City Hall Slack Cited in Council Administrative Talk
Civil Service authorities pressed City Council to consider an administrative survey to improve city operations ahead of a large annexation. They criticized vacation piecemeal policies and a rising city workforce since 1949, noting 596 employees now. They urged outside experts to curb wasted motion and warned against payroll growth. Councilors said a survey was under review and defense of city planning director Bob Griffin while requesting proof of his on duty status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Service
Civil Service Commission
City Hall
Commission
Bob Davis
Davis
Bob Griffin
Griffin
University of North Carolina
Hospitals’ Charity Cited by Welfare Board Chairman
Welfare Board Chairman John Clinard says five Guilford hospitals provide about 1 million dollars in free medical care each year. For fiscal 1958 High Point Memorial Hospital treated 2,474 patients free totaling 67004 in unpaid expense. By March 1959 unpaid accounts stood at 33502 for 1236 patients. The Welfare Department plans 175000 for hospitalization in 1959. Nine months into the year the department accepted 1091 hospital patients and declined 350, a 32 percent rejection rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welfare Board
John Clinard
Guilford
High Point Memorial Hospital
Welfare Department
Clinard
High Point
W. R. Peters
Men Ordered Held For Abduction Involving 13 and 15 Year Olds
Herman Grice of Albert Road faces binding over to Superior Court after probable cause found in an abduction case involving two High Point girls aged 13 and 15. Harvey Roberts of Thomasville also bound over to county court on an abduction charge in the same matter. Roberts and Grice allegedly took the girls on an overnight trip to a beach area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Road
Herman Junior Grice
Grice
Harvey Junior Roberts
Thomasville
Roberts
High Point
Willie Lee Kirk
Hoover Flats
Sasser Receives Carnegie Fellowship at Peabody College
Jas Sasser of HPC earned a Carnegie Fellowship worth 1000 dollars for Teacher Education at George Peabody College for Teachers in Nashville Tennessee. A Ellerbe North Carolina native he attended Ellerbe High School and Oak Ridge Military Institute and majors in social studies with a sociology minor. The Carnegie Fellowships aim to identify and prepare students for the Master of Arts degree through a strong four year record and are grants rather than work fellowships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pale College
Essen
George Peabody College For Teachers
Nashville
Tenn
Ellerbe
Sasser
Ellerbe High School
Oak Ridge Military Institute
Peabody
Carnegie
Coin Club to Hear Expert on Currency
Matt H. Rotert of Camden Ark is slated to address Furniture City Coin Club on currency Thursday night. Rotert, a furniture manufacturer, is an authority on U S paper currency and will speak. The meeting begins at 7 30 p m on the second floor of the High Point Savings and Trust Co building on S Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matt H. Robert
Camden, Ark
Furniture City Coin Club
Rotert
U. S
S. Main Street
High Point Savings and Trust Company
Third Ward Race Heats Up As Deadline Near
At noon ten candidates competed for five city posts in the May 5 election. Third ward looms with a three to four way race for the council seat, while Mayor Jess Washburn faces a clear field. W. G. Bill Brady and James D. McNeill seek Democratic nomination in the ward. L. B. Haizlip announces for third ward. Katharine Kirkman’s status remains uncertain amid last minute efforts for reelection. Brady and Haizlip bring local profiles to the tight contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest Cates
Enterprise
GOP
James Hayworth
Democratic Party
Council
W. G.bill Brady
James D. McNeill
Brady
L. B. Haizlip
High Point
Jess Washburn
Lynwood Smith
John Haworth
H. G. Ilderton
Loren Wallin
B. G. Leonard
Adam Thomasson
City Utilities
Public Works Departments
Bands Get Ratings At Festival In Greensboro
Judges at the annual state high school music festival heard the first of about 90 bands and orchestras at Woman's College. Some 6,000 student musicians will perform through Friday with ratings by Leonard Falcone Kenneth N Cuthbert and Dale C Harris. Results showed Denton and Lexington bands well rated, High Point groups strong, and Hickory Junior High Ninth Grade Band earning the sole superior rating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Woman's College
Leonard Falcone
Michigan State University
Kenneth N. Cuthbert
North Texas State College
Dale C. Harris
Pontiac, Mich
Denton
Lexington
High Point
Hickory Junior High
Guilford County Fifth Grade Teachers to Meet at Bessemer
Fifth grade teachers from all Guilford County Schools will assemble this afternoon at Bessemer's Grammar Grade Building after dismissal. Instructional Assistant Emma Nelson urged all teachers to convene as soon as possible.
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Guilford County
Bessemer Emma
Nelson
Bessemer
Dream Comes True in Italian Lottery Win
Gio vanni Calamai, a village barber near Florence, dreamed he won the weekly lottery. He bought a dozen tickets at 50 lire each and one ticket won 67 million lire about $107,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence
Italy
Giovanni Calamai
New Wing Opens at Southern Furniture Exposition
The Southern Furniture Exposition Building unveils the Wrenn Street Wing, seven stories tall, adding 150000 square feet of display space at a cost of about 1.5 million dollars. Exhibitors showcase Italian marble, rose wood paneling, mirrors, and new furniture lines from Continental, Globe, Wilmar, Hungerford, and Angusta. A buyer desk, cloakroom, restaurant, and supplier offices anchor the first floor with a loading area spanning half the floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wrenn Street
Continental Furniture Co
Continental
Se‘lig Company
Carolina Mirror Corp
Globe Furniture Co
Marines Do Not Blame Others Over City Parking Tickets
Inter service rivalry erupts as Army Navy and Air Force recruiters deny pulling parking violations at the Post Office. Marines are accused of using the 15 minute zone with 14 tickets. Regulators grant immunity to services but Marines press the issue. Recruiters claim they pay tickets and avoid longer zones, while others admit to petty infractions. The case centers on a Marine recruiter visiting Greensboro and parking in restricted spaces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Rigby
Enterprise
Army
Navy
Air Force
Cruiter
Greensboro
Peterson
Guilford County Eyes New Health and Welfare Buildings
Guilford County Health and Welfare Departments seek new facilities in the 1959 60 budget. A $173 000 addition to the Greensboro Health Clinic is planned. A receiving home is cited as the department’s top need and land near JamesTown discussed for a site. Hospital costs have run over by 16492 this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guilford County
Health and Welfare
Greensboro
Health Board
Welfare Board
Commission
John Clinard
A. P. Fortney
Jamestown
Red Road
Guilford Industrial Education Center
Clinard
Welfare Department
Clear Warm Weather Forecast for Thursday Mostly Sunny Then
The Friendship weatherman predicts fair and warmer conditions by Thursday with a chance of frost as temperatures dip to 28 degrees. Last night’s low was 33 with tonight forecast to be fair after today’s mostly sunny spell.
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Friendship
Mercury
Plaees
Conservation Talk Highlights North Carolina Resources
Miss Lynnette Barker of the State Wildlife Resources Commission spoke to the Exchange Club of High Point at the Rainbow Supper Club. She outlined four renewable resources soil water forest and wildlife and urged vigilance in preservation. Barker noted plans to plant over one million seedlings and detailed wildlife species protected by law. Exchangite J H Mourane introduced her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynnette Barker
State Wildlife Resources Commission
Raleigh
Department of Conservation
Exchange Club of
Carolina
Commission
North Carolina
Boy Charged After Wreck On Westwood
Officers say a 12 45 p m accident on Westwood involved Latham who estimated his speed at about 25 mph. The one car wreck traveled 111 feet to curb then 56 feet to a tree, caromed 29 feet more and stopped with $700 car and $25 tree damages. A second collision at E Green and Thissell streets caused minor autos damage to Jack Saunders and Mrs Clyde Loflin. Loflin cited for failure to yield right of way.
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Westwood
Young Latham
E. Green
Thissell Streets
Jack Saunders
Geddie Avenue
Clyde Loflin
Thissell Street
County NCEA To Meet At Bessemer
The April meeting of the Guilford County unit of the North Carolina Education Association will be held in the Bessemer School library tomorrow at 4 p.m. The county council is made up of building representatives from each school and the Guilford unit’s executive committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Council
Guilford County
North Carolina Education Association
Bessemer School
Guilford
Prayer for T Day from Joseph R Sizoo
Prayer text from Joseph R Sizoo of Washington DC expresses gratitude for divine care and asks for strength to perform duties with gladness and reverence. It requests God’s peace to possess believers through Christ and ends with Amen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
Christ
Joseph R. Sizoo
Washington, D. C
George Washington University
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Slack
Jas. Sasser
HPC
K&w
E. W. Price Jr
Green
Breakfast Street Church
W. J. Reynolds
Nashville, Tenn
Neil Armstrong
North Main Street Church
George T. Tunstall
English Street Church
David Cox
Katharine Kirkman
Leonard
English Street
First Congregational & Reformed Church
Junior Order
Ennis Street
Haizlip
Haizlip Funeral Home
Forsyth County
Guilford Line
Brgha
Brooks Memorial Methodist Church
Stewards
Professional Men's Club
North Carolina Funeral Directors and Morticians Association
Mrs. Haizlip
Oene
Feey Hive Saee Ee
High Point Enterprise
New Mart Building
Wilmar Co
S. R. Hungerford Co
Picadilly
John Adams
Anagusta Manufacturing Corp
Henkel-Harris Co
Fontana Group
Globe Gallery
Defense Department
County Boards
Charlie Hunt
For All
Robert Nooe
High Point Chevrolet
Lyles Chevrolet Co
Siete
Miss Baker
Exchangite
J. H. Mourane
Boy
NCEA
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