Ellington Wows Large Audience at Piedmont Jazz Festival
Duke Ellington and his 17 member band headlined a five hour concert at Sedgefield Manor attracting an estimated 500 fans. The afternoon segment featured the Jazz Journeymen and Riverboat Five Plus Two with David Carter on bass.
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Dick Rigby Enterprise
Staid
Sedgefield Manor
Piedmont Jazz Society
Duke Ellington
Raleigh - Durham
High Point Senior High School
David Carter
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
Wild Bill Davidson
Speed Trap Catches 24 Motorists
Police radar set up in the city caught 24 motorists speeding and cited them to court. A 4:35 p.m. Lake Street crash between James D. Farmer and Jack W. Mabe caused about 250 dollars in damage with no charges. Ten minutes later Carole Allred and Alberta Harris McCain collided on S Main Street near Mallory Street causing about 85 dollars in damage. McCain was charged with passing on the right.
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Lake Street
James D. Farmer
Cassell Street
Farmer
Jack W. Mabe
Fast Street
Mabe
Miss Carole Allred
Route 5
High Point
Alberta Harris McCain
Sunset Drive
Allred
S. Main Street
Mallory Street
McCain
Runaway Resin Truck Crashes Near Walterboro
A resin truck plowed into four cars and burst into flames six miles north of Walterboro on highway 15 killing four people and injuring seventeen others. Three were hospitalized with several more in serious condition a brief after 11 p.m. rescue units battled the fire and only fragments remain of the wreckage.
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Walterboro
S.C
Watterboro
Burgess Dies at Durham Veterans Hospital
Deaths and funerals notice announces Burgess died Friday at 3 p.m. at Durham Veterans Hospital. Service 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Shady Grove Wesleyan Methodist Church Colfax with Rev A D Wood. Body to lie at Route 1 Guilford home until 30 minutes before service. interment in church cemetery.
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Shady Grove Wesleyan Methodist Church
Colfax
A. D. Wood
Route 1
Guilford
Burgess
Veterans Hospital
Durham
Enka Corp. President Succumbs
John E. Bassill, 62, longtime textile executive and president of American Enka Corp, died of a heart attack at his New Rochelle home. Bassill led four firms over a 40 year career, joining Enka as a consultant in 1948 and becoming president in 1950 while planning retirement at month’s end.
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New Rochelle
N.Y
John E. Bassill
Bassill
American Enka Corp
Enka
Tubize Artificial Silk Corp
Celanese Corp. of America
American Bemberg Corp
North American Rayon Corp
Speed skating event at Rol-A-Rink this afternoon
A speed racing event will be held at the Rol A Rink on N Main Street Extension this afternoon at 2 oclock. Skating teams from High Point Thomasville and Greensboro participate in the race.
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N. Main Street
High Point
Thomasville
Greensboro
Craven Family Reunion Planned at High Point Home
The annual Craven reunion is set for Sunday May 3 at the home of Mrs Minnie Cridlebaugh Route 2 West Lexington Avenue Extension High Point. Dinner will be served at 1 p.m.
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Ireunion
Craven
Minnie Cridlebaugh
Route 2
Lexington Avenue
High Point
Teen-Agers Hear Graham Sermon in Sydney
In Sydney Show Ground crowds faced mud as evangelist Billy Graham spoke to about 35,000 teens. About 2,691 made decisions for Christ, with Graham noting that 18 to 22 year olds are the strongest in seeking God in his crusades.
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Sydney
Australia
Sydney Showground
Billy Graham
Christ
Graham
Water meter reader Finds Whiskey and Wildlife On Route
Norfolk veteran Robert L. Daniel describes his job with humor noting he has found a bottle of whiskey and a possum in meters along with snakes and black widow spiders.
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Norfolk, Va
Robert L. Daniel
Night of Fun planned by Legion Post 196 group
The American Legion Post 196 Building Committee sponsors a Night of Fun at the Catholic Center on April 24 from 7 30 p m to midnight. Wisteria Garden Club meets at 8 p m at 203 Underhill Ave with plans to federate with local garden clubs and a project for the Washington Street Branch Library.
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The
American Legion Post 196 Building Committee
Catholic Center
Wisteria Garden Club
F. L. Lander
Underhill Ave
Maggie Craig
Federation of Womens’ Clubs
Council of Garden Clubs
Washington Street
Public Library
Annie Seymour
Murray St
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Piedmont
TAR Heel Jazz Journeymen
David Cox
Duke
Ellington
Hank Cinq
Henry the Fifth
Ion
Sam Woodyard
Johnny Hodges
Harry Carney
Ozzie Bailey
James Hamilton
Paul Gonsalves
Enka Corp
Sskaters
Rogers
Insurance Agency
N. Main St
BUI
Pontiac
North Main Street
Veterans of Foreign War
YMCA
Bishop Dale
Charlotte
Albert Clinton
John Moore
Winston Salem
Kenneth M. Brice
David Moore
Chaplin
H. L. White
F. N. Waden
Prince Hall Masons Toussaint L. Ouvertire Lodge No
Prince Hall F. & A. M
Pythian Hall
Perry St
Home School Association
William Penn High School
Temple
Sunshine Hour
Temple Memorial Baptist Church
PTA
Griffin School
Practical Nurses
Maddock Nursery School
Alder St
Nora Bynum
Dave St
Butler
Piedmont Building Systems, Inc
TEL
P.O. Box
Hammond
R. B. Allen
Fleet Road
Thomasville, N. C
Harris Music Company
English ST
Invincible
Group
Henry J. York
H. C. Johnson
H. J. York High Point
A. C. Boyles
Nationwide Mutual Insurance CO
Nationwide Life Insurance CO
Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance CO
Columbus, Ohio
Raleigh
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