Health and Safety Fair to Feature 36 Exhibitors
About 36 exhibitors will illustrate health and safety topics over a three day YMCA fair. Visitors may reach 5 000 with delegations from schools industry and civic clubs. Demonstrations include Red Cross first aid blood program water safety and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YMCA
Red Cross
Council of Greensboro High Point
North Carolina Society For Crippled Children and Adults, Inc
North Carolina Chapter of
Safety Engineers
North Carolina Eye Bank
College Forum on American Education opens at 7 30
The second High Point College forum on current questions will meet Tuesday at 7 30 pm in the Student Center. Topic is American Education Success or Failure with Dr W R Locke moderating. Faculty and student panelists include Dr S C Deskins Dr Dennis H Cooke Dale Brown Miss Jackie Creech and Dr Dean Pruette. Public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point College
W. R. Locke
S. C. Deskins
Dennis H. Cooke
Dale Brown
Jackie Creech
Dean Pruette
O. Arthur Kirkman
Former Star To Address Baptists
A former Auburn University football star, James T. Karam of Lake Village Arkansas, will address First Baptist Church parishioners at 11 a.m. today. Karam, owner of a Little Rock men’s clothing store, has spoken to about 300 churches in ten years and was a guest speaker at the Southern Baptist Pastors Conference in Miami last May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Auburn University
First Baptist Church
James T. Karam
Lake Village
Ark
Little Rock
Karam
Southern Baptist Pastors
Miami
Explanations Follow In Wake Of Joneses
A storm of protest surrounds the High Point case of Thomas Jones of Wisconsin jailed for three days after being unable to post a $50 bond for running a stop sign. The Jones family faced hardship as the Salvation Army, police, and local groups offered aid amid criticism of the system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Warren
Enterprise
High Point
United Fund
Churches
The
Law
Courts
Salvation Army
Joneses
Thomas Jones
Wisconsin
Jones
Byron Haworth
Mark Cross
Clyde Wilson
Man Arrested After Backing City Block and Crash
Charles Richard Motsinger 33 of Kernersville was arrested on a warrant for failing to stop and render aid after backing a city block, losing control and leaving the scene following a collision with a truck driven by William Edgar Rook on Forrest Avenue. Damages listed at 50 dollars. Trial set for February 15. Another incident reports damages of 400 dollars in a Gordon Street car truck crash, and Melvin Charles Carter 32 of Freeman Street charged with failure to yield after a collision with Hubert Watkins 60 of Gordon Street. damages 250 to the truck and 150 to the car.
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Charles Richard Motsinger
Rt. 1
Kernersville
Motsinger
Forrest Avenue
William Edgar Rook
Forrest Ave
Gordon Street
Melvin Charles Carter
Freeman Street
Hubert Watkins
Watkins
Carter
HPC President to Address Greensboro Alumni Chapter
High Point College President Dr. Wendell M. Patton will speak at the February 3 alumni meeting in Greensboro after a dinner at Grace Methodist Church. It is his first visit to the Greensboro chapter. Music will be provided by the college Music Department. Reservations to Tom Kellam or Rev. Howard Coleman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendell M. Patton
High Point College
Greensboro
Patton
Grace Methodist Church
Dr. Patton
Tom Kellam
Holiday Inn
Howard Coleman
Mr. Kellam
Rev Haggai to speak at Family Service Bureau meeting
The Rev Thomas Haggai, Emerywood Baptist Church pastor, will be the main speaker at the Family Service Bureau annual meeting. The dinner and business session will be held at High Point Friends Meeting in Ragan Hall on Quaker Lane at 7 p.m. He will address The Cornerstone of Our Society and bureau activity reports and board elections will follow.
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Thomas Haggai
Emerywood Baptist Church
Family Service Bureau
Ragan Hall
High Point
Weather Outlook Brings Snow Flurries Across Region
The weatherman notes a cold arctic air mass from Wyoming to the Great Lakes and a southeast edge reaching Georgia dumping snow and freezing rain on Atlanta. Temperatures hover around 32 today and 35 tomorrow with a 15-degree low tomorrow, as flakes may reach the Piedmont and a new cold front passes through. Winter hazards cause injuries. High Point Memorial Hospital reports 11 fall victims in the emergency room since Thursday.
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Friendship Weatherman
Wyoming
Oklahoma
Great Lakes
Georgia
Atlanta
North Carolina
Mississippi River Basin
Piedmont
High Point Memorial Hospital
Woman Returns Stolen Battery by Honest Act
Dorothy Allred of Salem Street turned in a storage battery and tire chains after finding them near a bus stop. Police say a man named J O Ballard left them at the scene and boarded a bus. Allred later found them and delivered them to headquarters, insisting she did not steal them.
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Jones
Salvation Army
United Fund
Conway
Sams
Wisconsin
J. O. Ballard
Rt. 2
Trinity
Dorothy Allred
Salem Street
Ballard
Washington and
Main Streets
Waynick to divide time between High Point and Raleigh in new post
Former State Adjutant General Waynick takes a business director role with L. E. Wooten and Co. in Raleigh and plans half his time in High Point. He did not rule out mayoral bid but says no formal approach was made. He remains committed to the National Guard and praised Maj. Gen. Claud T. Bowers as his successor.
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Capus Waynick
Raleigh
High Point
Waynick
L. E. Wooten and Co
National Guard
Guard
Claud T. Bowers
High Point Schools Stand Out In Statewide Survey
High Point schools show strong performance in a North Carolina survey of 173 administrative units for fall 1960. Enrollment reaches 11,095 with 450 professional staff locally paid, including 79 men. The district added 36 teachers due to population growth and 14 former teachers returned.
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High Point
North Carolina
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Raleigh
High Pointers Leave Little Behind in Returned Books
A humorous survey by Forrest Cates on High Pointers reveals library readers rarely leave valuables in returned books. Most use standard bookmarks or library cards. letters and photos appear, while bacon, eggs, or money are uncommon. The piece ends with a comic elevator scene on a city afternoon.
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T&t
Neal Austin
Austin
Icy Roads Claim Two Victims
Two youths were injured in separate 10 p.m. crashes blamed on highway ice. Arthur Cox, 21, of Tabor Street, spun off Old Greensboro Road near Davidson County and was hospitalized with shoulder, arm, and chest injuries. Ray Davis, 20, of Penney Road, collided with a power pole on Guilford College Road. he was treated at High Point Memorial Hospital and faces speeding and reckless driving charges.
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Arthur Cox
Tabor Street
Cox
High Point
Greensboro
Davidson County
F. Y Plummer
Ray Davis
High Point Memorial Hospital
Highway Patrol
C. R. Johnson
Davis
Penney Road
Guilford College Road
Johnson
North Carolina District Congress of the National Forensic League
One hundred fourty-five students from eighteen high schools will attend the Carolina District Congress of the National Forensic League in High Point this Friday and Saturday. Participants come from Greenville Kinston Marion Raleigh Winston-Salem and others for a tri cameral debate with a Senate of 36 and two Houses of about fifty each. Gold silver and bronze medals will honor top speakers in House A B and the Senate. a Carolina District representative will go to National Congress in Philadelphia in June. A banquet is planned at the High Point Senior High cafeteria with NFL sponsor Mrs Bruce Roberts serving as press director.
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Carolina District Congress
National Forensic League
Greenville
Kinston
Marion
Raleigh
Winston-Salem
High Point
Irwin
Tennessee
Bluefield
West Virginia
Columbia
S. C
Dentsville
Columbus
Lancaster
Concord
Asheville
Durham
Elizabethton
Burlington
Congress
Senate
House
Barry Hyman
Trudge Herbert
National Congress
Philadelphia
High Point Senior High
Bruce Roberts
NFL
Jina
Four Worthless Check Charges Lead to Multiple Arrests
Marvin A. Mosley 37 of Hamilton Street jailed on four counts of issuing worthless checks totaling 15 dollars with trial set Feb 3 and bond 50 per count. J W Simmons 24 of Short Street faces five warrants for small checks with Feb 3 trial. Carl D. Cates 35 of Chestnut Street charged for a single worthless check with Feb 10 trial. Hobart L Slate 37 of Coltrane Street charged with three counts including assault with a deadly weapon and disorderly conduct. bond 100 with Feb 13 hearing, 13 also set for domestic relations trial.
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Mount Airy
High Point
Marvin A. Mosley
Hamilton Street
F. C. Haithcock
Haithcock
Mosley
Moseley
J. W. Simmons
Short Street
Harris Drug Co
Cecils Drug Store
Mann’ Drug Store
Carl D. Cates
Chestnut Street
Jimmie Shipley
Hobart L. Slate
Coltrane Street
Slate
Harvey Butcher Jr
Butcher
Bond
Vera Slate
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tuberculosis Ass
Day Center For Handicapped Children
Office of Civil Defense
American Cancer Society
High Point Dental Society
N. C. Medical Society
Committee For the Handicapped
State Highway Patrol
High Point Family Service Bureau
Textile Insurance Co
Hospital Care Assn
Mental Health Clinic
Kiwanis and Exchange Clubs
High Point Rescue Squad
High Point Heart Council
N. C
Paul Searce
Frank Woolworth
Safety Fair
HPC
Rev. Haggai
Pruette
Tenn Awe
Cece
Forrest Cates
High Point Building
Cord
Secretary
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