Extra CBD meeting tickets issued for downtown overhaul
Additional sealing space is arranged for Thursday's Down town Development event with new tickets sold first come first served. Tickets are at the Chamber of Commerce Merchants Assn or Dick Meisky at Central Savings Bank for a 6 30 p m Masonic Temple meeting launching a proposed downtown business district rebuild and committee work.
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Chamber of Commerce
Merchants Assn
Dick Meisky
Central Savings Bank
Masonic Temple
Petitions Push Tobacco Tax to Aid North Carolina Schools
High Point residents circulate petitions calling for a tobacco tax to fund school improvements. Arthur Lyon says he will present petitions to state legislators in Raleigh and bring points to the Monthieu Avenue School PTA meeting. The group seeks equalized property evaluations, argues tobacco should be taxed, and states the public deserves full details of the federal education program.
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North Carolina
High Point
Arthur Lyon
Raleigh
Monthieu Avenue
PTA
Lyon
United Forces For Education
Sanford
Detweiler Named Head Of Piedmont Industries
Alan W. Detweiler president of Continental Furniture Co. of High Point was elected head of Piedmont Associated Industries at a fifth annual meeting held at Sedgefield Manor. A slate of new officers and directors from Greensboro and Jamestown were chosen by acclamation as Miss Jane Stewart of Group Attitudes Corp. urged better management employee communication.
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Jane Stewart
Piedmont Associated Industries
Sedgefield
Rex Thorne
Frank Warren
Alan W. Detweiler
Continental Furniture Co
High Point
Detweiler
New York
Group Attitudes Corp
Sedgefield Manor
Charles S. Wilkins
Greensboro
J. D. Wilkins Co
Jamestown
Union Bay - Camp Paper Corp
O. Arthur Kirkman
Hpt&d Railroad Co. Measurable
Prayer Note From James R McCain
The message expresses gratitude to God for the ability to pray at all times and to be heard by a divine presence. It praises God’s attention to countless prayers in many languages and acknowledges access through Jesus Christ.
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Jesus Christ
James Ross McCain
Decatur, Ga
Agnes Scott College
Cause Found Fatal Accident Case Is Heard
A 21 year old man Thomas Edward Morton was bound over to Superior Court on a man slaughter charge after a New Year Eve crash on English Street. Morton and passenger Ray Jackson Walker died from injuries and the crash involved a fire hydrant and downed telephone pole in rainy conditions.
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English Street
High Point
Superior Court
Byron Haworth
Municipal Court
Thomas Edward Morton
Valley Ridge Drive
Young Morton
Baptist Hospital
Ray Jackson Walker
Ashburn Street
Morton
Walker
Denton
Englishtrees
Janitor bound for trial in bold safe cracking tale
Major Short 22 of Gordy Street was bound over to Superior Court on grand larceny breaking and entering and larceny and receiving charges. He claimed two white men held him at gunpoint forced him to crack the High Point Lanes safe and steal $200 from a restaurant cash register. Police later recovered the money after Short confessed. The tale drew skepticism from officers and a veteran detective who said the story was too detailed to be true.
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Superior Court
Major Short
Gordy Street
Byron Haworth
Municipal Court
Short
High Point
Ofcess
Shorts
Young Democrats Seek City Council Nominee Amid Filing Rush
Forrest Cates reports Democrats search for a second candidate as six contenders bid for four council posts. Sidney Gayle declines due to business, while Bob Amos Jr. is unavailable. Primary set for April 18 with May 2 election date. GOP slate led by Lawrence Hancock already announced.
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Forrest Cates
Enterprise City
Jake Froelich
Sidney Gayle
Bob Amos Jr
Gayle
Hubert Bryant
Carson Stout
Lawrence Hancock
Local Legion To Host Central North Carolina Rally
The I. T. Mann Post No. 87 in High Point will host a Central North Carolina American Legion rally this Saturday. Clarence C. Boyan, the local chairman, announced the Go-Getters banquet for about 300 Legionnaires. Adam J. Whitley Jr. will preside as department vice commander. state officers S. Marvin Burton and Nash D. McKee are expected to attend.
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I. T. Mann
American Legion
High Point
North Carolina
Clarence C. Boyan
Department of North Carolina
Adam J. Whitley Jr
Smithfield
S. Marvin Burton
Charlotte
Nash D. McKee
Raleigh
North Carolina American Legion
Brush Fire Extinguished in Thomasville Areas
Firemen answered two calls yesterday a brush fire and a blaze at L R Jarretts Tay lor Street residence attributed to an electrical wire shortage. The second fire started from burning trash on property owned by John Brinkley at Jacob and Davidson Streets.
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Thomasville
L. R. Jarrett
Taylor Street
Jarrett
John Brinkley
Jacob and
Davidson Street
Mild Weather Continues With Pleasant Skies Ahead
Forecasters at the Friendship Weather Station predict mild, pleasant conditions through Thursday. Today will be partly cloudy with a high near 67 and a low around 40, while Wednesday offers sunny skies and another high of 67. Thursday stays fair and mild following a 72 degree high yesterday.
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Friendship
Kite Day in Thomasville at Memorial Park
Saturday is kite day in Thomasville with all children invited to Memorial Park. The City Recreation Department sponsors the event which begins at 10 a.m. and ends when the children tire of flying kites.
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Thomasville
Memorial Park
City Recreaton Department
Women Are Hurled Through Windshield In Highway Crash
Two High Point women were hospitalized after a collision on Highway 29 70 near the Kivett Drive overpass. Willa Moretz and Dixie Lee McWhirter suffered severe facial and head lacerations when they were thrown against and through the windshield. Driver William J. Flowers escaped with chest pain and was not admitted. The incident occurred around 1 30 p m as their car left the road and plunged down an embankment two miles north of the overpass.
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High Point
Willa Moretz
Wise Street
Dixie Lee McWhirter
Gatewood Avenue
Lynwood Johnson
William J. Flowers
Rt. 1
Pleasant Garden
Kivett Drive
Moretz
Flowers
Johnson
Insurance Executive Succumbs in Asheville After Illness
J. Frank Marshall 78, longtime Metropolitan Life district manager and insurance leader, died in an Asheville hospital after several months of illness. He organized regional associations, led life underwriters, and retired in 1947. Funeral services set for Trinity Episcopal Church Asheville with burial in Oakwood Memorial Cemetery. Memorials directed to Cancer Fund.
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J. Frank Marshall
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Asheville
Richard W. Marshall
High Point
Trinity Episcopal Church
Oakwood Memorial Cemetery
William Price
St. Mary's Episcopal Church
Cancer Fund
Marshall
Kansas City
Wilmington
Del
Harve de Grace
Spartanburg
S. C
Birmingham
Ala
Rotary Club
Life Underwriters’ Assn
South Carolina
Down Town Club
Mountain City Club
William Hix
Austin
Texas
William Strake
Riverside
Calif
Leck Onear
Phoenix
Ariz
Donald Steele
Delray Beach
Fla
Charles Spriggs
Grairs Mills
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Stewart
T. Lynwood Smith
James Lambeth
David Cox
Piedmont Industries
Miss Stewart
Youngstown
New Yorker
Employes
A. Hi
Bunk” Parker
Kirkman
Parker
Association
Alan Detweiler
Drayer
Young Democrats
Stout and
Bryant
Roy Culler
Froelich
W. J. Kiser
J. B. Phillips
Perry Little
Angus Sargeant
Phillips
Hancock
Robert Davis
James Eagie
Floyd Mehan
James Stanley
Davis
High Point Enterprise
Wnfait
Gilbert Scott
Yester
Darrell Shives
Allen Jay School
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