New School Rental Schedule Ready For Adoption
City officials report a new rental schedule for school facilities by the Parks and Recreation Department is ready for adoption after talks between the City Council and the Board of School Commissioners. The plan includes a power rate cut from two cents to 1.87 cents to reduce rent costs, with estimated City savings of about $1,100 on the Arts and Crafts program and $500 annually for the schools. The schedule will be presented to Council on August 19, with public release expected then unless the schools disclose sooner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of School Commissioners
T. E. Hinson
Parks and Recreation Department
Hinson
Pols
Charles F. Carroll, Jr
Crowe
Council
North Carolina
W. A. Tomlinson
Parks and Recreation Commission
Brooks Reitzel
Red Cross Emphasis Outlined For High Point Chapter
Chairman Taylor Simpson told the local Red Cross board that next year will stress more local chapter activity, volunteers, and lower costs after a national meeting in Cleveland. The Blood Program sets a 2400 pint annual quota and Bloodmobile visits are planned for August 26 and 27.
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Taylor Simpson
The
American Red Cross
Clevelant Ohio
Kathleen Harris
Simpson
High Point
Charles Mendenhall
House Committee
Alden Eddy Fund
National Red Cross
Ocal
Community notices and births from local groups and churches
News Of Interest To Colored People lists meetings for the city wide missionary union at Mt. Vernon Baptist Church and several auxiliary circles at local halls. The Tomlin family announces the birth of a daughter and St Paul Baptist welcomes Rev Dennis McBride from New York for tonight’s service.
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Missionary Union
Mt. Vernon Baptist Church
Odd Fellows Hall
Circle B
WSCS
Brooks Memorial
Susie Moffitt
Redding Street
Young Ladies Club
Lassie Brewington
Green Street
Guilford Lodge
White Rose
CES
Tomlin
David A. Tomlin
J. B. Jones
Park Street
ST. Paul
Dennis McBride
New York
St. Paul Baptist
Prayer for TODAY from Berkeley minister dack Finegan
A short devotional prayer asks for divine sustenance amid life’s tribulations and strength to bear burdens, invoking Jesus’s yoke as easy and burden light. Read by Berkeley California minister dack Finegan of University Christian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
Jesus
Dack Finegan
Berkeley
Calif
University Christian Church
Bus Collision Hurts Several Passengers At City Intersection
A Duke Power bus and an automobile collide at English and Elm Streets injuring three bus passengers. Nancy Trivette suffers a broken arm. Lillie Cook and Helen Reid receive minor injuries. The car driver George Ward and bus driver John Tucker were uninjured. Damages total about $225. Police report no arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke Power
English
Elm Streets
Nancy Trivette
Franklin Street
Memorial Hospital
Lillie Cook
Bencini Street
Helen Reid
East Commerce Street
William L Sapp dies at 75 after long illness
Thomasville man William Luther Sapp 75 retired farmer of Burton Street Extension Route 1 died at his daughter's home 104 South Westchester Drive Tuesday after noon. Survived by three sons a daughter two brothers and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral services set for Burton Street Missionary Methodist Church and Red Bank Baptist Church with burial in Red Bank Cemetery.
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William Luther
Bill) Sapp
Burton Street
Thomasville
Ralph Nelson
South Westchester Drive
Forsyth County
Hardin
Catherine Riger Sapp
Minnie Roberta Boles
Zanie Nunn
Sapp
Red Bank Baptist Church
P. E. Sapp
High Point
C. C. Sapp
Route 2
Otis Sapp
Route 1
Rural Hall
Eugene
D. A. Sapp
Cumby- Orrell Mortuary
Burton Street Missionary Methodist Church
H. S. Scruggs
Kings Mountain
G. A. Long
Germanton
Rubl Spencer
Annual Stay Home Camp In Progress
The Y M C A runs its annual stay at home camp for a week each summer for boys unable to attend elsewhere. Executive Secretary Edgar Hartley notes 97 participants. Tonight's council fire runs 8 to 9 with treasure hunt and swimming tomorrow and a full day of swimming and picnicking Friday at City Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Hartley
City Lake
Ambulance Driver Charged with DUI in Asheville
F G McMatan, an ambulance driver in Asheville for four years, is charged with driving while under the influence after taking an injured patient to the hospital in the wrong direction. Police say he sped the wrong way and it took 40 minutes to cover two miles to the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
N. C
F. G. McMatan
McMatan
Service Members Departures and Assignments Mentioned
Men in service include DUGGINS radarman seaman USN son of Cedar Falls residents and husband of Mary Von Cannon. He arrived in San Diego August 8 aboard USS Philippine Sea which flew daily strikes in the Far East. Also CAPT Hazel Carter recently graduated Army Nurses Orientation in Germany and is assigned as anesthetist. A3 GANN 19, son of High Point residents, trains as radio operator on a B 29 crew at Randolph AFB Texas.
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Jack 8. Duggins
USN
Raymond Duggins
Cedar Falls
Mary S. von Cannon
Route 3
Asheboro
San Diego
Calif
Philippine Sea
Far East
States
Hazel Carter
Sunset Drive
High Point
Army
European Command
Degerndorf
Germany
7779Th
Captain Carter
University of Tennessee
Billy Gann
S. M. Gann
North Main Street
Randolph Air Force Base
Texas
Local servicemen receive promotions and assignments
CPL Walter H. Hilton of High Point has been assigned to the 534th Quartermaster Repair and Maintenance Company at Fort Lee Virginia as a canvas repair specialist. He is a three year Army veteran who served in Okinawa with the Ryukyus Command. First Lt Garland Slack of High Point earned a diploma from the USAF Extension Course Institute at Gunter Air Force Base Alabama for the Squadron Officer Course with an average of 92. He is among over 44 000 students in the Institute.
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Cpl
Walter HH. Hilton
High Point
534Th Quartermaster Repair and
Fort Lee
Cpl. Hilton
Bethany High School
Army
Ryukus Command
Okinawa
E. M
Garland ©. Slack
Usaf Extension
Gunter Air Force Base
Ala
ECI
Slack
Malaya Americans Favor Eisenhower in Absentee Vote
The Straits Times survey shows about 200 Americans in Malaya favor Dwight D. Eisenhower for president. Absentee voting rules apply, with 42 of 48 states permitting it.
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Kuala Lumpur
Malaya
Dwight D. Eisenhower
the Straits Times
High Court Lets Two Men Stand Trial In Hit And Run Case
In Municipal Court Judge J A Myatt bound over James E Myers 27 of 1301 Emory Street and Edgar Bowman 43 of Seagrove to Superior Court both facing hit and run charges. Officer H L Morris testified the car struck a half ton pickup owned by W F Barker and then hit a parked car before leaving. Lowe the pickup driver testified he was injured and later released. The car caused $200 damage to the hit car and $25 to the parked vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ger
Lee Wade
South Maintreet
John F. Tucker
East Green Street
Pershing
East Russell Streets
Hoffman Drug Company
Fred E. Smith
Martha Street
Superior Court
J. A. Myatt
James E. Myers
Emory Street
Edgar Bowman
Seagrove
Myers
Bowman
H. L. Morris
W. F. Barker
Thomas D. Lowe
High Point Memorial Hospital
Lowe
Douglas Bartlett
Myatt
Willie Holley
John Thomas Miller
Miller
Holley
High Point
J. C. Welch Motor Company
Red Lights Boost Egg Production Says Poultry Expert
In Storrs Connecticut C B Platt an egg expert from Rutgers University outlined wartime trials where red lights over hen nests increased egg output. He cited New Jersey poultry raisers who kept red illumination after air raid rules limited bright lighting, noting hens stayed longer on nests and production rose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Storrs
Platt
Rutgers University
National Poultry Association
University of Connecticut
New Jersey
Jersey
Army hunts for two AWOL privates after van escape
AWOL assistance from Columbus reports two soldiers slipped from an Army van at the rear door and vanished. The Army is actively seeking the pair as they attempt to avoid duty and go over the hill.
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AWOL
Columbus, C
Port Hayes
Local Girl Named National Rose of Pi Kappa Phi
Mary Jo Jenkins, daughter of Mr and Mrs W P Jenkins of 702 Hillcrest Drive, was chosen as National Rose of Pi Kappa Phi in the fraternity’s third annual Rose contest. The Buena Vista Virginia resident, a rising junior at Southern Seminary, was sponsored by the Rho Chapter of Washington and Lee University and introduced at the Rose Ball in Lexington, Virginia.
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PI Kappa Phi
Mary Jo Jenkins
Mary Jo Was
W. P. Jenkins
Hillcrest Drive
Mary Jo
United States
Southern Seminary
Buena Vista
Rho
Washington and Lee University
Lexington
Sigma Chi
Jim Smith Addresses Civitans
Jim Smith, executive secretary of the High Point Community Chest, spoke to the Civitan Club about the organization’s inner workings and growing need for trained social work specialists. Tom Brown introduced him. Arch Richardson led the winning attendance team. Bob Duggins was “Mr. X.” A joint High Point Greensboro Civitan meeting is set for August 22 at 6 p.m. at Sedgefield Inn. Rev Kenneth Goodson attended as a guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Smith
High Point Community Chest
Civitan Club
Community Chest
Tom Brown
Smith
Red Feather
Marshal Luther
Sedgefield Inn
High Point
Greensboro Civitan
Arch Richardson
Bob Duggins
X.’' Rev
Kenneth Goodson
Miracle Play Scheduled At Church Of God
A British drama titled Miracle will be staged at the First Church of God on South Main Street and Greenview Terrace tomorrow night at 8 15. The Christian Thespians present this tour across 11 states and 19 cities in August under Church of God sponsorship. The show portrays healing at a Jerusalem temple gate and inner peace. The tour includes Ohio Kentucky West Virginia Virginia Tennessee the Carolinas Georgia Florida Alabama and Indiana with an International Youth Convention in Miami later this month. Admission is free and open to church members and the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of God
South Main Street
Greenview Terrace
South
Christian Thespians
Jerusalem
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Virginia
Tennessee
North
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Indiana
International Church of God
Miami
Fla
Air Conditioning Unit In Bank Catches Fire
Thomasville police reported an electric motor in the bank’s air conditioning unit on the mezzanine caught fire yesterday at 4:40 p.m. The bank building of First National Bank filled with smoke but suffered little property loss beyond the ruined motor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
First National Bank
Bank
Scott Invited To Centennial Celebrations
THOMASVILLE Governor Kerr Scott is invited to attend the Thomasville Centennial pageant on Wednesday September 17 designated Farmers and Merchants Day by Centennial planners. Mayor W W Rapp extends the invitation for the event as part of Centennial activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Kerr Scott
Farmers and Merchants
W. W. Rapp
N. M. Nelson
American Decorations Company of
Atlanta
Nelson
Dolan Calhoun
Funeral services for Arville McCarter Wednesday morning
Funeral services for Arville B. McCarter will be held at Se sechrest chapel Thursday at 11 a.m. with Rev. W H Barker and Rev. J C Reynolds officiating. Interment in Oakwood Cemetery. McCarter of 407 West High Street and a Slane Hosiery Mills employee died at McGuire Veterans Hospital Richmond Va from injuries from an auto accident near Mt Airy on June 27. The body arrived Tuesday evening and was taken to Sechrest's chapel until services.
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Arville B. McCarter
Seehrest Chapel
W. H. Barker
Astor
Southside Baptist Arch
J. C. Reynolds
Ennis Street
Funeral services held for Wheeler Otha Sheppard
Wheeler Otha Sheppard, 54, former High Point resident and Lexington merchant, died Sunday morning from a cerebral hemorrhage at his Route 7 Lexington home. Services were Tuesday at 11 in Sechrest chapel with Rev. Don Payne. Interment followed at Floral Garden Park Cemetery. pallbearers included W. W. Ellington and L. H. Creasey. Miss Mildred Crowder sang and Miss Shirley Davis accompanied.
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Wheeler Otha Sheppard
High Point
Sechrest Chapel
Don Payne
Lindsay Memorial Ethodist Church
Floral Garden Park
W. W. Ellington
L. H. Creasey
C. W. Ridge
M. P. White
W. C. Lawson
E. Z. Hester
J. B. Dobson
W. E. Bayliss
Mildred Crowder
Shirley Davis
Sheppard
Lexington
Route 7
High Point College Eyes National Fraternity Affiliation
High Point College with Southern Association accreditation plans seeks national Greek chapters. Three local fraternities have verbally accepted, aiming to establish on campus next school year. The dean notes improved fraternity life and strict conduct rules, with no off campus houses.
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Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
High Point College
J. H. Allred
Allred
Re-elected Mehan Leads Southern Garment Group in Memphis
Floyd Mehan of High Point was re-elected secretary treasurer of the Southern Garment Manufacturers Association at the convention in Memphis Tennessee yesterday. Lee H. Jones of Nashville Tennessee was named president.
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Floyd Mehan
High Point
Southern Garment Manufacturers Association
Memphis
Tenn
Lee H. Jones
Nashville
Permits Issued For Dwellings and Repairs In Local Area
M A Harris receives permit to build a four room dwelling at 622 Wesley Place for 6000 dollars. Zonolite Company gets permit to repair office and warehouse on Ward Street for 1000 dollars. Adams Millis obtains permit to repair office on English Street for 5000 dollars. Harold Amos secured permit to repair logp at 1004 Rotary Drive for an unspecified amount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. A. Harris
Wesley Place
Zonolite Company
Ward Street
Adams Millis
English Street
Harold Amos
Rotary Drive
Hot Weather Persists With 91 Degree Day Forecast
The weatherman predicts unchanged temperatures with daytime highs around 91 and nights near 71. Only a slight chance of rain amid hot humid air. last night’s low was 73 and may drop by one degree tonight.
Missionary Convention Set At People's Methodist Church
A three day missionary convention opens Friday evening at 1:30 at People's Methodist Church corner Broad and Sullivan Streets. Rev and Mrs Arthur Wesley, appointed by the Oriental Missionary Society to India, will lead with special music by Rev and Mrs K E Temple of People's Bible College Greensboro. Mrs Wesley is formerly Mary Maness of Archdale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
People’s Methodist Church
Corner Broad and
Sullivan Streets
Arthur Wesley
Oriental Missionary Society
India
Wesley
Mary Maness
Archdale
K. E. Temple
People's Bible College
Greensboro
Local Recruiters Sent To California Post
M Sgt Richard E F Burpo formerly with the local Army Air Force recruiting office and T Sgt Norman G Dean who ran the Asheboro office until August 1 have orders to report to Camp Stoneman California for assignment to the Far East Air Force. They were relieved of duties August 1 when all recruiting staffs in this area were reduced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard EF. Burpo
Army Air Force
Norman G. Dean
Asheboro
Camp Stoneman
California
Far East Air Force
Urpo
Dean
Napoleon eyed Delaware River town for news by packet
National Geographic Society notes Napoleon reportedly told his brother Joseph that if exile to America occurred he would settle between Philadelphia and New York along the Delaware River to receive news by packet. The remark underscores strategic thinking and interest in transatlantic communication.
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National Geographic Society
Napoleon
Joseph
America
Philadelphia
New York
Delaware River
Chaplains Sought for Army Chaplain Corps
The Army announces an urgent call for Chaplains. Applicants must be US citizens aged 21 to 33, active in ministry, endorsed by their denomination, have 90 semester hours of graduate theology, and be physically qualified. Selection provides first lieutenant rank in the Organized Reserve Corps and potential active duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Chalain Corps
SFC
Walter Whats
Army Air Force
Plicant
Whaley
Organized Reserve Corps
Thomasville Man Held On Non-Support Charge
Thomasville George Crabtree 46 of 29 Welborn Street is jailed in lieu of bond after a recent arrest on a non support charge filed by his wife Isy Crabtree alleging failure to provide for her support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
George Crabetree
Welborn Street
Crabtree
Isy Crabtree
Slot Machine Charge Levied In Thomasville
Ernest T. Myers of 605 Clay Street faces Recorder's Court Friday on a charge of possessing slot machines. Myers was arrested by Davidson County Deputies yesterday and released on a $300 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Ernest T. Myers
Clay Street
Recorder's Court
Myers
Davidson County
County youth sentenced on morals and prostitution charges
Gloria Delacruz, 17, of High Point, was sentenced in Greensboro Municipal Court to 90 days at the county home for occupying a room for immoral purposes. She also received 60 days for a prostitution count, to run concurrently with the first sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloria Delacruz
High Point
Greensboro
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William L. Sapp
Eisenhower
Herman D. Dennis
Young Street
Claude Dunlap
James C. Crawford
Edward T. Little
Judge Myatt
James P. Tysinger
Carolina Beach
C. H. Leak
J. F. Carpenter
Fulson Spencer
Walter Little
Annie Lendon
Lucy Davis
Annonie Barber
Cleve Price
Grady Wilson Hemrick
C. A. Huffman
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J. K. Davis
Alexander Moore
Moore
Washington and University Fraternity
Tobias
Barbee
Civitans
Scott
Arville B
McCarter
Wheeler
HPC
Watermelon Party
Order of United American Mechanics
Shelter No. 1
City Lake Park
Bunker Hill Methodist Church
S. L. Duckett
Charlotte
Duke Power Company
Transportation Department
Winston- Salem
Durham
Salisbury
Greenville
Spartanburg
Anderson
S. C
A. J. Dodamead Lodge No. 5
Commerce Street
Thomas Kaneer
Woodrow Avenue
Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem
Supreme Court
Thomasille
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