Court Hears Damage Suit Against City
A $10,000 suit against the City of High Point reached day two in Superior Court. J Maynard Kennedy, owner of a 15 acre farm on land now annexed to the city, seeks damages for alleged 1959 sewer line construction that disrupted his tobacco field. He claims lack of prior payment, blasting debris, roof damage, soil loss, and crop setbacks. The farm was outside city limits before annexation. Plaintiffs rested yesterday. defense to begin today.
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High Point
Superior Court
J. Maynard Kennedy
Kennedy
High Point Township
Thomasville COIC Installs New Chamber Officers
Thomasville Chamber of Commerce installs a new slate led by James E. Lambeth Jr as president. Officers include Brad Hunsucker and Rev. Orion Hutchinson Jr. as vice presidents, Raymond Yokely as treasurer, and Bob Holladay R L Pope Willie Welborn Homer Beck and C N Freeman as three year directors. The retiring president J G Thomason installed them. Edmund Harding spoke urging aggressive industrial recruitment for 1961.
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Thomasville
Thomasville Chamber of Commerce
Woman's Club
James E. Lambeth Jr
Brad Hunsucker
Orion N. Hutchinson Jr
Raymond Yokely
Bob Holladay
R. L. Pope
Willie Welborn
Homer Beck
C. N. Freeman
Lambeth
Chamber
Edmund Harding
Washington, N. C
YWCA Mother and Daughter Banquet Set for May 31
The annual banquet hosted by the YWCA Mary Bethune Branch will start at 7 30 p m May 31. A skit Look Who s Smoking will be part of the evening and reservations are taken at the YWCA by the Y Teen department.
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Mary Bethune
YWCA
Y-Teen Department
Deaths And Funerals In High Point And Thomasville
Herman Elvin Burton 53 of 205 Boyer St died at home Tuesday night after a long decline. Born May 8 1908 in Guilford County he lived in High Point and worked at Slane Hosiery Mills 32 years. Survived by wife Louise Hooper two daughters Nita Lee Viera and Elva N. Burton two sisters and three grandchildren. Funeral Thursday 3:30 pm at High Point Friends Meeting with burial Floral Garden Park Cemetery. Masonic rites by Numa F. Reid Lodge 344 A.F. & A.M. The body remains at Koonce Funeral Home until service. Mansfield Hendren 44 of 709 Jacob St died in City Memorial Hospital after a stroke. Born in Wilkes County March 24 1917 he lived in Thomasville 12 years employed by Thomasville Chair Co Plant C and Baptist by faith. Survived by wife Hazel Moore two daughters Mary Lou Welch and Joyce Hendren one son Brady Hendren one sister Esther Dishmond one brother William Dwight Hendren. Funeral Thursday 11 am in J. C. Green & Sons chapel with later service at Liberty Baptist Church Wilkes County burial. Family at home of brother William Dwight Hendren 116 Howard St.
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Herman Elvin Burton
Boyer St
Mr. Burton
Guilford County
Francis Alda
Cogie B. Teague Burton
High Point
Numa F. Reid Lodge
Trophy Council
Jr. O.U.A.M
Slane Hosiery Mills
Louise Hooper
Nita Lee Viera
Miami
Fla
Elva N. Burton
Numa F. Reid Lodge No
A.F
A.M
Koonce Funeral Home
Thomasville
Mansfield Hendren
Jacob St
City Memorial Hospital
Mary Lou ‘Welch
Joyce Hendren
Brady Hendren
Esther Dishmond
Rt. 1
New Hope
William Dwight Hendren
J. C. Green & Sons
Paul Berrier
West End Methodist Church
Liberty Baptist Church
Wilkes County
Liberty Church
Howard St
Charles B Auman dies at 81 in Troy hospital
BISCOE Charles B Auman 81 of Biscoe died Monday night in a Troy hospital. Surviving are a son, a daughter, two grandchildren, three brothers, two sisters and several nieces and nephews. Funeral at 2 30 p.m. today at Biscoe Baptist Church with burial in Why Not Cemetery near Seagrove.
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Biscoe
Charles B. Auman
Troy
Charles M. Auman
Reidsville
Elizabeth Auman
J. Clyde Auman
Winston-Salem
F. R. Auman
High Point
M. C. Auman
Seagrove
J. W. Austin
J. D. Lilly
Star
Biscoe Baptist Church
Robert Johns
T. E. Nelson
J. G. White
Donald G. Myers
Why Not
Detroit business leader Daniel Fisher dies in car crash
Daniel C. Fisher 77, former president of S. S. Kresge Co, was killed when his car hit a tree. Police say he likely suffered a heart attack. Born in Strathroy Ontario, he joined Kresge in 1907, moved to Detroit in 1921, joined the board in 1935 and became president in 1946.
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Detroit
Mich
Daniel C. Fisher
S. S. Kresge Co
Fisher
Kresge
Youngstown
Ohio
Strathroy
Ont
Anderson's Golden Wedding Suit Wows Family
Ul Rockford AP reports E Al bin Anderson marked 50 years of marriage by donning his wedding suit. His son, Congressman John B. Anderson, and Mrs. Anderson praised the gesture as a symbol of enduring life together. Mrs. Anderson noted the suit has been brushed many times over the years.
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Rockford
E. Al‘bin Anderson
Congress
John B. Anderson
Injured Worker Remains Critical After Freight Elevator Fall
Hilary C. Wood of Commonwealth Street remains in critical condition at Baptist Hospital Winston-Salem after a freight elevator fell nine stories during unloading at the Furniture Exposition Building. James Arthur Guinn Jr., 19, of Church Street, was killed instantly. Investigators probe blame and failure of a likely temporary fair used to raise materials.
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Hilary C. Wood
Commonwealth Street
Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem
Wood
James Arthur Guinn Jr
Church Street
Furniture Exposition
Guinn
Hurley Reunion Set at Mt Olivet Church
The annual Hurley reunion will be held Sunday June 4 at Mt Olivet Methodist Church near Troy for all descendants of the late Mr and Mrs William R Hurley.
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Hurley
Mt. Olivet Methodist Church
Troy
William R. Hurley
Talks To Avoid Major Issues At Vienna Summit
State Department Soviet expert Charles E Bohlen says President Kennedy will not discuss major issues with Soviet Premier Khrushchev at Vienna because the topics affect many countries, not just the United States and the Soviet Union. Bohlen noted he will accompany Kennedy to the summit and spoke in a Rockhurst College dinner speech.
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Kansas City, Mo
State Department
Charles E. Bohlen
Kennedy
Khrushchev
Vienna
United States
Soviet Union
Bohlen
Rockhurst College
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