Forger Kennedys Schooling Prompted Guilty Plea Mocked
Judge Gwyn pressed Henry Kennedy and Glenn Lawson on forgeries in High Point Superior Court. Kennedy, 43, admitted cashing three $35 checks but said he could not write, while Lawson, 29, faced checks totaling $37 and received a suspended sentence after details on his past crimes surfaced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Bickerton
Allen H. Gwyn
Reidsville
High Point Superior Court
Henry Kennedy
Thomasville
Glenn Kyle Lawson
Pulaski
Gwynn
Kennedy
Lawson
E. E. Younts
Gwyn
High Point
Kornegay
Leavenworth
Husband Detained As Wife Faints In Court Drama
A pregnant wife eight months along collapsed beside her husband in Superior Court after Judge Allen Gwyn ordered Kenneth Hall into sheriff's custody. Hall, 27, faced two breaking and entering charges and one for burglary tools, with his attorney entering guilty pleas to the former and no contest to the latter. Hall was to be sentenced, while his wife was treated and sent home from High Point Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Gwyn
Kenneth Hall
Odgen Street
Hall
High Point Memorial Hospital
Louis Fisher
Greensboro Road
MacLean B. Leath
N. Main Street
Fisher
Clyde Sechrest
Gwyn
Sanitary district proposal eyed for Jamestown Sedgefield area
Guilford County Commissioners hear a plan for a cooperative sanitary drainage district with High Point. Residents would vote on water and sewer bonds before any action. A Deep River fire district vote is set for April 30 along the county line north of High Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Jamestown - Sedgefield
Guilford
William Ragsdale
High Point
Ragsdale
Deep River
Council Meet Set Tonight In Thomasville
Thomasville city council meets tonight two days early with several members out of town. The agenda includes fishing regulations for the Thomasville Lexington reservoir and a public hearing on the subdivision ordinance scheduled for Thursday night will be postponed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Bill Green
Thomasville - Lexington
Lexington
Green
Library Board Deadlocked On Appointment
Thomasville voices a deadlock over appointing a new county librarian. Curtis Fields said a decision was not reached, with next meeting set for May 9. Antoinette Earle resigned Feb 1. acting librarian is Alice Newell who seeks the permanent post, joined by Mary Green Matthews as another candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Davidson County
Alice Newell
Lexington
Mary Green Matthews
Bailey resigns as North Carolina prison director to enter private business
William F. Bailey, who led North Carolina prisons to separation from the Highway Commission, resigns as State Prisons director effective April 1. George Randall is mentioned as a possible replacement. Bailey cites an opportunity in private business. Governor Hodges praises Bailey’s leadership during the department’s early independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina
The
Highway Commission
William F. Bailey
High Point
George Randall
Iredell County
Paroles Board
Bailey
Hodges
Washington, N.C
Lina Garibaldi
Matthews
Prison Commission
Randall
Luther Hodges
Polite Bandits Face Trial On Robbery Charge
Willie Carlton Turner and Angelo Caruana, both Greensboro men, were bound over to Superior Court on robbery with firearms charges after a failed stick up at the Guy Hill Grocery on Kivett Drive. They were held on bonds of 1500 dollars each awaiting the next Superior Court term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Court
Willie Carlton Turner
Angelo Caruana
Greensboro
Guy Hill
Kivett Drive
Hill
Downtown High Point plans shown to businessmen
Nearly 100 leaders from the Merchants Association Downtown Development Committee and Real Estate Board heard Acting City Planner Bert Winterbottom outline a long range plan to modernize and beautify High Point's downtown district. Slides traced Kalamazoo's progress as a model and stressed public and private cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cbd
Central Business District
Ed. Mendenhall
J.W.P. Mooney Enterprise
High Point
Merchants’ Assn
Downtown Development Committee
Real Estate Board
Sheraton Hotel
Bert A. Winterbottom
Kalamazoo
Ed Mendenhall
Driving Charge Leads to Mixed Sentences in Superior Court
Sammy Evans, 26, of Hoskins Street, received a six month active sentence for driving during license revocation, with two additional six month suspended terms on related charges. A five year operating ban was imposed conditionally. Herbert H. Gilley, 31, of Green Street, also faced a suspended term on appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Walls
Bundy Road
Allen H. Gwyn
Reidsville
Sammy Evans
Hoskins Street
Evans
Municipal Court
Herbert H. Gilley
Green Street
Neighborhood pool project wins council approval
High Point moves to back a privately owned community swimming pool in Wendover Hills. Promoters plan to form a corporation to own and run the pool with financing from residents. Three city lots on Whitehall Street will be auctioned with a start bid of 1000 dollars, site at the corner of Whitehall and Sherbrook streets. The pool would open by July. The details were discussed at today’s City Council session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Wendover Hills
John Haworth
Whitehall Street
Whitehall and
Sherbrook Streets
Haworth
Guard Report Details Snow Deep Enough to Veil 10-Wheeler
National Guardsmen battle extreme snow in the northwest counties to deliver coal and fuel to stranded families near Newland and Boone. Major David Hodgin says High Point units sent the largest detachment, with 21 volunteers and three coal trucks aiding rescue efforts from Wilkesboro. The convoy faced ice and deep drifts on a 40 mile run, then headed to Winston Salem to haul hay for cattle as jeeps operate from West Jefferson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
David Hodgin
High Point Guard
Northwest
Wilkesboro
Newland
Boone
Grandfather Mountain
Winston-Salem
West Jef
Central Control in Mountain Snow Operation
Major Hodgin reports Jersop unit delivering food and fuel to homes in the mountains. Troops sleep at the Baptist Church and eat at the Methodist Church in West Jefferson. High Point radio truck serves as central control linking jeeps and guard units statewide. Work expected to finish by Sunday unless heavier snow falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersop
Major Hodgin
West Jefferson
High Point Guard
Hodgin
Deep Freeze Nearing End Forecast Clears Weather Woes
Weatherman at Friendship says a warmup is coming as the deep freeze ends. Rain moves in this evening and lingers overnight into Wednesday morning with partial clearing by afternoon. Thursday promises warmth and partial cloudiness with highs around 45.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendship
Prayer Resisted Pressure in Community by Retired Editor
A prayer asks God for grace to resist evil pressures in the community and to stay loyal to Christ. The caller is Lyndon B. Phifer of Tallahassee Florida, a retired Methodist editor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus Christ
Lyndon B. Phifer
Tallahassee
Fla
Roberts Named Editor of Charity and Children
John F. Roberts was named editor of Charity and Children and director of public relations for Baptist Children's Homes of North Carolina. The announcement was made Monday by Dr. John Wayland after trustees met with Roberts and superintendent Dr. W. R. Wagoner. Roberts, 33, will begin around June 1 and brings credit for journalism and public relations work at Gardner Webb College and experience with Gastonia publications and the Gastonia City Schools. He succeeds J. Marie Grant as editor, while Dr. Norfleet Gardner serves as acting editor. Roberts will lead a new public relations program for Mills Home in Thomasville Kennedy Home in Kinston and Odum Home in Pembroke, serving over 450 children plus 150 foster care. He is married to Helen Goodwin Roberts of Greenville and they have four children.
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Thomasville
John FE. Roberts
Charity and Children
Baptist Children’s Homes of
North Carolina
John Wayland
Wake Forest
Roberts
W. R. Wagoner
Children’s Homes
Mills Home
Gardner-Webb
Holt McPherson
J. Marie Grant
The
Biblical Recorder
Gardner- Webb and Furman
Wayne
Mark
Glenn
Jonna
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High Point Cbd
Bert Winterbottom
Janet Teague
High Point Enterprise
Caruana
Turner
Luke Barnes
Redding Street
Mich
U.S
Winterbottom
Bob Griffin
Council
Red Cross
George Grant
High Point National Guard
North
Caro
Lina
Mills
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