Scheidt to Open YMCA Health Fair with DUI Test Talk
Commissioner Edward Scheidt of the North Carolina Motor Vehicles Department opens the YMCA Health and Safety Fair at noon Friday. He plans to urge a proposed intoxication test at arrest and vehicle inspection legislation. The three day fair at the Raleigh YMCA features 36 exhibits, booths from two new agencies, and expected crowds over 5,000.
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Edward Scheidt
Motor Vehicles Department
Ymca Health and Safety Fair
Scheidt
General Assembly
Raleigh
YMCA
Health and Physical Education Committee
Max Rogers
Society For the Restoration of Light
American Cancer Society
Dairy Council
Guilford County
Fire Department
North Famine Wildlife Commission
Heart Month Proclaimed By Mayor in High Point
Mayor Jess Washburn proclaims February Heart Month in High Point and urges citizens, businesses, and organizations to support the Heart Fund drive through Feb. 28. The annual appeal by the American Heart Association funds research, education, and community services. Heart Sunday on Feb. 22 will marshal about 600 volunteers for door to door collections.
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High Point
Jess Washburn
American Heart Association
High Point Heart Association
Famed Army General to Speak at High Point Club Meeting
Major General Charles A. Willoughby, former chief of intelligence for General MacArthur, will address the High Point Executives Club on February 9 at the Sheraton Hotel. The talk will cover America's defense against communism. Willoughby, a 1916 Army officer, has wartime and外交 service in France, Latin America, and Asia, and now edits Foreign Intelligence Digest.
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Charles A. Willoughby
Douglas MacArthur
High Point Executives Club
State of
Venezuela
Colombia
Ecuador
Gen. MacArthur
MacArthur
Gen. Willoughby
Foreign Intelligence Digest
American Mercury
Willoughby
Life Magazine
Drill Rescheduled for Company L 518th Infantry
The Monday night drill of Company L 518th Infantry, Army Reserve, was canceled. Capt. Mark Combs said the meeting will be made up at 7 30 p.m. Wednesday February 4.
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518Th Infantry Division
Army Reserve
Mark Combs
Annexation Q A guide for High Point residents 1960
High Point city officials provide a Q A on annexation detailing why expansion is needed how new limits are set and who pays. It covers costs services provided property taxes license fees and steps for residents to petition for water sewer and street improvements.
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General Assembly
High Point
City Council
Public Utilities Department
Public Works Department
Man Held On Charge Of Murder
Police charged 38 year old Floyd Kirby with murder in the shotgun slaying of his alleged lover Lille May Williams. Kirby reported the woman shot herself but investigators doubted the tale and jailed him after a preliminary interview. A hearing was set for tomorrow in Municipal Court.
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Floyd Kirby
Lille May Williams
Kirby
Williams
Saturny
Hardy J. Rivers
Rivers
Ray Catherine Rivers
Lille Williams
Thea
Dr Clarence Pickett to Speak at Springfield Dinner
Noted Quaker Dr Clarence Pickett internationally known humanitarian speaks at Springfield Friends Meeting dinner at 6 p m The Southeast Regional American Friends Service sponsor notes his 22 years as executive secretary of AFSC and world travel with the federal government United Nations and more than six months around the world in 1957 Reservations available by phone 2 4025 or 2 3912.
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Clarence Pickett
Springfield
Pickett
Dr. Pickett
High Point
Southeast
The
American Friends Service
American Friends Service Committee
Department of the Interior
United Nations
Committee
Pole Cut In Wreck On Ward Street
Wilson Lee Hinson 35 of Player Drive was charged with speeding after his eastbound car on Ward Street near the National Guard Armory crashed into a telephone pole. The impact shattered the pole and car, with 22 000 volts reportedly coursing through the line to the armory. Police estimated 55 to 60 mph street speed. Hinson was shaken but uninjured. Police and North State Telephone workers spent two hours freeing the wreckage.
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Wilson Lee Hinson
Player Drive
Ward Street
National Guard Armory
Armory
North State Telephone Company
Hinson
Jaycee Paper Drive Kicks Off 1959 Citywide Pickup
The first scrap paper drive of 1959 conducted by Junior Chamber of Commerce members begins this afternoon. Bundles of old newspapers magazines and other scrap should be left curbside before 1 p.m. Jaycees will canvass the city in trucks to collect the bundles. Special pickups can be arranged by calling 23422 or 670.
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Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
Winter Uniforms Upset Policewomen in High Point
In High Point a council bid decision over police winter uniforms leads to mismatched garments from Florida and altered local supplier issues. Officers complain of poor fit and missing vents while hats blow away in wind causing embarrassment and a humorous clash with city thrift. A meter maid laments the hat's failure amid public laughter and threats to budget care.
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Florida
City Hall
Movieland
Keystone Cops
Mito
Council
Meter Checker
High Point
Dern
Artists To Display Paintings Today In High Point
Piedmont area artists present 26 original paintings in an exhibit at the High Point Public Library from 3 to 5 p.m. The Greensboro Artist's League sponsors the show, its first outside Greensboro, with 16 painters represented and a three member jury selecting from over 90 works.
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Piedmont Area
High Point
Greensboro
High Point College
Raiford Porter
Merin Gallery
Anne Salley
Wagstaff
League
Burlington
Leonard White
A&t College Art Department
S. Main Street Library
Berta Carroway
Rob
Rain Likely With Cool High Point Weather
Partly cloudy skies and continued cold temperatures forecast for the High Point area today. The high should reach 45 degrees, down from yesterday, with a low near 22. Last night’s low was about 24. Monday outlook shows increasing clouds and some afternoon rain with highs in the middle 40s.
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High Point
Reed Supply named local dealer for Pruden Clear Span buildings
Reed Supply Co. on the Thomasville High Point Highway is appointed regional dealer for Pruden Clear Span steel framed buildings. The firm is erecting a Pruden building behind its office sales building to serve as a warehouse.
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Reed Supply Co
Thomasville High Point
Reed Supply
Pruden
Two Senior High Students Win Award
Rebecca Ann Cook and Neil Howell of Senior High School win national English achievement honors. Cook is state winner of the National Council of Teachers of English Achievement Award. Howell is a runner up. The council sent their names to colleges for scholarship consideration and both will receive certificates.
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Rebecca Ann Cook
L. G. Cook
Neil Howell
Lloyd N. Howell
Whiteoak St
Rebecca Ann
National Council of Teachers of English
Howell
Young Cook
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Will Lindsay
J. W. Lindsay Jr
Hillcrest Drive
Janet Teague
High Point Family Service Bureau
Charlotte Entmann
North Carolina Therapy Association
Olive Workman
Salisbury
Eeek
Oak View
High Point Enterprise
Ward
Blic
Berta Roberts
Jack Wagstaff
High T
David Cox
Jaycee
Forrest Cates
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