Symposium to Discuss Airport Plans in Greensboro Meeting
A Greensboro GOP symposium on airport plans will take place Friday night in Guilford County Courthouse Courtroom One starting at 8. Participants include Chester Davis Winston Salem Journal Holt McPherson The High Point Enterprise William B Snider Greensboro Daily News John W Googe Winston Salem Junior Chamber of Commerce Hubert D Humphrey Greensboro Jaycees Beard Jr to moderate with Msgr Hugo Volan offering the invocation at St Benedict's Church nearby.
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Greensboro
Winston Salem Junior Chamber of Commerce
Hubert D. Humphrey
Greensboro Jayceesee
Associated Industries Plans Meet in Greensboro Area
The Associated Industries, an employer group formed last year by a merger of Greensboro High Point Thomasville and Jamestown groups, will hold its first annual meeting Thursday at 6 30 p.m. at Sedgefield Manor. Dr Dwayne Orton editor of Think Rochelle vice president of Globe Parlor Furniture and Boren It of Greens boro Pomona Terra Cotta Co and R E Holladay of Thomasville personnel director for Chair company will attend. A L Foster Jr president of George C Brown Co and outgoing Piedmont Associated Industries president will report on the group's first year. Dr Orton has held Civil Defense and Air Force roles and is a director of the American Arbitration Association. He will speak as a director and executive committee member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Arbitration Association
The
Pacific
Stockton College
Stockton
California
Davidson Court Term Opens Monday
Davidson County's April term of Superior Court opens Monday in Lexington with Judge Frank M. Armstrong of Troy presiding. The docket exceeds 150 cases and Armstrong is noted as an exacting presiding officer likely to clear the calendar by Thursday. Spotlight on four Kannapolis men Earl Meismer J D Powell Jimmy Pethel and Freddie Hampton charged with 14 counts of armed robbery at pistol point in a High Rock Lake cabin during a poker game.
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Lexington
Davidson County
Frank M. Armstrong
Troy
Armstrong
North Carolina
Superior Court
Kannapolis
Earl Meismer
J. D. Powell
Jimmy Pethel
Freddie Hampton
High Rock Lake
Annual Baptist Convention Set In Lexington
Region 5 of the N. C. Baptist Brotherhood will hold its annual convention on Monday May 6 at First Baptist Church of Lexington. J W Clontz of High Point will preside and Dr John L Slaughter of Spartanburg S C will speak at 7 p m. Special music and talks by Horace Easom Bill Jackson and others precede the goal of 1000 men in attendance with public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. C. Baptist Brotherhood
First Baptist Church of
Dan Valley
Liberty
Pilot Mountain
Piedmont
Randolph
Rowan
Thomasville Landmark Fife Home To Be Razed
Thomasville passes another landmark as the Fife family home on West Main Street is moved to Highland Avenue and slated for razing to make way for the J C Green and Sons Funeral Home Chapel. Miss Eugenia Carolina Fife known as Miss Genie died Sept 18 1952 leaving a large family and a millinery business history.
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Thomasville
March of Progress
Eugenia Carolina Fife
Green Funeral Home Chapel
Fife
West Main Street
Highland Avenue
William Washington Fife
Eugenia
Miss Geniz
New Bern
Genie
Eastern Star
Greensboro
Fifes
Goldsboro
Sarah Fife Meador
Henry Ware
Reidsville
High Point
George H. Fife
M. T. Owen
Spencer
William Fife
May Meador
Main
Depot
Highland Ave
Miss Genie
J. C. Green and Sons Funeral Home
Observer Corps Members Tour Seymour Johnson Base
Thirteen members of High Point's Ground Observer Corps visited Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in Goldsboro for a base dedication program. They toured the facility, dined at the NCO Club, and watched an air show presented by Air Force pilots and aircraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Ground Observer Corps
Seymour Johnson Air Force Base
Goldsboro
Air Force
Ida Kimble
Doris Moore
M. E. Jones
Hilda Southards
Lela Druner
Vicki Boles
Loretta Maxwell
Eva Saunders
Dora Jennings
Stella Stewart
Lois Millikan
Mabel Grayson
Fred Flagler
Cancer Crusade Scheduled In High Point
Jim Ehret announced co chairmen Mrs Edward Silver and Mrs Harold Schwab for the house to house Cancer Society campaign. Hundreds of volunteers will spread the theme Fight Cancer with a Checkup and a Check urging adults to heed the slogan and seek improved cancer diagnosis and treatment. Volunteers may contact the campaign headquarters on S Main St Second Floor of High Point Savings and Trust Co or call 9601.
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Jim Ehret
Edward Silver
Harold Schwab
Cancer Society
Ehret
ACS
S. Main St
High Point Savings and Trust Co
Ehrer
Open House Celebrates National Upholstery Plant
National Upholstery Co celebrated its new High Point plant with an open house for employees and guests last Friday. Founded by R B Culler Sr about two decades ago, the firm now invites the people of High Point to share in its growth and expansion details on pages two through eleven of Section B.
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National Upholstery Co
High Point
R. 2 B. Culler Sr
National
Accident Box Score Summary
This year to date there have been several accidents with 65 killed and 39 injured. Property loss totals reach $90,645.00.
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Abeebae
Seven New Faculty Members Named at High Point College
High Point College announces seven new faculty appointments approved by the board. New hires include Rhea H. West Jr. as associate professor and department head in business administration, Jack Netcher as associate professor and department head of physical education, Minor W. Boyer as assistant professor of philosophy and religion, Joseph L. Bernd as assistant professor of political science and history, Hal Ballew as assistant professor of modern languages, Walter E. Hudgins as assistant professor of religion and director of religious activities, and Harold Burhans as instructor in business administration.
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High Point College
Dennis H. Cooke
Rhea H. West, Jr
George Hobart
West
Knoxville
Tennessee
University of Tenessee
University of Alabama
Wake Forest College
University of Tennessee
United States Atomic Energy Commission
Aluminum Company of America
Plastic Lines, Inc
Jack Netcher
Wayne Hoover
Netcher
Asbury Park
New Jersey
Carson-Newman
Mercer University
Boston University
Duke
Georgia Military College
Hal Ballew
Philip Smyth
Ballew
Hickory
University of North Carolina
U.S. Department of State
Walter E. Hudgins
Pemican Wins First Place At Southern Interscholastic Meet
The 1956 Pemican of High Point High School won first place among large schools at the 28th Southern Interscholastic Press Association convention held at Washington and Lee University in Lexington Virginia. Irene Whitley was last year’s editor. Betty Parker current editor attended with Jane Folger Mary Blair and Miss Louise Tapp.
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High Point High School
Southern Interscholastic Press Association
Washington and Lee University
Lexington
Lee Foundation School of Journalism
Irene Whitley
Becky Yow
Louise Tapp
Betty Parker
Jane Folger
Mary Blair
Miss Tapp
UNC Clark Award Honors Fifth UNC LAW Senior
J Duane Gilliam of Thomasville was named one of five UNC law school seniors to receive the Clark Award for the highest overall averages in the class of 19. Gilliam joined the other top students in earning the prestigious prize.
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Thomasville
J. Duane Gilliam
Law School
University of North Carolina
Informant Complains About Reward In Bunton Kollock Case
A column notes the informant who tipped police about Bunton and Kollock faces threats after voicing dissatisfaction about unpaid reward money. The piece recalls the plan to keep the main witness safe and cites a police remark on dangers from speaking out. It also includes brisk vignettes on bootleggers manners and a mistaken Easter event.
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Julius Bunton
John
Junior) Kollock
Kollock
Bunton
Clifford Phillips
Kemp to Address Kinston Retarded Children Group
Representative Ed Kemp, a first term member of the General Assembly, will speak at the April 29 Kinston meeting of the Lenoir County chapter of the North Carolina Association for Retarded Children. He will discuss a proposed $175,000 training program for the trainable retarded and the bill's status before the Appropriations subcommittee.
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Ed Kemp
General Assembly
Kinston
Lenoir County
N. C. Association For
Kemp
State Association
State Association For Retarded Children
High Point
Murphy
Elizabeth City
House
Senate
Appropriations
James E Owen Accepts $3000 Scholarship
James Edward Owen of 106 Carmall Street Thomasville has accepted a $3000 University of North Carolina scholarship for a year of advanced science study. He is a 1955 UNC graduate and has taught at Wiley Elementary School in Greensboro for two years.
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Thomasville
James Edward Owen
Carmall St
University of North Carolina
James
W. R. Owen
Wiley Elementary School
Greensboro
Hospital Day Observed At Salisbury V A Hospital
Dr. S J Muirhead announces Hospital Day in Salisbury on Sunday May 5 1957 from 1 30 to 4 p m. The event aligns with the national observance and Florence Nightingale's birthday adjustment to Sunday for community access. The day highlights hospital work and year round medical care.
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S. J. Muirhead
V. A. Hospital
Salisbury
Florence Nightingale
V. A
Orientation Program Set At Local Schools
A pre school visitation and orientation program will be held in all High Point elementary schools Wednesday afternoon starting at 1 o clock. Parents and children will visit in first grade rooms while principals and staff answer questions on school health requirements. first grades will be dismissed at noon Wednesday.
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High Point
Verta I. Coe
Dr Hunt To Speak At Public Religious Education Council
Dr Ralphe L Hunt executive director of the National Council of Churches will address the annual meeting of the Public Religious Education Council at Friends Meeting House on Quaker Lane. Dinner meeting opens 6 30 p m with officers to be elected and reports heard. tickets through pastors or Roscoe Sowers.
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Ralphe L. Hunt
Department of Religion and Public Education
National Council of Churches of Christ
Public Religious Education Council
Friends Meeting House
Quaker Lane
Hunt
Boards of Education
Roscoe Sowers
High Rock Lake Said to Harbor Alligators
Southmont residents report eye witness accounts confirming alligators in High Rock Lake this spring. Witnesses describe two foot or longer reptiles seen in local waters amid earlier rumors of other mythical aquatic life.
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High Rock Lake
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Associated Industries
Davidson Court
Harold M. Schwab
Oad Silver
Observer Corps
Air Force Base
Cancer Crusade
Marjorie Case
Hudgins
Danville
Virginia
Duke University
Oak Ridge Methodist Church
Harold Burhans
Blackwell Robinson
Burhans
Rochester
New York
Syracuse University
Department of Business Education
Floral Park
Eastman Kodak Company
Harold Burbans
Joseph L. Bernd
DR. Minor W. Boyer
Rhea H. West JR
Forrest Cates
Byron Haworth
English and Main
Death Valley
English Street
Shawer
Chester
Matt Dillon
James E. Owen
Dr. Hunt
Council
R. L. Hunt
Southmont
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