Four Die as Weekend Highway Crashes Rock High Point Area
Four people died and a fifth injured in weekend crashes near High Point and surrounding areas. The victims are Ruth Delk Williams 52 of Lawsonville and Donald Sumner 21 of High Point, both killed in separate crashes. Leon Allen 33 of Greensboro and Emma Beam 73 of Kernersville died at Baptist Hospital Winston-Salem. Willard Jennings 24 of Willowbrook Street remained in semiconscious condition after a head injury from a single car wreck on Guilford College Road. Williams died after a passing car forced their vehicle off Highway 8 near Lawsonville. Sumner was pinned in a wreck on Highway 311 near Hill Street. he died en route to hospital. Allen, Diabetic, crashed on Highway 29-70 after weaving near Vickery Chapel Road. his five-year-old niece was injured. Beam died after being struck on Main Street Kernersville. Pegram 19 was driving. Sumner and Williams family details follow. funeral arrangements noted for Sumner and Williams families.
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High Point
Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem
Ruth Delk Williams
Ridgecrest Dr
Leon Brandt Allen
North Edgeworth Street
Greensboro
Donald Earl Sumner
Emma Jean Beam
Kernersville
Willard Munrow Jennings
Willowbrook Street
Dummer
Hill Street
Sumner
High Point Memorial Hospital
Randolph County
S. Hayden Walker
Guil-Rand
Williams
Lawsonville
Stokes County
John William Deatheridge
Route 1
Stokes-Reynolds Memorial
R. B. Davis
Allen
Katherine Wooding Allen
Roanoke
Durham
High Pointer
Guilford College Road
Willard Mainion
Union Willowbrook Street
Jennings
Beam
Oak Ridge Road
Vance
Ael Pegram
Kerners Wille
Mr. Sumner
Robert N
Ida Walker Sumner
Trinity School
G. and N. Furniture Company
Freida Jane Wray
Freida W. Sumner
Carol Marie Sumner
Robert N. Sumner
Paul Sumner
Houston
Texas
Wayne Sumner
Sophia
Doak Sumner
Ruby Sumner
Louie Walker
Trinity
Elsie White
Ruth Ives
Washington, D. C
Lea ‘Donovan
Allentown
J. Bryan Williams
Jackie Morton Bailey
Gregory Franklin Bailey
Inglewood Rd
Asheville
Essie Skeen Delk
F. R. Fraley
Whittier St
L. C. Piner
Albert Rd
A. S. Kohl
Hinsdale
Ill
Astor Delk
Denton
Mitchell Delk
Willowwood Dr
Oak Hill
Prayer for Today from Lancaster Theological Seminary
Alfred N. Sayres a professor of practical theology at The Evangelical and Reformed Church Theological Seminary in Lancaster Pa writes a prayer asking for the mind of Christ to free people from fear greed envy and hatred and to enable forgiveness understanding and service in God's children Amen.
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Christ
Alfred N. Sayres
Lancaster
Theological Seminary
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Saturday Beauty Pageant Plans For Miss High Point Crown
Beauty contestants from High Point and Miss North Carolina will parade Saturday in a city event featuring bands, antique cars, and riders. The day includes a banquet with judges, a three section Miss High Point contest, and a crowning at Memorial Auditorium.
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High Point College
Memorial Auditorium
Society of Preservation and Encouragement of
America
Church Street
Main Street
High Point High
Denton High
Glenn
Old Rebel
Pecos Pete
North Carolina
Betty Lane Evans
Greenville
Dick Maultsby
Pageeant
HPC Crowning of Queen Set for Spring Frolics
Miss Jane Martin of Denton will be crowned High Point College May Queen in a gym ceremony after a 7 to 8 band concert in Alumni Gym. The event, part of the Spring Frolics, features Stan Kenton and his orchestra providing the music.
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Jane Martin
Denton
High Point College
Miss Martin
Epsilon Sigma Omicron
Shirley Yakley
High Point
Sylvia Holt
Troy
Doris Talley
Concord
Anne Starr
North Wilkesboro
Sandra Parnell
Sylvia Newton
Julia Hobson
Lucama
Julie Young
Knoxville
Tenn
Alumni Gymnasium
Stan Kenton
Otis
Kenton
Chicago’s Furniture Markets Show Slim Week in Chicago
A weeklong Chicago furniture show dubbed an unofficial preview market drew limited traffic despite new lines from major firms including International Karpen and Kroehler Manufacturing. Dealers hope June Chicago market brings payoff as regional markets gain prominence and High Point shows stay influential.
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Chicago
High Point
International Karpen Division
Schwadig Corp
Kroehler Manufacturing Co
Midwest
Lenoir
Southern Furniture Exposition
Atlanta
Dallas
Texas
Bet
Pavane
Rags Catch Fire at Myrtle Desk Co Finishing Room
Fire at Myrtle Desk Co 801 Millis St yesterday morning 9 36 reported by firefighters with minimal damage. Rags stored in cardboard barrels prompted the alarm due to spontaneous ignition per offices. Earlier another false alarm at Slane Hosiery Mills Inc 311 Mangum Ave at 8 12 p.m.
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Myrtle Desk Co
Millis St
Sesca San
Slane Hosiery Mills Inc
Mangum Ave
Potato Nutrition Claims Stretch Your Food Budget
For a scant cost, potatoes deliver a small share of daily Vitamin C iron and thiamin. The notice praises low price with modest nutrient percentages.
Jamestown Scout Saves Youths In Camporee Tent Blaze
A 14 year old Sedgefield Boy Scout Johnny Gay aided in rescuing two Greensboro youths from a tent fire at a Brown Summit camporee. Ronnie Austin 11 and Mike Carruthers 12 were treated at Moses Cone Hospital for burns and non life threatening injuries. The candle blamed for the blaze was used for reading by the campers despite rules.
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Sedgefield
Brown Summit
Johnny Gay
John W. Gay
Hilltop Rd
Jamestown
Greensboro
Ronnie Austin
Dewey Street
Mike Carruthers
Cypress Street
Moses Cone Hospital
Austin
Young Gay
Edward King
Gay
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
Piedmont Weather Outlook With Showers and Heat
The weatherman reports considerable cloudiness and warm humid conditions with scattered showers or thundershowers this evening and tonight. Tomorrow brings increasing shower activity after noon and evening with highs near 80 today, 82 tomorrow, and a low around 68 tonight.
Eagles Awarded to Jones and Varner at 1st Presbyterian
Chairman John Womack issued Eagle badges to Fred Jones 16 and Larry Varner in Ex plorer Troop 20. Jones is son of Morris A. Jares of 1106 N Rotary Dr. Varner is son of Charles A Varner of 600 Gordon St.
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John Womack
Fred Jones
Morris A. Jares
Fugitive captured after shooting wife in High Point
Detectives with High Point and Randolph County deputies cornered Rudolph West at a cabin outside Liberty after he allegedly grazed his estranged wife with a pistol on Lindsay Street. West, later charged with assault with a deadly weapon and facing forgery and bad-check warrants, was captured without resistance.
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High Point
Randolph County
Rudolph West
Liberty
W. C. Johnson
West
Lindsay Street
Charlotte
Ten House Permits Issued Last Week
Ten house permits issued last week push 1959 total to 1,796,278 while repair permits totaled 12,145. Perry's Upholstering Co. received a 10000 addition permit for its plant at 2406 Dorris St. James Winningham and J Robert Connor each secured five room homes on Woodridge development Cook Street and Futrelle Street addresses. Frank Perkins Treyton Street and A G Whitener Treyton Street construction announced along with two four room houses on Putnam Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birsgremia Amet
Perry's
Dorris St
J. Robert Connor
Woodridge
Futrelle St
James Winningham
North St
Frank Perkins
Cross St
A. G. Whitener
Treyton Street
Henry Shavitz
Putnam St
Silver Valley Civitan Club Gets Charter
The Silver Valley Civitan Club was chartered Saturday night at a banquet at the 109 community center. North Carolina Civitan District Governor Wesley Williams of Raleigh presented the charter to Oes Smith, president of the new club. Renters installed at the charter night festivities were Smith and officers W. A. Foust Jr., Paul V. Yarborough, and ...
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Thomasville
Silver Valley Civitan Club
North Carolina
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High Point Area
Miss Pegram
Mrs. Beam
Hanes- Lineberry Funeral Home
Donald Sumner
Highway 311
Archdale
HPC
Ree
Greensboro Hospital
Dot Piedmont
1St Presbyterian
W. L. Crisco
Charles Pearce
Sandra Jean Hussey
R. W. Hussey
Cook St
Gilbert's
High Point High School
Gayle Brookbank
K. T. Brookbank
Silver Knit Hosiery
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