Wilson Urges Full Registration for Water Bond Vote
Thomasville Mayor Carl C. Wilson urged residents to register and vote in the water and sewer bond election. The $850,000 measure funds a reservoir and dam, distribution system upgrades, and sewer improvements, with Thomasville paying 45 percent and Lexington 55 percent. Registrars will visit homes daily and polling places on Saturdays.
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Wilson
Thomasville
Carl C. Wilson
Chamber of Commerce
Lexingtorm
Davidson County
Lexington
Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Plane crash kills Thomasville man Harry Vereen
Harry Vereen 39 a Turner Air Force Base soldier and former Thomasville resident died when a jet fighter crashed into his apartment near Albany Ga The building burned and the pilot was seriously injured Vereen served in WWII with the Navy and had been at Turner AFB 18 months He is survived by his wife daughter parents and siblings with funeral plans to be announced and burial set in Holly Hills Cemetery
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Thomasville—Tech
Harry Vereen
Turner Air Force Base
Thomasville
Albany
Vereen
Colene Strider
Turner City
Air Force
Langley Field
U. S. Navy
Okinawa
Wilmington
Ernest G
Ethel Weeks Vereen
High Point
Deira Vereen
Ernest G. Vereen
Norfolk
Kenneth Vereen
Tennessee
E. G. Vereen Jr
Charles McDow
Waynesboro
Herbert Long
Germany
Siler Funeral Home
Blast claims 22nd life in Andover tragedy
The blast in Andover last Wednesday has now claimed the 22nd death as Ruby Shellito, 17, died at General Hospital in Ashtabula. Julius Caesar established a town on a hill near what is now Geneva, Switzerland.
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Ashtabula
Ohio
Andover
Ruby Shellito
General Hospital
Julius Caesar
Geneva
Switzerland
Four Crashes Reported In Thomasville
Four auto accidents reported in Thomasville with property damage estimates ranging from 400 to 2,200. Drivers listed include Clarence Woodrow Ashburn of Winston-Salem and Reid Wesley Davis of Thomasville, with charges of reckless driving for two incidents. No serious injuries reported.
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Thomasville
Aeace
Winston-Salem
Clarence Woodrow Ashburn
Ashburn
Oes
Cityce
Fisher Ferry St
Colonial Dr
Larry S. Chappell
Morrison Ave
Reid Wesley Davis
Route 3
Davis
Chappell
Ernest Logans
Salem St
Highway 29
Logans
Johnson Motor Lines
Nadine Pugh
Charlotte
Tommy Richard
Route 1
Deaths and Funerals in High Point and Thomasville
Obituaries record James Os car Pike 63 retired High Point police sergeant died Friday. Sallie White 63 of 610 E Green St. died after illness. services Tuesday at Green St Baptist Church. Dorothy Elizabeth Johnson Steed 34 died at Dogwood Rd home. burial in family plot. Howard W. Stanley 47 died en route to hospital. funeral at Cumby Orrell Mortuary chapel. Effie Belle Stover Murphy his Route 1 Thomasville woman died Saturday. funeral at Bethany Evangelical and Reformed Church.
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James 0. Pike
James Oscar Pike
N. Main St. Baptist Church
Neil J. Armstrong
Mechanicsville
High Point
W. L. Hunt
W. C. J. A. Wooten
W- H. McSwaim
D. R. Goins
L. G. Myers
Reid Dillon
C. S. Cagle
Mr. Pike
Cas Department
Police Department
Sallie White
Sallie Robinson White
E. Green St
High Point Memorial Hospital
Mrs. White
Mt. Gilead
Thomas and
Frances Frazier Robinson
Green St. Baptist Church
Dorothy J. Steed
Thomasville
Dorothy Elizabeth Johnson Steed
Stephen P. Steed
Dogwood Rd
Pilgrim Evangelical and Reformed Church
Reuben Lovette
Elgin Doby
Howard W. Stanley
Anderson St
Cumby - Orrell
O. E. Snow
Sprague St. Baptist Church
Winston-Salem
Samuel Martin
First Nazarene Church
Floral Garden Park Cemetery
Dewey Bennett
Earl W. Clark
D. F. Corgal
Wesley Corder
Robert G. Durham
T. H. Folwell
Mr. Stanley
Effie Belle St
Albert Welker Murphy
Route 1
Sville
Davidson County
Roswell K
Jane Burton Stone
Murphy
Bethany Evangelical and Reformed Church
John Settlemyre
J. A. Palmer
William Bobbitt
Church
Soviet Farmers In Last Week Of U S Tour
The Soviet farm delegation finishes its U S tour with a stop in East Lansing to view Michigan State College’s centennial farm mechanization expo. They return to Chicago for a news conference and a Council on Foreign Relations reception. A local firm will serve ice cream flavored like borscht in honor of the guests.
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Chicago
U.S
Washington
Canada
East Lansing
Mich
Michigan State
Colon
Council of Foreign Relations
Rochester Boy Wins Soap Box Derby Championship
Rochester high school sophomore Richard T. Rohrer raced in Akron driving the All American Soap Box Derby car built over 500 hours. He finished in 27.25 seconds to win a $5,000 college scholarship to Georgetown University, beating Detroit’s David C. Thayer by a half length. Albert Cobble of Long Beach, California, placed third.
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Akron
Ohio
Richard T. Rohrer
Rochester
Georgetown University
Richard
David C. Thayer
Detroit
Albert Cobble
Long Beach
Calif
Whisked Into Storm Sewer Tragedy in Baltimore
John W. Calvert a 47 year old crane operator from a Baltimore suburb was swept feet first into a storm drain mouth while clearing debris. He tumbled 180 feet into a 10 foot pool suffering a head gash and severe bruises but refused hospital care. Additionally US railroad operating revenues for 1954 were 9.371 million dollars, the lowest since 1949.
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Baltimore
John W. Calvert
U. S. Railroad
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Blast
Effie
Flowers Grace Flower Shop
N. Wrenn & Howell
Sts
High Point Merchants
Lee W, Boswell
Rochester Boy
Zemo
Proms
Eag
Adams-Millis Corporation
Amos Hosiery Mills, Inc
Crown Hosiery Mills, Inc
Harriss & Covington Hosiery Mills, Inc
Melrose Hosiery Mills, Inc
Silver Knit Hosiery Mills, Inc
Slane Hosiery Mills, Inc
Triangle Hosiery Company
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