Double Driving Charged In Street Ditch Incident
William Goins and Elmae Leach of Kivett Drive were charged with multiple offenses after their car veered off the road, with the woman driving and Goins pressing the gas. Leach faced driving without a license and reckless driving charges. They received 60 day suspended sentences and fines. Separate arrests included Terry Walker on assault and battery and Bernie Small linked to an affray. Lois Tuttle faced forgery charges over a loan company credit scheme.
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William Goins
Elmae Leach
Brown
Goins
Ing
Leach
D. C. McRae
Géins
Terry L. Walker
Elm Street
Berta
Walker
Bernie
Alias
Lois Edith Tuttle
High Point Loan Company
Robert Latta
Friendly Loan Service
William Butler 85 Dies After Illness In High Point
William Butler 85 of 280 Daniel Brooks Apartments died Tuesday morning after a long illness. Native of Montgomery County he lived in High Point for years. Survivors include wife Lena Butler daughter Theresa Crawford and sister Ethel Simmons all of High Point. Funeral services Friday at 3 p m from St Stephen AME Zion Church Rev S A Speight officiating. Burial in Greenhill Cemetery. Body at Haizlip Funeral Home until services.
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William Butler
William Iinney Butler
Daniel Brooks
Butler
Montgomery County
Lena Butler
Theresa Crawford
Ethel Simmons
High Point
St. Stephen Ame Zion Church
S. A. Speight
Greenhill Cemetery
Haizlip
Playgrounds Open For Second Phase Activities
This week marks the entrance into the last half of the season for High Outire Jean Fritts playgrounds supervisor. Special events include contests at Armstrong Park Washington Terrace a birthday party at Fairview and a picnic for smaller children at Daniel Brooks. A scavenger hunt is planned for Johnson Street with a hike for Clara Cox habitues. Midget league games were rained out last week while junior standings show Goldston Brentwood and Washington Terrace each with one win and one loss. The week of August 12 16 is the season’s final week and registrations are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ceem
High Outire
Jean Fritts
Recare
Johnson Street
Greensboro urged to act on Yadkin River water plan
Greensboro officials urged regional water collaboration to tap the Yadkin River as a future supply while Boosting Lake Brandt Dam on Reedy Fork Creek to double storage. New York engineer Richard Hazen warned delaying action could lose options for 10 to 15 years as cities face rising water costs.
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Greensboro
Victor B. Higgins
Seven Cities Water Committee
Yadkin
High Point
Winston Salem
Higgins
Reedy Fork Creek
Richard Hazen
New York
Hazen
Winston-Salem
Reedy Fork
False Fire Alarm Reported in Thomasville
Firemen rushed to the corner of Davidson and Myrtle Streets around 11 pm last night but found no fire as the alarm turned out to be a false signal.
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Thomasville
Davidson
Myrtle Streets
Red Cross UF Meet Set Here Tonight
Red Cross and UF campaigns unfold at Furniture City Motel restaurant at 9 30 a m tomorrow. The meeting moves from Club House as announced by a national Red Cross fund vice chairman. Attendees include representatives from Alamance Rowan Stokes Surry Forsyth and surrounding counties with Salem and G Edward Miller also present. John Lee serves as field officer for Carolinas United.
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Furniture City
National Red Cross Fund
Apostase Rechalio
Leo Te Made
Aoak
Alamance
R Rowan
Stokes
Surry
Forsyth
Counties
Ton Salem
G. Edward Miller
Oes
John Lee
Carolinas United
Film Highlights Cooperation With City Planners and Architects
A technicolor film shown by Frank Sizemore and D A Rawley of the High Point Chamber of Commerce showcases business leaders and trained personnel partnering with architects and city planners to transform dense slums into spacious apartments and commercial spaces. The screening took place at the Furniture City Restaurant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civitans
Frank Sizemore
D. A. Rawley
High Point Chamber of Commerce
Gram
Furniture City
Pre-War Gas Price War Ends At Local Stations
Major oil firms withdraw temporary discounts as Gulf Oil orders end to price cutting. Texaco and Sinclair move back to prewar wholesale levels while Esso dealers see higher posted prices. Crown and Crown affiliates raise tank prices with prevailing regular at 32.9 cents and premium grades up to 38.9 cents.
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High Point
Ae Moring
Gulf Oil
Texaco
Sinto
Esso
Crown
Ee 6Ormtor
Pany
Vel
High Point Considers School Desegregation Quietly
North Carolina cities Greensboro Winston-Salem and High Point admitted 12 Negro students to formerly all white schools. The move ends long sanctioned segregation and was met calmly by school circles. The new assignment system, effective June 14, uses welfare and merit to place pupils by name, replacing previous district methods.
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High Point
Tar Heel
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
North Carolina
Armer
Adoption of County Budget Set for Guilford County
Guilford County Commissioners meet at the courthouse in Greensboro to adopt the 1957 58 county budget of 8 089 500 with taxes unchanged. They will also set the tax rate for the town appoint a second dog warden and approve a pickup truck and six autos. Jay Frank Dunbar of Route 5 High Point is expected to be named a second dog warden. Bids will be opened for a warden truck and six replacement sheriff cars.
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Greensboro
Guilford County
Cabiont County
Jay Ffrank Dunbar
Sheriff's Department
Fire department to burn vacant house for training
In Thomasville a three room frame house at Davidson and Jacob streets will be set on fire tonight at 6 30 by the city fire department. Fire Chief Lindsay Loftin says the blaze is for training and the property was donated by councilman John H Brinkley.
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Thomasville
Davidson and
Jacob Streets
Lindsay Loftin
John H. Brinkley
City Budget Adopted Maintains 1.20 Tax Rate
The City Council adopted the 1957-58 budget totaling 5,680,668 with a 1.20 per 100 valuation tax rate. Capital improvements of nearly 1 million include pool renovations, a Negares branch library, and several fund allocations. Utility fee collections are slated to contribute 2,854,305, with expected rises in both tax and utility receipts.
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City Lake Park
Negares
Treasury
Rain Breaks Heat with Sunny Breaks Ahead
Weather at the airport foresees a return to sunny skies with moderate temperatures for the next few days. Thursday could reach 85 degrees while today’s high is around 84 and tonight’s low near 64.
Finch visits Rotarians at Randleman
Thom asville district governor Harry Finch made his first official visit during his term to the Randleman Rotary Club. His address titled Rotary and Community Service stressed service goals. Visitors from Asheboro and Richmond, Va. attended and were welcomed by club president W. K. Cromartie.
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Randleman — Rotary
Harry Brown Finch
Thomasville
Randleman Rotary Club
Rotary and
Progress Noted In Slum Clearance Report
A quarterly report on the substandard housing ordinance shows 34 houses reported to City Manager T. B. Hinson. It notes 71 first notices and 12 second notices sent, and 70 repair permits issued in the quarter with 18 permits granted for certain repairs.
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T. B. Hinson
Red Cross Blood Drive at Bellevue-Stratford Hotel
Philadelphia reports a Red Cross blood bank drive at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel on Friday with donors to check in at the Burgundy Room.
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Philadelphia
The
Red Cross
Bellevue-Stratford Hotel
Burgundy
Robbery in High Point Cab Ride Near Pleasant Grove Church
James Billings 24 of High Point reports two armed youths robbed his taxi near Pleasant Grove Methodist Church on the road between the bypass and the Thomasville High Point Highway. They forced him to surrender about 35 dollars, then fled in a following car. Deputies sought clues as Billings contacted authorities.
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Shies
Sey Shay
James Billings
High Point
Pleasant Grove Methodist Church
Thomasville
Billings
Red Bird Cab Co
High Point Sets Record Blood Quota for Year
High Point raises its annual blood quota to 2625 pints with a series of donor visits planned at the Armory and multiple dates through the year. The program emphasizes civic effort, honors the new colonels at the Red Cross chapter, and offers donors a free ball game pass.
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Ft SaeSae
High Point Red Cross
Techmsbhe
Red Cross
High Point
Armory
Hi-Toms
Danville
A. Glenn Smith
Bloodmobile
Cochairman
Additional Colonels Named For Blood Drive
Mrs L P Megginson Jr and Mrs Aaron Allred named bloodmobile colonels for High Point 1957 58 drive. Megginson, ex Shelby Chapel Hill newswoman and piano teacher, publicity chair for Red Cross chapter, teaches at First Methodist Church. Allred, from Cleveland County, lives at 1024 East College, member of Wesley Memorial Methodist Church, co chaired by J W Lindsay Jr and Guy Kinney.
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L. P. Megginson Jr
Cleveland County
Aaron Allred
High Point
Wesley Me
Morial Methodist Church
J. W. Lindsay
Allred
East College Jr
Guy Kinney
Megginson
News-Uate
Shelby
School For the Blind
Hill
Raleigh
High Point Red Cross
Ter
Moder- Gardner-Webb Junior College
Moder- Gardner-Webb Junior College Andnette Club
The
YWCA
Univesity of
North Carolina
First Methodist Church
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Bruce Perdue
Harold Lovelace
Ee Carrom
Clara Cox
Colored News
Washington Terrace
Robert McCall
Rocky Mount
McCall
Janet Teague
Imee Ee
Man Hinson
Opthe
Public Works
Heat
Finch
Randleman
Blood Bank Drive
Philip B. Davis
Wayne iChambers
Howard A. Boone
Leonard Kaplan
W. L. Hinkle
Perry Little
Bill Horney
Guy Carr
L. P. A Jr
L. P. Megginson
Mrs
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