Fall Hosiery Outlook Brightens for Industry
Local hosiery mill executives report a brighter fall outlook with demand up a month earlier than 1956 and steadier prices. They note a shift from stretch nylon to sized osier, low inventories, and profit margins likely remaining slim. The “Seal of Approval” plan gains traction with Life and Home Journal ads planned for autumn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayers
James H. Millis
Adams- Millis
Millis
Life A
Es Home Journal
Baton Clinic Set at VFW Post 619 in Greensboro Area
A baton twirling clinic for girls from six through college will be held at VFW Post 619 on Greensboro Highway next week. Sponsored by the Post Auxiliary, it will be supervised by De and special majorette Jamestown High School. The event features major bands from Indiana University and others. Nearby details note residence of organizers and a first appearance in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VFW
Greensboro Highway
Post
Jamestown High School
Indiana University
Indiana
Orlando
Fla
Michalares
Bloomington
Angie Sanome
Eeenue Hutchins
Spencer Ave
Metropolitan Growth Seen By Griffin
Robert Griffin, new planner for metropolitan areas, says merging cities of 20 000 to 50 000 may occur and the Raleigh to Gastonia corridor in North Carolina could form one extended metropolitan region. Other guests at the meeting were Jack Hogue, Louis White, and Leonard Segel. J C Roberts presided as club vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Griffin
Griffin
Raleigh
Gastonia
North Carolina
Jack Hogue
Memphis Tenn
Louis White
U S. Armed Forces
Leonard Segel
Brooklyn
N. Y
J. C. Roberts
Club
Debate Ends In Favor Of The Ladies At Union Hill
The Union Hill Lions Club held a school cafeteria debate arranged by Rev. Roy Grant. The resolution asked if women should manage household finances. Proponents E. E. Witcher and Ed Wilson argued for equal rights. opponents were Roger Patterson James Judges Ike Bowman Donald Parham and Grady Saferight. After delay the judges ruled for the women. Willard Moore presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Hill
Union Hill Lions Club
Roy Grant
E. E. Witcher
Ed Wilson
Roger Patterson
James
Ike Bowman
Donald Parham
Grady Saferight
Willard Moore
Court Finds Cause In Burglary Case
A 49 year old man from E Washington Street stood bound over to Superior Court after a Municipal Court finding probable cause in a burglary and assault case tied to an apartment on Harrison Street. Marion Love faces charges of breaking in and assaulting Margaret Neely with warrants for trial opening Sept. 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison Street
E. Washington Street
D. C. MacRae
Municipal Court
Catine
Marion Love
Margaret Neely
Love
MacRae
Superior Court
Lawrence J. Suthpin
Curtis Borino
Wendley Street
Borino
JH Gill
Leonard S&j
Gill
Raymond C Hicks
Wesley Place
Hicks
Thornton
Greensboro
Local matriarch Letitia Sink dies in Siler City obituary
Letitia Lenora Sink 78 wife of the late Homer Monroe Sink died at Chat ham Hospital after a year of ill health and a week of critical illness. She resided on Route 2 Siler City and is survived by two daughters and several grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral services were planned at Smith and Buckner Chapel with interment in Brush Creek Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siler City
Letitia Lenora Sink
Homer Monroe Sink
Chatham Hospital
S. B. McFadden
Greensboro
Wade Dixon
Route 2
High Point
Burley Sink
Burlington
Smith and Buckner Chapel
Reid Harris
Brush Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
Cement Strike Halts Major Thomasville Industry
Strikes at national cement mills cripple Thomasville operations. Gray Concrete Pipe Co. curtails activity while Childers Concrete Co. may close unless supply improves. Childers says enough cement to finish work at the Thomasville Lexington reservoir dam and bridge, and spillway is done. Plant in High Point can last four to five days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Gray Concrete Pipe Co
Childers Concrete Co
F. E. Childers
Thomasville-Lexington
Yokeley Road
Childers
High Point
Cement Shortage Closes Local Block Plant and Halves Output
Gray Concrete official G. E. Whitten reported the Randolph Street block plant is closed this week due to cement shortages while the Blair Street pipe plant runs at about 40 percent. Five Gray Concrete plants across three states face similar strain as five of seven cement mills strike. Shipments from two mills continue, with no expected relief until strikes end. Concrete on hand is conserved to meet obligations and mortar mix remains scarce at local suppliers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. E. Whitten
Gray Concrete
Randolph Street
Blair Street
Whitten
Larceny Charge Shocks Millis Street Area Residents
A Millis Street man, Robert Wallace, 38, was charged with larceny by an agent of Lincoln Loan Co after paying off a note with $85 received a receipt and then giving the agent $2 more and refusing the balance. Separate cases include Jones Anthony, 27, Brackett Street, charged with assault on a female, with hearing set July 25. John H. Hunt, 2, Kivett Drive, charged with assault and battery on a female, hearing July 30. Angela Hunt listed as complainant. Also a separate assault and battery case set for July 30. A man on Millis Street faced child support charges and remained free on a $300 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Hilliard
Tennessee Avenue
Charles Daily
George M. Moore
E. Green Street
Louise Marley
Mack Scarlett
Marley
Daniel Brooks Sr
Gray
Archie
Washington Terrace Park
Teings
Millis Street
Robert Wallace
Charles Sears
Lincoln Loan Co
Sears
Wallace
Jones Anthony
Brackett Street
Johnsie Anthony
John H. Hunt
Kivett Drive
Hunt
Angela Hunt
Cin Tayure
Truck Hits Station Wagon Turning Near S Main and Green
A tractor-trailer damaged a 1957 station wagon parked on Green Street after a right turn from Main. Coy Willard 24 Winston-Salem charged with improper turn. Francis Kennedy 32 Route 3 listed as wagon operator. Estimated wagon damage 400 dollars. Police investigating bread truck theft of 16 dollars in half-dollars from 700 block E Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Main
W. Green
Main
Green
Coy Willard
Winston-Salem
Francis N. Kennedy
Route 3
Willard
Clyde Laster
E. Washington Street
Laster
Marriage Licenses for Pulliams and Craddock in Winston-Salem
Ernest M. Pulliams and Lottie Chaney Craddock, both of Winston-Salem, obtained marriage licenses. The couples are listed in the public records with their residences shown. The notice notes the union is planned locally in Winston-Salem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest M. Pulliams and
Lottie Chaney Craddock
Winston- Salem
Kimsey and Williams Named Colonels in 1957 58 Blood Drive
Purcell Kimsey and Arthur Williams were appointed colonels for the High Point blood drive. Kimsey, head of Purcell Supply Co., will lead the contractors division and has long local ties. Williams, High Point College bursar and business manager, becomes college colonel for a second year and is a 1948 graduate from Archdale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Purcell Kimsey
Arthur Williams
High Point
Guy Kinney
J. W. Blood Program
Kimsey
Purcell Supply Co
State College
Junior Chamber of Commerce
United Fund
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Ferndale Dr
Williams
High Point College
Archdale
Montheu Ave
Archdale Methodist Church
Deaths and Funerals Notice for Bryant Ewell Dellinger Pendergrass
Mrs Ada Lee Bryant 70 died Saturday evening in a Winston Salem hospital after a two day critical illness. Funeral service conducted at Church of Jesus Christ L D S Colfax with interment in L D S Cemetery Shelton Town. John Ewell and E M Dellinger presiding. Mr Pendergrass 65 died at home 29 W Lexington Ave after seven months of declining health. Interment at Floral Garden Park Cemetery after Sechrest Funeral Home custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Lee Bryant
Church of Jesus Christ, Latter Day Saints
Colfax
David L. Stuckey
R. P. Myers
David L. Hiatt
Mt. Airy
Latter Day Saints Cemetery
Sheltontown
W. B. Mitchell
Roy Taylor
Paul Taylor
Clint Marsh
R. L. Walker
Hardin Taylor
Bryant
Walter B. Bryant
Old
Winston Rd
Winston-Salem
John Ewell
E. M. Dellinger
Floral Garden Park
Sechrest Funeral Home
Mr. Pendergrass
Lexington Ave
Funeral services for Donald Wayne Overcash
Funeral services for Donald Wayne Overcash 17 of 1040 Randolph Rd will be held at Oak Hill Memorial Baptist Church Wednesday at 5 p.m. The Rev Clarence Jenkins will officiate with burial in Fair Grove Methodist Church Cemetery. He died Sunday night in a local hospital. Davidson County coroner Dr Milton Block ruled it a death by own action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Donald Wayne Overcash
Randolph Rd
Oak Hill Memorial Baptist Church
Clarence Jenkins
Fair Grove Methodist Church
Overcash
Milton Block
Davidson County
Funeral services for Carlyle Thomas
Funeral services for Carlyle Thomas will be held Wednesday at 11 AM at Oak Hill Memorial Baptist Church Thomasville with Rev Clarence Jenkins. Burial follows at Hollis Springs Baptist Church Cemetery. Thomas, 39, of Route 3 Thomasville, died Sunday night at 11 30 after a heart attack at High Point Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlyle Thomas
Oak Hill Memorial Baptist Church
Thomasville
Clarence Jenkins
Hollis Springs Baptist Church
Mr. Thomas
Route 3
High Point Memorial Hospital
Funeral Today for Mrs Schaefer in Winston-Salem
Funeral services for 49 year old Novella Carroll Schaefer were held at Wall Blade Funeral Chapel. She died after a three week illness in a local hospital. Survived by husband Boyd M. Schaefer and three daughters, plus mother, sisters, brothers, and one grandchild. Entombment at Guilford Memorial Park Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston - Salem
Novella Carroll Schaefer
Wall- Blade Funeral Chapel
Gregg Crawford
Thomasville
William Sink
High Point
Vernon C
James Carroll
Guilford Memorial Park Cemetery
Truce Emerges as Gas Price War Shifts Back to Normal
Gas price war slows as major suppliers and independents move to restore regular rates. Gulf stations report price changes toward 23.9 cents, with higher octane options at 32.9 to 38.9. Sinclair Crown and Phillips 66 dealers anticipate return to normal levels within days as price war ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Makin
Oil Co ‘Day
High Point
Gulf
Sinclair Corp
Crown Oll
Phillips 66
Texaco
Ian
Voi Ee
North
South Carolina
G. E. Millican
Gull
Chon
Notte
Weather turns hot with expected relief by midweek
A pattern of hot weather settles over the area with Greensboro and High Point forecasters predicting generally fair skies and moderate temperatures. Rain chances are slight with a low around 67 degrees tonight and into Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro High Point
Meeting On Court Scheduled For Joint County City Project
High Point and Guilford County officials will meet for lunch to discuss a proposed joint court complex. Councilman John Haworth says the session will reveal commissioners' views on a county city government center on a 2.5 acre tract next to city hall, with city ownership and county land included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Guilford County
John Haworth
Cochairman
City Audiany
Thieves Attempt Break-In Hit Local Firm Safe
Burglars forced entry through the front door and tampered with a company safe. The nightwatchman alerted and drove them away. Sheriff deputies continued the investigation today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheriff's Deputies
Baptist Training Union Panel on The Art of Program Building
The High Point District Baptist Training Union hosts a 7:30 pm panel at Conrad Memorial Baptist Church titled The Art of Program Building. Panelists include Mrs. James W. Moffitt Miss Betty Hamner Albert Leath and Ed Kissiah. A prepanel skit The Modern Dilemma features Neil Howell Roger Hill Wireless and Jerry Kivett illustrating a BTV with no plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Baptist Training Union
Conrad Memorial Baptist Church
James W. Moffitt
Betty Hamner
Albert Leath
Ed Kissiah
Neil Howell
Roger Hill
Wireless
Jerry Kivett
Worker Hurt By Trim Saw In Thomasville
A. B. Cline of W Guilford Street and Jackson Williams of Welborn Street were injured this morning at a Thomasville workshop while operating a trim saw. Cline suffered a serious left hand injury and was rushed to the hospital by a Siler ambulance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
A. B. Cline
W. Guilford Street
Jackson-Williams
Welborn Street
Siler
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VFEW
Chair City
Troop 13
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
Chuck Ritchie
David Hucks
Barry Schultheiss
Larry Craven
Howell
N. Main
Highpoint
Enterprise Btaff
Jackson
High Point Enterprise
Arthur Willams
Mrs
Ada Brynt
John Pendergrass
Donald Overcash
Schaefer
Trim
L. E. Ragan
Archdale Trinity Lions Clubs
David W. Allman
Janet Teague
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