Sertoma Club Sponsors Play Here January 20
The Bliss Literary Theatre of Richmond Va presents Candle-Light a Continental comedy adapted by P G Wodehouse in the Senior High Auditorium January 26 at 8 00 p m under Sertoma Club sponsorship to aid the Milk and Lunch Fund in High Point City Schools Tickets are on sale and brochures are being printed A new steel plant on the Delaware River has 75 miles of track in 3900 acres
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P. G. Wodehouse
Elsa
New X
Bliss Ertory Theatre
Richmond
Siegfried. Geyer
Wodehouse
Jeeves
Senior High
Sertoma Club
High Point
New York Post
the Times
Washington
New York Herald&Tribune
Delaware River
Thomasville to name new city manager at special meeting
Thomasville officials move to appoint a new city manager replacing R. M. Cooksey who died last weekend. A 9:30 a.m. Tuesday special council session will review finalists including UNC business professor Everett W. Schadt and others. The council aims for a unified choice and has narrowed the field after weekend caucus.
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Thomasville
R. M. Cooksey
W. W. Rapp
University of North Carolina Business Administration
Essor
Everett W. Schadt
Schadt
Rapp
W. T. Green, Jr
Cooksey
Hershell Ands Snuggs
Highland Park
Ill
Raleigh
Payne
Snuggs
Green
Dinner Meeting Highlights For Friday In Washington Camp
Laat d Washington Camp No. 30 Patriotic Order of the Sons of America will host a dinner at 7 30 Friday night at the Biltmore Hotel for members and families Harold Fletcher will be speaker for the evening Officers for the coming year were installed Friday night by Richard Jarrett district deputy state president Thomasville The new officers include Sloop Faulkner Webster Bean Blakely Bivins Saunders Yarborough Swiggett Giles Robbins and the chaplain Rev R L Smith A Piedmont District meeting of the P O S of A will be January 15 in Thomasville The district covers High Point Thomasville Greensboro Asheboro Siler City Goldston and Lexington
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Washington
Patriotic Order of the Sons of America
Biltmore
Harold Fletcher
Richard Jarrett
Thomasville
J. A. Sloop
A. W. Faulkner
D. L. Webster
High Point
Greensboro
Asheboro
Siler City
Goldston
Lexington
Noel Frye 13 Dies After Illness at Home and Hospital
Noel Elijah Frye aged 13 died in a local hospital after two years of illness and a week in critical condition He was born in High Point October 23 1939 son of Robert N and Mamie Falkenberry Frye A fifth grade student at Emma Blair School and Welch Memorial Methodist Church He is survived by two sisters Nancy and Bobby Ann Frye The funeral will be Tuesday at 2 30 pm from Welch Memorial Methodist Church with Rev L S Strader and Rev C M Floyd officiating Interment will follow at Floral Garden Park Cemetery The body lies at Koonce Funeral Home and will be moved to the Smith Street residence at 5 pm today
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Noel Elijah Frye
High Point
Robert N
Mamie Falkenberry Frye
Emma _ Blair Schol
Welch Memorial Methodist Church
Nancy
Bobby Ann Frye
Koonce Funeral Home
Smith Street
L. S. Strader
C. M. Floyd
Mount Calvary Baptist Church
Floral Garden Park Cemetery
Foundation Fund Drive Extended to January
Thomasville foundation drive for 75 000 dollars continues through January as President Harry Brown Finch aims to meet the $58 000 shortfall. Only about 17 000 collected so far with 11 000 prior, over 5 000 added this weekend. funds to aid Civic Center improvements hospital wing new park facilities and student aid fund.
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Thomasville
Harry Brown Finch
Finch
W. W. Rapp
Shenay
Eight-year-old girl struck by car on Vail Street
An eight-year-old girl suffered a head bruise after running into a car on Vail Street in front of her home. Barbara Harris was hit by James C. Mc Awley, 33, of Route 3 High Point, at 2 44 p.m. She received treatment at High Point Memorial Hospital.
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Vail Street
Barbara Harris
James C. McAwley
High Point
McAwley
High Point Memorial Hospital
West High Street
John M. Butler
Hansell Street
Andrew L. Cunningham
East Washington Street
Butler
Commissioners To Meet With Council Friday
Mayor Amos Kearns announced a Friday meeting between City Council and County Commissioners to discuss the proposed City County building. The talks, arranged through F Logan Porter of High Point, focus on technicalities with a likely joint ownership plan and a future bid for enabling legislation. The 10:30 a.m. session at City Hall aims to finish preliminary talks pending final approval.
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Amos Kearns
City Council
F. Logan Porter
High Point
Kearns
City Hall
Woodmen Plan Trip To Thomasville
Piedmont Camp No. 62 Woodmen of the World officers meet at the W O W Home on West High Street at 6 30 p m Tuesday then attend the dedication of the new hall at the Thomasville camp. New camp officers in seven district camps will be installed with national and state officers present including Dr Herbert Kennedy Charles A Hines Nick Newberry Melvin T Oakes Robert Jarrett.
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Piedmont Camp
Woodmen of the World
West High Street
Thomasville Camp
Herbert Kennedy
Houston
Tex
Charles A. Hines
Greensboro
Nick Newberry
Charlotte
Melvin T. Oakes
Robert Jarrett
Richard H. Pritchett dies at 71 in Florida
Lynchburg industrialist Richard Hickson Pritchett 71 died Sunday in Fort Myers Florida after a heart attack. He founded the Blue Buckle Overall Co in Lynchburg in 1926 and served as its president until 1947 when he retired as chairman and sold to Blue Ridge Manufacturing Co. He remained a trust committee member of the Lynchburg National Bank. He is survived by his wife Lillian Parks and a daughter Mrs H M Webster and a son Richard H Pritchett Jr. Funeral plans await family arrival from Florida.
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Lynchburg
Richard Hickson Pritchett
H M. Webster
High Point
Fort Myers
Fla
Richard H Pritchett
Danville Military Academy
Hampden - Sydney College
Pritchett
Dan River Millis
Blue Buckle Overall Company, Inc
Blue Ridge Manufacturing Company of
New York
Blue Buckle
Lynchburg National Bank and Trust Company
Lillian Parks
Annapolis
Webster
Florida
Crashes Cause 475 Damage In Thomasville
Two Thomasville accidents Sunday caused about 475 in damage. A pickup operated by Arboghues struck a utility pole on Fisher Ferry Street causing 300 damage. A second crash at Loftin and Main Streets involved Howard Surratt and Helen Parry with total damages around 175. No charges were filed.
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Thomasville
Arboughes
Route 3
Fisher Ferry
B. D. Hicks
M. Steed
Loftin
Main
Howard Y. Surratt
Fisher Ferry Street
Helen Parry
West Main Street
Parry
Loftin Street
Beauticians Plan North Carolina Convention
Leaders of the North Carolina Hairdressers Association finalized plans for their annual convention at the Sheraton Hotel February 13. Some 500 to 600 hairdressers from across the state are expected to attend the three day event featuring new hairstyles by guest artists, private clinics, and demonstrations of products and equipment by manufacturers’ technicians. President Grace Lantz of Charlotte chairs the organization.
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North Carolina
Hairdressers Association
Sheraton Hotel
Luna Smith
High Point
Grace Lantz
Charlotte
Local Man Honored By Louisville Chamber
W. E. Davis of Leggett and Plat Inc. was awarded a Chamber of Commerce trophy for outstanding sales at a Louisville dinner on December 29. Davis, a North Carolina representative, lives at 308 Woodrow Avenue in High Point. Twenty four salesmen received distinguished awards at the event.
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W. E. Davis
North Carolina
Leggett and Plat Inc
Louisville
Louisville Chamber of Commerce
Louisville Chamber
Davis
Woodrow Avenue
High Point
Trash fire in V cant lot reported on Bradley Street
City firefighters answered a call Saturday at 4 48 p m to the 1600 block of Bradley Street where they extinguished a trash fire in an vacant lot. Cause of the blaze was unknown.
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Bradley Street
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