Deaths And Funerals
MARIE BARKER
Funeral services for
Mrs. Marie Tillotson
Barker, 85, of Oxford,
were conducted at 2 p.
m. Thursday at Dexter
Baptist Church by the
Rev. Neil Woodlief and
the Rev. Edward Yan
cey. Burial was in the
church cemetery.
Mrs. Barker died on
Tuesday, July 31, in
Guardian Care nursing
home in Henderson.
Surviving are five
daughters, Mrs. Harold
W. Reavis and Mrs. M.
C. Boyd, both of Hender
son, Mrs. Payton E.
Dunn of Raleigh, Mrs.
Richard M. Minor of
Mebane, and Mrs. Betty
Jan Ashburn of Greens
boro; one son, Lucious
Leon Barker, Jr., of Ox
ford; two sisters, Mrs.
Vallie Nelson of
Vaughan and Mrs. Mat
tie Vey Warren of
Angola, Ind.; 18 grand
children; and 24 great
grandchildren.
MARTHA STEVENSON
Graveside services
for Mrs. Martha Loyd
Stevenson, 89, were
conducted at 11 a. m.
today at Fairview
Cemetery.
Mrs. Stevenson, wife
of the late Peter Howard
Stevenson, died Mon
day. She was the
daughter of the late Mr.
and Mrs. Steven Loyd.
Surviving are two
sisters, Mrs. Bernice
Harris and Mrs. Lois
House, both of Warren
ton; five grandchildren;
and two great-grand
children.
JACOB C. SHEARIN
Funeral services for
Jacob Connell Shearin,
79, civil engineer, were
conducted Friday at 2 p.
m. at Branch Funeral
Home Chapel in
Roanoke Rapids. Burial
was in New Hope Metho
dist Church cemetery.
Mr. Shearin died July
31.
Among the survivors
is a daughter, Mrs.
Nancy Waters of Little
ton.
TONNIER. MOORE
Funeral services for
Tonnie Ree Moore of
Raleigh were conducted
Saturday at 2 p. m. at
Mount Pleasant Baptist
Church with burial in
Community Cemetery
in Sims.
Mr. Moore died July
31.
Among the survivors
is a brother, Roger
Waller, of Norlina.
JAMES MILLS
Funeral services for
James (Diamond)
Mills. 57, of Baltimore,
Md., were held Friday
at 2 p. m.
Mr. Mills died July 27
in Baltimore.
Elder Fred Martin
conducted final rites at
Robinson's Funeral
Home Chapel in Lit
tleton. Burial followed
in Mt. Olive Church
Cemetery.
Survivors include his
widow, Mrs. Essie Mills,
five daughters, two
sons, all of Baltimore,
Md.; three sisters, Mrs.
Annie Mae America of
Baltimore, Md., Mrs.
Virginia Buckner of
Temple Hill, Md., Mrs.
Minnie Simms of Wash
ington, D. C.; two broth
ers, Ephriam Mills of
Roanoke Rapids, John
Thomas Mills of Little
ton.
CUFTON HICKS
Funeral services for
Clifton Hicks, 75, of
Baltimore, Md. were
conducted Saturday at
3:30 p. m. at Robinson's
Funeral Home Chapel in
Littleton by the Rev.
Richard Battle. Burial
foUowed in the London
Baptist Church
cemetery.
Mr. Hicks, a Halifax
County native, died July
31 at Nash General
Hospital in Rocky
Mount.
Survivors include his
widow, Mrs. Ethel A.
Hicks, a daughter, Mrs.
Ida H. Washington and
three sisters, Mrs.
Roxie Gray, Mrs.
Almonia Evans, Mrs.
Mamie Brown, all of
Roanoke Rapids; eight
grandchildren and five
great-grandchildren.
SAMUEL POWELL
LITTLETON - Fun
eral services for Samuel
Powell, 60, of Balti
more, Md. were held
Saturday at 12:30 p. m.
Mr. Powell, a native
of Halifax County and a
former resident of Lit
tleton, died July 27.
The Rev. George Bat
tle conducted final rites
at Mount Oliver Baptist
Church here. Burial
followed in the church
cemetery.
Survivors include his
widow, Mrs. Vira Wil
liams Powell of
Baltimore, Md.; his
children, Nick, Clinton,
Carolyn, Mary and
Samuel Powell, Jr., all
of Baltimore, Md.; his
mother, Mrs. Carrie
Alston Powell of
Roanoke Rapids.
Also, his sisters,
Geraldine Tabron and
Barbara Williams, both
of New York, Maggie
Powell and Mertice Ruf
fins, both of Petersburg,
Va., Agnes Johnson and
Mollie Patterson, both
of Littleton and Estelle
Mitchell of Roanoke
Rapids; his brothers,
James Powell of
Roanoke Rapids, Mack
Donald Powell of Wash
ington, D. C., Herman
Powell of New York and
Herbert Powell of
Baltimore, Md.; one
grandchild.
Summer Planting
OK For Collards
Collards and some of
the other leafy greens
that are so much en
joyed by Tar Heel gar
deners should have
already been seeded, if
you plan to transplant
the crop from home
grown seedlings.
Mid-summer is the
collard planting season,
and transplanting
season runs into late
summer.
Collards will last right
on into late winter,
depending on the
severity of the cold
season. This is one of the
most cold-hardy of the
leafy-type vegetables,
point out N. C.
Agricultural Extension
Service specialists.
Two of the most
widely grown varieties
are Vates and Morris'
Improved Heading.
Collards grow best in
fertile, well-drained
soil. Apply six to eight
pounds of 8-8-8 fertilizer
- or equivalent - per 100
feet of row. AdditionaF
nitrogen applied as a
sidedressing may be
necessary for fast
growth.
The North Carolina
State University exten
sion specialists explain
that collards may be set
out in early spring to
late summer. You can
direct-seed th^m, if you
want to bypass the
transplant stage. Direct
seeding can be done
during the same season
as transplanting, or
slightly earlier.
Keep plants growing
vigorously for best
results.
Space collard six to 24
inches apart, depending
on how long the plant
will be growing before
harvest. For example,
those plants set in the
spring and carried
through the summer
will require the widest
spacing. The collard
plant can grow into a
rather larger plant, so
give it room.
Medicare Supplement
•100% of hospital bills paid with NO
deductibles.
•Doctor bills and Medical bills paid in
or out of hospital with no deductible.
•Pre-existing conditions covered
immediately.
for details mail coupon to:
Medicare Supplement 84
P. O. Box 1308 Roanoke Rapid* 27870
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Powell Bill receipts and
$22,652 is expected to
come from revenue
sharing.
Several new equip
ment items are con
tained in the proposed
budget. They include a
garbage collection cart,
two radios expected to
cost $600 each and a
"Ditch Witch" to be
used by the Street
Department, provided
cost of the ditching
equipment does not ex
ceed budgeted funds.
In another matter,
commissioners voted
unanimously to change
the town's street
lighting from mercury
vapor bulbs to sodium
vapor bulbs. Mercury
vapor bulbs give off a
traditional white light,
sodium vapor gives off
an orange hue.
The move, which will
cost the town nothing, is
expected to save ap
proximately $1,500 per
year in operating costs.
The town maintains a
total of 107 street lights.
It was pointed out that
a changeover would cost
the town nothing
provided the new
lighting system is used
for a minimum of 10
years.
Town commissioners
also voted to advertise
for sale a dump truck
and a scraper not now
being used in the hope
that proceeds from the
sale will generate
money to purchase a
surplus state truck with
a front-end snow
removal blade.
The board discussed
at length, but took no ac
tion on a suggestion that
trash pickup for town
residents be discon
tinued. The board was
told that the Street
Department made 75
trips to the county land
fill last year. When
salaries and equipment
was figured in, the
board was told, the {rips
cost an average of
$111.89 each. Mrs. Gums
reported that the town
collected a total of $214
for the service during
the past year.
Board member James
Vaughan argued that
the service was one
which the town should
provide its citizens, and
Mrs. Eleanor Hayes and
Mrs. Gums agreed that
proper, utilization of
personnel hauling the
trash was needed.
Mrs. Gums said that if
the town could discon
tinue trash pickup, town
employees would have
an additional day each
week to work on sewer
problems which plague
town residents.
Board members
agreed that cost cutting
was in order, and poin
ted out that trash pickup
was begun when federal
CETA funds were
available.
Mayor Bill Perry, who
presided over the 45
minute session, repor
ted that he had instruc
ted members of the
police department not to
accept payment of
water bills. It has been
customary, Perry
noted, for policemen to
collect water fees
during those hours when
the town hall is closed.
Skin Cancer Excision
A new method for removal
of basal or squamoui cell
skin cancers particularly ef
fective in treating lesions on
the face and neck now is
available through the Skin
Cancer Clink at the Univer
sity of California, San Diego
Medical Center.
According to Dr. Javier
Ruiz-Esparaza, assistant
clinical professor in derma
tology, this method ii parti
cularly effective for recur
ring cancers, and those on
the note, ear or other facial
areas where tissue conserva
tion is very important.
Warren Unit Hanging Attempt Fails
A prisoner at
the Warren County
Correctional Unit
reportedly made an un
successful attempt to
hang himself early last
Wednesday, according
to N. C. Department of
Corrections public in
formation officer, Patty
McQuillan.
Joseph Harold
Paquette, 21, was taken
to Maria Parham
Hospital in Henderson
for emergency treat
ment and then was
transferred to Central
Prison Hospital in
Raleigh, where he was
listed in good condition.
Ms. McQuillan report
ed that at 2:30 a. m., a
prison guard discovered
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the Department of
Natural Resources and
Community Develop
ment in cooperation
with local officials. The
program is ad
ministered by the
department's Division
of Community Assist
ance.
Grant recipients an
nounced today were
determined on a com
petitive rating system.
Rating criteria for funds
included the percentage
of benefit to low and
moderate income
people, community
needs, a proposed pro
ject's design, its consist
ency with state goals
and policies, and the
utilization of other
public and private funds
for project activities.
This is the third year
the state has adminis-'
tered the program.
Formerly administered
by the federal Depart
ment of Housing and
Urban Development, it
was shifted to the state
as part of the "new fed
eralism" concept in
1962.
All 100 counties and all
but the 16 largest cities
will continue to be fund
ed directly from the
federal government.
California Castle
La Cuesta Encantada—the
115-room castle built by
William Randolph Hearst in
California—lures a million
visitors a year. The Hearst
estate near San Simeon once
covered 240,000 acres, an
area larger than New York
City, National Geographic
says.
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Paquette banging from
the bars of his single
cell. He had used a piece
of clothing to hang him
self but was not uncon
scious when found.
The prisoner was sen
tenced in Pender County
and was serving a 10
year sentence for lar
ceny, unauthorized use
of a conveyance vehicle,
and escape. He had been
in the Warren unit since
May 1963, and was con
fined to a single cell unit
because of disruptive
behavior and the escape
charge.
During emergency
treatment at Maria
Parham Hospital, Hen
r
derson police were
called to assist when
Paquette apparently
became disruptive.
Ms. McQuillan stated
that regrettably, hang
ing attempts are not un
common in prison
system.
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