Yule Fund Surges as Donations Rise to Meet Shortfall
The Christmas Cheer Fund accelerates as contributions near a $3,712 total, with about $680 still needed to cover a $600 deficit plus anticipated gifts for dolls and boxes. Local businesses, clubs, and individuals, including the Archdale Methodist, YMCA, and English Motor Co., donate to support children in institutions and foster homes. A previous record of 3,180 in donations stood, while the post office reports a busy peak day but an overall spread in mailing activity this season.
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Care
Enterprise
Susanna Wesley
Archdale Methodist Ch
Jim Price
Dewey Garrett
Ymca Gra
Gilbert's
Anna H. Dawson
Lawrence Tedder
A. Rawley
Oe Inc
Ulin
Jess Gaither
English Motor Co., Inc
High Point Optimist Club
Sara
A. Lockhart
Walter A. Becker Jr
A. G. Douglas
Arnold
Jeffrey Cohen
H. M. White
Ben Hiller
Frances
J. T. Reynolds
Mollie, Anne
Nancy
Peggy Alfred
Randolph Mabel Elizabeth Dame Fee
Ginny
Secceses
Tommy Ysotl Seaceevee
Jane Tyson
Pingies
Seccs
Joseph D. Cox
Cindy
Frank Dalton Jr
Jenny Brown
Gerldine Webb
Dixie Hot Shoppe
Employes
John
Garry Ledbetter
Hugh Baker
J. J. Armentrout
L. C. Armentrout
Ann
Employes of Englander Inc
James Faimee
W. O. Elkins
H. Y Hunsucker
W. V. Evans
Club
C. Lemelen
Z. C. Langley
George Ww
Lowe
Ellis Caldwell
Ralph
Snyder
Michael White
Post Office Passes Peak Holiday Rush
Postmaster Walter York and postal officials say the Christmas mail peak has passed and delivery should be on time barring unforeseen events. They credit staff efforts and better organization this season with smoother handling and reducing delays.
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Ling
Walter York
Continental Awards Honor Longtime Employees at Yearly Gathering
Continental recognizes staff at year end in a Christmas gathering. Each employee receives a bonus equal to roughly one week’s pay, plus summer vacation pay. Service awards highlight 5 to 50 years of continuous service, including a 50 year award to one veteran with a gold framed certificate and a cash honor. Recipients include E. L. Wall J. Barzen Will Hin son Vance Smith S. Philips A. A. Surratt and others for lengthy service.
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Continental
Alan W. Detweiler
Detweiler
A. C
E. L. Wall
J. Barzen
Will Hinson
Vance Smith
S. Philips
A. A. Surratt
A. S. Patterson
Charlie Welch
Anderson
Guardsmen Hold Christmas Party Event at Plantation Supper
National Guardsmen from Service Battery Fifth Field Artillery hosted a Christmas party at the Plantation Supper Club. Lt. Leroy E. Jenkins commanded the unit. Douglas Smith won the supper club event.
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National Guardsmen
M0th Field Artillery
Prayer for Today from Steubenville minister
Prayer text seeking God’s light life and love with thankful hearts. The message requests Christ’s love fill our hearts and ends with a blessing in the minister’s name and church context.
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Christ
Martin, Steubenville
First United Presbyterian Church
Dr Ken Goodson To Deliver Annual Holiday Message
Dr Ken Goodson superintendent of Winston-Salem district of the Methodist Church and former pastor at First Methodist Church will speak from 7 to 7 30 p m over puneneerees bero. The program is sponsored annually by Neill Pontiac Co of High Point.
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Winston-Salem
The
Methodist Church
First Methodist Church
Goodson
Punen Neereees
Bero
Neill Pontiac Co
High Point
Grass fire extinguished at Furlough Street
A grass fire reported yesterday at 1 51 extinguished by Anne with no damage. The incident occurred on Furlough Street and no injuries were noted.
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Anne
Deaths and Funerals James Homer Mabe Sr.
Funeral services for James Homer Mabe Sr. were held at the Nazarene Church with pallbearers Ward Arney Roy Rose Sam Haithcock William Gray Jessie Davis and Wintel Collins. Interment followed at Floral Garden Park Cemetery. Mabe, 43, of 139 Pinecrest Dr., died of a heart attack Monday at 11:45 in High Point Memorials where he had been a patient only a few hours.
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James Homer Mabe 5
Nazarene
Oward Arney
Roy Rose
Sam Haithcock
William Gray
Jessie Davis
Wintel Collins
Floral Garden Park
Cemeter
Abe
Pinecrest Dr
High Point Memoriates
No Snow Seen For Weekend In High Point
Friendship Weather Bureau reports no snow expected in High Point for Christmas Day. Partly cloudy skies with rising temperatures through tonight and tomorrow, milder conditions due to zonal air currents and a moving regional cold front toward the Atlantic. Saturday will be cloudy and mild with possible rain, highs near the mid 40s and lows around 20 to 22.
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Friendship Weather Bureau
High Point
Canada
Atlantic
New Phone Directories Prepared for North State Customers
North State Telephone Co to deliver new directories by January 4 with changes to numbers starting 93 and 94. Greensboro listings delayed by a strike at Southern Bell, but will join the new directory. Over 1,500 new phones added. old directories to be discarded.
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North State Telephone Co
Bill Hilton
North State
Ree
Ee — Vv
Civic
Greensboro
Hilton
Southern Bell
Stolen Bicycle Report From Mrs Faye Reece Home
Deputies report a bicycle was stolen from the garage at the Route 5 home of Mrs. Faye Reece. No further details on time or model were provided in the incident notes.
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Faye Reece
Route 5
Yemeranly
Young Mother Killed In Lumber Yard Crash Near Thomasville
Betty Joyce Freeman Mowery, 19, of High Point, died after her car skidded off Highway 109, struck a 25 foot embankment, and crashed into a lumber pile at Black Lumber Co. Her passenger, Betty Myers Haithcock, 25, suffered a broken elbow and multiple injuries and remained hospitalized. The crash occurred around 11 p.m. on a curve at Highways 62 and 109 near Thomasville. speed appears to have been a factor according to witnesses.
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Thomasville
Betty Joyce Freeman Mowery
English St
High Point
City Memorial Hospital
Putnam Ave
Haithcock
H. L. Ketchem
Re Ketchem
No Charge to Be Filed In Patrolman Collision
A Friday crash involving Patrolman Phillip E. Strong and a private car ends without charges. Strong, injured but improving, wore a safety belt and survived after the car overturned and burned on Pomona Road. The other driver, Alfred Kimble, and a passenger were treated for minor injuries at a Greensboro hospital.
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W. S. McKinney
Phillip E. Strong
Strong
McKinney
Aeree
Pomona Rd
Begers
Iles & Valiale
Ocean
Alfred Kimble
Welborn St
High
Kimble
Positentiam City
Sheriff's Department
Ay 311
Convicted Thief Promised Good Christmas Meal
Johnnie Boswell a 28 year old Negro faced larceny charges in Municipal Court after admitting he took 12 from Wallace Beauchamp’s trousers while he slept He said he had no friends funds or place to stay Judge Archie Myatt offered 30 days at the emmity farm and a Christmas dinner as the sentence
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Municipal Court
Johnnie Boswell
Boswell
Wallace Beauchamp
Cedar St
Beauchamp
Emmity Farm
Archie Myatt
Christmas Dance Planned At VFW For Teenagers
A teen age Christmas dance is planned for tonight at the Veterans of Foreign Wars home on Greensboro Road. Sponsored by the VFW and the city parks and recreation department an orchestra and teen entertainment will perform. The event starts at 8 p.m. Tickets will be available at the door.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Greensboro Rd
VFW
City Parks and Recreation Department
Weekly Newspaper Sold By Owner Saleeth Beeem Announcement
The weekly newspaper sale announced that Saleeth Beeem has sold ownership to Bill Currie and Bill Stanley, with Currie and Stanley taking roles in the publishing firm. Details on the sale of the stock and positions were not fully disclosed.
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Saleeth Beeem
Tooy Wy
Aes
Bill Currie
Bill Stanley
Currie
Tribble Questioned by Alumni Over Wake Forest leadership
Wake Forest alumni say President Harold Tribble cannot effectively serve amid unrest among alumni faculty students and athletic staff. A letter to A J Hutchins chair of the university investigation urges the committee to consider these conditions in its deliberations.
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Wake Forest College
Wake Forest
Harold Tribble
A. J. Hutchins
Poece
Dr. Tribble
Grace Lutherans Plan Special Christmas Services
Grace Lutheran Church will host a children’s Christmas service at 7 30 p m on Christmas Eve featuring a pageant Prince of Peace presented by Sunday School pupils and special recitations. On Christmas Day a 11 a m Festival Worship includes scripture readings choir numbers and a Christmas sermon.
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Grace Lutheran Church
Pair File Charges Against Negro Men
Edward Miller aged 30 of 704 E Washington St is charged with assault with a deadly weapon and simple assault. Bonds total 300 dollars. He allegedly slapped Simon Johnson and threatened to cut Victor Watts with trial set for January 4 while Miller remained free on bond. James Charles Hughes 32 of Clara Cox Apartments was arrested as a fugitive from Florida and released under 200-dollar bond. He is accused of fleeing Florida to evade prosecution.
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Assau
Edward Miller
Washington St
Simon Johnson
Victor Watts
Miller
James Charles Hughes
Clara Cox Apts
Florida
Baptists Plan Yale Services in Thomasville
A First Baptist Church Thomasville plan for Christmas Day includes a 20 foot tree and decorations with a 11 o clock service after 10 30 Sunday School. Narrator Miss Frances Royal and pastor Rev Charles F Leek co lead the joint program titled A Promise Fulfilled. Baptist Student Night follows at 7 30 with 26 collegians and a dramatic presentation. Training Union meets at 6 15 for a special Christmas program.
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Thomasville
First Baptist Church
Frances Royal
A. C. Jackson
Charles F. Leek
Training Union
Judge Receives Christmas Card From Prisoner in Missouri
Circuit Judge Sam C. Blair in Jefferson City was surprised to get a Christmas card from Missouri State Penitentiary inmate J. Johnson. The prisoner appears to request a writ of habeas corpus on the card back. the judge remained unmoved and denied the request.
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Jefferson City
Sam C. Blair
Missouri State Penitentiary
J. Johnson
Nol
Blair
Realty Transfers Notable Property Transactions Reported
W S Lambeth and wife transfer property to C V Jance and wife. Barbee Charles Mendenhall and others convey three lots to J E Sikes and wife. Dora G Raper et al transfer to Carl Martin.
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W. S. Lambeth
C. V. Jance
Lot of
Barbee
Charles Mendenhall
J. E. Sikes
Dora G
Carl Martin
Iol Raper Ectaie
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Ed Brown
Ken Goodson
James H. Mabe
SHREW
Walter Scott
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S. Hamilton St
Robert W. Allman
Whiteoak St
Leonard St
William B. Howard
Fred J. Perry
Eugene Raymond McGee
Kernersville
McGee
Eene St. R
Grace Lutherans
Baptists
Yale
High Point Township
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