Blue Laws Support Is Affirmed
High Point ministers urged the City Council to maintain or strengthen Sunday blue laws limiting business operations. A resolution stressed Christians should keep Sunday as a Holy Day by refraining from trade, while not imposing beliefs on others. The council accepted the recommendation with few comments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Greensboro
Charlotte
Baptist Ministers
Robert H. Stamey
Ministerial Alliance
Tough Day in Municipal Court for Road Sentence Suspects
Kyle Ray Coffey 23 of Kearns Street received four months on the roads after pleading guilty to resisting arrest amid a scuffle with High Point police. Other cases included David Robertson 60 days suspended for 12 months on a worthless check, and Carlyle Coleman 60 days on a weapon violation. The report recalls violent confrontations during police takedowns and remarks from Police Chief Stoker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kyle Ray Coffey
Kearns Street
Coffey
Kiziah
Friddle Street
David Robertson
Reidsville
Shaw Cooke
P. D. Wood
L.D. Fowler
C. C. Stoker
Cooke
Byron Haworth
Carlyle Coleman
Herbert Street
Coleman
James Moody
Morgan Street
Clennie Wilson Scott
Gurney Street
George McCullough
Kivlett Drive
Clarence E
Local Man Faces Bad Check Count
Thirty nine year old William R. Andrews of Campbell Street was arrested on a charge of issuing a worthless check for 194.63 to Geraldine S. Sechrest at High Point Savings & Trust Co on November 23. He holds a Dec 14 Municipal Court hearing after posting 200 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Andrews
Campbell Street
Andrews
Geraldine S. Sechrest
High Point Savings & Trust Co
Huston Long
Rawley Farm Road
Long
Wanda Lee Bumgarner
Coffey
Lenoir
Nancy Boyles
Wise St
Jean Davidson
School of Child Care
Steele Street
Susie Dixon
Tipton St
Robbery Suspect Furr Vows Extradition Fight in Texas
Robert Lee Furr, 26, Greensboro man arrested in Laredo on a federal fugitive warrant, will contest extradition over the Aug. 19 $50,000 Sam Vail home robbery in Guilford County. He faces potential 5 to 30 year terms if convicted of assault and robbery, plus pending charges from a 1956 jail break and a suspended sentence violation. High Point police also want to question him about the Vail robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Lee Furr
Greensboro
Laredo
Tex
Furr
Sam Vail
Forsyth County
Guilford County
Farr
Sheriff's Department
FBI
Rod Capiuses
High Point
Vail
Prayer for TODAY in a world blind to spiritual values
Prayer by W. Dale Oldham from Anderson Indiana pleads for clarity of vision and a hearing of the heart to discern God’s will for the day. The minister at Park Place Church of God asks for awareness amid noise and self-seeking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
Christ
W. Dale Oldham
Anderson, Indiana
Park Place
Church of God
Warm Weather Returns With Warmer Forecast
The forecast calls for fair and warmer conditions over the next few days. Tonight should be clear and not too cold, with temperatures from 29 to 36 degrees. Tomorrow and Thursday are expected to be warmer, with highs around 62 and 55 degrees respectively. Yesterday’s high was 43 and last night’s low 20.
Davidson Youths Are 4 H Champs
Davidson County youths reach national wins at the National 4 H Club Congress in Chicago. Kitty Bernhardt wins in canning and Norman Nifong wins in tractor care each to receive 400 dollars. Bernhardt is daughter of C E Bernhardt Route 3 Lexington and senior at Lexington High School. Nifong is son of H C Nifong Arcadia Community and president of North Davidson School student body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Davidson County
Chicago
Kitty Bernhardt
Canning
Norman Nifong
C. E. Berchnardt
Route 3
Lexington High School
Nifong
H. C. Nifong
Arcadia
North Davidison School
Allen Jay Students to Appear on TV Career Show
Allen Jay High School students join the television program Career Opportunities on WUNC TV Channel 4 to discuss Mathematics. The show airs December 7 at 7 30 p.m. with student guidance by Mrs. Sarah Purvis and adult panelists Norman Ridenhour Conrad McClintock and Mrs. Mary Gordon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Jay High School
Wunc-Tv
Channel 4
Allen Jay
Sarah Purvis
Norman Ridenhour
Carolina Steel Corp
Conrad McClintock
Western Electric Co
Mary Gordon
Negro leaders submit improvement list to High Point council
A five man Negro professional group led by Dr. J. C. Morgan presented a petition to High Point City Council urging eight projects. They seek paved streets, more housing, recreation staff, a truant officer, Negro employment in the fire department, and safer streets in Negro neighborhoods. Mayor Washburn said the items would be considered by appropriate committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Negro Professional Men's Club
J. C. Morgan
Club
Dr. Morgan
Washburn
Boundary School
City Recreation Commission
W. S. McLeod
Washington Terrace Park
E. Washingt Street
Morgan
Washington Street
Indictments Return in Slaying of 77-Year-Old Farmer
After being bound over to Superior Court, Roger Dell Wilson and Billy L. Brown faced true bills from Guilford County grand jury on charges of robbery and first degree murder in the death of M. J. Hoover. The youths confessed to shooting Hoover, stealing his wallet containing 335 dollars, and spending most of the proceeds after the killing. Wilson, age 15, will be tried as an adult under state law. Brown, 16, faces adult treatment for serious offenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Court
M. J. Hoover
Guilford County
Roger Dell Wilson
Billy L. Brown
High Point
Wilson
Regional Red Cross picks W A Horney as chair
William A. Horney Jr. elected chairman of Sub-Regional Group I covering High Point Winston-Salem Greensboro Thomasville and several counties. Blood program leaders Paul Justice James Hayworth and others urged public donations as the Charlotte Blood Center reports a 63 000 pint annual budget with current collections lagging behind. The Red Cross bloodmobile will visit High Point December 3–4 at the Armory with a 350 pint goal and about 70 pints excess usage this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Horney Jr
American Red Cross
Horney
Red Cross Blood Center
Charlotte
High Point
Winston-Salem
Greensboro
Thomasville
Mecklenburg
Stokes
Davidson
Surry
Yadkin
Randolph
Paul Justice
James M. Hayworth
America
Justice
Russell Tagert Jr
C. Ralph Edwards
Zeb Strawn
C. B. Hughes
Yadkinville
Inez Elrod
Red Cross
Armory
Hayworth
Three-Year-Old Suffers Head Injury In N Main Street Crash
A three year old girl Debbie Hale was seriously injured when a car driven by her mother Mrs Fairy Brinkley Brinkley swerved into a utility pole at 6 50 am on N Main Street The child was treated at High Point Memorial Hospital then transferred to Baptist Hospital Winston Salem for surgery on a fractured skull The mother was hospitalized with lip chin and mouth injuries chest injuries and shock The 1959 car was totaled after traveling 20 to 30 mph The report notes no condition update for Debbie at this time
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Main ‘Street
Debbie Hale
High Point Memorial Hospital
Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem
Fairy Butcher Brinkley
N. Main
Brinkley
Memorial Hospital
Debbie
Archdale Road
W. Howell
Colleen L. Koontz
Willow Street
Koontz
Edith W. Voncannon
Graylynn
N. Main St. Damare
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High Point Ministerial Association
Robertson
C. K. Aaron
Aaron's Sewing Machine Co
High Point Ministerial Assn
J. E. Melton
Calvary Baptist
E. W. Price Jr
Green Street
Texas
Per
W. A. Horney
Red Cross Post
Northwood
Cherokee Hills
W. Lexington Avenue
Ext
Thurston Street
YWCA
Janet Teague
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