Contracts Set For Enlarging Of Building
Contracts announced for expanding the Southern Furniture Exposition Building to more than 900000 square feet. The plan adds 80000 square feet of exhibit space and a Sky Room atop the seven floor Wrenn Street wing, with modernized Main Street Wing corridors and a million dollar outlay. Contractors include R. K. Stewart Bryant Electric Robb Plumbing Air Conditioning Otis Elevator. A separate case ended with a verdict for Hedgecock after a jury found No water No money in a dispute over an 800 foot dry well. The modernizing will add a new Main Street entrance and elevator upgrades. The project is guided by a building committee including Henry A. Foscue and Stephen H. Millender.
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Leo J. Heer
Main Street
R. K. Stewart
High Point
Bryant Electric Co
Robb Plumbing and Heating Co
Air Conditioning Corp
Greensboro
Otis Elevator Co
Hamilton Well and Pump Co
Paul C. Hedgecock
James
Hedgecock
Hedgecocks
Hegecock
Henry Gaines
Six Associates Inc
Asheville
Exposition Building
Henry A. Foscue
Globe Furniture Co
Wrenn Street
PTA Meet Considers Education Goals Pruette Says
Dr. Dean Pruette superintendent of High Point Schools addresses the High Point Council of Parents and Teachers about American and Russian ideologies and the inscriptions over shrines on Mars Hill. He cites education as the key to freedom and outlines plans for school building, remodeling, and curriculum changes including special classes for mentally retarded students.
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Dean Pruette
High Point
High Point Council of Parents and Teachers
English Street
Pruette
Mars Hill
Athens
Greece
Russia
William Penn
Northwood
J E Millis Reported Critically Ill In High Point
J E Millis, board chairman of Adams-Millis Corp and president of Highland Cotton Mill, and chair of the High Point board of Wachovia Bank, is critically ill at High Point Memorial Hospital. He was moved there by ambulance, placed in an oxygen tent, with doctors calling the condition cardiac insufficiency he has battled for years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Ed Millis
Adams-Millis Corp
Highland Cotton Mill
High Point
Wachovia Bank and Trust Co
High Point Memorial Hospital
Missing Son Bost Reported In Plane Crash Near Iran
Mr and Mrs Charles A Best of Highland Rd wait in anguish as Navy reports missing son Chief Yeoman Darrell Adair Bost age 38 after a plane crash 12 000 feet up a mountain 100 miles northeast of Ahvaz Iran. Rescue efforts delayed by rugged terrain and no survivors sighted. The Bost family endures another World War II era ordeal hoping for life news.
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Iran
Charles A. Best
Highland Rd
Navy
Navy Department
Ahwas
W. R. Smedlberg
Naval
Persian Gulf
Yeoman
Bost
Joseph Thompson
Shreveport
Bosts
Darrell
20000 High Point taxpayers list taxes by deadline
A record number of High Point residents listed city county taxes by the January deadline though about 2000 face penalties. About 1400 property owners visited the tax office yesterday to beat the 9 p.m. deadline, with similar numbers on Monday.
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Ing
Bill Newman
Newman
Golden Agers to Meet at Clara Cox Center on Valentine’s Day
The Clara Cox Recreation Center announces the first official Golden Agers meeting on Valentine’s Day. The session runs from 9 30 to 11 30 a.m. at the center.
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Clara Cox Recreation Center
Parks and Recreation Department
Bissett Files Divorce Suit Over Habitual Drunkenness
Ruby G. Bissett filed for divorce in Municipal Court from Winston I. Bissett on grounds of habitual drunkenness.
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Ruby G. Bissett
Winston Il. Bissett
Radio Club Plans Show in Thomasville
The Thomasville Amateur Radio Club entertained at Murrill Burton’s home to finalize plans for a country music stage show set for Friday at 8 p.m. at the Thomasville Community Center. The event features Don Reno Red Smiley and the Tennessee Cutups and Chicken Hotrod from New Dominion Barn Dance. Proceeds will fund a county civic defense communications bus.
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Thomasville
Move Under Way Here To Call For Vote On Liquor
High Point businessman W G Brady confirms he leads a group seeking a referendum on whether the city should have ABC stores. The plan aims to coincide with the city election to save costs, with signatures equal to 15 percent of the electorate. City Council involvement is sought via the Guilford County delegation. Rep Ed Kemp says he will not introduce any bill without council approval.
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High Point
W. G
Bill) Brady
ABC
Brady
Guilford County General Assembly
Ed Kemp
High Pointers
Sgn
Kemp Sees District Realignment as Key 1961 Issue
Rep Ed Kemp of High Point says congressional and senatorial redistricting will top the 1961 General Assembly agenda. The session will consider reapportioning House seats after the 1960 census, with Mecklenburg Alamance Onslow Cumberland gaining seats and Cabarrus Buncombe Johnston Pitt losing. He doubts new congressional seats will be added and warns a failure to redraw could force candidates to run at large in 1962.
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Ed Kemp
High Point
Kemp
House of Representatives
State House
American Business Club
Mecklenburg
Alamance
Onslow
Cumberland
Cabarrus
Buncombe
Johnston
Pitt
Rep
Congress
Department of Commerce
North Carolina
Rain Likely as Front Moves Through Mid-Atlantic Area
Weather forecast outlines that today will be fair and mild with increasing cloudiness and a high near 58. Tonight's low around 30, with tomorrow's high in the low 50s and more clouds. Rain possible tomorrow evening as a stationary front tracks from Washington toward West Virginia Ohio and Kansas with a northwest Kansas low pressure area feeding the weather.
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Friendship
Washington
West Virginia
Ohio
Kansas
Piedmont
Texas
Oklahoma
Revival of the home stressed by Rev Haggai at High Point
Rev Thomas Haggai of Emerywood Baptist Church told the Family Service Bureau of High Point that America presents a poor family image. He called for a revival of the home as the cornerstone of society and urged reinforcement to help rebuild lives. The 1961 bureau officers and board members were announced at the annual meeting, with George Freeman elected president and expansion of counseling services planned.
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America
Thomas Haggai
Family Service Bureau
High Point
Mr. Haggai
Emerywood Baptist Church
Service Bureau
Ragan Hall
Charles E. Hayworth
Carson Stout
P. A. Thomas
Grady Whicker
Norman Silver
J. J. Patterson
Wray M. Amos
Harry G. Bell
Herbert Peterson
Matt Wall
Freeman
Walter Comfort
A. G. Corpening Jr
William P. Price
Charlotte Entemann
Bureau
Thomasville
Junior Woman's Club of
James Johnson
Brady Rhyne
Entemann
Three Step Reading Plan Boosts Memory and Grades
A guide shows how to read for meaning by three passes. Skim for the big idea, reread to fit details, then read for exact meaning. George improves from D to B after applying the method and focusing on purpose and patterns.
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George
Jury Orders Payment On Death Policy
Preston Rhinehardt was awarded $500 in life insurance from North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Co. The insurer claimed Mrs Rhinehardt concealed diabetes before taking out the policy. The jury found the death cause was coronary occlusion and ruled the non disclosure immaterial.
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Preston Rhinehardt
Day Street
North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Co
Rhinehardt
Prayer for TQDAY 0
Thou who art the truth and dost seek the truth in us keep us from the vanity of being too much concerned with the outside of the cup. Help us to put our trust in Thee and to worship Thee in spirit and in truth in the name of Jesus Amen.
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Jesus
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Green Street
PTA
J. E. Millis
Darrell A. Bost
Radio Club
Reau
George Freeman
Robert S. Gayle
George Lyles Jr
Gaither Frye
Ec Ey Baladee
Leslie J. Nason
Harry Earns
Thurman Wade
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