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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1976
Page
5
Abstract of multiple obituaries and funeral notices from Lexington Thomasville and nearby towns. Includes details on Michael Parrish and family, Emma Lee Smith Young, Clyde E Decker, Betty Blanche Prevo Yoncannon, Luther Clayton McCaskill, and Joabe Fine Myers Albertson, with ages, residences, churches, burial plans, service times, and funeral homes.
Edward Leon LaMar 45 of Thomasville died Saturday at 9 p.m. in Memorial Hospital City Topeka. He had suffered a heart attack while a patient since Wednesday. Born October 14, 1930 in Randolph County he was a U S Army Korean War veteran and worked for Industrial Air Inc. for three years. Survived by wife Sue Welch, a daughter Rebecca Suzanne, two sons Michael and Donnie Leon, mother Blanche LaMar, two brothers C Grayson and Bill, two sisters Betty Hirshaw and Thelma Martin. Funeral Tuesday at Symra Grove Church Asheboro with burial in church cemetery. Pallbearers named. Body at Curnby Mortuary Archdale. Family at home tonight 7 to 9.
Douglas F Peterson, chair of Salem Academy and College, announces Merrimon Cuninggim as interim president effective June 1. He will serve until a permanent president succeeds Dr. John H. Chandler, who leaves for Scripps College July 1. Cuninggim leads Cuninggim Associates in St. Louis and serves on several university boards.
Dr. Woodrow B. Sugg described Guilford Technical Institute as a public, county serving school run by Guilford County residents. GTI reports 83 percent of students from Guilford County and 96 percent from the county or adjacent areas, with 55 percent working full time. Enrollment in credit programs rose from 1,833 in 1972 to 3,700 in 1975, while 10,500 more participated in GTI sponsored educational experiences. The institute offers academic credit, special interest courses, and continuing adult education.
Neighbors and friends establish a memorial scholarship fund for the two younger children of the late police chief Donald W. Roseman, announced by Mrs. Vivian Cater. Donations may be mailed to P.O. Box 606 High Flat 27261.
Business Day campaign will begin in High Point to mobilize business and industry against heart and blood vessel diseases. Chairman John A. Womack Jr. cites research showing about 52 million man-days of production lost in 1976 due to these diseases, with the impact heaviest on men aged 8 to s. The effort aims to involve the business community in supporting the fight, starting Tuesday in the Massachusetts area.
Police reported a stabbing during a domestic dispute at Leroy Bridget’s home on Herbert Street with minor injuries. Several residences and a marina reported burglaries including a TV and stereo, two rifles, a sailboat, and cash, plus four cars robbed of radios and parts. Arrests included Barry Woody on fugitive charges and several locals for larceny as detectives investigated break-ins across High Point and Guilford County.
High Point police reported several injuries from traffic incidents Sunday. Among the injured were Terrell Thompson 67 Ruth Clodfelter 40 Daniel Moore 20 Rufus Trach Jr 39 Eugene Little 40 Wilbur Melvin 95 Rebecca Parker 2 Zula Maynor Parker 2 and Gladys Coltrane 52. Moore was charged with speeding to elude after overturning his car on Rotary Drive near Ray Avenue. Coltrane sustained injuries when a Parks equipment vehicle pulled into her path on S Main Street.
In Los Angeles AP reports two new NBC series debuting tonight. Rich Little Show and Jigsaw John overpromise little and deliver mediocrity. Little’s impressions entertain briefly but the program remains standard variety fare. Jigsaw John stars Jack Warden but relies on luck and routine police work rather than detective skill, failing to stand out amid a glut of cop shows.
Fragmentary OCR fragment lists several radio and TV station call signs tied to Greensboro and Winston Salem. No clear event or grounded action specified to describe in a brief report.
A fragmented listing shows tonight’s TV lineup with NBC Nightly News at 7:00, a late movie featuring Clark Gable, and popular programs like The Tonight Show and Eyewitness News. Multiple channel times and show titles are jumbled, reflecting a partial diary of broadcast blocks.
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