Blue Laws Hang Fire As Courts Weigh Sunday Closings
High Point wrestles with blue laws as courts in the U S Supreme Court and local municipal court consider cases on Sunday business hours. Police say enforcement remains limited yet expect closures 10 AM to 1 PM wherever possible. Newsstands on N Main and opposite the post office briefly closed then reopened, selling papers during open hours.
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High Point
U. S. Supreme Court
High Point Municipal Court
High Point News and Record Center
N. Main
It’ll Be Plenty Cold but No Snow Ahead
After a period of record cold with light snow, Central Piedmont faces another cold week and no new snow in the forecast. At Friendship Airport the temperature was up to 20 degrees below normal, while mountains saw up to four inches of snow and Raleigh-Durham reported an inch. The forecast calls for continued cold with a chance of snow flurries tonight and temperatures near 28 to 38 degrees over the next days. The five day outlook shows 8-12 degrees below normal with precipitation about a half inch above normal, mainly in the western Carolinas.
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Central Piedmont
Friendship Airport
Weather Bureau
Raleigh-Durham
Friendship
Carolinas
Thomasville Council to Hear Duplex Zoning Petition
A re zoning request by Colen Bowers to allow duplexes in a subdivision off Jacob Street will be heard tonight by the Thomasville City Council at 7 30 in City Hall. Also on the agenda is a Merchant's Association request for aid to cover Christmas lighting costs and a progress report from City Manager Bill Green outlining 1961 plans.
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Thomasville
Jacob Street
Colen Bowers
Planning Commission
Merchant's Association
Bill Green
Two Homes Included In Permits
Repair permits totaling 21 100 and two new building permits totaling 16 500 were issued. Mary C Tinsley received 7500 for a duplex at 1319 Tip ton St J Robert Conner secured 8000 for a five room house at 1634 Larkin St The new dwelling costs 9000 R E Brinkley 8000 for Oakwood Red Dot Super Market addition 2401 N Main St P A Thomas Car Works 3700 for office building addition 1408 Courtesy Rd E J Simpson 3000 for two room addition 521 Denny St Weekly permit total 37600
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As Building Inspector's Office
Mary C. Tinsley
Tipton St
J. Robert Conner
Larkin St
R. E. Brinkley
Oakwood
N. Main St
P. A. Thomas Car Works
Courtesy Rd
E. J. Simpson
Ledford 4-H Plans Week Observance in January Meeting
Ledford High School 4-H Chapter members discussed National 4-H Week observance and planned club activities at their January meeting. They considered fund raising ideas to increase the treasury and talked over individual member projects to advance during the year.
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Thomasville
Ledford High School
Addie
Weekend Car Crash Toll In High Point Three Hurt
A series of eight weekend accidents in High Point left three people injured Earnest Lee Page 21 Jim Henry Pressley 44 and Gilbert Lee Poole 22. Page was hospitalized after a Springfield Road crash while Poole and Pressley suffered non serious injuries from separate collisions.
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Earnest Lee Page
Smith Street
Jim Henry Pressley
West Street
Gilbert Lee Poole
Westchester Drive
Page
Pressley
Poole
High Point Memorial Hospital
Springfield Road
Springfield Church
N. Main
N. Main Street
Westwood Drive
Thieves Hit W. Lexington Laundry
Police report vandals pried open one vending machine and tampered with two others at Emerywood Laundry on W Lexington Avenue. Contents taken to headquarters as owners could not be contacted. No money estimate available. A window was smashed at the Majorette Drive-In rear with no entry gained. Gasoline siphoning from a station wagon in Whiteoak Street is being investigated after three nighttime incidents.
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Emerywood
Lexington Avenue
Majorette Drive-In
W. Lexington Avenue
Westchester Drive
Tommy Leonard
Whiteoak Street
Leonard
Agriculture Discussions Set Tuesday Night Meeting
Tobacco growers in Guilford County are reminded of a meeting tomorrow at 7 30 p m at the Deep River Friends Community House. B H Taylor and M H Montgomery will discuss plant bed treatment soil fumigation bulk care and new varieties plus 1961 price and production outlooks. Each grower may benefit from attending.
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Guilford County
Deep River Friends Community House
B. H. Taylor
M. H. Montgomery
Taylor
Farm Extension Specialist To Visit Davidson
Clyde Weathers extension farm management specialist from State College will meet Davidson County residents tomorrow to discuss father and son farm agreements. He spent much time in the county last year on these agreements and will be available for future conferences. interested parties should contact the county farm agent's office in the County Building.
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Lexington
Clyde Weathers
State College
Davidson
Weathers
Four Assault Counts Filed In Chair City
Four assault cases are reported with multiple suspects in Thomasville. Charlie Brown, 20, was arrested on an outstanding warrant dated Oct. 29 1960 for alleged threats and involvement in a prior fatal shooting at Manikin's Place. Loss Stamey Jr., 57, was jailed on a knife assault charge with a $200 bond and trial set for Jan 27. Jamie Lee Gaffney, 22, released on $200 bond, faces assault charges after a dispute with his sister and girlfriend. Henry Davis, 21, jailed on a wife-signed warrant with $200 bond and a Feb 3 Recorder's Court date. James Barnes, 19, faces drunk driving and resisting arrest with $250 bond and Feb date. J D Rowe, 22, charged with hit and run over a mailbox, released on $200 bond for Feb 3.
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Thomasville
Charlie Brown
South Street
Rinehart Billie
Manikin's Place
Dolford Gilbert
Turner Street
Loss Stamey Jr
Rockwell Street
Fred Stamey
Asault
Jamie Lee Gaffney
Trailer Town
Georgia Williams
Williams
Gaffney
Gaffeny
Henry Davis
Doak Street
Elizabeth
Bond
Recorder's Court
James A. Barnes
Colonial Drive
Underwood
J. D. Rowe
National Highway
Liberty Drive
Five Station Wagon Loads of Goods Recovered in Studio Theft
Thomasville man Billy Ray Barrer 26 was arrested on larceny and related charges after Alderman's Studios reported long running thefts. Police recovered cameras, a fire extinguisher, tripod, flashbulbs and more across barriers in Barrer’s car and at nearby residences. The total value is estimated in the thousands with Barrer facing a preliminary hearing in Municipal Court.
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L. B. Hartley
Hartley
L. B. Pendry
Irving Black
Alderman’s
Black
Barrer
Barrier
High Point
Thomasville
Six Alarms Answered By Fire Trucks
A busy day for fremen firefighters with six alarms. Incidents include a small blaze caused by a defective fireplace at 1236 Dorris St where a board caught fire from chimney sparks. Cars struck a pole at N Main and Westwood, with $25 damage. Several alarms involved frozen sprinkler pipes at Crestwood Furniture and Melrose Hosiery Mills, plus a nonfire at 1304 Wendell St from a defective furnace control and a defective oil circulator at 903 Smith St.
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Dorris St
N. Main
Westwood Street
Linden
Ogden Streets
Crestwood Furniture Co
English St
Melrose
Wendell St
Smith St
Archdale Store Hit By Thieves Over Weekend
Guilford County sheriff's deputies probe a break in at the Archdale Food Store on S Main Street. Over the weekend intruders forced a door lock and stole about 43 dollars in coins and goods including a .22 pistol, four Canadian quarters, 12 dollars in pennies, and two rolls of 1960 pennies. Manager L F Brower reported the burglary early today.
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Guilford
Albertson Road Crossing To Be Blocked
The Albertson Road crossing over the Southern Railway will close to through traffic for about a week to allow water and sewer pipes to be tunnelled under the tracks. City traffic engineer E L Walker Jr said rock in the pipe path extends the closure and motorists can use the Ward Street underpass during construction.
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Albertson Road
Southern Railway
E. L. Walker Jr
Albertson Crossing
Ward Street
Thomasville Road
Albertson
Prospect Street
High Point
Walker
Deep River Firemen Set Annual Meet
Stockholders of the Deep River Fire Protective Association were reminded of the annual meeting tomorrow night at 7 30 p m in the Deep River Friends Meeting Educational building. Elections for president vice president and two board members are planned along with discussion of the new fire station on Highway 68 near Deep River church. The land was donated and construction is hoped to begin soon.
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Deep River Fire Protective Association
Deep River Friends Meeting
Highway 68
Deep River Church
Missing customer and cash at Lawton service station
Lawton Oklahoma AP report says attendant Bobby Harris returned to his station with oil and found the customer missing and the cash register gone, leaving him alone at the pump.
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Lawton, Okla
Bobby Harris
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Thomasville Council
Bill Bruton
Alderman
Billy Ray Barrier
David Cox
Ledford
Harllee’s Dept
the Parks and
Hart
Jim Hen
Ry Pressley
Greensboro
Gordon Street
Cedrow Avenue
Alan Hooper
Brooks Street
Ernest Williams Norwood
Daniel Brooks
Gordon
William Rigby
Cedrow
Hooper
Norwood
Rigby
Delores Estell Allred
Pinecrest Drive
Pearlie Lee Cox
Grand Avenue
Cox
Springfield Avenue
E. Green Street
Luther Wood Pierce
Maude S. Carraway
Hillcrest Drive
Pierce
Rt. 1
Trinity
Richardson
Wrenn
Carraway
Willie J. Baxter
High Street
English Street
Baxter
W. Lexington Laundry
Chair City
AT Photo CO
Billy Barrier
Lincoln Drive
Archdale
Albertson Rd. Crossing
Deep River Firemen
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