Calm assurances avert college dorm revolt at High Point
High Point College students protested for better McCulloch Hall living conditions triggering a peaceful campus meeting. Dean J H Allred and bursar A B Williams heard complaints about plaster, floors, plumbing and furniture while arranging possible renovations and a summer replacement plan. An agreed grievance committee was set to meet with officials next week.
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Enterprise City
Balter Zerp
High Point College
McCulloch Hall
Goldeen Ward
Memorial Alken
Fred Barber
Phil Crockett
J. H. Allred
A. B. Williams
Allred
Science Center
Cooke
Barber
David Cox
Clear Warmer Weather With Sunny Skies Ahead
Weather outlook for High Point and nearby areas calls for mild days and nights. Tomorrow and Saturday will bring sunny periods with a few clouds and only light cooling. Expect a high near 86 degrees for today and tomorrow, a low around 62 tonight, and a 56 degree low last night.
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High Point
Elusive escapee surrenders after repeated jailbreaks
William Ray Grissett, 29, a two time escapee from Sandy Ridge Prison Camp, walked into police HQ after family and a lawyer persuaded him to surrender. He faces two escape charges after eluding guards again. Also arrested were Robie Flemming Jr. on carnal knowledge of a 14 year old and three men on reckless driving charges with bonds posted.
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William Ray Grissett
Sandy Ridge
White Cook
Long Street
Grissett
Stokesdale
Will
Robie Flemming Jr
Flemming
Daniel Brooks
Ham supper at Mount Vernon Hut sponsored by Mount Gilead Church
A ham supper hosted by the Mount Gilead Church young people will be served Saturday at Mount Vernon Hut Route 1 Trinity. Adult plates cost 1.25 dollars and children's plates 0.75 dollars.
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Mount Gilead Church
Mount Vernon Hut
Route 1
Trinity
Deep River Fire Association Meeting Tonight
The Deep River Fire Association will meet in the fellowship room of the Deep River Friends Church at 8 o'clock tonight.
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Deep River Fire Association
Deep River Friends Church
Board Delays School Bids as Restudies Ordered
High Point school board delays signing contracts for ground development at a new junior high and a cafetorium at Johnson Street School to trim bids toward a $985000 budget. Low bids exceed allocations, prompting cost-cut talks. other action includes garden shrubbery work and a Johnson Street lot purchase.
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High Point
Johnson Street
County Board of Commissioners
D. W. Winkelman Carolina Co
R. K. Stewart & Son Construction Co
Montlieu Avenue School
James A. Hogue
Johnson Street School
C. B. Welch
Gas Price War Ends as Costs Rise Again
The article notes a sudden halt to a recent gas price war as living costs climb. It recalls a period when regular gasoline fell to 19.9 cents per gallon and later to 32.9 cents, with some stations offering slight variations before prices increased.
Sign and Lot Matters Cleared by High Point Council
Two long standing issues were removed from the agenda as the committee settled the release of undeveloped park land at E Farriss and Centennial Avenues and denied expanding signs on Business C in favor of allowing more signs at the Furniture City Motel after rezoning on Main Street near the cloverleaf. The panel also backed annexation on Highway 10A, land on Ward Street for street work, and a Duke Power street installation agreement pending the new city budget.
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High Point
Parks and Recreation Commission
E. Farriss and
Centennial Avenues
J. D. Green
Evelyn Shoaf
Ward Street
Duke Power Company
Spring Festival at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church
The annual Spring Festival will run Friday and Saturday from 5:30 to 10 p.m. on Montlieu at the school and church grounds. Highlights include the Coffee Corner, dinners each evening, and booths by St. Edward's Ladies Guild with bake goods and aprons. Children's booths offer dolls and baseballs. Men’s Club handles booths and lighting. Aquinas Teen Club assists with arrangements.
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Immaculate Heart of Mary
Montlieu
St. Edward's Ladies Guild
Aquinas Club
McNutt Awards Honor Two Ninth Graders at Awards Day
At Junior High School awards day O Arthur Kirkman awarded McNutt prizes to Marion Diack and Lynnette Rice for best descriptions of What I Have Learned in School About the American Way of Life. First prize is 25 dollar savings bond, others split second and third. The 100 dollar teacher prize goes to the area’s best teaching program.
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O. Arthur Kirkman
McNutt
Marion Diack
Lynnette Rice
Franklin H. McNutt
Woman's College
Greensboro
Piedmont Associated Industries, Inc
High Point
Thomasville
Jamestown
Piedmont Chapter to Elect Officers at Final Dinner Meeting
The Piedmont Chapter of the National Association of Accountants will elect officers and directors for the coming year and feature a speech by Duke University professor Martin L. Black Jr. on Cost Accounting and Controls. The event starts at 6 PM Friday at the Mayfair Cafeteria Greensboro.
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Martin L. Black Jr
Duke University
Piedmont
National Association of Accountants
Mayfair
Greensboro
Black
John Lucas Jr
Robert L. Kirkman
High Point Man Leads Marines
The son of a High Point resident commands two companies of the 6th Regiment, Second Marine Division, dispatched to Guantanamo Bay Cuba under orders of Eisenhower and Nixon to quell rioting in Caracas. Col. Smoak, veteran commander, previously led the Fifth Marine Regiment and earned the Gold Star and fourth Legion of Merit.
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High Point
Caribbean
Eisenhower
Dent Richard Nixon
Caracas
Col. Smoak
E. C. Smoak
Montheu Ave
6Th Regiment
Second Marine Division
Camp Lejeune
Guantamano Bay
Cuba
Nixon
Washington
First Marine Division
Fifth Marine Regiment
Fifth Regiment
Randolph Tot Hit By Car On Highway
Two year old James Spooner Estes suffered a broken leg when hit by an auto on Flint Hill Road seven miles south of Trinity in Randolph County. The child, son of John Estes, was struck by Henry Royals Jr., 38, of Archdale and was taken to a High Point physician for treatment. Royals said the boy darted across the road and turned back after hearing braking. No charges filed. In High Point, two minor accidents occurred on English Street and at Grimes and W Green streets. Damages totaled about 425 in the incidents.
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James Spooner Estes
Randolph County
John Estes
Trinity
Henry Royals Jr
Archdale
Flint Hill
Royals
High Point Phymo
English Street
William Morgan
Eagle Springs
Grimes
W. Green Streets
Nora Stroud
W. Russell Street
Judson C. Wood
Cable Street
Stroud
Wood
Prayer for TO DAY from Riverside Avenue Christian Church
A brief prayer requesting transformation into persons full of glory for Jesus' sake. Author Richard L. James, minister at Riverside Avenue Christian Church in Jacksonville Florida.
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Jesus
Richard L. James
Jacksonville, Fla
Riverside Avenue Christian Church
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Dennis Cooke
High Point Enterprise
J. H. Out
Alfred
Henry Rhymer
Joseph C. McMahon
Almond
N. C
Ray Glenn Todd
Albertson Road
Rhymer
Restudies
Accountants
High Point Man
Marines
Col
E. R. Smoak
Randolph Tot
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