Election Offices Opened Ahead of Sept 8 Vote on School Amendment
The county election office opens full time to handle registrations and voting for the Extra General Election on Sept 8. Voters decide on a constitutional amendment for private education funding and local school suspensions, plus regular session amendments and assembly compensation.
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General Assembly
Arthur Utley
High Point
Election Board
Utley
Esker Amos Jr
High Point Township
Zoning Board Delays Decision On Randolph Street Rezoning
THOMASVILLE The zoning board will likely postpone any decision on the Randolph Street property again next week. Chairman Yokeley said the board is exploring angles of the rezoning and wants time to consult members. He expects a recommendation ready for City Council before the August 16 meeting.
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Thomasville
Randolph Street
Vv Board
Yokeley
Two Boys Cited for Stealing Watermelons at Northside Market
Two youths aged 12 and 16 were caught stealing two watermelons from Northside Curb Market. Deputies said they were turned over to juvenile authorities. Market owner R. Neighbors identified the suspects.
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Patani
Northside Curb Market
Sheriff's Deputies
R. Neighbors
Four-Car High Point Crash Sparks Racing Charges
Charges of racing filed against James Lester Fields and Boyd Jeremiah Pierce Jr. after a Monday night four vehicle crash on Highway 10A. Victims include Mrs. Meyerhoeffer and her daughters Jenny and Patricia with multiple injuries. injuries also to George Washington Smith and Charles Coe Dalton.
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Dave Mount
James Lester Fields
Trinity
Boyd Jeremiah Pierce Jr
Chestnut St
Fields
Pierce
Jenny
Patricia
Apparenty
Meyerhoeffer
English St
Smith
Charles Coe Dalton
Cook St
A Pas
Summerlike Next Week For High Point and Vicinity
Forecasters predict warm dry weather with near normal temperatures across North Carolina this week. The five day outlook shows light precipitation averaging about one quarter inch through Monday. Mostly fair skies and warm days with mild nights are expected through Friday, with a chance of scattered showers late Friday.
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High Point
Friendship Weathermen
U. S. Weather Bureau
North Carolina
Greensboro High Point
Wesleyans Re Elect Local Man At North Carolina Conference
Wesleyan Methodists of North Carolina opened their annual conference in Colfax with election of officers. Rev. H. B. Phaup of High Point named president, Rev. C. Wesley Levin of Kannapolis as vice president, and Rev. Walter M. Phaup of Asheboro as secretary. Board trustees include Victor Herman Roanoke Va E L Henderson Thomasville and W W Kiser. Woman’s Missionary Society elected Mrs Dewey Miller Charlotte as president for 1956 57 along with others. About 125 delegates attend daily as $56 000 was raised by 90 societies for missions. The conference closes Friday.
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Colfax
Wesleyan Methodists of
North Carolina
H. B. Phaup
High Point
C. Wesley Levin
Kannapolis
Walter M. Phaup
Asheboro
Victor Herman
Roanoke
E. L. Henderson
Thomasville
W. W. Kiser
Woman's Missionary Society
Dewey ©. Miller
Charlotte
WMS
Watson C. Black
Asheville
Carl V. Sparks
J. W. Phillips
William Dyer
Raleigh
Young Missionary Department
Woman's Societies For Home and Foreign Missions
Man Held On Morals Charges
A 29 year old Ernest Dunlap of Gordy Street was charged with committing a crime against nature. He denied the allegation by Luke Lindsay and posted a $1000 bond before a court appearance.
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Ernest Dunlap
Gordy Street
Dunlap
Luke Lindsay
Gordy St
Route 4
Ander
Jamestown Rotary Hears TV Manager On Programming
Gaines Kelly WFMY-TV Greensboro spoke to the Jamestown Rotary Club at the school cafeteria about TV programming problems and why some shows cannot be carried. He also revealed several upcoming programs. Jim Hornaday presented the program with President Charles Wee presiding.
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Jamestown
Jamestown Rotary Club
Gaines Kelly
Wfmy-Tv
Greensboro
Kelly
Jim Hornaday
Charles Wee
Sev- Seal Muasis Lions Jie
Free Polio Clinics Draw Huge Guilford County Crowd
Medical leaders report a massive turnout at Guilford County free polio clinics with over 13 000 attendees on the second round. A total of 4746 shots were given locally and officials expect no further clinics. Vaccination guidance urges second doses in 2 to 4 weeks and boosters in seven months.
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Guilford County
High Point
John F. Lynch Jr
Guilford County Medical Society
Stanford To Direct United Fund Drive
J Alton Stanford will chair the 1956 57 United Fund and Red Cross drive in High Point. Campaign opens in October to support local social services Red Cross and Children s Home Society with a goal near 113 500 last year oversubscribed by 1000. Stanford pledges strong leadership and anticipates a record improving community spirit.
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J. Alton Stanford
United Fund
Red Cross
Charles L. Kearns
Stanford
High Point
Kearns
Curtis Smithdeal, Inc
Lions Club
Chamber of Commerce
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Children’s Home Society
Quaker Home for the Aged Discussion Moves Forward
North Carolina Yearly Meeting of Friends at Guilford College discusses delaying concrete action on a Quaker home for the aged. Clerks reappointed for one year, including Mrs. Sarah Cecil and Algie Newlin, as reports from eight Quarterly Meetings are heard amid a budget deficit of 1800 dollars on a 40000 plus annual budget.
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North Carolina
Friends
Yearly Meeting of Friends
New Garden Church
Guilford College
Yearly Meeting
Sarah Cecil
High Point
Algie Newlin
Leslie Winslow
Knitters-Only Vote Proposed in Adams-Millis Case
A National Labor Relations Board hearing in Winston Salem addresses whether 135 knitters at Adams-Millis Plant No. 7 can vote on representation by the American Federation of Hosiery Workers. The union seeks a knitters only unit, while the company wants 636 workers to vote. A final ruling is awaited in 45 to 60 days.
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Ameri ‘Ican Federation of Hosiery Workers
Adams-Millis Corp
Winston Salem
National Labor Relations Board
Adams-Millis
NLRB
Melrose Hosiery Mills
United Textile Workers of America
Two Forgery and Theft Cases Bound Over in Municipal Court
Probable cause was found in three cases in Municipal Court. Two forgery defendants Albert Moore 16 and James Moore 26 both of Dalton Street were bound over to Superior Court and had bonds set at 750 after a judge lowered them. A third bound over was James Elmer Boulding 16 of E Washington Street for breaking and entering after he was found under a bed in the Baxley home.
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Wagoner
Aii
W. E. Kirkman
Lewis J. Hudson
Route 5
High Point
Norwood Parker
Box 26
High Point College
Parker
Hudson
Albert Moore
James Moore
Dalton Street
J. L. Rothrock
R. W. Baxley
E. Farriss Ave
Boulding
Baxley
Alfred Hammond
Annie Mae Richardson
Richardson
Charles Weant
Corbett Street
Howard Fulp
Hamilton Street
Fred Arnett
Filmore Bailey
Davis Avenue
Thomasville Man Drowns Near Wilmington
Ralph Waldo Gillespie Jr. age 28 of Route 1 Thomasville drowned yesterday afternoon at a lake near Wilmington. Born May 26 1928 in High Point he lived in High Point and Thomasville. Survived by sister Nancy Gillespie and half sister M J Kinny of Atlanta. Funeral at Liberty Baptist Church tomorrow at 3 pm with burial in church cemetery.
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Thomasville
Ralph Waldo Gillespie Jr
Wilmington
Mr. Gillespie
High Point
Ralph W. Gillespie
Rhonda Lee Lambeth
Myrtle Desk Co
Hegler’s Taxi
Nancy Gillespie
M. J. Kinny
Atlanta
Liberty Baptist Church
W. W. Robbins
Lexington Avenue Baptist Church
Ston-Salem Friends Minutes Highlight Reports From Committees
The Ston-Salem Friends church notes Vic tor Murchison as minister and focuses on reports from standing committees as the main business of the meeting.
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ston-Salem Friends
Victor Murchison
Reunion set for Bailard clan at Reynolds Park
The second annual Bailard reunion will be held Sunday at Reynolds Park in Winston-Salem. A picnic lunch will be served at Table No. 10 at 12 30 p.m. Relatives and friends are asked to bring baskets of food.
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Reynolds Park
Winston-Salem
Prayer for T DAY by Luther W. Youngdenl
A district judge in Washington DC asks for courage to choose the hard right over easy wrong. He prays to stand for purity and integrity in public life and to be counted as a Friend of Christ in the market place when a vote is called.
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Christ of Nazareth
Luther W. Youngdenl
Washington, D. C
Dinotumece
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National Assn. of Life Underwriters
YMCA
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Jamestown Rotary
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