Fat Stock Show and Sale Slated for August 17
The 20th annual fat stock show and sale, backed by the Chamber of Commerce Rotary Lions Kiwanis and Junior Chamber, will be held August 17 at Grimes Street City Garage. Show starts 3 p.m. sale at 7 p.m. A banquet at the Sheraton Hotel interim honors youth exhibitors. Animals graded under USDA standards with grand and reserve champions named. Prizes awarded for fitting showmanship and records before the auction ends the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolyn Gray
Sumner High School
Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club
Lions Club
Kiwanis Club
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Grimes Street
Sheraton Hotel
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Traffic wreck at E Green Drive and Cable Street injures four
Four people were injured in a two vehicle crash at the intersection of E Green Drive and Cable Street at 10 30 a m Saturday. Edward Manassi Prince 64 was charged with failure to yield right of way after his cab was struck by Elizabeth Yarbro Hughes. Police report extensive damage totaling 725.
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E. Green Drive
Cable Street
Edward Manassi Prince
Green
Elizabeth Yarbro Hughes
Thomasville
Gertrude Alderman
Denniss Cecil
Russell Street
High Point Memorial Hospital
Prince
S. Main Street
Ida Jane Johnson
Tabor Street
Clarence Dink Jordan
4Th Street
Jordan
Valenzo Parson
Rt. 9
Winston-Salem
English Road
Albertson Road
Terri Lynn Culp
Mount Pleasant
Bales Chapel Area Eyes Fire District Expansion
Residents east of High Point seek extending volunteer fire protection. A committee led by Arnold Jones supports forming a district or joining Pinecroft Sedgefield. Two petition routes exist two thirds signing to join without election or 15 percent to trigger an election. study by Pinecroft Sedgefield unit underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bales Chapel
High Point
Don Middleton
Pinecroft- Sedgefield
Arnold Jones
Jamestown Jaycees
Pinecroft-Sedgefield
Middleton
Pinecroft - Sedgefield
Middl
Pincroft - Sedgefield
Cloudy Skies Bring Warm Weather for Point Residents
Weather Bureau at Friendship Airport forecasts cloudy skies and warm temperatures for the Point area today and tomorrow with a chance of showers this afternoon. Sunday will be mostly cloudy with highs near 83 after a 69 degree low, then a 66 degree night. Monday looks partly cloudy with a high around 85 and a slight shower risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Area
Friendship
Resisting Officer Charged and Weekend Docket
Saturday police docket lists several arrests for drunkenness and traffic violations along with assaults. Individuals named include Jake Evans on public drunkenness and resisting an officer with a $125 bond, Grady Harp Jr on weapon and drunkenness charges with bonds totaling $ ranges, and multiple others such as Thomas Evans James Lattimore Dewey Bolick Glenn Nelson Cora Pollock and Warren Poindexter facing assault or intoxication related charges with varying bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake Evans
Lee Street
Grady Harp, Jr
Thomas Lee Evans
Park Street
James Leroy Lattimore
E. Commerce Street
Kivett Drive
Warren Everett Poindexter
N. Main Street
Day Camp Ends Season This Week at Camp Pioneer
The High Point YMCA day camp plans a final week with 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. sessions Monday through Friday. Dan Hackney says 408 campers have enjoyed the Guilford College Jamestown Road site near High Point. Activities include a fitness contest Water Gun War overnight trip Parental’s Day and a Dinosaur Egg Hunt.
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Pioneer
High Point Ymca
Dan Hackney
Guilford College
Jamestown Road
High Point
Willing Workers Club Meeting At Mount Vernon Church
The Willing Workers of Mount Vernon Baptist Church will meet Thursday at 7 45 p m at the church in Mount Vernon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon Baptist Church
Cooperative Stratford Terrace to Build 16 Unit Apts in Emerywood
Stratford Terrace Corp plans to begin construction soon on a 16 unit cooperative on Wickliff Avenue in Emerywood Forrest. Each unit includes two bedrooms two baths living dining area full kitchen appliance setup utility room screened porch and 360 square feet attic storage. Wickliff Avenue will extend west from Sweet Brier to the site with about 5 two thirds acres and two and a half paved spaces per unit plus additional parking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stratford Terrace Corp
Wickliff Avenue
Emery
Wood Forrest
Plete
Sweet Brier
Brownie Wagner
High Point Playgrounds Wind Up 1966 Season
After a busy summer, High Point play grounds celebrate season finals Aug 16 at City Lake Park amphitheater and Aug 17 at Washington Terrace Park athletic field. Citizenship awards honor outstanding youth. a talent skit precedes the events. Summer ends Aug 18 with swim 11 am to 2 pm and a 2:30 pm weiner roast, tickets 10 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
City Lake Park
Washington Terrace Park
Bill Cook
Parks and Recreation Department
Cook
City Park
Robert Hoover Eliminated in Second Round Soap Box Derby
Akron Ohio 12 year old Robert Lewis Hoover, High Point’s derby representative, exited in the second round of the 29th All American Soap Box Derby racing nationals. He placed first in the opening heat but finished second to Craig Casey, 13, of Coshocton Ohio, in the next round.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Ohio
Robert Lewis Hoover
High Point
Robert
Craig Casey
Coshocton
Science Shrinks Piles Without Surgery with Preparation H
Scientists announce a new healing substance Bio-Dyne branded as Preparation H that shrinks hemorrhoids, relieves itching and pain without surgery. Case after case shows actual shrinkage and relief, with patients declaring piles no longer a problem. The product is available as suppository or ointment at drug counters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York, N. Y
City Longevity Pay and Holiday Provisions
The document outlines longevity pay scales for city employees by years of service, with percentages of yearly salary paid at year end. It notes a police department training director on full-time assignment and lists observed city holidays as New Year, Easter, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. Sick and vacation leave accrual totals are described as twelve days per year, cumulating to sixty days, with a schedule rising from six days in year one to eighteen days after twenty years of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Service Commission
Chief of Police
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Buster and the Beauty
E. L. Gray
Rt. 8
Greensboro
Carolyn
Sumner
Elmer Horton
Iy News
Lexington
Robert Clois Hunt
Thomason Street
S. Main St
Franklin Roosevelt Bennett
Fort Lee
Ellis Eugene Bolick
Bennett
Guil Rand Department
Vickery Chapel Road
Oakdale
Caribbean
Cruise
S. S
Statendam
Norfolk
Port-au-Prince
St. Thomas
la Guaira
Curacao
San Juan
Virginia
VA. Cruise Corp
Maritime Tower
Norfolk, VA
Henry Carr and Sons
Mendenhall- Moore Realtors
Stratford Terrace
Bobby
President’s Committee On
Washington, D. C
The
Advertising Council
International Newspaper Advertising Executives
Leon Waite, Jr
American Express Credit
Luckie ST Mchele
N. C
Police Department
Credit Union
High Point Police Department
North Carolina
East Commerce Street
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