High Point Eyeing $1 Million Payroll Plant Deal
A major television and electronics manufacturer negotiates to buy or lease the former Strickland Furniture building on South Main Street for five years with option to buy. The deal hinges on January 24 directors meeting with Blair Park Manufacturing as current owner. If approved, the plan includes laminating production and hiring skilled workers, potentially expanding to other plants in the area.
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Cee Neong Lag Rey
High Point
Strickland Furniture Corporation
South Main Street
Blair Park Ara Manufaturing Corporation
Television Company
Blair Park Company
Chamber
Chamber of Commerce
Publica
Tthe
Park property bids total at least 152000
Mendenhall-Moore realtors submitted open bids totaling 152000 for city and school land on North Church and Elm Street. The city share was 89000 and the school board 63000, with the process led by City Manager T E Hinson and real estate agent Lee Wilson. A bid for the downtown building was expected to exceed the appraisal. The report also notes unrelated note about using A above middle C to control gyroscope speed.
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Mendenhall-Moore Realtors
Church
Elm Street
T. E. Hinson
Hinson
High Point
City Il
Warm Florida Weather Stretches Through Friday
The Florida area enjoys warm weather with highs around 73 yesterday and forecast highs near 60 tomorrow. Forecaster pins down Friday as the limit for dry conditions with cooler temperatures tonight and a low around 64 this afternoon.
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Florida
Second wreck at Richfork Creek along Highway 109
Thomasville reports a second accident at Richfork Creek on Highway 109 north within a week. Sanvertt Cook, 917 Fairway, was injured in a crash that sent his car down an embankment into the water. He received minor injuries and waited at the scene before help arrived.
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Thomasville
Highway Patrol
Sanvertt Cook
Fairway
Cook
Fireman Warns Public After Inflamable Sweater Found
High Point Fire Department warns residents after Phil Surrett bought two inflamable sweaters from a traveling salesman. He set them on fire to test their danger and reported the garments burned within a minute. The jackets bore Embassy Sportswear and the suspects’ car was tied to Providence Island.
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High Point Fire Department
Phil Surrett
Ae Een
Surrett
Embassy Sportswear
Thomas Charles Caputo
Lovin Nicholas Lacci
Providence Island
Ivania l- Soe Sete Eeeities
Burl
Nick Lawrence Named Young Man of 1951 in High Point
High Point Jaycees chose Nick Lawrence director of WHPE as Young Man of 1951. He received a distinguished service award for community work, with a life membership awarded to Edgar Snider. Lawrence, a Needham native and Emerson College graduate, served five years in World War II and contributed to church, Red Cross, civil defense, and health groups.
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High Point
Nick Lawrence
WHPE
Chamber of Commerce
Lawrence
Jaycees
William D. Lewis
Sheraton Hotel
Community Chest
Blood While Service
American Red Cross
Civil Defense Commission
Polio Foundation
Tuberculosis Association
Needham
Mass
Emerson College
Medical Corps
Bee
Edgar Snider
Jaycee
Furniture Worker Will Face Charges Of Seduction
Coy Sheets a 23 year old furniture worker was released to Alamance County officers to face seduction charges based on a complaint from Sara Pendergraft of Alamance Authorities say he listed his address as general delivery and was arrested on a warrant from Alamance police after a local arrest Monday.
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Thomasville
Alamance
Coy Sheets
Sheets
Sara Pendergraft
Wreck on Thomasville By-Pass Ties Up Traffic
State Highway patrolmen investigated an early morning crash on the Thomasville by pass toward High Point involving a tractor-trailer and a passenger car. No injuries were reported though both vehicles were extensively damaged and traffic was blocked briefly.
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Thomasville
High Point
Police Recover Clothing From Negro Girl
Police report a Black girl linked to recent city shoplifting cases. Mary Lee, once detained on suspicion, was released when homeowners found no missing items. A woman pursued by a passerby identified the suspect, leading to renewed police interest in two trips she took to a home of a victim's father-in-law.
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W. A. Robertson
Gordon Street
Civil Jury Awards $550 In Accident Litigation
The civil term opened with a jury awarding $550 to Samuel L. Patterson against R. L. Teague for negligence in an automobile accident. Two divorces were granted on grounds of two years' separation, including Lila June Perry McAlister and Willie D. Yates. A $400 damage suit between H. H. Griffin and Lester Glenn was in trial at noon.
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Municipal Court
Samuel L. Patterson
R. L. Teague
Heague
A Yates
Willie D. Yates
John A. McAlister
Lila June Perry McAlister
H. H. Griffin
Lester Glenn
Griffin
Lee
Students Vote for UNC Dance Then Postpone Decision
Law School students favored holding the traditional annual dance in a vote yesterday. A letter from Chancellor House announced the university administration barred mixed social functions, signaling the dance would not be held this year despite the initial student vote.
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Law School
University of North Carolina
Association
Robert B. House
Walker
Police Seek Hit-Run Driver After 1940 Ford Crash
Police continue to search today for a hit-run driver who struck Alfred Ken of Route 1 Sophia at the Taylor and Willowbrook intersection around 6 40 p m. The other vehicle, a 1940 Ford, fled after a brief stop when Ken went to call authorities. Damage to Ken’s car is estimated at $250.
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Yestern
Ford
Alfred Ken
Route 1
Sophia
Taylor and
Willowbrook
Harrison
Dog Bites Man as Garbage Collector Attacked During Pickup
Charlie Smith of 1206 Leonard Street reports he was bitten on the left hand and leg by Carl Steele's dog while collecting garbage. Investigator Bud Hines confirms the dog had rabies vaccination.
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Charlie Smith
Leonard Street
Carl Steele
Threeeie
Charlie
Mr. Steele
Bud Hines
Fourth Auto Larceny Probe Reported
Police investigated the fourth larceny from an auto in three days. R. D. Lohr of 1400 Trinity Street reported a foreign make .22 caliber Italian Breda nine shot automatic stolen. Police also probed a bicycle theft from Bicycle Sales and Service on North Main Street Monday night.
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R. D. Lohr
Trinity Street
North Main Street
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