Kitchen Shower Honors Bride-Elect Miss Kendall
Miss Faye Kendall, bride-elect to wed Bill F. Wright August 2, was honored with a kitchen shower in the Gold Room Saturday evening. Hostesses Miss Margaret Stewart and Mrs. George Honeycutt presented a corsage and several kitchen gifts as guests enjoyed four-person tables and playful entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borden's
Gold Room
Kendall
Bill Wright
Margaret Ste
Borden
Faye Kendall
Bill F. Wright
Margaret Stewart
George Honeycutt
O. D. Wright
Howard Stutts
Jer Stewart
Psychological quirks and light notes in a daily page
A collage of curiosities and trivia from a newspaper page. Topics include rhinomitidophobia a coined fear, a Los Angeles Times headline about alumni children, free daytime drive-in offerings in St. Louis, salt intake facts, a joke exchange about Zeke’s fingers, safety tips on hedge clippers, senior foods, a dealer’s quip on car buying, and reflections on comic strip creation and literary authors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
J. E. Schmidt
Los Angeles Times
St. Louis
Farmer Brown
Zeke
Farmer Jones
Theft of 1940 Ford and pocketbook reported
Thomasville police investigated the weekend theft of a 1940 Ford owned by James Kennon of 513 Concord Street. The car was taken from in front of his home shortly before 9 p.m. and a pocket book belonging to Mrs. Kennon containing about $80 was also reported stolen. The 3. Bureau of Mines was founded in 1910.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
James Kennon
Concord St
Guilford County Considers 25 Jet Squadron at City Airport
Guilford County commissioners meet with the Greensboro High Point Air Authority to discuss a 25 plane U S Force jet squadron at the field. Approval by High Point and Greensboro already voted with potential $6 million payroll impact and $3.2 million Air Force expansion funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guilford County
Board of Commissioners
Greensboro- High Point
Air Reserve Jet Squadon
Quakers Open Annual Meet At Guilford
North Carolina Quaker yearly meeting opens at Guilford College with a week of sessions on spiritual unity and adult religious life. Youth participate, panel discussions scheduled, and speakers include Hugh Moore Samuel Marble and others from Friends Service and Five Year Meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guilford College
N.C
North Carolina
Ugh Moore
Philadelphia
Friends Service Committee
Samuel Marble
Wilmington
Ohio
Moore
Russia
Moscow
Marble
Francis C. Anscombe
Winston-Salem
Seth B. Hinshaw
E. T. Elliott
Richmond
Ind
American Friend
High Rock Water Level Question Addressed by Company
Thomasville report quotes Carolina Aluminum Co denying intentional lowering of High Rock Lake since 1950. Association members cite boating impact as officials note lake levels fluctuated due to sporadic flow from the Yadkin river. Committee meetings with company executives occurred last week and last Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Carolina Aluminum Co
Stoker
High Rock Association
Hanseners
Badin
Fluctu
Ates
Association
J. B. Holmes
J. F. Freeman
Ray
Bradner
High Point
Dd” W. McCulloch
Lasington
Helen Ketner
HicRoc Lake Shores Clu Clube
Thomasville Wrecks Cause Heavy Damage
Thomasville police report three automobile accidents over the weekend causing more than 2400 dollars in damage to six vehicles. No serious injuries, though several people were shaken. one driver charged with drunken driving in a head on collision near Johnson town Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Lake and
Council Sts
James H. Gallimore
Long St
Council St
Willie Ed Hardin
High St
Lake St
Gallimore
Hardin
Salem
Brown Sts
Charlie A. Livengood
Fred Tussey
Winston- Salem
Tussey
Salem St
Livengood
Brown St
Acci
SRFA Institute Under Way At Chapel Hill
About 25 retail furniture executives attend the annual Management Institute of the Southern Retail Furniture Association at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. SRFA President Ben J. Willis welcomed them Sunday afternoon. Delegates hail from seven southeastern states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapel Hill
Management Institute of the
Southern Retail Furniture Association
University of North Carolina
SRFA
Ben J. Willis
Willis Furniture Company
Norfolk
UNC Bureau of Business Services and Research
Distributive Education Division
N. C. Department of Public Instruction
Affray Cases Continued In Court In Five Negro Defendants
Five men charged in a sequence of Saturday cutting scrapes appeared in Municipal Court and were all continued to next Monday. Defendants include Diggs Gray Stewart Tyson Tucker with each facing knife or throwing related charges. Diggs recovering from wounds. Tyson asked for a further delay. A Winston-Salem man, Lee G. Southard, faced auto accident fines and license issues with others named in the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Diggs
Beamon St
Thurmond Gray
Charlies A. Stewart
Meredith St
Elious F. Tyson
Leonard St
O. Z. Tucker
Price St
Gray
Tyson
Stewart
Tucker
Diggs
Winston- Salem
U. 1 North
Lee G. Southard
Dgment
Robert B. Lewis Jr
Kentucky Ave
Marion Blair
Winston-Salem
Southard
Lewis
Blair
Atlantic Allies Begin Test Exercises
Atlantic Allied forces open large scale drills off northern Greece to test defenses. NATO Southern Europe reports dawn start against northern enemies as region borders Bulgaria and Albania.
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Naples
Italy
Atlantic
Greece
NATO
Europe
Bulgaria
Albania
Young Girls Fo Burglar Police Say
A 23 year old James town man James Davis was jailed on a 2000 bond for attempted burglary after two teenage girls Barbara Jean and Mary Frances Anthony said he tried to enter their home at 122744 Hoover St at about 3 am. They swore he cut a front door screen and removed a window screen then pushed him out as he attempted entry. A hearing was set in Municipal Court. Other arrests included Carl Williams for assault on an officer, Andrew Little for assault with a deadly weapon, Fred Cody for assault with a deadly weapon and forcible trespass, and Anell Rainey for drunken driving. A superior court sale notice lists 506 Cable Street High Point NC as the property to be sold August 13 1955.
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Jamestown
Jimmy Lee Davis
Hoover St
Davis
Barbara Jean
Mary Frances Anthony
Carl Williams
Mangum Ave
H. F. Richardson
Williams
Andrew Little
Gurley St
James Adams
Little
Fred Cody
Reed St
Thomasville
Nancy McBride
Cody
Ebeenee
Anell Rainey
Route 1
High Point
Cers . Rainey
Girl 7 Hurt After Falling From Moving Car On Highway 311
A seven year old girl named Mary Louise Austin suffered abrasions and possible internal head injuries after falling from a car driven by her mother on Highway 311 north of High Point. She was treated at a local hospital and rested well. The same patrol report noted Bobby C. McNeil, 25, sleeping at the wheel and driving off the road on Disposal Rd. causing $300 damage. he was charged with driving on the wrong side.
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High Point
State Highway Patrol
Mary Louise Austin
Virgie S. Austin
Mangum Ave
Bobby C. McNeil
Downing St
McNeil
Notice of Proposed Extension of High Point City Limits
Public hearing set for September 6, 1955 at 9:30 A.M. in High Point City Hall to consider annexation of three tracts and street right of way along McGuinn Avenue. Tract details include Lot 14 of Ed J. Welch lands and multiple metes and bounds parcels totaling about 1,635 acres plus 25,452 acres in another tract, with survey reference Tilson & Associates. Published by City Clerk Lois W. Smith.
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City OF
High Point
Ed J. Welch
Office of Register of Deeds
Guilford County
North Carolina
Bragg Street
McGuinn Avenue
McGuinn Ave
Henry D. Perry
City of High Point
N.W
Dorsey Phillips O Capus Waynick
Capus M. Waynick
N. E. Earner
R. PD. Tilson and Associates, Inc
Teen‑Age Speeders Crackdown Ordered in Thomasville
Police chief Paul M. Shore ordered a weekend crackdown on minor traffic violations after six months of rising accidents. Five drivers faced reckless driving charges on National Hwy, three teens and two in their early twenties. The drive targets teen speeding and warns instead of pardons, with court citations set for Aug 12.
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Thomasville
Paul M. Shore
Shore
Wall Cliff Park
Erwin Heights
Sherri G Ingram
Gary Lee Grubb
James H. Fuller
George Allen Rogers
Jewell Sr
Otis Cox
Three Charged In Assault and Traffic Cases
Thomasville police listed three assault charges and motor vehicle violations over the weekend. Rayvon T. Black, 30, Route 1, Thomasville, posted 100 bond for assault on his wife with trial set for Aug 5. Marvin Hill, 36, Route 4 Asheboro, charged with hitting Lucille Hill. 100 bond pending Aug 5 trial. John Martin Owens, 30, 208 Long St, charged with affray. 500 bond, trial Aug 12. James Hoyle Glover Jr., 39, 201 W. Russell St, charged with drunken driving. 300 bond. Wyatt Johnson, 34, Trinity, charged with non-support in High Point warrant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Rayvon T. Black
Marvin Hill
Asheboro
Lucille Hill
Hill
John Martin Owens
Long St
Cris Kranis
Owens
James Hoyle Glover Jr
W. Russell St
Glover
Wyatt Johnson
Trinity
High Point
Love
Lions Club District Meet to Honor Governor Welborn
About 250 Lions from 70 clubs in District 31 C will meet at the Thomasville Womans Club Tuesday at 7 pm to honor Lions District Governor Willie D. Welborn. Speaker John L. Stickley of Charlotte will address the gathering after returning from a Far East tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Lions Club
Lions
Willie D. Welborn
John L. Stickley
Charlotte
Lions International
Atlantic City
Neill M. Smith
Dobson
Ben Allen
Greensboro
Lloyd Senter
Carsboro
Loyce Wagoner
Liberty
Carl C. Black
John Fisher
Salisbury
Ike S. Kearney
Davidson-Townsend
Fred Isaacs
Durham
E. 0. Lane
High Point
R. Hoke Flynt
Winston-Salem
Guy F. Lane
Ramseur
Ben Foreman
Charles E. Kerchner
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Wart
Miss Kendall
Jane Austen
Cassandra
Ring Lardner
America
Ringgold
Ring
Seven Brothers
Ruengling
Ringling
The
3. Bureau of Mines
Guilford
Fisher Ferry St
Hinkle St
Lank Junior Sechrest
Lexington
Paul George Dawson
221 National
Dawson
Srfa Institute
Lucy Jan Bryan
Duncan Bryan
Lucy Jan Bryen
Superior Court of
Butha
Dillion
Arthur D. Snyder
Dillon
Minnie Bray Snyder
Faye Deane
Brown
Marvin E. Brown
Carrie
York
Elford York
Pauline
Sheppard
Yale Sheppard
Reid Dillon
Guilford County Court House
South Main
West Green Streets
High Point Township
N. C
Cable Street
Commerce Street
Mrs. Ellis
J. H. Vestal
George Kidd
Snow Park
Office of the Register of Deeds
J. B. Hensley
Harrison Chiropractic Clinic
Greensro
Lois W. Smith
Lions Clubs
OSX
Ellington’s Florist
Maid ST
Valetone
N. Main
Valetone Quality
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