New Hope Dam Plan Nearing Approval in Cape Fear Basin
The Army Engineers approved a three dam plan for New Hope Randleman and Howard's Mill in the Cape Fear Basin and sent it to state and other agencies for 90 day review. If approved, it may go to Congress with Sen. B. Everett Jordan seeking authorization this session for New Hope and paving the way for Randleman and Howard's Mill projects.
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New Hope
Randleman
Howard
B. Everett Jordan
Congress
Piedmont
Howard's Mill
Thomasville High Senior Week Plans and Prom News
Thomasville High seniors return from Easter break to a brief update. Prom preparations are highlighted by remarks from W S Horton and senior marshal selections including Bobby Powell and Susie Green. Upcoming events list senior week, speeches, a May 8 banquet in Winston Salem, a talent show on May 8, a May 9 AAUW tea, and graduation on June 1.
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Bobby Powell
Susie Green
Web Langford
Jerry Peace
Carol Sisk
Mary Helen Swain
George Hedrick
Wally Richardson
Suzy Bowles
Emily Jarret
Helen Jarrett
Myra Russell
Sally Drake
Jan Weymouth
Kay Hedrick
Gloria Pirtle
Shela Turpin
Trudy Livengood
Nick Fountain
East Pakistan Architect Fazlul Huq Dies at 92
Abdul Kasem Fazlul Huq, 92, the architect of East Pakistan, died after a long illness in Dacca. A former president of the All-India Muslim League from 1916 to 1921, he broke with Jinnah in the 1920s, later rejoining to push East Bengal into Pakistan. He retired in 1954, briefly returned as governor in 1956, and was sidelined in 1958 by President Iskander Mirza.
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Dacca
East Pakistan
Abdul Kasem Fazlul Huq
Fazlul Huq
Mohammed Ali Jinnah
all-India
League
Jinnah
Davidson's New Listing Of Voters Opens Saturday
Spring headlines describe garden tractors and mowers as Thomasville answers seasonal life. A near-tragic freight incident on National Highway highlights concerns over train speeds and warning bells in town. Local rail operations appear to ignore a 35 mph limit, prompting calls for earlier warnings and safer crossings.
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Davidson
Missionary Rev Worth Grant to Lead Revival at Reavis Memorial
Revival services at Reavis Memorial Baptist Church begin today at 11:00 with Rev. Worth Grant as visiting speaker. Grant, a Japan missionary with the Foreign Mission Board, is a High Point native and former Weldon pastor who now serves as secretary of the Jordan Press in Tokyo. Rev. Clyde H. Tucker pastors the church.
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Reavis Memorial Baptist Church
Rev
Worth Grant
Japan
Foreign Mission Board
Southern Baptist Convention
Mr. Grant
High Point
High Point High School
Mars Hill College
Furman University
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Weldon Baptist Church
Weldon
Jordan Press
Tokyo
Jordan Baptist Convention
Clyde H. Tucker
Dissension In Party Claims Poor Prep Before 1960 NC Gov
Democratic National Committeeman W. W. Staton told a Randolph County Young Democratic rally that North Carolina Democrats faced dissension and loose organization before Sanford's 1960 administration. He blamed internal apathy and overconfidence for GOP gains and said the party is now better organized and more democratic.
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Asheboro
Democratic National
Staton
Democratic Party of
North Carolina
Incunabula Defined as Pre-1500 Printed Books
The term incunabula designates books printed before 1500. It refers to early printed works from the incunabula period and encompasses titles produced in the infancy of movable type in Europe.
Local Designers Form Furniture Guild Associates
Four designers unify as Furniture Guild Associates at 334% S. Wrenn St. Members include Niles Pantelakis, D. D. Hutchinson, H. Thomas Keller, and Del Risdon Pantelakis. Hutchinson and Risdon have 10 years in High Point. Pantelakis four. Keller three. Risdon previously with Thomasville Furniture Industries and Tomlinson.
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Furniture Guild Associates
S. Wrenn St
Niles
Pantelakis
D. D. Hutchinson
H. Thomas Keller
del Rrisdon
Hutchinson
Risdon
Thomasville Furniture Industries
Tomlinson
High Point
Keller
New Negro Republican Women’s Club Formed in High Point
North Carolina forms its first Negro Republican Women’s Club in High Point with Mrs. Roxie Simpson installing charter officers at 8 p.m. at Hoover’s Funeral Home. Mrs. Carson O. Parks named Piedmont club president. group organized by Guilford County and High Point Republican leaders.
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North Carolina
High Point
Roxie Simpson
Federation of Republican Women’s Clubs
Piedmont Republican Women’s Club
Washington St
Carson O. Parks
Piedmont Club
Guilford County
John F. Holloway
Greensboro
High Point City
John A. Eshelman Jr
Republican Women's Club
Jane Gross
Justice of the Peace
Walter W. Hoover
Monroe Slims Waist for Comeback Film
Hollywood reports Marilyn Monroe is ready for work on Something's Got to Give, with Dean Martin Cyd Charisse and Steve Allen. Spokesmen say she is fifteen pounds lighter and a week late, with a 22 inch waist matching her Scudda Hoo Scudda Hay era.
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Hollywood
Marilyn Monroe
Dean Marttin
Cyd Charisse
Steve Allen
20Th Century-Fox
Marilyn
Scudda Hoo
Scudda Hay
Seven Draw Terms In Theft Ring
Seven Lexington men received prison terms from 2 to 8 years in U S Middle District Court for conspiracy in an interstate stolen motor vehicles ring. Judge Edwin M Stanley imposed sentences of 4 years on Fred Max Leonard and Ira Meggs Leonard Jr and 3 years on Clifton Franklin Freedle and Robert Douglas Justice with 40 months for Gerald Edward Stansel and 2 years for Hoyle Kenneth Justice. Woodrow McKay Shoaf drew 8 years. Some sentences were suspended or served concurrently. two defendants had pleaded guilty and one, Bobby Dear Walser, had charges dismissed. Stansel and Hoyle Justice admitted guilt. Graves of Flint, Mich. received 20 years last year for related bank robbery.
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Hoyle Kenneth Justice
Woodrow McKay Shoaf
Stansel
Welcome
Gerald C. Graves
Flint
Mich
Realty Transfers in High Point Township and Nearby Subdivisions
A stream of property transfers is recorded across High Point Township and adjacent subdivisions. B H Threatt and wife transfer three lots in Ingle Subdivision to Carl ton Russell Rumley and wife, while Lou R Gibson moves 12 lots in Melrose Subdivision to Mary G Jordan. Additional deeds include Carl Crisco and wife to Douglas A Vincannon and wife on Grace Street, Overcash Kersey to William B Reid and wife in Brentwood J S Worth Subdivision, Louis F Voorhees Jr and wife to Robert D Darden Jr and wife with two Roland Park lots, and Darden to Thomas B Kennedy on Hilldale Addition. Richard Z Peace transfers a lot on Amhurst Street to John C McGrady and wife. Charles C Hoover and wife convey two J A Bundy property lots to W R Denson and wife. D W White and wife sell a J M Ring and Mrs Walter White lot to Paul C Hedgecock and wife. E R French and wife to Ross S Byerly and wife for a D S Hedgecock property lot. Ivey Groome and wife to Ralph E Brooks Jr and wife two lots for the Fannie English Estate. Joe R Aaron and wife to Roy Elliott Gay and wife a lot of the According to the 1960 U S census inmates of institutions totaled 1,897,106 persons.
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Carl Crisco
Douglas A. Vincannon
Grace Street
Overcash Kersey
William B. Reid
Brentwood
J. S. Worth
Robert D. Darden Jr
Thomas B. Kennedy
Hilldale
Richard Z. Peace
John C. McGrady
Amhurst Street
Charles C. Hoover
W. R. Denson
J. A. Bundy
D. W. White
Paul C. Hedgecock
J. M. Ring
Walter White
E. R. French
Ross S. Byerly
D. S. Hedgecock
Ivey Groome
Ralph E. Brooks Jr
Fannie English
Joe R. Aaron
Roy Elliott Gay
Senior High announces Clean-up Day and NHS delegates
HPHS held Clean-up Day with Student Council leading classroom cleaning and inviting participation. Five HPHS NHS members attended the state convention at the University of North Carolina with delegates including Steve Hyman and Betsy Gray. New NHS inductees and junior-senior prom plans for May 11 were also reported along with Civitan essay winners and Quill and Scroll induction.
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University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill
HPHS
Steve Hyman
Betsy Gray
Scrapbook
Stephanie Teague
Dan Whitley
Carole Norman
Carole
NHS
Delores Joseph
City announces civil service openings with varied pay scales
The notice lists patrolman fireman sewer plant operator laboratory technician craftsman and other public works jobs in High Point North Carolina. Salaries range from 230 to 400 dollars monthly with benefits including vacation and sick leave and social security supplements. Apply by April 28 at 511 Hamilton St with exam on 28.
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Wayne & Sewer
Water & Sewer
Stallin
Sacu Eation
Washinton Terrace Park
Heav Ohlers
Oreman I
Public Works Department
Public Works Division
City Hall
Hamilton St.eenene
Joseph F.ee
High Point
Civil Service Constauasion
Three Fern Dale Students Nominated for NCTE Awards
Eugenia Monroe Barbara Ballow and David Pruette from Fern Dale High School are nominated for the national Achieve ment Awards by the National Council of Teachers of English. Local and state committees will judge their writing and literary awareness, and winners will be announced in December 1962 with names sent to U S colleges for scholarship consideration.
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Eugenia Monroe
Barbara Ballow
David Pruette
Ferndale High School
National Council of Teachers of English
NCTE
U. S
Lincoln Issued Emancipation Proclamation on January First 1863
A historic government action dated January 1 1863 declares freedom for enslaved people in Confederate regions. President Abraham Lincoln signed the proclamation signaling a major shift in the Civil War era and American policy toward emancipation.
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Lincoln
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Northern Piedmont Area Development Assn
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Thomasville
Walker's
Thomasville High Corner
Patsy Callicutt
W. S. Horton
Borden Company
U. S. Army Recruiting Service
Clyde J. Tate
Charlotte Main Station
C. Jan Westmoreland
Borden
South Atlantic
Joseph Vincent
Furniture Design Guild Organized
GOP
High Point Township
B. H. Threatt
Carlton Russell Rumley
Ingle
Lou R. Gibson
Mary G. Jordan
Melrose Subdivision
Louis F. Voorhees Jr
Roland Park Subdivision
Mr. Clean
Tommy Daughtery
Frieda Holt
Sally Osborne
Allison Shivers
Ene Teague
Karen Austin
Sandra Cullom
Jane Grimsley
Susan Horney
Patty Lewis
Nancy Litton
Price Marsh
Joyce Medina
Barbara Payne
Grace Reitzel
Lynnette Rice
Linda Tunstall
Eleanor Young
Civitan
Judi
Justice
Freida Holt
Ules
National Electrical Manufacturers Association
Family Weekly
High Point Hardware CO
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