Army andAir Force Recruiting Shrinks Staff in High Point
A U S Army and Air Force recruiter will stay at the High Point office after August 1 while LTC Walter Waley remains. Other local personnel are to be transferred or await orders, including M Sgt Richard Burpe and S Sgt Norman Dean. Navy recruiting ends locally with Greensboro handling all area work, while a Marine recruiter visits the former Navy office twice weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Army
Air Force
High Point
Otis D. Viall
Army and
Raleigh
Ltc
Walter
Navy
Greensboro
Marine Corps
Playground Activities Schedule From Parks and Recreation
The department releases weekly playground events across Clara Cox Armstrong Park and adjacent sites. Programs include story hour, crafts, pet shows, puppet performances, junior softball games, horseshoe championships, tennis instruction, radio program, carrom tournament, scavenger hunt, and multiple games for small children daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Air
Armstrong Park
Little Red Riding Hood
Vickie Holton
Ela Chapman
Lonnie Fstes
Goldston Park
WHPE
Girl Hurt Slightly When Hit By Auto
Rebekah Wagner nine of 713 Lindsay Street was struck by a car driven by Mrs J W Thomas of 904 W Ray Street while riding a bicycle on W Ray Street. She was taken to High Point Memorial Hospital for treatment not required. She suffered a bruised ankle and the bicycle damage was ten dollars. No charges were filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebekah Wagner
Lindsay Street
W. Ray Street
J. W. Thomas
High Point Memorial Hospital
Asheboro Bus Fares Seek Jump From 10 to 15 Cents
The Asheboro Coach Company filed a formal application with the State Utilities Commission seeking a fare increase for the city bus system from 10 to 15 cents. Operators cited higher operating costs and noted the Asheboro town commissioners approved the plan after a public hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Asheboro
State Utilities Commission
Asheboro Coach Company
Local Industries Join August No Accident Safety Campaign
Three local firms Adams Mills Corporation Highland Cotton Mills Inc and Cloverdale De Works Inc will take part in the August No Accident Campaign led by the Safety Division of the North Carolina Industrial Commission. C Harville chair of the Joint Safety Committee announces plans for accident prevention with caps bearing safety slogans for employees and pledge cards to reduce hazards during August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina Industrial Commission
Adams Mills Corporation
Highland Cotton Mills, Inc
Cloverdale de Works, Inc
Harville
Injured Girl Returns To High Point After Plane Crash
Evelyn Nance of 120 Wellington Road rests at High Point Memorial Hospital after transfer from a York South Carolina hospital. The private plane piloted by Greensboro radio announcer Dick McAdoo crashed in a field early yesterday. McAdoo's sister and Miss Nance's Greensboro roommate, Mrs Pat McAdoo Tucker, died after her safety belt jammed and she could not be removed from the burning aircraft. McAdoo and his wife Frances were in a Greensboro hospital today with burns. All three survivors were not seriously hurt, sustaining burns while helping to rescue the dead woman. Only immediate family may visit Miss Nance today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Nance
Wellington Road
High Point Memorial Hospital
York, S. C
Nance
Greensboro
Dick McAdoo
MccAdoo
Miss Nance
Pat McAdoo Tucker
McAdoo
Frances
City News Briefs Fire and Utility Incidents
Fire in an oven at a house on 660 North Main Street was extinguished with slight damage. A short circuit in a washing machine motor at 318 Friddle Street caused no injuries. A grass fire at 3:01 p.m. yesterday burned along the Southern Railway between Commerce and East Green Streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
North Main Street
Friddle Street
Southern Railway
Commerce
East Green Streets
Greensboro Man Ralph Vaughn Injured Unloading Merchandise
A Greensboro man named Ralph Vaughn was injured yesterday afternoon on English Street while unloading merchandise from a truck at Adams Mill. The injuries were not serious and no further details were provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Ralph Vaughn
Adams-Millis Hosiery
English Street
Pisgah Baptist Church Plans One Room Recreation Building
The Pisgah Baptist Church seeks a permit to construct a one room recreation building on Worth Street with an estimated cost of 1500 dollars. The High Point Enterprise also seeks a permit to build a stereotype room at an estimated total cost of 1200 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pisgah Baptist Church
Worth Street
High Point Enterprise
Veach Infant Dies In Thomasville
Elizabeth Ann Veach infant daughter of Howard C. Veach and Rosetta Saintsing Veach died in City Memorial hospital Monday evening. Surviving family includes sister Susan Veach and grandparents Fred Saintsing and M W Veach. graveside services were held at Pleasant Grove Methodist Church Cemetery with Rev H Glenn Lanier presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Elizabeth Ann Veach
Howard C. Veach
Rosetta Saintsing Veach
City Memorial Hospital
Liberty Drive
Susan Veach
Fred Saintsing
Route 1
M. W. Veach
Pleasant Grove Methodist Church
H. Glenn Lanier
First Methodist Church
National Beta President Named at Atlanta Meeting
J. C. Doggett, superintendent of York City Schools, named the new National Beta Club president at the group's Senate meeting in Atlanta. He succeeds A. B. Bonds, former Arkansas state education commissioner. The national headquarters is in Spartanburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spartanburg
J. C. Doggette
York City
National Beta Club
Senate
Atlanta
A. B. Bonds
Arkansas
Nick Lawrence Resting Well After Hospital Stay
Reports from Baptist General in Winston Salem indicate Nick Lawrence program director of WHPE and High Point’s 1951 Young Man of the Year is resting comfortably. Visitors remain barred as he has been a patient since June 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist General
Winston-Salem
Nick Lawrence
WHPE
High Point
Former Hindu to Speak at First Baptist Church
Bishop K. Chengalvareya Pillai of Madras India will address First Baptist Church tomorrow at 7 15 pm in a sermon titled Light Through an Eastern Window. Sponsored by England's Foreign Mission Board he discusses India's view of Russia and the global religious culture, inviting area youth to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
First Baptist Church
K. Chengalvareya Pillai
Madras
America
England
Russia
Bishop Pillai
Intangibles Tax Checks Ready Across North Carolina
Guilford County and Greensboro districts will receive their share of 3.38 million dollars in intangible personal property taxes for the year ending June 30. Mecklenburg County led with 598 986 65 dollars as the state mails checks next week, with Guilford second at 456 155 45 and Forsyth at 358 073. Clay posted the smallest at 457 44.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guilford County
High Point
Greensboro
North Carolina
State Board of Assessments
J. C. Bethune
Raleigh
Mecklenburg County
Mecklenburg
Forsyth
Ground breaking set for Cherry Street Presbyterian church
Cherry Street Presbyterian Church invites the public to a ground breaking on Fourth Street following a 5 p.m. worship service at the present church on 109 Perry Street. The ceremony will occur immediately after the service on the new site on Fourth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Street
Fourth Street
Legion Beach
Legion
The
First Baptist Church
Acme Club
W.C.A
Willing Workers Club
Mt. Vernon Baptist Church
Mary Dunham
Charlotte
Bessie Motz
Commerce Street
DLES
Lexington
Ruth W. Walser
Lois Hairston
Marlean Henderson
Luther
Clarence Walser
Files Chapel Baptist Church
Gethsemane Baptist Choir
Lula Burley
Baltimore
Mattie Saunders
Daniel Brooks
Two Trucks Damaged In Collision
At the Julian Avenue Welborn Street intersection early today a 1950 Chevrolet truck owned by a Winston Salem doughnut firm overturned causing about $300 damage. The other vehicle a 1950 GMC driven by Charlie Younts of Thomasville damaged about $40 after sliding 15 feet. No charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Julian Avenue
Welborn Street
Chevrolet
Winston-Salem
Charlie Younts
Yount
Eee
William Luther Davis
High Point
Albert Freed Nackley
Lee Roy Dallas
Church Street
Nackley
Burton Street
Davis
Dallas
Mercury
Cadillac
Mustering Out Pay Blanks Available
Thomasville veteran service officer Eugene Morris announced farms at the office for veterans to apply for mustering out pay. Eligibility covers service since June 27 1950 with payouts based on service length and overseas duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Eugene Morris
Morris
Cooking Stove Fire Sparks Peach Preserves Blaze
A fire at 402 Hinkle Street started by an oil burning stove amid overflowing peach preserves. Firemen report heavy smoke damage and blistered paint in the four room frame dwelling. The home is owned by Amazon Cotton Mills and listed as Furgerson’s residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Hinkle Street
Furgerson
Amazon Cotton Mills
Thomasville Man Appeals I-Year Term for Assault and Arrest
Joseph Simon Myers of 306 World Street appealed after a guilty verdict on assault on a female and resisting arrest. Judge W H Steed totaled 18 months, suspended a 12 month term, and then allowed concurrent running to make two and a half years, reduced to 12 months. Turner charges quashed. one charge led to 12 months suspended with child support of 20 dollars weekly. Others faced larceny trespass pleas, reckless driving verdicts, and various fines and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Joseph Simmon Myers
World Street
Recorder’s Court
W. H. Steed
Steed
Willis Turner
Lake Street
Turner
Trinity Rural
Tommy
Bryce Miller
Here
Nelson Edwards
Columbus Washington Jefferson
Recorder's Court
William Elwood Duncan
Beatrice Turner
Albert LeRoy Waisner
Denton
Raymond Satterwhite
Bernard June Perrell
Colfax
Herman C. Dutton
Greensboro
Howard Dickens Howell
James Lee Hegler
Union, Chair Firm Schedule New Meeting
Thom asville Chair Company and the furniture union plan another meeting within ten days to discuss reopening a contract due to expire September 4. Thomasville Chair officials attended by Doak Finch and Tom Finch. labor reps included Carlton Myers and Clete Smith as well as George Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Furman Wilson
Furniture Union
Thomasville Chair Company
Wilson
Doak Finch
Tom A. Finch
Robert Holiday
Thornton H. Brooks
Greensboro
Carlton Myers
Clete Smith
George Johnson
Walter Carson
H. A. Cox
W H McCormick Dies At St Leo s
Greensboro resident William Henry McCormick Sr. died at St. Leo s Hospital after an 18 month illness at age 72. He was a World War I cavalry captain and an active Kiwanis Elks member, survived by wife Cora Kirkman McCormick and five children plus relatives. Funeral services are set for 10 tomorrow at Our Lady of Grace Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Henry McCormick
Greensboro
W. S. Fagg
Sam Wile
Jamestown
St. Leo's Hospital
McCormick
Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church
Piedmont Council
Knights of Columbus
Cone Export and Commission Company
Elks Club
Cora E. Kirkman
Groomtown
David G. Warner
Atlanta
James E
Charles M
G. Harold McCormick
Blue Point
N. Y
Carroll in New York for School Meeting
Charles F. Carroll superintendent of schools is in New York City presiding over the annual meeting of the Associated Public School Systems where he serves as president this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Carroll
New York City
Associated Public School Systems
Carroll
Association
Two Arrested On Counts Of Non-Support
Thomasville police arrested Robert James Wrenn 30 Asheboro on a non-support charge and kept him in jail on bond. Carl Beck 200 Leonard Street posted 300 bond to answer the same charge in court August 8. Jessie Thomas Gordon 34 Welborn Street was jailed for disposing of mortgaged property a $60 radio, alleged to hinder Almond and Shaw Furniture Co rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Robert James Wrenn
Asheboro
Carl Beck
Leonard Street
Jessie Thomas Gordon
Welborn Street
Almond and Shaw Furniture Company
Gordon
Furniture Company
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Playground
Department of Parks and Recreation
Clara Cox
Armory
Asheboro Bus System
Ars
Balto W Smith
Adams-Millis
City News Briefs
Veach
National
First Baptist
W. H. McCormick
St. Leo's
Jack Chancellor
WMFR
Gary Davis
Byrum Cleaners
Carolina Cleaners
Dutch Laundry, Inc, Five Point Cleaners
High Point Laundry Houser Cleaning Co, Master Cleaners
NEW Service Laundry Quality Day Cleaning Company
Royal Cleaners
Reliable Cleaners
Sartin
Sunshine Laundry Superior Dry Cleaners
Tucker's Dry Cleaning Company
Vogue Cleaners, Inc
Shore’s
Launderteria
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High Point Textile Maintenance Club
Beth
Belk Beck
Gorda
International Harvester
Lambeth-Welborn
S. Main ST
Belks
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