Toll deaths in Guilford drop as patrols step up
Guilford County reports 28 injuries in 74 highway crashes last month and three fatalities this year up to April. Parker, 75, of Kernersville died on Highway 2 April 14 making him the county’s sole traffic fatality last month. Increased patrols radar use and public safety campaigns are credited with the decline.
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Cornelius O. Parker
Kernersville
Guilford County
Highway Patrol
Catain
A. W. Welch
Parker
Welch
Ely
Motor Vehicles
Edward Scheidt
Kick Off Dinner Opens Catholic Men Project
Members of the Catholic Mens Club attend a kick off dinner hosted by Don Brinton at Diamond Hosiery Mill cafeteria. The project aims to fund debt retirement for the Immaculate Heart of Mary Academy building with a tissue paper sale conducted door to door in High Point over three evenings from 6 to 9 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Horney
Don Brinton
Diamond Hosiery Mill
Immaculate Heart of Mary Academy
Elections Planned By Oak View Lions
The Oak View Lions Club met at Oak View School to discuss routine matters and announce the 1954 55 officers election set for May 17. New member C T Cochrane was welcomed into the club.
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Oak View Lions
Oak View Lions Club
Oak View School
C. T. Cochrane
Thomasville Funeral Directors Attend NC Funeral Directors Meet
Thomasville funeral directors travel to Asheville for the North Carolina Funeral Directors Association annual two day meeting. Attendees from Thomasville include Raymond Siler, Mrs. Siler, Charles Stout, Fred Long of Siler Funeral Home and Eugene Green of J. C. Green and Sons Funeral Home. The meeting concludes Thursday.
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Thomasville
Asheville
North Carolina Funeral Directors Association
Raymond Siler
Charles Stout
Fred Long
Siler Funeral Home
Eugene
Chick) Green
J. C. Green and Sons Funeral Home
Thursay
Stray Dog Reunited After Reward Leads Sheriff of Heart
Long Beach California. Don Campbell and Byrle Townley found a wandering golden cocker spaniel on the highway. They brought him home and learned the dog, Randy, had a $1,000 reward posted by his owners. Campbell said he will share the reward with Townley and plans to keep the dog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Calif
Don Campbell
Byrle Townley
Inglewood
Campbell
Randy
Greenville Man Elected Locker Assn President
Wesley Harvey of Greenville was installed as president of the North Carolina Frozen Food Locker Association at its convention closing in Greenville. He succeeds Percy Odom Jr. of Clinton as officers and directors were named, and the Grange urged support for farm quotas and expanded soil conservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Harvey
Greenville
North Carolina Frozen Food Locker Association
Harvey
Percy Odom Jr
Clinton, Bayles
Faee E
John S. Lumberton
Richard T. Edmonson
Smithfield
Walter Cox
Kinston
Harry B. Cakdwell
North Carolina State Grange
Grange
Nog Ser
Bill Brown
North Carolina State College Extension Service
George Deweysboro
Earl Cummings
Lee
Percy Odom
Clinton
Guthrie Watson
Oxford
George Dewey
Goldsboro
Robert L. Madeira
National Frozen Food Locker Institute
Elizabethtown
Council May Reconsider Five Points Zoning Denial
The city council debated zoning for Five Points after the planning board recommended no change. They referred Montheu Avenue and Gordon Street petitions to the law and public safety committee and planned further hearings on a large tract along the highway for a suburban industrial rezoning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Adjustment
John Clinard
Hony
Adjustment Board
Montheu Ave
Gordon St
Law and Public Safety Committee
R. E. Jones
Aoe
Point
Dt Ae
G. A. C. Corp
Hah
Highway 68
N. St. and Parkway
N. Main Ma
Voter Registration Rules Updated for May Primary
The county commission changed registration rules noting the May 29 primary will close registrations after May 15. Voters can register or change precincts at the election board office in the County building, with Friday as the last day to update addresses or party affiliation. Also approved were appointments to the airport authority and other county positions along with a school funding appropriation.
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High Point Township
Election Board
Elections Board
A. L Meyland
Meyland
J. T. Martin
Greensboro
R. T. Amos
High Point
Russell F. Hall
Guilford County
Davis-Pruette Co Included In Auto Inspectors
Davis-Pruette Motor Co was omitted from a Safety League list of local firms in the North Carolina voluntary motor vehicle inspection program. Eleven other local auto dealers offer free inspections and place windshields stickers on vehicles meeting safety requirements. The plan replaces the former mandatory inspection system killed by the Legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis-Pruette Motor Co
Serrelenene
North Carolina Safety League
The
Safety League
Mercury Forecast Promises Cool, 30s Tonight
The Friendship bureau warns much cooler weather with temperatures sinking about 20 degrees. Tonight’s low is expected near 37 degrees, following a daytime high around 60, with tomorrow’s high near the same cool range.
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Friendship
Ceremonies Set Thursday At Sedgefield
An informal groundbreaking at Sedgefield Country Club marks the start of a $250000 clubhouse project. Elliott S Wood and Welch Jordan will participate as plans describe a single story brick building of about 15000 square feet with a 20 by 80 foot terrace, air conditioning, and a 120000 gallon kidney shaped pool. Construction is expected to take about eight months with Brooks Lumber Co handling the clubhouse contract and Jesse M Coble the pool contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedgefield Country Club
Elliott S. Wood
Welch Jordan
Jordan
Brooks Lumber Co
Jesse M. Coble
Shakes Nine Condemned Men Shakes Nine Condemned Men
Japan's new justice minister Dr. Ryogoro Kato, who took office April 22, issued death warrants for nine condemned murderers in his first week. He ordered prisons to proceed with the hangings, a stark departure from prior ministers who stalled warrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Japan
Ryogoro Kato
Takeru Inukai
Record Sum For Screen Rights To The Greatest Story Ever Told
Hollywood producer Darryl F Zanuck paid a record two million dollars for screen rights to The Greatest Story Ever Told Fulton Oursler's account of the life of Christ Twentieth Century Fox announced the cumulative price after talks with executors of Oursler's estate Production slated to begin next year.
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Hollywood
Darryl
Budenz Earns Over Seventy Thousand From Anti Communist Work
Louis Budenz aged 63, former Daily Worker editor and Fordham University faculty member, testified in a Philadelphia trial of nine alleged Communists that he has earned more than 70 000 dollars in six years from anti Communist lectures articles and fees for testifying against Communist leaders.
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Philadelphia
Louis Budenz
The
Daily Worker
Budenz
Fordham University
City Forming Unencumbered Fund To Improve City Services
City Council created an Unencumbered fund by transferring 97,375.09 in third quarter surpluses and 36,407.68 in deficits to support capital projects. Planned uses include sewer and water extensions, fire department radios, an enlarged fire alarm system, oiling dirt streets, and highway pipe installation.
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Council
Comel
Remodeling Dominates Permits In April Update
A report from the office of A. PR. Strange shows April permits favored repair and remodeling over new construction. Non residential permits reached 114 with costs of 19 100, while residential repairs totaled 47 050 across 78 permits. New residential permits dropped to 21 at 157 200. public library project accounted for 129 300 of non residential totals. Postal receipts rose to 76 464, hinting at surpassing the million dollar mark for 1954 High Point mail income.
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Ctv
Renaire
Thenector A. PR. Strange
American Bakery Co
Richardson
High Point
S. C. Clark
Clark
Caswell School Hosts Open House During Hospital Day
Caswell Training School in Kinston will hold an open house May 6 as part of Hospital Day. Tours run 1 to 3 30 p m with president Taylor R Kennerly announcing the event and superintendent W C Byrd Sr confirming plans for the buildings to be open so visitors may see how the children eat sleep work and play. Everyone is invited.
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Caswell
Prayer for T Day Blessings and Shared Gifts
A devotional prayer text expressing gratitude for a heavenly home and earthly fellowship in Christ. It asks for loving service, sharing God’s gifts, and a foretaste of heavenly joy, attributed to James Ross McCain of Decatur Georgia, president emeritus of Agnes Scott College.
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Christ
Jesus
James Ross McCain
Decatur, Ga
Agnes Scott College
Hair-Pulling Contests End With Warrants and Charges
Three participants face assault charges after a hair pulling and threatened armband incident. Olin E. Hilliard and the two women, Melissa Simmons and Dorothy Hartley, received warrants signed by a local officer and are bonded at fifty dollars. A separate case reports two teens charged with stealing ten gallons of gasoline from a parked school bus.
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Olin E. Hilliard
N. Main St
Melissa Simmons
Hayworth Rd
Simmons
Dorothy Hartley
Pip Briggs
Hartley
Hilliard
Richard C. Rush
Finley G. Robbins
High Point
Oer
Route 5
High
Frye
Rush
Robbins
Jamestown Pupils Take Morning Train Tour
Jamestown pupils accompanied by their teacher Mrs. X and several parents spent the morning touring. They traveled by bus to High Point, boarded a train to Greensboro, visited the High Point Greensboro Airport facilities guided by Jack Wallace, then rode to City Lake for a picture before returning to school this afternoon.
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Men —Pennils
Jamestown
Accomee
High Point
Greensboro
High Point-Greensboro
Jack Wallace
City Lake
Coble Firm Awarded Contract For Annex
Coble Construction Co of Greensboro won the general contract for a 10 story annex to the Southern Furniture Exposition Building. Robb Plumbing Co will handle heating and plumbing with an electrical contract also awarded. The 66,000 square foot addition aims for steel frame and concrete floors, air conditioning, a basement cafeteria, and an estimated cost of 460000. Construction starts immediately with a 200 day schedule.
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Henry A. Foscue
H. L. Coble Construction Core
Greensboro
General Construction
Robb Plumbing and Gs Co
Seateoek
Ian
Mammoth Exposition Building
Dramatic Tenor Eckart Returns for North Carolina Symphony
Frank Eckart, celebrated dramatic tenor, rejoins the North Carolina Symphony for a state tour after a New York City Opera Tosca engagement. He performs tomorrow at 8 15 p m in the Senior High School auditorium, presenting Puccini La Boheme selections among others. Tickets go on sale at the box office.
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Frank Eckart
North Carolina Symphony
New York City Opera Association
Eckart
Europe
Tenor Ove
Genoa
Trieste
United States
Canada
Sol Hurok
John Bar
Tar Heel
Greece Threatens UN Mediation Over Cyprus by August
Athens Premier Field Marshal Alexander Papagos warned that Greece will seek United Nations mediation on the Cyprus dispute unless Britain yields the isle to Greece by August 22. He stated over 80 percent of Cypriots favor union with Greece and said Greece would abandon efforts at a friendly settlement if Britain ignores the demand. Britain has administered Cyprus since 1878 after Ottoman rule.
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Athens
Greece
Alexander Papagos
Britain
Isle of
Cyprus
United Nations
Papagos
Mediterranean
Cloverdale First Graders Tour Greensboro Airport
Miss Jo Ann Smiths first grade at Cloverdale Elementary visited Greensboro High Point Airport. Eastern Airlines host Jack Wallace guided the tour to the airport weather bureau and weather balloon ascents. Students entered a passenger plane and learned pilot and air line hostess duties. Transportation was provided by parents.
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Jo Ann Smith
Cloverdale Elementary School
Greensboro- High Point
Jack Wallace
Eastern Airlines
Weather Bureau
Medal Winner's Father Becomes U.S. Citizen
Yaichi Miyamura, father of Medal of Honor recipient Hiroshi Miyamura, became a U.S. citizen in Gallup New Mexico. The naturalization marked a lifelong dream for the Japanese American, who left Japan in 1905 at age 17 and said he would have celebrated if he drank.
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Gallup
N. M
Yaichi Miyamura
New Mexico
United States
Miyamura
Hiroshi
Reds
Japan
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Food Locker Association
North Carolina State College Extension
Asheboro
Guilford
Locker Assn
Port Authority
E. D. Idol
Clifton C. Williard
P. M. Davis
County Board of Agriculture
Davis-Pruette Co
Mercury
Sedgefield
Shakes
Council Aedia
Caswell School
Kennerly
Association
Coble Firm
N.C. Symphony
Cloverdale
U.S
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