Mount Airy Native Joins Cumby Orrell Mortuary
Nathan J. Marion a Mount Airy native and World War II veteran has joined Cumby Orrell Mortuary staff at 610 W Broad St. He trained at Linville Funeral Home Kernersville and Cincinnati College of Embalming. Marion passed state board in 1950 and previously worked with Jones Funeral Home Mount Airy. He is married with a daughter expected to join soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan J. Marion
Cumby-Orrell
W. Broad St
Marion
Mount Airy
Linville Funeral Home
Kernersville
Cincinnati College of Embalming
State Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors
Jones Funeral Home
Junior Chamber of Commerce
First Baptist Church
Trial by jury requested in assault case at Municipal Court
Harold Stutts 26 of 603 Fifth St faced assault with a deadly weapon charge for allegedly trying to strike Officer Shaw Cooke with his car on July 17. Cooke was brushed but uninjured. Stutts also faces a reckless driving count to be heard at the next Municipal jury term opening Sept 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Myatt
Harold Stutts
Fifth St
Shaw Cooke
Allen Kelly
E. Washington St
Andrew B. Williams
Fairview St
Harry Lee Tomlin
Harrison St
C. B. Wood
Long St
Edward G. Suggs
Cable St
Suggs
Prayer for TODAY from Godfrey Congregational Church
A religious prayer text attributed to W. F. Primrose of Godfrey Congregational Church. It asks for daily conduct to reflect God’s glory and ends with Amen in Christ’s name. Includes reflective praise and offering of earnest worship.
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Christ
W. F. Primrose
Godfrey
Godfrey Congregational Church
Physician Denies Knowledge Of Ohio Couple In Hospital Dispute
Dr. C F Ridge testified he did not know Manual Pigg or his wife from Coshocton Ohio who accused High Point Memorial Hospital staff of denying medical care to Mrs Pigg. The Piggs said they asked for Ridge, then drove to Winston Salem where Mrs Pigg was admitted and expected to be discharged in a few days.
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C. F. Ridge
Manual Pigg
Pigg
Coshocton
Ohio
High Point Memorial Hospital
Winston-Salem
Ridge
Cross Warrants Filed In Wreck In Thomasville
Two men faced reckless driving charges after a minor collision on Fisher Ferry Road in Thomasville. Hubert Lee Fouts age 18 of Route 2 Thom asville and K A Dennis age 62 of Route 2 Thom asville were cited after a motorcycle driven by Fouts struck a car driven by Dennis. No injuries or damage were reported.
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Hubert Lee Fouts
K. A. Dennis
Route 2
Thomasville
Fouts
Dennis
Skipper Illness Halts Exchange Liner Operations
City parks department reports the Exchange Liner may stay in drydock for the rest of summer due to skipper William Osborne’s illness. Department director Bill Stronach said a qualified replacement may be hard to find this late in the season and has asked the Exchange Club boat committee for help. The popular pleasure craft has operated for just over a year with Osborne as skipper.
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City Lake
City Parks and Recreation Department
William Osborne
Bill Stronach
Stronach
Exchange Club
Parks and Recreation Department
Capt. Osborne
Pair Injured When Vehicle Overturns Near High Point
Two people were injured when a car carrying a sick child overturned on N C 610 near Jay south of High Point at 6 10 am. Driver Thomas C Jacobs Route 3 High Point and his daughter Betty Jean Jacobs 18 suffered injuries. the child and mother were unhurt. The car was a total loss. Police say brakes failed as they rushed the child to hospital.
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Here
State Highway Patrol
N. C
One Jay
High Point
Jacobs
Robert Jacobs
N. Main and
Howell Sts
Henry W. Chappell
Grace St
Accient
Howell St
N. Main St
Howard R. Turner
E. Green St
Exchange Club Hears Talk By Auto Fancier
Jack Southerland of the North Carolina Horseless Carriage Club spoke at the High Point Exchange Club about restoring antique automobiles. He explained tearing down and reassembling cars piece by piece and noted the club’s annual tours and 170 members owning 400 to 500 old models. George Haralson was named Exchangite of the week. visitors Ennis and J. L. Bullidl attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Exchange Club
Jack Southerland
North Carolina Horseless Carriage Club
Southerland
George Haralson
Ennis
J. L. Bullidl
Heat Wave Grips High Point With Hot Week Ahead
The Friendship weather bureau reports a five day forecast with temperatures 3 to 5 degrees above normal. Expect hot, fair days and scattered evening showers, high near 94 tomorrow after 92 today, and a low around 69 tonight.
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High Point
Friendship Weather Bureau
Thom asville truck larceny defendants receive suspended terms
Two Thom asville men James Johnson and Charles Long were given six month road sentences suspended for one year on condition of good behavior after being found guilty of temporary larceny of a truck from a local laundry. They must also pay court costs.
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Thomasville
Bean
John H. Nance Jr
Route 3
Dennis Wood
Burton St. Ext
Ric Vestal
Union Supports Wage Push in Adams-Millis Hosiery Strike
Union officials indicate United Textile Workers of America may back wage demands by hosiery loopers knitters and fixers on strike at Adams-Millis Melrose and Triangle plants. Management reports limited production with scattered walkouts and minor clashes while police note few incidents amid intensified labor action and picket lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Burnett Enterprise
High Point
United Textile Workers of America
AFL
Radford Cope
Adams-Millis
W. E Mitchell
Melrose
Mitchell
Adams- Millis
Harriss & Covington
Triangle
Nathan Ayers
Ayers
Ang
Wnout
Adams-Millis No. 1
Commission Hears Protest Over Jets In Guilford County
Guilford County Commissioners held a lengthy public meeting to consider a proposed Air Force jet training unit at Greensboro High Point Airport. About 125 residents protested low flight paths and property devaluation while a resolution promised careful consideration and not final approval until the Air Force formalizes a request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guilford
Air Force
U.S
U.S. Air Force
J. T. Martin
Martin
Three Boys Nabbed In Curb Market Robbery
Police caught a 14 year old and two companions as they looted Towery's Curb Market in the early hours. One youth admitted two prior break ins. About 10 cartons of cigarettes were taken. two recovered. The youths, aged 14 and 15, were turned over to juvenile authorities.
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West End
Towery
Dean Reveals Quaker Lane Bridge Plan
City public works director George Dean announced plans to build a city bridge connecting Quaker Lane between Locke and Lindsay Streets. The 30 by 18 by five foot structure will span a ravine and wooded area at the Locke Lindsay junction, providing a direct east west route across Lindsay. Currently motorists must use the Lindsay Locketts apex to reach Quaker Lane.
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Quaker Lane
Locke and
Lindsay Sts
George Dean
City Public Works
Dean
Lindsay
Locke
Lindsay and
Locketts
Thefts At Boarding House Lead To Arrest
A 45-year-old boarding house resident Roby D Kilby of 716 West Broad Street was charged with larceny and receiving after allegedly rifling pockets and stealing $33 from fellow boarder Fred Rhodes. Rhodes awoke briefly and saw the mangoing through his pockets but was too sleepy to act. Kilby remained jailed on $300 bond.
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Roby D. Kilby
Broad St
Fred Rhodes
Rhodes
Kirby
Knights of Pythias Lodge Meeting Tonight
Trustees of Grand Rapids Lodge 103 Knights of Pythias will meet at the Pythias Temple tonight at 7 30 oclock. The American Legion will meet Wednesday at 8 p m at the YMCA. Mrs Annie Portee of 408 Harrison Street is spending her vacation in Baltimore Missouri with her family Mr and Mrs Thomas Randle
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LODGE
All Trustees of
Grand Rapid Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Pythias Temple
Legion
American Legion
YMCA
Annie Portee
Harrison St
Baltimore
Thomas Randle
Alternate Sale Plan Adopted By AB Club
Furni ture City American Business Club abandons light bulb sale to avoid DeMo lay Order clash and begins house to house sale of dish cloths Brush soap dispensers Wash nets and plastic card dispensers. Louis Voorhees explains changes and outlines city wide canvass plans under President Arthur York at the Sheraton Hotel. John Kennedy attends. Jim Randle wins attendance prize.
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Furniture City American Business Club
Sheraton Hotel
Louis Voorhees
Arthur York
John Kennedy
Jim Randle
Deaths and Funerals Merley A English and John B Robbins
Merley Albion English Sr., 75, of Archdale died at Garden Terrace Nursing Home after a long illness. Funeral 3 p.m. Monday at Springfield Friends Meeting with Rev. H Millard Jones and Rev. Isaac Harris officiating. Burial in church cemetery. pallbearers John Peacock E M Peace Stanley Davis Lloyd Taylor J H Harvell Robert Blair. Robbins John Bartlette Robbins, 77, Winston-Salem native and owner of J B Robbins Custombuilt Furniture Co., died at home. Funeral services were held yesterday in Winston-Salem. he previously worked in High Point and Martinsville before moving to Winston-Salem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merley A. English
Merley Albion English Sr
Archdale
Springfield Friends Meeting
H. Millard Jones
Isaac Harris
Archdale Friends Meeting
John Peacock
E. M. Peace
Stanley Davis
Lloyd Taylor
J. H. Harvell
Robert Blair
Church
Mr. English
Garden Terrace
Greensboro
John B. Robbins
Winston - Salem
John Bartlette Robbins
J. B. Robbins
Fesperman Rader Fesperman Funeral Rites Held Tomorrow
Mrs. Wilma Cosby Rader Fesperman, wife of the Rev Hoy Lee Fesperman, died yesterday at Wesley Long Hospital. Funeral services set for tomorrow at 11 a.m. at First Evangelical and Re formed Church with burial in Guilford Memorial Park. She was active in the Piedmont Regional Guild and survived by her husband, her mother, a daughter, two brothers, a sister, and three grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoy Lee Fesperman
Grlensboro
First Evangelical and Reformed Church
Wilma Cosby Rader Fesperman
Wesley Long Hospital
Harvey A. Fesperman
Salisbury
Southern Synod
J. L. Levens
Synod
Guilford Memorial Park
Frank Rader
Concord
R. H. W. Jones Jr
Greensboro
W. W. Rader
Mooresville
H. G. Rader
Newton
Ray E.meoner
North Wilkesboro
Chiropractor Dr Ranzy Rogers Opens New Office
Dr Ranzy Rogers announces a new chiropractic office at Pia Johnson St for practice in Oak View area. A Logan Chiropractic College graduate class of 1952, he previously practiced in Jonesville and is a member of the North Carolina Chiropractic Association and the International Basic Technique Research Institute. He is married to Pauline Current of Hamptonville with one daughter.
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Ranzy Rogers
Pia Johnson St
J. A. Rogers
Oak View Rd
Rogers
Logan Chiropractic College
St. Louis
Jonesville
North Carolina Chiropractic Assn
International Basic Technique Research Institute
Pauline Current
Hamptonville
Warner Completes Training Course
Commander Phil A. Warner returns from two weeks of training duty in the High Point Greensboro Winston-Salem area. He receives orders to attend a one week seminar at Villanova University August 7 to 13 related to the Naval Reserve Officers School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil A. Warner
Naval Reserve Officers School
High Point- Greensboro
Winston-Salem
Warner
Villanova University
Council Meeting Canceled In Thomasville
Thomasville officials announced the City Council meeting tonight was canceled due to no items on the agenda. A special session to open bids on two new street department trucks was set for 11 am and a regular meeting for Aug 18 at 7 30 pm.
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Thomasville
W. T. Green Jr
Thompson
Jomneen
Sean
Rele
Lambeth
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Kearns
Kearns Os
Kearns St
Mangum Ave
Tate St
Nathan Hunt Sr
Kearn St
Council
Everett Marsh
Marsh Furniture Co
Horace Haworth
Cov .c
Narsh
N. Hamilton St
E. Lexington Ave
Bob Thacker
Thacker
T. E. Hinson
South St
P. L. Smith Home Builders
St. John’s St
Ward and
English St
American Service Co
Highland Cotton Mills
M. P. Farabee
Ames St
O. R. Culler Jr
Farriss Ave
Acme Home Supply Co
Brentwood Ter
Planning and Zoning Commission
Director of Public Works
Beeson Hardware Co
American Cyanamid Co
Charlotte
Frank Sizemore Jr
High Point Arts and Crafts Workshop
Irwin Coffield Jr
Skipper
Nets
Joseph Richard Vestal
Shepard St
High Point Enterprise
Commission
Quaker Lane Bridge
AB Club
Dr. Rogers
R. R. Rogers
Carl R. Shelton
Iedmont Toastmasters Club
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Bloodmobile
Roy Allen
Allen's Neon Displays
Lexington Ave, Baptist Church
Allen
Y's Men's Club
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