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. Granvine County many bnsinesa aad farm opportunities. T" vestigate, then inysst. SEPTEMBER 30, 1969 10c Per Copy rmnmHmnTvmKMTAMD*Hn*T HO VOL. 88 8 PAGES—1 SECTION is the only type of ad vertising that referred to aga] again—at will. October Term of Court VMM) Openot t! AM. fudge A. PMbton Gkxhdtn Jr., to Be UnavotdaMy Defayed for One Hour Superior Court Judge A. Piil eton Godwin Jr. ie giving a one hour breather Monday morning for defendants due to appear be fore Mm at the opening of the Octoberterm of OranviUe Supe rior Court. Judge Godwin ha* adviaed Court Clerk Mr*. Mary Ruth C. Neim* that he wili be unavoid - abiy detained and that he wil! not open the court untii H am., one hour iater than the cuetom ary 10 am hour. Wltneasea, couneel, proapective juror* and other member* of the chart are to be in court for the 11 am opening. . w . SwspettMeMm Theft of Mew Car Warrant Forwarded to Bar tow, Fla., for Charles B. Cox, Accused Thlet A suspect in the theft of* IMS automobile from Granville Chrysler - Plymouth here the nitht of Sept, lie being held in Bartow, Wa. Sheriff J. O. Oaeh e*id he h*a eent to the Sheriffs office & Polk County, We., * warrant charging ChaniesH. Cox, Negro, with theft of the vehicle. Cash a*td he wee notified Thuredsy by Lt. H- S. Qoodsoc of the Polk County Sheriff's De pertment that Coat wee in cus tody. He immedietely forwarded * waurreat. Sheriff C*sh said he does not know Coat end he* no informa tion on hie age or hie residence Th* car was stolen the night that teieyiekai receivers were staMm freh thehion t^tt end merchandise stolen from Meres' Boutique, both in the seme building south of Oxford on 0. S . M. The IMP model Plymouth stolen here was also In custody of Florida officers, Cash was advised. .* A NEW SERVICE. called "Ministry to Mothers," 4a being eetabUahedit the Oxford Metho ds Church with approval of the Council on Ministries. De tails of the plan, a baby-sitting aervice to be offered without charge, were developed at a meet ing at the church Sunday even ing. Deaths EweH R. EMington Ewell R. Ellington. 67, are tired farmer of Stem Community, died at 5:16 pjm. Thuraday at Watte Hoapital, Durham, follow ing a lengthy illneaa He waa a eon of the late Wil liam R. and Ida Overton Mling ton. The funeral wae conducted at 3 pm. Saturday at Concord Baptist Church by the Rev. P E. Chiaenhall, pastor, and the Rev. Julian Motley. Burial wae in creedmoor cemetery. Surviving are hie wife, Mre Hettie Yarborough Ellington, Oft the home; eight eons. Billy, Law rence, Richard, Jimmy and Henry Ellington, all of Stem, Horace of Washington, Lex of Oxford and Floyd Ellington of Santa Ana, Calif.; four daugh tere. Mre. Loulae Delionbach, Mre. Chriatine Oliver and Mra Blanche Delionbach, all of Dur ham, and Mra. Ida Mae Hh*e of Butner; two eietera, Mre. An nie Blount hf Rt. 1. Watte tEoreet, and Mre. Estelle Montague of Creedmoor; two brothers. Wil liam Alton and Battle ElHngton. both of Rt. a, Oxford, and 93 grandchildren. Mu. Ethe! Lewis Mre-Ethei Lewie, A mother of Oeie Lewie of thie city, died Sept. Wet WetteHteyitel. Dur ehe hed been A The funerei wee conducted MdeyetNhehviUe end burl*! wee in NeehriUe Cemetery. She wee e member of Orece street Beptiet Church. Keehviiie. Surviving in eddtMon to her ton. Oeie, ere e deushter, Miee Juenfte Lewie of the home; e toother, Heywood Susse of Neeh vUie, end two erendchiidren. AT WRECK SCENE—In top photo, a wrecker tugs on the L. W. Harris car to dislodge it from the front of a carnival truck, which struck it, setting off a fire which consumed four vehicles and a chain re action which left several persons injured. Lower left,aFrench woman, unahle to speak English, rests on a blanket on the lawn of the Lyon Whitfield home as the carnival truck on which she had been riding is pulled from the scene. At right, traffic queued up for miles while the wreck scene was be ing cleared.—Ledger staff photos. Eight Injured in Firey Crash at Creedmoor W;//s Honcoc^ ^mong Hurf /n F/ery WrecA Injured in the Friday morning wreck on U S. 15 at the northern limits of Creedmoor were the fol lowing: Wills Hancock, 51, Oxford, legislator, real estate dealer and farm operator; patient at Watts Hos pital where he had abdominal surgery Friday night and was thereafter placed in intensive care. His condition worsened Saturday night and Sun day he was reported as much improved. He had extensive bleeding internally and externally before surgery. Lee Washington Harris, 63, 731 Harriet St., Henderson, severe bums of hands, arms and shoul ders. Mr. Harris was outside his car at the time of impact and had sought to wave the oncoming truck to a halt. His bums were sustained in the rescue of his daughter, Mrs. Annie May Belle Cur rin, 45, who sustained fracture of both legs, a fractured hip and third degree bums. A passenger in the car, and a family friend, Mrs. Mary Magda lene Chappell, 520 Hickory St., Henderson, sus tained severe bums. Mrs. Currin and Mrs. Chappell are patients at Watts. Personal effects lost in the burned car included $5,000 in checks which Mrs. Currin was taking to Durham to settle a hospital bill for care of her late husband. Mr. and Mrs. James Garfield Wall, parents of Mrs. Troy E. Sanders, Holly Hill, Ramseur; Mr. Wall, 52, standing beside his car, slight injuries; Mrs. Wall, 48, neck injury, lacerations of hands and legs as she escaped the burning car by crawl ing through the damaged windshield after her door jammed. They were en route home after a visit in Oxford with Patrolman and Mrs. Saunders. Their car, bags and personal effects were destroyed in the fire which consumed their car. Treated and released at Granville Hospital and returned to heme of Mr. and Mrs. Sanders. Patrol Sgt. and Mrs. Raymond Evans: Mrs. Evans neck and back injury, legs and knees bruised; Mr. Evans, knees and legs; both treated and released at Granville Hospital. Marvin Lucious Brown, 614 Pa^kwood Dr., Co lumbus, Ga., escaped with minor injuries, but his companion, unidentified, was reported by Tad lock as slightly hurt. Leslie Eugene Smith, 49, white, 1255 Bushey Dr., Wheatpn, Md., shaken up, car, 1965 Chrysler, slightly damaged. 7 Several From Oxford-Hen. derson Among Those In jured Friday Morning on U S. 15 Juat North of Creedmoor The roar of a truck speed ing through the mid-morning fog as it rounded a gentle curve just north of Creedmoor limits Friday was followed by the sound of crashing metal, exploding gasoline tanks, shouts of fire, the screams of men and women crying for rescue, the wail of fire engine sirens and then the distant sounds of ambulances as they hurried to the scene from Oxford, Butner and Durham. When order was restored &om the sudden chaos, three persona from Henderson, three from Ox ford, including a legislator and a patrol officer and the latter** wife, two from Ramseur, (ms from South Carolina and a nother from Maryland had been counted among the injured, three of them seriously, accord ing to Patrolman L. A. Tadlock, the investigating officer, who estimated property loss at 915. 000. Four vehicles burned in the road at the scene of the crash and who bad escaped in jury in the telescopic action of the standing vehicles sustained bums snd-or cuts In rescue ef forts. All of the seven vehicles In volved were headed south on C. 8. 15. according to Tadlock. who stated the crash occurred at 10 am. when a tractor pulling a long, high bodied trailer loaded with carnival equipment plough ed into the rear of a IMS Ramb ler driven by Lee Washington Harris. M. T31 Harriet St.. Hen derson. The Harris car. in turn, was knocked forward into the rear of the 196! Ford pick-up truck driven by Wills Hancock. 51. of Oxford, and the Hanoock car shot forward under the impact into the rear of a Rambler driv en by James Garfield Wali. 59. of Ramseur. The carnival truck, the Harris car. the Hancock truck, Mg the Wall Rambler burst into, flames and were consumed on the spot. But that was not tbs end. Patrol 8gt Hstymond Evans. M. at the wheel of Ms personal cay, a 1956 Pontiac, was struck fre^tt the rear by the Wall Rambler, and Ms oar in turn, struck the See INJURED on Page 6 Rescue Squad !e Weed Eqeipment, Members Advised Organization's Member zMp Entertains with Sap per and Meeting Grenville Reocue Squad la ap proaching MM period that It mart find way* end mean* of financing thf! poet of wnlecement equipment, member* end gueete were told Saturday night. Theetetementwee made by Pweident Allen Seete during * chicken barbecue cupper given for member* end gueet*. includ ing Grenville Ambulance Serv ice end County Oommimlonere The gathering wee et Ambn ienee Servieeh new quertere ad jacent to Orenviie Hoepltal. "Our teek ie to eeeiet enyone in die twee or vdmee life or property mey be endangered," Seete raid, "but to do oar JOb well we mart keep good equipment-" HO re counted revere! coBrrcrvioed by the eseaey during the port rev ere! month*, including drown inge. Owe end wreck victbar pinned in vehidee. The gweteet need et thie time ir wpieoement or repeir of bootr. Seete eteted. Other* recognized included Choirmon Henry Curtin of the boord of county commbwionerr. who eepreeeed epprecietion of OrenviUe Horqdtel pewonnei in the Ambulence Service end Reecue Squede; Doug Dick ereon. vice pweident of Mm equed, end other*. Sheriff J. C. Oeeh eieo drew thenke for eervioee of hie de portment end pledged enew hie cooperation. Thenke eleo were ezpreeeed for Mice Deportment in eedeting emer gency vehicle* thtoufh the city. Seete eeid e new training pro gram for member* ie to be under token et on eeriy dote. CLAfUtNCS a. OWWIN JR. eon of the Rev ondMro.C R Godwin of SM Main Sk. Ox ford. mm graduated recently from WOke M^et untveraMy Godwin majored in hietory and received Mm bach^r^of erW Kappa Alpha Order, rode! fra Land for Airport Being Market Sate: For Month Top S.5 MiHton Hu. The Oxford tobacco mar ket hae sold M minion durlH# the BMMth, ' MW *3 minion for their product. Another Mg week begun Monday, with auction houeee ML Through the past Thurs day, ths market average was (73.11, just under the glM3 average for the pact week when HAMW pound# brought $1^36616. The beet sale the part week wae on Monday when 63Wlg pound# brought (36*, MPJH for an average of (T33S. The average on Sept. 33 wa# (73A4. 8ept. 3*. WA6 and Sept. 36, (70A3. - ..-a— Anto Taken Here Wrecked in Vante White Man Who Drove StoiMi Car Here from Win aton Saiem in Suspect An automobile stolen Saturday in W!n#ton49alem wa# aban doned here later that aamte date and the white man who brought the vehicie here from Winston 1# suspected by police as being the same person who stole a vehicie here and wrecked it while being pursued by pohee eight miles east of Oxford. car taken from a parking lot in Winston-Salem where it had been left momentarily by David Sapp of Phafftown shout 6 ant. !t was abandoned here on War ren Avenue about 13:36 pm. It wa# owned by Frozen Pood Pack, Inc., of Winston-Salem A car owned by Willie A Young, Rt 4. Oxford, wse stolen on Granville Street Saturday night. A man who saw the thief drive off went in pursuit and after a round about chase In an attempt to stop the fugitive, encounterd police, who took over the pursuit, heading out US east. The Young car was wracked when it went off the old Hen derson road about mm miles south of that town. Lt. James Williams and Lt- O. L. Harrison, In the pursuit car, said the driver fled and had not been apprehended yesterday. Young wept ae a baby when a wrecker brought hi# de molished car bach to Oxford. Attempt to Kit) Charge Brought Robert Tnyior Jailed Here Sunday After Richard Peace is Stabbed In jaH Tate Sunday night was Robert Tayior, about ((.Negro. ofRt. 5. Oxford, charged with aknifb assault in an attempt to kUl Richard Peace, about M. clso Negro. The stabbing occurred about 0 pjn. about five miles east of Oxford In Salem Township. Authorities said a knife was plunged into the cheat of Peace, below the heart. Bond of (MO is needed to get Taylor out of jail. Bmd Wiikwmon, 18, Serve* in Vietnam Robert (Brad) Wllkereon. M, hae been in Vietnam since Aug. Hand la assigned to a water supply unit of Army ltngineerw He formerly attended Webb High school and entered the Army h\ January, had training at Port Bragg and Port Leonard Wbod. Mo, before Ms css roses assign ment. He is the eon of Mrs. Bar. bars WiDwreon of Church Street. Oxford, and of Chariie Wllkereon of Sunset Awe, Ox ford. BM address: Pfc. Bober* A Wllkereon. M*-(*MM. Mi Png. Dot, WA, APO. San Pkancieoo, Oslif, (MM. Jones is Chainnan, E.J. Yancey [Keeps (jaunty ASC Mate Election HeM Thursday Night withDdkgatea Participating community committeemen, meeting here Thursday ni^rt, re-eiected K. J. Yancey for a new term of three ye*r* ** * member of the Agri cultund StaMiisaticn end Con M3-mtion<X)mmatee end there after reelected Clarence L. Jooe* **ch*irm*n of the county com mittee for * 13-month tennre. Yancey was elected vice chair men of the committee. The election occurred et the federal building where voting delegates from the nine town ahlpa gathered to choose their county committee. The three men committee eleo include* T. W. Allen Jr. Mr. Yancey he* farming in terest* in Oak HM Township and haa been a member of the oounty committee alnee I96d He ia aiao an antique dealer. C. Healey Clark served aa eom vention chairman and Garland L. Catlette, county office man ager. served aa aaortinty. Other elections include R. T. Critcher of Walnut Grove Town ship as first alternate member of the county committee and R D. Brooks of Oxford Township, second alternate. In attendance at the conven tion were 31 of 37 community committeemen recently elected. Tax Proposo) b Cwnndmdoners frnm Three Cfwmiies Hnnd for Fridny Meeting Kick-off information was given at a district meeting of county commissioners held here Friday afternoon and the body at that time recommended for reetection as district director of the State Association Chairman Henry Currin of the Granville BoMuL The meeting was held at the county office building with com missioners from Vance and Dur ham counties joining those from Granville. On hand to present the information was John T Morriaey Sr., secretary - treas urer and general counsel for the Worth Carolina Association of County Commissioners, and Ms administrative assistant, Jerry Kiltott, both of Raleigh. Worth Carolinians will parti cipate in a referendum in No vember on the question of in creasing the state sales tax by one per cent, with revenue de rived from the increase to be shared by counties and munici palities. -a- --- Lions Moke Tow (MBowhg Moat Track The Tread MaMng here ci Ctvic Chib A tour of the piant of Bandog, Inc., featured the Thursday night meeting of Oxford LionaCtuh with UonBiM Day tn charge of the program. day, manager of the Ox&rd piantofthe rubber proceooor. said ofQciais of his company are weMpteaaed wtth the Oxford operation, which now empioye TO pereons on two shifts. The tour began with a visit to the power section and con tinued through the chemical di vision and then by the extruders and the hydraulic presses for earing and thence to the dean mg and partaging seethes. Mr. Oay explained bbat the 1007 and had grown rapidiy sines that time. He said the seven features of the Bandog tread process are assurance of iongsr oasing hfe. safety, flexibility, treed design and a guarantaa of twice the nu,w Wooten Sid Low On Rood Project stov*n c in Va S. T. Company, me- of apparentiy haa nother quarter tonatruction job in tMa The Wooten Hmr !e engaged !n a iar contract juataouthof Wooten* Md of dared the peat weetcto! Highway in Mountain Croat: Hoad. in < The Highway Oumwiador) tt to meet TTturaday to reetew the bide on to projecta ta i M) etOhtef ;) StenMaeJMM On Attenh Coeat Jim Hanria, 4^,
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