Lineman in critical condition after high voltage accident
J Thomas lineman for Bryant Electric Co. remained in critical condition at Baptist Hospital Winston Salem after being rescued from a power pole at Commerce and S Main Streets. He suffered severe burns when contacting 4160 volt lines while removing equipment. he was on the pole about 20 minutes before rescue.
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Riser J. Thomas
Bryant Electric Co
Winston - Salem
Baptist Hospital
Thomas
Winston-Salem Hospital
Commerce and
S. Main Sts
Commerce St
Winston-Salem
City Council Approves Aerial Fire Truck Purchase
The Council approved buying a new ladder wagon with electrical gear for about 35 000 and a 7 000 substation switch, drawn from underused department funds into an unencumbered fund. Bids open June 25 with a special meeting to follow and the old ladder kept for training.
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Fire Department
Death in Dentist Chair Traced to Heart Attack
Guilford County Coroner W. W. Harvey ruled heart failure as the cause of death of 25 year old Mildred Joves Adams who died in Dr. W. J. Kiser s office after gas. The dentist was cleared of blame and Adams had no prior heart trouble. She was born in New Jersey May 12 1929 and married Lester M. Adams August 22 1948. She leaves two daughters, her parents, a brother in Erie, a sister in Baltimore, and other relatives. Funeral services will be held at N Main St Baptist Church followed by burial at Mechanicsville Primitive Baptist Cemetery.
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Guilford County
W. W. Harvey
High Point
Mildred Joves Adams
W. J. Kiser
Harvey
Mrs. Adams
New Jersey
Charles J
Harriett Vreeland Lepper
N. Main St
Lester M. Adams
Delores
Luna Mae Adams
Johnson St
Charles Lepper
Erie
Catherine Berg
Baltimore
Florence DiMato
Newark
N. J
Florence Jones
North
N. Main St. Baptist Church
Neil J. Armstrong
Ernest M. Gardner
Bates Memorial Methodist Church
Mechanicsville Primitive Baptist Church
Accountant Wins Citation For Manuscript
Howard O. Williams CPA assistant secretary of Adams Corp earned a Certificate of Merit for his manuscript Established Standards Based on Direct Costing at the National Association of Cost Accountants annual conference in Chicago. He coauthored a 1951 accounting manual for hosiery manufacturers and is a charter member and past president of the Piedmont chapter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard O. Williams
Adams Corp
Williams
National Association of Cost Accountants
Chicago
Piedmont
The
Harriss Covington matter settled in Guilford Superior Court
A dismissal was signed yesterday in a civil suit filed by Harriss and Covington Hosiery Mills of High Point against H. E. Crawford Co of Kernersville and United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co of Maryland. The case, heard in Guilford Superior Court Greensboro before Judge Francis O Clarkson, had no terms disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriss & Covington Hosiery Mills, Inc
High Point
H. E. Crawford Co., Inc
Kernersville
United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co
Maryland
Guilford Superior Court
Greensboro
Francis O. Clarkson
Prayer for TODAY Our Father in a World of Beauty
A religious brief praising the beauty of creation and urging gratitude and equitable access. John W. Austin of Belmont Methodist Church in Nashville, Tenn., signs the prayer asking readers to work so no one is denied earth’s beauty and to hasten the kingdom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Austin
Nashville, Tenn
Belmont Methodist Church
High Pointer Named In Whisky Tax Lien
The Internal Revenue Service filed a lien in Guilford County against John William Bryant of near High Point for 2153.60 dollars in whisky taxes. The amount reflects 36 gallons of whisky and 167.20 gallons of fermenting mash at 10.50 dollars per gallon. The lien is registered with the Guilford County register of deeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Internal Revenue Service
John William Bryant
Near
High Point
Guilford
Full County Fire Unit Discussed
A temporary Guilford County Fire Protective Association was formed in Greensboro with about 200 attendees. The group aims to improve mutual aid, radio communication, training, and countywide coverage to eventually lower fire insurance rates.
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Guilford County Fire Protective Association
Greensboro
A. E. Lundy
Sedgefield
Pinecroft
John E. Walters
J. Harry Weatherly
R. Kenneth Scott
Raleigh
State Fire Insurance Rating Bureau
Reese Baugass
Forsyth County Fire Department
Sloop Motors Lot Leased to Temple Curry for New Branch
Joe Temple announces Temple-Curry Motor Co will lease the Broad St property formerly Sloop Motors to expand operations. Kermit Sloop will leave the Hudson dealership, stay as a service station operator, and join Temple-Curry as salesman. The Lincoln Mercury dealer will run the lot and showrooms as a branch of the N Main St home office. Temple is the sole owner after J R Curry's earlier retirement.
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Broad St
Kermit Sloop
Sloop Motors
Temple-Curry Motor Co
Joe Temple
Sloop
Hudson
Temple-Curry
N. Main St
J. R. Curry
Temple
Invasion Talk Reported As China Trains Troops
Tatao News Agency says 100,000 Chinese Communist troops in Tibet study Hindi and Urdu to prepare for invasion, citing its Red-held mainland contacts without naming a source.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Interior Ministry
Tatao
Tibet
India
Pakistan
Infant Bailey dies at High Point hospital
The infant son of James M and Nell Rose Lancaster Bailey of 1005 Sherwood Dr died at High Point Memorial Hospital. Graveside rites by Rev Aubrey Tomilson were held at Oakwood Cemetery in Louisburg. The body was at Lan caster Funeral Home in Louisburg. THOMASVILLE Mrs Mattie Bell Myers Medlin 73 died in City Memorial Hospital Thomasville. She leaves Archie Lee Medlin and 3 daughters 5 sons and many grandchildren. Burial at Floral Garden Park Cemetery after services at Reavis Memorial Baptist Church.
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James M
Nell Rose Lancaster Bailey
Sherwood Dr
High Point Memorial Hospital
James Bailey
Cynthia Gayle Bailey
M. M. Bailey
Carthage
Will Lancaster
Louisburg
Lancaster Funeral Home
Aubrey Tomilson
Louisburg Baptist Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Thomasville
Mattie Bell Myers Medlin
Archie Lee Medlin
Route 4
High Point
City Memorial Hospital
Surry County
John
Nancy Myers
Medlin
Mills
Davidson
Ilford
Reavis Memorial Baptist Church
Nathaniel Yates
Lexington
Mary Turner
Robert Lanier
Clarence
Jeff
Paul
Bill Medlin
Jesse Medlin
Catawba
D. K. Myers
Route 3
Henry Wade
Florida
Slearner
Clarence Jenkins
Oak Hill Baptist Church
Junior Blue
Mt. Carmel Freewill Baptist Church
Floral Garden Park Cemetery
Funeral services for Jack R. Sugg held Tuesday
Funeral services for Jack R. Sugg were held from Hillard Memorial Baptist Church Tuesday at 3 p.m. with Rev J W Levan officiating. Revs James Swinson and J M Head of Morganton assisted. Pallbearers listed. Interment in Floral Garden Park Cemetery family plot.
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Jack R. Sugg
Hillard Memorial Baptist Church
J. W. Levan
James Swinson
J. M. Head
Morganton
Thurman Huggins
J. C. Creed Jr
Kermi Morris
Bill Stout
DeWitt Flack
Fd Landers
Floral Garden Park Cemetery
Deep School Budget Reduction Foreseen in Guilford County
Guilford County finance committee begins budget review with a $1,996,000 capital outlay request from three school units as funds for 1954-55 face cuts. School Welfare budgets, led by Supt. L. M. Thompson, target roughly $3,000,000 in county funding amid a $7,000 welfare deficit after adjustments.
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Guilford County
W. G. Ragsdale Jr
Jamestown
J.harry Weatherly
Board of Commissioners
L. M. Thompson
High Point
Greensboro
Weatherly
L. C. Amos
Amos
City Lake Swim Lesson Schedule Released
Bill Stronach, director of city parks and recreation, announces swim lessons at City Lake with a new assembly line system. Registration open via pool manager Bob Ousley or assistant Nick Fisher. Classes run daily 10 to 11 a.m. beginner to advanced, with additional sessions for advanced at 5 p.m. junior life saving to run this week and next. senior life saving starts June 28.
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City Lake Pool
Bill Stronach
City Parks and Recreation Department
Stronach
Bob Ousley
Nick Fisher
Ores Oe
City Lake
Four Charges Levied Against Motorist 35
Four officers concluded a three day wreck probe by indicting Clifton Hughes 35 year old local furniture executive on two counts damaging property and two traffic charges. Hughes allegedly drove a car out of control on Chestnut Street around 1 30 a m Sunday damaging two yards and the vehicle. He left the scene and later investigators learned he had been driving. Charges include reckless driving failure to report an accident and the two damage counts. Bond set at 400. Trial in Municipal Court July 9. Damage warrants note shrubbery lawns and a wall totaling over 100. Yards damaged belonged to Mrs W Page Harris 702 Florham Ave and Mrs J B Grogan 914 Chestnut St. Four others charged with violating the North Carolina Employment Security Law for receiving unemployment compensation while employed to be tried June 28 Gene Smith 17 of 400 Flint St Betty H Deal 22 206 W Green St Jessie J Emerson 40 607 Grimes St and Daisy M Caskill 35 of 120 Perry St.
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Clifton Hughes
Hughes
Chestnut St
Sages
W. F. Sheetz
W. Page Harris
Florham Ave
Youth Arrested On Three Counts In Winston-Salem
Thomasville youth Buddy Eugene Martin aged 17 from Route 5 Winston-Salem was charged with speeding 76 mph in a 55 mph zone, reckless driving, and violating prohibition laws. Troopers found a half pint of whisky in his car. A hearing on the new charges is set for June 28.
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Thomasville
Buddy Eugene Martin
Route 5
Winston-Salem
Recorder’s Court
Martin
Roy Hughes
Tar pot fire on Trade Street causes alarm
A tar pot used in constructing a new doctors' building on Trade Street boiled over and caught fire yesterday afternoon. The incident prompted a fire department response but no damage was reported.
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Thomasville
Trade St
Doctors
Weather forecast predicts hotter night and continued heat
The Friend ship weather bureau forecasts partly cloudy skies with hot humid conditions. Scattered showers are expected this afternoon through Thursday. Tonight's low rises to 70 degrees, three degrees above last night. Daytime highs around 90 degrees today and tomorrow.
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Friendship Weather Bureau
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