Post Office Construction Is Pushed
Thomasville reports progress on the new federal post office at Fisher Ferry and Main Streets after a slow winter. Officials expect turnover to architects Oct 12 and occupancy by Dec 1, with 14,000 square feet, six breakout doors, a one way mirror hallway for inspectors, private offices for postmaster and assistant, a lobby and many private boxes, loading ramps at the rear, and a restricted spy network including a ladies restroom.
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Thomasville
Fisher Ferry
Main Streets
Fisher Ferry Street
Picketing Incident Marrs Center Theater Demonstration
Last night’s picket line by integrationists at the Center Theater was marred by violence. Five whites were arrested for disorderly conduct and breach of the peace, one for assault, after Wes Harrison struck protester Stephen Holmes.
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Center Theater
Wesly
Samuel Harrison
Cable Street
Stephen Holmes
Harrison
Holmes
Congress of Racial Equality
Mann Drug Stores Move to Modern 30,000 Sq Ft Warehouse
Mann's Drug Stores Inc begins relocation of warehousing to Surrett Drive to service 14 drug stores. The old two-warehouse facility on East Broad Street had 8,000 sq ft, no inventory system, and outdated shelves. The new five acre site offers 30,000 sq ft, air conditioning, three shipping doors with loading platforms, a full inventory system, and Bookkeeping for all stores. Lawrence Council named manager of the new operation. Dowdy said the change will markedly improve efficiency.
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Mann’s Drug Stores Inc
David A. Dowdy Jr
Dowdy
E. Broad Street
Mann's
High Pointer
Surrett Drive
Lawrence Council
Stolen French Poodle Case Puzzles Miami Police
AP reports Joseph Quinones told police his pedigreed poodle was stolen and that the thief later called, asking about the dog's diet. In Rome a new women police force says inspectors and assistants have aided in returning 849 runaway children over two years.
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Miami
Joseph Quinones
Big City
Rome
Italy
Milan
Naples
NAACP Protest March Continues in Thomasville
In Thomasville the local NAACP leadership pledged ongoing demonstrations to push racial equality. Rev. W E Banks led a smaller march of about 30 to 50 minutes with youth participants, while David Riley faced trespass charges in Wilmington.
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NAACP
Thomasville
W. E. Banks
David Riley
Wilmington
Riley
Banks
Field Day For Tobacco Growers Set
Guilford County tobacco growers are invited to a field day at the Oxford Experiment Station starting at 9 a m Friday. Assistant county agent Bert H Taylor said groups should meet near 9 am to view test plots on disease resistant varieties chemical weed control nematode control fumigation rotation fertilization irrigation and spacing of tobacco at the station one mile southwest of Oxford.
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Guilford County
Oxford Experiment Station
Bert H. Taylor
Taylor
Oxford
Formula for Franks Attracts College Actors Tour
Acting students from 13 colleges will tour American military bases overseas next fall under sponsor United Service Organizations. A processor can use linear programming to determine the best sausage formula by feeding data on meat availability and prices into a computer to produce an exact formula for a superior frankfurter with desired taste. The schools include Rider, Montana State, Spelman College, University of Delaware, Indiana University, University of Oklahoma, Brigham Young, University of Miami, UCLA, Clarke College, Otterbein College, and Ohio Otterbein.
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Stillwater
Okla
Frankfurter
USC
New York
Oklahoma
Will State University
Clifton Swift
U. S
Deaverseas
Sponsorpartment of Agriculture
United Service
Rider
Trenton
N. J
Montana
Missoula
Mont
Spelman
Atlanta
Delaware
Newark
Indiana
Mak- University
Bloomington
Cloud
Minn
State College
Adel
Phi College
Garden City
N. Y
University of Oklahoma
Norman
Brigham Young University
Utah
University of Miami
Coral Gables
Fla
University
California
Los Angeles
Clarke
Dubuque
Iowa
Otter
Westerville
Ohio
Bad Check Charges and Assault Cases In Local Police Report
Police filed charges against Tommy Quick 50 and Henrietta Hamlin 64 at Hilltop Street for fornication and adultery and issued bail set at 100 dollars each. William Curtis Tate 30 of Sharon Street faces two worthless check counts totaling 35.30 dollars with a 50 dollar bond and Friday hearing. Harold G Hansen 26 of Rt 1 Jamestown is charged with assault with a deadly weapon after wounding Artie Harris. Hansen posted 100 dollar bond pending July 26 hearing.
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Hilltop Street
Tommy Quick
Henrietta Hamlin
Quick
William Curtis Tate
Sharon Street
Colonial
Sparkle
Tate
Harold G. Hansen
Rt. 1
Jamestown
Artie Harris
Park Street
Harris
Hansen
Two-Vehicle Crash Sends Washington Man to Hospital
Isaac McKinsley Banks, 44, of Washington, was treated at High Point Memorial Hospital for lacerations after a two car crash on Highway 29 70 north of Brentwood Street. Edith Houser Woodson of Greensboro was uninjured. Police reported Banks' car struck Woodson as she crossed over. No charges were filed yet and investigation was ongoing.
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Washington
High Point Memorial Hospital
Isaac McKinsley Banks
Edith Houser Woodson
Villa Drive
Greensboro
Brentwood Street
Woodson
Banks
Louisville man who kept working into his 90s turns 100
Robert Howell of Louisville celebrated his 100th birthday after a life marked by early retirement cycles. He worked at the Standard Oil refinery, then as a restaurant worker at 80 and a delivery man at 92 before declaring he had had enough.
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Louisville
Robert Howell
Howell
Standard Oil
Doctor Cox Receives Yale Doctorate This Summer
High Point College announces Dr. Cox from the Department of Religion and Philosophy has earned a Ph.D. from Yale University this summer. He previously earned an AB from Wabash College Indiana and an STB from Boston University School of Theology along with an MA from Yale. He is an ordained Methodist minister and has taught at High Point College for three years.
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Hughes, Cox
High Point College
Yale University
Cox
Wabash College
Indiana
Boston University School of Theology
Yale
Methodist Church
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D. A. Dowdy SR
Art Richardson
Mann Drug Stores
DOW Sheppard Enterprise
Ralph Gardner
Charlotte
Highway 29
S. Main Street
First Baptist
Lexington
Emanuel Baptist Church
St. Mark Methodist Church
High Point
Dick Swaim
Dorothy Gray Beauty
Dorothy Gray
DR. Hughes Cox
Nelly Don
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