Adams Memorial YWCA Cornerstone Dedicated in High Point
About 200 people attended the cornerstone ceremony for the Adams Memorial YWCA on Gatewood Avenue High Point. Mrs. Charles W. Tillett of Charlotte gave the principal address, with Mrs. Charles Reddick leading the invocation and John Adams Watkins placing the cornerstone alongside contractor J Roy Graham and architect Leon A Schute. The event included a dedication service in the all purpose room, remarks by Gen Capus Waynick and Mayor Jess Washburn, and tours of the new building. The week includes a speech by Mrs Grace Canis Elliott and a Y Teen Recognition Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Reddick
John Adams Watkins
Adams Memorial Ywca
Charles W. Tillett
Charlotte
National Democratic Committee
United Nations Commission On the Status of Women
The
Gatewood Avenue
N. Main Street
Edward L. Grimsley
Fletcher Howard
High Point Ministerial Alliance
Adams Ywca
J. Roy Graham
Leon A. Schute
YWCA
Charles McAnally
W. Howard Cobl
J. W. Lindsay
Capus M. Waynick
Tillett
High Point
Gen. Waynick
Gladys Tillett
Commission On the Status of Women For the
Geneva
United Nations
Holt McPherson
Enterprise
Lindsay
McPherson
W. Green Street
New
Y Organization
Jess Washburn
Clarice Bowman
High Point College
Grace Canis Elliott
Alice Caldwell
Guilford County to receive federal food aid program
Guilford County will participate in the federal surplus commodity program to aid needy residents. About 15 000 Guilford residents may receive weekly food allotments by April 1 with essentials like flour and dry milk. 8 400 current welfare recipients become eligible automatically. The county will set up distribution points in Greensboro and High Point and cover freight costs from Raleigh.
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Forrest Cates
Enterprise
Greensboro
Guilford County
Board of County Commissioners
L. M. Thompson
Guilford
North Carolina
Guilfordians
Thompson
High Point
Raleigh
Lloyd Amos
Carson Bain
Concrete Bid Debate At Guilford County School Board
Counsels for the ready mixed concrete industry pressed the Guilford County Board of Education to open bidding on concrete work for proposed high schools. The board postponed a decision, sending the matter to the county engineer after noting bids are due in six weeks.
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Guilford
Leonard
Howard F. Carr
Carr
George B. Rattman
Rattman
John Hardy
Jamestown
High Point City
Hardy
Florence School
Actor Changes Mind About Sitting In Jail
Frog Millhouse known as Smiley Burnette was freed on $300 bond in Milton Florida after protesting a license and tax fee law for outdoor acts. He argued no admission was charged and was arrested Saturday for violating the statute.
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Milton, Fla
Frog Millhouse
Florida
Gene Autry
Smiley Burnette
Millhouse
Weather outlook calls for warm, showery period
The forecaster predicts continued warmth with scattered showers tonight. Temperatures will range from a high of 78 to a low of 62, with tomorrow reaching 75 before more thundershowers. The five day outlook shows 8 to 10 degrees above normal, rain above normal in the mountains, near normal elsewhere, and mountain rainfall around an inch with coast at about a half inch.
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Friendship
Mercury
Man Held After Bloody Assault In High Point
Police arrest 23 year old Jacob Delano Moore on a blood tied assault that left Lacy Wall of Cedar Street badly injured with a severely damaged hand. Wall was rushed to High Point Memorial Hospital where surgery followed and his condition improved from critical. Officers Howell and Gooden applied a tourniquet preventing further loss of blood. Moore is jailed without bond with a March 13 Municipal Court hearing pending details of the dispute.
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Jacob Delano Moore
Kivett Drive
Lacy Wall
Cedar Street
Wall
Meredith Street
Bill Howell
Robert Gooden
High Point Memorial Hospital
Gooden
Howell
Jake Moore
Moore
Pearl Myers
S. Main Street
Curtis Ray Presley
King Street
Presley
Myers
Paul E. Dickens
Rosa Lee Gripper
Willis Street
Dickens
Joe Dunn
Tate Street
Baxter Tysinger
Flerham Avenue
Paul McCoy
Olga Street
Samuel Gray
Olivia Street
Emmett L. Steele
Weekend Accidents Damage 10 Autos in High Point
Ten vehicles sustained about 1425 dollars in damage after six weekend crashes in High Point. No injuries reported. Several drivers faced court citations including Chester Small Emery Suits Covington Melton and Thomas Almond among others.
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High Point
Chester Davis Small
Ennis Street
Emery Thomas Suits
Ingram Road
Thomas Lyles Arnold
Covington Melton
E. High Street
Stout Files For Mayor As Campaign Opens
Carson Stout filed for mayor with about 20 supporters at the election board. He paid the filing fee of five silver dollars handed to Justice of the Peace Lee J. Young. Opposition so far comes from Hubert Bryant, with Democrats courting more candidates for council seats. Republicans plan a 7:30 p.m. rally Tuesday to announce their full slate.
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Carson Stout
Election Board
Justice of the Peace
Lee J. Young
Stout
Dave Neill
Walter Crissman
J. W. Morgan
Clyde Martin
T. M. Bell
Hubert Bryant
W. J. Kiser
Jake Froelich Jr
Angus Sargeant
Roy B. Culler
Perry P. Little
Prayer for TODAY from Berkeley pastor at Pacific School of Religion
A daily prayer request seeks divine light to guide the speaker and brighten faces and hearts. The text credits Stuart LeRoy Anderson of Berkeley California as president of the Pacific School of Religion.
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Christ
Stuart LeRoy Anderson
Berkeley
Calif
Pacific School of Religion
Two Institutional Permits Boost Local Building Totals
The building inspector issued two institutional permits to the High Point School Board totaling 165000 for additions to Boundary Street and Montlieu Avenue schools. Three residential permits followed for homes on Carter Street Westover Drive and Forest View totaling 28500 with four five and six room layouts. Repairs added 10192 to bring the weekly total to 204192.
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High Point School
Boundary Street
Montlieu Avenue School
Carter St
J. K. Cole
J. J. White Jr
Westover Drive
Forest View
Lowell W. Plunkett
Drexel May Acquire Southern Desk Company
Drexel Enterprises may acquire Southern Desk Co in Hickory via a stock exchange. Talks are in progress to determine advisability, with Southern Desk to operate as an autonomous unit if merged. Southern Desk manufactures school church library and laboratory furniture and is a major institutional furniture maker.
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Stock Exchange
Southern Desk Co
Hickory
Drexel Enterprises
Drexel
Southern Desk
Southern Desk Company
United States
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New Ywca
Gatewood
Dale Bayles
Ed Grimsley
J. W. Lindsay Sr
Gladys
By Braxton Younts
Stone
Amos
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Hazlip’s Funeral Home
Meredith St
Thomas Michael Gurley
Westwood Avenue
Small
Gurley
Westchester
W. Burton Street
Burton[Westchester
Charles Austin Cashatt
Rt. 1
Suits
Suit
Cashatt
Clayton Eugene Wampler
Pinegrove Drive
Wampler
Floyd James Trivett Jr
Larkin Street
Trivett
Thomas Lyles Almond
Young Almond
Clara Owenby Hardy
Woodridge Avenue
E. Parkway
Hamilton Street
Almond
Hicle
James Silvester Whitesell
Liberty Road
Whitesell
S. Maine Street
Melton
Main Street
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