All Quiet Crime Week Reports Minor Incidents
High Point police report minimal activity during Crime Week with two minor hit-and-run investigations and a drunk driving arrest. Margaret Swift, 35, held on a $300 bond on DUI and capias charges from a suspended drunkenness sentence. Investigations include a Russell Tate hit-and-run and a Martha Street mailbox strike.
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High Point
Russell Street
Margaret Swift
Swift
Russell and Tate Streets
Martha St
Berris Duncan
Furlough Street
Russell-Tate
Martha Street
Henry Sawyer
Boy Scouts To Take Over City Posts
Twenty Boy Scouts will run city government for about an hour. Mayor Jesse Washburn to swear in at 11 a.m. Bax ter Freeze to speak at a Rotary lunch at 12:15 p.m. Scouts named to offices include Bill Mickey mayor and others across city roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Washburn
Rotary Club
Sheraton Hotel
Baxter Freeze
High Point District
Boy Scouts of America
Boy Scouts
Bill Mickey
Trudge Herbert
Guy E. Carr Jr
Gary Kennedy
Larry Warner
Jimmy Hart
Eddie Koonce
Ronnie Taylor
Scott Hester
Thomas Honeycutt
Benny Farmer
Allison Shivers
Coy Will
Quaker Aid To Algerians Extended To One Million
The American Friends Service Committee proposes extending relief for Algerian refugees to 1 million dollars doubling the prior 500 thousand goal. Dr Rita Morgan reports dire refugee conditions in Tunisia and Morocco with cables calling for more blankets. AFSC has shipped about 50 thousand blankets and quilts to date via Tunis and sea routes, with High Point serving as a regional collection point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Friends Service Committee
Philadelphia
Colin W. Bell
Quaker Agency
Tunisia
Morocco
Rita Morgan
New York City
Tunis
AFSC
Service Committee
Southeastern
High Point
Lodge Officials Charged After Raid
Thomasville police raided the Thomasville Moose Lodge clubrooms finding gambling equipment liquor and films. Bill Rice the clubrooms manager faced charges of possession and operation of gambling devices plus liquor violations with $2000 bonds. Paul Harris lodge governor and city county tax collector faced similar warrants and potential charges.
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Thomasville
Moose Lodge
Bill Rice
Paul Harris
Harris
Rice
Lodge
Enterprise
Underwriters Discuss Inflation at High Point Luncheon
A High Point Association of Life Underwriters luncheon at the YMCA will feature a panel on inflation led by four local businessmen Alton Stanford R V Spracklin Sturgis May and Paul Owen. George Clark arranged the program with Bob Parrish presiding and a Q and A following the discussion on inflation effects on the national economy and their businesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Association of Life Underwriters
YMCA
Alton Stanford
R. V. Spracklin
Sturgis May
Paul Owen
Life Insurance
George Clark
Bob Parrish
Alpha Art Club Meeting at Mrs Hairlip Home
The Alpha Art Club will meet Thursday at 8 p.m. at the home of Mrs L B Hairlip on Vall Street with Mrs J K Williams as hostess. The Ever Ready Club of St Mark Church will meet Thursday at 8 p.m. with Mrs Mamie Wright at 1203 Olga Street. Emmanuel Gospel Singers will sing at Mt Olive Baptist Sunday at 3 p.m. The performance of Eye of the Hurricane at the Mary Bethune Branch YWCA is cancelled due to illness and will be rescheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpha Art
Alpha Art Club
L. B. Hairlip
Vall Street
J. K. Williams
St. Mark Church
Mamie Wright
Olga St
Emmanuel Gospel Singers
Mt. Olive Baptist
Mary Bethune Branch
YWCA
Rotarians Hear Glee Club Sing in Jamestown
Jamestown Rotary Club heard the Ragsdale High School Glee Club perform. Ralph Davis was inducted as a member by Ed Washington. Visiting Rotarians included Ed Mendenhall George Davis Jesse Taylor Vernon Idol from High Point and Jack Sharpe of Blowing Rock. Guest Tom Blackwell of Charlotte attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamestown
Chemists to Hear Scientists at February ACS Meeting
The Central North Carolina Section of the American Chemical Society hosts the Piedmont Society for Coatings Science and Technology February meeting. Two Union Carbide researchers from South Charleston WV will speak on coatings topics at 8 p.m. Thursday in the New Science Building at High Point College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central North Carolina
American Chemical Society
Piedmont Society For Coatings Science and Technology
High Point College
Union Carbide Chemicals Co
South Charleston
W. Va
K. L. Hoy
University of Wyoming
University of North Carolina
Hoy
J. T. Adams
Southern Methodist University
Duke University
Delinquency Starts At Home Kemp Tells Students
State Rep Ed Kemp told a Senior High School assembly that the home is the main source of juvenile delinquency and urged future homemakers to make respect for the law their political religion. He cited youth arrest and auto theft rates and blamed delinquent parents as the core issue. The talk was part of Crime Prevention Week sponsored by Exchange clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Kemp
Kemp
Xemp
Parents To Fight Schools Merger
A 45 member parent group met at the VFW hall in Thomasville to oppose a Pilot Fair Grove High School merger plan. They favor three district consolidation into one senior high school and formed a steering committee to pursue hearings or a vote, with petitions possible.
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Thomasville
VFW Hall
Lexington Avenue
Fair Grove High School
Pilot
Fair Grove
Sam Welborne
County Board of Education
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Paul M. Shore
Shore
Verlo Stamey
Frank Walker
Fred Boyd
William Poole
National Highway
Thomasville Moose Lodge
Colored News
Glee Club
Davis
Patrol & Watchman Service
Jack S. Davis
Piedmont
West Washington St
Allied
Allied Man
Haley Transfer and Storage
S. Perry ST
Allied van Lines
UTE
S. Main ST
Gilbert E. Marsh
Vine ST
Welborne
Dexter Kennedy
Grady Kaney
Dolan Calhoun
John A. Hoffmann
Robert S. Powell
Gilbert Snyder
County School Board
Pilot-Fair Grove
Acadia Lodge
Reginald L. Rogers
J. D. McCrery
Adoria
S. Main Street
Formica, Micarta
RTC
Ec Roses
Uae
Pork Sale
Stokely
KRAFT
Maxwell House
Crisco
Old Virginia
Hollingsworth
Ake
Centennial Ave
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