Visit Fair At Y Attracts 400 On Weekend
A Health and Safety Fair at the YMCA drew about 400 visitors as part of a three day event. Displays covered education research and community service with booths from the Civil Defense unit Dairy Council Red Cross Day Center for Handicapped Children and local city departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YMCA
Health and Physical Education Committee
Civil Defense Unit
Dairy Council
High Point
Greensboro
Fire
Police
Utilities
Red Cross
N. C. Eye Bank For Restoring Light, Inc
Central Carolina Rehabilitation Center
Guilford County Health Department
Kemp Predicts Long Session For North Carolina General Assembly
Rep Ed Kemp heads for Raleigh to begin his third opening of the General Assembly and forecasts a long legislative session. The High Point politician, in his third term, is favored to secure the chairmanship of the Committee on Congressional Districts as redistricting looms and House assignments are handed out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Kemp
Raleigh
General Assembly
Legislative Mill
High Point
Joseph Hunt
Kemp
Hunt
North
House
Finance Committee
Senate
Guilford County
Guilford
Gov
Terry Sanford
Assembly
Dr Cashion to Open Orthodontic Office in High Point
Dr Leonard R Cashion will open an orthodontics office at 305 Lindsay St in High Point tomorrow. A Mooresville native he studied at Appalachian State and UNC with degrees in science arts and dental surgery. He moved to High Point in December and attends Wesley Memorial Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard R. Cashion
Lindsay St
Mooresville
Cashion
Appalachian State Teachers College
University of North Carolina
High Point
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Bonnie Bingham
Boone
Dartmouth St
Thief Steals Front Wheel From Dickens Car
Mad Dickens reported a drive way theft where a front wheel and tire were stolen from his car during the night. The value was listed at 20 dollars and police said an investigation is continuing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dickens
Opera Star Soprano Mildred Miller To Sing Here
Mildred Miller, renowned Metropolitan Opera soprano, will perform Wednesday at 8 30 p m in Memorial Auditorium High Point College under Community Concert Assn and college auspices She debuted at the Met in 1951 as Cherubino and later starred on radio TV and in a Cleveland program The singer known as Mrs Wesley Posvar lives in Colorado Springs with her Air Force officer husband and two children.
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Mildred Miller
Metropolitan Opera
Memorial Auditorium
High Point College
Community Concert Assn
the College
Cherubino
Miss Miller
Telephone Hour
Voice of Firestone
WEWS
Cleveland
Wesley Posvar
Col. Posvar
Wesley
Marina
Europe
Deeds Office Reports January Fee Totals
Fee collections for the Guilford County Register of Deeds reached 7750 in January. Of that, 6706.50 came from recording fees via the Guilford Superior Court clerk's office. Marriage licenses totaled 107 generating 535, while the remaining 479 came from copy and birth registration fees.
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Guilford
Habitual Offenders Fight Courts Let Us Down
A High Point patrolman laments repeated near riots as habitual offenders resist arrest. He cites four incidents in 60 days where offenders with prior records evade punishment via fines, prompting dangerous confrontations and growing doubt in the courts. Officers warn that without harsher consequences, more injuries and fatalities loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Storm Clears as High Point Sees Warmer Weekend
The storm that hit High Point and nearby areas leaves a light sleet crust, with forecasters predicting mostly clear weather through Monday. Highs reach 46 degrees today, with a 20 degree low tonight. Tomorrow should be sunny early then clouds increase.
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High Point
Friendship
High Point College to Host Homecoming 1961 Activities
The High Point Alumni Association chapters plan a full Homecoming on Saturday starting at 10 a.m. in the Student Center with registrations, displays, campus lunch, and an alumni dinner at Harrison Hall. The college basketball team hosts Appalachian Mountaineers at 8 p.m. Porter Hauser to crown Homecoming queen at halftime.
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High Point
Alumni Association
Harrison Hall
Wendell M. Patton
W. College Drive
Appalachian Mountaineers
Porter Hauser
Bachelor Fails to Attend Birthday Party Surprise
High Point readers learn of a bachelor who snubs his own birthday party after his admirers arrange a gathering. A prank ends with the cake smashed in the guest of honor’s mouth as punishment, while other tales recount a bowling team sponsored by a beauty shop receiving all-women wigs. The column also lampoons mushroom versus toadstool debate led by Walter Gmuer, noting his appeal to Orville Freeman for a public clarification.
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Gunner
Orville Freeman
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Gmuer
Freeman
Morgan Named Sixth Exchange Club District Governor
Lester C. Morgan of High Point has been named district governor for North Carolina by national Exchange officers B. Edward Wood and Harold M. Harter. Morgan, an Exchange Club member since 1952, has served on all local committees and offices and on state committees in recent years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester C. Morgan
High Point
Exchange Club of
Exchange Club
North Carolina
B. Edward Wood
National Exchange
Harold M. Harter
Wood
Morgan
Auto Hits Post Injures Child and Driver Charged
Two overnight crashes were reported. A 2 year old girl, Robyn Lynette Bunn, was injured when a car struck a sign post on W Green Street at 5 20 p m. The right front door opened and the mother, Mildred Spangler Bunn, 19, reached over to close it. Damage to the car and post totaled 30 dollars. A second crash on Westchester Drive at 1 30 a m left the vehicle in a ditch. Curtis Odell Wood, 22, was charged with failing to report the accident. Damage estimated at 400 dollars. Wood was cited to court.
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Robyn Lynette Bunn
W. Green Street
Mildred Spangler Bunn
Tryon Street
Westchester Drive
Curtis Odell Wood
W. Grimes Street
Wood
Unlucky 13 Pints Hex Local Man
Police found thirteen pints of tax paid whisky at Collin Ivey Pritchett’s residence on West Green Street triggering a charge of possession for sale. Other local arrests included driving intoxicated suspect William Strickland and two assault cases on women plus a worthless check case against H O Turner.
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Collin Ivey Pritchett
W. Green Street
Calaboose
Pritchett
William A. Strickland
Asheboro Street
Greensboro
Strickland
Red Road
H. O. Turner
Curtsey Road
Turner
L. J. Taylor
Taylor Service
Isaac Frabeau
Cross Street
Betty Coldwell
Frank A. Brown
Viola Brown
English Street
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Daj Bayles
Leonard Cashion
Dr. Cashion
Carolina
Sion
Deeds Office
Frank Warren
Enterprise
HPC
James Wayne
E. Burton St
James
J. C. Lambeth
Dan Bayles
Forrest Cates
Iine
Ole
Walter Gmuer
The
American Mushroom Institute
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