Lake Park To Get Large New Shelter
Parks Director Jesse Taylor announced plans to build a large 60 by 60 foot picnic shelter at City Lake to replace the former tennis court area. Materials are on hand with some roofing to purchase, and about 40 picnic tables are or will be built for City Lake Armstrong and Washington Terrace Parks. Taylor also plans a nursery for shrubs and azaleas, repainting row boats, and bid openings Feb 3 for a new Blair Park maintenance shed. Odell J Brown named greens keeper at the 18 hole course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Lake
Jesse Taylor
Taylor
Armstrong
Washington Terrace
Blair Park
Religious Census To Be Taken In Greater High Point
A Citywide Religious Census for Greater High Point is planned with Rev. W W Robbins of Lexington Avenue Baptist Church as survey chairman. The committee includes J A Grout D D Mason and J Silvester Higgins along with J E Melton and N M yr to. A meeting at Green Street Baptist welcomed the group and a February census rollout was proposed with a Thursday 10 am YMCA call meeting of the High Point Ministers Alliance to hear the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Street Baptist Church
Greater
High Point
W. W. Robbins
Lexington Avenue
N. M
E. W. Price
Green Street
Baptist
Lee Pridgeon
Southern Pines
Pridgeon
Raleigh Association
Raleigh
YMCA
High Point Ministers Alliance
Alliance
Rain Outlook Brings Mild Warmth Before Front
Piedmont residents can expect two more days of summerlike weather with mild days and increasing winds. Showers may arrive to cool the area as a cold front moves in Thursday with a sharp temperature drop from last night’s 36 to a high near 60 and 65 expected tomorrow.
Oak View Lions Hear Eye Bank Explanation
Oak View Lions welcomed Dr. Byerly Holt of Winston-Salem to discuss the North Carolina Eye Bank at a dinner meeting in the Oak View School cafeteria. A general discussion followed while members of the Oak View Volunteer Fire Department joined as guests and Leo Davis received an award for being top salesman in the club’s Broom Sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byerly Holt
Winston-Salem
North Carolina
Dr. Holt
Raymond Bottoms
Two Get Active Terms From Municipal Court
Two defendants received active three month sentences during a basement session of Municipal Court at the county building. Edith Wright faced multiple drunkenness charges and was ordered to serve at the county workhouse. Cleve Price received a six month stretch for vagrancy drunkenness and two counts of disorderly conduct, with time at the county farm. Random other defendants faced fines and costs, including a $500 bond after appealing a drunken driving decision. Stabbing, assault, and hit run cases were noted with varying penalties and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Wright
Asheboro
Cleve Price
E. Washington Street
Randolph Waden
Cross
Frances Shumaker
Player Drive
Wastidees Chain
Gresed
Alberta Colson
Reid Street
Annie Hawkins
Leonard Street
Ing
Jones
Linthicum Concrete Co
David H. Harrell
Route 2
Greensboro
Harrell
Eugene Marsh
Gordy Street
Wachovia posts record 1958 deposits assets and staff changes
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company reported a record year for 1958 with resources reaching 622.5 million, deposits 557.4 million, and loans 286.4 million while capital and surplus rose to 40 million. Directors announced staff moves including Lyles and Payne new roles and McLendon joining the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
Winston-Salem
John F. Watlington Jr
Wachovia
Southeastern Banking
Bank
George W. Lyles Jr
Lyles Chevrolet Company
Warlington
Watlington
Air Service Fight Heaters Scheduled
Piedmont Airlines won a stay blocking Eastern Airlines from routing from Greensboro High Point to Cincinnati and Chicago via Charleston West Virginia. The CAB will decide on Eastern's motion to dissolve the stay without hearings while a brief on local needs for direct Chicago Cincinnati service is due.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Aeronautics Board
Washington
Piedmont Airlines
Eastern Airlines
Greensboro - High Point
Cincinnati
Chicago
Charleston
W. Va
Eastern
Greensboro + High Point
Chicago - Cincinnati
Airport Commission
Piedmont
Winston-Salem
Raleigh-Durham
Charlotte
Winston - Salem
Leadership For Heart Drive Tells Twenty-Three Chairs Named
Twenty three residents of High Point and Jamestown agreed to serve as chairmen of Heart Fund Drive working committees for the 1959 campaign to run February 1 through February 28 with Heart Sunday on February 25. Tom Pitts announced the campaign leadership and Mrs R B Terry released the council roster naming officers and committee chairs including Arthur Corpening special gifts and Tilman Thomas furniture division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Jamestown
Tom Pitts
High Point Heart Association
R. B. Terry
High Point Heart Council
Heart Council
Marcus Aderholt
James Moffitt
P. C. Smith
Carl Messerschmidt
H. M. Webster
Gram
Heart Fund
Earl Phillips
R. A. Sheloff Jr
Heart Sunday
Edward Washington
Peggy Hawkins
Pitts
Fund
Arthur
Pedestrian’s Leg Broken In Accident
Mrs. Clara Alberta Morris, 21, struck a parked truck when an auto driven by Daniel Eu a, 23, of Route 3, failed to yield. No charges were preferred in connection with the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Alberta Morris
Daniel Eua
Prayer for Guidance From Augustana College President
A devotional prayer asking divine protection from pride doubt and despair. Conrad Bergendorf president of Augustana College Rock Island Illinois prays for humility obedience and guidance to follow the Word and find truth amid life’s mysteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conrad Bergendorf
Rock Island,l
Augustana College
High Point Considers Cutting Annexation Scope
City officials and council members weigh trimming the proposed annexation area first pitched in 1960. A committee session with Rep. Ed Kemp and anti annexation leader Ray Williard is planned. no final size is named though opponents press that the program is too broad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Kemp
Ray Williard
Anti-An
Nexation
Kemp
City Planning Department
Jamestown Township
High Point
13 Council
High Point Proposes City Consolidation With Jamestown
High Point officials propose consolidating with Jamestown to share sewer and services. Mayor Washburn sent a letter to Jamestown Mayor Tom Ragsdale after council endorsed the idea, with discussions planned and related annexation and zoning actions on the agenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Jamestown
Tom Ragsdale
Jess Washburn
Washburn
Ragsdale
Charles Turner
Turner
Prison Term Given To Holiday Forger
A 28 year old Beamon Street man Clarence William Steele received four to ten years in Raleigh Central Prison after pleading guilty to seven forgery charges. An eighth case yielded a seven to ten to ten year suspended term to become active later. The judge ordered a series of small checks from Dec 11 to Dec 21. Wesley Lamb denied involvement in an Oct 18 knife assault on Lawson. Cox received eight months on the roads for auto theft. Eugene Pridden faces a felonious assault case in a Greensboro jury term next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beamon Street
Raleigh
Clarence William Steele
Steele
West
Edeaten
Senny Lani’ Aan
N. Main Street
Wesley Lamb
Lawson
Lamb
Tte
George Washington Cox
Route 5
Cox
Cr Aek
Compliance With Order Promised by Horton on Beamon St repair plan
W W Horton, realty owner, pledges to comply with a Building Code Board of Appeals order affecting his four family residence at 214 Beamon St. The board allowed repair options and outlined required work totaling 10 to 20 percent of the property value, following earlier notices from 1956 to 1958.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Horton
Building Code Board of Appeals
Horton
Beamon St
Litison
Hill
Food and Clock Stolen In Break-In Report
Court hearing set for tomorrow after a break-in reported by Vance Steed of Ramdleman. Charles Ray Hall, 27, Route 2 Thomasville, faces larceny charges as officers recovered a car battery and generator from Globe Furniture Co. lot. Hall posted $100 bond for appearance. another suspect, Horton, remains jailed on total $1,000 bond. Hearing date pending more warrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Ray Hall
Route 2
Thomasville
Hall
Vance Steed
Ramdleman
Steed
Globe Furniture Co
Ench Hall
Haste Getameschandise Horton
Oak View Grange Hosts Regional Grange Meeting
C Jerome Davis field assistant to the National Grange master spoke to about 65 Grange members from Guilford Forsyth Randolph Davidson Rockingham Moore and Rowan counties at Oak View Grange. He noted farmers save millions by better methods and that consumers spend 29 percent of earnings on food now versus 40 percent in 1947. He cited farm use of 6% million tons of steel 50 billion gallons of crude oil and 325 million tons of crude rubber yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers of America
Grange
C. Jerome Davis
National Grange
Indiana
Guilford
Forsyth
Randolph
Davidson
Rockingham
Moore
Rowan
Oak View
Davis
Pearl Davis
Harry Caldwell
Caldwell
Carrier Boy Injured In Bike Mishap
Thirteen year old Ivan Crissman Jr. was thrown from his bicycle on Thurston Street around 4 p.m. A motorist Mrs W L Jack found him and he was taken to Memorial Hospital for minor hand arm and head abrasions. Later a learner permit holder driving on Ridgecrest and Tier struck a tree. Virgie Carroll sustained a nose cut and a 5 year old passenger Ren Hollander was treated and released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivan Crissman Jr
Thurston Street
W. L. Jack
Memorial Hospital
Crissman
Westwood
Ridgecrest
Tier
Virgie Carroll
Rotary Dr
Ren Hollander
Blain Street
Offi
Ned Gibbs Named President of Thom asville Foundation
Ned Gibbs was elected president of the Thom asville Community Foundation at its annual meeting at the First National Bank. Since its 1952 setup, the foundation has made loans for college to 19 girls and 25 boys, including seven Negro youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Ned Gibbs
Thomasville Community Foundation
First National Bank
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Odell J. Brown
Department
Mary Frances Alford
Short Spring Street
Marsh
Albert Turner
Marie Colins
David Yarber
Louise Lawson
N. Hamilton Street
Tyre Grubb
Cecil Apts
Lillian Bennett
Liam Welch
English Street
Campbell
Central Prison
Lyles, Payne
Charles W. Payne
Major L. P. McLendon
North Carolina Board of Higher Education
Paul W. Stephanz
Burlington
J. Roscoe Adams
Nathan M. Ayers
High Point College
High Point Junior Chamber of Commerce
George Lyles JR
Air Service
Saunders
Brown
Raleigh- Durham
Pittsburgh
Akron-Canton
Cleveland
Detroit
Roanoke
Raleigh - Durham
Tom Davis
CAB
TOAY
High Point Council
R. K. Stewart & Son
Harvell Park
Agenda
C. H. Branch
Prospect Street
F. R. Hearn
Mallory Street
Mangum Ave
Barbee ‘Street
Centennial Avenue
Denny Street
Kivett Drive
State Highway Commission
Holiday Forger
Gypsy
Granges
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