New City Council Shakes Up City Hall In 15 Days
In Enterprise City two weeks into office a fresh council unveils a six point program led by Mayor Carson Stout. It aims to study the Civil Service System, weighs a Westchester Drive shopping center, imposes attendance targets on school board members, and plans a stricter efficiency review. The body’s first actions show active push with a committee plan set to debate rezoning and board attendance amidst a shifting political balance.
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Forrest Cates
Enterprise City
City Hall
Carson Stout
Grapevine
Council
Shelby
Westchester Drive
Stout
Lea Named Editor of The Technician at State College
Michael D. Lea, a major in applied mathematics and longtime staffer, was elected editor of the student newspaper The Technician for the 1961 62 year at North Carolina State College. He has served as managing editor this year and is involved in multiple campus groups. He will also manage the Sedgefield Country Club swimming pool this summer.
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North Carolina State College
Michael D. Lea
Jamestown Rd
Lea
Hurdle H. Lea
Apollo Club
Publication Board
College Union Board of Directors
Athletic Council
Blue Key
Sedgefield Country Club
Scout Camp Names Waterfront Staff for 1961 Session
The Boy Scout office announced the 1961 Summer Camp water front staff. Dewey Crawford would be waterfront director with Guy Carr Jr as life saving instructor, Eddie Koonce as swimming instructor, and Richard Helms as canoeing and rowing instructor. Crawford will attend the waterfront training institute May 28 to June 3 in Yocona Mississippi. About 800 scouts will attend Camp Uwharrie during the summer.
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Boy Scout Office
Dewey Crawford
Guy Carr Jr
Eddie Koonce
Richard Helms
Crawford
Waterfront Training Institute
Yocona
Miss
Uwharrie
Sumer
Red Cross Elects Horney Chairman
The High Point Red Cross annual meeting at the YWCA elected William A. Horney Jr as chapter chairman with Robert Rankin as vice chairman and A. Glenn Smith as treasurer. Three-year terms were given to O. Arthur Kirkman Ralph Gurley and Fred Alexander. Dr. Charles H. Morgan urged ongoing humanitarian goals linking Red Cross to urban needs and blood research. He praised Junior Red Cross aides and noted expanding first aid training for police. Out-of-town guests attended.
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Red Cross
Charles H. Morgan
High Point
YWCA
Guy Kinney
J.W. Lindsay Jr
William A. Horney Jr
Robert B. Rankin
Kinney
John Crowder
Guy Carr
Elizabeth Ennis
Police Department
Ennis
Lawrence Graves
Herman Reese
Robert Gooden
William B. Howell
Morgan
Leis de- Hart
Helen Weiler
Winston-Salem
Clay Whitehead
City school board to revisit overhaul of size and rules
The City Council and school board plan a final review of a proposed change to board size and terms. AAUW proposals to raise membership to seven and seven year terms have been incorporated into a legislative bill after an attorney general ruling. Council leaders warned they may act if the board offers no further word by day’s end.
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American Assn. of University Women
AAUW
Knox Walker
Dan Whitley
Wade Bruton
Scould
No Draft Call During June
High pointers of draft age can relax for another month. The local draft board announced today that it has not received a draft call for June. Seven men will go to Charlotte June 20 for a pre induction physical examination, board officials said.
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Charlotte
Five Teens Injured as Small Car Flips on Hasty School Road
Five students headed to school from Hasty Elementary and Ledford High were rushed to High Point Memorial Hospital after a two-car crash on Hasty School Road near Midway Drive-In Theater. Charles W. McKinney 16 drove the other car with a young girl. he escaped injury while the foreign car occupants sustained scalp, facial abrasions, and wrist injuries.
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High Point Memorial Hospital
Hasty School Road
Hasty Elementary
Ledford High Schools
Midway Drive-In Theater
Ray Kirkman
Charles W. McKinney
Juanita Street
McKinney
Harold C. Davis
Sechrest
Ambulane
Siler
Thomasville
Howard Michael
High Point Medical Center
Penny Halker Kennedy
Jospeh W. Halker
Kennedy
Roger Barbour
Gary Leach
Michael, Harker, Barbour
Leach
Rt. 4
Mrs. Kennedy
English Street
Kirkman
Michael
Still at Large Ben Inman Escapes Prison Camp
Ben Inman, 48, serving 20 to 40 years for a January 1960 rampage that left four wounded including High Point officer W C Hodges, escaped from a Franklin County prison camp on Highway 64 north of Raleigh. This marks his second escape after fleeing a Zebulon work gang on June 30, 1960. He shot his estranged wife Louise Queen, her 17 year old son Larry, Mrs. Nancy Prince, and Hodges during the all day attack.
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Ben Inman
Franklin County
Raleigh
Inman
Zebulon
Warn
Louise Queen
Larry
Nancy Prince
Queen
High Point
W. C. Hodges
Fisher Street
Mrs. Prince
Hodges
Oak View
Win
Weather Outlook Warm and Mild Through Friday
The Friendship weather man predicts continued fair weather tonight and tomorrow with a cooler note. Low tonight near 48 degrees and a high Thursday around 78. This afternoon’s high near 74. Friday outlook shows increasing cloudiness and mild temperatures.
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Friendship
Railroad Sued For $35 000 Over Fatal Crossing Crash
Administrators of Will Combs estate file a $35 000 suit in Middle District Court against Southern Railway Co claiming negligent operation led to his death at a Roaring River crossing on April 16. George Vance Combs, administrator, said the train approached at high speed with no lookout evident. Heirs seek $35 000 damages.
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Middle District
The
Southern Railway Co
Will Combs
Roaring River
Southern
George Vance Combs
Longtime Hospital Employee Honored by Trustees
High Point Memorial Hospital trustees presented Andrew Corbitt of 1716 Rivett Dr. a cash gift for fifty years of service. Corbitt began as an orderly under Dr. John T. Burrus and the hospital has undergone name changes during his tenure.
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High Point Memorial Hospital
Andrew Corbitt
Rivett Dr
Corbitt
W. R. Peters
Peters
Hospital
John T. Burrus
Burrus Memorial Hospital
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Bill
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ston-Salem
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Safe Teen Drivers Club
Nick
Fountain
Dwain Rowe
Roger Cromer
Art Richardson
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For Long
Frank B. Smith
Nan Garland
Woman’s Guild
Smith
Garland
Horace Haworth
Woman's Guild
Robert K. Arthur
Paul Ingle
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