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Newberry Native
Burns to Death T
_ __In Explosion
SKIiR V, X. C".?A mysterious
Fire and explosion 'early Tuesday
mniMVinw lOaimoil ?1m 1 i f i> ckf ? lilHl
minent South Carolina-born physician.
Burned beyond recognition i n
the fire that- broke out about 1:30
a. m. was Dr. W. G. Singleton, 34,
a native of Newberry, S. C., who
had been practicing in Shelby since
lb47. " ? :
Dr. Singleton, a graduate of
Benedict College jn Columbia, was
a member of one of Newberry'*?
most prominent families. His
~ father. Dr. G. W. Singleton, is a
veteran physician,, and his mother
Mrs. Nam-y Singleton, is well
known in rehtrtous, civic and social
circles.
Police and firemen, who still
have been unable to determine
what cause the explosion and fire,
raid it apparently started in the
second-story offices., of the twostory
bifc-k building where Dr.
Singleton lived.
Associates of Dr. Singleton said
he had taken sides in a controversy
at a Shelby Xegro. ehool, 'nit
police said they could find no
connection between this and the
mysterious explosion and fire.
Parker in front of the building
at the time was the doctors car.
lnojlaasl \t)\ li* trcyacVf* . -11 it h i n ct urm
childier,'.-- toys. A.-sociates said ho
was planning a t? ip to Xashyille,
Tern., to visit with his wife a n d
Iwo of hi.s tlnee children. His wife
is studying at Tennessee State
Teachci s College-vat N'ashvill. The
ether child arrived here today
? with" the" doctor's mother after"* a
visit in Newberry. "An
autopsy report by Dr. ft. C.
. ..? Henry of Shelby Hospital, attnbutle<i
.death to burns.
I
- In 1900 influenza and pneumonia
took a toll of 80 persons per 100,
000 population in the young adult
f ages <-1-5- t<r?44ti?according, t o
. Health Information Foundation.
By 1955 mortality from these causes
had dropped to around 4 per
100,000 '"persona in the*sa7n<T age
group. ^ L. ...
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t? hi'. J. rVrrdre\Y SiiiimorisT a former
principal of Booker T. Washington
hiph?adiooi?heir ,imi?rUTu
executive director of the Hillcrest
Center foi 'Children, Bedford Hills,
, New?Y-oi^k, ?sviH- delrvrrr-the prin
;:pul address for the South Atlantic
Heaiojial Conference of the
Alplui Kappa Alpha Sorority when
it convenes "in Columbia May drd
and 4th.
Mrs. Arjietta fi. Wallace, sitirenie
hasileus. Kno.wilie, will he
preser.it at .the 'Regional when delegate*
from -the..states of Florida.
Ceorjria and South Carolina meet
for two days in sessions to be held
at Allen University and Benedict
College.
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J. i-u>sk t<> il?iy notorial are Cram ma
N\i .Omco-a. Mu and I\si,- ('haptcrf
*?f Aljiha Kappa Alpha. Mrs. A.
Cathryn Johnson of Atlanta, i s
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! THE 88 VOICE ALLEN Ur
cale" on Monday evening M
from an extended spring toi
Trenton, N. J., Amityville, L
New York City and Greenwit
lections and operatic arias a
sics, ballards and sprituals.
companist. General Admissi
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H% ('AK()JJ\A, Saturday, .May. 4,
m HlH
fflD wnm tfiBMi) nn a
~ Vi-i??nal Director.. "~ "^jini
Dr. Simmons. a- nutlet* nf Clmr t i r'
lesion. is currently a recojrni/ed ion .
authority in the field of chili! wol- j. ^
fate and seryes_3s_a--1qp.uidnviuU??r~
trator with the Bureau of Child , *.{_
Welfare in New Yori. Citv'u De- . a'
' '. r tne r
pannier.' in vieuaiv.
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His recoiii also in*?eues, a o's- n ^
tinguished career ni education as ?onct
miih't, administra*?u* and consult
"?nr~iiT city,"state, leci.mal and inlei-naiic.
ai levels. ~
tin :.t
A-s an educator, he'served his na- ]t.p;v
live .couth C'aroli t.; j.s '. teacher pj t 1
ur.d iv. iucipa! iir Chailcs* >n a n d j(,
V.nLia ^ As
H" rived iV.v ?ou.lvmi legion cine.
?- off'Cer and pd i ; riv;uil i'msult- :h"
ant ami fc. lernl g: ve'im'tnt a s Schoi
adviser an 1 tonsuitari i edu? a'- his e
c.ft'au s No-1 ml>ei 1953 ? v.itl
to August 1055, on a special as- and !
liversity choir will he presented ii
ay 6, 1957. at eight, o'clock in th
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reaier uoiumuia .ttiien university u
ir of the nbrth-east, which carried
i. I., New York, Newark, N. J., J;
:h, Conn. Their repetoire includes i
s well as an interesting variety o
Prof. John W. Hunter is director
ion is $1.00 and students 25c.
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1 ' ">7 PHICE : I I!'TEE
>l\ Si am
netit. as educational adviser
re?i*idled Siati's Administrat-j
>f t he Ry nicy us in the Far ?
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t. j . y.
further responsibility was. ;
of formulating: and guiding; By "-f
ative government of the Kyuk 1 ..
Island E.iJoatiun Department j
,o development of Democratic! L
>p:> and practices in public1 ,
rtitm;- "7 ~r'
pei fi rmdnee in this assign- j i
1 n ought a request from the! j .'**
it ner t .of tlio Army and the |J.
var.> that Dr. Sbnmmic ' -.1
on a hasis. ; J.J
an administrator, the exrc'.l- .
f h'i work ;t> principal o fcp- J
R..o'f f T. Washington Hiuh JR
r?I : * OaTiMMbig^c.il'.ninatcd i ft
'' ctian as Prc'sidrrt ' r>f the
-.pit. Association of Colleges
Crt.vo'idnrv S horns and his se- 'vc-'cn
... < memhc
str.tJen
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year i
ft the^ st
Hj vaii'v
jes ?ui
i an "Extravaganza Musie
Allen University audilub.
The choir s just back
them to Elizabeth, N. J.,
amaica, L. I., New York,
nany standard concert self
ever-popular light clasand
Mildred Strider is acT>
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nn. simmons ? ?*?,
later ?.s 'cararnissioncr and
iv of the txorutivc committfive
years. ?' *'
public i? inv;te:1 to hear Dr.
ii-' at the imi'al race ting of
pha Kappa Alpha Regional
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s selection OF -vn"
LA its H f I* CANDIDATES
y <tcon<laiy principals thi>
it Sojth Carolina have nlU*Ki'h
. iek-eting top-wanking
<..-3 VI J.VA. ^ViU x oc IIU1 uuina
idiiiat'-M for a full-tuition
pship to he awarded by the
ETTO-LEADER
_ scholarship drive, which
ly opens ip August of this
expected to draw contcstEo4u
w-v to y?high?Beheel?ill
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inning in August, each issue
I'AL.ME'HFO LEADER WET
a vote. At the close of the
1", the student with he highliber
of votes will receive a
ear's tuition scolarsbip t #
ollege in the state. t g
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