Fat Stock Show and Sale Set for August 10
The 14th annual High Point Fat Stock Show and Sale will open at Grimes Street City Garage on Wednesday August 10 weighing at 8 30 a m and judging at 1 p m under the Danish system Pur Ribbon classifies top animals Showmanship prizes funded by D S Neill Best five entries will receive cash prizes Sale begins at 7 p m with Purple Ribbon group first Lions Club trophies will be given for top group of animals and a scholastic award to a high performing youth Dr MacLean B Leath to donate a calf for top scholastic exhibitors from his school Eight local civic groups sponsor the event including the Chamber of Commerce Rotary Kiwanis New Market Grange J C C Trinity Grange High Point Lions and Trinity Ra ritan Club.
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Grimes Street City
D. S. Neill
Dewey Smith
W. J. Pappas
Princess Cafe
Lions Club
MacLean B. Leath
The
Chamber of Commerce
Rotary, Kiwanis
New Market Grange
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Trinity Grange
High Point Lions
Trinity Raritan Club
Furniture shipments rise in first half of 1960
The Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association reports a 6.7 percent rise in shipments and a 1.6 percent drop in new orders for the first half of 1960 versus the same period in 1959. June shipments fell 4.1 percent from May but were 6.5 percent higher than June 1959, with July 1 unfilled orders about six weeks of shipments, slightly above 1959.
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Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association
New Parking Deck To Open Sept 1 In High Point
High Point plans a two deck parking garage on W High Street rear of S Main, with space for 100 cars and future expansion. The Simmons family project will be leased to E L Frazier of Winston-Salem and features six adjacent stores.
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High Point
Pauline Simmons Wertz
W. High Street
S. Main Street
Winston-Salem
R. K. Stewart and Son
Harry Crossley
Voorhees- Everhart-Connor
Church Picnic and Prayer Service at North Main Street Baptist
North Main Street Baptist Church schedules its annual churchwide picnic for tomorrow with recreation at 4 p.m. and supper at 6 p.m. A Wednesday evening prayer service will be held in the amphitheater featuring Rev. A C Neill, pastor of Marsha Grove Baptist Church in Anderson.
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North Main Street Baptist Church
A. C. Neill
Mr. Neill
Marsha Grove Baptist Church
Anderson
Davidson Revises Pupil Release Rules For High Point Transfers
Davidson County plans individual review of pupil transfer requests for northeastern residents seeking High Point city schools this fall. Parents must submit duplicate applications to Davidson Superintendent Lawson Brown. action on each case will be made August 16. Tuition for intercounty transfers rises from 50 to 180 dollars, and Guilford County students pay 75 dollars when outside the High Point district.
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Davidson County
High Point City
Lawson Brown
Board of Education
Brown
High Point
Dean Pruette
Lexington
Davidson Board
Supt
Davidson
High Point School
Guilford County
Mrs Womack Appointed to High Point School Board Post
Mrs John A Womack a New Jersey native was appointed to an unexpired term on the High Point school board succeeding D A Rawley who resigned after moving out of the district. The August appointment came from City Council.
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John A. Womack
New Jersey
High Point
D. A. Rawley
Womack
AAUW
American Association of University Women
E. Orange
N. J
Dearborn-Morgan
George L. Shelley
Hollins College
Hanes Associated Mills
New York
Robert D. Shore
Reynolds
Ferndale Junior High
PTA Council
Guilford County
Citizens Committee For Better Schools
North Carolina Symphony Society
YWCA
Womacks
High Point Paper Box Co
Vaillancourt to Face Murder Charge In North Carolina
Massachusetts teenager Albert Joseph Vaillancourt waived extradition and will be transported to Davidson County North Carolina to face a murder charge in the fatal beating of 63 year old invalid man Clarence South Grant. Vaillancourt said he killed Grant after an alleged advance and took Grant's car following a minor accident. Grant's body was found along a road near Lexington North Carolina. Vaillancourt's home is North Billerica Massachusetts.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Massachusetts
North Carolina
Albert Joseph Vaillancourt
Davidson County
Vaillancourt
Bible Class Meet at Mary Childress Home
The Stephens Bible Class will gather at Mrs. Mary Childress residence at William and Mary Apartments on Wednesday at 3 p.m.
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Stephens Bible
Mary Childress
William and Mary Apt
National honor winners in American Roller Skating
Brenda Carter from High Point was first runner-up in the queen contest at the American Roller Skating Championships in Little Rock Arkansas. Tony Bryant took second place in the juvenile boys speed division. Brenda and Tony had previously won Tidewater and Eastern Regional championships and competed against skaters from 49 states and nine regions. Roy Bryant coached the High Point team.
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Brenda Carter
Albert F. Carter
Route 4
High Point
Little Rock
Ark
Joyce Arnett
Texas
Susan Huber
California
Tony Bryant
Ray Bryant
Orville Dr
Brenda
Tony
Tidewater
Harold Hucks
Tommy Fowler
Roy Bryant
Warm Summer Weather in Piedmont Predicted Five Days
Forecast calls for sunny skies and 90 plus temps across the Piedmont area for the next five days. Tonight and tomorrow look fair with a low around 69 and highs near 92. Thursday should bring heat and humidity with scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers.
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Piedmont
Friendship
Prayer for TODAY by Raymond E Balcomb
A devotional prayer recalling Jesus enduring hatred injustice and suffering yet choosing mercy. The text asks for faith hope and love to enable a life worthy of the calling in Jesus Christ. It cites Raymond E Balcomb, pastor of Corvallis Oregon's First Methodist Church.
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Jesus
Jesus Christ
Raymond E. Balcomb
Corvuls
Ore
First Methodist Church
Grand United Order of Tents to plan funeral
All members are asked to meet at Hairlip Funeral Home Wednesday at 8 p.m. to organize arrangements for the funeral of Mrs. Annie B Williams.
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Grand United Order of Tents
Hairlip Funeral Home
Annie B. Williams
Good Price Big Utility Jobs Put In Contracts
City officials approved adding 54000 dollars of water and sewer work to an existing contract after advisers said it could save money. City Manager Harold Cheek urged leveraging good prices on current bids. The expansion covers Kensington Avenue Tennessee Avenue and Drury Lane in annexed areas. A separate 4450 dollar budget item funded a new fire department truck with a 5000 gallon tank. Preliminary assessment tolls were adopted for six projects with a Sept. 6 public hearing planned. Two items were deferred including a go cart track on English Street and broader off street parking participation.
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Harold Cheek
Kensington Avenue
Tennessee Avenue
Drury Lane
J. A. Jones
English Street
City Planning Commission
Commission
Downtown Development Committee
Greensboro Opens New ABC Store Near By-Pass
Chairman W. H. Holderness of the Greensboro Alcoholic Beverage Control Board announced today that the S. Elm Street ABC store is closing and a new store will open in the Gillespie Park shopping center on Asheboro Street off Highway 29 70. The move aims to better serve customers from the county’s southwest and southeast portions.
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W. H. Holderness
Greensboro
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
S. Elm Street
ABC
Gillespie Park
Asheboro Street
Holderness
High Point Considers Itinerant Venders Regulation
City Council ruled regulating itinerant produce venders is a police issue, not a new law. The discussion followed an unsigned complaint accusing out of town truck farmers of flooding the market and undercutting licensed local grocers. The attorney noted state free vending by growers, while local licenses apply to wholesale purchases. The police chief would verify grower-sourced produce sold from trucks.
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High Point
Knox Walker
City Hall Weed Complaint Sparks Property Line Review
Local owners near the filter plant on Kivett Drive complained about weed overgrowth and encroaching land. A city survey found several private owners, including the complainant, had crossed onto city property. Council discussed possible land sales, but the city manager said sale was unlikely.
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City Hall
Kivett Drive
Harold Cheek
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Salem
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High Point Enterprise
John Womack
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