Annexation Hurdle Cleared for Randolph Properties
Randolph County property owners seek annexation by High Point with two tracts slated for entry north east of Prospect Street and Bethel Drive and at Main Street and Fairfield Road. If approved, the move would breach county lines and enable a planned shopping center development. Regular council review and a public hearing follow the planning commission’s Friday approval.
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Randolph County
High Point
Randolph
City Planning and Zoning Commission
S. and G. Building Co. Inc
Prospect Street
Bethel Drive
S. Main Street
Fairfield Road
Greensboro
Main Street
Southgate
S. Main
Branch Street
E. Green Street
M. D. Bollinger
R. L. Brinson
High Point Lanes
N. Main
W. Willis
Gurley
Kenneth J. Schwabenton
Scientific Street
Southern Railway
Export-Import Bank Official to Speak at Greensboro Trade Meet
J Richard Patten, assistant chief of the private capital participation division, will address area chambers of commerce at the Holiday Inn Greensboro session starting 8 p.m. Officials from the state will assist with foreign trade questions. High Point attendees include Fli-Back Co and Perley A. Thomas Car Works reps.
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J. Richard Patten
Export- Import Bank
Area Chambers of Commerce
Holiday Inn
Greensboro
High Point
Fli-Back Co
Perley A. Thomas Car Works Co
J. E. Gibson Jr
Gibson
South America
Australia
Europe
Canada
Norman Thomas
Perley A. Thomas Car Works
North Carolina
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Patten
Prayer for TOAY Our Father text and signature
Prayer discusses human freedom as a call to high destiny and fellowship with God. It asks to align will with divine will and fulfill God’s purpose on earth.Signature: John W. Shackford Waynesville North Carolina retired Methodist minister.
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Jesus
John W. Shackford
Waynesville, N. C
Parents press for Bay Street replacement school plan
A 22‑member Ray Street School District delegation urged the High Point Board of Education to consider a new school within the district. The board said it would listen but will not build on the old site, citing acreage and expansion needs and favoring additions to existing facilities if feasible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williard
Bay Street
Jesse Taylor
Parks and Recreation
W. A. Tomlinson
Tomlinson
Kirkman Park
Dean B. Pruette
Pruette
Northwood
Roger Bell
Bell
Blue Law Trials Set After Repeated Delays
Two small business proprietors Wilbur F Harris and Roscoe Brinkley faced municipal court on charges of violating Sunday Blue Laws. Their trials have been delayed since 1960 as the case moved through court until the Supreme Court ruling upheld blue laws, with hearings resuming today at 2 p.m.
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Wilbur F
Bill) Harris
English
N. Main Streets
Roscoe Ellis Brinkley
N. Main Street
Louis Fisher
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Brinkley and
Harris
Boy Injured Firing BB Gun With .22 Bullet
A 12 year old, Charles Nicholson of East Street, inserted a .22 caliber shell on a BB gun and fired it. The shell fragment struck his hand, injuring him slightly. He was treated and released from High Point Memorial Hospital. His friend Daniel Miller of Downing Street pulled the trigger and was not hurt.
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Charles Nicholson
East Street
High Point Memorial Hospital
Nicholson
Daniel Miller
Downing Street
Miller
Break-In, Larceny Charges Filed Against Local Man Brooks Dester
Brooks Dester a 31 year old Reed Street man was arrested on charges of breaking and entering three counts of larceny and one of malicious damage to property He allegedly sawed a change machine from a laundrette on Hoover Street stole 25 in change and later broke into two car lots stealing items including a blank cartridge pistol and crackers Bond totaled 1200 pending trial in Municipal Court July 10 Also William Jimmie Petty 53 of Cullers Street faced hit and run and failure to report an accident with 400 bond posted July 3 Donald Ray Hayden 23 of Clara Cox Apartments was arrested for violating prohibition laws driving after revocation and assault on a female with whisky in his possession. case details continue on page 7 B.
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Brooks Dester
Reed Street
Dester
Hoover Street
Friendly Motors
S. Main Street Motors
William Jimmie Petty
Culler ‘Street
Petty
James Lewis Jones
Donald Ray Hayden
Clara Cox
Hayden
Frances Love
Newman Street
Campers sought by Elks Camp for Boys in Hendersonville
High Point Elks Lodge No 1155 seeks 18 boys aged eight to 14 to attend the Elks Camp for Boys at Hendersonville July 16 30. The lodge will pay the camp costs and provide instruction in swimming canoeing archery softball and other athletic events with hikes picnics and crafts. Names of financially needy boys should be sent to the Youth Committee Elm Street High Point by July 2.
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High Point Elks Lodge No
North Carolina
Hendersonville
High Point
AB Club Installs Crowder
John Crowder was installed as president of the High Point American Business Club during a regular meeting. A 1947 Duke University graduate, Crowder serves on Wesley Memorial Church stewards board and Salvation Army advisory board, leads Red Cross Bloodmobile, chairs the Cub Scout committee, and has held Duke Alumni and Loyalty Fund roles. He lives at 715 Woodrow Ave.
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John Crowder
High Point American Business Club
Crowder
Duke University
Stewarts
Wesley Memorial Church
Salvation Army
Red Cross Bloodmobile
Duke Alumni Assn
Duke Loyalty Fund
Boy Scout Troop No. 4
Woodrow Ave
Contracts Awarded For Addition To Northwood School
High Point Board of Education awarded a $96,623 contract to C. J. Kern of Greensboro for a 10 classroom addition to Northwood School. The project deadlines target Sept 1, 1961 with Bay Street School fire prompting urgent space needs. Architects Voorhees Everhart Conner were cited as planners and Kern defended by the board in a brisk session.
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High Point Board of Education
Northwood
C. J. Kern
Greensboro
Kern
Sehaal Hoard
Wwe
W. A. Tomlinson
Tomlinson
Bay Street
High Point
George Conner
Eccles Everhart
Voorhees- Everhart-Conner
More Showers Expected Here Tomorrow
The U S Weather Bureau at Friendship forecasts another hot day with 90s and a chance of thundershowers. Partly cloudy and humid conditions continue, with showers becoming more numerous tomorrow. By Friday the heat will ease slightly. Yesterday showed a trace of rain and a high of 89 with a low of 65.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Friendship
High Point Soap Box Derby Draws Beck and Hazzard Hopefuls
John A Beck of Jaycee chapter and Craig Hazzard of Ellwood Drive enter the 1961 High Point Derby. John is a fifth grader at Tommy Evans and amateur radio hobbyist. Craig, a sixth grader at Monthieu Avenue, lists football and baseball as favorites and car hobby as his.
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Tommy L. Evans
Elks Street
Thomas T. Evans
Woodview Drive
Tommy
High Point
Whps-Fm
Craig Hazzard
A. R. Hazzard
Ellwood Drive
Craig
Monthieu Avenue School
Births Surpass Deaths by Three to One in Guilford County
May reports show Guilford County recorded 152 births and 54 deaths in a 31 day period. Heart disease led fatalities with 26 deaths, followed by eight cerebral vascular cases. Cancer and accidents each caused four deaths while pneumonia, a stillbirth, and one self-inflicted death are also noted.
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Guildford
Health Department
Pnaemonia
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Ray Streeters
Montlieu
Boundary Street
High Point Enterprise
AB Club
American Business Club
Allan Parker
Curtis Hathaway
Robert Arthur
Jack Bass
Joe Rawhey
Elks
Jamestown
Man
Guilford County Sheriff's Deputies
Rt. 1
Sheriff's Department
Moore's
Highway 29 70
Kivett Drive
Baker Road
Curt Jackson
Soapbox Derby
John A. Beck
Jaycee
John
Oak View School
Derby
Adams Ywca
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