Guilford County Schools Set 1958 59 Opening Dates
Guilford County board approves opening September 2 and closing May 29 1959 for county schools with a mid year break and holidays noted. Other actions include transfer of land, landscape contract, driver training funds, and hiring new industrial center staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guilford County
High Point
R. D. Tillson, Inc
Ragsdale
Jamestown
Bruce B. Roberts
Columbus
Ohio
Guilford Industrial Educational Center
George Poston
Centennial Avenue
Industrail Center
Rena Bullock
Mamie A. Fulp
Stokesdale
City Board of Education
Manly Street
Lowe Avenue
Friends Avenue
Brentwood
Tillson
Poston
Education Board
Police Rush TB Patient To Isolation
A city jail took Floyd Hill Ward 47 to isolation after he claimed to be an escaped TB patient from Glen Lakes Michigan. He was arrested on a public intoxication charge and jailed pending verification with his brother. Ward was sent to Greensboro after authorities confirmed the claim.
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Floyd Hill Ward
T.B
Ward
Greensboro
Glen
Hargrave
Jerry Wayne Hilliard
Ennis Street
Jayne Allen
Carter Street
Hilliard
Allen
Gracie Jenkins
Woodbury Street
Apt
Ralph Rochelle
James Hawks
Hawks
Rochelle
Charles Street
Avanee
Municipal
New Stamps Arrive At Post Office Go Into Use Aug
Post Office announces Aug 1 start for new stamps including three cent, four cent and five cent air mail issues. First day sales planned in Philadelphia with Simon Bolivar four cent stamp July 25. Rates rise for first class letters and cards, air mail and third class circulars.
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SS Eee Airlines
Philadelphia
Simon Bolivar
York
Abraham Lincoln
Dr Max Sink Joins Local Veterinary Practice In Lexington
Dr Max Sink joins with Dr A C Jones of High Point Animal Hospital to practice veterinary medicine in Lexington. He is son of Mr and Mrs D E Sink of Route 7 Lexington and a Linwood High School and NC State College graduate. He served two years in Germany with the U S Army and is a first lieutenant in the Army Reserve. He is married to Dorothy Elliott of Shelby and they reside at 808 Woodrow Ave with one son Michael Elliott.
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E. Max Sink
A. C. Jones
High Point Animal Hospital
D. E. Sink
Route 7
Lexington
Sink
Linwood High School
Davidson County
North Carolina State College
School of Veterinary Medicine
University of Georgia
Link
Alpha Zeta
Alpha Psi
National Professional Veterinary Fraternity
Psi Sigma
National Biological Society
U. S. Army
Germany
Army
Krause says mother and descendants share May 30 births
Eagle City Oklahoma AP reports John Krause notes his mother sister daughter grandson and great grandson were all born on May 30. The unusual family birthday pattern highlights a shared date across generations.
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Eagle City
Okla
John Krause
High Point Library Reports Best June Circulation
Neal Austin, librarian, reports June circulation at the High Point Public Library reached 20 551 books, up 16 percent from last year. Juvenile, fiction, and non fiction loans rose, while adult fiction up 20 percent and non fiction up 11 percent. Bookmobile loans totaled 2 428 with 960 total registrations.
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High Point Public Library
Neal Austin
Austin
Outlook Is Good as Southern Furniture Market Closes
The Southern Furniture and Rug Market, a one week show in the Southern Exposition Building, drew buyers from 31 states and more than 4,500 attendees. Manufacturers reported brisk business with buyers ordering for 30 to 60 days ahead, signaling strong prospects for the fall and mail-order demand as salesmen resume travel.
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Southern
Southern Furniture Exposition
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
South Carolina
North Carolina
Virginia
Tennessee
Exposition Building
J. M. Young
Young's Inc
High Point
E. T. Barwick Mills
One Week Market Praised by National Furniture Leaders
Globe Furniture Co. president and High Point curators of education lauded the one week market. Foscue and James Byrnes endorsed the event as a success. Hyland Ryan of H Ryan Furniture Super Market praised High Point and reported strong business with a 100 hour sale prior.
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Globe Furniture Co
High Point
Ben Williams
Charles Stanford Jr
Foscue
James Byrnes
Barwick Mills
Hyland Ryan
H Ryan Furniture
Decatur
Huntsville
Sheffield
Ala
Ryan
Gingerbread solace and small town musings through a boy diary
A columnist shares fragments from a nine year old diary showing simple joys and troubles from school and family life. The piece shifts to a note about crude obituaries on front porches and reflects on barber ethics and a misread driving range sign causing humor at home.
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Goosengossam
Pamski
Davidski
Planning Office Reorganization Complete at High Point
The High Point City Council completed the department reorganization adding a traffic engineer and a city planner. E L Walker Jr heads traffic engineering, William H Colonna Jr leads planning, and A R Strange oversees inspection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
E. L. Walker Jr
William H. Colonna Jr
Bob Griffin
Walker
Colonna
A. R. Strange
Council
Hardendorf States He Won't Seek Re election
Wyoming state Rep. A J Hardendorf a Republican says he will not run again this year citing eye strain from reading the large stack of bills he must review.
Second HPC Term Opens On Thursday
Approximately 500 students at High Point College will begin the second term on Thursday after the first session ends July 16. New faculty members Dr. Rossiter R. Bellinger and Dr. Arthur E. Le Vey join the college, teaching English and modern languages respectively, with prior posts at Yale, Alabama, Dartmouth, and other institutions. The term concludes with graduation on Saturday, August 23.
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High Point College
Harold E. Conrad
Rossiter R. Bellinger
Arthur E. le Vey
Yale
Bellinger
Yale University
High Point
University of Alabama
Dartmouth College
Hanover
N. H
Bowdoin College
Brunswick
Maine
University of California, Berkeley
Calif
LeVey
Colorado Teachers College
University of Denver
University of Chicago
Michigan College of Mining and Technology
Oklahoma College For Women
Berlitz School of Languages
Los Angeles
U. S. Army
Local Students Attend Steven Foster Music Camp in Kentucky
Four youths from High Point Senior High School depart for Easter Kentucky State College in Richmond Kentucky to join the Steven Foster Music Camp. Ronald Whittington Josephine Dunbar play violin, Nancy Clinard plays viola and David Williams plays cello. The quartet will perform solo and with the camp orchestra across three weekly concerts ending with a grand concert August 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Senior High School
Steven Foster
Easter Kentucky State College
Richmond
Ronald Whittington
Josephine Dunbar
Nancy Clinard
David Williams
Thunderstorms Seen For Today
Weather today remains cloudy and humid with scattered thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening. A recent storm dumped over an inch in an hour at Friendship station. High Point had only a light shower. Temperatures should top near 90 and dip to about 70 tonight.
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Friendship
Norfolk Jeweler Invents Self-Sharpening Safety Pin
Norfolk Neb. Paul Ziegenbein, a local jeweler, says his new self sharpening safety pin brightens the lives of new mothers by providing a safer, easier to use fastener. The device reportedly stays sharp without constant replacement and aims to reduce accidental pokes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk, Neb
Norfolk
Paul Ziegenbein
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David Cox
Max Sink
DR. Max Sink
Robert Marks
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Raleigh
Henry Foscue
Forrest Cates
Billy
Bill
Eddie
Woody Woodpecker
Dad
Burlington
Kens
Asheboro
Planning Office
Texas
Texas A & M
University of Texas Graduate School of Engineering
Yale Bureau of Highway Traffic
Texas Highway Department
Army Corps of Engineers
Sara
Radford St
Police Department
VPI
University of Richmond
University of North Carolina
Patsy Doggett
W. H. Colonna JR
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