Stay Away From Dances Youth Told
A Thomasville youth, James Austin Barnes, 19, was forbidden from attending public dances for five years after a drunk and resisting arrest conviction. He was fined 25 dollars and given 18 months on one count and 30 days on the other, suspended on condition of avoiding places with a public dance such as the VFW.
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Thomasville
Recorders Court
James Austin Barnes
Colonial Drive
VFW
Conrad E. Grooms
Cox Avenue
Grooms
Gus Ward
Fife Street
Bond
Superior Court
George Hunter Sr
Turner Street
A. E. Jackson
Hunter
Jack Roger Harrison
Lexington Rt. 2
Lake Road
Break-ins Probe After Weekend Heists In Thomasville
Police investigate two weekend burglaries in Thomasville. Carolina Tire Co on National Highway was hit early Saturday, the safe stolen and opened in a wooded area with about 2000 dollars taken. At Carolina Seating Co on Liberty Drive a metal box with job tickets was stolen. Total loss from both incidents, including window damage, estimated at 10 dollars.
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Thomasville
Carolina Tire Co
National Highway
Carolina Seating Co
Liberty Drive
Liquor Cases Dominate Court Docket
Thomasville court heard 54 public drunkenness cases among 269 total last month. Liquor law violations added 30 more. seven driving intoxicated. 12 assault with deadly weapon charges. one first degree murder bound over for second degree murder. one assault with deadly weapon with intent to kill. eight larceny and receiving, including one auto theft. Idaho leads U.S. in lead production and ranks second in silver.
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Thomasville
Recorders Court
Jamestown Grange Chapter Organized
Jamestown Community Grange held an installation at Jamestown Elementary School with 35 members. Officers installed by Tom Reynolds of Guilford College include master Vance Proctor and secretary Mrs Olin Jackson. Charter remains open until after the next meeting.
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Jamestown
Vance Proctor
F. W. Short
Olin Jackson
Jamestown Elementary School
Jamestown Community Grange
Tom Reynolds
Guilford College
O. D. Pace
W. E. Crutchfield
Paul Freeze
Guy Johnson
Proctor
Charred Fire Warning Reaches Baltimore Mayor
A cigarette cinder scorching a paragraph on fire hazards reached Mayor J Harold Grady's desk. The document related to Fire Prevention week and the Mayor was to speak on fire hazards, with a secretary noting the accidental burn.
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Baltimore
J. Harold Grady
Hearing On School Merger In Davidson County
Final hearing on the Pilot Fair Grove high school merger was held in Lexington with the Davidson County Board of Education. The board also created a $300 scholarship for the outstanding county school bus driver funded by the Dixie Foundation. A committee to pick a site for a $450 000 industrial education center between Thomasville and Lexington was named.
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Thomasville
Lexington
Davidson County Board of Educa
Davidson County
Dixie Foundation
W. Clifford Cross
Doak Finch
Joe Moffitt Jr
Friday error at Carney fast food rush
A bus load of Catholic schoolchildren arrived at a rural restaurant on Friday. The cook had prepared 60 beef patties for hamburgers, but the group ordered tuna sandwiches once the realization of Friday abstinence set in.
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Carney, Md
Welcome Man Heads CD Unit Appointment in Davidson County
Archie Spurgeon Disher of Welcome was named director of civil defense in Davidson County by the board of commissioners in Lexington. The board created a civil defense agency and the appointment awaits ratification by Lexington Thomasville city councils and Denton town council. The Civil Defense Council recommended Disher with Rev. F. F. Keenan of Lexington present.
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Thomasville
Archie Spurgeon Disher
Welcome
Davidson County
Disher
US Air Force
Civil Defense Agency
Lexington
Denton
Civil Defense Council
F. F. Keenan
Randolph GOP Plans Victory Celebration
Randolph Republicans will combine the Lincoln Day dinner with a victory celebration Saturday at 7 p.m. in the Kiwanis Teen-Age building Salisbury Street Asheboro. Speaker will be William L. Osteen of Greensboro a Republican representative from Guilford County. Tickets are available from precinct chairs and Garner Morgan Hardware Co. Officials expect an overflow crowd.
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Asheboro
Randolph
Kiwanis
FE. Salisbury Street
William L. Osteen
Greensboro
House of Representatives
Am Guilford County
Leslie Morgan
Garner + Morgan, Hardware Co
Thief Turns Out to Be Motel Laundryman
In Grand Junction Colorado a woman reported a thief stole 20 dirty sheets from a motel. She called police again two minutes later and identified the culprit as the laundry man.
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Grand Junction
Colo
Man Shot Over $2 Sparks Thomasville Street Incident
Willie H Holley 66 surrendered to police after a pistol stolen from undertaker Elwood Thomas was used to shoot Luke Gowens through the leg during an argument over $2 owed Gowens. Holley faces assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill and a $500 bond set for Recorder's Court February 20.
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Willie H. Holley
Thomas Funeral Home
Church Street
Luke Gowens
Holley
Gowens
Elwood Thomas
Recorder's Court
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David Cox
Idaho
U. S
Jamestown Grange
DODGE
Tion
Dee
Mann Drug CO
Comet
Falcon
Ford
Chevrolet
Horace G.ilderton
South Main Street
High Point, N. C
Stock Boys
Oana
Welcome Man Heads
Board of Commissioners
Randolph Gop
Dr. Guild
Green Mountain
Belks
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