Memorial Hospital Accredited After Joint Commission Review
High Point Memorial Hospital received a full three year accreditation from the Joint Commission following an May 19 survey led by Dr. T. Nordlander. Recommendations to improve medical records and case reviews were noted, with administration promising prompt action amid ongoing construction.
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High Point Memorial Hospital
Joint Commission On Accredstilt
T. Nordlander
Nordlander
Kenneth B. Babcock
W. R. Peters
Jury Acquits 19 Year Old In Morals Case
A Philadelphia Superior Court jury found 19 year old Robie Fleming not guilty of carnal knowledge of a 14 year old girl. The trial followed lurid testimony and ended after Judge Frank Armstrong charged the jury.
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Robie Fleming
Young Fleming
Philadelphia
Frank Armstrong
Armstrong
Charlie Gerringer
Ciara Cox
Larry Jones
Harold Wishon
Curtis Sexton
Clara Cox
Wilbur Eccles
Reed Street
Young Eccles
William Penn High School
Suburban Water Supply To Be Off Monday
Westend water works area residents will face a two to three hour shutoff Monday morning from about 7 30 due to repairs on water lines. Service will resume immediately after work is finished.
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Westend
Fairmont Park
Shipboard Birthday With King Faisal II Recalled
Two High Point residents recount a 1952 shipboard dinner on the Queen Mary en route to New York. Mrs. Richard Kellam and Mrs. Hugh Hennis recall meeting King Faisal II of Iraq his uncle Abdul Ilah and dignitaries at the birthday party with Iraq style cake and the king joining the guest of honor at her table.
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Faisal II
Iraq
Mid-East
High Point
Richard Kellam
Creekside
Hugh Hennis
Rockspring
Abdul Ilah
Kellam
Cherbourg
France
New York
Meeting to discuss limiting access on Highway 29 70
State Highway Commission officials plan a High Point meeting tomorrow at 10 AM to decide if access to the Greensboro Lexington stretch of Highway 29 70 should be limited to interchanges only. Earl Crump and Sam Beard will explain plans to raise the road to interstate standards and add parallel service roads for residents.
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Greensboro
Lexington
State Highway Commission
High Point
YMCA
Earl Crump
Sam Beard
Raleigh
Beard
Park Strip
Camp Report On Wildacres Youth Conference Given
Misses Penny Smith and Nancy Proctor presented reports to the Civitan Club on a camp held June 8 to 16 focusing on human relations topics. Participants explored boy girl adult youth and inter race relations and were guided toward liberal viewpoints. Attendance prizes went to Salley and Dr. P C Men.
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Wildacres
Civitan Club
Penny Smith
Nancy Proctor
Civitans
Bill Ervin
Sedgefield Inn
Charlotte
Ervin
Asheboro Country Club
Salley
Dr. P. C. Men
Prayer for TOQDAY by Alfred G Walton
A brief morning devotional prayer thanking God for life health friends and work. The speaker expresses trust and peace in God and praises Christ, signed by Alfred G Walton of Brooklyn New York pastor of Flatbush Tompkins Congregational Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Alfred G. Walton
Brooklyn
N. Y
Flatbush-Tompkins Congregational Church
Jamestown Rotarians Hear Two Speakers On Selling
Jamestown Rotarians heard Delbert Everhart discuss Sears Roebuck sales methods and Dr William Saunders speak on Selling Professional Services. Bon Stafford introduced the speakers as visiting Rotarians Louis Voorhees Jr and Sam Wiley attended, with Coy Putnam presiding in the president's absence.
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Jamestown
Delbert Everhart
William Saunders
Everhart
Sears-Roebuck Co
Dr. Saunders
Bon Stafford
Louis Voorhees Jr
Sam Wiley
High Point
Coy Putnam
Advanced Life Saving Class Opens Monday
A two week Senior Life Saving course will run five days a week from 11 a.m. to 12 30 p.m. at City Lake Pool starting next Monday. Registration is open to individuals 16 years old or older and can be completed at the pool or by contacting Reed Fisher at 2925.
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City Lake Pool
Reed Fisher
Fisher
High Point Building Permits Lead North Carolina Gain
High Point posted a building permit increase in the first half of 1958 rising to 3,070,230 from 2,518,895 a year earlier. Among 11 district cities Greensboro Raleigh Charlotte Durham Asheville Wilson reported gains while Winston-Salem Gastonia Rocky Mount Salisbury fell. The Federal Reserve district totals rose from 210,248,285 to 243,089,498.
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High Point
Furniture City
North Carolina
Federal Reserve District
Greensboro
Raleigh
Charlotte
Durham
Asheville
Wilson
Winston-Salem
Gastonia
Rocky Mount
Salisbury
Federal Reserve
Carolinas
Virginia
Maryland
West Virginia
District of Columbia
Car Hits Crane on Grimes Street Noted in Early Morning Crash
A car driven by William G. Proctor collided with the rear of a stationary 30 ton crane on Grimes Street injuring passenger Thomas N. Smith who suffered a fractured left wrist and bruises. Proctor, driving without headlights, was cited for operating without lights and to appear in Municipal Court.
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Grimes Street
Thomas N. Smith
English St
Smith
William G. Proctor
Route 4
Thomasville
Proctor
Realty Transfers In Jamestown Township and Ragsdale Road
James M. Howard and wife transfer four Colonial Heights lots and three East Colonial Heights lots to George Gardner and wife. William G. Ragsdale Jr., Inc. transfers four Ragsdale Road lots to William G. Lundy and wife.
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Jamestown Township
James M. Howard
George Gardner
Colonial Heights
East Colonial Heights
William G. Ragsdale Jr., Inc
William G. Lundy
Ragsdale Road
64 Will Go List For European Tour
The Enterprise reports 64 High Point adults will join a Friendship Tour to Europe next month. The group includes residents from Thomasville Lexington Burlington Archdale Trinity and other communities. They depart August 19 from Greensboro High Point Airport on Eastern Air Lines and connect in New York for a Trans World Airlines flight to London. They spend three days in London Amsterdam Brussels and Paris before returning September 3. Officials praise the low cost plan and the passport drive faces tight deadlines for late applicants. Robert Letwin will accompany the group to compile data for Sales Meetings Magazine. President Eisenhower backs the People-to-People program behind the trip.
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Thomasville
Lexington
Burlington
Archdale
Trinity
Eastern Air Lines
Greensboro High Point
New York
Trans World Airlines
London
Amsterdam
Brussels
Paris
World Travel Plan Corp
Europe
Ing
Joe Brown
The
Enterprise
Robert Letwin
Sales Meetings Magazine
Eisenhower
International
Idlewild
Sputnik III Sighting Reported Over North Carolina
The Rev George H Wallace of Allen Jay and Dr Mitchell Warren Wallace reported seeing the final stage of Sputnik III streak across the North Carolina sky last night traveling south to north. Dale Kennedy also saw a fast small fireball and Greensboro observers noted a winking light as the rocket tumbled. If clear, the rocket is expected to be visible again tonight around 8 27 in the western sky.
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George H. Wallace
Allen Jay
North Carolina
Wallace
Alle Jay Baptist Church
Mitchell Warren Wallace
Dale Kennedy
Route 1
Thomasville
Kennedy
Eton
Greensboro
Sasi Seonneahr
Pibright. c
Weather forecast for High Point area and state
The forecast calls for partly cloudy and warm conditions with scattered thunderstorms tonight. Today’s high around 91, tomorrow near mid 80s with more clouds and possible showers. Tonight’s low about 70. last night 71. Statewide averages near or above normal with about a half inch rain expected in daily showers.
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High Point
Bond Skipper Faces Two Assault Counts
A bond skipper with assault cases in Municipal and Superior Court was captured in Batesburg and returned to High Point. Will Bethea, 37, linked to a June 1957 knife assault and an August 22 slash, remained jailed pending court dispositions. Additional action involved Floyd Ward charged with tuberculosis related offenses and two other arrests. Three 13-year-olds confessed a home break-in and were sent to juvenile authorities.
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Batesburg
S. C
High Point
Will James Bethea
Fairview Street
South Carolina
Bethea
Pos
Willie James Lloyd
Short Spring Street
Joe Withers
Hulda Street
Greensboro
Ward
Byron Haworth
North Carolina
Robert J
Fire Loss Totals Up Slightly for Year Ending June 30
The city fire report shows 1957 58 losses at 137283 with Johnson Street School blaze accounting for 67000. Total buildings 100509 damaged, contents 36774. 332 building fires plus 549 total calls including 184 non-fire calls and 60 false alarms. One fatality Curtis Leonard in March fire at 706 Mint St.
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Claude Canady
Johnson Street
Curtis Leonard
Leonard
Mint St
Pair Booked In Theft Of Auto Tires
In Thomasville a third tire theft case led to arrests. Gary Swink, 16, and Arnold Gates, 17, were jailed on bonds of 500 dollars each for tire thefts and related charges. Additional arrests included Raymond Tysinger on a non-support charge and Bradley Taylor for passing a bad check.
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Ward Street
Gary Swink
East Street
Swink
Arnold R. Gates
Route 5
High Point
Donald Beck
Beck
Gates
Clyde Dailey
Raymond F. Tysinger
Memphis, Tenn
Liberty Drive
Edith
Fife Street
Bradley M. Taylor
Foust Street
Taylor
George Veach
Proclamation Honors Old Citizens Week July 13 19
Mayor Jess Washburn proclaims July 13 through 19 as a special week honoring older citizens noting their contribution to High Point’s present prosperity and future promise. He urges residents to show concern for health welfare and happiness of seniors and calls on agencies to meet growing needs in housing economic opportunity medical care welfare and recreation.
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Jess Washburn
Hodges
High Point
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Faisal
Anarvarns
Ike
Sputnik
Floyd Hill Ward
Gun Lake
Minn
E. H. Ellinwood
Superior Court
Guilford
Jim Greenway
Bob Allred
Janet Teasve
James Beck
E. Main Street
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