On-Job Cancer Screening Trial At Cannon Mills
A Duke University cancer specialist leads a month long program at Cannon Mills to screen about 1100 workers for cancer and other ailments. The project funds come from the Cannon Foundation. Examinations take under 10 minutes plus a 40 minute lecture and Q A. No cancers confirmed yet but noncancerous prostate enlargement and hypertension are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heyden
Duke University Comprehensive Cancer Center
Cannon Mills
Cannon Foundation
St. Gallen
Switzerland
Duke University
Concord
Davidson County OKs Status of Women Council in Thomasville
Davidson County commissioners approved establishing a 15 member County Council on the Status of Women and hiring a temporary coordinator at 585 dollars a month funded by CETA. Officials voiced concern over potential future county liability if federal funds disappear. The vote was unanimous after budget worries. The panel also rejected a 51500 dollar supplementary budget for county schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Davidson County Commissioners
County Council On the Status of Women
Shirley Fields
Council On the Status of Women
County Council
Fields
Davidson County
Robert Hedrick
Hedrick
Triad COG to review mass transit grant proposal
Greensboro area planners weigh a federal grant totaling 25 000 for Urban Mass Transit planning in High Point Greensboro and Winston Salem The plan would have the COG receive funds and contract with High Point for the study High Point recently began operating its own bus service The meeting at the Holiday Inn Four Seasons will also review a waste collection study and a board decision to contract with Thomasville and Eden for planning work next year
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
High Point
Piedmont Triad Council of Governments
Lindsay Cox
COG
Cox
Urban Mass Transit Administration
Winston- Salem
Holiday Inn
Four Seasons
Thomasville
Fden
Deaths and Funerals in High Point area
Several figures in High Point and surrounding towns are listed in this death and funeral notice roundup. Carl A Johnson 77 of 1307 Cloverdale Street dies after illness. funeral Tuesday in Thomasville with burial at Floral Garden Park Cemetery. Panco Nichols 70 of Route 1 Randleman dies after brief illness. funeral Tuesday at Cumby Archdale Chapel with burial at Cedar Square Friends Meeting Cemetery. Mrs Lillian Hicks Barbee 82 of 923 Asheboro Street dies on arrival. funeral Tuesday at High Point Friends Meeting House, burial Springfield Friends Cemetery. Flor y Lucille Swaim 64 Route 2 dies Saturday. funeral Tuesday at Spring Hill United Methodist Church. Addie Lena Berry Maners 90 of Rock Hill dies in York County Hospital. survived by a large family. funeral Tuesday at Brentwood Baptist Church. Walter S Hunt 84 of Mount Dora Florida, former Thomasville resident, dies. services held in Mount Dora with Raleigh graveside to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birchie Johnson
Earl Johnson
J.C. Green and Sons Chapel
Thomasville
Woodrow W. Robbins
Floral Garden Park
Panco Nichols
Rt. 1
Rancheman
High Point Memorial Hospital
Mr. Nichols
Surry County
Banner
Henrietta Linville Nichols
Randleman
Mary Cox
Austin Nichols
Trinity
Frank Nichols
Rt. 2
Frederic
Marjorie) Farlow
Jack R
Emma Jean) Horsefield
Joe M
Jacqueline) Caney
Lizzie Gillespie
Lexington
Callie Jackson
Susie Nixon
Latisha Williams
Winston-Salem
Gertis Sailor
Clem Tnons
Cumby Archdale Chapel
Ben Hurley
Cedar Square Friends Meeting
Cumby Mortuary
Archdale
Robin Horsefield
Michal Nichols
Dwight Nichols
Tommy Nichols
Stacy Farlow
Matt Caney
Kenneth Nichols
Lillian Hicks Barbee
Asheboro St
Barbee
High Point
Colton Calvin
Eliza Jane Mendenhall Hicks
David Lee Barbee
Amos Hosiery Mill
High Point Friends Meeting
Elizabeth Frye
Elizabeth Sykes
Friends Sharing Group
John P
Hilda) Byerly
F. B. Swaim
Floy Lucille Swaim
Spring Hill United Methodist Church
Joe E. Greene
Billy V. Hunter
Sechrest Funeral Home
Addie Lena Berry Maners
Pendleton St
Rock Hill
D.C
York County Hospital
Mrs. Maners
Macon
Jessie L
Nancy Henry Berry
Herman F. Maners
Brentwood Baptist Church
J. Charlie Monk Jr
M. A. Maners
Gatewood Ave
Community college to offer Small Business Management course
Davidson County Community College will offer a new Small Business Management course through the division of adult education. It meets Tuesday evenings from 7 to 9 in Room 214 Finch Building for 11 sessions. Call for more information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davidson County Community College
Division of
Adult Education
Finch
Roanoke Rapids Kindergarten Proves Its Soundness
Eight years into Roanoke Rapids public kindergarten, standardized tests show rising scores in reading and math. Superintendent Talley credits early instruction with advancing first graders eight months, backed by teacher observations and a shift of federal funds to build the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Noblitt
Roanoke Rapids
North Carolina
Robert C
Clary
Learning Disabilities Resources Center
Joseph W. Talley
Talley
Seven Projects Proposed For Social Services Board
Greensboro local social services board will review seven Title 20 projects to be funded mainly by federal money. Kitty Wilson outlines initiatives including a High Point day care treatment program and adult activity program expansion at the YWCA. A mobile meals, transportation for disabled and elderly, child protection expansion, family planning clinic components, and Guilford Health Dept health support services are among the measures planned for 1976.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Guilford
Dept. of Social Services
Kitty Wilson
Health and Social Services
Wayne Metz
Miss Wilson
Dept. of Mental Health
High Point
YWCA
Wilson
Guilford County Health Dept
Miss Godin wins Miss America scholarship after pageant
MISS GODIN won the Miss America title earning a $15,000 scholarship. MISS LAWRENCE, daughter of an IBM magazine editor, was Miss North Carolina and first runner-up, earning a $10,000 scholarship. Lawrence, from Lexington, is the second Miss Thomasville to win the state title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
IBM
Miss Godin
Vernon Lawrence
Rt. 10
Lexington
Miss Lawrence
Thomasville
Sharon Finch
North Carolina
Catherine Dorn
Kinston
Neill Seeks Re-Election To High Point Board Of Education
Neill, appointed in 1972 to fill a vacancy and later for a full four year term, pledges continued interest in serving High Point citizens as the board moves from appointive to elective. He leads Bouldin's Inc., a 200 Linden Ave furniture firm, and is Western Carolina University trained in business. Married to Hilda Ridge, a gifted program teacher, they have two children and reside at 1403 Wiltshire St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linden Ave
Western Carolina University
Cullowhee
Neill
Hilda Ridge
Charles III
Andrews High
Ann
Northeast Junior High
Wiltshire St
Also Mentioned on This Page
High Point Enterprise
Kannapolis
Siegfried Heyden
Status of Women Council
Davidson
Triad Cog
C. A. Johnson
Carl Allen Johnson
Cloverdale St
Randolph County
Anthony M
Flora Jane Sumner Johnson
Ralph's Frame Works
H. F. Maners SR
M. R
Vera) Snipes
S.C
Herman F. Maners Jr
Guyer St
J. W. Maners
Walter Hunt
Walter S. Hunt
Mount Dora
Fla
Cambridge
N.Y
Randolph Street
Rice Seed Co
Eva ‘White
Westchester, Pa
Walter S. Hunt Jr
Raleigh
Mrs. Lillian
Hicks Barbee
Regia
Lexington Ave
Dennis Alvin Teetor
Grate Lutheran Church
Benjamin Lazarus Robinson
Sechrest Chapel
Frances Ingram Hart
Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church
High Point Friends
Mrs
Mary 5S
McSweeney Yam
Naculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church
Mrs. Addie Lena Berry Maners
Spring Hill
Camby
Mortuary
Chestnut Dr
Wu Esday
Ipm
Carby Archdale
N.C. Assn
Assn
Ferndale Junior High School
May Sue Henry
Asheboro — Randolph Technical Institute
RTI
Human Relations Commission
Chamber of Commerce
Social Services Board
Quelily College Village
Transcendental
Orrell’s Funeral Home
Liberty Road
Orrell
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