Knife Victim Improves After Hourly Wounds in Davidson County
Wade Norris was found fatally injured at his Fisher Ferry Street home around 3 a.m. He needed about 90 stitches for wounds to his back, left side, face and chest and remained in critical condition at Memorial Hospital with slight improvement noted. Charles Thomas Tharp is held by the Sheriff in Lexington as investigators pursue the case.
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Thomasville
Wade Norris
Memorial Hospital
Norris
Fisher Ferry Street
Davidson County
Old Home Destroyed By Fire in Alamance Community
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed the Wade homeplace near Alamance seven miles southeast of Greensboro. The Humphries family, three members, were away when the two story frame house burned to the front portion, with firemen arresting the blaze at the back. Fire Marshal Bob Grant planned an investigation after cooling the ashes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Wade
Alamance
Here
Bob Grant
Cigarette Blamed For Collision In High Point
Police report a 6:35 p.m. collision on Kivett Drive after James Robert Doster, 30, of High Point, leaned to pick up a dropped cigarette and struck a parked car. Doster's car suffered $25 damage while the parked vehicle owned by James Benjamin Scott sustained about $100 damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Robert Doster
High Point
Kivett Drive
Doster
James Benjamin Scott
Youth Barred For Being Jewish Sparks Episcopalian View
A University of Colorado student, Michael Hernstadt, 19, said he is an Episcopalian after being barred from a Scarsdale Christmas dance for being Jewish. The Scarsdale Country Club faced criticism as the incident drew reactions from church leaders and the debuts of the associated debutante were canceled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boulder, Colo
University of Colorado
New York
Michael Cunningham
Hernstadt
Scarsdale Country Club
New York Journal American
Boulder
George French Kempsell Jr
Protestant Episcopal Church of
Journal American
Pamela Nottage
Arthur C. Lichtenberger
Protestant Episcopal Church
United States
Kempser
Man Arrested Four Times Last Week
Thomasville reports Hubert Perry 35 of Cloniger Street arrested for the fourth time this week. He allegedly issued a worthless check to Wrights Gulf Service. Bond set at 200 pending trial January 23. Earlier charges include assault on a female abandonment and a warrant drawn in High Point for issuing worthless checks.
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Thomasville
Hubert Perry
Cloniger Street
Wright
Gulf Service
Perry
High Point
Aroma Of Coffee Wafts From Fire
Aroma of coffee filled Ball Park Road area as contents of a Standard Coffee Co panel truck caught fire around noon yesterday. Fire damage confined to the truck. investigators suspect a cigarette started the blaze. Driver Nelson Edwards of Route 2 was involved.
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Thomasville
Ball Park Road
Standard Coffee Co
Nelson Edwards
Route 2
He Does Not Live Here Any More Walter Wiley Charged
Walter C. Wiley aged 35 is charged with issuing worthless checks. His wife says he no longer lives at Clara Cox Apartments and is separated, leaving her unaware of his current address. Wiley told police his address was Clara Cox Apartments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter C. Wiley
Clara Cox
Accident Box Score This Week
This week records show 1 accident with 0 killed and 0 injured. Property loss totals 5815 dollars for the week. Year to date property loss stands at 9925 dollars with 8 incidents.
Cerebral Palsy Drive Kicks Off in High Point
The 53 minute March for United Cerebral Palsy of North Carolina begins Thursday at 7 p m in High Point to raise 7000 dollars. General chairman Thomas Elder Jr notes 1657 Guilford County children are affected and national reach will fund 25 percent locally and 75 percent statewide.
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United Cerebral Palsy of
North Carolina
High Point
Thomas Elder, Jr
Guilford County
United States
Frank Hardy
National Organization
Paul Collins
Cpresiden
Toastmaster Club Names Officers in High Point
The High Point Toastmasters club elected Arch Schoch as Educational Vice President Bob Horney as Administrative Vice President and Walt Huber as Treasurer at a Sheraton Hotel breakfast meeting It will meet on the second and fourth Saturdays each month with a full program to begin. By laws committee members named Bill Hylton Walter Comfortl and Everett Hill.
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Hubert Rockwell
High Point
Toastmasters Club
Sheraton Hotel
Arch Schoch
Bob Horney
Walt Huber
Bill Hylton
Walter Comfort l
Everett Hill
Turks Seek Eighth Circuit Review of Desegregation Challenge
In Richmond Virginia the Turks of Sumter County South Carolina press to reinstate their lawsuit seeking admission of their children to white schools. Ira Kaye argues the state remedies were unavailable and that South Carolina pupil placement statutes sustain segregation. The case, aided by the ACLU, aims to secure desegregation rulings despite prior dismissals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond, Va
Ira Kaye
Sumter
S.C
U.S. 4Th Circuit Court of Appeals
George Bell Timmerman
Columbia
D.C
Timmerman
Kaye
South Carolina
U.S. Supreme Court
American Civil Liberties Union
Funeral service for former congressman J. Walter Lambeth Jr.
Death of J Walter Lambeth Jr former congressman and civic leader from Thomasville. Funeral held at home 19 East Main Street yesterday at 2 pm with Rev Frank Jordan and Rev C D Pyatt officiating. Pallbearers named and burial in Lambeth family plot at Thomasville City Cemetery. Died suddenly in Washington DC Thursday morning after extended health decline.
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Thomasville
J. Walter Lambeth Jr
E. Main St
Frank Jordan
Memorial Methodist Church
C. D. Pyatt
Fair Grove Methodist Church
Walter W. Rapp
Tom Lambeth
Charles F. Lambeth Jr
James C. Lambeth Jr
Harry Lee Lambeth
David T. Yow
Marion Dixon
Sam Harris
Lambeth
Thomasville City
Mr. Lambeth
Washington, D. C
Funeral for Martha Jane Carden Held at Macedonia Church
Funeral services for Martha Jane Carden age 66 were conducted at Macedonia Church of the Living God with Rev. Eston Highfill and Rev. George Smith officiating. Pallbearers included Columbus Godholt Cecil Walters Roland Rich and Colonel Brady. Burial followed in the family cemetery at Elizabethton Tennessee. Mrs. Carden of 804 Ingram Road died Thursday in High Point Memorial Hospital.
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Martha Jane’ Carden
Macedonia Church of the Living God
Eston Highfill
George Smith
Deliverance Tabbernacle
Greensboro
Columbus Godholt
Cecil Walters
Roland Rich
Colonel Brady
Elizabethton
Tenn
Carden
Ingram Rd
High Point Memorial Hospital
Ancient Rome imported grain from Egypt in vast ships
Egypt exported about 150000 tons of grain annually to Rome during the empire era. Large cargo ships compared to later vessels carried the grain to fuel Rome’s population and markets.
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Egypt
Rome
Funeral held for Foy Edgar Tuttle Sr. near Germanton
Funeral services for Foy Edgar Tuttle Sr. of Oak Ridge were conducted Friday at Friendship Baptist Church near Germanton by Rev. A. M. Hicks with Rev. John Burton assisting. Pallbearers included E. O. Parish Coy Smith A. P. Stafford W. A. Linville E. B. Mabe and W. Z. Peoples. Burial followed in the church cemetery. He died Wednesday.
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Kernersville
Foy Edgar Tuttle Sr
Oak Ridge
Friendship, Baptist Church
Germanton i
A. M. Hicks
John Burton
E. O. Parish
Coy Smith
A. P. Stafford
W. A. Linville
E. B. Mabe
W. Z. Peoples
Mr. Tuttle
Funeral for 18 day old son of A J and Mary Reddeck Min ton
Funeral services were held Friday at Cumby Chapel for Mark Dwayne Reddeck Min ton born December 24 1960 in High Point Memorial Hospital. He died Thursday morning after a brief illness and is buried in Floral Garden Park Cemetery. Rev James McClure officiated.
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A. J
Mary Reddeck Minton
Rt. 1
Jamestown
Cumby Chapel
James McClure
First Church of Christ
Floral Garden Park
Mark Dwayne
High Point Memorial Hospital
Funeral for Laura Montgomery Welch Held at Lebanon Church
Funeral services were conducted at 2 30 p m yesterday at Lebanon Methodist Church by Rev W C Sides pastor of Grace Methodist Church in Kings Mountain with pallbearers Andy Gray Jimmy Frazier Hansell Crees Richard Montgomery Elmo Welch and Albert Lamb. Burial followed in Lebanon Cemetery. Mrs Welch 76 of 1600 Johnson Street died Thursday at her home.
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Laura Montgomery Welch
Lebanon Methodist Church
W. C. Sides
Grace Methodist Church
Kings Mountain
Andy Gray
Jimmy Frazier
Hansell Crees
Richard Montgomery
Elmo Welch
Albert Lamb
Lebanon Cemetery
Welch
Johnson’ St
Patrolman Writes Own Ticket in Overtime Parking Case
In Lockport New York Patrolman J Paul Leyden cited a car for overtime parking to the meter shows his own vehicle his wife had parked it and the officer wrote the ticket as a routine enforcement act reflecting his dedicated duty.
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Lockport
N. Y
J. Paul Leyden
Leyden
Realty Transfers In High Point Township And Nearby Areas
Real estate actions include J Garland Crawford and wife to James H Farrell and wife a Sinclair T R lot Galloway and wife to James C Wall and wife Oakview Estate three Fannie English estate lots Clare C Ingram to Eloise W Ingram three lots J C Riggs and wife to William J Todd and wife J R Robbins lot Paul H Brigman and wife to DeMetza D Hutchinson part of two College Development & Improvement Co lots T R Galloway and wife to E Roy Samuel and wife three Oakview Estate lots Friendship Township Wilson Legare Inc trustee to Charles E Baxter and wife lot in Friendly Lakes.
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High Point Township
J. Garland Crawford
James H. Farrell
Sinclair T. R. Galloway
James C. Wall
Oakview
Clare C. Ingram
Eloise W. Ingram
Fannie English
John C. Riggs
William J. Todd
J. R. Robbins
Paul H. Brigman
DeMetza D. Hutchinson
College Development & Improvement Co
T. R. Galloway
E Roy Samuel
Friendship Township
Wilson-Legare Inc
Charles E. Baxter
Friendly Lakes
Liberty Life High Point Office Wins Staue of Liberty Trophy
Representatives of Liberty Life Insurance Companys High Point branch win the Staue of Liberty trophy for outstanding production for the third time this year. They and their wives will attend a company sponsored banquet. The office led 20 branches in the Northern region to the award.
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High Point
Liberty Life Insurance Company
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Charles Thomas Tharp
Sheriff's Department
Lexington
Alamance Road
Humphries
Tial Drive
Benny Braica
Toastmaster Club
4Th Circuit
Martha Carden
America
George P. Clark
New England
Professional Life Insurance Service
N. Main St
Foy Tuttle
Mark Minton
Laura Welch
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City of
W. O. Newman
Ass't
H. A. Wood
Furniture
Febist
P.C.S
E. Commerce ST
Liberty Office
Pontiac
North Main Street
High Point, N. C
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