Shortage of Applicants Triggers Job Ads in High Point Area
Employment Security Commission reports a severe worker shortage across hosiery and furniture industries in High Point. Agencies in Thomasville and western North Carolina have been contacted as 28 loom jobs plus openings for seamers, knitters, inspectors, and clerks remain unfilled, signaling strong local business activity.
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Employment Security Commission
Commission
Ralph Miller
Employment Bureau
Thomasville
Piedmont
North Carolina
High Point
Miller
Summer Recovery Begins Slowly After Cold Start
Weather bureau forecasters at Friendship say summer will rise gradually after a chilly week. Expect warming under clear skies in the next two days with a possible relapse to cool damp conditions by the weekend. Lows tonight near 62, highs around 82 to 83 later in the week with possible scattered showers Saturday or Sunday.
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Weather Bureau
Friendship
Last Of Free Polio Shots Being Used
In Raleigh North Carolina the state health official Dr J W R Norton said free polio vaccine supply will be quickly used after schools start next month He noted the state has 200000 cubic centimeters on hand with a pending order for 450000 more and warned no further money will be available after that He urged parents to vaccinate children at local health departments promptly
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Raleigh
North Carolina
J. W. R. Norton
Officers Probe Theft Report
Detectives investigated a Charlotte man's report of items stolen from his car Tuesday night. The loss totaled about $450, including a sample case with knitted and sport shirts and sweaters worth $200, two suits $130, a small suitcase with clothes and a pocket radio $50, and a portable typewriter $55.
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Charlotte
Jerry Jaffa
Man Accused Of False Pretense In Local Case
A 36 year old Monthew Avenue man Edward W Harrison was charged with false pretense for cashing a 75 dollar check given by Betty Clinard Harrison bonds set at 200 dollars with a Municipal Court hearing scheduled Friday. Fire Charge Two men face hotel law charges for a bedding fire at Hurd's Boarding House on E Green Street Don Surratt and Jack Wray bonds set at 300 dollars each with Municipal Court hearing. Assault Counts James Bowden and Tommy Samms charged with assault Bowden faces an August 26 hearing Samms also set for August 26 after allegedly striking Glenn Richardson and other alleged blows. Marvin Hicks charged with malicious damage to a dirt loader battery removal case set for Friday Municipal Court.
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Monthew Avenue
Edward W. Harrison
Montleuw Avenue
Harrison
Betty Clinard
Don Surratt
E. Green Street
Jack Wray
Mangum Avenue
Hurd
Surratt
Wray
James Bowden
Downing Street
Ella Mae Morrison
Herbert Street
Bowden
Tommy E. Samms
Jamestown
Glenn Richardson
S. Main Street
Richardson
Samms
Marvin E. Hicks
Route 2
Lexington
W. C. Lackey
Dayton Street
Hicks
Lackey
Realty Transfers in High Point Township and Jamestown
Real estate transfers include C C Cochrane and wife to Don ald Byerly and wife a Blair wood lot Mabel E Castevens to Clarence Castevens and wife a I Lee Meredith and Staley Brothers property Hassie B Mitchell to ferman Graham and wife on Shelton Street Ola P Seward and husband to Ernest P Spainhour and wife on Hawthorn Street J W Lain and wife to Grady F Lain and wife a River iside Park James D Andrews to Frances Andrews a Brentwood Terrace Malcolm E Mason to Pearl Mason on Sunset Avenue Jamestown Township William G Ragsdale Jr Inc to Sallie B Porter eight lots in Forestdale Development
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High Point Township
C. T. Cochrane
Donald Byerly
Blairwood
Mabel E. Castevens
Clarence Castevens
I. Lee Meredith
Staley Brothers
Hassie B. Mitchell
Ferman Graham
Shelton Street
Ola P. Seward
Ernest P. Spainhour
Hawthorn Street
J. W. Lain
Grady F. Lain
Riveriside Park
James D. Andrews
Frances Andrews
Brentwood Terrace
Malcolm E. Mason
Pearl
Mason
Sunset Avenue
Utilities Contract Awarded for High Point Water and Sewer Upgrades
The City Council approved a 258 482 contract with C O Walker Construction Company of Kings Mountain for water and sewer line installation and extensions. The project, the first major capital upgrade this fiscal year, will serve Wendover Hills subdivision No 3 and southeastern city areas, connecting to the highway pipe and supporting recently annexed industrial properties. Additional contracts included lime purchase, chlorine, and voltage regulators. zoning amendments and school access bridge plans were also approved.
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High Point
C. O. Walker Construction Company
Kings Mountain
Bill Williams
Public Utilities
Wendover Hills
W. Lexington Avenue
Council
Beeson Hardware Co
Marlowe - van Loan Sales Co
Westinghouse
Montlieu Avenue
W. A. Marlette
Charles Loflin
Board of Adjustment
C. C. Edwards Jr
Planning and Zoning Commission
Harry Williamson
Parks and Recreation Commission
Classics Club To Choose Film At Meet
A meeting for forming a Film Classics Club will be held tomorrow night at 8 o clock in the public library audio visual room. The group will select six films for monthly Friday screenings starting in October including great bygone and foreign titles. Only members may attend. those unable to come may contact Mrs. Georgia Cox at the library to join.
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Film Classics Club
Public Library
High Point
Georgia Cox
Enlargement of AB Club Area Discussed in High Point
Plans to enlarge the second district of the American Business Club were discussed by Sammy Lambeth district governor at a High Point meeting held at the Furniture City Restaurant. The club praised itself for helping charter a new Raleigh club and voted to hold its football awards night on December 3 or 10 at the same restaurant. Clarence Ilderton was named to the civic committee of the High Point Chamber of Commerce. Lenor Burnett attended. Bill McKenzie and Frank Size more Jr. won attendance prizes.
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American Business Club
Sammy Lambeth
Lambeth
High Point American Business Club
Furniture City
Raleigh
Clarence Ilderton
High Point Chamber of Commerce
Lenor Burnett
Bill McKenzie
Frank Sizemore Jr
Driver Charged After Rear-End Collision on Main Street
A Richardson Street resident, Mitchell M. Howe, 46, was charged with driving too closely after a 4:35 p.m. collision in the 1300 block of S. Main Street. Howe said he looked away and could not stop in time, rear ending Earl L. Davidson, 40, of Route 3, who sustained $150 damage to his auto while Howe’s car lost $125. No injuries were reported.
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Richardson Street
S. Main Street
Mitchell M. Howe
Earl L. Davidson
Route 3
Davidson
Howe
Major Annexation Move Hinted by High Point Officials
City Council and planning commission discussed High Point growth and the possibility of expanding city limits. They debated policy on piecemeal annexations, eyed outside reactions, and agreed to approach future action cautiously without ending existing annexation practices.
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High Point
Planning and Zoning Commission
Greensboro
Commission
Council
Sev
Eral
General Assembly
Club Sign Erection Pushed
A publicity committee proposal aims to place civic club emblems on city entrance signs with meeting times and locations. Optimist Club would fund erection and maintenance with club presidents to act on Sept. 15. A committee was formed to scout locations and a highway signage request was sent to the State Highway Department.
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Ae Ee
High Point
Chamber of Companion
Matthews
Optimist Club
Civic Club
Optimist
Bulla Presents Rotary Program In Randleman
RANDLEMAN The Randleman Rotary Club met Monday evening at the high school cafeteria with member Gene Bulla entertaining. Bulla, longtime merchant and club member, shared homespun humor and advice as W. K. Cromartie presided as club president.
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Randleman
Randleman Rotary Club
Gene Bulla
Bulla
W. K. Cromartie
Edinger Reunion Set for Sunday at Rich Fork Baptist
The annual Edinger reunion will be held Sunday at Rich Fork Baptist Church in Thomasville. A picnic lunch at noon will start the day's events.
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Edinger
Rich Fork Baptist Church
Thomasville
Modern Day Annie Oakley Displayed Prize Rattler
Lucille Hoover a 19 year old of Route 1 Sophia Randolph County dispatched a five foot rattlesnake with a .22 rifle after finding it on a roadside bank near her home. She returned with her father’s rifle when he wasn’t available and the snake measured about five feet long with 14 rattles and a button. The tale was told at the High Point Medical Center where her 18 month old child accompanied her.
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Mooresville
Sophia
Annie Oakley
Randolph County
High Point Medical Center
Lucille Hoover
Medical Center
Civitans Host Talk on Scientific Phenomena at Lunch
High Point Civitans met at the Furniture City Restaurant where Hank McCowan unveiled a "Magic Briefcase" showing how crude oil research yields many products. He said big business funds small firms through stock, while awards were given to Henry Douglas and Horace Haworth. New Raleigh charter planned for Aug 29. David C. Gadd welcomed as member.
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High Point Civitans
Furniture City
Hank McCowan
McCowan
Mark Chaney
Clarence Wagner
Henry Douglas
Horace Haworth
Harold Williams
Walter Howell
Paul T. Dannenfeldt
Henry Brandt
Leigh Beard
Prentis Sanger
David C. Gadd
Wagner
Raleigh
Impounding Facilities Approved in Two Cities
Thomasville and Lexington reservoir project worth 750000 dollars passed inspection by city managers, engineers, and contractors. Dam gates closed August 1 and the basin will hold nearly two billion gallons, supplying water for over 25 years with dedication to be arranged later.
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Thomasville
Lexington
Bill Green
George Aull
L. E. Wooten
Raleigh
Red Paper Defends Stalin in Dawn of the East
A Georgian newspaper Dawn of the East defends Joseph Stalin after his death, stating he courageously defended the Revolution and the proletariat against party enemies in a published article dated yesterday.
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Moscow
Stalin
Georgia
Dawn of the East
Judge Imposes Three Months In Workhouse For Assault On Officer
In Municipal Court Judge Byron Haworth sentenced Annie Lee Williams to three months in the workhouse for drunkenness resisting arrest and assault on Officer F E Peters. Peters testified Williams kicked him and struck him in the groin as he tried to place her in a patrol car. Haworth warned that assaults on officers will be dealt with harshly and noted another officer suffered abdominal injuries in a separate incident with Officer Douglas Goins awaiting trial. Williams argued for mercy as mother of four.
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Byron Haworth
Haworth
Annie Lee Williams
Mangum Avenue
Stretch
F. E. Peters
Peters
William
Williams
City Hall
Douglas Goins
Goins
First Anti Flu Vaccine Shipments Reach Greensboro
The first batch of vaccine to combat Asiatic influenza arrives in Greensboro. Vick Chemical Co. has vaccine for 150 employees, with broader supplies due in 60 days. Six manufacturers are in a crash program, with distribution expected at drugstores hospitals and physician offices within weeks.
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Greensboro
Vick Chemical Co
U. S. Public Health Service
Third Polio Case Listed For Guilford County
GREENSBORO The County Health Department reports Guilford's third polio case of the year a mild non paralytic case in J D Summer Jr 17 of Westridge Road He was admitted to Central Carolina Convalescent Hospital last Thursday and is described as doing fine The physician attributes the mild condition to Summers having received two doses of the Salk vaccine The department notes a misreported case from High Point and says the other two county polio cases were also mild and vaccine related
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Greensboro
Guilford
J. D. Summer Jr
Westridge Road
Central Carolina Convalescent Hospital
Health Department
High Point
Padlocks With Two Keys Sell at Southern Michigan Prison
Jackson reports a new inmate store item at Southern Michigan Prison selling padlocks with two keys one of which must be handed to the guard, creating a controlled dual-key system for prisoners.
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Jackson, Mich
Southern Michigan Prison
Legislature Calls 1957 General Assembly Progressive
Senator C Arthur Kirkman told Optimist Club members the 1957 General Assembly was the most progressive since 1940. He cited a budget rise from 75 million to one billion dollars with no tax hike, prison reform, home area imprisonment for first offenders, and better governor finance liaison. Alan Pearson attended. Bob Barner named Optimist of the Week.
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General Assembly
C. Arthur Kirkman
Optimist Club
Sen. Kirkman
Assembly
Highway Department
North Carolina
Club
Bill Petree
Rainbow Supper Club
Alan Pearson
Bob Barner
Weekend Revival at Greenwood Baptist Church
Greenwood Baptist Church hosts a weekend revival beginning today through Sunday. Rev Furman Jackson of Walnut Hill Baptist Church will speak each evening at 7 30 pm with special singing.
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Greenwood Baptist Church
Furman Jackson
Walnut Hill Baptist Church
Prayer for TISDAY Encourages harmony in family life
A church prayer prayerfully asks deliverance from friction at home. It seeks respect, forbearance, and awareness of dangers to family life amid discord and separations. The speaker George A Little of Toronto, former editor, Sunday School Publications, United Church of Canada.
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Christ
George A. Little
Toronto
Ont
United Church of Canada
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Emmett V. Stone
John L
Jack) Stickley
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C. H. Bass
High Point Lions
Stone
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Charlotte Central Club
Miami
Jamestown Township
William G. Ragsdale Jr
Utilities
A. E. Sherron
J. C. Roberts
George Gibbardt
M. D. Keith
Tony Rumple
Lee Sherrill
Ralph Norman
Fred Swartzberg
Ralph Gurley
Lee Byte
Ttee
State Highway Department
Rotary
National Drug Co
Philadelphia
Eli Lilly and Co
Indianapolis
Ind
Lederle Laboratories
New York
Merck, Sharp and Dohme Inc
Parke-Davis and Co
Detroit
Pitman-Moore Co
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