Week's Term of Superior Court Opens
The Guilford County Superior Court High Point Division opens a one week criminal term at the City County building with Judge F Donald Phillips presiding. Sixty five cases are scheduled including assault with a deadly weapon breaking and entering larceny and receiving perjury neglect of children forgery automobile larceny embezzlement and related counts. Defendants include Angus Wilder Broadwell George Martin James Edward Sligh and Rebecca Pruitt.
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Guilford County
George Martin
James Edward Sligh
Rebecca Pruitt
Suspected Rabies Spotted Near Thomasville
A dog believed rabid was killed on Boggs Dairy Road in Johnstown community near Thomasville today. Deputy reports that residents had noticed odd behavior in the dog prior to the killing and that the animal’s head would be sent for examination to confirm rabies.
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Boggs Dairy Road
Johnsontown
Tommy Lee
Lee
Fire damages garage shed in Thomasville residence
A garage shed behind Odell Deweese's home on Davidson Street in Thomasville was extensively damaged by a fire of unknown origin. Firefighters found flames coming from the roof on arrival and say the fire started outside the shed before they brought it under control and prevented collapse.
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Thomasville
Odell Deweese
Davidson Street
Annie Johnson 44 dies. funeral set at Mt Airy Church
Annie M. Johnson 44 of 228 Gordy St. dies Saturday at High Point Memorial Hospital after five months of illness. Born in Richmond County she lived most of her life in High Point and was active at Temple Memorial Baptist Church. Survived by husband Edgar Johnson two sisters Lillian Frieson and Ossie Mae Simmons. Funeral Wednesday 2 p.m. at Mt Airy Baptist Church Richmond County with Rev. George L. Macon. Burial in church cemetery. Body at Hairlip Funeral Home until 11:30 a.m. then to Richmond County. family at home tomorrow 7-9 p.m.
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Annie M. Johnson
Gordy St
High Point Memorial Hospital
Mt. Airy Baptist Church
Richmond County
George L. Macon
Temple Memorial Baptist Church
Hairlip Funeral Home
Greensboro bands sweep state festival with top ratings
At the State Band and Orchestra Festival at A and T College in Greensboro, Griffin Junior High School and three ensembles from High Point earned superior ratings. William Penn High School ensembles and a Newton ensemble also received top marks, with other Winston-Salem and Wilson participants earning superior ratings.
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Greensboro
High Point
A & T College
Griffin Junior High School
William Penn High School of
Griffin Junior High
Newton
William Penn
Griffin
Winston - Salem
Wilson
Church Opens Two-Week Revival in Lexington Avenue Baptist
Revival services begin at Lexington Avenue Baptist with Rev. Woodrow W. Robbins preaching nightly at 7 30 through May 20. He warns against mocking sin and urges repentance and Christ acceptance. Dr. William Ward Ayer to speak next Sunday. his return marks his second visit since April 1958.
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Lexington Avenue Baptist
Woodrow W. Robbins
Christ
Mr. Robbins
William Ward ‘Ayer
Robbins
Dr. Ayer
UNC Chemist to Speak at Central North Carolina ACS Meeting
Dr. R L McKee of the University of North Carolina will address the Central North Carolina Section of the American Chemical Society at Bowman Gray School of Medicine on Thursday at 8 p m. He will discuss synthesizing a series of pyrimido pyrimidines with relevance to cancer chemotherapy.
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Winston-Salem
R. L. McKee
University of North Carolina
Central North Carolina
American Chemical Society
Bowman Gray School of Medicine
McKee
Fire damages Robert Perry home on Furlough Street
A blaze at 1203 Furlough Street caused extensive damage to a four room frame house owned by Robert Perry. Firemen say improper wiring likely started the fire which reached the front rooms and porch before crews arrived at 10 37 p m. The fire was controlled with smoke and water damage to two remaining rooms and investigators noted overloaded circuits.
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Robert Perry
Furlough St
Thieves Steal From N Main Street Gas Station
A break in at a service station on N Main Street during the weekend netted $113.16 after intruders smashed a rear window and entered the Esso site. The theft occurred between 11 p m Saturday and 1 p m Sunday with Arthur Neal Jelle discovering the intrusion and reporting it. Police continue the investigation and a second theft of clothing from Clara Cox Apartments is also noted with a warrant issued for Edna Mae Blevins.
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N. Main Street
Esso
Arthur Neal Jelle
Clara Cox
Brenda Stevens
Edna ‘Mae Blevins
Registration Gains Reported In Thomasville
Thomasville registrars reported their busiest day Saturday as Davidson County voters re registered. About 3 000 voters registered 1 821 Democrats and 1 019 Republicans as the process nears its final week. Books reopen Saturday 9 a.m. to sunset at polling places with weekday registration at registrar homes. All voters must register before Saturday closing to be eligible for the May 26 primaries.
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Thomasville
Davidson County
Fire damages vacant home and misc. calls
A fire at 803 A Ingram Rd caused minor damage to a vacant house with no content loss. The blaze started in a backyard smokehouse with wood and spread to the main building. Firefighters contained it. Two grass fires along the railroad bank and a malicious false alarm from Industrial Lithograph Co. 319 E Green were the other responses.
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Ingram Rd
E. Washington
Broad
Industrial Lithograph Co
E. Green
Two Appointed To Posts In Purchasing At Thomasville
Thomasville Furniture Industries names Gilbert Snyder Jr as purchasing agent for the Thomasville division and Dabney Lipscomb of Jackson Mississippi takes the role of director of purchasing. Lipscomb previously served as director at Storkline Corp in Jackson.
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Thomasville
Thomasville Furniture Industries
Gilbert Snyder Jr
Dabney Lipscomb
Jackson
Miss
Storkline Corp
Revolutionary War Loan Tied to Virginia Tobacco
The American Revolution was funded in part by a loan secured against five million pounds of Virginia tobacco. Benjamin Franklin helped raise the money from France.
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Benjamin Franklin
France
Khrushchev to Visit Bulgaria in Mid Month
The Soviet news agency Tass reports Premier Khrushchev will visit Bulgaria around the middle of the month with a delegation of government leaders. The trip would be his first outside the Soviet Union in about a year and is expected to last five days.
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Moscow
Tass
Bulgaria
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
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