Four Injured In Collision On Highway
Four occupants in two vehicles were injured in a Highway 311 south collision at 6:30 a m today and taken to High Point Memorial Hospital. The injured were Lilly Dorsett and Rachel Ethel McGee both of Rt 1 Trinity Patr icia Self and Lonize Kelly of Rt 1 Sophia. Mrs Kelly was admitted for observation. the other three were treated and released. The cars were northbound. McGee's car left to enter a parking lot near Randolph County line while Self attempted to pass. Damages were estimated at 150. Self was cited for failing to give an audible signal and McGee for failing to see a safe move.
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High Point Memorial Hospital
W. L. Griffin
Lilly Dorsett
Rachel Ethel McGee
Rt. 1
Trinity
Patricia Self
Lonize Kelly
Sophia
Randolph County
Ronald Louis Self
Self
McGee
Youth Faces Auto Larceny Charges
Harrell Gene Cheek aged 16 of Dorris Street charged with two counts of larceny of a motor vehicle for stealing a 1955 auto and a 1948 three quarter ton pickup. Bond set at $500 per count. trial July 27. judgment in Thomasville cases continued.
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Harrell Gene Cheek
Dorris Street
Cheek
Thomasville
Check
James Cecil Conner
Sophia
Conner
S. Elm Street
Ambassador Leonard Unger Arrives in Laos
U S Ambassador Leonard Unger arrived in Vientiane to begin his post as envoy to Laos succeeding Winthrop Brown. Unger previously served as deputy chief of the U S mission in Bangkok.
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Vientiane, Laos
U.S
Leonard Unger
Vientiane
Unger
Bangkok
Winthrop Brown
Laos
Trespass Charge Filed In Thomasville Weeks Later
Burnice M. Wood, 62, a painter of 402 Hinkle Street, was jailed on a trespassing charge at the same address. Alice Ferguson, a resident there, told him to leave and not return. he allegedly returned, prompting the charge. Wood is held in jail in lieu of bond pending Recorder's Court hearing.
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Thomasville
Burnice
M. Wood
Hinkle St
Wood
Alice Ferguson
Ferguson
Recorder's Court
Driver Cited After Hitting City Vehicle
At 2 p m a backing auto struck a City of High Point station wagon at Groometown Road and Highway 62. Billy Jean Dunn 17 of Randleman backed into the stopped city vehicle injuring no one. Kinsey 22 of High Point drove the other vehicle. Damages totaled 110. Dunn cited for unsafe backing.
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High Point
Groometown Road
Highway 62
Billy Jean Dunn
Rt. 1
Randleman
Phillip Lawrence Kinsey
N. Centennial Street
Archdale Trinity Lions Open Fiscal Year In Archdale
Archdale Trinity Lions began the new fiscal year with a meeting at Guilford Fire Station Archdale. President Ray Giles outlined committee assignments and chairmen. Bob Murray reported on an annual blind picnic in Randolph County. The board of directors will meet at Bill Farlow’s Aldridge Road home Thursday at 7 30 p m. Murray introduced as new deputy district governor for District 31 D.
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Archdale
Archdale- Trinity Lions
Guil Rand
Bob Murray
Randolph County
Giles
Bill Farlow
Aldridge Road
Murray
Police List Two Auto Mishaps
Police records show two minor traffic mishaps yesterday. Leon Madison Rivers, 65, Rt. 2, charged with failure to reduce speed after his car hit D. A. Dowdy Jr., 29, Shadow Valley Rd. Dowdy northbound on N. Hamilton stopped in traffic when Rivers failed to stop. About $75 damage to each car. A second collision on S. Main at Taylor Street involved Gilbert Thorton, 32, High Point, and Gilbert Wallace, 52, Redding Street, Wallace turning in front. no charges. Construction work on S. Main Street noted.
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Leon Madison Rivers
Rt. 2
D. A. Dowdy Jr
Shadow Valley Rd
Dowdy
N. Hamilton
Rivers
S. Main
Taylor Street
Gilbert Thornton
High Point
Gilbert Wallace
Redding Street
Wallace
S. Main Street
Plans for West End Methodist sanctuary approved
The congregation of West End Methodist Church has approved plans by Raleigh architect Charles W. Davis Jr. for a new colonial style sanctuary costing 70000 dollars. The 375 seat nave will adjoin the educational building completed in 1958 on Lexington Avenue.
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Thomasville
Charles W. Davis Jr
Raleigh
West End
Church Approves New Plans for Razing Old Building
The church votes to raze the existing sanctuary and begin construction soon. S. E. Trogden of Asheboro named contractor, with Lee Embry C. C. Hill Joe Yokeley James Norton Fred Foster and Donald Brinkley on the building committee. Reverend Paul Berrier serves as pastor.
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S. E. Trogden
Asheboro
Lee Embry
C. C. Hill
Joe Yokeley
James Norton
Fred Foster
Donald Brinkley
Paul Berrier
Firemen Respond to Two Small Blazes
The High Point Fire Department answered two small fires yesterday. A backfire near Locke and Chestnut at 11:04 a.m. caused a minor car fire with slight damage. A trash fire on Ferndale at 1:50 p.m. burned without a permit. Short circuited wiring at 1415 Davis St. produced smoke at 7:28 a.m. on a back porch. damage was slight.
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Locke and
Chestnut
Ferndale
Davis St
Thomasville Court Binds Over Burglary Charge
Mitch ell Pullen, 19, of W Guilford bound over for Davidson County Superior Court on burglary charges hearing yesterday. Pullen failed to post $5 000 bond and remains in Davidson County jail in Lexington awaiting trial. Another youth charged with reckless driving and no operator’s license after a reported vehicle theft and truck wreck had case continued due to witness absence. Cheek released to High Point police after two warrants for motor vehicle thefts. John C Price 22 of Winston-Salem given 30 day suspended sentence for writing a bad check. must make restitution and pay costs, with $100 bond pending appeal. Cruelty to animals case against Abby Coble 27 of Kennedy Road continued two years after charging shooting two dogs, killing one and wounding the other.
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Pullen
Davidson County Superior Court
Davidson County
Lexington
L. Roy Hughes
Cheek
High Point Police
Hughes
John C. Price
Winston - Salem
Jenkins
Price
Superior Court
Abby Coble
Kennedy Road
Coble
Negro youths swim again in city lake pool
Four Negro youths were admitted to the City Lake Park swimming pool yesterday. They entered the pool early in the afternoon, swam briefly, and left without incident. It was the second time that ra…
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City Lake
City Lake Park
Integration Attempt at Pool Noted in June Entry
The report recalls a token based integration effort at a pool and records that three Black women swam there in early June, marking a notable moment in desegregation events.
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Jessie Hunter
Reid Street
Frank B. Tucker
Hodgin Street
Tucker
Big Bear
English Street
Dunn
Lions of Archdale-Trinity
Club
Ray Giles
Ross Farlow
High Point Furniture Club
Emerywood Country Club
Furniture Club
Virginia-Carolinas
Church OK
High Point Fire Department
Mitchell Pullen
W. Guilford Street
Maxum M. Bingham
N. C
Call
Kearns Kart Raceway, Inc
Wallburg Road
Davis
Patrol & Watchman Service
Jack S. Davis
Mayo
Oldsmobile
Highland Motors
N. Main
Ward St. Ph
Tennis
Oxfords
Men’s Dept
Summer Slim Jims
Perpetual
Perpetual “New & Loan Association
N. Mein St
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