Three Republicans File For Council In High Point Race
Three Republicans filed for High Point City Council as factions split the party. John T. Smith and Rev. J. J. Patterson filed as endorsed by the Republican executive committee alongside John Eshelman Jr. Whitener led a Conservative Republicans for a Tax Reduction faction seeking council seats.
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High Point
John T. Smith
Rev. J. J. Patterson
John Eshelman Jr
A. G. Whitener
Whitener
Jean Smith
Ansel Beck
John Smith
Patterson
H. H. Peterson
High Point College
Eshelman
Republicans Fire Intra-Party Shots
The GOP executive committee denounces the so-called old guard as remnants of the reactionary wing and vows to back candidates who align with Republican philosophy. It accuses a faction of pressuring Councilman Robert Davis to oppose Floyd Mehan for mayor while promising to inform voters about each candidate’s platform.
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GOP
Robert Davis
Floyd Mehan
Davis
Eshelman
Council
Whitener
Executive Committee
Old Guard
Republican Party
Mehan
City Court Opens Two Day Jury Term For 36 Cases
Judge Byron Haworth opened a Municipal Court jury term to hear 36 charges over two days. Ulysses Gary Good faces operating a car while intoxicated. Several defendants are listed for reckless driving speeding and other offenses including violations of prohibition laws and driving without a valid license.
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Byron Haworth
Ulysses Gary Good
Hillery Elie Billings
Nelson Herman Boulding
Jack Jackson Jessup
Nathan Harris
Lawrence Williamson Jr
Meek Junior Byers
Marvin M. Murphy
Joe Nathan Templeton Jr
Herman Searcy
Joseph Johnson
C. A. Odom
Edward W. McGee
James Shelton
Barry Phillip Maner
Lucy Brown Lowery
Russell George Grisset
Claus Odell Bostic
Shuby Dalton Morgan
Johnny Lee Simms
Dwight Moody Carter
John Ratcliff
Hoyle George Miller
William M. Knox
Lowell Howard Jr
Joseph Pruitt Martin
Robert Lee Barnes
Grover Franklin Williams
Richard Arlen Teer
John Ratliff
Garden Club Meeting At Mrs Staton Home
The Happy Variety Garden Club met at Mrs Ola N Staton’s Harrison Street home. Vice president welcomed new member Mrs Ida A Lewis. Easter project and workshop started. A special meeting is planned for Wednesday at 8 p m at Mrs Thelma Threadgill’s 414 Windmill Ave.
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Happy Variety Garden Club
Ola N. Staton
Harrison Street
Ida A. Lewis
Thelma Thread‘gill
Windmill Ave
Driver Charged After Weekend Wrecks at City Intersections
Police reported a three vehicle collision at the Washington Drive and Steele Street intersection at 8 20 p m Sunday. Garfield Alexander 32 of South Road was charged with following too close after rear ending a stopped car causing $675 in damage. Additional weekend crashes included a 1300 block N Main Street collision where Hayes was charged with failing to yield and a Sunday night crash involving Mary J Martin and John Wayne Bennett with Bennett charged for reckless driving and leaving the scene. Bennett later returned. John Michael Ritch 18 of Avondale Drive was charged with failing to reduce speed after a single vehicle collision that damaged a pole and rolled over the highway.
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Washington Drive
Steele Street
Garfield Alexander
South Road
Alexander
Brenda Caro Kiser
Rt. 1
Jamestown
John Byron Gibson
Richardson Street
N. Main Street
Betty Lou Coltrane
Rt. 4
High Point
Joe Henry ‘Hayes
Hayes
Coltrane
Mary J. Martin
Whiteoak Street
John Wayne Bennett
Clara Cox
Bennett
Martin
John Michael Ritch
Avondale Drive
Ritch
Urban Renewal Buys Tract for City Redevelopment
The High Point Urban Redevelopment Commission purchased a 5 800 square foot tract at Thissell Street and Leonard Avenue for 6 000 dollars. It fronts a proposed realignment of Thissell Street and houses two duplexes with four families affected. The owner declined to share the financial burden.
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Henry Price
Commission
Thissell Street
Leonard Avenue
Civil Suit Testimony Opens in Guilford County Court
Judge Walter Crissman opened the second week of Guilford County Superior Court High Point division with 19 cases set for jury trial. Mina Wilkins seeks 75000 from Dr George Wood for alleged injuries in the examination room. Other trials include urban renewal property acquisition by High Point Redevelopment Commission and related housing plans.
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Walter E. Crissman
Guilford County Superior Court
High Point
Mina Wilkins
George T. Wood
Small Claims Division
Municipal Court
William G. Ragsdale Jr
James W. McLean
Myrtle
Fred Morrris
Mae Sexton
Margaret C. Roberts
Katherine C. Cecil
Hussen A. Saleh
Jack Simmons Jr
Sarah M. Holmes
John A. Holmes
Carolina Cotton Batting Co
Jessie E. Hunt
Wayne McKinley Davis
Charles E. Holton Jr
James T. Robinson
Prayer for TOSDAY from W Kenneth Pope in Arkansas
A church prayer attributed to W Kenneth Pope, bishop of the Methodist Church in Little Rock Arkansas, calls for eternal faith and forgiveness. The text asks for joy, strength, and new life through belief in God and for others to be drawn to faith because of believers.
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Christ
W. Kenneth Pope
Little Rock
Ark
The
Methodist Church
Police Probe Theft From Barber Shop
A rock shattered a window at New Service Barber Shop and a drawer yielded about 50 dollars in silver. L. G. Gripper reported the break in and police also investigate a key theft from Lyles Chevrolet used car lot. One key set remains missing after officers recovered most keys on the lot.
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New Service
L. G. Gripper
Gripper
Polce
Lyles
Ed Short
Twins Born En Route To Hospital
Mrs. Sam Midgett Jr. of Manteo gave birth to twins while en route to a hospital in Manteo North Carolina. The AP report notes the delivery occurred during the drive and details were provided by hospital staff.
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Manteo, N.C
Sam Midgett Jr
Manteo
Gate Cilion Charged On Two Counts
Emmitt Boyden, 48, of Greensboro, arrested near Elizabeth City on charges of reckless driving and issuing a worthless check. His son-in-law W. W. Hampton Jr., 37, of Sunbeam Drive, cited in Municipal Court for a similar charge and bond set at 50 dollars. The report notes a birth of twins earlier today at Albemarle Hospital.
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Albemarle
Elizabeth City
Emmitt Boyden
Elizabeth City Law
Greensboro
Sam Midgett Sr
Betty Jackson
Lumbia, N.C
W. W. Hampton Jr
Sunhis
Manteo
Set Drive
Norfolk
Jon
Showers Mark Five Day Forecast For High Point Area
The five day forecast for High Point predicts scattered thundershowers and warm temperatures with rain chances late tonight and all day tomorrow. Showers return this weekend as temperatures rise and a mix of partly cloudy skies and rain cooled temps is expected midweek. Rain is forecast to stop late tomorrow then resume Friday night with highs around 75 and 72 tomorrow.
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High Point
Parish and others face charges in Thomasville roundup
A warrant charges Parrish, 34, of Lexington Avenue, with passing a worthless check after a prior conviction for a $400 check to H L Leonard for a car. He posted bond for a later High Point Municipal Court trial as a second case proceeds. Other defendants include Lucille Epps charged with whisky possession for sale and Bond posted. Tommy Waxley charged with public drunkenness and resisting arrest. Grady Lee Miller charged with assault on his wife. James Monroe Flippin charged with whisky possession. Worth Clodfellow cited for trespassing.
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Thomasville
Roy Branson Parrish
Lexington Avenue
Parrish
High Point
Recorder’s Court
H. L. Leonard
Lucille Epps
Barnwell Street
Recorder's ‘Court
Tommy Waxley
Ward
VFW
Vaxley
Grady Lee
Ralph Meredith
Rt 9
Winston-Salem
Staffers Needed By Thomasville Recreation Dept
Thomasville recreation department seeks summer staff including lifeguards for two pools a Memorial Park swimming pool attendant a concession stand operator and a playground leader. Applicants should contact Archie Hardy recreation director for details and apply.
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Thomasville
Memorial Park
Archie Hardy
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