Seasonal Cold Follows Weekend Record Rain
Heavy weekend rainfall disrupted High Point and area services. 2.83 inches Saturday and 0.17 inch Sunday at the filter plant, plus 2.44 inches at the U S Weather Bureau site. Damage centered on unpaved streets and soaked cables. officials call it the worst in 12 years. Forecast: partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow, with lingering cold. highs near 43 and lows mid 20s.
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High Point
U. S. Weather Bureau of Friendship
North State
Wachovia Reports Record Highs for 1961 Resources and Earnings
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company logged record totals for 1961 with resources at 909.4 million dollars, deposits 774.8 million, and capital at 58.6 million. Loans rose to 470.7 million, operating earnings before tax 13.15 million, and net after taxes 6.68 million. Trust assets climbed to 1.235 billion, making Wachovia the leading billion dollar trust institution in the South.
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Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
J. Roscoe Adams
Southeast
Wachovia
South
Prayer for T(S)DAY in Brooklyn church begins with a blessing
A prayer asks for constant awareness of God's presence in nature daily life and in moral steadfastness. It seeks Christlike insight in all creation from atom to galaxy and in loyalty love righteousness and truth, offered by Alfred Grant Walton of Tompkins Congregational Church Brooklyn NY.
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God
Christ
Alfred Grant Walton
Brooklyn, N. Y
Flatbush- Tompkins Congregational Church
Tobacco Meeting Set Tonight in Greensboro County Courthouse
Guilford County growers are reminded of the annual tobacco meeting at 7 p.m. in the Greensboro courthouse. Bert Taylor says the program covers new varieties plant production fertilization soil fumigation curing and diseases with Roy Bennett and Furney Todd from State College Raleigh addressing the group.
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Guilford County
Greensboro
Bert Taylor
Roy Bennett
Furney Todd
State College
Raleigh
Guilford
Taylor
New Booklet On Shelters Going Out
The civil defense office will distribute 10 000 copies of Fallout Protection a 48 page handbook by McNamara to educate Americans on thermonuclear attack risks and shelter options. Volunteers from Boy Scouts civic groups will deliver door to door by week’s end with 1500 copies available at the post office and civil defense office.
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Civil Defense Office
Vern Porter
Fense
Boy Scout
N. Hamil
Robert S. McNamara
HPC to Present Amos Play Second Time at College
High Point College repeats The Prophecy of Amos a music drama based on the Old Testament. The January 25 26 performances at 830 p m feature Walt Hudgins writer director and Dr Lew Lewis music director. Hudgins associate professor of religion holds a PhD from Duke. Lewis MA Ohio State EdD Stanford head of music since 1951.
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Amos
High Point College
Student Christian Association
Methodist Liberal Arts College
Walt Hudgins
Department of Religion
Lew Lewis
Department of
Fine Arts
Tekoa
Israel
Hudgins
Duke University
Lewis
Ohio State University
Stanford University
Construction Rate Slow At Year s Start
Construction activity in High Point started slowly in the first week of the year. The city issued one new construction permit to Southern Oil Co for a 6000 dollar service station at 400 W Broad. Ten alteration and repair permits totalled 16125 dollars. The largest went to W E Linthicum at 406 Tomlinson for 10000 dollar additions and alterations. A 3000 dollar permit went to Arthur Dickens for an office addition at 518 English. Furniture Sales Inc at 209 Gatewood was granted a 1500 dollar interior alterations permit.
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High Point
Southern Oil Co
W. Broad
W. E. Linthicum
Tomlinson
Arthur Dickens
English
Furniture Sales, Inc
Gatewood
Ervin Speaks On Justice At City County Court Center Dedication
Sen. Sam Ervin Jr addressed the dedication of the new city county building urging adherence to fundamental judicial principles. The ceremony featured judges, a state supreme court justice, and local officials with a luncheon to follow, as plans call for later dedication of remaining facilities.
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Sen. Ervin
Forrest Cates
Enterprise
U. S
Sam Elvin Jr
Exposition Building
State Supreme Court
Byron Haworth
High Point Bar Assa
County Commission
Lloyd C. Amos
High Point
Carsos Stout
Amos
George Covington
Jess Washburn
Stout
Guilford
Susie Sharp
Crissman
Eugene Shaw
F. Donald Phillips
Walter FE. Johnson
Allen H. Guinn
H. Hoyle Sink
N. C. Supreme Court
William Bobbitt
Sen
Ervin
Horace Kornegay
Washington
Congress
District Bar Assn
James Lovelace
Superior Court
Walter Crissman
U.S
Sam Ervin Jr
Art Richardson
Man Of Year Nominations Extended
Deadline for candidates for the Jaycees Distinguished Service Award has been extended to midnight Wednesday. The DSA winner will be chosen by a secret committee of community leaders from 21 to 35 year olds who reside in High Point. Bosses Night Dinner at Moose Lodge on N Main Street on January 25 will announce the winner during Jaycee week January 21 to 26.
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Jaycee
Tom Charping
DSA
High Point
Moose Lodge
N. Main Street
Army Sees Six Enlistees In Past Month At Local Office
Sgt Joseph Vincent announces six enlistments through the De cember office. From High Point Roosevelt Clark Reginald S Spencer Billy Gene Phillips Horace Ray Poole requested airborne training while James A Lowery goes to Army Surveyors School. William A Lamb of Randlman joins Army Air Defense Command and heads to Los Angeles.
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Joseph Vincent
Army
Regular Army
High Point
Roosevelt Clark
Reginald S. Spencer
Billy Gene Phillips
Horace Ray Poole
James A. Lowery
Army Surveyors School
William A. Lamb
Randleman
Army Air, Defense Command
Los Angeles
Calif
Woodmen Plan Installation Of 1962 Officers
Local Woodmen of the World prepare to install their 1962 slate of officers tomorrow at 7 p.m. The ceremony will be held at Camp 62 Woodman Hall on Centennial Avenue Ext., followed by an oyster stew.
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Woodmen of the World
Camp 62
Woodman Hall
Centennial Avenue
Ext
School Named For Robert Frost in Lawrence
Robert Frost attended the dedication of a new $800000 elementary school in Lawrence Massachusetts. The 88 year old poet laureate called the naming one of the greatest honors of his life. Frost spent much of his youth in Lawrence and taught school there after graduating Lawrence High School valedictorian in 1892.
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Lawrence
Mass
Robert Frost
United States
Frost
Lawrence High School
Weekend Accidents Leave Three Injured In Multiple Collisions
Three people were bruised in weekend crashes on Albert son Road Roland Park Drive and N Main Street. Lane Hardin and Dawson were hurt when Hardin's car sped and hit a pole, while Lane's car went off the road after a wrong side approach. Other incidents involved collisions on Beaumont Street and a disorderly conduct arrest on Long Street.
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Jimmy Wayne Hardin
Meredith Street
Terry Dawson
James Edgar Lane
Woodridge Lane
Lane
Albertson Road
Dawson
Hardin
Roland Park
Totera Street
Beaumont Street
N. Main Street
Thomasville
Greensboro
Della Ruth Colley
Colley
Main Street
J. Harvey White
Rt. 4
Paul A. Kitchen
Long Street
Kitchen
Floyd James Trivett
Dayton Street
Linda Faye Whitt
Long View Drive
Harold Lee Spencer
Archdale
Growth In Scouting Reaches New Heights In 1961
The Uwharrie Boy Scout Council grew from 191 to 203 units in 1961, serving 4 607 boys, up 272 from 1960. High Point added 6 units for 53 total and 1 358 members, a 9 percent council growth. Doak Finch James Lambeth and John Nicholson earned silver beavers as the council prepares four more in 1962. Merit badges totaled 3 923 with 36 Eagle Scouts. firemanship cooking nature studies and swimming led badges.
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Uwharrie Boy Scout Council
High Point
Boy Scouts
Doak Finch
James Lambeth
Thomasville
John Nicholson
Salisbury
Eagle Scouts
Rule Changes on Returning of Undeliverable Mail
The post office implements new rules for undeliverable second third and fourth class mail today. Endorsements must read Return Requested to have returns sent to the sender with any new address. forwarding and post cards to new addresses are no longer guaranteed. Notices to publishers rise to 10 cents per second class item. third and fourth class mail follow regular rates or 8 cents, and forwarding endorsements on folders are discouraged though existing stock may be used.
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Post Office
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L. R. Pendry
Dallas St
Midwest
Chicago
Porter
HPC
Walter E. Crissman
U. S. Supreme Court
High Point Enterprise
Kenner
Jerry Barnard
Dale Hunt
Winston Road
N. Main
Trivett
S. Main Street
Whitt
Spencer
Louise Crawford Leonard
Russell
Leonard
Hunt
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