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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1968
Page
5
Fletcher Hoyle 71 of Rt 9 died leaving a sister Miss Lerlene Needham of Pilot Mountain. Funeral will be held at 2 30 in Shady Grove Church.
Mrs Emma Welch a ha Rt 2 for a short period retaining health. Survivors include sisters Mrs Herbert Brady Rt 1 Robbins and Mrs Violet Garner Rt, brothers Frank Leslie Welch and Rus Welch of Rt 1 Rob bins and Melvin Welch of Pinehurst. Funeral plans incomplete. Funeral home Ridge McDowell.
William H Parker Jr of Denton and family announce funeral arrangements for 3 p m Sunday at Mountain View Baptist Church with daughter Mrs Raymond B and others attending. burial details pending.
Mrs. Josephine Laffoon dies Friday. Dennis Laffoon, 68, funeral Sunday 3:30 p.m. at Green Street Baptist Church with burial at Floral Garden Park Cemetery. Public hearing next on Dalewood Avenue water and sewer improvements. city council resolution filed February 1968. Catherine W. Harris, city clerk.
Mrs Orlindo E Rich died at 12 30 p m Friday in Ni Home High Point after 18 months of declining health. A native of Asheboro she lived on Cox Street for 67 years. Survived by daughter Miss Cleta Rich two sons Dal K Rich and Leo W Rich four grandsons and one great grandson. Funeral 2 pm Sunday at Central Methodist Church with Rev Calvin Leonard. Burial Oaklawn Cemetery.
Funeral for Clyde Everhart of 1403 Franklin Street set for Sunday at 3 p m at Orrell's Liberty Road Chapel. The Rev. W H Barker and the Rev. Lawrence Sells will officiate. Burial in Oakwood Cemetery. Family will greet visitors today from 7 to 9 p m at the funeral home. Everhart died Friday.
Funeral will be held here Monday for Calvin Tyrone Mock eight the son of Clifton J Mock. The youth died from burns suffered at his home Thursday. Survivors include the father formerly of Thomasville North Carolina the paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Jess Mock of E Main Street Thomasville and aunt Mrs Enita Williams of South Street Thomasville.
Raleigh S. McMahan 65 died en route to hospital in Andrews on Friday. Retired furniture worker and Fairview Baptist Church member survived by wife Ella Grant McMahan five daughters all of High Point three sons two sisters four great grandchildren. Funeral 2 p.m. Sunday at Fairview Baptist Church with burial in Bethel Cemetery Ivie Funeral Home Andrews.
Kinston police searched for a lone gunman who entered an A and P supermarket Friday night. He is described as five feet nine inches tall, about 160 pounds, with no mask observed.
Fire investigators have not yet determined the cause of Friday morning’s destructive blaze at St. Stephens AME Zion Church on Price Street. Origin identified near the rear choir area prior to extinguishing, with heavy damage there but water from a portable nozzle saved the building. Services will be held at Leonard Street School as repairs continue.
Asheboro born Charles Parker, a former Farmer High School star athlete, was killed in action in Vietnam as announced by the Defense Department. He served two years in the U.S. Army and was due to rotate home in April. Parker trained at Ft Gordon, Ft Holabird and Ft Bragg, was married to Jane Trollinger, and leaves a three month old son Charles Thomas Parker Jr.
Richard Rodesky, 17, linked to a February 6 armed robbery at a Pollocksville liquor store and the stabbing death of Alfred Jones Jr., 41, of Maysville, surrendered in Montgomery, Alabama and is being held by authorities.
In Thomasville Michael Lance Younts faced a judge over blue lights on his car that appeared white when burning and green after painting. The judge suspended judgment for five years on that charge. Edna Sowers was found guilty of assaulting Brenda Hudson with a beard and had a prayer for judgment continued. A trespass by Sowers against Hudson was dismissed, with court costs and a warning not to assault or molest. John Harrington received probation after being convicted of stealing a part from a car at Thomason Chevrolet on National Highway.
Doland Eugene Fields of High Point was charged with possession of lottery tickets and attempted bribery after offering Deputy Harold Capps money to drop charges. Bond set at 250 for gambling and 500 for bribery. Fields posted bonds and was released.
The North Carolina Fisheries Association will ask the State Board of Conservation and Development for funds to establish a state marketing program for Tar Heel fish and seafood. Association members say the lack of a program hurts profits and a similar proposal failed in 1967.
Guilford County commissioners will hear three amendments to the zoning ordinance at a 9 a.m. hearing in Greensboro courthouse. Proposals include creating an M Industrial and Distribution District, adding temporary storage use to agricultural zones, and removing "residential" from main-building requirements. A 9:30 a.m. session will consider rezone requests at Dale Lane and East Fork Road Jamestown Township, and other submissions include U.S. 70 near Stafford Road, Friendway Drive near Friendly Road in Friendship Township.
A 19 year old pedestrian Jesse McCrackin of Pickett Street was struck by a car at noon Friday while crossing Tomlinson Street. He sustained no serious injuries.
The forecast calls for cold and cloudy conditions with Monday delivering variable cloudiness. Daytime highs reach the low 50s and overnight lows dip to the low 20s. Chance of precipitation remains zero through tomorrow night.
The 219 ton Tsar Kolokol great bell of Moscow cracked when an 11 ton fragment broke away in casting. The damaged bell was never rung.
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