Democrats Hope Covington Looms for Guilford Board Bid
High Point Democrats back George Covington for a seat on the Guilford County Board of Commissioners as he weighs a run. Incumbents face no obvious retirements while Republicans grow stronger in High Point and party leaders seek a strong candidate to break the board’s solid front. Covington, ex executive secretary of the Guilford Chamber of Commerce, remains noncommittal but influential in local politics.
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Enterprise City
High Point
Guilford County Board of Commissioners
George Covington
Covington
Chamber of Commerce
D. S. Neill
Hobart Bryant
Lynwood Smith
Carson Bain
L. C. Amos
W. G. Ragsdale Jr
Guilford
Greensboro
County Board of Health
Charlie Kivett
Young Democrats Club
Stedman Hines
Bill Hunter
Joe Hunt
Tom Turner
Amos R. Kearns Named Duke Endowment Trustee
Amos R. Kearns, High Point civic leader and Crown Hosiery Mills executive, elected trustee of the Duke Endowment succeeding the late Randolph E. DuMont. He has served as High Point mayor, NC parks head, and Duke University trustee, with wide civic and business roles statewide.
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Amos R. Kearns
Duke Endowment
North Carolina
High Point
Kearns
Crown Hosiery Mills Inc
Randolph E. DuMont
Duke University
Thomas L. Perkins
Gurney Harriss Kearns
Crown Hosiery Mills
Duke Alumni Assn
High Point Memorial Hospital
High Point Ymca
Central Carolina Convalescent Hospital
Research Triangle Foundation of
Newcomen Society
Pistol Reported Stolen From Norman's Amoco Station
Police investigate a break in at Norman's Amoco on English Street after 1 p m Sunday. A blue .25 caliber pistol with chrome handles and about $30 from a vending machine were reported missing. Detectives continue the probe while other arrests are noted in separate cases including bonds set for two men charged with board bill and property damage.
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Norman
Amoco
English Street
D. R. Grant
Grant
Bill Lee Tompkins
Cloverdale Street
Jimmy Long
W. Russell Street
Lovada Young
Ward Street
Tompkins
Eddie Toler
W. High Street
John Holmes
Toler
Holmes
Louise
Cold Front Ends Brief Spring Warm Spell
A North originates cold front brings a return to cold windy conditions. After record highs in the 70s Sunday and Monday the day’s high reaches about 40 with tonight’s low near 17. Tomorrow’s high about 44 and Thursday looks for fair skies with a small warming trend.
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Friendship
Ten-year-old hit by eastbound car on English Street
A 10-year-old boy, David Woods, was struck by an eastbound car on English Street yesterday afternoon while crossing traffic. He was treated at Memorial Hospital with no fractures reported after X rays and was not admitted. Driver Clorine Cole Abney called police and said the boy darted from northbound traffic. No charges were filed.
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English Street
Johnson Street
E. Farriss Avenue
Hansel Phillips
Archdale Boulevard
Vera Cooper
Delk Street
Phillips
Cooper
Farriss Avenue
Baker Road
Ronald Louis Self
Pineview Avenue
Patsy D. Clodfelter
Nance Avenue
Four Officers Vie for High Point Police Chief Post
The Civil Service Commission lists four ranking officers George Leverett J R Teague J D Wade and W H McSwain as examining for the police chief position after Chief C C Stoker retired. Oral exams set March 5 at city hall with an eligible list due to City Manager Harold Cheek next week.
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Civil Service Commission
Police Department
Park and Recreation Department
George Leverett
J. R. Teague
J. D. Wade
W. H. McSwain
Harold Cheek
Cheek
C. C. Stoker
Teague
Civil Service
Park
Jesse Taylor
High Point College
City Hall
Naaman Lodge 5 Meets Thursday Night at Hoover's
Naaman Lodge Number 5 will convene Thursday night at 8 o'clock. The meeting gathers at Hoover's Funeral Home for lodge activities and arrangements.
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Naaman Lodge
Hoover
Reitzel resigns as Parks board chair seeks new leader
Brooks Reitzel chairman of the Parks and Recreation Commission asks commissioners to accept his resignation and urges appointing a new chair. The board asks Roy Culler Jr. to handle the resignation and Southerland's appointment, while Reitzel hopes to remain a member. Taylor announced his resignation to become Dean of Students at High Point College. The group notes Kirkman Park funds and a Junior Woman's League day camp for mentally retarded children, with summer concession bids due March 1 and a vote next week.
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Brooks Reitzel
Parks and Recreation Commission
O. A. Kirkman
Jack Southerland
Jesse Taylor
Roy Culler Jr
Southerland
Taylor
Junior Woman's League
Civitans
Firefighting Equipment At Airport Questioned
Greensboro high point airport faced criticism from a fireman and local officials after a C47 crash killed seven. Officials argued equipment was adequate for small fires but not large ones, while witnesses cited foam shortages and rapid spread before containment.
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Greensboro High Point
Robert Sanford
Greensboro
Terry Sanford
Joseph T. Martin
R. W. Grant
Federal Aviation Agency
National Fire Protection Association
Harold Stith
Winston-Salem
United Airlines
Charles King
Contro
Man Gets 60 Days For Cutting Cousin In Court
Darnell Alford 20 of East Washington Street was sentenced to 60 days on the roads for cutting his cousin with a pocket knife. He claimed the injury happened when the man walked into his knife while he cleaned his fingernails. Albert Witherspoon of Leonard Street suffered a left face wound needing twenty stitches. He said he and Alford were visiting at a Hoover Street address and that Alford cut him after being asked to come home. Alford also received 30 days for public drunkenness. In a separate case Joseph Fulton Payne of Kivett Drive was bound over to Superior Court under $200 bond on a forgery charge after forging a $42 check. Payne said he had worked for Dave V. Miller of Modern Trucking Co and had been paid only $40. The forgery occurred Jan. 3 and Payne will be tried in Superior Court.
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Alford
Albert Witherspoon
Leonard Street
Witherspoon
Hoover Street
O. P. Haithcock
Payne
Miller
J. Fulton
Charles T. Miller
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Art Richardson
Sidney Allen
Charles Hunt
Pleasant Garden
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State House
Elton Edwards
Guilford County
Charles
Amos
Amos R, Kearns
High Point Enterprise
Jaycees
Jordan Washburn
Paul Fine
J. R
Joe Rawley
David Woods
Bill and
Janie Woods
Lansdown Avenue
Memorial Hospital
Evelyn Smith
New York
H. O. Hobbs
Renault
Horace G. Ilderton
Mrs. Smith
Joe Rawhey
Colored News
Reitzel
K. V. Brugh
Allen B. Coggeshall
Stith
Brugh
King
Darnell Alford
E. Washington Street
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