Rain brings relief as Piedmont sees scattered showers
The Piedmont region records varied rainfall with a general forecast of widespread showers and thundershowers over the next 72 hours. City water use dips as lake rises, while farmers report relief needed for crops such as tobacco, cotton, corn, small grains, and pastures lacking moisture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piedmont
Kivett Drive
Water Department
Guilford
Willard Kimrey
Davidson
Carl
Bernhardt
Sudan
Bright Accepts New Post Breaks Up Detective Team
Detectives H Leak and Frank Bright will split up their partnership as Bright resigns from the High Point police department to join the State Probation Commission as a county supervisor of Negro probationers in Durham. Bright recalls solving the police car vandalism case in 23 hours and cites a 1957 taxi murder as a case of deep emotional involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. P. Mooney
H. Leak
Frank Bright
Bright
High Point
C. C. Stoker
Bright and Leak
Solv
John Kollock
Julius Bunton
Whit Phillips
Bunton
Leah
Bennettsville
S. C
Kollock
William Penn High School
Plainclothes
B. Allen Steele
Steele
Leak
Kenneth
Karen
Durham
Chief Stoker
North Carolina Negro Police Officers’ Assn
Prayer for TELYDAY from Dr. Claude A. Broach
A prayer from Claude A. Broach of Charlotte North Carolina requests uplift and faith as Christians face daily tests. It asks for God's gracious favor to bring inner peace and guidance to end the day aligning with the will of the Savior.
Odd party ends in court with mixed verdicts
Vernon Bowman, 20, his brother James, sister Sallie Ruth Gibson, and four others faced charges after a party at Dorothy Grindstaff's apartment. The judge dismissed most assault and breaking and entering counts, sentencing Bowman to four months for forcible trespass and four more months for assault, with others released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Lee Bowman
Superior Court
Vernon
Highland Avenue
W. Green Street
Dorothy Grindstaff
James
Sallie Ruth Gibson
Washington, D. C
Robert D. Martin
Floyd E. Rollins
Hattie Goins
Route 5
High Point
Robert Bencini
Rosie Roach
Rosie
Rollins
Martin
Inman
Rosy
Miss Grindstaff
Fire Saves Thousands of Chickens as House Burns Durham
About 500 six week old chickens died from smoke as a fire damaged a house on Wake Forest road. Durham firefighters saved roughly 4 500 other birds by opening doors and removing them from the burning structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durham
Wake Forest Road
Rail Case Testimony Presented in High Point Hearing
Prepared testimony and exhibits were presented and a single witness questioned before the State Utilities Commission on reciprocal switching of rail freight in High Point. The hearing concerns Southern Railroad’s cancellation of switching privileges for 12 High Point businesses and industries and mirrors an Interstate Commerce Commission proceeding held earlier. John T. Bruton, freight agent for the High Point Thomasville and Denton Railroad, testified the cancellations disadvantaged local shippers and the shortline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
High Point
State Utilities Commission
Southern Railroad
High Point Chamber of Commerce
F. C. Hilliard
J. W. Morgan
Interstate Commerce Commission
John T. Bruton
Thomasville
Denton
Bruton
Southern
James Bistline
ICC
Brothers on leave in Navy crash into bridge in rain
Two sailors on leave, Larry Dale King 19 and Ronnie Glenn King 24, were treated and released from High Point Memorial Hospital after their car struck the highway bridge supports on Highway 29 in a 4:40 p.m. wreck amid torrential rain. The 1960 model car was a total loss and no charges were filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Memorial Hospital
Larry Dale King
Spring Garden Street
Greensboro
Ronnie Glenn King
Holly Hill Road
Thomasville
Council Deliberates Private Road Paving At Huntington Drive
City Council weighs if Huntington Drive can get a 20 foot asphalt strip without curb and gutter before July 1. Church owned property on east side involved. policy barriers cited. Public hearings held on utilities projects including Duke Power assessment relief for Springfield Avenue line extension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington Drive
Congregational Christian Church
City Public Works
George Dean
Harold Cheek
Springfield Avenue
Duke Power Co
Duke
Asheville Group to Inspect High Point Downtown Growth
A group from Asheville led by Holt McPherson will visit High Point to study downtown development and industrial growth. They arrive at 10 a.m. at the Chamber of Commerce office on N Main Street and hear remarks from local leaders before touring downtown and industrial parks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
High Point
Commerce
Chamber of of Commerce
N. Main Street
Ashevillians
Holt McPherson
The
Enterprise
Chamber
Ed Mendenhall
C. M. Allred
Industrial Development Division
City Planning Department
Mountain City
W. Fleming
Talman
Greater
High Point Industrial Corp
George W. Hutchens
R. D. Tillson
City Planning and Zoning Commission
Bert Winterbottom
Bill Colonna
Phil Clarke
Local Chamber of Commerce
Oak View Lions Install Officers
George Ingold was installed as the new president of the Oak View Lions Club at a regular meeting in the Oak View School cafeteria. Walter Huber conducted the ceremony and outlined officer duties while urging member support. Huber also noted a glaucoma clinic sponsored by Lions in the High Point area. Ingold succeeds Paul Shaver as president. other officers include Fred Smith, Ban Farthing, Vernon Jones, Jesse Kennedy, Don Phillips, Jack Smith, C. T. Cocheran and Lee Cockerham. Shaver received the past president's pin for service and leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Ingold
Oak View Lions Club
Oak View
Walter Huber
Huber
Lions Clubs
High Point
Ingold
Paul Shaver
Fred Smith
Ban Farthing
Vernon Jones
Jesse Kennedy
Don Phillips
Jack Smith
C. T. Cocheran
Lee Cockerham
Shaver
Snow Studio
Preachers Object To Sunday Golf
City Council hears Rev Woodrow W Robbins appeal to keep Municipal Course closed on Sunday mornings. Parks and recreation commission proposal to start Sunday golf at 1 p m debated with ministers alarmed at Sabbath violations and a nearby church pastor noting disturbances from a Sunday tournament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow W. Robbins
Parks and Recreation Commission
Robbins
Jess Washburn
J. W. Kaney
Calvary Baptist Church
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Jimmy Dale Bennett
Haworth Street
Rotary
Lexington
Bennett
David Cox
Greensboro High Point
Winston-Salem
High Point Enterprise
Telyday
Claude A. Broach
Charlotte, N. C
St. John’s Baptist Church
Judge
Jack Inman
Jack
Bencini
Rail
Council
Chesnut Street
Westchester Drive
Jurisdic
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