Bloodmobile Seeks 300 Donors This Week
The Red Cross seeks 300 pints of blood this week as the Bloodmobile visits the City on Wednesday at the Armory on English Street and Thursday at High Point College gymnasium from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Donors may book appointments by calling 6711. free transportation is provided.
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Red Cross
Armory
English Street
High Point College Gymnasium
Richard Hayworth
Charles Lee Amos, Jr
High Point
New Councilmen To Be Sworn In
High Point's new City Council will take office at 9 30 tomorrow morning. Mayor George Covington and eight council members will be sworn in by Municipal Court Judge Archie Myatt. The meeting begins at 9 30 with no formal agenda announced. Those sworn in include Gary Davis John Haworth Horace Ilderton Arthur York Mrs Katharine Kirkman A Lewis John Clinard and M L Patrick.
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High Point
New
George Covington
Council of Eight
Archie Myatt
Covington
Gary Davis
John Haworth
Horace Ilderton
Arthur York
Katharine Kirkman
A. Lewis
John Clinard
M. L. Patrick
Service Station Loses Water Hose to Vandals
Kennedy's Service Station at 2301 English Street reported a water hose cut into four pieces with a knife on Saturday night. pieces left behind. An earlier patrol night found an unsuccessful break in attempt at King's Tavern on Centennial Avenue near Lexington Avenue with a window screen removed but nothing missing.
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English Street
King’s Tavern
Centennial Avenue
Lexington Avenue
Jaycee Old-Timers Set Tuesday Meeting At English Street
The Old-Timers Club of the Junior Chamber of Commerce will meet Tuesday at 6 30 PM at the Martin Sign Company on English Street. President Charles B Loflin says a hamburger dinner will follow and invites all aged-out JCC members to attend.
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Junior Chamber of Commerce
Martin Sign Company
English Street
Charles B. Loflin
Building Permits For Two Homes On Newlin Street
John P. Byerly and wife obtain permits to construct two six room residences on Newlin Street with estimated total costs of 3000 dollars each.
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John P. Byerly
Newlin Street
Oak Hill PTA Meeting Set for Tomorrow Evening
The Parent-Teacher Association of Oak Hill School will meet tomorrow at 7 30 p m in the school auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
PTA
Parent-Teacher Association of
May Day Festival Held At Fairview Street School
Fairview Street School hosts its annual May Day festival this afternoon at 4 o clock. The event was postponed earlier due to rain, and now resumes with students performing and a celebration of spring.
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Fairview Street
Prayer for springtime faith from Hoover Rupert
A dated prayer asks God to renew faith as spring arrives. Minister Hoover Rupert of First Methodist Church in Jackson Michigan emphasizes new life and sustaining faith through Jesus Christ today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
Jesus Christ
Amen
Hoover Rupert
Jackson, Mich
First Methodist Church
Mayor Resigns Health Department Chairmanship
George Covington newly elected mayor of High Point resigns as Guilford County Board of Health chair. He thanks key officials including Robert Frazier E D Idol Dr P B Whittington C Fordham Dr Ed Apple and Dr E H Ellinwood and County Manager Harry Weatherly for building a strong county health program. Covington pledges ongoing support as mayor and private citizen.
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George Covington
High Point
Guilford County
Enrolls at School William Lawing Joins Chicago Program
William F Lawing of 1209 Johnson Street enrolled in the refrigeration and air conditioning school of Greer Shop Training Inc in Chicago Illinois as reported by the school today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Lawing
Johnson Street
Greer Shop Training, Inc
Chicago
Ill
Funeral services held for Viola Freeze in Lexington
Mrs Viola Freeze 57 widow of Albert L Freeze died at Baptist Hospital Winston Salem Friday. Services were Sunday at First Evangelical and Reformed Church Lexington led by Dr Banks Peeler with interment in City Cemetery. Pallbearers listed. Also noted: Douglas R Purcelle notables obituary heart attack in Murfreesboro Tennessee. Survived by wife and three children. Funeral in Springfield Friends Meeting. Interment Springfield Friends Cemetery with Acacia Lodge Masonic ritual.
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Viola Freeze
Albert L. Freeze
Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem
First Evangelical and Reformed Church
Lexington
Banks Peeler
N. A. Beck
Edgar Sheets
L. O. Walser
Lee Grimes
Don Leonard
Clifford Greer
Numa Leonard
Leo Leonard
City Cemetery
Douglas R. Purcelle
Murfreesboro
Tenn
High Point
John R. Purcelle
Lydia Barker Purcelle
Progressive Farmer
Thelma McGill Purcelle
Peggy Sue Purcelle
David Carl Purcelle
Yow’s
Springfield
Woodfin Memorial Chapel
Springfield Friends Cemetery
Acacia Lodge
Will G Thompson dies after illness in city home
Will G Thompson 49 of 1631 North Hamilton Street died Sunday at 7 10 PM after months of serious illness. He was born September 26 1903 in Mt Gilead son of Frank A Thompson and Tabitha Yarborough. He married Thelma Greene May 2 1931 and she survives. He worked for Snow Lumber Company 13 years. He belonged to Lebanon Methodist Church and Baraca class. Surviving: two daughters Ann McKinnon and Norma Jean Thompson, two sisters and two brothers. Funeral Tuesday at Lebanon Methodist Church with Rev Sides and Rev Easter officiating. Burial Floral Garden Park Cemetery.
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Will G. Thompson
North
Hamilton Street
Mr. Thompson
Mt. Gilead
Frank A
Tabitha Yarborough Thompson
Thelma Greene
Snow Lumber Company
Lebanon
Chapel of Flowers
Lebanon Methodist Church
William Sides
O. L. Easter
Charlotte
Floral Garden Park Cemetery
Local youths depart for May draft pre induction exams
Forty eight young men from this area left this morning for pre induction physical examinations at the Armed Forces Induction and Examining Station in Charlotte. They form the pre induction quota for May.
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Armed Forces
Charlotte
Draft Board
Funeral Rites For Sgt James Reece In Thomasville
Funeral services for Sgt James Charles Reece 21 killed in Korea May 19 1951 were held at Emanuel Evangelical and Reformed Church with Rev Lawrence Leonard and Rev T R York officiating. Interment in Emanuel Cemetery followed full military honors by the William C Miller Post VFW.
Two Injured In Sunday Accidents
Three separate wrecks left two injured and two arrested. Walter E. Dunn 21 and Frances M. Dunn 20 suffered facial lacerations after Dunn failed to avoid a parked car on South Hamilton Street. A second wreck left no injuries when Dewey C. Kennedy Jr. lost control on Centennial Avenue. James H. Hall Jr. faced hit and run charges after sideswiping a car and running a stop sign at Johnson Street and Louise Avenue.
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Walter E. Dunn
Allreds
South Hamilton Street
Dunn
Frances M. Dunn
Billy M. Sanders
Hamilton Street
Dewey C. Kennedy, Jr
Granby Street
Centennial Avenue
James H. Hall, Jr
Reid Street
Johnson Street
Louise Avenue
Hall
Paul F. Moffitt
Friends Avenue
Air Reserve Meeting Speaker Announced
Major Robert F. Craver announced Captain J C Gard of Headquarters 9th Air Force Pope Air Base will address the local 9828th Volunteer Air Reserve Training Squadron at 437 North Wrenn Street at 7 30 tonight. Gard will speak on Air Intelligence and its functions. All squadron members and former Air Force members are urged to attend.
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Robert F. Craver
9828Th Volunteer Air Reserve Training Squadron
J. C. Gard
9Th Air Force
Pope Air Base
North Wrenn Street
Gard
Air Intelligence
Air Force
Science Academy Opposes Airport Expansion Plans
The North Carolina Academy of Science opposes the Air Force multimillion dollar expansion at Raleigh Durham Airport. It warns the project would damage Crabtree Creek State Park and its border. The group endorses expansion only in a dire national emergency and announces officers and a 1954 meeting location.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Academy of Science
Air Force
Raleigh-Durham
Crabtree Creek State Park
Donald B. Anderson
North Carolina State College
Florence Schaeffer
Woman's College
John A. Yarborough
Meredith College
East Carolina College
Greenville
Short Circuit Repairs Lessen Weekend Fire Dept Call
A power line short circuit from a utility pole to a home on Second Avenue prompted a weekend fire department response. Firefighters were dispatched to the residence of G. C. Rodgers at 3 Second Avenue on Saturday as Duke Power Company crews worked to restore the damaged line.
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Thomasville
Second Avenue
G. C. Rodgers
Duke Power Company
Multiple 12 month and 30 day road sentences from county court
Randolph Ellison 34 of 618 East High Street received a 12 month road sentence after a three offense conviction for driving drunk and driving without a license. three year driving ban. John Watts 33 of 42 B Clara Cox Apartments got six months on the roads including a 30 day disorderly conduct sentence and five months for resisting an officer. John T. Stewart 35 of 129 Underhill Street received 30 days on the roads for drunkenness. Vernon Hodge 38, formerly East Green Street, was given 30 days to start after his current sentence. Lloyd V. Wingler of Lexington, ex-Chafin Transfer employee, got eight months for embezzlement, suspended on repayment of 35.75 and a 50 fine plus costs for a 43.90 theft last month. Everett Brown 227 West Russell Street received a 30 day suspended sentence and a $5 fine with costs in a disorderly conduct case.
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Randolph Ellison
East High Street
Ellison
John Watts
Clara Cox
John T. Stewart
Underhill Street
Vernon Hodge
East Green Street
Lloyd V. Wingler
Lexington
Chafin Transfer Company
Wingler
Everett Brown
West Russell Street
Civil Superior Court Opens Two-Week Term in High Point
The High Point division began a two week civil term with Special Judge Howard G. Godwin presiding in Judge J. C. Rudisill’s absence. Twenty six cases were docketed for trial, some continued, with parties including Hawkins vs Walkup McCain, Rex Oil vs Fulp, and many others across firms and corporations.
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Superior Court
High Point
Howard G. Godwin
Dunn
J. C. Rudisill
Newton
Godwin
Margaret Hawkins
Walkup McCain
John H. Brinkley
Turpin Electric Co
Albert L. Long
Ella Y. Setzer
Bobby Odell Setzer
George S. Baker, Jr
Louis Bondi
Clyde W. Jackson
C. F. Wolfe
Case Driveway, Inc
Paul Hamilton
Hamilton Lumber Company
Clara R. Morris
R. Odell Morris
Central Motor Lines
Donald Odell Keesler
Episcopal Diocese Set for 137th Annual Convention
About 250 delegates are expected as the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina opens its 137th annual convention in Christ Church Raleigh with a 2 30 p m business session. Bishop Edwin A Penick will preside and reports from several named clergy will be received.
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Raleigh
Episcopal Diocese of
North Carolina
Christ Church
Edwin A. Penick
Thomas J. C. Smyth
High Point
Thomas A. Frazier
Winston-Salem
E. B. Jeffress Jr
Ralph H. Kimbell
Statesville
James McDowell Dick
Blind eye private detective in Bay Area
Bay Area man Robert Bayne, the nation’s only licensed private eye who is legally blind, starts work as a private detective amid well wishes from friends and colleagues. He emphasizes his determination to prove abilities beyond his disability.
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Burlingame
Calif
Robert Bayne
Bayne
High Point Man Killed When Truck Overturns on Flint Hill Road
Hubert Jamison, 38, of 618 Fairview Street, died after his pickup overturned on Flint Hill Road about four miles south of Archdale at 11 AM. Passengers William Lee Allen 18 and Lawrence Tucker 19 escaped with minor scratches. Jamison reportedly drove at about 75 mph while attempting to pass a car. truck overturned in a ditch and Jamison was found in the opposite ditch. Allen jumped free. Tucker pinned under the vehicle but unharmed. Body taken to Hoover Funeral Home.
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Hubert Jamison
Fairview Street
Memorial Hospital
Flint Hill Road
Fof
Archdale
William Lee Allen
Lawrence Tucker
High Point
Jamison
Allen
Reading Street
Tucker
Wade Street
Hoover Funeral Home
Two Charged With Driving While Drunk In Thomasville
Thomasville police reported a weekend arrest docket with two driving while intoxicated charges and several liquor offenses. Rufus Whitaker and Murville Presness were released on $300 bonds to appear in Recorder’s Court in May.
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Thomasville
Rufus Whitaker
English Street
High Point
Murville Presness
Route 1
Lexington
Recorder's Court
Mother of Three Wins Long List Of Gift Items
Mrs Edna Virginia Jarvis mother of three sons and Crown Hosiery Mill employee won a large prize haul from High Point merchants in a Mother's Day promotion. Her name was drawn from thousands placed in boxes across uptown stores and the drawing occurred Saturday at 4 p.m. at the Center Theater with Mayor-elect George Covington presenting prizes.
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Edna Virginia Jarvis
George Covington
Merchants Association
Uptown
Center Theater
New Thomasville Council Takes Over and Takes Oath
Mayor Carl C. Wilson, who won the mayoralty by 12 votes, took the oath from Walter C. vo and named five new commissioners. Council elected Charles R. Eanes mayor pro tem and kept salaries at 400 and 600 dollars respectively. The city gained a parking lot right on the Southern Railway property and eyed night meetings to hear citizens. Two main issues loom May 21 natural gas facilities and a revised bookkeeping system.
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Thomasville
Carl C. Wilson
Walter C. Vo
Wilson
Rapp
Charles R. Eanes
Everett W. Schadt
Southern Railway
Commerce Street
Schadt
Roy Procter
Eanes
Harrison
Craven
Masville
Adt
Jarrett
Kennedy
Negroes Arrested on Larceny and Assault Charges
Three local men and a fourth by name face charges in Municipal Court. Arizona Myers, 28, allegedly took $5 from Glenn Simmons and posted bond after arrest for larceny. James Witcher, 39, was charged with drunken driving and posted bond. Robert Lee Johnson, 29, jailed for assault on a female with bond set at $200. John C. Greer, 38, accused of owing a $43 board bill with $100 bond. Hearing scheduled June 1.
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Arizona Myers
East Washington Street
Glenn Simmons
James Thomas Witcher
Carter Street
Helen Johnson
Robert Lee Johnson
Fourth Street
John C. Greer
Leonard Street
Mattie Johnson
Greer
Summer Weather Arrives In Area
Spring gives way to summer with the area recording its hottest day of the year so far. Expect a high of 88 degrees this afternoon and again tomorrow under fair to partly cloudy skies. Lows were 52 last night and should rise to 60 tonight.
Social Security cards urged for student workers
Ruth G. Duffy of the High Point office urges students planning summer work to obtain or replace social security cards. Cards are free with no minimum age. Applications available at employment or social security offices. processing takes several days. The notice outlines eligibility, survivor benefits, and local office visit times and locations.
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Ruth G. Duffy
High Point Social Security Office
Scouting Leaders To Attend Explorer Training In Charlotte
Thirty five volunteer Boy Scout leaders from the Uwharrie Council will attend a one day Explorer Training Course in Charlotte on May 25. The course aims to stabilize and expand the Explorer program for youths ages 14 to 16 with leaders from across North Carolina and nearby South Carolina. Participating High Point leaders include J. H. Millis council president Frank Hunsucker Jr district chairman Dr. Glenn Perry Ernest McCall Charles Ward I Paul Ingle and Bland Worley.
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Uwharrie Council
Charlotte
James E. Willett
South Carolina
High Point Sears
J. H. Millis
Frank Hunsucker, Jr
Glenn Perry
Ernest McCall
Charles Ward
I. Paul Ingle
Bland Worley
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Bloodmobile
Jaycee
TOAY
P. O
Mrs. Viola Freeze
Douglas Purcelle
Will Thompson
Sgt
J. C. Reece
Air Reserve Meeting
Science Academy
Civil Superior Court
Episcopal
George Washington Conte
Brown Street
Mae Bell Carson
Sat
Clarence Walton
H. C. Mabe
Sheriff's Department
Finch Row
Melvin Stamey
R. G. Craven
Johnny Simms, Jr
Stamey
Simms
Virginia Dula
Marsh Street
Benny Gainey
John Benjamin Watford
Route 2
Watford
Mabe
New Thomasville Council
A. D. Williams
Asheboro
Sears, Roebuck and Company
W. S. Arnold
Sears’ Appliance
Randleman
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