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Vol. CXIX, Ne. 290,
56 Killed In Flaming Crash
Of Florida-Bound Airliner
. Plane Falls Into NJ Riverbank,
¢ Barely Missing Residential Area
BY ARTHUR EVERETT AND ALBERT
ELIZABETH, N. J., Dec. 17.—(AP)—A lf:ll:rtli‘rllzlci‘lor
ida-bound airliner—its pilot battling it to the end—missed
a midtown crash by yards yesterday, then smashed into a
river bank fringed with buildings, All 56 persons aboard
perished.
It was the nation’s second worst commercial airline dis
aster, topped in horror only by the death of 58 persons
June 24, 1950, in the Lake ilichigan crash of a New York
to Minneapolis plane.
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Fxnlain Alliance
By JOMN M. HIGHTOWER
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17—(AP)
The United States, Britain, France,
and Turkey reportedly have
asreed to tell Russia in plain lan
guage that it is responsible for
the efforts of free nations to form
a new military command in the
Middle East.
Russia protested to the four
powers several weeks ago that the
proposed command was an ag
gressive agency threatening Soviet
security. American officials at
the same time said the charge was
norsense.
Since then there have been ex
changes of view among the capi
tals of the four nations sponsoring
the Middle East command and
notes have been prepared for de
livery to the Soviet Foreign Of
fice. Announcement of the action
is expected within a day or so.
Voluntary Group
Diplomatie informants said the
four powers will emphasize that
the command igs a voluntary or
ganization, and “that -once it is
created # will be thoroughly co
operative in nature—to such an
extent that the troops of one
member nation could not be moved |
into ahother without specific per
mission. ; ‘
The Russians are also being told |
that they are in a poor position to
criticize any joining of powers for
defensive purposes since it is in
ternational Communism’s record
of conduct in the Middle East,
against Turkey and Greece parti
cularly, that has created the cir
cumstanees in which other nations
now find it desirable to unify their
defense efforts. :
It was learned that actual pro
gress in organization of the com
mand has been very slow for many
weeks and probably will continue |
to be so for several months. :
No Agreement |
The United States, Britain,
France and Turkey have not been ‘
able to agree in detail on the par
ticular kind of organization which !
should be created or exactly what
areas it should cover, -
It was learned that the Turks,
contrary to original American
planning, have insisted that they |
should in some respects come un
der Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower’s
command of North Atlantic Treaty
forces in Western Europe when
they become members of the At
lantic Alliance.
Greece and Turkey were voted
in.o the orfimization in Septem=-
ber, but will not actually become
members until the Atlantic Coun
cil’s decision has been ratified by
all 12 of the present members (in
cluding Senate approval in the
United States). |
Marable Rites 1
Andrew D. Marable, prominent
Bishop resident, died in a local
hospital Saturday afternoon 3:30
o’clock. Mr. Marable was "0 years
old and had been in failing health
for two years.
Serviees were held this after
noon at 2 o'clock from Bishop
Methodist Church with the pastor,
Rev. Luther Fouche, and Rev. R.
O. Few, officiating.
Interment followed in Barden
cemetery in Oconee County, Clyde
McDorman Funeral Home in
charge eof arrangements. Pali
bearers were Erskine Bell, C. O.
Bell, Lamar Bell, Bob Bell, Ed
ward Jackson and Horace John
son.,
A retired farmer, Mr. Marable
is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ma
mie Marable, Bishop; five daugh
ters, Mrs. J. A. Short, Athens, Mrs,
W. E. Terry, Atlanta, Mrs. J. H.
Barnett, Watkinsville, and Mrs,
Luther Turner and Mrs. Ivy Cole
man, both of Bishop; two sons, A.
V. Marable and R. C. Marable,
both of Bishop; two sisters, Mrs.
Trella Bell, Bishop, and Miss
Maggie Marable, Watkinsville;
sister-in-law, Mrs. Dora Marable,
Atheéns, ywenty-one grandchildren
and ome ”t..mmfi:‘ ild.
A member of the Methodist
Church, Mx. Marable had for many
years been & suocsessful farmer and
took am :fin interest in the af
fairs of his chureh and sommunity.
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
_Amolahi Press Service
But onlookers called it a miracle
that hundreds didn’'t die as the
two-engined plane rattled win
do%s and shook the very earth in
its“ death plunge. Terrified,
screaming children fled its path.
It crashed in the only fairly open
space for a mile around. Even
then it clipped a vacant home and
smashed an unused water pump
ing station, slightly injuring one
man, ¥
“I kind of think he hit the spot
intentionally to save us,” a resi
dent said of the pilot, Albert C.
Lyons of Miami.
And another spectator of the
grim drama as Lyons fought the
burning, sinking plane, parking
lot operator J. P. Ward, added:
‘The pilot ought to have a place
in heaven for trying to save it.”
The non-scheduled C-46 plane
took off from nearby Newark Air
port at 3:02 p. m. (EST). It
crashed seven minutes later. It
was headed for Tampa and Miami,
with 48 adult passengers, four
children, a three-man crew and a
stewardess.
Near N. Y.
It was a scant three miles from
the airport when it came down in
this city of more than 100,000
population. Elizabeth is about 10
miles from New York City.
It was the first crash in 22
months of a non-scheduled air
liner—one that takes off on an
irregular schedule, usually when
it has a full load. The plane was
operated by Miami Airline, Inc.
The line has been in operation
since March, 1946, and its five
planes have flown more than 100,-
000,000 passenger miles, :
The jli-fated plane {seemed to
be in troutgtia eveni before it
cleared the ground in its takeoff.
Its right engine was smoking badly
and emergency crews had spung to
an alert.
State and Federal officials be
gan an immediate investigation
into the tragedy, goaded by the
white-hot anger of townspeople
who long have complained of the
shuddering, terrifying thunder of
plane takeoffs.
Only a few weeks ago, residents
of Elizabeth threatened to block
Newark Airport runways with
their bodies to end takeoffs over
their homes, As a result, the Port
of New York Authority—which
operates Newark Airport—under
took to build a new runway point
ing to the sea instead of Newark
and Elizabeth.
Said State Sen. Kenneth C.
Hand, who called the protest
meeting and was on the scene of
yesterday’s crash:
Hand Assertion
“It was only a miracle that hun
dreds of people weren’t Kkilled.
Apparently the plane missed
apartment houses by a small frac
tion.
“Maybe this will make the Civil
Aeronautics Authority realize that
you can’t have airports so close to
heavily congested cities.”
Besides Lyons, the plane carried
two co-pilots, J. R. Mason and Ed
ward Lily, both of Miami. The
stewardess, Doris Helmes, also was
from Miami. Lyons, who learned
to fly when he was 16, was an in
structor at Riddle Airfield near
Clewiston, Fla., during the Second
World War.
Most of the passengers -were
from New Jersey and New York.
A few were from New England,
as far north as Maine. Some were
returning to their homes in Flori
da.
Despite an annoying. delay of
hours in the takeoff, passengers
were gay as they trooped aboard
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Good Fellowship Fund
Needs Of Nine-Member
Family Are Numerous
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Ban
ner-Herald is publishing a series
of case histories of worthy fam
flies who need help. These are
compiled by the Welfare Com
mittee of the Salvation Army
Ladies Auxiliary and the City
Schools. Who is number one on
your list? In as much as ye do it
unto the least of these ye do it
unto me. Matt, 25:40.
Case No. Eight. This father has
obtained regular work in the past
two or three weeks. Previously he
worked just three days & week.
The family needs food, clothing
and Christmas cheer. There is
the mother and seven children.
The oldest child is & married
daughter! 17, who ls an Cxpe¢ta§tj
mother’ and has been deserted. by
her 17 _year old husband and had
to come back home to live. The
boys are 13, 10, 8,6, and 5, and
there is a baby daughter three
months old.
UNITED NATIONS
New Sovief Bloc
Disarmament
Plan Submitted
By STANLEY JOHNSON
PARIS, Dec. 17—(AP)—The
Soviet bloe submitted a new dis
armament resolution to the United
National Political Committee to
day. It would hand the whole
problem to a proposed new dis
armament commission.
The resolution would in effect
supplant both an earlier Russian
plan and a previously submitted
Western proposal.
The United States already has
said it opposes setting up a com
mission without strict instructions
on its working methods.
Stefan Wierblowski of Poland,
introducing the new resolution,
said support for it from the West
ern big three would show the sin
cerity of their expressed hopes
for arms reduction.
Vishinksy Indisposed
Russian Foreign Minister An
drei Y. Vishinsky told the com
mittee he had been indisposed for
the past few days and that was
why he had not been taking parts
in the debates on disarmament. -
Vishinksy did not explain the;
nature of his illness. l
Committee Chairman Finn Moe
of Norway said Vishinsky had
wanted to speak today, but had
notified him that he did not feel
well enough.
Moe therefore cancelled the
committee’s scheduled afternoon
session to allow Vishinsky to speak
tomorrow morning.
Moe said he hoped for a vote
on the American-French-British
disarmament resolution tomorrow
afternoon, but admitted that many
delegates might want to reply to
Vishinsky or comment on the new
Polish resolution and that it might
have to be postponed until! |
Wednesday or later,
ot eClzech Backing i |
ch Delegate Gertruda AD=.
inova-Carrtova thegv her SUpport’T
behind the Polish resolution. |
The political comimittee has been
in disagreement over the east and
west disarmament proposals for
weeks, |
The Polish delegation had map
ped out its course in hints over
the week-end. It revived the per
sistent Soviet demands for a U.
N. Assembly declaration for im
mediate prohibition of atomic
weapons and a one-third cut in
armed forces by Britain, France,
the United States, Russia and!
China. !
The Western big three insist that |
controlled disarmament by stagesi
and an eventual ban on atomic |
weapons is the only way to pro
ceed, |
Rep. Paul Brown
. .
is Visitor Here
Congressman Paul Brown of El
berton, was a visitor in Athens to
day, gretting his many friends
and attending to business matters.
Then Tenth District member of
the National House of Representa
tives has been in Elberton since
Congress recessed with the ex
ception of several days when he
was called back to Washington for
a meeting of the Defense Produc
tion Committee.
The committee is composed of
five members of the Senate and
five from the House and Congress
man Brown is vice-chairman of
the house delegation. Senafor
Maybank, (D-SC.) is chalrman of
the Senate group.
Work on this committee is only
one of many assignments on which
Congressman Brown is serving
from the House in which he has
made an outstanding record for
attendance and intelligent legis
lation.
He spearheaded the Clark’s Hill
Dam development on the Savan
nah River and is greatly interest=
ed in the proposed Hartwell Dam.
For further information call 131
and refer to case No. Eight.
Sunday ease No. Seven was
beautifully taken care of, as have
been all the cases published in the
Banner-Herald.
Good Fellowship Fund
The Good Fellowship Fund s to
aid the Athens school children
(both white and colored) that are
in dire nieed of clothing to wear to
school. There are more than one
hundred of these worthy children.
They are the future citizens of
your community, so give them a
chance.
Today the Good Fellowship
Fund is $148.00, and there are 69
girls and 47 boys from one year to
18 years of ago that need clothes.
1t is hoped that each boy can be
presented with a paic of ‘dungarees
and a nice shirt and 'that a'skirt
and good warm sweater can be
secured for the girls. Mail your
check today, the Good Fellowship
Fund, in care of the Banner-Her
ald.
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST CEORCIA OVER A CENTURY.
ATHENS, GA., MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1951,
'Truman Appoint
Mur Cleanu
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Drive Direct
NEW YORK, Dec. 17 — (AP)—
Federal Judge Thomas F. Murphy,
an old hand at investigations, has
accepted an assignment from Pres
ident Truman to sweep wrongdoers
out of the Federal Government.
The jurist, who prosecuted the
government’s perjury case against
Alger Hiss, will direct a non
partisan commission designed to
take action against public officials
who betray their trusts.
Protection for honest office
holders also will be set up by the
commission.
Murphy, a Democrat, will be
given a free hand to direct the job
as he sees fit. He will be respon
sible only to the Chief Executive.
No formal announcement of the
judge’s selection has been made by
the White House in Washington.
However, it was learned here last
nilg)ht that Murphy will take the
job.
The source of the information
on Murphy’s acceptance could not
be disclosed.
President Truman and Murphy
met twice in Washington Satur
day, apparently to discuss the new
job. But no definite statement con
cernion the talks was made as
Murphy returned here and the
President left on an overnight
yacht trip down the Potomac.
Business Cruise
Mr. Truman returned to Wash=
ington last night from the strip,
which was regarded in the capital
as more of a business cruise than a
pleasure jaunt—the business being
the planning of a housecleaning
program.
The list of persons accompany=
ing the President was not an=-
nounced. But it generally was
believed that Mr. Truman had
taken along a number of abvisers
on whom he relies for working out
the program. ;
Aboard the White House Yacht
Williamsburg, the President and
his aids could work undisturbed
by telephone calls and visitors.
Both the word of Murphy’s
selection and the President’s
cruise came as the administration
found itself beset by a wave of
scandals uncovered by Congres
sional investigations. Key targets
have been the Bureau of Internal
Revenue and the Justice Depart
ment.
In New Eork, Murphy last nii}}t
-esnfined his "wfis‘ .gl s
talks with the Pre idm‘fl'% ‘the
single assertion that any investiga
tion of corruption, “wherever it
might be, should be a 100 per cent
investigation.
The judge, refusing to give de
tails of his talks with the Presi
dent, said any story “should come
ougf Washington.”
rphy will not leave his life
time post on the Federal bench
to direct Mr. Truman investiga
tion. It was understood that he
will be given a leave of absence
after clearing his docket.
~ Murphy Reputation
At 46, the husky, mustached
jurist has a wide reputation as an
investigator. He headed the crimi
nal section of the U. S. Attorney’s
office in New York before gaining
national prominence by success
fully protecuting Hiss, a former
State Department official, of ly
ing to a Federal Grand Jury.
Last March, when Murphy was
New York City Police Commis~
sioner, Price Stabilizer Michael V.
Di Salle asked him to head the
enforcement bureau of the office
of price stabilization. Murphy
turned the post down with “re
gret.” Edward Morgan got the job.
In June, Murphy was appointed
to the bench, succeeding Federal
Judge Harold R. Medina ,who
was moved up to the circuit court
of appeals.
As New York City Police Com
missioner, Murphy was known as
a reform official expected to clean
up the department, torn by dis
closures of crooked cops linked to
gamblers. .
Meanwhile, in Washington, T.
Lamar Caudle, the assistant at
torney general who was ousted by
Mr, Truman in the tax affair, said
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MURFHY (ELLS OF SEEING PRESIDENT — Federal
Judge Thomas F. Murphy of New York tells reporters
!Q.Waqhington that he conferred with President Truman
on ““mafters of interest to the 'country.” The meeting
was clothed in secrecy. It wasg learned today that Judge
Murphy has-accepted an assignment from the President
to sweep wrongdoers out of the government. — (AP
Wirephoto.) -
Trucemen Continue Verbal
Battle Over POW Exchange
Results Absolufely Negafive
BY O. H. P. KING
MUNSAN, Korea, Dec. 17.—(AP)—Truce negotiators
haggled over prisoner exchange and armistice supervision
again today. A United Nations spokesman said results
were “absolutely negative.”
“No progress,” said the U. N. communique.
Only 10 days remain before the provisional cease-fire
line across Korea expires.
Brig. General William P. Nuckols, U. N, spokesman, said
the Reds have not asked for an extension beyond the Dec
ember 27 deadline. Neither have the Allies.
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AUGUSTA, Ga., Dec. 17—(AP)
Emergency repair crews today
swarmed. into this boom town left
fisless * sub-freezing. weather
ast night by a shattering explosion
which ixiured six men slightly.
The blast at the booster plant of
the Atlanta Gas Light Company
rocked the city about 9 p. m. and
cut off the flow to 11,000 meters
serving, conservatively, 40,000
people.
As a result there was no gas
for heating or cooking this morn
ing and the hospitals in this town
bordering the Government’s huge
hydrogen bomb plant were parti
cularly hard hit.
As emergency measures, the
Army moved into field kitchens
from Camp Gordon to provide hot
food for patients at the University
of Georgfa Hospital, Oliver Gen
eral and Lenwood Veterans Ad
ministration hospitals.
All three hospitals have a ca
pacity of nearly 3,000 beds.
Meanwhirte, D. A. Crawford, op
erating vice president of the gas
company, said repair crews with
equipment trucks and two way
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Nuckols said the time limit was
proposed by the United Nations
command to hasten agreement on
a truce, but “if the progress made
this far is an indication of the ef
fectiveness of the incentive, then
1 don’t think the incentive pro
|vided very much incentive.”
~ Under terms of the agreemrent
‘a provisional 145-mile cease-fire
line across Korea would become
the center of a 212 mile wide buf
fer zone if an armistice were sign
ed by December 27. If no agree
ment is reached before the dead
line, the negotiations and the
fighting will continue. A new line
will be drawn just before a truce
is signed to include any battle
changes.
Allied Broadcast
An Allied broadcast from To
kyo Monday night declared ac
ceptance of Red demands for
blanket exchange of war prison
ers might sentence some Allied
soldiers “to life in Communist‘
slave labor camps.” {
The broadcast warned “if the
Reds continue to play the role of
mrodern slavemaster and hold out
for blind acceptance of their
terms, then the issue seems des
tined to become insoluble.”
The “Voice of the United Na
tions Command” said the Reds
have released a few Allied prison
ers at the front as a propaganda
move, but only after they have
been put through a Cemmunist
indoctrination course. i
Results of Monday’s two sub~
committee sessions at Panmunjom
were described by Nuckols as ab
solutely negative. Both groups
agreed to meet again Tuesday at
11 a. m. (9 p. m, EST, Monday).
The U. N. spokesman said Com-~
munist subcommitteemen appear
ed ot be curious about the list of
Red prisoners Allied delegates
have put cn the conference table
the past two days. The list covers
2,500 sheets of paper printed on
both sides.
Nuckols said the Communists
asked a double-barrelled question
Monday:
Red Query
“When you say you are ready
'with a list of names (pointing to
the foot high pile of records), is
that the list of all the names of
prisoners of war you have?
“And is that the list of all of
those you are ready to release?”
Rear Admiral R. E. Libby said
the list carried up-to-date data on
prisoners the Allies hold.
“It is in the same form and
gives the same information with
respect to these people as we have
asked you to furnish on our pris
oners of war which your side
holds,” Libby added. |
Nuckols estimated the U, N. list
includes 125,000 to 150,000 names.
“All the names have been re-.
ported to Geneva, so don’t make
any mystery of this,” he added.
Nuckols said it was possible the
Communists were delaying an
agreement on agenda item four—
exchange of prisoners—to hold it
as a “prod, lever or stick” to force
Allied acceptance of their de
mands on item three — supervis
ion of a truce,
U. N. deiegates again asked the
Reds if they would offer any con
cession in return for Allied with
drawal from islands off the North
Korean coast.
Chinese Major General Hsieh
Fang replied that the islands were
“of little importance to our rear.”
“Now that we have offered |
them for something in return, the |
islands apparently are of minori
importance,” Nuckols said. |
The Reds also reiterated thati
their offer to permit the rotation !
of 5,000 troops a month was lib-j
eral, But the Allies insisted that,
they would continue troop rotation !
and replenishment of war mate- |
riel and would not consider nego- |
tiating the issue. !
“The Communists were told we
were prepared to limit troops,
arms and equipment to the level
at the time of the armistice, but
would not consider stopping rota
tion or replenishment,” Nuckols |
said. |
KIWANIS MEET
Local Kiwanians will stage their
annual Christmas party for under
privileged children at their regu
lar weekly luncheon meeting in
civic room of Wally Butts Cafe
teria tomorrow at one o’clock. All
members of the club are urged to
bring their gifts, properly marked.
CONTROLLED TEST
LONDON, Dec. 1T — (AP) —
Winston Churchill's government
embarked today on'a strinfienfly
controlled test of how much the
pound sterling is worth. Under the
new rules, the pound can fluctuate
orzfly four cents—from $2.78 to $2.-
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MEDICS ON THE MOVE—Struggling up a snow and ice
covered hill, litter bearers of the 17th Medical Com-
pany, 17th Infantry, 7th Division, bring a wounded GI
from the Korean front lines to an aid station in the rear.
—(NEA Telephoto.)
Headed "Toward Crisis™
BY WILLIAM G. SMOCK
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 17. — (AP) — Steel wage talks
headed for a crisis today. o
The potent CIO United Steelworkers brought its s
tive board and wage policy committee to this steel cg
for possibly momentous sessions. s e e
The USW'’s top strategists may either outline the way teo
a peaceful settlement or lay the groundwork for a nation
wide steel strike.
While Union ‘'leaders huddle | et vttt
] here, Washington officials are
getting set to wade into the twin
problems of wages and prices in an
effort to speed signing of a new
contract before the Jan. 1 strike
deadline. 1
Should a walkout pe authorized,
Cyrus S. Ching, director of the
federal mediation and conciliation
service, i 3 expected to call indus
try and union negotiators to Wash
ington,
But if the union decides to
withhold its first-of-the-year
strike threat for a while, Ching
may delay arranging bargaining
sessions in Washington.
Most likely Ching will wait for
word from USM President Philip
Murray meeting here before an
nouncing his plans.
Union Demand
The Union has levelled a 22-
point demand on the steel industry
but all attention is centered on its
‘dealings with U. S. Steel Corp.
‘Since that Company usually sets
the pattern. .
- The USW wants a substaintial
wage increase, guaranteed annual
wage, Union shop and improved
incentive and premium pay. Pre
sent wage controls provide a pay
increase too small to suit Murray.
The steel industry is against any
wage boost unless it gets price
relief.
Negotiations, begun Nov. 27 on
new contract for workers now
earnning an average of about $1.95,
make no progress. Murray’s an
swer was to summon the USW
execution board and wage policy
committee, |
The 36 man executive board is
composed of three International
officers and 33 district directors.
It is the policy making group. The
170-man wage policy commitiee,
composed of the board plus local
union representatives, is the ratify
ing agency of the USW. |
The government moved into the
steel situation shortly after Mur—l
r v summoned his advisors. Two
top mediators came here to talk |
to both sides. They reported back‘
to the U. S. Mediation Service that
the situation was serious and a
strike possible. {
Their report brought an invita
tion to move future negotiations
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ATHENS AND VICINITY
Fair weather and not so cold
today and tonight. Tuesday
partly cloudy and warmer with
some light rain Tuesday night
and Wednesday. High today 44;
low tonight 28; high tomorrow
52. Sun sets today 5:25 and rises
toriorrow 7:33.
GEORGIA — Fair and nect so
cold teday and tonight. Tuesday
partly cloundy and warmer.
TEMPERATURE
Highesy ... L 0 ailanve e
XOoWesk LN viviteea 1B
Mol L iis sivi siow sl abiinE
Nl o 4 W i Aee B
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. ... .00
Total since’ December ‘1 ... 2:01
Deficit since December 1 .. .54
Average December rainfall. 4.59
Total since January 1 .. ..38.14
Deficit since January 1 ... 8.57
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EDITION
Teacher's Day’
Mrs. Edwin C. Colquitt, whe
originated " “Teacher's Day” in
Georgia, died unexpectedly at her
home in Lexington Sunday st
12:45 a. m. Mrs. Colquitt was-&%
years old and was ill for only a
brief time, '
Services were conducted this
afternoon at 3:30 o'clock from
Winterville Baptist Church with
Rev. J. H. Wyatt, Rev. Jesse
Knight and Rev. W. R. Coile, of
ficiating. Burial was in the church
cemetery, Bridges Funeral Home
in charge bf arrangements.
Pallbearers were W. J. Camp
bell, Grady Pittard, jr., C. B. Hay
nie, Wesley Whitehead, jr.. Mit
chell Colquitt and Hubert Den
ney.
Mrs. Colquitt is survived by her
husband Edwin C, Colquitt, Lex
ington; three sisters, Mrs. Lee
Stringer, Anaheim, Calif., and
Mrs. L. L. Whitley and Mrs. J. D.
Johnson, both of Wintei'ville; three
brothers, Z. L. Nakers, and John
A. Nabers, both of Detroit, Mich.,
and S. J. Nabers, Lubbock, Texas.
She was a native of Franklin
county but had resided in Lex
ington for the past twenty-three
years. She was a member of San
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C.F. O'Kellyls
" " e y
Kifled In Crash
Charlie Frank O'Kelley, 43, well
known resident of Bishop, was
instantly killed Sunday night at
8 o’clock when the car in which
he was riding alone failed to make
a turn at the intersection of the
Bishop and Hich Shoals Road and
ran into a bank.
Services are to be conducted
Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clock
from Bishop Christian Chureh
with Rev. E. N. Anthony, pastor
of the church, officiating,
Burial will follow in Bishep
Cemetery, Clyde McDorman Fun
eral Home in charge ¢f arrange
ments. Pallbearers will be Bert M.
Holmes, J. H. Bowden, T. D.
Thrasher, Ralph Whitehead, Van
Landers and H. E, Shelnutt,
Mr. O'Kelley is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Floy O'Kelley, Bishop;
two daughters, Mrs. Donald Wil
banks and Miss Helen O'Kelley,
both of Bishop; father, James
Frank O’Kelley, Rishop; theee sis
ters, Mrs. Robert Long, Begart,
and Mrs, Lovie Thornton and Mrs.
W. L. Autry, both of Athens; three
brothers, L. M. O'Kelley, Newnan,
Guy O'’Kelley, Atlanta, and Wili
ard O'Kelley, Bishop.
A native of Jackson county, .
O’Kelley had been a in
Oconee county farmer, resi ‘
near Bishop, fot' ovér-twenty
years.
The body will lie in state in the
church for an hour prior to the
services., > ;