Stock market movers and laggards July 19 1957
United Aircraft led early gains while Douglas and other major names fell after a mixed session. New York Central Santa Fe Baltimore and Ohio and Texas Co. were among the day’s losers as stocks moved on Bache & Co. quotations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Central, Santa Fe, Baltimore & Ohio, Texas Co
Johns-Man
American Can Co
Allied Chemical & Dye 4S Tobacco Co
the Borden Co
Burlington Mills
New York Central RR
Cone Mills Corp
Light & Power
Douglas Aircraft
Dow Chemical Consolidated Edison Eastman Kodaku General Dynamics
General Motors
Goodyear Tire & Rubber
S Standard Oil Co
Jones Laughlin Steel Ee
Gasoline price war boosts state profits says NC dealers
Clarence Cority Slandidis tells Fayetteville chapter that Charlotte price cuts lift margins for operators elsewhere in North Carolina. Howard Alli good notes typical profits of six to seven cents as the Fayetteville dealer cites the ongoing price war for gasoline with prices reported as low as 16.9 cents per gallon in Charlotte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Assn
Charlotte
Fayetteville
Association
Clarence Cority Slandidis Cate
N.C
Howard Alligood
Po Dority
Welfare Finances Reveal Large Over-expenditures
Guilford County Welfare Department faced a $47 000 over run in 1956 57 raising total budget to 585 714 Supplemental appropriation by county commissioners bridged a 148 461 hospitalization bill 38 000 above the 110 000 allotment and a 110 066 child care cost 25 000 overrun Officials cited surpluses in salaries and reserve funds used to cover minor travel office and general relief costs Public assistance funds cannot be reallocated to cover the deficit
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guilford County
Miss USA Title Loss Tells of Frugal Start and Mysterious Cousin
A contestant claimed she and a cousin living near Baltimore pooled 45 dollars to enter the pageant. They shared a round trip ticket and traveled with little money. She won wearing a dress borrowed from a Long Beach merchant and said she had two dollars in cash afterward. The cousin, later identified as Barbara Gage, vanished, leaving officials to confirm details of the strange case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Long Beach
Barbara Gage
Leona
Dow Jones Averages and Market Figures
The excerpt lists Dow Jones Averages with prior and closing figures across sectors. It presents Industrials, Valle, Utilities, and overall index values, plus trading volumes totaling hundreds of thousands to over two million shares.
Real estate transfers in High Point Township and area
Multiple transfers noted including Lena H. Clodfelter to J. T. Conrad and wife for Annie E. Kirkman home place. Annie W. Evins to John Haworth and others on Glenwood Avenue. C. C. Justice to Roger A. Griffith. Bottoms to Owen Reese. Belle Davis to H. H. DeLappe. Easy Hinson to Ear E. Wagner. J. A. Stanford to R. A. Phipps and to J. Robert Connor. A D Early to Shelley D. Welborn. Arthur J. Sneed to Russell B. Selish. Tar tel W F Smith subdivision transfer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena H. Clodfelter
J. T. Conrad
Annie E. Kirkman
Annie W. Evins
John Haworth
Glenwood Avenue
C. C. Justice
Roger A. Griffith
L. H. Bottoms
Owen ‘Reese
H. L. Bottoms
Playgrounds See Attendance Rise With Week of Activities
Summer playgrounds report combined attendance up by more than two thousand over 1956. Activities include bubble gum contest at Armstrong Park, doll show at Washington Terrace, dance class at Fairview Street, and preschool party at Clara Cox. Dramatics focus centers on Brentwood Junior High Washington Terrace Clar Cox and Armstrong Park. Standings show mixed results across leagues with Brentwood, Clara Cox Harvell and Johnson Street posting one win one loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Fritts
Fritts
Armstrong Park
Washington Terrace
Fairview Street
Clara Cox
Johnson Street
Leonard Street
Brentwood School
Tom Miller
Howard Coble
Fairview
Daniel Brooks
Washington A
Leonard Aia
Goldaon Sai
Brentwood
Harvell
Goldston
iClara Cox
Armstrong
Funeral plans for Raper and obituaries announced
Elks and Daughters meet at 8 tonight to finalize Raper funeral arrangements. Fletcher Raper 53 of 730 E Washington St died en route to High Point Memorial Hospital. Survived by wife Lugenia, sister Rosie Noel, brothers Willie and Percy, and Mrs Helen Hines. Funeral Sunday 2 PM Clifton Grove Baptist Church with Rev J J Patterson. interment in local cemetery. Body at Moore Funeral Home until 11 AM Sunday. Also Amzi Gaston of 309 Walnut St died Tuesday at home after four years of ill health. Survived by wife Mary, son Manuel of Penns Graves N J, daughter Mrs Maude D Roberts of Blackbury S C, Mrs Elvenia Black of Syracuse NY, four brothers including Rev A T Gaston of Gaffney. Funeral Sunday 2:30 PM Emmanuel Baptist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher Raper
Washington St
High Point Memorial Hospital
Alvin
Fannie Mack Raper
Clifton Grove
Georgetown
High Point
Lugenia Raper
Rosie Noel
Winston- Salem
Willie Raper
Jamestown
Percy Raper
Winston-Salem
Helen Hines
Clifton Grove Baptist Church
J. J. Patterson
St. Mark Methodist Church
Moore Funeral Home
Emmanuel Baptist Church
K. P
Mary Gaston
Manuel Gaston
Penns Graves
N. J
Bessie Ee
Maude D. Roberts
Blackbury
Frank Gaston
Sesatios
Two Killed In Crash Of Airplane
PLATTSBURGH N Y two killed in a crash of an Air Force refuel plane off Port Kent near Plattsburgh. Four crewmen jumped or were pulled from the lake. two bodies recovered. Dead identified as Lt Malcolm McCoy and Sgt Jackie Jamerson. Other crewmen listed with hometowns include Lt Thomas Craven and Jack Hagans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plattsburgh
N.Y
Air Force
Joe
de Plattsburgh Air Force
Port Kent
M-Seety
Chester A. Kazminski
Seuvices
Cheney Ant
Tea S. Radanovich
South Bend
Ind
John F. Morgan
Garfield
N. M
Charles Finley
Keeseville
Plattsburgh Air Force Base
Malcolm McCoy
Cloyd
Jackie A. Jamerson
Jamerson
Yreso
Asheboro
Retgllagne Ronda
First Seat Sales Boosted by Higher Prices Across Georgia Florida
The 1957 flue-cured tobacco opening on 28 Georgia-Florida markets averaged $4.50 per hundred above 1956. Total sales reached 8,921,606 pounds at $4,775,000 gross, an average of $53.32 per hundred, with volume down from last year. Gatekeepers report scattered higher prices and strong demand for leaf and primings despite lighter turnover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Georgia-Florida
U.S. Department of Agriculture
U.S. Department of Agriulture
Georgia
Tifton
Isor Carl Harris
Douglas
Page Loftis
Also Mentioned on This Page
Iota Andy
High Point Sabdinise
Peder
United Aircraft
Douglas Air
Bache & Co
New York
Johns Manville Loew's Inc
Norfolk & Western Ry Phillips P Pennsylvania Railway
Tobacco
Sears Roebuck Southern Ry
American Tel & Tel
Union Car
Miss USA
Dow-Jones
Heche & Co
Itneen Tom, Close
Indwetrials
Valle
Sccseeee
Atocke Ciecees
High Point Township
DuMont
Motorola
Silvertone
General Electric
North Main ST
Thomasvillet
Swift
Armour's
Astor
Dixie Crystals
Superbrand
Eee Sd
Is Wes
Thomasville
Main Street
Elks and Daughters
Amzi Gaston
Amzi
Gaston
Walnut St
Weathertron
Tomeriy
N. Main ST
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