City Council Debates Parking and Water Plans
High Point council split on Centennial Avenue parking with a tie broken by the mayor keeping both sides option. They approved a water survey funding up to 5000 dollars and a joint Yadkin River study with six area cities to map reservoir sites. Also approved sale of hydro project materials for 14620.50 and contracts for furnace conversion and wiring.
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Anther
New At Sea
New Hunt Nocataen Gelile
Elie
Oak Street
W. Green
Centennial Avenue
Lexington
Lexington Avenue
N. Main Street
Johnson Street
Lexington Ave
Centennial
M. L. Patrick
Yadkin
Piedmont
High Point
Council
Rty
General Services Administration
City Hall
Hunter Coal and Oil Co
General Electric Co
Prisoner Escapes From Sandy Ridge Near High Point
Robert Rice Jr., 30, of Asheville, escaped from a road gang on Highway 311 near Bakertown Road at 12:50 p.m. yesterday and remained at large as deputies and state troopers searched. Heavy rain slowed the hunt, bloodhounds arrived late, and five other inmates from Sandy Ridge camp were also being hunted near Stokesdale.
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Sandy Ridge
High Point
Robert Rice Jr
Asheville
Souh
Bakertown Road
Rice
Stokesdale
Sandy Ridge Camp
Benbow
Glenn Allen
Billy Elmo King
Charlotte
King Real David Smith
New Rice
Coun
Guilford County Mental Health Society Launches Annual Drive
The Guilford County Mental Health Society begins its yearly membership drive with mail solicitations to support county clinics. Checks are accepted by Mrs. A. K. Maness of Greensboro. The drive runs through the week as the clinics provided preventive, diagnostic, and treatment services to 515 patients, closing 383 cases. The group also funds a scholarship at UNC for social work, adds a psychiatric social worker to the High Point office, and sends delegates to national meetings. The annual meeting is May 22 at the county health center auditorium. Dr. J. Taylor Brooks chairs the society.
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Guilford County Mental Health Society
A. K. Maness
Greensboro
Health Society
University of North Carolina
High Point
Mary Elizabeth Blair
J. Taylor Brooks
Mayor Proclaims Loyalty Day in Piedmont
Mayor George Covington proclaims Loyalty Day asking all merchants to display the flag in honor of the founding fathers of the United States, in a proclamation for Piedmont Post 1960 Veterans of Foreign Wars.
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George Covington
Piedmont Post
The
United States
New Industrial Chaplain Service Explained to Exchangites
Roger Bell spoke to the Exchange Club about his Industrial Chaplain Service aiding factories in the region to strengthen labor relations and pride in work. Carl R. Shelton of the High Point Fire Department joined as a new member. Announcement that the Exchange Liner at City Lake will begin operations this weekend. George T. Leverett won the attendance prize and Eurai Cates the Fellowship prize. Harold Davis presided as president.
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Roger Bell
Exchange Club
Vicinty
Thornton Charnock
Carl R. Shelton
High Point Fire Department
Exchange
City Lake
George T. Leverett
Eurai Cates
Harold Davis
Two Charged In Reckless Driving Case
A Memorial Park Drive collision yesterday led to warrants for James E. Kearns 22 and John L. Sheffield 44 both charged with reckless driving. Sheffield a Thompson Chevrolet shop foreman drove onto Memorial Park Drive from the service lot and was hit by Kearns who was driving the other car. Damages to three cars totaled about 475 dollars. A Recorder's Court hearing for both warrants is set for May 11. Also Willie Stokes 22 was arrested at 6 30 p m on open warrants for deadly weapon in a separate case awaiting May 1 court appearance.
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Thomasville
Memorial Park Drive
Harris
Kearns
Sheffield
Willie Stokes
Davidson Street
Cathelen Morris
Openett
Ao 14
Attempted Break-In at Transportation Office Reported
Police investigated an attempted entry at Associated Transport at West Green and Taylor Streets. T. W. Ward told officers he frightened two Black youths trying to break in through a window of the trucking company’s office.
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Associated Transport
W. Green
Taylor Streets
T. W. Ward
Man Dies Instantly In Tractor Accident Near High Point
Newsome Dean Newsome dies when a tractor overturns while clearing a Hickory tree behind a house near Sapp's Store Route 2 High Point. Coroner Dr Milton Brock rules death accidental. Blair Hayworth treated for injuries. Newsome born Oct 30 1934 in Yadkin County. Services planned in High Point with interment to follow.
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Mece Dean
Deaner
Newsome
High Point
Sapp
Hustington Avenue
Milton E. Brock
Lexington
Davidson
Youn Man
J A. Blair
M. A
Route 2
A Blair
Frank Hayworth
Stilesoe
Blair
Dr. Black
Hayworth
High Point Memorial Hospital
Yadkin County
Thomas William
Tom
Cenia Logan Newsome
Oak View School
Glenn W. Newsome
William
Billi) Newsome
Point
Robert H. Ucana Newsome
David J. Newsome
Paul Jones
James Davie
Susie Newsome
Man Given Sentence In Theft Case
A young man with a long criminal record was sentenced after stealing copper wire from the city barn on Grimes Street. Dorster, 26, received a five year suspended term for larceny and receiving. eight months on the roads for forgery. and other counts carried combined suspended terms. He was ordered to pay costs and restitution and placed on five years probation.
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Sen
Brooks Dorster
Dorster
Grimes Street
J Allen H. Gwyn
Herndon Bristol Jr
Acates Ag
Albert
Harold Wood
HPC Radio Class Presents Macbeth Scenes on WHPE
High Point College radio class will broadcast scenes from the Towher Players Macbeth on WHPE Wednesday at 4 15 PM. Betty Mullinix plays Lady Macbeth and Mark Rose plays Macbeth with murder plots and sound effects by class members.
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High Point College
Whpen
Towher Players
Posture Week Observance Under Way
Dr. A E Sherron announces posture week observed by local chiropractors. Governor Hodges proclaims May 17 for the event. He cites good posture as key to health, endurance and appearance, with outreach to schools through literature lectures and movies. Dr R R Rogers aids in promoting the observance. A state correct posture contest is planned in Durham on May.
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A. E. Sherron
Hodges
Sherron
R. R. Rogers
Durham
Unsettled Weather Expected Through Thursday
Weather outlook calls for unsettled conditions through Thursday with cool temperatures and chances of light rain. Tonight will be mostly cloudy with a slight rain possibility, tomorrow turns cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers, then a warm partly cloudy Thursday. Greensboro High Point area recorded 0.5 inch of precipitation in the last 24 hours, with last night’s low around 52 degrees. Today's high near the upper 60s, tomorrow’s around 68.
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Greensboro High Point
Chamber Meet Set At Hotel For High Point Plans
The High Point Chamber of Commerce schedules a 7 30 p m meeting at the Sheraton Hotel ballroom to discuss the Forward High Point expansion program. Officers and directors will report on progress and comparisons with other cities, while three committees head up by H M Bryant Vance Proctor and P re Neal outline activities followed by a fellowship with coffee and doughnuts.
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High Point
High Point Chamber of Commerce
Sheraton Hotel
Hiss Point
Chamber
H. M. Bryant
Vance Proctor
P.re Neal
George W. Lyles Jr
Commeres
Mee
Ane Mentedington
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Fire In Battery Cable Quickly Extinguished
A flooded oil stove at 610 Fair Way Street caused a small fire that was out before the city reached the address at 9 08 a m today.
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Fairway St
Police Question Local Youth In Disappearance Of Student
High Point youth Jimmy Barneycastle, 18, of Corbitt Street, is in Thomasville jail charged with assault with a deadly weapon and related offenses in connection with the disappearance of 15 year old Buddy Hunt. A 13 year old was allegedly assaulted in a wooded area behind P and L Cafe. Barneycastle later denied assault on Hunt. Hunt and 14 year old Cliffod Helmstetler were last seen Monday morning. The missing boys and the accused were students at local schools. Police investigated conflicting statements and a possible lake search. Barneycastle allegedly assaulted and robbed the 13 year old and fled toward Highway 29A.
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High Point
Thomasville
Sonsied Gowd
Demy
Jimmy Barneyeastie
Corbitt Street
Hunt
Witham F. Hunt
Albert Street
Barneycastle
Davidson County
Buddy Hunt
Cliffod Helmstetler
Dewey Helmstetler
W. da
Florida
Otha Phau
Helmstetler
Helmsteller
Heimstetler
P&l E
South and Supreme Court ruling discussed by Dr. Mays
Benjamin E. Mays spoke at William Penn High School on the May 17 1954 Supreme Court ruling ending second class citizenship. He called it a moral issue and urged calm reasoning while noting Southern resistance and the need to preserve justice and democracy. He outlined four paths to address segregation and urged faith and dialogue.
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Robert Marks
South
United States
Benjamin E. Mays
Mays
More College
Atlanta
William Penn High School
Ministers’ Wives Alliance of
High Point
Supreme Court
Dr. Mays
America
United States Supreme Court
Jarate
North
Recreation Official Quits Post
Evelyn McNeely resigns as social recreation director for High Point city recreation department effective July 1 to take a position with the Center for Handicapped Children in Winston-Salem. She cites higher wages and shorter hours. Stronach notes her departure is a personal loss and cites her leadership. She will assist summer programs and training, teach at the handicapped center, attend summer school, and seek a certificate in primary education. Civil Service Commission notified of potential re placement examinations.
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Evelyn McNeely
High Point City
Miss McNeely
W. A. Stronach
Center For Handicapped Children
Winston Salem
Winston-Salem
Stronach
Int
Appalachian State Teachers College
Handic Children’s Center
Wins
Woman's
Greensboro
Civil Service Commission
Dr Jordan to Speak at HPC Assembly
Dr Ray Jordan professor of homiletics at Emory University will speak to the High Point College student assembly on Wednesday at 10 20 a m He will discuss Christian vocation as a lifelong career as part of a spring lecture series The speaker has pastored at W Memorial Church High Point and First Methodist Charlotte and served at Emory since 1945 He was a delegate to the 1937 World Conference on Faith and Order in Edinburgh and has written about 14 books on religion
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Ray Jordan
School of Religion
Emory University
Atlanta
High Point College
Jordan
W.memorial Church
High Poi
First Methodist Church of
Charlotte
Emory
Faith and ‘Order
Edinburgh
Scotland
Rene
Prayer for Peace and Healing Across Nations
A short prayer seeking healing for breaches among nations and呼 to urge peace, humility in leaders, and removal of warlike pride. Authored by Russell S. Hutchinson, minister of First United Presbyterian Church of Wilkinsburg, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Russell S. Hutchinson
Pittburgh
Presbyterial Church of
Wil
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