Water Line Policies Discussed by High Point Chamber
High Point Chamber of Commerce directors met at the Sheraton to hear the industrial planning committee report chaired by Jesse Washburn. The plan supports extending water and sewer lines outside city limits with industry funding and city supervision, and urges annexation plans to add industrial sites while preserving city ownership if annexed. It also favors a sliding scale water rate for outside industries and directs City Council to pursue outside-area annexations and the annual members drive starting in July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Chamber of Commerce
Sheraton Hotel
Jesse Washburn
Chamber of Commerce
Industrial Planning Committee
High Point
Chamber
North Carolina Safety Engineers Chapter Plans Wilmington Meeting
The North Carolina Chapter of the American Society of Safety Engineers announces its first meeting in Wilmington on Monday July 26 led by general chairman Howard J. Hilliard with officers H. S. Baucom F. E. Smothers W. R. Fulton Maurice Spilane N. E. Thiel C. A. Albaugh G. Glen Fleming and O. E. Jordan. The group will rotate meetings across the state to discuss safety measures and share ideas to save lives prevent suffering and reduce waste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
American Society of Safety Engineers
Wilmington
Howard J. Hilliard
High Point
H. S. Baucom
Raleigh
F. E. Smothers
W. R. Fulton
Maurice Spilane
Cherry Point
N. E. Thiel
Charlotte
C. A. Albaugh
Greensboro
G. Glen Fleming
O. E. Jordan
Hilliard
Blaze At Car Works Blamed On Lightning
A lightning bolt during a storm yesterday caused minor damage in the boiler room at Thomas Car Works 1416 Tryon St. Firemen reported the call at 2 28 p m They later answered a report of a minor blaze at Whitt Mullin 2207 Hansell St caused by faulty wiring at 5 11 p m
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Thomas Car Works
Tryon St
Whitt Mullin
Hansell St
Intent to Kill Charged After Sunday Knifing
Schuler E. Nichols 43 of 208 West Point Ave charged with assault with deadly weapon with intent to kill after slashing John C. Queen 915 Redding St on Greensboro highway. Queen hospitalized, transfusion given, condition listed as good. Nichols released on $500 bond with hearing set before Judge Archie Myatt on July 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schuler E. Nichols
West Point Ave
Nichols
John C. Queen
Redding St
Queen
Greensboro
Archie Myatt
Train Hits Auto at Grimes Street Crossing No Injuries Reported
A late model car was demolished when struck by Southern Railway train number 48 at Grimes St Crossing. Driver Otis Tyson 40 of 305 Beach St was charged with failing to report the accident and having no operator license. Time 3:07 AM. Train stopped after traveling 13 car lengths. Cause not available.
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Grimes St
Southern Railway
Otis Tyson
Beach St
Record Heat Wave Sweeps Over City
A North Carolina heat wave pushed temps to a record 102.4 at Greensboro High Point airport on Sunday, likely higher in downtown areas. The forecast called for 86 in the near term with brief two thirds city rains and hail, while Raleigh and Charlotte hit 104 and 103 respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Greensboro-High Point
Weather Bureau
Mercury
High Point
Raleigh
Charlotte
Winston-Salem
Asheville
City Lake
Colored Park Pool
Friendship Weather Bureau
American Furniture Mart elects Tom A Finch Jr as vp
Tom A Finch Jr of Thomasville Chair Co was re elected vice president of the American Furniture Mart for the 19th year. Walter Merschman of Merschman Bros became board chairman. Don L Jordan of Johnston Carper leaves as president. No official October market. Winter market Jan 3 14. summer market June 22 July 2 1959. dates subject to six month confirmation.
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Tom A. Finch Jr
Thomasville Chair Co
American Furniture Mart
Board of Governors
Walter Merschman
Merschman Bros
Don L. Jordan
Johnston-Carper
Association of Summer
Joint
Deaths and Funerals in North Carolina Communities
Obituary notices detail the deaths of Alice Kivett Allred and James Robert Williams and other local figures. The items cover residence, church affiliations, survivors, service times, and burial plans across Randolph, Thomasville, Archdale, and surrounding towns.
Miss Clara E Everhart 40 Dies After Illness in Thomasville
Miss Clara Elmar Everhart 40 of Route 2 Thomasville died at City Memorial Hospital after a prolonged illness. Born September 6, 1913 in Davidson County she was daughter of Will H and Mamie J Shuler Everhart and a Fair Grove High School graduate. She belonged to Emanuel Evangelical and Reformed Church and its Ladies Class No. 7 and was active in church work. Surviving are her mother six sisters and four brothers with extended family. Funeral arrangements announced from Emanuel Evangelical.
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Clara E. Everhart
Thomasville
Clara Elmar Everhart
Route 2
City Memorial Hospital
Davidson County
Will H. and
Mamie Jeanette Shuler Everhart
Everhart
Fair Grove High School
Emanuel Evangelical and Reformed Church
W. H. Everhart
Sidney Smith
Bob Smith
Lexington
Lawrence Alexander
Lonnie W. Harmon
Clayton Steele
High Point
Ray Hilliard
Pallesville
Paul H. Everhart
Delbert F. Everhart
Jamestown
W. Harold Everhart
L. Everhart
Emanuel Evangelical
Mrs Frances O Cecil 88 Dies At High Point Home
Mrs Frances O Harris Oliver Cecil widow of Charles H Cecil died at her home 428 Willowbrook Street just before 6 this morning after two years of declining health. Born March 21 1866 in Rockingham County she moved to High Point 69 years ago and belonged to First Baptist Church. She married Charles H Cecil on November 28 1889. he died August 11 1947. Surviving are two daughters Miss Maude Cecil and Mrs E C Seawell both of High Point and two sons D Stanton Cecil of High Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Allred
Alice Kivett Allred
High Point
Randolph Memorial Hospital
Asheboro
Randolph County
First Methodist Church
Randleman
Neal C. Allred
Ruby Robinson
Helena Coltrane
Vernay Allred
Mary Perdue
Marlboro
Thomasville
Troy
Martin Shores
Julian Avenue
Surry County
Wilson Shores
Martha Lowe Shores
Wilkes County
Glennanna Baptist Church
Betty White
Lula Mae Holder
Lela Hadespath
Fozie Stokes
Winston-Salem
Foley
Glenn Shores
Winston Salem
Beauford Shores
Elkin
Hubert Shores
Jerry Shores
Hattie Perdue
Eddie Powell
Bedford
Maude Marion
Union Cross _ Baptist Church
Robert L. Taylor
Woodrow Wishon
Pleasant View Baptist Church
Archdale
James Robert Williams
Baker Ave
Gilley
Williams
Mr. Williams
Casandra Jane
Samuel Williams
Tabernacle Methodist Church
Julius Floyd Williams
J. Robert Williams
Charles V. Williams
Hillsboro
Homer S. Williams
Canada
Lee Younts
John Warner
Trinity
Grady Hunt
Denton
Arnold Hunt
Darrell Taylor
Wesley Evans
Udell Adkinson
Sophia
Raymond Leagans
Ruth Williams
Norfolk
H. K. Williams
Albert
George Williams
Lewis
Sam Williams
Charlie Williams
Lexington
Scott
Bert Younts
Cicero Floy
Lenora Hedrick
Ardhlale
Pleasant Hill Methodist Church
Russell T. Montfort
Robert Oakley
Floral Garden Park Cemetery
Jack Warner
Larry Thomas
Dempsey Kinley
Buster Hunt
James Hunt
Edgar Hunt
Frances O. Cecil
Charles H. Cecil
Willowbrook St
Mrs. Cecil
Rockingham County
Reuben and
Susan Harris Oliver
First Baptist Church
Mr. Cecil
Maude Cecil
E. C. Seawell
D. Stanton Cecil
High
Mammoth Moonshine Plant Destroyed in Davidson Co
Sheriff deputies destroyed an 800 gallon moonshine plant in Lower Emmons Township after operators failed to appear. Described as submarine style and elaborately built, the mash vat lay on concrete blocks with mortared joints and water piped in via rubber hose. No arrests reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Emmons
Offiers
House Fire Damages Two Rooms On Julian Avenue
Firefighters fought a morning blaze on Julian Avenue while the Pittman family was away. One room was gutted and another badly smoked with considerable overall damage. Alarm sounded at 7:55 a.m. No injuries reported. A second mattress fire near Busy Bee Cafe on West Main Street caused damage to bedding after a man slept with a lit cigarette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Julian Ave
Hattie Pittman
Busy Bee
W. Main St
Prayer for T Day Blesses Earth and Spirit
A Brooklyn minister from Tompkins Congregational Church offers a prayer praising the beauty of earth seas skies and sunlight and asking for serenity free of hate and a life led by faith in Christ. He hopes the noblest will be realized and the spiritual exalted above the material in the name of Christ.
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Christ
Alfred Grant Walton
Brooklyn
N. Y
Flatbush- Tompkins Congregatonal Church
Weekend highway wreck yields one charge on Hugh Scearce
State highway patrol logged a single weekend accident on Winston-Salem road. Hugh Scearce, 41, of Oak View, was charged with failure to yield after entering Highway 311 from Old Winston Rd and colliding with Hoover Henry Hillard, 35, of 2200 S Main St. Damage estimated at 275 dollars. no injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Patrol
Pr Winston-Salem Road
Hugh Scearce
Oak View
Scearce
Highway 311
Old Winston Rd
Hoover Henry Hilliard
S. Main St
Capacity Crowd Attends Our Lady of the Highways Dedication
A capacity crowd attended the dedication services for the new Our Lady of the Highways Church on the Thomasville Lexingtion highway with Bishop Vincent S. Waters of the Raleigh diocese presiding and offering mass. Special greetings came from Edward Cardinal Mooney and the ceremony featured music by the High Point Immaculate Heart of Mary choir. A 3 to 5 p.m. picnic and reception followed on church grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Our Lady of the Highways
Vincent S. Waters
Raleigh
Lexington
Bishop Waters
Guilford
Davidson
Lawrence Hill
Holy Rosary Congregation
John Cardriff
Chicago
Frank Cardriff
Poe
Edward Cardinal Mooney
Detroit
High Point
Immaculate Heart of Mary Church
Father Hill
Clarence Hill
Milwaukee
Wis
Sunday Speed Checkers Nab 30 Motorists
Police reports show over 30 arrests for speeding during the weekend in Thomasville with a patrolman noting a dozen speeders in one hour on Highway 109, many headed to Wins ton Salem races. Prohibition arrest: Fred King, 47, on non taxpaid whisky. Assault charge: Robert McBride, 28, bond set. Concealed weapon and drunkenness: Gilbert Steele, 35, bond set. Reckless driving: three men charged, bonds posted or set, court dates July 2 or 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Highway 109
Winston-Salem
Fred King
Baysinger St
Robert McBride
Jasper St
Thomasville Recorder's Court
Gilbert Steele
W. Guilford St
Steele
Thomas Elsworth Nixon
Moore St
Carmall St
Harry E. Rhymer
Route 1
Harry Wilbur Carroll
Winston St
Tennis Meeting For City Park Group At Murray Street
A meeting of all persons interested in forming a tennis group will be held at the city park on Murray Street at 7 30 o clock tonight.
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Murray St
Adults Swim Classes Start Tomorrow at City Lake Pool
Red Cross water safety committee sponsors morning swim lessons at City Lake pool beginning tomorrow at 8 45 oclock. Classes run Monday through Friday each week with daily sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Red Cross Water Safety Committee
City Lake Pool
Final Polio Vaccine Tests Set Tuesday
Blood samples from 108 High Point youths at Tomlinson School will be drawn tomorrow in the final phase of local Salk polio vaccine tests. Four doctors eight nurses and volunteers will collect samples at 8 45 p m to compare with May 11 results and determine antibody development.
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High Post
PTA Volnteers
Tomelinson School
Jack Lynch
High Point Durs
Ete
Care Parisons
Lynch
Tomlinson School
High Point
Vivian O'Brien
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Bond Raised for Two Defendants in Blue Bird Castle Burglary
Jackson Odell Sykes and J P Tysinger had bonds increased from 3500 to 5000 each after a preliminary hearing in Municipal Court. Both bound over to a July 12 grand jury hearing on charges of breaking and entering larceny and possession of burglary tools. Evidence included a hacksaw found in Sykes car and pennies stolen from Blue Bird Castle on E Green Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson Odell Sykes
Mallory St
J. P. Tysinger
Mill St
Sykes
Tysinger
Blue Bird Castle
E. Green St
J. L. Fagan
English St
Fagan
Salisbury Church Renamed In Honor Of Dr J M Lyerly
The Bethany Evangelical and Re formed Church in Salisbury votes to rename as Lyerly Memorial to honor the late Dr J M Lyerly who once supplied pastor duties for the Davidson and Guilford area. The church was founded in 1890 with 24 charter members and Lyerly, born in 1862, served local congregations before his death.
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Salisbury
Bethany Evangelical and Reformed Church
Lyerly
J. M. L. Lyerly
Catawba College
Tion
Clerk Denies Record Errors In Liquor Defendant Case
Johnnie Jackson, 52, a Black man among whisky peddlers rounded up two weeks ago, challenged the clerk of court over his conviction record. He admitted a 1949 liquor transport conviction with car confiscation but denied larceny, assault with a deadly weapon, driving without a license, and drunkenness convictions listed by the clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnnie Jackson
Drowned 20 Year Old at High Rock Lake Beach
Ronald Cross 20 of Southmont drowned at High Rock Lake Joe's Beach near Lexington as bystanders heard his cries. Rescue squads recovered his body hours after he vanished about 7 p.m. witnesses said he crossed the neck of the lake before disappearing and rescuers arrived too late.
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Lexington
Ronald Cross
Southmont
High Rock Lake
Joe's Beach
Cross
Thomasville Water Reservoir Hits Year Low Amid Heat
Thomasville's filter plant reservoir fell to five feet six inches below the usual level while residents endured 100 plus temperatures. The large steel tank stood at 12.3 feet as filtering crews operated continuously. Weekend pumping reached 1,581,000 gallons on Saturday and 1,573,000 on Sunday with 15 of the past 27 days involving around the clock work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Indicati
Also Mentioned on This Page
Larry One
C. C. Gilbreth
Flinner
A. Odell Leonard
Lawrence L. Leonard
Troy Martin Shores
James R. Williams
Mrs
Frances Cecil
Davidson Co
Dr. Lyerly
Chis
American Red Cross
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