Salisbury Resident Killed In 3 Car Crash On I 35
Salisbury resident William Wallace Johnston, 57, died after his car plunged over a 20 foot embankment on I-35 near Ray's Cycle Shop. He rear ended two vehicles stalled in the left lane, then swerved off the highway. Johnston was pronounced dead at Community General Hospital. Surviving drivers Mrs Velma Hewitt Rhodes and Robert Carlton Weavil were treated, with Emma Georgia Allen admitted in satisfactory condition. Damages were $2000 Johnston, $2000 Rhodes, $250 Weavil.
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Thomasville
William Wallace Johnston
Salisbury
Ray
Greensboro
Highway Patrol
Johnston
Davidson County Ambulance Service
Community General Hospital
Velma Hewitt Rhodes
Carolina Avenue
Robert Carlton Weavil
Route 6
Rhodes
Weavil
Emma Georgia Allen
College Street
Death Claims Mrs A D Ridge in North Carolina Home
Mrs Ethel Thornton Ridge 71 of 308 Colonial Dr died at 4 30 am at home after two years of declining health. Born April 30 1901 in Texas County Missouri she moved here in 1911. Married Sept 16 1922 to A Dewey Ridge she was active in American Legion Auxiliary Rankin Memorial United Methodist Church Sunday School Unit ed Methodist Women. Surviving husband daughter Adrian Brodeur Barrington R L grandchild and brother Clarence Thornton Rt 1 High Point. Body at Sechrest Funeral Home with funeral arrangements incomplete.
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Ethel Thornton Ridge
Texas County
Taylor
Mary Rothrock Thornton
A. Dewey Ridge
American Legion Auxiliary
Rankin Memorial United Methodist Church
United Methodist
Adrian Brodeur
Barrington, R.L
Clarence Thornton
Rt. 1
High Point
Sechrest Funeral Home
Mrs Sadie Conrad Sink 83 Lexington dies after illness
Mrs Sadie Conrad Sink 83 of Route 1 Lexington died at 1 40 am in Haven Nursing Home after a four month illness. Born May 24 1889 in Davidson County she was a daughter of George W and Mary Ann Leonard Conrad. She was a Pilgrim Lutheran Church member life member of the ladies missionary society and choir widow of Willie C Sink. Surviving three daughters Mrs Joe Hill Jr Winston Salem Mrs Montise Shirley and Mrs Tommy H Christine Pierce both of High Point Funeral at 230 pm Sunday at Pilgrim Lutheran Church burial in church cemetery body remains at Davidson Funeral Home family at church Saturday 730 to 9 pm memorials to Pilgrim Lutheran Church Route 1 Lexington.
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Lexington
Sadie Conrad Sink
Route 1
Haven Nursing Home
Davidson County
George W
Mary Ann Leonard Conrad
Pilgrim Lutheran Church
Ladies Missionary Society
Willie C. Sink
Joe Hill Jr
Winston-Salem
Hall (Montise) Shirley
Tommy H
Christine) Pierce
High Point
Herman Fisher
Church
Davidson Funeral Home
Rt. 1
McGee Floyd E McGee Kernersville Obituary Notice
Floyd Ernest McGee 79 Route 3 Kernersville died Thursday at Baptist Hospital Winston-Salem. Retirement farmer survived by wife Ira Walker McGee a daughter Elois Ingram three sons Horace Wayne McGee Norbert McGee two sisters Carrie Walker Arra King. Memorials to Union Grove Baptist Church. Funeral 3 p.m. Saturday Union Grove Baptist Church burial in church cemetery. Lain Funeral Home handling arrangements. Family visitation 7 9 p.m.
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Kernersville
Floyd Ernest McGee
Route 3
Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem
McGee
Guilford County
Ira Walker McGee
Elois Ingram
Route 4
Horace
Wayne McGee
Norbert McGee
Stokesdale
Carrie Walker
Arra King
Faulty System Triggers Alarms At Local Hospital
Firemen were called at 4 01 p m Thursday and 7 32 a m today to High Point Memorial Hospital when the fire alarm system malfunctioned. Crews also doused a woods fire behind Union Hill School at 1 20 p m Thursday and a field fire in the 1700 block of Cedron Drive at 6 03 p m. A trash dumpster burned at Stop N Shop Market at 2207 N Centennial Ave at 12 04 p m Thursday with no damage reported. At 6 23 p m Thursday a storage shed on Kendall St caught fire. Damage was confined to the shed. Cause not determined.
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High Point Memorial Hospital
Firmen
Triangle Lake Road
Union Hill School
Cedron Drive
Stop ‘N Shop Market
Centennial Ave
Kendall St
Smith Is Named Man Of The Year For Association
Wrightsville Beach Robert I. Smith of High Point is named 1973 Volunteer of the Year by the Piedmont Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association. Presented by Dan T. Griffin, the Greensboro director, the WNOS Radio Station owner is praised for active leadership as president of the Greensboro based Piedmont association in preventing and controlling lung diseases at the North Carolina Lung Association annual banquet.
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Wrightsville Beach
Robert I. Smith
High Point
Piedmont Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Assn
North Carolina Lung Assn
Smith
Dan T. Griffin
Greensboro
Piedmont Association
WNOS
N.C. Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Assn
Honor Students Recognized at Central Carolina Technical Institute
Linda A. Stout of High Point and Debra S. Boyles of High Point named honor students for the winter term at Central Carolina Technical Institute reflecting academic achievement.
Health Department Plan Presented To Commission
Guilford County Commissioners discussed a 2.2 million capital improvements plan including 100000 for a new Health Dept site near High Point Memorial Hospital. The package also weighs land purchases for a second solid waste facility and a fourth jail level, with open space acquisition debated and a 30 day postponement ordered.
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Jim Hawkins
Greensboro
Dept. of Health
High Point
John Witherspoon
High Point Memorial Hospital
Percy Sears
Sears
Guilford County
Health Dept
Montlieu Avenue
Witherspoon
Piedmont Triad Council of Governments
Montgomery
F. P. Bodenheimer Jr
Pye
Red Cross May Tighten Blood Supply Plan Countywide
High Point area may be placed on a strict credit plan for blood donations if usage surpasses donations by 921 pints this fiscal year. Local hospitals could withdraw from the Red Cross program or switch to paid blood at about 75 per pint plus cross‑matching.
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High Point
American Red Cross
Michael Quinto
Thomasville
Charlotte
Red Cross
Quinto
Monthey School
Frank Dozier
Fred Lambeth
High Point Delays on Oakview Estates Water Plans
Northward water and sewer line extension from High Point on NC 68 faces hold. City council has not yet acted on improvements for Oakview Estates, area declared a hazard and slated for public works.
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High Point
N.C
Oakview Estates
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A.D. Ridge
W. C. Sink
F. E. McGee
F. C. Hammonds
Floyd C. Hammonds
E. Fourth Ave
Piedmont Funeral Home Chapel
James Hollingsworth
John Young
Cumby
Chestnut Drive
Bread Ave
James T. Noles, Sr
Cumby Chapel
Mary Ruth Harding
Cumby_ Chapel
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Council of Governments
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Atlanta
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Moffitt
Sedgefield
ART Theatre
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Athis
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New Yorker Magazine
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Jane Fonda
Klute
Jay Cocks
Time Magazine
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Cosmenc
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Robert Stephens
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Allenwo
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John Box Recess
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George Cukor
Pusor
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Abe
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Guilford Optical CO
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Jerr Hal
Greensboro Road
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Jeremiah Johnson
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