Deaths and Funerals Thomasville native Everette Burris
Everette C Burris 60 of 221 Jones Circle died Friday 11 30 am at Forsyth Memorial Hospital Winston Salem after months of declining health. He was born May 1 1909 in Randolph County son of Anderson and Corinna Burris lived in Thomasville since 1944. He worked as a salesman for Auto Parts and Accessories High Point and was active at Memorial United Methodist Church. Survived by wife Marie Beacham Burris Raleigh daughter Shirley Dilthey Raleigh sisters Lillie Briggs Star N S Edwards High Point brothers Ralph Aberdeen William Seagrove. Funeral Sunday 4 pm Memorial United Methodist Church conducted by Dr Philip L Shore Jr burial Holly Hill Cemetery. Body at J C Green and Sons Funeral Home until 30 minutes before service.
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Thomasville
Everette C. Burris
Jones Circle
Forsyth Memorial Hospital
Winston-Salem
Ronald C
Shirley) Dilthey
Raleigh
Lillie Briggs
Star
N. S&s. Edwards
High Point
Ralph Burris
Aberdeen
William Burris
Seagrove
Memorial United Methodist
Philip L. Shore Jr
Holly Hill
Elizabeth Royer Dies At 87
Elizabeth Martin Royer 87 of 306 Woodrow Ave died at 8 10 a m in Maryfield Nursing Home after a year there. Born Oct 3 1882 in Cleveland Iowa she was daughter of Richard and Mary Martin. Survived by son Richard J Rauscher Oak Park Ill two stepdaughters and eight grandchildren. Funeral Mon in Berwyn burial Forrest Park Ill body to be sent to Chicago Sunday. family at funeral home tonight 7 to 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Martin Royer
Woodrow Ave
Maryfield
Royer
Cleveland
Iowa
Richard
Mary Williams Martin
Harry G. Roger
High Point
Carita Woody
Oak Park
Ill
Fair Oaks Presbyterian Church
Richard J. Rauscher
R. G. Culp Jr
Westwood Ave
Leo H. Garman
Beirut
Lebanon
Parkwyn Funeral Home
W. Roosevelt Rd
Berwyn, III
Forrest Home
Forrest Park
Sechrest Funeral Home
Chicago
Mrs. Thelma Goodman Nifong dies at 55 in High Point
Thelma Evonia Goodman Nifong 55 wife of Ray A. Nifong of Rt 2 Thomasville died at High Point Memorial Hospital at 5 am after years of declining health. She was born May 12 1914 in Davidson County and leaves four daughters four sons a sister and 13 grandchildren. Services set for 3 pm at Mt Zion Wesleyan Church conducted by Revs Stutts and Bunce with burial in the church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Thelma Evonia Goodman Nifong
Ray A. Nifong
Rt. 2
High Point Memorial Hospital
Davidson County
Pless and
Maudie Goodman
Mt. Zion
Nifong
James
Lois Irene) Brewer
High Point
Edward
Shirley) Younts
Fairgrove
Bobby
Carol) Robbins
Virginia Nifong
Billy Nifong
Jerry Wayne Nifong
Greensboro
Robert Harold Nifong
Johnny Lee Nifong
Charlie
Elsie) Gordon
Lloyd
Holbrook Funeral Held for Luther A Holbrook
Funeral for Luther Alex Holbrook 75 of Lexington held at Woodruff Primitive Baptist Church near Roaring Gap Alleghany County today at 1 p m following his death Thursday The service reflects a local observance in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Luther Alex Holbrook
Woodruff Primitive Baptist Church
Roaring Gap
Alleghany County
Archie Canupp Dies At 68 In Wilmington
Archie Lee Canupp 68 former High Point resident died Friday morning at the Medic Center in Wilmington after a year of declining health and a week in critical condition. He was born May 20 1901 in Concord and moved to Wilmington a week ago after retirement from Pickett Cotton Mill three years ago. He married Jennie Bell Basinger in 1920 who survives with a son Bonnell Canupp of Atlanta Georgia a daughter Ruby Jones Wilmington six grandchildren three great grandchildren three sisters and three brothers. Funeral services Sunday at 2 30 from First Wesleyan Church with interment Floral Garden Park Cemetery. Pallbearers listed with the Cumby Mortuary. The family will receive friends tonight at the funeral home 7 to 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archie Lee Canupp
Kennedy St
Medic Center
Wilmington
Mr. Canupp
Concord
Matthew Canupp
High Point
First Wesleyan Church
Pickett
Jennie Bell Basinger
Bonnell Canupp
Atlanta
P. A
Ruby) Jones
Mattie Buck
Lettie Helms
Golda Starnes
Ed Canupp
Charles Whitener Dies After Illness in Asheboro
Charles Ed ward Whitener 66 of Rt 4 died Friday at N C Memorial Hospital after three weeks of illness. Retired carpenter and Flag Springs United Methodist Church member. Survived by wife Brenna Mae Councilman Whitener. sons Charles E. Whitener Jr and Marvin Whitener. seven sisters and three brothers. Family to meet at Pugh Funeral Home 7 9 p m today. Funeral set for 2 p m Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheboro
Charles Edward Whitener
Rt. 4
N.C. Memorial Hospital
Chapel Hill
Flag Springs
Elizabeth Miller
High Point
Gladys McCloud
Jacksonville
Fla
Arthur Baker
Santa Maria
Calif
James Whitener
Thomasville
Clyde A. Whitener
Elliott City
William F. Whitener
Columbia
S.C
Pugh Funeral Home
Scott pushes to preserve Bald Head Island against development
The Scott administration opposed a South Carolina developer plan to turn Bald Head into a resort. Conservationists urged state purchase to keep the island natural. William E. Henderson of the Carolina Cape Fear Corp. faced accusations of aiming for a quick profit, as the firm holds an option to buy from Frank Sherrill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sowers
Scott
South Carolina
Bald Head
General Assembly
William E. Henderson
High Point
Carolina Cape Fear Corp
Frank Sherrill
Charlotte
Miller Speaker for College Day at First Baptist Church
Dr. Isaac H. Miller Jr president of Bennett College in Greensboro will speak at Christian College Day observance at First Baptist Church on E Washington Drive at 11 a.m. Sunday. He is noted as an educator civic religious and fraternal leader. Mrs B L Saunders chairs the program committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac H. Miller, Jr
Bennett College
Greensboro
Christian College
First Baptist Church
E. Washington Drive
Miller
B. L. Saunders
Minneapolis Butte and Muskogee teachers strike
Strikes affecting about 8 000 students halt classes in Minneapolis Butte Mont and Muskogee Okla as teachers press wage talks and class size limits. In Minneapolis 1800 teachers lead the walkout with 400 joining the City Education Association closing forty of ninety nine schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Butte
Mont
Muskogee
Okla
Mineapolis
Minneapolis Federation of Teachers
Afl-Cio
City of Minneapolis Education Association
Governor seeks funding for three NC coast research labs
Gov. Bob Scott requests the Coastal Plains Regional Commission include 2 million in the 1971 72 budget for three coastal lab facilities. Morehead City and Wilmington labs receive 800 000 each and Dare County 600 000 with state contributions of 400 000, 400 000, and 600 000 respectively. If Dare County is delayed, it moves to 1972 73.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Bob Scott
Coastal Plains Regional Commission
North Carolina
Leigh H. Hammond
Commission
North Carolina Marine Science Council
Scott
Morehead City
Wilmington
Dare County
State
Morehead
Hammond
Ragsdale Project Nears Completion Adds Classrooms
Workmen place the roof on the new classroom building near Ragsdale High School. The two story structure will add 15 classrooms and a conference room, with completion targeted for June to ease Jamestown Junior High and Ragsdale crowding. Southern Guilford High School prep advances for 1970 71. Weather delays hold an elementary project at Western Guilford High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Ragsdale High School
Robert Earnhart
Jamestown Junior High School
Earnhart
Guilford High School
High Point
Western Guilford High School
Tar Heel Teachers Quit NEA Amid Integration Disputes
In North Carolina, more than 11 000 teachers left NEA membership over two years amid clashes over desegregation and civil rights. White NC teachers say they accept integration but avoid social issues, while black leaders link declines to NEA actions. The Charlotte Mecklenburg court desegregation plan intensified tensions and jeopardized a merger between NCEA and NCTA. Joe Fisher notes national membership trends show growth toward 1.8 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina
National Education Association
NEA
A. C. Dawson
North Carolina Education Association
E. B. Palmer
North Carolina Teachers Association
South
Palmer
NCTA
NCEA
Charlotte - Mecklenburg
Joe Fisher
Fisher
Sanford to Attend Antiwar Committee Meeting at UNC
Duke Governor Sanford agreed to be guests of honor at a cocktail fundraiser for the Moratorium Committee during a wide anti Vietnam War festival at UNC Chapel Hill. The event aims to end the war with proceeds supporting the movement and features Rennie Davis of the Chicago Seven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanford
Anti-War Committee
Moratorium Committee
University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill
Fred Thomas
UNC
Concord
Eight Choirs to Sing at Western Guilford High
Eight rural high schools send choirs to a 4 p m Sunday concert at Western Guilford High School. Miss Dorothy Kimel notes the event caps a two day choral clinic led by Robert Ellis director of choral music at Greensboro Page High School. Ellis from High Point directs the Page High School Chorus at national conferences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Western Guilford High School
Dorothy Kimel
Kimel
Robert Ellis
Greensboro Page High School
High Point
Ellis
Page High School
Music Educator’s
Social Security Talk Planned by SSA Official
GREENSBORO C H Myers district manager of the Social Security Administration Offices will speak Thursday at a Guilford County Unit meeting of the Division of Retired School Personnel NC Education Assn. The 10 a.m. session at the Guilford County School Administration Building on Franklin Boulevard will cover Social Security benefits and Medicare. Mrs J Garland Clapp president will preside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
C. H. Myers
Social Security Administration
Guilford County
N. C. Education Assn
Myers
Guilford County School Administration
Franklin Boulevard
Area Student Wins Honors at Guilford Technical Institute
Julia G. Myers of Thomasville was named to the President's List for winter quarter. She joins 13 students honored, with the information provided by Nelson Wallace, administrative assistant, noting the Guilford Technical Institute distinction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamestown
Thomasville Area
Guilford Technical Institute
Nelson Wallace
Julia G. Myers
Rt. 1
Thomasville
Photo Exhibit Showcases RTI Students in Asheboro
A contemporary photographic arts and science exhibition by Randolph Technical Institute students and instructors opens at the Holiday Inn in Asheboro on Sunday from 3 30 to 7 00 p m. It moves Tuesday to Randolph Savings and Loan lobby and runs through next Friday highlighting RTI’s third year of the photography curriculum with students from across North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheboro
Holiday Inn
Randolph Technical Institute
Randolph Savings and Loan
RTI
North Carolina
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Everette Burris
Elizabeth Royer
R. A. Nifong
Archie Canupp
Charles Whitener
I. H. Miller JR
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Associated Press
State Department of Conservation and Development
Division of Commercial and Sports Fisheries
Ragsdale
Bobby C. Campbell
Trinity
Dog World Award
Dog World Magazine
Maxine French
Furniture City Kennel Club, Inc
Campbell
Kennel Club
Tar Heel
Lexington Ave
John Hanby King, Sr
Sechrest
Wie
Iworwe
Carolina Moratorium Committee
Jack Boger
Duke
North Car
Olny Way
Red Cross
Vietnam
Rennie da
Vis
DANY
Williams Flowers
South Main
Shelton Family Singers
Hughes Grove Baptist Church
Denton
John Wheeles
America
Westchester Mall
Jack Penfield
Fayetteville Street
N.C
Baskin-Robbins, Inc
United Fruit Company
Archdale Discount
Boyd Gollimore
Calhoun
Montlieu Ave
HU HU HU A
HU HU HH
National Safety Council
Dept
Advertising Council
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