Fire damages Snider Printing and nearby buildings
A Sunday blaze in the 500 block of N Wrenn St heavily damaged Snider Printing Co and caused smoke and water damage to three neighboring buildings. Investigators say the fire may have been set and thieves entered Dixon and Hauser office during the incident. A second blaze at Carolina Foam and Paper Co on S Hamilton St involved debris fires with no serious injuries.
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Snider Printing Co
N. Wrenn Street
Wrenn
Claude 5. Canady
Ticket-Tag Corp
Fieft
Grace Flower Shop
Dixon and Hauser
Arthur Murray
Wrenn Street
CPA
Bob Snider
Snider
S. Hamilton St
Carolina Foam and Paper Co
D. R. Goins
Fire Department
Douglas Goins
Clifford Ashburn
Larry Pendry
Goins
High Point Memorial Hospital
Reence
Forest Hills Presbyterian Church Organized in High Point
Forest Hills Presbyterian Congregation organized with 130 charter members at Northwood School auditorium. Dr. Roy E. Watts delivered the opening sermon as the fourth church of First Presbyterian’s orange presbytery district. Commission led by Dr. Ben F. Brown includes local ministers and church elders. Services to be held at Northwood School weekly with 9 45 a m Sunday School and 11 a m worship. Property purchased adjacent to Northwood Elementary for future building.
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Forest Hills Presbyterian Church
High Point
First Presbyterian Church
Northwood School
Roy E. Watts
Forest Hill
First Presbyterian
McGahey
Howard R. Pancoast
Charles Plumover
R. M. Gladstone Jr
W. M. Huffman
J. H. McCall
J. W. Thomas
George E. White
Cecil R. Wilcox
W. E. Wyche
D. W. Hunter
Orange Presbytery
Ben F. Brown
Alamance Presbyterian Church
Greensboro
Randolph Presbyterian
Lawrence W. Avent
Crestwood Presbyterian
John W. Southerland
P. Hunter Dalton Jr
Forest Hills
Orange
Northwood
Man Held For Stabbing Brother In Local Incident
Horace Max Aldridge, 30, of Dartmouth Street, held on $500 bond after stabbing his brother William Aldridge in a home on Arlington Street following a late night argument. William, injured in the upper abdomen near the heart, underwent two and a half hours of surgery and had a fair chance of recovery. The knife is held as evidence. Horace Aldridge faces assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill.
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Horace Max Aldridge
Dartmouth Street
Cians
William Aldridge
Arlington Street
Aldridge
High Point Memorial Hospital
Taylor Street
Andrew Mack
Kivett Drive
Mack
Betty Straiter
Straiter
Lloyd Boger
Reed Street
John W. Lewis
Leonard Street
Toyd Greene
Rt. 2
Trinity
Willie L. Foust
Davis Avenue
Foust
Clean-Up Week Rules Told
City announces annual Clean-up Paint-Up Fix-Up Week with automatic curbside pickups by ward. Ward 1 schedule today through Wednesday. Ward 2 May 11–13. Ward 3 May 15–17. Ward 4 May 18–20. Trucks stay off private property. trash must be streetside and contained.
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Ward 1
Ward
Main Street
Public Works Department
City Hall
Prayer for today from Stuart LeRoy Anderson
A religious prayer urging unity in family life and daily living. It asks God to bless home spheres, ease anxiety, and let Christ's Kingdom guide influence in daily affairs. Signed by Stuart LeRoy Anderson, president of the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley California.
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Christ
Stuart LeRoy Anderson
Berkeley
Calif
Pacific School of Religion
Fix-Up Weeks in Thomasville Urged by Mayor Hundley
The city launches two weeks of cleanup and fix-up efforts following a Garden Club suggestion led by Mrs. John Hall urging residents to spruce up Thomasville. Mayor George Hundley backs the plan to improve the city’s appearance.
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Thomasville
George Hundley
Hundley
John Hall
Garden Club
Fraternity Chooses HPT&D Executive for Honorary Beta Gamma Sigma
CHAPEL HILL O Arthur Kirkman former state senator and executive VP of the High Point Thomasville and Denton Railroad Company earns Beta Gamma Sigma membership along with 11 UNC Chapel Hill School of Business Administration honor students. Initiation is set for May 9 1961 under the theme The Fostering of Integrity in the Conduct of Business Operations. Student initiates include George Worth Campbell of High Point.
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Chapel Hill
O. Arthur Kirkman
High Point
Thomasville
Denton
University of North Carolina
School of Business Administration
Beta Gamma Sigma
National Business ‘Administration
George Worth Campbell
Hillcrest Dr
Rain Forecast From Friendship Weather Station
The Friendship weather station reports a wet spell with daily rain through the week. Scattered showers and thunderstorms will affect the area this evening and tonight with cooler temperatures a high of 76 tomorrow and a low of 64, remaining above normal overall.
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Friendship
Britain’s Post Office Savings Bank Largest World Institution
The Big Bank is described as the largest savings bank globally with over 22 million active accounts.
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Britain
Post Office Savings Bank
Cabinet Divergence Between American and British Roles
The American cabinet differs from its British counterpart by not acting as a unified body and lacking formal responsibility or a direct role in lawmaking. It operates without a binding collective authority.
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James A. Monroe
R. H. Harmon
Claude Canady
T. G. Shelton
Westwood
Dal Bayles
Robert Snider
Cal Bayles
Country Club
Emerywood Drive
Forest Hills Presbyterian Congregation
Paul Capel
Cecil Street
Albert Daniel Wright
Capel
Wright
Greene
Jesse E. Lackey
E. Homestead Avenue
Cleve Price
Gordy Street
Richard David McCann
Willowbrook Street
High Point Enterprise
Emerywood Country Club
David Cox
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