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Evening star., 1946-09-20
Rising Tide Of Crime
In Tokyo Is Keeping
Residents Jittery
BY the Assccioied Press

TOKYO, Sept. 20.-A wave of sex
slayines-slmost unprecedented in
Jspan-plus wild, rusty -Jacknife
plot against the Premier, unsolved
kidnapings and rising tide of rob-
berries and assaults are keeping
shocked Tokyo folk indoors at night.
A psrdoned murderer with q gislv
sense Of humor, who paired bodies
Of recent girl victims with skeletons
Of earlier dead, confessed today to
five sex killings.
Two skeletons and the body of
conely young nurse remained unex-
planned.
Police also sought vainly for two
kidnapers, one of whom had van
ished with the young daughter of
one Of Japan's richest families.
Planned to Kill Premier.
In custody was a man. believed
psycopathic case. who was arrested
Wednesday night while climbing the
fence of Premier Yoshida's official
residence. Waving a rusty iacknife
he told officers that my original
plan was to kill the Premier if he
did not agree with my ideas"
After that, he added, he thought
he would rob the place-although
the official residence is notably bar
rem Of loot
Yoshio Kodaira, ~. ex-Convict.
known to the Tokyo press as the
numbering devil" confessed five of
the sex killings-a type of crime
hitherto very rare in Japan. Three
of his victims were found beside
skeletons in isolated spots, and a
fourth beneath a parked automo-
bile in the city. Kodalra claimed
only one of the three skeletons
among his victims.
Also unexplained was the body
Of a 25-year-old nurse, police said
Kodaira was in jail when she was
killed.
Girl, II, Missing.
Missing and the object Of fran
tic search was Kuniko Sunnitomo.
II. daughter of KlChizaemon Sl-
mltOmo, head of one of Japan's
most powerful wartime industrial
Evening star., 1946-09-20

Kyoto last night-after she had
been held captive for six months
Her mother, acting on mailed in
structions, brought $4,000 yen ran
som. AS she approached, one happy
word was shouted from the dark
ness: 'Mama!'
While girl and mother embraced.
the kidnaper fed with the cash.
Police, lying in wait, failed to catch
!,
Evening star., 1946-09-20

monopolles. An unidentified man
with whom she was last seen on
Wednesday was believed to have
been a war veteran. Although there
was no ransom note, police believed
the abduction was for profit rather
than Tor revenge against the war
-industrialist father.
A second kidnap victim Klyoko
Shlmizu, II, was freeu dramat ticallv
In a darkened temple ground IN
Evening star., 1946-09-20
No SHORTAGE of Cubs

LOS ANGELES tf).-Cab service
to the door is getting to be a
habit. and tiresonae, for Mr.. and
Mrs. Ross Hastings. For the second
time in a month. taxicab left the
sloping pavement bordering their
home and landed upside down at
their front door.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-28
TROOP 80 H0N0RS
Carroll TINSLEY

Carroll Tinsley, recently-resign-
ed director of the Boy Scouts Cape
Fear Council, was honored this
week at a re-registration meeting
of Scout Troop 38.
On behalf OF the entire troop,
Scout J. w. Permenter rendered
the following statement of appre-
citation to Tinsley:
We the scouts of Troop SO take
this opportunity to thank you for
your personal and executive in
terest shown this troop. We want
to assure you on your departure
that we will endeavor to grow and
live up to the Scout motto. We also
wish you Godspeed and happiness
in your work"
Troop SO is now sponsored by the
Advent Christian church and the
Ogden Give club. The Scouts we're
shown a moving picture covering
the activities and growth of the
Scout movement in America.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-28
MORE ABOUT
SNOW
FROM PAGE ONE

tive attitude as outlined at the
recent state convention at Wrights-
vile.
Discuss Inlet
President Pigford submitted the
question for discussion Of the pro-
posed opening Of an inlet which
would connect the inland wate-
way and the ocean at Myrtle
Grove Sound. Among the reasons
advanced favorably by members
were: The restoration of the oyster
and clam industry in this area
BY admission of ample salt water:
the provision for sports fisher,
men to ente- the ocean at a point
near some of the best fishing
grounds.
In addition it was claimed thai
the opening Of an inlet would give
suitable harbor for small Graf
at a necessary point on the main,
and. One Of the objections raised
- the opening of this channel wa!
the orNbab1lltv of a greater sal
infiltration into the Cape Fear river
thereby increasing the DAMAGE Il
shippine End industry using fresh
W'tnr froro the river.
The committee report on inter
civic BOWLING games which star
next Thursday with six team
plaviro at once at the new bowlin.
center was made by o. R. Simp
son. Clay Clayton was a guest o
the club.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-28
GROUP OPENS
DRIVE NEXT WEEK
State officer OF Farm
Bureau To Speak AT
Meeting Oct. 3

The North Carolina Farm
bureaus membership drive will get
underway officially at 7:30 pm.
Thursday, October 3, when the
New Hanover county division Of
the bureau holds its supper meeting
at the Wrightsboro clubhouse, R.
W. Galphin, county farm agent,
announced yesterday.
Businessmen as well as farmers
are urged otattend the meeting
and join the bureau in a coopera-
tive effort to improve the farm
products of the county and the state.
Galphin said.
Principal speaker at the meeting
will be R. Flake Shaw, executive
secretary of the state bureau, who
will outline what the bureau has
done, what it is doing now, and
what its plans for the future are.
All those who plan to attend are
asked to notify Galphin at his
Customshouse office on O. before
Tuesday, October l SO that ar
engagements for the supper can be
made.
Following Shaw's address cleo
ton of officers for the county divi-
sion will be held, Galphin said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-28
BAPTIST CHURCH
AT W~RIGHTSBORO
PLANS RALLY DAY

The Wrightsboro Baptist church
will sponsor a homecoming rally
day" this Sunday to augment its
building fund, which already has
S25, 0O0in the church Golfer, the Rev,
H. S. Strickland, pastor announced
yesterday.
Services will be held at II a.
M, 2 p. m. and 8 p. M, and a
MONDAY dinner will be served on
the grounds, the Rev. Mr.. Strick-
land said.
Organized in 1908, the church
first pastor was the Rev. w. j.
Jones, now president of Pineland
college, Salemburg. The Rev. Mr..
Jones and other former pastors
of the church are expected to
attend the rally. They include:
The Revs. M. O. Alexander, M.
B. Rivenbark, A. L. Goodrich, R.
j. Hall and J. L. Jones.
Former members and friends
of the church are also expected
to be on hand for the Sunday
ceremonies.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-28
COUNTY DIVISION
LEADER SELECTED

Mrs. Pender Durham, of the New
Hanover County Board of Edu-
cation, was last night designated
chairman of the county division, of
the Wilmington Community Chest
by L. D. Latta, chairman of the
drives geographical section.
Mrs. Durham, who is supervisor
of textbooks and reports for the
county school system, will have
direction of an 11-team division
which will solicit contributions for
the $1o6, 204 campaign in resi-.
Dental areas outside the Whining
ton city limits.
In announcing her appointment,
Latta praised Mrs. Durham's wide
k n o W e d g e and acquaintance
throughout the county, because o.
her daily contact with every New
Hanover school.
County division teams will be
organized on a neighborhood basis
from the following sections:
Castle Hayne, W~ightsboro, Mid
die Sound, Winter Park-Audubon:
Wrightsville GreenviIe Sound
Harbor Island; Masonboro-Myrtle
Grove; Carolina Beach; South vii
mington; Wilmington-Kure's ant
Fl. Fisher beaches.
Latta and Alan Marshall, his as
sistant chairman, had earlier an
nounced the appointment Of MS
Lester Preston as chairman of theil
campaigns women's division.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-28
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OWNERS
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more than 20 percent SUGAR contain
as previous decontroIs "as's
such items only if thew co Lowered
less than 20 percent suga r'"'alast
Inc new decontrol list Include.
Canned and frozen ~
peas lima beans, aspara ;~e0sFS.
mixed vegetable except tbo.s aa'
tanning at least 20 pero sr5'$ con-
toes or corn. 'ona'
Frozen broccoli, brussels ,r,..
caullflower' turnips, corn. 4s sn.1,'
apple sauce peaches, peach 1sa.s'
peaeh juice mixed fruits, r1tu.,
frult nectars, mixed trni, linked 5l
and mixed fruit purees: juices
Canned %lentils, figs. ~,
paste; ana fig
Canned and frozen pluns
cots, prunes, c~ranberrjez 'p'l'
grapes and the juices. nectsr. 'o'o
purees from them. and
Also released were do,,..,
canned mushrooms, imported a.0
ned and frozen blueberriss Vsa,
nectarines. and
Duplication
oPA,s decontrol list Of Gamma.
vegetables precisely dupljc, '+ss
Secretary of Agriculture s'
sons earlier one. "D0s''
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-28
NAVY 0VERHAULS
CRAFT DUE HERE

The PC Patrol Craft boat which
is earmarked for permanent duty
with Wilmington's division of the
U. S. Organized Naval Reserve will
undergo repairs and a general
overhauling next week in the Char
lesion, Navy yard in preparation
for it's transfer here, according to
a dispatch received yesterday by
Lieut.. Henry C. Bost, representa-
tive of the Sixth Naval district
reserve, from Charleston head
quarters.
The dispatch said the sleek, trim
craft, now tied up in the Wando
river lay-up basin, will be sent to
the Navy yard early next week and
that the renovating work will be
done as quickly as possible to
hasten the ships journey to Will
mington.
Upon its arrival here it will be
turned over to Lieut.. Comdr. John
Wilson, commanding officer of the
local eserv division, for sole use
of the division in training its ulti-
mate quota of 10 officers and 200
enlisted men in actual ship opera
ton and maintenance.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-28
MORE ABOUT
SUMMER
FROM PAGE ONE

farmers don't stand TO see many
crops come to fruition, at least not
in the manner of a normal fall and
winter season, he added. And as
for the regular fall harvest Of snap
beans, butter beans, cabbage, and
other fall crops, Its just lost for
ever" he declared.
The heavy crop loss does not
spell hunger" to residents of New
Hanover county,, however, Galphin
explained. Mucn of the produce
would have been shipped to up
state and ut-of-state markets as
in other years, and that amount
Which would have been sold local
ly will be replaced by produce
shipped here from other farm
areas, ne said.
hEAL1H OFFICER GIVES
WINTER PARk REPORT
A summers neavy rains have
had no serious effect on the Winter
Park sewage system and no appar-
ent health menace exists from
septic tank overtIows in that area.
DR.. A. h. Elliott, county health OF
flcer, said last night at the con
cluSlon OF a tWo-Week health de-
partment survey OF Winter farK.
DR.. Elliott i'll a tWo-nour survey
OF douDttul spots IN the dlstrlc.
yesterday, 1ounu one septic TAM
! n d SERIOUS state OF decay ana tWu
others surrounded by what he
termed suspicious pudoleS.' his
Iour wound up d tWo-WeeK lnSpec-
ZION by Porter Wagsta11, FRANK
Dlancnaro and l.. L. Lassiter, OF
The departments sanitation staff.
Il won't say thai an epiaemlc
would be all Impossible thing
IN Winter lark" ne declared"
But | do not peIleve that al cpl
demic arising out OF sewage de-
fects would be any more likely to
occur there than III any other por-
non OF the county
The one septlc tank whose con
dition ne regarded as serious was
found IN a section OF WINTER Park
which has been less affected by
high waters than any other, DR..
Elliott said. Arrangements have al
ready been made for its repair.
The health officer emphasized
that his report was general and
would be followed with a more de-
tailed account by Wagstaff, Blan-
chard and Lassiter.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-28
MORE ABOUT
CAPE FEAR
FROM PAGE ONE

at the luncheon celebrating herald
ing the launching of our mascot,
the S. S. Cape Fear.
It was sent to US during our sick
spell by Mrs. L. F. Middleton. 300
S. 18th street, and it certainly
couldn't have come at a better
time than after a two-day diet
of soup, pills, and several bottles
of poison labeled, innocently
enough, medicine.
Here's what Mrs. Middleton had
to say about the menu:
EDITORS GUEST - Dear Sir:
In connection with the launching
of the S. S. Cape Fear it might
interest you to know that I too at
tended and witnessed the launch
ing. At that time I was a guest OF
the editor of the Hartford County
Herald. Roy Parker, and his
wife, of Ahoskie, at WrigAtsville
Beach, attending the Press Asso'
citation.
I'VE were staying at Hanover
Inn and were aboard another SHY
or boat, presumable the Coas
Guard Cutter Seminole, as tina
was the one on which Josephu
Daniels was; and we saw tn
launching from that location.
Il am enclosing the menu Of
luncheon which 1 attended on tina
occasion, dated July 81, 1919.
although not a native Of Wi
mington. l have lived here ove l
years and am interested in you
column. Please return the men
as l would like to keep it,"
, ULTERIOR REASON Ou
$ thanks to you, Mrs. Middleton, an
much as we hate to part with i
your menu will be in the ma
D shortly.
! We suspect, Mrs. Middleton, thu
you have an Interior reason fc
wanting that menu back again. TIL
apparent reason is, Of cours.
5 that you value it as a historics
keepsake.
-. But the real reason, we kno'
from u intuition and empty la,
der, is that in these days Of muc
OPA and nothing to eat you
menu gives you a certain relic
which is superior to that of pull
ing the belt buckle a notch tigh
er.
Yes, we shall send your men
back to you. Then some night whe
stark famine is finally abroad
: the land We'll come on over for
L visit and sail into that menu wit
. you with a fork, a knife, and
large amount Of hunger-inspire
Imagination.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-28
FIRE PREVENTION
PROGRAM PLANNED

October 6 to u has been de
signated as Fire Prevention Week
a period in which the local Fire
Department will concentrate on ex
tensive publicity against fire
hazards, Chief Ludie Groom an
nounced last night.
The week will be climaXed by al
afternoon parade to be held Octo-
Der II, Groom said.
The weeks activities will include
a daily barrage of radio, news
paper, and moving picture propa'
ganda aimed at reducing the loca.
fire menace, Groom said.
The department will conduct the
week with the cooperation of the
Wilmington Chamber of Com
merce, the local Board of Fire
Underwriters, and the Junior
Chamber of Commerce, he report.
ed.
Plans for the weeks program
we're drafted last night at a meet
ing in fire headquarters here which
was attended by Groom, Fred
Futch, his secretary; U. l.. Spence,
Of the underwriters board; ano
Lloyd Dunn, chairman of the
junior chambers fire prevention
committee; and Fire Inspector c
S. Billiard.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-28
BOLIVIAN OFFICER
LYNCHED BY MOB
Would-Be Assassin Baked
In Attempt On Presi-
dents Life

IA PAZ, Bolivia, Sept. N.-of'-
An angry mob lynched a former
army lieutenant Friday after ne
.ttemnted to assassinate President
Tonas Monte Gutierrez, and then
hroke into a La Paz Jail and ao-
drcted two former police Chiefs
killing one of them Immediately.
A police communique said LUIS
Oblitas Bustamante, the former
officer, was stopped by a presi-
dential attache, Mario Pinedo, as
he approached NOME GutlerreZ
office with the intention OF assas-
sinating him.
Pinedo held Oblitas off, al
though wounded himself, until the
cx-officer was taken into CUSTODY
by the minister of government the
La. Paz police chief n q ponce
detachment. The communr1ue ola
NOT state what sort Of weapon
Oblitas was carrying.
The crowd, when Witnessed Tic
incident, swept aside Oblitas' cap
tors and hanged him from a lamp
post. The mob then gathered be-
fore the Jail and broke in, SEEING
the former police chiefs, MAJ. Jose
Escobar and Maj. Jorge Equine.
Escobar was killed Immediately
and Equine was wunded and th-E
carried off in the direction of the
city plaza.
Escobar and Equine were being
held by the Bolivian interim gov
eminent for trial in connection with
alleged crimes perpetrated during
the regime of President Gualberto
Villarroel, who was killed and his
body hanged from a lamp post dur
ing the revolution last July q.
Fridays violence was the first
major demonstration since the
revolution, in which more than l.
900 persons were killed and 1000
wounded.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-28
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PILOT
FROM PAGE ONE

September IA just nine days after
his 18th birthday.
He could have won his license on
his 18th birthday, September 5 OF
last year, except that the CAA
rules say you have to be II before
you can legally take your life into
your own hands in a flying mach
inc. Roy soloed on that birthday in
1945, and he waited patiently a
whole year to attain the II years
of age required by CAA law.
He learned his stuff from Fred
Brown and Burk Render at Caro-
lima SkyWays-stuff including Lazy
Fights, Loops, and other stunts
guaranteed to keep his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. M. L. Meyland, of
1906 Ann street, wondring whete-
er maybe they oughtn't to cut off
allowance business.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-28
TRUCK INJURIES
PERSONS HERE

Four-year-old Don Aired, and
his step-mother, Mrs. George T.
Armstrong, both of 1901 Anr
Street, were released last night
from the James Walker Memoria.
hospital after being treated fol
abrasions suffered when they were
knocked down by a truck at Second
and Princess Streets late yesterday
afternoon.
Radio Patrolmen L. E. Culbreth
and j. j. Patrick, who investi-
gated the accident, reported no
blame attached to E. D. James.
driver of the truck, an Information
al model owned by the Cross Feeo
company.
Mrs. Armstrong was knocked
down and received minor abras-
ions, while the Aired child suffer
ed a bruised left knee, police said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-28
WILLIAM E. POWELL

William E. Powell, age II, 2l2
Walnut street, died of a heart at
tack at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Robert w. Gordon, 81 East
Goth street, New York, N. Y, at
one o'clock, Friday morning.
Mr.. Powell has been a resident
Of Wilmington for a period of over
sc years, having moved here from
Halifax County, North Carolina in
1889. He accepted a position in the
shops of the Atlantic Coast Line
Railroad Company on November
%, 1889, and after serving his
apprenticeship he was promoted to
locomotive engineer and became
a familiar person on the entire
Wilmington district and was held
in high esteem by all those who
knew him. For several years he
was engineer on passenger train
running between Wilmington and
Sanford, N. c.
After so years Of service he was
presented the Company's Fifty
Year Diamond Set Emblem on
November %, 1889 after which he
retired from active duty, Deem
Der /, 1889.
He is survived by his wife, Ms.
Ella Pope Powell, and the follow
ing children by his first wife, Mrs.
Elizabeth Greene Powell who pre-
coded him in death by several
years: William E.. Jr., Alfred,
Mrs. Robert w. Gordon, all OF
New York, J. MEG, Scots Bluff.
Neb.. and Mrs. Nick Cochrane
Of Los Angeles, California. One
brother, John H. Powell, Del
mar, Del, and two sisters, Mrs. E.
c. Moore, Sr., Wilmington. N. c.,
and Mrs. Laura Kroner. Roanoke
Rapids, N. c.; also by several
grandchildren and neices ano
nephews.
All Of the immediate family wa.
at his bedside at the time he pass.
ed away and they will accompany
;. the body to Wilmington, arriving
here Sunday morning. at 7:3t
l O'Clock.
Funeral services will be helc
at II am. Monday at Grace Meth
: odist church with the Rev. j. A
Russell officiating. Burial will b.
, in Oakdale cemetery.
Active p~allbearers will be Allie
y. Humphrey. Sidney Jones, E.
Clayton Moore, Ransom Johnson
Nathan W. Humphrey, and Harr,
= R Gardner. Honorary pallbearer
will be D.. w. Houston Moore, w
! G. Evans, A. l.. Council, Barne,
Strickland, r. Vann Kennedy, Ro,
=, H. Vann, Fred D. Poisson, Lloyt
Croker, J. M. Wood. Geo. T. Far
rar, George E. Leftwich, Fores
Groom, Grover c. Bordeaux
Charles M. Harrington, Leslie R
Hummel, E. P. Weathersbee, AM
: G. c. Baggett.
: Upon arrival in Wilmington tn
body will be taken to Andrew
i mortuary until time for the funera
I services.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-28
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TRUMAN
FROM PAGE ONE

gram, Mr.. Truman had ordered
Aug. 2 that no more than S1o5, 0O0,-
300 be spent.
This led to a protest meeting Of
Congressman and others at New
Orleans last week. A resolution
was adopted there proposing tnat,
unless the presidential order was
r%escinded, the Congress meeting in
January should pass legislation to
annual the order and prohibit rep
etition of similar encoroch-
ments of the executive on the leg
islative appropriation powers"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-28
MORE ABOUT
PLANNING
FROM PAGE ONE

subdivision regulations, we can
avoid Y past errors in the growth
and development of Wilmington"
The regulations, if they are ap-
proved by the council, will con-
stl Ute minimum set of rules un-
der which the promoters of new
residential areas would s~'o-divide
their land into streets that would
follow tn general city plan, into
lots OF adequate size and with prop.
err provision for utili les.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-28
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PARK
FROM PAGE ONE
In Harmony

IN harmony
Slmon's proposals for Burnt Mill
creeks development a-e, the plan
ming %consultant said, completely in
harmony with city plans for inn
proved drainage there.
He would accompany the drain
age development with a program
of creek border and scaping, and
the planting Of trees and Towering
shrubs.
I'VE can expand certain parts of
the creek area into neighborhood
recreational facilities with such
features as bridal paths, picnic
grounds, tennis and soft = ball
courts, and possibly an outdoor
theatre" Simmons pointed out.
The Burnt Mill Valley envisioned
by the planning board expert
would serve as a parkway, a
series of neighborhood areas and
a handicapped, beautifie6 spot he
said.
Low In Cost
The project, elaborate as 1t
sounds, would be a comparatively
cheap prospect tor the CITY,
Simons believes.
1.-The major in :ial cost would be
for the drainage work. he assert.
ed. 1.-The land the city would neeo
to acquire is undeveloped now n
shows little potentiality OF rising IN
value.
"We'd have to pay something 1or
ditching and trimming the creek >
edges and for some OF the re-
c~reational equipment. But l be-
lieve the results would sho' tne"-
selves in the development o an
outstanding useful and beautitui
!
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-28
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LIPPMANN
FROM PAGE N

crucial point is the assurance given
to Mr.. Wallace hat despite M.
Molotov's declaration of JULY.
ne is lot now bidding 70. German
support against Western Europe.
But these remarks and others in
a similar vein are not exclusively
addressed to Mr.. allace and his
followers here. They are addressed
t. Eu oe and especially to tho
fact that British opinion has been
evolving rapidly and remarkable
Gee the BE '-Visii~~'ey en-.
counters of last winter and the
81
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-28
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INTERFERENCE
FROM PAGE ONE

thorities and the governments of
interested states (which will per-
nit the unrestricted movement Of
those vessels throughout the entire
course Of the Danube
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-28
CITY BRIEFS
IS BENEFITS

Survivors of World War II
veterans are urged to apply
at the local Social Security
administration office, Room
100, Customshouse, to file
claims for social security bene-
fits due them, N. A. Avera,
office manager, said yester-
day. So far only six such sur
vivors have applied for the
benefits, he said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-28
Obituaries
SANDY WILLIAMS

TABOR CITY Sept. 27.-Sandy
Williams, "a, died this morning at
8 o'clock at his home in the Grassy
Bay section of Horny County. Fu-
neral services will be held at the
MI. Olive Baptist church Saturday
afternoon at 3 o'clock with Rev.
Aines, pastor officiating. Interment
will follow in the Church cemetery.
Surviving are the wife, the
former Miss Spice Foley, two
daughters, Mrs. Thelma Foley OF
Charleston and Bernice Williams
of the home, son, Walter OF
Portland, Oregon, two brothers,
Shell of Green Sea, S. c and Pete
Of Dothan and two grandchildren.