Petite Blonde Carries City Crown Into Miss North Carolina Pageant
Miss High Point Gail Geyer, 20, a High Point College student from Irvington New Jersey, will represent High Point in the Miss North Carolina Pageant in Charlotte this weekend. She aims to make a strong showing and to teach high school physical education, backed by her campus activities and local ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Charlotte
Miss Geyer
New Jersey
Extra
Irvington
Charles Jarrell
Cathy Sturm
High Point College
Development Group Plans Discussions in Greensboro
The Northern Piedmont Area Development Association will hold multiple sessions in Greensboro tomorrow. W. E. Apple Jr. and college officials discuss an economic survey. 10 a.m. at Greensboro Chamber of Commerce, 11 a.m. development division meeting, 12:30 p.m. director luncheon at Mayfair Cafeteria. Members come from Guilford, Randolph, Davidson, Alamance, Rockingham, Chatham and Caswell counties.
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Greensboro
Northern
Piedmont Area Development Assn
State College
Association
W. E. Apple Jr
Development Association
Piedmont
Apple
Greensboro Chamber of Commerce
Charles Graham
Linwood
Mayfair
Northern Piedmont Area Development Assn
Guilford
Randolph
Davidson
Alamance
Rockingham
Chatham
Caswell
Multiple Offense Trial Ordered in Local Court
George Arthur Franklin 27 of Meredith Street bound over to Superior Court on two counts of breaking and entering larceny and receiving plus two forgery counts for stealing a check writing machine and scrap copper from Allied Roofing. He allegedly wrote a 72.13 check cashed at Big Bear Store and endorsed a 52.12 check as Arthur Hazzard. Bond set at 1000. Max Nixon 23 of Forrest Street bound over on automobile larceny with 1500 bond after being found in possession of a car belonging to Lawrence W. Ingram. Nixon and Homer Lambeth were picked up after an escapade with a hitchhiker from Camp Butner. Lambeth later dismissed on the larceny charge. Other actions include Larry Smith fined for trespass and resisting an officer. James McGee convicted of indecent exposure. Grace Johnson convicted of disorderly conduct. Gene Strader convicted of assault on Bobby Collette with sentence three months on the roads suspended for a year on payment of costs and medical expenses. Jimmie Baker convicted of drunken driving with $100 fine and costs. Heath fined for violating prohibitions. George Moore 28 of Leonard Street sentenced to three months on the roads suspended for 12 months on good behavior and costs after threatening Willie Gaskins with a shotgun. Gaskins convicted of assault with a deadly weapon and shooting a man in the right shoulder. three months suspended for good behavior and costs.
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George Arthur Franklin
Meredith Street
Superior Court
Claude Reitzel
Franklin
Allied Roofing Company
Sid Franklin
South Road
Big Bear
W. J. Jones
Arthur Hazzard
Rabinowitz
Hazzard
Reitzel
Max Nixon
Forrest Street
Nixon
Fayetteville
Lawrence W. Ingram
N. Rotary Drive
Homer Lee Lambeth
Davidson County
Camp Butner
Fayette
James McGee
Grace Johnson
Pershing Street
McGee
Johnson
Gene Carroll Strader
Bobby Collette
English Street
Collette
Strader
Jimmie Roger Baker
Howard H. Heath
George T. Moore
Leonard Street
Willie
Gaskins
Leonard Avenue
Jon
Planning Zoning Board Postpones Public Hearing On Center
The city planning commission called off a public hearing set for Aug 13 on a proposed shopping center at W Lexington and Westchester. They will review revised plans after residents protested traffic and noise near a school. The panel will also consider sidewalk canopy easing and a zoning overhaul with codes due within 90 days.
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Forrest Cates
Enterprise City
City Planning Commission
Planning and Zoning Commission
G. E. Hutchens
W. Lexington and
Westchester
Oth
Planning Board
High Point
Downtown Development Corp
City Parks Program Reviewed at July Meeting
The Parks and Recreation commission discussed space for new recreations facilities in Oak View and Spring Field Friends Meeting areas. Updates include completed rest room foundation at City Lake, parking space markings, and near completion of tennis courts at Blair Park and Washington Terrace.
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Parks and Recreation Commission
Dale Montgomery
Oak View
Washington Terrace
Mary M. Everett
Springfield
Parks and Recreation Department
City Lake
Kisiah
City Lake Park
Parks Board
Gary Davis
Harold Cheek
Blair Park
Hot Days Ahead Says Forecaster in High Point Area
Forecaster predicts two hot days in High Point area with 60 degree night, 90 degree peak Wednesday. Thursday looks similar with no rain. Tuesday saw 90 degrees and no precipitation at the airport weather station.
Major City Problems Aired In North Carolina League Meeting
Representatives from thirteen North Carolina cities met in High Point to discuss municipal issues. Delegates from Asheville Burlington Charlotte Durham Fayetteville Gastonia Greensboro Raleigh Rocky Mount Goldsboro Winston-Salem and Wilson gathered at the City-County Building and a luncheon in the Southern Furniture Exposition Building as part of the M C League of Municipalities annual session.
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North Carolina
High Point
Council
Southern Furniture Exposition
M. C. League of Municipalities
Tar Heel
Asheville
Burlington
Charlotte
Durham
Fayetteville
Gastonia
Greensboro
Raleigh
Rocky Mount Goldsboro
Winston - Salem
Wilson
League
Thomasville Pastor Resigns to Pursue Graduate Scholarship
Rev. J Daniel Brown of Grace Lutheran Church in Thomasville has announced his resignation effective August 26 to accept a scholarship for graduate study at Drew University in Madison New Jersey. He has served as pastor for two years.
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Thomasville
J. Daniel Brown
Grace Lutheran Church
Drew University
Madison
N. J
Prayer for Today from Joseph R. Sizoo
A devotional blessing asks for God's guidance to shape daily work as a divine trust. The Washington DC scholar of religion at George Washington University notes the day ends with hearing a "Well done" for Thy name's sake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph R. Sizoo
Washington, D. C
George Washington University
Foam Firm Plans Big Addition At Local Plant
Phillips-Foscue Corp announces a 35 000 square foot plant expansion in North Carolina with a new LuXer Foam product. J W Coltrane will build the masonry and steel addition adding rail siding and a six-trailer loading platform. The facility, its third since 1957, targets completion in early October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillips-Foscue Corp
John P. Hailey
J. W. Coltrane
Hailey
North Carolina
Powell Scholarship Awarded to High Point College Student
Patsy Ann Key, daughter of K D Key, 2006 W Rotary Dr, receives the William Thomas Powell Scholarship for next year at High Point College. Key, rising senior, was High Point High School graduate in 1958 and has served as a marshal and in the Student National Education Association. The scholarship, created by Annie Mae Powell and Eleanor Powell Latimer, honors William Thomas Powell and is awarded at the financial aid officer’s discretion to a student of high academics.
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Patsy Ann Key
William Thomas Powell
High Point College
Stan Broadway
Miss Key
K. D. Key
W. Rotary Dr
High Point High School
National Education Assn
Annie Mae Powell
Eleanor Powell Latimer
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By Frank Warren
Gail Geyer
Irvington, N. J
Junior Chamber of Commerce
High Point Enterprise
Miss High Point
National Honor Society
Girl Reserves
Kennedy
Dick Swaim
Irvington High
N. Main Street
Parris Avenue
Oxford Place
Commission
East Central
Henry Price
Friendship Weatherman
Grace Lutheran
W. T. Powell
YWCA
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