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GTSC Members & Friends of GTSC 11/02/2009: GTSC Member, David Lambeth will be having quadruple bypass surgery Tuesday Morning Nov 3. David will be at Forsyth Hospital until Friday. Please keep David in your thoughts and prayers. If you would like to send David a card, his address is: David Lambeth 401 S. Main Street Winston Salem, NC 27127 ###
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Condolences GTSC Member Sally Foster's father Oliver Ingraham passed away yesterday. Please keep Sally Foster and family in your thoughts and prayers
If you would like to send Sally a card, her address is: 3510 Cherry Hill Dr Greensboro, NC 27410 Obituary for: Oliver Judd Ingraham, 89, died in the Hospice and Palliative Care Unit at Cone Hospital, on Saturday, November 14, 2009. He was born September 8, 1920, in Bristol, Connecticut. He taught at Guilford College and enjoyed painting and carpentry, and he loved music. He was of the Quaker faith. He was preceded in death by his wife of 64 years, Marie, and his brother, Harold. Surviving him are his children: son, Steve of Mesquite, Nev.; daughters, Jean Granger of Belgrade, Mont., Becky Burke of Winston- Salem, Betsy Davis and Sally Foster of Greensboro and Mary Hunter of Lakeland, Fla.; eight grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. He requested that there be no memorial service. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hospice and Palliative Care of Greensboro. The family would like to thank Countryside Manor of Stokesdale, Heritage Greens, and Hospice and Palliative Care for the care they provided. We love you, Daddy, and we will miss you. ### 11/19/2009: I received word today that GTSC Member Andrew Hill's mother passed away on Nov 18. I do not have additional information at this time. Please keep Andrew & Alma and family in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time. If you would like to send condolences Andrew Hill 4715 Pineview Dr Trinity, NC 27370
Shag World Condolences Nov 4, 2009: From Tommy Amburn, ABSCDJs Chaplain With great sadness I am reporting the passing of an old friend, great HOF DJ, friend of the entire Shag world, past president of the ABSCDJs, teacher, leader and inspiration to so many of us DJ Icon Mike Lewis. On Wednesday Mike and Lydia privately discussed and agreed to stop all therapy. Mike’s pain was constant and no longer bearable. The dialysis was no longer effective and one lung had collapsed. Lydia, convinced that Mike was rational and understood his decision to let go, agreed with his decision in view of the fact he was never going to get better. Congratulations Congratulations to Donnie Hodnett for being inducted into the Shaggers Hall of Fame Donnie is a life member of GTSC and past President of the Eno Beach Shag Club. Donnie resides in the Durham, NC Area.
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Articles of Interest The Loss of a Shag Icon, Louise Hunsucker on Saturday August 29. Louise was from High Point NC but was living in Ocean Isle area when she passed away. Article about Louise Hunsucker by Zack Clinard Sept 21, 2009: Like many others, my wife Elaine and I have lost a dear friend with Louise Hunsucker’s passing. We will sorely miss seeing her at the beach and our visits with her at her home. Louise and I were in high school together but I knew her best thru dancing with her at the High Point City Lake and Carolina Beach in the late 40’s and early 50’s. In my experience she was one of the great early beach music dancers. However we both pretty much quit dancing at some point in the 50’s as marriage and other things prevailed. As our children became older my wife and I jump started a new interest in the shagging scene. This was in the early 80’s beginning with the early SOS gatherings. Of course locally it was the Bushes on Elm Stin Greensboro and the Winston Salem beach clubs. Thirsty’s would come later. Don’t know if its true but a couple of years after Billy Ray died, maybe 86’ or 87’, I was told that Louise was having trouble getting over it so I decided to pay her a visit. My main purpose was to encourage Louise to get back into dancing and I invited her to go with us to The Bushes. Her reaction was “Oh, I don’t know. It’s been a long time”. I called her a couple of times over the next few weeks but to no avail. However a short time later on a Sunday afternoon, there she was, dancing like she had never stopped. These dates are a little hazy but I believe it was 1988 when she moved to the beach area and that began a new life for her. She was able to enjoy her rebirth into shagging, to meet many new (and old) friends and to move on to recognition such as induction into the Shaggers Hall of Fame, Thirsty’s Wall of Fame, Living Legends, etc. After her move to the beach we exchanged Christmas Cards every year, including last Christmas. Very appropriately for someone living at the beach she always sent us a Santa Claus Christmas card. Old Santa may be riding a surf board or a jet ski, water skiing, fishing, racing in a speed boat, sunning on the beach while reading the children’s wish list, or lying on the beach while beautiful girls waited on his every whim. It got to the point where I waited eagerly for her card every year and it became one of the highlights of Christmas for me. Yes, I will miss her friendship, her dancing, and the good times we shared. But I will also miss my Santa Claus Christmas Card from Louise and Christmas will probably never be the same for me again.
Zack Clinard 6013 Old Park Lane High Point, NC 27265 Ph: 336-882-1465 Another article that was published in the Carefree Times concerning Louise Hunsucker & MiMi Benedict By David Smith Grand Ladies of the Dance: Grand Ladies of the Dance.pdf
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