Knife Assault and Theft Charges In High Point
Police reported three distinct cases yesterday. James Barnes of Thomasville faces assault with a deadly weapon after allegedly cutting Kenneth Barnes with a pocket knife and is held on a $100 bond for a June 20 Municipal Court hearing. Joe Johnson, 36, of English Street, is charged with larceny for taking a 54 cent bottle of after shave lotion from a Main Street store and is held on a $100 bond for a June 8 Municipal Court hearing. Kenneth E. Nelson, 27, of Scientific Street, is charged with issuing a worthless check to Clif ton A. Koontz trading as W E Linthicum Co and held on a $100 bond.
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High Point
James Barnes
Thomasville
Kenneth Barnes
Barnes
Joe Johnson
English Street
Mild Weather With Sprinkles Through Thursday
A weather report from Friendship notes mild conditions with cloudy skies and light sprinkles. Temperatures reach 62 degrees tonight with 75 today and 80 tomorrow. yesterday’s high was 79 and last night’s low 63.
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Friendship
Woman charged with murder of her father in North Carolina
Mrs. Clara Belle Blair, 29, was arrested on a murder warrant for shooting her father George H. Welborn at his home 831 W Lexington Ave. She admitted the shooting and is held without bond. Welborn died from massive hemorrhage after ten gunshot wounds to the back and a shoulder nick. Funeral services were held at Abbotts Creek Missionary Baptist Church with pallbearers from Tar Heel Paving Co.
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Clara Belle Blair
George H. Welborn
W. C. Johnson
W. C. Crisco
Abbotts Creek Missionary Baptist Church
W. H. Walton
Charles Pickard
Abbotts Creek Primitive Baptist Church
Tar ‘Heel Paving Co
Roland Cecil
Jack Beck
Earl Edwards
Ralph Craven
Lindsay Moore
Darrell Beck
Man seeks permit for first go cart track on English Street
J A Jones filed a petition with the planning and zoning commission to approve a five acre junk yard conversion at 3014 English St into a supervised go cart facility with an asphalt track, 50 to 75 carts stored, servicing and off street parking. A survey by engineers was planned to determine feasibility.
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English Street
J. A. Jones
Planning and Zoning Commission
Jones
English St
Hope Fades For Strike Settlement
The Teamsters Local 391 strike against Bottoms-Fiske Truck Lines Inc. nears seven months with little chance of settlement. Federal mediator George W. Rosebury in Charlotte says no meeting will help, while Local 391 official Lloyd Huggins plans to discuss the impasse. Rehiring struck workers remains the central dispute.
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Teamsters Union
Bottoms- Fiske Truck Lines Inc
George W. Rosebury
Charlotte
Lloyd Huggins
Rosebury
Bottoms-Fiske
Downtown boosters hear Meek urge alliances and convenience
High Point merchants hear Joseph T. Meek warn that downtown decline hurts the city. He, president of the Illinois Retail Merchants Association, urges focus on consumer sales, sound distribution, and intercity alliances. The banquet also installs officers and honors Arnold Aronson as Man of the Year.
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AVA
Arnold Aronson
Tobias
The
Merchants Association
Dick Culler
Joseph T. Meek
Illinois Merchants Association
Tom Haggai
High Point
High Point Merchants Association
Sheraton Hotel
Meek
Illinois Retail Merchants Association
Rious
J. Roscoe Adams
Ralph Greeson
C. W. Patterson Jr
Victor Harllee
Leo Palmer Jr
Thomas S. Haggai
Accident in High Point Causes $200 Damage
Police report one automobile collision in High Point with $200 in damages. No injuries or arrests. At 3:15 p.m. at North Main and Monthew Shirley Anne Haynes 24 of Bassett Virginia attempted a right turn and was struck in the left rear by a tractor trailer driven by Melvin Irvin Whitaker 25 of Greensboro.
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High Point
N. ‘Main
Montheu
Shirley Anne Haynes
Route 2
Bassett
Melvin Irvin Whitaker
Earl Drive
Greensboro
Haynes
Monthew
Lake Rally Slated At Shrine Club Greensboro Road
A campaign barbecue and rally for gubernatorial candidate Dr. J Beverly Lake will be at Shrine Club Greensboro Road Thursday at 7 p m Tickets are on sale across Guilford County and at 100 South Main St The candidate will speak at 8 p m and attendees can hear the address even if they miss the barbecue.
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Dr. J. Beverly Lake
Shrine Club
Greensboro Road
W. J. Kiser
Dr. Lake
Guilford County
South Main St
Kiser
New Shopping Center Planned for High Point
Plans reveal a nine acre southeast site at S Main and Fairfield Road for a modern one story shopping center with 80 000 to 100 000 sq ft of retail space Promoters include Mrs R P Royer and Jack Armstrong The city planning and zoning commission will act on the application to declare the site a commercial zone and proceed with final plans
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Southleast High Point
S. Main ‘Street
Fairfield Road
High Point
College Village
Cen Ial and
E. Lexington Avenues
Westchester Drive
W. Lexington Avenue
Big Bear Food
R. P. Royer
Jack Armstrong
City Planning and Zoning Commission
Robert Guarino
Guarino
Royer
Planning and Zoning Commission
Amos and Campbell Named Zeroing Leaders for UA Industrial Division
George W. Lyles Jr announces R T Amos Jr and Jack Campbell as co chairmen of the UA Industrial Division for the 1960-61 campaign. Amos is VP of Amos Hosiery Mills and past United Fund president. Campbell is VP of Schoonbeck North Carolina and former United Appeal chairman. Last year Industrial Division raised 183000 dollars, 72 percent of total. Campaign runs September and October.
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George W. Lyles Jr
United Appeal
R. T. Amos Jr
Jack Campbell
Amos
Amos Hosiery Mills
United Fund
YMCA
Campbell
Schoonbeck
North Carolina
United Fund Organization
Charles Kearns
Earl Phillips
United
Beauty Pageant in Lexington Saturday Night
Eleven entries have been received for the Jaycees beauty pageant at Pickett School in Lexington. Contestants from Lexington and nearby Davidson County include Janet Swicegood Rotha Dawkins Rebekah Royster Henrietta Everhart Mary Waters Carolyn McCrary Nancy Taylor Judy Loftlin Bennie Hardy Beverly Jones and Vickie Lemmons. The event features evening dress bathing suit talent and personality rounds with Jim McClain serving as master of ceremonies.
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Lexington
Jaycees
Pickett School
Davidson County
Janet Swicegood
Rotha Dawkins
Rebekah Royster
Henrietta Everhart
Mary Waters
Carolyn McCrary
Nancy Taylor
Judy Loftlin
Bennie Hardy
Beverly Jones
Vickie Lemmons
Jim McClain
Dr. I. Q
Radio Fame
Jamestown Rotary Hosts Ragsdale Talent Show Night
Acts from the Ragsdale High School talent show were presented to the Jamestown Rotary Club last night. Coy Putnam presided at the meeting held in the Elementary School Cafeteria with guest Rotarians George Davis Dennis Cooke William Freeman Jr and Louis Voorhees Jr of High Point and Ken Brugh of Greensboro.
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Jamestown
Ragsdale
Rotary Club
Coy Putnam
George Davis
Dennis Cooke
William Freeman Jr
Louis Voorhees Jr
High Point
Ken Brugh
Greensboro
Elks Camp Openings Announced for Thomasville Boys
Thomasville reports remaining openings for local boys to attend the Elks Camp in Hendersonville in late July. Paul B. Harris, a local Elks member, is accepting applications and notes that High Point Elks Lodge members help provide spots for boys who might not attend otherwise this year.
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Thomasville
Elks
Hendersonville
Paul B. Harris
The
High Point Elks Lodge
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High Point Merchants
Dal Bayles
Frank McCabe
Raleigh
North Carolina Merchants Association
Edwin Leipman
Ed Mendenhall
D. A. Dowdy
J. W. Morgan
Leo Heer
Zeke Ellis
Helia Farlow
Bob Bolick
Mary Garrett
Leo Almer
Association Officers
Merchants
Roscoe Adams
Leo Palmer
M. Z. Perkinson
C. W. Patterson, Jr
HOPE
Venience
Price
America
S. Main - Fairfield Road
Jamestown Rotary
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