Heritage Furniture opens public show despite retailer opposition
Heritage Furniture Co announces open house on English Street May 12–17 with bus charters from other cities. Company executives report strong retailer support and say surveys show nationwide opposition to open showings is overstated. Junior League will host guides and seating. officials argue open houses stimulate industry interest following Chicago furniture show.
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Heritage Furniture Co
English Street
Trecomor
Southern Retail Furniture Assa
Jim Best
Heritage
Best
Finas
Virginia
John Tapner
North
South Carolina
High Point
Tapner
Junior League
Chicago
Youth Accused Of Robbing Gas Station
An 18 year old named Ronnie faces charges after a gas station robbery report in Guilford County. Another youth was detained on a tip from Sheriff Thurman Jones. Investigators say arrests could resolve a string of recent county break ins.
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Ronnie
Guilford County
Thurman Jones
Soderen
Jones
U S Plywood Names New Manager for High Point Branch
United States Plywood Corp assigns Charles C. Blackburn to run its High Point branch after Charles W. Perry retires after 17 years. Blackburn, 45, from Lansdowne Pennsylvania, has served since 1947 with a Navy break and previously led the Philadelphia and Washington D C branches. He is married with a five year old son.
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United States Plywood Corporation
Charles C. Blackburn
High Point
Charles W. Perry
Perry
U. S. Plywood
Navy
Blackburn
Lansdowne
Philadelphia
Washington, D. C
Prospect Street
Jaycees Set Scrap Paper Drive Sunday in High Point
The Junior Chamber of Commerce plans a scrap paper pickup at 1 p.m. Sunday, aligning with the city Clean-Up Week. Newspapers and magazines should be tied securely and left at curbside before 1. If rain delays, the drive will be moved to another Sunday.
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Jaycees
High Point
Jaycee
High School Students to Present Papers at State Symposium
Karen L. Conklin of Walkertown High School is among 12 North Carolina seniors chosen to read scientific papers at the first Junior Science Symposium. She travels with teacher Elsie B. Sawyer to three meetings at Duke University UNC Chapel Hill and NC State College starting today.
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Karen L. Conklin
Walkertown High School
Kernersville
North Carolina
Elsie B. Sawyer
Duke University
University of North Carolina
North Carolina State College
High Point Area
High Point High School
David Allison Butler
William Cobb Boyles Davis
Henry Wade Marshall
John Anderson Sherrill
Donald Leeroy Whitesell
William Palmer
Durham
Chapel Hill
Raleigh
West Raleigh
Office of Ordnance Research, U. S. Army
N C Bootlegger Plucked From Holland Tunnel
New York police and IRS agents seized 102 gallons of illicit corn whisky from Henry Rayford Privette of Rocky Mount North Carolina. He waived a hearing on liquor possession charges and was held on $500 bail for grand jury action by U S Commissioner Earle N Bishopp.
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New York
Internal Revenue Service
North Carolina
Holland Tunnel
Henry Rayford Privette
Rocky Mount
U.S
Earle N. Bishopp
Progress In Cancer Drive Reported By Local Committee
Crusade Chairman Tom Haggai announced $8,791 listed toward the drive with notable gains in the Residential and Negro divisions. He cited a goal of $11,500 and urged further donations by mail to P O Box 1242. The Cancer Crusade office remains open at High Point Savings and Trust Branch Bank until May 13 with detailed contributions listed by category.
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Cancer Crusade
High Point Savings and Trust
Jerry Lewis
High Point budget shows surplus as weather boosts tax collections
City finances edged into the black after nine months with a 224 852 41 surplus and a 263 116 84 total including inventory gains. March figures show receipts above estimates and lower spending. weather delays may delay further use of funds while the contingency reserve remains available for emergencies or unbudgeted projects.
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High Point
T. E. Hinson
FE Eee - Ieatory
Lake Crowe
Fallout Here Effects Of Raid Analyzed By Civil Defense
Civil Defense reported casualties from yesterday's evacuation drill at Tomlinson and Bay Street elementary schools. High Point faced heavy fallout from bombs imagined in Operation Alert affecting Greensboro Winston-Salem Jamestown and Wadesboro, with 11 000 High Pointers to Asheboro as evacuation best case.
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Tomlinson
Bay Street
Civil Defense Office
High Point
Wadesboro
George Spinnett
Asheboro
Greensboro
Jamestown
Winston- Salem
Spinnett
Chestnut Street
Rotary Drive
Rotary
Floral Garden Cemetery
Ray Street
Main Street
Linden
Peace in Prospect Democrats Expected To Re-Elect State Chiefs
Democrats plan to re elect state and county leaders at biennial meetings in Guilford County Greensboro. W F Mauldin and Mrs Albert Hart face no apparent opposition for new two year terms while local precincts report little change in leadership ahead of primaries and state conventions.
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High Point
W. F. Mauldin
Albert Hart
Dave Neill
Herman Burrows
Mauldin
Hart
High Point Township
Guilford
Greensboro
Frank Hutton
House of Representatives
Holding Tax Rate is County's Aim
Guilford County Commissioners oppose a tax hike and plan to hold the 70 cent rate per $100 valuation to cover rising government costs. Budget trimming is expected. welfare costs rise due to housing dependent children. School bond retirement aid not due next year supports keeping rates steady. Budget studies begin May 20 with a prison farm visit and discussions with officials. A new county court building for High Point is planned with city cooperation.
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Guilford County
Carson Bain
Greensboro
Welfare Department
Bain
Weather Outlook Promises Clearing By Week’s End
Forecasts show five day outlook with cool conditions in High Point and state. Tonight remains cloudy with light rain possible before gradual clearing tomorrow and warming by Thursday. Friday should bring fair skies and higher temperatures as the weekend turns cooler with scattered rain.
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High Point
Trial Postponed in Raleigh School Segregation Case
The illness of Federal Judge Don Gilliam in Baltimore hospital has led to an indefinite postponement of the Raleigh school segregation trial. The suit by Joseph Hiram Holt, a Negro youth, to enter a white Raleigh high school, was scheduled for next Monday.
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Raleigh
Don Gilliam
Baltimore
Gilliam
Joseph Hiram Holt
Prayer for TOAY call to protect children from exploitation
A prayer asking God to help those who love children protect them from evil and seductive influences and exploitation through new media. It urges national understanding of duty to children and the future, ending with Amen.
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Jesus
Collier Ellis & Co Incorporation Filed in High Point
A certificate of incorporation was filed with the Secretary of State by Collier Ellis & Co of High Point. Authorized capital is $100,000 with $300 subscribed by Mrs Ruth P Ellis Miss Ruth P Ellis and Collier Ellis Jr all of High Point for goods and merchandise of all kinds.
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Thad Eure
Collier Ellis & Co
High Point
Ruth P. Ellis
Collier Ellis Jr
Resident Chosen to Lead House of Prayer on Geddie Avenue
Blake Silver, a High Point resident, was appointed full-time supervisor of the House of Prayer on Geddie Avenue at Monday Knight’s board meeting. He will oversee the home for alcoholics supported by the Monday night Prayer Band. A prayer meeting will be held Saturdays at 7 30 p.m. all faiths invited.
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House of Prayer
Geddie Avenue
R. D. Fowler Sr
Joe Petree
Three Small Fires Prompt Minor Damage Across City
Fire department logged three minor blazes yesterday. A flooded oil stove at 312 Green St caused slight smoke damage to a kitchen at 3:05 p.m. A lint ignite at a floor furnace at 1604 Valley Ridge Dr produced light smoke around 4:24 p.m. A Cedar St home fire due to improper lighting of an oil burner caused no damage and was controlled before arrival.
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Green St
1604 Valley Ridge Dr
Cedar St
Two Hurt As Vehicle Overturns
A Colfax motorist and a passenger were injured when a car overturned on Tanyard Road in Oak View yesterday afternoon. Marjorie Chandler was freed by a farm tractor, suffered arm and forehead injuries, and was taken to Memorial Hospital. Jewell Parrish Beeson faced a speeding small sentence in Munical Court next week. Two minor city rear end crashes caused property damage with two drivers cited for following too closely.
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Oak View
Colfax
Tanyard Road
State Highway Patrol
Marjorie Chandler
John Swain
Jewell Parrish Beeson
Patti Chandler
Centennial Avenue
Wilbur White
Route 1
Douglas Mashburn
Route 4
White
Mashburn
Willie F. Smith
Kivett
William Norfleet Jr
Fourth Street
Norfleet
Smith
Tower Players Present Death of a Salesman at High Point
The Tower Players at High Point College stage Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman in Memorial Auditorium for two nights at 8. Mark Rose stars as Willy Loman with Aaron Moss in a leading role. The play follows Willy's doomed pursuit of success and the impact on his family, through flashbacks and a climactic act of attempted change.
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Arthur Miller
Marilyn Monroe
Tower Players
High Point College
Miller
Memorial Auditorium
A Lesmar
Izer
Drama Critics’ Circle
Willy Loman
Loman
Willy
Biff
Happy
The
West
Linda
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George Connor
Ray Meadows
W. R. Campbell
Max Rogers
D. K. Miller
John Riggs
Worth Bowman
Janet Teague
N.C
Joel Dawson
High Point Enterprise
Winston-Salem
Gate City
PTA
High Nt
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Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Md
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