Suspects Held After Safe Cracking Attempt Near Lexington
High Point police pursue two intruders injured by a shotgun blast during a break in at Lowder Supply Co near Thomasville. Nathaniel Ashwell and Harvey E Underwood, both Statesville residents, were treated and held for questioning about recent safe cracking in High Point and Thomasville. Nightwatchman Winfred Cheek fired the blast from a skylight. Ashwell in serious condition.
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High Point
Lexington
Lowder Supply Co
Thomasville
Davidson County
Nathaniel Ashwell
Harvey E. Underwood
Statesville
High Point Memorial Hospital
Ashwell
Underwood
Brad Hunsucker
Winfred Cheek
High Point Hospital
Bank Transferring Loan Officer Here
William deRosset Ross, assistant vice president of North Carolina National Bank, is transferred from Greensboro to High Point effective today. A UNC alumnus and Army veteran, Ross has a long banking career across several cities and will continue as a commercial loan officer in High Point. He is active in Episcopal Church work and has held leadership roles in local civic clubs and fund drives.
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William deRosset Ross
North Carolina National Bank
Greensboro
High Point
Clarence M. Allred
Wilmington
Ross
University of North Carolina
Germany
Commercial Credit Co
Lumberton
Fayetteville
Winston-Salem
Episcopal Church
St. Andrew's
Greensboro Exchange Club
March of Dimes
Guilford
National Foundation
Assault Case Tops List of Weekend Arrests
Police reported multiple arrests over the weekend for assault reckless driving drunken driving disorderly conduct fornication adultery and liquor law violations. Names include Charles McBride Raymond Patrick Katherine Butler Murray Ballance Harvey Pyrtle Howard Tol er and Ottie Mae Lane with bonds set and municipal court dates.
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Charles James McBride
Rt. 4
High Point
Roland Graves
McBride
Raymond Earl Patrick
Bristol Street
Katherine Lee Butler
Freeman Mill Road
Murray Ballance
Centennial Street
Ballance
Harvey Leo Pyrtle
Howard Elmer Toler
E. Green Street
Ottie Mae Lane
Permits Total Over $120 000 For Eighth Straight Week
Building inspector issued permits totaling 120 750 last week with seven residential approvals worth 97 750. Major grants included John Davis 31 250 for a dwelling at 2000 Croyden and L J Loveland 19 800 for 2004 Croyden. Nonresidential permits went to James T Black Co Inc and Stutts Neely. Twenty one repair permits added 21 729, led by Ivan Crissman 4 400 for a room addition at 613 Westwood.
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John Davis
Croyden
L. J. Loveland
Paul C. Godfrey
Heathcliff Road
J. Robert Connor
E. Green
Ivan D. Crissman
Westwood
Election Meeting At Horneytown Fire Station
Horneytown residents served by the volunteer fire department are to meet at the fire station tonight at 7 30 for a community meeting. The agenda includes electing fire department officials for the new year.
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Horneytown
Ham Radio Club Reorganizing Reorganizes At Evening Meeting
The Radio Specialty Club will hold a reorganizational meeting this Thursday at 7 30 p m in the High Point amateur radio shack on Centennial Ext. All boys 15 to 18 interested in ham radio and electronics are invited. The club, once part of Boy Scout Explorer Post 5, is advised by Jim Kerr.
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High Point
Centennial Ext
Boy Scout Explorer Post 5
Jim Kerr
Guilford Officials Probe Private Garbage Laxity
Guilford County Commissioners raised concerns about weak enforcement of private garbage collection rules. They learned Willie McCauley of Jamestown operated unlicensed in the High Point area for eight years serving about 150 customers and charging Modern Disposal rates. They will review licensing, potential additional firms, and whether to grant McCauley an opportunity to apply.
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Enterprise City
Greensboro
Guilford County
Collec
High Point
Willie McCauley
Jamestown
Allen Jay-Kivett Drive
Davidson County
McCauley
Davidson
Carson Bain
Lloyd Amos
Modern Garbage Disposal Co
Amos
Ex-High Pointer Heads Mocksville Junior Chamber
Henry E. Blair, formerly of High Point, becomes president of the Mocksville Junior Chamber of Commerce. He is the son of J. Robert Blair and Mrs. Blair of Skeet Club Road, a NC State College furniture manufacturing graduate, plant superintendent at Heritage Furniture Co., Mocksville. He is married to Nancy Purvis of Archdale and they have two children in Mocksville.
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High Pointer Heads
Mocksville Junior Chamber
Henry E. Blair
High Point
Mocksville
Blair
N. C. State College
Raleigh
Heritage Furniture Co
Nancy Purvis
Archdale
Revival Set at Little White Baptist Church
A three day revival begins Thursday at the Little White Baptist Church. Dr Harold B Leightler of High Point will preach each evening at 5 p m.
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Thomasville
Little White Baptist Church
Harold B. Leightler
High Point
Frost Expected Tonight In High Point Area
Weather forecast from Friendship predicts frost and freezing temperatures tonight with a low near 28 and a rise to 56 tomorrow. Skies stay fair and cool after a 61 degree high yesterday and a 29 degree low this morning.
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Friendship
Thomason Files as Republican Justice of the Peace Candidate
Adam Thomason, a World War II veteran and VFW member, filed as a Republican candidate for justice of the peace in High Point Township. He manages Coastal Plain Life Insurance Co. here and serves as GOP chair man in Precinct No. 7 with his wife and one child, all members of First Pilgrim Church.
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Adam Thomason
Justice of the Peace
High Point Township
Coastal Plain Life Insurance Co
First Pilgrim Church
GOP
Weekend Rains Trigger Wave of Wrecks, Police Say
Rain slicked streets sparked a Saturday volley of automobile crashes total property damage at $5,770. Fifteen cars, a taxi, a pole and a house were hit. Several people injured, none seriously. Drivers cited for violations included Roscoe L Smith and Jack Dehart. Multiple crashes occurred on Main, Russell, Green and High streets with extensive damage and one injury requiring hospital care. No arrests in the last collision.
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Roscoe Lee Smith
Leonard Street
Jack Robert Dehart
Lowe Street
Red Bird Cab Co
Washington Street
Smith
S. Main Street
Russell Street
John Bethea
Windley Street
James Burton Nealey
Thomasville
Bethea
Main Street
Nealey
Russell
E. Green Street
Hamilton Street
Donald Ray Green
Richland Avenue
Mamie Quick McCollum
Mack Street
Hamilton
McCollum
S. Hamilton
W. High Street
Willie Harrison Shores
Eden Terrace
Shores
High Street
Melvin W. Chaney
Chaney
High Point Memorial Hospital
Ola Allen Kenan
Rt. 1
Greensboro
Elsie Seymore
EF. Farriss Avenue
Kenan
E. Lexington
Seymore
Main
Johnson
Montlieu Avenue
Chester Ruther Mebane
Ashburn Street
Barry Stokes Fritts
Cotton Grove Road
Lexington
Hughes Pressley
Westmoreland
Hickory Lane
Mebane
Fritts
J. B. Taylor
Walnut Street
Carolina Fleets Inc
Pershing Street
John Franklin Carroll
Vernie Henry Thomas
Thomas
Carroll
Special Meet Set Tonight By Council
Thomasville city council schedules a 7 30 PM special session with a public hearing on petitions to curb and pave High Street and Blair Street. They will consider bids for chlorinators for the sewage plant and discuss joining with the county to issue tax bills. The agenda includes possible purchase of Mills Baptist Home land for a new treatment facility.
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Thomasville
High Street
Blair Street
Mills Baptist Home
Jamestown Gunfight At Hughes Service Station Leads to Court
In Jamestown early Sunday a confrontation at Hughes Service Station escalated into gunfire. Deputies arrested Junior Hughes, 36, on three counts of assault with a deadly weapon after a chaotic night. victims included Samuel G Bernard, William Bernard and Odessa Bernard. Audrey Lassiter fled the scene. one woman sustained a back wound from flying glass but was treated and released. Trial set for Hughes with bond posted.
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Enterprise
Jamestown
Junior Hughes
Rt. 1
High Point Memorial Hospital
Hughes Service Station
Guilford Road
Highway 29
Hughes
Winston-Salem
High Point
S Seminary Waunchad
Lassiter
Odessa Bernard
Bernards
Samuel G. Bernard
William O. Bernard
Prayer for TODAY in Lent season asks for renewed devotion
The prayer petitions guidance to persevere in the Lenten journey with strengthened focus on inner peace and outward calm through divine presence. It asks for a deeper commitment to Jesus Christ and love, urging a renewed vision and diligence from James W. Kennedy of The Church of the Ascension in New York City.
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Jesus Christ
James W. Kennedy
The
Church of the Ascension
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William Ross
Ham Radio Club
High Point Jaycees
Ann E. Davis
Centennial
Edgar Turner
Tors
High Point Enterprise
Frost
N. Main Street
Lexington Avenue
By Frank Warren
Audrey Lassiter
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