Bicycle theft leaves 69 year old Pete Yates desolate
Thomasville man Pete Yates, nearly 69, laments the loss of a recently bought red and white bicycle. He relies on the bike to fetch groceries, travel to town, and salvage bottles for a small monthly payment. He has no insurance, cannot drive, and says thieves have taken much from him since his wife died.
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Thomasville
Pete Yates
Yates
Wall Street
Pete
Mount Zion Church Road
Unusual Hazards Blamed On Eastchester Drive Speed Change
Winter City Council plans a 35 mph speed limit on Eastchester from N Main to Futrelle Driven by a crest near Johnson Street and increased traffic from Johnson Street widening. The 35 mph rule would be permanent and also considered from N Main to N Centennial. A separate project funds underground wiring in downtown High Point at an estimated 1.777 million dollars. Public hearings for several street and utility projects set for April 20.
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Robert Marks
Winter City
Eastchester Drive
State Highway Commission
Eastchester
N. Main Street
Futrelle Drive
Johnson Street
Harold Cheek
Cheek
Johnson
N. Main
N. Centennial
Conrad Memorial Baptist Church
Council
Black and Veatch
High Point
Elm
Hamilton
Washington and
Green
E. Grimes Avenue
Emerywood Forest North
Kingston Court
Three Jamestown Residents File For Town Council
Three residents file for seats on Jamestown’s nonpartisan town council. Incumbent councilmen Joseph B Blair of Knollwood Drive and Carl R Smith of Mendenhall Road join Ralph E Wyrick of Ragsdale Road as new candidates. Blair and Smith are current council members.
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Jim Hawkins
Jamestown
Joseph B. Blair
Knollwood Drive
Carl R. Smith
Mendenhall Road
Ralph E. Wyrick
Ragsdale Road
Blair
Smith
Jamestown finds eight candidates for town council
Wyrick, Blair lead eight contenders for two council seats with a May 2 election. If one more candidate files by April 8 a primary will trim candidates to eight. Mayor Thomas C. Ragsdale seeks a new term. he has served 20 years.
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Wyrick
Charles C. Hughes Jr
Forestdale Drive
William G. Ragsdale
Main Street
Robert H. Crouch
Potter Drive
Millard M. Firesheets
Knollwood Drive
Harold Hall
Thomas C. Ragsdale
Heated Republican split colors High Point primary fight
High Point faces a turbulent city race as six new GOP candidates file led by Township Chairman John Causby. The rival faction promotes Bill Cain Arnold Koonce and others while incumbent Robert Davis pursues the mayoral nomination. A Democratic task force also contends with internal trouble as two Black Maverick candidates oppose the slate.
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Forrest Cates
High Point
GOP
John Causby
Causby
Council
Bill Cain
Arnold Koonce
Dorothy Burnley
Coolidge Murrow
William Bencini
James Shelton
J. C. Reynolds
David A. Rawley Jr
Bencini
Shelton
Robert Davis
Davis
Industrialist Hunsucker Files for City Council Seat
High Point native and Highland Cotton Mills president Frank Hunsucker filed as the 10th Democrat seeking a nomination to the eight seat city council ticket. He noted applying sound business practices to government and aims to keep High Point progressing.
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Frank Hunsucker
High Point
Hunsucker
Highland Cotton Mills
First Ward
Grass and Trash Fires Stretch High Point Fire Crew
High Point firefighters battled several grass and trash fires across South Elm Street Peace and Belmont Streets and along the Southern Railroad at Taylor Street. They freed a dog trapped in a storm sewer with police promising morning retrieval. A dryer blaze at Ned M Izelle home caused about 100 dollars in damages.
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High Point
Ferndale Street
Rockford Road
South Elm Street
Peace
Belmont Streets
Southern Railroad
Taylor Street
Long Street
Claude Canady
Ned W. Mizelle
Sedgewick Lane
Wrenn Street
Benny Braica Sr
Lindale Drive
Furniture City Lodge Meeting Tonight at 8 p.m.
The Furniture City Lodge No 282 will convene at the Rest tonight at eight o clock. Members are reminded to attend and conduct regular lodge business.
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Furniture City Lodge
Republicans file six for High Point City Council primary
The High Point GOP field grew with six candidates joining eight earlier contenders for the city council primary. They include John Causby a WWII veteran and Southern Mercantile Co. president. Myrtle Stroud a florist owner and peace justice. Dr. William Matthews psychology professor and author. A G Whitener High Point businessman and publisher. Herman M. Kirkpatrick native of South Carolina resident since 1917. and Charles Crandal Spain.
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Causby Council
Myrtle Stroud
William Matthews
A. G. Whitener
Charles C. Spain
Herman Kirkpatrick
John Causby
Township
GOP
William P. Matthews
Herman M. Kirkpatrick
Charles Crandal Spain
Causby
Edgewood Dr
Southern Mercantile Co
Green Street Baptist Church
Lican
High Point Republican Women’s Club
Misenheimer
North State Business College
First Pilgrim Church
Stroud’s Florist
Stroud
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Jerry Parrish
Old Pete
Bob Burchette
Enterprise
Piedmont
Friendship Weatherman
North State Telephone Co
Rankin High School
Jamestown Methodist Church
Jamestown Stores
Frank Hunsucker Jr
Republicans
Democrat
By Forrest Cates
Mrs. Stroud
Spencer St
High Point Repub
DR. Matthews
Lynchburg
Tion
Whitener
Catawba County
Gardner-Webb College
University of North Carolina At
Chapel Hill
Woodworkers Supply Co
U. S. Navy
Air Transport
Congress
Horace R. Kornegay
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Kirkpatrick
Chester County
S. C
Charles Spain
Wm. P. Matthews
John P. Causby
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