Garbage Worker Appeals Assault Case Sentence
A 29 year old city garbage worker appealed a roads sentence after being sentenced to 12 months on a charge he assaulted a 14 year old boy. Municipal Judge Archie Myatt set an appeal bond of 1000 dollars. Other cases and minor penalties are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archie Myatt
Marshall Allen
Sherrod
B. Ridge
Allen
Ridge
Bill Sipes
Carter
Fred Stafford
North Main
Oscar Lee Hunt
Jack D. Stiles
Thomasville
James Allred
Highland Road
Robert Goins
Park
Frank E. Bennett
Winston Salem
Sydney L. McPherson
Billy F, Wrenn
Igeon W
Cox
Rainy Warm Outlook Warns of Scattered Thunderstorms
The forecast calls for partly cloudy and warm weather through Thursday with scattered thundershowers tonight and tomorrow afternoon. Temperatures show a high of 85 tomorrow, 84 today, and nightly lows around 63.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendship Bureau
Bloodhounds Track Down Local Citizen
Twenty year old Glenn Bumgardner of High Point was captured after escaping a Currituck County road gang. The State Prison said he and Harold Crider of Fort Bragg were tracked down. Bumgardner was sentenced in Forsyth Superior Court May 16 to six to ten years for a gun scrape at a girl friend's home in Kernersville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Bumgardner
High Point
Divorces Filed as Lillie Short and Allie Smith Seek Separation
Civil actions list absolute divorces on separation grounds. Also notes fires on Hoover Street and at Quality Bakery, with repairs at 1100 E Green Street, and multiple local marriage licenses issued in High Point, Winston-Salem, and Greensboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillie Mae Short
Albert Short
Robert L. Smith
Allie P. Smith
Hoover Street
Quality Bakery
N. Main Street
G. E. Hutchens
E. Green Street
Russell Moore Payne
Annette Broom
High Point
Robert L. Tuttle, Jr
Bettye Lou Spencer
Robert J. Lain
Wilma Ann Kearns
Ernest Tolbert
Lillie Ramsey
Winston-Salem
Carlyle Davis
Emily Whitaker
Greensboro
David M. Lambert
Sarah Shaw
David Lee Hayes
Katherine Diggs
Collision Causes $80 in Damage in Westian Street
Police report an auto collision in the 100 block of Westian Street around 2 pm. Two cars sustained $40 damage each. the incident involved a rolliesia Panerach driver losing control.
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Rolliesia Panerach
Westian
Pasion Wanele
Gongsdame
Hahnt
Cash Dividends for NSLI Vets Inch Toward Cash Payments
National Service Life Insurance dividends for World War II veterans will be the last paid in cash unless a written request is filed before future dividends. Beginning after January 1, dividends accrued will fund amounts after the policy anniversary unless a cash payment request is received. The change, signed by President Truman on May 18, does not affect the second special dividend for policyholders. The current dividend, paid if the policy has been kept in force for at least three months, continues unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Service Life
County Veterans Service Office
Veterans Administration
Truman
NSLI
Joanne Ronk Crowned Miss High Point in Jaycee Pageant
Joanne Ronk an 18 year old Paramount Theater cashier won Miss High Point at Finch Field after beating nine contestants in a Jaycee sponsored event. Her prize includes 100 dollars and a trip to Burlington for state finals to become Miss North Carolina. Runner up Mary Lou Culler will be Miss Hi Toms and represent the High Point Thomasville base ball team in state and national pageants. Dorothy Coltrane placed third and won 25 dollars. Ronk a 1950 high school graduate plans to study at Woman's College in Greensboro and aspires to be a tap dancer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joanne Ronk
Paramount Theater Cashier
High Point
Finch Field
Miss Ronk
H. G. Walker
Clara Cox Apartments
Burlington
Mary Lou Culler
Thomasville
Columbus
Ohio
Dorothy Coltrane
Miss High Point
Hi-Toms
Paramount
Sqeetman, Jarnes
Joanne
Woman's College
Greensboro
Boy Is Hurt When Struck By Truck
Seven year old Roger Stoots of 117 West Russell Street was hit by a furniture truck at the South Main and Russell crosswalk around noon. He suffered forehead lacerations and a bruised foot but was reported not in serious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger. Stoots
Russell Street
S. Main
Russell Streets
Stoots
Nixon Wins Washington Trip For Bond Sales
Gerald Nixon son of Mr and Mrs M A Nixon of Forrest Avenue High Point earned a fully paid trip to Washington by selling 700 dollars worth of government bonds in a national contest run by the United States Savings Bond Division He will be hosted at Bolling Field and meet officials including Kent Truman and possibly George Marshall and Vice President Barkley The visit includes tours of Mt Vernon FBI offices a naval vessel naval gun factory and a helicopter rescue demonstration with return travel planned for Friday afternoon.
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Gerald Nixon
M. A. Nixon
Forrest Avenue
High Point
Peter
Carrent
United States Savi Bond Division
Nixon
Washington
Bolling Field Air Force Base
Kent Truman
Ings
George Marshall
Defense
Barkley
Mt. Vernon
FBI
Naval Gun Factory
Local Girl Treated For Burns in Greenville
A 14 year old girl from High Point IN.C. was treated for burns and reported in good condition at a Greenville hospital. Sue Young was burned while tending a burning trash pile at her home county area.
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Greenville
S.C
High Point
In.c
Sue Young
Pen
Lions Plan Youth Parade During Centennial Week
The High Point Lions Club sponsors Youth Day on July 9 as part of Centennial Week. A Main Street parade features children, with prizes for best entries including floats bicycles and costumes. Entry coupons and participant details are available from Centennial Headquarters at 629 North Main Street.
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High Point Lions Club
Centennial
Main Street
High Point
Lions Club
Centennial Committee
North Main Street
N. Main St
Local Draft Board Calls Inductees for July Induction
Local Draft Board No. 42 reports limited induction calls for five men listed as Ether Kirkman Opetha. Inductees will report to Ft. Bragg for formal induction into the armed services while others report to the Fayetteville reception center for pre induction procedures.
Woodchucks Gas Bombing Spreads Across Exeter War
Woodchucks face an expanding extermination drive as Rockland County farmers set off nearly 4000 gas bombs in burrow holes and plan to intensify the campaign amid a pest outbreak.
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Exeter
N.H
Rockland County
How to make housekeeping economical for new couples
A local ad urges newlyweds to learn economical housekeeping from the store. It contrasts buying cheaply with buying well and promises guidance to save money while getting quality products.
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Resinol
Blackheads
Cry News
Brinks
High Point Jaycee
Mooresville Moors
Jack Southerland
Jaycees
Enterprise
Jim Jeffries
North Carolina
Joanne Aee
Nick Lawrence
Horace G. Mderton Company
Col Hart- Tobias
Trane
Lee
Inez
North State Telephone
Edith Hunt Wagger's
Billie Stroudlford Optical Company
Vera Williams
Maes Pontiac
Dixie Wilson
U. S. Securities
Coca-Cola Company
Coca-Cola Bottling CO
High Point Corner
Main ST
Nathan Hunt Drive
Pacific Coast States
Faeaweet
Roy ‘Rogers
Aes Cassidy
Seer
NcLlwood
BYU
Austex
Nae Na Lee
YELLO
LA Roma
BOC
Stokelys
Pingst
Happy Hunt Club
Libby
Home Service Stores
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