Council OKs Housing Law and White Way Lights in High Point
High Point City Council approves a housing standards ordinance unanimously and authorizes Duke Power to install about 160 mercury vapor street lights downtown. The housing measure becomes law after a 20 day public review. Council also fills library and recreation board seats and names members to historic and zoning panels.
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High Point
Myor
High Point Board of Realtors
High Point League of Women Voters
High Ae
Council
Duke Power Comony
Council Tower
Main Strom Howell
Weston
Main
Commerce
Wrenn
Lee and Mercury Oa
Haworth
Chandler
Charles Mendenha
Forrest Ave
That Goat Is No Gentleman Pilot Lions Club Christmas Bonus
The David son County club received a Christmas bonus goat but the gift caused uncertainty about its welcome. A scrub billy goat with no name was kept as a penalty for absent members, recently given to Albert H. ae of 22713 Ha worth Rd. Dunning checked the tale and found two goats instead of one, leaving the club unsure how to proceed.
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Pilot Lions Club
Davidson County
Albert H.ae
Haworth Rd
Dunning Teach
Carrier Boys Set for Wednesday Collections
Carrier boys will pick up mail on Wednesday to clear accounts before Christmas Day and enable them to spend Christmas Eve and Christmas with their families.
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Carrier Boys
Safety Awards Given Drivers By Bus Firm
Bus Lines reported a Christmas party awards ceremony where drivers received honors for long service. Recipients included C. Montgomery, Herman Peck, Sean Cane, G. W. Cooper, Walter Grace, Avery Kennedy, Felix, Dewey Sait, Sam Moore, M. L. Cross, and Yeuber.
Prayer for TQS DAY at Belmont Methodist Church
Vague prayer text from pastor Austin of Belmont Methodist Church Nashville Tenn asks for peace through Christ. The fragment mentions today as the focus of prayer and includes stray garbled phrases about hearts minds and sewers.
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Tad Woot
Amenore Austin
Nashville
Tenn
Belmont Methodist Church
Driver Injured In Centennial Ave Crash
An Oak Ridge man in a small foreign car struck a parked vehicle on Centennial Ave causing about 300 dollars damage to his car and 100 dollars to the other. Richard G. Roberts was charged with reckless driving for driving without lights.
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Oak Ridge
Centennial Ave
Richard G. Roberts
Roberts
Recksons
E. Hodgin
Sudden Epidemic Of Sneezing Hits English Shoppers
A puzzling outbreak of sneezing disrupted Christmas shopping in England as pepper from a truck appears to have caused widespread irritation among shoppers yesterday.
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England
Eshelman Steps Down as Wilkes Hosiery Mill President
P W Eshelman will retire as president of Wilkes Hosiery Mill Co in North Wilkesboro on Jan 1. He founded the company in 1918 and cites age and health. He will remain a director and Hanes Hosiery Mills Co will direct management thereafter.
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North Wilkesboro
75th Wedding Anniversary in Olanta Celebrated
John Presley Thomas and his 13 year old wife Stacialy marked their 75th wedding anniversary at the home they have occupied most of their married life.
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Olanta
S. C
John Presley Thomas
Stacialy
Trial of Divorce Cases Occupies Court Opening
Opening session of a municipal civil term heard divorce petitions with tainted paternity and separation grounds. T E was granted a divorce after testimony of his wife’s fidelity while other cases included custody rulings and multiple criminal charges set for trial alongside the divorces.
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T. E
Pee
Oneeeey
Ant Tae Oy
Eberhart
Bert
Mar
Adrian Stroud
Pauline T. Stroud
H. Lambeth
Bernard E. Lam
J Pop Tom Harriss
H. Jarrell
Presid
Scholarship nominees named for Guilford County Morehead award
Two High Point seniors Alvin Larkin Kirkman and Joseph Dixon Huff join Guilford County list for the Morehead Scholarship. Henry Clay McPherson Jr from Allen Jay is also named along with Robert Jenkins Cowan Greensboro High School Leon Causey Holt Nathanael Green and James Clyde Jordan Jr Greensburo Senior High and Robert Koonts from High Point. Thirty two applications considered by the Morehead committee.
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High Point High School
Alvin Larkin Kirkman
Joseph Dixon Huff
Guilford County
Morehead
Allen Jay High School
Henry Clay McPherson Jr
Charles W. McAnally
Robert Jenkins Cowan
Greensboro High School
Leon
Causey Holt
Nathanael Green School
James Clyde Jordan Jr
Greensburo Senior High
Robert Koonts
High Point
Y Wil
Successul
Castral
Centras
Robbery on railroad track targets man with gun
City police seek two black men who stopped a white man walking near a dark rail line late last night and robbed him of 145 dollars. The victim, James Wright of the YMCA, said the robbers demanded his money during the incident along the Tri angle Hosiery Mill rail cut.
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James Wright
YMCA
Triangle
Ex Opponent Reappointed By Sheriff in Greensboro
J. W. Donavant of Greensboro is returned to the department as court deputy after resigning last April to run against Sheriff John E. Walters. A veteran of 25 years with Guilford County, he previously served as chief criminal deputy and has nearly 50 years of service in Greensboro public safety agencies.
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Anna
John E. Walters
J. W. Donavant
Greensboro
The
Nanan
Whe
Walahh
Guilford
Greensboro Fire, Police and Health Departments
Penalties Paid for Tobacco Farmers in North Carolina
Tar Heel tobacco farmers paid penalties for noncompliance with the agriculture program. The North Carolina ASC office said the penalty money totaled nearly three times the amount required for administering the program in the state. Funds are deposited to the general fund of the federal loan to supplement tax collections.
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Raleigh
Sonal Eee Ae
ASC
North Carolina
Oan
Unemployment Hits Year Low Amidst Rising Hiring
High Point area job data show November unemployment at its lowest point of the year. The bi monthly report by the North Carolina Employment Security Commission notes manufacturing gains small and non manufacturing sectors posting a 3.9 percent rise. Textile employment climbs while furniture and paper areas dip, with overall year to date employment 3.9 percent above last year.
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High Point
Employment Office
N. C. Employment Security Commission
High Point youth confesses to safe cracking to hire lawyer
Cicero Cadell, 16, Negro, jailed on $5,000 bond after confessing to cracking Mann Drug Store No. 2 on N Main St to raise money for a lawyer for a pending McClellan Store theft case. Police recovered $1,345.59 of $2,000 stolen, tied Cadell to a second break at Siderton Motor Co. on S Main St. Cadell, formerly a stock boy at Mann, wept as he explained he used a sledge hammer wrapped in towels to muffle noise during a five hour strike. He also faced charges of breaking and entering larceny and receiving relating to the McClellan theft. authorities continue questioning him about the remaining funds and other details.
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Mann's
N. Main St
Cicero Cadell
Cadell
Siderton Motor ‘O
Main St
Superior Court
McClellan
Washington
Bureau of Investigation
Mann Drug
Willis Street Home Hit By Flames
Fire swept a Willis Street residence damaging a living room and upstairs hall. Two children escaped unharmed but a small dog was lost in the blaze. The fire was blamed on improper wiring and several rooms were damaged before extinguishment.
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W. Willis St
Reed
W. Wille St
Tee
L. Wilson
Saar Wiens Tls
Furlough St
Tapestry Approved for Coventry Cathedral Project
Coventry committee approves Graham Sutherland design for the world’s largest single tapestry to hang behind the main altar. The artwork portrays Christ with a calf and an eagle and will reach eight stories in height, costing over $56,000.
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Coventry
England
Graham Suth
Sutherland
800000 Pennies Gathered to Help Church Debt
In Wahpeton North Dakota 800000 pennies are collected in a church basement by the Evangelical United Brethren Church Youth Fellowship to raise money to pay off the church debt. The effort centers on turning the coins into a larger goal for the congregation.
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Wahpeton, N.D
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Vy T ‘Church
Trio of Soldiers Admit Robbery Near Here
Three Fort soldiers admitted taking about $90 in a Dec. 1 robbery near here. Frank Toolan Jr. of New York Bernard L. Cobb of Nicholasville and Robbie D. Daniels of Missouri were arrested at McCall, D.C. hours after the incident.
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Robbath Hieces C. Gibson
Frank Toolan Jr
New York
Bernard L. Cobb
M. Hicholasville
Robbie D. Daniels
Si Mo
Here
McCall
D.C
Hillsville Man Arrested Over Starved Animals Case
Randolph County deputies arrest Chartie Banes, a former Davidson County resident now living in Hillsville, on a charge of permitting a mule and two hogs to starve to death. The case stems from neglect at a former tenant farm and is slated for trial in Thomasville.
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Thomasville
Randolph County
Davidson County
Chartie Banes
Hillsville
Checks Sent Out By Cheer Fund In High Point
High Point Christmas Cheer committee mailed checks totaling just over 4021 dollars to local families. The fund’s scale awards three dollars for a single person with smaller increments for each additional family member, with late contributions still going out. Additional grants were given to boarding-home children, court placements, and welfare-sponsored needs, while organizers hope for later gifts to improve next year’s start.
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High Point
Stone
Aichi
Derrell B. Gray
M. H. Barthmaier
Allred
J. Allred
le Schaner
Kay
Harold McKee
Irons Wesley
Wesley Memorial Church
Mr. Nad Bie
N. Williard
High Point — and Trust Co
High Point Savings and Trust
Ceese
N.C C
Ray Sulutims
Tee Civitan Ciud
L. Armentrout
BBC Sok
Walter B. Thomas
Jo Anne
Gary Slack
Onita A
Richard R. Johnson White
Mrs. Murray White
Deaths and Funerals James Barbee Mamie Davis
Funeral services for James Rus sell Barbee were held at Bates Memorial Wesleyan Church in a Monday service led by Rev. Ernest M. Gardner and Rev. E. M. Comer. Barbee, 31, died Saturday. he had long been in declining health. Mamie Coltrane Davis, 64, wife of Carl S. Davis, died Monday after a prolonged illness. She was the daughter of the late Thomas J. and Mary Coltrane and a Marlboro resident and active Marlboro Friends member. Funeral services for Mrs. Davis will be Wednesday at Marlboro Friends Meeting House, with interment in the church cemetery.
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James Russell Barbee
Bates Memorial Wesleyan Church
Ernest M. Gardner
E. M. Comer
Church of
Ook Oakdale Rd
Mitchell Grove Cemetery
Pali
Jack Eeen
Garoo
Apeeny Beerk
Raymond Crathis
Legaie
Barbee
Mamie C, Davis
Sophia
Mamie Coltrane Davis
Carl S. Davis
Route 1
Marlboro Friends Meeting House
Winter Arrives Warmer as Cold Splits with Skies
Winter begins in High Point at 4 24 a m with continued cold and mostly cloudy conditions. The Friendship Weather Bureau forecasts a slightly warmer first day of winter with temperatures near the mid 40s after a low around 22 and a forecasted high of about 42.
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High Point
Tropic of Capricorn
Friendship Weather Bureau
High Honor Awarded Scouter Earnest McCall
Earnest McCall received the Silver Beaver award at a council luncheon at the Weatheron Hotel. J H Millis, council president, presented the honor to the longtime scoutmaster and High Point district committee member, active in Presbyterian church work and local Scouting leadership.
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Earnest McCall
Uwharrie
McCall
National
Boy Scout Council
McAll
High Point
Fi Presbyterian Church
J. H. Millis
Franker Jr
Wetheraton Hotel
Davidson County beer wine vote halted by peak court
Lexington Peak Court today canceled an upcoming election on whether to continue legal beer and wine sales in Davidson County. Judge J Hoyle Sink heard challenges to the petition signatures and the County Act of Elections guiding a February vote. Supporters of continued sale sought to lift the injunction while petition circulators were ordered to show cause why the injunction should not be made permanent.
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Lexington Peak Court
Davidson County
J Hoyle Sink
Pet
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Armstrong Park
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Recreation Public Works and Utilities Departments
Langley
Irm
Trinity Game Entertainment
P. W. Eshelman
Mill
J. Archie Myatt
Wille Nowland
William Tyson
Hoover St
Thouncey D. Sims
Mae Dowdy
Retha T
Rps
Mary Godfrey
Hulda St
Felix Little
Lanning
Main &I
Jevel Neary
High Point Enterprise
Mann Drug Store
James Barker
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