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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1969
Page
8
Thomaville and nearby towns report deaths of Franklin Rudolph Brown 49 of Reid Street Thomasville Beulah Needham Henson 43 Asheboro H Clay Leonard 73 Lexington Violet Jordan Tysinger 72 Thomasville with details on survivors and funeral plans across several local families.
Albert R. Hawkins 78 of Rt 3 Hunts Ridge Rd Greenville died Sunday at 2:30 am after six months illness. Born in Greenville D C he was a son of E W and Julie Edwards Hawkins and lived in Berea County most of life. Survived by wife Rore two daughters Leia Vaughn and Grady Thomas Bradwell three sons the Rev B F Hawkins Edward Hawkins and Hugh H Hawkins and 19 grandchildren. Funeral at Berea First Baptist Church led by Rev D N Baker with burial at Grand View Memorial Gardens Travelers Rest. Body at Mackey Mortuary then to home at 4 pm today. Family at home Rt 3 Hunts Brady Rd.
Minnie Lewallen Heath, 77, of 1121 Adams St. died at 6:30 a.m. Monday at High Point Memorial Hospital after a three day stay. Born Sept. 17, 1891 in Randolph County, she lived in High Point since 1913 and married Thomas H. Heath in 1916. Survivors include a daughter Marie Creech, a son J. Ed Heath, two grandchildren, and a brother Benjamin Lewaller. Funeral arrangements incomplete. body at Sechrest Funeral Home. family at 208 Williford Ct.
W C Ingram 61 of Route 7 died Sunday at Griffis Clinic Denton after four days of illness. He was a native of Davidson County and a furniture worker. Funeral at Floyd Baptist Church tomorrow at 3 p.m. The body to be taken to his son's home at 4 p.m. and return to the church 30 minutes prior to service.
T H Dorsey 50 of Lexington died Sunday at his home of a heart attack He was a former resident of Cleveland Georgia The body lies at Davidson Funeral Home funeral plans are incomplete
Randolph foresters report beetle outbreaks in Archdale and Trinity areas, threatening 75 to 150 acres with pine tree losses. White pines largely spared. Spraying curtailed amid public concerns, prompting salvage warnings. County considers $1,000 seed for the proposed state zoo with Asheboro and local leaders backing the push, no funds approved yet.
Ioie Mae Chapman 43 faces murder charges over the fatal shooting of George H. Ingram 27 at a Vass snack bar Saturday. A preliminary hearing is set Thursday and Chapman is jailed in Moore County without bond.
Guilford County officials heard Dr. John Bridgers say the High Point based part time developmental evaluation clinic run by the Guilford County Health Dept is doing good work but only scratching the surface He urged expansion through training para professionals and integration into schools with emphasis on preschool children He cited learning difficulties beyond retardation and noted the program opened in 1965 serving Guilford Randolph and Davidson counties with most clients from High Point Last year the clinic treated 216 children 178 home visits were made and 165 new applications processed Housing concerns were raised by Ernest White noting private housing economics and current shortages affecting four families in High Point and six in Greensboro to be aided by subsidies
Lexington authorities stated they will act on wisdom and public need and not bow to intimidation after a rural group pressed for housing code rat control recreation road paving and speed signs. County manager Jim Varner said many issues fall outside the commission's authority and that garbage disposal and rat control are already under study while other changes await the next budget.
Four Lee County men Perry Sanders Lexie Sanders James Monroe and Charles Monroe all 21 of Sanford are charged with first degree murder in the February 3 killings of Pilot Mountain patrolmen Ralph Hast 69 and Glen Branscone 46 beside a patrol car on the U S 52 By-pass inside Pilot Mountain city limits. They also face armed robbery charges at two Forsyth County gas stations and an assault with a deadly weapon.
CHAPEL HILL AP A week long program of speeches and discussions sponsored by the North Carolina Federation of Teen-age Republicans began at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. About 40 teen-age Republican leaders from across the state were to attend with topics including Biafra campus unrest and GOP history. Speakers include Ohio congressman Donald Lukens Rep James Holshouser GOP chairman Rep Charles Taylor Rep Hamilton Horton Sen Geraldine Nielsen and Sen Harry Bagnal all Republicans from Forsyth.
In Charlotte North Carolina Negro parents oppose busing as the school board files a desegregation plan with federal court Judge James McMillan approving a plan that closes seven inner Negro schools and moves about 4200 black pupils to outlying white schools. Negro leaders warn of massive resistance and civil disobedience while white parents largely back the plan. Protests include a downtown march a candlelight vigil and calls for boycotts. Rev George J Leake cautions dramatic action if one way busing is approved.
Randolph County school superintendent John Lawrence urged the board to raise lunch prices for grades one through six from 25 to 30 cents and grades seven through 12 from 30 to 35 cents, with adults at 40 cents, to fund higher wages and equipment. He cited a $1.45 minimum wage raise and noted current balances and equipment needs for nearly 12,000 students. He also proposed building-plan deletions to reduce costs to about $980,000.
A bank deposit money bag containing $367 was stolen from an unlocked car in the College Village Shopping Center lot. Susan Connor reports she left the bag on the front seat and returned to find it missing. Break-ins also occurred at Harris Gulf Service and Raymond Parker’s Woodbury Street store, with $8 and $18 taken using a pried lock and opened door.
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