Candidates List Grows Torrid Primary Fights Shaping
Forrest Cates reports a surge of candidates in Guilford County races as filings near the May primaries. Key races include county commissioners, district court solicitors, state Senate, and U S House posts with incumbents and newcomers considering bids from Greensboro to High Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guilford
House of Representatives
Stedman Hines
Horace Kornegay
A. G. Whitener
Walter G. Green
Burlington
Blackwell Robinson
Greensboro
GOP
Guilro
State Senate
Joe Hunt
House
Senate
Ed Kemp
High Point
Elton Ed
William Hunter
James Perrin
William Osteen
Superior Court Solicitors
Lonnie Herbin
Sidney Allen
Charles Hunt
Carson Bain
Washington
U. S
Herbin
Superior Court
Joe Shore
High Point Municipal Court
Louis Fisher
High Point Concert Association Opens Membership Drive
The High Point Community Concert Association starts its annual membership drive with a 6 30 p m banquet at Adams Memorial YWCA honoring workers. Isaac Stern and The Vienna Choir Boys are slated as featured attractions for a pre sold series ending March 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Community Concert Assn
Adams Memorial Ywca
R. T. Holton
James B. Lovelace
Isaac Stern
Vienna Choir Boys
Sheraton Hotel
Indianapolis Symphony
Holton
Lovelace
Marcus Aderhold
Elizabeth Covington
Robert Culp
Jean Hardin
Edward Silver
Frank H. Wood
Association
Airport Commission Abandons Fight Over Trunk-Line Service
Forsyth County Airport Commission ends bid to regain trunk-line service at Smith Reynolds Airport after Fourth Circuit upholds CAB removal. Chairman Fred E. Henderson cites collective decision and good sense as reason for not pursuing further appeal to the Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston-Salem
Forsyth County Airport Commission
Smith Reynolds
Fred E. Henderson
Commission
U. S. Supreme Court
U. S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
Civil Aeronautics Board
Greensboro High Point
Friendship
Bowles to keynote Guilford County YDC convention in High Point
Guilford County Young Democrats convene in High Point on March 24 with Bowles Jr. delivering the main address. Bowles, NC Conservation and Development Director, has ties to Governor Sanford’s campaign and a raft of local civic roles. The day includes a 1 p.m. start at the City County Building, a forum led by lawmakers and professors, and a 9 p.m. dance at the Moose Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hargrove Bowles Jr
North Carolina
Guilford County
Young Democrats
High Point
Bowles
Greensboro
Terry Sanford
State Post
Young Democrat
High Point Group
YDC
Archie Myatt
High Point Club
Myatt
New
High Point City County
S. Hamilton Street
J. Albert House Jr
Roanoke Rapids
House
Horace Kornegay
Harry Seidel
High Point College
Clyde Shreve
Dub Graham
Kornegay
Seidel
Shreve
Graham
Democratic Party
Rotary Club
Chamber of Commerce
Man Wounded in Head in Davidson County Shooting
Bobby Grayson Kennedy 25 of Thomasville was shot in the head with a .22 rifle in Davidson County around 5 p.m. He was treated at High Point Memorial Hospital then moved to Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem. Authorities say the wound appears self inflicted amid family reports of despondence and an incomplete investigation.
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Rt. 3
Thomasville
Bobby Grayson Kennedy
Baptist Hospital
Winston - Salem
High Point Memorial Hospital
Davidson County
Kennedy
Virginia Person to Sing With North Carolina Symphony Here
Miss Virginia Person of High Point will be soloist with the North Carolina Symphony Orchestra in a concert April 25 at Northeast Junior High School auditorium starting at 8 30 p m. She has performed with the Little Symphony of Detroit Saginaw and Plymouth orchestras and sung leading roles in The Marriage of Figaro La Serva Padrona and The Bohemian Girl. Her degrees are B M and M M from the University of Michigan.
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Virginia Person
High Point
North Carolina Symphony Orchestra
Northeast Junior High School
Miss Person
Little Symphony of
Detroit
Mich
Saginaw Symphony
Plymouth Symphony
Wayne State University Orchestra
University of Michigan
University of Michigan Opera Workshop
Thor Johnson
Wayne Dunlap
Handel
Schumann
Sanders
Enesco
Easter Seal Relay Carried Crutch From Greensboro To High Point
Seventeen boys from the Columbian Squires led an Easter Seal Relay from Our Lady of Grace in Greensboro to the City parking lot in High Point. Mayor David Schenck handed the first crutch to the first runner and Juan Muench delivered it to Mayor Carson Stout at the end. Runners completed percentage mile and one mile legs while local police and the Highway Patrol supervised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carson Stout
Juan Muench
Columbian Squires
Greensboro
High Point
Knights of Columbus of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church
Hamilton and
Commerce
David Schenck
The
Highway Patrol
Stout
Local Guilford judge dodges etiquette as defendant defends self
In a High Point court scene a familiar figure defends himself in a drunken assault case donning homburg and suit. A police officer testifies to a history of assaults while the judge moderates a sharp exchange over questions about reputation. Proximity of bail and community notes weave through the tale.
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Homburg
Ion
First Grader Consultation Over Kissing Incident
A first grader faced a disturbance involving a third grader as he chased a girl around the yard seeking a kiss and attempting to steal a kiss while her fall resulted in a mud hole. The parents feared an inappropriate basement confrontation but the boy reasoned through the dispute and kept negotiations calm.
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Romeo
59 Degree High Expected Today
The mercury will rise to 59 degrees today after a low of 29 last night. Skies should be mostly clear with a gradual warming trend continuing tomorrow. Monday is forecast to be slightly warmer, with current readings a bit below normal for mid March.
Institute attendees hear lectures at Chapel Hill event
Vance Proctor of Colonial Freezer Locker, Inc. attended a management institute sponsored by the North Carolina Freezer Locker Association in Chapel Hill from March 11 to 16. About 32 association members attended and heard lectures by business and industrial experts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vance Proctor
Colonial Freezer Locker, Inc
North Carolina Freezer Locker, Assn
Chapel Hill
HPC Offers Aerospace Workshop At High Point College
A North Carolina workshop on aerospace education will be offered at High Point College from June 6 to June 20 for two semester hours of credit. Coordinated with the U S Air Force, the program involves the Department of Sociology and the North Carolina Wing of the Civil Air Patrol and aims to equip teachers with aerospace knowledge for classroom use. Deadline to register is May 15 with daily classes including a Saturday session. Last year 117 colleges offered similar programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
High Point College
Leopold M. Hays
HPC
Department of Sociology
Civil Air Patrol
U. S. Air Force
United States
Marshall Hall Killed in Texas Grade Crossing Crash
Marshall Hall 68 longtime Adams-Millis Corp executive was killed in a grade crossing collision near Austin Texas while en route home from Austin to Georgetown. He recently returned from Atlanta where he attended a Fagg Utica Corp meeting. Survivors include his wife and two daughters. Hall previously led the Guaranty Trust Co and the Trust Co of Georgia before joining Adams-Millis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Hall
Adams-Millis Corp
Austin
Tex
Hall
Georgetown
Atlanta
Fagg- Utica Corp
Adams - Millis
Guaranty Trust Co
the Trust Co
Georgia
Florida
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John Homewood
Twelfth District
Robert L. Grubb
Lexington
John Comer
Ed Washington
Comer
Joe Rawley
Heart Fund Drive
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Wise Homes
First Union National Bank
Accident Indemnity Insurance Co
Northside Development Co
Tri- Cities Broadcasting Co
National Committeeman
Scotland Neck
University of North Carolina Law School
UNC Young Democratic Club
Moose Club
Virginia
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Crutch
High Point Society
Pilot Club of
Southern Pines
Guilford County Health Department
Monelieu Avenue
David Elder
Dennis Smith
Pat Ilderton
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Steve O’connor
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