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4, 4, of of of of of of of of of of of of Kennedys' Child Dies CHARLOTTE NEWS Feb. 19, 1962 Mostly Accidents THE FAMILY CIRCUS 2-19 The and Tribune Syndicate "It's a wonder I ever learned to walk in those little metal shoes." Integration Deadline Set "If nothing is done by Feb. 26, something is going to happen." The statement was made this morning by Dr. R. A.

Hawkins, local spokesman for a group of Negro doctors and dentists who are seeking the desegregation of treatment and training facilities at Charlotte Memorial Hospital. Dr. Hawkins would not say specifically that his group will seek court action. "I can't Ethel Clare Kennedy, old daughter of State Rep. and Mrs.

John P. Kennedy 301 Hermitage died early this morning in a local hospital of spinal meningitis. The child had been ill one day. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. She was born in Charlotte on June 3, 1959.

Her father has served two terms in the State House of Representatives and is presently an unannounced candidate for Congress from the Eighth Congressional District. Surviving, in addition to her parents, are two brothers, Lionel and Christopher Kennedy, both of the home. Lady. Lionel Whitby of Cam bridge, England, is the maternal grandmother and Dr. and Mrs.

John P. Kennedy of Charlotte are paternal grandparents. Funeral arrangements may be completed late today. Same Marriage, Second Ring MEMPHIS (P) Mrs. Tom Boden has been married so long she's worn out her first wedding ring and started on another.

Mrs. Boden, 89, and her husband, 92, celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary recently. what action we will take," he said. The Feb. 26 deadline was selected because the hospital plans to place its new wing into operation by that date.

Dr. Hawkins said efforts to schedule a meeting, with officlals of the hospital and the Charlotte -Mecklenburg Hospital Authority have been to no avail. Charlotte Deaths And Funerals Funeral services for Willard V. Horton, 54, of 5418 Wedgewood Rd. will be at 3 p.m.

tomorrow at St. Luke's Lutheran Church. The Rev. J. LeGrande Mayer, pastor of the church, will officiate.

Interment will be in Evergreen Cemetery. Mr. Horton died yesterday in a local hospital. Mr. Horton, son of Mrs.

Beryl Stowe Horton and the late Thomas Paine Horton, was born March 25, 1907, in Lansing Township, Minn. Mr. Horton was a graduate of the University of Southern California. He had worked at Douglas Aircraft for the past 18 years. He was a member of St.

Luke's Lutheran Church and of the Musicians Union in Los Angeles, Calif. Surviving in addition to his mother, are his wife; a son, Thomas R. Horton, a student at N. C. State College; and a brothher, Bernard R.

Horton of Whittier, Calif. Active pallbearers will be James H. Major, Leroy E. Cloud, Joseph Sklut, Howard L. Hug.

gett, Maj. Carl W. King and Adrien Cassanova. Honorary pallbearers will be Sheldon P. Smith, E.

C. McTavish, A. Overton, Keith Detterich, R. N. McNeill and F.

A. Williams. J. W. Meacham W.

V. Horton Funeral services for James Walter Meacham, 47, of 1903 Cumberland Ave. were held at 52 p.m. today at McEwen West Chapel. Dr.

Joseph B. Hennessey, pastor of First United Church of Christ, and the Rev. H. M. Robinson, pastor of Dilworth Methodist Church, officiated.

Graveside services were at 4 p.m. in the East Side Cemetery, Rockingham. Mr. Meacham died yesterday a local hospital. Mr.

Meacham, son of the late Jesse Edward and Lula Jane Allred Meacham, was born March 11, Richmond County. He was route sales supervisor for the Southern Bakeries Co. Surviving, in addition to his wife, are a sister, Mrs. Furman Jones of Laurinburg; and three brothers, R. E.

Meacham, Henry A. Meacham and Charles F. Meacham, all of Rockingham. B. H.

Reeves Boyd Hampton Reeves, 82, of 1136 Kings Dr. died yesterday at home. Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. today at McEwen Weset Chapel. The Rev.

Joe Nolan, associate pastor of First Baptist Church, officiated. Burial was in Evergreen Cemetery, Mr. Reeves was born Aug. 15, 1879, in Spartanburg County, S.C. He was the son of the late Mr.

and Mrs. Henry Reeves. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mary Frances Barrow Reeves; a sister, Mrs. Sam Thackers of Greensboro, and two brothers, Joe Reeves of Greensboro and Wallace Reeves of Camden, S.C.

Nephews were pallbearers. R. L. Sowdell Robert L. Sowdell of 609 E.

Third St. died Saturday in a local hospital. Funeral plans were incomplete early this afternoon. Thomas Coughman Thomas Coughman, 16, of 2542 Ramus Rd. died Saturday in a local hospital.

Funeral plans were Incomplete this afternoon. 22 Persons Die In Carolinas Over Weekend By ASSOCIATED PRESS At least 22 persons met over the weekend. A murder-suicide and a rash of auto accidents accounted for the North Carolina toll of 11 fatalities. THERE MAY have been a 12th death in North Carolina. Fishermen found an empty boat Sunday on Rhodhiss Lake Valdese and searchers found on the lake bottom a hat belonging to the missing Burl Annas, 32, of Granite 1 Falls.

Cherokee County Coroner J. C. Townson reported that Mr. and Mrs. Walter Scott Calhoun died in a murder-suicide at their Andrews home.

He said Mrs. Calhoun apparently was shot first. Ella Mae Rivers, about 40, of St. George, S. was struck and killed by a train at Halifax.

Traffic victims included Craig Dean, of Rt. 3, Fayetteville; Larry Everett Flythe, 20, of Conway; Benjamin Ward, 18, Rt. 3, Whiteville; Johnny Garnell Baker, 8, of Rt. 3, Wilson; Willie Marlene Helton, 18, of Gra- MRS. JOHN A.

FREY, 85, of Carthage died Saturday. She was the mother of Mrs. B. 1 F. WelIons of Charlotte.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. today at Carthage Baptist Church. TROY R. CLOANINGER, 75, of 3, Statesville, died Saturday at Davis Hospital. He was the brother of E.

L. Cloaninger of Charlotte. Funeral services were at 3 p.m. today at Bunch Funeral Home in Statesville. THOMAS E.

WRIGHT, 79, of Thomasville died Saturday in a Durham hospital. He was the father of Mrs. Edwin V. Durham of Charlotte. Funeral services were at 2 p.m.

today at J. C. Green and Sons Chapel in Thomasville. ROGER EUGENE VOGLER, 29, of Rt. 1, Winston-Salem, died Sunday as a result of injuries received in an automobile accithat day.

He was the brothdent, Albert Vogler of Charlotte. Funeral plans were incomplete early this afternoon. MRS. RUTH BAKER OLIVER, 74, of Conway, S. died Saturday.

She was the sister of Mrs. Fannie B. Disher of Charlotte. Funeral services were at 10:30 a.m. today at First Methodist Church in Conway.

How Women Can Lose 2 to 7 lbs. Of Bloating 'Water-Weight' During the Pre-Menstrual Week New Medical Discovery Tested By Nurses on Themselves Also Relieves Swelling, Pelvic Pressure, Pain and Accompanying Moodiness, Nervous Tension In a Way No Aspirin or Pain Reliever Possibly Can. New York, N. Doctors who are specialists in women's ailments have now discovered that several days before a woman's period her system often stores up an abnormal accumulation of water -from 2 to 7 lbs. This causes body tissues to swell and results in a sudden gain of weight and abdominal puffiness.

It also causes breast soreness, Headache, depression, nervous tension and irritability. Having discovered this cause of woman's suffering, science has developed astonishing medical help with a new tablet called Lewis Davis 821 Lewis Davis, formerly of Charlotte, died Wednesday in Philin- adelphia, Pa. Funeral plans were incomplete early this afternoon. 2, Mrs. Crawford Mrs.

Lula Crawford of 413 E. Bland St. died today in a local hospital. Funeral plans were incomplete early this afternoon. Out-Of-Town Deaths PEARL J.

WENSIL, 77, of Concord died yesterday. He was the father of Mrs. Fred erburk of Charlotte. Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. tomorrow at Four Square Gospel Lighthouse in Concord.

MRS. BERNIE DURHAM ROBINSON, 82, of Dallas, N. died yesterday. She was the sister of J. R.

Durham of Charlotte. Funeral services will be at 3 tomorrow at Dallas Baptist Church in Dallas. WILLIAM L. HOLBROOK, 90, of Maiden died Saturday at home. He was the of Mrs.

John Brown of Charlotte. Funeral services were held at 3:30 p.m. today at St. Matthews United Church of Christ in Maiden. Trendar first helps rid the system of harmful excess water and induces loss of bloating weight.Itrelievesheadache, cramps and accompanying nervous tension, irritability, depression, both before and during periods -in a way no pain reliever alone possibly can.

Trendar Tablets have been thoroughly tested by hundreds of Registered Nurses on themselves. Proven safe and effective, when taken AB directed. Every woman troubled this way should try Trendar at once. Now obtainable without prescription at any drug counter. ADVERTISEMENT BIDS WANTED Sealed proposals will be received by the City Manager of the City of Charlotte, North Carolina, in the Council Chamber of the City Hall, until Ten (10:00) o'clock A.

M. on Thursday, March 1, 1962, at which time they will be publicly opened and read for the furnishing of the following: 2-Mechanical Elevator Type Electrically Operated Card Filing Units, As Specified. Proposal must be on standard forms furnished by the City and must be marked "PROPOSAL FOR FILING EQUIPMENT." Proposal forms and specifications may be obtained in the office of the City Purchasing Agent. Each proposal must be accompanied by a deposit equal to of the net price bid; this deposit may consist of Cash or Cashier's Check issued by or a Certified Check drawn on a Bank or Trust Company authorized to do business in North Carolina or on a Bank Insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or a U. S.

Money Order, pay. able to the City of Charlotte, or Bid Bond issued by any Insurance Company authorized to do business in North Carolina, the deposit to be retained in the event of failure of the successful bidder to execute the contract within ten days after notice of the award or to give satisfactory surety as required. The right is reserved to reject any or all proposals. W. J.

VEDEER CITY MANAGER HARRY AND BRYANT'S TRAINED STAFF IS AT YOUR DISPOSAL 24 HOURS A DAY. aud Bryant Co. FUNERAL DIRECTORS ED 2-7133 500 PROVIDENCE ROAD Track Needs $50,000 More 0 Despite response from more than 100 stockholders at a meeting Saturday, Charlotte Motor Speedway needs about $50,000 "right away" in its. effort to avoid liquidation. The stockholders committee pushing the money-raising effort is hoping it can get the additional money from the rest of the nearly 2,300 stockholders.

"The response at the meeting was wonderful," said Jack T. Hamilton, attorney for the committee. "There just weren't enough stockholders there. violent death in the Carolinas nite Falls; Jesse Houck, 18, of Rt. 2, Statesville; Roger Eugene Vogler, 29, of Rt.

1, Winston-Salem; and D. A. Leach, about 67, of Roberdell. South Carolina violence also claimed 11 lives: Bernard Bell, 35-year-old Negro of near Kershaw, was shot to death in a scuffle at the Kershaw jail with the arresting officer, State Highway Patrolman W. S.

Sanders, who had picked him up on a charge of public drunkenness. A FIRE in their four-r 00 house "at Lake City, from an exploding oil heater, was fatal to three children of Mr. and Mrs. Pete Richardson Nellina, Florence, and Albert, 5. A Shaw Field airman, Richlard H.

Friel, was killed when his car overturned 22 miles east of Columbia. A Pacolet Negro, George Bowen, 51, was found stabbed to death. Police sought to arrest two Negro women and a Negro man of Rockingham, N. in the case. Five Lexington County residents died in a two collision near Lexington sisters Harriet, 17, and Mary Wingard, 26; and A.

Rawl, Hampton Roof, 25, and Wingard Harmon. Shots heavy "IF WE'D HAD 350 or 400 instead of 100, our problems would be solved," he said. He said the group at the meeting at the track "almost to a man" bought trustee certificates to add about $30,000 to $180,000 pledged by members of the stockholders committee, 14 stockholders owning about 10 per cent of the corporation's total stock. The committee hopes to raise $300,000 through sale of the trustee certificates. Mr.

Hamilton said stockholders attending indicated they would raise an additional $15,000 to $20,000 today, leaving the committee about $50,000 short. News Staff Photo--Don Hunter Mint Jam-Packed Mics U. S. Army of 1961, Meredith Peters of Sioux City, Iowa, had a big smile for Gen. Robert E.

Lee when the Civil War Centennial Exhibition opened yesterday at the Mint Museum. All sorts of attendance records were broken. Museum director Robert Schlageter took one look at the crowd of 2,000 and threw away the closing schedule. The museum stayed open an extra hour, finally cleared out the last Civil War buff at 6 p.m. The exhibit will be at the Mint through Thursday.

Payday Looks Like A Robbery PHOENIX, Ariz. (P) A paper reporter quickly telephoned his city desk when he noticed an unusual number of uniformed policemen in a downtown Phoenix bank. Stockholders responded to the committee program willingly when the complete legal status of the speedway and the committee's program were explained, he said. "Maybe there's something like a holdup," he said. A check showed it was pay day at police headquarters.

The officers were at the bank cashling their checks. He attributes lack of response by other stockholders to lack of understanding of the situation. The speedway corporation, is a ward of Federal District Court under Chapter 10 of the Federal Bankruptcy Act. A court-appointed trustee, attorney Robert N. Robinson, is preparing a plan of reorganization and refinancling under that chapter.

G. D. Owens George D. Owens, 61, of Walnut Ave. died this morning at home.

Funeral plans were complete early this afternoon. Mr. Owens was born Dec. 1900, in Hemingway, S. C.

tie Surviving, Owens; six daughters, are Mrs. Haney L. Filyaw of Florence, S. Mrs. H.

L. Parker and Mrs. J. C. Godwin, both of Lake City, S.

Mrs. Kenneth R. Schultz, Miss Maudine Owens and Mrs. Newell S. Baker, all of Charlotte; six sons, George A.

Owens of Lancaster, S. Belton L. Owens, Leslie L. Owens, Larry Owens and Carroll Owens, all of Charlotte; and Marion with U. S.

Army stationed in France; four sisters, Mrs. Holland Lewis and Mrs. Mattie Gordon, both of Hemingway, Mrs. G. C.

Wall of Naismith, S. and Mrs. Henry Dusenbury of Marion, S. three half brothers and two half sisters. He was the son of the late C.

and Patsy Thomas Owens. Mr. Owens was a retired farmer. He was a member of Bethel Baptist Chapel. his wife, Mat- J.

H. Myers Funeral services for Joseph H. Myers, 56, of 2321 Randolph who died last night in a local hospital after a short illness, will be held at 3 p.m. tomorrow in McEwen West Chapel. The Rev.

Edward Hancox, assistant pastor of Calvary Presbyterian Church and the Rev. E. T. Isley of Elkin, N. will officiate.

Burial will be in Sharon Memorial Park. Myers was born Sept. 5, 1906, in Burlington, son of the Alfred and Mary Wood My. ers. He was a member of Calvary Presbyterian Church and was associated with Boyd and Goforth Construction Co.

Surviving are his wife, Hersie Austin Myers; three sisters, Mrs. Sallie Pruett and Mrs. Jack Covington of Burlington and Mrs. Gartha Dudley of Benson; two brothers, C. W.

Myers and C. L. Myers of Burlington. Jimmie Edwards Jimmie R. Edwards, twomonths-old-son of Mr.

and Mrs. Jimmie R. Edwards of 404 W. Dunbar St. died this morning in a local hospital.

Funeral plans were incomplete early this afternoon. Surviving, in addition to his parents, is a sister, Andea Edwards, of the home. William Mills William Mills of 2221 Douglas St. died this morning in a Mc-4 Cain Hospital. Funeral plans were incomplete early this afternoon.

wats Cooking 1962 SOUTHERN COOKBOOK RECIPE CONTEST WIN Sweepstake $10000 18 CASH PRIZES IN ALL! The Best Contest Ever Don't Wait! Enter NOW! Rules and Regulations for the 1962 Southern Cookbook Recipe Contest: 1. The contest begins February 12, and runs through midnight, February 26. 2. A total of $280 will be awarded to contest winners. In addition to the $100 sweepstake prize, 18 contest classifications will carry first, second, and third prizes of $5, $3, and $2.

3. All prize winning recipes, along with those receiving honorable mention, will be published in The Charlotte News' Southern Cookbook for 1962, on Tuesday, April 10. 4. Judges will be announced later. 5.

The contest is open to the public. Staff members of The Charlotte News and their families, judges and families of judges are not eligible. 6. The official entry classifications are: 1. Adaptation of a Foreign Dish 2.

Breads, Pancakes, and Waffles 3. Cakes 4. Cake Frostings and Fillings 5. Candies and Confections 6. Cookies 7.

Desserts 8. Eggs and Cheese Dishes 9. Meal in a Dish 10. Meats 11. Modern Shortcut to an Old Southern 12.

Pies and Pastries Recipe 13. Poultry and Game 14. Salads 15. Sandwiches 16. Seafoods 17.

Soups and 1 Chowders 18. Vegetables 7. may submit as many recipes as they wish in each of the 18 classifications. Each recipe must be firmly attached to an official entry coupon or a fascimile. These coupons will be published in The News each day during the contest.

8. Recipe ingredients should be listed in the order used and directions should be given in sequence of preparation. Do not use brand names. 9. Entries must be postmarked not later than midnight, February 26, 1962.

No entries will be returned. 10. All recipes submitted must carry a title (for instance, Oatmeal Delight Cookies). ENTRY Name MY ENTRY IS CALLED COUPON Address SOUTHERN City COOKBOOK (Print Recipe Name) State CONTEST and is to be entered in Phone classification number, THE CHARLOTTE NEWS.

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