Double-Session Plan Details To Be Explained To Parents
School officials plan to explain the double session setup at Ray St School before Sept. 7. Superintendent Dr. Dean B. Pruette will invite a parent group involved in the change to a meeting, date to be announced. About 130 students may attend double sessions due to classroom shortages, with roughly half from two first and two second grade classes.
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Ray St
Dean B. Pruette
Second Ward
Capus Waynick
Griffin
Oak Hill
Fairview
Pruette
Tember
William Penn
Cloverdale
Brentwood
Leonard St
VFW Launches First Youth Night at Post 619
The VFW Post 619 on Greensboro Rd opens a weekly youth night from 7 to 10:30 p.m. each Thursday with dancing, snacks and TV. Miss Evelyn McNeeley from the city recreation department assists planning, Melvin Lowe chairs this civic program.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Greensboro Rd
Post
VFW Post
The
VFW
Evelyn McNeeley
City Recreation Department
Melvin Lowe
Peeping Tom Charge Filed Against 16 Year Old
Robert Y. Fleming, 16, charged with peeping and assault with a deadly weapon after being found peering into a Clara Cox Apts window around 1:30 a.m. He allegedly threatened Waldo Crawford with a razor. Fleming posted $300 bond. case set for Municipal Court Friday.
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Robert Y. Fleming
Clara Cox
Fleming
Crawford
E. Washington St
Fierming
Seaboard Growth Discussed For Toastmasters
Bill Freeman delivered a prepared speech at Piedmont Toastmasters on the mushrooming growth of the eastern seaboard without adequate planning. Other participants included Lewis Brandon N C Johnson Jr Rudge Calhoun Jim Strickland Porter Hauser Paul Shelton Reese Felts Everett Hill Napier Dills Ben Witherington and Paul Turberville. Carl Shelton served as toastmaster and E O Lane was timekeeper. President Lewis Brandon announced a committee to consider nominees for club officers starting Oct 1.
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Lewis Brandon
Accessory Stolen From Car Reported by Mrs Rufus Joines
A theft case is reported after a $5 fender skirt disappears from a car. Mrs Rufus Joines of oe Parl, St is the complainant and notified the police late yesterday.
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Rufus Joines
Oe Parl
City Finances Reported With Overrun On Street Contract
City hall released a year end financial summary showing total city operations cost 4 218 666 47 for last year. Overspending on a street improvement contract reduced projected cash surplus to 84 459 19 and a 66 433 89 overrun was moved to contingencies. Utilities fees led with 2 131 181 and taxes added 1 349 880.
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City Hall
Thompson-Arthur
Division of Accounting
Boy Preacher Schedules Service on Knox Bridge
Marjoe Gortner aged 11 and Silas Gammon plan to conduct a sermon on Knox Bridge Saturday at 2 30 p m The boy preacher currently holds services in a tent at Welch Fairgrounds and attracts curious crowds from the area.
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Marjoe Gortner
Silas Gammon
Knox Bridge
Young Gortner
Welch Fairgrounds
Picnic Postponed by Emmanuel Lutheran Church
The congregational picnic at City Lake Park tonight is postponed due to bad weather. A new date will be announced.
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Emmanuel Lutheran Church
City Lake Park
Merchants urge continued operation of Guilford TB sanatorium
Directors of the High Point Merchants Association today voted to support keeping the Guilford County Tuberculosis Sanatorium functioning whether at its current site or in another form. They cited the institution’s value to Guilford County and noted state plans to move TB patients to state hospitals may affect Janestown’s facility.
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High Point Merchants
Guilford County
Janestown
Association
Social Security System Observes 20th Birthday
Mrs. Ruth Duffy, district manager in High Point, noted the 20th anniversary of the Social Security Act. She cited nearly 8 million beneficiaries and over 70 million insured, with current average monthly benefits around 60 to 80 dollars for retirees and 41 for wives. widows with two children average 185 dollars, with family benefits up to 200 dollars. She projected 93 million Americans insured by 1975 and invited the public to visit Room 201 in the post office building for more details.
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Ruth Duffy
High Point Social Security Office
Duffy
Textile mills announce wage hikes across Carolinas
The Associated Press reports several South and North Carolina mills increasing pay. Greenwood Mills and Abney Mills in Greenwood plus Ware Shoals Division of Reigel Textile in South Carolina raise wages. Conover Knitting Mills and Warlong Glove in North Carolina announce raises of five cents an hour effective August, with Carolina mills not disclosing exact amounts.
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Associated Press
Carolinas
South
South Carolina
Greenwood Mills
Greenwood
Abney Mills
Ware Shoals Division
Reigel Textile Corp
North Carolina
Warlong Glove
Conover’ Knitting
Conover
Southern Mills
Civitan Youth Conference Report At Wildacres
Bob Marsh reported on the Civitan Youth Conference at Wildacres, highlighting highway safety, segregation and human relationships. The Guilford County Sanatorium closure was discussed, with the club pledging effort to keep it open. The Red Cross Bloodmobile visit was noted as club activity, with Bill Hall and Tom Zimmerman winning the drawing.
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Civitan
Wildacres
High Point Civitan Club
Bob Marsh
Marsh
Guilford County
Jim Strickland
Red Cross
Bill Hall
Tom Zimmerman
Mrs. Ross Attends Mars Hill Counselors Conference
Edna Ross of High Point Senior High School joined fifty NC counselors at the State Counselors Conference in Mars Hill on August 13. The meeting, hosted by the Department of Guidance Services, discussed guidance activities and shared problem solving across schools.
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Mrs. Ross
Mars Hill
Edna Ross
High Point Senior High School
North Carolina Vocational Guidance Association
Conegr
North Carolina
Department of Guidance Services
State Department of Public Instruction
Accountants Plan Durham Meeting
The Piedmont Chapter of the National Association of Cost Accountants will hold its annual barbecue dinner at Turnage's in Durham Friday at 6 p.m. Morton S. Hildebrand leads arrangements with William C. Lindsey Jr. and W. H. Rawlings assisting. Officers meet at 5:30 p.m. Robert Lloyd presides and reports will be heard. Members travel from High Point Greensboro Winston-Salem Asheboro Durham and Danville Va. Vermont declared independence as New Connecticut in 1777.
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Piedmont
National Association of Cost Accountants
Turnage’s
Durham
Morton S. Hildebrand
William C. Lindsey Jr
W. H. Rawlings
Robert Lloyd
High Point
Greensboro
Winston - Salem
Asheboro
Danville
Coast Areas See Minor Damage From Diane Hurricane
Coastal towns from Wilmington to Myrtle Beach report limited damage as Hurricane Diane passes inland. Winds 75 to 90 mph caused beach erosion, flooded basements, and few roof damages, with dunes and emergency defenses helping reduce harm.
Water Carnival In Thomasville Postponed
THOMASVILLE The Recreation Department sponsored Water Carnival scheduled for tonight in the Chair City has been postponed due to bad weather. The event will be held at a future date and an announcement on the rescheduled time will follow later this week.
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Thomasville
Bloodmobile collects as quota nears midway point
The Red Cross Bloodmobile, stationed at the school administration building, reported 79 pints donated toward a 375 pint three day quota with a day left. Program co chairs blamed site confusion for weak first day totals while several donors joined the Gallon and Two-Gallon clubs.
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Red Cross
Bill Snotherly
Dick Meisky
English St
Armory
Clifton A. Andrews
Sunset Dr
Everette R. McDowell
Roger L. Tate
Crestwood
Mae Carmichal
M. B. Peace
Trinity
Ralph Gurley
Biltmore Ave
Paul E. Wright
Meisky
Local Dentist Defendant In Damage Suit
A Trinity woman sues High Point dentist Dr. P. Y. Adams in Guilford Superior Court for 30 755 32 alleging faulty extraction left tooth roots in the upper left jaw and caused infections. Mrs. Bryant Hazelwood says she required weekly treatments for five months and five days in hospital, with the May 22 1954 extraction done without an X-ray.
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Trinity
Guilford Superior Court
High Point
Bryant Hazelwood
P. Y. Adams
Hazelwood
Adams
High Point Memorial Hospital
Weather To Clear Tonight After Diane Passes North
Hurricane Diane lashed North Carolina with gusts up to 45 mph and heavy rain in High Point and Wilmington. By noon Diane, downgraded to a squall line system, moved north toward Raleigh Durham as Charlotte Hickory and Asheville saw clear skies. Rainfall reached about three quarters of an inch at midday with temperatures ranging from 70 to 75. Clearing and warmer conditions expected by Thursday.
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Diane
High Point
Friendship Weather Bureau
Friendship Bureau
Raleigh-Durham
Charlotte
Hickory
Asheville
North Carolina
I Land
Wilmington
Washington Terrace Park Tennis Tournament Opens Monday
Entries are being accepted for the Washington Terrace Park Tennis Tournament with events in women’s singles men’s singles and mixed doubles. Jimmie Campbell leads details and the city recreation department sponsors the event.
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Washington Terrace Park
Jimmie Campbell
City Recreation Department
OES
White Rose Chapter
Mt. Vernon
Pilgrim Congregational Church
Car Hits Hydrant on Farriss and Roland Park
Traffic officers seek the driver of a car that struck a hydrant at W Farriss Ave and Roland Park Dr around 8 PM last night. The hydrant damage was estimated at 100 dollars for labor and materials.
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W. Farriss Ave
Roland Park Dr
Three knifing defendants receive active and suspended sentences
In a Municipal Court trial two of three charged in the beating and knife attack on Elious Tyson were given active sentences. Charles A. Stewart received 12 months for assault while Robert Diggs drew three months plus a 12 month suspended term. Thurman Gray had a 12 month term suspended pending medical bills and fines.
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Charles A. Stewart
Meredith St
Elious F. Tyson
Stewart
Robert Diggs
Beamon St
Tyson
Diggs
Thurman Gray
Hoover St
Gray
Willie Harrington
Gordy St
C. J. Norman
Norman
Harrin
Woman Ordered From Pittsburgh Apartment Over Attire
Mrs Mary Ellen Williams 31 says she was told to leave a housing authority flat after paying her rent while wearing a blouse and bloomers. She defends the outfit as not indecent and notes other resident women wear shorts. officials would not confirm if the eviction was solely due to attire. Williams lives with her 9 year old son in the apartment.
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Pittsburgh
Mary Ellen Williams
Allegheny Housing Authority
Prayer for Eternal God Given in a Steubenville Church
A prayer from George U. of Steubenville Ohio at the First United Presbyterian church seeks mercy and grace to sustain life and manifest the life of Jesus in believers. The item records a solitary devotional plea from a local minister at a named church.
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Jesus
George U
Steubenville, Ohie
Dpited Presbyterian Church
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