Guilford Democrats Reelect Officers and Back Presidential Primary
The Guilford County Democratic convention in Greensboro re elected all officers of the county executive committee and adopted a resolution supporting a preferential presidential primary. A proposal to make the four county house seats run for a specific seat was tabled after debate. Keynote speaker Adam Younce praised party harmony and criticized Republicans. The presidential primary measure passed unanimously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guilford
Greensboro
House of Representatives
Frank R. Hutton
Dave Neill
High Point
J. William Coleman
T. Grady
Bowman
Melvin Wyrick
Gibsonville
Roy M. Booth
Resolutions Committee
Executive Committee
Annent
Adam Younce
Domestic Relations Court Advisory Commission
Younce
Trade Week Exhibit To Be Staged In High Point
High Point League of Women Voters promotes National Trade Week with a display of imports. Items include foods from Latin America hardware linen clothing from Europe wax from Germany shellac from India castor oil from Brazil damar gum from Thailand and a Saki bottle from Japan. The display will be in the Central Savings Bank windows for the entire week starting Monday.
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United States
High Point League of Women Voters
League
Central Savings Bank
Main St
Neal Austin
National Resources Committee
National League
Latin America
Europe
Germany
India
Brazil
Thailand
Japan
Austin
High Point Rose Show Sets Rules for Exhibitors
The High Point Men's Rose Society will hold its show May 20 at Central Friends Church annex. Rules require stems 8 to 18 inches, no late disbudding, entries accepted 8 to 10:30 am, judging at 10:30, public viewing 12 to 9. Open-grown roses only, one entry per exhibitor, containers provided, blooms kept fresh, Queen of the Show to receive an American Rose Society gold certificate.
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Central Friends Church
L. B. Dutton
Dutten
American Rose Society
Accident Box Score From Last Week
Report shows numbers on accidents for the week with totals including fatalities injuries and property loss. Totals to date this year list 260 accidents and 70 870 18 dollars in property loss while the week’s figures include last week’s fatalities and injuries.
City Red Cross Aids Sick Vets From High Point
The local American Red Cross in High Point coordinates with the Veterans Administration Hospital in Salisbury to assist nearly 400 hospitalized veterans. It asks communities to fund raise and provide comforts such as stamps, stationery, cigars, candy, magazines, and organized activities. About 25 trained ARC volunteers support hospital visits.
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The
American Red Cross
High Point
Veterans Administration Hospital
Salisbury
ARC
Aay
City Council to study five new ordinances on Tuesday
Council will review five ordinances approved by the Law and Public Safety Committee. Proposals cover zoning authority transfer, rabies treatment for dogs, culvert pipe diameter, state building code adoption, and parking restrictions along Parkway Main streets. Also on agenda a damage suit, taxi permits, and water and license applications. The safety committee will urge stoplight installations at Ward Prospect and S Main Clay.
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Council
Law and Public Safety
Planning and Fee
Board of Adjustment
Adjustment Board
Zoning Commission
High Point
Parkway
Main St
Lindsay St
N. Main St
Shirley Ave
Harrison Clinic
Annie B. Kennedy
Red Bird Taxi Co
Caocil
Ward and
Prospect Sts
S. Main
Clay Sts
Truck Driver Posts In Kiss Assault Charge
Hoover Porter a 27 year old truck driver posted bond on a charge of assaulting a female employee at a local drug firm after allegedly taking her in his arms and attempting to kiss her. Police said no link yet to recent molesting incidents in the area. Porter to stand trial in Municipal Court May 19.
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Hoover Porter
ViasoUal Ulub Litt
Rose Anna Hudson
Porter
James Holmes
Tate St
m#1
Hoover St
Bertha Harris
Mattie Anthony
Bynum St
Kivett Dr
Donnie Jenkins
Jenkins
Winston- Salem
Bethina Ashburn
Wrenn St
Stret
Thomasville Teens to Compete in Road-E-O Judges Named
Thomasville Jaycees announced two of four judges for the teenage road-e-o driving skill contest. Police Chief Paul M. Shore and License Examiner Earl Hargrave will judge. two others to be chosen soon. Written tests on road rules precede a May 20 driving event at Memorial Park Stadium for top 25 entrants.
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Thomasville
Hardy Henry
Jaycee Project
Paul M. Shore
Earl Hargrave
Jaycees
Memorial Park Stadium
Henry
Hasty
Pilot
Fair Grove
N. C. Jaycees
Washington
D. C
Trinity High School Commencement Plans Outlined
The Trinity High School commencement events begin with an 8 p.m. baccalaureate sermon tonight by Rev. J C Gatewood Sr. and a Thursday 8 p.m. graduation with remarks by Rev A B Pearce Jr. George H Arnold and Rev J L Lowe lead invocations. Benedictions, salutatorian Phyliss Freeman and valedictorian Elizabeth Allman are noted along with honors, trophies, and diplomas to be awarded by officials including T R English and D S Underwood.
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Trinity High School
Thurso
J. C. Gatewood Sr
Trinity Baptist Church
Reid Mendenhall
A. B. Pearce Jr
St. Paul Methodist Church
Charlotte
Mr. Gate
George H. Arnold
Thomasville
J. L. Lowe
Trinity Methodist Church
Phyliss Freeman
Elizabeth Allman
Glee Club
Bruce Craven Cup
Seward
T. R. English
D. S. Underwood
T. H. Smith
Woodmen of the World
Home Demonstration Club
Poise Lessons For 1954 Miss High Point Contestants
Miss Ruth Adams will conduct poise and talent development for entrants in the 1954 Miss High Point pageant. Two-day judging on May 28–29 will select High Point’s state contestant to Burlington and ultimately Atlantic City Miss America. winner receives a $2000 college scholarship plus $500 wardrobe and appearance fees.
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Ruth Adams
Charles Jarrell
Junior Chamber of Commerce
High Point
Albion Millis Stadium
Jarrell
Burlington
Atlantic City
North Carolina
UNC students join Phi Beta Kappa honors group
Sixty two University of North Carolina students from High Point and others were initiated last week into Phi Beta Kappa, the scholastic society. Dr B L Ullman chairman of the university Classics department at Chapel Hill addressed the initiates at the ceremony Thursday night.
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Charles Walter Stout
Sam Bryce Gibson
High Point
University of North Carolina
Phi Beta Kappa
B. L. Ullman
University At Chapel Hill
Jamestown Memorial Meeting Set For May 23 Service
The 28th annual Jamestown Community Memorial Association meeting will be at Jamestown Methodist Church on May 23 at 3 p.m. Rev. Walter J. Miller of Wesley Memorial Methodist Church in High Point will be guest speaker. A large crowd is expected to attend the service honoring the dead.
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Local Merchants Association
W. A. Davis
State Board of Directors
N. C. Merchants Assn
Raleigh
Tuday
James A. Penley
H. M. Ridge
T. E. Stubbs
Sir Walter Hotel
Penley
Jamestown Community Memorial Association
Jamestown Methodist Church
Walter J. Miller
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
High Point
Sao Paulo called Chicago of the Tropics by U S executive
Ralph S. Wall of Sears Roebuck reveals life in Sao Paulo Brazil where orchids sell at 10 cents a dozen and coffee dries on sunlit ground. Wall, a furniture buyer, has lived there since 1949 and notes the city’s rapid growth, its 2.89 million population, and major industrial role. He compares it to Chicago and cites GM Ford plants and a strong export economy. Page two continues.
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Brazil
Ralph S. Jo Ace High Pointer
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Wall
High Point
Cameron Gan
Chestnut St
Sao Paulo
Rio
America
Chicago
Wal
Tropics
General Motors
Ford
Civil Trial Docket Cut Down By Pre-Trial Conferences
Guilford County judges credit pre trial conferences for streamlining civil dockets in High Point division. The first day meetings settle many issues, reducing trial time by days. An initiative to dismiss stale cases with non suit judgments cleared nineteen cases last week. The term shortened enough to cancel part of the two week schedule.
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Francis O. Clarkson
High Point
Frank Hart Hart
Grover
Brevard Alumni To Convene Here
Brevard College alumni from Guilford and Randolph counties will meet Monday at 7 PM in a dinner session at High Point College. Dr. Rozzelle will address the gathering, Miss Faulkner will perform music, and dinner plates are 1.25 dollars. attendance urged for former Brevard students in the area.
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Brevard College
Guilford Andosyth
High Point College
Co. E. Rozzelle
Carolina's
James T. Underwood
Ellen Faulkner
Eugene J. Coltrane
Steward College
Iota Phi Installation Rites Held at High Point College
Iota Phi of Lambda Chi Alpha celebrated its installation at High Point College with a banquet and ball at Emerywood Country Club. Ernest F. Tucker delivered the principal address. Linn C. Lightner presented the charter. Joe Widenhouse Jr. presided as group president. Dr. Clifford R. Hinshaw spoke for the college.
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Emerywood Country Club
Iota Phi
Lambda Chi Alpha
High Point College
Ernest F. Tucker
Atlanta
Linn C. Lightner
Joe Widenhouse Jr
Clifford R. Hinshaw
George W. Spasyk
William T. Kern
J. Hobart Allred
Linwood T. Carter
Greensboro
Anne Shipwash
Mbda Chi Alpha Crescent
Gotes
Ital McNeill
High Point
Iota Phi Crescent
Aets
Don McGill
Becky Lisk
Graham
Tony Lisk
Barbara Going
Lexington
Joe Widenhouse
Lambda Chi
Posta Cathe
Candidates Forum Sparks Heated Questions in High Point
Forrest Cates reports on a High Point LWV candidates forum that drew an unusually large crowd. Students fired sharp questions to Hunt and Haworth, with Hunt facing a tough query on segregation and Haworth hinting at local option for liquor.
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High Point League of Women Voters
Joseph M. Hunt
B. Haworth
Hunt
League
Haworth
Jesse Washburn
Jesse
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National Recreation Association
NRA
United Defense Fund
United Fund
Democrats
High Point Rose
Eeeee
City Red Cross
Thomasville Jaycees
Trinity High
Patricia McDowell
Davey Edwards
Nancy Rice
Kenneth Hill
Beth Kinney
Geneva Hunsucker
Ollie Welborn
Harold Beck
Marlene Newton
Barbara Davis
Larry Swiggett
Becky Snyder
Martha Suits
Shelby York
Franklin Albertson
Loraine McCurry
Cherryville
Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity
Jamestown
Commerce St
High Point, N. C
Guilford County
Brevard
By Forrest Cates
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