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STATE EDITION OBITUARIES THE WORLD Deaths Our amily Serving Your amily VOGLER welcomed" the ministry said in Bonn The refugees overwhelmed the embassies which have been un able to provide sufficient food and water Sanitary conditions were bad in the most crowded embassies and Genscher called the situation intol erable A baby girl was bom to a refugee in the West German compound over the weekend the Germans said The shaken Albanian leadership announced more government changes on yesterday an apparent attempt to reduce public dissatisfac tion over shortages of food and other consumer items The Albanian parliament fired the minister in charge of food produc tion and the minister of light indus try and reassigned ministers of pub lic services and domestic trade the state ATA news agency reported The changes followed the replace ment of the minister of police and the minister of war Sunday Many of the more than 5000 Al banians crowding foreign embassies have said that they seek a better eco nomic life abroad A spokesman at the foreign minis try in Budapest Gyoergy Lukacs said that six of the 40 Albanians at "I love my work because 1 feel great satisfaction from serving the community and from helping my neighbors when they urgently need support" or advanced funeral planning family counseling or services in time of needrely on our family serving your family Marion Rector Apprentice I'tincrnl Director the Hungarian Embassy expressed a desire to settle in Hungary Most others wanted to go to the United States he said In Washington Richard Boucher a spokesman for the state depart ment said that he had no informa tion about requests to travel to the United States and had no comment on what US policy would be toward such requests There is no US Em bassy in Tirana Other missions said that although the Albanians would travel through their countries they did not yet know where they would settle In Paris the oreign Ministry said that the formalities of obtaining pass ports for the 550 refugees at its em bassy in Tirana were moving along rapidly The asylum seekers some dodg ing police bullets began taking ref uge June 28 or 45 years travel for average Albanians has been virtually impossible streamed out of the East African cap ital on foot as public transportation ground to a halt Schools sent children home eirly and several Western embassies ad vised their nationals not to go down town In a statement the government blamed the violence on and said that it had authorized the commissioner of police to use the force at his disposal to stem the dis turbances It warned that troublemakers would be dealt with harshly "They will have no one but them selves to blame for any consequences which may befall the state ment said The violence began Saturday when thousands of people rallied in support of a multiparty system in defiance of government orders not to do so Police opened fire with tear gas and guns and clashes quickly spread throughout the city Three people were reported killed Sunday when youths bearing fist sized rocks clashed with security forces The disturbances gained renewed vigor after the workday started Mon day Riot police used clubs and guns to clear open air markets where riot ers burned vehicles and used boul ders and burning tires to build road blocks ORSYTH LODGE 707 A AM MASONIC NOTICE Stated communication tonight at 7:10 Visiting free mnoru welcome TERRY Mower RAIORD NIONO ROBINSON Infant Robinson departed Sunday at the Brenner Hopistal She was the infant daughter of Shaycherene Robin son of Philadelphia Pa Surviving are her grandmother Patricia Robinson an aunt Makeissah Robinson her great grandparents Elise Robinson and Robert Robin son her great aunt Arniese Robin son all of Winston Salem two great uncles and other relatives and friends Graveside services will be 11:30 am Wednesday at Ever green Cemetery with Rev Samuel Hickerson officiating (Hooper) MILLER Mr Harold William Miller 74 of 1037 Brookline St died Monday at orsyth Memorial Hospital neral services will be 2 pm Wednesday at Trinity Moravian band Mr Millard McCarther of the home four daughters Miss El nora McCarther Mrs Avis Nes bitt Mrs Claudette Jenkins and Miss Bernette McCarther all of New York four sons Clifton McCarther Dayton Ohio Daruis McCarther of Greensboro Argene McCarther and Thurman McCarhter both of New York eight grandchildren 13 great grandchildren two sisters Mrs Eva Taylor and Mrs Lillie Shuff both of Westfield and a host of other relatives and friends uner al services will be 2 pm Wednes day at Chestnut Ridge Progressive Primitive Baptist Church by Elder James Strickland Burial will fol low in the Strickland family ceme tery The family will receive friends from 7:30 to 8 pm Tues day at Spencer uneral Home Chapel Spencer uneral Directors are in charge of services and ar rangements ATKINS Miss Esper Mae Atkins 92 of 2016 Queen St died Sunday at Baptist Hospital She was born in Guilford ir County on June 1 1898 a daughter of Erie and Betty Gibbons At kins She was a retired secretary for the Soo Line Railroad Surviv ing are her sister Mrs Zula Atkins Shull of Winston Salem a nieceMrs Patty Webb of Washington I DC a nephew Hugh Shull of Montclair NJ and other nieces I and nephews uneral services will be 11 am Wednesday at Pierce uneral Home Chapel by Rev Don Burial will be in Shady Grove Wesleyan Church Ceme tery BROWN MOUNT AIRY Mrs Icy Eu nice Bowman Brown 82 of Rt 2 Ararat Va wife of George (Sug) Brown died Monday mom ing at Blue Ridge Nursing Center Stuart Va after several years of I declining health Mrs Brown was a member of Central United Meth odist Church of Mount Airy was involved in music at the church for many years and was also involved in many civic affairs She was on the Hospital Board in Stuart Va for 40 years She was born in Pat rick County Va on November 2 1907 daughter of the late and Elsie Hiatt Bowman Surviv ing are her husband George (Sug) Brown of the home a be loved son Elbert Bowman Brown of Lynchburg Va one brother Ralph Bowman of Ararat Va and two nephews A brother Cannon "Bowman preceded his sister in death Graveside services will be11 am Wednesday at Oakdale Cemetery Mount Airy by Rev Tom Cassady Her body will re main at the Moody uneral Home Mount Airy until time to be taken to the cemetery for the sendee The Brown family will receive friends from 7 to 9 pm Tuesday at the funeral home Church by Rev Barry Vernon and Rev Henry May with burial in the Moravian Graveyard Mr Miller was born in Lansdale Pa Decem ber 24 1915 to Leslie and Ella Kalb Miller He lived his early life in Pennsylvania and had lived in Winston Salem since 1946 He was employed by Bahnson Compa ny for 35 years before retirement Mr Miller was a member of Trin ity Moravian Church and was head usher there for a number of years His wife Thelma Snider Miller passed away November 25 1955 Surviving are one daughter Dawn Miller of the home one son and daughter in law Charles Alton and Marilyn Miller of 3800 Robin hood Rd one sister Mrs Mary Hanna of Lansdale Pa and one brother Richard Miller of Hat field Pa The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 pm Tuesday at Main Street Chapel and request that any memorials be made to Trinity Moravian Church Vogler Reynold 2951 Reynold! Road Winston Salem Vogler Main Street 120 Main Street Winston Salem Vogler Clemmons 2849 Middlebrook Prive Clemmons Vogler Piedmont 405 Main Street Lexington mento Calif and Jim Teague of Boone and a number of nieces and nephews uneral services will be 1 1 am Wednesday at Rutherwood Baptist Church where she was a member Officiating will be Rev Early and Rev Glenn Huffman Burial will follow in Mount Lawn Memorial Park and Gardens riends may call at the home of Mrs Bina Teague Rt 1 Pine Run Rd Boone at any time low ers are accepted or memorials may be made to the American Liver oundation 998 Pom Ton Ave Cedar Grove NJ 07009 Ar rangements by Hampton uneral Service Boone MCKINNEY KING Mrs Mary Susan (Susie) Nunn McKinney 81 of Box 433 Rt 4 died Monday afternoon at orsyth Memorial Hospital She was a housewife and was a member of Stoney Ridge Baptist Church Surviving are her husband Walter McKinney of the home three daughters Mrs Earlis Beasley Mrs Mary aye Collins and Mrs Annie Kate Douglas all of King five sons Rayford McKinney of King Bill McKinney of Rural Hall McKinney of Hickory Ledford McKinney of Tobacco ville and Thomas Carlton McKin ney of King 17 grandchildren 12 great grandchildren two sisters Mrs Clifford Inman and Mrs Raymond Cain both of Mount Airy and four brothers Johnny Nunn and Aldene (Red) Nunn both of Mount Airy Nunn of Greensboro and Junior Nunn of Baltimore Md uneral services will be 2 pm Wednesday at Ston ey Ridge Baptist Church by Rev Mike Sands Bro Don Collins and Rev Tom Cook Burial will be in the church cemetery The body will remain at the Cox Needham uneral Home Pilot Mountain until taken to the church thirty minutes prior to the funeral ser vice The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 pm Tuesday at the funeral home and at other times the family will be at the home of a daughter Mrs Earlis Beasley Twin Springs Develop ment Oak Lane Dr King In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Carolina Christian Village Retirement Home 604 Ingram Dr King COOK Mr Roger Lee Cook Jr 13 of 1337 Winfield Drive died Sunday morning as a result of an automo bile accident He was born Decem ber 7 1976 to Roger and Pattie Smith Cook Sr Mr Cook was of the Baptist faith a student at Mineral Springs Middle School and a member of the Mineral Springs Little League Baseball Team for seven years Surviving in addition to his parents of the home is one sister Amanda Leigh Cook also of the home maternalgrandparents Mr and Mrs Billy Joe Burrow of Rural Hall paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Tom Cook of Winston Salem a number of aunts uncles cousins and spe cial friends uneral services will be 2 pm Wednesday at Hay worth Miller Silas Creek Chapel with Rev Bill Chatman officiat ing Interment will follow at Gar dens of Memory Walkertown The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 pm Tuesday at the funeral home PAPE 8 WINSTON SALEM JOURNAL Tuesday July 10 1990 RUSH Dr Dallas Miller Rush 62 of 156 Red ox Trail died Monday June 9 1990 He was born September 5 1927 in Randolph County to Jef ferson and Nannie Miller Rush He was retired from the Western North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church where he had served in the Winston Sa lem District or the past nine years he had been Minister of Membership and Visitation at Centenary United Methodist Church He was a member of the Winston Salem Kiwanis Club Surviving are his wife Wilma Barker Rush of the home one daughter and son in law Kent and Beth Jennings one grandson Brock all of Winston Salem four sisters Wilma Kindley rances Wall Mrs Lewis (Leona) Wood and Mrs Allen (Lalah) Bowman two brothers Lester Rush and Odell Rush uneral services will be 11 am Wednesday at Centena ry United Methodist Church by Dr George Robinson A graveside serivce will be 4 pm Wednesday at Mount Pleasant United Meth odist Church Cemetery Randolph County by and Rev Reece Wall The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 pm Tuesday at Hay worth Miller Silas Creek Chapel The family wishes memorials to Centenary United Methodist Church Radio Ministry or the Rush Endowment und John Wesley College High Point MCCARTHER MOUNT AIRY Sadie Omelia King McCarther 75 of 425 Athey Simmons Rd died Saturday at her home She was born in Stokes County on December 26 1914 and wns the daughter of the late Rev and Mrs Gentry (Ruth Simmons) King She was a memlter of King Mountain View Progressive Prim itive Baptist Church and wns a housewife Surviving are her hus TERKEL BOONE Mrs Marcey Teague Terkel 51 of Beechwood Ohio a native and former resident of Boone died Saturday July 7 1990 at University Hospital Cleveland Ohio She was born December 18 1938 a daughter of Mrs Bina Storie Teague and the late Bynum Teague Mrs Terkel is survived by her husband Nate Terkel of the home one son 2nd Lieutenant Michael Hodges of The Army Tacoma Wash her moth er Mrs Bina Teague of Boone six sisters Mrs Lois Hayes of Win gate Mrs Shirley Bentley of Boone Mrs Evelyn Mast of Mount Pleasant Mrs Eloise Brown and Mrs Clara Gizinski both of Winston Salem and Mrs Kay Sisell of Elon College two brothers Wayne Teague of Sacra TAYLOR Mrs Allie Clary Taylor 80 of 111 Vogler Dr widow of Joseph Henry Taylor died Sunday at orsyth Memorial Hospital uneral ser vices will be 11 am Wednesday at Main Street Chapel with burial in Waughtown Cemetery Mrs Taylor was bom in Jonesville on July 17 1909 to Pearl and Mar tha Martin Clary She spent her early life in Elkin and lived all her adult life in Winston Salem She was a member of Oaklawn Baptist Church Surviving are one daugh ter Mrs Carolyn ee Avery County one son Joe Taylor 115 Vogler Dr six grandchildren five great grandchildren one sis ter Mrs Avis Cly 1019 Martin St and one brother Mr George Clary Crystal Towers The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 pm Tuesday at the funeral home and request that any memorials be made to Oaklawn Baptist Church Building und ADVANCE LODGE 710 A MASONIC NOTICE Stated communication tonight nt 7d0 Member urped to attend visiting brethren welcome KI HOLT Mnefrr nrniun wai drop An Associated Press photographer was held from midday Saturday until midnight Sunday On Monday jour nalists for the British Broadcasting Corp the inancial Times the Daily Telegraph and the British television news service Visnews were held for three hours esterday was the first day that the violence spread outside Nairobi Demonstrators looted stores stoned cars and clashed with security forces in Nakuru Muranga Nyeri and a few smaller towns In Ndenderu 10 miles north of Nairobi police opened fire on dem onstrators and killed an elementary school student according to a pho tographer for the Daily Nation news paper who witnessed the incident Three others were killed in an area west of the city according to the Daily Nation and hospital sources Daily Nation reporters saw two of them killed and said that they were apparently shot while trying to hijack a gas tanker A fifth person was killed in one of more than a half dozen low income neighborhoods ringing the capital where stone throwing youths clashed with police News of the renewed violence caused panicked Nairobi residents to quickly close down their businesses and shops and flee Thousands MAIN STREET 722 6101 Wednesday Mrs Allie Taylor Vofxrs Clue 1 1 am Mr Harold Miller TrtnRy Monrrten Church 2 pjn LEXINGTON 246 2366 Tuesday Mr Melvin Jesse RlbeHri Vo0ora ChapM 2 pm THE ASSOCIATED PRESS VIENNA Austria Czechoslovakia arranged a free dom flight for 51 Albanians yester day but more than 5000 other Alba nians remained packed in Western embassies in Tirana trying to leave last hard line Communist country President Vaclav Havel of Czecho slovakia sent his personal aircraft to Tirana for 51 of the Albanians who rushed into foreign embassies last week in desperate attempts to flee the country They left the country safely In Prague Vojtech Wagner the deputy foreign minister of Czecho slovakia said that only one or two asylum seekers wanted to remain in Czechoslovakia and the rest wanted to go to the United States or Austra lia About 3000 Albanians seeking asylum were jammed behind the gates of the West German Embassy where staff members tried to com plete passport forms and find out where the Albanians wanted to go Hans Dietrich Genscher the West German foreign minister promised that "those Albanians wishing to come to Germany will be Anytime Is The Right Time or Heavenly Ham! Company Dinners Picnics In the Park amily Gatherings Sandwiches on the Go To order a treat you'll enjoy time and time again come In or Call Today! SALEM LODGE 289 A AM MASONIC NOTICE nwtwnr communketton tonight at 73O ffl Work in the ftrit decree Membeti urged to attend vtotot welcome LEWIS IDOL Master CARROLL SIMMONS ENTERPRISE LODGE 752 A 6 AM MASONIC NOTICE SfwfrJ CHfnmuniGitinn tmlght at 7iW pm urged to attend Visiting brethren wkma RONNIE EADS Master I IENRY KIRKMAN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NAIROBI Kenya Police were told yesterday to use whatever force necessary to quell anti government protests that have spread from Nairobi to other cities ive people were reported killed in rioting bringing the three day death toll to eight In a harshly worded statement the government condemned the US Embassy for giving temporary asylum to a prominent opposition figure The government last week detained dozens of opponents In three days of clashes police have used tear gas and guns to halt riots that began with an aborted pro democracy rally on Saturday The violence underscored the po litical tensions that suddenly have developed in Kenya a one party state long considered one of most stable and successful nations Since early this year President Daniel arap Moi has come under increasing pres sure to allow political pluralism In addition to the eight killed doz ens of wounded have been reported in the past three days many hospital ized with gunshot wounds according to newspaper reports and hospital sources An unknown number of people also have been arrested in the disturbances and at least five foreign journalists have been detained LAXTON ELKIN Mrs Katherine Hock Laxton 86 of 673 Elk Spur St died Sunday afternoon at Hugh Chatham Nursing Center after an extended illness A graveside ser vice will be 3 pm Tuesday at Hol lywood Cemetery by Rev red Jordan Mrs Laxton was born in Roanoke Va August 4 1903 to Henry and Emma Louise Snyder Hock She attended Hollins Col lege and was a member of irst United Methodist Church and the Wednesday Study Club Mrs Lax ton was preceded in death by her husband Lawrence Wilson Lax ton in 1944 Surviving are one daughter Ms Louise James of Elkin two sons Lawrence Wilson Laxton Jr of Hilton Head SC and Henry Allen Laxton of Park City Utah and six grandchildren The family suggests that any me morials be made to irst United Methodist Church Elkin or to the Elkin Public Library Alexnnder Church Kennedy uneral Home Elkin is in charge of arrangements GEORGE KING Mrs Mary Mallie George 83 of 135 Glenn Ave was dead on arrival at Baptist Hospital Sunday night She was bom in Westfield on March 7 1907 to La fayette A Pell and Nealie Mat thews Pell She was retired from Duplan She was married to Ollie George who preceded her in death in 1958 There will be a graveside service at 1 pm Wednesday at Brown Mountain Baptist Church by Rev Carl Childs There will be Jio visitation Slate uneral Home King is in charge of arrangements Surviving are one son Dr WeldonGcorge of King three grandchil Niki Lynn Russell Neal and Sherman orrest two sisters Mrs Nellie Green of lorida and Mrs Anna Broadwell of Gibsonville NC and two brothers Ralph Pell of Pilot Mountain and Tom Pell of Stanleyville 5 1 Albanians Leave for Czechoslovakia Thousands of Others Wait for Asylum UNERAL SERVICES or Over 130 Years Highlind Oak 024 Hiih Mill Blvd Win fun Salem NC 27101 760 2909 or 760 3053 WIUWO UNERAL SERVICE WHY PAY MORE WHEN YOU CAN GET THE BEST OR LESS Custom made of durable aluminum to fit any situation SINGLE or any size carport or patio cover As low as mo CARPORTS AND PATIOS 7685430 ioxio 36 mo $7230 Police to Use orce as Needed To Squelch Protests in Kenya AdvertUrnwni Blame Your Age or Poor Hearing Chicago ILL A free offer of special interest to those who hear but do not understand words has been announced by Beltone A non operating model of the smallest hearing aid Beltone has ever developed will be given absolutely free to anyone requesting it yours for the asking so send for it now It is not a real hearing aid but it will show you how tiny hearing help can be The actual aid weighs less than an eighth of an ounce and it fits completely into the ear canal These models are free so we suggest you write for yours now Again there is no cost and certainly no obligation Although a hearing aid may not help everyone more and more people with hearing losses are being helped or your free sample send your name address and phone number today to: Department 95986 Beltone Electronics Corporation 4201 West Victoria Street Chicago Illinois 60646 Local ATKINS Miss Esper Mae 92 of 2016 Queen St LEMMONS Mrs Ernestine 41 of Kernersville the wife of Ronald Ray Lemmons MILLER Harold William 74 of 1037 Brookline St the hus band of the late Thelma Snider Miller RUSH The Rev Dr Dallas Miller 62 of 156 Red ox Trail the husband of Wilma Barker Rush TAYLOR Mrs Allie Clary 80 of 1 1 1 Vogler Drive the wife of the late Joseph Henry Taylor Area and State GEORGE Mrs Mary Mallie 83 of King the wife of the late Ollie George LAXTON Mrs Katherine Hock 86 of Elkin the wife of the late Lawrence Wilson Laxton McCARTHER Mrs Sadie Omelia King 75 of Mount Airy the wife of Millard McCarther McKINNEY Mrs Mary Su san Nunn 81 of King Rt 4 the wife of Walter McKinney Elsewhere BROWN Mrs Icy Eunice Bowman 82 of Ararat Va the wife of George Brown LIPPIN Mrs Ethel Young 84 of Columbia SC formerly of Mount Airy the wife of the late Harry lippin ROBINSON Courtnee Delia of Philadelphia the infant daughter of Shaycherene Robin son and the granddaughter of Pa tricia Robinson of Winston Sa lem TERKEL Mrs Marcey Teague 51 of Beechwood Ohio a native of Boone the wife of Nate Terkel WINSTON SALEM RURAL HAU CHAPEL CHAPEL 7BS S181 S6S SSS1 KERNERSVILLE CHAPEL WS 2I3S WINSTON SALEM Tuesday Mra Ethel Bates Wilkins Hayworth Maof Chapel I a Wednesday On Dallas Miller Rush Camanary Unfled Mothodht Church Ham QrareiMa Service Mount Reeaant Untted MethotM Church Cemetery Randolph County 4 pm Master Roger Lee Cook Jr HayworthMBf Chepei 2 pan Mr Larry Wayne Thompson Advance KERNERSVILLE Wednesday Mr Lawrence Kerns 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Safest Winston-Salem Area Neighborhoods
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Notable alumni. Earl Monroe, 4x NBA All-Star, NBA Champion, Member of Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, WSSU Class of 1967. Stephen A. Smith, television personality, radio host and sports journalist, Co-host of ESPN First Take, WSSU Class of 1991.

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The Winston-Salem Journal is an American, English language daily newspaper primarily serving Winston-Salem and Forsyth County, North Carolina. It also covers Northwestern North Carolina. The paper is owned by Lee Enterprises.

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Table
Population
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent 44.9%
Population Characteristics
Veterans, 2018-202210,649
Foreign born persons, percent, 2018-202210.4%
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varied between 220 and 250 for the last 18 months. Pre-pandemic the known unsheltered population varied between 50 to 0 people.

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Founded in 1892, WSSU enjoys a distinguished reputation as a historically black constituent institution of the University of North Carolina that offers a rich curriculum rooted in a high-quality, liberal education.

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