Tracks Remain 94 Years Obscure Janitor Influences City
The 99 year contract from 1870 still binds the city delaying removal of downtown rails. High Point planners consider reclaiming Main Hamilton Commerce and Centennial streets ahead of 1969 expiration. Authorities note backdoor deliveries supported local industry while fuel cost adjustments kept payments.
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New York
High Point
Main
Hamilton
Commerce
Centennial
Mrs Love Named To Heart Post In North Carolina
Mrs J Spencer Love of Greensboro is named State Heart Fund Chairman to lead the 1965 drive for the North Carolina Heart Assn The announcement comes from Dr Herbert O Sicker of Duke University Medical Center Love widow of the late Industries executive is mother of leaders in health education and academia including the Medical Foundation of North Carolina St Andrews College Davidson College Wake Forest College Roanoke Island Historical Association and the Greensboro Heart Association She also serves on the North Carolina Youth Fitness Commission Final 1964 Heart Fund results are expected to show a 20 percent gain over 1963. the 1965 campaign across North Carolina begins next February with no set goal yet announced.
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Durham
J. Spencer Love
Greensboro
State Heart Fund
North Carolina Heart Assn
Herbert O. Sicker
Duke University Medical Center
Love
Martha Eskridge
Shelby
Medical Foundation of North Carolina
St. Andrews College
Davidson College
Wake Forest College
Roanoke Island Historical Assn
Greensboro Heart Ass
Youth Fellowship Planning Supper At Deep River
The Deep River Friends Youth Fellowship sponsors a homemade ice cream supper Saturday at 5 30 p m in the church picnic shelter. Proceeds fund sending a representative to the National High School Young Friends Conference at Guilford College. The church lies two miles north of High Point city limits on highway 68.
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Deep River Friends Youth Fellowship
Young Friends Conference
Guilford College
High Point
Highway
Rezoning Requests Slated For Action In Guilford Jamestown
Eleven zoning requests will be considered at 8 p m in a Guilford County courtroom. E S McFarland seeks 185 NC 61 from agricultural to business. Other proposals cover land on U S 29 Monroe Township and U S 70 Rock Creek Township shifting from agricultural to residential or mixed use.
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Lindsay Cox
Guilford
Kivett Drive
Jamestown
E. S. McFarland
U.S. 29
Monroe Township
Fentress Township
T. J
U. S. 70
Rock Creek Township
Beaman Hes
Young’s Mill Road
Jefferson Township
Man Ordered To Court In Thomasville
Raymond L. Hughes of Denton was jailed in Thomasville on nonsupport charges filed by his wife Mildred. The 43 year old man was arrested after a break in Wednesday at Carl Passmore’s home on Lake Street where three encyclopedia yearbooks and a small amount of food were reported stolen.
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Thomasville
Raymond L. Hughes
Denton
Mildred
Carl Passmore
Lake St
Passmore
High Point Fat Stock Show Set For August 19
Civic clubs prepare for High Point 18th annual Fat Stock Show with 25 entries to be judged at 1 p.m. and a show to start at 3 p.m. The sale and best record book prize money will be awarded at 7 p.m. Judges will select top stock including a champion. Proceeds go to the boy or girl who raised each animal.
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High Point
Grimes America
Ant Fede
Peete
Shaggy Oh
Andion
Proctor
Civic
Ge Civic Club
Vance Proctor
Dewey Smith
The
Kiwanis Club
J. W
Weather Outlook Quiet With Slight Temperature Rise
A cloudy cool pattern continues with little change expected tomorrow. Highs near 84, today’s 83, with tonight’s low around 64 and a prior night of 70. Partly cloudy skies persist today and tonight as temperatures edge up modestly.
Houses Top List Of Permits In High Point Area
High Point Inspections Department issued 14 new house permits during the past days. Most permits went to Eastwood Subdivision with values totaling 231 000 including 156 200 for porches. Builders include Kavanaugh Smith Craven Johnson Pollock and Bottoms. Lester Adams also received a 3200 improvement permit.
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High Point
Eastwood
Kavanaugh-Smith Company
London Drive
The
Presbyterian Home, Inc
Oas Band
Deep River Road
Craven, Johnson and Pollock, Inc
Shady Brook Road
L. H. Bottoms
Windsor Street
Lester Adams
Page &C
Adams-Millis Plans Large Expansion of Hosiery Mills
Adams-Millis announces expansion plans including new plants totaling about 200000 square feet to be built soon. President James H. Millis says modernization will raise earnings through lower costs and better service, with location details to follow. The firm, a major hosiery producer since 1929, reports six-month sales up 24 percent to 8804719 and earnings up 143 percent to 47 cents per share.
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Adams- Millis
James H
Millis
Gram. Adams - Millis
Kernersville
Renas
Southern Die Casting and Engineering
Cast-O-Matic Corporation
Syracuse
N. Y
City of High Point to Make Final Debt Payment on 1931 Junior High
The city will pay 24 000 on April 1 to clear the debt from Ferndale Junior High School built in 1931. The school, once among the Southeast’s finest, was financed by the city after county construction doubts. The county contributed modestly since, and the city faced earlier bond extensions and a 1933 default.
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High Point
Ferndale
Jaycees Plan Area Wide Paper Drive This Sunday
The High Point Junior Chamber of Commerce announced a Sunday paper drive at 1 p.m. in cooperation with Archdale-Trinity and Jamestown Jaycees. Cochairman Bill Kester urged bundles to be at the curb between 1 and 5 p.m. and noted three clubs will cover the area. Special guests Soap Box Derby winner Richard Quigley and runner-up Glenn Hines attended.
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High Point Junior Chamber of Commerce
Archdale-Trinity
Jamestown Jaycees
Bill Kester
Jaycees
Hiatt Tire Co
Richard Quigley
Glenn Hines
del Foster
Carolinas
City Lake
Man Booked In Theft Of Clothing
Police report ongoing activity with light case load as seven routine arrests are recorded, including one for theft of clothing.
Marines Seek Guerrillas in Training at Little Creek
Lance Cpl. Welton D. Baker and Lance Cpl. Walter S. Seincle of High Point take part in a guerrilla warfare exercise with Greensboro's 5th Communications Company during two weeks of active duty at the Landing Force Training Unit at Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base Virginia. They conclude with an amphibious assault on a beach before returning home.
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Marine Reserve
Welton D. Baker
Walter S. Seincle
High Point
Greensboro
5Th Communications Com
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Mrs. Love
Heart Post
Deep River
High Point Enterprise
Rou Wang
Davis
Trinity High School
Clyde Martin
Lions Club
James Reddick
John
Reddick
Bob Rankin
Chamber of Commerce Agriculture Committee
Art Richardson
Adams-Millis
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