Dr Wallin Joins Ward Race for High Point Council
In Ilderton and High Point politics, Dr. Wallin announces a bid for the second ward seat as four candidates vie for four council posts and the mayoralty. Mayor Washburn seeks re election while T Lynwood Smith and Adam Thomason also enter races. Filing deadline April 14.
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Adam Thomason
Thomason
Tiderton
Dr. Wallin
Barbee St
Smith
Ilderton
Katharine Kirkman
Democratic Party
James Wall
No On
Local Youth Wins Hawkins Scholarship at Wake Forest College
Charles Harold Woodell, senior at High Point High School and son of Mrs. G. Stoots of 305 Ennis St, has been awarded the George Foster Hawkins Scholarship at Wake Forest College. Woodell carries 96 scholastic average and will graduate this spring with 20 units including five in math. He is active in French, Science and Bet Clubs and is a National Honor Society member thanks to the Col. George Foster Hawkins fund.
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Charles Harold Woodell
High Point High School
G. Stoots
Ennis St
George Foster Hawkins
Wake Forest Cole
Woodell
Col
Lexi
Prayerful Spring Message Extends Eternal Hope
A devotional update praises spring’s beauty and life’s renewal through the Eternal Christ. It calls for inner dwelling of Christ to make life radiant and beautiful, inviting believers to realize spiritual renewal today.
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Father
Christ
Stolen Loot Recovered Man Held In Police Report
Frank Carter of Grimes Street was charged with breaking and entering after police recovered part of items listed as stolen. Thelmore White also of Grimes Street reported an electric razor pens cigars eggs taken. cigars and eggs not recovered. Carter bond set at 500 dollars and a preliminary Municipal Court hearing was scheduled.
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Frank Carter
Grimes Street
Monnday
Thelmore White
Carter
Ronnie L. Bean
Proctor Street
Johnson Couch
Lexington Avenue
Hillcrest Drive
Brooks Taylor Brown
Brown
Haworth
Gospel Sing Planned by Pilot Fire Department Auxiliary
Thomasville officials announce a gospel sing at Pilot School auditorium on April 4 at 8 p.m. The North State Quartet, the Leonard Trio of Lexington, and the Gospel Tones of Greensboro will perform.
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Thomasville
Pilot Fire Department
Pilot School
North State Quartet
Leonard
Lexington
Gospel Tones
Greensboro
Stetler prayer ends Cheverly service
Roy H. Stetler Jr. of Cheverly Maryland delivers a blessing at a Cheverly Community Evangelical United Brethren Church service. The brief prayer asks for life in abundance and for blessings in the name.
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Roy H. Stetler Jr
Cheverly, Md
Cheverly Community
Hedgecock Park Use Explained In Oak View
The Recreation Department said trash will fill a marshy area south of the park creek to create a baseball football field this summer. Bulldozers, dredgers, and a trench will cover each layer, and no tin cans or paper will show above ground.
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Oak View
Hedgecock Park
Jesse Taylor
Taylor
Parris Avenue
Delos Hedgecock
June Street
Teen Agers Attend United Nations Seminar Trip
Four High Point teens head to New York and Washington for an American Friends Service Committee seminar aboard a three day program. Participants include B Beverly Diggs Brenda Robbins Oscar Cole Jr and Bettye Anne Clark. Funds come from AFSC Professional Men's Club VFW Earlie Gabriel Auxiliary NAACP chapter and local social club. The event promotes basic political education for high school students nationwide.
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High Point
American Friends Service Committee
United Nations
B. Beverly Diggs
Underhill St
Brenda Robbins
Oscar Cole Jr
Route 1
Bettye Anne Clark
Daniel Brooks
Posed
United One Ae
New York
Washington
Professional Men's Club
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post
Earlie Gabriel
VFW
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
American Polite Service Committee
Downtown one way street plan stalls as opposition grows
City talks on converting Hamilton Wrenn and portions of Washington High Mallory streets from two way to one way have cooled amid rising business opposition. Grocery operator G E Hutchens leads dissent with others joining, a petition circulates urging Council to drop the plan.
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Apsf
E. L. Walker Jr
Hamilton
Wrenn
Walker
Howell
Mallory
Washington, High
Mallory Streets
Council
G. E. Hutchens
City Hall
Murder Charge Heard in Downing Street Death Case
Superior Court jurors received Judge Walter Crissman’s instructions in the January 31 death case of 38-year-old Fledy Kirby of Downing Street. The state sought evidence to counter a possible suicide, detailing findings that Lilly Mae Williams died from a shotgun wound in Kirby’s duplex.
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Walter Crissman
Fledy Kirby
Downing Street
Kirby
Hts
Horace Kornegay
T. E. Terrell
Lilly Mae Williams
Lawrence Graves
C. H. Leak
Leah
Williams
Pee Lee
Crissman
Mitchell files $30 000 suit vs two High Point officers
Andrew Mitchell, a High Point resident, sues police officers J. L. Tomer and W. L. Freeman in Guilford Superior Court alleging unlawful assault during a Nov. 1 arrest at 702 Washington St. He claims severe neck and spine injuries requiring weeks in a cast. Tomer remained on the force while Freeman has left for private business.
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High Point
Guilford Superior Court
Greensboro
Andrew Mitchell
Mitchell
J. L. Tomer
W. L. Freeman
Tomer
Freeman
Washington St
Temperatures Rise With Showers Forecast
The weatherman warned of considerable cloudiness and showers with scattered thunderstorms tonight and into early tomorrow morning. Expect clearing and slightly cooler conditions by tomorrow afternoon with normals or near normal temperatures for the next five days.
Hunt Films Shown To Civitan Club Members
Members of the High Point Civitan Club met at the Sheraton Hotel for a weekly luncheon. Clarence Wagner screened two movies recounting a fishing trip off Morehead and a Georgia hunting trip. Mayor Jess Washburn spoke briefly with Charles Forbis of Greensboro. New members Buddy Bullock and Howard Haworth were welcomed. attendance prizes were awarded.
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High Point Civitan Club
Sheraton Hotel
Clarence Wagner
Morehead
Georgia
Wagner
Jess Washburn
Charles Forbis
Greensboro
Buddy Bullock
Howard Haworth
Police Chief’s ear helps catch bank burglar in trouble town
In Run, Ga Chief C L Hall traced a radio playing from a youth’s coat after he claimed the device was a loan security. The friend owning the radio confessed he had taken it from the bank during a failed vault break in.
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Doerun
C. L. Hall
Hall
Two Gifts For YW Revealed
Holt McPherson announces two more special gifts to the YWCA building fund drive. Dr and Mrs Max Rogers donate a first floor corridor title and Carolina Container Co takes the building main office. Total special gifts reach 15. Luncheon today will report gifts to date. Jess Washburn and Mrs Willis Slane praise the pace and seek additional contributions before community solicitation.
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YWCA
Holt McPherson
Max Rogers
Carolina Container Co
Jess Washburn
Willis ‘Slane
Firefighters respond to flooded oil heater blaze
Firemen answered a single call to 917 East Ave for a flooded oil heater. The blaze was extinguished before trucks arrived and no injuries were reported. The incident occurred at 9:07 p.m.
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East Ave
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City Health Department
Security Bank
Barbee Street
Missouri
Arkansas
University of Tennessee College of Medicine
Medical Corps
Mississippi
Anson County
N. C
Wallin
Trudeau Society
Tuberculosis Association
Loren Wallin
Charles Woodell
Tusday
Wrenn Street
Globe Furniture Company
David Cox
High Point Enterprise
Superior Court
Carolina Club of Printing House Craftsmen
Pearl E. Oldt
Cincinnati
International Association of Printing House Crafts
Thornton O. Charnock
Clifton Beckwith
Raleigh
Winston-Salem
Phete
Braxton Younts
Jim Hightower
Ward Baking Company
C. A. McVey
Wesley Jones
Clyde Hammock
Ross Perdue
North
Carolina
Atee
Bill Petty
Vic and Bundy
Civitans
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