Bus Cut Hearing Delayed in North Carolina
A hearing on proposed reductions to City Transit Co. bus service in Bakertown Springfield and Fairview has been postponed to February 21. Herman Falk says the delay follows complaints that cuts were made with insufficient notice. The commission will review the archdale area loop elimination and the mid afternoon service reduction amid resident opposition and company cost concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Falk
City Transit Co
North Carolina Utilities Commission
City Transit
Bakertown
Springfield
Fairview
Archdale
Allen Jay
Utilities Commission
Oald
Falk
Old Age Security Drops Limits Could Increase Benefits
A 1934 social security change may raise monthly benefits through a drop-out recomputation by excluding low earnings. Eligible for six quarters after June 1953, some recipients could qualify as early as late 1954. Benefits from 1954 increases are automatic, but drop-out raises require an active application with the social security office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Social Security
Social Security District
Ruthy
Tony
Duffy
Spring Preview Sweeps Piedmont
Piedmont faces a sunny spell with warm temps as winter eases. Forecast calls for fair skies this afternoon and tonight into Thursday. Highs around 55 this afternoon and 60 tomorrow, with lows near 23 last night and 32 tonight.
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High Point
Friendship Weather Bureau
Fine Art Entries Sought For Guilford County Festival
Festival president Mrs. O Arthur Kirkman urged local creators with two years of work to enter the fourth annual Guilford County Festival. A brochure outlines categories in literary art music textile and more. Entries accepted March 3 4 and 5 at the Chamber of Commerce building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guilford County
O. Arthur Kirkman
Public Library
Chamber of Commerce
Industry committee forms subcommittees to boost local growth
The High Point Chamber of Commerce reorganizes its industrial development committee into five subcommittees. The groups focus on small business advisory warehousing and distributing special recognition for local industry purchase survey and inter agency contact. The effort aims to expand local industry and attract new plants.
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The
Chamber of Commerce
Frank Sizemore
J. Roscoe Adams
C. R. Wilcox
J. Archie Myatt
Alson Gray
Don Dahle
Jake Harriss
R. B. Surratt
D. A. Rawley
Ed Pleasants
Sidney A. Gayle
High Point
Scott Parker
L. P. Hollis
Howard R. Pancoast
Phil Clarke
Chamber
Apartment Buildings For Negroes Slated
Plans for seven residential A-3 apartments to house 28 families were revealed by J. B. Dallas city board of adjustment to seek a use permit in Wendley Street High Point. Dallas also intends to renovate 27 rental homes. the project aims to improve the Negro neighborhood while meeting codes and providing 700 square foot units with space heating and off street parking. The board will consider the permit tomorrow with City Council to finalize action. Other items include a front porch enclosure variance for W. S. Hasty and a single family residence permit for Donald Crisco in an industrial zoned Scales Street lot.
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High Point
Sportenees Winkins
J. 8
Dallas
Rotary
Au Tcare
Wendley St
Hoover and
Olivia Sts
Paul B
Board of Adjustment
W. S. Hasty
Whittier St
Murder Case Probe Turns Up No Clues
New York police release Ernest Jackson after seven hours of questioning with no new leads in the Ann Yarrow murder. Yarrow, an NYU graduate student, was found slain in a lower East Side apartment. Jackson remains a potential recall as investigators review his movements the night of the crime.
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New York
New York University
John Bradt
Ernest Jackson
Jackson
Ann Yarrow
Lower East Side
Miss Yarrow
Guilford College
North Carolina
NYU
Police Recover Stolen Goods Valued at 2435 Dollars
High Point police report January recoveries totaling 2435.40 dollars, surpassing the month’s reported theft value by over 100 percent. A diamond ring worth about 1500 dollars, stolen from Perkinson's Jewelry last July, was returned after arrest in Greensboro of Angeline Gianopolous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Perkinson
Greensboro
Angeline Gianopolous
Winston-Salem
Three Month Road Term Given for Liquor Convictions
Marshall Crawford a 39 year old Negro of 314 Bynum 5 Street received three months on the roads for consolidating two liquor charges after being convicted of possessing white whisky. Luther Miller Wood 19 of 901 E Green Street was fined 25 dollars plus costs for speeding 100 miles an hour on Highway 311 and faced annual license revocation. Sandy Wilbert Clark 33 Route 1 Negro was banned from driving for a year and fined 100 dollars plus costs for driving while intoxicated. Judge Harriss H. Jarrell presided at Municipal Court with traffic cases taking most of the morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Crawford
Bynum 5
Crawford
Luther Miller Wood
E. Green St
Sandy Wilbert Clark
Route 1
Mystery Accident Probed In City Streets At Dawn
Early today six accidents occurred within an hour in or near the city. A woman struck by an auto vanished from the scene as police investigated suspects. Other crashes involved frost visibility on Silk St, a windshield obstruction charge, and a school bus collision on Jamestown School grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geereen
Grimes
Silk St
James W. Tucker
S. Main St
Tucker
Grover C. Hensley
E. Green St
Ross Lew
Montheu Ave
Ronald Gauldin
Emerce St
Mangum
Gauldin
Horneytown - Wallburg Rd
Jamestown School
Jamestown Case
J T Warren 50 Dies After Brief Illness In High Point
James Thomas Warren Sr. age 50 of 314 Woodbrook Court died last night at High Point Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Born November 30, 1904 in Allendale South Carolina he lived in High Point 10 years and worked as a sales man for Eljer Plumbing Co since 1943. He is survived by his wife Janet Gay Warren two sons J T Warren Jr Harvey G War de three siblings and several in laws. Private funeral services will be held at the home with Dr Roy Watts officiating Wednesday at 3 p.m. Memorial gifts may be sent to the First Presbyterian Church or to the Heart Fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Thomas Warren Sr
Woodbrook Ct
High Point Memorial Hospital
Allendale
S. C
Walton Burdette
Georgia Miller Warren
High Point
First Presbyterian Church
Eljer Plumbing Co
Janet Gay
J. T. Warren Jr
Harvey G. Warde
Louise Gay Warren
Home
Wade
Harvey
Warren
J. C. Warren
Pomsil
Jyatt
Pelham
N.Y
S. Kahle
de Tll
Q. C. Johnston
Jackson Heights
N. Y
Roy Watts
First Presbyterian Church Ee
Heart Fund
City Red Cross Leaders To Attend Raleigh Meet
Nine High Point delegates travel to Raleigh to review North Carolina Red Cross work during the war. Key speakers include Governor Luther Hodges and Dr Frank Porter Graham at the Sir Walter Hotel with a morning session, display, lunch, and a post lunch address by Major Albert G Karnell.
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High Point
Raleigh
Red Cross
North Carolina
Hate
Home Service
Charlotte
Rochelle
T. C. Kirkman
Taylor M. Simpson
Southeastern Area Advisory Council
Ed Wertz
First Aid
D. Ennis Jr
W. Page Harris
Jan Feldman
R. O. Haas
Gray
Ross Calvert
Guy Carr
Luther H. Hodges
Frank Porter Graham
United Nations
Sir Walter Hotel
Hodges
Graham
Albert G. Karnell
Stallings Air Base
Kinston
New Charges Filed In Poolroom Brawl
Police records show Roy Weant 61 of 615 English St charged with hitting a customer Jack Dailey on the head with a pool rack. Dailey charged with malicious damage and then with threatening Weant with a knife. J C Brown 55 a poolroom attendant charged with assault with a deadly weapon after five shots were fired. Trials set for Municipal Court tomorrow. Georgia Ferrell 19 of 162 Mill St to be tried today for harboring an escapee. Vera negro of Tryon St faces taxi bill and bond issues.
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Roy Weant
English St
Jack Dailey
Dailey
Dea
Wrenn Billiard Parlor
E. Washington St
J. C. Brown
Weant
Brown
Georgia N. Ferrell
Mill St
Billy Ray Smith
Firemen Oppose Plan to Use Relief Fund for Police Pension
Firefighters protest a city proposal to convert the shared Firemen and Policemen relief fund into a police retirement plan. The bill would make police participation mandatory, with funds matched by the city and pensions from one to three dollars per year of service. Fire officials seek fair treatment and keep firemen’s own fund separate.
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Fire Department
Cerief
Claude Canady
Ve Canady
Saar
Police Department
C. C. Stoker
Council
Man Arrested After Auto Is Struck
City police and a highway patrolman linked in a hit and run on Highway 311 south of the city. Arthur Holmes Dennis 41 of Archdale faces four charges after being picked up on Hamilton Street following the 6 15 p m collision with Rosalie Rutledge Gripper 44 of 210 Taylor Street who said the truck fled the scene. Dennis was released on a total bond of 500 and will be tried in Municipal Court on March 7.
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Arthur Holmes Dennis
Archdale
C. B. Pierce
Dennis
Hamilton St
Rosalie Rutledge Gripper
Taylor St
Wilbur Locke Dies in Columbus Ohio
Wilbur N. Locke, 52, formerly with North State Telephone Co., died at 9 a.m. today at his Columbus home. He had been hospitalized recently but was at home when he passed. Funeral rites, Masonic, will be held Friday in Columbus at 91 S Powell Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur N. Locke
North State Telephone Co
Columbus
Ohio
Locke
S. Powell Ave
Prayer for Today by Conrad Bergendorf
Prayer asks mercy for minds beset by fear and illness and for grace to caregivers. It pleads comfort, steadfast faith, and gratitude for freedom, aiming mental health to deepen spiritual wholeness with an Augustana College leader cited.
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God
Conrad Bergendorf
Rock Island
Augustana College
Father Admits Four Thefts In Thomasville
Robert L. Stevens of 205 Polk St. Thomasville, a furniture worker in High Point, confessed to four thefts from autos in and around Thomasville over the past two months. He admitted taking a camera from Rev. Mack Summey on December 31, a shotgun from Keifer Batton on February 5, a .22 rifle from J. Hill on February 6, and a small flash camera on Fifth Ave on February 3.
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Thomasville
Robert L. Stevens
Polk St
High Point
Stevens
Mack Summey
Summey
South Carolina
Keifer Batton
J. Hill
Ferris St
Fifth Ave
Welfare Finances Pinched by $16,000 Shortfall in June
Greensboro welfare board hears that the department faces a projected $16,000 deficit by June, after a $25,000 shortfall last year. Hospital bills, aid programs, and children's home costs drive the gap, while surpluses in reserve, office supplies, and salary funds offset about $16,000.
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County Welfare Board
Greensboro
L. M. Thompson
Thompson
Lenoir Plant Damaged By Fire and Water
Lenoir Co suffered about 25000 in damages at a chair plant yesterday due to a fire and sprinkler water. The blaze mainly damaged the cloth room as firemen and firm officials could not determine the origin. President Robey C Robbins said losses were considerable and insured but some workers would be out of work.
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Lenoir Co
Fiemen
Robey C. Robbins
Robbins
Realty Transfers Record Shows Multiple Property Deeds
Several transfers recorded including D. S. Hedgecock to James S. Wall and wife property on Ss. Ba Jr. and T. English to Joe B. Mobley on Fairfield Rd. J. A. Mizell and others to S. H. Childress on Willenbar Ter Jamestown Township details eight lots on L. B. Bridges property. John S. Current to B. ooami wife on Forest ale.
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D. S. Hedgecock
James S. Wall
Ss. Ba Jr
T. English
Joe B. Mobley
Fairfield Rd
J. A. Mizell
S. H. Childress
Willenbar Ter
Jamestown Township
William G. Ragsdale Jr. Inc
Emsiey Armfield Jr
Forestdale
Aline W. Bridgers
Joseph M. Byerly
L. B. Bridges
John S. Current
Ooami
Forestale
Commissioners clash with grand jury over county home faults
Guilford County commissioners reply to grand jury findings criticizing the county home for inadequate housing of mental patients. A joint session with the jury is proposed. Jurors note patients roam halls while the prison farm No. 1 needs repairs and floors. County manager Weatherly says improvements are proceeding in stages.
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Guilford County Grand Jury
Board of County Commissioners
L. C. Amos
John L. Latham Jr
F. B. Greeson
F. Donald
Superior Court
Highway 70
Harry Weatherly
Toad St
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Richard Riemer
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Riemer
Fred C. Maddox
Maddox
Howard K. Olive
Burgess Leonard
Special
Committee
Thomas A. Nielson
Greenwich Village
Washington Square Co
East 14Th St
Ann
Bradt
J. T. Warren
City Red Cross
Lina Smith
Asheville
Wilbur Locke
Columbus, Ohio
High Point Township
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