Neighbor Held After Plummer Murder Over Squirrel Dispute
E Eugene Plummer a mid aged barber at 811 Carrick Avenue was shot dead last night. Neighbor U G Rush aged 72 was arrested on murder charges after claiming Plummer forced entry and stabbed him. Rush treated for knife wounds then bonded and released. Hearing set for Monday in High Point Municipal Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Eugene Plummer
Carrick Avenue
U. G.ush
Ush
Plummer
Fay
Rush
Burrus Memorialospital
F. C. Sharpe
Ighbor
D. C. Mac-Rae
R. A. Wilson
W. M. Payne
High Point Municipal
J. Leslie Andrews
Back To School Days Open Here On Friday Three Day Sales Event
Today Charles Wood of Lexington Avenue High Point was acquitted of abandonment and non support after a five hour jury deliberation. The incident stemmed from a complaint by his former wife now remarried in Pennsylvania. The court then moved to the Fowler case for intoxicated driving and indecent exposure, with a mistrial motion denied. In the upcoming three day event, merchants promote school and college sales with free bus tickets courtesy of the High Point Merchants Association, valid 10 am to noon Friday and Monday for return trips on Archdale Street and local buses. Shoppers are expected downtown for the promotions and advertised bargains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
Wood
Lexington Avenue
High Point
Munich
Pennsylvania
Ed Fowler
High Point Gui
Harriss J. Jarrell
Fowler
Jarreil
D. C. MacRae
Jarrell
High Point Merchants Association
Archidale
Enterprise
Mass meeting planned by hosiery workers in Asheboro
Asheboro plans a 7:30 p.m. Saturday mass meeting for hosiery mill workers to discuss silk shortages and government actions. Carl L Linker and Ira B Cross will speak, with others from the American Federation of Hosiery Workers and OPM. Similar gatherings are set for Burlington and Charlotte as mills adjust production and seek substitute yarns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander McKeown
American Federation of Hosiery Workers
Asheboro
Carl L. Linker
High Point
Randolph County
Office of Production Management
Burlington
Charlotte
Ira B. Cross, Jr
OPM
Alexander McKeon
William Smith
National Federation
Ira B. Cross
Washington
Man kills intruder after shotgun stand off on Carrick Ave
Mrs Rush on porch at 809 Carrick Avenue tried to persuade Plummer to leave. A struggle followed with slashing wounds to Rush and a deep cut on his arm. Rush shot Plummer in the face, killing him. Coroner to hold inquest Friday at 2 pm. Plummer, 53, longtime Charlotte resident, leaves widow Lilian, son Charles and daughter Irene, plus brothers and sister. Funeral Friday at 5 pm from 511 Carrick Avenue. Burial Oakwood Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rush
Plummer
Carrick Avenue
Wallace G. Freeman
Charlotte
Lillian Plummer
Charles
Irene Plummer
G. M
Grover
Asbury Plummer
Murray Crissenbury
Mecklenburg County
A. B. Conrad
First Baptist Church
Oakwood
Driving Class Graduation Exercises Friday at City Hall
The 44th Safe Driving School unit will hold closing exercises Friday night at 8 in City Hall council chamber. Twenty-four students will receive certificates. A picnic last night featured Weiners, toasted marshmallows, and watermelon. The 45th unit starts Monday. Classes run four weeks five days weekly from 4 to 6 and 7 to 9 pm. Enrollment at police headquarters desk through Tuesday. Instructor Chao Bodenheimer invited public attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Safe Driving School
Council Chamber
City Hall
Chao Bodenheimer
Prayer services at home of Mr and Mrs Little Baker Village
Community notices announce a People’s Tabernacle prayer band service tonight at Baker Village at o oclock hosted by Mr and Mrs Little. A Friday evening service by Vance Hill and group will be at Mrs L D Payne’s home 807 Fast Green Street at 8 oclock open to the public. A Plymouth coupe owned by Ellis Sale Corporation was reported stolen from South Wrenn Street parking yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
People’s Tabernacle Prayer Band
Vance Hill
L. D. Payne
Fast Green Street
Ellis-Sale Corporation
Wrenn Street
Permit Issued For Erection Of Home On Edgeworth Street
Residential construction activity picks up with a permit granted to M. R. Buchanan to build a one story six room house on Edgeworth Street between Albert and English. The frame dwelling is valued at about 2300 dollars. A note from Danville Virginia reports Confederate veteran Henry J. Scare turning 95 with a cake and candles. One of three homing pigeons is lost in the first race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. R. Buchanan
Edgeworth Street
Albert and
English Streets
Danville
Henry J. Scare
Filling Station Operators Seek Gasoline Curtailment Solutions
City filling station operators met to plan steps after distributors announced a ten percent cut for the rest of the month. Several admitted they might run short, with one proposing closing Sundays. Some stations could last eight days due to late-night hours. others argued night business drops offset the curtailment. The move follows a broader East supply warning from Deputy Petroleum Coordinator Ralph Davies that stocks were enough for about ten days. In Tokyo, mothers and schoolgirls attended a memorial service in a doll cemetery for broken dolls buried there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph K. Davies
Japan
Tokyo
Controversy Grows Over Zone Change On Jones Street
A heated dispute unfolds as the High Point Board of Adjustments reviews a petition to rezone Jones Street between Rotary and Trenton from Residence C to Residence A to bar apartment construction. About seventy owners signed to curb multi family homes. developer J Paul Sanders has begun two family units and owns land for more. Petitioners press for an immediate hearing and halt on permits until action is taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones Street
Rotary
Trenton Street
High Point Board of Adjustments
Planning and Zoning Commission
J. Paul Sanders
Funeral Rites for Mrs Emma S Brady Held at Church
Funeral services for Mrs Emma Stewart Brady 83 widow of William Brady were held at 10:30 a.m. from the First Christian Church where she was a member. The service was led by Rev John Q Pugh Rev QO L Ruth and Rev G W Cooper with choir songs Rock Of Ages Amazing Grace and Where We'll Never Grow Old. Interment followed at Floral Garden Cemetery with pallbearers R G Harris M J Wall Troy B Culler H L Best G C Lorst and D F Stone. The family noted she died at the home of her son Camel Brady 404 West Green Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma
Brady
Emma Stewart Brady
William Brady
Camel Brady
West Green Street
First Christian Church
John Q. Pugh
QO. L. Ruth
First Pilgrim Church
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Anoes
Ff.goodrich
B. F. Goodrich
Egoodrich Silvertown
T. A, Montgomery, Met
North Main Street
Vmlg
United States Army
Board of Adjustments
E. K. Ingram
Rose Furniture CO
South Main Street
Thomasville
East Main St
Ashenoro
N. Fayetteville St
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