Deaths in High Point and area claim several residents
Death notices from High Point Lexington and Asheboro detail multiple funerals and survivors. Charles Davis Farmer of Archdale Clifford Lee Farmer and Lois Jean Davis Farmer are named with his Charleston birth in 1926. Peter H Edwards 64 of Route 1 Asheboro died at Randolph Hospital after four days illness. Ruby Everhart Broom 51 formerly of Lexington died in Washington DC hospital. Survivors include spouses, children, and extended family. services set in Faith Baptist Church Bethany United Methodist Church and Floral Garden Park Cemetery with visits to homes and funeral homes.
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Lois Jean Davis Farmer
Clifford Lee. Farmer
Trinity
Calvin C. Orrell
Liberty Road
W. H. Barker
Floral Garden Park
Orrell’s
P_il_ EDWARDS DENTON
Peter H. Edwards
Randolph Hospital
Asheboro
South Carolina
James B
Della Jane Tate Edwards
Faith Baptist Church
State
Ovellia Martin Edwards
Orbra Edwards
Ronald Edwards
Horace Edwards
Greenville
S.C
Dwight Edwards
Memphis
Lanier-Briggs
Bome
Karl Broom
Lexington
Ruby Everhart Broom
Pershing St
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Washington, D.C
Alfred Gurley Jr
Route 9
John Curley
Waldorf
Donald Everhart
Route 6
Richard Everhart
Rt. 1
Denton
Willie Everhart Jr
Pearl Foust
Bethany United Methodist Church
Don Conrad
Church
Davidson Funeral Home
Foust
N. Salisbury St
James F Bowman 64 dies in Greensboro
James Floyd Bowman 64 of 2405 W Friendly Ave Greensboro dies Sunday night at Wesley Long Hospital Guilford County lifelong resident general superintendent for Lambeth Construction Co two years members Lions Club Peace United Church of Christ survived by wife two daughters mother four sisters and a brother funeral 4 pm today Lambeth Troxler Funeral Home Chapel burial Guilford Memorial Park
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Bowman
Greensboro
James Floyd Bowman
W. Friendly Ave
Wesley Longtal
Guilford County
Lambeth Construction Co
Lions Club
Board
Peace United Church of Christ
Bertie Kennedy Bowman
Jane B. Henley
Rockford
Susan Eileen Bowman
Georgia Waits Bowman
Jamestown
Flora Grissom
Alpha Williams
Margaret Daleo
Lindenwood
N.J
Faye Carmona
Mission Hills
Calif
Isaac Bowman
Lambeth-Troxler Funeral Home
G. Melvin Palmer
Guilford Memorial Park
Shooting Death Of Claude Pendergrass Ruled Accident
Claude Alexander Pendergrass an 18 year old High Point resident died of a chest wound in what officials labeled an accidental shooting after his brother reported the youth was cleaning a .22 rifle while listening to a stereo. Police said he was found on a bed and died at the hospital. He was a Ragsdale High senior, YMCA counselor, and Jamestown United Methodist Church member. Funeral plans pending arrival of his brother from Lebanon.
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Uilford County
Chester Haworth
Claude Alexander Pendergrass
Hampstead
High Point
Pendergrass
Durham
Charles Rudolph
Patricia Norris Pendergrass
Ragsdale Senior High School
YMCA
Jamestown United Methodist Church
Patricia Norris Williams
Charles R. Pendergrass
Mindy
Lisa Pendergrass
Russ Pendergrass
Glenn Pendergrass
U.S. Marines
Lebanon
Irene Norris
Alexander Norris
Burlington
Sechrest Funeral Home
Jamestown Technical Institute Trustees Meet to Hear Progress
Jamestown area campus Medlin Center hosts GTI Trustees meeting to review progress on the Health Careers Building ahead of schedule with projected May completion. Officials state an on campus home sale is slated for mid May completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GTI
Jamestown — Technical Institute
Scartet
Medlin Camenter
Jamestown Area
Health Careers
Minor Wreck Injuries Reported in City Collision
Kathy Hester Johnson of Carolina Avenue was injured Monday when her car collided with a vehicle driven by Shelton Bowman Walters 49 of Williford Court at 1 57 p m on Parris Avenue at Kirkwood Drive. Johnson did not require hospital treatment per the police wreck report. Damages were estimated at 1200 to the Johnson car and 200 to the Walters vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathy Hester Johnson
Carolina Aveue
Shelton Bowman Walters
Williford Court
Parris Avenue
Kirkwood Drive
School board delays public session on new staff hires
Asheboro officials discussed bids for the Rochdale Trinity Middle School due Feb 18 at 2 p.m. in the courthouse snail courtroom. Architects reported a September 12 1976 completion for Trinity High’s ninth grade addition while noting 38 percent of funds spent and 43 percent of construction time elapsed. The meeting resumed after executive session with plans to announce a new occupational director later Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lawrence
Rochdale-Trinity Middle School
Asheboro
Hyatt Hammond
Trinity Senior High School
Hammond
Workers vote against union at Southern Die Casting Co
Workers at Southern Die Casting and Engineering Company voted 39 to 30 against union representation. The election involved Workers for Southern and the division of Atwood Corp seeking representation by the International Molders and Allied Workers Union AFL-CIO.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Die Casting & Engineering Co
Workers For Southern, & Division
Atwood Corp
International Molders’ and Allied Workers Union
Afl-Cio
Free Bel tone hearing aid offer in Chicago
A truncated advertisement from Bel tone Electronics Corp promises a non-operating model of the smallest hearing aid donated free to respondents. It claims light weight and car-level sound, urging readers to write for a free model by a September 27 deadline and provides a Chicago address for requests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mil
Beltone
Beltone Electronics Corp
Victoria St
Abandoned Dog Tale Plays Out Across City Hall
In a peculiar city hall episode a puppy found in a utility room by female staff was set for a home but drifted through back and forth care. Vet Be placed in a home while others, including Woody Hodges, arranged an eventual placement with Pearl Rich after a maintenance worker adopted an older dog, leaving the puppy to another city hall employee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soy Municipal
Woody Hodges
Pearl Rich
State Approves Building Plans for City Auditorium
Thomasville news reports City Schools Supt Derwood Honeycatt says the state approved the school civic auditorium plans. Final approval came at a Raleigh board meeting attended by Honeycutt. The city school board can sign contracts this week and construction should start in three to four weeks with completion within 18 months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Derwood Honeycatt
Raleigh
Honeycutt
Davidson County schools form cooperative council
A county committee urged by school personnel recommends enhanced cooperation with Davidson County Community College and school systems. It calls for more emphasis on music and arts, faster modernization of aging facilities, improved maintenance, centralized purchasing for cafeterias and capital needs, and financial reform at individual schools including moving surplus funds from noninterest bearing accounts into investment or interest earning options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davidson County
Davidson County Community College
Buses plan to reverse ridership decline under consolidation
The council notes a four month window to turn around losses after a monthly ridership drop, reporting 78 098 riders in December. A bus purchase is set for April 15, with contracts to buy vehicles for the elderly and handicapped plus 14 buses seating 31 to 35.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Consolidated
Randolph housewife runs for Randolph County Commission
Liberty mother of three and Randolph Democratic Women’s Club president Mattias Phillips announced Monday her candidacy for the Randolph County Board of Commissioners. She supports cutting county costs, more bus funding, and aims to keep politics out of government, planning door to door campaigning and a merit system for the sheriff’s department. Phillips, 34, is active in church and local agencies and will resign as club president this weekend. She was born in Wilson County, attended Ralph L. Fike High School, Meredith College, and Atlantic Christian College. her husband Seymour Phillips heads Manor House Fashions in Liberty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Wrenn
Mattias Phillips
Liberty
Randolph County Board of Commisal
First United Methodist Church of Liberty
Democratic Party
Archdale
Randolph Commission For
Sheriff's Department
Democrat Women's Club
Phillips
Wilson County
Ralph L. Fike High School
Meredith College
Atlantic Christian College
Seymour Phillips
Phil
Beth
Lynn
Manor House Fashions
Greensboro
Liberty Board of Commissioners
Family Camping Workshop Planned
The sixteenth annual Family Camping Workshop is set for April 30 to May 2 at High Point City Lake Park. Topics include trailering, trip planning, tenting equipment, nature crafts, backpacking, and camping safety with activities, meals, and entertainment. Reservations close April 16 on a first come, first served basis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point City Lake Park
Parks and Recreation Dept
City Lake
High Point
North Carolina
Sales Resistance Declining to Pay High Prices
A brief note on consumer behavior where refusing to meet steep prices for certain items causes markets to drop prices or lose demand. It highlights price sensitivity and buyers avoiding overvalued goods to curb inflation.
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Harry
Charleston
W. Va
Atlas Block Co
Louella Helen Lexington
Louella Weddington
Helen
Second Presbyterian Church
Billy F. Sosebee
Green Lawn
China Grove
Irma Ave
Lexington Ave
Matona
Anecre Moran
Maceael Te
Alexander Pandergrass
CIA
Mark Wiley
Christ United Methodist Church
Charles H. Wiley
High Point Road
Kernersville
Wiley
Northeast Junior High School
Scout
Ron Jarrett
Randolph
Matilda Phillips
Stent
Parks & Recreation Department
Nathan Hunt
P.O
M.O. High Point
N.C
High Point Parks & & Recreation Department
Randolph CO
Randolph County
Board of Elections
Ashebaro
Ramseur
Randleman
Seagrove
Randolph County Board OF Elections
Elizabeth M. Oakley
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