Y's Fair to Open Friday at High Point YMCA
Nearly 20 exhibitors will stress health and safety at the High Point YMCA Health and Safety Fair Friday and Saturday. Highlights include a High Point Rescue Squad boat demonstration, portable X-ray unit for free screening, and exhibits from Heart Association, Medical Society of NC, Wildlife Commission firearm safety, and local public health groups. Open 1 PM to 9 PM Friday and noon to 9 PM Saturday with school group invites Friday afternoon. Event marks National YMCA Week.
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High Point Ymca
High Point Rescue Squad
The
Heart Association
Medical Society of North Carolina
State Health Board
Wildlife Commission of North Carolina
County Health Department
Society For the Restoration of Light
American Cancer Society
Tuberculosis Associaion
Highway Patrol
High Point
Guilford County
U's Health and Physical Education Committee
Max Rogers
Adams-Millis Agrees To Open Books
LENOIR North Carolina Adams-Millis Corp with offices in High Point agreed to open its stock books after a complaint by a local resident. Judge Pless left the case open to Feb 7 to allow compliance as Caldwell Superior Court considered the request under General Statutes 55-107.
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Cry
High Point
Tryon
Weekend Revival at People's Methodist Church
A weekend revival at People's Methodist Church on Albertson Road begins tomorrow night led by evangelist Rev. J. Harold Loman. Services run at 7:30 p.m. nightly with a closing service at 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
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People's Methodist Church
Albertson Road
J. Harold Loman
Prayer for T S DAY from retired Methodist minister
A devotional prayer attributed to John W. Shrickford from Church Mount Virginia, praising God's grace and victory in Christ Jesus. It asks believers to recognize weakness and seek spiritual strength, ending with a blessing.
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Jesus
John W. Shrickford
Churchmt
Schoonbeck Plans 48 000 Square Foot Expansion
Schoonbeck Company expands its High Point operation with a 48 000 square foot addition expected to cost about 225 000 dollars. The project includes a display room and a dry kiln, with E E Younts Inc as contractor, boosting plant size and relocating frame assembly to Perry Street.
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North Carolina
Schoonbeck Company
Jack H. Campbell
Perry Street
Ward St
New England Industries, Inc
Clarke
E. E. Younts, Inc
Tie Tahting
Thomas Car Works
Testimony in damage suit over 1954 highway crash
Dr. R A Moore testified in Superior Court for Thelmore White of High Point in a $150000 damage suit against Dr. James S Gilliam Jr. White alleges Gilliam was speeding and skidded into White as he crossed English Street Ext. The accident occurred June 19 1954. Thelmore White testified his mother warned Gilliam prior to impact and noted the car traffic varied.
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Superior Court
R. A. Moore
Thelmore White
High Point
James S. Gilliam Jr
White
Gilliam
English Street
Casard Furniture Low Bidder on Army Contract
Casard Furniture Mfg Co of High Point appears to win a $350,000 to $400,000 Army Quartermaster Corps contract after submitting the low bids on two furniture categories. Bids were in Columbus this week for chests of drawers dressers and beds to furnish military quarters. The project will employ about 150 workers at the local plant and 50 at the Greensboro plant.
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Casard Furniture Mfg. Co
High Point
Army
Quartermaster Corps
Columbus
Cassell
Greensboro
Archdale Trinty Lions Club Inducts Four New Members
The Archdale-Trinity Lions Club welcomed four new members Bill Farlow Junior Warren Jake Carr and Bob Gray at a dinner event. The inductees were blindfolded to emphasize Lions Club work for the blind while a musical program was performed by Mrs. Lelia Payne Glenda Cannon Joyce Welborn and Pamela Reddick.
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Archdale - Trinity
Bill Farlow
Junior Warren
Jake Carr
Bob Gray
Lions Club
Lelia Payne
Glenda Cannon
Joyce Welborn
Pamela Reddick
High School Music Groups Win Miami Trip OK
High Point students will attend the Southern Division Music Conference in Miami in late April after parents raised about 75 percent of the estimated 7800 needed for 130 local students. A planning committee led by Mrs. John Austin Jr. will raise the rest, with T. C. Kirkman as treasurer.
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John Austin Jr
Mase Eécesiers
Miami
High Point
D. P. Whitley
T. C. Kirkman
Tee
John Pancoast
C. B. Loflin
Ralph Miller
Esmond
Civitan Club Plans New Local Group
The High Point Civitan Club will sponsor organizing a new Civitan club here. An organizational meeting is set for 6 30 p m Monday in the Blue Room at the Sheraton Hotel. The program included Robert Fountain recounting funny insurance adjustor tales. Attendance prizes went to Ed Davis and Orv.
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High Point Civitan Club
Civitan Club
Blue Room
Sheraton Hotel
Robert Fountain
W. W. Horton
Herald Winfrey
Roger Lamarsh
W . del
Ed Davis
Orv
Bloodmobile drives to meet High Poles quota at Armory
The YMCA Industrial Management Club sponsors a two day Bloodmobile visit at the Armory on English Street. Donors from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday will help meet an 8 350 pint quota, aiding Civil Defense and local hospitals in High Point.
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English Street
Ymca Industrial Management Club
Nease Ee Areaote Nee
High Point
Civil Defense
Forger's Methods Demonstrated To AB Club
More than six million dollars was swindled and a program was cuplained as a workshop. President Sherrill presided over the event as concerns about fraud were highlighted.
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Forger
AB Club
Sherrill
Thank You Party Held For Railroad Rate Cut In Texas
In Dublin Texas farmers ranchers and dairymen honored railroad officials for a voluntary hay freight rate cut of 14 dollars per ton plus a government subsidy. The dinner was attended by representatives of 13 railroads and the event aimed to keep agricultural interests from going broke during drought.
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Dublin
Tex
Texas
Special License Inspector To Be Here Tomorrow
The Ge lina Motor Club office on College Street will host Special License Inspector Roy Fisher of Greensboro tomorrow. He will accept special applications from 1 30 to 4 p m and handle licensing issues for contract haulers taxi operators and for hire concerns and duplicate titles.
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Seas
Gelina Motor Club
College Street
Thelma Ryan
Roy Fisher
Greensboro
Motor Club
Fisher
Market Ends With Unusual Attendance Record
The High Point furniture market reports 5 555 total attendees with 4 250 dealers in the first week and 465 registered at the outside attendance goal. Market manager Leo Heer notes the second week dates accommodate visitors unable to attend initially. Exhibitors report better than expected business amid tough money conditions. An informal High Point market is planned for April by the Furniture Factories Marketing Association of the South.
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Southern Furniture
Ers
High Point
Leo Heer
Furniture Factories Marketing Association of the South
Army Inducts 16 Youths From Area
Army induction reports 16 local youths selected from the area for service. The text mentions contact attempts with individuals including Donald Lee Holmes as part of the intake process.
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Army
City Housing and Bond Plans Endorsed by High Point Council
High Point officials endorsed a water sewer and traffic safety bond election and a minimum housing standards program. The council also backed Armfield Schools program for exceptional children and slated a county health survey update. D. P. Whitley Jr. joined the council to replace Robert Koonts who is relocating.
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High Point
Oe S Ie
Conemere
Fellowship Meeting at First Methodist Church Tonight
Tom Lambeth director of Children's Home in Winston-Salem will be guest speaker at the Men's Fellowship meeting at First Methodist Church. A sextet will perform as part of the program.
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Tom Lambeth
Winston-Salem
First Methodist Church
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Ground Observer Corps
Air Force Filter Defense Center
John Russell
Betty Morrison
Lois Mili
Schoonbeck
Enforc
Grand Rapids
Mich
Chamber of Commerce
S. Main Street
Phil Clarke
Anager Chamber Industrial Development Division
Schoonbeck Co
High Foint
Ward Street
Daar
Casard
Archdale-Trinity Lions Club
Seer Heen
Opet
Svitation
Gilbert Ross
Y Club
Soo
South
J. T. Ryan
Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association
Frank Alspaugh
Greensh Oe
William York
Went and Miles
Russell Hall Jr
Wysong and Miles
Bill Jackson
Donald Lee Holmes
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