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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1977
Page
10
Multiple obituary notices and funeral details for Hattie Belle Russell Robert Hobson Vickrey and others list ages as well as birthplaces residences and surviving relatives. Services noted include times locations such as Sechrest Loflin Wesley Memorial and Wilson Street churches with burial plans and family visit hours.
Funeral services for Mrs Florence Nancy Wood Griffin 59 of Route 2 are set for 2 p m Wednesday at Abbotts Creek Missionary Baptist Church with Reverends Roy Cantrell and Keith D Letterman officiating. Burial follows at Floral Garden Park main at Cumby Mortuary Chestnut Drive with arrangements made by the funeral home public viewing tonight 7 to 9. Mrs Griffin died Monday morning at High Point Memorial Hospital.
Guilford County deputies report multiple thefts in Jamestown and nearby areas. Marvin Wood 17 reported a stolen television set two tires a clothing suitcase and a shotgun valued at 265 dollars after a back window entry. William Crews 46 said 260 dollars in auto parts were taken. Jackson Pyles reported a 40 dollar bicycle and a 20 dollar tent stolen from his yard. Perry Little and Roger Merritt reported attempted break ins with nothing missing.
Randolph deputies report Easter weekend thefts in Trinity area. A 12 tractor mower valued at 1200 was stolen from a shed near Fairview United Methodist Church. At Rt. 1 Trinity a intruder pried open a door and stole three shotguns a stereo system and water skis totaling 1875.
Phillips said relations with Lambeth remained cordial after pickets stayed on company property and avoided problems. He noted Lambeth wished him a happy holiday and Phillips returned the greeting, signaling a peaceful dispute period.
Police investigated an armed robbery Monday night at Holly Farms Chicken on E Green Drive. A suspect holding a pistol grabbed $125 from the cash register and fled by car. The case remains under inquiry.
Craven Turner of 807 Jacob St. was slashed on the left throat during a residence dispute in Thomasville. He was transported to Community General Hospital with 3 to 4 inch lacerations, later sutured. Police issued a warrant for a High Point resident on charges of assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious bodily injury.
Arthur Ashe, visiting Johannesburg for a U S television program, told 80 black tennis officials that white rule in Rhodesia and South-West Africa will end within two years and that South Africa should follow. He said Angola and Mozambique pressure will grow and that voting rights will stop attacks on South Africa. He also noted progress toward multiracial sport but insufficient.
A Beltone ad in Chicago announces a free nonoperating model of its smallest hearing aid to prove how little help is needed. The device weighs under a third of an ounce and sits at ear level. No cost or obligation is claimed, and readers are told to request Dept.2135 at Beltone Electronics, 4201 W. Victoria St. Chicago.
Jessie James David of Blain Street is listed in satisfactory condition at High Point Memorial Hospital after a wreck on Lexington Avenue at Darden Street Monday night. Richard Arthur Wright, 19, of Kingsville Texas, was charged with a stop sign violation in the collision.
Local forces fill ranks beyond capacity as Smith notes varying recruitment across cities. He cites a snowball effect where one enlistment leads to others and mentions a forthcoming armory on Kivett Drive, expected to be ready in four to five months.
Greensboro briefing outlines 1977 actions by Piedmont Triad Council of Governments including talks by Ron Aycock and Leigh Wilson on state matters. The meeting at Holiday Inn Four Seasons may include Steve Neal’s attendance if possible and involves funds for CETA youth programs, Older Americans Act equipment, sewer line in Jamestown, and a $3.4 million High Point development plus a 16 million gallon per day water facility.
About 500 children participated in the citywide Easter egg hunt at Harville Park sponsored by the High Point Parks and Recreation Dept. Prizes in the pre school division went to Angela Covington West Brockshier Michelle Wilson Frankie Edwards Brad Lawson Christy Vernon Richie Bryan. In the first through sixth grade division winners included David Calloway Bonnie Byerly Brian Talley William Covington Jr Marie Calloway Patrick Isom.
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