City approves new administration and water rate rise
The city installs mayor Jess Washburn and Councilman Hubert Bryant as new leaders. A July 1 water and sewer rate hike is approved to fund a sewer-water bond issue, while committee chairs are named and plans for a courthouse push are outlined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ony
Mony
Covington
Jess Washburn
Washburn
Hubert Bryant
Bryant
Robert Rankin
Rankin
John Haworth
Law and Public Safety
H. G. Ilderton
Public Works
Katharine Kirkman
Public Utilities
Stuart
Kirkman
General Assembly
Highway Commission
Chamber of Commerce
Merchants Association
T. E. Hinson
Industrial Leader Tucker Dies in North Carolina Community
Frank Tucker born July 20 1883 in Stanly County son of Frank and Anna Belle Tucker. Longtime High Point furniture veteran secretary treasurer of Giant Furniture Company later general manager of Loudon Chair Company. Active Mason and philanthropist to Oxford orphanage. Survived by son Frank A. Tucker daughter Christine Tucker and relatives. Funeral set from First Presbyterian Church Thomasville with burial in Guilford Memorial Mausoleum.
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Stanly
Frank and
Anna Belle Ramsey Tucker
High Point
Stanly County
Giant Furniture Company
Loudon
Tenn
Loudon Chair Company
Relateves First Church
Ous
Thomasville Rotary Club
Numa F. Reid Lodge No. 244
York Rite
Mystic Shrine
Masonie W Orphanage
Oxford
Tucker
Holy Land
Australia
High Point College
Thomasville
Duke St
Frank A. Tucker
Christine Tucker
Rupert Tucker
Norfolk
Fred
Marvin
Clyde McSwain
Julia Belle Mc- Swain
T. M. Mauldin
Charlotte
L. H. Laton
Albemarle
Bessie Davis
Koonce Funeral Home
J. C. Green and Sons Funeral Home
First Presbyterian Church
J. Harry Whitmore
William P. Price
Saint Mary's Episcopal Church
Realty Transfers Across High Point Township Listings
Realty transfers recorded include Anne H Sockwell to Richard E King and wife lots 25 through 28 Sockwell Causey property. J B White to Robert W Rudd and wife blocks 192 201 Jewel Heights. Maude Wheeler to L F Wheeler lot 32 J M Gordon property. Cora Wheeler to L F Wheeler subdivision. Clyde V McCain to Roy H Freeman and wife lots 24 25 J Elliott property. J G Ritch and wife to Junior H Farley and wife Fairfield Road. W N Garner to J A Myatt and wife blocks 275 276 Rankin Teague Welch lands. W J Pore to Doris Jean Hill lot 3 Block M Section 1A Highland Cotton Mills property. Cecil W Spencer and wife to Mary K Blackburn lot 12 Block F Golfcrest Development.
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Anne H. Sockwell
Richard E. King
Sockwell and
Causey
J. B. White
Robert W. Rudd
Jewel Heights
Maude Wheeler
L. F. Wheeler
J. M. Gordon
Cora Wheeler
Clyde V. McCain
Roy H. Free
J. Elliott
J. G. Ritch
Junior H. Farley
Fairfield Road
W. N. Garner
J. A. Myatt
Rankin Teague
Welch
W. J. Pore
Doris Jean Hill
Highland Cotton Mills
Cecil W. Spencer
Mary K. Blackburn
Golfcrest
State Exchangites Convene In High Point Conference
The Exchange Club of High Point hosts the state Exchange Conference starting 4 p.m. Saturday with a dance for Exchangites and guests at the hotel. Sunday sessions begin 9 30 a m led by State President Dr A E Sherron and feature five panel discussions and a 11 a m address by Norman E Swigart on democracy and mental health.
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Exchange Club of
High Point
State Board of SF
Sherron
A. E. Sherron
Norman E
Richard P. Swigart
New York
Vene
Swigart
C. Sylvester Green
Retailers Oppose Federal Wage Law at Southern Furniture Meet
James J. Michaux of the American Retail Federation urged Southern Retail Furniture Association members to oppose a proposed federal minimum wage for retailers. He argued new rules would hurt small retailers, noting a $1 hour floor would not raise real wages. Leo J. Heer of High Point also spoke, offering guidance on shopping a furniture market as the SRFA 45th annual session opened in Grove Park Inn Asheville.
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Asheville
Southern Retail Furniture Association
James J. Michaux
American Retail Federation
Washington
Michaux
Grove Park Inn
SRFA
Congress
Leo J. Heer
High Point
Southern Furniture Exposition
Heer
Fair Grove Fire Dept Urged to Organize
At the Fair Grove Lions Club meeting in Thomasville residents urged forming a rural fire department to protect 16 homes burned between December 1955 and December 1956. No formal action was taken, though a plan may be considered at next week’s meeting.
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Thomasville
Fair Grove
Lions Club
Lions
Little Leagues Talk At AB Club Meeting
The Furniture City American Business Club at the Rainbow Supper Club heard Chigger Moffitt discuss Little League baseball. Plans were set for the ABC District convention in High Point May 17 and 18. Duke head football coach Bill Murray will be guest speaker next week. Jack Slane joined the club and Sammy Lambeth won the attendance prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Furniture City American Business Club
Rainbow
Chigger” Moffitt
Sammy Lambeth
High Point
Bill Murray
Duke University
Jack Slane
Calhoun Anderson
VFW Plans Sunday Scrap Paper Drive Across Local Communities
Archdale VFW Post 9899 will hold a Sunday afternoon paper drive for Archdale Trinity Bakertown Allen Jay 10-A and Fairmont Park with curbside collection by 1 p.m. Special pickups can be arranged by calling 21703. The effort follows a High Point Jaycees drive tied to Clean Up Paint Up Fix Up Week.
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High Point Jaycees
High Point
VFW
Archdale
Trinity
Bakertown
Allen Jay
10-A
Fairmont Park
A B Henley Injured In Car Crash
A B Henley was injured in a rear collision while driving a small sport car along a Myrtle Beach highway. He is expected to be moved to High Point for further recovery by ambulance tomorrow or Thursday. The Henleys were at the beach to open their summer home.
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Myrtle Beach
S. C
High Point
Henleys
HPC Concert Showcases Men Ensemble and Women’s Glee Club
A secular choral program by High Point College ensembles will be performed tonight in the HPC auditorium. The Men’s Ensemble and the Women’s Glee Club start at 8 and the event is free and open to the public.
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High Point College
HPC
Covington Proposed As Administrator Of Health Dept
A rumor spread that High Point mayor George Covington could be named administrator of Guilford County health services. The proposal, floated at a county leaders gathering, would place Covington in charge of the High Point office with county oversight. The plan awaits board of health review and committee study, following criticism of the department after Dr. Ellinwood’s tenure and Dr. Crabtree’s inquiry.
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Covington
Health Dept
High Point
George Covington
Guilford County Health Department
Anvuig &2 Vicensvvuiu
Special Health Board
Amos
Board of Health
Soeepee
W. F. Mauldin
Arthur Corpening
C. C. Arana
James Crabtree
University of Pittsburgh
Crabtree
Gunman Arrested After Kidnap and Shooting in Greensboro
Police say 23 year old textile worker Donald Maness abducted 20 year old Joan Avery Bennett and shot her in the stomach. Bennett was found and operated on at Asheboro hospital after Maness left the Greensboro apartment with her and his brother in law Ed Dillon. Police traced Maness to an apartment and took him into custody.
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Greensboro
F. E. Gibson
Donald Maness
Joan Avery Bennett
Ed Dillon
U.S. 220
Here
Mrs. Bennett
Asheboro
Dillon
Wilbur Hollingworth
Maness
Mercury Near Ninety As Heat Persists In Piedmont
A cool air mass moves away as piedmont residents face warm humid weather. Skies stay partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers mainly late afternoons and evenings through tomorrow. Tonight’s low 62, today’s high near 90, and tomorrow expected to reach 88.
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Piedmont
Greensboro High Point
Reservist Leaders Hear Policy Update Talk
Colonel M. P. Spigener Air Force Reserve group commander of Charlotte spoke to local reservists last night about reserve policy. He was joined by Lt. J. Archie Myatt Maj. Joe A. Ellison and Capt. Leonard Page, officers from nearby units.
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M. P. Spigener
Air Force Reserve Group
Charlotte
J. Archie Myatt
Joe A. Ellison
Lexington
Leonard Page
Charlotte Reserve Center
EAL Announces Connie Flights for Greensboro High Point Area
EAL unveils Constellation service with four engine airliners. Flight 517 arrives from New York at 9 36 a.m. and departs for Atlanta Birmingham and Memphis at 10 05 a.m. Non stop to New York on flight 328 follows from Atlanta to Greensboro High Point.
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Constellation
Greensboro-High Point
New York
Atlanta
Birmingham
Memphis
New Orleans
Tampa
Miami
Greenville
Boston
Man Suffers Broken Arm In Mishap
A 25 year old High Pointer named Jack McKinney of King Street sideswiped a tractor trailer on Fairfield Road About 1 p.m. He was taken to Baptist Hospital Winston Salem for treatment as Memorial Hospital had no beds. His left arm was badly mangled. The truck driver was Paul Myers 30 of Route 4. Total damage was about 75 dollars. No charges yet.
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High Pointer
Fairfield Road
Jack McKinney
King Street
Baptist Hospital
Winston - Salem
Memorial Hospital
Allen Jay School
McKinney
Paul Myers
Route 4
High Point
Joel Dawson
E. Russell and
Park Streets
Avery Little Cooke
English Street
Cooke
Prayer for TOODAY by Alfred Grant Walton
A dated devotional prayer asks God to reveal human dignity beyond physicality and to walk with Christ. The author, Alfred Grant Walton of Brooklyn N Y, minister at Flatbush Tompkins Congregational Church, invokes spiritual growth and the idea that as God is, man may become.
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God
Christ
Alfred Grant Walton
Brooklyn
N. Y
Flatbush- Tompkins Congregational Church
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Forrest Cates
Swansinn
Hinson
Jy Party
Conna L. Briggs
Paul Wil
High Point Enterprise
New
Act City Govern
Bill Jackson
High Point Township
R. P. Swigart
Fair Grove Fire Dept
Archdale Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9899
A. B. Henley
Ee Eee Leverk Ree
Dines Eal
Special Committee
Janet Teague
EAL
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