Franklin Boy Tops Teen-Age Driver Championship
An 18 year old Franklin youth won the state Teen-age Rodeo title and a $500 scholarship at a weekend event in High Point staged by the High Point Junior Chamber of Commerce. Turner Bryson will compete nationally in Washington DC from July 31 to August 3. The top prize was awarded after written tests and driving exams at College Village parking lot with 50 rivals.
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Franklin
High Point Junior Chamber of Commerce
Turner Bryson
Washington, D. C
High Point
College Village
Weather settles into routine with warm humid period
The Friendship forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with warm humid weather and widely scattered afternoon and evening showers. Highs near 85 yesterday rising to 88 today and tomorrow, lows around 65 last night and expected again tonight, light rain expected through the period and temperatures a bit above normal.
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Friendship
Three Methodist Churches Here Get New Ministers
Three Methodist Churches here appoint new ministers after the Western North Carolina Conference at Lake Junaluska. Bishop Nolan B. Harmon presided as pastors reassigned. several High Point churches retain incumbents while others receive new leaders.
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Methodist Churches
Braxton Younts
Trinity Tension Blamed on Segregation by NAACP
NAACP official Charles McLean told Trinity Negroes that if not for school segregation the week of trouble would not have occurred. He praised law enforcement, criticized selective actions, and urged both communities to join the NAACP as tensions eased after clashes between white and Black youths and beatings at local businesses.
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Frank Warren
NAACP
Trinity
Charles McLean
Association
McLean
Winston , Salem
Trinity Negroes
St. Mary's Methodist Church
Robert Parris
Trinity Grill
Donald A. Gray
West Randolph
W. P. Cole
St. Mary's
South
Stevenson
Parris
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
S. B. Stevenson
Cole's Church
Randolph's Sheriff Proves Equal To Any Task In Crisis
Randolph County Sheriff Wayne Wilson commands six deputies plus jail staff in two divisions civil and criminal. He coordinated a patrol battery from multiple counties during last week's tension and earned praise from NAACP officials for protecting residents in Trinity. His extensive training includes FBI Academy and Narcotics, with support from surrounding agencies.
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Trinity
Randolph County
Wayne Wilson
NAACP
South
Charles McLean
Winston Salem
Wilson
SBS
Highway Patrol
Institute of Government
Chapel Hill
William Umstead
FBI Academy
Washington
Federal Bureau of Narcotics
Prayer for Today Inspires Brotherly Action in Faith
The prayer seeks enlightenment and urges a spirit of brotherliness guiding all acts. It asks for correction of wrong impulses and quick redress in Jesus Christ to align actions with virtue. John Marvin Rast of Columbia, South Carolina, executive secretary of the Methodist Board of Education signs.
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Jesus Christ
John Marvin Rast
Columbia
S.C
Methodist Board of Education
Stations Seek Lifting of Main Street Service Station Ban
Major petroleum firms push city planning to lift the Main Street ban on new service stations. They propose opening all Main except the downtown block while suggesting closing other downtown streets to stations. The 7:30 p m meeting will also address rezoning for two shopping centers annexation petitions and several property changes.
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Forrest Cates
Enterprise
Main Street
City Planning and Zoning Commission
Council Chamber
City Hall
High Point
Randolph County
John G. Hutchens Jr
Southgate
S. Main Street
Woman Booked In Bottle Assault In Thomasville
Gladys Britt a 36 year old Thomasville resident was charged with assault with a deadly weapon after allegedly hurling a bleach bottle at her estranged husband David 33 on June 4. She posted 100 bond pending a June 16 Municipal Court trial. Britt had previously accused her husband of attempting to run her down on June 4. She was treated for injuries and is slated for a Friday Recorder's Court appearance.
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Thomasville
Gladys Britt
Mary Lou Hedgecock
Britt
David
Recorder's Court
Harvey Edward Loflin
Radio Tower Road
Danny Porter
Loflin
Porter
Melvin Ingram
Wade Street
Ingram
Harold Gregory
Nina Mae Widman
Short Street
Thurston D. Lawson
Page &B
Blood Need Stays Ahead Of Donors Highlights Local Drive
High Point faces a critical blood shortfall as the Red Cross aims for 537 pints this week to hit 3 334 pints for the year ending June 30. George Dixon urges business and civic donors to aid transfusion needs, with the Bloodmobile visiting the YWCA on Gatewood Avenue.
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High Point
Bloodmobile
YWCA
Gatewood Avenue
Red Cross
George Dixon
Piedmont Carolinas
Red Cross Blood Center
Charlotte
High Point Memorial Hospital
Dixon
Dismissal In Suit Upheld Against Thomasville Chair Co
In Washington, the U S Court of Appeals upheld an earlier dismissal of Curtis Bros Inc suit alleging price discrimination by Thomasville Chair Co. The circuit court ruled Curtis failed to show compliance with DC delivery requirements for process, ending the bid for 300000 treble damages.
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Thomasville
Thomasville Chair Co
U. S. Court of Appeals
Washington
U. S. District Court
Curtis Bros., Inc
Curtis
District of Columbia
District
D. C
Kernersville Youths Face Hearings
Three Kernersville youths face Guilford Superior Court hearings on five traffic charges including possible manslaughter. Larry Gene Atkins 16 charged with racing and speeding over 80 mph. Bobby Everette 22 charged with racing and careless driving. Grand jury considers manslaughter indictment against Charles Edward Smith 16 for death of Sudhawit Anekawaya on Highway 421 February 27.
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Greensboro
King Rt
Kernersville
Guilford
Charles Edward Smith
Sudhawit Anekawaya
Two New Appointments in Western North Carolina Church
At the conference's close in the district two appointments were announced. J. H. Puckett will go to Lexington and Hoyle Hough will serve in Kernersville.
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Western
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Jacksonville
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C. R. Overman
Fred Swartzberg
State Jaycee
Schrafft's
J. T. Outlaw
Carolina Assn
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A. D. Littlejohn
Pure Oil Co
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High Point City
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Chrysler Corp
Insurance Institute For Highway Safety
N.C
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High Point Enterprise
C. W. Russell
Calvary
Dan P. Stowe
A. C. Waggoner
First
Earl C. Black Jr
Highland
Kenneth D. Crouse
Lebanon
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Northwood
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Rankin Memorial
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N. M. Harrison
St. Timothy
N. L. Oliver
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W. H. Benfield
Welch Memorial
C. C. Herbert
C. W. Buckey
R. Delbert Byrum
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R. H. Stamey
First Methodist
North Wilkesboro
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Mitchell's Grove
George W. Dalton
Bethlehem
Bass Chapel
Gastonia
R. M. Hardee
Oak View
Fletcher E. Howard
Trinity Methodist
N. C. Williams Jr
Maple Springs
Winston- Salem
Central
Asheboro
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Newton
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Danbury
Walnut Cove
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Sandy Ridge
Edward C. Temple
Hares - Bethel
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R. P.ree
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Clark W. Benson
Ann Street
Concord
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Saluda
Oakdale
Larry D. Wilkinson
Woodmont Methodist
Reidsville
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Spring Hill
Lexington Avenue
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Winston - Salem
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Haw River
Denton
Jack Ballard
Gethsemane
Julian A. Lindsey
Broad Street Church
Statesville
Lexington
Philip L. Shore Jr
W. C. Crummett
Kannapolis Memorial
New Mt. Vernon-Shady Grove
C. C. Phillips
Center Church
Welcome
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Prospect Pleasant Hill
Arthur
Negro First Baptist Church
Cole
United States
Parris’ Grill
Randolph
Sheriff Wayne Wilson
Fairfield Rd
S. Main
Fairfield Road
W. W. Hughes
J. W. Morgan
Dogwood Drive
M. D. Bollinger
R. L. Brinson
High Point Lanes
N. Main
Melvin Foster
E. Green St
Kenneth J. Schwabenton
Scientific Street
S. and G. Building Co., Inc
Prospect Street
Bethel Drive
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