Weekend crash roundup on Thomasville superhighway
A series of early morning crashes on the Thomasville by pass left drivers James F. Bullins 18 of Rt. 3 Thomasville and Charles Henry Kennedy 24 with minor injuries. Kennedy was charged with failing to reduce speed after his car plunged down a 22 foot embankment. Eugene Raymond Clark 21 and Eugene Clifford Miles 41 also sustained injuries in separate collisions with property damage. Several others faced speeding or careless driving charges after wrecks on English Street Lake Street and the old Thomasville Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bullins
Charles Henry Kennedy
Rt. 3
Thomasville
Kennedy
Kenendy
Eugene Raymond Clark
Clark
Lake Street
Eugene Clifford Miles
English Street
Albertson Road
Miles
Cranfill
S. Elm
E. Commerce Street
Virgil Smith Hairston
Rt. 1
Jamestown
Willie Little
Vall Street
Hairston
Little
Witness Describes Airport Disaster
Eye witness Woodrow Grady reports a Greenboro High Point Airport plane crash involving a USAF C 47. He describes the takeoff, in flight loss of control, wing collapse, fire and smoke, arrival of fire crews, and the field closing with spectators ordered to leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow Grady
Denny St
High Point
Greensboro - High Point
New Scout Troop Established By Presbyterians
Randolph Presbyterian Church formed a new Boy Scout troop with about a dozen boys registered. Scoutmaster Tim Teague and assistant scoutmaster Joe Trott lead the group, with Rev. George Hunter Jr. serving as institutional representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randolph Presbyterian Church
Tim Teague
Joe Trott
George Hunter Jr
Walker Named President of Rowan Shrine Club
Joel E. Walker of Wright's Funeral Home was chosen president of the Rowan Shrine Club succeeding J. Spencer Best of Rockwell. The annual stockholders meeting approved the one year term after Walker's several board terms and prior service as vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salisbury
Joel E. Walker
Wright’s Funeral Home
Rowan Shrine Club
J. Spencer Best
Rockwell
Walker
Prayer for TODAY from Bishop W Kenneth Pope
A devotional prayer asks for daily awareness of God s gifts and strength. It thanks God for friends hope and His truth in word and life and asks to live this day and every day in Christ s name. Written by W Kenneth Pope of Little Rock Arkansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
W. Kenneth Pope
Little Rock
Arkansas
The
Methodist Church
Guilford Doctors Oppose King Anderson Health Bill
The Guilford County Medical Society warns that the King Anderson Bill would socialize medicine and be financially ruinous. Fourteen score and one physicians adopt an eight point resolution urging residents to study the bill before backing Humphrey. They cite England’s experience, projected costs, and the existing private insurance and Kerr Mills programs as sufficient safeguards without expanding Social Security health care.
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Guilford County Medical Society
Congress
Guilford County
Hubert Humphrey
D-Minn
England
Canada
United States
Australia
North Carolina
Health Insurance Council
U. S. Department of Commerce Bureau of the Census
Fern dale teen earns Eagle Scout badge at church ceremony
Gilbert Quinn Koontz 15 son of Mr and Mrs Gilbert Koontz of Fern dale Drive received his Eagle Scout badge in ceremonies at First Presbyterian Church. He belongs to Troop 20 sponsored by the church. The award was presented by John A Womack district chairman for the Uwharrie Council and Bill Smith Troop 20 scoutmaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Quinn Koontz
Gilbert Koontz
Ferndale Drive
First Presbyterian Church
Koontz
John A. Womack
Uwharrie Council
Bill Smith
Cars Exit Haunt Quiet Lincoln Street No Injuries Reported
Shirley E. Gornick backed out of her drive onto the street and Charles E. Boutson followed from across the road. Although both cars were damaged, no injuries occurred in the incident on the Lincoln street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln, Ill
Shirley E. Gornick
Charles E. Boutson
Crackdown Sought on Disaster Site Thrill Seekers
Greensboro officials pressed for stern action against thrill seekers who swarmed the Greensboro High Point Airport after a C-47 crash. Commissioner Carson Bain urged stiff fines and new laws, arguing crowding hampered rescue and could have hindered survivors. County Fire Marshal R W Grant urged improved radio fire dispatch, rural road signs, zoning, a training center, and a school fire safety standard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Carson Bain
Stern
Greensboro High Point
Bain
R. W. Grant
Grant
Lloyd C. Amos
Colder Weather Expected Here As Winds Shift
The region braces for a drop in temperatures after a 73 degree high at the Weather Bureau in Friendship. Today reached 70 with a 43 degree high tomorrow, winds and showers tonight, then clear and cold with a low around 33. The five day outlook predicts 3 to 8 degrees below normal with additional showers Friday and Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Referendum Sets Vote on School District Expansion
Residents in areas between E Green Street and the highway and near the Presbyterian Home on Greensboro Road vote February 24 on joining the High Point City Administrative Unit. Registration closes Saturday evening. polls open 6:30 am to 6:30 pm. If approved, consolidation takes effect July 1 and special area taxes are abolished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Green Street
Presbyterian Home
Greensboro Road
High Point
Jamestown
M. Gordon Smith
Friends Ave
Shaw Cooke
Woodruff St
High Point City
Weekend Police Blotter Records Multiple Violations
High Pointers faced a weekend of arrests for assault with a deadly weapon larceny drunken driving and issuing worthless checks. Darnell Alford 20 was jailed on assault and drunkenness with bonds 200 and 50. Margaret Clark 22 and Robert L Allen 34 faced assault charges with bonds 200 each. Mildred Williams 30 charged with larceny posting 100. Other arrests include Terry Allan Gardner 17 for malicious damage to property and Weldon Rudolph Brewington for drunken driving with trial dates in February. Elizah Rivers 30 and Von Dillard Smith 38 faced prohibition violations and buying illegal liquor with varying bonds. Jesse Burns Wilson 22 charged with issuing a worthless check bond 0? and James Archie Brower 29 jailed for drunkenness and property damage with 150 bond. William Paul Earnhart 23 charged with drunken driving and driving without a license, bond 300.
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Darnell Alford
E. Washington Street
Albert Witherspoon
Witherspoon
Leonard Street
Alford
Margaret Clark
Cliffisde Drive
Robert L. Allen
Allen
Clark
Terry Allan Gardner
Rt. 1
Jamestown
Meadowbrook St
Weldon Rudolph Brewington
Kivett Drive
J. T. Rich
L. E. Miller
von Dillard Smith
Kivett
Jesse Burns Wilson
Sophia
Jerome Jacobs
Jacob's Men Shop
James Archie Brower
Johnson Street
Brower
William Paul Earnhart
Taylor Street
Mrs Long of Pioneer Family Dies at 82 in High Point
Mina Alexander Long 82 of 1130 Forrest Hill Dr. High Point died at 3 p.m. after ill health since November. Widow of Charles F. Long former secretary treasurer and manager of the Southern Furniture Exposition Building. Survived by two daughters, two granddaughters, five great grandchildren, two sisters. services with Wesley Memorial Methodist Church ministers at 11 a.m. from the home. burial Oakwood Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mina Alexander Long
Forrest Hill Dr
Charles F. Long
Southern Furniture Exposition
Long
High Point
Harrison
Sarah Jarrell Alexander
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Mary Elizabeth Long
Helen Long Casey
Rockspring Rd
Linwood Weaver
Martinsville
Edwin Taylor
Merry Hills High Point
Minnie B. Alexander
Mary E Alexander
English St
C. C. Herbert Jr
H. H. Peterson
High Point College
Oakwood Cemetery
Archdale Fire Dept Raises 353 For March of Dimes
Guil Rand Fire Department volunteers manned roadblocks in January to raise 353.79 dollars for the Randolph County March of Dimes. The Archdale community shows strong support through this charity effort.
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Archdale
Guil Rand Fire Department
Randolph County
Jaycees Launch High Point Safety Belt Sale Campaign
High Point Jaycees opened a belt sale to cut traffic injuries with belts sold at cost. Chairs Jordan Washburn and Paul Fine said multiple distribution points, dealer cooperation, and variety of colors, all belt units approved by testing services and the North Carolina DMV. The pilot aims to inform a statewide rollout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Jaycees
Jordan Washburn
Paul Fine
Assn
Jaycees
N. C. Department of Motor Vehicles
Washburn
Fine
Briley Furniture
Hiatt Tire Company
McLarty’s Drug Store
Kroger’s
College Village
Baker's Gulf
Robert's Sinclair
Household Appliance
Jiffy Car Wash
High Point Jaycee
Highland Motors
Lyles Chevrolet
Horace G. Ilderton Inc
Southern Motors
Holiday Motors
English Motor Co
Piedmont Rambler
Neill Pontiac
High Point
N. C. Traffic Safety Council, Inc
High Point Automobile Delaers Assn
Heritage Furnishings Distributes Final Profit Sharing Check
Heritage Furniture Company workers received a year end clean up payment from the Profit Sharing Plan after the annual audit. An interim December distribution had already gone to eligible staff. The total annual profit share averaged more than four weeks of pay per participant, in addition to vacation pay issued in December and earlier in summer.
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Heritage Furniture Company
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James F. Bullins
Larry Jones
Tryon Street
Jones
English
Duke Power Co
Clayton Ellwood Skiver
Rt. 5
Robert Samuel Cranfill
Patricia Street
Skiver
S. Elm Street
High Point Enterprise
Braxton
Weather Bureau
Air Force
Rowan Shriners
Art Richardson
Duke Endowment
Kate Bitting Reynolds
Thrill Seekers
County Board
Whitsett
Mildred Williams
Thissel Street
Robert Perry
Mrs. Long
Pioneer Family
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