Fire destroys Archdale home in Piney Grove Road blaze
An exploding oil heater caused a late night fire that levelled the Estes Green family house on Piney Grove Road. J L Cruthis owned the property. Green and family escaped unharmed though he was burned slightly. Fire crews fought two hours in freezing conditions. no insurance on belongings. A second alarm at 3:30 a.m. hit Dr L O Farlow’s Joan Drive residence where a faulty regulator caused a separate blaze with no damage reported.
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Archdale
Estes Green
Piney Grove Road
Clyde Wilkerson
Guil Rand Volunteer Fire Department
Wilkerson
Green
L. O. Farlow
Joan Drive
Ambulance Deadbeats Targeted by Local Firm
Sur-Way Ambulance Service in Thomasville will prosecute nonpayers starting January. The firm, active since October after funeral homes left the field, notes a city ordinance makes unpaid bills past 90 days a misdemeanor. The Lexington and Albemarle services also operate at a loss due to uncollected bills.
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Thomasville
Lexington
Albemarle
Special Exception Sought for 20-Space Mobile Home Park
John A. Kenny as agent for Norman Weatherly requests a special exception to establish a 20-space mobile home park on a 4.8 acre site on U S 220 south of Greensboro in Sumner Township Guilford County. Hearing set for 8 p.m. at the courthouse.
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Greensboro
Guilford County Board of Adjustment
John A. Kenny
Norman Weatherly
U. S. 220
Sumner Township
Permits Under Fifty Thousand Dollars Issued in High Point
The High Point Inspection Department issued building permits totaling $48,200 over the past few days. Chief inspector A. R. Strange oversaw eight permits worth $14,600 for residential improvements, five for dwelling repairs at $6,025, two houses worth $20,000, and a business improvement project at $6,525.
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High Point Inspection Department
A. R. Strange
Strange
Stalled Truck Hit by Train in Lexington No Injuries Reported
Lewisville truck driver Ralph Arnold Dudley, 27, faced a stalled tractor-trailer on a side street in Lexington when a northbound Southern Railway train struck. The $775 roofing load was destroyed, truck damages estimated at $8,000 with bed rails scattered for hours. Dudley escaped unharmed as workers cleared the track.
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Lexington
Ralph Arnold Dudley
Southern Railway
Phillips
Metal Red Rail Co. Inc
Dudley
Main Street
Main
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J. L. Cruthis
Mobile Home Park
Nash
N. Main St
Nash Jewelry
North Main
Weldon Plumbing and Heating Company
L. H. Bottoms
Belmont Street
W. T. Phillips
LO Aes
Beeke
Santa
College Village Shopping Center
Fairfield Plaza
Hwy
Whitewall
Howdy Pard
Columbia Bike
Carolina Tire CO
English Rd
High Point, N. C
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