Black man, 25, accused in attempted throat slashing incident
Police charged a 25 year old Black man with attempted assault after he allegedly tried to persuade a woman to enter his car, then threatened to cut a man’s throat and attempted to run over another near the Biltmore Hotel. He was jailed on 3400 dollars bond and set for court.
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Helen McAmis
Moore
West Side
Biltmore
Beamon St
McAmis
Wall
Robert Peele
Gibsonville
Willie Murphy
Taylor St
Daniel Myers Clark
Williams St
Deaths and Funerals in North Carolina Town
Two local obituaries report the deaths of David Clifford Hodgin 58 of 408 Hodgin St and Franklin Myers a Thomasville area furniture worker. Hodgin died at Stanley County Memorial Hospital after a heart attack at Radin Lake with funeral at his home followed by church services. Myers died at High Point Memorial Hospital after a lingering illness, with funeral arrangements to be announced by J C Green and Sons Funeral Home. Surviving relatives for Hodgin include his wife Lillian and siblings A M Peace, Clyde Gurley, and Richard Hodgin. Surviving relatives for Myers include widowed mother Mrs. Nickson Myers and sisters Cicero Myers Hogan and Bowers.
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David Clifford Hodgin
Hodgin
Stanley County Memorial Hospital
Albemarle
Radin Lake
Mr. Hodgin
Rat Couph
Rufus
Alice Walls Hodgin
Lillian Stone
Oak Hill
Eeeeeea Franklin ‘Myers
Pine St
High Point Memorial Hospital
Ingret Ihain
E * Tient
Noel
Nickson’ Myers
Thomasville
the Nazarene
Hink
E St
Jarrett
Cicero Myers
Hogan
Bowers
Route 2
J. C. Green and Sons Funeral Home
Unclear Passage Prompts Questionable Forensic Detail
Experts suggest a controversial method described as forcing a point out through the skin and trimming a barb with pliers, a phrase indicating a graphic medical or forensic technique without clear context or outcome.
Obituary Notice for McKeehan Mother of Two in High Point
Funeral services were held for a McKeehan mother of two High Point residents who died in Chattanooga Tennessee last week. Survived by two sons James and Robert Tallent and a grandson George Elrod, she had two daughters Mrs May and Mrs Willie Elrod of Atta ter, Mrs Roy Clark of Trion Georgia, and three brothers D S Forest and W J Simpson of Chattanooga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ae Ee Podes
McKeehan
High Point
Chattanooga
Tenn
James
Robert Tallent
George Elrod
Youth 7 Injured When Hit By Auto on highway
A seven year old boy suffered facial and arm injuries when struck by a car on the Thomasville highway about a mile west of High Point city limits. Randall Morton of 510 South St was treated and kept under observation at the local hospital. The driver, Samuel Monroe Reavis, 21, of 3022 English St Ext, said the youth was close to the car when first seen. No charges were filed.
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Thomasville
High Point
Randall Morton
South St
Sam ‘Uel Monroe Reavis
English ‘St. Ext
Reavis
Convention Delegates Arriving for State Fire Fighters Meet
More than 100 men and women of the State Fire Fighters Association and its auxiliary head to High Point for the 16th annual convention. The three day event runs Tuesday to Thursday at the Sheraton Hotel with John P. Redman and George Richardson of the international body leading sessions. Val Peterson will not attend due to federal duties in Washington. Local 673 president Gallimore leads the host group and will welcome delegates as Mayor Covington City Manager Hinson and Fire Chief Canady address the opening session tomorrow.
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State Fire Fighters Association
High Point
Sheraton
John P. Redman
Sceaceblinanl Association of Fire Fighters
George Richardson
Val Peterson
Federal Civil Defense
Gallimore
Peterson
Washington
Firemen's Union
Covington
T. Hinson
Claude Canady
Summer Weather Forecast for High Point
The forecast calls for cloudy and cool conditions today in High Point with mild weather this afternoon. Tonight should be fair and cool, with a partly cloudy row and a warm night as the mercury climbs to 87 degrees. yesterday’s low was 60 and today’s high was 84, with a low tonight of 58.
Youth Injured When Auto Hits Utility Pole
An 18 year old youth, C C Harper of 820 W Pee, suffered a scalp laceration and was treated at Point Memorial Hospital after his car collided with a utility pole on English Street early morning. The car was declared a total loss. Police say the westbound vehicle failed to make a curve near Briggs Ave. and struck the pole.
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al Raid
English St
C. C. Harper
W. Pee
5S Point Memorial Hospital
English, St
Briggs Ave
Kenneth R. Bundy
W. Russell St
Lake St
Bunday
Mangum
Ross R. Helper
Helper
Bundy
E. Seeseens
Jesse L. Walbe Lexington
Allen named national chaplain of Travelers Protection Association
Dr. H. G. Allen pastor of Main St. Methodist Church was elected national chaplain at the 65th TPA convention in Salt Lake City. He received the Quarter Century Badge of Merit for outstanding service and was re elected chaplain of the North Carolina division for the sixth year. A Catawba County native, he has served in North Wilkesboro Reidsville Lexington Statesville and Winston Salem areas and held leadership roles in Methodism.
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H. G. Allen
Main St. Methodist Church
Phillip M. Styles
New Rochelle
N. Y
Travelers Protection Association
Association
Salt Lake City
Utah
Allen
North Carolina
Travelers Association
Catawba County
Main St
Rise in U S swimming pools since World War I
About 33,000 pools exist in the United States now, with roughly half private and the remainder public, a sharp rise from about 8,000 pools at the end of World War I.
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United States
Disability Wage Freeze Deadlines Help Disabled Workers
Guilford County residents with total disability may freeze their Social Security earnings records under a new provision. The deadline is June 30 to apply and learn about the effect on survivors benefits and potential July increases.
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Social Security Office
Mrsgg Ge Security District
A Today
Duffy
Guilford County
UNC Pharmacy Honors Students in Spring Lists
Three Carolina students from the High Point area earned honors at the University of North Carolina School of Pharmacy for 1955. Trickerd D D Callicutt of Thom hong and Prevo of asville appear on the dean's and honor rolls, reflecting averages around 90 percent or higher.
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Carolina
High Point
University
School of Pharmacy
Trickerd
D. D. Callicutt
Thomhong Prevo
Asville
Polio Diagnosed in Local Boy Sends Patient for Care
A county health officer confirmed a definite polio diagnosis for Carl Duggins a Wade Road child. He was sent to Central Carolina Convalescent Hospital after initial assessment by a High Point physician. The case marks the first reported polio in the area this season and follows parental decision against polio vaccination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wade
High Point
Carl Duggins
William Duggins
Central Carolina
Loren Wallin
Duggins
Borrowing Truck Case Leads to Short Jail Term
Frank Lee Smith, 37, of 632 Willowbrook St, received 9 days on the roads after taking a highway tractor from a service station he claimed to be borrowing from his former employer J. L. Rothrock. Rothrock testified the truck was missing since the weekend. a station attendant said he let Smith take the tractor, believing he still worked for Rothrock. Judge Archie Myatt presided at Municipal Court today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Lee Smith
Willowbrook St
Smith
J. L. Rothrock
Rothrock
Archie Myatt
Feel Tired No More with Ferrizan Energy Boost
Advertisement urges readers to try Ferrizan for 30 days to combat fatigue and low energy, claiming Tron iodine and vitamins improve strength and vitality. It promotes better eating and rest as part of a lifestyle change and lists Mann's Cut Rate Drugs as the source.
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Perrizan
County School Board Forms Desegregation Study Panel
Guilford County board of education acts to desegregate in line with the Supreme Court ruling by authorizing a committee to study ending segregation. The board also approved contracts totaling 264,868.84 for northern and eastern schools and land purchase near Allen Jay School. E. P. Pearce Jr. is elevated to assistant superintendent with a $7,000 salary.
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Guilford County
U. S. Supreme Court
County Board of Education
BE. D. Idol
Idol
John R. Peacock
Howard E. Carr
Carr
Commi
Allen Jay School
Etta Wood
Cvent
E. P. Pearce Jr
Arce
Orea
First Methodist Men to Hear Attorney John McNeill Smith
Attorney John McNeill Smith of Greensboro, district lay leader for the western North Carolina Conference, will speak at a Wednesday 6:30 dinner meeting of the First Methodist Church Men’s Fellowship. He is a UNC graduate and Greensboro native active in the American Bar Association.
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John McNeill Smith
Greensboro
First Methodist Church
Smith
Western North Carolina
The
Methodist Church
University of North Carolina
Columbia University
Ber
Council World
North Carolina
American Bar Associations
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