Man Bound Over for Trial in Fatal Shooting
Sidney Holmes of Hoover Street was bound over to superior court to face trial for the fatal shooting of William Brooks Wilson at the Leonard Avenue and Evans Street intersection. Police say Holmes sought Wilson with a loaded .22 pistol for about 30 minutes before the daylight shooting.
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Sidney Holmes
Hoover’ Street
Superior Court
William Brooks Wilson
Wilson
Leonard Avenue
Evans Street
Holmes
High Point Memorial Hospital
Willie Hinton
Hoover St
W. T. Amaker
Byron Haworth
James Bernard Cheek
Rt. 1
Mebane
Cheek
Neill Pontiac
Teenagers charged with multiple break-ins and thefts
Wayne Thomas Johnson 17 and Jimmie Lee Owens 16 face two counts of breaking and entering and larceny plus receiving. They allegedly broke into homes on July 1 6 and July 6 stealing watches and other goods valued at 34 125 and 135 dollars respectively. Trial set for July 27 with bond of 1000 per youth. Johnson remains jailed.
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Wayne Thomas Johnson
Pershing Street
Jimmie Lee Owens
Whiteoak Street
Paul G. Wilson
Westwood Avenue
William Rogers
Noah Myres
Model Farm Road
Johnson
Michael Francis Shilk
Shilk
New York City
Martha Adams Charged With Possession Of Whisky
Mrs Martha B Adams 26 of High Rock Road Denton is charged with possession of 17 gallons of non taxpaid whisky. The charge follows a raid by Davidson sheriff's deputies and Denton police chief Ben Carroll. Trial set in Denton Recorder's Court on Wednesday. Whisky found in an attic cache.
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Thomasville
Martha B. Adams
High Rock Road
Denton
Warm Weather Stretches Through Midweek In Forecast
The weatherman at Friendship forecasts warm, mostly clear today and tonight with a rise to near 90 tomorrow. Scattered afternoon and evening thunder showers are possible tomorrow and again Thursday as clouds increase.
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Friendship
Reassignment Requests on Board Agenda for Tomorrow
The High Point board of education meets at 2 p m in the school administration building to hear reassignment request reports. Mrs Blake Thompson and Mrs John Womack join a special committee to recommend dispositions amid a mix of white and Negro parental applications. The panel will also consider staff appointments for 1962 63 and other business including Ferndale High School name change, out of district tuition rates, Northwood School driveway access, Kirkman Park School change orders, and student accident insurance with Pilot Life at 1 50 per student.
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High Point Board of Education
Blake Thompson
John Womack
Ing
Thompson
Womack
Ferndale High School
Guilford
Northwood School
W. J. Linthicum
Kirkman Park
Pilot Life Insurance Co
High Point Staff Manager Named for Winston-Salem District
Douglas J. Loury, longtime Home Security Life Insurance Co. official, is named staff manager for the Winston-Salem District effective Wednesday. He began as an agent in 1955 and rose to staff manager in 1957, overseeing Guilford County operations before heading a five-man team covering Forsyth and Surry counties. Loury, a High Point High School graduate, attended Northeastern Missouri State Teachers College, is a Baptist and Mason, and chairs and assisted by his wife Yvonne Oram. They have three children.
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Douglas J. Loury
High Point
Home Security Life Insurance Co
Winston - Salem
Loury
Home Security Life
Guilford County
Winston-Salem
Forsyth
Surry
High Point High School
Northeastern
Missouri State Teachers College
The
High Point Underwriters Assn
Laury
Yvonne Oram
Overton Hants
England
Suzanne Lynn
Sabrina Lee
Douglas Ashley
Two HPC Students Earn Scholarships at High Point College
High Point College announces two scholarships for the coming year. Francis Earl Dail receives the Roberts Bequest ministerial scholarship and Elizabeth Oldham earns the Ida M. Alexander Scholarship. Dail is a rising sophomore active in Kappa Chi Delta Sigma Phi and Dean’s List, while Oldham serves as Student Christian Association secretary and Phi Mu chaplain.
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High Point College
Stan Broadway
Francis Earl Dail
Katherine R. Dail
Kinston
Elizabeth Oldham
A. B. Oldham
Johnson St
High Point
Dail
Sa Roberts
Broadway
Kappa Chi
Order of the Lighted Lamp
Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity
Seea
Marshall
Roberts
Oldham
Ida M. Alexander
Student Christian Assn
Phi Mu Sorority
Minnie Alexander
Mary Alexander
Mina A. Long
A. F. Alexander
Stolen Rear View Mirrors Reported as Youths Suspect
Two residents reported rear view mirrors stolen from cars parked at home. Robert Branch’s service station window was broken with rocks, valued at 50 dollars. Police say seven more bikes are missing, traced to a group of boys who repaint and reassemble them. several arrests have been made.
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Robert Branch
Branche
Mangum Avenue
Oak View 4-H Group Attends State College Week
Three Oak View Community Club 4-H Clover Leaves representatives Glenda Carroll Linda Snipes and Pat Everhart attend State 4-H Club week at State College Raleigh living on campus with about 1300 North Carolinians.
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Oak View Community Club
State College
Raleigh
Glenda Carroll
Linda Snipes
Pat Everhart
Public Housing Construction Plans Face Council Vote
High Point aims to start construction of up to 400 public housing units in early 1963. The Housing Authority expects federal approval after Atlanta reviews the application and council ratifies an agreement with tax and service commitments. Opponents may push to favor private housing, but leaders expect final council approval.
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By Forrest
Enterprise City
William Gordon
City Housing Authority
High Point
Atlanta, Ga
The
Public Housing Administration
Gordon
Atlanta
Housing Authority
Police Radio Experts Hold Meet Here
Public communication officials from across the state gathered in High Point to review the city's new police radio system. The event, hosted for the Associated Public Safety Communication Officers of North Carolina, showcased High Point as the first link in a statewide network with Greensboro and Winston-Salem planning to join soon. Sanford Smith of Greensboro led the visiting experts as they toured fire and police communications and attended a luncheon and meetings at the Furniture Exposition Building.
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High Point
North Carlina
State Highway Patrol
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
Sanford Smith
Fire Department
Furniture Exposition
Pastor Kozy Resigns Lexington Pastorate for Meridian
Rev. John Kozy, pastor of Fifth Street Alliance Church in Lexington, announced plans to resign his post on Aug 19. He will assume the pastorate of the Alliance Church of Meridian Mississippi. Kozy has served as chaplain of the Central Carolina Civilian Club and as a ham radio operator with the Davidson County civil defense program and is president of the Lexington Ministerial Association.
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Lexington
John Kozy
Fifth Street Alliance Church
Alliance Church of
Meridian
Miss
Kozy
Central Carolina
Davidson County Civil Defense Program
Lexington Ministerial Assn
Two Bound Over On Rape Charge In Superior Court
Two men charged with ambushing a Lamb Street woman on July 4 and raping her were bound over to Superior Court for trial. Richardson and Gray face capital rape charges. Dunlap and Phelps released.
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Lamb Street
Byron Haworth
Wilbert Richardson
Meredith Street
Harry Lee Gray
Daniel Brooks
Charles Linwood Dunlap
Hoover Street
Walter Lee Phelps
Pershing Street
Eva Watts Williams
Onekai Street
Parkview
Gray
Richardson
Dunlap
Phelps
Mrs. Williams
Haworth
Mason Anderson
Tate Street
James Isley
Isley
Arizona
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Fre Lee
Main
Washington Streets
Wachovia Bank and Trust Co
Wachovia
Loan Company
Dick Swaim
Man
Donald Paris
Paris
Wood
Thomas William Lister
Route 4
Lister
Robert Wall
Glenn Jones
Springfield Avenue
Jones
Evertt’s
Sandra Lee Mills
Engish Road
High Point Enterprise
High Pointer
HPC
Robert Ellis
Steve Graves
College Village
Oak View Club
Council
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