Building Totals Rise and Fall in Weekly Permits
The building inspector's office issued four new construction permits totaling $31,200 last week, down from five permits worth $48,150 the prior week. Sheroff Oil Co. secured a $9,000 business building permit for 2108 English Rd. Residences to B. R. Builders, Charles E. Bolton, and Henry Shavitz totaled $22,200 for homes at 1222 Guyer St. 1301 W. Burton, and 3817 Central Blvd. An addition week brought 30 permits totaling $26,720, down from 35 permits and $109,039 previously. Largest repairs included J. H. Glenn's $6,000 two-room addition at 1006 Bridges, Roy Block's $6,000 addition at 2708 Westchester, Willis C. Halton's $2,000 general repairs at 1224 Pearson Place, Mrs. A. J. Tucker's $1,500 fire-damage repairs at 105 Stimpson, and Acme Sample Co.'s $1,200 elevator shaft installation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheroff Oil Co
English Rd
B. R. Builders
Guyer St
Charles E. Bolton
Willis C. Halton
Pearson Place
A. J. Tucker
Stimpson
Acme Sample Co
Freedom For Scales Opposed
Lexington Post 3074 district meeting of the North Carolina Veterans of Foreign Wars heard opposition to Julius S. Scales of Greensboro and New York City being released. About 150 people attended the district meeting with 100 representatives at the business session. the protest will be sent to Washington. auxiliary members heard district president Mrs. Ella Mae Logan of High Point. New officers were installed including Grace Councilman Asheboro junior vice president Sally Graham High Point assistant chaplain Chilton High Point assistant secretary and Everette Summey Thomasville historian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington — Post
Julius S. Scales
Greensboro
New York City
10Th District
North Carolina of Veterans of Foreign Wars
Howard Michael
Lexington
Lexington Post
Washington
Thomasville
Ella Mae Logan
High Point
Gladys Black
Local Teacher Completes UT Foreign Language Institute
Dolores Julia Joseph of High Point joined 69 other elementary and secondary Spanish and French teachers in a six week program at the University of Tennessee. The institute, one of over 80 nationwide, was funded by the National Defense Education Act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolores Julia Joseph
High Point
University of Tennessee
Special Institute
Tennessee
Four Men Held Woman for July Fourth Attack in Court
Eva Mae Watts Williams testified in Municipal Court that on July 4 she was assaulted on a dark Oneka Street path. She identified four local men charged with aiding and abetting a capital offense, while defense attorneys argued she was intoxicated and could not identify them. Detective Amaker testified the four men admitted the incident occurred as described.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Mae Watts Williams
Lamb Street
Municipal Court Today
Oneka Street
Mrs. Williams
W. T. Amaker
Wesleyan Methodists Open 63rd North Carolina Conference
About 400 to 600 preachers and delegates gathered in Colfax for the 63rd annual session of the North Carolina Conference of the Wesleyan Methodist Church. Sessions include nominating committee, itineracy and orders, Sunday school, and opening ceremonies led by Dr. C. R. Rickman with addresses by Dr. Paul L. Kindschi and Rev. Boyd C. Kistler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colfax
N. C
Wesleyan Methodist Church
C. A. Phaup
Pair Face Break-In Charges
A 17 year-old youth on E High Street and a juvenile companion were charged with breaking and entering at Petty's Shoe Store where the older youth acted as look-out. The juvenile awaits trial in Superior Court, with probation for larceny noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. High Street
Herbert Odell Thompson
Petty’s Shoe Store
County Building Revamp Slated by Guilford County Board
Guilford County commissioners plan three meetings next month starting Aug 6 in Greensboro with department head reports at 9 a.m. The group will gather bids Aug 8 in High Point at 10 a.m. for renovations to the county building and Aug 23 in Greensboro for the health center addition bids at 10 a.m.
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Guilford County
High Point
Greensboro
Crop Course Offered To Nurserymen
A short course for nurserymen and home gardeners will be held Thursday at the nursery east of Friendship Airport starting at 9 30 a m. Willard Kimrey Guilford County agricultural agent says the program begins with a facility tour followed by a demonstration of labor saving nursery equipment lunch at the airport restaurant then an afternoon on chemical weed control agents. The course is sponsored by the M C Nurserymen's Association with the county agent's office and the State College Extension Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendship Airport
Willard Kimrey
Guilford County
Kimrey
M. C. Nurserymen’s Association
State College Extension Service
Arthur Joiner Dies At 65 In Hospital
Arthur Eugene Joiner 65 of 118 Penny Rd died at 4 20 a m today in High Point Memorial Hospital after a three day illness following a home stroke. He was born in North Carolina on November 9 1896 and later owned Arthur's Pharmacy in High Point. He was a World War I Navy veteran and survived by his wife Edith, three sisters and a brother. Funeral set for 4 p m Wednesday at Sechrest Chapel with burial at Guilford Memorial Park Mausoleum.
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Arthur Eugene Joiner
Penny Rd
High Point Memorial Hospital
Mr. Joiner
North, S. C
Benjamin Phillip and
Estelle Hooker Joiner
Southern College of Pharmacy
Atlanta
High Point
Hart Drug Co
Arthur’s Pharmacy
Edith Gray Harville
U. S. Navy
American Legion
I. T. Mann
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Andrews Chapel Methodist Church
Edith Joiner
Frank Fair
Branchville
S. C
Vivian Curtis
Mary Agnes Joiner
Hanson Joiner
North
Sechrest
Lexington Ave
Roy E. Watts
First Presbyterian Church
Guilford Memorial Park
Sechrest Funeral Home
Main St
Fuss Over Cigarette Ended in Slaying on Hoover Street
Sidney Holmes 44 of Hoover Street faced a Municipal Court hearing for first degree murder after allegedly shooting Billy Brooks Wilson also of Hoover Street. Police traced the killing to a midday gambling dispute over a cigarette that escalated when Wilson confronted Holmes and Holmes retrieved a pistol returning to shoot Wilson six times, four bullets missing. Wilson died at 3:15 p.m. from a massive hemorrhage after being shot on Leonard Avenue and Evans Street.
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Sidney Holmes
Hoover Street
Holmes
Billy Brooks Wilson
Wilson
Leonard Avenue
Evans Street
Willie Hinton
Georgia
Pearson Place
High Point Memorial Hospital
Capacity Increase At Camp Cheerio For Campers
Camp Cheerio can now accommodate 96 campers, boosted by demand and a long waiting list for the July 29 to August 10 two week period. The one week August 12 18 session has openings as girls aged 8 to 15 register at the YMCA. Improvements include a stone wall along Lake Kiwanis shore and expanded shallow water area.
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Camp Cheerio
YMCA
Cheerio
Kiwanis
Jake Froelich Jr
High Point
High Point Ymca
Max Cooke
Murphy Osborne
Showers Forecast Easing Drought in Piedmont
A wordy forecast notes partly cloudy to cloudy skies with warm temperatures and scattered thundershowers possible today and tonight. Tomorrow repeats the pattern with more showers, while Wednesday stays partly cloudy and warm. highs reach the upper 80s to mid 90s and overnight lows in the 60s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piedmont
Dr Brooks Sets Up Urology Practice At Medical Center
Dr Ralph E Brooks Jr has moved to High Point to practice urology at the Medical Center on Quaker Lane. A Burlington native, he attended Davidson College and UNC Medical School earning an MD. He did internship at Cooper Hospital Camden and served in the Army two years in Germany before completing residency in urology at Baptist Hospital Winston-Salem. He is married to Betty Jane Slate, daughter of B Frank Slate and granddaughter of the late Dr J W Slate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph E. Brooks Jr
High Point
Quaker Lane
Brooks
Burlington
Davidson College
University of North Carolina Medical School
Cooper Hospital l
Camden
N. J
Armed
Germany
Jefferson-Hillman Clinics
University of Alabama
Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem
Betty Jane Slate
B. Frank Slate
J. W. Slate
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Scottish Bank of High Point
Hayden Place
Robert W. Conner
J. Wiley Coltrane
Dick Swaim
Wesleyan Methodists
Roy S. Nicholson
Central Wesleyan College
Conference Board of Managers
Boyd C. Kistler
Bethel Wesleyan Methodist Church
Henderson County
Watson C. Black
Kindschi
J. C. Putman
Jamestown
Women’s Missionary Society
Dewey 0
Rev. C. Wesley Lovin
Jimmy Lee Owens
Whiteoak Street
Owens
Noah Myers
Pete Road
Model Farm
Wayne Thomas Johnson
Pershing Street
Young Johnson
Johnson
Isaac Williams
Henley Hotel
William Edward Wheeler
Downing Street
Robert Current
W. Russell Street
Ellis Gore
Glenn Tyson
Current
Joe Tyson
Gore
Robert Lee Kennedy
Rt. 4
Kennedy
Caron Reese Simpson
Guyer Street
Norman Simpson
Norman
C. R. Simpson
Henry C. Lawson
Avenue
Dillard Chambers
Rt. 1
Lawson
Douglas McArthur Johnson
Jerry Whittington
Wesley Place
Archie Roy Peguese
Grayson Street
Eula Mae York
Leonard Street
Louis McCullough
Thissell
Arthur Joiner
Dr. Brooks
Ralph Brooks JR
Miss Golden Wheat
Teresa Jones
Bruce Jones
Rt. 2
Silver Valley School
Sarah
Lambeth
Silver Valley Volunteer Fire Department
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