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11 THE CHARLOTE OBSERVER Wochlasday March 1 1961 741 Deaths And Funerals Sanford Withliolds Conmient $138155 Suit Filed In Cabctrimus Court Against Speedway Snow CONCORD Charlotte Motor Speedway Inc again be tame the target of a civil in Cabarrus Clerk of Courts office Monday Bringing the action was Weather' Owen nowt trading as IV Owen Flowe and Son Construction Co Charlotte seeking recovery of the above amount for labor equip ment and certain materials used Threatens in grading clearing wooded areas and setting drainage pipes for the tra pit roads pit stop PpflphilQ tram pit and grandstands Weather Threatens Peaches home sons Gerold Gambrel! of Greenwood Dudley a rnbrell of the Navy four sisters four brothers HEATII SPRINGS Clyde McManus 75 died Tuesday Funeral today 3 pm at Salem Methodist Church Survivors: wife son John McManus of Kershaw daug ters Mrs Glenn Maloney of Charleston Mrs Scott of Rock Hill Mrs Felder of Charleston Mrs Carl Hammond of Heath Springs sisters Mrs Stogner of Camden Mrs James Hagler of Lancaster Mrs Louise Atkins of Bethune brothers Thomas McManus of Lancaster John McManus of Charlotte LITTLE RIVER Dewey Vie tor Platt 64 died Monday in a Loris hospital Funeral Thursday 3:30 pm at Pleasant Plains Baptist Church SU5ITER James Edward Crowder 71 died Monday Funeral Thursday at Salem Presbyterian Church in Fairfield County Survivors: wife daughter Mrs Billie Owens of Sumter son Milo Martin Crowder of Chester sisters Mrs Wade Aiken Mrs Mamie Coleman both of Winnsboro Mrs Robert Gonser of Fort Wayne Ind Mrs Bayne Mrs Jeter both of Charlotte YORK Miss Minnie McCorkle 77 of Kings Mountain Street died Tuesday Funeral 3 pm today at First Presbyterian Church in York Burial in Rose Hill cemetery Survivor: brother McCorkle of York Also listed were a number of defendants which the suit said were "proper parties to the action" because of their inter est In the speedway real estate because each has filed notice of lien against the property Oat Funeral plans incomplete Survivors: husband daughters Charlotte Mary Sue Betty and Barbara Morris of Hickory Eons Charlie Jr Robert and William Morris of Hickory sisters Mrs nerbed Teague and Mrs Arthur Price of Rt I Hickory Mrs Eubert Whisnatit and Mrs Percy Speagle of Hickory Mrs Lena Bell Hefner of Asheville Mrs Dan Lysakowski of Baltimore Mrs Hal McKnight of Sunbright Tenn and Mrs Lewis Deaton of Valdese brothers Hester Harvey and Sgt William Donkle of hickory Ernest Donkle of Raleigh LENOIR Carroll Thomas Bentley Jr infant of Hudson Rt 1 died Monday Graveside rites today 10 a at the Church of God Sawmills Survivors: parents Mr and Mrs Carroll Thomas Bentley of Hudson Rt 1 sister Della Gerika of the home LAURINBURG Miss Mamie Smith 65 died Monday uneral today 2 pm at Laurel Hill Pentecostal Church Survivors: sisters Miss Beulah Smith Miss Annie Smith Mrs Edna Smith all of Laurel Hill MORGANTON Johnny Lail 46 of Rt 1 Valdese died Monday Funeral today 4 at High Peak Baptist Church Survivors: wife: sons Paul of Valdese Fred of Seattle Wash mother Mrs Rosie Lail of Rt 1 Valdese broth ers Charlie of Rt 1 Valdese Frank of Rt 1 Connelly Springs sister Mrs Howard Cooper of Rt 1 Valdese MORGANTON Burley A Hoyle 76 of Rt 2 died Tues day Funeral plans incomplete Survivors: wife sons Deal of Morganton Hamp of Green- ville Donald of Glen Alpine daughters Mrs Pauline Cherry of Glen Alpine Mrs Grace Farris of Rt 1 Morganton Mrs Ursula Cutts of Charlotte SANFORD Mrs Inez Stevens Hardy 30 of 107 7th St died Tuesday in St Josephs Hospital at Southern Pines Fu neral 2 pm today at Miller Funeral Chapel Burial in Broadway Cemetery Survivors: husband parents Mr and Mrs Tom Stevens of Sanford brother Layton Stevens of Sanford DID YOU EUER STOP 11110 11111111 ABOUT How Much The Observer Can BrOhten Your Day? Swelling Buds May Be Nipped By CLYDE OSBORNE Observer Rural Life Editor Carolinas peach growers etnssed their fingers Tuesday and watched helplessly in almy weather as the uds on their fruit tries continued to swell It was a situation which could belcome critical 'even wipe out the 1961 crop of peaches if an other cold March such as was encountered in 1960 materializes Blooms and young fruit are high to cold damage Cherokee County Farm Agent Lee said that "Peach trees are ready to bloom And it's three weeks to the normal date for full bloom" Montgomery County Agri4ultura1 Agent Austin Garriss reported the same situation and added: "We hope we're not going to have any more seriously cold weather" Both agents reported that growers weren't talking much were just hoping And a note of optimism among the peachmen might be pegged on the last 30-day forecast from the weatherman issued February 15 It called for higher than normal temperatures through March 15 the approximate date of the lasl killing frost or cold for this region But a new 30-day forecast will be issued today If it sees con tinued warmer than normal temperatures throughout there'll be cheers in peachland The prospect of getting through April will provide a sobering thought however said Garriss 'Growers tell rue that they've always had their worst damage in April At that time the shuck has left the baby fruit leaving it flaked to the cold And the peach can stand less cold then than at any time" Peach growing said Lee is a hazardous industry The growers 'who are in the business have to be optimists or they wouldn't be In IL So they're generally having little to say They're watching carefully and waiting" The luscious fruit in 1960 poured almost $4 million into the hands of North Carolina growers with the amount exceeding $5 million in the Palmetto State So consumers businessmen and other besides agricultural officials are joining growers in watching weather developments ACMI Will Hear Hodges Commerce Secretary Luther Hodges will be the top speaker at the annual meeting of American Cotton Manufacturers Institute at Miami Beach March 23-25 it was announced Tuesday in Charlotte Hodges will address a business session on Friday March 24 at the Fountainebleau Hotel An at tendance of about 800 is expected The textile industry trade or ganization's board of directors will hold a pre-convention meeting March 22 New officers and eight new directors will be elected at the final ses eon March 25 Hodges governor of North Carolina for six year was vice president in charge of manufacturing for the Marshall Field Co now Fieldcrest Mills Inc before retiring to enter politics As secretary of Compierce Hodges also is chairman of President Kennedy's special of President Kennedy's special interagency committee on tex tiles North Carolina FAYETTEVILLE Thomas Le roy Faircloth 51 of Cedar Creek died Monday in Veterans llospitaL Funeral 4 pm today at Cedar Creek Baptist Church Burial in church cemetery Survivors: wife: son Ray Faircloth of the home daughter Susan Faircloth of home stepmother Mrs Wade Owen of Fayetteville brother Faircloth of Fayetteville sisters Miss Eva Faircloth and Mrs Hugh Dunlop of Thomas yule and Mrs A Smith Mrs Eunice Simpson and Mrs Douglas Martin of Fayetteville half-sisters Mrs Roi Lee Averitt and Mrs Reginald Kirby of Fayetteville and Mrs William Reis of Goldsboro bort) GRANITE FALLS Charles Avery McRary 81 of RI I died Tuesday Funeral Thursday 4 pm at Ebenezer Methodist Church Survivors: sons Jim George Clyde and Clarence McRary of RI I Haywood McRary of Rt 2: daughters Mrs Gamewell Kirby and Mrs Eli Burns of Rt I Mrs Stokes Church of Charlotte Mrs Fred Cannon of Hudson Rt Forest Gale 43 died Monday in a Chapel Hill hospital Funeral Wednesday 2 pm at Viewmont Baptist Church Survivors: husband parents Mr and Mrs Henry Morrow of Morganton sons Mac of Winston-Salem Tommie a Bruce Gale of Hickory: sisters Mrs Norman Kincaid of Morganton Mrs Harry Culp of Lancaster Mrs Malcolm Huss and Mrs Margaret Morrow of Charlotte Mrs Clyde Callaway of Indiana: brothers Henry Morrow Jr of Indiana Jimmi Morrow of Sumter Phillips Morrow of Morganton HICKORY Mrs Eula Wise Sain 75 died Tuesday Funeral arrangements incomplete Survivors: daughters Mrs Ralph Snead of Hickory Mrs Charles Hopper of Hickory son Julius Sain of Indian University Fla brothers Elvin Wise of Lincolnton Lee Wise of Cherryville HICKORY Mrs Morris 50 died Tuesday at a local hos Foreign Car Buyers Face New Penalty Observer-Chicago News World Service BONN Germany Americans serving officially overseas will be penalized heavily in the future if they buy foreign-made automobiles Under the terms of an unpublicized order foreign automobiles that are purchased after March 1 may no longer be shipped to the at government expense In the past such automobiles have been shipped as part of the official's household effects at the end of his tour of duty The cost of shipping the car is roughly that of a oneway pas sage for an individual The government will continue to ship American-made cars overseas and to return them with their owners at goverment expense The new order is' one of a series intended to discourage the spending of dollars in foreign countries and to contribute in this way to easing the probkm of balance of payments New Disposal Plant Neeedd Observer News Service MYRTLE BEACH The Myrtle Beach sewerage system may not be expanded unless an approved disposal plant is built the Board of Health's Pollution Control Board has ruled Myrtle Beach Mayor Cameron said Tuesday that the city's present plant built 20 years ago allows raw sewage to be dumped into the inland waterway during peak summer months A $400000 bond issue to build a new sewerage plant extend lines and build pressure stations will be voted on in municipal elections this spring Stun lay School By Telephone Observer News Service WOODRUFF Dr Workman attended Sunday school by telephone last Sunday Dr Workman a local physician and assistant teacher of the Bar aca class of First Baptist Church here was recovering from an operation in Duke Hospital Durham By telephone he heard the Sunday school lesson and greetings from the class The class also sang Dr Work man's favorite hymn "When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder" The experience Dr Workman said was tilt most unusual and rewarding of his life State Visit Planned OSLO Norway -41P1- QUM Farah Diba will accompany her husband the Shah of Iran on a state visit here in May Li government announced Appeal To Free Men Sot Received RALEIGH Indications Tuesday were that Gov Sanford will have no immediate comment on a plea from the AFL-CIO that he free eight textile union mem hers serving prison terms for conspiracy Graham Jones Sanford's press secretary said Sanford is planning a statement of the mat ter at this time Jones said San ford had not yet received any direct word on the AFL-CIO request The AFL-CIO meeting at ami passed a resolution which said the sentences given the eight men were "very severe" and the three months they have served Is long enough It asked the governor to free them The eight men included Boyd Payton Carolinas director of the Textile Workers Union of America They were accused of conspiring to destroy facilities at the Harriet-Henderson Cott on Mills during a bitter strike 18 months ago Jones pointed out that Sanford stated during last years cam paigns that clemency pleas for the eight would be handled like any others Jones also pointed out that commutation requests are usually handled by the Paroles Board which makes a rec ommendation to the governor Policeman Father Of 6 Kills Self GREENSBORO Sgt Henry Evans 51 head of the police department homicide squad and father of six children committed suicide Tuesday in the bedroom of his home Dr Allan Coggeshall Guilford County medical examiner said Evans shot himself in the head with his 38 caliber service revolver He had been on sick leave from the police force since Sat urday and had undergone surgery last fall Coggeshall said Evans a vet eran of 23 years on the force left a lengthy note to his tam Hy Contents of the note were not revealed Mrs Evans left for work shortly after 8 a Coroner Davis Jr reported and a maid showed up at the house around noon ''The maid could hear a TV set playing inside but both doors were locked and she couldn't enter" Davis said He added "She decided to wait until Mrs Evans returned around 2 and they went in together and found the body" "Evans was lying sprawled across the bed dressed in his pajamas?" the coroner said "The note was dated 9:15 a Tn so we're placing the time of death sometime after that and before 10 o'clock" Shot Wounds Raleigh Man FREDERICKSBURG Va (UPI) A would-be burglar wounded when he and a companion tried to break into a Star-ford County service station Tues day was reported in satisfactory condition at the state penitentiary hospital in Richmond Ma Ily Winstead 33 of Raleigh was hit just above the knee by a pistol shot fired by Eugene Lee 62 the station operator Winstead was rushed to a hospital here and later transferred to Richmond A companion Tommy Graves 36 of Beltsville Md was arrested in neighboring Prince William County shortly after break-in which occurred about eight miles north of here on US 1 Police said a preliminary hearing for the pair was 'scheduled in Stafford County Court March 28 They were charged with statutory burglary Crash Ends Wild Chase TALLAHASSEE Fla (IP) A 95-mi1ean-hour police chase ended when the automobile being pursued crashed into a retaining wall on US 90 here Tuesday The driver of the car 16-yearold John Nelson Whitlock of Huntington Va and his passenger hitchhiker Clyde Ward 33 of Smithfield were injured Ward critically Police at Monticello 26 miles east of Tallahassee gave chase when they spotted Whitlock's car speeding through town The teenager outran them to Tallahassee's city limits where Tallahassee pollee alerted by radi 0 took up the pursuit SenTviated Croups r1 Not 'Off Limits' LONDON Prime Min ister Macmillan has refused to bar British service bands from performing in South Africa before segregatpd audiences The question was raised in the House of Commons by Laborites These other defendants are: Francis I Parker trustee Henry Morgan James McCilvaine Allen and Co Inc A White and Associates Industrial Construction Co Lentz and Cress Plumbing and Heating Contractors Armco Drainage and Metal Products Inc Horne Electric Co Carolina Concrete Pipe Co Anchor Post Products Inc and Davey Tree Expert Co The contract according to the action was signed Dec 30 1959 In the resulting work suit stipulated 1856164 cubic yards of earth and 285566 cubic yards of rock were moved Also 127 acres of land wer cleared pipe was laid and drilling of a ditch was begun but not completed The lengthy action said that the speedway is entitled to credits of $156500 and alleged breach of contract They asked to recover $138- 15528 that the judgement be declared a lien on the property that the court fix the validity and priority of the other liens and that a commissioner be appointed to sell the property to satisfy the lien and debt Extradition Of Tar Heel Approved ATLANTA North Carolina has granted Georgia's request for extradition of Jacob Williams charged with failing to pay for $120000 worth of hogs he bought in South Carolina Williams of Washington was indicted on the charges by grand juries in the following counties: Toombs Berrien 're 'fair Turner Ben Bill Colquitt Terrell Erwin and Coffee The governor's office re ported Williams would be turned over whenever a Geor gia sheriff Is sent for him Indictments in Coffee County charge Williams failed to pay for hogs valued at about $20- 000 Indictments returned in other Georgia counties involved hogs valued at $110000 Attorneys for Williams contended the hogs were bought by a corporation not by Williams himself and that the firm has filed bankruptcy proceedings in federal court Seven Yaks' Tails Urgently Wanted LONDON A university lecturer in Devon has asked a London newspaper to help him find seven yaks' tails In his SOS request Tex Run dle explained that a friend coming from the Far East for a visit was the descendant of a religious dignitary and thus was entitled to fly a white banner decorated with seven yaks' tails outside his "tent" "I would like to plant such a banner in my front lawn during his visit" wrote Rundle "but where do I get yaks' tails?" I The newspaper said it couldn't I help directly but passed his plea 1 to its readers earlier with stops enroute to Panama Maj Gen Dwight Beach S2nd Airborne Division tom mander will acompany the MAC forces participating in "Operation Solidarity" Henry Muller Is onimandee of the battle group The C130s are due over th drop zone at five minute inter vals They will be followed by 41 C123s landing at one-minute in tervals with vehicles and equipment The exercise will continue through Saturday You really start the day right and brighten your mornings when you begin the day with The Charlotte Observer And when you read The Observer every day you acquire a wealth of information which contributes to your conversation helps you in your work Yes Observer pages are packed with easy-to-read news about the Carolinas the nation and the world And they provide more sports news more complete financial news more news for and about women more entertainment and more store news to help you plan money-saving trips to Charlotte stores Let The Observer help you start the day right every day Just fill out the coupon below and mail it today! Obituaries Mecklenburg LONNIE WILSON HELMS Lonnie Wilson Helms 84 of Charlotte and Kure Beach passed away at 12:30 A Saturday morning Feb 25th 1961 after a short illness He was the son of Josiah and Sofrania Baucom Helms and was born July 9 1876 in Union County He is survived by his wife Mat-tie Locke Helms 3 sons Kelly of Richmond Va Harold of Charlotte Walston (Buddy) of Miami Fla 2 daugh ters Mrs Howell and Mrs A McAuley of Charlotte 13 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren 1 sister Mrs Baxter Carter of Rock Hill Mr Helms was a charter member of Kure Beach Baptist Mission Funeral services were conducted from Mc Ewen West Chapel at 3:30 Sunday Feb 26th with Rev Frank Moore and Rev Phascall officiating Pallbearers were grand sons Burial was in Sharon Memorial Park MRS BERTHA BRANSON PRESNELL Mrs Bertha Branson Presnell widow of the late Virgil Presnell of 1244 Boulevard passed away Tuesday in a local hospital Born in Randolph County she was the daughter of the late Levi and Ellen Vuncannon Branson A resident of Charlotte for 40 years Mrs Presnell was a member of Dilworth Methodist Church She was a welfare worker in her church active in Girl Scout work for many years a patron of The Little Theater and the Chlotte Opera Assoc and a member of the Order of Eastern Star Mizpah Chapter No 3 Survivors are three daughters Miss Enolia Pre Snell of the home Mrs Dermid Charlotte Mrs Britner Erie Pa a son Arthur Presnell Ramseur two broth ers Branson Charlotte John Branson Asheboro three sisters Mrs Robert Henley Mt Gilead Mrs Worth Garner and Mrs Clegg Garner of Farmer six grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren Funeral services will be held at 11 a Thursday from Mc Ewen West Chapel with the Rev Harlan Creech Jr pastor Dilworth Methodist Church and the Rev Phillip Gibbs associate pas tor officiating Interment in lElmwood Cemetery Grandsons and nephews will serve as pallbearers MRS ANNE HOLLIS ROBINSON Mrs Anne Hollis Robinson 78 of 5532 Sardis Road died suddenly Feb 28 1961 in a local hospital Born March 21 1833 in Winchester Va her parents were the late Capt Edward and Virginia Brown Hollis Her husband Mr Frank Erwin Robinson a well known Charlotte electrical contractor passed away Dec 14 1947 Mrs Robinson was a member of the Charlotte Chapte United Daughters of the Confederacy and a member of Covenant Presbyterian Church Survivors are two daughters Mrs Lynn Garibaldi and Mrs Virginia Bryant of Charlotte a sister Mrs Harry Gordon of New York City four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren Funeral services will be held at 3 o'clock today from the Harry and Bryant Chapel In The Oaks with Dr Warner Hall minister Covenant Presbyterian Church and the Rev Charles Parrish minister Sardis Presbyterian Church officiat ing Entombment in the family mausoleum Forest Lawn Ceme tery Pallbearers are Mc Aden Paul Lumpkin Court ney IL Maury David Bryant Joe Garibaldi Dr Monroe Gilmour Allen IL Austin I Bowers Henry Dockery and Willis I Hender son SOUTHERN PINES Mrs Karl Andrews 47 died Monday at Duke Hospital Funeral today 3 pm at Pinehurst Community Church Survivors: husband Andy Andrews of the home mother Mrs Robert Shaw Pinehurst sister Charles Burgess of Fayetteville brothers Robert Shaw Jr of Fayetteville and Holland Shaw of Greensboro STATESVILLE Mrs Margaret Lowe Patterson 63 of 412 Hill St died Monday Funeral today 2:30 pm at Johnson Funeral Chapel Survivors: ball brothers James Akers of Statesville John Akers of Norfolk Va half-sister Mrs Willie a ye Myers of Columbus Ohio stepfather Robert Akers of Kingsport Tenn STATESVILLE Freddie Moose 4-year-old son of Mr and Mrs Ralph Moose of Clay City Ky died Monday Funeral plans incomplete Survivors: parent five brothers five sisters South Carolina FLORENCE Joe Harrell 79 of the Elim section of Florence County died Monday Funeral today 2:30 at Elim Methodist Church Survivors: wife daughters Mrs Hugh Farr of Charlotte Miss Joan Harrell of Washington Miss Mavis Harrell of Effingham Mrs Crawford of St Louis Mo Mrs Baskin Jr of Spartanburg son Richard Lee Harrell of Florence sisters Mrs Wells Miss Goldie Harrell both of Florence: brother Harrell of Florence FLORENCE Funeral for Mrs Eunice McMillan will he today 3:30 pm at Hancock Funeral Home Bishopville GAFFNEY Miss Mary Ellen Service 89 died Tuesday at her home Funeral 4 pm today at Mount Ararat Baptist Church Survivor: brother James Service GREENVILLE Mrs Lillian Hawkins Foster 67 of Duncan Mills died Saturday in a local hospital Funeral was Tuesday at Duncan Baptist Church Survivors: daughters Donnon of Duncan Mills Miss Pearl Foster of White River Ariz Mrs Jewel White of Grenville: sons James Foster and Max Foster of Green ville Foster of Charlotte sisters Mrs Shelton Mrs Palmer Bramlett of Asheville Gambrell 61 died Monday Funeral today 4 pm at Harley Funeral Home Survivors: wife daughters Mrs A Timmerman of Charlotte Miss Faye Gambrel! Miss Gayle Gambrel' of riShe dittittoth (tiburva Foremost 1 TRALNIAG EXERCISE Paratroopers Launch Jungle Warfare Today fiewspapet of the Carolina de alit OOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOO Bot -7 Circulation Department e14 The Charlotte Observer Charlotte 1 Gentlemen: Please send The Charlotte Observer to the address below at regular rates: DAILY AND SUNDAY 105 for 1 month 885 for 8 months $1130 for 6 months FT BRAGG UP Strategic Army Corps paratroopers will launch an airborne assault this morning at Panama in a jungle warfare training exercise involving several Latin American nations About 1100 STRAC troopers of the 1st Airborne Battle Grou a 503rd Infantry 82nd Airborne Division will jump on the Rio Hato drop zone beginning at 7:30 am after a 7-hour flight from rope Air Force Base adjacent to Ft Bragg Departure time for 110 C130s carrying the troopers RS midnight Tuesday Some advance Comma loft RAM FUNERAL SERVICE of Charlotte Phone ED 44421 721 East Morehead St Charlotte Name OOOOO 10001111101M0111001110041" Street Le um nomproormar ookswookemet4040 641100L tvoihq01 wieku4itottooNtoaotbattwalkeabatikmotornbaltolomowiloadenitAlloollm Alwallbosintoonmimaraterowlimilbsa Coo arsovet 0044400.