Downtown Tracks Coming Up Fast
City crews remove downtown rail segments as part of S Main widening. Grimes tracks between Main and Hamilton and a section on S Hamilton near Crown Hosiery are being removed under a contract that reverts ownership to the city. The remaining service line runs from Russell to Perry Street via Main Commerce Hamilton Green. The Leddy Franchise 99 year agreement expires in 1969.
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High Point
S. Main
Grimes
Main
Hamilton
S. Hamilton
Crown Hosiery Mill
Russell
Grimes Streets
Hpt&d
Commerce
Hamilton and
Green
Perry Street
Leddy
Cuban Aid Appeal Mobilizes High Point merchants
High Point Kiwanis Club members plan to gather relief items for Cuban refugees in Miami. Dr. N. M. Harrison said retailers will donate clothes shoes and staple foods, with shipments arranged via Dedmon Produce Co. truck. The effort leverages local stores and the Community Council approval to aid over 100 000 refugees in Miami and ongoing arrivals.
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Florida
High Point
N. M. Harrison
High Point Kiwanis Club
Miami
Fla
Dr. Harrison
High Point Business Council
Harrison
Dedmon Produce Co
S. Main St
J. Young
Prayer for Equality and Dignity Across Races
Russell S. Hutchison of Muskingum College offers a mercy prayer praying for Negro citizens, Latin Americans, and Indians to find equality and dignity in the country. He asks forgiveness for offenses in Jesus name. He signs from New Concord Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell S. Hutchison
New Concord
Ohio
Muskingum College
Residents Win Battle Over Lumber Storage in Lindale
Lindale Drive residents defeated a proposed Southland Supply lumber yard after planning commissioners reversed an earlier approval citing a deed restriction restricting the site to residential use. The denial followed resident protests and a ruling by City Attorney Knox Walker. A separate ruling blocked a small machine shop expansion, while planners outlined interim zoning classifications to aid nonconforming businesses.
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Lindale Drive
Southland Supply Co
Greensboro Road
Planning Commission
Knox Walker
J. I. Macon
Centennial Street
Woodruff
Beaucrest Avenues
Macon
Chamber of Commerce
Ordinance Sought to Ban Outdoor Furniture Displays
City planning commission backs a ban on unsightly outdoor displays during furniture markets while fearing broad scope could affect grocery and other stores. Staff to draft ordinance limiting to displays not connected with buildings.
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City Planning and Zoning Commission
Federal Aid For Slum Survey In High Point
High Point planning commission approved applying to the City Council for federal funds to finance two thirds of a slum survey. If granted, the city would cover one third, with the study guiding redevelopment projects and aiding the Mayor's Citizens Advisory Committee.
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High Point
Bill Colonna
City Redevelopment Commission
Colonna
Henry Price
Redevelopment Commission
Carson Stout
First Aid Classes Set for Ferndale Area Attendees
First aid courses for civil defense workshop attendees and others start Tuesday and Thursday evenings at the YWCA from 7 30 to 9 30 led by J C Lambeth of the fire department. The course runs 13 nights and covers standard and advanced first aid with a full sequence requiring attendance at all sessions.
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Ferndale Junior High School
YWCA
J. C. Lambeth
Fire Department
Weathers Named Exchangite Of Year
Gordon B. Weathers received the Exchangite of the Year Award at the High Point Exchange Club annual ceremony at the YWCA. State Exchange Club board member Joe P. Whitener gave the principal address. The event drew guests such as Mrs. Irene Honbarker and Mrs. Pearl Conrad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. D. Keith
Gordon B. Weathers
High Point Civitan Club
YWCA
High Point Exchange Club
Joe P. Whitener
Hickory
State Exchange Club
Board of Control
Irene Honbarker
Pearl Conrad
Frances
Furniture makers announce price hikes at winter market
Three major case goods producers Broyhill United Furniture and Thomasville disclosed 3 to 5 percent price increases opening the winter furniture market in Chicago. Drexel Bassett may follow within 30 days as lumber costs rise. Early retailer reactions are cautiously optimistic amid strong late 2023 bookings and up to three month backlogs.
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Chicago
Broyhill Furniture Factories
Lenoir
United Furniture Corp
Lex
Ington
Thomasville Furniture Industries
Thomasville
Drexel Manufacturing Co
Bassett Furniture Industries
Broyhill
Tom A. Finch
Thomasville Industries
Robert Philpott
United
Man Bound Over In Death Case
Eugene Douglas Stewart 30 of Kivett Drive bound over to Superior Court on a first degree murder charge for the stabbing death of George Hinton Jr. at a party. Hinton died at High Point Memorial Hospital from a chest wound.
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Frank Warren
Eugene Douglas Stewart
Kivett Drive
Superior Court
Stewart
George Hinton Jr
Windley Street
Hinton
High Point Memorial Hospital
Byron Haworth
Municipal Court
Jack Byerly
Byerly
O. H. Leak
Leak
Onsie Lee Boyd
Grace Dunham
Hunter Court
Snow Likely But Light Through Thursday
The weatherman says snow may fall today tonight and tomorrow with mostly cloudy skies and cooler temperatures. Highs near 40 today dipping to the low 30s and lows in the teens to 20s.
Desegregation Efforts Here Announced
B Elton Cox of CORE North Carolina and Louisiana arrives in High Point to unveil new desegregation plans. He has spent 19 days jailed in Baton Rouge on multiple charges and will push Lindale Dairy Corp to integrate its Lexington Avenue dairy bar and to hire a Black driver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
North Carolina
Louisiana
B. Elton Cox
High Point
Cox
Baton Rouge
Lindale Dairy Corp
Lexington Avenue
Guilford County
Carson Stout
Committee On Human Relations
Jess Washburn
Lindale
A&p
Centennial Avenue
Banner Sales Year For Furniture Seen
Two home furnishings manufacturers predicted increased sales of home laundry and bedding equipment in the next few years if consumers accept innovations. Claire G. Ely and John W. Hubbell spoke at the Winter International Home Furnishings Market in Chicago. Ely cited low auto clothes dryer adoption while Hubbell urged households to move beyond sardine can sleeping to boost 1962 sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Claire G. Ely
American Home Laundry Manufacturers Association
John W. Hubbell
Simn.ons Co
Merchandise Mart
Ely
Hubbell
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Drayer
Man Studios
Clocfelter
Superhighway
Clodfelter Park
Mac Panel
Model Farm Road
Brentwood Street
Highway Patrol
River Road Inn
Deep River
Council Chamber
City Hall
City - County
Reis
Cors
Numa F. Reid
Lodge
Masons
Gilbert R. English
D. D. Hutchinson
James E. Mosteller
E. L. Green
Burgess G. Leonard
Edward G. Updegrove
A. Jay Bodenheimer
Ior
William H. Marlette
J. Fletcher Stevenson
James Cox
Roy N. Sanders
Ryler
Thurman L. Kelley
William L. Underwood
Cone Spencer
Weatherman
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