Concert Drive Opens Campaign for 1961 62 Members
The High Point Community Concert Assn opened its membership drive with a YWCA dinner. The drive runs until noon Saturday when memberships close for the year. Indianapolis Symphony and Chicago Opera Ballet are set as attractions. Beaux Arts Trio concert on April 17. Campaign HQ at the Sheraton Hotel.
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Community Concert Assn
The
YWCA
Sr. Front
Charles Baxter
New York
High Point Community Concert Assn
Indianapolis Symphony
Chicago Opera Ballet
Howard Cobie
Beaux Arts Trio of
Gil Gray
Association
Campaign
Sheraton Hotel
Scattered Frost Expected Tonight in Local Area
If skies stay clear, Friendship weatherman warns of scattered frost tonight. Lows dip to mid 30s with daytime highs in the 60s. Clouds increase tomorrow with little temperature change, then Thursday brings clearing and cooler conditions.
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Friendship
High Point College Forum to Debate Capital Punishment
The HPC forum on capital punishment gathers Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the Student Center. Panelists include Judge Byron Haworth D P Whitely Bennie Jenkins Vance Avis and Dr S C Deskins with Dr W R Locke as moderator.
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High Point College
Byron Haworth
High Point Municipal Court
D. P. Whitley
Two Cameras Reported Stolen In Thomasville
Ford Snow, operator on Salem Street, reported two cameras missing. A Polaroid 80 A valued at 77.75 and a Kodak Pony .35 mm with a 3.9 lens valued at 19.95 were taken, with theft occurring sometime Saturday.
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Thomasville
Ford Snow
Salem Street
Snow
Zoning Hearing Roots Out Mobile Park and Shopping Center Plans
About 100 property owners protested at the city planning and zoning commission last night delaying a residential to industrial rezoning south of W Fairfield Road and delaying a mobile home park. The panel tentatively approved a regional shopping center on Westchester Drive near Whittier Street with conditions, while denying the mobile park and signaling final plans must pass inspection. Additional actions included approving a storage building at E Homestead Avenue and Lassiter Drive with landscaping and access stipulations.
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High Point
City Planning and Zoning Commission
W. Fairfield Road
W. A. Frazier
E. Fairfield Road
Edwards Street
Whittier
Florham Avenue
G. L. Younts
Raymond
G. W. Hepler
Oscar Frye
Fred W. Little
E. Homestead Avenue
Lassiter Drive
Little
Westchester area planning actions and sign approvals
Building on West Side near Lexington Avenue received business permit request from Ross Caudell. IEH Homes site on S Main Street got lights and exterior sign approval. Shell home standards were not relaxed for the firm. An automobile sales and auction building on English Street extension was allowed to remain without city permit. Dedication of an open park area west of Westchester Drive was rejected due to usage limits. Twenty five street name changes were adopted without public opposition.
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Westchester
Lexington Avenue
Ross Caudell
Okayed
IEH Homes
S. Main Street
English Street
Westchester Drive
Sargeant Withdraws From High Point Council Race
Dr. Angus Sargeant withdrew as a Democratic candidate for High Point City Council due to unexpected business changes. His name remains on the April 18 primary ballot though ballots are printed. The withdrawal narrows Democrats to seven candidates for four posts.
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Enterprise City
Angus Sargeant
High Point City
Sargeant
Hunter Dalton
City Elections Board
Extension Granted In TV Dispute
The FCC extended to May 22 the deadline for Jefferson Standard Broadcasting Co. to oppose the award of Television Channel 8 to Tri-Cities Broadcasting Co. of Greensboro. Jefferson may file a 70 page brief, up from 50, and an FCC examiner recommended Tri-Cities win for the Greensboro High Point Winston-Salem area with full-time operation by partners. Also listed as applicants are High Point Television Co. and Southern Broadcasters, Inc.
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Enterprise
Washington
Jefferson Standard Broadcasting Co
Federal Communications Commission
Tri-Cities Broadcasting Co
Greensboro
FCC
Jefferson
Elizabeth Smith
Tri Cities
Greensboro-High Point
Winston-Salem
Tri-Cities
Jefferson and
Tri. Cities
High Point Television Co
Southern Broadcasters, Inc
High Point
Convention Ends as Lockermen Elect Proctor President
The 17th annual North Carolina Frozen Food Lockers Association meeting concluded with L Y Ballentine of the state agriculture department delivering the luncheon address. Vance Proctor of High Point was elected president, with Paul Stokes and Gus Carter as first and second vice presidents respectively, and others as directors. Winners were named in ham and bacon shows, recognizing Granville Locker, Forsyth Frozen Food, Farmer's Mutual Cold Storage, Lincoln Frozen Foods, Sampson County Cold Storage, and Granville Locker.
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L. Y. Ballentine
North Carolina
Gus Carter
Coy Shaw
J. E. Durham
Milt Weise
Gordon Ogilvie
Ed Hash
Granville Locker
Oxford
Forsyth Frozen Food
Winston-Salem
Farmer's Mutual Cold Storage
Durham
Lincoln Frozen Foods
Lincolnton
Sampson County Cold Storage
Clinton
Wayne Corpening
Agriculture Department of Wachovia Bank and Trust Co
Lexter Hambel
Saluda
S. C
S. C. Frozen Food Locker Assn
Miss Gaynelle Hogas
Guilford County
N. C. Frozen Food Locker Assn
Vance Proctor
High Point
Paul Stokes
Youth Honored By Club Exchange Youth of the Month
The High Point Exchange Club names Jimmy Hart as Exchange Youth of the Month for April. Hart, son of Calvin and Mrs Hart of 501 Forrest Ave, leads in National Honor Society Beta Club and Student Council and is an Eagle Scout with Silver Palm.
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High Point Exchange Club
Jimmy Hart
Calvin Hart
Forrest Ave
Jimmy
North Carolina
Student Council Congress
Oklahoma City
Carlton Clinard
Cancer Crusade canvass raises 3385 for High Point drive
Volunteers from the Junior Chamber of Commerce Lambda Chi Alpha at High Point College and others collected 3385 during a city house to house canvass for the High Point Cancer Crusade. Officials expect higher totals as more reports come in and promise a full update soon.
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High Point Cancer Crusade
Cancer Crusade
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity
High Point College
High Point
Prayer for TODAY guidance and discernment in Portland
Prayer text asks God for wisdom to distinguish fleeting satisfactions from lasting joys. It seeks courage and honesty to test all things and hold fast only what is good, guided by Jesus Christ. Signed by Paul S. Wright, minister at First Presbyterian Church, Portland Oregon.
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Jesus Christ
Paul S. Wright
First Presbyterian Church
Portland
Oregon
Flower Theft Charged To Two Women
Two women, Josephine Marsh and Phenie A. Mills, were charged with stealing flowers from graves. Superintendent E. C. Walton pursued them from Floral Garden Park Cemetery, stopped their car, and held them until police arrived. They face court on May 8.
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Floral Garden Park Cemetery
Josephine Marsh
Bethel Avenue
Phenie A. Mills
Rt. 9
Winston-Salem
E. C. Walton
Walton
Cemetery
Rotary Drive
Tuberculosis Cases Reported In Guilford County
Dr. M. D. Bonner reported two new tuberculosis cases to Guilford County Commissioners last month. He said he distributed drugs to 30 patients and treated 129 in county clinics in March.
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Guilford County
M. D. Bonner
Sermon by Dr Sockman on Moral Grace and Victory
Dr Ralph Sockman delivered a sermon at Wesley Memorial Methodist Church titled More Than Conquerors. He urged believers to live with conscious victory ahead of it and to maintain faith through trials while avoiding church decline as professional propaganda.
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Jerusalem
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Ralph Sockman
Dr. Sockman
Jesus
Dr. Lockman
Lockman
Sockman
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Perry P. Little
J. B. Phillips
Gary Davis
Dwin
Republican Organization
Oak Hill
Audie Evans
Council
Evans
Johnson Street
Cloverdale
Five Points
John Eshelman
GOP
Eshelman
Lockermen
Proctor
High Point Enterprise
Exchange Club
Gene Heard
National Exchange Clubs
Ohio
Heard
Asheboro
Marcus Deal
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American Cancer Society
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