High Point Holiday Shopping Brisk Despite Traffic
Bargain hunters flocked to stores as Christmas traffic set records yet traffic fatalities remained low overall. Shoppers used gift certificates and heavy discounts as retailers offered deep cuts and many kept Christmas staff for year end sales. A few accidents occurred including a milk truck incident injuring a child and drunken driving charges in a separate case. Police expect highways to be jammed as travelers head home after the holiday period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willowbrook St
Donald E. Oglesby
Lindsay St
Death of Charles Barnett 68 in Abandoned Laundry
Charles Barnett aged 68 was found dead in an abandoned laundry at Ward and Martin Streets. Police report pneumonia as the cause per coroner’s findings. He lived alone and is survived by daughter Mamie Barnett of Charlotte, sons Albert of Philadelphia and V. S. Barnett of this city, six sisters, and other relatives. Funeral services set for Friday at Hairlip Funeral Home with Rev. S. A. Speight. burial in Greenhill Cemetery.
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Charles Barnett
Ward and
Martin Streets
Mamie Barnett
Charlotte
Albert
Philadelphia
V. S
City
Lucinda Barnett
This City
Carrie Benson
Mary Barnett
Maggie Barnett
Alphia Springs
Pineville
Dorsett
Washington, D
Hairlip
Hunter Fined For Popping The Weasel
Carson North Dakota man fined twenty five dollars for shooting a weasel with a shotgun. Deputy state game and fish commissioner Dr. I G Bue said license holders may shoot with a rifle or trap weasels but shotguns are unlawful.
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Carson, N. D
Bismarck
I. G. Bue
Report Slated On Yule Fund Operations
A Christmas Cheer Fund to release a year end report detailing total contributions and funds spent aiding about 500 city families at Christmas. The report will cover certificates mailed to recipients, redeemed for groceries at the Cheer Fund store on S Wrenn Street, with toys and clothing distributed to families. A list of contributors is shown, including a total of three thousand six hundred seventy six dollars and fifty six cents plus several individual donations.
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Cheer Fund
S. Wrenn Street
Hunter Co
Del
Risden
J. E. Brawley
Kingdom Builders
Oak View
Jury Demotion After Drunk Jury Duty in St. Clair Shores
A man was sent to jail for two days after reporting for jury duty drunk in suburban St. Clair Shores. The incident led to a quick demotion from the jury pool and a brief jail sentence.
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Detroit
St. Clair ‘Shore
Christmas Shooting Probed in High Point Case
Leonard M. Simpson of 202% Bynum St. was shot in the stomach at 216 Hoskins St. and was listed in satisfactory condition. Charls E. Walker of Windley St. was charged with assault with a deadly weapon and held without bond as police investigated the accidental discharge claim and the alleged second pistol.
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High Point Memorial Hospital
Leonard M. Simpson
Bynum St
Hoskins Street
Charls E. Walker
Windley Street
Walker
Simpson
Carl Steele
Hoskins St
Assault charges filed against local residents on Christmas Eve
Police report multiple arrests including Johnny L. Edwards 21 of Price Street charged with two counts of assault with a deadly weapon for knife incidents at Ada Saunders 4 Booker Street and Dorothy Hood 806 Leonard Street. Walter In gram 20 of Harrison Street charged with threatening Veretha Allen. both cases set for January hearings. James McMullin 33 of Veterans Hospital Salisbury charged with forging Smith Reynold to a 48 check. bond set at 1000. Manuel Lee Marks 17 of Furlough Street charged with breaking and entering larceny at William Penn High School. bond 500. James Cannon 38 of W Willis Street charged with larceny and receiving.
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Johnny L. Edwards
Price Street
Ada Saunders
Booker St
Dorothy Hood
Leonard St
Walter Ingram
Harrison Street
Veretha Allen
Vail St
James McMullin
Veterans Hospital
Salisbury
MecMullin
Smith Reynold
Manuel Lee Marks
William Penn High School
E. Burford
James Cannon
W. Willis Street
Man Denies Attempt To Burn Residence
A 52 year old Negro man Floyd Lee of 717 E Washington St is held without bail on charges of attempting to burn down his neighbor s house on Christmas Day. Police say he lit rags behind a back porch wall of the two story house at 708 E Washington St while seven occupants slept. Occupants smelled smoke and found the rags before the house caught fire. Lee denies the charge and witnesses say he set the rags and fled. Fire investigators noted the man had been drinking when questioned.
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Highway Patrol
Gerald Driggins
Route 4
Thomasville
Parks and Commerce Streets
Robert Lee Long
E. Commerce St
Long
Floyd Lee
Washington St
Lee
East St
Taylor St
Power Wrench Taken By Thief At Albertson Road Garage
Deputies report a power wrench valued at 135 dollars stolen from the Albertson Road Garage. The thief forced the front door and also took a thrower from a filing cabinet. Owner A. W. Vaughn said the drawer held only records and company papers. garage at 313 Albertson Rd.
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Albertson Road
A. W. Vaughn
Allbertson Rd
Liquor law arrests and court dates in local cases
Dannon freed on under 100 dollar bond scheduled for January 28. Eugene Turner and Carlton Newby charged with liquor law violations. Newby also faces drunken driving. Turner bonded at 300 dollars for a January 4 court date. Newby bonds total 550 dollars, with a January 14 appearance set.
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Newby
Polio Shot Could Be Best Gift for Christmas
Health officials urged Guilford residents to vaccinate children with the Salk polio vaccine, with about 4 000 doses on hand. Clinics will run 1 to 4 30 p m tomorrow Friday and next week, supported by the county medical society vaccine committee.
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Guilford
E. H. Ellinwood
County Medical Society
Greensboro
Prayer for T S Day by Judge Luther W Youngdahl
A Washington DC district judge offers a prayer urging sensitivity to others needs and mercy beyond color creed or rank. He asks not to repeat the negligent acts of the priest and Levite and to be a friend to all through Christ.
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Jesus
Christ
Luther W. Youngdahl
Washington, D. C
District of Columbia
Ella Gantt White prominent High Point businesswoman dies
Mrs Ella Gantt White 67 longtime High Point businesswoman dies in James Archer Smith Hospital Homestead Florida at 2 a m from a heart attack suffered hours earlier. She managed large land and property holdings since 1926 after moving from Hickory with husband Rowell B Gantt. Survived by James T White husband and three sisters. Funeral Friday at Sechrest Chapel with entombment at Guilford Memorial Park Mausoleum.
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Ella Gantt White
High Point
James Archer Smith
Homestead
Fla
Anderson
S. C
Percival
Nancy Sarah Pitts Harper
Rowell B. Gantt
Hickory
Mr. Gantt
Gulf Oil Company
First Presbyterian Church
Gleaners
Ladies
I. T. Mann Post
The
American Legion
Business and Professional Women's Club
Nominees Sought for High Point Young Man of the Year 1956
The High Point Junior Chamber invites nominations for the Distinguished Service Award to honor an outstanding local young man for 1956. Nominations must be postmarked by Jan 5 and address to DSA, P O Box 1347.
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High Point
Chamber of Commerce
DSA
Jack Southerland
Box
National Jaycee Eek
Weather forecast hints at steady five day warmth
Forecasters expect generally fair and near to cool conditions for the next five days with little daily mercury change. Highs in the low 50s and nightly lows near freezing are expected as a large high pressure area from the Rockies to the East Coast keeps influence for a spell. The Greensboro High Point Airport reported 24 last night with a predicted 28 tonight and today and tomorrow near 50.
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Rocky Mountains
Greensboro High Point
Christmas Day Activity In High Point Remains Warm
Utilities reports show High Point families spent Christmas Day like most, heating homes and cooking meals with gas and electricity. North State Telephone logged nearly 4 000 outgoing long distance calls and 5 000 incoming as 95 operators handled the rush.
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North State Telephone Co
Piedmont Natural Gas Co
Duke Power Co
High Point
North State Telephone
Library Lists 6 Films For Circulation
The public library will circulate six films until Jan. 18. Titles include The High Wall 32 minutes about teen gang hate and recovery, Inside Story 11 minutes on penal rehab in Massachusetts, Miracle of the Trees 10 minutes with time lapse nature, On Mediterranean Shores Southern Greece 30 minutes on farming and fishing, Silks and Sulkies 11 minutes with harness racing, and Babe 16 minutes showing athletic ice and sledding scenes.
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Massachusetts
Mediterranean
Greece
Prince Edward Island
Bellhop
Charlottetown
Athletic Ice
Ome
Elen Ills
Staal Ak Babe
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Boy Hart
Larry Ballard
Douglas Louis Bartenfeld
Worth Ave
Pomona Road
Burton Street
Peace Street
Hunter
Daniel Watson Hicks
Route 2
Davidson County
High Point Enterprise
Steele
Paul Green
1116 Kivett Dr
Ella H. Gantt White
Greenville
James T. White
A. W. Leathers
W. F. Gwin
Atlanta
Cement Gas Company
Linden Street
Linden
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