Betsy Ross Davis Crowned Miss High Point of 1957
Betsy Ross Davis, 1957 Miss High Point, discusses her excitement and nerves about the title. The olive skinned 34 23 34 beauty plans to Burlington for Miss North Carolina competition, models in fashion shows, and aims to work as a receptionist after graduation while assisting at Toddle Time Nursery this summer. Her mother and sister accompany her as chaperones.
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Inquirer
Betsy Ross Davis
William
High Point
Burlington
Betsy
Planet
Ross H. Davis
Lynn Jane Eckert
Miss Davis
Ferndale Dr
High Point Architect Honored at AIA Centennial
Eccles Everhart of High Point was named one of four award winners by the North Carolina Chapter of the American Institute of Architects during a cenennial Atlantic Beach meeting. He served many years on the NC Building Code Council and attended a luncheon preview of Hurricane Cottage, a reinforced brick masonry beach home.
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North Carolina
American Institute of Architects
Atlantic Beach
Eccles Everhart
High Point
N. C
Card Firm Sends Out First Batch
The Electronic Accounting Card Corp producing tabulating cards for business machines says its first shipment was June 18. Incorporated last October, the firm located at 2406 National Blvd and is licensed by International Business Machines Corp. It serves the Carolinas to Florida and Alabama and uses presses from IBM. Edgar Snider is president treasurer, Willis Harris VP, Thomas W Sprinkle secretary. Directors include Fred W Alexander, R Wade Phillips, Charlie F Jones, Snider, Harris and Sprinkle. The Eiffel Tower in Paris is 58 feet high, third in the world behind the Empire State and Chrysler buildings.
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Electronic Accounting Card Corp
Willis Harris
National Blvd
International Business Machines Corp
IBM
Remington Rand
Harris
North
South Carolina
Virginia
West Virginia
Georgia
Tennessee
Florida
Alabama
Edgar Snider
Thomas W. Sprinkle
Fred W. Alexander
R. Wade Phillips
Charlie F. Jones
Snider
Sprinkle
Deaths and Funerals Notice
Obituary notices list Harlan Dewey Scott 28 of 519 Roy Ave died after a train collision. Funeral at South Side Baptist Church with burial at Floral Garden Park Cemetery. Also details David M. Walker 90 of Sophia died at High Point Memorial Hospital. lengthy survivor list and service at Mt Gilead Methodist Church. and Mrs. Bessie Davis Wood 59 of Abbotts Creek died at home with service at Abbotts Creek Missionary Baptist Cemetery.
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Harlan Dewey Scott
Roy Ave
South Side ’ Baptist ‘Church
W. H. Barker
G. F. Overstreet
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Floral Garden Park Cemetery
Scott
High Point Memorial
Prospect Street
Cumby Mortuary
Kiwanis Outing Draws 174 Members At Linthicum Lake
A large crowd of 174 Kiwanians with wives and children enjoyed a picnic at Linthicum Lake Friday evening. Walter Comfort led the arrangements committee in coordinating the outing.
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Linthicum Lake
Walter Comfort
Funeral services for Arthur Holmes Sechrest at First Pilgrim Holiness
Funeral services for Arthur Holmes Sechrest 50 will be held this afternoon at 3 o clock in First Pilgrim Holiness Church with Rev C L Ruth of Burlington and Rev J A Grout Sr officiating. Interment follows in Floral Garden Park Cemetery. The body will lie in state 30 minutes before the service. Sechrest, a cafe operator of Route 1 High Point, died Thursday at Baptist Hospital Winston Salem.
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Arthur Holmes
Ott
Beards For White Men Turn Grayer And Heavier
Research finds facial hair in White men grows tougher and thicker as whiskers turn grey, indicating aging affects beard robustness and texture.
Clinics To Begin At Randleman
Immunization clinics start today at Randleman Elementary School. They will run for four Mondays from 2 to 4 p.m. at the school.
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Randleman
Randleman E School
High Point Students Headed to National Speech Meet
Two HPHS students Jerry Pell and Pat Duggins travel to the National Congressional Speech Tournament in Raleigh. Duggins wins district dramatics, will perform Renascence and give an original oration The Starting Point for World Peace and another poetry interpretation. Pell begins NC State College in fall. advisor Mrs. Bruce Roberts attends as NFL chair.
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High Point High School
Iree
Jerry Pell
Pat Duggins
National Forensic League
Pell
Miss Duggins
Carolina
NFL
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
West Virginia
United States
Gulf of Aquada
Senate
J. C. Duggins
HPHS
Jerry
Adolph Pell
North Carolina State College
Bruce Roberts
Manleff Pierce Dies at Home Near Asheboro
Manleff C. Pierce of Route 2 Asheboro died Friday at 10 a.m. after a two year illness. He is survived by his wife Bessie Bryant Pierce five daughters Armon Davis Jess ie Black Thomas E. Maness David Stroud and William Hughes all of Route 2 Asheboro and one son Charlie Oscar Pierce. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at Pilgrim Holiness Church on Hoover Street with interment in Oaklawn Cemetery.
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Asheboro
Manleff C. Pierce
Route 2
Bessie Bryant Pierce
Armon Davis
Jessie Black
Thomas E. Maness
David Stroud
William Hughes
Charlie Oscar Day
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Hoover Street
Oaklawn Cemetery
Former High Point Resident Mrs Olive Dies in Olivia
Mrs. W. T. Olive, 85, a former High Point resident, died Friday at a son’s home in Olivia, North Carolina after a long illness. Her husband died eight weeks earlier. Surviving are three daughters and three sons. Funeral arrangements were pending.
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W. T. Olive
High Point
Olivia
N. C
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Miss High Point
Jane Lucas
Betsy Davis
Bill Jackson
High Point Architect
Paris
New York City
Empire State
Chrysler
David M. Walker
Sophia
Trinity
High Point Memorial Hospital
Mr. Walker
Randolph County
John and
Miraim Laughlin Walker
Nellie V. Smith
Mt. Gilead Methodist Church
Frank Berry
Wright
Salisbury
W. B. Wood
Bessie Davis Wood
Ab- First Church of Christ
V. V. Willard
High Point Primitive Baptist Church
M. L. King
Louisville
Abbotts Creek Missionary Baptist Church
Orrell
W. B. (Burley) Wood
Abbotts Creek
David Walker
A. H. Sechrest
Leonard
Ward ST
Manleff Pierce
Max Bones
Optometrist and Optictas
N. Main
Arolina Tricity Termite CO
High Point Enterprise
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