Thomasville Sees New Homes Room
April building activity in Thomasville shows 23 total permits worth 140 706 with 109 030 for residential work. Major single permits include 15 000 for L R Jarrett Overbrook Drive and two 12 500 homes by Everhart and Jones Construction on Lakeview Circle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Jim Miller
Miller
W. A. Kennedy
L. R. Jarrett
Overbrook Drive
Lakeview Circle
Everhart-and-Jones_Construction Co
Eugene Rice
Barrington Street
Willie Gilliam
Vivian Street
Broker's Inc
Oaklawn Drive
Hoyt Adams
Douglas
Barnwell Street
Thomasville Chair Co
District VFW Installation Honors Officers in Thomasville
The Tenth District Veterans of Foreign Wars elected and installed new officers for the coming year at William C. Miller Post 2756 in Thomasville. Avon Ragan was named district quartermaster while Wesley Hutchins became district commander and other offices were filled. An auxiliary also elected and installed officers. The next district meeting is scheduled for July in High Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Tenth District
William C. Miller
Avon Ragan
Wesley S. Hutchins
High Point
Larry J. Cooper
Greensboro
W. G. Boone
Gibsonville
R. N. Hunt
Lexington
W. T. Southard
Hosie Snead
Stoneville
Dewey Beauchamp
Asheville
Hutchins
J. B. Dobson
Madison
Larry J. Copper
Jim Pinnix
Guilford College
Anna McKinley
Archdale
Lillian Suttonfield
Etta Logan
Dot Lowe
Charles M. Bryant
Mary Webster
Ruth Tranplain
Asheboro
Doris Pierce
Everett Summey
Dorothy Saunders
Rale Stewart
Fire destroys Hasty Road home. resident escapes
A Davidson County man, Kirby Smith of Hasty Road, woke to flames from a bed fire and fled to his garage. Firefighters arrived at 6:25 a.m. and, wearing smoke masks, confined the blaze to the bedroom, with damage to the bed and mattress estimated at 35 dollars.
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Davidson County
Kirby Smith
Hasty Road
Realty Transfers Amid Local Property Moves
Realty transfers listed include Robert L Mullinnix and wife to William G Causey and wife for Oakview Estate. T E Hicks and wife to Mary Francis H Cook for J H Tuttle and others. C H Saunders and wife for Oakview Estate. Helen King Ippolito and husband to Travis C Leonard and wife for Blair Estate. W Roscoe Hill and wife to Kenneth R Hill on Kersey Road. J N McCrary and wife to Walter J Hill for Milbourne Heights. J B Trotter and wife to O G Trotter for Wood Avenue. Sheriff G Johnston and wife to Lemuel L Duggins and wife for S G Johnston property. A note on British urban population appears.
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Robert L. Mullinnix
William G. Causey
Oakview
T. E. Hicks
Mary Francis H. Cook
J. H. Tuttle
C. H. Saunders
Helen King Ippolito
Travis C. Leonard
Blair
Jamestown Township
W. Roscoe Hill
Kenneth R. Hill
Kersey
Thomasville unemployment edge and hiring gains noted
North Carolina Employment Security Commission figures show unemployment in Thomasville easing but still above year ago levels. April claims totaled 2 094 with 200 new jobs. active applicants 706. Taylor cites hosiery mill slump and May apparel slowdowns as factors. forecasts expect a pickup if orders improve.
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Thomasville
Employment Security Commission of
North Carolina
John L. Taylor
Taylor
Deaths And Funerals For Brower And Farrington
Rufus Franklin Brower 81 died Friday at High Point Memorial Hospital after three years of declining health. Funeral held at Hickory Chapel Wesleyan Methodist Church with burial in church cemetery. pallbearers listed. Dr R Kirby Farrington 59, Thom asville physician, funeral at Memorial Methodist Church with burial in City Cemetery. service attended by medical society and Rotary Club members. Farrington suffered a heart attack at home earlier in the week.
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Rufus Franklin Brower
Hickory Chapel Wesleyan Methodist Church
John Long
Providence Wesleyan Methodist Church
Donald, Wade
Roger
Herman
Horace Brower
D. R. Smith Jr
Brower
Wade Rd
High Point Memorial Hospital
Thomasville
R. Kirby Farrington
Memorial Methodists Church
Frank Jordan
City Cemetery
T. Alexander
Charles F. Gilliam
R. L. McDonald
M. W. Phillips
C. O. Plyler ,Jr
W. G. Smith
Shelly K. York Jr
E. L. Jones
Farrington
Davidson County Medical Society
Rotary Club
Davidson County Dental Society
City Memorial Hospital
Colonial Drive
Description For Economy Is Sought
Government economists seek a label for 1960 activity. Terms include stable prosperity and a plateau with a slight tilt. They warn a peacetime buyers market may slow growth and raise unemployment, yet reflect excess capacity easing price pressures.
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Joseph R. Slevin
Herald Tribune News Service
Washington
Raymond J. Saulnier
Eisenhower
Council of Economic Advisers
International Monetary Fund
Per Jacobsson
I.M.F
Free
Trouble-Free Driver Wins at Virginia International Raceway
Robert Holbert of Clifton New Jersey won the 40 lap feature at the Virginia International Raceway driving a Porsche 128 miles in 1 hour 33 minutes. He finished 57 seconds ahead of R J Thompson Jr a Washington dentist in a Stingray.
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Danville
Robert Holbert
Virginia International Raceway
Holbert
Clifton
N.J
R. J. Thompson Jr
Washington
A Vote's a Vote Caspar Candidate Hauls Tire
Raymond Whitaker, Democratic Senate hopeful, parked at a service station in Caspar Wyoming. He found a truck tire in his back seat after a brief coffee break next door. The station owner explained the tow truck had trouble nearby and asked Whitaker to drop off the tire, a request he accepted saying a vote is a vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caspar
Wyo
Raymond Whitaker
U. S Senate
Whitaker
London Becomes First City With Submerged Transport System
London, England, pioneers urban transit by introducing a historic submerged transport concept aimed at easing mobility amid growing population and congestion. The initiative marks a milestone in metropolitan infrastructure and public works.
Mrs. Velma Welborn Sumner Dies After Illness
Velma Welborn Sumner 54 of Asheboro died at home after a three month illness. Native of Randolph County she lived in Asheboro 32 years and was active in First Methodist Church and Business and Professional Women's Club. Survived by daughter Mrs. Sanders and son Dr David Sumner. burial at Oaklawn Cemetery after 4 p.m. service led by Rev. Cecil Hefner.
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Asheboro
Velma Welborn Sumner
Randolph County
First Methodist Church
Scott's Book Store
William E. Sanders
David Sumner
Baltimore
Emma Welborn
Washington
P .C. Smith
High Point
Glenn Southern
Roy C. Welborn
Alexandria
Vance Welborn
Howard B. Welborn
Cecil Hefner
Oaklawn Cemetery
George Joyner
Frank Edmondson
Hugh Fitzpatrick
Francis White
W. A. Underwood Jr
R. L. Reece
Local Man’s Mother Dies In Ramseur
Mrs. John York 77 of Liberty widow of I R York died yesterday morning in a Ramseur area nursing home after a long illness. Survived by three daughters and four sons, 29 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Funeral at 3 p.m. tomorrow at White’s Chapel Methodist Church with burial in the church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ramseur
John York
Liberty
I. R. York
J. B. Harris
Grady Wood
Herbert R. Cox
Seagrove
Henry J York
High Point
Lonnie York
Numa York
John R. York Jr
Spruce Pine
White's Chapel Methodist Church
Loflin Funeral Home
Gary Brown
Ernest Page
Archdale Methodist Church
Dellview North Carolina A Mayors Village With No Debts
Dellview a tiny incorporated hamlet since 1925 has no bonded debt taxes or water bills Police Chief Tom Dellinger and town clerk his wife Ola perform few duties The 1960 population was four down from 1950 as two families moved away The town was incorporated to protect a poultry farm from marauding stray dogs as explained by Tom Dellinger several years after his brother David a State Representative helped push the measure through the Legislature.
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Dellview
N. C
Tom Dellinger
Ola
Tom Delling
David
State House of Representatives
Funeral service for William S. Harris in Pulaski
Funeral services were held last Tuesday at the Pentecostal Holiness Church in Pulaski for William S. Harris of Trinity formerly of Pulaski Virginia. The rites were led by ministers G F Overstreet M E F Parrish C J Peyton and Parris Wood with pallbearers Leonard Grantham John Thornton Garfield Webster Claude Holliday Emmett Akers and James Copeland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Harris
Trinity
Pulaski
Pentecostal Holiness Church
G. F. Overstreet
High Point
M.ef. Parrish
Radford
C. J. Peyton
Parris Wood
Leonard Grantham
John Thornton
Garfield Webster
Claude Holliday
Emmett Akers
James Copeland
Funeral for Mrs Maude Kennedy Reynolds Held in Thomasville
Mrs Maude Kennedy Reynolds age 60 died in Danville Virginia after a heart attack while visiting her son. Funeral services were conducted at J C Green and Sons Chapel in Thomasville with Rev Hershel M Hill and Rev Albert Leath officiating. Burial followed at Floral Garden Park Cemetery in High Point with pallbearers Henry Lewis Claude Reynolds Robert Wells Bill Hayworth and Thomas Elbert Durell and Billy Kennedy. She was widow of Edward W Reynolds and resided at Clara Cox Apartments in High Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude Kennedy Reynolds
J. C. Green and Sons
Thomasville
Hershel M. Hill
Oak Hill Friends Meeting
Albert Leath
Floral Garden Park Cemetery
High Point
Henry Lewis
Claude Reynolds
Robert Wells
Bill Hayworth
Thomas
Elbert
Durell
Billy Kennedy
William Ellis 70 Dies After Illness in High Point
William Fletcher Ellis Jr. 70 of 2000 Chestnut St died at 3:20 a.m. after a illness lasting decades, at High Point Memorial Hospital where he had been a patient three days. He served in WWI with the 316th Field Artillery and saw 10 months in France. He helped found Ellis Sales Co after moving to High Point in 1919 and later retired as president. He married Anne Royall Ellis in 1922 and is survived by wife, a daughter, a son, seven grandchildren, three brothers, an uncle and other relatives. Funeral services were held today at Sechrest Chapel with burial at Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Fletcher Ellis Jr
Chestnut St
High Point Memorial Hospital
Mr. Ellis
William F
Lara Wood Ellis
316Th Field Artillery
France
High Point
Durham
Adams-Millis Corp
Vester D. Sales
Ellis-Sales Co
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Peacock
Anne Royall
Anne Royall Ellis
George P. Highsmith
Thomasville
Robert H. Ellis
Hickory
J. W
George Ellis
Salisbury
R. B. Ellis
Wilmington
R. K. Stewart
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Great Britain
World
Chair City
Irufus F. Brower
R. K. Farrington
London
England
Sumner
Harris
Mrs. Maude Reynolds
William Ellis
Sechrest Chapel
C. C. Herbert Jr
J. E. Rawlinson
First Baptist Church
Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery
David Mitchell
Delores Ray
Lexington Avenue Baptist Church
Jimmy Howington
Gerry Howard
Raote
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