Local woman leads Red Cross blood drive efforts in Thomasville
Mrs Clyde J Morris wife of Mills Home purchasing agent volunteers at the Civic Center during Charlotte bloodmobile visits volunteering to take pulses and temperatures and donate blood She recalls a bus accident involving Mills Home children that underscored the program value and plans to donate during the February 3 5 visit with 125 pints daily sought by Thomasville Chair Co volunteers urged to contribute beyond company staff
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Thomasville
Red Cross
Clyde J. Morris
Mills Home
Civic Center
Charlotte
Thomasville Chair Co
Snyder
Howly
Missionary Family Sails For Formosa
The Rev Glenn Hix his wife Mickey and their three sons Danny Steve and Mark sail from San Francisco aboard the USS President Cleveland for a mission post in Taipei Formosa They will spend a year in Taipeh attending language school and plan to travel via Hawaii and Japan to Hong Kong before Keelung Taiwan their Amoy Street Taipeh address listed by his parents
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Biscoe
Glenn Hix
Mickey
Danny
Steve
Mark
San Francisco
Taipei
Taiwan
Formosa
Biscoe Baptist Church
President Cleveland
Southern Baptist
Far East
Hix
Hawaii
Japan
Hong Kong
Keelung
Taipeh
Hixes Begin 8000 Mile Journey From Iooken Poi
Rocky Knoll Baptist Church of Greensboro supports the Hixes for a year as they start an 8000 mile trek. They left Monday at 1:23 am aboard a train in Iooken Poi and reached Los Eles Wednesday afternoon. An overnight train carried them to San where they arrived the next morning at about 9 am.
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Rocky Knoll Baptist Church
Greensboro
Hixes
Iooken Poi
Loseles
San
Randolph County Covered Bridges Recalled as Lovers Landmarks
The article recalls Randolph County famous covered bridges known as Kissing Bridge and Honeymoon Tunnel. Built between 1900 and 1920, they drew lovers to Uwharrie streams and Deep River. Only two remain unused, with Kissing Bridge at Skeen Mill and a Pisgah crossing, protected by steel cables and historic relic status.
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Upper
Piedmont
Randolph County
T. A. Cox
Tabernacle
Uwharrie
Pisgah
Kissing
Skeen Mill
Fair Grove
Fuller's Mill
Remembered 1843 Bridge Work And Covered Way
In 1843 Randolph court ordered Buffalo Creek bridge repairs with payment totaling 72.55 for 87 days of work sleepers planks and hauling. The piece reflects on how bridges served foot riders and wagons and how covered bridges became lasting symbols in North Carolina Vermont and New England.
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Randolph
Buffalo Creek
John Miller
North Carolina
Wermont
Vermatches
Vermont
New England
Randleman Chief Warns Dog Owners
RANDLEMAN January 25 Police Chief Wade Harris urged dog owners to register and vaccinate dogs by February 3 under city ordinance. A veterinarian will vaccinate at City Hall on January 25 29 and February 1 from 2 to 6 pm offering one or three year shots. Unregistered dogs will be rounded up after February 3 with impounding for three days, redemptions costing five dollars plus one dollar daily board and fees, or destruction if not retrieved.
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Randleman
Wade Harris
Harris
Four Girls Compete For Summer European Trip
Four Lexington high school juniors have their names sent to the American Field Service in New York for selection to a nationwide student exchange trip to Europe. The candidates are Mary Meade Andrews Barbara Binning and Carol Kugal. Lexington civic clubs finance the trip.
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Lexington
American Field Service
New York
Mary Meade Andrews
Royster
Barbara Binning
Bill Binning
Carol Kugal
Arthur C. Kugal
Lexington Civic Clubs
Chambersburg Introduces Early Science Instruction
Chambersburg school district begins formal science in lower elementary grades, a shift from previous policy that placed science instruction starting in the eighth grade. The move reflects noting Russia's satellite achievements.
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Chambersburg
Russia
Docket of Five Manslaughter Cases in Davidson Court
Thomasville reports a heavy January mixed term list for Superior Court led by five manslaughter prosecutions and related charges. Defendants include Craig Jarrell Denny for a fatal Wallburg Road wreck, Manuel White for carnal knowledge of a 15 year old, Jack Edward Hearne for a fatal Abbotts Creek Church Road crash, Dallas Snuggs and George Lee for the Thomasville High Point Highway crash that killed Cheryl Jones, and Edward Belle for a north of Welcome crash injuring his wife. Also charged are Rudolph Eaddy and Willie Eaddy with rape and burglary, Carl Johnson for assault with intent to kill, and Joe Louis Redfearn in a separate homicide case. The cases are to be heard in Lexington with Judge L Richard Preyer presiding.
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Thomasville
Superior Court
L. Richard Preyer
Greensboro
Lexington
Craig Jarrell
Denny
Ingleside Drive
High Point
Wallburg
P. C. Hine
Wallburg Road
High Point Road
White
Jack Edward Hearne
Abbotts Creek Church Road
James Marvin Adams
Hearne
Dallas Snuggs
Norwood
George William Lee
Thomasville High Point
Cheryl Jones
C. P. Jones
Morton Street
Jones
Edward Belle
Welcome
Belle
Rudolph
Willie Eaddy
Oak Street
Willie Mae McBride
Carl ‘E. Johnson
Polk Street
Joe R. Boone
Hosiery Firms Plan Warehouse in Thomasville
Thomasville news states Ma Ro Hosiery Co of High Point plans to build a warehouse on Liberty Drive near Wrenn Hosiery during 1958. The facility would serve Mar Ma Ro and Armored Hosiery Corp of High Point, the latter licensed for BVD products.
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Thomasville
Ma- Ro Hosiery Co
High Point
Liberty Drive
Wrenn Hosiery
Mar Ma-Ro
Armored Hosiery Corp
Cee
BVD
Publisher Albert T. Rumbach Dies in Jasper
Albert T. Rumbach 62 publisher of the Debois County Daily Herald and Jasper Herald Co. president died Thursday. He served as Jasper postmaster for 23 years and led the local newspaper operation.
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Jasper
Ind
Albert T. Rumbach
Debois County
Daily Herald
Jasper Herald Co
Thomasville Pastors Join School Leadership Training Staff
Two Thomasville pastors serve on the Leadership Training staff for Davidson County One and Reformed Churches. Rev. Keith Link of Emmanual Church and Rev. Bobby Bonds of Zion Church joined Rev. Marlin T. Schaeffer of First Evangelical and Reformed. Evening classes run 7 to 9 for four Bible study courses in 1958.
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Thomasville
Davidson County
Keith, Link
Emmanual Church
Bobby Bonds
Zion Church
Marlin T. Schaeffer
First Evangelical and Reformed
Board of Christian Education
Leg Hemmed in Debt After Loss of Leg
Vernon Lee Tonaheat told the court he could not pay his drunkenness fine because his cash was hidden in his missing artificial leg. He said he lost his leg and cannot access funds to settle the fine.
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Anadarko, Okla
Vernon Lee Tonaheat
Penicillin Approved In Cattle Feed
The FDA approved penicillin use in black salt and mixed feeds to prevent and control bloat in cattle. County farm agent Carl M Bernhardt noted the salt is fed before and during grazing. Mississippi State College experiments showed 50 milligrams of penicillin per steer helped reduce bloat.
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Lexington
United States Food and Drug Administration
Carl M Bernhardt
Mississippi State College
Lincoln's Interest Sparks Naval Invention Note
In 1849 Abraham Lincoln showed enthusiasm for new devices as a bellows system lifted ships over shallow shoals, illustrating early innovative thinking linked to his era.
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Abraham Lincoln
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Cedar Falls
Franklinville
Ramseur
Coleridge
Moffitt’s Mill
State Highway Commission
Randleman Chief
Trip
Davidson Court
Warner Street
Ruby Boone
Joe
Joe Louis Redfearn
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McCauley
L’s Office Equipment CO
S. Main ST
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LEG
West End
English St
Heat Pump All- Electric
Zett
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Super Drug Store
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