Pair Admits Guilt In Bigamy Charges
A western state couple Zebulon Franklin Osborne Jr. 21 and Emily Peters 19 pleaded guilty to bigamous co habitation after marrying in 1954 while Peters was still married to a soldier J C Peters. Osborne also pleaded guilty to four forged checks in 1954. Judge L Richardson Preyer will render judgment at 2 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Court
Zebulon Franklin Osborne Jr
Emily Peters
J. C. Peters
Osborne
J. E. Staley
Staley
Salk Polio Shots Reaching 11 North Carolina Counties
Distribution of the second national polio foundation vaccine nears completion in 11 counties led by Guilford with Cone Memorial Hospital as the depository. Quotas vary by county with Guilford at 10 352 and Randolph awaiting delivery. Parents of eligible first-fourth graders may obtain shots at the health department. doctors may inoculate if demand rises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
E. H. Ellinwood
Guilford County
Greensboro
National
Randolph
Guilford
Alamance
Caswell
Davidson
Rockingham
Spray
Health Department
Ellinwood
Miraculous Escape After Car Hits Pole in New Jersey
Edward Bryk a 36 year old from Philadelphia fell asleep at the wheel and crashed into a utility pole in Swainton Cape May Court House New Jersey. The 22 000 volt lines were knocked down and Bryk stepped from the car and may have stepped on or missed the lines when the voltage was off for a moment he was treated for minor cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape May Court House
N.J
Edward Bryk
Philadelphia
Swainton
Bryk
Toastmasters District 37 Exec Meets in Charlotte
Bill Hylton of High Point attended a weekend session of the executive committee of Toastmasters International District 37 in Charlotte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Hylton
High Point
Charlotte
District 37
Toastmasters International
Three Assault Charges Filed In Thomasville
Thomasville police filed three assault charges and one liquor law violation over the weekend. Boyce Gantt and Sam Edwards, both charged after a Saturday disturbance, are to appear August 8 in Recorder's Court. Mamie Hicks faces liquor law charges with a $200 bond, alleged illicit whisky for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Boyce Gantt
Finch Ave
Sam Edwards
Davidson St
Recorder's Court
Mamie Hicks
Route 1
Uly
Eddie Moore
Route 8
Lexington
Ira J. Farabee
Carter Dr
Henry Porter
Motor Boat Fire Near City Limits Extinguished
Firemen extinguished a fire on a motor boat towed by E R Davis near Montlieu and Lexington Aves. The blaze started when the engine backfired outside city limits and was pulled inside. Call came in at 9 10 a m with ordinance restricting outside firefighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montlieu
Lexington Aves
E. R. Davis
Route 1
High Point
Davis
Local man dies by own action in High Point home
Parvie Harrison Parrish, 60, of Apt 2-A Clara Cox Apts, died after shooting himself in the heart with a 32 cal pistol. He had been despondent over ill health and was pronounced dead at Ivy Point Memorial Hospital. The incident occurred late last night as his wife and 14-year-old son Wade attempted to intervene. Funeral services are set for Cumby Orrell Chapel with burial at Flora Garden Park Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parvie Harrison Parrish
Apt. 2
Clara Cox
Wade Arvis Parrish
Parrish
Morris
Pearl Williams
Route 5
Mary Katherine Wall
Church of the Nazarene
Louise Parrish
Wade A. Parrish
High Point
Blanche Parrish
Oak Ridge
Willie Dillon
Stokesdale
Cumby-Orrell Chapel
Thomasville Man Named Supervisor of Textile Plant
Rex Childers, a former Thomasville resident, is named night superintendent of the Lupton City Plant of Dixie Mercerizing Co. in Chattanooga Tennessee. The plant is the largest in the Dixie organization with 60 000 spindles producing fine combed cotton yarn. Childers is a State College graduate in textile manufacturing and is married to Betty Hilliard of Thomasville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Rex Childers
Lupton City
Dixie Mercerizing Co
Chattanooga
Realty Transfers in High Point Township and Nearby Areas
A sequence of property transfers recorded includes D L Kersey and spouse to J W Allred and spouse for Wall and Croftsland lot. Jasper Hoover and spouse to J F Andrews and spouse for High Point Rd lot. R S Dale and spouse to S G Snider and spouse for Roland Park lot. R E Sales and spouse to H M Bryant and others for Bennett land lots 129 157. Frank Wall and wife to J Dallas and wife for Pointer Real Estate Corp lot. J S Carter and wife to P J Neal and wife for Vernon St lot. T J Price and wife to Maude Queen for Barker land two lots. Maude Queen to Lois C Price for Barkerland lot. C E Howard and wife to Lee J Young and wife for Valley Hill Park two lots. F L Sink Jr and wife to M T V Products Inc four Woodlawn Forrest lots. G M Mitchell and wife to L H neve and others for 12 lots of For to Hedecock. Hedecock and wife to L t Pine Ridge Dr and wife for J M aise and wife lot of Brentwood ark. J C Motsinger to F R Willard and others for Plank Rd lot. Florence W Clarris to J C Motsinger for Plank Rd lot. Brown and wife to J H mee and wife for two Garner sat Mes 2a ht e lots, Hillsdale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Township
D. L. Kersey
J. W. Allred
Wall and Croftsland
Jasper Hoover
J. F. Andrews
High Point Rd
R. S. Dale
S. G. Snider
Roland Park
R. E. Sales
H. M. Bryant
Bennett Land
Frank Wall
Dallas
Pointer Real Estate Corp
J. S. Carter
P. J. Neal
Vernon St
M. T. V. Products Inc
Woodlawn Forrest
G. M. Mitchell
L. H. Neve
Hedecock
L. T of
Pine Ridge Dr
J. M Aise
Brentwood Ark
J. C. Motsinger
F. R. Willard
Plank Rd
Florence W. Clarris
J. C. Motsingee
Plank
Brown
J. H. Mee
Garner
Hillsdale
Buyer Activity Surpasses Last Year At Summer Market
Retail buyers flock to the Exposition Building as the second week opens 600 retailers registered and more than 4 000 attendees expected. Market managers report healthy buying with new lines and competitive value driving expected record 1955 performance, surpassing 1953 and 1954. The market ends Thursday with exhibitors optimistic for continued strong orders through year end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ily
Leo Heer
Budget House Group
Casard Furniture Co
Ken Owen
R. F. Daube
Newport News
Casard
China
Deaths and Funerals in North Carolina Notices
Deaths and funeral notices from Jamestown Asheboro and surrounding areas. Miss Allen Carter 60 of Jamestown died Monday after a long illness. J Clark White died in Portsmouth Virginia, survivors include mother and sisters. Rev Henry Norwood Bowne funeral held at St Marys Church with pallbearers listed. interment Oakwood Memorial Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Norwood Bowne
St. Mary's Episopal Church
Bill Price
Fred Harrison
Gilbert Clinard
Jake Frolicn
Charles Diffendal
John Diffendal
Louis Voorhees Jr
Jimmy P. Armstrong
George Stewart
Oakwood Memorial Park
Mrs Ethel Ozburn Bridges longtime civic leader dies
Mrs. Ethel Ozburn Bridges 56 beloved Thomasville civic and church figure died Sunday at City Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Born April 4, 1898 in Forsyth County she lived in Thomasville since childhood. Survived by husband L C Bridges and son E Burke Bridges, plus two sisters, a brother, nieces and nephews. Funeral from Memorial Methodist Church Tuesday at 4 with entombment at Guilford Memorial Park Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Carter
Jamestown
Davidson County
Francis
Martha Farrington Carter
Methodist Church
Oakdale Mills
R. S. Davis
Annie Gardner
Douglas Carter
G. C. Carter
Chico
Calif
Z. P. Campbell
Colfax
Thomasville
Ethel Ozburn Bridges
L. C. Bridges
Winston St
City Memorial Hospital
Forsyth County
John
Martha Crew
Ogburn
Memorial Methodist Church
The
Missionary Society
Ladies Bible
John E. Ogburn
Newport News
Harold M. Robinson
J. C. Green and Sons Funeral
Guilford Memorial Park Cemetery
Curtis M. Fields
Wesley Wood
J. Curry Bean
W. Beck
Kenneth J. A. and Co. V. Ritchie
Funeral services for James Monroe East
Funeral services for James Monroe East 83 of 903 Grant Street will be held tomorrow at 11 a.m. in Sechrest Chapel by Rev Woodrow W Robbins pastor of Lexington Avenue Baptist Church. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery. He died in a Greensboro hospital Saturday afternoon after being a patient since Wednesday. the body will lie in state at Sechrest's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheboro
J. Clark White
Portsmouth
Norfolk Navy Yard
Hattie E. White
Archdale
Curtis Robbins
O. R. Blalock
Farlow Chapel
Oaklawn Cemetery
Farlow Funeral Home
James Monroe East
Grant St
Sechrest Chapel
Woodrow W. Robbins
Lexington Ave. Baptist Church
Oakwood Cemetery
East
Greensboro Hospital
Sechrest's
Abduction Trial Set For Mid-Week
Abduction charges loom for Mrs. Gladys Cox and Mrs. Ruth Samuels with mid week trial likely in the current Superior Court term. The boy Curtiss Eugene Benson, central to the case, did not appear at the courthouse as of 11 30 am. Meanwhile Marshall Crawford, 39, pleaded guilty to two counts of violating prohibition laws and received 12 months in county jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Cox
Ruth Samuels
Superior Court
D. P. Whitley Jr
Faces Three Charges After DUI Arrest
Stone was held on a total bond of 600 dollars on charges of driving drunk operating without a license and violating liquor laws. He remained in custody with trial tentatively set for July 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd H. Stone
Route 5
Stone
Escaped Prisoner John Gray Fled County Farm
John A. Gray 21 of 218 Woodbine St escaped last night from the county farm by forcing loose bars on his cell window. Local police received the report early today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Gray
Woodbine St
Davidson Car Wreck Kills Three in Davidson County
Three people died in a single car crash on Beacon Light Road near the second Potts Creek bridge in Davidson County. The dead are Willie Gray Cranfill 22 Lexington route 1 Jesse Clyde Jones Jr. 29 Lexington and Miss Helen Marie Williams 28 Lexington. Norman Clark Bailey 16 suffered multiple injuries and was listed as critical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Beacon Light
Potts Creek
Willie Gray Cranfill
Route 1
Lexington
Jesse Clyde Jones Jr
Helen Marie Williams
Norman Clark Bailey
Cranfill
Miss Williams
Jones
Tyre
Davidson County
Pott's Creek
Gambling counts filed against trio of Negroes
Police cited three African Americans last night on gambling charges with Municipal Court hearings set for 29. Willie Williams 40 of 605 E Commerce St Lizzie Tomlin 25 of 110 Harrison St and Lizzie Geter 46 of 520 Leonard St face trial. Lawrence Moffitt 34 of 826 Hill St charged with possessing six gallons of white whisky and an affray count. bond posted at 350 with a July 27 answer date. Paul Christian 25 of 516 Leonard St posted 500 on a driving while intoxicated charge and is to be tried August 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Williams
E. Commerce St
Lizzie Tomlin
Harrison St
Lizzie Geter
Leonard St. Lawrence
Moffitt
Hill St
Paul Christian
Leonard
Thieves Busy On Weekend Police Say
Police report a busy weekend with burglars active in the area. The Red Cross office at 109 Thurs ton Street was broken into using a screwdriver to force the back door, with about $10 stolen from petty cash. C R Chastin of Dinette Parts on Ward Street reports $12 stolen from company funds after a window was broken and a door removed to enter. Detective Capt. W C Johnson hopes other businesses will follow suit in hardening security. A Danville woman, Christine Smith, reports an attempted car theft at N Wrenn and E High Streets after switch wiring was cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Thurston St
C. R. Chastin
Ward St
Chastin
W. C. Johnson
Danville
Christine Smith
N. Wrenn and
E. High Sts
Two Cars Collide. Several Charged after Sunset Crash
At the northern entrance to the Kivett Dr Bridge at 7 40 p m two cars collided destroying one vehicle and causing 300 dollars damage to the other. William C Rook 16 of 828 Pine Circle Dr cited for failing to reduce speed Gar land Pinnix 23 of 1303 Kivett Dr indicted for failing to yield. George N lost control on N Hamilton St car damaged 225 dollars striking a pole. Drakalakos unhurt no charge. Edward Lee Miller 29 charged with hit and run. taxi operated by James Smith Negro no injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kivett Dr
William C. Rook
Pine Circle Dr
Garland Pinnix
Eels George N
Forrest Ave
N. Hamilton St
Drakalakos
Edward Lee Miller
Washington St
E. Washington St
James Smith
Guilford County Bonds Sales Rise In June Report
Guilford County sales of United States Savings Bonds climbed to 189181.25 last month, per H N Williard savings bond chairman High Point. North Carolina state totals rose slightly from June with 28.9 million year to date, edging toward the 58.8 million quota. Davidson County sold 18393.75 in June and Randolph County 24943.75.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Savings
Guilford County
H. N. Williard
High Point
North Carolina
Davidson County
Randolph County
Local Man Plans Woodmen Convention Attendance
Edgar O. Johnson of 1104 Blain St will attend the national Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society convention in Los Angeles July 25 to 29 as a wa representative. On opening day a bronze plaque will honor General John J. Pershing. Senator Roman L. Hruska will present the tie on behalf of the society to excise Los Angeles parks and recreation manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar O. Johnson
Blain St
The
Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society
Los Angeles
Calif
S0ciety
John J. Pershing
Roman L. Hruska
Nebraska
Society
Exiselte
Weather Outlook Sees Heat Relief From Showers
Sunny hot and humid conditions prevail with isolated afternoon and evening thundershowers bringing relief. Highs near 95 for today and tomorrow. lows around 70 to 72 degrees tonight.
Citizens Group Proclaims Truthful Facts for Local Liquor Referendum
The Citizens Group for a Referendum in High Point says it will present true and full facts on the Alcoholic Beverage Control issue ahead of the special election next Saturday. J W Morgan represents the group and pledges nonadversarial, fact based campaigning and no personal attacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Citizens Group
United Dty Forces
ABC
J. W. Morsgan
Morgan
Citizen
Council
Citizen's
Bridge Tourney To Be Held At Blowing Rock
The Carolina Summer Championship bridge tournament will be held at Blowing Rock Maye View Manor in July 2030. Sponsored by the Asheville Unit of the American Contract Bridge League this sectional event features multiple contests with per person fees and trophies for winners and runners-up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolina
Blowing Rock
Mayeview Manor
Asheville
American Contract Bridge League
Thomasville Home Destroyed By Fire
Fire destroyed a small frame house in Thomasville early Sunday morning. City crews did not respond to the alarm because the dwelling was located outside the city limits. The house at Ballard was owned by J. B. Brotton Brue tom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Ballard
J. B. Bruetom
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Elks
Hendersonville
Elks Club
Ronald Baviello
Donald Morgan
Bobby Ray Morgan
Larry Jessup
Donald Ray Davis
Douglas Connor
Charles Morgan
Jimmy Gardner
Johnny Gardner
Douglas Stroude
Gabriel Nahoun
Darrell Honeysucker
Snow
L. Richardson Preyer
Byron Haworth
Judge Preyer
High Point Division
Archie Myatt
Benbow
Glenn Allen
David Allen
Dalton St
Vernon Hodge
Willie Kirk
Hoover St
N.C
Mohammed
Wet Group
Alice Carter
Henry Bowne
Ethel C. Bridges
James M. East
Trio of Negroes
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