Driver Injured Hit Run Charge Is Filed In Accident
Bobby Ray Idol, 25, of Route 1, faces four charges after an afternoon collision on Highway 68 injured Louis Fraley. Idol was arrested on Highway 29‑A five hours later, posted 950 bond, and is due for a Municipal Court hearing January 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway 58
Bobby Ray Idol
Route 1
Idol
Holmes Grocery
Highway 68
Louis A. Fraley
W. College Dr
Fraley
Hitron
Charles Kenneth Brock
Putnam Avenue
R. L. Cockman
Leroy Sanford Owens
Clara Cox
Earl Palmer
Hoover Flats
Palmer
Ella
False Alarm Expensive Try For Man
A 31 year old Millis Street resident Leroy Akins faced charges for giving a false alarm after triggering a fire alarm on Willis Street. He was booked for false alarm and drunkenness and ordered to repay the city 125 dollars plus court costs under a 90 day suspended sentence. Also sentenced were Billy Brown 30 days for issuing a worthless check 4 dollars, Willie Smith 43 for three drunk cases, Roy Allred 35 for 61 dollar check with 30 days suspended if paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millis Street
W. Willis Street
Leroy Akins
Akins
Byron Maworth
Billy Leon Brown
Randleman
Willie S. Smith
Brown
Smith
Roy Allred
Route 5
J. E. Hall
W. Washington Street
Growth in High Point Firms Reported by Dun and Bradstreet
J J Crenner of the Winston Salem Dun and Bradstreet office notes 1577 area firms in High Point in January 1959, up from 1516 in January 1958. The Reference Book covers manufacturers wholesalers and retailers and excludes many service and real estate firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Crenner
Winston-Salem
Dun & Bradstreet Inc
High Point
Dun & Bradstreet
United States
Weather Delays Denton Plant Finishing
Fred W. Baucom of Charlotte, foreman for Potts Brown Co., says plans aimed to finish the Denton plant by month’s start but weather delays push completion beyond the expected date. He notes recent rain slowed progress but projects still moving toward completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred W. Baucom
Charlotte
Potts- Brown Company, Contractors
Art Bowden Faces Second Murder Trial
Arthur M Bowden 17, serving 25 to 30 years for his brother Vance Bowden s slaying announced a second murder conviction fight in Buncombe Superior Court Asheville He is charged with killing his uncle Pearson Bradburn 49 whose body was found in a gully after an anonymous tip Sheriff Brown questioned Bowden who reportedly admitted to killing Bradburn and leaving the body on a mountainside Bowden plans a self defense plea Prosecutors have not set a trial date and Bowden s attorney Wade Hall declined further comment
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Arthur M. Bowden
High Point
Buncoombe
Asheville
April
Bowden
Pearson Bradburn
Vance Bowden
Bradburn
Laurence Brown
Ox Creek
Buncombe
Brown
Young Bowden
Vance
Tryon Street
Arthur Bowden
Donald
Arthur
J. Will Press
Wade Hall
Denton Library Board Meeting Set for January Session
Mrs Walter Hedlrick librarian at the Denton Branch announces the County Library Board will meet next on day at the local Library. Miss Antoinette Early County Librarian will preside over the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
Walter Hedlrick
Davidson County Public Library
Antoinette Early
Stove Explodes Burns Family Homeless in Thomasville
In Thomasville on Midway School Road the Pope home burned to the ground after an oil stove exploded as Mrs. Pope lit it. Mrs. Pope, an expectant mother, sustained slight burns. two young daughters escaped. Fire damage about 500 dollars, mainly furniture. Pope had been building a new home on the same lot and faced losses of three rooms of belongings. Community relief drives urged callers to Pilot Fire Department for clothing and shoes donations for the Pope family. The Pilot firemen also fought minor blazes at Erwell Myers and G B Kennedy Jr residences with only slight damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
David Pope
Midway School
Pilot Fire Department
Pope
Erwell Myers
Johnsontown Road
G. B. Kennedy Jr
Jacob Street
Scouts Propose PTA Cub Packs in Elementary Schools
Unharmed Boy Scout Council plans expand membership from 3979 to 4200 by year end 1959 with emphasis on cub scouting. 14 city elementary schools to organize packs via PTA. four already have packs and potential in High Point Allen Jay Oak View Trinity schools.
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Unharmed Boy Scout Council
Parent Teacher Association
Bunn Hackney Jr
PTA
Hackney
High Point
Allen Jay
Oak View
Trinity
Council
Lexington
I. Paul Ingle
Baxter Freeze
Raleigh Dingman
Harriss Covington
Thomasville
Salisbury
Three Teens Sentenced to Church Service in Greene County
A Greene County judge sentenced three teenage boys to attend church every Sunday for a year after they pleaded guilty to burglarizing a home in Waynesburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waynesburg, Pa
Greene County
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Dicoed Tite Salietaas
Security National
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
SEV Ee Ld
South Main ST
West Green ST
Member
Federal Reserve System
Greensboro
High Point Airport Branch
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Art Bowden
Assembly of God
Reginald Stone
G. S. Edmonds
Rev
Mocksville
Camp Uwharrie
Finance Committee
Belk
Chenille
Oia
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