YWCA Fund Drive Enters Third Week In High Point
The YWCA fund drive for 350000 moves into its third week with about 60 percent pledged. Chairman Jess Washburn notes some volunteers were unavailable due to travel and temp jobs at the furniture market, urging citizens to contribute at campaign headquarters. Chamber officials stress YWCA as a national standard of a fine community and praise livability factors including medical, educational, cultural, and social facilities as essential to industrial prospects.
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YWCA
Jess Washburn
Washburn
Chamber of Commerce
Eene Covington
Chamber
Phil Clarke
High Point
Sitees
Local Girl Rebecca Cook Wins NC Women’s Clubs Scholarship
Rebecca Ann Cook of 524 Player Dr is district winner for a $1000 scholarship from the North Carolina Federation of Women’s Clubs. Sponsored by the High Point Woman’s Club, she graduates from High Point Senior High in June and will interview April 27 to advance to the state level.
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Rebecca Ann Cook
North Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs
H. Kent Bennett
Miss Cook
High Point Woman's Club
Leonard Grayson Cook
High Point Senior High School
Quill and Scroll
Thomas E. Dodamead
High Point College
James Moffitt
Guilford County Health Department
Arlone
First Church of
West Virginia Governor to Speak at Local Club Meeting
Cecil H. Underwood the West Virginia governor and one of America's youngest governors will address the High Point Industrial Management Club on its Americanism Night Tuesday at the Y dinner meeting at 6 30. Richard Wade retiring club president will preside The program includes installation of new officers Wayne Chambers is named president and other officers include Guy Kinney Darrell Pierce Ed Hutchins Wayne Luquer and J Wesley Scott The gathering notes Underwood’s birth in Josephs Mills Tyler County on November 5 1922 his education and marriage to Hevah Hall with two children Cecilia Ann and Craig Hall He was elected governor November 6 1956 and inaugurated January 14 1957
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Cecil H. Underwood
West Virginia
America
High Point Industrial Management Club
Richard Wade
Gov. Underwood
Joseph's Mills
Tyler County
W. Va
Silas and
Della Forrester Underwood
Salem College
Salem W. Va
West Virginia University
Amelia Earhart Foundation
Ann Arbor
Mich
Marietta College
Marietta
Ohio
Bethany College
Bethany
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Montgomery
Hevah Hall
Grantsville
Cecilia Ann
Craig Hall
Underwood
West
Wayne Chambers
Guy
High E. Kinney
Point
Jones Business College
Tomlinson
High Point
Darrell Pierce
Silver Craft Furniture Co
Ed Hutchins
Jamestown
Amos Hosiery Mills
Wayne Luquer
Highland Container Co
Industrial Management Club
J. Wesley Scott
Triangle Hosiery Co
High Point College
Jess
Novice candidates drive brisk pace in City Council race
In High Point two ward contests heat up as veteran Councilman faces three newcomers including Gene Horney Joe Hocutt and Dr Loren Wallin. Campaigns push issues from city wage policy curb and gutter costs to school board appointments and annexation plans ahead of Tuesday primary polls.
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Gene Horney
Joe Hocutt
Loren Wallin
Horney
Civil Service Commisssion
Wallin
Hocutt
Iiderton
L. B. Haiz
Wachovia Promotes Ray Wesson to Insurance Department Manager
Ray B. Wesson Jr. of 304 Woodrow Ave. has been named manager of Wachovia Bank and Trust Co. insurance department, effective May 1, succeeding Robert B. Rankin. Wesson, with over six years in programing insurance protection, has worked in Wachovia’s Winston-Salem department since 1957 and previously with Blue Ridge Insurance Co. He is a Shelby native who studied at Gardner-Webb Junior College and Eton College and attended the Travelers School for Casualty Surety Fire and Marine. He is married to Betty Lucille Driver and they have three children Lynn Elise Scott Brevard and David Thomas.
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Ray B. Wesson Jr
Woodrow Ave
Bank and Trust Co
J. Roscoe Adams
Wachovia
Wesson
Robert B. Rankin
Adams
Winston-Salem
Blue Ridge Insurance Co
Shelby
Gardner-Webb
Boiling Springs
Eton College
Travelers School For Casualty, Surety, Fire and Marine Reg
Hartford
Betty Lucille Driver
Greensboro
Lynn Elise
Scott Brevard
David Thomas
High Pointer Randolphian Given Offices
The State Chapter of the Inter National Association of Personnel in Employment Security chose John B. Brooks of Asheboro as president at its annual convention in Wilmington. Officers include Eastern vice president Jane Gay of Kinston and Western vice president Wilfred R. Eddinger of High Point with treasurer Gladys A. Strickland of Raleigh. Red Davis of Raleigh received the association’s employee of the year award from the Employment Security Commission public information officer.
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Wilmington
Inter National Assn. of
John B. Brooks
Asheboro
Brooks
Eastern
Jane Gay
Kinston
Western
Wilfred R. Eddinger
High Point
Gladys A. Strickland
Raleigh
Red Davis
Employment Security Commission
ESC
Weather outlook in High Point area clouds rain possible
The forecast calls for a mild day with cloudy skies and possible showers. Temperatures were near 50 last night and should reach 70 to 75 today, with several days of temperatures four to eight degrees above average per the Friendship weatherman.
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Friendship Weatherman
High Point
Cy Anatic
Industrial Square to boost citys industrial presence
W C Brown Jr and Julian B White develop a 37 acre site off Kivett Drive called Industrial Square. A 12000 sq ft brick veneer plant for Cooper Southern Inc is under construction with plans for a South ern Railway line and Central Street access through the site. Remaining lots range from 2.5 to 6.4 acres with eight lots left as developers seek annexation approval for water and sewer connections. Cooper Southern, at 1900 E Green St, aims to move into the new facility within 45 days. R C Cooper serves as president.
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W. C. Brown Jr
Julian B. White
Kivett Drive
White
Cooper-Southern Inc
Southern
Central Street
Kivett
I Cooper-Southern
Addi
Codeveloper Brown
Cooper- Southern
Cooper. Southern
E. Green St
R. C. Cooper
This And That Snapshots City Happenings In High Point
Forrest Cates comments on local oddities from city council antics to traffic costs and social gaffes. Car stops cost motorists three cents per stop while jokes about tickets and police snoot punching surface amid talk of court and jail costs.
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High Point
E. L. Walker Jr
Annexation Hearings To Be Slated By City Council
High Point City Council plans morning hearings on annexation petitions for J W Lambeth E J Ward Jiffy Manufacturing Co Roy Pratt A F Nackley J A and Garland Evans Carolina Container Cagle and Wallace and others The session also considers extending city limits to Willowbrook Bridges Street appraisals for street extensions and contracts for a utilities truck plus several beer and pool room license applications.
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High Point
J. W Lambeth
E. J. Ward
Bridges
Cook Streets
Jiffy Manufacturing Co
Smith Road
Roy Pratt
Woodruff Street
A. F. Nackley
J. A
Garland Evans
Wendell Street
Carolina Container Co
Cagle and Wallace, Inc
Prospect Street
Lake Bottoms
Willowbrook
Bridges Street
Utilities Department
Cancer Crusade Observances Held Across High Point Churches
President proclaims Cancer Control Sunday as Judge Walter E Crissman leads observances in High Point. A Main Street survey shows cancer touched most families. 44 local deaths last year underscore widespread impact.
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Cancer Control
Cancer Crusade
Walter E. Crissman
High Point
Judge Crissman
Main Street
Hoak Duke
Guilford St
John Hammes
E. William & Mary Apartments
C. A. Leonard
Lindsay St
Sandra Fllerbee
Arch St
Margaret Church
Dr. Sherron Reappointed As District Governor
Dr. A. E. Sherron, a local chiropractor, was reappointed to the office of District Governor of the National Exchange Club by T. W. Dawson of Minneapolis. The move was approved by the national Board of Control at a Minneapolis meeting. Sherron has served as past state president of both the North Carolina Exchange Clubs and the North Carolina State Chiropractic Association.
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A. E. Sherron
National Exchange Club
T. W. Dawson
Minneapolis
North Carolina State Chiropractic Association
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Rebecca Cook
Railroaders
National Railway Historical Society
High Point Tamasville
Denton
High Rock
Braxton Younts
High Point Enterprise
Virginia
Lip
Bill Brady
James D. McNeill
Haizlip
Katharine Kirkman
Brady
McNeill
Dave Neill
B. G. Leonard
Adam Thomason
Ray Wesson
Ray Wesson JR
Cecil Underwood
Prospect
Ellis Baker
Keith Sedberry
Kenny Kearns
Jimmy Curlee
Tom Kester
Steve Ramsey
Tom
Chafin
Doyle Early
Charles Lewis
Ashley Morris
John Sherrill
Jerry Koontz
Ed Ellington
Bill Burris
Neil Howell
Jimmy Simeon
Nolan Clinard
Bill Abernathy
Steve Weavil
Richard Carmichael
Tion Coeee
Forrest Cates
County Board of Commissioners
Mater
Sherron
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