Local 63 High Point students to graduate
Sixty three High Point College students will graduate at commencement exercises on June 3 and 4. Rev. Kenneth Goodson to give the baccalaureate address and Dr Dennis H Cooke will preside and confer degrees. A large list of graduates from High Point and others from North Carolina and beyond are named.
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High Point
High Point College
Alvin Gray Amick
Zack Dusenry
al , Jr
Beulah Lee Anderson
Betsy Marie Baker
Lois Annette Broome
Lloyd Horace Brown
Rose Mac Ai Byrd
Harry Bassett Cardwell, Jr
Herbert Allen Chilton
Joanne Comer
Banks Chandler Doggett, Jr
Charles Grayson Dozier
William Heller Dyar
Dorothy Jones Fuller
Charles Russell Gardner
Bert Shields Gates
Hallie Arlene Gareth
Emmett Ernest Hiatt, Jr
James Garland Hill
Max Howard Hill
James Kent
D. Lawrence Langley
Gladys Smith Lawson
Mary Waggoner
Mickey
Lucy Faydline Page
Ramona Anne Rhodes
LoElla Genevieve Stroud
Murray M. White, Jr
William C. Anthony
Aud L. Bengel, Sr
Francis Carroll Booze
Robert Thomas Carson
Asheville
Joanne Hart Baker
Lynchburg
Mary Lee Hedgecock Boyan
Kernersville
Ruth Dave Cook
Fayetteville
Dorsey Crumpler
Clinton
George E. Cameron
Gastonia
Mary Graham DeVane
Frank N. Early
Charlotte
Lewis H. Evans, Jr
Forest City
Frank Owen Fitzgerald
Lincolnton
Betty Jane Gibbs
Burlington
Oliver Wilson Hauser
Pinnacle
William McKinley Hennis
Loys Chrosen Honeycutt
Stanfield
Powell Muse Jones
Waccamow
George Robert McKenzie, Jr
Wilmington
Jason Max Masters
Forbes
Katheryn Elizabeth Meilard
Joyce Jeanne Mills
Ararat
Benny Thomas Myers
Badin
Sarah Ruth Myers
Winston-Salem
Eugene Nicholas Palko
Dunmore
Penna
Mildred Louise Parrish
Stem
Olivia Anne Raper
Welcome
Paul Thomas Richardson
Bonita Geraldine Roberson
Graham
Wilton Rogers
Clarkton
Eldred Sloan Schafer
Taylorsville
Wayne Gowan Shelton
Mt. Airy
Doris Mitchell Smith
Greensboro
Joe Carlton Smith
Albermarle
Margaret Southerland
Bahama
Rebecca Southerland
Dorothy Iris Williams
Robbins
James B. Adams
Ernest David Allen, Jr
Star
Edwin Lewis Allman
Concord
James McQueen Bailey
Carthage
William Bruce Bailey
Kenneth Gray Berrier
Winston- Salem
Willia Fleming Black
Selma
Curtis Ray Bavender
Kenneth Ray Brown
Ernest Ray Burleson
Spruce Pine
Pauline Frances Calloway
Yadkinville
George Gray Cartwright
Old Town
Albert Beecher Casey
Winston-La- More
Star Good Mixer At HPC Film
Anthony Dexter, the 1951 Valentino lookalike and former High Point College drama teacher Walter Fleischmann, rose to stardom after Broadway and Army service. Dean Lindley recalls him as a cultured, social mixer and gifted singer who once performed The Lord's Prayer. Dexter later became a contract player with Katherine Cornell and Edward Small, with Hollywood secrecy surrounding his Valentino transformation.
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Anthony Dexter
Rudolph Valentino
High Point College
Valentino
Walter Fleischmann
Dean Lindley
Fleischmann
High Point
Broadway
Eugene O'Neill
Walter Craig
Katherine Cornell
Europe
Miss Cornell
Los Angeles
Cornell
Edward Small
Small
Dexter
HPC
Fleischman
Tractor-Trailer Crashes Into Parked Car in Lexington Area
A tractor-trailer hit the left rear of a parked car on West Lexington Avenue at about 2 AM causing $400 damage. No charges against driver Frank N. Russell of Charlotte were filed. The owner of the damaged vehicle is Milton H. Gupton of Hillcrest Manor Apartments. A separate incident near Ward and Redding caused $55 damage at around 6:45 AM when John H. Chastain and Ernest M. Buchanan auto mishap occurred as Chastain tried to pass during a left turn.
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Lexington Avenue A
Frank N. Russell
Charlotte
Milton H. Gupton
Hillcrest Manor Apartments
Ward
Redding
John H. Chastain
Ding
Ernest M. Buchanan
Young
Chastain
Buchanan
Southern furniture praised by national publisher at Tomlinson dinner
Richard A. Hoefer publisher of House Beautiful praised the Southern furniture industry at a Tomlinson meeting attended by Aubrey W. Dunbar and more than 60 superintendents foremen inspectors and engineers. He cited stronger home living trends and aging auto use boosting demand for better furnishings and lauded two decades of Southern industry progress since his 1932 furniture selling trip.
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Richard A. Hoefer
House Beautiful
New York
Tomlinson Furniture
Aubrey W. Dunbar
Hoefer
Tomlinson
South
Grand Rapids
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Simpson Heads Local Red Cross Chapter in High Point
Simpson was reelected chairman of the High Point chapter with Joe Hollingsworth as vice chairman Mrs. Clarence Ilderton as secretary and Mrs. W T Powell treasurer Inez Clark remains executive secretary A bulletin from the chapter House outlined membership benefits and Red Cross activities Paul M Moore spoke on Red Cross work noting 4000 chapters nationwide and volunteers serving in both peace and war contexts He cited national crisis duties including defense mobilization first aid and blood donations and emphasized the chapter's ongoing contributions to the war effort.
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Joe Hollingsworth
Clarence Ilderton
W. T. Powell
Inez Clark
Imsinnaaean
As Pg
Paul M. Moore
Simpson
Southeastern Area
American Red Cross
Southeastern
Atlanta
Amerian Red Cross
Dwight Isenhower
Red Cross
Moore
Third Driving Drunk Charge Against Man
Weldon Russell Watford, 31, of Route 2, was arrested for drunken driving for the third time in two months. He had been fined $200 on two counts a day earlier. The court imposed a 12 month road term suspended if he remains off the road for three years. Watford appealed, with a rehearing scheduled, though he may withdraw the appeal after the latest charge. He remained free on $1,000 bond.
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Thomasville
Weldon Russell Watford
Route 2
Watford
Recorder's Court
W. Steed
Davidson County Superior Court
Scrappy Local Boy Captures Red Soldier in Korea
Freddy Glaesner a five foot five, 125 pound high school and YMCA athlete in High Point rose to prominence in Korea by tackling and capturing a Red soldier during a frontline clash. He reportedly discarded his rifle and pursued the enemy, bringing him down with a flying tackle and dragging him back to lines. The 20 year old sergeant, address 1000 Sherrod Avenue, was described by coach Tony Simeon as rugged for his size and an outstanding boxer in youth.
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Freddy Glaesner
High Point
Freddy
M-Set
Korea
Glaesner
Sherrod Avenue
Tony Simeon
Golden Groves
Pittsburgh
Simeon
Illness Fatal To Mrs Ella D Johnson
Mrs Ella D Johnson 78 of 402 W Ray Street died after an extended illness. Survivors include Mrs Marjorie Jonoten of Pearlsburg VA J Frank Johnson of Peter NH Rush J Johnson and Wade H Johnson of High Point and five grandchildren. Funeral services Thursday at 3 pm Antioch Baptist Church Mt Airy with burial in church cemetery.
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Ella D. Johnson
W. Ray Street
Marjorie [Jonoten
Pearlsburg
J. Frank Johnson
Peter, N. H
Rush J
Wade H. Johnson
High Point
Antioch Baptist Church
Mt. Airy
Church
Proffitt Wholesale Sues Myers for 670 Damages
Civil action filed by E. F. Proffitt trading as Prof ffitt Wholesale Co. against James L. Myers of Davidson County seeking 670 dollars for damages from a collision near Julian last March.
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E. F. Proffitt
Profffitt Wholesale Co
James L. Myers
Davidson County
Julian
Milk Fund contributions top 931 dollars in drive
The Junior Service League reports Milk Fund donations totaling 931 dollars, over one third of a 2,500 dollar goal as of today. Campaign leaders call for more gifts to push beyond the target while listing several new contributions and noting continued appeal for support.
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Junior Service League
SS Coeree
Frank H. Wood
Diane Wagner
C. S. Beaver
Jerri
Bette Ayers
C. C. Robbins, Sr
Orchestra Will Play Free City Lake Concert Sunday
The newly formed High Point Symphony Orchestra will perform Sunday at City Lake at 4 P.M. Public admission is free. Rehearsals are planned for 8 P.M. tomorrow in the Senior High School band room. The group is sponsored by the recreation department and High Point College music department.
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High Point Symphony Orchestra
Carl Plate
Recreation Department
Plate
Music Department
High Point College
Jurist Recommends Life Revocation for Local Driver
Judge Earle Rives of Greensboro Municipal County Court urged that Earl Pell of 608 South Hamilton Street High Point have his automobile license revoked for life after a fourth drunken driving conviction. Pell faces 18 month sentences on each concurrent count for drunken and hit and run driving arising from a Sedgefield area crash.
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E. Earle Rives
Municipal County Court
Greensboro
Earl Pell
Hamilton Street
High Point
Pell
Sedgefield
Rives
Women of the Moose Meet With Guest Speaker
The Women of the Moose plan their regular meeting Thursday at 8 pm at the Moose Home on Church Street. Guest speaker will be W. R. Peters, Director of the Boulevard Unit at High Point Memorial Hospital.
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Women of the Moose
Moose
Church Street
W. R. Peters
Boulevard Unit
High Point Memorial Hospital
Suit Due To Reach Jury Today In Thomasville Case
A $20 000 suit by Mattie Hollie Freeman of Thomasville against Johnson Motor Lines and Mrs Ethel Stevenson was to go to a Superior Court jury this afternoon. Freeman seeks damages for injuries including a miscarriage after a Johnson bus rear ended by a truck. she was a bus passenger and alleges driver negligence. The bus struck by the truck on the Thomasville High Point Highway last October. Defense claims mutual negligence and that damages were settled at $60. insurance influence and character attacks also alleged. Judge Susie Sharp presiding.
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Superior
Mattie Hollie Freeman
Thomasville
Johnson Motor Lines
Ethel Stevenson
Johnson
Stevenson
Thomasville High Point
Susie Sharp
Police Report Caps A List Of Stolen Items
Police document multiple thefts including a 35 millimeter Bolsey camera with leather case and flash from E. W. Heelas at Hillcrest Manor Apartments. Other losses include parts from a city tractor, an electric iron, and a bicycle wheel. Losses totaled with various small items and set at a low bail.
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Posc
E. W. Heelas
Hillcrest Manor
Robert Beeson
City Garage
Roe Road
Coxpartments
J. IL
Woodbury Tedders
Velen
Boy 11 Suffers Head Bump in Street Collision
Eleven year old Jerry Hill of .702 Carr Street was struck by a moving car on Pine Street around 3 10 P M. yesterday while playing with two others. Police said the boy ran into the street. no charges against driver Haywood B Hyatt Route 2. He was treated at Memorial Hospital and released.
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Jerry Hill
Carr Street
Pine Street
Haywood B. Hyatt
Memorial Hospital
Fire alarm responds to trash and grass blaze at Mallory Street
One fire alarm was answered in the last 24 hours. At 6:57 PM yesterday a trash and grass fire occurred at 316 Mallory Street with no damage reported.
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Mallory Street
Rezoning Plan Prompts Expected Public Protest in High Point
A Board of Adjustment hearing tomorrow at 4 P.M. in City Council chambers will consider rezoning part of Ray Street and Sunset Drive from Residential A to Residential B to allow duplex dwellings. City Planner Malcolm Little notes the change would permit two family homes where single family houses now stand. Local residents plan to attend to oppose the measure.
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Board of Adjustment
High Point
City Council
City Hall
Malcolm Little
Ray Street
Sunset Drive
Lindsay
Council Streets
Fairer Skies Expected With Cooler Temperatures Ahead
The Friendship Weather Bureau forecasts about 10 degrees cooler tomorrow with partly cloudy skies. Tonight remains warm, with fair conditions continuing tonight and cooler yet on Thursday. highs: 78 tomorrow, 88 today. lows: 60 tonight, 61 last night.
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Friendship Weather Bureau
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