Miss High Point 1952 Joins State Finalists in Winston-Salem
Joan Talbert, 18, Miss High Point 1952, heads to Winston-Salem for three day state finals to crown North Carolina’s Miss America representative. She is accompanied by chaperone Mrs. Don Padgett and will compete against 38 contestants with events at Reynolds Auditorium and downtown Winston-Salem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tobias
Winston-Salem
Pert
Joan Talbert
North Carolina
Atlantic City
Joan
Salem College
Don Padgett
Brownette
Nash
Saunders Nash, Inc
Lewis C
Reynolds Auditorium
Colleen Hutchins
Salt Lake City
Utah
Local Man's Mother Dies In Statesville
Mrs. Amelia Barnard Paris 85 mother of Noble Paris of this city died at her daughter Mrs. M L Davis home in Statesville Tuesday. Native of Iredell County she married George Crocket Paris who preceded her in death. Survived by five other sons two daughters a sister a brother 14 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. Funeral services were held at the Statesville home and burial was in Macedonia Methodist Church cemetery near Harmony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amelia Barnard Paris
Noble Paris
M. L. Davis
Statesville
Iredell County
George Crocket Paris
Macedonia Methodist Church
Harmony
Prayer for T DAY
A prayer from James C. Kinard of Newberry College requests strength during summer rest to renew effort for the Lord. It urges renewed determination to achieve greater triumphs in the cause of the Saviour and closes with Amen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father
James C. Kinard
Newberry
8. C
Newberry College
Windstorm Ends Heat Wave Across Guilford County
A wind and electric storm swept Guilford County causing a rapid temperature drop from 95 at 1 30 pm to 70 at 2 30 pm with gusts up to 65 mph. A tree limb fell in City Lake Park and damaged a car owned by C A Throckmorton Greensboro. Despite the storm heat peaked at 99 at 12 30 pm making July 23 the hottest on record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guilford County
Friendship Weather Bureau
High Point
City Lake Park
C. A. Throckmorton
Foushee Street
Greensboro
Weather Bureau
Insect Fogging Rush Begins in Thomasville Ward
Workmen used newly purchased fogging equipment on a city truck to spray an insecticide over most of Thomasville's third ward starting about 9 p.m. The operation covered about 80 percent of the ward in four and a half hours. Equipment will move to other wards tonight. The fog penetrates 600 feet, and residents need not close their homes unless odor is offensive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Public Works Department
J. O. Lambeth
R. M. Cooksey
Fire Destroys Room, Franks Family Home on Jordan Street
Early morning blaze at 262 Jordan Street gutted the bedroom and front living areas of a frame house. Ray Byerly his wife and two young children escaped unharmed though most clothing and belongings were lost. Salvation Army Captain Olvy Sheppard appealed for local clothing donations to aid the family while shelter and meals are organized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jordan Street
Ray Byerly
Olvy Sheppard
Salvation Army
Byerly
Captain Sheppard
Citadel
Soldier Held On AWOL Charge in Thomasville
A 24 year old Fort Jackson soldier identified as Elwood Hunt was picked up on Carolina Avenue around 10 30 last night and held on an AWOL charge pending military authorities from his post. Local police reported receiving information from South Carolina military police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Fort Jackson
D. C
Militu
Elwood Hunt
Carolina Avenue
O.L
South Carolina
Service Members News from Jamestown Area
PVT CHARLES C HUBBARD of Jamestown Route 1 completed basic training at Fort Dix and will travel to Alaska after a Seattle layover. PFC FOREST GARRETT spent a 15 day Marine leave with his parents in Trinity. CPL DAVID W MULLEN has returned from Korea and will rejoin Fort Jackson after 30 days with family. PVT 2-C BRADLEY BOWERS completed 16 weeks at Fort Dix and then moved to Fort Hood. MIDSHIPMAN JAMES B LOVElACE JR USNR is on a summer training cruise aboard the USS Missouri with his parents in Greensboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles C. Hubbard
George Hubbard
Jamestown
Route 1
Fort Dix
N. J
Seattle
Wash
Alaska
A. L. Stevenson
Forest Garrett
U. S. Marines
H. C. Garrett
Trinity
Cpl
David W. Mullen
Hansell Street
Korea
3Rd Infantry Division
W. 5. Mullen
Fort Jackson
James B. Lovelace, JR
USNR
James B. Lovelace
Colonial Drive
Missouri
Auman Completes Basic at Fort Dix and Returns to Duty
Pvt. Francis B. Auman husband of Laura G. Auman and son of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Auman spent a 14 day leave here after completing basic training at Fort Dix New Jersey and has reported for duty at Fort Hood Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Francis B. Auman
Laura G. Auman
W. W. Auman
Fort Dix
N. J
Fort Hood
Texas
Pvt Val B Kearns Completes Basic Training at Fort Dix
Pvt Val B Kearns completed basic training at Fort Dix New Jersey on July 3. He visited his parents Mr and Mrs Val B Kearns at 221 Stratford Road then reported to Fort Lewis Texas where he is stationed in a Field Artillery unit. Before service he worked for R Glenn Hendrick and Son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Val B. Kearns
Fort Dix
N. J
Stratford Road
Fort Lewis
Texas
Pvt. Kearns
R. Glenn Hendrick and Son
NC State Cadets Complete OROTC Camp
Cadet Boyd M Ward of North Carolina State College and Cadet Maxwell R Thurman of NC State College completed courses at the Ordnance Reserve Officer Training Corps Summer Camp at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland. Ward is the son of Boyd M Ward of 1204 Centennial Avenue. Thurman is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J Thurman of 906 North Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyd M. Ward
North Carolina State College
Centennial Avenue
Ordnance Reserve Officer Training Corps
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Maxwell RR. Thur Man
J. Royster Thurman
North Main Street
Airman James H. Smith Jr Completes Basic Training At Lackland
Airman James H. Smith Jr. age 19, son of Mr and Mrs J H Smith of 39E Clara Cox Apt, is completing basic airmen indoctrination at Lackland Air Force Base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Smith, JR
J. H. Smith
Clara Cox
Lackland
Airman Jones and Kearns Completing Basic Training
Airman Jacky C. Jones 19 son of Mr and Mrs J O Jones High Point Route 2 is completing basic airmen indoctrination at Lackland Air Force Base. Airman Robert G Kearns 19 son of Mr and Mrs R C Kearns 106 Peachtree St is in the combined course at Lackland Air Force Base the world’s largest base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacky C. Jones
J. O. Jones
High Point
Route 2
Lackland Air Force Se
Robert G. Kearns
R. C. Kearns
Peachtree St
Lackland Air Force Base
Air Force Base
Airman Clifford R. Goff Completing Basic Training
Airman Clifford R. Goff 17 son of Mr and Mrs E W Koelz 323 Phillips St is completing his Air Force basic airmen training in the doctrination course at Lackland Air Force Base known as the Gateway to The Air Force his hometown is not specified in this brief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford RE. Goff
E. W. Koelz
Phillips St
Lackland Air Force Base
Air Force
Private Marvin Cooper Completes Basic Training at Camp Pickett
Private Marvin Cooper, son of Mr and Mrs John Cooper Route 1 Sophia, completed basic training at the Medical Replacement Training Center Camp Pickett Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Cooper
John Cooper
Route 1
Sophia
Medical Replacement Training Center
Camp Pickett
Military Personnel Updates From North Carolina
CPL Jasper Sneed returns from Korea and awaits Army orders as he is assigned to Fort Jackson South Carolina during a July 9 1952 leave with his aunt in High Point. MARINE PFC Garland H Jones Jr reports to Camp Lejeune as disbursing clerk while Private Jones a Trinity High School graduate joined the Marine Corps in March 1952 after dairy work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jasper Sneed
Korea
Fort Jackson
South Carolina
Department of the Army
Corporal Sneed
Dash Sneed
Hulda Street
High Point
Garland H. Jones
Louise C. Jones
Camp Lejeune
Sixth Marines
Second Marine Division
Jones
Trinity High School
Jones Business College
North Carolina Leatherneck
Marine Corps
Lindale Dairy Corp
Browner Completes Basic Training at Camp Gordon Ga
PVT Paul Browner and wife Elizabeth Mack Browner reside at 115 Turner Street with their child. He has completed basic combat training at the signal corps replacement training center Camp Gordon Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Browner
Elizabeth Mack Browner
Turner Street
Signal Corps Replacement Training Center
Camp Gordon, Ga
PVT CHARLES J FULP COMPLETES TRAINING AT CAMP PICKETT VA
PVT Charles J Fulp son of Mr and Mrs Roy A Fulp of Trinity has finished eight weeks of basic infantry training and eight weeks of medical training at Camp Pickett Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles J. Fulp
Roy A. Fulp
Trinity
Camp Pickett
Deaton Jr Completes Basic Training at Camp Pickett
Pvt. Herman M. Deaton Jr., son of Herman M. Deaton Sr. of Trinity Route 1, has completed basic training at the Medical Replacement Training Center in Camp Pickett Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman M. Deaton, JR
Herman M. Deaton, Sr
Trinity
Route 1
Medical Replacement Training Center
Camp Pickett
Gilmore Serves Aboard USS New Jersey In Cuban Training Cruise
William 8. Gilmore, tele man third class USN, son of Mr and Mrs A C Gilmore of 328 Connor St, serves aboard the battleship USS New Jersey now on a four week refresher training cruise in the Guantanamo Bay area Cuba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William 8. Gilmore
Teleman
USN
A. C. Gilmore
Connor St
New Jersey
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Sgt Jimmy Rk Canady Completes Safety Training
Sgt Jimmy Rk Canady of Westside Station High Point finished a military sponsored course in accident prevention and first aid. Assigned to the Airbase Quadron at Chester England he was selected for the safety school by his commanding officer and trained in aiding accident victims and prevention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy RK. Canady
Westside Station
High Point
Canady
Quadron
Chester
England
Rehearsals Begin for Faith of Our Fathers Choral
Bill Collins announces start of music rehearsals for the Faith of Our Fathers program at Albion Millis Stadium in August. Rehearsals meet Tuesdays and Fridays at 7:30 PM, First Methodist Church, open to church choir members and others in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albion-Millis Stadium
Bill Collins
City
First Methodist Church
Collins
Reavis to Speak Five Nights at Frederick Assembly
Dr. L. B. Reavis pastor of Green Street Baptist Church will address the State Training Union Assembly at College Frederick Md for five nights next week. He will also fill his pulpit here on the Sundays before and after the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. B. Reavis
Green Street Baptist Church
State Training Union Assembly
College, Frederick, Md
Grams
Dr. Reavis
Heat Beater 1952 Style
J R Stout of 910 East Lexington Avenue walked downtown in bathing trunks to City Hall to pay his light bill and quip that it is the only way to stay cool. The anecdote highlights a humorous attempt to beat the heat in a city 1952 context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Stout
Lexington Avenue
City Hall
Road Chase to Be Heard in Recorders Court
Thomasville prosecutors set tomorrow’s Recorders Court docket with Gerald Rufus Williams 24 of High Point charged in a 90 mph chase with Patrolman Harold Petty. Willis Turner faces four counts after assault charges. Beatrice Turner also implicated in a separate assault case. Dorothy Davenport, Ervin Parker, and others face multiple traffic, drunkenness, and assault charges in the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
High Point
Route 5
Recorders Court
Harold Petty
Gerald Rufus Williams
Lake Street
Willis Turner
Turner
Cora Kearns
Zelman Baldwin
Harry Baldwin
Beatrice Turner
Dorothy Jewell
Dorothy Davenport
Ervin Parker
Henry Davenport
Parker
Deputies Probe Theft at B H Curb Market
Sheriffs deputies investigated a break in at the B H Curb Market where 11 cartons of cigarettes were stolen. Entry was gained by cutting wires at the front enclosure on the Winston Salem highway just outside the city limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B&h
Herman Burrows
Winston-Salem Highway
Two Get Road Sentences For Assault Convictions
In Municipal Court Albert Short and George Tatum received road sentences for assault with a deadly weapon involving knife wounds to Curlee Archer and Melton. Judge J A Myatt set bond, issued various terms including suspensions and trials, with additional fines and payment obligations for related cases including abandonment and non support and speeding offenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert ‘Short
J. A. Myatt
Short
Myatt
George Tatum
Melton
Tatam
Alene Baldwin
Evelyn Barber
Evelyn
Alene
Clifton Shipp
Rufus Mellanis
Alfred Brockman
Doldrums Descend On Police Work
No major arrests were made with three added to the blotter. E R Cook and Sam Robertson were booked for assault. Robertson faced a separate choking charge. Mamie Simms faces trial for malicious damage after a brick was thrown at a house where Lucille Glenn resided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. R. Cook
Broad Street
Sam Robertson
Gordy Street
Cook
Callie Cook
Robertson
Clara Robertson
Mamie Simms
Brooks Street
Lucille Glenn
Hospital Says Condition Of Boy Serious
Thomas Kaneer an 18 year old of 508 Woodrow Avenue remained serious after a Tuesday morning hit and run near Lexington. Carlton Workman of Kernersville died in the crash. Robert Samuel Clinard of Lexington faces hit and run and manslaughter charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Kaneer
Woodrow Avenue
Lexington
Winston-Salem Hospital
Baptist Hospital
Winston
Young Kaneer
J. C. Kaneer
Kaneer
Carlton Workman
Kernersvile
Route 1
Robert Samuel Clinard
Lexingston
Funeral services for Carlton Workman 15 held at Main Street Church
Funeral services for Carlton Alfred Workman age 15 were held at Main Street Methodist Church on Wednesday afternoon. Burial followed at Floral Garden Park Cemetery. Flowers were carried by the Young Peoples Class. A quartet performed during the service. Carlton was killed early Tuesday morning after being struck by a car near Lexington on Salisbury road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlton Alfred Workman
Main Street Methodist Church
Wilbur G. McFarland
Ronald Workman
Jimmy Thackston
Marevin Williams
Roger Newby
Sideney Moore
Boyd Newman
Charles Johnson
Vincent O'Connor
Floral Garden Park Cemetery
Young Peoples
Harry Monroe
Ettalee Monroe
Tommy Dale
J. W. Morgan
Carlton
Lexington
Salisbury Road
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Miss High Point
John Haworth
Jaycees
A.W.O.L
Bradley Bowers
Muriel Sumner
C. E. Bowers
Maryland
Barney H. Poole
Duke Power Company
O. J. Miller
Duke
C. F. Allen
D. E. Cauble
F. K. Hightower
S. M. Lewis
R R. Plummer
L. W. Robertston
W. C. Robertson
J. E. Ee
J. F. Tucker
C. W. Ite
Kenneth Goodson
Hal A. Davis
John Paul Lucas, Jr
Barbee
Ther
Saul Hunter
James Witherspoon
Gwynn Chappell
Sylvester Malloy
Aubrey Ben
Rook
Jack Paul ‘Dempsey
Richard C. Deal
Walter L. Luck
John E. Holder
Allen G. Johnson
Sanford L. Kennedy
Wilmer Jessup
Joe Hart
Elese Wilkes
George Raper
Everett Beckom
George Ellis
J. O. Alexander
Rozell Ellum
Willie Boy Lassieter
City Lake
Bobby Butler
Wesley Sams
Kibitzer
Carlton A. Workman
Martha Cranford
Martha Janice Crawford
Sechrest
Neil J. Armstrong
Oa Memorial Park
Martha Janice
Iill
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