Council Cuts Parking in 17 Spots to Ease Traffic
City Council approved 17 of 18 traffic revisions aimed at easing congestion. Key changes include removing parking on Wrenn and Washington streets, adding bus and truck zones, and redirecting Main Street flows to better channelize traffic near the Shirley Sunset complex. The panel rejected one bid to eliminate north Monroe Street parking. Cecil Haworth resigned as High Point Friends minister effective Dec 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Law and Public Safety Committee
M. L. Patrick
Speers Patrick
William F. Bascock
State College
Monroe St
N. Hamilton St
Oakland Ave
Wrenn
Washington St
N. Wrenn St
Washington Street
Wrenn St
N. Wrenn
Washington
Patrick
Main St
Main
Ray St
Montlieu Ave
Ward
Willis St
Goltrane St
A Ave
Bread Bt
Sts
Tne
Russell
Green Sts
Cecil Haworth
High Point Friends
Malina Pany
Realty Transfers in High Point Township Listed
Realty transfers show multiple deeds in High Point Township with transfers from Earl N. McKinney to Nathaniel M. Harrison Jr. and others. Properties include lots of High Point College pennery Arcist Weaver St Oak Hill Forest Garner Jamestown Wayne Rd and six lots on various streets. Names appear with multiple spouses and new owners in a batch of transactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Township
Earl N. McKinney
Nathaniel M. Harrison Jr
High Point College
Pennery
M. Green
J. C. Collett
Arcist
W. M. Giles
John G. Primm
Weaver St. Barber Construction Co
Higs Point Development Co
N. L. Garner Sr
E. B. Hill
O. A. Kirkman
Garner Jamestown
Frank T. Fallenstein
Leonard Arthur Hughes
Fred A. Thomas
William T. Mason
J. M. Boren
Wayne Rd
Inid
Glenn Styles
Eee R. Johnson
W. F. Smith
Twenty eight named to Virginia Fraley Armfield School board
Twenty eight members were named to the board of directors of the Virginia Fraley Armfield School For Exceptional Children Inc at an annual meeting at the Sheraton. The new board will appoint its officers later and an additional Junior League appointment will follow. Each term length and names are listed, with reports from treasurer Bland Worley and retiring chairman Fred Flagler Jr. Local figures like Mrs Victor Hunt and Taylor Kenerly spoke on operations and future programs for retarded children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Fraley Armfield School For Exceptional Children, Inc
Sheratones
Junior League
Earl Phillips
Roy Carr
W. H. Wininger
Amos Kearns
Raleigh Dingman
James Moffitt
John F. Lynch
J. W. Lindsay Jr
R. L. Morris
Dean B. Pruette
W. G. Ragsdale Jr
W. A. Tomlinson
Bland Worley
Fred Flagler Jr
Victor Hunt
Conrad Handicapped Children’s Parents Association
Baptist Mission
E. Lexington Ave
Taylor Kenerly
North Carolina Association For Retarded Children
Rabbi Gold Presiding Over North Carolina Rabbis Meeting
Rabbi William Gold of B'nai Israel Synagogue will leave High Point for Chapel Hill to preside over a state meeting of the North Carolina Association of Rabbis. The Kallah scholarly session will occur this afternoon and continue through the evening with rabbis presenting papers at the Hillel House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Gold
B'nai Israel
High Point
Chapel Hill
North Carolina Association of Rabbis
Legrove
Siont Toe de Metre
Hillel House
Gold
Mass Concert Set Sunday At Jr High
High Point High School music department presents a Christmas concert Sunday at 3:00 in the Junior High School auditorium. Over 300 choristers perform old and new carols including The Messiah selections and Richard Kouitz The Sleigh and Healey Willan Three Kings. A tableau titled The Lights of Christmas blends scripture poetry music and scenes. Anne Staley and student teacher Martha Curlee from Duke assist. Admission is free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point High School
Mea
Richard Kouitz
Healey Willan
Exhumed Mother of Mrs. Doss Spurs NC coroner reform talk
In Lexington North Carolina the exhumation of Mrs Sarah Elizabeth Lanning the mother in law of Nannie Doss drew calls to overhaul the coroner system. Dr David E Davidson County coroner led the procedure and urged creation of a central medical examiner institute with a chief examiner based in Raleigh. The case follows arsenic findings in other Doss relatives and Doss's Tulsa arrest after confessing to poisoning former husbands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
N.C
Nannie Doss
Sarah Elizabeth Lanning
Ha Taylor
Duke Eeat
Taylor
Doss
Arlie J. Lanning
Lou Hazel
Tulss
Okla
Jacksonville
Ale
Noe
David E
Davidson County
North Carolina
Plummer
Raleigh
Obituary notices for Huff Roberts Andrews Burrow deaths
Several obituary notices list Homer Thomas Huff 50 of Jamestown died after hospital admission. Elbert H. Roberts of High Point died after two years illness leaving a North Carolina family. Buren F. Andrews 47 of Trinity died after a heart attack with burial plans in Trinity and Durham connections. Joseph Everett Burrow 43 of Thomasville died suddenly after a heart attack at City Memorial Hospital with survivors including Stella Reeder and two children. Funeral arrangements noted for multiple local churches and cemeteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Thomas Huff
Route 1
Jamestown
Arkansas
Orville Thomas
Minnie Adams Huff
High Point
Coastal Plains Life Insurance Co
Southern Life Insuran
Gerald Ae
Randolph Presby Sg
Roy Watts Wen
Presbyterian Church
Offeat
Lal
Oakwood
Elbert H. Robert Lee
Elbert H. Roberts
Morris Ave
Hien Point
Veteran's
Durham County
Roberts
Durham
Aerial Life Insurance Co
N. Main St. Baptist Church
Farriss Andrews
Loyal Order of Moose
Vernhard
Carolyn Francis Roberts
North Carolina School of Nursing
Chapel Hill
Alma Sigg
Ethelanee
Veasey
Goldsboro
Robert Hall
Bahama
E. B. Roberts
Asheville
Howerton-Bryan Memorial Chapel
Main St. Baptist Church
Maplewood Cemetery
Dur
Thomasville
Joseph Everett Burrow
June St
City Memorial Hospital
Mr. Burrow
Randolph County
Rosa York
Wiley Burrow
First Presbyterian Church
T. J. York Co
Burrow
Field Artillery
Third Army
France
Ardennes
Rhineland
Europe
U. S
Stella Reeder
Mount Airy
Holly Hill Cemetery
Infant Mainor of High Point Dies at 3 Months
Harbert Ray and Hazel Imogene Bishop Mainor of Route 5 High Point mourn the death of their 3 month old son Mainor. Paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Walter Mainor of London Tennessee. Graveside service planned at City Cemetery Wednesday at 2 pm by Rev Russell T Montfort. Body to be taken to the home at 5 pm today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mainor 'Nfant Thomasville
David Harold Mainor
Herbert Ray
Hazel Imogene Bishop Mainor
High Point
Walter Mainor
London
Tenn
City Cemetery
Russell T. Montfort
Prospect Methodist Church
Prayer for TOSDAY and united church service
A short prayer praising Christian unity and global church service. It thanks God for wider experience and fellowship through national church agencies and asks that unity in Christ mark the church everywhere. Signed by John Stamm, bishop emeritus, Evangelical United Brethren Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
John
Stamm
Kansas City
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Funeral services for Ernest Hedrick in Thomasville
Funeral services for Ernest Grady Hedrick 64 were held from Fair Grove at a m conducted by Jack E. Jones and P W Moser with Jehovahs Witnesses Ministers. Pallbearers were Robert L. Floyd Joe T Gibson Grady Owens C C Bland and Daniel Bland. Interment followed in Holly Hills Cemetery family plot. Hedrick died at his home on Route 2 Friday night at 830 following an illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Ernest Grady Hedrick
Fair Grove
A.m
Jack E. Jones
P. W. Moser
Jehovahs Witnesses
Robert L. Floyd
Joe T. Gibson
Grady Owens
C. C. Bland
Daniel Bland
Holly Hills
Mr. Hedrick
Floute 2
Charlotte meeting includes Red Cross Roadmobile official
Ralph Rochelle vice chairman of the Charlotte Regional Coordinating Committee for the Red Cross Roadmobile program is in Charlotte today for a committee meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Rochelle
Lotte
Red Cross
Icy Roads Spark Several Minor Crashes
Police and state highway patrol report a season's first hard freeze caused multiple minor skids on icy streets and highways. A tractor trailer jackknifed on the Greensboro highway ten miles north of High Point near Pitot Life Insurance Co, causing a temporary blockage and about 200 dollars in damage. Driver Frank Leeserve of 1019 E Homestead Ave High Point faced no charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Patrol
Greensboro
High Point
Pitot’ Life Insurance Co
Frank Lee Serve
Homestead Ave
Troubhe
Survivor Law Revisions Outlined
Duffy of the Social Security Administration district office outlined revisions aiding survivors of workers who died after June 30, 1940 and before Sept 1, 1950. If a widow or dependent child or parent qualifies and the deceased had some covered work, benefits may be available under the new rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duffy
Social Security Administration
Social Security Office
Social Security
Paraplegics To Hold Yale Party Sunday
The North Carolina Paraplegia association officials announced a party for paraplegics in Winston-Salem at 2 30 p m Sunday. Guests are asked to bring a dollar gift for a gift exchange with a boy or a girl. A hospital rear entrance guide will assist arrivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Winston-Salem
Motion To Dismiss Damage Suit Loses
In Superior Court Judge H Allen Gwyn denied the defense motion to dismiss the civil suit filed by Donald Ray Powell against Mc Clellan Stores. Powell seeks 50000 alleging wrongful accusation of embezzlement after a missing 1500 bag. Witness Wilbur Jennings testified he found and returned the money. Powell claimed the embezzlement charge was dropped in Municipal Court after the bag resurfaced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McClellan Stores
H. Allen Gwyn
Superior Court
Donald Ray Powell
McClellan's
Powell
Wilbur Jennings
Ank
Gwyn
Wachovia Bank Bw
D. C
Jennings
Council To Hear Progress Reports In Thomasville
Thomasville city council to hear progress reports from councilmen on Civic Center roof repairs filter plant addition smoke abatement and temporary water storage basins with inspection and approval expected tonight by the governing body
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Civic Center
Record Cold in High Point Prompts Frigid Night
The forecast calls for a low near 10 degrees tonight in High Point with no higher than 15 degrees. Last night’s low was 17 degrees, and today’s afternoon high should stay just above freezing in the near term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonechang
Theft of Cash Bag Reported By Ice Firm
A money bag with $5 in change was stolen from the High Point Ice and Coal Co. police investigated as a possible break in. A front window on Broad St was pried and $3 from a cash register. A separate report claimed Jack Berrier’s laundry bag disappeared from a launderette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Alumni Urged To Complete Reservations at YMCA Dinner
Alumni of the Consolidated University of North Carolina are urged to send reservations for a Friday 6 30 p m dinner meeting at the YMCA. President Gordon Gray will speak to the group and a large attendance is expected. Miss Women’s College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Consolidated University of North Carolina
YMCA
Gordon Gray
Mnne
Woman's College
Also Mentioned on This Page
Council
Wm. Gold
S. A. Speight
St. Stephen's Methodist Church
Roger Bell
Green St
High Point Enterprise
Jr. High
Lanning
Homer T. Huff
Buren F. Andrews
Trinity
Mr. Andrews
Marvin V
Minnie Litteral Andrews
Trinity School
University North Carolina
High Poot
Earl Raiford Lumber Co
Lena Hughes
Buren F. Andrews Jr
M. V. Andrews
Gurney Peace
Carl Spencer
Gary
Ind
W. R. Andrews
Andrews
Green St Baptist Church
Numa F. Reid Lodge
Masons
Oasis Tempe Shrine
Trinity Methodist Church
Kenneth Weir
George T. Tunsdall
Green St. Baptist Church
Trinity Cemetery
Yow
Joseph FE. Burrow
Ernest G. Hedrick
Charlotte
Yale
Santa Claus
Merry of Gentleman
Margaret Jarrett
Langley
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