Fire Damages and False Alarms Plague City
Firemen battled a Biltmore Hotel mattress blaze caused by careless smoking with an occupant arrested on complaint. A second false alarm struck from N Hamilton Street Louise Avenue. An $800 loss from a tractor trailer electrical fire on W Green Drive followed, with multiple yesterday alarms due to short circuits floods and overheated equipment at several locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Hamilton Street
Louise Avenue
W. Green Drive
Woodrow Avenue
Kivett Drive
YMCA
Newlin Street
Dorothy Street
Kennerly Suffers Second Heart Attack in Greensboro
Taylor Kennerly, formerly of High Point, is in critical condition at Wesley Long Hospital after a second severe heart attack on Thursday. He had been hospitalized after the first attack on December 15. Kennerly has long led efforts assisting handicapped children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Taylor
Kennerly
High Point
Wesley Long Hospital
Yule Fund Growth Increases Amid Nearing Christmas Need
The Christmas Cheer Fund gains more donations as organizers rush to aid families not listed in time for processing. Workers shop for bargains to stock a toy store, with any unspent funds rolled forward to next summer when more dolls can be purchased. Contributions continue to be accepted. The current total reaches 660 dollars with new gifts from Mr and Mrs James Floyd Pugh and Mr and Mrs W Stanley Baker among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benny Braica
Cheer Fund
James Floyd Pugh
W. Stanley Baker
Dora Davis
Gary
Cathy Perlman
Steve
Scott Bouldin
Harry C. Kaplan
Thieves Break Into Sky City Discount Center
Industrious thieves ripped a hole in the roof of Sky City Discount Center at Fairfield Plaza Thursday night and absconded with about 800 dollars in cash. The break in was found Friday morning as staff arrived. Police suspect a hatchet or ax was used to enter the safe, which was pulled from the back. Investigation continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sky City Discount Center
Fairfield Plaza
Biltmore
Lewis Calvin Bradley
Robert Leiis Bradley
Rt. 1
Nashville
Robert Peele
Weaver Street
Spradley
Peele
Edward Lewis
S. Hamilton Street
J. L. Darnell
Lewis
Wilfred Fannie
Stolen Safe Recovered near Wallburg
Davidson County deputies recovered a small safe taken from the home of Myroslova Ladniuk on a Rt. 5 Winston-Salem man. The safe, found in a wooded area near Wallburg, had only about $20 missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Davidson County
Sheriff's Deputies
Rt. 5
Winston-Salem
Wallburg
Myroslova Ladniuk
Two Randolph Men Charged With Whisky for Sale
Paul William Carter and Rozzell Sheppard were charged yesterday by the Randolph County sheriff with possession of whisky for sale. They were cited to Recorder's Court in Liberty.
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Randolph
Asheboro
Sheriff's Department
Paul William Carter
Rozzell Sheppard
Recorder's Court
Liberty
Jamestown Man of Year Nomination Drive Opens
Jamestown Jaycees seek nominations for Outstanding Young Man of 1966. Age 21 to 36 residents or workers may submit forms by January 3 at Wachovia Bank Jamestown branch. Banquet January 16 at Jamestown Elementary School will name the winner who serves family church community and nation and advances to state competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamestown Jaycees
Jack Perdue
Perdue
Jamestown
Blanks
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
Jamestown Elementary
Fallout Shelter Space Located For High Point
Civil Defense Director George Spinnett told City Manager Harold Cheek and the City Council that a federal survey locates space for about 3,500 more people in potential public fallout shelters. The six sites total 3,561 space, raising High Point’s shelter capacity to 50,529 with a normal population deficit of about 12,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Defense
George Spinnett
Harold Cheek
Spinnett
High Point
New
North State Telephone Company
North Main Street
Law
East Green Drive
Gilbert Optical Company
National Furniture Mart
Main
Commerce Streets
Maryfield Nursing Home
Greensboro Road
Thieves Enter Service Station in Denton
Thieves smashed a back door at Dewey Eliotts Grocery and Service Station at N C 109 and N C 49 and stole 21 flashlights 80 cartons of cigarettes 34 boxes of shells a cash register some change 108 boxes of bullets 10 boxes of gum 15 razor blade packages meat soft drinks and several boxes of cigars. The incident highlights local crime and property loss in a rural Denton area.
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Denton
Dewey Elliott
N. C. 109
N. C. 49
Snow Falls Across High Point Area With Hazardous Roads
Snow and a mix of freezing rain covered High Point and western North Carolina, causing slick streets and minor accidents. Forecast calls for clearing tonight with a 21 degree low and fair cold Christmas Day. Pvt Richard R Ingram Jr son of Mr and Mrs R R Ingram Sr of 1117 Burton Ave named honor graduate of Basic Seamen Course at Ft Eustis Va.
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High Point
North Carolina
Highway Patrol
Friendship
Pvt
Richard R. Ingram Jr
R. R. Ingram Sr
Burton Ave
Army Transportation School
Ft. Eustis
Romona Ellis
High Pointers and Red Cross Bring Christmas to GIs
High Point volunteers and Red Cross workers organize Christmas for service members in hospitals and aboard ships. 703 Santa bags from High Point area join a national total of about 360,000, with stockings hung on hospital beds including the ship Repose off Vietnam coast. Local residents and High Point College contribute tapes, records and entertainment items for Nha Trang recreation center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Red Cross
L. S. Averett Jr
High Point
Archdale
Trinity
South Vietnam
Red Cross
U. S. Navy
High Point College
Nha
Nha Trang Center
Averett
Vietnam
Far East
Vietnam Yule Program Brings Recreation to Forward Areas
More About Vietnam Yule On Page 10 mentions and records, cold punch and hot coffee, and a special program each evening. Mobile units take the recreation program to the men in forward areas.
Anvil Brand Employees Honored at Holiday Luncheon
Anvil Brand closed for holidays with a noon luncheon honoring 54 employees. Louise Foster received a 100 dollar savings bond for 35 years. four others got 50 dollar bonds for 30 years. Five employees also received plaques and Jessie Fritts a 25 year watch. Turkeys were given to all staff. the plant stays closed until Wednesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anvil Brand
Louise Foster
James W. Ingram
Sadie Hedgecock
Myrtle Rook
Beatrice Craven
Jessie Fritts
Reverend Rogers P Fair to Speak at Brooks Memorial Church
Rev Rogers P Fair chaplain at Bethune Cookman College Daytona Beach Florida will be guest speaker at Brooks Memorial Methodist Church Sunday morning service He is a Clark College graduate Gammons Theological Seminary and Atlanta University alumnus He has studied and traveled abroad and in the United States including Penn State and University of Moscow
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rogers P. Fair
Bethune-Cookman College
Daytona Beach
Fla
Brooks Memorial Methodist Church
Clark College
Gammons Theological Seminary
Atlanta University
Atlanta
United States
Penn State
University of Moscow
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Yule Fund
Kay Fagan
Forrest Ave
Kay
Jerry Parrish
Santa
Guilford County
Ing
U. S. Weather Bureau
Boone - Jefferson
Mt. Mitchell
Asheville
High Point Greensboro
Yule
Marshall Stewart JR
North Main St
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