Four Injured As Cars Collide on Montlieu and Denny
Four persons treated at a local hospital after a two car crash at Montlieu Ave and Denny St just after 9 am. Sandra Creech 14 and Larry Creech 9 were treated for sprains and bruises. Lorraine Creech driver sustained sprains. Officer said Creech car crossed Montlieu when Hassell car struck rear. Neither driver charged. Hassell sprained ankle. Estimated damage 400. Patrol later reported a crash on Blain Dairy Rd five miles north causing 1000 damage. driver Pyrtle unhurt and charged with speeding. A minor two car crash with light damage and two charges filed was also investigated.
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Montlieu Ave
Denny St
Sandra Ann Creech
Larry Creech
Lorraine H. Creech
Edgedale Dr
Creech
Montlieu
Evelyn Armfield Hassell
Jamestown
Highway Patrol
Blain Dairy Rd
Here
Glen William Pyrtle
Route 2
Kernersville
Pyrtle
Desertion of Child Charged to Mother
Louise Watson a 16 year old last living at 622 Kearns St was indicted on two counts of abandoning her eight month old child with May and June 1955 cited as the abandonment months. She remains jailed on 600 bond with trial set in Domestic Relations Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Watson
Kearns St
Mary F. Godfrey
Hulda St
Claude Godfrey
Henry Miller
Hobson St
Thomas L. Dunlap
Potts St
Platt Raymond Leviner
E. Washington St
Katie Smith
Eugene Alton Childers
Lincolnton
Charlie C. Williams
Greensboro
Capias
Childers
Williams
Luther F. Sink Succumbs In Thomasville
Luther F. Sink 60 a business and civic leader of Thomasville died at home on Lexington Rd after an extended illness. Born April 26 1895 in Davidson County he founded Sink Electric Co 27 years ago and was active in Grace Lutheran Church Masonic Lodge Lions Club and Veterans groups. Surviving are wife Clarice Welborn a daughter Jean Boyles a son Bill Sink four sisters and four brothers. Funeral Tuesday at Grace Lutheran Church with interment in Holly Hills Cemetery.
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Eevee
Luther F. Oe Sink
Thomasville
Lexington Rd
Davidson County
William Henderson Sink
Reina Richard Sink
Sink
Sink Electric Co
Grace Lutheran Church
Thomasville Masonic Lodge
Thomasville Lions Club
Culbreth-Harris Post
American Legion
William
Lloyd Yeats
Dave E. Wagner
Charlie L. Sink
Robert C. Sink
Edd Sink
Richard Sink
Teri Sink
Charles S. Wessinger
Charles F. Leek
First Baptist Church
R. C. Foster
Whiteville
Church Council of
Grace Church
Holly Hills Cemetery
Thomasville approves water and sewer plan bond issues
Engineers from W. C. Olsen Co. met with Thomasville officials to review water distribution improvements including a 16 inch main from the plant and new 12 8 and 6 inch lines. A $375000 bond funds the program and a second $375000 for Abbott s Creek dam. City plans a sewer survey by Olsen with a three month timeline and a $100000 bond.
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Thomasville
Sal
Cavey
Raleigh
W. C. Olsen Co
Were
W. ‘T. Green Jr
L. E. Cutt
Works
H. Sys Ee
Lexington Road
Lexington
Abbott's Creek
Olsen Company
State Sanitation Committee
Yadkin River
Vandal Shoppers Cost Retailers Thousands in Penn State Study
University Park reports show careless handling by customers leads to heavy losses in stores. Elsie Ramesberger of Penn State notes fruit squeezing and berry burrowing as common behavior while urging shoppers to treat items as if purchasing.
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University Park
Elsie Ramesberger
Pennsylvania State University
Paper Drive Set By V.F.W., Jaycees
High Point Jaycees and Archdale V F W members will conduct a scrap paper drive Sunday starting at 1 pm. V F W crews will cover Archdale Trinity Allen Jay Bakertown and Fairmont Park while Jaycees tour the city to collect curbside paper deposits.
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High Point Jaycees
Archdale V. F. W
Archdale
Trinity
Allen Jay
Bakertown
Fairmont Park
Jaycees
Odentale Drive
Plans To Expand Catholic Medical Unit Confirmed
Rumor of a Maryfield Convalescent Home facility expansion gained credence with Catholic sources noting a small facility increase rather than a $1 million outlay. Visitors include Rev Mother Mary Geraldine of London and Rev Mother Mary Lewis, visiting Maryfield in High Point and hospitals in Virginia.
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Maryfield
Mother Mary Geraldine
The
Sisters of the Mother of God
Mother House
London
England
Mother Mary Lewis
High Point
Virginia
Airport land purchase plan eyed at Greensboro meeting
Lawmakers convene in Greensboro this afternoon to discuss a proposed 300000 land acquisition for the High Point Greensboro Airport. The High Point Greensboro Airport Authority will attend with Guilford County officials and local city councils to review funding shares and runway expansion to about 7000 feet.
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High Point-Greensboro
Greensboro
Garage Looted At 1017 Tate Street By Suspected Youths
City detectives investigated a weekend theft at Reliable Manufacturing Co. 1017 Tate St. A case of motor oil and five gallons of anti-freeze were taken. Entry was gained by crawling under the building through a floor door. value set at about 14 dollars.
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Reliable Manufacturing Co
Tate St
Beggs to Speak At S A M Meeting
Harry G. Beggs, associate of Cresap McCormick and Paget, will be guest speaker at a 6 15 p m dinner meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Management at Starmount Country Club. He will discuss How Long Can You Afford to Run Your Equipment, with C E Baxter of J P Stevens Co chairing and introducing him.
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Harry G. Beggs
Cresap, McCormick and Paget
Management Consultants
New York City
Society For the Advancement of Management
Starmount Country Club
High Point’s First Parcel Post Carrier Retires
Roscoe Myers ends a 32 year career as the city’s pioneer parcel post carrier. The 62 year old plans a quiet retirement at 507 Sunset Dr and hints at real estate work. He recalls early changes from a single daily route to five carriers and two helpers.
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Roscoe Myers
High Point
Myers
Sunset Dr
Prayer for TO IDAY
S text presents a religious reflection praising prayer as a path to joy and connection. It includes a benediction style ending with Amen and credits Paul Wright, a Portland Oregon minister at First Presbyterian Church.
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Paul
Wright
Portland
Ore
First Presbyterian Church
Mild Weather to Persist With Clouds and Light Wind
The Piedmont area should stay mild with some cloudiness and no rain. Forecasts indicate a high near 58 degrees, a freezing night, and a low around 40 followed by a high about 52 tomorrow.
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Perabares
Piedmont
First GOC Meeting Wednesday in High Point
Richard D. Hartley announces a Wednesday YMCA meeting for all High Point Ground Observer Corps volunteers. Civil Defense director Richard Meisky will speak, an Air Force representative will assist with technical details and a film will be shown.
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Richard D. Hartley
High Point Ground Observer Corps
YMCA
Richard Meisky
High Point
Civil Defense
Hartley
Air Force
Air Defense Filter Center
Durham
GOC
C. S. McGahey
G. W. Killebrew
Jean Hardin
H. E. Snyder
A. G. Feldmann
Fred Flagler Sr
H. A. Moffitt Jr
Possible Polio Victim Sought In High Point
Local Selective Service office seeks man thought to have polio who may be in High Point. Edward W. Harmon is being sought for a medical follow up by the Children’s Hospital Research Foundation in Cincinnati via Selective Service channels. Mrs. Ethel Kirkman says Harmon may have given a High Point address and may have participated in medical tests. no local record confirms him.
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Selective Service Office
Children's Hospital Research Foundation
Cincinnati
Ohio
Edward W. Harmon
Foundation
Ethel Kirkman
Harmon
Selective Service
Odd Fellows to Hold Supper Meet Tomorrow
Lodge members and their wives and Rebekahs and their husbands will attend a supper meeting of the Reubion Lodge Odd Fellows at the Lodge Hall on West Paes Street tomorrow night at 6 30. Arnold Koonce will speak in a program prepared by the emper committee. Visiting Odd Fellows are invited.
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Rebekahs
Repiion Lodge Odd Fellows
Hallon
Paes St
Arnold Koonce
Emper
Odd Fellows
Thieves Crack Safe At Veneer Company
Several weekend thefts totaling hundreds of dollars drew police attention. Investigators described a crude break into the Bitch Face Veneer Co. at 1330 Silk St and noted the safe contained only records and petty cash. Other incidents include stolen car parts, a recovered panel truck, and hubcaps and fender skirts taken from vehicles. One man, Woodrow J. Penley, was arrested on larceny charges and freed on bond pending trial.
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Bitch Face Veneer Co
Silk St
Veneer Company
Joe Montgomery
Woodrow Ave
N. Main St
C. C. Cecil
Ray Hussey
Lindsay St
G. W. Sowers
Concord St
Thomasville
Willowrook St
Woodrow J. Penley
Kearns St
John Hi
Tate St. Penley
Bloodmobile Visit Aims to Boost Lagging Donations
Blood drive officials in High Point announce the Bloodmobile will visit the Armory from Wednesday to Thursday to raise a 450 pint quota. As of midway the drive shows 225 pints, with donations accepted 11 am to 5 pm Wednesday and 10 am to 4 pm Thursday.
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Drive
Dick Meisky
Meisky
High Point
Artists Protest Censorship in Baltimore Museum Row
Protesters gathered at a Baltimore museum to challenge the removal of two nude Glenn Iker figures deemed obscene by Mayor Thomas D Alesandro who ordered the painting transferred to an office for viewing only. The artists warned the mayor’s action threatens free expression and artistic access.
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Baltimore
Areale
Glenn Iker
Thomas D’alesandro
Ersatz Coffee Becomes Big Seller in Wartime Germany
In Frankfurt Germany wartime ersatz coffee sells well due to its price under a tenth of real coffee which costs 2.40 to 4.75 dollars per pound. The substitute, roasted barley or oats with sugar beets or turnips, remains main ingredient though flavor improvements and instant form broaden use.
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Frankfurt
Germany
South
Tribute Paid to Late W A Bivins at Calvary Service
A special service at Calvary Methodist Church honored W A Bivins, longtime High Point Enterprise columnist and friend and teacher to the church youth class for about three years, following his death on Wednesday.
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W. A. Bivins
Calvary Methodist Church
Bivins
High Point Enterprise
Sailor’s Return Sparks Beachside Daring Romance
Naish and Jerry rekindle a yearlong longing on a shaded maple by the sea. They walk the shore, strip for a paddle, and share a driftwood token while a ship’s sails on the horizon signals distant worlds and a hoped marriage delayed by family illness.
Calcutta to Calico: a sea captain’s long voyage and vows
In a faded scene from a harbor life, Jered Naish recalls his rise from second mate on the brig George to master of the Mercury. He promises Phoebe he will retire by 30 as she hosts tea at her home on Chestnut Street, amid memories of Calcutta, the burning ghats, and tempered affection.
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Naish
Salem
Phoebe
Beachcom
Jerry
Whangpoa
Sa- Jem
Jered
Massachusetts
Mr. Jefferson
Chestnut Street
Hamilton Hall
George
Calcutta
Ghats
Jered Naish
The
Mercury
Samuel MelIntire
Capt
Sam Proctor
Riner's
Captain Sar Fom
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Luther F. Sink
Luther K F. Sink
Chair City Water Plan
V.F.W
Catholic Medical Unit
Beggs
S.A.M. Meeting
Post Office
Ersatz Coffee
Shanghai
Robert Carse
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