Tragedy and heroism mark Oakdale fatal fire
A 90 year old woman was rescued by trucker Lewis McGibony who entered the burning Hoover home on Kivett Drive to reach her trapped daughter. Fire crews later recovered Mrs Hoover. the elderly rescuer and neighbor were lauded for their actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Warren
Oakdale
Kivett Drive
Lewis McGibony
Peach Street
Greensboro
High Point
Hoover
Oakdale Road
McGibony
Callie Hicks
Collins
Fire Department
Pinecroft - Sedgefield
Jamestown
Hicks
R F. Hiatt
S. T. Myers
Lewis McGibbony
Fire Claims Woman in Misty Hours at Kivett Drive
Amid heavy rain and smoke at 3 a.m. on Kivett Drive and Oakdale Road, Mrs Arvie Brown Hoover 59 perished as flames engulfed her bedroom. Her husband Van Hoover 26 watched in shock after escaping through a window. Fire departments fought the blaze. rescue attempts failed and the house was destroyed.
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Frank Warren
Enterprise
Kivett Drive
Oakdale Road
Carl Shelton
High Point
Arvie Brown Hoover
van Hoover
Guilford County Sheriff's Deputies
Hoover
Roy Brown
Brown
Fire Department
Tire and wheel taken from car on Commerce Street
Police investigate theft of a tire and wheel from a car parked on Commerce Street. The owner, C. D. Gordon of Greer Street, reported the loss from the trunk in the 100 block. Stolen items valued at $100.
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Commerce Street
C. D. Gordon
Greer Street
W. Commerce
Tom Gold Funeral Set For Tuesday
Thomas J. Gold 80, longtime High Point bar member, died Sunday evening at High Point Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at 11 a.m. from Sechrest Funeral Home with burial in Oakwood Cemetery. Born April 11, 1879 in Cleveland County, he rose from farm roots to a noted barrister involved in many courtroom dramas.
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Thomas Jackson Gold
High Point Bar
High Point Memorial Hospital
Sechrest Funeral Home
Oakwood Cemetery
Cleveland County
Gold
W. F. Gold
Mar
Langley, Gold, 2 Notables Die in North Carolina
Thomas C Langley 60 of 320 Otteray Dr Winston Salem dies at Baptist Hospital after years of illness. He was secretary treasurer and director at Adams Millis Corp and on MAC Panel Corp board. Alma West Langley survives with children Ann Langley and Thomas Jr. Burial at Floral Garden Park. funeral at First Presbyterian Church. Gold, long a High Point political figure, dies. remembered for city court role and multiple public offices. Memorials directed to Barnum Springs Orphanage.
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Thomas Carlyle Langley
Otteray Dr
Baptist
MAC Panel Corp
Alma West
First Presbyterian Church
High Point Kiwanis Club
Acacia Lodge
Oasis Shrine Temple
Alma West Langley
J. Richard
Stedman
Congress
Gold
High Point
Fred N. Tate
Tate
General Assembly
Guilford
Senate
Nina Wheeler
Thomas J. Gold Jr
Burlington
Robert
Sedgefield
C. A. York
Charles W. McAnally
Thomas J.gold Jr
J. A. Myatt
Kiwanis Club
Red Cross
The
Elks
Sedgefield Club
Old Commercial Club
Piano Concert For Market Visitors At Memorial Auditorium
Special arrangements permit market visitors to attend the Community Concert Assn. recital featuring pianist Rudolf Firkusny. Admission usually restricted to season ticket members but individual tickets will be sold at the Memorial Auditorium doors on the High Point College campus to accommodate visitors.
Attack Proves Fatal To Two In Abilene
In Abilene Texas Dr William G Buchanan a 31 year old chiropodist and his two year old son James Ross were found dead. Reports say Buchanan who weighed about 400 pounds died of a heart attack during the night and rolled over his son suffocating the child. Mrs Buchanan had just returned from a hospital stay for pneumonia.
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Abilene
Tex
William G. Buchanan
James Ross
Buchanan
Death Came Before Fire Reached Her
Autopsy on Mrs. Arvie Brown Hoover 59 found death by suffocation in a home fire. Guilford County Medical Examiner said death occurred before flames. blood tests for carbon monoxide pending. Husband Van Hoover 26 reported fire origin in bedroom. investigation ongoing. Funeral set for Tuesday at Sechrest Chapel Guilford Memorial Park.
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Arvie Brown Hoover
T. E. Terrell
Guilford County
Terrell
Chapel Hill
Hoover
Davidson County
Luther
Callie Temple Perrer
High Point
Callie Hicks
Sechrest Chapel
George W. Dalton
Mitchell Grove Methodist Church
Guilford Memorial Park
Sechrest
Icing Dangers Highlight Night Driving Conditions
Forecaster warns of hazardous driving as light rain or drizzle continues tonight. Temperatures near freezing may create spotty ice on roads with a narrow safe driving margin. Rain tapers tonight with a low around 32 and a high near 40 today. Tomorrow looks sunnier with a high close to 50 and decreasing clouds. A five day outlook shows near normal temps with system rain through Saturday and cooler temperatures again by Thursday.
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Friendship
Satur
Mechanic Hurt At City Garage
A High Point City Garage mechanic, William Frye, was hospitalized after his arm was caught in a front end loader around 8 50 today. Officials said he extended his arm into the machine and mistakenly activated the relief lever. X rays were taken to assess the extent of his injuries.
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High Point City Garage
William Frye
Gar
Frye
Mt Etna Breaks Into New Eruption
Mt Etna in Sicily erupts again with lava issuing from a crater on the northeast side below the main cone. Scientists say the outbreak is not of major violence and follows intermittent activity since last fall.
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Catania
Sicily
Mt. Etna
Prayer for T QDAY Light for a safer journey
A prayer seeks divine guidance for the day to follow truth and avoid bias. It asks God to open eyes, grant faith and hope, and let believers reflect light for others to have smoother days. Benediction attributed to W Kenneth Pope of Little Rock Arkansas, bishop of the Methodist Church.
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God
Christ
W. Kenneth Pope
Little Rock
Ark
The
Methodist Church
High Point Man Expected In Guilford Superior Court
James C. Gatewood, 38, of High Point, faces drunken driving charges before Judge Robert M. Gambill in Guilford Superior Court in Greensboro. Lonnie Giles Trotter, 17, of Rt. 1 Asheboro, appears for manslaughter in a January 17 automobile crash at Highway 220 and S Elm Street Ext. in Greensboro that killed Joe Lassiter.
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Guilford Superior Court
Greensboro
Robert M. Gambill
James C. Gatewood
Lonnie Giles Trotter
Rt. 1
Asheboro
Trotter
Highway 220
S. Elm Street Ext
Joe Lassiter
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Hiatt
High Point Enterprise
Aurora
Heigh
Daj Baylies
Mrs. Hicks
Mrs. Hoover
Misty
Center
Sherman Robertson
Thomas J. Gold
Tom Gold
Thomas C. Langley
T. C. Langley
Garet Elliott Gold
Shelby
Piedmont High School
Lawndale
Piedmont
Wake Forest
Wake Forest College
Eurasian Literary Society
P. D. Gold
University of North Carolina
Dialetic Literary Society
Piedmont School
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Clyde R. Hoey
C. Max Gardner
R. L. Ryburn
Charles M. Stedman
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