Handicapped Employment Committee Plans October Campaign
A planning meeting of the High Point Jamestown Committee for the Employment of the Physically Handicapped is set for Wednesday at 4 p.m. at the Employment Security building. The meeting will elect officers for the year and plan the October campaign. Local and national groups coordinate to employ veterans and assist physically limited workers through civic clubs and service organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point-Jamestown
Ralph Miller
Whch
T. A. Wilson
Bessie Smith
Miller
Eisenhower
Wilson
Smith
Eve F. Stirewall
L. C. Chiles
Paul Williamson
J. J. Patterson
J. W. Snotherly
Winners Named In Jamestown Baton Clinic
A Friday night ceremony at Jamestown School announced winners from a weeklong baton twirling clinic at the VFW Post 619 Home on Greensboro Road. Winners include Bonnie Linville first in the junior division, Marie French second, Linda Cal Gilda Cox third, with Virginia Jean Craven and De Hutchins taking other top honors. Seven winners hail from High Point and Jamestown, members of De's Whirl and Twirl Corps. Christine Young and Betty from Thomasville also placed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamestown
VFW
Greensboro Road
Nick Michalakes
Bloomfield
Ind
Bonnie Linville
Marie French
Jean Craven
High Point
de Hutchins
Haworth Resumes Duties As Municipal Court Opens
Judge Byron Haworth will preside as Municipal Court opens. After mumps and complications, he plans full time return, stating he is fully recovered though somewhat weakened. Special Judge D C MacRae has kept court running in his absence and several cases were addressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron Haworth
Haworth
D. C. MacRae
MacRae
Hubert J. Oliver
Thomasville
Oliver
Main Street
Fat Stock Show Plans First Annual Event on Aug 21
The Fat Stock Show and Sale returns with 25 animals for the 3 pm start at Grimes Street garage. Trinity 4-H and FFA boys, plus teams from Randleman Guilford, prepare calves as civic groups fund prize money totaling about 8,000 dollars. Judges are from North Carolina State College and the state Department of Agriculture.
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ED Lane
Grimes Street Garage
S.le
Trinity Boys
Randleman
Guilford
Farmers of America
P. M. Davis
High Point
Trinity Grange
Agricultural Committee
High Point Chamber of Commerce
Lions
Rotary
Kiwanis
the Jaycees
Davis
Trinity F. F. A
J. W. Davis
Trinity
John W. Clinard
Dale Montgomery
Vance Proctor
Allen Jay
Hasty
Jamestown
Oak View
Ledford
South
N. C. State College
North Carolina Department of Agriculture
Wedding noise and arrests frame local night
Two wedding party members faced court on August 30 for unnecessary noise after drivers in a wedding procession resumed honking following an earlier warning. Darrell H. Summer and John Reese Woodruff were cited. Ruby Violet Jenkins faced drunken driving charges and later allegedly set fire to a mattress in the jail. Several other weekend arrests included Wade Alford charged with assault on a female, Nancy Robinson recounting the incident, John H. Leach charged with disorderly conduct and resisting an officer, and George Woodle charged with no operator's license and reckless driving.
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Thomasville
High Point
MacRae
Tommy Harrison
Mary E. Richardson
Gordyn Street
Cora Moore
Martin Street
Moore
Joseph Hicks
Jamestown
Franklin D. Jones
Spray
Jones
Darrell H. Summer
Highland Avenue
John Reese Woodruff
Long Street
Ruby Violet Jenkins
Larkin Street
Jenkins
Wade Alford
Beamon Street
Nancy Robinson
Hulda Street
Alford
John H. Leach
Hoover Street
George Howard Woodle
Westchester Drive
City to repurpose 1924 fire engine at Lake Park
City officials plan to strip the old 1924 fire engine and place usable parts at City Lake Park playground for children after bids for sale failed. City Manager T E Hinson suggested the idea and council members back it, action due Tuesday.
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City Lake Park
City Fire Department
T. E. Hinson
City Park
Hinson
Guilford County Health Board Sets August Meeting
The Guilford County board of health will hold an August meeting at 7:30 PM. The session is scheduled for Tuesday night at the health center in Greensboro to review clinic policy.
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Guilford County
Greensboro
Lloyd C. Amos
E. H. Ellinwood
County Mental Hygiene Society
Domestic Relations Court
Welfare Department
City to sign widening pact for W Green Street loop
City officials plan to sign with the state on widening W Green Street to form a through-city loop linking with the U S 29 70 superhighway. The council is to meet Tuesday and likely approve the agreement, with the city paying about 20 percent of right of way costs and relocating utilities.
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W. Green Street
State Highway and Public Works Department
W. Green
Trinity Street
Bundy Road
E. Green Street
Avenue Bridge
E. Green
S. Main Street
Grimes
Clay Streets
City Hall
Paramount Theater
Fire calls answer two incidents in city yesterday
The local fire department responded to two calls yesterday. A roof fire at Maggie O Neill’s home on Beam Street started from attempts to burn a wasp nest. A second call at 4:25 p.m. rescued boys trapped in an elevator at Dick Culler's Department Store.
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Maggie O'Neill
Beamon St
Dick Culler’s Department Store
School Fire Sparks Youth Laughter Amid Arson Rumors
Forrest Cates reports on Johnson Street School fire where teens cheered the blaze while adults assisted firefighters cautiously. Investigators questioned many local youths, and one boy faced consequences after an undercover role caused concern. In other items a laundry route incident revealed a two year old hidden in a sack, and Police Chief Stoker notes national traffic record honors while local gossip and pop culture quips close the page.
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Johnson Street
Tender Trap to Play Friday by Cardinal Players
The Cardinal Players will stage The Tender Trap in Memorial Auditorium at High Point College Friday at 8 15. The three act comedy by Schulman and Smith features Louise Warren Herman Coble Tom Miller Lila Gurganess Marjorie Brown Janice Shreves Bob Fowler and Robert Barner. The plot follows a 35 year old bachelor chased by several women who becomes engaged to two at once with a friend chasing a cure for the common cold. The troupe previously presented Picnic and plans another show later this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cardinal Players
Memorial Auditorium
High Point College
Max Schulman
Robert Paul Smith
Louise Warren
Herman Coble
Tom Miller
Lila Gurganess
Marjorie Brown
Janice Shreves
Bob Fowler
Robert Barner
New York
Frank Sinatra
Debbie Reynolds
David Wayne
Celeste Holm
William Inge
Mobile Broadcast Unit for WMFR Station
WMFR in High Point launches a new mobile broadcasting unit in a Volkswagen utility truck. Station manager Frank Lambeth says it can broadcast from anywhere in the area and monitor police and fire calls and Civil Air Patrol broadcasts. WMFR has operated a mobile unit for over ten years.
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High Point
WMFR
Frank Lambeth
Lambeth
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E. Farriss Ave
Pilot Club
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Baton Clinic
Betty Leonard
Janice Voncannon
Jamestown School
Snew
John Maness
The
Mental Hygiene Society
Edward S. Carr
Stephen Ginn
Cates County Mutical Society
Health Department
Ellinwood
Boro
Forrest Cates
Sherlock
C. C
Stoker
Wyatt Earp
Pardon
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