City Council Okays New Street Classification Map
The council unanimously adopted a city street classification map guiding future work. It sets arterial 68 foot and primary and secondary 44 foot widths, with others at 36 and 30 feet in subdivisions, and up to 120 foot right of way for arterial streets.
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Hayworth Circle
Hamlin St
Whitehall
Bristol Sts
Sherbrook
Wendover Dr
Overbrook Dr
Wrenn
Hamilton Sts
J. R. Mosteller
J. W. Whitlow
T. L. Byerly
Silas Casey
T. H. Briggs Jr
Bottoms and Conner Construction Co
GAC Corp
Cherokee Hills
Thompson-Arthur Construction Co
Piedmont Chapter NA to Meet at Mayfair Cafeteria Friday
Greensboro reports that the Piedmont Chapter of the National Association of Cost Accountants plans a 1 p.m. meeting Friday at Mayfair Cafeteria. Chapter president Robert Lloyd will preside over the session.
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Greensboro
Piedmont
National Association of Cost Accountants
Mayfair
Robert Lloyd
Police Seek Pair Driving Bullet Marked Car
Greensboro authorities ask for a wanted man and woman, Doris H. Hol, white female about five five, 155 pounds, light brown hair, in a bullet marked two tone car with a license nonce. A second report cites three Negro youths in a black car making lewd remarks near W Green and Oak Streets in mornings and around noon at 6 to 7 am.
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Doris H. Hol
Cale
W. Green and
Oak Sts
Gene Beard
Mangum Ave
Bloodmobile Seeks 450 Pint Quota This Week
Bloodmobile officials target a 450 pint goal as the drive opens tomorrow and Thursday at the Armory on English Street. At the midway point High Point trails by 225 pints, with donations accepted 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. tomorrow and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday. Donors are urged to come after 1 p.m. to avoid crowds.
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Dick Meisky
English St
Flim Flam Artists Net Thousand Dollar Take
A Negro woman, Mrs. L B Blott of 604 E Giesene, was reportedly drawn into a swindle where she could share lost money found and had to invest funds herself. Police seek two alleged culprits, described as tall dark man about 180 pounds and a shorter man about 150 pounds. The suspects allegedly took her savings and vanished, prompting a police report.
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Case
L. Blott
E. Giesene
Gardner-Webb College trustees elect new officers and retirements
Carson Stout of High Point will retire from Gardner-Webb College board of trustees on January 1. Six members, including Stout, were announced at a meeting with trustees and faculty in Boiling Springs. Three new trustees were elected to the board.
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Carson Stout
High Point
Gardner-Webb College
Boiling Springs
See College
Forecaster Sees Rain Possibility For Local Area
The Friendship weather bureau calls the outlook partly cloudy and cool for today tonight and tomorrow with a chance of rain on Thursday. Highs near 52 today and 56 tomorrow with a low of 34 tonight. Last night’s low was 35.
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High Point
Friendship Weather Bureau
Local Man Given Probation and Fine on Dope Charge
Judge Wilson Warlick opening the December term of U S District Court in Greensboro heard reports from probation officer John L. Osteen on eight defendants granted temporary probation previously. John Henry Brown a High Point millworker received two years probation and a 150 dollar fine for narcotics conspiracy. About 115 cases expected over the two week term with attention on the goof ball barbiturate roundup involving truck stops. Judge Hayes set to meet for the second session.
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Wilson Warlick
Newton
U. S. District Court
Greensboro
John L. Osteen
Warlick
John Henry Brown
High Point
Johnson J. Hayes
Divorce Granted After Wife's Early Pregnancy Case
A Superior Court jury granted Luther Dockery an absolute divorce claiming he did not know his wife Ruby Dockery was pregnant at marriage. Ruby gave birth five months after the wedding. A physician testified the baby surviving at fifty months post conception is unheard of. The term also heard a $50 damage suit from a railroad accident death of an eight year old boy, Eller Jessup, vs. High Point Thomasville and Denton Railway, and a consent auto accident judgment in Wylie T Harris vs Larry Roscoe Embler.
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Luther Dockery
Ruby Dockery
Dockery
Walter Crissman
Eller Jessup
Darrell Lee Jessup
High Point
Thomasville
Denton
Ennis St. Crossing
Council Defers Action on Jet Air Base Financial Support
The High Point Greensboro and Guilford County groups delay decisions on funding for a jet bomber base at the Greensboro High Point Airport aiming to secure 450 acres and a $300,000 total contribution. High Point would pay about $52,000 with county and Greensboro sharing the remainder.
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Council
High Point
New
Air Force Base
Greensboro-High Point
Guilford
Greensboro
Ae Meio Teap
Greeniboro
George Covington
Air Force
Greensboro - High Point
Airport Authority
Joseph T. Martin
Caesar Cone
Russell Hall
Charles Kearns
Robert Amos
Martin
Realty Transfers in Jamestown and Point Townships
Realty transfers reported include Oakdale Cotton Mills Inc transferring two lots in Le Point Township to Lu cr Davee and wife, Bens and wife transferring a High Point lot to Nancy L. Pam, Kennedy and wife transferring a lot in Outaate to Peter Geter and wife, J H Barnhill transferring Moon p lot to A Black and wife, and B O and wife transferring two lots in Moffitt Heights to J W Hubbard and wife.
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Jamestown Township
Oakdale Cotton Mills Inc
Lucr Davee
le Point Township
W. S Bens
Nancy L. Pam
High Point
Ww. Kennedy
Peter Geter
Outaate
J. H. Barnhill
A. Black
Moon P B. O
J. W.hubbard
Moffitt Heights
Miss Benzell Delights Audience In Local Recital
Mimi Benzell, renowned coloratura soprano, appeared at Point College under the Community Arts Association series. She opened with Handel and Shakespearean songs, reached a peak in Una Voce Poca Fa, and performed Schubert and Brahms pieces with John Wustman. Born in Bridgeport, she rose from store clerk to Met Opera debut and TV stardom.
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Mimi Benzell
See
Opera Au
Eadke Ans
Colation
Noth
Eeere Point College
Spre Munity Arts Association
Handel
Trip It
John Clifton
Rossini
Schubert
Perez Friere
el Vito
Obradors
Me Opera
Opera House
Miss Benzell
Central City
Zerbinetta
Ariadne
Bridgeport
Conn
Dent Store
New York
David Maness
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Industrial Men's Club
Santa Claus
Ymca Club
Salvation Army
Jaycees
Jaycee
Fred Swartzberg
Swartzberg
Dillard Taylor
Sam Farlow
James Leon
Hoy Alexander
Leo Hunt
Southern Railway
E. Broad St
Council de
Curtis Smith
E. Lexington Ave
Perry and
Depot Sts
Mary Perry Ragsdale
N. C. Equipment Co
Duncan Parking Meter Corp
Cost Accountants
Walter Scott
Hubby
Lexington
Salis Davidson Cou
Hhe
Harvey Edward DeHant
Ennis
Redding St
Curtis Wood
Richardson St
Bobby W. Proctor
Highway 8
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