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Stanley-Yelverton Funeral
Home Opening Attended by
700; Honor Carl E. Stanley
Memorial Services Conducted lor Founder ol Old Goldsboro
Undertaking Establishment; New Building Completely Stocked
and Equipped at Corner of Chestnut and James sts.
Commemorating the anniversary cf the birth of Car! E. Stanley and formally opening
the new Stanley-Yelverton Funeral Home, almost 700 persons vlfi,ted the new undertaking es
tablishment last Wednesday, June 5. _ ___ _ ._,
w Memorial services m the atternoon
were conducted .n memory of Mr.
Stanley, whose son. France* W
Stanley, in partnership with Ralph
A. Yelverton, ha* taken over tire
Goldsboro undertaking business es
tablished by his father In 1806.
Formally located on E Walnut st.J
the new establishment, fully equip
ped and stocked, is situated ut the
comer of Chestnut and James its ,
0k and la one of the finest in North
Carolina.
The memorial service* opened
with Invocation by Rev. Francia
Gorham, pastor of St Mary's R. C.
^ Church Several selection* were pre
^ aented by a quartette consisting of
llr*. A E. Little. Mrs. F. C. Har
rell Luther Snipe* and John Hen
derson, with Mr*. J C. Pate at the
Hammond organ
The memorial address was deliv
ered by Rev. A. J. Smith, pastor of
the F\rst Baptist church and a close
friend of Mr. Stanley during the lat
ter'* lifetime.
B«n«diction wag offered by Rev.
Dr. L R. Scott. pastor of the First
Presbyterian church.
The ceremonies were broadcast
over radio station WGBR.
The Stanley-Ye! verton Funeral
Home, tastefully decorated and mod
ernistically furnlsned. is one of
Goldsboro's beauty spots. The ftr«t
floor is composed of a chape), a
v, rctt room, a private office, a general
office preparation room, an employes
room is served with a public address
r„m is served with a public address
\ system with the microphone in the
chapel. Hence, should the spacious
^ chapel be crowded, persons in any
of the other rooms still can listen to
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the aervicos.
The second floor is devoted to
large sales and stock rooms and
sleeping quarters. Storage rooms
comprise the third floor.
The Stanley-Yelvcrton establish
ment boasts of a large “mechanized'’
unit, with a straight ambulance, a{
funeral car, a aervice car and three
sedans on call.
Both Stanley and Yelverton have
been engaged in the undertaking
business for 20 years, and the for-1
mer is regarded as one of the lA-st. |
if not the foremost embalmer m,
North Carolina. He is secretary
! treasurer of the local Burial Asso
i cition, of which Yelverton is presi
dent.
Personnel of the Stanley-Yelver
ton Home consists of Larrie R. Wor
rell. Harvey Raynor, Jessie W. Stan
ley. Mrs. Frances Stanley, hostesa,
and Mias Evelyn Grady, office secre
tary.
Counted? U Not,
Coll 120 NOW!
With » tentative 1840 population
of 17.140. Goldsboro ha* every in
tention of soaring to still higher
resltf with the Chamber of Com
merce, civic organization? end lodges
coord.noting their efforts to "get out
the count."
C. of C Executive Secretary James
W Butler made a last-minute appeal
• o those who have not been counted
to contact District Census Supervisor
Scott B Berke’ey, who intends to
finish local enumeration by the July
1 deadline set by the Washington
headquarters tor the 16th census.
Complete Wayne figures are not
yet available. Berkeley said, but add
ed that they would be released as
joon as they are computed.
Those who have not been counted,
or who know of others not Included
in the census, are urged to telephone
120.
New Golf Course
To Be Completed
Within 10 Weeks
Plan* lot Link* Hou*«
Submitted to WPA an Work
On Grounds Is Rushed
Goldsboro'* r.cw golf course will
be completed in the next eight or
10 weeks, according to Troy Fate,
district WPA supervisor.
fairways have been completed
and workers are now engaged 1n
construction of bunkers traps and
greens While work on the links is
,:-ing or., the lenr.s courts, softball
diamond* and juvenile playgrounds
have been neglected temporarily.
The course, when completed, will co
ver almost 130 acres of ground sur
rounding the ball park
Meanwhile. Bob Stevens, heart of
the Goldsboro golfer * building com
mittee. announced that plan* for a
golf house had been presented to the
Wr«A for an estimate of the amount
of labor it would supply toward its
construction.
Plans rail for the house to consist
of doc story on the front and th*i-c
on the back. A 12-ft. porch will sur
round the sidct on the back of I he
building and a brick terrace will be
constructed on the front. TTie front
“1 U»e construction wi.l be level with
lbe ground.
The l«th green will open at toe
rear of the building and the ground
floor w.U consist of locker room* for
mar and women, a ahop room w.th
storage space for 75 sets of golf clubs
and a large lounge room.
The first floor includes a 4« by 22
foot club room, a kitchen, dining
hall and living room Living quar
ters are to be provided for a care
taker.
For Results Advertise
STANLEY-YELVERTON'S PERSONNEL
Pictured abev* ut member! of the ataff of the Manic)-Yclverton Fun
eral Home, which recently moved to new quarter*. In Ihe picture, bach
row. left to right, are Ralph * Yelverto". Harvey R»vnod Jessie W.
Stanley and Francl* W. Stanley; front row, left to Tlrht, Slim Evelyn
Grady. Larne K. Worrell and Mr*. Franc** Stanley.
Widow Sues Railroad
For $20,000 Damages
Mabel C^estnui, Negro. widow
and administratrix cl the estate of
Herbert Chestnut rif Magnolia, who
wok k ,’ed in t trs n accident in
Mbpn!it May Ifi. has filed suit in
IVeyne suf:e*jnT court against the
| Atlantic Coast Lint- Railroad ash
I nj $20,000 cfa-neges fur her hus
band', death.
The comjila nt con' ended that the
vicl on wet struck by on ACL pas
srngtr tram he was “si'ting nr
Jyjig in a prostrate posit.or. in an
.nloxicaud corid.tior.” or. the track.
The complaint alleged negligence
by the operators of the train, and
declared Chestnut had been "mur
dered and killed.”
The w.duw charged her husband
hrd been tarn.ng $1,000 a year, snd
had beer, in good health He was 27
She filed app'.icat.or. tc sue as a
pauper
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Motorcyclist Hit
By Auto: Injured
Jfo'kert Molton F/I wards, shout 22.
ruffcre'* 2 fractured leg when the
I motorcycle’ on which he wis riding
I >u s.rie? wiped by a coupe driven by
I G. F Jtrre’.: at the corner of George
anr: Oak tt« . Thursday afternoon.
‘ His left was muttht between the rr.o
tcrrycle and tr.e front bumper of
*he car Ho was taken to the Golds
I ar.i H' : .1 ‘al.
BOT WHIPPED. CHAltGE
Charpir r t.na: h.s son was whipped
"witheut cause,” William H Phipps,
4lf N John st., on Wednesday, sign
i eri a warrant against Arnold Jones,
1 of Slocurr.b st Phipp* claim* that
Jones first cuffed the boy. William
D Ph.pps II and then removed hi*
1 belt a continued the whipping.
A h.yt.e. ope ted by William
Ne son. employe of a loca* grocery
s’ere. col’.ded with a taxicab driven I
by James Clodfelter on N- George
st, Monday Nelson escaped injury, j
■aw—imi
Breach of Verbal
Contract Suit Ends
Following three day* of a hotly
contested suit in Wayne superior
court, the $25,000 breach of verbal
contract suit brought by H. Stanley
Blake. tobacco warehouseman of
Carlisle. Ky., and Henry T. Carra
»ay, Goldsboro tobacconist, against
C. E. Biehn, Ohio warehouseman,
acs settled before Judge C. E.
Thompson of Elizabeth City. Biehn
agreed to pay Blake and Carraway
each $1,000
The plaintiffs alleged that the de
fendant had v.nlafed a verbal con
tract bonding the partnership of tbs
trio for operation of the Liberty To
bacco Warehouse in Goldsboro tor
I five years beginning in 1939, and
' asked for their “reasonable share of
profits" for the five year period.
During the first day of the trial,
Judge Thompson allowed defense
motion reducing the claim to actual
damages for the three years in
which the contract will not be abid
ed.
A battery of seven attorneys par
ticipated in the case in which prac
tically every sentence offered in evi
dence was contested by ounsel.
Youths Badly Beaten
In N. John St. Row
Guerney Sullivan, 25, and Willis
Edward*, 25, employee* of a Fay
etteville silk mill and former Golds
boro residents, are In the Goldsboro
Hospital with injuries said to have
'*een inflicted by an unidentified
Negro about 18 or 20 years old on
N. John st early Monday morning.
The Neero escaped and officers are
■searching for him. 1
Edwards suffered a poasibla skull
I fracture when struck by bricks end
i six-inch iron spikes. SuUivant suf
fered a broken arm and lacerations
about the face. In reporting the In
cident to police the men said the
Negro had thrown "hand grenades.”
but the grenades turned out to be
railroad spikes. Policeman Carl
Smith discovered.
Funeral Is Held
For Smith Baby
Funeral services for the two
months-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Mark J. South of the Hood Swamp
; section of Wayne county, were con
| ducted at Woods Grove church on
Friday afternoon by Rev. K. D.
Brown. Interment was In the family
plot. He died Friday morning of
whooping cough.
Surviving are his parents; three
sisters. Mrs. Frank Gurganus, Mar
i k.e Ann, and Jewel Smith; and four
brothers, Marcellos, Shelton, Frank
| Jin and Billy Smith.
Gospel Tabernacle
Church Marks Sixth
Homecoming Sunday
The sixth annual homecoming cK
the First Full Gospel Tabernacle
Church of Goldsboro will be held
Sunday, June 16. it was snnounoad
by Dr W. H. Carter, pastor of the
church.
The all day services will begin srit
8 45 Sunday morning. At the 11
o’clock service. Mrs. Kenneth Rad
ford will real she history of Use
church. Mrs. o C. Liles will read
an obituary to deceased members*
and Mrs. Charles Magiil, Jr, will
:ead the hlatory of the Ladiea Aid
Society. Rev J D Butler will read
the history of the Brotherhood. Mils
Lou Rogers will read a history of thn
Sunday Scho>„ Miss Mildrad K4
gcrion will read the history of thsa
Yo'.ujg Peoples Union. The home
coming sermon will he delivered at
11:40.
Other services scheduled for tfc*
special event art as follows:
12 SO—Songs by the Lelaad Bay
tist Church Choir.
1:00—Picnic lunch In church ycrtfi.
All Ooldsboro pastors have been In
vited to be guest at the lunch.
3:30—Songs by the Ever Readjr
quartet.
2:30—Recognition of the visitors.
4:00—The Sunday Afternoon QuM
Hour.”
5:00- itaptismai service.
6:00—Sandwich supper at tht
church.
7:15—Yotinjj Htuplt'i Union.
8:00—Sermon by Rev. Ruth E
Ketchum of Wilmington.
Ministers and iaymen invited to
appear on the program include: Revu°
John Grant of Snow Hill, J. Honour
Butler, of Clinton, Bailey C Lewis
of Elizabethtown, Arbie H. Cnrtas,
of Clinton. James E. Malpata of
Clinton, Stephen Hintz of felsd.
Ruth E. Ketchum of Wilmington, J.
A. Wallace of Greenvhla. Laynwo,
J. Richard Parker of Clinton. J. ML.
Sharpe, Moderate of the Wilming
ton Conference of the Free WDl
Baptist church of Wilmington.
NACULE-TURNEK
Mr Lester Nagle, 24. of Farmvfflsfc
Va.. and Miss Carrie Turner, off
Goldsboro, announced their engage
ment yesterday. The marriage wUI
taka place this summer.
MitTa JLgphcrit Bell I
BooObo and SMnql— ‘
Lmbar cmd Woodwadc
A. T. GcOBb Ml®. Co.
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