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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1970
Page
20
North Carolina counties remain vital and evolving as 100 local government units. They increasingly cooperate, merge functions with cities, and seek new revenue sources while facing tax and welfare costs and redistricting pressures. The Local Government Study Commission guides reorganizing around environment, health, law enforcement, structure, and land use.
Miss Jane Marshall Taylor 76 of the Presbyterian Home Winston-Salem died Sunday at the home. Graveside service at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Salem Cemetery. Jesse Allen Routh 75 of Randleman died Sunday in Randolph Hospital Asheboro after a long illness. Funeral held at 4 p.m. today at Pugh Funeral Home Chapel.
William Henry Thompson 66 of 320 Friddle Street died Saturday afternoon and will be laid to rest Tuesday at 2 30 PM at Woodlawn Baptist Church with burial in Deep River Friends Cemetery. The body lies at Cumby Mortuary with viewing tonight 7 to 9. Pallbearers named Clyde Duncan Wesley Taylor Charlie Williams Frank York L A Green and Jim Parrish.
Mrs Nannie Rebecca Herbin 47 of Stokesdale died Friday morning in Moses Cone Hospital after a 20 day hospitalization. Survivors include five sons Mervin Charles Billy Paul and Richard all at home five daughters Felecia and Valeria at home five sisters in Stokesdale and Greensboro five brothers in Columbus Ohio Salisbury and Germany. Funeral Tuesday at 4 pm at Oak Spring Baptist Church with burial in church cemetery. Body remains at Haizlip Funeral Home until one hour before funeral. Family available at funeral chapel tonight 7 to 9.
Mrs Lois Bates Byerly 47 wife of Harold Byerly Route 6 Lexington died Sunday at Lexington Hospital after a five day illness. Survived by her husband two sons John Wayne Leonard Route 7 Lexington Harold Byerly Jr. two daughters Mary Ann Leonard Route 6 Lexington and Mrs Joe Danields of Denton two brothers Chester Bates Eugene Bates both Route 8 Lexington four sisters Mrs Roby Leonard Route 2 Lexington Mrs Paul Adams Mrs Charlie Reynolds and Miss Geraldine Bates of Route 8 Lexington. Body at Davidson Funeral Home. Funeral arrangements incomplete.
Mrs Bertie Hutchens Gallagher 65 wife of Ora E Gallagher Route 4 Lexington died after a 10 month illness in Golden Age Rest Home Born in Yadkinville she leaves three daughters Mrs En ee of Rt 3 Le she and Mrs Frank L Kee to a Mrs Richard allagher both of Rt 5 Lexington two brothers Rev J R Hutchens of Alta Vista Va and C W Hutchens of Rt 4 Lexington three sisters Mrs Floyd Adams of Rt 4 Lexington Mrs Orville Phillips of Welcome and Mrs Roscoe Yountz of Lexington Funeral 2 30 pm Tuesday at Church of on 7th Avenue body at Davidson Funeral Home
Fred D. Lemar 56 of Kernersville died Sunday at High Point Memorial Hospital. He was a retired Kernersville city employee. Survived by wife Alice Linville Lemar a daughter June Austin Winston-Salem a son Fred Womer Rt 1 Greensboro six sisters and a brother. Funeral set for 3 p.m. today at Kernersville Wesleyan Church.
Mel's Fine Foods in Jamestown suffered extensive damage Saturday afternoon after a fire started in a vent above stoves. Firemen stated most damage came from water used to fight the blaze. The building houses Coy E. Parker's apartment. No injuries reported.
Maybelle Transport Co. of Lexington won in the Contract Carriers division and the Tank Truck division at the NC Motor Carriers Assn Council of Safety and Personnel Supervisors annual session held at Wrightsville Beach. The State Truck Safety Trophy for 1970 went to Carolina Freight Carriers Corp. of Cherryville.
Martha Curtis of Graham, age sixteen, was elected president of the North Carolina Teen Dems at their ninth annual convention in Winston-Salem. About 200 delegates debated 18 year old voting, a volunteer army, Governor Scott's Bald Head Island plan, and an end to the Southeast Asia war.
Jenny Driggers, 23, of Charlotte is named Miss Carolinas Press Photographer of 1971 at Grandfather Mountain New pageant honors local talent in a state contest.
Robert Nelm Kirby 48 of Fieldcrest Street charged with assault with a deadly weapon after Lee Gooden was shot in the arm and hand with a .38 pistol. Also charged Sunday were H B Clinard 48 for assault with a deadly weapon, Abraham Singletary alleging Clinard fired a pistol at him.
North Carolina Attorney General Robert Morgan along with Charlotte and Mecklenburg County officials will host a series of public discussions on Problems of the Criminal Justice System the Citizens Role. The first session in Charlotte Thursday will be moderated by Mayor John Belk with a panel including a judge Police Chief J C Goodman and a Department of Corrections official.
Councilmen observed that the change by COG preserves influence for counties and larger cities among its members. The move was reportedly made with input from the High Point Council.
Guilford County commissioners authorize 49000 for a water line extension west of Greensboro and 28200 for a sewer line serving the Long Branch area. Howard Covington of Covington Diesel urged action, citing promised services and delays over board differences. He noted Turner Oil Co plans a complex at the same intersection and highlighted owner promises.
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