City Hall Debates Public Works Chief and Planning Study
City Council debated creating a public works superintendent to retain Jack Strickland, while some argued the post would fit the man. The body approved a student planning study for City Planner Robert Griffin and approved related actions including a heating contract and sale of a gravel pit for 3400 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ment
T. E. Hinson
Public Works
Jack Strickland
Public Work
University of North Carolina
Robert Griffin
H. G. Ilderton
Hinson
Ilderton
Action Council
Purcell Heating and Plumbing Co
Ee Pocee
Emerywood Estates
City Building Permits Value 35400 Issued by Inspector
Building permits totaling 35400 were issued by the city building inspector. Thomas Furniture Co. gets a plant addition at Manning Street costing 8000 with frame construction and metal sheath, 60 by 100 main area and 24 by 60 finishing room. Three new homes approved for Dowdy and Hinkle, plus repairs for Adams Jr and Walker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Furniture Co
Manning Street
D. A. Dowdy Jr
Putnam
Dewey H. Hinkle
Overbrook Dr
C. Adams ,Jr
Meadowee
Janie Walker
Downing
Teens Waive Hearing On Car Radiator Theft Count
Two teenagers Gerald Turner 16 and Spencer McNeil 17 bound over to the April 28 term of Superior Court after waiving hearing on charges of breaking entering larceny and receiving. They allegedly stole 24 used radiators worth 400 from M and M Auto Parts on Route 5 Winston Salem January 23 and were arrested a week later by sheriff's deputies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Superior Court
Gerald Ray Turner
Teague Road
Spencer Ray McNeil
Winston-Salem
Maryland
M & M Auto Parts
Winston- Salem
Lexington
Weather forecast predicts cold night and sunny Wednesday
The weatherman warned of a dry, clear night with a low around 15 degrees and a high near 38. He noted last night’s low was 22 and predicted 47 degrees tomorrow before Thursday brings clouds and possible rain.
Government Center To Be Talked In North Carolina
High Point and Guilford County officials plan a joint session tomorrow at the Sheraton Hotel to discuss building a Government Center. Committees from both lawmakers will meet to outline the project and consider hiring space analysts. An April meeting will address a Ford Foundation study on the Industrial Crescent spanning High Point Greensboro Winston-Salem Thomasville and Lexington.
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High Point
Guilford County
Sheraton Hotel
Ford Foundation
Encyclopedia Gift At Mills Home By High Point Club
Walter F. Anderson, director of the State Bureau of Investigation, will speak at Mills Home in Thomasville at 7 p.m. on Wednesday as the High Point Exchange Club donates a 24 volume Britannica set in observance of National Crime Prevention Week. Dr. A. E. Sherron will present the encyclopedia on behalf of the National Exchange Club.
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Walter F. Anderson
State Bureau of Investigation
Mills
Thomasville
High Point Exchange Club
Anderson
Mocksville
Winston-Salem
Winston- Salem
Charlotte
National Exchange Club
A. E. Sherron
Embezzlement Cases Top Heavy Docket
Two defendants bound over to Superior Court by Municipal Court Judge Byron Haworth on embezzlement counts. Roland P. Thompson, 35, with $1,000 bond, and Ira Bottoms, 47, with $500 bond, accused of thefts from Burnette Home Supply and a local furniture firm. The docket also included multiple defendants given active terms for liquor, drunkenness, reckless driving, and other charges with varying suspended terms and fines.
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Byron Haworth
Roland P. Thompson
Johnson Road
Ira Bottoms
Randleman
Thompson
Bottoms
Burnette Home Supply Co
E. E. Perry
Circle Drive
W. T. Allred
Arthur Williams
Leonard Street
Williams
J. L. Whitworth
Mobile
James Bouleware Jr
Hoover Street
Clarence W. Steele
Beamon Street
Eddie C. van Hoy
Route 5
van Hoy
Nolo Contendre
Leon Willie Huff
E. Washington Street
Woodrow Stack
Tate Street
Rufus Hodgin
Odell Brown
Montheu Avenue
Griffin Gulf Service
Philmore Bailey
Davis Avenue
Victory Blackburn
Bailey
Blackburn
E. Washington
Normal Streets
James Davis
Davis
Beulah Davis
Tudor Street
William Sapp
Beamon Alley
Sapp
Robert Lee Sanders
Leonard
William Davis
E. High Street
Joel Wayne Marley
Redding Street
Ervin Rose
Laurel Rock
Claude Lewis
Mallory Street
Rufus Mounce
Mounce
Lewis
Worth J. Thomas
Route 3
Thomasville
William Johnson
Johnson
Sarah Sanders
Harrison Street
Minor Blaze Flares At Globe Plant
Firefighters were called to Globe Furniture Co on age Avenue at 7 59 a m yesterday when a tarpaulin caught fire from sparks from a welding torch. No damage beyond the canvas. Earlier they were called to 901 N Main St where a pan of food was left on a stove and Sunset Drive In owner said it was closed. No damage reported. Alarm at 4 42 a m Sunday sent trucks to 802 Park St for a residence fire caused by a flooded oil stove with no damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Globe Furniture Co
Age Avenue
N. Main St
Sunset Drive-In
Park St
Prayer for T DAY From George C. Pidgeon
Prayer asks for guidance to represent faith faithfully today and discern will in every situation. It seeks Spirit led relationships and duties that satisfy the heart and body while revealing Christ’s indwelling to others. Toronto clergy leader signed.
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George C. Pidgeon
Toronto
Unemployment Claims Highlight January 1958 in High Point
In January 1958 Sygener High Point saw 3 508 new unemployment claims, a rise from December and near four year highs. Local office reports 301 placements, 779 new applications, and a shift toward service and clerical work amid textile and furniture market uncertainties.
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Sygener
High Point
Ralph Miller
Miller
Bond Set for Man Accused of Slaying in Lexington
Hubert Olive of Lexington granted Benny Charles McCauley a 10000 bond at a habeas corpus hearing. McCauley, 19, is charged with first degree murder for the January 16 shotgun slaying of Joe Louis Redfearn in Thomasville. He remains jailed in Lexington ahead of the April 28 Superior Court term. The grand jury had previously returned a true bill against McCauley.
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Thomasville
Hubert Olive
Lexington
Grand Jury
McCall
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City Hall
Southern Railway
Jamestown
Janet Teague
Government Center
Crescent
Greensboro
Lexing
Walter Anderson
Globe Plant
Bond
Sulate
Dupont
America
E.oer
South Bend
Indiana
Eztra
Studebaker
Studebaker-Packard
Packard Corporation
Lewis Motor Co., Inc
Wrenn Senest
N. C
Studebaker-Packard Corporation
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