High Point Busy Fourth of July With Few Crashes
Police logged two minor accidents and one hit and run during the Fourth of July weekend in High Point. A 22 year old from Thomasville suffered a cut lip after hitting a utility pole on N Main Street and was treated at High Point Memorial Hospital. The other collision at Church and Elm involved a stop sign violation by a Galax Virginia man. No injuries were reported. Police continued to investigate a left front fender strike on Davis Street and a 1954 car reported stolen in Greensboro.
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High Point
Jimmy Max Wilson
Route 2
Thomasville
N. Main
Ray Sts
Wilson
N. Main St
High Point Memorial
Church and
Elm Sts
James Matthew Musser
Route 3
Galax
Musser
Church St
W. A. Hackney
Sherwood Ave
Peggy F. Franklin
Franklin
Davis and
S. Main Sts
Greensboro
Betty Little Jones
TJ Fields
Deaths and Funerals in High Point area
Miss Bertha Gwendolyn Suits 60 of Route 4 High Point died yesterday at Baptist Hospital Winston-Salem after two months illness and four weeks in hospital. Survived by one sister and six brothers. funeral tomorrow at Allen Jay Baptist Church with burial at Springfield Friends Cemetery. Mrs Margaret Bencini Walker died at her High Point home aged about in her 40s or 50s? She attended Rollins College and was a Wesley Memorial Methodist member. Funeral today at Sechrest Chapel. entombment in Bencini Mausoleum. James Edw ard Prettyman of 708 Westwood funeral this afternoon at 4:30 at Yow's with Dr Roy Watts officiating. Pallbearers listed. Charles Edward Wood 4 died Friday morning at home. funeral graveside service yesterday afternoon. Mikels infant daughter of Charles and Barbara Mikels buried at Mitchells Grove cemetery.
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Bertha Gwendolyn Suits
Route 4
High Point
Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem
High Point Memorial
Baptist Hospitals
Guilford County
George Henry
Margaret English Suits
Miss Suits
Jay A
Sunny
Nellie Evans
J. E. Suits
John Suits
Emory Suits
Will Suits
Edward Suits
David
Allen Jay
Allen Jay Baptist Church
George H. Wallace
Springfield Friends Church
Cumby-Orrell Mortuary
Margaret Bencini Walker
Wallburg Road
Walker
Nancy Elizabeth Fulton Bencini
Emery Anthony Bencini
Rudolph B. Walker
Orlando
Fla
Rollins College
Winter Park
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
E. A. Bencini
R. E. Bencini, Sr
B. B. Tatum
James FE. Prettyman
James Edward Prettyman
Westwood
Yow
Roy Watts
First Presbyterian Church
C. W. Patterson
J. W. Farr
J. W. Southerland
Paul G. Wilson
R. W. Moseley
Joe Brinson
J. T. Ferebee
Roger E. Carr
Floral Garen
Charles Edward Wood
Lloyd E. Sechriest
First
Dunestical and Reformed Church
Neil J. Armstrong
N. Main St. Baptist Church
Floral Garden Park
Charles Edward
Clyde T. Wood
Meadowbrook Street
Mikels
Charles
Barbara Garner Mikels
Kivett Drive
Mitchells Grove Methodist Church
Paul M. Dennis
High Point Memorial Hospital
Local Couple Hurt In Wreck That Kills Man
A High Point couple, Clar ence H Elkins and his wife Lola, suffered minor injuries in a two vehicle crash near Raeford on Friday. The other car’s occupant, about 40 year old W. F ee, a Ft Bragg civilian employee, was killed. Authorities said the collision occurred between Lumber Bridge and Raeford.
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High Point
Raeford
Clarence H. Elkins
Lola Elkins
W. F.ee
Ft. Bragg
Lemonade Offer Aimed At Drivers In High Point
Jaycees cooperate with the State Highway Patrol for the Slow Down and Live safety drive during the Fourth of July weekend. At checkpoints around High Point motorists receive lemonade and safety literature while licenses are checked. Clayton Holmes chairs the program.
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High Point
Amber of Commerce
Jaycees
State Highway Patrol
Highway Patrol
S. Mair St. Ext
Clayton Holmes
The
Veteran seeks help finding lost discharge papers
Air Force veteran Harvey L. Jordan, a former local resident, appealed for information about an envelope with his discharge papers and other documents lost last Sunday in the area. He says he noticed the loss after leaving area cafes and boarding a train to Washington, D C. He asks that anyone who found or mailed the envelope send it to his mother at 121 Chestnut St.
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Air Force
Sunnig Harvey L. Jordan
Sheraton
Washington, D. C
S. B
Man Charged With Theft Of Shotgun
Albert Gaskins a 25 year old Negro of 1203 Leonard St arrested on larceny and receiving charges for allegedly taking a single barrel 12 gauge shotgun from Willie Gaskins of 1203 Leonard St Value set at $20. Gaskins held on $200 bond awaiting Municipal Court July 6. Police also investigated two used tires stolen from W G Procter service station valued at $12 and arrested Freddie Maynard Fleming on two Lexington warrants for false pretense to defraud Mrs Zeb Johnson with bonds of $1,000 each. Firework explosions reported near Centennial and E Lexington Aves and Washington Terrace Park could not be confirmed.
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Albert Gaskins
Leonard St
Gaskins
Willie Gaskins
W. G. Procter
English and
Burton Sts
Freddie Maynard Fleming
High Point
Clara Cox
Lexington Police Department
Centennial and
E. Lexington Aves
Washington Terrace Park
Incorrect arrest location cited for Arthur Odom Morton
Arthur Odom Morton was charged with operating a gambling house but was not arrested at 507 Montheu Ave as reported. Police say Morton was taken into custody in the back room of a restaurant at 307 E Russell St where the gambling is alleged to have occurred. A separate item notes a photo exhibit on ancient and modern Greece at UNC Chapel Hill library, lent by Princeton University Library.
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Arthur Odom Morton
Montheu Ave
Morton
E. Russell St
Chapel Hill
Greece
Thebrary
University of North Carolina At
Beauty Pageant Draws Near in North Carolina
Twenty eight of thirty five contestants officially entered the Miss North Carolina Pageant to be held in Wilmington at Brogden Memorial Hall July 14 15 and 16. Local Jaycees sponsor with state guests expected. Local queens represented include Miss Barrow Miss Sparrow Miss Gawthrop Miss Kidd Miss Hicks Miss Watkins Miss Guthrie and Miss Oxford with talents ranging from dancing singing and piano to dramatic reading and water skiing.
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North Carolina
Herb McKim
Wilmington
Brogden Memorial Hall
McKim
Wilmington Junior Chamber of Commerce
Rossie Barrow
Tri-City
Tri-City Jaycees
Miss Barrow
Ann Sparrow
Kinston
Kinston Jaycees
Grace Gawthrop
Jacksonville
Spon
Jacksonville Jaycees
Gawthrop
Mar Y Sven
Jville High School
Patsy Anne Kidd
Thomasville
Thomasville Jaycees
Mary Elizabeth Hicks
Shelby
Shelby Jaycees
Hicks
Carolyn K. Guthrie
Morehead City
Jaycees
Guthrie
Meredith College
Ernest Lane
Jimmy
Press Photographers Association of
Solve-A-Crime Solution
Betty Clayton suspected after wiping fingerprints from the safe study door desk and even the telephone She had used the phone to call her employer revealing possible motive or opportunity in the case
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Betty Clayton
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Margaret Walker
Charles E. Wood
Crazy Price
Redah
Maes Oe
Onion Choppers
Pawer
Howeight
Federal Pains Dixie Pridi
Bade House
Dixie Pride
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