Principal and Coach Resign From Local Schools
Thomasville reports two resignations from Liberty Drive Elementary principal John R Walters Jr and Thomasville High School line coach Norman Punch. Walters will join Wilson County Schools as director of instruction Aug 1 overseeing about 7000 students. Punch will join Lenoir Rhyne College as football coach and staff member. Walters, 38, previously led Liberty Drive since its completion seven years ago. Punch, 23, played for Lenoir Rhyne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Liberty Drive
Thomasville High School
George Arnold
John R. Walters Jr
Wallcliff
Norman Punch
Thomasville High
Punch
Lenoir Rhyne College
Hickory
Sition
Wilson
Walters
Happy Home
Reidsville
Presbyterian Church
Lions Club
Lenoir Rhyne
Bears
Ways Youth Learn Gets Foreign Distribution
Harpers and Brothers announces Clarice Bowman novel Ways Youth Learn is included in a foreign distribution circular. The book targets 600 bookstores worldwide with concentration in Australia, New Zealand, and India. Bowman, assistant professor at High Point College, has published extensively in Religious Education and teaches at Scarritt College this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harpers and Brothers Publishers
Clarice Bowman
High Point College
Australia
New Zealand
India
Bowman
Scarritt College
Nashville
Tenn
Open House Set At Local Nursing Home
In line with Gov Hodges designation of July 12 18 as aging awareness period Larricks Rest Home at 306 Oak View Rd will hold an open house on Wednesday from 230 to 500 pm. Refreshments served and all family members of past and present patients invited A Memorial service will be held at 4 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther H. Hodges
Larrick
Oak View Rd
Virginia Care Prize Poetry Contest Open to NC Youth
Dr. Walter Blackstock announces The Virginia Care Prize for North Carolina residents under 18. First prize $10, second $5, third a copy of The Spotted Hawk. Send one poem up to 20 lines to The Poetry Council of North Carolina in West Asheville. deadline August 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Blackstock
High Point College
Virginia Care Prize
Poetry Council of North Carolina
Blackstock
Olive Tilford Dargan
Poetry Council of
Sidney Lanier
Jamestown Family Attends New England Mutual Leaders Meeting
Mr and Mrs George P Clark and their son of Ragsdale Road Jamestown travel to Hot Springs Virginia for the annual New England Mutual Life Insurance Leaders Association meeting at The Homestead. Clark a High Point representative for Archie B Carroll Jr agency Charlotte qualified by outstanding record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George P. Clark
Ragsdale Road
Jamestown
New England ‘Mutual Life Insurance Company
Stead
Hot Springs
Clark
High Point
Archie B. Carroll
Engagement ring plan sparks clash over privacy
Dear Wanting faces pressure from a 19 year old fiancé who wants his younger brother to film the proposal and reception. The adviser urges ending the engagement, saying both are too young and suggests dating others before reconsidering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Landers
Counter Charges Brought In Restaurant Incident
Pete Stallings operator of Pete's Drive In on National Highway faces assault with a deadly weapon charge for allegedly pulling a pistol on a man described as disorderly. Stallings a High Point resident was arrested on a warrant signed by Ronald Branson and released on 300 bond pending July 31 trial. Branson also jailed for disorderly conduct after a dispute at Pete's Drive In. Additional weekend arrests include Christian Olin Garrison for drunk driving and related offenses and Lawrence E. Reaves charged with malicious damage to city property after flooding Sgt. Jack Walker's office by leaving water running in his cell. Reaves jailed for public drunkenness and malicious damage with trials set for July 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Pete Stallings
Pete
National Highway
Stallings
Wesley Place
High Point
Ronald Dean Branson
Granby Street
Branson
Pete's Drive- In
Christian Olin Garrison
Wallburg
Garrison
Lawrence E. Reaves
Jack Walker
Reaves
Recorder’s Court
Deaths and Funerals John Bert Lambeth and Claude N Royal
Funeral services for John Bert Lambeth 68 were held at Mt Zion Pilgrim Church in Kernersville with multiple ministers and pallbearers listed. He died in Baptist Hospital Winston-Salem after an extended illness. Interment was in the church cemetery. Separate services for Claude N Royal 47 a Kinneywood furniture maker occurred at J C Green and Sons Funeral Chapel with two pastors and pallbearers noted. Interment followed in Holly Hills Cemetery. Royal died suddenly at home Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
John Bert Lambeth
Star Route
Kernersville
Mt. Zion
Benny Myers
L. L. Lange
H. M. Carroll
W. J. Smith
Walter B. Lambeth
J. D. Jones
Arthur W. Tilley
Thomas B. Tilley
Wesley Tilley
Donald Seigers
Church Cemetery
Mr. Lambeth
Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem
Claude N. Royal
Kinneywood
J. C. Green and Sons
F. Stanley Hardee
First Baptist Church
Richard A. Cheek
Heidleberg Evangelical
Willard Hardy
Holly Hills
Mr. Royal
William C Dennis Dies After Heart Attack in High Point
William Clarence Dennis 44 of 606 Everett St. died after a heart attack at his home and at High Point Memorial Hospital. He was born February 9 1915 in South Carolina and moved to High Point as a child. He married Lucille Crawford on October 31 1939 and worked 15 years as a fireman for the High Point Fire Department before becoming an insurance agent for Durham Life. Surviving are his wife two sons a daughter a granddaughter his mother and a sister. Funeral services set for Tuesday at Rankin Memorial Methodist Church with burial at Floral Garden Park Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Clarence Dennis
Everett St
High Point Memorial Hospital
Mr. Dennis
Chesterfield County
S. C
C. H
Emma Jane Epps Dennis
High Point
Lucille Crawford
High Point Fire Devt
Durham Life Insurance Co
Prado
Lucille C. Dennis
Craig
Garry Dennis
Becky Dennis
Recruiter to Visit Office Here in High Point
Airman First Class Loretta J. Ludwig, local WAF recruiter, will interview young women in High Point tomorrow for U S Air Force service. Sgt Al Martin says eligible singles aged 18 to 34 with high school graduates can join after tests and will ship to Lackland AFB for initial training.
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Loretta J. Ludwig
Air Force
High Point
U. S. Air Force
al Martin
USAF
Ludwig Wil
WAF
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Tex
Martin
Ludwig
Obituary: Normy Williams Dies at 63 in High Point
Normy Erhardt Williams 63 of Rotary Court died at High Point Memorial Hospital after a brief stay with a heart attack. Born January 25, 1896 in Des Moines Iowa he moved to High Point in 1955 to work as a designer for Heritage Furniture Company. He leaves wife three children two step children seven grandchildren and two brothers and two sisters. A prayer service is set for Tuesday at Sechrest Chapel and burial will be in Rockford Illinois Swed ish American Cemetery.
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Normy Erhardt Williams
Rotary Court
High Point Memorial Hospital
Mr. Williams
Des Moines
Iowa
John T
Anna Carlson Williams
High Point
Rockford
Ill
Heritage Furniture Company
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Normy E. Williams
Bert McCleneghan
Evanston, Ill
John F. Williams
San Antonio
Tex
Robert Higgins
Sarasota
Fla
Russell Anderson
Rockford, Til
Richard J. Johnson
Pittsburg
Kan
Ward Williams
Russell Williams
Milwaukee
Wis
Viola Williams
Arnold Peterson
Sechrest Chapel
C. W. Buckey
Olson Mortuary
Local Man Charged In Roanoke Road Death
George P. Clark Jr. of James town a High Point insurance broker was charged with mary slaughter in a Roanoke Williamson Road fatality. Eyewitnesses said Willie Hugh McGuire 63 of Hardee Va ran in front of Clark's car as he returned home with his wife and two children. The charge will be heard July 20.
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George P. Clark Jr
Jamestown
High Point
Highw
Roanoke
Williamson Road
U. S. 11
Willie Hugh McGuire
Route 1
Hardee
Clark
Mary Slaughter
Cla
Randleman Native Florence McKenzie Succumbs After Illness
Florence Davis McKenzie 65 wife of R W McKenzie of Randleman died Saturday at Wesley Long Hospital Greensboro after an extended illness. Survived by husband one daughter Viola Reeder two sons Reece and Bruce two stepdaughters two steps brothers and three steps, twelve grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday 3 p m at Midway Wesleyan Methodist Church Worthville Road with body at home this morning and in state 30 minutes before service.
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Randleman
Florence Davis McKenzie
R. W. McKenzie
Wesley Long Hospital
Greensboro
Viola Reeder
Reece
Bruce
Columbus
Ohio
James Slack
Mary Lou Stevens
Charles McKenzie
R. W
Tommy McKenzie
Asheboro
Myrtle Robbins
High Point
Will Davis
Sophia
Harrison Davis
Midway Wesleyan Methodist Church
Worthville Road
Dr Frank Ellis Dies in Texas After Illness
Dr Frank A Ellis of Corpus Christi Texas died in a Houston veterans hospital after a long illness. A World War II Navy commander he received a unit citation for gallantry in the Solomon Islands. Survived by wife Marion Ramsay Salisbury and two children Marion and Bill. Funeral services set for Corpus Christi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank A. Ellis
Corpus’ Christi
Tex
Houston
W. F. Ellis
R. K. Stewart
High Point
Salisbury
Ellis
Solomon Island
Navy
W. F. Ellis Sr
Lara Wood Ellis
Trinity
Marion Ramsay
Marion
Bill
Corpus Christi, Tex
Inspection Of New Thomasville Senior High Scheduled
Final inspection of the new Thomasville Senior High School on Unity Street is set for tomorrow at 9 30 am. School board members state officials and the architect and contractor will tour the three building complex costing 600000 and serving about 600 students in grades 10 to12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Unity Street
North Carolina
Main Street
No Darkness and No Daylight in Lapland Seasons
Lapland experiences two months of midnight sun each summer above Sweden Finland and Russia and two months of polar night each winter when daylight is absent.
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Lapland
Sweden
Finland
Russia
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HPC
Ann
M.M.M
Guilford College Methodist Church
College
F. R. Barber
Greensboro District Mission Society
J. Clay Madison
The
Methodist Church
Main ST
Wm. C. Dennis
Rankin Memorial Methodist Church
J. S. Higgins
Floral Garden Park
Normy Williams
Rotary Ct
Frank Ellis
Texas
Grace Flower Shop
N. Wrenn & Howell
Lila Moore Keen
Fine Arts, Inc
Centennial Ave
Shirt Service
S. Main ST
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