#Dr. Monica 1934

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A Light in Darkness

Above: For this Hollywood-heavy post we feature stars of the 1930s—the two Joans, Joan Blondell (left) and Joan Crawford, marking the Fourth of July holiday. The New Yorker marked the Fourth of July with this William Steig cover featuring a patriotic “strap” along the binding and one of his precocious “Small Fry”… June 30, 1934 cover by William Steig. We’ve been looking at ways New Yorkers kept…

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Peter Lorre & Celia Lovsky

Let's have a round-up!

1929

Peter Lorre and Celia Lovsky in the Black Forest of southwestern Germany, December. (Peter proposed to Celia at Christmas that year!)

1932

Peter and Celia back in the Black Forest, on holiday.

Peter and Celia motor-boating on der Wannsee, in the southwestern Berlin borough of Steglitz-Zehlendorf.

1934

Marriage time!

July 18, leaving London for Hollywood.

Peter and Celia aboard the Cunard White Star Liner Majestic bound for New York, mid-July.

I'm not sure if the above is a 1934 picture or not, but they did have to take a train again once they got off the oceanliner...

More under the cut

On the way to Hollywood in July, Peter and Celia changed trains in Chicago and took time to visit the 1933-34 World’s Fair. Peter is pretending to light his cigarette from a snowman in the Black Forest Village.

Also in July, Peter and Celia rented a house on 326 Adelaide Drive in Santa Monica. Whether or not they're really going to play badminton at that moment, that eyebrow steals the show.

But they did like to play!

1935

Peter and Celia taking a walk in the hills outside Santa Monica. His head was shaved for his role as Dr. Gogol in "Mad Love."

Peter and Celia arriving on the 20th Century.

Peter and Celia - I am not sure where they are.

Peter and Celia.

Peter and Celia, Columbia photoshoot.

The above three pics are Peter and Celia at a premiere, possibly for a Shirley Temple movie. Or something else.

Peter and Celia arriving in Southhampton, England, Nov 7.

1936

Celia, Peter, and German screenwriter and film director Berthold Viertel arrive in New York aboard the S.S. Washington, April 29, after "Secret Agent" was done filming.

Peter and Celia arriving in Hollywood.

Happy New Year

I don't know which new year it is, but it seems fitting to end this set with it:

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Dr. Monica (1934) William Keighley

April 29th 2020

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“El Satánico Doctor No”: un riesgo económico, una ganancia prestigiosa

Por Lucas Manuel Rodríguez*

El nombre de James Bond es globalmente conocido, ya sea por su vínculo al mundo del espionaje, al cine o por haber sido protagonizado por varios actores en diferentes etapas. Sin embargo, existió un tiempo en el que su durabilidad cinematográfica estaba lejos de ser una garantía, y solo una minoría se dispuso realmente a catapultar una franquicia que ya era un fenómeno literario.

Con licencia para producir

Cuando se publicó la primera novela de 007, Casino Royale (1954), en Estados Unidos, inmediatamente, la CBS le pagó mil dólares al autor Ian Fleming para permitirles adaptar un episodio de la serie antológica Climax! (1954 - 1958) que llevara ese mismo título. Desafortunadamente, la aventura del “Jimmy” Bond de Barry Nelson fue más recordado por ser un fallo comercial, mientras los libros eran un éxito absoluto y pasaban también por el formato gráfico con series de historietas. Ya en 1958, el productor Albert R. Broccoli quería convencer a su socio Irving Allen de llevar los relatos de Bond al cine en una reunión con el creador del personaje, pero Fleming se disgustó porque Allen le aseguró que su obra en general era inadaptable. Dos años después, Charles K. Feldman adquirió los derechos fílmicos de Casino Royale y, en paralelo, el canadiense Harry Saltzman los de las otras historias. En ese entonces, Broccoli se separó de su ex-socio y en un intento de comprarle a Saltzman lo suyo, formaron una asociación conformada por dos compañías: Danjaq (llamada así por sus esposas, Dana y Jacqueline), para sostener los derechos de las películas; y EON (por Everything Or Nothing, Todo O Nada), para producirlas.

Broccoli y Saltzman, tras descartar a figuras como Cary Grant (padrino de bodas del primero) y Humphrey Bogart por no querer implicarse en sagas, marcaron cancha al formar su equipo técnico y actoral con cineastas esencialmente británicos. A expensas de la postura de Fleming, y por la propuesta casi azarosa del editor Peter R. Hunt al haber trabajado con él en  Pícaros Afortunados (On The Fiddle, 1961), el desconocido escocés llamado Sean Connery interpretaría a James Bond.

Los aliados de siempre

A pocos minutos de presentarse en el relato, Bond se reúne con los compañeros que jamás lo han traicionado y, aparentemente, jamás lo harán: M, el jefe y cabeza del Servicio Secreto Británico, que es el único que protagonizó todas las películas a la par del agente, interpretado esta vez por Bernard Lee (quien así lo hizo hasta su muerte); la secretaria de M, Moneypenny, actuada por Lois Maxwell, perseverante en ese rol hasta el inicio de la era de Timothy Dalton (1987); y su amigo norteamericano de la CIA, Felix Leiter, personaje con el cual nos acostumbraron al cambio de actor mucho antes que con James Bond, aquí con la presencia de Jack Lord.

Hubo que esperar hasta la siguiente película para que Desmond Llewelyn debutara en la piel de Q, pero esta vez tenemos al “armero” (en créditos finales figura como Major Boothroyd, el apellido de pila de Q) y este le introduce a Bond una de sus más inseparables amigas: la Walther PPK de 7, 65 mm con silenciador Brausch, destacada por ser tan potente como un ladrillo que se estrella contra un vidrio, a cambio de la Beretta Modelo 1934 que, si bien es “linda y liviana”, carece de potencia, se atasca con facilidad e hizo que Bond terminara en un hospital por ello.

Las mujeres en Bond

De entrada se estableció como pauta que 007 tuviera relaciones sexuales con tres mujeres por película, dos de ellas con participación limitada. Además, una debía ser “malvada” para darle al protagonista el imperativo de seducirla y así extraerle la información necesaria como beneficio de la misión de turno: en este caso, Miss Taro (la británica Zena Marshall), una doble agente de rasgos orientales que trabaja para el Doctor No. Por su parte, Eunice Gayson aparece en los primeros minutos como Sylvia Trench; es importante destacar que, mediante una partida de Bacará en el Club Le Cercle, ella le dio el pie a Sean Connery para que escucháramos por primera vez la más recordada introducción del agente como “Bond, James Bond”, e incluso, por su cameo en la siguiente entrega, se llegó a considerar que Trench fuera la “novia oficial” de Bond en la franquicia, pero evidentemente fue descartada. La tercera mujer se establecía como la Chica Bond que se comprometía románticamente con el espía, y la sueca Ursula Andress, encarnando a Honey Ryder, se luce con su bikini blanco. Sin embargo, iniciada la era digital y la propagación de la tendencia a ser lo más políticamente correcto posible, cada vez circulan más los argumentos que sostienen que la participación de Ryder en El Satánico Doctor No carece de peso narrativo y la actriz termina por ser un mero decorado a pesar de su innegable trascendencia cultural; honestamente, me cuesta pensar lo contrario. Como curiosidad, tanto la voz de Andress como la de Gayson fueron dobladas por la alemana Monica "Nikki" van der Zyl, y también participó así en otras nueve películas de Bond hasta Moonraker (1979).

Villano y furtivo

El doctor Julius No (Joseph Wiseman con prótesis en los ojos para aparentar un aspecto oriental) es un científico con ascendencia alemana y china especializado en radiación que, tras ser rechazado por los norteamericanos y los soviéticos, ofreció sus habilidades a la organización criminal SPECTRE: SPecial Executive for Counterintelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion (o en español: Ejecutivo Especial para Contraespionaje, Terrorismo, Venganza y Extorsión). El Doctor se dedica a sabotear lanzamientos de cohetes espaciales realizados por el Proyecto Mercurio en Cabo Cañaveral, desde su isla jamaiquina en Cabo Key (Crab Key); un profesional, aunque en el fondo es toda una suerte de vendetta personal. En el film, este personaje aparece recién en el último tercio y solo comparte dos secuencias con el protagonista, pero el director Terence Young se las ingenió para que, previo a esos momentos, se sintiera una atmosfera amenazante y misteriosa cada vez que recibimos información sobre nuestro antagonista. Esto implicó que le solicitaran al diseñador Ken Adam que los interiores de la base del Doctor No tuvieran un aspecto futurista, con una impresión de que el villano tiene su mente actualizada en todas sus áreas de interés: como bien lo muestra la presencia del Retrato del Duque de Wellington de Francisco Goya en su comedor, el cual realmente había sido robado en la National Gallery de Londres el 21 de agosto de 1961.

El espectro de Bond

Aún con un presupuesto reducido de un millón de dólares (compárenlo con los 15 invertidos en la enorme Lawrence de Arabia, estrenada en el mismo año), esta inserción de Bond al cine trajo consigo unas cuantas particularidades que todavía permanecen en las secuelas: para empezar, el clásico tema original compuesto por Monty Norman, que había reciclado de un trabajo previo, la canción “Good Sign, Bad Sign” del musical Una casa para Mr. Biswas; la disponibilidad de filmar en locaciones exóticas, al convertirse en la primera película que fue rodada en Jamaica; los diálogos con el villano que expone sus planes mediante una extraordinaria dirección de actores detrás de cámara; la obsesiva capacidad de observación de James Bond y su manera de dejar trampas a la competencia (la llegada a la habitación del hotel es un calco de la misma situación en la novela Casino Royale); entre otras que son bastante un producto de su época como el modo de expresar sus vicios con la bebida y las mujeres, y los atisbos de racismo hacia los isleños (en particular, Quarrel).

Así, Bond se convirtió en un éxito global, y no solo por los 59.5 millones de dólares recaudados. Su impacto se manifestó abiertamente en la apreciación de eventuales realizadores, como Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, James Cameron, Christopher Nolan, y más recientemente, Mathew Vaughn (las dos Kingsman , 2015 & 2017) y Ryan Coogler (Pantera Negra, 2018). En cuanto a fechas registradas, El Satánico Doctor No se estrenó en Argentina el sábado 10 de abril de 1963, por Zona Microcentro, en el Teatro Gran Rex, pero las premieres a modo “Opening Nights” se volvieron tradición para las producciones de EON el 5 de octubre del año anterior por su primera proyección en el edificio London Pavilion de Reino Unido, y es por eso que para esa fecha se celebra mundialmente El Día de James Bond.

Ficha Técnica: Título original: Dr. No. Año: 1962. Duración: 110 min. País: Reino Unido. Dirección: Terence Young. Guión: Richard Maibaum, Johanna Harwood, Berkely Mather. Música: Monty Norman. Fotografía:Ted Moore. Edición: Peter R. Hunt. Reparto: Sean Connery, Ursula Andress, Joseph Wiseman, Jack Lord, Lois Maxwell, Desmond Llewelyn, Bernard Lee. Productora: Eon Productions. Distribución: United Artists. Productor: Harry Saltzman, Albert R. Broccoli. – Datos de producción extraídos del material extra y el audiocomentario del Blu-ray editado en 2012.  – *Licenciado en Comunicación Social por la Universidad Nacional de Quilmes. E-mail: lucasmanuel9894@gmail.com.

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Warren William and Kay Francis in Keighley/Dieterle’s DR. MONICA (1934) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq6OExzlns5/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=t0od8jn7xj46

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LOUISE BEAVERS.

Filmography

1923: The Gold Diggers

1927: Uncle Tom's Cabin

1929: Election Day, extra.

1929: Coquette

1929: Glad Rag Doll.

1929: Gold Diggers of Broadway.

1929: Barnum Was Right.

1929 - Wall Street.

1929: Nix on Dames.

1930: Second Choice

1930: Wide Open.

1930: She Couldn't Say No.

1930: True to the Navy.

1930: Safety in Numbers.

1930: Back Pay.

1930: Recaptured Love.

1930: Our Blushing Brides.

1930: Manslaughter.

1930: Outside the Law.

1930: Bright Lights.

1930: Paid.

1931: Scandal Sheet

1931: Millie.

1931: Don't Bet on Women.

1931: Six Cylinder Love.

1931: Up for Murder.

1931: Party Husband.

1931 - Annabelle's Affairs.

1931: Sundown Trail.

1931: Reckless Living.

1931: Girls About Town.

1931: Heaven on Earth.

1931: Good Sport.

1931: Ladies of the Big House.

1932: You're Telling Me, extra.

1932: Hesitating Love, extra.

1932: The Greeks Had a Word for Them.

1932: The Expert.

1932: It's Tough to Be Famous.

1932: Young America.

1932: Night World.

1932: The Midnight Lady.

1932: The Strange Love of Molly Louvain.

1932: Street of Women.

1932: The Dark Horse.

1932: What Price Hollywood ?.

1932: Unashamed.

1932: Divorce in the Family.

1932: @ #! *% 'S Highway.

1932: Wild Girl.

1932: Too Busy to Work.

1933: The Midnight Patrol

1933: Grin and Bear It, extra.

1933: She Done Him Wrong.

1933: Her Splendid Folly.

1933: Girl Missing.

1933: 42nd Street.

1933: The Phantom Broadcast.

1933: Pick-Up.

1933 - Central Airport.

1933: The Big Cage.

1933: What Price Innocence ?.

1933: Midnight Mary.

1933: Hold Your Man.

1933: Her Bodyguard.

1933: A Shriek in the Night.

1933: Notorious But Nice.

1933: Bombshell.

1933: Only Yesterday.

1933: In the Money.

1933: Jimmy and Sally.

1934: Palooka

1934: Bedside.

1934: I've Got Your Number.

1934: Gambling Lady.

1934: A Modern Hero.

1934: The Woman Condemned.

1934: Registered Nurse.

1934: Glamor.

1934: I Believed in You.

1934: Cheaters.

1934: Merry Wives of Reno.

1934: The Merry Frinks.

1934: Dr. Monica.

1934: I Give My Love.

1934: Beggar's Holiday.

1934: Imitation of Life.

1934: West of the Pecos.

1934: Million Dollar Baby.

1935: Annapolis Farewell

1936: Bullets or Ballots.

1936: Wives Never Know.

1936: General Spanky.

1936: Rainbow on the River.

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May 1, 2019: Obituaries

Richard Triplett, 74

Richard David Triplett, age 74, of Wilkesboro, passed away Monday, April 29, 2019 at Forsyth Medical Center. He was born August 14, 1944 in Wilkes County to Bascum and Edna Daniels Triplett. Mr. Triplett was a member of Decision Independent Baptist Church and was foreman with Broyhill Furniture for 22 years. Mr. Triplett was preceded in death by his parents; and brothers, Bascum Triplett, Jr., Steve Triplett and Kelly Triplett.

He is survived by his wife, Dorothy Hawkins Triplett; children, Rickie Triplett and spouse Andrea of Wilkesboro, Crystal Eller and spouse Terry of Moravian Falls, Eric Triplett and spouse Tammy of Ferguson; grandchildren, Michelle Staley and spouse Nathaniel, Jeremiah Triplett, Tate Eller and spouse Megan, Coty Eller, Monica Eller, Jacob Triplett, Cindy Hartley, Josh Kilby; great grandchildren, Ava Staley, Maggie Staley and Ellie Phillips.

Funeral service will be held 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 1, 2019 at Miller Funeral Chapel with Pastor Hoss Moore and Pastor Rickie Triplett officiating. Burial will follow in Moravian Falls Cemetery. The family has requested no flowers.                  Memorials may be made to Decision Independent Baptist Church, 2978 Zacks Fork Road, Lenoir, NC 28645. Miller Funeral Service is in charge of the arrangements.  

  James Hendren, 86

James Dwight Hendren, age 86, of Moravian Falls, passed away Friday, April 26, 2019 at his home. Mr. Hendren was born June 21, 1932 in Wilkes County to Maurice Lee and Lulie James Hendren.

He was a member of Bethany Baptist Church in Moravian Falls and employed by the State of North  Carolina for 30 years.

Mr. Hendren was preceded in death by his parents; and brother, Thomas Edward Hendren.

Surviving are his wife, Janet Martin Hendren; daughter, Renee Hendren-Deal and husband Terry of Taylorsville; son, Kevin Hendren and partner Suzanne of Statesville; grandchildren, Josh Deal, Kala Cline and husband Nathaniel all of Taylorsville; great grandson, Cullen Cline of Taylorsville.

Graveside service was April 29,  at Old Bethany Baptist Church Cemetery in Moravian Falls with Rev. Roger Elmore officiating.

The family has requested no food and no flowers. Memorials may be made to Old Bethany Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, 7930  Brushy Mountain Road, Moravian Falls, NC 28654.

Miller Funeral Service is in charge of the arrangements.

 Charles Estep, 63

Charles Dean Estep, age 63, of North Wilkesboro, passed away Thursday, April 25, 2019 at Alamance Caswell Hospice Home after a short battle with cancer. He was born November 22, 1955 in Wilkes County to Raymond Arthur and Maie Shew Estep. Charles was preceded in death by his parents; brother, John Ray Estep; and sisters, Rachael Laws and Brenda Bailey.

Surviving are his sisters, Claudette Hamby Terry of Orlando, Florida, Mary Sue Durham of Burlington, North Carolina, Agnes E. Church and spouse Henry A. Church, Jr. of St. Helena Island, South Carolina; many nieces, nephews and other family.

Some of his favorite hobbies included fishing, gardening, working outside, and helping others. Dean spent many years caring for his mother and oldest sister. He will be missed dearly by his family and friends.

Graveside service was April 28,   at New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery in Moravian Falls.

Miller Funeral Service is in charge of the arrangements.  

 Steve Barber, 69

Rev. Steve Edward Barber, age 69, of Hamptonville, passed away Wednesday, April 24, 2019 at Wake Forest Baptist Health-Wilkes Regional. He was born July 18, 1949 in Surry County to Clarence Elmer and Lonnie Martin Barber.

Rev. Barber was a US Army Veteran serving in Vietnam and Germany. He was a member of Old Fashion Baptist Church.

Steve was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Lonnie Elmer Barber and Gary Thomas Barber, Sr.; and granddaughter, Ella Kilby.

Surviving are his wife, Laura Ruth Triplett Barber; daughters, Teresa Kilby and spouse Jarrett of Hamptonville, Cynthia Barber of Winston Salem; grandchildren, Matthew Crane and Dash Kilby; sister, Louise Pardue of Jonesville; several nieces and nephews.

Graveside service with military honors by Veterans of Foreign Wars Honor Guard Post 1142 was   April 28,   at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery in Clingman with Rev. Ricky Cothren, Rev. Kevin Blevins and Rev. Johnny Arnold officiating.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, PO Box 9, North Wilkesboro, NC 28659 or to a church or charity of the donor's choice.

Miller Funeral Service is in charge of the arrangements.  

  Maggie Williams, 98

Maggie Mae "Jane" Williams, age 98 of Wilkesboro entered into eternal peace on Wednesday, April 24 at Curis of Wilkesboro.

Funeral services were April 27,   at Reins-Sturdivant Chapel.  Burial was in Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery.

Maggie was born September 8, 1920 in Wilkes County to Charles and Julie Shew Williams.  Maggie was a simple frugal woman always ready to lend a hand to someone else. She was always content with her life, always a big smile for others.  Her favorite pastimes were cooking, putting up gardening vegetables in cans, having a cup of coffee with visitors and chatting on the phone. Maggie worked for Holly Farms/Tyson for 28 years.

She was preceded in death by her parents and several brothers and sisters.  

She is survived by a daughter; Elizabeth Cox of Wilkesboro, granddaughter Kayla Cox of Wilkesboro, one sister; Sadie Eller and husband Frank of Purlear. .

Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, PO Box 2361, North Wilkesboro, NC 28659

  George Snyder, 85

Mr. George Paul "Red" Snyder, age 85 of Wilkesboro, passed away Wednesday, April 24, 2019, at his home.

Funeral services were held  April 27,  at Wilkesboro United Methodist Church where he was a member with Rev. Chris Lakey   officiating. Burial was in Mountain Park Cemetery.  

Mr. Snyder was born June 12, 1933 in Wilkes County to Donald V. Snyder and Mattie Lodemia McNeil Snyder. He served in the US Army - 11th Airborne Division during the Korean War.          

He retired from Tyson Foods as the Vice President of Deli Sales. Mr. Snyder was recipient of "The Order of the Long Leaf Pine" for outstanding community service -1997.  Community Service included: Commissioner Town of Wilkesboro - 24 years (8 years Mayor Pro-Tem); Member of Wilkes Airport Authority; Member of the Wilkes Community College Endowment Board; Member of the Watts Retreat Commission; Region D Council of Government Board; former Member of North Wilkesboro Rotary Club, Santa Claus for Wilkes County Parade 20-plus years; Honorary Wilkesboro Fireman and Tyson Salesperson of the Year.

During his service with Holly Farms, Mr. Snyder cooked with Dinah Shore and cooked for dignitaries such as President Ronald Reagan who offered him a job to cook for him at the Whitehouse, and others celebrities, sport figures, NASCAR race drivers, his neighbors and friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents and two sisters; Clara Snyder Church and Martha Snyder Elbe.

Mr. Snyder is survived by his wife; Madge Snyder of the home and a son; George Snyder, II and wife Camie of Matthews.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Wilkesboro Fire Department 400 South Cherry Street Wilkesboro, NC 28697 or the Wilkes Community College Endowment Corporation c/o Allison Phillips PO Box 120 Wilkesboro, NC 28697.

  Bernice Wyatt, 84

Bernice Douglas Wyatt, age 84, of North Wilkesboro, passed away Wednesday, April 24, 2019 at Wilkes Senior Village. She was born September 16, 1934 in Wilkes County to Walter and Allie Roberts Douglas. Bernice was a member of Center Baptist Church. She served as a foster grandparent with Mulberry Elementary School and a volunteer at Hospice.

Mrs. Wyatt was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, R.G. Wyatt; brothers, Robert Bud Douglas, Ray Douglas, Troy Douglas and an infant sister.

Surviving are her sons, David Wyatt and spouse Jean of North Wilkesboro, Tommy Ray Wyatt and spouse Lila of Millers Creek; grandsons, Aaron Wyatt and spouse Heather of Hillsborough, Adam Wyatt and spouse Sarah of North Wilkesboro, Anthony Wyatt and spouse Meredith of Cincinnati, Ohio; great grandchildren, Mason Wyatt, Avery Wyatt; sister, Annie Wyatt of North Wilkesboro; several nieces and nephews.

Funeral service was April 27,   at Miller Funeral Chapel with Pastor David Key officiating. Burial   followed in Mountlawn Memorial Park.  Memorials may be made to Wake Forest Baptist Health and Hospice, 126 Executive  Drive, Suite 110, Wilkesboro, NC 28697 or to a charity of the donor's choice.

Miller Funeral Service is in charge of the arrangements.  

   Jay Parker, 92

Mr. Jay Calvin Parker, age 92 of Wilkesboro, passed away Wednesday, April 24, 2019 at Westwood Hills Nursing.

Funeral services were April 29,   at Reins Sturdivant Chapel with Dr. Chris Hefner officiating. Entombment was held in Scenic Memorial Gardens Mausoleum.  

Mr. Parker was born June 4, 1926 in Wilkes County to Dewey Rufus and Christine Anderson Parker. He was the retired partner/owner of Parker Electric and Plumbing Company. Jay joined the Wilkesboro Fire Department in 1942, where he served the residents of Wilkesboro for 45 years. He served as Fire Chief for 7 years 1980-1987.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother; Bob Lee Parker.

Mr. Parker is survived by his wife Betty Jean Myers Parker of the home, a daughter; Ina Jean Parker of Wilkesboro, Nieces and Nephews; Lee Parker of Wilkesboro, Ginger Parker Shaffer of California and Beth Parker Handcuff of Hickory.

In lieu of flowers the family wishes that memorials be made to the Wilkesboro Fire Department 400 South Cherry St. Wilkesboro, NC 28697.

    Linda Hall, 56

Linda Teresa Harris Hall, age 56, of North Wilkesboro, passed away Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at her home. She was born April 27, 1962 in Wilkes County to Richard and Lucille Dillard Harris. Mrs. Hall was preceded in death by her parents.

Surviving are her husband, Randy Hall; son, Randy Scott Hall and spouse Autumn of Ronda; grandchild, Adrianna Belle Hall; special great nephew, Bradley Harris of North Wilkesboro; sisters, Brenda Lunsford and Debbie Shew both of Roaring River; and brother, Jeff Harris of Taylorsville.

Memorial service was April 27,   at Miller Funeral Chapel with Pastor Jamie Wood officiating. The family has requested no flowers. Memorials may be made to NC State Fallen Firefighter Foundation, PO Box 68, Bahama, NC 27503.

Miller Funeral Service is in charge of the arrangements.  

   Billy Johnson, 71

Billy Joe Johnson, age 71, of North Wilkesboro, passed away Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at his home. He was born January 5, 1948 in Wilkes County to Otha and Grace Long Johnson. Mr. Johnson was a US Army Veteran and a member of Mtn. View Baptist Church in Windy Gap. He loved his grandchildren, hunting, gardening and racing. Mr. Johnson was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Leon Johnson; and sisters, Foda Gregory, Peg Thompson and Nancy Ivey.

Surviving are his wife, Sharon Smith Johnson; son, John Matthew Johnson and spouse Autumn of Wilkesboro; daughter, Marcia Johnson of North Wilkesboro; grandchildren, Austin Johnson, Trevor Johnson, Silas Cooke, Jake Cooke; and a very special friend, Grady Oakley of Hamptonville.

Funeral service was  April 27,  at Mtn. View Baptist Church in the Windy Gap Community with Rev. William Souther and Grady Oakley officiating.                Burial was in the church cemetery.  

The family has requested no flowers. Memorials may be made to Mtn. View Baptist Church, c/o Linda Johnson, North Wilkesboro, NC 28659.                       Miller Funeral Service is in charge of the arrangements.  

Mrs. Carolina Emily Baldwin, 35, of North Wilkesboro, passed away Monday, April 22, 2019 at Wake Forest Baptist Health - Wilkes Medical Center.

Carolina was born Tuesday, November 22, 1983 in Caldwell County to the late Samuel Curtis Baldwin and Sandra Kay Braswell Baldwin.

Those left to cherish her memory include: her daughters, Chelsey Bodford, Prescilla Bodford, and Katelynn Bodford, all of the home; sister, Samanthia Baldwin of Granite Falls; brothers, Ralph Baldwin of Oregon and Allen Braswell of Granite Falls; fiancé Elvis Redmon.

The family will conduct a memorial service at 10:00 am, Friday, April 26, 2019 at Living Grace Chapel, 1006 Byrd  Ridge Road, North Wilkesboro.  Pastor David Dyer will be officiating.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to: Adams Funeral Home of Wilkes, P.O. Box 396, Moravian  Falls, NC 28654 to help with final arrangements.

Condolences may be sent to: www.adamsfunerals.com.

Adams Funeral Home of Wilkes and cremation services is honored to be serving the Baldwin Family.

   Daniel Bruce Souther, 69

Mr. Daniel Bruce Souther, age 69 of Winston Salem, previously of North Wilkesboro passed away Sunday, April 21, 2019 at SECU Hospice Home of Yadkinville.

Funeral services will be held 2:00 PM Thursday, April 25, 2019 at Shady Grove Baptist Church in Windy Gap with Rev. Benny Romans and Rev. David Wellborn officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 12:30 until 1:45 prior to the service at the church.

Mr. Souther was born February 21, 1950 in Wilkes County to Zeb Royist Souther and wife Martha Ellen York Souther. He was retired form JP Stevens.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother Jerry Souther.

Mr. Souther is survived by his wife; Geneva Matilda Call Souther of the home, a daughter; Danielle Souther Scarlett and husband Harold of Olin, NC, a grandchild; Devlin Scarlett, three sisters; Millicent Estes and husband Clyde of Stony Point, Carolyn Flanagan and husband Joe of Mocksville and Ellen Mastin and husband Dane of Wilkesboro, three brothers; John Souther and wife Sharon, Isaac Souther and wife Diane and Terry Souther and wife Karen all of North Wilkesboro, his special nurse; Martha Ellen and several nieces and nephews.

Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to SECU Hospice Home, 243 N. Lee Avenue Yadville, NC 27055.

Online condolences may be made at www.reinssturdivant.com

   Rev. Mace Dean Johnson,  84

Rev. Mace Dean Johnson, age 84 of Millers Creek, a Baptist Minister and Veteran, finished his earthly life on Monday, April 22, 2019, at Wake Forest Baptist-Wilkes Medical Center.

Funeral services will be held 2:00 PM Thursday, April 25, 2019, at Union Baptist Church in Wilbar with Rev. Steve Faw, Rev. Julius Blevins and Dr. Galen Johnson officiating. The body will be lie in state from 1:00 until 2:00. Burial with Military Honors by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1142 Honor Guard will be in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00-8:00 Wednesday evening at Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home.

Rev. Johnson was born May 14, 1934, in Wilkes County to John Hampton Johnson and Nancy Louellen Reeves Johnson. He served three years (1953-1956) in the U.S. Army with the 187th Airborne Division. He also served as FA Crewman. He was stationed in Japan during the Korean War, and encountered a horrifying experience over the ocean flying back to the states when the crew was ordered to ditch all their belongings.

Rev. Johnson attended Millers Creek School, Wilkes Community College, and received his Master of Divinity Degree from Fruitland Baptist Bible Institute. He was a Baptist Minister and served as Pastor over 40 years. The Baptist Churches he served were Bethany, 3 years, Mountain Valley, 14 ½ years, Mt. Pisgah, 18 months, Walnut Grove, 11 years, Orion in Ashe County, over 5 years, and lastly interim at Maple Grove almost 3 years. He also served as Director of Missions in the Stone Mountain Baptist Association for 18 months. He did Mission Trips to New Mexico and Chile, South America, and was blessed to preach in Israel. He performed many weddings and had part in over 800 funerals. He also served as Chaplain of Veterans of Foreign Wars Honor Guard over 5 years, which he loved. He was a member of Union Baptist Church in Wilbar.

He was preceded in death by his parents, a son; Steven Johnson, a grandson; Michael Johnson, six brothers; George, Andrew, Fred, Henry, Joe and Ben Johnson, three sisters; Cora Johnson, Louise Woodie Jolly and Mamie Hamby.

Rev. Johnson is survived by his wife of 63 years, Bennie Hamby Johnson, two sons; Gregory Johnson and wife Lisa of Millers Creek and Galen Johnson and wife Lori of Siloam Springs, Ark., a daughter-in-law; Nancy Johnson of Wilkesboro, three grandchildren; Barry Johnson and wife Melissa of Traphill, Jonathan Johnson of Wilkesboro, and Caroline Johnson of Siloam Springs, Ark., and three great grandchildren; Coby Johnson, Devin Johnson and Macee Johnson all of Boomer.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Union Baptist Church Cemetery Fund c/o Laney South 165 Kingcross Lane Millers Creek, NC 28651 or VFW Post 1142 Honor Guard PO Box 357 North Wilkesboro, NC 28659.

Online condolences may be made at www.reinssturdivant.com.

   Lula Stinson Payne, 92

Lula Stinson Payne, age 92, of Hays, passed away Saturday, April 20, 2019 at Rose Glen Manor. She was born August 17, 1926 in Chatham County to Marvin Durham Stinson and Mary Catherine Benner Stinson. Mrs. Payne was a graduate of Ramseur High School, previously employed with Wilkes Community  College and a member of North Wilkesboro Presbyterian Church. Lula was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Paul Lawrence Payne; son, Ronald Timothy Payne "Timmy"; grandson, Brandon Christopher Payne; brothers, Henry and John Stinson; sisters, Mary Dean Stinson, Elizabeth Rinehardt, Lillie Nance; and beloved sister-in-law, Katie Petty.

Surviving are her children, Nancy Payne Foster and spouse Stuart of Summerton, South Carolina, Paul Lawrence Payne, Jr. "Larry" and spouse Susie, North Wilkesboro, Donnie Lee Payne "Don" and spouse Julia of Hickory, James "Alan" Payne and spouse Nancy of Durham, Jeffrey David Payne "Jeff" and spouse Nancy of North Wilkesboro; grandchildren, Evan Foster of Raleigh, Andrew Payne of Clayton, Matthew Payne and spouse Megan of Wilmington, Nathan Payne and spouse Ealer of Durham, Megan Payne Linton and spouse Eddie of Pittsboro, Erin Payne of Durham, Katherine Payne "Katie" of Statesville; great grandchild, Penelope Linton of Pittsboro.

Funeral service will be held 1:00 p.m. Thursday, April 25, 2019 at North Wilkesboro Presbyterian Church with Rev. Steve Snipes officiating. Burial will follow in Mountlawn Memorial Park. Viewing will be held 11:00 until 12:00 on Thursday at Miller Funeral Service. The family will receive friends at North Wilkesboro Presbyterian Church from 12:00 until 1:00 on Thursday, prior to the service. The family has requested no flowers, memorials may be made to Mtn. Valley Hospice, 688 North Bridge Street, Elkin, NC 28621. Miller Funeral Service is in charge of the arrangements. Online condolences may be made to www.millerfuneralservice.com

   Andrew "Peanuckle" David Triplett, 48

Mr. Andrew "Peanuckle" David Triplett, 48, of North Wilkesboro, passed away Friday, April 19, 2019 at the SECU Hospice Care Center of Yadkinville.

Andrew was born on Thursday, January 7, 1971 in Wilkes County to the late A.D. Triplett and Ella Sue Anderson Barker.

He is preceded in death by: his parents; sisters, Carrie "Lynn" Johnson and Paula Adams.

"Peanuckle" is survived by: daughter, Shannon "Olivia" Triplett of Elkin; sister, Wendy Thomas (Gary) of Lynn Haven, Florida; and brother, Scottie Johnson of Asheville.

Memorial service will be held at 6 p.m., Thursday, April 25, 2019 in the Adams Funeral Home of Wilkes Chapel, 2109  Moravian Falls Road. Rev. Larry Adams will be officiating.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be given to the:  American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 22478, Oklahoma City, OK 73123.

Condolences may be sent to:  www.adamsfunerals.com

Adams Funeral Home of Wilkes has the honor of serving the Triplett Family.

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Fats Waller

Thomas Wright "Fats" Waller (May 21, 1904 – December 15, 1943) was an American jazz pianist, organist, composer, singer, and comedic entertainer. His innovations to the Harlem stride style laid the groundwork for modern jazz piano. His best-known compositions, "Ain't Misbehavin'" and "Honeysuckle Rose", were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1984 and 1999.

Early life

Waller was the youngest of 11 children (five of whom survived childhood) born to Adeline Locket Waller and the Reverend Edward Martin Waller in New York City. He started playing the piano when he was six and graduated to playing the organ at his father's church four years later. His mother instructed him when he was a youth. At the age of 14 he was playing the organ at the Lincoln Theater, in Harlem, and within 12 months he had composed his first rag. Waller's first piano solos ("Muscle Shoals Blues" and "Birmingham Blues") were recorded in October 1922, when he was 18 years old.

He was the prize pupil and later the friend and colleague of the stride pianist James P. Johnson.

Career

Against the opposition of his father, a clergyman, Waller became a professional pianist at the age of 15, working in cabarets and theaters. In 1918 he won a talent contest playing Johnson's "Carolina Shout", a song he learned from watching a player piano play it.

Waller became one of the most popular performers of his era, finding critical and commercial success in the United States and Europe. He was also a prolific songwriter, and many songs he wrote or co-wrote are still popular, such as "Honeysuckle Rose", "Ain't Misbehavin'" and "Squeeze Me". Fellow pianist and composer Oscar Levant dubbed Waller "the black Horowitz". Waller is believed to have composed many novelty tunes in the 1920s and 1930s and sold them for small sums, attributed to another composer and lyricist.

Standards attributed to Waller, sometimes controversially, include "I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby". Biographer Barry Singer conjectured that this jazz classic was written by Waller and lyricist Andy Razaf and provided a description of the sale given by Waller to the New York Post in 1929—he sold the song for $500 to a white songwriter, ultimately for use in a financially successful show (consistent with Jimmy McHugh's contributions to Harry Delmar’s Revels, 1927, and then to Blackbirds of 1928). He further supports the conjecture, noting that early handwritten manuscripts in the Dana Library Institute of Jazz Studies of "Spreadin' Rhythm Around" (Jimmy McHugh ©1935) are in Waller's hand. Jazz historian P.S. Machlin comments that the Singer conjecture has "considerable [historical] justification". Waller's son Maurice wrote in his 1977 biography of his father that Waller had once complained on hearing the song, and came from upstairs to admonish him never to play it in his hearing because he had had to sell it when he needed money. Maurice Waller's biography similarly notes his father's objections to hearing "On the Sunny Side of the Street" playing on the radio. Waller recorded "I Can't Give You…" in 1938, playing the tune but making fun of the lyrics; the recording was with Adelaide Hall who had introduced the song to the world at Les Ambassadeurs Club in New York in 1928.

The anonymous sleeve notes on the 1960 RCA Victor album Handful of Keys state that Waller copyrighted over 400 songs, many of them co-written with his closest collaborator, Andy Razaf. Razaf described his partner as "the soul of melody... a man who made the piano sing... both big in body and in mind... known for his generosity... a bubbling bundle of joy". Gene Sedric, a clarinetist who played with Waller on some of his 1930s recordings, is quoted in these sleeve notes recalling Waller's recording technique with considerable admiration: "Fats was the most relaxed man I ever saw in a studio, and so he made everybody else relaxed. After a balance had been taken, we'd just need one take to make a side, unless it was a kind of difficult number."

Waller played with many performers, from Nathaniel Shilkret (on Victor 21298-A) and Gene Austin to Erskine Tate, Fletcher Henderson, McKinney's Cotton Pickers and Adelaide Hall, but his greatest success came with his own five- or six-piece combo, "Fats Waller and his Rhythm".

On one occasion his playing seemed to have put him at risk of injury. Waller was kidnapped in Chicago leaving a performance in 1926. Four men bundled him into a car and took him to the Hawthorne Inn, owned by Al Capone. Waller was ordered inside the building, and found a party in full swing. Gun to his back, he was pushed towards a piano, and told to play. A terrified Waller realized he was the "surprise guest" at Capone's birthday party, and took comfort that the gangsters did not intend to kill him. It is rumored that Waller stayed at the Hawthorne Inn for three days and left very drunk, extremely tired, and had earned thousands of dollars in cash from Capone and other party-goers as tips.

In 1926, Waller began his recording association with the Victor Talking Machine Company/RCA Victor, his principal record company for the rest of his life, with the organ solos "St. Louis Blues" and his own composition, "Lenox Avenue Blues". Although he recorded with various groups, including Morris's Hot Babes (1927), Fats Waller's Buddies (1929) (one of the earliest multiracial groups to record), and McKinney's Cotton Pickers (1929), his most important contribution to the Harlem stride piano tradition was a series of solo recordings of his own compositions: "Handful of Keys", "Smashing Thirds", "Numb Fumblin'", and "Valentine Stomp" (1929). After sessions with Ted Lewis (1931), Jack Teagarden (1931) and Billy Banks' Rhythmakers (1932), he began in May 1934 the voluminous series of recordings with a small band known as Fats Waller and his Rhythm. This six-piece group usually included Herman Autrey (sometimes replaced by Bill Coleman or John "Bugs" Hamilton), Gene Sedric or Rudy Powell, and Al Casey.

Waller wrote "Squeeze Me" (1919), "Keepin' Out of Mischief Now", "Ain't Misbehavin'" (1929), "Blue Turning Grey Over You", "I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling" (1929), "Honeysuckle Rose" (1929) and "Jitterbug Waltz" (1942). He composed stride piano display pieces such as "Handful of Keys", "Valentine Stomp" and "Viper's Drag".

He enjoyed success touring the United Kingdom and Ireland in the 1930s. He appeared in one of the first BBC television broadcasts. While in Britain, Waller also recorded a number of songs for EMI on their Compton Theatre organ located in their Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood. He appeared in several feature films and short subject films, most notably Stormy Weather in 1943, which was released July 21, just months before his death. For the hit Broadway show Hot Chocolates, he and Razaf wrote "(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue" (1929), which became a hit for Ethel Waters and Louis Armstrong.

Waller performed Bach organ pieces for small groups on occasion. Waller influenced many pre-bebop jazz pianists; Count Basie and Erroll Garner have both reanimated his hit songs. In addition to his playing, Waller was known for his many quips during his performances.

Between 1926 and the end of 1927, Waller recorded a series of pipe organ solo records. These represent the first time syncopated jazz compositions were performed on a full-sized church organ.

Death

Waller contracted pneumonia and died on a cross-country train trip near Kansas City, Missouri, on December 15, 1943. His final recording session was with an interracial group in Detroit, Michigan, that included white trumpeter Don Hirleman. Waller was returning to New York City from Los Angeles, after the smash success of Stormy Weather, and after a successful engagement at the Zanzibar Room, in Santa Monica California, during which he had fallen ill. More than 4,000 people attended his funeral in Harlem, which prompted Dr. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., who delivered the eulogy, to say that Fats Waller "always played to a packed house." Afterwards he was cremated and his ashes were scattered, from an airplane piloted by an unidentified World War I black aviator, over Harlem. One of his surviving relatives is former Georgia Tech Yellow Jacket and current Baltimore Ravens tight end Darren Waller, who is Fats' paternal great-grandson.

Revival and awards

A Broadway musical revue showcasing Waller tunes entitled Ain't Misbehavin' was produced in 1978. (The show and a star of the show, Nell Carter, won Tony Awards.) The show opened at the Longacre Theatre and ran for more than 1600 performances. It was revived on Broadway in 1988. Performed by five African-American actors, the show included such songs as "Honeysuckle Rose", "This Joint Is Jumpin'", and "Ain't Misbehavin'".

Recordings of Fats Waller were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame which is a special Grammy Award established in 1973 to honour recordings that are at least 25 years old and that have "qualitative or historical significance".

Probably the most talented pianist to keep the music of "Fats" Waller alive in the years after his death was Ralph Sutton, who focused his career on playing stride piano. Sutton was a great admirer of Waller, saying "I've never heard a piano man swing any better than Fats – or swing a band better than he could. I never get tired of him. Fats has been with me from the first, and he'll be with me as long as I live."

Actor and band leader Conrad Janis also did a lot to keep the stride piano music of "Fats" Waller and James P. Johnson alive. In 1949, as an 18-year-old, Janis put together a band of aging jazz greats, consisting of James P. Johnson (piano), Henry Goodwin (trumpet), Edmond Hall (clarinet), Pops Foster (bass) and Baby Dodds (drums), with Janis on trombone.

In popular culture

Waller is the subject of the Irish poet Michael Longley's "Elegy for Fats Waller".

Robert Pinsky's poem, "History of My Heart," opens with Waller walking into the 34th St. Macy's at Christmastime

He was caricatured in several Warner Brothers animated shorts, most notably Tin Pan Alley Cats.

In the 2008 film Be Kind Rewind, Waller was a major theme and influence for the storyline.

Italian comics book artist Igort published a comic book about Waller entitled Fats Waller on Coconino Press in 2009.

His song "Inside This Heart of Mine", is used in the queuing areas of the ride The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror.

Some of Waller's music ("Jitterbug Waltz") is used in the video game series BioShock.

Waller's version of "Louisiana Fairytale" was used for many years as the theme song to the American television series This Old House.

Waller's church organ music featured prominently in David Lynch's breakthrough film Eraserhead in 1977.

Irish rock band Thin Lizzy, wrote the song "Fats" in their album Renegade. It is inspired in the figure of Waller.

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The Live Creature and Ethereal Things: How Contemporary Art is Transforming Science

Friday, October 13, 2017 - 10:00

Image: Semiconductor, Catching the Light, 2014

An Interdisciplinary Workshop

Institute of Physics, London, Friday 13th October 2017, 10am-6pm

Open call to physicists interested in joining the workshop

Arts Catalyst with Leverhulme-funded research fellow and artist Fiona Crisp and the Institute of Physics are exploring the value of extending artists' practice into the realm of fundamental physics and astronomy research to explore how contemporary art's extension into science can be transformative for science, for scientists, and for science's relationship the wider world. Key themes that have emerged include bringing physics into the realm of human experience, the co-creation of new interdisciplinary knowledge, and the ability of artists to craft ideas and experiences from scientific data and concepts.

Many areas of contemporary science, including cosmology, particle physics and astrophysics, operate at scales and levels of complexity that lie beyond the imaginative and cognitive grasp of most people. Historically, Western culture measured space and time through the body, but over the centuries science and technology have pursued knowledge beyond the edges of bodily perception, from the macro extremes of the multiverse to the micro-scale of the sub-atomic world. Today, with advanced science and technology, and with the accelerating impact of human activity on the planet, we live in new scales of size and speed that we cannot easily comprehend. If so much knowledge comes through scientific instruments and mathematics, how can we humans - biological sensing beings that John Dewey refers to as the live creative make sense of it within our own experience? A new generation of artists is now collecting data about their world using scientific instruments for their cultural purposes, making science intimate, sensual and intuitive, opening the potential for a greater cultural assimilation of scientific knowledge.

Another reason for the disconnect of modern science and public understanding is the institutional isolation of science. Today, there are signs that kinds of micro science or civic/citizen science are developing, a new form of people's science made possible by new affordable tools and public access to the internet and to scientific data. Artists are at the forefront of this movement.

When John Dewey wrote about Art as Experience in 1934, he was attempting to shift the understanding of what is important and characteristic about art from its physical manifestations in the object to the process in its entirety, a process whose fundamental element is no longer the material object, but rather the development of an experience that personally affects your life. Dewey used the term ethereal things (from Keats) to condemn aesthetic theories that elevated art too far above its pragmatic experiential roots, but his co-opting of the term can also be understood as the artist's use of the earth and its contents to create art. Replace science for art and a similar argument might be made to root science in its practical, experienced reality. Astrophysics and particle physics probe the limits of the known, the limits of language and concept, and present a kind of abstraction or transcendence that can free us from commonsensical thinking. Yet they are undertaken by human beings in real world laboratories and observatories, driven, shaped and influenced by those people's cultural backgrounds, education, funding requirements, teaching obligations, family commitments, societal norms, aspirations, rivalries and dreams. Artists, not motivated by any desire to educate or inform people about science but simply by their own fascinations, have brought a variety of approaches to representing experiences of physics and encounters with physicists, relating scientific concepts to their origins and significance, and fostering vital personal experiencing with science, as well as using metaphors to expand perception.

Some examples of artists' projects are described below:

UK artist Katie Paterson is known for her poetic and conceptually driven artworks, such as All the Dead Stars, a large map documenting the locations of 27,000 dead stars, 100 Billion Suns, a confetti cannon, each piece of paper matched to the colours of the brightest explosions in the universe, and History of Darkness, a slide archive of darkness from throughout the Universe, spanning billions of years.

Argentinian-born artist Toms Saraceno's project Hybrid Webs involved live spiders spinning tiny universes, each sculpture appearing as a unique galaxy interwoven from silvery spider silk by different arachnid species, cosmic dust deposited on the webs with intricate filaments alluding to dwarf and spiral galaxies, nebulae and quasars, while his 163,000 Light Years is a film lasting the length of time it takes for the light from the Large Magellanic Cloud to reach the Earth.

UK artist group Semiconductor (Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt)'s film Do You Think Science asks a group of space physicists the unanswerable and, in doing so, reveals hidden motivations driving scientists to the outer limits of human knowledge. In striving to answer the question, the physicists open a Pandora's Box of limitations within science itself, revealing their own philosophical confines. In other works, such as Brilliant Noise and Catching the Light, Semiconductor have mined raw unprocessed data to create static-filled, jittery, mesmerising black and white films of solar storms.

Italian artist Micol Assal's interest in science and forgotten scientific theories led her to collaborate with a physics research institute in Moscow. Referencing the Russian scientist Alexander Chizhevsky (1897-1964), who conducted experiments testing the influence of ionised air on living creatures. Assal's Chizhevsky Lessons consists of a vast room constantly charged with negative ions, which build up a weak electrostatic tension inside the space. Visitors receive an electrostatic charge upon entering the space, causing small electric sparks whenever they touched an object or another person, confronting the viewer with the immateriality of electricity.

Scientists who collaborate with artists have begun to articulate what they gain from these exchanges. James Wells, the theoretical physicist who was the inspirational partner for CERN artist in residence Julius von Bismarck has talked about valuing having someone around who sees the world in a different way, whose influence, Wells remarked, could shake up accepted mindsets, noting that the process of becoming a scientist can snuff out the daring impulse in young scientists and that the tremendous daring and openness of ideas of artists might really benefit the scientific community: The first thought of an artist is not can we do this, but 'this is what I want to do'.

In their artworks, the artists discussed above make no attempt to depict the scientific concepts involved in their subject matter. Rather they reveal and explore phenomena, ideas and histories of discovery outside everyday human experience, making us able to sense and experience them or in some way grasp their significance and profoundness, as well as in some cases providing insight into the human beings whose work is to study the fundamental science of the universe.

This inquiry has been triggered by artist Fiona Crisp, who has been funded by the Leverhulme Trust for her research project, Material Sight, that employs non-documentary photography and film to bring science back within our world as experience by using still and moving imagery to place us in a bodily relation to the physical spaces and laboratories where fundamental science is performed. Crisp is undertaking this research at three sites: the Laboratori Nazionale del Gran Sasso in Italy, the world's largest underground research centre for particle physics, Boulby Underground Dark Matter Laboratory, which occupies the UK's deepest working mine, and the combined facilities at Durham University that include The Centre for Advanced Instrumentation and the Institute of Computational Cosmology.

The aim of the workshop is to bring together a dynamic group of artists, scientists, curators, academics and educationalists to discuss their experience and ideas relating the interface of contemporary art and fundamental physics and/or cosmology.

The event will be structured to promote as much discussion as possible and it is intended that this discourse will move beyond the instrumentalised model, often favoured by funding and commissioning bodies, of art illustrating science or promoting science.

We will produce an e-book extending out from the workshop's proceedings, which will incorporate a variety of texts by contributors, interviews, and images from artworks.

We aim to establish a network that can work towards a re-imagining of the non-expert's encounter with fundamental physics and the physics of the universe.

We are inviting contemporary artists who have worked with scientists (or in scientific residencies), scientists who have been involved in conversations and collaborations with art/artists that have altered their perception of their science and/or how they practice it, and others with specialist interests and expertise in this topic.

Speakers include Dr Marek Kukula, Public Astronomer, Royal Observatory, Professor Tara Shears, Physicist, Liverpool University, Fiona Crisp, artist and Leverhulme Fellow, Dr Suchitra Sebastian, Director, Cavendish Arts-Science Project and Lecturer in Physics, University of Cambridge, Monica Bello, curator and Head of Arts@CERN, Nicola Triscott, Artistic Director, Arts Catalyst, and Ruth Jarman, artist.

If you would like to be part of the conversation, please send a statement of interest, outlining your experience of working or conversing with artists, and how this has altered your perception of science, your practice, and/or how scientific knowledge is produced, with a brief biog, to Nicola Triscott, Artistic Director/CEO, Arts Catalyst: director@artscatalyst.org by Sunday 1 October 2017.

We will contact you by Friday 6 October if we are able to offer you a place on the workshop. Numbers are very limited, so we will not be able to include everyone. However, this is the start of a longer-term projects, and hope to involve more people as it evolves.

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WARREN WILLIAM.

Filmography

1922 The Town that Forgot God

1923 Plunder

1927 Twelve Miles Out

1931 Honor of the Family

1931 Expensive Women

1932 Under Eighteen

1932 The Woman from Monte Carlo

1932 Beauty and the Boss

1932 The Mouthpiece

1932 The Dark Horse

1932 Skyscraper Souls

1932 Three on a Match

1932 The Match King

1933 Employees' Entrance

1933 The Mind Reader

1933 Gold Diggers of 1933

1933 Goodbye Again

1933 Lady for a Day

1934 Bedside

1934 Upperworld

1934 Smarty

1934 Dr. Monica

1934 The Dragon Murder Case

1934 The Case of the Howling Dog

1934 Cleopatra

1934 Imitation of Life

1934 The Secret Bride

1935 Living on Velvet

1935 The Case of the Curious Bride

1935 Don't Bet on Blondes

1935 The Case of the Lucky Legs

1935 The Widow from Monte Carlo

1936 Times Square Playboy

1936 Satan Met a Lady

1936 The Case of the Velvet Claws

1936 Stage Struck

1936 Go West, Young Man

1937 Outcast

1937 Midnight Madonna

1937 The Firefly

1937 Madame X

1938 Arsène Lupine

1938 The First Hundred Years

1938 Wives Under Suspicion

1939 The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt

1939 The Gracie Allen Murder Case

1939 The Man in the Iron Mask

1939 Day-Time Wife

1941 Secrets of the Lone Wolf

1941 The Werewolf

1942 Wild Bill Hickok Rides

1942 Counter-Espionage

1943 One Dangerous Night

1943 Passport to Suez

1945 Strange Illusion

1946 Fear

1947 The Private Affairs of Bel Ami.

Créditos: Tomado de Wikipedia

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_William

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WILLIAM DIETERLE.

Filmography

• 1965 The Confession

• 1962 Antigone

• 1962 Vergnügen, anständig zu sein, Das

• 1962 Gabriel Schillings Flucht

• 1961 Die Große Reise

• 1960 Die Herrin der Welt - Teil II

• 1959 Il vendicatore

• 1957 Omar Khayyam

• 1952 Boots Malone

• 1951 Red Mountain

• 1951 Peking Express

• 1950 Dark City

• 1945 Love Letters

• 1944 I'll Be Seeing You

• 1944 Kismet

• 1938 Blockade

• 1937 The Life of Emile Zola

• 1937 Another Dawn

• 1937 The Prince and the Pauper

• 1934 Madame Du Barry

• 1934 Dr. Monica

• 1934 Fashions of

• 1934 Fog Over Frisco

• 1933 From Headquarters

• 1933 Female

• 1933 The Devil's in Love

• 1933 Adorable

• 1933 Grand Slam

• 1933 Lawyer Man

• 1931 Eine Stunde Glück

• 1931 Dämon des Meeres

• 1930 Der Tanz geht weiter

• 1930 Ludwig der Zweite, König von Bayern

• 1930 Kismet

• 1930 Die Maske fällt

• 1929 Das Schweigen im Walde

• 1929 Frühlingsrauschen

• 1928 Geschlecht in Fesseln

• 1927 Das Geheimnis des Abbe X

• 1923 Der Mensch am Wege

Créditos: Tomados de Wikipedia

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Dieterle

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Filmografía

The Town that Forgot God (1922)

Plunder (1923)

Twelve Miles Out, sin créditos (1927)

Honor of the Family (1931)

Expensive Women (1931)

Under Eighteen (1932)

The Woman from Monte Carlo (1932)

Beauty and the Boss (1932)

The Mouthpiece (1932)

The Dark Horse (1932)

Skyscraper Souls (1932)

Three on a Match (Tres vidas de mujer, 1932)

The Match King (1932)

Employees' Entrance (Entrada de empleados) (1933)

The Mind Reader (El adivino) (1933)

Gold Diggers of 1933 (Vampiresas 1933) (1933)

Goodbye Again (1933)

Lady for a Day (Dama por un día) (1933)

Bedside (1934)

Upperworld (Gente de arriba) (1934)

Smarty (1934)

Dr. Monica (1934)

The Dragon Murder Case (1934) como Philo Vance

The Case of the Howling Dog (1934) como Perry Mason

Cleopatra (1934)

Imitation of Life (Imitación de la vida) (1934)

The Secret Bride (La novia secreta) (1934)

Living on Velvet (La vida es sabrosa) (1935)

The Case of the Curious Bride (1935) como Perry Mason

Don't Bet on Blondes (1935)

The Case of the Lucky Legs (1935) como Perry Mason

The Widow from Monte Carlo (1935)

Times Square Playboy (1936)

Satan Met a Lady (1936)

The Case of the Velvet Claws (1936) como Perry Mason

Stage Struck (1936)

Go West, Young Man (1936)

Outcast (1937)

Midnight Madonna (1937)

The Firefly (1937)

Madame X (1937)

Arsène Lupin (1938)

The First Hundred Years (1938)

Wives Under Suspicion (El beso revelador) (1938)

The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt (1939) como The Lone Wolf

The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939) como Philo Vance

The Man in the Iron Mask (1939)

Day-Time Wife (Tejados de vidrio) (1939)

The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady (1940) como The Lone Wolf

The Lone Wolf Strikes (1940) como The Lone Wolf

Lillian Russell (1940)

Trail of the Vigilantes (La senda de los héroes) (1940)

Arizona (1940)

The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date (1941) como The Lone Wolf

The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance (1941) como The Lone Wolf

Wild Geese Calling (Vidas sin rumbo) (1941)

Secrets of the Lone Wolf (1941) como The Lone Wolf

El hombre lobo (1941)

Wild Bill Hickok Rides (1942)

Counter-Espionage (1942) como The Lone Wolf.

Créditos: Tomado de Wikipedia

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_William

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Paul Williams

Paul Revere Williams, FAIA (February 18, 1894 – January 23, 1980) was an American architect based in Los Angeles, California. He practiced largely in Southern California and designed the homes of numerous celebrities, including Frank Sinatra, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, Lon Chaney, Barbara Stanwyck and Charles Correll. He also designed many public and private buildings.

Early years

Orphaned at four years of age, Williams was the only African American student in his elementary school. He studied at the Los Angeles School of Art and Design and at the Los Angeles branch of the New York Beaux-Arts Institute of Design Atelier, subsequently working as a landscape architect. He went on to attend the University of Southern California, designing several residential buildings while still a student there. Williams became a certified architect in 1921, and the first certified African-American architect west of the Mississippi.

He married Della Mae Givens on June 27, 1917, at the First AME Church in Los Angeles. They had three children: Paul Revere Williams, Jr. (born and died June 30, 1925, buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles); Marilyn Frances Williams (born December 25, 1926); and Norma Lucille Williams (born September 18, 1928).

Architectural career

Williams won an architectural competition at age 25, and three years later opened his own office. Known as an outstanding draftsman, he perfected the skill of rendering drawings "upside down." This skill was developed so that his white clients (who might have been uncomfortable sitting next to a black architect) could see the drawings rendered right side up across the table from him.

Struggling to gain attention, he served on the first Los Angeles City Planning Commission in 1920.

From 1921 through 1924, Williams worked for Los Angeles architect John C. Austin, eventually becoming chief draftsman, before establishing his own office.

In 1923, Williams became the first African-American member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA).

In 1939, he won the AIA Award of Merit for his design of the MCA Building in Los Angeles (now headquarters of the Paradigm Talent Agency).

A. Quincy Jones (1913–79) was an architect who is claimed to have hired Williams and later collaborated with him on projects in Palm Springs, including the Palm Springs Tennis Club (1947) and the Town & Country (1948) and Romanoff's on the Rocks (1948) restaurants.

During World War II, Williams worked for the Navy Department as an architect.

In 1951, Williams won the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., Man of the Year award and in 1953 he received the Spingarn Medal from the NAACP for his outstanding contributions as an architect and member of the African-American community.

Williams also received honorary doctorates from Lincoln University of Missouri (doctor of science, 1941), Howard University (doctor of architecture, 1952), and the Tuskegee Institute (doctor of fine arts, 1956).

In 1956, he won an award for service, from Wisdom Magazine, for "contributions to knowledge and distinguished service to mankind."

In 1957, he became the first black member to be inducted into the AIA's College of Fellows. An April 2, 1957 letter from the Executive Secretary of AIA, offered Williams the honor of Fellowship and membership in the College of Fellows "for your notable contribution in Public Service."

Publications

Book: The Small Home of Tomorrow (1945), with a successor volume New Homes for Today (1946).

Essay: "I Am a Negro," American Magazine (1937).

Posthumous Honors

In 2004, USC honored him by listing him among its distinguished alumni, in the television commercial for the school shown during its football games.

In 2008, Williams was posthumously honored with the Donald J. Trump Award for his significant impact on the evolution, development and perpetuation of real estate throughout Greater Los Angeles. The award was accepted by his granddaughter, Karen Hudson. Donald Trump presented the award to Hudson via video presentation.

In 2017, Williams will be posthumously honored with the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Gold Medal. “Our profession desperately needs more architects like Paul Williams,” wrote William J. Bates, FAIA, in his support of William’s nomination for the AIA Gold Medal. “His pioneering career has encouraged others to cross a chasm of historic biases. I can’t think of another architect whose work embodies the spirit of the Gold Medal better. His recognition demonstrates a significant shift in the equity for the profession and the institute.”

Works

Private homes

Williams designed more than 2,000 private homes, most of which were in the Hollywood Hills and the Mid-Wilshire portion of Los Angeles (including his own home in Lafayette Square, part of historic West Adams, Los Angeles, California). He also designed at least one home in the San Rafael district along with many others in Pasadena and La Cañada Flintridge. The Linda Vista Area of Pasadena has many Spanish Colonial and French Country homes of his design including many commissioned by business magnates (Chrysler Corporation) and actors.

His most famous homes were for celebrities, and he was well regarded for his mastery of various architectural styles. Modern interpretations of Tudor-revival, French Chateau, Regency, French Country, and Mediterranean architecture were all within his vernacular. One notable home, which he designed for Jay Paley in Holmby Hills, and the current residence of Barron Hilton, was used as the 'Colby mansion' in exterior scenes for The Colbys television series. Williams's client list included Frank Sinatra (the notorious pushbutton house), Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Lon Chaney, Sr., Lucille Ball, Julie London, Tyrone Power (two houses), Barbara Stanwyck, Bert Lahr, Charles Correll, Will Hays, Zasu Pitts, and Danny Thomas.

In contrast to these splendid mansions, Williams co-designed with Hilyard Robinson the first federally funded public housing projects of the post-war period (Langston Terrace, Washington, D.C.) and later the Pueblo del Rio project in southeast Los Angeles.

Williams famously remarked upon the bitter irony of the fact that most of the homes he designed, and whose construction he oversaw, were on parcels whose deeds included segregation covenants barring blacks from purchasing them.

A number of his works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Works

(In Los Angeles, unless otherwise noted)

28th Street YMCA, 1006 E. 28th St., Los Angeles, CA (Williams, Paul R.), NRHP-listed

Angeles Mesa Elementary School, Los Angeles, California

Angelus Funeral Home, 1010 E. Jefferson Blvd., Los Angeles, CA (Williams, Paul R.), NRHP-listed

Arrowhead Springs Hotel & Spa, San Bernardino, California;

Beverly Hills Hotel (redesigned & added rooms in the 1940s);

Carver Park Homes, Nevada;

First A.M.E Church

First Church of Christ, Scientist, 501 Riverside Dr., Reno, NV (Williams, Paul Revere), NRHP-listed

Luella Garvey House (1934), 589-599 California Ave., Reno, NV (William, Paul Revere)

Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Building

Goldschmidt House, 243 Avenida La Cuesta, San Clemente, CA (Williams, Paul R.), NRHP-listed

Guardian Angel Cathedral, Las Vegas, Nevada;

Hollywood YMCA;

Hotel Nutibara, Medellin, Colombia, the city's first grand hotel inaugurated in 1945

The La Concha Motel, Nevada;

Los Angeles County Courthouse;

Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration;

Marina Del Rey Middle School

Nickerson Gardens;

Palm Springs, CA, Tennis Club;

Roberts House Ranch "The Tropical Terrace", Malibu, CA (The remains of the burned down structures can be explored on Solstice Canyon Trail in Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.)

Saks Fifth Avenue Beverly Hills, Beverly Hills, California;

Second Baptist Church, 1100 E. 24th St., Los Angeles, CA (Williams, Paul R.), NRHP-listed

Shrine Auditorium (Williams helped prepare construction drawings as a young architect.);

The retro-futuristic googie styled Theme Building at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). (In the 1960s as part of the Pereira & Luckman firm and with consulting engineers, Williams helped design this futuristic landmark.)

Woodrow Wilson High School

One or more works in 27th Street Historic District, along 27th St., Los Angeles, CA (Williams, Paul), NRHP-listed

One or more works in Berkley Square, area bounded by Byrnes Ave., D St., Leonard Ave., and G St., Las Vegas, NV (Williams, Paul R.

The concrete paraboloid La Concha Motel in Las Vegas (disassembled and moved to the Neon Museum in Las Vegas, Nevada, for use as the museum lobby 2006;

He also designed the Al Jolson tomb in Hillside Memorial Park, to which Jolson's body was moved in 1951. The tomb and fountain is prominently visible from the adjacent San Diego Freeway. It is perhaps a fitting tribute to both Williams and Jolson that he was chosen to design Jolson's resting place, as Jolson had a long history of supporting African-American entertainers, in a time when that was controversial.

Professional Records

Williams' business records (letters, drawings, photographs) are lost. They were stored at the headquarters of Broadway Federal Savings in Watts. Williams renovated and repurposed this former Woolworth's building in 1954 for the bank. During "the turmoil and civil unrest that rocked Los Angeles" in the aftermath of the jury's verdict in the Rodney King case, the building and all contents are burned.

Death

Williams retired his practice in 1973, and died from diabetes on January 23, 1980, at age 85. Williams was interred in the Sanctuary of Radiance, Manchester Garden Mausoleum at Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood. Williams's widow Della Williams (1895–1996) co-founded (with Fannie Williams) 'The Wilfandel Club' Established November 21, 1945, by black women active in the Los Angeles, California, community. The Wilfandel Club’s goal has been to promote civic betterment, philanthropic endeavors, and general culture. The Wilfandel Club is the oldest African-American women's club in Los Angeles. Club meetings are still held at the beautiful Wilfandel Club House on 3425 West Adams Blvd in Los Angeles. Della Williams survived her famous husband by 16 years, living to the age of 100, and dying on July 24, 1996. She was interred in the Williams crypt Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood.

On October 29, 2015 a monument and memorial plaza to Paul Williams was dedicated just to the north of the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Building as part of its recent renovation. The monument features a 9 foot tall bas relief of Paul Williams with many of his significant works. The bas relief is flanked with interpretive panels with a biography of Mr. Williams as well as a history of the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company.

Quotes

"If I allow the fact that I am a Negro to checkmate my will to do, now, I will inevitably form the habit of being defeated."

"Planning is thinking beforehand how something is to be made or done, and mixing imagination with the product – which in a broad sense makes all of us planners. The only difference is that some people get a license to get paid for thinking and the rest of us just contribute our good thoughts to our fellow man."

“Without having the wish to ‘show them,’ I developed a fierce desire to ‘show myself,’” Williams wrote in his 1937 essay for American Magazine, I Am a Negro. “I wanted to vindicate every ability I had. I wanted to acquire new abilities. I wanted to prove that I, AS AN INDIVIDUAL, deserved a place in the world.”

Legacy

Williams is featured on the documentary series Profiles of African-American Success.

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Jan. 4, 2017: Obituaries

Douglas Hartley 73

Mr. Douglas Franklin “Frank” Hartley age 73 husband of Brenda Hamby Hartley passed away Thursday, December 29, 2016 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.

Burial with military honors was held on January 1, 2017 at Oakwoods Baptist Church with Rev. Robert Duncan and Rev. David Dyer officiating. Burial with military honors by Post 1142 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Honor Guard will be in Scenic Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 1:30 until 2:30 prior to the service at the church.

Mr. Hartley was born May 13, 1943 in Wilkes County to Arthur Shelton and Annie Barnes Hartley.

He was a truck driver for Holly Farms/Tyson. He had also worked for Bumgarner Services and was a member of Oakwoods Baptist Church.  

He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother; Jerry Van Hartley.

He is survived by his wife; Brenda Hamby Hartley of the home, one daughter; Angie Hartley Walsh and husband, Eddie of Boomer, two sons; Kevin Hartley of Hickory, Jeff Hartley and wife, Jennifer of Boomer, seven grandchildren; Dustin Walsh, Derek Walsh, Emilee Hartley, Seth Hartley, Nick Hartley, Aaron Hartley, Adrienne Hartley, one sister; Frances Johnson and husband, Archie of Wilkesboro and Jack Hartley and wife, Ann of North Wilkesboro.  

Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, 4217 Park Place Court, Glen Allen, VA 23060-997.

Online condolences may be made at www.reinssturdivant.com

  Lyman Vogel, Jr

Mr. Lyman Wilfred “Will” Vogel, Jr., widower of Ruby Naomi Fujita Vogel passed away Thursday, December 29, 2016 at his home.

Funeral services will be held 2:00 PM Saturday, December 31, 2016 at Reins-Sturdivant Chapel with Rev. Hillary Wood officiating. Burial with Funeral Honors by the Marine Corps League Brushy Mountain Detachment #1187 will be in Mountlawn Memorial Park.  The family will receive from 12:30 PM until 1:30 PM prior to the service at Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home.

Mr. Vogel was born November 10, 1934 in Gladstone, OR to Lyman Wilfred “Will” Vogel and Elnora Rae Vogel.  He was retired from the United States Marine Corps, 1st Lieutenant with the following recognitions: National Defense Service Medal, Vietnamese Service Medal Vietnamese Campaign Medal, Presidential Unit Citation, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Rifle Sharpshooter Badge, Pistol Sharpshooter Badge

He was also retired from the United States Postal Service.

He is survived by one daughter; Shannon Vogel and husband, Brian Timin of Raleigh, three sons; Leslee Warren Vogel, Russell Nathan and wife, Debbie of Wilkesboro, Michael Dale and wife, Sherry of Spartanburg, SC, seven grandchildren; Ryan Nathan Vogel, Summer Vogel Wheeler, Amy Leigh Vogel, Alexandra Leslee Vogel, Justin Dale Vogel, Sarah Elizabeth Timin, Jacob Kyle Timin, one great granddaughter; Haleigh Jade Wheeler, one sister; Pat Wagenknecht; Napa, CA, and one brother; Gary Vogel.

Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to Save-A-Vet, 387 Northgate Road, Lindenhurst, IL 60046.

Online condolences may be made at www.reinssturdivant.com

  Levi Reid, 79

Mr. Levi “Bud” Caldwell Reid, age 79, husband of Patsy Nichols Reid of Purlear passed away Wednesday, December 28, 2016 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.

Funeral services will be 3:00 PM Saturday, December 31, 2016 at Purlear Baptist Church with Rev. David Testerman, Rev. Darren Brown and Rev. Rex Eldreth officiating.  Burial will be in the church cemetery.  The family will receive friends from 12:45 until 2:45 prior to the service at the church.

Mr. Reid was born August 1, 1937 in Caldwell County to Guy Rex and Estelle Blair Reid.  He was a professional furniture craftsman, working for American Drew and Kincaid Furniture for many years and was a member of Purlear Baptist Church.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers; Billy Wayne and Gary Lynn Reid.

He is survived by his wife; Patsy Nichols Reid of the home, two sons; Robert Timothy (Tim) Reid and wife, Sherrie and Randy Mark Reid and wife Cathy all of Purlear, four grandchildren; Natalie Lambert of Holland, MI, Abigail Smithey and husband, Adrian of Millers Creek, Kendra Reid and Morgan Reid of Purlear, four great grandchildren; Jaxon Lambert, Madeline Lambert, Elizabeth Lambert and Noah Lenderman, two sisters; Geraldine Hendricks of Granite Falls and Rita Shaw of Memphis, TN, several nieces and nephews and his beloved pets Sunny and Tinkerbell.  

Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to Purlear Baptist Church Fellowship Hall Fund,

c/o Denise Eller, PO Box 181, Millers, Creek, NC 28651,

Online condolences may be made at www.reinssturdivant.com

  Ronald Spiers, 81

Mr. Ronald “Ron” Ray Spiers, 81, of Moravian Falls passed away on Wednesday December 28, 2016

Ron was born in Florida on Tuesday, October 15, 1935 to the late George Spiers and Virginia Crooks Spiers Baxter.

Ron is preceded in death by his parents.

Ron is survived by his wife, Gail Diggs Spiers of the home; son, David Ray Spiers, wife, Lugene of Moravian Falls and daughter; Monica Battreal and Husband James of Newberry Florida, two grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

Ron was an avid gun enthusiast, as well as gun dealer and concealed carry instructor. He was the winner of a state championship in Florida and an International Champion in Metallic Silhouette Competition.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be given to the NRA at nraf @ nrahq.org

Services for Ron are private.

  Mrs. Mabel Julianne Brooks Hayes 

 Mrs. Mabel Julianne Brooks Hayes, age 94 of Wilkesboro, passed away Wednesday, December 28, 2016 at Avante of Wilkes.

Graveside services will be held 2:00 PM Friday, December 30th, 2016 at Edgewood Baptist Church Cemetery with Rev. Julius Blevins officiating. The family will receive friends from 12:00 until 1:30 prior to the service at Reins Sturdivant Funeral Home.

Mrs. Hayes was born April 19, 1922 in Wilkes County to Arthur and Minnie Call Brooks. She was retired from Spainhours Department Store. Mrs. Hayes was a member of Edgewood Baptist Church.

In addition to her parents and husband; Commie Arnold Hayes, she was preceded in death by a son: Burl W. Love, Jr. five sisters and two brothers.

She is survived by two daughters; Barbara Love of Millers Creek and Carol Brown and husband, Dale of North Wilkesboro, one son; Dr. Ellis A. Hayes and wife, Lynne of Indian Trail, Eight Grandchildren, Nineteen Great- Grandchildren and one Great- Great Grandchild.

Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to Alzheimer’s Foundation, 4600 Park Road Suite 250, Charlotte, NC 28209.

Online condolences may be made at www.reinssturdivant.com

 Lesta Combs, 83

Mrs. Lesta Greene Combs, age 83, of North Wilkesboro, died Tuesday, December 27, 2016 at Wilkes Regional Medical Center. She was born June 5, 1933 in Watauga County to Rondol and Nina Carlton Greene. Mrs. Combs was a member of Hunting Creek Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Charlie Claude Combs; brothers, Ralph Greene and Lloyd Carlton; and sisters, Grace Johnson and Alda Miller.

Surviving are her son, Archie Greene and wife Sharon Johnson Greene of North Wilkesboro; daughter, Deborah Durham and husband Larry of Hays; grandchildren, David Durham and LeAnn Moser; great granddaughter, Aubrey Durham; brothers, Bill Greene and wife Doris of Montross, Virginia, Gary Greene and Susan of Millers Creek; sister, Margaret Whittington of Millers Creek; caregiver, Betty Jo Lovette of Millers Creek; and daughters, Kathy Fortner of Moravian Falls and Shirley Anderson of Millers Creek.

Funeral service will be private. Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to Hunting Creek Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, PO Box 865, North Wilkesboro, NC 28659 or to Pruitt Hospice, 902 West D  Street, North Wilkesboro, NC 28659. Miller Funeral Service is in charge of the arrangements. Online condolences may be made to www.millerfuneralservice.com

  Daniel Pennell, 94

Mr. Daniel Boone Pennell, age 94, of North Wilkesboro, died Tuesday, December 27, 2016 at Rose Glenn Manor. He was born February 17, 1922 in Wilkes County to Charlie Henry and Callie Maggie Lee Ellis Pennell. He was a World War II US Army Veteran, landing at Utah beach in Normandy, France on June 12, 1944. He was a recipient of a purple heart. Mr. Pennell was a member and a deacon of Zion Hill Baptist Church in Boomer and retired from the United States Postal Service as a mail carrier with 22 years of service.  Mr. Pennell was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Carmine Blanche Eller Pennell; and a son, David Allen Pennell; brothers, Cecil Pennell, James J. Pennell; and sister-in-law, Virginia B. Pennell.

Surviving are his daughter, Peggy Pennell Leonard and husband Charles of Marietta, Georgia; his sons, Dean Warren Pennell and wife Carolyn of Locust, N.C., Dennis Norman Pennell and wife Diana of Vancouver, Washington; grandchildren, David Leonard and John Leonard, Matthew Pennell and Holly Pennell, Summer Pennell and Tegan Glaude; and eight great grandchildren.

Funeral service will be held 3:00 p.m. Friday, December 30, 2016 at Zion Hill Baptist Church with Rev. Tim Debord officiating. Burial with military honors by Veterans of Foreign Wars Honor Guard Post 1142 will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends at Zion Hill Baptist Church from 1:30 until 3:00 pm on Friday prior to the service. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Zion Hill Baptist Church, 2552 Boomer Road, Boomer, NC 28606 or to the David Allen Pennell Scholarship Endowment Fund, c/o the North Carolina Agricultural Foundation, Inc. @ N.C. State University, PO Box 7474, Raleigh, NC 27695-7474, Tax ID # 56-6049304. Miller Funeral Service is in charge of the arrangements. Online condolences may be made to www.millerfuneralservice.com

  Lorenza Theodore Clinard, age 83

Lorenza Theodore Clinard, age 83, of Ferguson, died Sunday, December 25, 2016 at the Robbins Center in Hudson. He fought a very courageous battle with cancer. He was born August 20, 1933 in Clemmons, N.C. to the late Theodore and Lorene Brewer Clinard. Mr. Clinard earned a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1953. He retired from Holly Farms Poultry. During his time at Holly Farms, he acquired a group of lifelong friends that went on many outings as a group and became known as "Len". An accomplished bike rider he enjoyed completing the Bridge-to-Bridge bike ride up Grandfather Mountain. He was an avid reader of books and acquired many books at his home. He loved the challenge of a game of Backgammon. As a collector of classic foreign cars, he enjoyed having them fixed up and going to car shows. He was an active member in his church and helped the pastor with revivals and many other activities. There he also found a group of friends which would go on road trips where he showed them the back roads of North  Carolina including where he used to ride his bike. He was always there to help out his neighbors. He will be greatly missed by his church, his many friends and his family. Lorenza Clinard was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Dixie Jennings; brother, J.W.; sister, Elizabeth Ann; and sister-in-law, Shelby.

Surviving are Betty Clinard; his daughter, Bridget Morris of Statesville; son, Mark Clinard and Roger Freeby of Atlanta, Georgia; brothers, Richard Clinard and wife Barbara of Clemmons, Alton Clinard of Pensacola, Florida; sister, Frances Wilson and husband C.A. of Franklin; three grandchildren, Charles Morris and wife Carissa of Jeanette, Pennsylvania, Sarah Jennings and husband Bryson of Yadkinville, Robert Morris of St. Louis, Missouri; three great grandchildren, Dharma Jennings, Paige Morris and Laurel Morris; and son-in-law, Philip Morris.

Memorial service will be held 2:00 p.m. Saturday, December 31, 2016 at Sharon Walker Baptist Church in Boomer with Rev. Fred Staley officiating. The family will receive friends at Sharon Walker Baptist Church from 12:30 until 2:00 on Saturday, prior to the service. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Sharon Walker Baptist Church, 8780 West NC Highway 268, Boomer, NC 28606 or to Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care, 526 Robbinswood Place, Hudson, NC 28638 or to a charity of the donor's choice. Miller Funeral Service is in charge of the arrangements. Online condolences may be made to www.millerfuneralservice.com

  John Adams, 87

Mr. John William Adams, age 87, widower of Nettie Darnell Adams passed away Monday, December 26, 2016 at the Wilkes Senior Village.

Funeral services will be held 2:00 PM Thursday, December 29, 2016 at Flint Hill Baptist Church with Rev. Marvin Blackburn and Pastor Sherrill Wellborn officiating.  Entombment will be in Mountlawn Memorial Park Mausoleum.  The family will receive from 12:30 until 1:30 PM Thursday prior to the service at the church.

Mr. Adams was born July 19, 1929 in Wilkes County to Luther and Etta Gentry Adams.  He retired from Thomasville Forest Products as a forklift operator and was a member of Flint Hill Baptist Church.

He is survived by one sister; Alma Wyatt of North Wilkesboro and many nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Flint Hill Baptist Church Building Fund, c/o Mr. Larry Wyatt, 221 Robinhood Road, North Wilkesboro, NC 28659 or Wilkes Senior Village Activity Department, 204  Old Brickyard Road, North Wilkesboro, NC 28659.

Online condolences may be made at www.reinssturdivant.com

  Louise Faw, 96

Mrs. Louise W. Faw, age 96, of West Columbia, South Carolina, formerly of Wilkes County, died Sunday, December 25, 2016 at her home. She was born October 5, 1920 in Wilkes County to Walter and Elena Mitchell Wadkins. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Ernest "Buck" Faw; four brothers; and one sister.

Surviving are her sons, Roy Ernest Faw of South Carolina, Troy Richard Faw and wife Betty of Pennsylvania; grandchildren, Matt and wife Donna of Maryland, Laura and husband Stephen of Pennsylvania, Elaine of New Jersey, Jon and wife Erin of Pennsylvania; Kimberly and husband Jeff of Maryland; eighteen great grandchildren; and four great great grandchildren.

Service will be private. Miller Funeral Service is in charge of the arrangements. Online condolences may be made to www.millerfuneralservice.com

  A.C. Walker, 67

Mr. A.C. Walker, age 67, of North Wilkesboro, died Sunday, December 25, 2016 at Forsyth Medical Center. He was born April 4, 1949 in Wilkes County to Oliver J. and Annie Viola Billings Walker. He was preceded in death by his parents; grandson, Alex Chase Walker; brothers, Oliver William "Walt" Walker, and Raymond Walker and sister, Ola Mae Smoker.

Surviving are his wife, Jane Walker; sons, Eric Walker and wife Tosha of North Wilkesboro, Caleb Smathers of the home; daughters, Angela Walker of the home, Sheila Viers of Millers Creek, Jessica South and husband Denny of Hays; special friend, Clella Coffey of Hays; sister, Virginia Judy Holbrook of Traphill; eight grandchildren; and one great grandchild.

Funeral service will be held 2:00 p.m. Thursday, December 29, 2016 at Dehart Baptist Church with Rev. Junior Harrold and Rev. Tim Brown officiating. Burial will follow in the Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Dehart Baptist Church from 1:00 until 2:00 on Thursday, prior to the service. Flowers will be accepted. Miller Funeral Service is in charge of the arrangements. Online condolences may be made to www.millerfuneralservice.com

Pallbearers will be Marty Holbrook, William Walker, Bobby Absher, Denny South, Michael South and Jeffrey Wilmoth.

  Betty McManus, 87

Mrs. Betty Church McManus, age 87 of Wilkesboro, widow of Ernest McManus, Sr., passed away Sunday, December 25th, 2016 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.

Funeral services will be held  2:00 PM, Thursday, December 29th, 2016 at Congo Pentecostal Holiness Church with Rev. Luke Pyles and Rev. Ronnie McManus officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 12:30 unitl1:30 prior to the service at the church.

Mrs. McManus was born July 21, 1929 in Wilkes County to Mira Church. Mrs. McManus is a member of Congo Pentecostal Holiness Church.  

In addition to her mother and husband, she was preceded in death by a daughter; Patricia McManus, two sons; Terry McManus and Norman McManus, two sisters and two brothers.

She is survived by four sons; Aubrey Dean McManus and wife Brenda of Purlear, Rodney McManus and wife Donna of Hays, Dwayne McManus and wife Sandy of North Wilkesboro, and Ernest McManus, Jr.  and wife Teresa Gail of Purlear, nine grandchildren, twenty one great grandchildren and one sister; Ruth Smith of Boomer.

Online condolences may be made to www.reinssturdivant.com

                                                                                                                                          Jerry Clinton Simmons, age 69

Mr. Jerry Clinton Simmons, age 69, of North Wilkesboro, died Saturday, December 24, 2016 at his home. He was born September 10, 1947 in Wilkes County to James Garfield and Opal Holder Simmons. He was a US Army Veteran. Mr. Simmons was preceded in death his parents; two brothers, Jimmy Dale Simmons and Dennis Simmons and sister, Judy Simmons.

Surviving is his daughter, Judith "Lynn" Simmons and fiancé, Bryan Icenhour of North Wilkesboro.

Memorial service will be private. The family has requested no flowers. Memorials may be made to the family. Miller Funeral Service is in charge of the arrangements. Online condolences may be made to www.millerfuneralservice.com

   Carly Shrewsbury, 24

Miss Carly Michelle Shrewsbury, age 24 of North Wilkesboro, passed December 24th, 2016.

Funeral services will be held 2:00 PM Thursday, December 29th,  2016  at Reins Sturdivant Chapel with Rev. Charles McKinney officiating. Burial will be in the Thomas Wayne Cemetery in Stephenson, WV. The family will receive friends from 12:00 until 1:00 prior to the service at Reins Sturdivant Funeral Home.

Carly Shrewsbury was born February 28, 1992 in Raleigh County, WV, to Carl Lee and Ceretha Michelle McKinney. She was a homemaker.

Carly is survived by her Dad and Step-Mother; Carl Lee and Camellia Sue Shrewsbury of Yadkinville, her Mother; Ceretha Michelle McKinney of Amigo, WV., Companion; Jeff Greene of the home, one daughter; Payton McKinley Leigh Greene and one son; Jaxton Lee Greene of the home, one sister; Ashley Nicole Shrewsbury of Stephenson, WV, five brothers; Joshua Lee Shrewsbury of Stephenson, WV, Alan Andrews Shrewsbury and Cody Ray Tyler Shrewsbury of Yadkinville,  Zack and Jacob McKinney of Amigo, WV.

Online condolences may be made at www.reinssturdivant.com

  Mary Elizabeth “Betty” Miller Pardue

Mrs. Mary Elizabeth “Betty” Miller Pardue, age 82 of Roaring River, passed away December 24th, 2016 at Villages of Wilkes.

Funeral services will be held 12:00 PM Wednesday at Reins Sturdivant Chapel with Rev. Charles Younce officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery in Clingman. The family will receive friends from 11:00 until 12:00 prior to the service at Reins Sturdivant Funeral Home.

Mrs. Pardue was born April 22, 1934 in Wilkes County to David Hampton and Laura Etta Barnes Miller. She was retired from Peerless Hosiery.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband; JS Pardue, Jr., one daughter; Margie Lee Wright,  four brothers; Issac Miller, Maynard Miller, Phonso Miller and Philo Miller, five sisters; Elsie Tremble, Mae Combs, Hattie Wolfe, Chessie Bowlin and Johnsie Anderson.

She is survived by two daughters; Karen Wooten of Taylorsville and Diane Baldwin and husband Doug of Roaring River, one son; Julius Pardue III and wife Charlene Pardue of North Wilkesboro, grandchildren; John Tharpe and wife Trina, David Wooten and wife Angela, Leigh Ann Willard and husband Scott, Kathy Turner and husband Mike, Shane Baldwin and wife Fonda, Melissa Blankenship and husband Adam, Benji Baldwin, Mark Wooten and Sophia Pardue, fourteen great grandchildren, two sisters; Sadie Jarvis and Raydell Meeker  and one brother; Paul Miller and wife Mae.

Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to the Humane Society of Wilkes, PO Box  309, North Wilkesboro, NC 28659.

Online condolences may be made at www.reinssturdivant.com

  Gozelle Ham, 91

Mrs.  Gozelle Andrews Ham

Born and raised on the family farm in Boomer, NC, Gozelle Andrews Ham or “Mama Ham”, as she was affectionately known, loved her family. She was fond of saying, “I am a simple country girl and proud of it”! Her wish to live out her days at home enjoying her gardens, nature, and songbirds was granted as she departed peacefully, Friday, December 23 in her home.

Gozelle was born on November 26, 1925 in Wilkes County to Nelson Coles and Ollie Margaret Earp Andrews.  She graduated from Wilkesboro High School and Appalachian State Teachers’ College where she received her degree in Library Science.  She served as librarian at Mooresville High School and at Wilkes Central High  School for 26 years, 1969-1995.  She was a loving mother, gardener, reader, enjoyed music and was physically active in water aerobics at the Wilkes YMCA.  She had a strong faith and was an active member of Little Rock Baptist Church.  

She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Austin Ham; her parents; one sister, Ruby Andrews McGee; and one brother, John William Andrews.

She is survived by three daughters, Martha Ham Townes and husband, “B”, of Boomer, Margaret Ham Sturdivant and husband, Mike, of Pittsboro, and Rosemarie Ham Ziedonis, and husband, Arvids, of Boston, MA; one son, Karl Andrew Ham and wife, Holly, of Charlotte; and five grandchildren that she was “ humbly proud of”, Frederick William Townes V and wife Tina, Charlotte Louise Townes, Wesley Charles Sturdivant, Laura Beth Sturdivant, and Charles Austin Ham II; and one sister, Edna Andrews Weston of Boomer.

She was an inquisitive woman who read voraciously often marking various items with a friend or family members’ name and then mailing it to them with a well thought out occasional card. These were often accompanied by her desire to “have a little word of prayer when I next see you.” In addition to her love of home and family, she enjoyed traveling having ventured to Boston a few months ago to see family members and their homes. Her keen sense of sight and interest in many things would often surprise those with her as she pointed out details that others did not see.

She was proud of her 91 years of independence and left a short hand written note to her family stating that “although she might not move as fast as she once did, she saw more along the way!”

Funeral services were held at 11:00 AM Monday, December 26, 2016 at Little Rock Baptist Church, Boomer, NC, with the Rev. Robert Livingston officiating.  Burial was in the church cemetery.  The family received friends following the service in the church fellowship hall.

Flowers are accepted or memorials made to Little Rock Baptist Church, 248 Little Rock Church Road, Boomer NC 28606 or to the Donors Choice.

Online condolences may be made to www.reinssturdivant.com.

  Michelle Brown, 39

Mrs. Michelle Curry Brown, age 39 of North Wilkesboro, passed away Friday, December 23rd, 2016 at her home.

Funeral services will be held 1:00 Tuesday, December 27th, 2016 at Fishing Creek Baptist Church with Rev. Richard Cardwell officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 Monday evening at Reins Sturdivant Funeral Home.

She was preceded in death by her grandparents; Isaac and Mary Andrea Wiles Curry.

Mrs. Brown was born September 10, 1977 in Wilkes County to Phillip Curry and Gail Wallingford Curry. She was employed by State Employees Credit Union. Mrs. Brown was a member of Fishing Creek Baptist Church.

She is survived by her husband Alan Dale Brown of the home, her Dad and Step-Mother;  Phillip and Linda Shumate Curry of North Wilkesboro, her Mother and Step-Father; Gail Wallingford Hagarty and husband Mike of Prosser Washington, one son; Konner Brown of the home, two step daughters; Mary and Molly Brown both of North Wilkesboro, one sister; Donna Simpson and husband, Mike of North Wilkesboro, two brothers; Matthew Curry and wife Charlene of Moravian Falls and Timothy Curry and wife Monica of North Wilkesboro, one step brother; Robert Billings and wife Judy of Mt. Holly, Grandparents; Glen and Pauline Wallingford of Grandview, WA and  Nieces and Nephews; Taylor, Emma and Abby, Isabelle and Isaac, Jared, Zane and Chloe.

Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to the Fishing Creek Baptist Church Building Fund, c/o Frieda Smithey 925 Old Hwy 60, Wilkesboro, NC 28697 or Relay for Life SECU Fat Cats Team c/o Annette Battle PO Box 9, North Wilkesboro, NC 28659.

Online condolences may be made at www.reinssturdivant. Com

  Paula Adams, 51

Mrs. Paula Gwyn Johnson Adams, 51, of Wilkesboro, passed away on Saturday, November 19, 2016.

Paula was born on Sunday, September 12, 1965 in Wilkes County.

Paula is preceded in death by her sister, Carrie Lynn Johnson.

Paula is survived by her son, Steven Chad Adams and wife, Monica of Wilkesboro; brother, A.D. Triplett Jr. of Wilkesboro; sister, Wendy Thomas and husband, Gary of Florida; grandchildren, Johnny and Lilly Adams of Wilkesboro and a close friend, Stevie Adams.

Condolences may be sent to: www.adamsfunerals.com

Adams Funeral Home of Wilkes has the honor of serving the Adams Family.