Deaths and Funerals A. R. Barker Dies at 79
Addison Roby Barker 79 of 406 Morton St died in City Memorial Hospital after six months of decline. He lived in Thomasville for 55 years and last worked at Plant B Grill. Surviving: wife Metella. daughter Charlotte Grimes. son Addison Barker Jr.. brothers Charlie and Arthur. two grandchildren. Body at J. C. Green and Son Funeral Home.
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Thomasville
Addison Roby
Bud) Barker
Morton St
City Memorial Hospital
Randolph County
Dan
Maggie Barker
Fisher Ferry Street
Metella Stafford
Raymond Jones
Belle Glade
Fla
Avers Jones Jr
Savannah
Jeff
Lucy Cannedy Jones
Pugh Point
Raymond Jones Jr
U.S. Army
Alease
Funeral for Emma Deviney Held at Shiloh Church
The funeral for Emma Deviney aged 86 of Rt. 1 was held today at Shiloh Methodist Church in Julian following her death on Thursday.
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Climax
Emma Deviney
Rt. 1
Shiloh Methodist Church
Julian
France Service for Ruth Ann France Held in Asheboro
A requiem mass was held today at St. Joseph's Catholic Church for Ruth Ann France 48 who died Thursday. She lived on Rt. 1 in Randleman.
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Asheboro
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Ruth Ann France
France
Rt. 1
Randleman
Guilford County Hearing On School Integration Opens
Guilford County boards prepare for a federal hearing in Washington Tuesday over Title 6 integration claims. Officials contend a HEW approved plan has produced a unitary system with mixed classrooms, while federal officials argue some classrooms remain segregated.
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Greensboro
Guilford County Board of Education
Washington
U. S. Health, Education and Welfare Department
E. P. Pearce
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Pearce
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Guilford County collects 97.77 percent of 1969 taxes
A county report by Tax Supervisor C. R. Brooks shows Guilford County collected 97.77 per cent of 1969 taxes by June end, totaling 20,431,108.77 with 465,005.82 left. The audit notes 162,039.69 from discovered property and 549,915.36 in licenses and prior year taxes, with rebates of 118,523.88.
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Greensboro
Guilford County
C. R. Brooks
Brooks
John Witherspoon
Johnson Named Workshop Head
Tom Johnson former Thomasville mayor elected president of the Sheltered Workshop for the Handicapped at its annual meeting in Lexington The Rev Woodrow Hill of Thomasville resigns as president and Mrs Ivan Van Horn steps down as administrator effective July 15 A budget of 136118 is approved for 1970 71 with income 144000 and expenditures 135000 The 112 handicapped served last year include 35 in competitive employment Current building on Holly Hill Road is being replaced at a total cost of 50000 with 12000 to 15000 still needed
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Lexington
Tom Johnson
Thomasville
Sheltered Workshop For
Opation
Ivan van Horn
Pelea
Holly Hill Road
Highway 29 70
High Point
Stolen Items Reported From Tate Sunoco Break-In
Deputies investigated a break-in at Tate Sunoco on I-85 in Thomasville. A cement block was used to enter the station. items missing include a television set valued at 65 dollars a tool box 230 dollars three batteries 18 dollars and a tire 13.50. The report was taken at 6 50 a m today.
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Thomasville
Tate Sunoco
High Point Promoting Booklet Distributed Across NC
About 3,200 copies of a High Point booklet were sent to Welcome Stations on I-85 and I-95 to attract visitors. The guide touts High Point as furniture and hosiery capital with 62,000 residents, 154 churches, 2 hotels, 6 motels, 304 miles of streets, and retail sales around 123.9 million dollars.
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High Point
North Carolina
George Covington
Wae
Chamber of Commerce
Speeding Arrest Leads To Probe
William Franklin Hutchins was charged Wednesday with speeding and held in Randolph County jail for Oxford Police and the state prison department. A routine check led to possible charges of a stolen car by Granville County officers and an escape by state prison officials.
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Asheboro
Randolph County
Oxford
William Franklin Hutchins
Granville County
Beauty College Ad Promotes Evening Classes
An advertisement for Artistic Beauty College highlights daily services and evening hours on Thursdays and Friday nights, inviting clients to book beauty treatments and explore courses.
Third fish kill reported in Yadkin River area
Winston-Salem reports a third major fish kill in the Yadkin River within a month. State officials led by E C Hubbard say the Friday event affected a four to five mile stretch of poor water near Muddy Creek, with heavy rainfall suspected as the trigger.
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Yadkin River
Winston-Salem
State Water and Air Resources Commission
Raleigh
E. C. Hubbard
Commission
Muddy Creek
Hubbard
Surgery on hemophiliac man demonstrates safe major operation
San Diego, Calif. AP The nine hour surgery removed a 15 by 10 inch tumor from Elwin L. Kennedy a 38 year old electronics technician from Chula Vista. Dr Marshall J Orloff said the tumor extended from diaphragm to pelvis and AGH antihemophiliac globulin made the procedure feasible without fatal bleeding.
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San Deigo
Calif
Marshall J. Orloff
Orloff
Department of Surgery
University of California San Diego Medical School
Elwin L. Kennedy
Kennedy
Electronics Technican
Chula Vista
Hasty Water Installation Set To Start
Thomasville plans a $1,250,000 rural water system north of town with 65 miles of pipeline two 0.25 million gallon storage tanks and a pumping station. Contracts signed Tuesday will begin work later this week with Farmers Home Administration officials engineers and contractors present.
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Thomasville
Here
Lynwood Hubbard
Hasty Water, Inc
Farmers Home Administration
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A. R. Barker
G. R. Beeson
Baltimore
Gilbert Raymond Beeson
W. Clement $J
John Raymond
Elaine Culler Beeson
Beeson
Japan
Marines
Gilbert Raymond Beeson Jr
Alexandria
Jackie Beeson
John R. Beeson
N. Main St
Donald R. Beeson
U. S. Army
Vietnam
Vernon L. Beeson
Charlotte Ave
James
Betty Jean) Branham
Fullerton
Cumby Mortuary
Clifford C. Skeen
Clifford Odell Skeen
Rt. 2
Randolph Hospital
West Chapel United Methodist Church
Charmeuse Hosiery Co
Pughneral Home
Deviney
Guilford School
Jim Hawkns
Enterprise
Howard Carr
John Hardy
Melvin Stahl
Leonard J. Ralston
Ralston
Small Business Administration
National Association For the Advancement of the Colored People
Florence School
Orginal
Piedmont Triad Law Enforcement Agency
Shlah
Marion Follin
Stanley Frank
Paul Ingle
F. P. Bodenheimer
Dale Montgomery
Percy Sears
Richard Maxwell
Robert Shaw
Follin
Airport Authority
Frank
Ingle
Johnson
Woodrow Hill
Williams
South Main Street
Lexington Ave
Servicenar Homecare
Artistic Beauty College
Aassements
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Elder Road
Jay Road
Springfield Oaks
Allen Jay Rd
Springfield Oaks S. D
Ceeacesecen
Catherine W. Harrington
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