Rawleigh Elected Precinct Chair of Local GOP
James N. Rawleigh longtime Eisenhower mobilizer was elected 11 precinct chairman to lead the local Republican organization. He succeeds Newlin Hayworth who asked to be relieved for private affairs and will become vice chairman to help map a slate of fully qualified candidates for the May city election.
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James N. Rawleigh
Newlin Hayworth
Rawleigh
Nthe
GOP
Eisenhower
Nota Ny
Hayworth
Wee Gop
Ain Haywoth
J. Rawleigh
Suspicion Of Arson At Church Revealed
Fire investigators probe possible arson in the Pearson Memorial AME Church blaze on Washington Street sparked after an 11 year old boy was found sleeping in nearby St Marks Baptist Church. Chief Claude Canady said the fire likely started on the first floor and could not be traced to the heating stove. The boy reported sleeping in the basement classroom on prior occasions. No other buildings were harmed.
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Pearson Memorial Ame
Claude Canady
St. Marks Baptist Church
Washington Street
Pearson Memorial
Mark Canady
Assault Charges Brought Against 2 in Thomasville
Police report the arrest of Florine Gowins, 50, on assault with a deadly weapon and threatening a knife attack. She posted bail of 300 dollars and faced Recorder's Court on January 25 before Judge L. Roy Hughes. Another case involves Royal Hughes, 27, charged with assault and set for January 21 bail at 100 dollars.
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Thomasville
Florine Gowins
West Guilford Street
Bend
L. Roy Hughes
Recorder's Court
Trinity
Royal
Hughes
Kathleen
Anne Tee
Prayer for Today by Joseph R Sizoo at GWU
A prayer invoking God’s guidance for daily work and faith in Jesus Christ. Signed by Joseph R Sizoo, professor of religion at The George Washington University, Washington, D. C. The prayer asks to lean on the Rock of Ages and run with patience, through Christ.
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God
Jesus Christ
Joseph R. Sizoo
Washington, D. C
George Washington University
Hunger Sounds Spurs Police to Colonial Store
A 2 am call reported a baby crying from the Colonial Store on Montlieu Avenue. Police and the manager from Jamestown investigated and found the noises came from an oil-starved display sign swinging in the wind.
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Montlieu Avenue
Jamestown
Congressman Thompson to Address North Carolina Young Democrats
U S Rep Frank Thompson of New Jersey will be principal speaker at a Greensboro YDC meeting at the O Henry Hotel. The event installs new state officers including Steve Nimocks as state president and Horace Kornegay to supervise the ceremony. Thompson, born July 26 1918 in Trenton, served five NJ terms and was elected to Congress in 1954.
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U. S
Frank Thompson
New Jersey
North Carolina
Young Democrats Club
Greensboro
O'Henry Hotel
John Haworth
Guilford County
YDC
Steve Nimocks
Fayetteville
Henry Hall Wilson Jr
Monroe
al Sigman
North Wilkesboro
Annie Frank Boland
Graham
William Z. Ward
Winston-Salem
Betty June Hayes
Hillsboro
Horace Kornegay
Wake Forest College
Thompson
Jeroi Ture
Congress
Bond Vote Date To Be Set For High Point Utilities
The High Point City Council will set February 23 as the election date for a 6.2 million bond issue to fund water and sewer expansions. Most funds will enlarge facilities while the rest opens traffic arteries. Officials said no ad valorem tax rate increase is needed, but rates for water and sewer will rise for all customers.
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High Point
Local Government Commission
Raleigh
Commission
Iice
Deer Eaten With Own Teeth Buck Hunter Laughs At Cost
In Little Fort British Columbia local gunsmith Frank Wharton reportedly found teeth false or not and used a buck to fashion a set of dentures for himself. He said the buck provided both meat and amusement in a quirky survival experiment.
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Little Fort
B.C
Frank Wharton
Sertomans Hear Talk On Cuba By Whicker
Grady Whicker of Point spoke on Cuba at the High Point Sertoma Club meeting yesterday. Otis Blackwell and Whicker were inducted as new members. Guests Richard Sengstacken and Bill Hickey attended. Attendance prizes went to Glen Brown and Jake Harris.
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Cuba
Grady Whicker
Point
High Point Sertoma Club
Whicker
Otis Blackwell
Richard Sengstacken
Bill Hickey
Glen Brown
Jake Harris
Capital Airlines to start Viscount service Greensboro High Point
Capital Airlines will begin Viscount jet prop service to Greensboro High Point Airport from February 1 as announced by District Manager Ray Evans. The schedule shows mid day and late afternoon hops to Memphis Knoxville Washington and New York with reduced flying times and possible local schedule adjustments as more Viscount flights are added in summer.
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Capital Airlines
Greensboro-High Point
Ray Evans
Greensboro- High Point
Capital
Civil Aeronautics Board
Washington
New York
Knoxville
Memphis
Evans
Greensoro High Point
Greensboro
High Point
Trio Charged With Traffic Violations in High Point
Three motorists faced traffic charges after two separate accidents in High Point. James Walter Archie 25 of Olga Street was cited for speeding while Armour Glenn Carson 59 of E Green Street was charged with failure to signal in a Johnson Street collision. Damages were about 500 dollars. Clifford Junior Navy 29 of S Wrenn Street was cited for improper passing in a Willowbrook Street crash involving Calvin Edward Saunders 33 of S Main Street with damages around 150 dollars.
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High Point
James Walter Archie
Olga Street
Armour Glenn Carson
E. Green Street
Johnson
E. State
Carson
Archie
Clifford Junior
Navy
S. Wrenn Street
Willowbrook Street
Calvin Edward Saunders
S. Main Street
Sleepy Gunslinger Sentenced After Quiet-Needed Shotgun Display
Jamestown man Willie Cruthis was found guilty of simple assault in Municipal Court after firing a shotgun into the air in a church yard to quiet loud music. He received a 30 day sentence suspended for 12 months with conditions not to molest the Rev. Horace King, and was ordered to pay jury costs. Cruthis testified the noise kept him awake on a trip to Norfolk, denying threats to kill the minister. A breach of peace charge was non suited.
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Jamestown
Willie Cruthis
Route 1
Horace King
Cruthis
Norfolk
King
Hold Your Hat Mercury On Rollercoaster Weather
The area braces for a granddaddy cold wave with temperatures dropping from a 65 degree high to around 20 tonight. Gusty winds clear skies, with fair but colder conditions expected tonight and tomorrow, then gradual easing by Saturday as clouds increase and some precipitation possible. Greensboro High Point Airport recorded a 59 degree low last night. tomorrow’s high may reach 35 to 38.
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Greensboro High Point
Mrs Parker Dies Rites Tomorrow
Deborah Tomlinson Parker 77 widow of Alvin S. Parker of Blood Court Apts died last night at High Point Memorial Hospital after two years of declining health and four days of serious illness. Born Bush Hill now Archdale on November 17 1879 she studied at Guilford College and State Normal College and helped found the Tomlinsons of High Point. Surviving are four sons seven grandchildren and a sister. Funeral services set for 3 PM at Lay Point Friends Meeting House with interment in Springfield Friends Cemetery.
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Deborah Tomlinson Parker
Alvin S. Parker
Blood Court Apts
High Point Memorial Hospital
Parker
Bush Hill
Archdale
Allen A
Anna Fawcett Tomlinson
Guilford College
State Normal College
Woman's College of the
University of North Carolina
Tomlinson's of
High Point
Alvins. Parker
Society of Friends
W. O. T. Club
Hospital Guild
YWCA
A. Scott Parker Jr
Allen J. Parker
Charles T. Parker
Napoleon
Ohio
Frank E. Parker
Jacksonville
Fla
Annie T. Hauser
Lay Point Friends
Springfield Friends Cemetery
Sechrest Funeral Home
Railway President Visits High Point for Industrial Growth
Southern Railway President Harry A. DeButts visited High Point with executives B. E. Young E. L. Faulconer and Harris to discuss continued industrial development along the lines. Herbert Minnis showed them around and a prior W. M. King visit addressed recent rerouting issues. DeButts affirmed strong interest in more High Point business and noted grade crossing progress in the city.
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Southern Railway
Harry A. DeButts
Herbert D. Minnis
High Point
DeButts
B. E. Young
Washington, D. C
E. L. Faulconer
Harris
Greens
Dent DeButts
W.M. King
Southern
Charlotte
High Point Seniors Nominated for Morehead Scholarships
High Point High School announces three seniors Ronald Alva Koonts Wyndham Lee Wilkinson and John Ogburn Blackburn nominated for Morehead Scholarships and notes 10 finalists nationwide in Merit Scholarships. Final approval awaits interviews by district central and Morehead Foundation trustees with up to 1250 yearly aid for four years.
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D. P. Whitley
Ronald Alva Koonts
Wyndham Lee Wilkinson
John Ogburn Blackburn
University of North Carolina
High Point High
Morehead
Whitley
Chapel Hill
Morehead Foundation
School For Blind Superintendent To Speak To Lions
High Point Lions host Egert Peeler superintendent of the State School for the Blind Raleigh for a program Peeler a Rockwell County native and University of North Carolina graduate has long served in education and Rotary roles since 1945 as head of the school for the blind and led aid to the visually handicapped through Lions shows leadership in state schooling and service.
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High Point Lions
Raleigh
Rotary Club
Rotary
Rotary International
Lions
Bill To Aid Trainable Retarded Drafted In North Carolina
Taylor Kennerly, president elect of the North Carolina Association for Retarded Children, says a draft act to fund and authorize a state program for trainable retarded children will be submitted to the General Assembly in February. The plan seeks $150 000 for the first year and $225 000 for the second, with the State Board of Education to run the program and public schools housing the classes under community support. The move follows meetings across Guilford and other counties and support from Dr Charles Carroll and attorney general staff.
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Taylor Kennerly
N. C. Association For Retarded Children, Inc
General Assembly
Attorney General's Office
State Board of Education
Claude Love
Association
Gurney P. Hood
Raleigh
Charles Carroll
Guilford
Carroll
High Point
Ralph Snyder
Matt Wall
Everett Marsh
Atin
Greensboro
Murder Hearing Waived in High Point Taxi Driver Slaying
Julius Bunton and John Kollock Jr. both 21 are bound over for trial in Superior Court on murder charges in the slaying of Clifford Whitt Phillips, 28, whose body was found in a taxi on Hoskins Street. They waived preliminary hearing amid heavy police guard, and a court-appointed attorney may be named if indicted.Police testified they confessed to robbery and murder. Bunton admitted firing the fatal shot.
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Sue Superior Court
High Point
Julius Bunton
John Kollock, Jr
Clifford Whitt Phillips
Hoskins Street
Bunton
Kollock
Bennettsville
S. C
Kollack
Spring Manufacturing
Byron Haworth
Haworth
Clay Andrews
Phillips
Andrews
Greensboro
South Carolina
UF Agency Annual Meet Set Tuesday At YMCA
Mrs Corinne Grimsley English will speak at the Family Service Bureau annual dinner at 6 30 p m Tuesday at the YMCA The former Corinne J Grimsley soon to be Mrs Whitaker English of Akron Ohio has guest spoken for other High Point groups She is an Extension Specialist in Family Relations with the North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service for nine years She is a North Carolina native with a BA from Converse College and an MA from Columbia University She previously worked as a church worker in Greensboro and served as a Guidance Counselor at Duke University
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Corinne Grimsley English
Family Service Bureau
YMCA
English
Whitaker English
Akron
Ohio
Corinne J. Grimsley
High Point
North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service
North Carolina
Converse College
Spartanburg
S. C
Columbia University
New York
Greensboro
Extension Service
Duke University
William P. Price
Way of
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REP
Trio
Harris L. Bondurant
Bill Jackson
Mercury
Minnis
Herbert Minnis
Chamber of Commerce
Presi
HPHS
School For Blind
Carroll Endorses
Mrs
Corinne English
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