Thomasville Weekend Wrecks Cost Car Owners Thousands
Police and sheriffs deputies investigated multiple crashes around Thomasville over the weekend with total damages near $3,000. One Friday incident on Main Street caused about $1,150 in damage. two drivers faced reckless driving arrests and several injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Highway Patrol
Sheriff's Department
Main Street
Julius D. Smith
Trinity
Worley Kendley
East Main Street
Hazel Small
East Washington Street
Stoy Smith
David Green
Davidson Street
Randolph Street
Green
Billy Anderson Raeford
Franklin Street
Sheriff's Deputies
Davidson County
Burton Street
Ronald Ray Whitener
English Street
High Point
H. O. Eddins
Fisher Ferry Street
James B. Clemmons
Clemmons
Eddins
U. S
Forsyth Street
John Henry Farabee
Liberty Drive
Paul Farabee
Edins
Louella Luber
Mage
Thomasville Mill Wins Major Defense Sock Contract
Ragan Knitting Company in Thomasville has been awarded a Defense Department contract for 647,460 pairs of socks at a price of 145,263 dollars. The contract was issued by the armed services textile and apparel procurement agency. Smaller awards went to a Salisbury plant for cotton undershirts and to a Turnersbury mill for cotton duck.
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Thomasville — Ragan Knitting Company
Defense Department
Armed Services Textile and Apparel Procurement Agency
Salisbury
Turnersbury
Aggression Charged In Island Incident
Argentina and Chile threaten to go before the Organization of American States to accuse Britain of aggression after a British naval landing on Deception Island in Antarctica. Foreign Ministers Re morino and Olavarria demand restoration of destroyed scientific installations and the return of two Argentines deported on South Shetland Island. Britain rejects restitution.
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Santiago
Chile
Argentina
Organization of American States
Britain
Deception Island
Antarctic
Jeronimo Remorino
Arturo Olavarria
South Shetland Island
Falkland Islands and Dependencies
GI Chickens Produce Eggs for U S Army in Korea
Six Korean origin chickens and a rooster in a wire and sandbag cage provide fresh eggs for Company B of the 160th Infantry Regiment near KOREA front lines. Capt. William J. Clarke started the poultry farm to supply breakfast, with a diet of barley popcorn cereal and beans.
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U. S. 45Th
Korea
160Th Infantry Regiment
William J. Clarke
Hubert Olive to Speak at Thomasville Merchants Meeting
Judge Hubert Olive of Lexington will headline the Thomasville Merchants Association and Breakfast Club meeting at the American Legion Hut. He will discuss better business as a focus for merchants and club women with entertainment by a Thomasville High School male quartet directed by Betty Jo Smith and piano accompaniment by Nell Newby. Bill Rice, association president, leads the program. Six new Merchants directors to be recognized: Homer Beck, Lewis Crawford, Curtis Fields, Jack Grimes, Ben Harris, Charlie Welborn. Breakfast Club certificates for perfect attendance to Miss Mary James of Reidsville. Attendance expected to reach 100.
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Thomasville
Hubert Olive
Lexington
Merchants Association and Breakfast Club
American Legion Hut
Olive
Merchants and Credit Club
Thomasville High School
Betty Jo Smith
Nell Newby
Bill Rice
Merchants Association
Merchants Group
Homer Beck
Lewis Crawford
Curtis Fields
Jack Grimes
Ben Harris
Charlie Welborn
Breakfast Club
Mary James
Reidsville
James
Funeral services for Mrs. Mattie Campbell Causey
Mrs. Mattie Campbell Causey died after an extended illness and was laid to rest in Oakwood Cemetery following funeral services at Yow's Funeral Home. Rev. Cecil Haworth officiated and pallbearers included Jac Dunn and Luther Barker. She was 83.
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Mattie ‘Campbell Causey
Yow
Cecil Haworth
High Point Friends Meeting
Jac Dunn
Luther Barker
W. M. Farlow
Jim Blackwell
Jesse McDowell
Clarence Farr
Oakwood Cemetery
Embry
Park Place Baptist Church
C. M. Pegram
Inman Stewart
F. A. Maier
Funeral Services for Edith Cameron 48
Miss Edith Cameron of 1307 Bradshaw Street was laid to rest Saturday at Rankin Memorial Methodist Church. Ministers Rev J S Johnson and Rev Woodrow Robbins officiated. Pallbearers included Dr W W Tyson, Dr Hal Ingram, Hubert Oliver, Howard Ring, Robert Stanley, Roy Rouse, Frank Ring, and Becker. Burial followed in Floral Garden Park Cemetery. she died Thursday in a local hospital after 15 years at Guilford Hosiery Mills.
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Edith Cameron
Bradshaw Street
Rankin Memorial Methodist Church
J. S. Johnson
Woodrow Robbins
Lexington Avenue Baptist Church
W. W. Tyson
Hal Ingram
Hubert Oliver
Howard Ring
Robert Stanley
Roy Rouse
Frank Ring
Becker
Floral Garden Park
Guilford Hosiery Mills
Funeral Services Held for Mrs Celia Howard Jones
Celia Howard Jones 89 of Route 3 Mocksville died after a six year illness and a week of serious illness. Funeral services were at Dulin Methodist Church with ministers Bruce Roberts Foster Loflin and William Anderson officiating. Grandsons Otis Hendry Kenneth Butner Bill Seaford Walter Glenn Ratledge Oscar Smith and Robert Taft served as pallbearers. Burial followed at the Jones family cemetery in Cornatzer.
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Thomasville
Celia Howard Jones
Route 3
Mocksville
Dulin Methodist Church
Bruce Roberts
Foster Loflin
William Anderson
Otis Hendry
Kenneth Butner
Bill Seaford
Walter Glenn Ratledge
Oscar Smith
Robert Taft
Jones
Cornatzer
J. W. Jones
Mrs Elsie M I Emery Ingram Thomasville Funeral Rites
Funeral services are planned for Mrs. Elsie Malissie Ingram in Thomasville. The obituary notes her passing and outlines arrangements and local affiliations.
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Elsie M. I. Emery Thomasville
Elsie Malissie Ingram
Four Teen Skier Students Taught at Middlebury Kindergarten
In Middlebury Vermont four kindergarten children, all age groups around teens, were taught skiing this winter, expanding the school program to include winter sports lessons for young pupils.
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Middlebury, VI
Middlebury
Colder Weather Blamed for Weekend Drinking Arrests
Thomasville police report seventeen people arrested for drunkenness after a cold spell over the weekend. Two others faced prohibition violations. Arrests included John Lee Martin and Jake Wilson for prohibition violations, Roosevelt Straight for drunken driving, Haywood Hughes for drunken driving, and Lester Grubb for assaulting his wife.
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Thomasville
John Lee Martin
Route 5
Winston-Salem
Jake Wilson
Doak Street
Roosevelt Straight
Winston Street
Haywood Hughes
Route 2
Lexington
Lester Grubb
Fisher Ferry Street
Dorothy
Rescue dogs shift from St Bernard to German shepherds
The National Geographic Society notes the Alps rescue dogs are being replaced with German shepherds instead of St Bernard dogs.
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St. Bernard
Alps
National Geographic Society
Do Right Grocery Break-In Under Investigation
City detectives investigated a reported break-in at Do Right Grocery 820 Hoover Street over the weekend. Entry was gained by breaking a front window pane and merchandise was reported missing including two pints of milk two loaves of bread eight packages of cigars and several pairs of ladies socks.
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Do Right
Hoover Street
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Thomasville Mill
S. Main ST
ALL Our
Mattie Causey
J. ©. Prather
Monroe Street
Lanolin
Mann’s Drug Store
Americas
Ford Crestmark
Ford
America
D.A.F
Washington ST
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