Man Charged With Violation After Crash
Police charged George Thomas Russell 78 of Pershing Street with running a red light after a three car wreck at the intersection of Montlieu Avenue and North Hamilton Street yesterday. Russell's eastbound car struck Pete Coleman Woods 72 of Oneka Street, sending Woods' car into Jerry Paul Sink 19 of Thomasville. Damages were $75, $175 and $200 respectively.
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George Thomas Russell
Pershing Street
Montlieu Avenue
N. Hamilton Street
Russell
Montlieu
Hamilton Street
Pete Coleman Woods
Oneka Street
Woods
Jerry Paul Sink
Thomasville
Byerly
Eight Enlist In Air Force From Local Offices
Sgt. Al Martin announced eight men enlisted in February through the local Air Force office. From High Point Ronnie Knight Charles Mc Bride Donnie Shean enlisted in mechanical and administrative fields. Thomasville recruits include R C Goggins John Harris in mechanical and R D Jordan in general technical. Lexington native Joel Perrell qualifying for Officer Training School and George Tesh Jr. enlisted in mechanical. The buddy plan may allow enlistees to train together in the same unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Martin
Air Force
High Point
Ronnie Knight
Charles McBride
Donnie Shean
Thomasville
R. C. Coggins
John Harris
R. D. Jordan
Joel Perrell
Lexington
Wake Forest
George Tesh Jr
Sgt
Martin
Poll Books Rejected for City Election Voting
The city election board yesterday rejected a request to keep poll books at polling places as GOP leaders argued for paper ballots and machine voting. Eshelman claimed board authority to maintain poll lists, but the board and chairman Keziah refused. Officials said punch-card machines will allow straight party voting in the May 7 city election and emergency paper ballots will be available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Keziah
U. 1
Cuess
Eshelman
Sjers
Election Board
Land City
GOP
John Eshelman
Keziah
Furniture Shipments Rise for Sixteenth Month
The Southern Furniture Manufacturers Assn reports January shipments up 12 percent from January 1962 and new orders also up 12 percent, with total orders 54.3 percent higher than December. Unfilled orders at end of January are 11.5 percent ahead of last year. The survey covers furniture producers in the Southeastern states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Furniture Manufacturers Assn
Officials Held For Spreading False Report
In Pampayaca Peru officials were ordered arrested for circulating a false report that 300 people were killed by landslides last week. Col Jesus Navarro said the tale was meant to scare villagers into moving within the town.
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Lima
Peru
Adean
Pampayaca
Jesus Navarro
Apurimaca
Center To Begin Two New Classes
Guilford Industrial Education Center will start stenography and drafting classes by April 15 under the Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962. Registration is open at Greensboro or High Point ESC offices. Stenography runs 34 weeks. drafting lasts one year. about 30 students in stenography and 20 in drafting.
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Jamestown
Guilford Industrial Education Center
Bruce Roberts
Ed Kemp
Guilford Coun
N. C. Employment Security Commission
Greensboro
High Point
Ralph Miller
High Point Esc
ESC
Roberts
Violinist Walton to Perform at Wesley Memorial Chapel
Violinist Frank L. Walton from Philadelphia appears in a Sunday program at Wesley Memorial Methodist Church chapel starting at 4 o'clock. Organist Carroll S. Feagins also participates. Walton is a Guilford College junior who studied at Curtis Institute 1952 1959 and debuted with the Philadelphia Orchestra at age 12. The program features Handel Veracini Bach Vitali Paderewski Corelli and Peeters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank L. Walton
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Carroll S. Feagins
Walton
Philadelphia
Guilford College
Piedmont North Carolina
Curtis Institute of Music
Philadelphia Orchestra
Handel
Veracini
Bach
Vitali
Paderewski
Corelli
Peeters
Heavy Rains Cause Motor To Short In Thomasville
Last night’s heavy rains triggered the Thomasville Fire Department to respond to a furnace motor failure at 431 Lexington Ave. The motor shorted due to water in the basement. firefighters shut off the switch and await further repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Lexington Ave
Questioning Edges Through Hosiery Patent Trial
In Greensboro the hosiery patent suit heads into its 13th day as defense lawyer David Rabin questions Robert Burns on toe closure in sewing machines. Plaintiffs' counsel object to repetitive lines of inquiry, warning the trial could last into Christmas 1964. The case involves Adams-Millis Corp and others versus Melrose and several North Carolina mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
David Rabin
Robert Burns
Burns
Rabin
Melrose Hosiery Mills
Welch Jordan
Guilford County
L. Richardson Preyer
Hosiery Mills
Adams- Millis Corp
High Point
Bear Brand Hosiery Co
Illinois
James L. Getaz
Frank DeLong
Silver Knit
Melrose
Crown
Harriss & Covington
Amos Hosiery Mills
Lemco Hosiery Mill
Burlington
High Pointers Back State Board Request in Raleigh
A High Point delegation and local Retarded Children group support the State Hospitals Board of Control as it asks the Joint Appropriations Committee for more aid. They note reduced attendants, often 50 to 60 children per staffer, limiting individual care and outdoor recreation due to budget cuts. The meeting is in the State House on Thursday at 3 p.m. with other communities joining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Hospitals Board of Control
Joint Appropriations Committee
Raleigh
Taylor Kennerly
the Assn
Advisory Budget Commission
State House
High Point
Weather outlook cooler with sun and wind
The weatherman forecasts mostly fair and windy conditions today and tonight with a high near 60 and a low around 32. Thursday will be sunny and cooler with a high about 50, and Friday expects partly cloudy skies with moderate temperatures.
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Friendship Weatherman
Owner Seeks Tools Lost On Walnut Street
Police seek the owner of a box of carpenter tools found scattered along Walnut Street after an apparent fall from a truck. The tools in an unpainted tin box will be returned to the rightful owner upon proper identification.
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Walnut Street
Local Youth Wins Morehead Scholarship To UNC
Senior James Allison Shivers of High Point Central High School is among 53 recipients of a Morehead Scholarship to the University of North Carolina. Each $5100 four year award honors merit, leadership and character. Powell of Thomasville also receives a Morehead Scholarship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Central High School
Morehead
University of North Carolina
James Allison Shivers
B. G. Shivers
Ferndale Dr
North Carolina
John Motley Morehead
Scholarship Fund
Robert Stone Powell Jr
R. S
Central High School
Shivers
Marshal
National Honor Society
National Science Foundation
Powell
Thomasville Senior High School
Chapel Hill
James Eugene Snyder Jr
J. E. Snyder
Lexington
David Morris McFadden
C. M. McFadden
Asheboro
Two Teens Charged in License Tag Thefts
Calvin Branica 17 of Kivett Court and Julius Knight were charged with larceny of temporary license tags. Branica allegedly stole a tag from Knight who then faced charges for stealing from Buster Cox Used Cars. Bond for Branica set at 500 with Municipal Court trial March 4. Knight’s trial scheduled the same day.
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Calvin Branica
Kivett Court
Julius Knight
Hilltop Street
Knight
Buster Cox
Branica
Gladys Thomas
Donald Dixon
Welch Motor Co
Jackie Edward Legrand
Hendley Street
Beulah Roebuck
Legrand
Brenda Sellers
Downing Street
Flooded Heater Triggers Alarm at Residence and Plant
Firemen on Lindsay Street at 2:26 p.m. investigated a flooded oil circulator with no fire damage. An automatic alarm at the industrial plant corner of E Russell and Tate Streets sounded at 6:30 a.m. with no fire.
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Lindsay Street
E. Russell and
Tate Streets
Columbus Boychoir Concert Planned at Memorial Auditorium
The Columbus Boychoir from Princeton New Jersey will perform Monday at 8 30 p m in Memorial Auditorium at High Point College as the third concert of the season The Columbus Boychoir began in 1940 in Columbus Ohio and later moved to Princeton to Albemarle Estate The choir now tours nationally with 26 voices under Donald T Bryant and offers intensive musical and academic training
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Columbus Boychoir
Princeton
N. J
Memorial Auditorium
High Point College
Columbus
Ohio
Herbert Huffman
Broad Street Church
New York
Town Hall
Lambert
Albemarle
Donald T. Bryant
Huffman
Boys ‘Choir School
Columbus Boys Choir
Lenten Film Series Slated By Grace Lutheran Church
Grace Lutheran Church in High Point will screen a series of sound color films depicting Jesus life during Lent. Each 15 minute film uses scripture narrative and dialogue. Tonight features Thirty Pieces of Silver with further titles scheduled on March 13 20 27 and April 11 12 and an Easter showing The Lord is Risen with time to be announced.
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Notion
Jesus
Grace Lutheran
Gethsemane
Pilate
I Lord
Tomlinson Praises Public Schools Quality Citizens Theme
W A Tomlinson chair of the High Point board of Education spoke to the American Business Club on the value of public schools in shaping citizens. He reviewed local educational history, dropout rates, teacher salaries, and curricula, noting six new schools in ten years and six more needed soon.
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High Point
W. A. Tomlinson
High Point Board of Education
Tomlinson
Board of Education
No Price Increase Blocked in Mexico Bottling Prices
Mexico City AP The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has refused bottlers permission to raise soft drink prices by half a cent on standard bottles and a cent on the large size.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Ministry of Commerce and Industry
February Building Permits Report Shows Activity Totals
The building inspector issued 27 new permits in February with 220187 dollars in new construction. Of these 27, 15 were residential at about 8700 dollars per home and 12 non residential at about 90137 dollars. Thirty four repair and alteration permits were granted for 111435 dollars. Fees collected totaled 457 in the building office 477.43 in electrical and 284 in plumbing.
Thomasville Senior Wins Pfeiffer College Trustee Scholarship
Patricia Gaitherene Tucker, a Thomasville High School senior, received a Pfeiffer College Trustee Scholarship worth $1,000 for four years. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Tucker Sr. and will enter Pfeiffer College in Misenheimer this fall. Announcement was made by Kenneth D. Holshouser, chair of the Pfeiffer scholarship committee. The award is based on high school record exam results and interviews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Patricia Gaitherene Tucker
Pfeiffer College
J. R. Tucker
Tucker
Misenheimer School
Kenneth D. Holshouser
Officer Withdraws His Resignation After Court Fine
A police officer from N Hamilton Street, eight years on the force, withdrew his resignation after stating personal reasons. He had resigned following a court fine for not testifying in a drunkenness case involving Jimmy L. Squires. Squires was convicted without Howell’s testimony and faced separate sentences. The judge postponed further action to allow Howell to be investigated by superiors.
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E. W. Howell
N. Hamilton Street
Squires
Byron Haworth
Howell
Haworth
Jimmy L. Squires
Montlieu Avenue
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Elections Board
General Assembly
Frank L, Walton
Joe Brown
Enterprise
Post Office
Powell Sr
Stone St
Robert Stone Powell
High Point Enterprise
Church
AB Club
O.A. Kirkman
Southern Furniture Exposition
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