Fire destroys Southern Plywood plant near city limits
Fire at Southern Plywood Company's plant on Albertson Road outside the city burned the 15,000 square foot facility to the ground, causing estimated losses up to 260000. Fire crews from neighboring towns helped prevent spread to a church and homes as flames threatened nearby buildings. The cause remained under investigation with spontaneous combustion suspected. insurance coverage was described as at least partial.
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Southern Plywood Company
Albertson Rd
C. F. Ingram
Iiven
English St
People's Holiness Church
High Point
J. R. Tucker
M. L. Sechrest
Sechrest
J. O. Sechrest
Management Group Sets Installation and Officers for SAM Greensboro
The Society for Advancement of Management Greensboro Area Chapter plans a May 17 Ladies Night and officer installation at Plantation Supper Club. New president Reitzel N. Morgan of Anvil Brand, Inc. succeeds Wes Suit, with Ralph Gurley elected director for two years and a slate of officers and directors named for 1955-56. A floor show and dinner will follow.
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Society For Advancement of Management
Greensboro Area
Plantation
Reitzel N. Morgan
High Point
Anvil Brand, Inc
University of North Carolina
Morgan
SAM
Wes Suit
Fieldcrest Mills
Spray
Ralph Gurley
Heritage Furniture Co
Henry Smith
Dan River Mills
Aubrey Tingen
Vick Chemical Co
Hal Worley
Western Electric
C. T. McNary
Blue Belt Inc
J. C. MacLachlan
R. J. Reynolds Co
Gurley
R. P. Bunker
Klopman Mills
R. R. King DT
Cone Mills Corp
Harold Robinson
Blue Bell Inc
G. A. Larson
DuPont
H. C. Carlson
Burlington Industries
Charles McFadden
R. F. Brooks
Hanes Knitting
D. E. Henderson
Bruce Payne Associates
City set to burn house for spring firefighting drill
Fire Chief Claude Canady announced plans to ignite a six room two story house in a controlled burn to demonstrate fog spray and other equipment. Surrounding cities may attend as observers while Thom asville Greensboro Winston Salem and Asheboro are invited to witness the demonstration.
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Claude Canady
Canady
City Public Works Department
Fire Department
Thomasville
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
Asheboro
Firemen’s Association
City E
Insurance Men Gather for High Point Meeting at YMCA
The High Point Association of Life Underwriters will hear S. W. Brizendine Jr. of Winston-Salem speak at the YMCA meeting tomorrow at 12 30 p.m. Brizendine, in life insurance since 1941, has held supervisory and managerial roles and will join the Virginia Sales Congress program later this month. Eight local insurers earned the National Quality Award from the National Association of Life Underwriters, led by C. C. Hooks H. V. Armfield J. Lesitie Andrews G. D. Davis Fred L. Stallings Paul Owen R. B. Sutton and Edgar Watson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. W. Brizendine Jr
Winston- Salem
High Point Association of Life Underwriters
YMCA
Brizendine
Virginia Sales Congress
National Association of Life Underwriters
C.C. Hooks
H. V. Armfield
J. Lesitie Andrews
G. D. Davis
Fred L. Stallings
Paul Owen
R. B. Sutton
Edgar Watson
Nature Seen as Heaven Sent Signs by Mrs Grover Jones
Mrs Grover Jones of High Point told Civitans at the Sheraton Hotel luncheon that nature provides signs from Heaven with sea mountains stars and the cycle of leaves and soil symbolizing life death and the permanence of souls The talk titled God in Nature highlighted infinity of sea timeless mountains and the moral influence of stars Program chair Charlie Risch introduced the speaker with guests Bill Wilson of Lexington and Frank McFadden of High Point attending and attendance prizes won by Woodroe Haywood and Henry Douglas.
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Grover Jones
High Point
Civitans
Sheraton Hotel
Charlie Risch
Bill Wilson
Lexington
Frank McFadden
Woodroe Haywood
Henry Douglas
Quota For Draft In June Zero In High Point Area
The High Point area draft quota for June is set at zero, the smallest since September 1953, while pre induction physical exams quota stands at 37 the largest in about a year. Thirty seven men depart for exams on June 7.
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High Point
Symphony to Play Sunday at High Point College
The High Point Symphony Orchestra will give its annual spring concert in Memorial Auditorium at High Point College. Directed by Dr. Lew J. Lewis the program includes Gluck Iphigenia in Aulis Overture Haydn Military Symphony and works by Handel Boccherini Bizet and Vaughan Williams. The ensemble draws members from college students and faculty and from High Point and Denton high schools as well as the High Point Thomasville communities.
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High Point Symphony Orchestra
Memorial Auditorium
High Point College Sunwell
Lew J. Lewis
High Point College
High Point
Denton
Thomasville
Gluck
Haydn
Georgia Cox
William Raper
Virginia Lewis
William Davis
Fred Tyler
Betsy Bryant
Cornelia Snider
Regina Dunn
Rhonda Strange
Sara Dell Little
L. G. Wilson
Monroe Snider
Kenneth Perkins
Ned Surratt
Frank McCulloch
Merrill Perkins
Jerry Brown
Eugene Watkins
Lloyd Stiffler
Henry York
Robert Clark
Jack Barrier
Albert Belisle
Club and Auxiliary Meetings Listed For Evening
The Ever Ready Club meets with Mrs. Hattie Maye Hall at 1504 East St on Thursday at 8 p.m. The Ladies Auxiliary of the American Legion meets with Mrs. Estelle Carter on Downing St Friday at p.m. The Lulu Valley Chapter OES meets tonight at 7 49 at the Odd Fellows Hall.
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Hattie Maye
East St
Legion Auxiliary
Ladies Auxiliary of the
American Legion
Estelle Carter
Downing St
Lulu Valley
O.E S
Odd Fellows Hall
Clouds Bring Cooler Weather With Light Showers
Clouds will lower maximum temperatures to around 83 degrees tomorrow from 87 today. Tonight will be clear to partly cloudy with a low near 58, following a 61 degree low last night.
Mendenhall Elected Chairman of Local Red Cross Chapter
The local Red Cross chapter elected Charles Mendenhall of High Point as chairman at the annual luncheon at the YMCA, succeeding T. C. Kirkman. Lt. Col. Albert G. Karnell urged nationwide first aid training and praised Red Cross service as he spoke on security in service.
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Red Cross
H. N. Williard
Charles Mendenhall
C. G. Mack
George Lyles Jr
Sturey
Army Air Forces
American Red Cross
Albert G. Karnell
Andrews Field
Washington, D. C
YMCA
Taylor M. Simpson
Karnell
Karneil
George Lyles
C. G. Mackintosh
Bill Horney
Ralph Gurley
T. C. Kirkman
Holt McPherson
Robert Haas
Glenn Smith
Kirkman
High Point Memorial
Veterans
Salisbury
Deep River
Junior Red Cross
Veterans Hospital
Armfield School
Pediatrics
National Aquatic School
Guil Rand
Newest Graders Preview City Elementary Schools
Prospective first graders and parents are invited to all 11 city elementary schools tomorrow. Visitors begin at 1 p.m. and will tour rooms, meet first grade teachers, and watch the schools in a preview of the coming fall enrollment. Parents will receive briefings from school officials on preparing children for school.
Special Music For Nick of the Woods At HPC
HPC Tower Players open with Nick of the Woods in Memorial Auditorium at 8 pm tomorrow with Miss Jane DeSpain directing. A second show Friday preserves the same hour. The production blends Indians and wilderness with melodrama and features period songs arranged by Dr. Lewis.
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HPC Tower
Davey Crockett
Memorial Auditorium
Jane DeSpain
Dr. Lewis
HPC
Tower Players
Warning on itinerant sales people warns residents
The los cal Chamber of Commerce renews its alert about fast talking door to door salesmen. Reports describe a clock repairer and a photographer who take payments and vanish. The chamber urges residents not to admit strangers or pay unless the seller proves affiliation with a reputable company.
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Loscal Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Two Forest Fires Burn 12 Acres in Guilford County
Guilford County woods faced two fires yesterday with about 2.5 and 10 acres burned. County forester John Spivey urged extreme caution as the area remains extremely dry until rain. The smaller blaze at Lucy Webster’s Groometown property started from smoking, while the Oak Ridge fire on Alton Tilley’s farm has undetermined cause.
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Guilford County
John Spivey
Per
Spivey
Lucy Webster
Groometown
Alton Tilley
Oak Ridge
Gun Assault Costs Negro 6-8 Years
George Gray of Thomasville was sentenced to six to eight years in Davidson Superior Court for assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill after shooting at Albert McBride with a shotgun last February. McBride lost an arm from the injuries.
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Lexington
George Gray
Thomasville
Ry Lee Whitmire
Davidson Superior Court
Gray
Albert McBride
McBride
Willis Jones
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Ellington
Plywood
Southern Plywood Corp
Reitzel Morgan
Chambers
Symphony
Mendenhall
Genevieve Feldman
Walter Miller
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Iver
Little Mohee
Betty Mullinix
Larry Strange
Vincent Leong
Mark Rose
Nick of the Woods
Amber Lee
Ellen Torrence
Helena Smith
Bill Straughn
Jeannine Easterling
Sylvia Fox
Paul Moss
Guilford
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