Enforce It or Abandon It Blue Law Debate Turns on City Council
Municipal Court Judge J Archie Myatt urged enforcing or abandoning the citys blue laws after two weeks of continuances in three curb market clerk cases The judge noted the law targets market owners not clerks and listed defendants Bill Payne B J Hale and W E Jackson The session also covered separate convictions for assault with a deadly weapon vagrancy and an assault on detectives plus remands in domestic relations matters.
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J. Archie Myatt
State Supreme Court
Myatt
Bill Payne
Robbins Curb Market
Washington St
B. J. Hale
E. Washington St
W. E. Jackson
English St
J. V. Morgan
Morgan
C. C. Stoker
T. E. Hinson
Floyd Lee
Taylor St
Lee
Cleve
Gordy St
Price
Delmar A. Griffin
E. Green St
Griffin
New Pubic Library
Iit
Furniture industry forecast signals strong 1954 year
NAFM officials anticipate a banner year for furniture sales in 1954 as orders and dollar volume recover. John Snow notes an end to the mid 1950s decline, with first quarter volume near 1952 levels and expectations to approach 1953 records, signaling a return to a normal year with a robust second half.
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National Association of Furniture Manufacturers
John Snow
NAFM
Snow
The
Furniture Association
Church Move Narrows Distance Hurting Beer License
No-Name Tavern near High Point faces loss of beer permit after Woodlawn Baptist Church expands to within 278 feet. Betty M. Stutts seeks renewal. county officials await sheriff’s department opinion before ruling. If denied she could partition the tavern to keep beer sales 300 feet from the church annex.
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High Point
Woodlawn Baptist Church
Betty M. Stutts
Board of County Commissioners
Greensboro
Old Library Site to Be Parking Lot
The site of High Point's old public library will be levelled for a parking lot. Razing occurred last week with trees removed and a gravel surface planned. Adjacent Sheraton Hotel may extend its parking onto the site. no definite plans for a new building yet.
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High Point
J. E. Amos
Amos Ealy Co
Sheraton Hotel
Amos
Davidson County School Bus Drivers to Be Honored
Davidson County school bus drivers will be honored at 8 PM at the Lexington County Club with safety plaques presented to one driver from each school. Will Welborn is president of the Davidson County New Car Dealers Assn and J R Waters is safety director. State car safety officials are expected to attend.
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Thomasville
Davidson County
Lexington County Club
Davidson Count New Car Dealers Assn
Will Welborn
J. R. Waters
Porch Chair Fire Damages Home. No Injuries
A fire on the front porch of a Negro dwelling at 311 Baptist St. consumed an upholstered chair and scorched the wall and ceiling while two occupants slept inside. Occupants Mr. and Mrs. Edward Nelson escaped unharmed as city firefighters answered the call at 3 22 a.m.
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Baptist St
Edward Nelson
Wrecks Cause Heavy Damages in City Collisions
Two early morning wrecks caused extensive property damage and four people face charges. Hazel Medlin Smith, 38, of Thomasville, is charged with reckless driving driving without a license and violating prohibition laws after a car struck a tree on Ward Street. J. D. Roosevelt Chaney, 21, Route 5, was charged with reckless driving after his car overturned at Highland Avenue and Prospect Street. A three car rear-end collision at N Main and Montlieu involved Ben Inheen, V Roberts, and Howard G. Petree, with total damage about 300 dollars. An unidentified shirtless man fled the scene after the Ward Street crash.
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Hazel Medlin Smith
Thomasville
Ward St
Highland Ave
Prospect St
J. D. Roosevelt Chaney
N. Main St
Montlieu Ave
Ben Inheen
Raperietie Wiksecan
Aald
Subway Motorman Earns Phi Beta Kappa Honor
Adam P. Salkind a New York subway motorman earned election to Phi Beta Kappa after four years combining 84 hour weeks at work and NYU studies. Born in England he served in the U S Army and Air Force and is now a naturalized citizen married to former TV actress Mary Brown with two children Michele Ann and Philip Paul.
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New York
Adam P. Salkind
New York University
Phi Beta Kappa
Rational Scholastic Honorary Fraternity
England
Salkind
U. S. Army
Air Force
Phi Beta Kappa Key
Ikind
Mary Brown
Michele Ann
Philip Paul
Ham-Bacon Show Opens as Frozen Food Locker Assn Meets
The North Carolina Frozen Food Locker Association holds a convention with judging of ham and bacon exhibits. About 1000 pounds were entered, and winners will receive plaques at tonight's banquet where Mrs. Caldwell will speak. Robert L. Madeira urges expanded locker services.
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N. C
Assn
Harry B. Caldwell
North Carolina Frozen Food Locker Association
Caldwell
North Carolina State Ee
Robert L. Madeira
National Frozen Food Locker Institute
Elizabethtown
Vance Proctor
Wesley Harvey
Greenville
Percy Odom Jr
Clinton
Music Recital Featuring Three HPC Students
High Point College presents a Tuesday evening voice recital at 8 15 in the college auditorium. Betty Lou Rose mezzo-soprano from Winston-Salem performs Faure songs, Helena Smith soprano from High Point sings Italian pieces and an aria from The Marriage of Figaro, and Jack Peacock baritone from High Point shares works by Roger Quilter. The trio will join in a Mozart Cosi Fan Tutte trio, with pianist Ernestine Fields. The event is open to the public.
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High Point College
Betty Lou Rose
Winston-Salem
Gabriel Faure
Miss Rose
Phi Mu Sorority
Order of the Lighted Lamp
Who's
Helena Smith
High Point
Miss Smith
Allen Jay High School
Glee Club
First Methodist Church
Mary L. Tomlinson
Musical Art Club of
Jack Peacock
John R. Peacock
Johnson St
Roger Quilter
Peacock
Pi Kappa Alpha
Kappa Chi
High Point High School
High Point College Choir
Precent
Richard Cox
Mozart
Ernestine Fields
HPC
Spring Weather Brings Brief Recess With Rain Tomorrow
The Friendship forecast reports a windy cooler spell tonight with scattered showers and a chance of thunder. Tomorrow will see a rainy morning followed by a clearing day with a high near 64 while today’s high reaches about 85.
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Friendship
Canadian Governor General Massey to Visit Washington
Vincent Massey, governor general of Canada, arrives in Washington by plane for a three day official visit as the guest of President Eisenhower.
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Washington
Vincent Massey
Canada
Eisenhower
Furniture Building Contracts Ready For Signing
Contracts for a 60 000 square foot addition to the Southern Furniture Exposition Building were to be signed this afternoon as building officials withheld comment. The project is expected to cost about 450 000 dollars.
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Doak Finch
Henry Foscue
Leo Heer
Alan Detweiler
O. Arthur Kirkman
Prayer for TQS DAY by Luther W. Youngdahl
A prayer urging recognition of history’s lesson that family decline mirrors national decay. It calls for Christian examples at home to guide youth toward useful, dedicated lives through Jesus Christ. Presented by Luther W. Youngdahl, U.S. district judge, Washington, D. C.
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God
Jesus Christ
Luther W. Youngdahl
Washington, D. C
U. S
District of Columbia
Hearing Waived In Slaying Case Of Mitchell
Aaron Robinson, 45, waived preliminary hearing and was bound over to Superior Court without bond for the murder of John Mitchell. Mitchell’s body was found March 28 in the trunk of a Winston-Salem car. Robinson had been in custody since April 16. A grand jury in Greensboro will hear the case next Monday. No counsel accompanied the defendant at the waiver.
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Aaron Robinson
John
Mitchell
Pomona
Moreheadship
Justice of the Peace
J. E. Paschal
Greensboro
Guilford
Robinson
Winston-Salem
Route 5
Maclaughter
Washington
Everette Arnaiz
Jp's
Reeds Firemen Report Brunswick Stew Disaster
Lexington volunteers at Reeds Fire Department announced that the brunswick stew prepared for about 1,000 citizens to raise funds for a new fire station had burned up and the supper was canceled. Firemen had long touted the stew and drum up support prior to the event.
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Lexington
Reeds
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Ellington’s Florist
S. Main ST
Appliance CO
Wrenn St
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Asbestos Siding CO
Chicago
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