Wreck Fatal To Building Firm Owner
Greensboro businessman Wistar Evans Cox 55, president of New Home Builders Supply, died from a crushed chest after a two car crash at Aycock and Walker avenues. The other driver Charles Robert Atkins Jr. 45, of Greensboro, was uninjured. A burned out stop light may have caused the collision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Wistar Evans Cox
New Home Builders Supply
Asheboro
Moses Cone Hospital
Guilford County
R. B. Davis Jr
Cox
Aycock
Walker Avenue
Charles Robert Atkins Jr
Atkins
Educator insists on correct spelling of name in interview
Indian educator G. K. Chandiramani visiting Erie County Technical Institute objects to name being misspelled by an interviewer. He notes it is sometimes misspelled even in India.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo, N. Y
G. K. Chandiramani
Erie County Technical Institute
India
Soprano Lois Marshall to Sing at HPC Concert
Lois Marshall soprano will perform at Memorial Auditorium High Point College Saturday Oct 14 at 8 30 p m under Community Concert Assn and High Point College. Her rise includes the Naumburg Award New York Town Hall debut 1952 Toscanini Handel Solomon Beecham 1956 London invitation and polio challenged career from Toronto’s Boy Conservatory to Eaton Award.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Marshall
Memorial Auditorium
High Point College
Community Concert Assn
New York
Town Hall
Naumburg
Miss Marshall
New York Herald Tribune
Arturo Toscanini
RCA Victor
Sir Thomas Beecham
U. S
Handel
Solomon
London
Toronto
Funeral Services for Lefteries and Ward Noted in Local Churches
Funeral for Pete H Lefteries age 59 was held at St George Greek Orthodox Church with burial at Guilford Memorial Park Cemetery. Pallbearers included Steve Demas Angelo Kotsionis and others. Hallie R Ward's funeral at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church with Rev J M Allred officiating. body at Yow's Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete H. Lefteries
St. George Greek Orthodox Church
Constantine Pappas
Guilford Memorial Park Cemetery
Steve Demas
Angelo Kotsionis
Harry Kotsionis
Steve Steffan
Tommy Demas
Wade Huntley
Braxton Craven
John Wade
Mr. Letteries
Blain
Hallie R. Ward
Pleasant Grove Baptist Church
J. M. Allred
Yow
Funeral service for Clyde Wallace Briles set for Monday
Clyde Wallace Briles, 53, of 1103 North Main Street, died Saturday morning at High Point Memorial Hospital. A 2 p.m. funeral will be held Monday in Sechrest Chapel with Dr. C. C. Herbert Jr. of Wesley Memorial Methodist Church officiating. Burial follows in Oakwood Cemetery. body remains at Sechrest Funeral Home until the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Wallace Briles
Sechrest Chapel
Cc. C. Herbert Jr
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Sechrest Funeral Home
Mr. Briles
North Main St
High Point Memorial Hospital
Funeral for James Maynard Kennedy at Pleasant Grove Church
James Maynard Kennedy 81 of 321 Hodgin Street died Friday in High Point Memorial Hospital. Funeral is at 3 p.m. today at Pleasant Grove Methodist Church with Rev. H T Penry and Rev. E W Clapp. burial in the church cemetery after the service. Body returned to the home at 5 p.m. Saturday and stays there until 30 minutes before the funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Maynard Kennedy
Pleasant Grove Methodist Church
H. T. Penry
E. W. Clapp
Archdale Baptist Church
Hodgin St
Sturday
Mr. Kennedy
High Point Memorial Hospital
George Miller Dies After Auto Crash In High Point
George Dermont Miller 51 of 307 Liberty Rd died yesterday at High Point Memorial Hospital after a Labor Day auto crash on Old Thomasville Road. Driver Joseph Folsom charged with excessive speed. Miller survived by wife Virginia Burchfield Miller and daughter Grace Spainhour among several relatives. Funeral Monday at Cumby Chapel with interment at Floral Garden Park Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Dermont Miller
Liberty Rd
High Point Memorial Hospital
Old Thomasville Road
Joseph Laverne Folsom
Thomas C. Folsom
Grace Spainhour
Rt. 2
Thomasville
Jean Simons
A. B. Miller
Lexington
North Main St
J. R. Miller
Westchester Drive
Ruti Miller
Player Drive
Robert Kelly
Greensboro
L. V. Miller
W. A. Foust
Cumby Chapel
Worth R. Pugh
Cloverdale Baptist Church
Kenneth Miller
Liberty Baptist Church
Flora Garden Park Cemetery
Military funeral for Fred Hooks at Woodlawn Baptist Church
The service is set for today at 3 o'clock with Rev. A. B. Asbil officiating. The body rests at Yow's Funeral Home. The casket remains closed in church before burial in Oakwood Cemetery. Pallbearers come from the local National Guard unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Hooks
Woodlawn Baptist Church
A. B. Asbil
Yow’s
Oakwood Cemetery
National Guard
Funeral for Josephine Patterson Durham
Funeral services were held at High Point Primitive Baptist Church at 2 pm Friday for Josephine Patterson Durham 84 conducted by Elder V V Williard with burial in Floral Garden Park Cemetery. Pallbearers included Howard Patterson Francis Stone John Bruner J L Durham Raymond Patterson and Everett Patterson. She died at High Point Memorial Hospital Wednesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Patterson Durham
High Point Primitive Baptist Church
V. V. Williard
Floral Garden Park Cemetery
Howard Patterson
Francis Stone
John Bruner
J. L. Durham
Raymond Patterson
Everett Patterson
Durham
W. Burton St
High Point Memorial Hospital
Funeral for 17 Year Old Jerry Ray Byerly
Funeral service held Saturday at Bethel Baptist Church near Asheboro for Jerry Ray Byerly who died in an automobile accident on Bedding Ton Road Thursday night. Rev Newall McMahan and Rev Henry Thompson led the service with pallbearers Richard Leonard C L Leonard Gary Robbins Stanley Sike Gene Sikes and Preston Leonard assisting. Burial followed in the church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Ray Byerly
Bethel Baptist Church
Asheboro
Newall McMahan
Henry Thompson
Richard Leonard
C. L. Leonard
Gary Robbins
Stanley Sike
Gene Sikes
Preston Leonard
Mr. Byerly
Beddington Road
Mass Held For William A Burger 76 at IHM Church
William Anthony Burger 76 was honored with a Saturday mass at 10 am in Immaculate Heart of Mary Church led by Rev. William C. Frost. He died Wednesday morning in High Point Memorial Hospital and burial followed in the family plot in Guilford. Attendants included William C. Gordon James Burrow Ray Rook Fred Ruppenthal Jess Taylor and Aubrey Grimes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Anthony Burger
Immaculate Heart of Mary Church
William C. Frost
Guilford Memorial Park Cemetery
William C. Gordon
James Burrow
Ray Rook
Fred Ruppenthal
Jess Taylor
Aubrey Grimes
Burger
High Point Memorial Hospital
Mrs Haithcock Dies At 91 In Alabama
Mrs Mattie Kellam Haithcock 91 died Saturday at 4 p m at her daughter s home in Glencoe Alabama after a two week illness. Born July 6 1870 in Greensboro she was the widow of Watt Haithcock and a former High Point resident now living in Glencoe. Survived by four daughters one son 17 grandchildren 23 great grandchildren and two sisters. Funeral arrangements are incomplete with the body to be at Sechrest Funeral Home in High Point.
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Mattie Kellam Haithcock
J. W. Rook
Rt. 1
Glencoe
Ala
Haithcock
Greensboro
Samuel and
Francis Parker Kellam
Watt Haithcock
High Point
Green Street Baptist Church
A. T. Rothrock
Adams St
M. A. Smith
Graylynn Drive
W. W Paige
Rt. 3
C. E. Harthcock
Agnes Gordon
Ortho Ozment
Sechrest Funeral Home
Two Women Hospitalized After Wreck Near Here
A one car crash on Flint Hill Road yesterday injured Willard Marsh his wife and his mother Mrs Hya cinth Marsh. Mrs Willard Marsh suffered head injuries and was admitted. The older woman may have back injury and was admitted for X rays. Two Thomasville men were hurt in a two car crash on the superhighway near Johnson Motor Lines. Charles Walker and Henry Rhymer were treated at High Point Memorial Hospital with a forehead gash and chest pains respectively and released. Details were unavailable last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flint Hill
Here
Willard Marsh
Hyacinth Marsh
Marsh
Thomasville Area
Johnson Motor Lines
Charles Walker
Holly Hill Road
Henry Rhymer
Fisher Ferry Street
Thomasville
Rhymer
High Point Memorial Hospital
Walker
Vigilante elected to fourth term as NJ PBA president
James J. Vigilante of Morristown is selected to his fourth term as president of the New Jersey Patrolman's Benevolent Association based in Atlantic City. The group names Vigilante as its leader.
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Benevolent Vigilante
Atlantic City
N. J
New Jersey
Patrolman's Benevolent Associaton
James J
Morristown
Pedestrian Struck on Highway 109 Sustains Leg Fractures
A 60 year old woman, Mrs Ralph Clodfelter of Sullivan Road, was hit by a car about 100 yards north of Light Grocery on Highway 109 south of Thomasville. She suffered a triple fracture of the right leg and other injuries. Ambulance attendants applied splints before moving her to City Memorial Hospital. The driver was identified as John Grice Carroll of Denton traveling south on the highway. Witnesses told the investigating patrolman details of the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Highway 109
Here
Ralph Clodfelter
Sullivan Road
Light Grocery
Siler Funeral Home
City Memorial Hospital
John Grice Carroll
Warner Street
Denton
Curriculum Study Initiated in Guilford County Schools
Dr. Harold T. Conner leads a county curriculum study amid consolidation before 1962-63. The aim is to upgrade instruction and standardize teaching. Enrollment is projected to reach 25,000 by 1966, with committees guiding mathematics and other subjects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Harold T. Conner
Guilford County
E. P. Pearce
Conner
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Pete
Clyde Briles
James Kennedy
George Miller
Josephine Durham
Jerry Byerly
William Burger
E. L. Green
F. G. Updegrove
Carroll
College Street
Piedmont
Monogram
America
S. Main St
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