Boots Lost in Mud Saved a Life on Yadkin River
Robert Meredith a 17 year old Winston Salem youth waded into the muddy river bottom near Linwood Southmet Road to recover decoys. He sank to his waist as his boots created a vacuum and had to be cut from his feet before rescuers pulled him to safety and he was treated at Lexington Memorial Hospital.
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Southmonth
Winston-Salem
Robert Meredith
Yadkin
Meredith
Mike Miller
Linwood - Southmett Road
Miller
Davidson County Sheriff's Dept
Ross Michael
Davidson County
Michael
Lexington Memorial Hospital
Governor's Veto Is Recommended by NC Study Commission
A North Carolina study commission proposed constitutional revisions including a governor veto for General Assembly acts. The nine other amendments would reshape state government, with changes to Council of State selection, judges licensing, trial procedures, tax provisions, and education funding. The report, led by ex Chief Justice E B Denny, was unveiled for lawmakers in Chapel Hill.
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Raleigh
APV
North Carolina
General Assembly
State Constitutional Study Commission
Dan Moore
E. B. Denny
State Supreme Court
Commission
Chapel Hill
Council of State
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
State Board of Education
University of North Carolina
Second blaze hits same apartment in week
Extensive fire damaged two rooms at the Fladdin Wright residence on Walker Street in Thomasville late Saturday night. Fire officials said origin of the first and second fires could not be determined. Fire crews arrived about 11 45 p m and reported the bedroom and living room hardest hit.
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Thomasville
Walker Street
Fladdin Wright
Wis
Scholarships awarded to Leonard and Coward at DCC College
Lindy Leonard of Thomasville and Harold C Coward of Asheboro receive Buck Young Qin Scholarships at Davidson County Community College. Leonard, son of W E Leonard, is a Ledford High graduate studying Soil and Water Conservation Technology. Coward, son of Mrs. Rufus B Clark Jr, is an Asheboro High graduate in Electrical Engineering and on the Dean's List planning to transfer to NC State University as a junior.
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Lindy Leonard
Thomasville
Harold C. Coward
Asheboro
Buck Young Qin. Co
Davidson County Community College
Leonard
W. E. Leonard
Rt. 4
Ledford High School
Coward
Rufus 8. Clark Jr
Asheboro High School
Marshall
North Carolina State University
Dairymen Isolated by Milk Price Pressure in North Carolina
In Raleigh AP report the North Carolina Farm Bureau backs dairy farmers as supermarket milk prices likely rise two cents a quart in February. State imports of milk surged 300 percent last year, from 3,065,000 pounds in the first ten months of 1967 to 9,858,000 pounds this year, while Grade A producers fell from over 3,000 to 2,411 this fall, illustrating farm income strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina
State Farm Bureau
Mrs MacKenzie 92 Dead in High Point
Mrs Jane Magennis MacKenzie 92 of 1705 Oberlin Dr died 11 15 p m Saturday at High Point Mi Hospital after two weeks as a patient. Born Belfast Jan 7 1876 she lived in High Point since 1962 with daughter Leona Gilliam. Survived by two daughters Irene Kemp Leona Gilliam three sons Andrew Holt Kenneth. 24 grandchildren 14 great grandchildren. Body sent to Mason Porter Funeral Home Clifton NJ for Cedar Lawn Cemetery Paterson services Tuesday. Memorials preferred to charity.
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Jane Magennis Macenzie
Oberlin Dr
High Point Mi Hospital
Mrs. MacKenzie
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Edward and
Jane Croz Dela Magennis
High Point
Leona Gilliam
First Baptist Church
Passaic
Irene Kemp
Flarham Park
N. J
Andrew Alexander MacKenzie
Ireland
Holt MacKenzie
London
England
Kenneth Colin MacKenzie
Riverville
Mason- Porter Funeral Home
Clifton
Cedar Lawn
Paterson
CHARLOTTE DEATHS AND OBITUARIES IN CHARLOTTE AND STOKESDALE
CHARLOTTE Charles Edwards 63 of the Methodist Home Charlotte died Sunday at Presbyterian Hospital after three weeks as a patient. Born Creven Aug 16 1885 son of Andrew and Martha Edwards. Wife Foella Lowdermilk died Aug 1967. Funeral 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Harry Bryant Chapel Oaks Charlotte. Graveside 1:30 p.m. Tuesday Flag Spring Methodist Church Cemetery near Asheboro. Surviving nieces and nephews. STOKESDALE Otho Oswald Doc Williams 81 died Sunday at home native of Davie County Baptist faith owner operator of Five Oaks businesses. Surviving daughter Fae Williams and six sisters and four brothers. HARDISON INFANT THOMASVILLE Paula Lynn Hardison day-old infant daughter of Harold Gene Hardison and Annie Pearl Grimsley Hardison died at City Memorial Hospital. Burial Holly Hill Cemetery. DONNIE THOMAS JR. THOMASVILLE Donnie Lawrence Thomas Jr 17 killed in auto accident Friday night on Interstate 85 funeral 3 p.m. today Union Baptist Church burial Mount Olivet Cemetery body at Brook Funeral Home Stokesdale.
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Charlotte
Charles Edwards
Methodist Home
Presbyterian Hospital
Mr. Edwards
Creven
Andrew
Martha Jones Edwards
Foella Lowdermilk
Archdale
Archdale Methodist Church
Harry & Bryant Chapel
the Oaks
Ted Hoffman
Flag Spring Methodist Church
Asheboro
Harry & Bryant Funeral Home
Stokesdale
Otho Oswald
Doc) Williams
Davie County
Five Oaks
Williams’ Launber Co
Hardison
Thomasville
Paula Lynn Hardison
Harold Gene Hardison
Annie Pearl Grimsley Hardison
Bairgrove Trailer Park
City Memorial Hospital
Joey Lee “Hardison
Alton Grimsley
Tabor City
Jack Hardison
J.C. Green and Sons Chapel
Holly, Hill Cemetery
Donnie Thomas JR
Donnie Lawrence Thomas Jr
Union Baptist Church
A. Y. Hairston
Mount Olivet
Mrs Maggie Pierce Rites Set In Statesville
Mrs Maggie Tharpe Pierce 60 of Statesville died Saturday night at Thomasville Nursing Convalescent Center in Thomasville. Born July 10, 1879 she was a daughter of Andrew L Tharpe and Sarah Jane Tharpe. Survived by one brother three sons four daughters and 24 grandchildren. Funeral at 2:30 p.m. today at Oakdale Baptist Church burial Oakwood Cemetery. Johnson Funeral Home Statesville in charge.
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Statesville
Maggie Tharpe Pierce
Thomasville Nursing Convalescent Center
Thomasville
Andrew L
Sarah Jane Tharpe
Rufus E. Pierce
W. A. Tharpe
W. C. Pierce
Albemarle
Edgar Pierce
High Point
Roy A. Pierce
San Louis
Calif
G. M. Pierce
T. C. Rowe
Quinton Brown
Ray Ogburn
Raleigh
Oakdale Baptist Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Johnson Funeral Home of
Charlie H. Lisk Dies in Albemarle at 67
Charlie Horatio Lisk 67 died Sunday in McCain Hospital McCain. Survived by wife Cora Bell Whitley Lisk a son Bobby G. Lisk Lexington two stepsons P V Epps Concord and Bobby R. Epps Albemarle three stepdaughters Betty Higgins Winston Salem Shirley Schwartz Charlotte Karen Winfree Jefferson three brothers Ed Curtis and Reed Lisk Albemarle funeral at 11 am Tuesday Mt View Baptist Church
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Albemarle
Charlie Horatio Lisk
McCain Hospital
McCain
Cora Bell Whitley Lisk
Bobby G. Lisk
Lexington
P.V. Epps
Concord
Bobby R. Epps
Mrs Eunice Guy dies at 88 in Wisconsin
Mrs Eunice Guy a former High Point teacher at Leonard Street Elementary and William Penn High, died at her Madison Wisconsin home last Saturday. Funeral plans incomplete with body at Kratchie Fimeral Home Madison.
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Eunice Guy
Eanice Baldwin
Son
Wis
High Point
Guy
Leonard Street
William Penn High School
Dorothy Rice
Eilwood Street
Kratchie
Madison
Charles D Polk San Angelo Chronicle Brief
Charles D Polk of San Angelo Texas is identified as Charles Daniel Polk Jr with a brief note of kinship context. The fragment indicates a familial relation but provides limited biographical detail or event context for a fuller summary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles D. Polk
San Angelo
Texas
Charles Daniel. Polk Jr
Burtons Life Remembered In Thomasville Funeral Notice
S W Burton 72 of Van Logan Drive Thomasville died Sunday at High Point Memorial Hospital after a period of illness. He was born in Surry County and lived in Thomasville 27 years, employed by Silver Craft Furniture Co of High Point. Survived by six daughters, three brothers, two sisters, and 20 grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday 11 AM at Cedar Lodge Church with Rev Fred Jutney. Burial in Union Cross Baptist Cemetery. body at Siler Funeral Home. Family hours tonight at home and funeral home.
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Thomasville
S. W. Burton
van Logan Drive
High Point Memorial Hospital
Burton
Martin Burton
Jane Chiliress Burton
Surry County
Silver Craft Furniture ‘Co
High Point
Cedar Ledge
Eva Henning
Fannie Brindle
Cassie Diggs
Loriie Holmes
Arlene Bean
Cedar Lodge
Fred Jutney
Union Cross
Baptist Church
Silér‘Funeral
Tesday
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Mis Fae Willams
Butoer
Sarah EF
Mildred’ Williams
el Paso
Tex
Neala M. Harris
Norwood
Mae Whitfield
Nell R. Williams
Ft. Myers
Fla
Grace Bell
Fairfax, Va
John J. Williams
Cleveland
Charles E. Williams
William Neal Williams
Sam L. Williams
Greensboro
Brook Funeral Home
Mrs
Rufus Pierce
Charlie H. Lisk
Mt. View Baptist Church
Bay Davis Patrol
Dallas N. Eee
Dallas Johnson
Rt. 2
Ramseur
Randolph Hospital
Lela Moore Johnson
Maude J. Conrad
Irene Ramseur
Parks Crossroads Christian Church
Idas, Atkins
Tayard Rd
High ‘Point
N. C
San
Tegelo
Hewis
Wits
Zing
Polk
Maron
Evelyn Boodigs
Charles Daniel Polk Sr
Baltimore
East Parrish Avenue
N. Main Street
K-Mart
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P.M
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