Yule Aid Receipts Lagging in Second Cheer Fund Week
As the Christmas Cheer Fund enters its second week only 843 dollars has been raised toward a 4500 dollar goal. Two weeks remain before the fund store opens on December 22 to buy food and toys for needy families, with distribution based on family size and need.
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Cheer Fund
High Point
C. S. Beaver
Irby B. Ruter
Ray Ralls
Stephanie
Robert Schwartz
R. W. Chamblee
Jean & David Wall
Jarrett Stationery Co
B. C. Harmon
H. J. Kanter
Case
Lexington Boys Held For Thefts
In Spartanburg South Carolina two 18 year old Lexington North Carolina youths Charlie Moore and Eddie Thomas Smith on probation from Davidson Superior Court were held for investigation after a spree of car thefts. They stole a 1956 Buick then a 1957 Chevrolet in Denton chased and abandoned a 1955 Ford, drove into South Carolina robbed a gas station, spent 28 dollars and fled toward Lexington before abandoning the Ford in Charlotte and catching a bus home.
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Spartanburg
S.C
Lexington
N.C
Tom Cassidy
Davidson County
Charlie Moore
Eddie Thomas Smith
Davidson Superior Court
Cassidy
Denton
N. C
South Carolina
Charlotte
Two-Vehicle Crash Injures Local Drivers On Broad Street
Interstate Motor Lines owner David Von Miller, 44, suffered back injuries in a collision with Howard Heath, 26, on Broad Street. Heath charged with improper left turn. Miller’s condition pending X-ray results. damages about 500 to Miller and 125 to Heath. Further accidents reported include Mable Davis with shoulder dislocation and Judie Haney injuries from a Taylor Street crash. Outside city, a 1956 auto overturned off a highway near Springfield Avenue with no charges issued.
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Interstate Motor Lines
David von Miller
Burton Street
Broad Street
Memorial Hospital
Miller
Howard Harry Heath
Clara Cox
Patty Heath
East Broad
Miller Auto
Heath
Mable T. Davis
John Davis Jr
Grace Street
Davis
Lake Street
Grace
Judie Haney
Cross Street
Cross and
Taylor Street
James Beeson
South Street
Beeson
Taylor
John H. Sweat
Chestnut Street
Haney
Sweat
Springfield Avenue
Maxie Smith
Smith
State Insurer to rule on wooden partitions in Wrenn Street Wing
A state insurance commissioner representative and fire deputy Kearn Church were to rule today on whether wooden partitions in the Wrenn Street Wing of the furniture building constitute a fire hazard. Building Inspector A. R. Strange and Fire Chief Claude Canady argued partitions block a fire exit and should be disallowed.
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State Insurance Commission
Wrenn Street
Kearn Church
A. R. Strange
Claude Canady
Church
Bessemer School
Greensboro
Consistory Officers Elected at First Evangelical and Reformed
First Evangelical and Reformed Church elected three elders Robert Cress E W Smith and R B Sos saman and five deacons Ruth Brown Thurman Fox David Koontz Clifton Livengood Adrian Watson The retiring deacons were Clifton Koontz Claude Hughes Allen Barker Jack Brown Freeman Hill and Mrs Margaret Oldham Clarence Wagner and Freeman Hill were elected Sunday School superintendent and assistant Leah Rae Samuels was re elected secretary A $19 500 budget was approved and plans for a new edifice at 901 English St were announced
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First Evangelical and Reformed Church
Robert Cress
E. W. Smith
R. B. Sossaman
Ruth Brown
Thurman Fox
David Koontz
Clifton Livengood
Adrian Watson
Clifton Koontz
Claude Hughes
Allen Barker
Jack Brown
Freeman Hill
Margaret Oldham
Clarence Wagner
Leah Rae Samuels
English St
Yale Preparation Course Slated In Thomasville
Thomasville workshop at the Civic Center Thursday at 7 p.m. will cover Christmas decorating gift wrapping and food preparation under Miss Addie Malone district home economist for Duke Power Company and J D Foust city recreation director said.
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Thomasville
Thomasville Civic Center
J. D. Foust
Foust
Addie Malone
Winston-Salem
Duke Power Company
Lexington Man Faces Income Tax Charges
Lexington resident Marion L. Byrd of Byrd Motor Line faces trial on charges of filing false income tax returns for 1951 and 1952. He is accused of defrauding the government of 23,170.34 plus 5,743.41 in a separate charge for quarterly transportation tax returns as proprietor of the motor line.
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Lexington — Middle District Court
Greensboro
Marion L. Byrd
Lexington
Byrd Motor Line
Byrd
Motor Line
Fire Damages Putnam Home. Occupant Roy Beck
Heavy damage reported in a Putnam Street one story frame home after a sofa fire spread to the attic. Origin in living room and possible causes include faulty lamp wiring or cigarette carelessness. official cause undetermined. Alarm 3 06 p.m. and other calls included false alarms at Marsh Armfield Co and trash fires on Woodrow Avenue.
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Roy C. Beck
E. Commerce St
Marsh-Armfield Co
Ward St
E. Green
Garrison
Thomasville Man Receives 25 Months
Lewis Grooms, 23, of Polk Street, was sentenced in Recorder's Court to 24 months for drunk driving and 30 days for violation of prohibition laws. A 24 month suspended sentence was given on the hit and run charge. He pleaded guilty to all but the prohibition count in a third drunken driving case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Lewis Grooms
Polk Street
Recorder's Court
Grooms
High Point Furniture Company
Fisher Ferry Street
L. Roy Hughes
High Point
Episcopal Church Names Four Vestrymen At Annual Meeting
Four men were elected to three year terms on the vestry of St. Marys Episcopal Church at the Annual Meeting. The new vestry members are William Sheriff Henry Millis Robert Gayle and Joe Brown. Remaining vestry members include Robertson Tunstall J W Slate Jr William Early James P Armstrong H K Ansell Edward P Ripley Herbert Adkins and William Gorman.
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St. Mary's Episcopal Church
William Sheriff
Henry Millis
Robert Gayle
Joe Brown
Robertson Tunstall
J. W. Slate Jr
William Early
James P. Armstrong
H. K. Ansell
Edward P Ripley
Herbert Adkins
William Gorman
It Just Might Snow Tonight
The weatherman forecasts a warmer night with heavy clouds and a low near 27. Expect a 45 degree high tomorrow with mainly cloudy cool conditions and a chance of light rain sleet or snow tonight, followed by clearing and colder conditions Wednesday.
Self-inflicted gunshot wounds Colorado official
Golden Colorado AP Earl Vaughn the president of the Colorado Gun- line in the text ends abruptly with details of a self-inflicted gunshot to his right leg after a premature discharge while drawing from a holster. The incident occurred Sunday.
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Golden
Colo
Earl Vaughn
Vaughn
The
Colorado Gun
Jamestown Community Sing Brightens Holiday Season
Jamestown held a Christmas Community Sing at the town Christmas Tree near Guilford College Road and Highway 29A-70A. Sponsored by the Jamestown Garden Club, Miss Sandra Collins led opening prayers and carols with directing by Mrs. Robert Green. The Rev. Clarke Benson closed with a prayer, followed by refreshments in church entertainment rooms.
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Jamestown
Guilford College Road
Jamestown Garden Club
Simon Hodgin
Sandra Collins
Miss Collins
Robert Green
City School Holiday Plan Revealed
The city plans a 10 day Christmas vacation for over 10,000 students starting December 20, with reopening December 30 and classes on December 31 and January 1 also a holiday. Superintendent Dr Dean Pruette says the schedule mirrors past practice despite calendar changes.
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Dean Pruette
Pruette
Switchblade Knife Case Studied
Grooms a 23 year old Polk Street man was sentenced to 25 months in Thomasville Recorder's Court after a hit and run and drunken driving charge. He may face federal charges for possession of a switch knife, potentially the first local case under the October federal act. He reportedly had the knife after a Fisher Ferry Street accident Saturday night.
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Thomasville
Lewis Grooms
Polk Street
Recorder's Court
Grooms
Fisher Ferry Street
Construction Pace Builds Up With $55,160 in Permits
Last week total permits reached 55 160 with Sunshine Laundry planning a 10 000 brick front launderette at 1911 N Main St tying to Mann s Drug Store No 4. Three homes issued 9 000 and 12 000 builds at Dartmouth St and Florham Ave. Myrtle Desk Co repairs 3 000 and 2 000 on Taylor St. Carson s Inc 6500 for brick veneer at Prospect plant. Year to date permits 772 085 and a hoped 300 000 Boundary Street School cap to lift annual total near 7 50 million.
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Sunshine Laundry
N. Main St
Mann's Drug Store No. 4
English Street
Sunshine
Pine Street
J. Robert Connor
Dartmouth St
Jack Pierce
Florham Ave
Myrtle Desk Co
Taylor Street
Desk Company
Carson's Inc
Prospect Street
Della Curry
Loftin St
Carl D. Allison
W. Ray St
Boundary Street
Retailers Work On Merger Details Between SRFA and NRFA
Officials from the Southern Retail Furniture Association and the National Retail Furniture Association met to iron out an affiliation. Key attendees included SRFA president Bob Weathers and NRFA executives Roscoe Rau and Jim Best, with a 211 to 210 vote in favor of affiliation and 269 nonvoters.
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Southern Retail Furniture Association
National Retail Organization
Ben Willis
Norfolk
SRFA
NRFA
Bob Weathers
Charlotte
Roscoe Rau
Jim Best
Leason Committee
Dorothy Harris
High Point
Lions State Party For Blind Lions Christmas Banquet
Seven area Lion Clubs will sponsor the annual Christmas Party for the blind at the Civic Center in Thomasville on Friday Dec 19. Lions from Denton Fair Grove Thomasville Hasty Wallburg Midway and Pilot join with the parks and recreation department to host and provide transportation. A second countywide party will be held in Lexington for Davidson County residents.
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Thomasville
Lion Clubs
Civic Center
Lion Club
Denton
Fair Grove
Hasty
Wallburg
Midway
Pilot
Slane Ho Hosiery Appoints Baker VP
John C. Slane announces Henry M. Baker as vice president of Slane Hosiery Mills Inc. Baker will continue to run Slane's New York sales office in the Empire State Building, a role since 1950. He studied at North Carolina State College and the University of Virginia and previously worked for Adams-Millis and Melrose Hosiery.
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Henry M. Baker
Slane Hosiery Mills, Inc
John C. Slane
Baker
Slane
New York
Empire State Building
N. C. State College
University of Virginia
Adams-Millis
Melrose Hosiery
Man Arrested For Breaking Into Room
An English Street man identified as Arnold Cole was charged with breaking and entering after officers arrested him in his town apartment. Peggy Simmons reported seeing him enter as she fled the back door. Cole faces Municipal Court on December 19 with a bond set under $1,000. In a separate weekend incident, William Sapp, 25, of Jamestown, was charged with assault with a deadly weapon for slashing Virgil Hairston with a pocketknife, bailed at $109 for a December 10 hearing. Early reports describe two break-ins nearby at Horn Red Dot Superette and Grace Grocery with unspecified looted items including money, cigars, cigarettes, and an electric frying pan.
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Wederiday
Arnold Cole
Peggy Simmons
Simmons
Cole
Simsae
William Sapp
Jamestown
Sapp
Virgil Hairston
Florence
Sam
Ennis Street
Grace
Tryon
Redding
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Jim Shipley
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Janet Teague
T. E. Hinson
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Hinson
Air Force Reserve
Edward Washington
Continental Air Command
Putnam St
Episcopal Church
Lions State Party For Blind
Jamestown Carollers
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