Seven Charged In Thomasville Gambling Bust
At 4 35 am police raided 314 Church Street finding seven people around a kitchen table with $2 and playing cards. They were arrested for gambling described as playing skin. Individuals include Hilliard Douglas Virgil Horne Raymond Nelson Zack Little Ervin Kenner L D Reed Albert Skeen Annie Rae Glenn. All held on bonds pending June 17 plus Skeen charged with abandonment and non support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Church Street
Raymond Nelson
Hilliard Douglas
Barnwell Street
Virgil Lee Horne
Carroll Street
Zack Junior Little
Ervin Lee Kenner
Winston Street
L. D. Reed
Jasper Street
Albert Skeen
Small Street
Annié Rae Glenn
Doak Street
Recorder's Court
Local Resident's Brother Dies In Salisbury
Steffie M. Sam Wheeler Sr. 60 of Spencer died at Rowan Memorial Hospital after four days illness. Born Jan 30 1900 in Rowan County to Samuel and Neely Moore Wheeler. Retired from Southern Railway in 1952. Survived by wife Alice Peacook, two sons Af Wheeler Jr. and William C Wheeler, two daughters Mrs J R Herndon and Mrs C B Peeler Jr, two sisters Mrs Charles Spivey and Mrs Otis Cross, five grandchildren. Funeral 4 p.m. tomorrow at Oakdale Baptist Church with Rev Hocutt and Rev Brinkley. Burial in church cemetery. Body at Wrights Funeral Home until 30 minutes before service.
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Salisbury
Steffie M
Sam” Wheeler
Elizabeth Avenue
Spencer
Rowan Memorial Hospital
Rowan County
Samuel and
Neely Moore Wheeler
Southern Railway
Wheeler
Trinity Lutheran Church
Oakdale Baptist Church
Alice Peacock
Af. Wheeler Jr
Chatanooga
Tenn
William C. Wheeler
J. R. Herndon
Washington, D.C
C. B. Peeler Jr
Granite Quarry
Charles Sp
Norma Jean Runnerup In Sun Fun USA Contest
Darlene Lucht, a 23-year-old Milwaukee resident described as blue eyed and brunette, was named the first Miss Sun Fun USA at Myrtle Beach South Carolina. Runnerup Norma Ann Buchanan from High Point North Carolina, age 18, blue eyes and blonde hair, 5 feet 5 inches, 120 pounds. Third place went to Arlene Nesbitl, 22, Mineola New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Beach
S.C
Darlene Lucht
Milwaukee
Lucht
Wisconsin College of Music, Drama and Speech
North Carolina
Norma Ann Buchanan
High Point
Arlene Nes[bitl
Mineola
N.Y
SUN Fun
S. C
Wisconsin
Norma Anin Buchanan
Wenda Ann Rivenbark
South Carolina
Norma Ann
Methodists To Consider Pfeiffer College Plea
The Western North Carolina Methodist Conference will consider bringing Pfeiffer College under its direction. If approved Pfeiffer would receive conference support. enrollment now 725 with 175 graduates last week and two new dormitories may raise figures to 850 900 by September.
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Lake Junaluska
N.C
Western North Carolina Methodist Conference
Pfeiffer College
Misenheimer
Pfeiffer
Greensboro Woman’s College
High Point College
Brevard College
Duke Divinity School
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Northern Methodist Church
Candler School of Theology
Emory University
Atlanta
Yale Divinity School
Herbert Wayne
Charlotte Banker
Costen J. Harrell
Decatur
Shot K. Mondel
Delhi
India
J. Wallace Hamilton
St. Petersburg
Fla
W. McFerrin Stowe
Oklahoma City
Caradine R. Hooton
Washington, D.C
Robert G. Mayfield
Chicago
Youths to face larceny charge over shack hideout
Two local youths James C. Collin 17 of Tank Street and Jerry W. Bryson 16 of Tryon Street will be tried June 13 in Municipal Court for larceny after police nabbed them for dealing a fire extinguisher and finding hatschets and first aid items in a Central Street shack. Bond set at 100 dollars. Other actions include arrests for assault with a deadly weapon and drunken driving, as well as several obituaries and a funeral schedule for local residents including Eli Kirkman Ingram and Roy G. Stone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Street
James C. Collin
Tank Street
Jerry W. Bryson
Tryon Street
Thomas Car Works
Alford
Rainy Weather Eyed Across Multiple Regions
The forecast predicts rain for Atlantic states, lower Lakes, northern Ohio Valley, portions of mid Mississippi Valley, Oklahoma, southern Plateau, and eastern Montana. Cooler over upper Lakes and Mississippi Valley, northern Plains and Plateau, while the Southwest remains very warm and Atlantic states stay warm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic States
Lower Lakes Area
Ohio Valley
mid-Mississippi Valley
Oklahoma
Southern
Plateau
Montana
Upper Lakes Region
Mississippi Valley
Man pinned beneath car undergoes seven hour surgery
Albert Junior Williams, 36, of Cloverdale Street, was hospitalized after a 7:40 a.m. Old Thomasville Road wreck. He was pinned neck under the car, underwent seven and a half hours of surgery, and came out in satisfactory condition at 9:30 p.m. His wife Mary Williams and two others were treated for injuries. Elijah Williams said the driver warned him about a curve as the car, traveling about 55 to 60 mph, left the road, flipped several times, and rested upside down on railroad tracks. Police anticipate charges against Williams on release.
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Albert Junior Williams
Cloverdale Street
Winston-Salem
Thomasville Road
Williams
Albertson Road
Thomasville
Mary. Williams
Elijah
High Point
James Knox Walker
Walker
W .Green Street
Highland Road
Avis D. Jamerson
Cumberland
Former Resident Succumbs At 58 In Boston
Arthur Charles Pritchard aged 58 died yesterday in a Boston hospital after a two day illness from a cerebral hemorrhage. He lived in High Point 24 years before moving to Boston three years ago and was born in Cherokee County on April 22, 1902. He married Emma Wood in 1938 and previously worked for Highland and Pickett Cotton Mills. Surviving are his wife, two sons Johnny and Marvin of Lenoir, a daughter Joyce Holland of Lenoir, and he will be buried in Oakwood Cemetery after services at Harold C. Davis Chapel. The body arrives tomorrow and will be kept at Davis' until the service. The family will receive visitors at 1293 S. Main St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Charles Pritchard
Boston
Massachusetts
High Point
Cherokee County
Emma Wood
Highland and Pickett
S. Main St
Johnny
Marvin
Lenoir
Joyce Holland
Harold C. Davis
Oakwood
Davis
Oil Executive Presented With Key To City
L. J. Hoar vice president and director of marketing for Sinclair Refining Co. received a key to the City of High Point from City Councilman Hor ace G. Iderton during a banquet at the String and Splinter Club. He will address the Men of Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church at a communion breakfast, with Rev. John F. Donovan speaking as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. J. Hoar
Sinclair Refining Co
High Point
Horace G. Iderton
Hoar
Men of Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church
John F. Donovan
China
Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America
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Norma Jean
Bethea
John Arnold
William Horton
Park Street
Arnold
R. E. Yarborough
Raeford Emberry
Yarborough
Calaat
James Lewis Lowe
Deep River Friends Meeting House
J. Millard Jones
Newlin
B. Asbill
Woodlawn
UOT
Ea Eaeter
Elbert Newlin
Lannien Hyatt
Centre Friends Meeting
Burt Baptist Church
E. High Point
Deep River
R. Hunter
Garden Park Cemetery
Sechrest Funeral
Ena
Serv Yarborough Sr
Janice Ferrilwoo
Mainsinaete Ave
Allen Jay
Thomas J. Ison
E. Green Street
Ison
Lowe
Guyer St
High Point Memorial Hospital
Vertie Carrick
Verlie Carrick
Summerville Baptist Church
Denton
Inman Stewart
Miss. Carrick
Smith St
Kinston
Eli Kirkman Ingram
Eli Kirkman Ingram J
First Baptist Church
J.E. Rawlinson
Floral Garden Park
Cemetrey
High Point Fire Department
High ‘Point Rotary Club
Piedmont Savings
Fireland Loan Association
Canady
T. M. Ellington
B. F. Pile
Lewallen
T. G. Shelton
G. W
Ingram
Willowbrook St
Roy G. Stone
English Street Baptist Church
Asial
George H. Tunshe
Jungle
Stall
Wade W. Hampton
J. H. Glover
E. Rb, Copple
Otis Moser
H. O. Johnson
George H. Nelson
Gene Corum
Alma Mater
West Virginia
Beta
U.S. Weather Bureau
Dept. of Commerce
Nash Urs
Lavaway
Wrenn St
American Assembly
Amarka
Columbia ‘University
New York
Aew Public Service
The
Advertising Council
Newspaper Advertising Executives Association
Pontiac
North Main Street
N. C
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