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[XVBSTIGATH OranvUle County has many business and farm opportunities. In vestigate, then invest. VOL. 76 ESTABLISHED IN THE YEA" OXFORD,N.C. TUESDAY. JANUARY 8, 1957 PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY NO 3 Hammett D. Hayes Invoked !a Death Of Durham Mother Police Find Wounded Clarks viile Man Beside Brarsiere Ciad Body of Woman A Durham mother of five was found shot to death last Friday morning and facing charges tn con nection with the death ia a Ciarks vilie. Va . man. Dead is Mrs. Biiiie Jean Coitom of 206 Parrish Piace. Durham, whose brassiere ciad body was found beside that of Hammett Bratcher iBradsher) Hayes. 23. on the floor of her locked bedroom at 10:37 a m. The gruesome discovery was made by police after Mrs. Coiiom s frightened children ran to the home of a neighbor. R L McDonald of 305 Parrish Place McDonald noti fied police, who broke down the door to enter the room. They found Mrs Coiiom's head near the door, her feet stretched near the bed. She was ciad in a brassiere Hayes, fuiiy ciad. lay alongside Mrs Coiiom He was taken to the hospital with head wounds. Mrs. Coiiom was shot once in the head, twice in the neck and once tn the hip Clutched tn her left hand was a pabn-sized .25 calibre pistol. Her husband. Ernest D. Coiiom. toid police his wife was right-hand ed. She had bruises on her left hand and ieft shoulder Coiiom toid investigating police that he had taken Hayes in to try to heip him. but later had asked him to move. Aocording to Capt. Gates of the Durham Police Department. Hayes recently ieft Durham, moving to ClarksviUe with his mother. Unable to find work there.'he returned to Durham. That was when Coiiom tried to help him. He reportedly moved from the Coiiom home three weeks ggo of ;-!H. <a*Mren cere at home at the time of the were shooting The other two were in Retired Exttnsbn Agent at 85 Funera! He!d at Middieburg for Mother of Mrs R A. Crews of This City Mrs Hattie F Pinmmer,. 05. a native of Grttnviiie County and the mother of Mrs. Robert A. Crews of this city, died Thursday at 7:t0 p. m at her home in Middieburg The funerai was conducted at 2 80 p. m. aaturday at Middieburg Methodist Church by the pastor. Rev W P. Wise. Buriai was in Middieburg Cemetery. Mrs. Piummer was a daughter of the iate Joseph Benjamain Parham and Mrs. Emma Jane Hunt. She was first married to Thomas V Rowiand in November. 1892 Af ter his death in 1*M. she was mar ried to James Kemp Piummer in 1909. Surviving in addition to Mrs Crews is a son. Co). Oariand T. Rowiand of Middieburg. and a sis ter. Mrs. Hohgood of Durham There are five grandchildren Mrs Plummer taught schoot in Granville and Vance counties after her graduaation from Greensboro Coilege in 1889. In Hi*, she became Vance County's first home demon stration agent, a position she hetd untii !9*5. She was a ieader in the Middieburg Methodist Church and the Woman's Society of the church. She was the first woman to have her name inscribed in the Business and Professional Woman's Ciub Boob of Ooiden Deeds A member of the UDC and the DAR, she aiso was an honorary member of Deita Kappa Gamma and a member of Epsion Sigma Phi. L. T. Vopghon Was Vit^inio Resident Fmter*i rites vert conducted Dec )0 St Grassy Creek Baptist Church for Luther Thomas Vaughan. 71. resident of Meckianhurg County. Va , whose death occurred Dhc Zt at Granvtiie Hospital An ear lier report of the death erroneous!? stated that Mr Vaughan was a res ident of Oak Hiii township in this county. Buriat was at Grassy Creeit Church cemetery JUDOS HOpGOOD HOBWTAUZBD Judge Hamiitea Hobgood of Louisburg. is a patient at Rex Hos pital Raieigh Ha is reported to Bare suffered a heart seiaure aever ai days ago. AT CLUB PARTY—Betty Vaiden Williams of Raleigh, guest entertainer at the Woman's Club's Men's Night party here Friday is third from left. In the head- table group are Judge and Mrs. John A. Myers, the entertain r and her husband, Dr Charles Williams, Mrs. Henry B. Jennings, club president, and Mr. Jennings, Mrs. Bob Ray and Mr. Ray. Betty V.Wittiums Detights Audience With Her BcHads Men s Night Program at Ciub House Friday Evening De iighttui Entertainment With a warmth of personality and a choice of ballads which dis played her unusual talent. Betty Vaiden Williams sang herself into the hearts of Woman's Club mem bers and their guests at the clubs first annual Men's Night held'Frt day at the club house Just home from a tour through the countryside of European coun tries. the artist wife of Dr. Charles of Raieigh. included in her hour-long program selections from the mountains, the coast and the sandhills areas of North Caro lirm—ae!ectlons which beautifully portrayed the manner end quality of life tn those areas. She conclud ed with folk songs which she re cently obtained In Germany and France. - Miss Williams' mind and heart are in her work and as she strum med her accompaniment on the autoharp, she figuratively brought her audience to the hearthside of a mountain cabin for Black is the Colour of My Truelove's Hair " and then the seaside of Carteret Coun ty tor a sea-going ballad. "Who's Gonna Shoe My Pretty Little Foot." From Moore County came her "Mammy Don't Make Any Llquot Tonight." Cherokee was the origin of her selection with a Scottish flavor and the program continued with a tri oiogy collected at Crossnore and adapted for her program. It began with *1 Wonder When I Shall Be Married," I'm Going to Get Mar ried Next Sunday." and concluded with housekeeper's lament. "Trou ble and Dirt." , "Anniniah's Funeral Song" which the late Mrs Jacques Busbee of Jugtown assisted Miss Williams m collecting. "Were I a Little Bird." and numbers from France and Is- ] rael concluded her regular program. I "Little Things Mean a Lot" and Shoes to Set My Feet a Dancing were the encore numbers which were received with great apprecia tion Mrs Henry B Jennings, club president, presided. The invocation was by Mrs Herbert Baucom, Jr., and the welcome was by Mrs. Rob ert Ray In absence of Mrs T H Yancey, chairman of the club's music department. Mrs John A. Myers introduced the entertainer. Mrs. John Perry Hall paid warm tribute to Mrs. Robert Gilliam Las siter, a former president of the club, for her superb leadership tn the golden years of the club and for her contributions to the beauty and betterment of Oxford " Guests of the club were Rotary President and Mrs. Clement Yan cey, Ktwanis President and Mrs Frank W. Bullock. Ernest Hill and Junior Womans Club President Mrs Hill. Jaycee President and Mrs a tan Fox. Chamber of Com merce President and Mrs G. T. Eakes. Lions President C W. Dug fins and Ledgey Editor Tom John- , son. the event was planned by the Music Department of which Mrs T H Yancey is chairman and the American Home Department, of which Mrs. Hardee Averett is chair man The club, attractively deco rated for the occasion with burning candles and table centerpieces, was MO AUMtUCO (above). 4!, of Cleveland, a Greyhound bua driver, was shot and killed by a berserk gunman when he or dered the unidentified man to leave a Pittsburgh-to-Chicago bua at a depot in Cleveland. An 18-year-old girl. Georgeann Karzke, also was killed. Five other persona were wounded. The pistol wielder himself was alain a short time later by police. arranged by members of the Amer ican Home Department Hand painted cards designated the piaces of the guests and there was a mini ature box of candy suppiied by Halt's Drup Store at each piace. County Board !n Meating Monday Commissioners Are to Visit School Buildings in Ox- j ford Unit Jan. 18 Granville County Commissioners, meeting here Monday, heard routine ' reports, a road petition and made plans for visiting sehoois of the city and county preparatory to considering a bond issue request presented by the Oxford Board of Graded Schooi Trustees. The commissioners wiii accompa ny members of the Oxford Board of Trustees for a visit to each of the [ Oxford sehoois on Friday. Jan. 18 ! The tour is to begin at the Credie ' Schooi at 2 p m. and swing around town untii Oxford High. Mary Pot ter. Orange Street and Angier B Duke schools have been visited. The Oranviiie board aiso is to visit several units in the county schools, but on another date. With R T Eakes as spokesman. ; a delegation appeared to ask ap proval of the board for improve ments to the Mountain Creek Road, a four mile drive extending from Highway 96 to the Cornwall Road. The Granville board promised to investigate and do all it could to ward getting the requested improve- j ments. Woods Fife Chocked Firemen were caiied at !2:30 a m Friday to checit a woods tire i which was spreading in the under- { brush oft Goshen Street. A white man. Percy Wiiiiford. toid officers that he started a tire to warm himseif and that the Maze got out: of ids controi. GranviMe Man !s Pacing Charges !n Theft of (iothes Chartie Hobgood Under Ar rest by Durham Poiice De partment Since Friday DURHAM. Jan. 7.—A 32-year-old GranviUe County man was iodged in Durham jaii Saturday night on charges of whoiesaie theft of Noth ing from students at Duke Univer sity and the University of North Caroiina The GranviUe man. Chartie Hob good. Route 5. was arrested at North and Geer streets Friday in a t9M mode! automobiie which had been an obiect of three-day poihw search Poiice said ciothtig at<& other items ailegediy stolen from Duke and UNC dormitories since mid October were found in the car. Hobgood. a heavy-set dark-hair ed man who wears giasses. aiiegediy has admitted theft of the ciothing and toid officers he has been steal ing ciothes for the past five years Poiice yesterday began the task of returning the clothing to Duke and UNC students who have report ed thefts since October. Hobgood. unemptoyed at the pres ent, told officers he farmed iast year in GranviUe County. A. H. Overton, 62, ^ Buried in Canada Funerai rites were conducted on Dec. 21 at Tilisonburg. Ont . Can ada. tor Aaron Hicks Overton. 63. Granviiie County native. Death foiiowed a heart seizure on Dec. 19. Mr. Overton was a son ot the iate Reubin and Emma Averette Overton, of Granviiie County. Bom here in 1894. he tived and farmed in this community untii i936 when he settled in Chatham, Ontario. Canada, where he owned and op erated a farm. Surviving are his wife. Mr^. Jean Parker Overton of Chatham, a son. Sam H. Overton of Newport, Tenn.. two brothers. J. c. and J. B. Ov erton. and Bwo sisters. Mrs. Lora O. Averette and Mrs. Harry W Daniel, ali of Granviiie County, and two grandsons Mrk. Flora O. Mann and Mrs. Dwight Ford, nieces, were unable to obtain piane reservations and there fore were unabie to fulfill their de sire to attend the funerai. Mrs Mann explained yesterday. B!RTH ANNOtWCEMENTS Bom to Lt. and Mrs. Ward Las iey of Key West. Fla . a daughter. Rebecca Graham. Jan. 2 Mrs Les ley is the former Miss Mary Gra ham. daughter of Clerk of Court A. W Graham Jr., and the iate Mrs Mary Webb Graham. Born to Mr and Mrs Chartes C Beios. a daughter, Linda Kay. De cember 17. i9M. at Stamford Hos pital, Stamford. Connecticut. Mrs Beiioa is the former Miss Audrey Bigger of Stovall. daughter of Mr and Mrs D J. Bigger of that place. Born to Rev. and Mrs. Fred V. Fiiis of Grantte Fails, formerly of Stovaii, a daughter. Rebecca Jean, weighing seven pounds, five and a half ounces. Jan 1. 1937 Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Pat terson of Reldavllle, a son, Carl, Jr.. Jan. 4. weighing six pounds and nine ounces Mr. Patterson is the son of Mr. and Mrs Z V Patterson of this city. W.W. MvMen Heard At Lions Meeting Eighteen Visiters from Louis tmrg Ciub on Hand For Weekly Gathering The objective of the public wei fare program is assistance where emergencies occur beyond the abil ity of the individual to cope with them, w W Muiien. superinten dent of public welfare in Granville : County, told members 6f the Liotcs Club here last Thursday night. The concept of welfare is assist ance. not maintenance. Muiien said as he spake at the weekly meeting of the club with President O. W Duggins presiding He explained that much of the work of his de ; partment is through the old age as sistance program, the program of aid to dependent children and aid to partially and totally disabled persons j Counsel, planning and general guidance to families or indivtduai members of families with problems are other activities of the depart jment about which the public hears ! tittle. Mullen explained. Acquaint ance with the work and with prob lems of the department are needed j by persons who sometimes are crit icai of public welfare for a lack oi j knowledge. Mullen stated Eighteen members of Louisburg Lions Club, headed by their presi dent. brought to Oxford the Jungle Prowler Award, a device to encour age inter-club visiting among the Lions. Lassiter Funera! / Conducted Saturday Funeral rites for Mrs Robert Gii iiam Lassiter were conducted at ii a m. Saturday at the home on Giiiiam Street and interment foi iowed in Eimwood Cemetery. [ Mrs. Lassiter passed at 6 p. m. Jan 2 at Duke Hospital. Durham, after a iong period of faiitng heaith The Lassiters maintained homes in Oxford and ftfiami Beach. Fla.. and fn recent ,.^ears. Mrs Lassiter had spent much of her time in Fiorida ! The Rev. Harry Thomas, rector of St Stephen s Episeopa! Church, conducted the funerai service The active paiibearers were Dr R L. NobUn. W M Hicks. Sam C. Haii. John Perry Haii. E S Poweii and H D Hedrick. Honorary paiibear ers were members of the Vestry of St. Stephen's Episeopa! Church Survivors are her husband. R. G. Lassiter, and a sister. Mrs A Hamilton Poweii of Oxford Cupid Has Off Year Cupid iet up a bit on his work in Granviiie County in ]956 In com parison with his romantic work in !955, the previous year Word from Mrs Fiora Mann, register of deeds, and the iady wo issues marriage ii- ; censes at four doiiars a ciip. is to the effect that 266 iicenses were is sued in 1965 and oniy 207 in i956. a ; decrease of 59 Twenty-six iicenses were issued in December, an average of about one a day. N!XON )N V!ENNA ON M!SS!ON V.CE HM1DENT Richard M. Nixon (right) is greeted by Austrian Foreign Minister Leopoid Ugl (left) and U S. Ambassador L!ew eMyn E. Thompson on his arrival in Vienna. Nixon came to Austria to explore the possibility of increasing America's contribution to the Hungarian refugee rr bilitation program. He indicated that the U S. may allow more than 21,000 refugees to enter the country as victims of Red terror in Hungary. (international Radtophoto) REV. RONALD 1). HICKS ACCEPTS TENN. WORK State Leads Nation in Mute Poputation The Census Bureau reported yesterday that North Carohna teads !.e nation in mute popuiation. The Bureau said Tar Heet farm ers in t934 were plowing behind )79.000 mutes in a year when, for the first time, tractors outnumber ed horses and mutes on American farms: The number of horses and mules had shrunk to 4,100.000 in 1954 ot about a sixth of the peak, totat o! 23.200.000 in t920. the 1954 census showed. Iti the same 94-year period the number of tractors rose from 246. 000 to 4,100.000 Texas-with 244.000 had the great est number of horses and cotta in 1954. The famed Missouri mule was down to a mere 22.000. as against Missouri's peak of 369.000 in i920. Danie! inquest At Court House Monday An inquest was s!ated at the court house at 7:30 last night in the death of Sam Morton Daniel. Coroner Grover Saunders said the inquest had been ordered to determine how Morton came to his death beneath a clothes line at his home north of Oxford last Novem ber Wiiton PTA is To Meet on Thursday The Beta Ctub of Wiiton High 3chooi is to present the program for the January meeting of the schooi's Parent-Teacher Association to be heid at 7:30 p. m. Thursday. Offi cers of the PTA urge that members ittend the session MANY ACTIVITIES GET JAYCEE SUPPORT HERE Annua) DSA Banquet to Be Held Friday Night at Worn an's dub — Summary Re vea)s Work in Many Fietds The organization's annua] tadies night and presentation of distin guished service award Friday night at the Woman's Ciub wiii conclude Jaycee Week in Oxford. DSA Night Chairman F. Royster Critcher has compieted arrange ments for the dinner at the ciub. which is to be attended by approx mateiy 90 members and their guests. Marshaii Spears. Durham attor ney and a nationai director of Jay cees. wiii be guest speaker. Mayor Hugh Currin wiii present the award to the winner, to be announced at the dinner. Stan Fox is the organization's president. Through his ieadership. Jy ces have undertaken a wide va riety of community and civic proj ects during the year, most of which have been successfuiiy conciuded. Some of the highiights of activi ties and accompiishments of the organization during the past year are shown in a summary report prepared by officers of the Junior Chamber Sponsorship of a new ciub at Frankiinton and operation of the Oxford Recreation Park, together with safety undertakings, including operation of a safety iane for three days and presentation of a safety^ tfiim in the public schools, are among the standout activities for community betterment. The ciub aiso staged a beauty and talent show and sent an entry to the state contest at Morehead City, gaining much advertising for the city Through a sales campaign. Jaycees were abie to provide a iarge automatic scoreboard for the high schooi athietic field* Joyce members joined in a Go to-Church Month. visiting five churches on successive Sundays for the morning worship: distributed safety material; participated in Fire Prevetion Week and joined firemen in safety drills at schools: gave financial assistance totaling nearly ;700 to the Oxford High athletic program: arranged a Jay cee exhibit at the county fair; worked in a "get out the vote" campaign: erected a Welcome to Oxford highway sign: gave finan cial support to the Retarded-Child School here: staged a birthday par ty at VA Hospital. Durhm; provid ed Christmas cheer for eight fami lies at Christmas: contributed g25 to Hungarin relief, sponsored the Voice ,cf Democracy contest add furnished a district winner. Other activities included finan cial support for midget baseball, sponsorship of recreational activi ties at the park for Daily Vacation Bible School students and sent North Carolina-made cigarettes to the National Convention of Jay cees. Minister at Enon and Mt. Zion Churches Leaving Fieid March 1 After Near iy Eight Years in Work The Rev Ronald D. Hicks resigned Sunday as pastor of Enon and Mt Zion Baptist Churches, effective March i. He is at that time accept ing work in a newiy organized church five miies from down-town Kingsport. Tenn. The resignation disclosed that Mr. Hicks is accepting a ministcr iai chaiienge extended by a smail band of Baptists who have sought continuously for the past severai months to obtain )tis services. The Kingsport sChurch was or ganized iast &prii With 34 pi embers, and fevSr b.L y peAor. The members Shave acqthad property on which is situated a iarge house and in which ai! churci^ activities are carried on at the present time Mr Hicks' saiary now is in excess of $5,000 with parsonage furnished. His new congregation has no par sonage to offer and his beginning saiary wiii be $3,600 a year. "The task for some pastor wiii be an aimost impossibie one—both to iive on the saiary paid and to do what needs to be done in this com munity." Mr. Hicks said in his statement. But this has been a chaiienge to the faith, vision and courage of my fatuity We have come to feet after many years and counties.*, prayers that this is the mission opportunity where God would have us go This is not to say that aii has been done in these churches that needs to be done. This wiii never be But we trust that in this new area. God might in some measure use our iives in His service as we trust He has here And so today it is with sadness and sorrow in our hearts at the thought of leaving aii our dear friends, but with steadfast confi dence in God's ability to provide for His own that f offer my resignation as pastor of Enon and Mt. Zion Baptist Churches to be effective March i. 1957 " Mr. Hicks explained that as a re suit of his visit to this area to preach a ' triai sermon that he had been caiied to Enon and Mt Zion and had begun work on Aug t. iMS T did not reaiize when 1 came to Oxford just how biessed I was i did not see then aii the good t hings God was preparing for me atrd my fam ily From the first day we were here, we were assured of a reai place in the hearts of our members and the ties of iove and friendship have been steadiiy deep ened and strengthened through the years. We have rejoiced together, sorrowed together, pianned togeth er. worked together, grown togeth er. The pastor can say with the utmost truth that each year has brought increased reasons for grat See HICKS, Page 8 'Copter Grounded Soupy weather" grounded the Nation*] Ouard heiicopter which waa to bring blue crutch es here Saturday morning, but the March of Dimes saie of the ptastic devices went aiong as pianned. Chairman John D. Mackie expressed regret that the flight was cancelled, but he also ex pressed appreciation for the fine spirit of Oxford High sopho mores who went out in the mist and dampness to sell crutches No report was available yes terday on results of the sale. Methodist Bodies To (cnvene Here Thursday Evening Four Commissions in Oxford Suhdistrict to Convene at Methodist Church Oxford Methodist Church is to be the meeting piece Thursday, Jan. 10. for four commissions of the church in the Oxford sub-district. The two-hour session is to begin at 7 p m.. the Rev. Russeii Harrison, pastor, stated. I The sub-district meeting has 'been caiied by Dr. C. D. Barciift, superintendent of the Durham dis trict. The Oxford meeting is one of four being heid this week in the {Durham district. The first was heid Monday night at Trinity Church, ; Durham; the one Wednesday night is at Long Memoriai, Roxboro, and the one Friday night wiii be in Cti rrboro. I "We would like to have in at tendance from each church ail members of the commissions on Membership and Evangelism. Edu cation. Missions and Finance," Dr. Barciift wrote Mr. Harrison. He also urged that the members of the officia! board of each church at tend. together with the heads of various organizations within the church. Among the leaders and resource peopie to participate in the Oxford meeting are Rev. H K. king, ex ecutive director of the Conference Board of Evangelism; Rev. J. M. Cline, district secretary; Rev. V. E. Queen, president of the Confer ence Board of Education; Rev. C* O Morris, executive secretary of the Conference Board of Educa tion and district directors; Miss See METHODIST, Page 8 Business increase !n Area Rejected in Firm Listings A 50 per cent increase in Gran 'viiie County iistings by Dun and JBradstreet of manufacturers, re taHers and wboiesaters in this area over a seven-year [!eriod ending in November of the past year is shown in the Reference Book issued by the concern. In November. 1940. Granviiie had 21 iistings and in the same month of i956. the totai had increased to 327. in the same period, Oxford had an increase of 17.8 per cent, the number increasing from 191 to 229. Van e County had an increase of 2.3 per cent, from 438 to 448. and Henderson an increase of 1.7 per cent, from 415 to 422 iistings; Per son County an increase of 37.9 per cent, from 2i6 to 298 iistings, and Roxboro a whopping 58.3 per cent, from i68 to 266 iistings. , Pierre Leveque, Jr., Named by Committee Pierre A Leveque. Jr., of this city, has been advised that he wiii have opportunity iater this month to appear before the District Seiec tion Committee of the John Motiey Morehead Foundation as an appii cant for a Morehead Scholarship at the University of North Carotins. Leveque was one of three appli cants from schoois of Oxford and Granviiie County this year. T^te Morehead Schoiarship Committee of Granviiie County, of which "Fred Webb. Jr . is chairman, recom mended the Oxford High senior. Other members of the Granviiie Coupty Committee who have serv ed for severai years with Chairman Webb are Ciaude A Renn and Tom Johnson I congratuiate you on this rec ognition. which brings honor to you. your county and your schooi. " Coach Bob Fetzer. eecutive secre tary of the Morehead Schoiarship . uummtee, wrote Leveque. Mrs. Momte C. Yawcwy Buried in Virginia Mrs. Mamie Currin Yancey. 73. a native of OranviUe County and a iong-ttme resident of Chester. Va^ died on Jan. 4 at the residence of a daughter. Mrs J. Winston Up wards at Cobobe. King Witiisgn Coiuity. Va. She was the wife of Roger Smith Yancey and daugh ter of John B Currin and Sophro uia currin of OranviUe County. In addition to her husband apd dattghter. she is survived by two other daughters, Mrs. Edsei K. Smoohmith and Miss Sophroaia Yancey and a son. Macon Yancey, aii of Chester, Va . a sister. MM. W R Oakes of Durham, and ^ brother Crawford C Currin of at*, vaii; aiso two grandchiidren. ' The funerai Was heid at 3:g0 p. m. Monday at SmaU Funerai Honte, Coioniai Heights. Va.. with btatai in Biandford Cemetery, !Va.
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