Local Youths to Attend Boys State from High Point
Four High Point High School students Dwight Wheeless Howell Myers Powell and Richard Hayes will attend the 18th annual Boys State at Chapel Hill. The delegates active in student government will learn government from city to federal levels with state officials and Legion sponsors guiding sessions at 7:30 p.m. in the Institute of Government Building.
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High Point
Chapel Hill
R. R. Blackburn
I. T. Mann
American Legion
Gordon Weathers
Oy Ve Wheeless
Meyers Powell
Neil Howell
Richard Hayes
Janet Teague
High Point High School
From Point
Dwight Wheeless
Howell
Myers Powell
Wheeless
National Forensic League
Powell
Legion
Hayes
I. T. Mann Post
Institute of Government
Albert Coates
State Department of the American Legion
Boys’ State
Charles
Amos Will Head UF Publicity
Wray M. Amos of High Point has been named director of publicity and public relations for the United Fund-Red Cross campaign this fall. The appointment was announced by Roscoe Adams, fund president. Amos serves on the local Red Cross board, has been Bloodmobile co chair and is vice chairman for the coming year. He heads Amos Hosiery Mills and is linked to Amos & Smith Hosiery Co. He and his wife Ellen Groome live at 914 N Rotary Dr with two daughters.
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High Point
Wray M. Amos
United Fund-Red Cross
Roscoe Adams
Amos
Red Cross
Bloodmobile
McCallie School
Tennessee
University of North Carolina
Air Force
Amos Hosiery Mills Inc
Amos & Smith Hosiery Co
Pilot Mountain
American Business Club
Family Service Bureau
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Ellen Groome
Groometown
Rotary Dr
High Pointers At North Carolina Hospital Meet
The North Carolina Hospital Association holds its annual meeting in Blowing Rock June 11 to 13 with High Point Memorial Hospital administrator W. R. Peters presiding. Seven panelists from varied roles will speak Wednesday evening including Sen O Arthur Kirkman and Julian Woodcock among others. Hospital education program emphasis guides the agenda ahead of Thursday discussions and Friday business session.
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North Carolina Hospital Assn
Blowing Rock
W. R. Peters
High Point Memorial Hospital
Sample Forbis
Watts Hospital
Durham
O. Arthur Kirkman
High Point
Holt McPherson
The
Enterprise
C. C. Carpenter
Bowman Gray Hospital
Winston-Salem
Julian Woodcock
Asheville
Madison Brown
American Hospital Assn
Carolyn Keller
Cone Hospital
Greensboro
Bruce Jones
N. C. Medical Care Commission
Man Faces Assault Warrant After Domestic Violence Incident
Leonard H. Wilson 27 was booked on an assault warrant after alleged attack on his wife Christine at Wendley Street. Police say she suffered a four stitch head wound, burns on the arm, bites on arm back and jaw, and a back cut with a knife. Hearing set in Domestic Relations Court next Tuesday. bond set at 500 dollars.
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Leonard H. Wilson
Wendley Street
Christine
Wilson
Auto Check Lane Use Lagging
Campaign leader William Freeman Jr reports weaker drive today after rain slowed car checks. Four stations at First Presbyterian Church on N and S Main, English Street Armory, and Montlieu Avenue offer a 40 second free vehicle check, with Scouts and Demolays aiding.
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William Freeman Jr
Freeman
N. Main Street
First Presbyterian Church
S. Main Street
English Street
Armory
Montlieu Avenue
Chief Fatality Cause In Area Heart Attack
High Point population rose by 136 last month with 32 total deaths. Heart attacks were the leading killer as eleven died from heart ailments, followed by six from cancer and three each from cerebrovascular disease and prematurity. There were four stillbirths and five infant deaths including three from prematurity.
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High Point
County Health Department
High Point Area
Health Department
High Point travelers flock to Europe and beyond
High Pointer residents rush to travel during May and October with the Car column offering Europe tours to Brussels World Fair, Mexico two week family trips and Tar Heel Cruises from Wilmington. Prices for six day Havana Nassau cruises start around 250 dollars with two week West Indies trips at about 325 per person.
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Wilmington
Havana
Nassau
Bermuda
West Indies
Havana- Nassau
North Carolina
Ryan
Thomasville Girl Scouts Win Skating Badges
Ten members of Troop 59 earned skating badges after passing testing conducted at Thomasville Skating Rink under Mrs. Betty Price. The ceremony Friday night honored Diane Weetes Kay Crawford Brenda Beck Priscilla Stoker Vickie Tysinger Janet Blake Patty Groves Shirley Connell Janet Newsome and Sharon Swaim as the first Thomasville Girl Scouts to achieve this proficiency.
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Thomasville
Betty Price
Thomasville Skateland
Diane Weetes
Kay Crawford
Brenda Beck
Priscilla Stoker
Vickie Tysinger
Janet Blake
Patty Groves
Shirley Connell
Janet Newsome
Sharon Swaim
Price
Jamestown School Cost is Approved
Guilford County Board of Education approved a 3 million plus county school budget with 2.319 million for new buildings and a total capital outlay of 2.6059 million. The Jamestown project, named Lucy Ragsdale School, aims for bid requests by July 1 with bids likely by August 2. The action also funds a $75,000 heavy equipment shop for the Industrial Educational Center and names Bruce Roberts to head industrial education. The plan includes four special tax district budgets and a county wide current expense of 647,053 and debt service 305,134.16, pushing the total above three million pending County Commissioners’ review.
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Jamestowns
Guilford County
Idol
Jamestown
Lucy Ragsdale
Bruce Roberts
Roberts
High Point City
Allen Jay
Oak View
Guilford
Florence
Youths Linked to False Fire Alarm at Kearns Hosiery Mill
Police said several youths aged 10 to 12 caused the false alarm yesterday at the Kearns Hosiery Mill on S Hamilton Street. A 12 year old boy admitted setting off the alarm at 1 39 p.m. after being urged by companions.
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Kearns Hosiery
S. Hamilton Street
Underhouse Solitude Turns Into Diy Fright Tale
Forrest Cates writes of a man tunneling under his house to add a new room and seeking solitude. He confronts insects and fear as lizards and spiders loom, while awkwardly joking about wife and neighbor reactions and promising future solitude only with jackposts.
Carrier of Month Roy Whitesell Aims for Big Rig Career
Roy Whitesell, Carrier of the Month for The Enterprise, plans to attend State College NC to study truck driving after graduating Jamestown High School with a B average. He works a drug store job and does odd jobs for customers while maintaining top route performance and earning praise from circulation manager Charles Loflin. His hobbies are baseball and auto racing, and his travel goal is to see all parts of America if he becomes a first class truck driver. He is son of Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Whitesell of Route 1 James town.
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Roy Whitesell
Roy
R. B. Whitesell
Route 1
Jamestown
Charles Loflin
Jamestown High School
State College
North Carolina
Loflin
Young Whitesell
America
Fugitive Coy Bell Handed Over After Extradition Waiver
Louisiana authorities reached High Point within nine hours after Coy Bell a 39 year old Baton Rouge truck driver waived extradition. Bell wanted in Clinton Louisiana on rape kidnapping and highway robbery charges was taken into custody at the bus station after arrival of E Feliciana Parish Sheriff A V Doughty and a Baton Rouge deputy. The men planned to fly Bell back to Clinton today.
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Louisiana
High Point
Coy Bell
Bell
Baton Rouge
Clinton
E. Feliciana Parish
A. V. Doughty
Greensboro-High Point
Doughty
High School Classes Open For Summer Session
High Point High opens its summer session with over 100 students expected to enroll. Students will receive remedial work in English math history and science to raise scores under Department of Education guidelines. Ralph Vance directs the program with a staff including Miss Louisa Hatch Miss Frances Haywood Miss Ruth Goodman and others. Additional registrations are welcome through Monday. Classes run six days a week through July 15 with July 4 and 5 holidays.
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High Point High
Department of Education
Ralph Vance
Louisa Hatch
Frances Haywood
Ruth Goodman
Geneva Highfill
Harry Hendrick
Christine Stephens
HPC Summer Term Opens Tomorrow
Registration for the first term of High Point College summer school starts Monday at 8 am in the student center. Classes run Tuesday through Wednesday July 16 with a second term July 17 to August 23. Dean Harold E Conrad notes a full schedule taught by regular faculty with courses in art biology English French German business geography education history political science mathematics music religion physical education psychology speech sociology and Spanish.
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High Point College
Harold E. ‘Conrad
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Jaycees
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David Cox
Carcolina Motor Club
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Thelma Ryan
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Mexico
Caribbean
South America
Belgium
Aimes
Tar Heel Cruises
Forrest Cates
Russia
Nixon
City Lake Park
Billie Chaplin
Jerry Wadsley
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