Recreation Program Reviewed Highlights From City Playgrounds
Taylor presented summer activities at city playgrounds with eight week leader support roles and over two thousand registrants. Events included Field Day on July 4 with 500 participants, arts and crafts courses, swimming lessons and a Mercury Athletic Club swimming meet, a citywide wiener roast, and a park slide project on Vall Street. The Exchange Club donated two flags for City Lake Park as Sam Sawyer joined the club and Thurman McDonald from Waycross, Georgia attended as a guest.
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Taylor
Mercury Athletic Club
High Point
Vall Street
City Lake Park
Exchange Club
Sam Sawyer
Thurman McDonald
Waycross, Ga
General manager discusses hockey teams and schedule
Jamestown Rotary Club heard Ken Wilson, Greens boro Generals GM, compare US and Canadian teams to Russian squads. He described intense pregame routines and claimed Canada earned four wins in seven games. He also outlined Greensboro team prospects and the schedule with the first game set for Wednesday Nov 11 and Coliseum seats from 1 to 3 dollars.
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Jamestown
Ken Wilson
Greensboro Generals
United States
Canada
Wilson
Greensboro
Colliseum
Escapee Given Extra Prison Term in Municipal Court
A 20 year old escapee from Redding Street was given a further one year term after being found guilty of escape in Municipal Court. Judge Byron Haworth ordered the addition after Little was captured in Augusta and returned to the state following an escape from a Sandy Ridge Prison Camp work gang in High Point last week. Milk consumption in 1958 averaged 35.2 gallons per person in the United States.
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Redding Street
Byron Haworth
A. R. Little
Augusta
Little
Sandy Ridge
High Point
Lions Club hears NC Association for the Blind leader
J D Duggins of Greensboro president of the North Carolina Association for the Blind will address the Lions Club at tomorrow night's meeting. He was recently chosen Lion of the District.
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J. D. Duggins
Greensboro
North Carolina Association For the Blind
Lions Club
Duggins
Stove Fire Squelched At Home
A flooded oil stove flare up at 1513 King St yesterday was extinguished by local firemen with no building damage. At 611 Wise St today Thurman Samuels reported smoking in bed. mattress caught fire but was removed to the yard and extinguished with only bed clothes damaged.
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King St
Mattie Ayers
Grace Hicks
Wise St
Thurman Samuels
Samuels
Williams, Last Civil War Vet, Remains Critically Ill
Walter W. Williams, 116, a former Confederate and the Civil War's last surviving veteran, woke briefly Tuesday but remains critically weak. Doctors report he is resting comfortably as illness persists after nearly two weeks of deterioration.
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Pees
Tex
Walter W. Williams
Williams
Prisoner Death Under Scrutiny at Central Prison
Officials investigate how Lloyd W. Dagenhart, moved from Guilford County Jail to Central Prison, sustained bruises and what caused his death in the prison hospital. An autopsy was performed at UNC Chapel Hill and results await Prisons Director Bailey. Dagenhart was sentenced July 17 for assault and indecent exposure. Funeral services were held in Greensboro.
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Greensboro
Central Prison
Lloyd W. Dagenhart
Guilford County
Raleigh
SBI
Walter Anderson
Dagenhart
W. A. Ingold
High Point
Chapel Hill
North Carolina Memorial Hospital
W. F. Bailey
Bailey
Three Trucks In Collision On Highway
Three trucks collide on a highway injuring none of the drivers but causing estimated $700 in damage per vehicle. The 1956 tractor from High Point driven by Fred Carver, a 1953 Lynchburg tractor-trailer unit driven by Walter Parker, and a 1957 Roth truck from Burlington were involved near Springfield Avenue. The Roth vehicle tried to pass but swerved into the Lynchburg unit after a car passed, investigators said. No charges were filed.
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Truck & Trailer Sales
High Point
Fred Carver
Route 2
Lynchburg
Walter Parker
Chester H. Roth
Yankus Adapts to Australia Embracing New Career Life
Yankus expresses satisfaction with his work in Adelaide and notes how only small adjustments separate U S and Australian practices. He and Mildred settle with their children Russell and Dennis thriving at school while the family buys a car and plans a brick garage. He emphasizes feeling welcome and hopeful about staying long term.
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Yankus
Adelaide
Mildred Yankus
Australia
Russell
Dennis
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tee
High Point Coal & Oil CO
BE. Commerce ST
Vready
REED
Pply CO
Tee Hwy
Thomasville, N. C Ville High Point
Warner's Transfer & Storage CO
Thomasville
Prisons Department
Ieartines Elit Eclouaa
Libby
LL — Garden
Hollingsworth Food
Waue Store
Centennial
Piedmont
West Washington St
America
U.S
Davis
Davis Patrol & Watchman
General Electric Appliances
Freezer
Dependable Refrigeration, Inc
N. Main
General Electric
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