Local Post Office Sees Minor Service Change Amid Funds Tie
The post office reduced window hours by one and a half hours due to funding limits set by the Postmaster General. Postmaster Walter York and Mails Superintendent W. B. Farlow say service remains rapid for air and first class mail, with parcel post arriving early from Greensboro and packed due to plant vacations. A survey team may visit soon to study operations for further improvements.
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Congress
Farlow
High Point
Greensboro
Fane Sseries
York
Changes In Social Security Rules Affect Farm Workers
Farm workers hired on 1957 farms will be affected by new Social Security Act rules. District manager Ruth Duffy explains coverage depends on cash wages and days worked, with thresholds of 150 or 20 days. Employers must record days worked and cash wages to determine coverage.
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Ruth Duffy
High Point Social Security Administration
Local Woman Heads Far East Seminar Tour From Oxford
Miss Margaret Berrier assistant professor of sociology Western College for Women departed for San Francisco to join a Far East seminar tour. The six week trip will visit Japan Thailand and the Philippines and she is daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles R Berrier.
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Oxford
Ohio
Margaret
Western College For Women
San Francisco
Miss Berrier
Charles R. Berrier
Far East
Japan
Thailand
Philippines
Minister Prepares Sermons Diligently
Dr. Roy B. Watts pastor of First Presbyterian Church here prepares about 1,500 sermons for a 30 year span. He words sermons from daily Bible study and prayer, aided by his wife who manages his schedule. Watts served since 1951 and holds multiple church and college trustee roles in North Carolina.
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Jane Lucas
Roy B. Watts
First Presbyterian Church
Watts
Jim
Dr. Watts
Inday
Clarksdale
Miss
Synod of North Carolina
Peace College
Raleigh
New Consolidated Presbyterian Co
Emporia
Leland, Miss
Albemarle
Kids Go Home Is Silent During Vacation Exodus
A vacation exodus from school begins with most traveling by car or bus while one 12 year old expresses excitement at a first flight. Miss Betty Joyce Lee, an infirmary nurse, fears some child will be left behind as eight patients earlier in the week recover and leave.
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Mills
Betty Joyce Lee
Yanceyville Hose Firm Established
Yanceyville Knitting by Inc. has been incorporated to manufacture and sell half hose products with an authorized capital stock of 100000 dollars. Gradual operations for 16 automatic machines are expected to begin late summer. Incorporators are local business men who promise local employment.
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Yanceyville
Yanceyville Knitting By Inc
High Point Student Named to Catawba Honor List
Salisbury July 6 Catawba College Dean Dr. Donald C Dear lists honor students for the spring semester Arlen Gilbert Yokley son of Mr and Mrs A Gilbert Yokley of 313 Druid Dr High Point appears on the list The report notes Yokley is among those honored at the college ceremony
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Salisbury
Catawba ‘College
Donald C. Dear
Arlen Gilbert Yokley
A. Gilbert Yokley
High Point
Dean Case Pending at Civil Service Hearing Tomorrow
Dean George Dean faces a Civil Service Commission hearing at city hall tomorrow. He remains suspended while officials review allegations of improper contracting, personal benefits from city contracts, and improper use of city labor and materials. The document alleges multiple improper acts involving Albert Peele and the City of High Point.
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George Dean
Civil Service Commission
Dean
T. E. Hinson
Albert Peele
High Point
Peele
Lindsay and
English Streets
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
Kernersville
City of High Point
Area Students Pass State Drug Exams
CHAPEL HILL July 6 Among 66 candidates who passed all parts of the North Carolina Board of Pharmacy exams to practice in the state two local students and one from Asheboro earned passes. Ernestine Baker and Arnold Cherson of High Point passed the three day practical. Peter Delon Freeman of Asheboro passed the written exam and will enter the final portion after a year of internship. Cherson had the top score on the practical. The article notes the historical claim that finger bowls were introduced to America by Thomas Jefferson.
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Chapel Hill
North Carolina Board of Pharmacy
Asheboro
Ernestine Baker
Arnold Cherson
High Point
Peter Delon Freeman
Cherson
Pharmacy Board
Will Blimp Make Sales Balloon
A new high in High Point advertising as a blimp hovers 600 feet above the city. It, patterned after London barrage balloons, is moored atop the Sheraton Hotel by the Koolroam Division of Dayton Rubber Co. At night searchlights illuminate the sales message.
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Sheraton Hotel
Koolroam
Dayton Rubber Co
Pointer To Sing With Colony Cast
A fragmented item notes Pointer to sing with a Colony cast. The text mentions Manteo and High Point North Carolina with reference to natives and residents in the east. Details are unclear due to damaged OCR.
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Manteo
Carolin
Ord Cox
High Point
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