Grand Jury Blasts Guilford Welfare as Wasteful
The Guilford County grand jury accuses the county welfare department of great waste and overspending. It urges a one third staff cut, tighter control of funds, and conversion of the sanatorium to a welfare hospital. The report faults Welfare Superintendent L M Thompson and calls for stricter oversight of budgets, case work, and foster homes.
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Guilford County
Thompson
Sidney Allen
County Welfare Board
Hugh Ross
Guilford County Oyer
Grand Jury
Mailmen Meet in City NC Carriers Convention Action
Nearly 300 delegates are expected at the 56th annual North Carolina State Association of Letter Carriers and Ladies Auxiliary convention in High Point. Events include a luncheon at the Sheraton Hotel, talks by Reuben B. Kremer and Mrs. Margaret A. Green, a Friday forum, a 7 30 p.m. general meeting, and a Saturday banquet for closing. Mayor Covington and Postmaster York greet delegates with a high point hosts.
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North Carolina State Association of Letter Carriers and Ladies’ Auxiliary
Sheraton Hotel
Reuben B. Kremers
National Association of Letter Carriers
Seattle
Wash
Margaret A. Green
St. Clair
Law and Constitution
National Ladies Auxiliary
Kremer
George Covington
W. L. York
Gulf Disturbance May Bring Rain to Local Area
A semi tropical storm from the Gulf of Mexico may bring beneficial rain to the area by Friday and Saturday. Expect warm humid days with scattered showers until then as the system moves northward. Temperatures will rise into the low nineties with tonight's low around 66.
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Gulf of Mexico
Weather Bureau
Friendship
Gulf
Gulf Coast
Prayer for T Day and collective risk
Prayer asks to recognize the risks others take for us and to feel our share in that collective danger through Christ. Attributed to Percy R. Hayward editor emeritus of the International Journal of Religious Education in Palo Alto California.
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Christ
Amen
Percy R. Hayward
Palo Alto
Calif
International Journal of Religious Education
Labor Market Steady Except For Hosiery In High Point
The June labor survey of 68 High Point firms shows overall steadiness with a nearly 10 percent drop in textile hosiery employment from two months earlier, totaling 630 lost jobs. Other sectors gain, notably furniture up about 11 percent in 12 months and 19.45 percent since May.
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High Point
Furniture Ustry
Sertomans Plan To Install New Officers Tonight
The High Point Sertoma Club will install new officers at its annual ladies night tonight at Emerywood Country Club at 8 PM. Carl Tutherow of Winston-Salem will preside as district governor over the installation ceremony.
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High Point Sertoma Club
Emerywood Country Club
Carl Tutherow
Winston-Salem
Hosiery Mills, Union Break Down Board Negotiations
Negotiations between UTWA AFL-CIO representatives and a committee of eight High Point hosiery plants ended in a breakdown. The union demands include preserving arbitration and a no strike clause, while mills push for check-off removal and financial liability for strikes. The old contract, effective since World War I, may extend to June 30 with no new agreement in sight.
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UTWA
Afl-Cio
High Point Hosiery
Spoksman Radford Cope
Salisbury
Enterprise Today
Cope
High Point
Charlotte
Joint Committee
Adams-Millis
Crown
Harriss
Covington
Ohio
E. Kearns & Son
Melrose
Silver Knit
Slane
Triangle
Melose
High Point Leads North Carolina On Bank Debits Growth
The Federal Reserve report shows High Point's May bank debits rose 16 percent from a year earlier, second in the state and among the district’s top gains. For five months, the city advanced 13 percent, with total debits at 55.99 million in May and 277.03 million for the period, while all district cities posted gains.
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High Point
Federal Reserve Bank
North Carolina
Reserve Bank
Winston- Salem
Asheville
Greensboro
Raleigh
Winston-Salem
Charlotte
Wilmington
Wilson, Kinston
Durham
Jury finds son killed father in Matlock Creek shooting
Franklin North Carolina coroner’s jury says 68 year old William Anderson Mathis was shot to death by his 17 year old son James Dudley Mathis near their home in the Matlock Creek community. The elder Mathis had eight children.
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Franklin, N.C
William Anderson Mathis
James Dudley Mathis
Matlock Creek
Mathis
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Blair Park
High Point Enterprise
Sertomans
City Bank
Plymouth
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