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Kingsport Times from Kingsport, Tennessee • 10

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Kingsport Timesi
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Kingsport, Tennessee
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10
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Thursday March 13 1961 10 Kingsport TimM Prominenf Deaths Around The World Couple Awarded $13000 In Damage Lawsuit Deaths Funeral Notices George McKamey TRENTON (UPI)-Morgan Larson 78 Republican governor of New Jersey from 1929 to 1932 will be buried here Saturday He died Tuesday night at his home in Perth Amboy Zickers Chicago HI his maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Depew Kingsport He is also survived by several nieces and nephews The body will be feturned to Carter-Oamon Funeral Home Funeral arrangements will be announced later Cl ei 1 ir A total of $13000 was awarded a Kingsport couple in Law Court Wednesday in a damage suit growing out of an automobile 'accident last June 22 Lloyd Williams was given $7000 and his wife Mabel received $6000 a suit against Ledford Mrs Williams had asked for $40-000 in damages and her husband was seeking $10000 The suit resulted from a collision between a car driven by Mrs Williams and art fiuto operated by BRISTOL Term George Ovde McKamey 61 Egypt Road Bluff City died at his home Wednesday morning 1 He was a well-known contractor of this area and owned and operated the McKamey Paving Company He was a member and a deacon of the First Baptist Church of Bluff Gty -Survivors include his wife Mrs Hernia Brainard McKamey two daughters Mrs James Wilson Johnson Gty Mrs Hooper Thomas Kestner Thomas Kestner 84 Rt 2 Kingsport died at 2:30 pm Wednesday at Holst on Valley Community Hospital after a long Ledford The collision occurred on Gibson Mill Road near the spot Where it intersects Watauga Street Both suits alleged that Ledfords car slammed into the rear of the Williams' car which had stopped for the traffic light at the intersection The suits alleged that Ledford was intoxicated at the time of the accident and was driving in a fast and reckless manner BEVERLY HILLS Calif (UPI) John William Considine 64 veteran producer whose movies included Boy's Town" and Young Tom Edison died Wednesday MOBILE Ala (UPI) Funeral services were scheduled today for-George Anderson Eastwood 8 lv-retired board chairman of the Armour Packing Co who died Tuesday 1 FAYETTEVILLE NC (UPI)-Sidney Wood III 22 Wilton Mass captain of the Yale University tennis team died Wednesday from injunes received in a traffic accident last Saturday He was the son of former Wimbledon tennis champion Sidney Wood Jr -PRINCETON NJ (UPI)-Dr Douglas Buffum 82 professor emeritus of Romance languages at Princeton University died Wednesday Winter Park Fla: one son George McKamey Bluff Gty one brother Bill McKamey Bristol one sister Miss Grace McKamey Washington Funeral services will be held at the First Baptist Church of Bluff Gty at 2 Friday with Rev Donald Strother officiating He will be assisted by Rev Deenng Manning Rev Taft Franklin Rev Stanley Harrison and Rev Sidney Argo Burial will fallow in die New Bethel Cemetery Pallbearers will be Pierce Penley Ed Reedy George Cross Andrew Little and Clifford Friesland The body was taken to the residence at 2 today and will be taken to the church one hour before the service Paul Cook- Funeral Home of Youth May Seek Presidential Aid Kestner attended the Blooming-dale Assembly of God He was born in Washington County Va a son of the late Andrew and Marry Lilly Kestner He moved to Sullivan County in 1928 Survivers include three daughters Mrs Effie Koone Mrs Marjorie Cooper both of Greene-ville Mrs Mary Alder Kingsport eight sons Clarence William Paul and Smith Kestner all of Kingsport Fred and Preston Greeneville Ok-ley Draper and Beecher Kestner Lynchburg Va Also two brothers Walter Abingdon Va and James Kestner Huntington Va 30 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren Funeral services will be held at 2 pm Friday at the Bloomingdale Assembly of God Churchy Rev Mill saps and Rev Cooke will officiate Burial wiQ Mow in the Oak Hill Cemetery Grandsons will serve as pallbearers The body will remain at the Ham-lett-Dobson Funeral Home until one hour before services The family will receive friends at the funeral home and at their homes Bristol is in charge of HARD LESSONS A Birt Lynch (T Photo by Montgomery) SANDRA HARRIS All are juniors tors are left to right DONNIE ANN ARNOLD and KENNETH LEAMON ROWLETT MINSTREL SCENE Above is a scene from a variety minstrel to be presented at 730 pm Friday at Church Hill High School Ac LOS ANGELES Uh-Stiffer Chriv tian education in Sunday schools 1 including requirements for regular attendance homework and examinations is projected in a plan drawn up by Dr Grover Bagby head of the board of education of the Southern California-Arizona Methodist Conference MEMPHIS (UPI) Bobby Reed 8 said today he might ask President Kennedy to help him keep his pet deer 4 Bobby's father Bob Reed had brought home a baby deer he found on a hunting trip in Arkansas four months ago The deer quickly became one of the family" the Reeds said even to eating bacon and eggs for breakfast Then state game agents told Reed he would have to give the deer Susie to a zoo or release it in the woods The agents said there was a state law which forbids the possession of deer and certain other wild game without a permit Reed telephoned the Capitol and tried to buy a $50 menagerie license like the ones circuses and animal shows are required to have Students To Run City Friday Groseclose FLOWERS About 30000 Tennesseans Will Get Money city engineer Jerry Kelley water works engineer Carolyn Steadman disposal and filter plant superintendent Carl Swann chief of police Joe Carr fire chief Beth Maid Clay Harkleroad superintendent of schools Robert Frazier building official Helen Gift librarian Connie Harris city attorney Emily Alexander city judge John Goddard en juvenile counselor Beverly Ad-derholdt director of recreation James Sander supervisor of instruction Susan White supervisor of instruction and Gary Maxwell night chief of police DIAL Cl 6-6103 All Arrangements Guaranteed GATE CITY Va Birt Lynch 72 died at his residence on RL 1 it 1 pm Wednesday following a long illness He was a retired employee of the Pena-Dixie Cement Company He retired after 43 years service He is survived by one daughter Blanche Lynch Gate Gty two sons Roy and Edward Lynch both of Gate Gty two sisters Mrs Flanary Gate City and Mrs Herman Fands Luttrell Term two brothers James Lynch Gate City and Elac Lynch Lutt-rell Tenn seven grandchildren Funeral services will be held at 2 pm Friday -at Marble Point Church Rev Lucian Lane and Rev Boy will officiate Burial will follow in Holst on View Cemetety Pallbearers will be Raymon Ree Oscar Peters Dee Lane Melvin Jennings Charlie Bartlett Harmie Estep Arthur Estep and Ora Bartlett The body will be taken to the residence at 4 pm today from the Gate Gty Funeral Home Cl si lc ii tl i i I 1 Stanley Nickels High school students will get first hand experience at running the Kingsport' city government Friday when the American Legion sponsors Boy and Girl City Day" A full day's activity is scheduled starting with attendance of City Court at 8:30 am A student judge city attorney and chief of police will participate in the proceedings From 9 to 11 a students will attend a model meeting of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen At that time various students will present ordinances" with three cash prizes going to the students who recommend the most outstanding ordinances The money $15 for first place $10 for second and $5 for third-will go to the home room treasuries of the three students At 12:15 pm the students will be guests at a luncheon at the American Legion Home Guest speaker will be James Marquis Kingsport's Young Man of the Year" for 1960 Beginning at 1:30 pm students will participate in die duties of the various city offices The reign of the temporary city officials will end at 3:30 pm Qere is a list of the students and the offices they will hold for the day: Ken Hampton mayor Eugene Bradford vice mayor Barbara Klutmis alderman Reba Phillips alderman Allen Watterson aider-man Nic Gemmer city man ger Richard Evans assistant city manager Judy Worley recorder and treasurer John Gamble director of public works Russell Trimble director of public safety NASHVILLE (AP About 30-000 Tennesseans will be helped under the extension of unemployment benefit payments approved by Congress State Employment Security Commissioner Jennings said Wednesday About 10000 will be eligible immediately when the anti-recession legislation becomes effective he said The measure now awaits President Kennedys signature Jennings said the extension of unemployment payments from 22 to 33 weeks in Tennessee will mean additional benefits totaling $8-to-9 million The program is scheduled to continue through June 30 1962 He said Tennessee employers will be taxed an additional $15 million starting next Jan 1 to finance the extension Meantime Dr Eberling chief statistician for the Employment Security Department reported that the job situation in the state appeared brighter than at any other time this year Eberlmg estimated that the states unemployment rate now is one out of every 12 or 13 workers compared to one out of 10 in late January I'm very optimistic that the gains will continue he said A report released by Jennings showed that new claims for jobless benefits in the state declined last week to 4420 from the previous weeks 4993 Stanley Nickels 34 of Rangley Colorado died at 6:30 pm Tuesday at the Holy Goss Hospital in Salt Lake Gty Utah from injuries received in an automobile accident March 13 He was born in Sullivan County and had been an employe of Rangley Oil Company in Rangley Colo tor several years He was a veteran of World War II serving with the Navy in the Pacific Survivors include two daughters Miss Gwenda Nickels Kingsport and Miss Sonia Nickels of Butte Montana three sons James Nickels of Kingsport Stevie and Craig Nickels of Butte Montana his mother and step-father Mr and Mrs Goodman Kingsport two sisters Mrs Orgle Ham-mitt Kingsport and Mrs Geneva i PLACE TOl'B ORDER NOW FOB BEAUTIFUL ORCHID AND 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