Holston View" Brown Kills Attacker 1 (t Mrs Louella- Murrell Wilson died at 9:30 am Friday at the home of her-daughter Miss Stella Wilson 2301 Hiwassee Drive native of Newport her survivors include besides the daughterr three other daughters Mrs Howard Teague of Kingsport Mrs Ralph ONeil Cemetery- sons and Cecil Monica The pm County The Rev conduct will be Continued From Page 1 TV i i Deputies received a complaint Friday night that Jordan was parked outside the home of John Cross near Bristol -with a -gun-threatening to shoot the Crosses and his wife who was also inside Jordan had already beaten his wife that-day officers said He was picked up and taken to the Sullivan County Jail where a bondsman refused to post his bond Jordan 'walked to the Jailhouse entrance on a pretense of getting a soft drink from a vending' machine then fled to his car and drove away Officers gave chase following him down Bllomingdale Pike to High way U-W ear' Kingsport where he turned back toward Bristol -v Jordan turned off at Campbells Truck Stop onto Island Road where he smashed his car faito a culvert and fled on fool Officers from Sullivan and a I Counties hunted for him during the night without success -i Saturday morning after a tip that Jordan was back home Brown and the other officers went to his home to Park Service With him are Hal Spoden technical advisor for the Netherland Inn Association (center) and newly-appointed architect for the work William Hamilton Wallace (Times-News Photo by Earl Carter) IN THE ATTIC Sturdy beams and boards in the 150-year-old Netherland Inn occupy the attention of the three experts who will direct the restoration of the building At left is Henry A Judd chief historical architect for the US National Reds Attack Cities Alex Tankersley APPALACHIA 1- Alex Lloyd Tankersley 79 of Blountville Highway-Bristol--died In Bristol Memorial Hospital am Saturday-after eight years of Illness A retired Stonega Coke and Coal Co employe of Roda he had lived most of his life in Big Stone Gap and Appalachia moving to Bristol about two years ago He was the former financial secretary of Local 6229 District 28 United Mine Workers of America and was a member of the First Baptist Church" Lettie Rebekah Lodge No 73 and Independent Order of Odd Fellows all of Appalachia Surviving are his widow Mrs Mollie Ethel Tankersley eons Woodrow of Marion" Va and Elmer Tankersley Bluff City Jenn a daughter Mrs Ruby Easter Cooper' Appalachia brothers Prestonburg Ky Morgan Blackwater Va i Whitmire mid Marshall Tankersley Kyles Ford Tenn a sister Mrs Mattie Bishop Blackwater 9 i grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren The funeral will be at 2 pm Monday in the Roy A Green Funeral Home Chapel The Rev Lenwood Nichols and Rev Ed Strong will conduct the service Burial will be in Powell Valley Memorial Gardens The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7 to 9 this evening i 1 I A Peace Talks Readied serve warrants on him charging him with escaping from custody and assault and battery on his wife Deputies said Jordan fired only once but that bis revolver held seven other bullets The gun was found lying on the floor outside the bedroom door Deputies Carl Phillips and Johnnjr Robertson accompa--nied Brown and Combs to the home Treasury Department Brown has served as Sheriff Bill Wrists right-hand man for the past year and a half and once spent five years exposing1 large-scale moonshine operations while an undercover agent for the Jordan was a native of Troup County Gar and had lived in Bristol the past seven years He was a salesman and a member of Avoca Christian Church 3 Survivors besides his widow include one daughter Janet Lynn one son John William Jr parents Mr and Mrs John Jordan La Grange Fla and one brother Joe Henry Jordan Columbus Ga Hie body will be taken to Maddox Funeral Home in La Grange where the funeral and burial wifi take place attempting to mediate or act in any capacity beyond conference host at least for the time being However there was independent speculation that the preliminary conference would be extended Into broader talks The preliminary North Vietnamese American meeting could lead to larger negotiations on the future of South Vietnam and the guarantee of its stature read the front page headline in Le Monde the most influential and one of the best informed papers in Paris Premier Georges Pompidou who with Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville is on a trip to Iran and Afghanistan said he would' not interrupt his tour to return for the start of the talks He is scheduled to be back in Paris May 11 Government sources said (hat if Hanoi and Washington agreed they would prefer to hold the talks in a suburban-location chiefly for security treasons and to discourage demonstrations by left or right wing students But peripheral diplomatic activity briefings for toe hundreds of newsmen expected to come for toe talks and other aspects mil be centered in Paris Continued From Page 1 Communist anti-aircraft Are poured back at them The echoes of explosions and gunfire rang through tod capital jarring residents from -toeir beds on a peaceful Sunday morning One mortar round slammed into an apartment building within a half block- of the Majestic 'Hotel and the UPI bureau' in Saigon injuring seven Vietnamese sleeping in the hotel Another hit the Central Market area injuring three others' Most of toe mortars appeared aimed at police precincts At least three persons were killed in toe attack at Da Nang and three of the rockets exploded near the office of Lt Gen (Robert Cushman US Marine commander in South Vietnam Between 30 and 50 rockets and mortars slammed into the base at Da Nang Three buildings were destroyed at Hue toe ancient imperial capital where toe most vicious battle of toe war raged for 26 days during the Tet offensive At Quang Tri toe US military compound took a direct hit The Communist forces mounted ground attacks against two highway bridges along Highway One near Hue but were driven back Da Nang was the hardest hit area Some of the mortars slammed into a barracks area causing some casualties Rockets also hit toe Da Nang air base and Monkey Mountain the large helicopter pad and supply area five miles from the city The Communist forces also tried to knock out toe new bridge which spans toe Da Cycle Hits Stopped Car Teens Hurt Two teenagers were hurt Saturday afternoon when their motorcycle ran into the back ofa stopped auto on Lynn Garden Drive Sullivan County Deputy Don Hickman said the operator of the motorcycle Terry Edward Page 15 1345 Willow St was not watching toe traffic-ahead -of-him-when toe accident occurred The car occupied by Mr and Mrs James Allen 2144 Berry St was stopped for another car ahead of it which was making a turn Hickman said Page and a passenger on his machine Debbie Ann Bradley 14 1702 Roble St were released after treatment for minor injuries at Holston Valley Community Hospital The youth was charged with failure to keep a proper lookout Weather East Tennessee Sunny and mild today Fair and cool tonight Outlook for Monday sunny and wanner Western Virginia Clearing today Fair and cool tonight Th temperature yesterday at tt City Water Filtration Plant was 81 and the low was SI Highest for ths year was IS- on May 3 lowest for ths year was 1 on Jan I Precipitation to 10 pm 04 In Month's precipitation to data 07 Month's sverage total 352 Year's precipitation to data 12lt 25-year average total 42 53 Tha high temperature yesterday at tha Trl-CIty Airport Weather Bureau station was 50 and the low was 57 Precipitation to 10 pm 03 Month's precipitation to data 05 Month's average total 345 Years precipitation to date 1101 25-year average total 41 Of Airport 10 pm humidity 97 per cent Airport 10 pm Barometer 2000 and rising Sunset today 1:21 pm Sunrise tomorrow 4:31 am Continued From Page I Ministry sources said 'toe Qua! had also been in contact with officials from khe American Embassy Presumably this meant Charge Affaires Woodruff Wallner or one of his aides Ambassador R-Sargent Shriver due to take up his duties in about two weeks Js not yet in Paris It was understood from ministry sources that the tafias touched only on suggestions for the actual site of the negotiations Several fpoGsibilitiea have been mentioned including the famous Chateau de Versailles French diplomats were generally unwilling to make comments on the scale of the talks or their possible outcome The French government has made it clear it Iras no intention of GRAY FUNERAL CHAPEL GRAY STATION TENN i Now opened with (24 hrs) Ambulance Service (oxygen equipped) Trained personnel Funeral services within the means of all honoring all burial Insurance and offering our best of services In the time of need Located behind Gray Elem School Kingsport Johnson City 239-6623 477-3171 Nang River but missed They hit -a small1 boat' moored nearby and killed three sailors sleeping on its deck and wounded three others officials reported The Da Nang attack came Tats toerUS Command reported 1312 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong killed in heavy-fighting Saturday night just 12 miles north of iSaigon in other combat in toe capital area and in toe big allied victory at Dong Ha Try 11 American losses in toe widely scattered fighting were placed at 82 killed and 412 wounded First reports on toe Da Nang raid made no mention of casualties Some of toe Soviet-made long range rockets exploded in toe river near Gen Cushman's headquarters The exploding shells at Da Nang -touched off two fires but Marine crews quickly extinguished both Damage was apparently light but base commanders ordered a red alert and warned all hands more attacks were expected In addition to serving as Marine headquarters 1 Vietnam Da Nang is the rite of a major US Air Force base for launching strikes into both North and South Vietnam It has been a favorite target for Communist artillerymen dug into the hills overlooking the sprawling complex US infantrymen dosing on toe Viet Cong-controlled village of Tan Hiep in the countryside near a i 0 reported trapping a Communist battalion of 330 men mid killing 193- The battle-raged into Saturday night by Brookside band and film on junior high schools conference room tar regular business meeting --r jqngSLEY PTA fastallation ot of offlcers May 6 at 7:30 Pilot Club 5:45 pm May fa Chamber of Commerce The family will1' receive friends at the funeral ome from 7 to 9 this evening Walter Hagood SURGOINSVILLE Walter Blaine Hagood 79 0 Surgoinsville Route 1 died in Holston Valley Community Hospital in Kingsport at 4:40 pm Saturday after a long illness A lifelong resident of Hawkins County he made his home at toe time of his death with a daughter Mrs Garoie Barton Also surviving are two other daughters Mis Carmel Sandidge of Surgoinsville and Mrs Rachel Kingsport sons Gamie Laurel Md and Joe Hagood Church Hill sisters Mrs Elsie Bailey Surgoinsville and Mrs Ethri Horne of i Kentucky six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren Funeral arrangements wifi be announced by Colboch--Price Funeral Home in IRogersville Margaret Bailey -ERWIN Mrs Margaret Bailey died Thursday night at toe home of a daughter Mrs Buniie (Evelyn) Peterson here She was a native of Washington County Services will be at 2:30 pm today fa Mt Wesley Methodist Church of which she was a member The Rev Lingerfelt and Rev John Miller will officiate Burial will be in the church cemetery Surviving are her husband Bailey son Holt Bailey of Jonesboro Route 1' daughters Mrs Peterson and Mrs (Mae) Bible of Kingsport sisters Miss Frankie Baileyr Battle Creek -Michr and Mrs Nell parsons Austin Tex The Robert Ledford Funeral Home is in-charge of arrangements Mrs Theda Stone Mrs Theda Ji Stone 4525 Old Stage Rd died in Holston Valley Community Hospital at am- Saturday after a long illness She was the widow of James A1 Stone A Stone Jr of Kingsport daughters Miss SaHey Irene Stone Kingsport and 1 Mrs Bruce A Crouch Nederland Tex her parents Mr and Mrs Johnson Atlanta and a sister Mrs Arnold also of Atlanta A native of South Carolina she had lived in Kingsport The funeral will be at 2:30 pm today in Hamlett-Dobson 30 years and was of Broad Street Church Surviving are a son James Chapel The Rev Ben SI Clair and toe Rev John Ripleys will conduct the service Burial will be in GlenwoodC emet eryat Bristol The family suggests that those who wiki may contribute to the American Cancer Society Sp-4 Thomas Carter Funeral services for Sp-4 Thomas Carter who drowned Thursday in Chickasha Okja will be held at 2 pm Monday in Carters Chapel FuneraLHome The Rev A Bullis and Rev Robert Tyler will officiate Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery with an Army Honor Guard from Ft McPherson Ga conducting military rites at the grave Specialist Carter 22 was Ocean 30 NEW UNITS of Knoxville Mrs Frank Clubb of Newport 13 grandchildren and 19 great-grand-' Children Funeral services will be at 3 pm today in Lincoln Avenue Baptist Church in Newport with the Rev' William Pennell and the Rev Robert Walker officiating Burial will be in toe Union Cemetery Vollie Hugh Land FALL BRANCH Vollie Hugh Land 55 of Norfolk Va died at 11 pm Thursday at toe veterans hospital in-Johnson City after a Jong illness He was a native of Fall Branch but had made his home in Norfolk for Jhe past several years He was a veteran of World War 11-' Surviving are his widow' Mrs Helen Land One son Charles Land of Norfolk one daughter: Miss Helen Rosemary Land of Norfolk one brother Fred Land of Norfolk and his mother Mrs Mary Land of Fall Branch The funeral will be at 2 pm today in Logan's Chapel Methodist Church The Rev Frank Mason will conduct toe service Burial will be hi the church cemetery 7 with military rites at 1 toe grave conducted by Hammond Post No 3 American Legion The body will Be taken to toe church 30 minutes before toe funeral home from toe 1 Fall Branch Funeral Home Mrs Nannie DeVault EMORY Funeral services for Mrs Nannie DePew DeVault 92 who died Thursday afternoon will be at '2 pm Sunday in toe Emory Methodist Church Officiating wilLbe the Revv Wiley Jr toe Rev Benjamin Sanders and the Rev William Mason Jr Burial will be in the Holston Conference Cemetery at Emory The body will remain at the Henderson Funeral Chapel at Abingdon until one hour before services Joseph Scardo BIG STONE GAP Joseph Scardo 92 of Big Stone Gap died at 11:20 am Friday in Bristol Memorial Hospital after a short illness i -ff 1 Born in Italy Scardo came to toe when he was 17 years old He had resided in Wee County for 75 yearsr 1 27 J)C3Btcb he spent Big Stone Gap He was a retired employe of toe Stonega Coke and Coal Co Surviving are one son Fortnight Scardo of Big Stone Gap one daughter Mrs Christine Leonard of Bristol Va seven grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren The funeral will be at 3 Grace Ilartgrove CHURCH HILL Grace Crawford Hartgrove 84 died at 8:15 pm Friday at her home at Route 1 Church Hill after a long illness Surviving is one sister Mrs Demia Barrett of Church Hill Funeral services will be at 1 pm Sunday at the Church Hill Church of the Brethren with toe Rev Raymond Jones officiating HEATED POOL On The vJL(') hi i i COMING EVENTS Kingsport Cerarafc Show The Mrs Myrtle ElIiott -DUNGANNON -'Funeral for Mrs Myrtle Ruth Elliott who died Thursday at the age of 71 will be at 2 pm today in Dungannon Methodist Church- The Rev Pagan Rev Ralph Flanary ami Rev William Tegiler will conduct the service Burial will be in the Childress Cemetery The body will be taken to the church (me hour before the funeral from toe Gate (Sty Funeral Home Oscar Jones Oscar Jones 68 a native of Surgoinsville who bad lived in River Rouge Mich for the past 12 years died there at' 3 am Saturday Surviving are fas widow Mrs Cora Jones sons Oscar Jr of Kingsport Larry River Rouge and John Jones fa the Air Force daughters Mrs- Ollie Lmyson of Seaman Ohio Mrs Amy Ruth Bellamy Mrs Clara Mavis Forbes and Mrs Gladys Inez Williams all of Kingsport Mrs Bonnie Rahe Pratt Detroit Mrs Frances Marie Alexander River Rouge and -Mrs Patsy Loraine Spence Melvindale i Mich sisters-- Mrsrou Arnold and Mrs Margaret Caldwell of Kingsport and Mrs- Nora' McNally Surgoinsville brothers Howard Surgoinsville Casey of Ohio and Hal Jones of California and 26 grandchildren Funeral 'and burial will be in Detroit Gaorge 1 Amelia George Ainslie Business Manager and part-owner of Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Homes Is Chairman of the Board of Deacons at First Baptist Church and a member and past-president of the Clvitan Club He is also a past president of the Gideons and the Dobyns-Bennett High School PTA I 'Devoted To Strvtes Pee Over Half A Cfntse HAMLETT-DOBSON ITttnrralSfOmM n4e Tim Tn-Cttms Ant From Two Location KINGSPORT 117 EAStCHARLEMONT STREET 245-3134 FALL BRANCH FALL BRANCH FUNERAL HQME344-32n Ceramic- competitive show is open to the publicthrough Mead Auditorium during library hours Art Exhibit Lincoln School student art will he on display Monday through Friday from 9 am to 4 pm On Tuesday toe exhibit will be open -until 7:30 pm and an open house Will be held May 12 from 1-3 pm Club Activities first tfie" pm" May 6 fori program Pm today fa frondale Bap-Kobinson -Cist Church The Rev -Tobe Davis will conduct toe service Burial will be in toe American Legion Cemetery The body was taken to toe home at 5 pm Saturday from toe Roy A Green Funeral Home in Appalachia Civic Centers 1 pm at Fort" Presbyterian Church Orebank PTA 7:30 pm yta7tI-in sch! cafetoria for installation of officers Teadiers mill in mm 7 will be fa rooms at 7 pm Women of the Moose 7:30 pm May 6 at the Mooose Lodge'Ufor- program by membership co mmittee chairman Shirley Hinkle Brookside School PTA 7:30 v- Soldiers Last Lctter MONbAY Civic Auditorium Belief Rehearsal 4 pm Tailoring Club Rooms I am Jewelry Mtg Clubs 4 A 5 Teen Center 3-304 30j fund to King College fa Tonys name' The Rev- Richard Keeton pastor fa Bethel Presbyterian Church will join with the Rev- Reid Montgomery pastor of Colonial Heights Presbyterian fa the dedication fa toe Tony Brown Memorial Chimes Title of toe Rev Keetons sermon is: Never Turn Loose fa Gods Hand r-- BUY A SimiHE PAFER Hay 19 Cwnptlmenli of Carter1 Chapel Continued From Page 1 tion of an electronic carillon fa the chinch tower given as a memorial to Tony It is being purchased from donations made by friends neighbors relatives and members fa Tonys outfit still in Vietnam A whole host fa friends contributed Tonys dad said Miss Holt did something ex-" tra special A large bronze plaque to her fiances mem-oryLhasl been installed in the hallway lof the church her own special tribute Members of Bethel Church have set up a scholarship 1 MOTEL ROOM APARTMENTS Air Condllloneii Color TV and Telephone GOLF PRIVILEGE Close to Fishlnf Pier 3 Block North of Pavilion 30 New Loxuruiu Units IsISHED FRANCIS A BILL SMITH Owner and Manaetrt Free Parkins For Reservation Phnne 8UJ444-3I41 1314 Ocean Blvd PO Bos 404 Mvrlla Beach 32577.

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