Guilford Delegation Seeks Zoning and Civil Service Reforms
The Guilford delegation files two bills in the General Assembly. A zoning enabling act lets rural Guilford County areas petition the County Commissioners to form boundaries and zoning rules with a local zoning commission and penalties for violations. A Senate-amended carve out excludes areas within one mile of High Point and Greensboro corporate limits. A second bill would raise the local civil service commission from five to seven members, create six year terms with two-party representation, and raise compensation from two to five dollars per meeting (up to ten dollars monthly).
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guilford County
High Point Civil Service Commission
General Assembly
House of Representatives
Senate
High Point
Greensboro
Guilford
Civil Service Commission
High Point Fourth in North Carolina Building Permits
High Point ranked fourth among 10 North Carolina cities for building permit value in February. total permits issued were 1,063,935 dollars, well above Greensboro and just under the state leader Raleigh. For the first two months of 1955, High Point issued 1,409,435 dollars in permits, far above the 1954 level.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
North Carolina
Federal Reserve Bank
Richmond
Greensboro
Raleigh
Winston-Salem
Charlotte
Durham
Wilson
Rocky Mount
Asheville
Salisbury
Pre School Examination Clinics Set Schedule 1955
The Guilford County Health Department announced 1955 pre school clinics for children entering public schools next fall. Vaccinations and immunizations for diphtheria and whooping cough will be given. no physical exams. Clinics run 9 a.m. at Oak Hill Griffin Union Hill Tomlinson Ada Blair Fairview Cloverdale Leonard St Florence Brentwood Emma Blair and Johnson St Ray St schools on listed dates.
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Guilford County Health Department
Health Department
Oak Hill
Griffin
Union Hill
Tomlinson
Ada Blair
Fairview
Cloverdale
Leonard St
Florence
Brentwood
Emma Blair
Johnson St
Ray St
Council Approves Wendley Street Negro Housing Project
City Council unanimously backed a board of adjustment plan to build seven apartments on Wendley Street between Olivia and Hoover. Arch Schoch of Sanders Dallas says project cost about 100000 dollars. J W Morgan led local Negro residents opposing factions in a hour long debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Adjustment
Wendley St
J. W. Morgan
Woodbury St
Kivett Dr
Arch Schoch
Sanders Dallas
Schoch
Board of Adjustment and
City Council
Olivia
Hoover Sts
Gary Davis
Thomasville Senior Citizens Meet for Hobby Show Plans
The Thomasville Senior Citizens Club will meet at 2 p m Wednesday at the Recreation Center to finalize plans for the hobby show. The club hosted a chicken pie supper at the bathhouse last Saturday night with more than 200 attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Senior Citizens Club
High Point Liquor Referendum Debate Spurs Council Split
A High Point council session hears a large Baptist delegation protest a liquor referendum. The council votes to refer petitions and bill to a committee. Morgan presents petitions signed by about 1,000 voters seeking a vote on ABC stores locally or statewide. The Rev Woodrow Robbins and others press for a stand against liquor while council members promise further hearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest Cates
High Point
Church Peoples
Council Chamber
Council
Grover Jones
ABC
Woodrow W. Robbins
Morgan
Sue
Lquor
General Assembly
Robbins
Arthur York
New Civic Group II Organized
The Furniture City American Business Club formed last night with Arthur York Jr. elected president. Knox Walker and Charles Ivey Jr. serve as vice presidents, Murray White Jr. as bulletin editor, Tony Libertore secretary, C S Lambeth treasurer, and John Hutchens sergeant at arms. Charter board members include Roy Bradner and Garnett Pollock. Charter night is planned for Friday with national and parent organization attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Furniture City American Business Club
Arthur York Jr
New Club
Knox Walker
Charles Ivey Jr
Murray White Jr
Tony Libertore
C. S. Lambeth
John Hutchens
Ofovernors
Roy Bradner
R. L. Dean
A. G. Feldman
Paul Floyd
Dewey Hinkle
Russ Holt
Jim Horney
Clarence Hustrilid
Ken Hutchens
Robert L. Hutchens
Charles M. Ivey Jr
W. L. Jackson Jr
Bud James
Gaston Johnson
Bob Lindsay
Jim Marley
Henry Moriarty
Bill Morris
State Tax Deadline Extended to April 15
State revenue office reminds residents the filing deadline for state tax returns is now April 15 to align with federal due date. Individuals with income of at least $1,000 or married couples with $2,000 or more must file. Help available at the revenue office in the County Building basement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Revenue Office
Revenue Office
Insurance Firm Reports Best Year in 87-Year History
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co assets rose 779 million in 1954 to about 13.1 billion. New life issue reached 4.9 billion, lifting in force to nearly 60 billion. Payouts totaled 1.11 billion, with 367 million in death claims and 746 million to living policyholders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
New York
Frederic W. Ecker
New Life Insurance
Ecker
Lingerie Counselor Miss Maxine Bampie at Rogers Lingerie
Miss Maxine Bampie fashion and merchandising counselor for Rogers Lingerie will be in Tobias lingerie department all day tomorrow. She will help customers plan coordinated trousseaus and travel wardrobes and offer hints on lingerie to compliment latest styles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxine Bampie
Rogers Lingerie
Tobias
Deaths and Funerals in High Point Area
Obituary notices for Mrs. Nannie Rogers Lawson 91 of 807 Willowbrook St place service at Southside Baptist Church with burial at Mechanicsville Cemetery. Also Mrs. Mary Leach Anderson 76 of 203 Highland Ave and Mrs. Georgia Lee Grimes Medlin 84 of Park St. are noted with funeral arrangements and family details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nannie Rogers Lawson
Willowbrook St
Patrick County
Jackson
Elizabeth Clark Rogers
Joseph Albert Lawson
Southside 1Ist
Nannie Lawson
Raymond Lawson
High Point
Sarah Simmons
Alice Warren
Lilly Medlin
Mary George
West End
Southside Baptist Church
W. H. Barker
Mechanicsville Primitive Baptist Church
Mary Anderson
Mary Leach Anderson
High Point Memorial Hospital
Davie County
Charlie Spotwood Anderson
Dennis
Highland Ave
Milton M
William W. Anderson
Charles R. Anderson
Kannapolis
Mes
Georgia G
Medlin
Georgia Lee Grimes Medlin
Jeff M
Vernon Medlin
Park St
A. H. Johnson
Calvary Church of the Nazarene
D. R. Pyrtle
Star
Earl Butler
Ronald Pierce
James Grimes
Willie Grimes
Will Byerly
William Archie Medlin
Oakwood Cemeery
Celder McDowell
Greensboro
Arlington St
W. W. Hill
Florida St. Baptist Church
Glenn R. Gaffney
Elm &J. Baptist Church
J. C. Gatewood
Trinity Baptist Church
Stolen car wash brushes and hose reported in Richfield
D L Taylor of the Richfield Service Station on S Main St reported to police this morning that overnight someone stole car wash brushes and a water hose valued at an estimated amount not fully stated.
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D. L. Taylor
Richfield
S. Main St
Weather Outlook Still Unchanged
The forecast calls for today and tonight to be cloudy and mild with scattered thundershowers. Showers continue into tomorrow with continued cloudiness and mildness. Cooler temperatures expected Wednesday night. highs around 62 and a low near 48.
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High Point
Kite Contest Postponed To Saturday In Thomasville
Thomasville postpones annual kite contest to Saturday at City Memorial Park due to bad weather. Sponsored by the recreation department, the event is open to all city children and entries must be homemade. Awards will be given for several events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Saturin City Memorial Park
Nannie Doss insanity ruling halts Lexington murder trial
In Thomasville Oklahoma psychiatrists ruled Nannie Doss insane after 90 days of evaluation at Eastern State Hospital Vinita She will be committed to an asylum delaying the murder trial in the deaths of her husband Samuel Doss and her mother Lou H Hazel The confession detailed multiple poisonings including her husbands Frank Harrelson Arlie Lanning Richard Morton Sr and Samuel Doss and the mother Explore the exhumations across several states that found traces of poison in only the four husbands and the mother
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Thomasville
Nannie Doss
Davidson County
Talsa
Okla
Doss Hasen
Oklahoma
Rs Doss
Lanning
Richard L. Morton Sr
Virginia
Morton
Samuel Doss
Tulsa
Doss
North Carolina
Alabama
Oklahom
Charlie Bragg
Alabama City
Braggs
Anniston
Ala
Trinity Juniors To Present Play This Weekend
Trinity High School junior class stages Charles George comedy The Redheaded Stepchild in the school auditorium March 18-19 at 8 p.m. The plot follows Bess, daughter of financier Richard Russell, as she enters Chicago society and encounters comic misadventures. Cast includes Myra Hodges El Sumner Martha Morgan Iris Fowler Henrietta Willard Ronnie Weston Roby Evans David Sheen Doris White Margaret Lambeth Jane Honeycutt Ann Dalton.
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Trinity
Charles George
Trinity High School
Richard Russell
Chicago
Bess
Myra Hodges
el Sumner
Martha Morgan
Iris Fowler
Henrietta Willard
Ronnie Weston
Roby Evans
David Sheen
Doris White
Margaret Lambeth
Jane Honeycutt
Ann Dalton
New Business Manager For Twins Team
Johnny ONeill becomes business manager of the Winston-Salem Twins in the Carolina Baseball League succeeding Carroll Poplin who was dismissed. President Dr Vernon C Lassiter announced the change and noted the team will work with the New York Yankees this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston-Salem 2
Carroll Poplin
Johnny O'Neill
Winston Salem Twins
Carolina Baseball League
Poplin
Vernon C. Lassiter
Lassiter
Twins
O'Neill
WAIR
Concord
Waynesville
Winston-Salem
Therlington Speedway
South Car
C. R. Joyner
Cieal
Reynolds High
Luke Graham
New York Yankees
Library Extends Free Film Service To Public Groups
High Point library reports growing use of free 16 mm sound films for church civic and school groups. Since October delivering 25 films to 1 837 viewers in February, up from 7 films and 450 viewers in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Marks
North Carolina Public Libraries Association
University of North Carolina
Neal Austin
Georgia Cox
Cal
PTA
Jamestown High School
High Point
Cox
Old Knifing Case Heard By Court
In Superior Court in Wadesboro Samuel Horne, a war veteran, faced assault with a deadly weapon charges after a knifing incident in a girl's apartment. Testimony linked a night of arguments to knife wounds on Clarence Diggs, while Horne claimed no knowledge of the attacker. He received a suspended sentence and fines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sammy
Wadesboro
Samuel Horne
Clarence Diggs
Horne
Diggs
Axms
Korea
W. C. Hall
Albertson Ad
Dan M. Oakley
Hall
Oakley
Donald Leroy Thomas
James Cornell
J. L. Whitworth
H. L. Davis
Eugene Williams
Robert Lee Saunders
Sokal “Sbwelton
Greyieuster
Also Mentioned on This Page
City Banks
Assembly
New Civic Group II
Insurance Company
Neace McDowell
Glenn Cricfield
Taylor
Cricfield
Granville House Inc
High’ Point
Sedgefield
Judson Smith
Crichfield
Sedgefield Club
Janet Langley
Lexington
Trinity Juniors
Austin
UNC Extension Division
India
British Isles
Britain
Italy
Visualizorm
Arthur Honegger
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