Uncertainty Clouds City Primary As Voters Prepare
High Point coverage notes expected light turnout for the Democratic and Republican city primaries on April 16 1961 with about 3000 to 4000 projected votes. Key figures include mayoral hopefuls Carson Stout and Hubert Bryant and Council candidates Perry P Little Gary Davis J B Phillips Dick Culler and Lawrence Hancock. Polls open 6 30 a m close 6 30 p m with 30 machines statewide.
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Enterprise
Carson Stout
Hubert Bryant
Bryant
Lawrence Hancock
Andy Evans
Gary Davis
George Covington
Democratic Council
Perry P. Little
Little
Dr. Little
Dick Culler
J. B. Phillips
Davis
Council
Phillips
Jake Froelich
Roy Culler Jr
W. J. Kiser
I. Beverly Lake
Lake
Candidate slate for mayor and council positions
The list shows mayoral candidates Hobert M. Bryant and Carson Stout, and council hopefuls Rob ert Davis James H Eagle Audy Evans Floyd Mehan James Stanley, with addresses ages occupations and limited political experience. Bryant is a retired electrician with one city council term. Stout is a furniture maker with no political history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobert M. Bryant Aarne
Birthwood Dr
McClung
First Presbyterian
Education profile for council candidate Dick Culler
Dick Culler 46 manufacturer merchant lists High Point College as education. He has no police or emergency service experience. Address 416 Hillcrest Drive.
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Visor
High Point College
Council
Dick Culler
Hillcrest Dr
Local Profiles of City Candidates and Affiliations
A compilation of residents including Roy Culler Jr 35 Wake Forest education and religious ties Gary Davis 726 Ferndale broadcasting company president with high school and trade schooling Jake Froelich 30 veneer firm representative W J Kiser 42 dentist naval dental school and University of Tennessee affiliation Method Perry P Little 53 Meharry Medical College Baptist Wendell Street education and council service six years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Culler JR
Edgedale Dr
Wake Forest College
Green Street Baptist
Ferndale Dr
Broadcasting Company
Pym
Jake Froelich
Wrenn St
University of North Carolina
Perry P. Little
Wendell St
Meharry Medical College
First Baptist
W. Willis Ave
Univ. of Ga
Schedule For Camp Announced At Camp Cheerio 1961
Camp Cheerio outlines nine weeks of YMCA camping for boys and girls aged 8 to 14 with sessions from June 18 through August 26. Directors include Max Cooke and Murphy Osborn. Activities cover horseback riding arts crafts nature swimming boating archery riflery hiking and cookouts. Registration at the YMCA is encouraged and non members pay higher rates.
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Cheerio
YMCA
Emerywood Baptist Church
Max Cooke
Camp Cheerio
Murphy Osborn
High Point Ymca
Spring Market Outlook Sees Boom in Rocking Chairs
The spring furniture market opens Friday with strong demand and steady prices. Buyers from across the nation will attend through April 28 at the Southern Furniture Exposition Building in High Point, with showrooms in Winston-Salem and other North Carolina cities. Manufacturers expect new lines, especially in case goods, and a focus on larger chests, night stands, and bookcase headboards. The rocking chair is seen as a major item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tar Heel
High Point
Winston-Salem
Thomasville
Lexington
Hickory
Drexel
Lenoir
Salesman Proves Customer's Point By Witty Wrecks
A High Point matron tests a salesman’s claim on little cars and suffers a bad foot injury in a staged wreck. A Ray Scott joke unfolds with mail to Ray and Scott streets. A local dealer avoids a suit after prankish neighbors drain a compact’s gas and affect mileage. Dick Culler’s campaign cards spark jokes at a civic club. The Alamo film scene prompts a Carolina football joke and a viewer’s quip.
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High Point
Dick Culler
City Battles Federal Government Over Unfinished Hydro Plant
High Point files a 100000 counterclaim in U S Middle District Court Greensboro seeking to offset 111909 21 in fundsAdvanced for a pre World War II hydroelectric project on the Yadkin River near Williams The city asserts WWII prompted abandonment and disputes authority to enter the agreement while the government contends it is owed the funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
U. S. Middle District Court
Greensboro
Yadkin
Williams
State Supreme Court
Three To Receive Honorary Degrees At High Point College
High Point College will award three honorary degrees at the May graduation. Gov. Terry Sanford receives the LLD, Rev. Clifford Peace the DD, and Rev. Ralph Taylor the DD. Sanford will deliver the commencement address on May 28 in Memorial Auditorium. Peace will give the invocation and benediction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendell M. Patton
High Point College
Terry Sanford
Clifford Peace
Ralph Taylor
Gov. Sanford
Mr. Peace
Mr. Taylor
Memorial Auditorium
North Carolina
Weaver College
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High Point Enterprise
Robert Davis
Hillcrest
James H. Eagle
Ingleside Dr
Wesley Memorial Methodist
Audy Evans
Forrest Ave
Floyd Mehan
Westwood
Apparel, Inc
James Stanley
James Eagle
Sprucedale Dr
Naval Dental School
Univ. of Tenn
St. Mary's Episcopal
Roy Culler
DR. Perry Little
Norman C. Weisbecker
Ymca Camp Committee
Southern Furniture Exposition
Forrest
Ray Scott
Ray
Scott
Culler
Ol’ Richard
J. W. Morgan
Golly
Morgan
City
GOV
Rev
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