Brain damaged Thomasville man in Greensboro court case
A Guilford County Superior Court jury this week weighs the appeal of a Workmen’s Compensation award in the brain damage case of Jerry Watkins of Thomasville. Watkins suffered irreparable brain damage from carbon monoxide exposure in Jacksonville Florida in 1957 while in a truck cab.
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Greensboro
Guilford
Thomasville
North Carolina Industrial Commission
Louise C. Watkins
Jerry Watkins
The
Industrial Commission
Watkins
Jacksonville
Fla
Walkertown
Elmer
Florida
Jerry
Clyde Murrow
Transfer and Rental Co
High Point
Byrd Motor Lines Inc
Funeral services for Mrs Harriss set for 3 30 p m
Funeral services for Mrs Sara Harriss will be conducted tomorrow at 3:30 p.m. from Mount Vernon Baptist Church by Rev F O Bass. Burial in Greenhill Cemetery. Body remains at Hoover's Funeral Home until service time. Mrs Margaret Johnson Simmons dies in Springfield Massachusetts.
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Sara Harriss
Mount Vernon Baptist Church
F. O. Bass
Greenhill Cemetery
Hoover
Margaret Johnson Simmons
High Point
Berk
Hancock St
Springfield
Oak Grove Cemetery
A Mighty Oak Is Growing in North Carolina Furniture Industry
The Southeastern Forest Experiment Station and the Forest Service work with a council to grow better wood and teach small operators log grading, sawing, and seasoning. Seedlings from the North Carolina Forestry Nursery are distributed free to buyers, supporting long term industry growth and labor development.
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North Carolina
84 Patients and Babies Moved in Baltimore Transfer
Sinia Hospital moved 84 patients and 26 newborns seven miles in under two hours. A task force of 1000 staff, aided by 60 to 70 doctors and 250 volunteers, performed the relocation with exact timing. One infant was 50 minutes old when the move began from crowded downtown quarters.
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Baltimore
Sinia’ Hospital
Seeerenabeinen
Onan Ole
Precious Christmas Gift Seals Aid Feeding Birds and Squirrels
A public message highlights Christmas Seals as a means to support feeding birds and squirrels during the season. The notice frames the gift as part of the holiday spirit and charitable effort.
Merger Talk Drives Three-School Consolidation Study
The Chamber of Commerce urges the school board to initiate a study of a three-way merger among Thomasville Pilot and Fair Grove high schools with State Board of Education support. The County Board approved Pilot and Fair Grove site purchases without board discussion, prompting calls for a detailed citizen briefing and tax savings through consolidation.
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Chamber of Commerce
State Board of Education
Kermit Cloniger
Harry B. Finch
Thomasville
Pilot
Fair Grove
County Board of Education
Two arrestees in Thomasville cemetery beating case
Paul Junior Grimsley said he was beaten robbed and stripped in Holly Hills Cemetery. Gus Kent Ward and George D. Stone were arrested on assault and robbery charges with a third suspect still sought. Ward and Stone remain jailed awaiting hearings.
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E. Main Street
Grimsley
E. Guilford Street
Commerce
Ward
Stone
Harris Street
Holly Hills Cemetery
Thomasville Recorder’s Court
Jennings and Green Named in Official Roster
J. H. Jennings identified as High Priest with E. L. Green serving as Secretary in the organization’s latest roster.
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J. H. Jennings
E. L. Green
Education Group Plans Spring Meeting
A new twelve-state Southern Council formed to boost public school quality will hold a citizens meeting next spring. Dallas Herring of Rose Hill was named chairman with Hugh Patterson of Little Rock as vice chair and Mrs. E E Reisman Jr of Chattanooga as secretary treasurer. The council met with the North Carolina Citizens Council for Better Schools as disbanding National Citizens Council nears.
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Chapel Hill
N. C
Dallas Herring
Rose Hill
Southern Council
National Citizens Council For Better Schools
Hugh Patterson
The
Arkansas Gazette
Little Rock
E. E. Reisman Jr
Chattanooga
Vision of Infants: Early Months Clear Blur and Upside-Down View
The article notes that infants have blurred vision for the first months and see images upside down and separately with each eye. It highlights the developmental stage before full depth perception and coordinated binocular vision emerges.
Brush Fires In Los Angeles Area Contained After Blaze
A series of wind driven brush fires burned about 75 acres in remote residential districts and 136 acres total on the Santa Monica Mountains canyons. Firefighters moved from canyon to canyon until all were controlled, threatening an unfinished Charlton Heston home. A fourth fire sparked on Palos Verdes Peninsula as crews began to ease up.
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Los Angeles
Santa Monica Mountains
Canyon
Charlton Heston
Palos Verdes Peninsula
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