Reserve Unit Seeks Recruits For Six Month Plan
The 325th Chemical Company of the Army Reserve announces openings for men who have served active duty and those seeking to enter under a six month reserve program. Lt J Van Boyles urges interested applicants to contact the unit. The program allows six months on active duty then return to home town duty with the unit, plus weekly reserve meetings and annual summer camps. Meetings are Tuesday evenings at the Reserve Center on Lexington Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
325Th Chemical Company
United States Army Reserve
J. van Boyles
Army Reserve
Boyles
Reserve Center
Lexington Avenue
Clinic Postponed at Archdale School
Pre school clinic scheduled for Thursday at Archdale School has been postponed indefinitely and will be rescheduled later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archdale
Archdale School
Fireman Given Demerits For Off Duty Drag Race
Bobby Gray Cook a Greensboro fireman received 500 demerits from the city Civil Service Commission after an off duty drag racing incident with Philip Pilcher. The pair, convicted in municipal court, had their active sentences suspended for five years on payment of fines and costs and a 12 month motor vehicle ban. Cook apologized to city officials in a letter and the case is considered closed pending his resignation consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro Superior Court
Civil Service Commission
Bobby Gray Cook
Route 1
Kernersville
C.S. Canady
Canady
Cook
Philip P. Pilcher
Dayton St
Red Road
Greensboro
Hampton Howerton Jr
L. Richardson Preyer
Pilcher
Condi
Fire Department
Ministers Back High Point Human Relations Committee
The High Point Ministerial Alliance endorsed the Advisory Committee on Human Relations formed after protests over lunch counter seating. Clergy urged public support for the panel and its aim to study inequities and recommend just, progressive solutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Ministerial Alliance
Jess Washburn
Washburn
Committee On Human Relations
Ice Patch Blamed In Accident Involving Three Cars
Ice on South Main Street caused a three car collision at 8 a.m. with no injuries and about 400 dollars in damage. Os involved were William Thomas Jackson Kate Forrest Hilton and James Roger Proctor. Police cited no one for the first crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Main St
William Thomas Jackson
Brookdale Drive
Kate Forrest Hilton
Stratford Road
James Roger Proctor
Abbie Avenue
South Main
Jackson
Hilton Auto
Hilton
Proctor
James Samuel Upton
Textile Street
St. John Street
Clarence Currie Sholar
East Washington Street
Sholar
Upton
English and
Prospect
Paul Wesley Myers
Princeton Street
Billy Don Adams
Route 4
Myers
English Street
Adams
Dempsey
Sam Harris
Mobile Street
Evelyn Alexander Marley
Rockford Road
N. Main
Four Recommendations Hinson Proposes Changes In City Government
Retiring High Point city manager Hinson endorses a four point plan as Harold Cheek becomes city manager. Reforms include splitting utilities into water sewer and electrical departments, limiting Civil Service powers, creating a separate engineering unit, and placing the clerk treasurer under the manager. Hinson praises Lois Smith and signals retirement then consulting role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest Cates
Enterprise
High Point
T. E. Hinson
Harold R. Cheek
Ohio
Hinson
Utilities Department
General Assembly
High Point Civil Service Commission
Council Today
Lois Smith
Snow Near Forecast With Temperature Turnaround
Forecaster at Friendship predicts increasing clouds with sleet or snow possible tomorrow night. Daytime highs expected between 35 and 40 as today’s 33 is noted. Tonight’s low near 12 to 15 degrees. Snow possible again Thursday turning to rain with continued cold temperatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendship
High Point Council Nixes Utility Assessment Policy Change
The High Point city council voted eight to one to table a proposal to allow abeyance of water and sewer assessments on petition projects. Councilman Harry Williamson said the plan would scuttle the hard won utility policy, and ordered petitions returned to the utilities committee for further study. Council member Lynne Smith abstained, citing lax enforcement of some policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Sion
Harry Williamson
Williamson
Utilities Committee
Lynne Smith
Hig Point
Jewelry theft suspects tied to Greenville case
Witnesses unable to identify three men held in Greenville for a jewelry store theft are linked to a prior Perkinson's gem heist. Detectives in High Point view suspects in Anderson before charges of grand larceny and conspiracy. Authorities note similar methods and amounts stolen, with ties to multiple North Carolina cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perkinson
Greenville
S.C
J. D. Wade
High Point
Anderson
George Joseph Robinson
Florence
John W. Key
Burlington
Billy Joe Hargett
Cincinnati
Ohio
W. C. Johnson
Perkinson’s
Capt. Johnson
North Carolina
Prayer for Today from Claude A Broach Charlotte minister
Prayer text praising God and Jesus Christ, urging compassion and purity, and asking to keep a flame of purpose alive amid ridicule as the minister leads today. Includes attribution to Claude A Broach of St. John's Baptist Church in Charlotte North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus Christ
Claude A. Broach
Charlotte
N.C
St. John’s Baptist Church
North visitors flock to Jamestown feeding station
A terrace at W. G. Ragsdale Jr. home in Jamestown hosts a flock of evening grosbeaks, with as many as 92 birds at the station at once. Normally seen in New England, these birds rarely travel south past Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G. Ragsdale Jr
Jamestown
Ragsdale
New England States
Maryland
Alcohol Is Named As Death Cause
The death of 65 year old Edith Holt Gordon on February 7 is ruled by the medical examiner as due to isopropyl alcohol poisoning after she reportedly drank a pint of rubbing alcohol. A neighbor forced entry found Gordon dead at her Montlieu Avenue home with a cut on her inner right arm and a bloodied razor blade nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Holt Gordon
Eugene Terrell
Chapel Hill
Terrell
Gordon
Also Mentioned on This Page
Onisu
BieseWoos
Noemrasr
JUNO
Hey Leeks
Eth Lee
Su Avent Zyoou
Soams
High Point Township
No. 5
No. 20
Election Board
Ben Saunders
Saunders
Civil Service Act
Council
Mr. Cheek
Counci
Cheek
Coune
Concil
Heac
High Point Enterprise
Promise
Hubert Bryant
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!