Dockets in Three Counties Face Summer Backlog Says Solicitor
Franklin Warren reports that summer crime surge has created a heavy docket in Guilford and Davidson Superior Courts. Solicitor Ed Washington calls the backlog in Greensboro Lexington and High Point critical with more than 150 cases slated for Greensboro Grand Jury and several capital cases pending in Davidson. Special sessions may be needed but space and scheduling conflict complicate plans as court terms run from September through December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Warren
Godford
Davidson
Ed Washington
Greensboro
Lexington
High Point
Washington
Davidson County
Guilford County
Warm Damp Weather Predicted For Piedmont
Weather experts expect little change in Piedmont for the next two days with cloudy skies warm afternoons and scattered showers. Highs near 84 and lows around 68 degrees forecast with humidity higher than normal and southeast breezes keeping winds mild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piedmont
Patton Keynotes Lambda Chi Alpha Seminar at DePauw
Dr. Wendell M. Patton president of High Point College delivers the keynote at the seventh Management Training Seminar of Lambda Chi Alpha at DePauw University Green Castle Ind August 27 31. More than 300 undergraduates and 50 alumni from 151 chapters in 44 states and four Canadian provinces attend the five day leadership conference ending with a banquet August 31 at Butler University Indianapolis featuring Paul D. Bagwell president of K-S Funds Inc Detroit Mich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendell M. Patton
High Point College
Lambda Chi Alpha
DePauw University
Greencastle
Ind
Russell J. Humbert
Patton
John W. Atherton
Butler University
Indianapolis
Paul D. Bagwell
K-S Funds Inc
Detroit
Mich
Texas Atty. General files anti trust suits against bus body makers
Texas Attorney General Will Wilson filed anti trust suits in Austin and San Antonio against four school bus body manufacturers and their Texas dealers seeking penalties totaling 6 780 000. The suits target alleged price fixing and exclusive distribution agreements tied to 5 100 buses valued at 23 million. Thom as Car Works of High Point is among the defendants with its Texas distributor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Atty
Will Wilson
Texas
Perlay A. Thomas Car Works, Inc
High Point
Wilson
Austin
San Antonio
Thomas Car Works
Carpenter Body Works, Inc
Mitchell, Ind
Commercial Body Corp
Bevar
Travis County
Blue Bird Body Co
Fort Valley
Austin Sales Co., Inc
Ward Body Works of Texas, Inc
Hurst Bus Sales Co
Texacoach Co
Hurst
Bassett Inc. Earnings Up Amid Mixed First Half
Bassett Furniture Industries of Bassett Virginia reports first half 1961 net earnings of 2 005 155 up from 1 923 440 year earlier. Sales and revenues declined 2 062 975 to 26 405 716. An extra 25 cent dividend will be paid September 1 to stockholders of record August 18 in addition to the regular 25 cent quarterly dividend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bassett Furniture Industries Inc
Bassett
Bryce Students State Picnic at City Lake Park
Bryce Commercial College students hold their annual picnic at City Lake Park Shelter 4 on Tuesday from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m.
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Bryce Commercial College
City Lake Park
Shelter 4
Two Principals Here Are Awarded Doctorate Degrees
Charles Weaver principal of Ferndale Junior High and Raleigh Dingman principal of Northeast Junior High earned doctorates from the University of North Carolina at the close of summer term. The two join five city school doctors, including Superintendent Dr. Dean Pruette and Assistant Superintendent Dr. Lloyd Thayer, plus Senior High principal Dr. W. J. Scott.
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High Point
University of North Carolina
Charles Weaver
Ferndale Junior High
Raleigh Dingman
Northeast Junior High
Dean Pruette
Lloyd Thayer
Weaver
Spartanburg
S. C
Oak Ridge Military Institute
Nancy Vale
Huntersville
Carolina Ave
Johnson Street
Accident Box Score Last Week and Year to Date
The report lists fatalities and injuries from accidents, with 8 deaths and 28 injuries last week. It shows 644 deaths and 203 injuries year to date, along with $18,425.00 in property loss for the week and $255,583.00 year to date.
Pre-School Teacher Meeting Scheduled in Guilford County
Guilford County school teachers attend a pre-school orientation Tuesday August 29 with sessions for Negro teachers at Mt. Zion School and other teachers at Ragsdale High School Jamestown. E P Pearce announces the plan and topics include program evaluation and potential consolidation of county high schools. Dr Harold Trigg and Kenneth Howe will present on evaluation methods and accreditation procedures.
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Guilford County
E. P. Pearce
Mt. Zion
Ragsdale High School
Jamestown
Kenneth Howe
Woman's College
Harold Trigg
Livingstone College
Mt. Zion School
Trigg
North Carolina State Board of Education
Guilford
Education Association
North Carolina
State
Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
English Car Habits Lead To Theming Of Odd Idiosyncrasies
A humorous slice shows a reader cultivating British phrases and car lore after buying a used English compact. He adopts petrol parlance and bonnet talk, mocks American terms, and recalls mishaps with a gauge of gas mileage and quirky pride in his “puddle-jumper.”
Street Sweepers and Tiny Cars Stir Friction on Roads
The piece describes growing respect for small cars amid urban driving, noting tire marks on walls from near misses and reduced highway salutes among drivers. It contrasts little car frustration with big car condescension, citing rude comments about a driver’s mother as a trigger for potential violence.
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Sonny
City Schools Ready For 11 000 Students
Autumn winds herald the start of school as High Point prepares 11 000+ students across 18 buildings. Teachers begin orientation Tuesday and Wednesday with student sessions following. construction adds classrooms at Northwood Montlieu Boundary Northeast Junior High.
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Pete Gibson
High Point
Bay Street
Northwood
Montlieu
Boundary Street
Northeast Junior High
Northwood School
C. J. Kern
Greensboro
HPC Alumni Picnic in Forsyth County Peace Talks
The Forsyth County Chapter of the High Point College Alumni Association held its annual summer picnic at Reynolds Park in Winston-Salem. Ronald Wachs reported on the alumni workshop on August 12 at the High Point College Campus. Dr. Clifford H. Peace led chapter planning for the year and announced plans for the annual dinner. Families enjoyed park recreation and a 6 p.m. Pavilion 10 picnic supper led by committee chair Fredd Lewis.
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Winston-Salem
Forsyth County
High Point College
Reynolds Park
Ronald Wachs
High Point
Clifford H. Peace
Winston - Salem
Peace
Pavilion 10
Fredd ‘Lewis
162000 Affected as New Wage Law Takes Effect
A September 3 minimum wage increase to 1.15 dollars will affect about 162000 North Carolina workers. The change, part of 1961 Kennedy amendments, raises pay in apparel, food, lumber, tobacco, and textile sectors with tens of thousands more newly covered under the updated rules and thresholds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Frank Crane
Kennedy
Crane
Labor Department
Accidents Hospitalize One and Cite Another After City Crash Rush
Numerous minor accidents occurred in the city before dark last night. O T Burton, 52, of Weaver Street, was hospitalized at High Point Memory Hospital with head injuries after running a stop sign at Blair and Tate and being struck by a second car. the other driver fled and will be charged with failure to report. Betty McCulloch was hit at the College Village Shopping Center by Johnny Blizzard. she sustained minor injuries. Jean Jordan, 37, of Richardson Street, riding a bicycle the wrong way on a one way street, fell after clipping a car at J Washington Street and was hospitalized by taxi. Details of other crashes, including at Walnut and E Green, were not available.
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O. T. Burton
Weaver Street
High Point Memory Hospital
Burton
Blair
Tate Street
Blair Street
Betty McCulloch
College Village
Johnny P. Blizzard
McCulloch
Moon
N. Wrenn Street
Jean Jordan
Richardson Street
J. Washington Street
Marline E. Chess
Washington Street
Film Slated For Showing At Hospital
The hospital will screen Operation Abolition at 8 p.m. on September 12 in the nurses’ classroom. Dr. Marvin E. Slate, chairman of the audio visual committee, says the showing is open to hospital administrators, nursing and medical staff, other employees, and board members. The film discusses communist tactics and subversion during a House Un-American Activities Committee hearing in San Francisco over a year ago.
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Memorial
Board of Directors
Marvin E. Slate
Slate
House Un-American Activities Committee
San Francisco
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Grees
Dr. Patton
Bryce
Gary
Larry McCraw
Johnson St
Donald
Jon Rawley
High Point Enterprise
Sunda
Dr. Dingman
American International College
Springfield
Mass
Ohio State University
Tomlinson Elementary
Chapel Hill
Dingman
Greg
E. Farriss Ave
Catherine Whistler
Evansville
Garcon
Dean B. Pruette
Pruette
Oak View School
Northeast
Oak View
Randolph County
HPC
Forsyth
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