National Bank approves 100 percent stock split in historic move
First National Bank plans to double capital from 250000 to 500000 via a 100 percent stock dividend drawing from surplus. The move boosts surplus to 600000, supports larger business volume, and marks the bank’s third split. Directors re-elected and officers renamed as it celebrates 50 years of growth since 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
A. Long Jr
Tom A. Finch
Harry B. Finch
Doak Finch
M. L. Bales
N. C. English
George D. Finch
Fred N. Kennedy
C. L. Harris
Fred B. Gray
C. F Phillips
R. L. Pope
Walter W. Rapp
J. F. Garner
R. V. Yakeley
First National
Davidson County
Tax Lists Still Being Taken In City Hall
Taxpayers in Thomasville were reminded that city and township tax listing is conducted in the city hall basement. Many visitors mistakenly went to the new county building across from the hall, thinking it housed the tax listers.
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Thomasville
Sophia Man Nabbed On Multiple Counts
Harold Wayne Rich 18 of Route 1 Sophia was arrested by Randolph Sheriff Deputy R V Weston on charges of passing worthless checks forgery speeding and reckless driving. Rich faced warrants from Asheboro High Point Greensboro for worthless checks and forgery with possible larceny false pretense and rape charges noted. His wife Colleen Kearns Rich faced possible charges. Bond estimated above 15000 with additional warrants expected. Officials from Greensboro discussed the case at the Randolph jail.
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Harold Wayne Rich
Route 1
Sophia
Randolph
R. V. Weston
Weston
Rich
Randolph County
High Point
Greensboro
Shophin
Davidson County
Asheboro
Randolph Superior Court
Liberty
Realty Transfers Across High Point Townships and Subdivisions
Multiple transfers recorded in High Point Township listing buyers and sellers. Properties include Brentwood School Park, Eastover Park, Ranch Road, College Park, Ranch Acres, Ellwood Heights, Browndale Development, and By rum Street, with parties such as Roe A Talley Harold A Talley Clarence Keever Bertha Spease Barnes Leland Averett D W Hunter Geneva Miller Anna Brady James Cox Marvin Cruthis and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Township
Roe A. Talley
Harold A. Talley
Brentwood School
J. T. Boulton
Clarence C. Keever
Eastover Park
Billy R. White
Y. M. Mooney
Garland L. Bryant
Ranch Road
A. R. Idol
H. H. DeLapp
Brentwood
Bertha Spease Barnes
H. H. DeLappe
J. Gurney Briggs
Leland S. Averett Jr
Lindsay Street
James Cheek
Geneva M. C. Miller
College Park
J. T. Cook
Anna L. Brady
Kavanagh Smith & Co
Herbert M. Potts Jr
J. C. Elliott
George W. Cross
Ellwood Heights
Homer B. O'Brien
P. E. Stewart
James C. Cox
Spring Street
Joe C. Snyder
D. W. Hunter
Byrum Street
Roger W. McGee
Benefit Cage Game On Tap For Thursday
The annual DeMolay Order vs High Point High School faculty basketball game raises funds for the March of Dimes. Games at 8 p.m. Thursday at the YMCA, with a 25 cent admission. Notables from both teams and a polio drive appeal accompany the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point High School
YMCA
Bruce Roberts
Wayne White
Harold Abercrombie
Eulis Bayes
Howard Cross
Raleigh Dingman
G. W
HPC Holds Exams and Sets Second Semester Registration
Final examinations for the first semester at High Point College began today and continue through next Wednesday. Second semester registration is scheduled for Thursday, January 23, with classes starting Friday, January 24. Registrar N P Y arbrough expects about 950 students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point College
N. P. Yarborough
Gunmen Rob Pilot Esso Station for 125 Dollars
Two men robbed the Pilot Esso station on the Thomasville by pass last night, escaping in a green Oldsmobile after a pistol exchange with attendant Rummage who was struck but not fatally harmed. Officers report limited leads and no arrests as roadblocks fail to yield suspects.
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Willie Rummage
Thomasville
Pistol Point
Bill Jackson
Wint Capel
Esso
Rummage
Carl Clinard
Sheriff's Department
State Highway Patrol
En Ryme
South Rd
Seeninauina
Clinard
Castro's Forces Pull Bold Raid on Manzanillo
Fidel Castro’s rebels carried out a daylight raid on the sugar port of Manzanillo and withdrew safely to mountain hideouts. The army offered no counteraction while rebels blocked roads and railways into the city and targeted politicians and officers marked as enemies.
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Castro
Havana
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Manzanillo
Fulgencio Batista
Sierra Maestra
Missionary Circle No 2 Meeting Time Change
Missionary Circle No 2 of First Baptist Church will meet with Mrs Maggie Burris at 25 A Daniel Brooks Homes at 8 o clock tonight instead of as previously scheduled.
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Missionary Circle No. 2
First Baptist Church
Maggie Burris
Daniel Brooks
Martin T Clark Dies After Heart Attack
Martin Thomas Clark 51 of 910 Kearns St died Tuesday at 6 p m in High Point Memorial Hospital after a heart attack on December 8 He was born March 28 1906 in Spartanburg S C to Annie Bailey and the late Oliver James Clark He married Blanche E Tyson He had been deaf since birth for 24 years and worked most of that time for Myrtle Desk Company Surviving are his wife and his mother one son Oliver Bertha Cobb of Sarasota Fla Funeral services will be Friday at 3 p m at Harold C Davis chapel with Rev Jerry Potter deaf missionary officiating Interment at Floral Garden Park Cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Thomas Clark
Kearns St
High Point Memorial Hospital
Spartanburg
S. C
Annie Bailey
Oliver James Clark
Blanche E. Tyson
Myrtle Desk Company
Oliver Bertha Cobb
Sarasota
Fla
Harold C. Davis
Jerry Potter
Thomasville
Floral Garden Park Cemetery
Deaths And Funerals for Hattie Styron and Grady Hedrick
Funeral rites held for Hattie Lée Styron 47 at Main Street Methodist Church with interment in Floral Garden Park Cemetery. She died at home 2424 Johnson Dr Sunday at 2 a.m. Survived by husband Roland Styron and multiple relatives. Also services for Grady J. Hedrick 45 of Holly Grove Road at Holly Grove Lutheran Church with burial in the family plot. he died Saturday night on a business trip to Chicago.
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Roland Styron
Hattie Lée Styron
Main Street Methodist Church
H. G. Allen
E. W. Price Jr
Green Street Baptist Church
Harold Lohr
Garland Watson
Roscoe Tucker
Hugh Stroud
Bobby Stroud
C. C. Williams
L. W. Edwards
Griff Stroud
Grady J. Hedrick
Thomasville
Holly Grove Road
Holly Grove Lutheran Church
Donald B. Londholdt
Harry D. Hawthorne
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
High Point
Melvin L. Gentry
First Wesleyan Methodist Church
Fair Grove
Richard Jarrett
Leon Ingram
Dalton Fritts
Earl Blue
Walter Johnson
Willie Welborn
Rupert Parrish
Church
Mr. Hedrick
Chicago
Trinity Native Succumbs In Durham Hospital
Miss Irene Craven Pegram of Durham died Monday at Watts Hospital after a brief illness. A Trinity native, she lived in Durham since 1892, taught in Durham City Schools, and was affiliated with Trinity Methodist Church. Surviving: sister Ennie Pegram, brothers Dr. George B. Pegram and William H. Pegram. Funeral today at Trinity Methodist Church. final rites Thursday at Trinity Cemetery in Randolph County.
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Durham
Irene Craven Pegram
Watts Hospital
Trinity
Randolph County
Trinity College
Duke University
Trinity Park School
A. Methodist Church
Ennie Pegram
George B. Pegram
New York
William H. Pee
Houston
Tex
Trinity Methodist Church
Dolph County
Real estate transfers list multiple land parcels and buyers
Davidson Realty transfers Nettie Gordon to Lillie Mae Smith and J. D. Smith covering 4.7 acres. Homer R. Jones and wife transfer to A. L. Hunt and wife and to Albert F. Hunt and wife for 1 lot. C. D. Sechrist farm. Howard F. Parker and wife transfer to Ottis E. Bottoms and wife for 1 lot. Reed Supply Co Inc transfers to R. D. Reed and wife for 1 tract Wallcliff Park. Reed Supply Co Inc transfers to C. R. Park. M. E. Gilliam and wife to Okey L. Sykes and wife for 5 lots in Crest view subdivision. Mamie Black Leonard to Robert Leland Crouch for 8 lots Pilot View. Wiley C. Taylor and wife to Gilmer R. Taylor for 1 lot. Allen Hill and wife to Frank Wilson and wife for 1 lot. M. E. Hamrick and wife to Allen W. May and wife for 2 tracts Conrad Hill Township. Buck Young Oil Co Inc to James W. Futrell Jr. and wife for 5 lots Center acres. Pearl Hughes to Charlie Hughes for 5 acres. Charlie Hughes and wife to Burt Yates for 5 acres. James B Cameron to James B Cameron and wife for 24.74 acres. Ralph Conrad and wife and N de Conrad and wife to Bobby Everhart and wife for 2 acres. H. M. Lohr and wife and Roy Lohr and wife to Sandy Everhart and wife for 1 lot. W. J. Parks and wife to D. Lewis Everhart and wife for 4.10 acres.
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Nettie Gordon
Lillie Mae Smith
J. D. Smith
Homer R. Jones
A. L. Hunt
Albert F. Hunt
C. D. Sechrist Farm
Howard F. Parker
Ottis E. Bottoms
Reed Supply Co, Inc
R. D. Reed and
Wallcliff Park
Reed Supply Co. Inc
C. R
Conrad Hill Township
Buck Young Oil Co. Inc
James W. Futrell Jr
Pearl Huhes
Charlie Hughes
Burt Yates
James B. Cameron
James B. ‘Cameron
Ralph Conrad
N. de Conrad
Bobby Everhart
H. M. Lohr
Roy Lohr
Sandy Everhart
W. J. Parks
Lewis Everhart
Man Charged In Assault On Minor
Thomasville report says Nelson Shore 22 of Morrison Avenue was arrested on a charge of assaulting a 4 year old boy, Vernal Spivey, son of Henry Spivey. Shore posted bond for trial. Police also noted a car damaged about 240 dollars when it skidded on National Highway Monday and hit a power pole guy wire. Driver William G. Prevatte 50 was not arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Nelson
William G. Prevatte
Holstein Breeders Assn to Hold Annual Meeting
LEXINGTON The Holstein Breeders Association will hold its annual meeting Thursday night at Claude's Restaurant. A dutch supper starts at 7 p.m. All members are invited to attend for an interesting program and the election of officers.
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Lexington
Claude's
Worthless Check Charge Lodged Against Tire Service Operator
City police filed a worthless check charge against L. B. Welborn operator of Welborn Tire Service on S Main Street. S. T. Petterson of Rubber and Tire Materials Co. Atlanta Ga alleged a $700 bad check drawn on a High Point bank. Welborn posted bond and will have a Jan 20 hearing.
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L. B. Welborn
Welborn Tire Service
S. Main Street
S. T. Petterson of
Rubber and Tire Materials Co
Atlanta
Petterson
Welborn
High Point
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National Bank
Colleen Kearns Rich
Flint Hill
Archdale
Charlie Wagner
HPC
Pilot Station
Colored News
Martin T. Clark
John Bethel Cecil
Clarksburg Methodist Church
Billy Kaney
Mt. Calvary Baptist Church
George C. Starr
Oak View Methodist Church
J. C. Bullins
Homer Mabe
Kenny Moore
Tom Rickard
Robert Osborne
Charles Jones
Cecil
S. Hamilton St
F. Hill
Dobbs Truss Co
Mann’s Drug Store
N. Main
Thomasville Township
Holstein Breeders Assn
Merit Shoes
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