City reports near perfect safety over holiday weekend
No fatalities reported in the city during the Christmas holiday as police and fire crews noted unusually quiet conditions. Two accidents on major highways caused minor injuries, including a four-year-old with abrasions and a spinal injury to a Winston-Salem resident, with drivers charged for reckless operation.
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Police
Highway Patrol
Fire Departments
High Int
State Highway Patrol
Guilford County
Mucht
Esterday Win
Wire Chine
Claude Canady Eer
Highway 68
Oak Ridge
Roger Lee Parker
Irvin Arthur Parker
Route 7
Lexington
Ansley Marshel Jesssup
Summerfield
Parker
Here
Winston-Salem
William McCorkle
Necro
Ernestine Glenn
Winston - Salon
R. Wilson
Hester Irere Johnson
Lawrence P. Washington
Joseph Wilson
Ernestine Smith
Hith Point
Hallenbeck named Southern sales head at Scott & Williams Inc
Fred H. Hallenbeck a veteran hosiery machinery sales executive is appointed director of Southern sales by Scott & Williams Inc. of Laconia New Hampshire He will remain at the firm’s offices in Rochester Institute of Technology trained Hallenbeck has worked in hosiery since 1920 and joined the company in 1928 as Southern states salesman He previously managed the High Point division and worked with mills in the Carolinas and Virginia The company also announces transfers for John Seymour to High Point and Alton W Nealley to Chattanooga Tennessee
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Fred H. Hallenbeck
Southern Sales
Scott & Williams Inc
Laconia
N. H
Rochester Institute
Hallenbeck
Scott & Williams
High Point
Mills
Carolnas
Virginia
Durham Hosiery Mills
Duram
John Seymour
Alton W. Nealley
Seymour
Lacona
Nealley
Point
Chattanooga
Death Car Driver's Sentence Reduced
Bobby Kearns age 23 of High Pointer had his manslaughter sentence cut to 15 months for the February deaths of Ivy Hipps and Jackie Hilton in Thomasville. Judge Allen H. Gwyn kept Burleson’s sentence suspended and ordered $2,100 total to families with $50 monthly payments.
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Bobby Kearns
Thomasville
Allen H. Gwyn
Kearns
Gwyn
Robert Burleson
Burleson
English St
Ivy Hipps
Jackie Hilton
Holiday Travel Buoys Back to City Amid Busy Transit
Travel agencies report heavy holiday business as buses trains and airplanes carry extra loads. Southern Railway says traffic is very good with added Pullman cars. Airlines show sold bookings through New Year. Good weather aided travel and highways stay busy with vacationers, many from High Point, as students prepare to return to college for the next rush.
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Southern Railway
Christmas Break-ins Reported at Thomasville Shops
Thomasville police investigated two Christmas thefts. At the Photo Shop on Salem Street A M Kelly reported a 4 by 5 Crown Graphic camera taken from a counter on Christmas Eve. Police also looked into a break-in at the Diner on West Main Street where a television set, several cartons of cigarettes, and other merchandise were stolen over the weekend.
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Thomasville
A. M. Kelly
Salem St
W. Main St
Prayer for T S DAY God of rest and gladness
A Pittsburgh minister from Mt Lebannon Methodist Church offers a prayer thanking God for daily helpers who deliver mail operate elevators serve at stores and bring news. He asks to be worthy of these human ministries in Jesus name.
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Jesus
93 Year Old Defends Alcohol and Tobacco Habits
93 year old Thomas N. Camfield a former Los Angeles real estate man says warnings about tobacco and alcohol are hot air He lives at the Jonathan Club in Los Angeles for 30 years and describes daily routines including smoking and drinking He praises single life and claims plenty of women while avoiding marriage and a home.
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Angeles R
Thomas N. Camfield
Camfield
Jonathan Club
Wharves Layer Fat Keeps Them Warm
Wharves possess a thick fat layer beneath the skin serving as insulation to maintain body heat in cold conditions. The adaptation helps reduce heat loss, enabling buoyant mammals to endure frigid waters while foraging or migrating.
Yule Fund Reaches 4341.69 After Holiday Donations
The Christmas Cheer Fund final total rises to 4341.69 with last minute gifts and weekend contributions. Checks mailed to about 620 families were distributed to those who did not apply during the regular period, with a small remainder likely to buy toys next year.
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Cheer Fund
Con Samuels Turning Co
Perry Martin
Serioma Club Oss
Weather Outlook Fluctuates With Warm Day Then Showers
The forecast calls for partly cloudy and warm conditions this afternoon with considerable cloudiness tonight and tomorrow. Scattered showers are possible after midnight. Daytime temperature near 64 degrees, tonight about 46, and tomorrow around 60. Last night’s low was 36.
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Friendship
Thomasville Man Completes Radio and TV Course
Albert T. Bacon of Route 1 Thomasville finishes a Practical and Theoretical Radio and Television course and earns a cinema award from the National Radio Institute in Washington DC.
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Thomasville
Albert T. Bacon
Route 1
National Radio Institute of Washington
D. C
Confessed Safe-Cracker Waives Hearing
Cicero Cadell 16 admits robbing Mann Drug Store No 2 and two earlier heists. He waives preliminary hearing, bond set at 5000, faces three counts of breaking and entering larceny and receiving. Grand jury for latest charge to convene Jan 10 in Greensboro. Two men fined for burning trash without permit. Beeson jailed 30 days for public drunkenness. Knox Walker acts as prosecutor in Morgan’s absence.
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Cicero Cadell
McClellan
Thef
Mann’s
Cadell
Greensboro
Navy McCain
Thomasville
William Harold Beeson
Knox Walker
J. V. Morgan
Acacia Lodge Dinner and Officer Instillation Set
Acacia Lodge No 674 AF and AM will hold its annual dinner meeting and instillation of officers Thursday at 6 PM in the Yegs Pa Masonic Temple. Members planning to attend should contact Roy B Culler Jr by tomorrow night.
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Acacia Lodge No
Yegs Pa Masonic Temple
Roy B. Culler Jr
Christmas Tree Retailers Face Unsold Stock After Holiday Rush
High Point tree sellers face a heavy surplus as sales slowed late, leaving many retailers with unsold trees. After brisk demand earlier in the season, the final shoppers on Christmas Eve were not enough to clear the lot.
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High Point
Mixer Stolen From Car and Ring Reported Stolen
A $58 electric mixer was stolen from the trunk of a car reported by James L. Stutts of 620 East State Street. Detectives are also checking a theft of a $10 ring from Raymond Francis at 829 North Main Street.
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James L. Stutts
E. State St
Raymond Francis
N. Main St
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Hedgecock Lumber CO
Blue Cross
Hospital Care Association
404 Wright
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Ellington’s Florist
S. Main ST
Appliance CO
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Federal Reserve System
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Felix Miller
George Gold
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