Enterprise Carriers To Set Trip To Washington
A group of 40 Enterprise carrier boys from High Point Thornville Asheboro Jamestown Chdale Trinity will leave by bus Monday morning July 14 for a three day Washington trip. Delegates are chosen from a 175 strong carrier force based on length of service and new subscriber results.
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Washington, D
High Point
Thornville
Asheboro
Jamestown
Chdale
Trinity
Aest
D. A. Rawley
Rotary
Thesterprise
Charles B. Loflin
Atiow
Washington
Canal
Loflin
Carrier Force
Enterprise Carrier Force
Camp Uwharrie Opens With 138 Boys Registered
The third week of Camp Uwharrie begins today and will run through July 5. A total of 138 boys from across the council are registered for this session, including troops from Mocksville High Point Lexington Landis Cary and several other towns. Notable leaders and scouts listed include Bill Lofte John Knox Johnston Buddy Harris Claude rm Johnny Durham Jack Loftely Mack Foster Jimmy Carr Bill Mason Sonny Sorrell and many others.
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Uwharrie
Ss Iip
Mocksville
Bill Lofte
John Knox Johnston
Charles Ie
Buddy Harris
Claude Rm
Johnny Durham
Jack
Bill Click
Bob Loftely
Mack Foster
Jimmy Carr
Bill Mason
High Point
Bobby Ver
Bill Hawkins
W. B. Delk
Jacky Jones
Jerry Byrd
Dr A R Cross to Begin Practice in High Point
Announcement states Dr A R Cross will join Dr T D Jr at Burrus Clinic 649 North Main Street beginning July 1. Cross, a Duke medical graduate 1938, served as Navy doctor five years and worked as interne and assistant resident in New York City after World War II.
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A. R. Cross
Burrus Clinic
North Main Street
Ross
Duke Medical
Cross
New K City
High Point
Minister Convicted of Burning Church in Wisconsin
John Lewis a 73 year old minister was sentenced to one to five years at hard labor in Waupun for arson in a fire that destroyed Calvary Presbyterian Church, a red brick church where he preached for 12 years. The state accused him of aiming for a bigger and better house of worship.
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Inaukee
John Lewis
Waupunite
Lewis
Calvary Presbyterian Area
Atlanta Police Hunt for Woman’s Killer
Atlanta detectives scoured near Henrietta Leston Memorial hospital to trace Pretty Jeanette Reyman who was raped and murdered last Wednesday. Mrs Reyman wife of Bogart tourist camp operator who came to Georgia from Indiana was found bludgeoned with neck broken in a soaked pickup truck.
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Atlanta
Nta
Henrietta Leston Memorial Hospital
Toy
Jeanette Reyman
Funeral Rites for E J Stew art Held at Southside Baptist Church
Funeral services for E. Jd. Stewart, 89, of 613 Highland Avenue, who died Friday night, will be held this afternoon at the Southside Baptist church. Rev. Bill Barker Rev. Mister Johnson and Rev. Sam Peters will officiate. Interment follows at Fairfield church cemetery six miles south of High Point.
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E. Jd. Stewart
E. J. Stewart
Highland Avenue
Southside Baptist Church
Bill Barker
Southside Church
Mister Johnson
Highland Methodist Church
Sam Peters
Fairfield Church
High Point
Deaths—James W. Jones 79 of Peachland
James W. Jones 79 of Peachland Rt 2 died yesterday at his home. He was the father of E. L. Jones W. E. Jones and Miss Daisy Jones of High Point. Funeral services are incomplete.
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Peachland
James W. Jones
Peachland Rt. 2
E. L. Jones
W. E. Jones
Daisy Jones
High Point
Mayor Issues July 4 Safety Proclamation
Mayor Earl N. Phillips calls High Point residents to share personal responsibility for reducing Fourth of July accidents. He cites national safety council efforts to lower holiday toll and urges a safe and sane celebration free from tragedy and suffering.
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Earl N. Phillips
High Point
National Safety Council
110 000 Volts Fail To Kill Carolinian
NEW ORLEANS June 28 49 Thornton Harrill 29 of King's Mountain NC came in contact with a 110 000 volt electric cur rent while atop a 100 foot tower during line stringing. He touched the current reaching for a dropped tape measure and was left stunned. He climbed down in a dazed state and was told to rest for the day after treatment.
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New Orleans
Thornton Harrill
King’s Mountain
Harrill
Jap Witness In Navy Trial Takes Own Life
In Guam on June 28 a Japanese prosecution witness died by suicide using a razor after testifying over two days in the U S navy trial of 19 Japanese accused of murdering 10 American war prisoners in alleged medical experiments. Lt. Shigioshi Nakamura, a surgeon, slashed his abdomen and throat at the stockade to perform a partial harakiri.
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Guam
U. S. Navy
Shigioshi Nakamura
City Council Rings Out Old Year in High Point
High Point city officials meet to balance the year’s budget and prepare for new business in 1966. The agenda includes zoning action for a 96 unit West Lexington apartments, bids on a softball field, paving Chandler and Dale streets, and front footage certificates.
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High Point
Roy S. Braden
Lexington Avenue
Earl Hutto
Hobart Bryant
Lee Schaner
Palatka Street
West Lexington
South Main Street
Public Works Department
President's Mother Is Doing Nicely
Grandview Missouri June 28 Mrs Martha E Truman mother of the President was reported by her daughter Miss Mary Jane Truman to be getting along fine but not recovering rapidly from a five week illness She is 94 and sits up occasionally but not every day Her hearing has deteriorated in the past months but may improve as she sits up more.
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Grandview
Martha E. Truman
Mary Jane Truman
Miss Truman
Truman
Parthia Maintains Independence Until Persian Conquest
Parthia became an independent kingdom around 250 B C and despite Roman attacks remained free until 225 A D when conquered by the Persians. The text also notes about 2000 inspections accompany the manufacture of the average automobile.
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Parthia
Gunn Takes Job At a Fla. University
R. H. Gunn leaves for DeLand Florida to become assistant bursar at John B. Stetson University. He previously served as bursar at High Point College from 1929 to 1945 and in a similar post at Elon College. Mrs Gunn and R. H. Jr will stay behind for now but plan to join in Florida before fall term begins.
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R. H. Gunn
DeLand
Florida
John B. Stetson University
Gunn
High Point College
High Point
Elon College
Frigidaire Sales Meet July 1 At Sheraton Hotel
Frigidaire division of General Motors will unveil automatic washing machine automatic electric dryer and ironer to Roanoke North Carolina dealers at a July 1 meeting at the Sheraton hotel. J C Holmes roanoke district manager leads the program with Roy Hatfield K G Swann E Bailey N W West F F Farrier among principal speakers.
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Frigidaire
General Motors Corporation
North Rolina
Roanoke
Sheraton Hotel
J. C. Holmes
Roy Hatfield
South Eastern
K. G. Swann
E. Bailey
N. W. West
F. F. Farrier
Byrnes Reveals War Inside Story in New Book
The New York Herald Tribune reports it obtained rights to James F. Byrnes's memoir Speaking Frankly, detailing the inside story of the war and postwar conferences. The book will be published in October with six installments in major newspapers and proceeds going to charity.
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Washington
The
New York Herald Tribune
James F. Byrnes
Stray Bullet Kills FiveYearOld in Dallas Home
Detective Captain Will Fritz said a stray pistol bullet killed five year old Mary Lane McCarter while she slept in her Dallas home. Her mother found the child at 7 a m and a two year old brother Beauford slept nearby. The bullet likely came from a shot fired about three blocks away.
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Dallas
Tex
Will Fritz
Mary Lane McCarter
Charles Phillips
Mary Lane
Beauford
Fritz
Watches rely on steel springs shaped by diamond dies
The article notes hairsprings for watches are made by pulling steel through a diamond hole. A pound of steel can yield $60,000 worth of springs, indicating high value from small inputs. It also cites 1946 US passenger car production at 144,061 units with 7 percent exported.
Nora Stewart retires after 28 years at High Point Box
Mrs. Nora Stewart, known as Little Miss Nora at the High Point Paper Box Co, retires two days after turning 71. She spent 28 years seven months and 23 days at the firm cooking glue, after earlier hosiery work, and plans to enjoy home life at 505 Tate Street with pictures of a granddaughter. The plant honors her with a surprise party and gifts, praising her loyal, hard work.
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High Point Paper Box Company
Nora Stewart
Tate Street
Nora
Paper Box Company
Daugh
Ter
Paul Ingle
Rocky Mount Man Heads Accountants
Sydney H. Shaw of Rocky Mount was elected president of the North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants at the 28th annual convention closing session. Shaw succeeds Allen J. Strand of Greensboro as head of the organization. New officers include Fred C. Eichhorn executive vice president Erle E. Peacock publications vice president M L Black treasurer and L B Rogerson secretary. Strand Sherrill Miller and McArthur were elected to the board of directors.
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Greensboro
Sydney H. Shaw
Rocky Mount
North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants
Shaw
Allen J. Strand
Fred C. Eichhorn
Erle E. Peacock
Chapel Hill
M. L. Black
Durham
L. B. Rogerson
Strand
W. A. Sherrill
Salisbury
Thomas Q. Miller
Asheville
John McArthur
Winston-Salem
License plates go on half price sale July 1
State license plates will go on sale at one half price starting July 1 according to Miss Thelma Ryan of the Carolina Motor Club here. The reduction excludes farm plates and small trailer plates, while city tags stay at the regular price of $1.
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Thelma Ryan
Carolina Motor Club
Navy recruit Cox advances to seaman second class
Robert E. Cox USN son of Mr and Mrs Lynda Cox route 5 High Point has completed recruit training at the naval training center San Diego Calif and has been advanced to seaman second class
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R. BE. Cox
Robert E. Cox
USN
Lynda Cox
Route 5
High Point
Naval Training Center
San Diego
Calif
Seaman
Nurse Iris Morris Passes State Board Exam
Miss Iris Stancil Morris of High Point is among 104 graduates who recently passed the state board of nurse examiners examination.
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Iris Stancil Morris
High Point
State Board of Nurse Examiners
New City Plan Pictures Streamlined City Of Future
Pittsburgh engineers Morris Knowles unveil a five phase High Point plan to reshape the city with a looped thoroughfare system, new civic center including city hall and library, a municipal auditorium, bridges over the Southern Railway, expanded parks and schools, and a modern mass transit terminal. The scheme emphasizes traffic relief, new arterials, and a centralized civic complex to guide growth over two decades.
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ED Kemp
High Point
Morris-Knowles Engineers
Pittsburgh
Southern Railway
School Sparks
Chestnut
West Green Streets
Hamilton Street
Montlieu Avenue
Davis Street
Kearns Street
Centennial Avenue
Perry Street
Mangum Avenue
Green Street
Springfield Avenue
Ward Street
Ward and Kearns Street
Highland Avenue
H.p.t.&d
Furniture Exposition
Post Office
Main Street
Civic Center
Municipal Auditorium
English, Allied
Chestnut Streets
Large Areas To Be Opened To Industry By Ordinance
The city plans a comprehensive rezoning ordinance by Morris Knowles engineers to shift select residential zones to industrial use. Public inspection of maps at City Hall will run 15 days before a public hearing at Tuesday’s council meeting. The proposal aims to foster industrial expansion while preserving residential blocks, with no retroactive changes to existing homes.
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Morris-Knowles
Pittsburgh
Grover H. Jones
Jones
J. D. Cox
City Planning and Zoning Commission
City Planning Committee
O. A. Kirkman
Kirkman
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Order of Elks
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City Parks Commission
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