Property Owners Appeal Under High Point Housing Ordinance
City building Inspector A R Strange mailed 30 notices on Dec 30 ordering two landlords to tear down houses and others to repair. Four appeals have arrived. today is the last day to file. One condemned house owner will tear down at 13 E Commerce St. Eleven landlords own the 30 houses. Most affected properties house Negro families. The ordinance for repair and elimination of unfit housing was adopted Dec 21 1954 and has been enforced only in a few cases until now.
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A. R. Strange
Strange
E. Commerce St
Building Board of Appeals
High Point
Witnesses Complete Meetings Reach 160 New Ministers Daily
A Watchtower spokesman from New York spoke at a three day Jehovah s Witnesses assembly in High Point urging fear free worship as 6325 000 preaching witnesses in 160 countries overcome fear since 1914 The event noted 400 000 attendees from 190 countries with 125 000 German participants at Nuremberg and Berlin and 60 000 more present The assembly emphasized expanding ministerial training while 20 new candidates immersed at the YMCA pool locally.
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Watchtower
E. A. Dunlap
New York
High Point
Assembly of Jehovah's Witnesses
Dunlap
Kingdom of God
World Society of Christians
North Carolina
YMCA
Ccntain Eeme
Nomen Ore Crest
Jehovah's Witnesses
Nuremberg
Berlin
Lost Knowledge Eludes Greeks and Global Minds Across Centuries
Fragmentary note recalls ancient al sogenians and clear Greek scholars, once recognizing eclipses and celestial knowledge, only to have mankind lose that understanding for centuries. It hints at perverse losses and the fading memory of early cosmology.
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Uy Fyem
Prayer for TODAY from Conrad Bergendorf
A devotional note praises keeping a distant view amid daily tasks. It prays for faith in timeless truth and the meaning of life beyond the present moment through the Saviour. Bergendorf, president of a college in Rock Island, IL, signs the benediction.
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Amen
Conrad Bergendorf
Rock Island
College
VFW Reports Funds Needed for New Headquarters
Members of the state Council of Administration of the Veterans of Foreign Wars learned more money must be raised before the new headquarters building on S Main Street can begin. Chairman W Spencer said about 20000 to 25000 dollars are still needed to start construction, with total estimated costs at 35000 dollars.
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State Council of Administration of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
S. Main St
W. J. Spencer
Valdese
Building Fund Committee
Spencer
R. L.roudebush
Indianapolis
Ind
VFW
James W. Cothran
Bishopville
S. C
J. D. de Ramos
Veterans Administration
Winston-Salem
J. M. Caldwell
State Veterans’ Commission
Raleigh
Wilmington
W. Rufus Joyner
Rocky Mount
Small Claims Court Opens Tomorrow
Tomorrow starts a Municipal Court civil term with thirty two small claims to be heard by Judge Archie Myatt in nonjury sessions. The trial calendar lists cases including Piedmont Auto Finance Co. vs. Robert Lee Hill and Southern Oxygen Co. Inc. vs. Roger L. Davis among many others, plus uncontested divorces to be tried before a jury in the opening session.
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Archie Myatt
Piedmont Auto Finance Co
Robert Lee Hill
Frank Allen
Buster Cox & Reid Evans
Southern Oxygen Co., Inc
Roger L. Davis
Davis Machine Works
Sungas Service
Greensboro
Edgar Ring
Ring's Gulf Service
Microuets, Inc
Robert Lee Gatling
Robert D. Kirkman
Nellie Jarrett
Ernest Boles
Boles Well Digging Co
Harold L. Hoover
Edith K. Thompson
Jimmy Eugene Cross
King's Gulf Service
Jamie Marcina Blackwelder
Lois Tilley Hazelwood
John Tilley
Jacob Harris
Jake Harris
Maxine Carroll
Mill & Contractors Supply Co
Randolph Construct Co
Bertha Dawson
Imperial Life Ins. Co
C. G. Bedford
Bedford Sales Co
P. A. Simos
Simos Barbecue Inn
Browser, Inc
Hugh Childress, Inc
E. W. Stroud
Lee Wheat
L. J. Fisher
James ‘Robert Ross American Slicing Machine Co
Winter Weather Forecast Hits High Point Area
Forecasters predict cloudy skies and a sharp cold snap in the High Point area. Temperatures will dip from a high near 42 to around 25 tonight and stay near 40 tomorrow with possible sleet or freezing rain later. Last night’s low reached 21 degrees.
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High Point
Furniture Industry Surges in 1955 with High Output
Seidman and Seidman report U S wood and upholstered furniture output rose 14 percent in 1955 to 1.8 billion dollars at manufacturers prices, up from 1.57 billion in 1954 and well above 1953. Employment rose after July 1955 with a 3 percent year gain, payrolls up 10 percent, and overtime up about 50 percent. Outlook remains favorable with housing starts around 1.3 million in 1955 and projected steady demand into 1956.
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United States
Seidman
Certified Public Accountants
Frank E. Seidman
Greensboro officials weigh land deal amid jail escape aftermath
Guilford County Commissioners discuss buying the Elwood Cox property adjacent to Snow Lumber tract with a city option expiring tomorrow. City to pay 250000 for Snow acreage east of city hall. Jail escape prompts calls for full operations review. Also on agenda are land for Summerfield School use and Keeley Institute temporary patient housing.
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Guilford County
Elwood Cox
Snow Lumber Co
Green, Wrenn, Commerce
Hamilton
South Carolina
Summerfield School
Commission
Keeley Institute
Superior Court
Jailer Suspended Over Guilford County Jail Escape
Sheriff John Walters suspended Assistant Jailer C F Moore for two weeks after three prisoners escaped Friday morning from Guilford County jail. The escapees Robert Lee Farr Roy Hedrick and Charles Thomas Ashley were recaptured the same day. Farr was seen by his mother after hours against FBI orders. Hedrick’s aunt’s home and Ashley’s capture in Camden South Carolina were noted.
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Greensboro
John Walters
C. F. Moore
Guilford County
Walters
Moore
Robert Lee Farr
FBI
Roy Hedrick
Hedrick
Farr
Charles Thomas Ashley
Ashley
Camden
S.C
Raleigh
Fire at Rabhan Co dust pit investigated for arson
Firemen probed a blaze in a Rabhan Manufacturing dust pit at 235 St Hamilton St last night. Alarm at 8 03 p m. The fire damaged only sawdust and the cause was listed as undetermined with possible accidental origin.
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Rabhan Manufacturing Co
St. Hamilton St
Deadline Nearing For Nominations Of Man Of The Year
Tomorrow is the last day for nominations for High Point s Young Man of the Year for 1955. Gordon Weathers, chairman of the Junior Chamber of Commerce committee, will forward entries for men aged 21 to 36 to a secret panel. The winner will be announced at the Jaycees Distinguished Service Award banquet on January 20. Call 5941 to reach Weathers.
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High Point
Gordon Weathers
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Small Claims Court
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Television Sales & Service
Lucky Buck
Arthur Murrey, Inc
Arthur Murray
North Main
OOD
Maxwell House Coffee
N. N. Main ST
COCA
Vaughn, Money
MED
Main ST
Vaughn
Hormel
High Point Main ST
Bordon Ballard
Pillsbury
Rabhan Co
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