More Than Half Of City's Pupils Need Dental Work
A spring survey by the Ward County Health Department found 3,712 of 6,373 students in High Point schools require some dental care. Dr. C. E. Patterson noted a high caries rate and outlined causes while reporting ongoing education and limited treatment for welfare families and large households. A county dental trailer will be available at Cloverdale School for summer appointments starting June 14 with issued appointment cards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Ward County Health Department
C. E. Patterson
Health Department
Patterson
Guilford County
Greensboro
Guilford Cty Dental Society
Cloverdale School
Stock Market Slumps Amid Heavy Second-Hour Selling
New York stocks faced a severe selling wave in the afternoon session with losses spanning 1 to 4 points as declines hit steels, aircrafts, railroads and oils. The tape lagged by up to four minutes at one point but later recovered, with a broad mix of issues including utilities and atomic plays dragged down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Stock Exchange
News Of Interest To Colored People seventh grade awards and prizes
The final assembly program of music and readings by the seventh grade class under Mesdames Moseley and Blackburn was enjoyed by teachers pupils and visitors. Awards Day lists multiple prizes for neatness leadership and good conduct with names such as Willie Mae Brawner Leonard Gripper Kaiser Gripper Sallie Covington Ernestine Thompson Barbara Ann Robins Lottie Brockman Patricia Wright Jacob Whitworth James Armstrong Darrell Clinton Harold Harper and Gwendy Jones among others. The Dunbar Harrison Club Tsungani Club and YMCA scholarships and awards are noted along with attendance prizes and a Treble Clef Queen and Bass Clef King. More than a hundred perfect attendance certificates are mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesdames Moseley
Blackburn
Willie Mae Brawner
Leonard Gripper
Les Ouers Club
Dunbar- Harrison Club
Leonard ‘Gripper
Jacob Whitworth
YMCA
Charles A. Whitaker
Dr. Parks
James Armstrong
Haizlip
Lawhorn
Darrell Clinton
Harold Harper
Moore Brothers
Graye
J. K. Williams
Gwendolyn Jones
Robbie Sellars
Glee Club
Advisory Budget Group Plans Tour of NC Institutions
The Advisory Budget Commission will tour state institutions July 19 to July 31 to map two year spending beginning June 30, 1955. D. S. Coltrane said the two week trek visits NC State College and many facilities including the School for the Blind and Deaf, State Hospital, and multiple colleges and sanatoriums across North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Advisory Budget Commission
Asst
D. S. Coltrane
North Carolina State College
State School For the Blind and Deaf
State Hospital
Fayetteville State Teachers Eye
Confederate Women's Home
Pembroke State College
McCain Sanatorium
Morrison Training School
Hoffman
State Home
Stonewall Jackson Training School
Concord
Charlotte College
Belmont
Gastonia
School For the Blind and Deaf
Morganton
Western North Carolina Sanatorium
Black Mountain
Western Carolina College
Cullowhee
Appalachian State Teachers College
Boone and Winston-Salem
A&t College
Woman's College
Greensboro
Gravely Sanatorium
Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina At
Cerebral Palsy
North Carolina College
Durham
The
Blind Commission
Butner
Eastern Carolina Training School
Rocky Mount
Eastern North Carolina Sanatorium
Wilson
Elizabeth City
Taxi hits parked car injuring passenger in High Point
A taxi struck a parked car on Chestnut Street Ext near High Point noon. Passenger Leon P. Johnson 39 suffered facial lacerations and was taken to hospital. Driver George W. Pike 61 was charged with failing to keep a proper lookout. Damages were $400 to the taxi and $150 to the other car. The crash occurred at 1 25 p m.
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State Highway Patrol
Leon P. Johnson
Route 2
High Point
George W. Pike
Baltimore Ave
Chestnut St. Ext
Jake Webb
Lexington Ave
Summer String Class Registration Open at High Point
Registration for summer school string classes at High Point High School continues this week. Any student, including beginners, intermediates and adults, may register in the music room mornings 9 to 12 or by phone at 6505. Instruments are provided for beginners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point High School
Music Room
Weather Outlook with Slight Patchy Cool Spell
The forecast reports a low tonight of 65 degrees and a high tomorrow of 93 degrees. Today’s high reached 93 and last night’s low was 60. Sunset is at 7 35 p m and sunrise tomorrow at 5 03 a m.
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Charlotte
Weather Bureau
Asheville
Atlanta
Boston
Chicago
Columbia
Denver
Detroit
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Memphis
Miami
Mobile
Enee
New York
New Orleans
Ralel H
Roy Cohn on Stand in McCarthy Hearings
Roy Cohn continued testimony in the McCarthy subcommittee hearings as he defended the record and addressed calls to hear Clifford and other witnesses. Senators debated witness calls and procedure as the public session featured sharp exchanges between McCarthy and Symington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
McCarthy
Cohn
McClellan
Sen. Jackson
D-Wash
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Clifford
Truman
Sen
Symington
D-Mo
Stevens
Jackson
Dirksen
R-Ii
Jenkins
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
Potter
R-Mich
Mundt
Joseph N. Welch
Army
MacCarthy
Carr
Cliford
Kirke B. Lawton
Workmen Finish Street Project Start Another
Thomasville crews and state forces completed widening on E Main Street opposite the Thomasville Chair Co. main office and will pave soon. Power and phone workers moved utility poles on W Guilford Street in preparation for widening from Salem Street to the cemetery.
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Thomasville
E. Main St
Thomasville Chair Co
Connell Crossing
Power and Telephone Company
W. Guilford St
Guilford St
Salem St
Mrs. Agnes Wishart Dies in Kentucky
Mrs. Agnes O Wishart widow of A T Wishart formerly of High Point died yesterday in a Louisville hospital where she had lived with her sister Mrs J L Woodbury for two years. She leaves a son George Urwick of Charlotte and two grandchildren plus two sisters and several nieces and nephews. The body returns to High Point for funeral services at Yows Funeral Home Thursday at 2 PM with interment at Oakwood Memorial Park.
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Horace
Brooklyn
N. Y
Willie
Summit
N. J
Tillman
Kings Mountain
Matthew
Emanuel Baptist Church
D. D. Mason
Green Hill Cemetery
Agnes O. Wishart
A. T. Wishart
Louisville
J. L. Woodbury
Woodbury
Julia Bauer
Boston
Mass
High Point
Yow
Oakwood Memorial Park
Rayburn to Speak in Charlotte at Democratic Rally
Rep. Sam Rayburn will headline a Mecklenburg County Democratic rally in Charlotte on October 15. David M. McConnell, chair of the county Democratic Executive Committee, arranged the visit with Rayburn in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
Sam Rayburn
U. S. House of Representatives
David M. McConnell
Mecklenburg County
Democratic Executive Committee
Rayburn
Washington
UNC Degrees Awarded to Forty in High Point Area
Forty students from High Point and nearby areas were among about 1,600 UNC graduates tonight. Degrees listed include Bachelor of Arts for several High Point residents, Bachelor of Science in Chemistry for High Point, and law, pharmacy, and education credentials across Thomasville Asheboro Kernersville and Denton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
University of North Carolina
Dees
Robert M. Bundy Jr
Anneth B. Geddie
Donald J. Silver
Charles W. Stout
Harvey G. Tilles
Sara F. Leek
Thomasville
Helen D. Faust
David S. Summer
Asheboro
George T. Davis
Highoint
Perley A. Thomas
Eric L. Fearrington
Kernersville
Julius A. Green Jr
Raeford T. Pugh
Ann Folger
Nancy A. Perryman
Kenneth H. Yarborough
Anna I. Redding
Charles Rogers Shore
Eddie E. Haire
Harold J. Rabhan
James R. Younts
Elmer Charles Bland
Donald Ebert
David A. Dowdy Jr
Don Rea Hedrick
Denton
John G. Hutchens
John R. Ingram
Cecil B. Hall
William Hoover Hethcock
Sherrill T. Ferguson
Charles B. Brockmann
Elizabeth A. Collett
Floyd D. Vincannon
Barbara L. Reed
Wiley Eugene Alman
Lowell D. Ferguson
Jerry M. Oetes
H. Froelich Jr
Sidney W. Ray
Revilda W. Snider
Burlingon Pirates Franchise May Move to Kinston
Burling ton Graham Pirates president L C Red Fowler confirms talks about moving the Carolina League team to Kinston. The club has underperformed this season due to weak attendance after Coastal Plain League fold in 1952.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
L. C
Red
Rural Church Of The Year Awarded In North Carolina
Prospect Presbyterian Church of Mooresville won Rural Church of the Year in North Carolina at the Farm and Home Week ceremony. Gov. Umstead presented a merit certificate and 300 cash. the church beat 111 rural contenders and will vie with 12 state winners for a 600 cash southern title. Second and third places were awarded to several Pitt County and nearby churches. A day-long discussion on agricultural improvement accompanied the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Prospect Presbyterian Church
Rt. 3
Mooresville
North Carolina
North Carolina State College
Umstead
Iredell County
South
Chicod Presbyterian Church
Red Oak Christian Church
Pitt County
Harrison Methodist Church
Mecklenburg
Round Hill Baptist Church
Rutherford
Mount Pleasant
Mesckenburg
St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
Iredell
Southern Furniture Exposition Building Annex Permit Issued
Excavation is scheduled to begin tomorrow for a large 10 story addition to the Southern Furniture Exposition Building on S Main St. A. R. Strange, City Building Inspector, said H L Cable Construction Co. filed a permit for 438000 total costs including 50000 for heating and air, 30000 for wiring, 2000 for plumbing. The project will be fireproof and is the third addition to the original building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Main St
A. R. Strange
H. L. Cable Construction Co
Strange
Southern Furniture Exposition
Main St
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Admiral Corporation
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Alleghany Corporation Eeeteee
Allied Chemical
Atlantic Afinery
Avco Manufacturing
Baltimore & Ohio
Bendix Aviation
Dow Chemical
Dupont de Nemour
Eastern Airlines
Electric Auto Site
Firestone Rubber
Freeport Sulphur
General Foods
General Motors
Glidden Paint
Goodrich Rubber
Goodyear Rubber
Great Northern Rye
Illinois Central
Int
Nickel Can
Kennecott Copperer Company
Libby Owen Ford Gf
Liggett Myers
Lockheed Aircraft
Loews Theaters
Montgomery Ward
Motorola Radio
National Biscuit
National Cash Register
National Dairy Product National Distillers
National Lead
New York Central
North American Avia Northern Pacific
Ohio Oil Company
Pacific Gas & Elec
Packard Motor
Penney J. C. Co
Pennsylvania RR
PPO
Seven Eceas Philco Corporation
Phillips Petroleum
Hgman Mpany
Pure Oil Co
Radio Corporation
Remington Rand
Republic Steel
Reynolds Tob B
Seaboard AL RR
Sears Roebuck
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Sperry Corp
Standard Brands
Standard Oil Calif
Standard Oil Ind
Standard Oil NJ
Stevens, J. P. Co
Studebaker Corp
Sylvania Elec Prod
Texas Company
Tex Gulf Products
Texas Gulf Sulphur Textron Corporation
Trans & Western Air Union Carbide
Union Pacific
United Airlines
United Aircraft Peete
United Corporation
United Fruit
United Gas Imp
United States Rubber
U. S. Smelting & Ref
United States Steel
Caro Chemical
West Auto Supply
Post Home
Seine
New York City
Atlantic
Roy Cohn
Agnes Wishart
Kentucky
Robert R. Kissling
Berkeley, Calif
California
Bay
Sanford Herrick
Kissling
Herrick
Kinston
cGall
Reader’s Digest
McCall’s
Marvel
Reader's Digest
Dexo-Fene
Skun
Mann’s Drug Store
cReat
N. Y Dept. R
Elm St
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