Foul Play Ruled Out In Death Of Luther Smith
Luther Smith aged 43 was found dead in a woods patch off Holly Street. Coroner Dr W W Harvey ruled death from exposure and acute alcoholism. Discovery by Charley Cecil, 9, prompted investigation by Sheriff deputy D S Lee. Smith, born 1914 in Moore County, was a WWII veteran and carpenter with ties to High Point and Thomasville. Funeral services set for Harold C. Davis Chapel tomorrow at 1 PM and White Hill Presbyterian Church Moore County at 3:30 PM with interment in the family plot.
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Luther Thomas
Buck) Smith
W. W. Harvey
Holly Street
Smith
D. S. Lee
Charley A. Cecil
Albertson Rd
W. F. Jarrett
Lee
Moore County
William A
Dora Rice Smith
High Point
National Guard
Iva Draughn McMillian
Thomasville
Helen Parker
H. F. Phillips
Pittsboro
L. Thompson
Route 1
Efland
Lloyd Moore
Lester Queen
Dallas Smith
J. C. Smith
Frost Proof
Fla
Harold C. Davis
Worth Pugh
Cloverdale Church of the Living God
White Hill Presbyterian Church
Fordham Steps Down Health Board Ends Year in Guilford County
The Guilford County Board of Health held its final meeting of the year with Chairman C C Fordham Jr presiding as he retires from the board and as chairman. The board adopted nine changes to the county trailer ordinance effective April 1 and planned a committee to discuss commercial blood banks with Red Cross and hospital authorities. Roy M Cook resigned as senior sanitarian. David Yates McBrayer was named his replacement. The panel also approved hiring a psychiatric social worker to support medical clinics amid staffing gaps. A note on a West Indian green turtle used for soup and turtle steak is also mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Fordham, Jr
Guilford
Lloyd Amos
Health Board
Fordham
Red Cross
Greensboro
T. E. Sikes Jr
Guilford County Dental Society
Sikes
Dental Society
Health Department
Cook
Roy M. Cook
David Yates McBrayer
Ellinwood
Rain Expected Tonight With Warmer Temps
Increasing cloudiness is expected to bring rain by late tonight with temperatures around 35 degrees, a rise from last night's below freezing. Rain should continue through Wednesday morning, followed by clearing and colder conditions with a fair and quite cold outlook.
Second Charge Docketed in Death Case
Police cite driver Arthur Lee Bean for illegal drawing of a trailer after a loose trailer pinned 63 year old Dout Mose Smith in the West End, killing him at High Point Memorial Hospital. Bean to appear January 13 following a prior Municipal Court fine for no trailer license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dout Mose Smith
High Point Memorial Hospital
West End
Arthur Lee Bean
Highland Avenue
Bean
Driver Charged After Sunday Wreck in Thomasville
Thomasville police cited Carl W. Grubb Jr., 18, of High Point, to the Jan. 13 court session after his westbound car on Warner ran a stop sign and struck Charles R. Crawford, 26, of Irene Street, heading south on Taylor. No injuries were reported. Grubb said he failed to see the stop sign. Damages were listed as 500 dollars for Grubb’s car and 250 dollars for Crawford’s.
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Thomasville
Carl W. Grubb Jr
High Point
Grubb
Warner
Charles R. Crawford
Irene Street
Taylor
Waterline Break Disrupts City Water Service
A 24 inch watermain ruptured near the Rivett Drive pumping station around 3 30 p m Saturday causing a loss of service. Utilities crews worked overnight to replace the broken section while keeping a 12 inch line in service and restoring full pumping by 7 30 a m. The system stores about five million gallons in two tanks and has faced previous breaks since 1926.
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Sa d
Rivett Drive
Williams Sed
Utilities Department
Public Works
George Dean
Paige N
Vicios
Trial Stated Monday In Rape Case
In Forsyth County a 27 year old Black man Charles Moore is to be tried Monday for raping the wife of Wake Forest College's assistant basketball coach, Mrs Al De Porter, after a knife threat. Moore has been held without bond since December 13. Judge Allen Gwynn will preside for six months. Prosecutor Harvey A Lupton is aided by J Erle McMichael and W F Mitchell. Defense attorneys Hosea V Price and Harold L Kennedy were appointed.
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Winstonsalem
Wake Forest College
Forsyth County
Charles Moore
al de Porter
Allen Gwynn
Reidsville
Harvey A. Lupton
J. Erle
Pair of Fires in Thomasville Damages Mills and Yarn
Firefighters yesterday afternoon put out a grass blaze behind a residence at 804 Cox Avenue and a motor fire at Hill Hosiery Mill on Davidson Street. The mill fire damaged the motor and several balls of yarn but caused only slight damage overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Cox Ave
Hill Hosiery
Davidson Street
House That Nobody Wants Moves Again in Kentucky Avenue
The so called homeless two story house along Kentucky Avenue rolled forward after Municipal Court Judge Byron Haworth refused to extend a temporary restraining order. The decision came after a two hour hearing with about 50 residents present.
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High Point
Kentucky Avenue
Byron Haworth
Haworth
Callahan
Holder
C. O. Blake Jr
Last Minute Boost for 1957 Building Totals
Construction totals for 1957 rise with a new eight story Furniture Building annex costing about 799 999. J M Thompson Co is general contractor. Brick concrete and steel, eight floors, connects to Expo Building via walkways across Wrenn Street. Occupancy costs project 1 250 000 total. Completion will push annual totals toward a high level. Work begins within days after land clearing today.
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J. M. Thompson Co
Wrenn Street
High Point
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VE Matter
William E. Linthicum
Wiley Thompson
J. M. Thompson Construction Co
Raleigh
Raymond Sechrest
Leo J. Heer
John Wagner
Janet Teague
Herman Burrows
Alcoholic Tax Unit
Ity
Goreee
Grimes Street
A. P. Gentry
Consolidated
Mary Lou
Gentry
West Street
Beatrice Doyal
Pat Preacher
Doyal
Preacher
Bill Jackson
Gilbert S. Callahan
John Holder
Robert C. Shoaf
Blake Construction Co
Shoaf
C. C. Blake
State Highway Patrol
Blake
Nefense
Highway 10A
Lexington Avenue
Guilford County Health Department
Olin Braughter
James Crawford
N. Main ST
the Church of the Nazarene
Calvary
Prospect ST
Patsy
Patsy Stoker
Hunter Coal and Oil CO
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