Quota of Donors Sought in High Point Blood Drives
High Point aims to collect 300 pints of blood at two drives this week. The Bloodmobile will be at the College gym Thursday from 9 30 a m to 3 p m and at the Armory on English Street Wednesday 11 a m to 5 p m. Guilford Motor Co and Rose Radio Co support transport and music as volunteers prep to meet annual targets.
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High Point
High Point College
English Street
Charlotte
Guilford Motor Co
Red Cross
Rose Radio Co
Exchange Club Hears Local Pastor Sermon
Rev. Arlo Newell of First Church of God spoke to the Exchange Club on global challenges and the need for reliance on God. Lloyd Underwood announced a hand launched model plane glider contest at the high school athletic field on Sunday May 31 at 2 p.m. with six trophies. George Frazier was inducted by Paul Callahan. An educational conference and board of control meeting will be held in Raleigh May 3-24.
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Arlo Newell
First Church of God
Exchange Club
Harold Davis
God
Lloyd Underwood
Underwood
Salvation Army
George Frazier
Paul Callahan
Fire alarm at Priscilla Shop ends with minor damage
City firefighters responded to a blaze at the Priscilla Shop on Salem Street yesterday at 11 45 am when a cigarette allegedly was tossed onto an awning. The fire caused only slight damage to the storefront and was quickly extinguished.
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Thomasville — City
Salem Street
Mrs. Jolina Cashwell Dies At 81 In High Point
Mrs. Jolina Cashwell 81 widow of S. B. Cashwell died at len Bristol after a two year decline and three weeks of serious illness. Born November 5, 1871 in Bladen County she moved to High Point in 1919 and was a South Side Baptist Church member. Surviving are two daughters Mrs. M. M. Spoon and Mrs. T. C. Smith, a son S. E. Cashwell, seven grandchildren and ten great grandchildren. Funeral from South Side Baptist Church Wednesday at 2 pm with interment Floral Garden Park Cemetery.
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Jolina Cashwell
S. B. Cashwell
Len Brissol
High Street
Cashwell
Bladen County
Joseph
Maria Allen Grissom
High Point
South Side
South Side Baptist Church
W. H. Barker
George Richmond
Conrad Memorial Baptist Church
Robert Taylor
Glenana Baptist Church
Thomasville
Floral Garden Park Cemetery
Dr. Dwight Ware To Speak At UNC Graduation
Dr. R. Dwight Ware, pastor of the local Methodist Church, will preach the baccalaureate sermon for the University of North Carolina graduates on Sunday, June 7. Commencement address by Dr. Francis Pendleton Gaines of Washington and Lee University on Monday, June 8.
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Jamestown
Chapel Hill
R. Dwight Ware
University of North Carolina
Francis Pendleton Gaines
Washington and Lee University
Ware
Methodist Church
Asheville
Winston - Salem
Charlotte
Thomasville
Lexington
Warren Godwin Builds Four-Room Home at 620 East State
Warren Godwin secures a building permit for a four-room residence at 620 East State Street with an estimated total cost of $5,000. The project approval records note the planned structure and budget as filed in the city permits ledger.
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Warren Godwin
East State Street
Milk Fund Drive Begins to Aid High Point Children
The annual Milk Fund drive in High Point seeks $3,000 this week to provide school children with a daily half pint of milk. Citizens are urged to adopt a child with a $10 donation, with events including Tag Day and a Milk Run from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday.
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High Point
Drive
Thundershowers Expected Here
Scattered showers and thunder showers are due here by tomorrow afternoon. Today and tonight were to be fair and warm with considerable cloudiness expected Wednesday morning. High today projected at 92 degrees. low tonight 60 and high tomorrow 85. Last night's low was 55.
New Council Takes Oath as High Point Council Succeeds Old One
The outgoing High Point Council transferred power to the incoming eight member group led by Mayor George Covington. New officials took oath before about 60 citizens, with Leddy bus franchise moving from H F Moore to Consolidated Bus Lines. Regular meeting days set for first and third Tuesdays. veteran City Clerk Mrs P C Smith reappointed.
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Archie Myatt
Leddy
H. F. Moore
Consolidated Bus Lines, Inc
High Point
Kearns
Tate Park
George Covington
Myatt
Covington
C. A. Lewis
John Clinard
Clinard
P. C. Smith
Six Families Perish Fire On Fairview Street
An undetermined fire gutted the second floor of a seven room Negro tenement at 618 Fairview Street injuring Neil Jackson who escaped with second degree burns. Firemen halted the blaze and search for other occupants while investigators probed the cause.
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Fairview Street
Firmen Rre
Neil Jackson
Jackson
Claude Canady
English Street
Civil Court Hears Suits For Wreck Near High Point
A civil court session interrupted by a two party wreck suit on May 26 at the Highway 62 and Pleasant Garden Road intersection. Plaintiff John H. Brinkley seeks 677 from Floyd I. Fulp while Fulp counterclaims 750. Brinkley alleges driver A C Vann negligent as Fulp turned into the road.
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High Point
J. C. Rudisill
John H. Brinkley
Floyd I. Fulp
Fulp
Brinkley
Highway 62
Pleasant Garden Road
A. C. Vann
Vann
Ful
Junior High Election Delayed for Council Primary
Principal Lloyd Thayer announced the Junior High School Student Council election will be postponed until Thursday to allow a primary for president and vice president due to a large field of candidates. The primary was held yesterday.
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Lloyd Thayer
Teenagers Injured In Car Crash At City Intersection
An 18 year old boy and an 18 year old girl were treated for head bruises and eye lacerations after their car failed to turn at Kearns Street and Richland Avenue and struck a utility pole at 6 15 p m. Grissom of 508 Mangum Avenue faced reckless driving charges. Damage to the car and pole were estimated at 275 and 50 dollars respectively.
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Kearns Street
Richland Avenue
Phillip G. Grissom
Mangum Avenue
Doris Underwood
Jay Avenue
Grissom
Moore Avenue
Francis Street
Marvin Brown
Springfield Road
Prayer for T DAY by James Ross McCain
A brief prayer dedication from James Ross McCain of Decatur Georgia acknowledging God as the source of all good, gratitude for answered prayers, and a request to be taught to pray in Jesus name. He is identified as president emeritus of Agnes Scott College.
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God
Christ
Jesus
James Ross McCain
Decatur
Agnes Scott College
Carlton Kirkman Named Chairman of Red Cross
Carlton Kirkman was elected chairman of the High Point chapter of the American Red Cross at the annual meeting at the YWCA. He succeeds Taylor M. Simpson. Officers elected for 1953 54 include Bland Worley vice chairman H N Williard treasurer and Mrs Horace Haworth secretary. The meeting drew 87 attendees and highlighted long service awards and extensive Red Cross work in blood programs, veterans aid, and junior activities.
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T. Carlton Kirkman
High Point
American Red Cross
YWCA
Taylor M. Simpson
Bland Worley
H. N. Williard
Horace Haworth
Holt McPherson
Simpson
Red Cross
Harriss Covington
W. C. Sheloff
Arnold Koonce, Jr
Kirkman
Henry Foscue
Piedmont
Powell
Foscue
Robert B. Rankin
Richard Hayworth
Charles Lee Amos, Jr
Rankin
Hayworth
Amos
Charlotte
Robert O. Haas
Sara Coe Hunsucker
James N. Rawleigh, Jr
Kate Hester
Lillian Neeley
Irene Potts
Frankie Settlemyre
W. L. Jackson
Junior Red Cross
Narrow Escape From Fire At Fairview Street Tenement
Neil Jackson, 32, fled his home at 618 Fairview Street as the roof collapsed from a blaze that gutted the second floor. Jackson sustained second degree burns in the incident while firefighters battled the morning fire.
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Neil Jackson
Fairview Street
Jack
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Gary Davis
Arthur York
M. L. Patrick
Katharine Kirkman
George Coving
Milk Fund
Dwight Ware
UNC
P. O
Lula Williams
Carlton Kirkman
T. C. Kirkman
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