Drive-In Battle Nearly Fatal for Police Officer
A police officer escaped serious injury when a pistol discharge near his face caused powder burns at Mary's Restaurant on English Road around 1 to 2 a.m. Sunday. John Midkiff and McKinley Overby were involved. Overby faced assault charges, and Mary Midkiff filed related charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Warren
Mary’s
English Road
W. C. Johnson
Johnson
L. J. Boyd
Mary
Midkiff
Boyd
John Midkiff
Overby
Mary Midkiff
Woman Killed Crossing Highway Near Lexington
A Mocksville woman, Julia Ann Warner Kootz, 44, died after stepping from the median into a car on the Lexington superhighway about three miles east. Driver Silas George Lambert, 48, of Newton, escaped injury. The coroner said the woman appeared to cross to her parked car and was struck at about 55 mph, with the impact hurling her 75 feet. The death was ruled unavoidable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Mocksville
Here
Julia Ann Warner Kootz
Silas George Lambert
Newton
M. E. Black
Davidson County
Block
Kootz
Lambert
Thomasville Ex Manager Resigns to Lead Pearisburg Va
Evan Norton city manager of Thomasville who resigned Aug 1 will become city manager of Pearisburg Virginia. Norton will succeed B Cowles Mallory in the town with 4000 population. Kyle Williams Thomasville assistant is acting city manager until Norton’s vacancy is filled. Applications for the job are under consideration by the City Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Evan Norton
Pearisburg
Norton
B. Cowles Mallory
Kyle Williams
The Heroines of Jericho Meet at Foster Home
The Heroines of Jericho plan a Wednesday gathering at 7 30 p m in Heroine Foster home 509 Vail Street. The meeting will discuss upcoming activities and community service plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heroines of
Jericho
Heroine Foster
Vail St
Draft Registrants Housed in Missing Current Information List
The Selective Service System and Local Board No. 42, High Point, notify registrants they must update their occupational status data as required by the Universal Military Training and Service Act. A long list of names is provided of those who failed to submit current information or whose mail was returned, with a call to contact the local draft board at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selective Service System
Haseen
Selective Service
Draft Board
High Point
Samuel Nolan Allen Jr
Curlee Archie
Alyess Franklin Asbury
George Thomas Ashwell
Douglas McDonald Benison
James Bocholis
George Thomas Boggs
Billy Boster Byrd
Hazel Lee Carpenter
Robert Lee Cannon
Varnon Claudis Chappel
Lee Edward Colison
Walter Lee Cramer Jr
Ma‘nessee
Ollis Crone
Brendon Leo ‘Doll
Willis Ferrell Jr
Carl van Gray
Charles Wm. Green
Thomas Lee Grimes
James Frank Harrington
Sanford Lewis Hedgecock
Jimmie Leroy Hemmingway
James D. Henderson
Rudolph Clinton Head
Walter Jennings Hill
John Edgar Hipps
Lloyd Jessen Holder
John Sanford Holton Jr
Richard Reitzel
Ernest Nicholson
John Ray Odom
Claude Robert Ollis
Willie James Padgett
William Kenneth Payne
John Edward Peeler
Walter Malcolm Puckett
Bruce Ryland Quigley
Robert Worth Richardson
Irvin Daniel Robbins
Eugene Rucker
John Wesley Rush
Edward Wray Russell
Stanley Stewart Saunders
Joseph Daniel Scearce
Ken
Carson Burns
Collier Ellis
Jack Rochelle
Dorothy Kittel
N. C. State Library
Chilldren
Miss Kittel
Trial ordered for auto theft involving Jamestown youth
A 16 year old escapee from Eastern Carolina Training School was bound over to Superior Court forauto theft. Donald Lee Kimrey foster son of Mr and Mrs W H Kimrey of Jamestown confessed to taking a $500 car from his foster parents and heading west after escaping two weeks earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Carolina Training School
Superior Court
Jamestown
Donald Lee Kimrey
Hickory
Young Kimrey
W. H. Kimrey
Kimrey
Byron Haworth
Wachovia Bank Ranks 31st Among U.S. Banks in 1961
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company climbs four places to 31st among the nation's 13 500 commercial banks based on total assets at year end 1961. Fortune lists Wachovia with 909 million dollars in assets 774 million in deposits and 58 million in capital funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
Fortune Magazine
United States
Southeast
Wachovia
Fortune
Philadelphia
Dallas
St. Louis
J. Roscoe Adams
Bank
List of names appears in court docket caption
The fragment lists individuals including Harold Sheets Leonard Melvin Simpson Jessie Harold Smith Billy Lee Southern Jr James Edward Stanton Albert Elsie Tedder Ross Jay Tucker Gilbert Tyner Donald Brown Upton Robert Lee Wall John Wesley Ward James Thomas Warres Clyde Buren Welborn and Daniel Roy Wright Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Sheets
Leonard Melvin Simpson
Jessie Harold Smith
Billy Lee Southern Jr
James Edward Stanton
Albert Elsie Tedder
Ross Jay Tucker
Gilbert Tyner
Donald Brown Upton
Robert E. Lee Wall
John Wesley Ward
James Thomas Warres
Clyde Buren Welborn
Daniel Roy Wright Jr
Prayer for TODAY in Time and Order
A reflective prayer thanks God for time and clocks and asks for wise use of life. The prayer urges not to be slaves of time but disciplined in orderly living while expressing gratitude for every tick of the clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Kennedy
Church of the Ascension
Two Homes Included In Permits
The building inspector issued three new construction permits totaling 30 000 last week plus several for large alterations. Largest went to John King for a 15 000 residence at 1321 Florida St with two other new homes to J Rhett Conner and James A Malpass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John King
Florida St
J. Rhett Conner
Lakewood
James A. Malpass
S. Main
Melrose Hosiery
Larry Marsden
English St
Herman Malpass
Lexington
Don Morris
Terrell
D. R. Parker
Woodbrooks
Donald Hughes
Westchester
Navy Enlists Nine In Area During July
Chief W J Steelman, local Navy recruiting officer in High Point, announced that nine men from the area enlisted in July in fields from Nuclear Power to Aviation. One recruit, David Michael Bodenheimer, to San Diego, is a Nuclear Field Electronics Seaman Recruit. Others headed to San Diego or Great Lakes for training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
W. J. Steelman
High Point
U. S. Navy
Steelman
David Michael Bodenheimer
Finnly E. Bodenheimer
Winston-Salem
San Diego
Earl J. Grant
Jamestown
Robert M. Stamey
Kenneth R. Jones
Great Lakes
Ill
Charles Yates Jr
Daniel K. Adams
Lexington
Jerry W. Thayer
Thomasville
Charles P. Davis Jr
Franklinville
Lewis D. Rusland
Asheboro
County Lashes School Board's Secret Sessions
Guilford County commissioners rebuke the High Point school board for holding private meetings and excluding press. Commissioners Bain and Ragsdale led the call for open sessions while noting public money funds schools. Also reported: rural zoning progress and $800,670 in capital improvements for Greensboro schools for 1962-63.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise City
Greensboro
Guilford County Commissioners Today
High Point School Board
Carson Bain
High Point Board
Bain
County Board of Commissioners
W. G. Ragsdale
Ragsdale
Charles Hunt
Sidney Allen
Commission
L. C. Amos
Curling
Dudley School
Reservists Return After Ft. Jackson Camp Duty
Company E of the 518th Regiment 108th Division U S Army Reserves returns to High Point after two weeks at Ft Jackson S C. Commanded by Capt James M Woollen the unit earned a superior rating while instructing basic trainees and conducting a night firing range for recruits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
108Th Division
U.S. Army
High Point
Ft. Jackson
S. C
James M. Woollen
Handicapped Have Party At YWCA
The annual party for the handicapped was held at the YWCA with guests from Lexington Asheboro and High Point. The program featured singing readings and a short play by Second Pilgrim Church youth in Archdale. Harvey Lee Low of Asheboro was crowned King and Violet Terry of High Point Queen. Roger Wagner of High Point named mascot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YWCA
Lexington
Asheboro
High Point
Second Pilgrim Church
Archdale
Harvey Lee Low
Violet Terry
Roger Wagner
Kenneth Farlow
A. M. Hicks
Nazarene Church
Gaynell Selles
Jennie Dickens
Diane Warner
Two Convicted Of Nonsupport In Recorder’s Court
Thomasville men James Makupson aged 35 on Small Street received an active two year sentence on the roads for nonsupport of his wife Sarah Makupson. George Booker age 70 of King Street had judgment suspended for five years if he provides adequate support for his wife Macie Booker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Recorder's Court
James Makupson
Small Street
Sarah Makupson
George Booker
King Street
Macie Booker
Rogers Reelected Library Chairman at Annual Meeting
W. E. Rogers was re-elected as chairman of the library board of trustees at the annual meeting. Also reelected were Mrs. Horace Haworth as secretary and Leo Heer as treasurer. New appointees include Mrs. Carson Burns and Collier Ellis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Rogers
Library Board of Trustees
Horace Haworth
Leo Heer
Alice Paige White
S. D. Gibson Jr
Thundershowers Expected Here in Piedmont
The forecast calls for typical summer weather in the Piedmont with widely scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers. Tomorrows outlook is variable clouds warm and humid with highs around 91 and lows near 68. Rain totals at the airport yesterday were about .05 inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendship
Piedmont
Alleged Companion of Burglars Jailed
Detectives arrested 24 year old Johnny W Longworth of Avery Street and charged him with automobile larceny linked to a recent theft. He is to appear for a preliminary hearing August 8 before Judge Byron Haworth. Other police actions include charges of reckless driving trespassing and assault with a deadly weapon against several residents with trials set in August and September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Armstrong
Armstrong
Lawrence Graves
Jamestown
Floyd H. Barbee
Frank A. Brown
Brown
Barbee
Haworth
James Odell Garland
Garland
Johnny W. Longworth
Avery Street
Longworth
Leroy Sanford Owens
Larry Eugene Smith
Smith
Owens
Lexington
Davidson County
Bob Head
Bobby Ray Hollingsworth
Byron Haworth
Charles Howard McDonald
Rt. 1
Kernersville
Barbara Dicken
W. Willis Street
Junior C. Stanley
Ranch Drive
Inez Boulton
Tate Street
R. L. Emerson
E. Grimes Avenue
David Malcom Stoots
Austinville
Melvin Durmont Hill
Moffitt Drive
Hill
Chessie Mae Bost
Daniel Brooks Apartments
Bernice Hubbard
Beamon Street
Bost
High Pointer Heads Alumni of Orphanage
Mrs. Mary Black Davis of High Point was named president of Mills Home Alumni, succeeding Mrs. Emily Lyons Holloway of Elkins. Officers include George Bailey and Charlie Haskins of Thomasville as second vice president and treasurer, with Wallace Maultsby of Decatur first vice president. Vernon Sparrow hosted the alumni convention of 1,000 persons. Dr. J Everette Miller spoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Mary Black Davis
High Point
Mills Home
Emily Lyons Holloway
Elkins
George Bailey
Charlie Hawkins
Wallace Maultsby
Decatur
Ted Chandler
Hickory
Holloway
Vernon Sparrow
Thieves burglarize Tesco Chemical Co in Thomasville
Police report a weekend break in at Tesco Chemical Co in Thomasville. A swinging coal bin door allowed access to an office area where a desk was ransacked and about $10 in change stolen. Entry was made through the coal bin and a door into the office was forced. Further checks to determine additional losses continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Tesco Chemical Co
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Lincoln
Neb
Terri Bryant
Terri Price
Dennis Snead Jr
Dicky Johnston
High Point Enterprise
County Lashes School Board
Durwood Curling
High Pointer
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