Furniture Building to Add Auxiliary Structure at Exposition Area
Stanley Taylor and associates buy a 48 by 200 foot lot between Duke Power offices and the Exposition Building to erect a two story structure for exhibitors unable to secure space. construction planned to begin after title transfer, with completion aimed for January. The deal traces back to 1877 land records, highlighting the long history of the parcel.
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Stanley Taylor
Taylor
Mart i Taylor
Dinette
Carolina
Addi- Seonasian
Ap T
Oop
Taylorsa
Menden‘hall-Moore Aa
Judge Rules Defendant Guilty In Paternity Case
In Thomasville Recorder's Court Billy E. Woodard was found guilty on a paternity charge. Judge W H Steed imposed a six month suspended sentence with a five year road term conditioned on $25 monthly child support and payment of hospital and doctor bills plus court costs. Appeals filed in related drunkenness and prohibition cases. Other defendants faced suspended terms for non support and abandonment, plus fines for carrying a concealed weapon and a 30 day road sentence for drunkenness. Several cases resulted in convictions or acquittals with ongoing appeals.
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Thomasville
Billy E. Woodard
Gray Street
Recorder's Court
Boe
Woodard
W. H. Steed
Steed
Frank Wray
Morris
Hawkins
Willie Cannon
Cannon
Winnie Nichols
Julian Avenue
Recorders Court
Raymond Clifford Davis
Lexington
Oliver R. Hughes
Strikes and Counter Charges Erupt in Thomasville
In Thomasville two counts are lodged against Lee Grimes, plant superintendent, for assault and disorderly conduct by Alton Holmes. A second warrant accuses Stancil Moore of assault with a deadly weapon and a rifle attack by Gurney Byerly. Several others tied to the strike were arrested. all released on bond for May 8 court. Union pickets will target the chair company's showroom and High Point Exposition Building to urge buyers to avoid the struck firm.
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Thomasville
Lee Grimes
Thomasville Chair Company
Grimes
Alton Holmes
Stancil R. Moore
Trinity Street
Joe Moore
Moore
Gurney Byerly
Claude E. Bates
Elkin
Charlie Ware
Lloyd William Viers
High Point
Peoria
Ill
Plant D
Coleman Thompson
Chair Com
Edwin Wall‘er
Diamond Ring Lost By Visitor At Sedgefield
Mrs Ralph M Cole wife of an Indianapolis furniture buyer, stayed at Sedgefield Inn during a furniture market, says she lost a $1000 emerald cut diamond ring in her handbag at the caddy shop at Sedgefield Country Club yesterday. The ring was missing minutes after she retrieved it.
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Sheriff's Deputies
Sedgefield Country Club
Ralph M. Cole
Indianapolis
Ind
Sedgefield Inn
Fair weather forecast from Greensboro High Point area
The weatherman at Greens boro High Point Airport forecasts a mostly fair and warm day tomorrow. Expect a 72 high this afternoon and a 50 low tonight. Tomorrow’s high around 78 with similar low.
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Greensboro
High Point
Negro on Bond After Disturbance in Thomasville Incident
Ned Cochran, a resident of 709 Marsh Street, was released on bond after being arrested on a charge of malicious damage to personal property. Virginia Dooly alleged Cochran smashed a door at her residence leading to the filing of the charge.
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Thomasville
Ned Cochran
Marsh Street
Cochran
Virginia Dooly
High Point Youth Taken In Thomasville
An eleven year old High Point boy was picked up in Randolph Steel area and released to High Point police after being detained by Thomasville officers. He is wanted in connection with a break in at a curb market in High Point.
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Thomasville
High Point
Randolph Steel
Thief Steals Beer and Cigarettes From Oak Hill Shop
Police sought a thief who took a few packs of cigarettes and one beer from the Oak Hill Smoke Shop last night. The theft was reported this morning and investigators pursued leads.
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Oak Hill
Sears Thief Receives Prison Term
A 27 year old man, Robert Austin Redmon, was sentenced in Superior Court for breaking into Mac's Auto Supply on February 20 and Sears Roebuck store. He received five to seven years for the auto theft, plus a gun sentence for the Sears robbery. Two accomplices, William Spivey and Izie Wilson, faced trial as police recovered stolen tires and gear. George Myers faces murder trial next for killing his mother.
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Robert Austin Redmneon
Superior
Mac's Auto Supply Company
Sears, Roebuck
Robinson
Sears
Eve Pou
William Jasper Spivey
Mendenhall Street
Izie Lee Wilson
South Main
Ata
Charles Hagan
Ace Autotore
Cagle
Auto Salvage
George Lexley Myers
Myers
Superior Court
Bennett College Elects New Officers
Bennett College students elected new officers and leaders for 1952 53. Marilyn Whaley of Raleigh was named Student Senate president and Lyvonne Mackel of Natchez Miss was chosen Central Committee representative. Marion Lee Lanett of Alabama became Student Union president with Willie Cox of Rocky Mount as secretary. The Bennett Banner editor Lorraine Sims of Arlington Va secretary Jean Hampton Greensboro and associate editor Juanita Patience West Pittston Pa. Bertha Brown Asheville leads mid week vesper services and Annette Patton South Pittsburgh Tenn was elected secretary. Dorothy Dixon Burlington was named Sunday School chair.
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Greensboro
Bennett College
Marilyn Whaley
Raleigh
Ernestine Herbin
Elizabeth Rees
Ber
Cella Lawson
Kinston
Charlotte Alston
Lyvonne Mackel
Natchez
Marion Lee Lanett
Alabama
Willie Cox
Rocky Mount
Bennett Banner
Lorraine Sims
Arlington
Jean Hampton
Juanita Patience
West Pittston
Bertha Brown
Asheville
Annetta Patton
South Pittsburgh
Magazine Editor Praises Local Furniture Market
Edith B. Evans editor in chief of National Home Furnishings Magazine lauds High Point North Carolina as a world leading furniture center. She notes the unofficial Southern Furniture exposition draws 400 buyers and that national buyers attend factory showrooms shaping trends for Chicago and summer markets.
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North Carolina
Edith B. Evans
Amont
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Evans
Peru
Chicago
High Point
Mrs
Arrests Made By Local Police Over Weekend
Local police reported nineteen arrests over the weekend. Charged with violations of prohibition laws were Bertha Harris David Brown Beulah Craver and Gilbert Black. Also named were alleged lottery violators Jesse Blackburn Edward Purvis and others. Additional arrests included gambling house operator Johnson and several cited gamblers. Assault charges involved Zenas Williams Arthur Gregory and Lela Suits. Clifton Hughes faced a hit and run charge while Roby Bottoms was cited for driving drunk.
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Prohi
Bertha Harris
David Brown
Beulah Craver
Gilbert Black
Jesse Blackburn
Edward Purvis
Johnson
John Rich
Garland Shipwash
G. G. Russell
M. M. Averby
John Brown
Zenasa
Williames
Arthur Gregory
Lela Suits
Clifton A. Hughes
Roby Edgar Bottoms
Army Offers Graduates Many Schools
An Army recruitment note explains the Army will place high school and college graduates in preferred school programs. Enlisted men may enter Officer Candidate School for a two year regular Army commitment, with sections for Signal Corps Engineers and other fields. The article notes 12 OCS applications from High Point College students and emphasizes Army training as civilian-ready preparation.
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Army
Signal Corps
Engineers
Regular Army
Coast Artillery
Field Artillery
Chemical Corps
Ordnance
Medical
High Point
High Point College
No Pickets At Southern Furniture Exposition
Union official Fred Fulford said pickets would target visitors of the Southern Furniture Exposition Building but no action appeared yesterday. About 400 buyers registered at the market on Sunday and Monday as dozens of manufacturers presented lines to visiting buyers, with shoppers seeking bargains for store promotions.
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Southern Furniture Exposition
Thomasville
Thomasville Chair Company
Fred Fulford
International Labor Union
Eyne
Casey
Collision Causes 300 Damage in Two Car Crash
A two car collision at Howell and Lindsay Streets yesterday at 7 30 am caused $300 damage to each vehicle. John Morgan 62 of 1211 Thissell Street was traveling north on Lindsay when his car struck Clay Stafford 29 of 1102 Salem Street. Police made no arrests.
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Howell
Lindsay Streets
John Morgan
Thissell Street
Lindsay Street
Clay Stafford
Salem Street
Morgan
Liquid Poison Incident Sends Woman to Hospital
Mrs Oma Hunt of 703 Highland avenue was brought to City Memorial Hospital around 8 15 this morning under observation after drinking liquid poison. Dr W Craig Parks declined further comment as police noted the emergency call to Davis ambulance.
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Oma Hunt
Highland Avenue
City Memorial Hospital
W. Craig Parks
Davis Ambulance
Break-Ins Billed to Local Youth Amid City Robberies
A 19 year old Mount Airy man Benny Lee Creed was arrested and charged with eight break ins and attempted robberies dating from the first half of the month. Detectives say Creed confessed after officers connected stolen items from multiple sites including a gas station and Heritage Furniture. He is on parole for prior robberies and faces a total bond of 3700 dollars.
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Benny Lee Creed
Mount Airy
South
Onunndtal
Floyd J. Winslow
J. E. Dickens
D. C. Tok Liver
English Street
Creed
Cok \trane and Graham Construction ‘Company
South Hamilton
Heritage Furniture Company
W. C. Rohrson
Alcoholic Problem Debated in Greensboro Meeting
Greensboro leaders and doctors debated funding an outpatient clinic for alcoholics within the county health system. Proposals included using ABC funds and state support of about 4 600 for a psychiatric social worker. Dr Grassi urged education and family stability as key to preventing alcoholism.
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Greensboro
High Poin
Iford
Jesi
C. Amos
Amos
ABC
George Covington
County Health Board
K. Proctor
Butner Alcoholic Rehabilitation Center
Joseph H. Grassi
Forsyth-Winston Salem
K. B. Geddie
High
County Meds Society
Courtroom Committee To Meet Tomorrow
A special Bar Association committee will meet at the County Building tomorrow morning to plan securing a courtroom for Municipal Court. Chairman Arch Schoch, appointed by Bar President Louis Fisher, seeks definite action on the long pending space issue hampering the local court. The Superior Court has first call on the only High Point courtroom, and its use has grown.
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Bar Association
Arch Schoch
Bar
Louis Fisher
Ter
Superior Court
High Point
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Alton Stanford
EF. A. Neely, Jr
Clarence Lambeth
N. C. Johnson
Paul Williamson
Emmett Stone
Russ Holt
Joe Foley
Ralph
Norman
Sedgefield High Point
Olive
Hubert F. Olive
Snow Home
Main Street
Vernon von Drehle
James ‘Clontz
By Martha Clontz
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