New A and P Super Market Approved for N Main Street
A $64,000 building permit was issued to C L Amos for a new A and P Super market on N Main Street between Montlieu Ave and Shirley Ave next to the First Presbyterian Church. E E Younts Inc reports preliminary work begun. 10 600 square foot brick and steel store includes 100 car parking with access from Woodrow Ave N Hamilton St and Main St. A large marquee will front the brick building set back from the street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Main St
First Presbyterian Church
C. L. Amos
Montlieu Ave
Shirley Ave
E. E. Younts
Woodrow Ave
N. Hamilton St
Main St
Twelve Seek To Be City's Ambassador
Twelve applicants from High Point compete for the community ambassador post to Europe this summer. A panel including Mayor Covington and civic leaders will interview them, with Belgium likely the six week destination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Europe
Harold T. Jarrell
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jarrell
George Covington
Charles Kearns
Dean Pruette
D. A
Day Center appoints committees for handicapped children
Taylor Kennerly announces committees for the Day Center for Handicapped Children. Teacher committee members include Mrs. Henry Winninger Mrs. James S. Moffitt Mrs. D. A. Rawley and Paul Conrad. Finance committee members are Mrs. Ralph Snyder Mrs. S. S. Saunders E. B. Gamble Grady Goldston Jack Green and Charlie Hodgin. Kennerly says a permanent board is to be elected soon and a qualified director may be contracted. He was elected center chairman at Emmanuel Lutheran Church meeting last Wednesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor Kennerly
Henry Winninger
James S. Moffitt
D. A. Rawley
Paul Conrad
Ralph Snyder
S. S. Saunders
E. B. Gamble
Grady Goldston
Jack Green
Charlie Hodgin
Matt Wall
Ed Grimsley
Kennerly
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
Four North Carolina graduates at Elon College Burlington
Four students from High Point area graduated from Elon College at Burlington during yesterday’s commencement. Among the 68 seniors were James Flynt and Wayne Vestal of Asheboro and Bedford Taylor of Kernersville. Helen Craven of Ramseur received a certificate in public school music.
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High Point
Elon College
Burlington
James Flynt
Wayne Vestal
Asheboro
Bedford Taylor
Kernersville
Helen Craven
Ramseur
In Hurry To Bury Some Items
Dallas police stopped a truck with three boys who claimed they hurried to bury items. Officers found three sticks of dynamite and four electric detonator caps stolen a week earlier from a construction site.
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Dallas
Tex
Mail Carriers Repaint Disabled Colleague's Home on Memorial Day
A volunteer task force of 28 postal workers painted Clyde White's five room house and garage in two hours on Memorial Day. White, retired on disability, received the surprise from former colleagues who supplied coffee, soft drinks and doughnuts, and treated the day as a friendly gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Alston
Clyde White
White
Richard Black
Post Office
Postal Service
Buck
Bridges St
Black
Don Horne
J. J. Devinty
Bill McMahon
Jane Clayton
H. G. Hutchens
C. L. Clapp
J. E. van Cannon
E. G. Updegrove
W. H. Measle
Joe W. Meeil
D. E. Chapman
C. S. Willyard
A. L. Lowe
J. R. Lowe
W. R. Denson
James C. Spain
Joe Pearsall
Barney Carmichael
Co. E. Cornelison
B. C. Mixon
Frank D. Estes
Ed Brown
Lee Payne
Bill Tucker
S. C. York
R. H. Lohr
M. R. Boggs
Bucket Brigade
House of
High Point Enterprise Section B May 81 1955
Newspaper page fragment from High Point Enterprise dated May 81 1955 covers Section B items. Contains brief local notices and column items without full article text.
Weather To Stay Fair And Cool In High Point
The forecast for High Point calls for fair to partly cloudy skies through Wednesday with mild daytime temperatures and cool nights. Expect warmer weather Thursday as highs reach around 82 with last night’s low near 55 degrees. The afternoon top reached about 80 degrees today.
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High Point
Passenger Hurt As Car Hits Pole on E Green Street
A car struck a pole on E Green Street injuring one passenger, Mary Hiatt Coltrane of Greensboro with a nose laceration and leg bruise. Driver Bertha Freeman Stine, Greensboro, was unhurt. Police cite loss of control from a driveway entry. Estimated damage about $200.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Green St
Mary Hiatt Coltrane
Route 1
Greensboro
Bertha Freeman Stine
Thomasville Man Reports Car Fender Skirt Theft
Walter Lee Kennedy of Route 1 Thomasville reported the theft of a fender skirt from a late model automobile parked at Finch Field over the weekend. Police noted Kennedy reported the incident yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Walter Lee Kennedy
Route 1
Kennedy
Finch Field
School Land Action Delayed Hinders Board Expansion
School Superintendent Dean B. Pruette reports the condemnation action against Mrs. J R Welch estate has been skipped from June trial calendar delaying site acquisition for a new elementary school. Officials await land appraisal offers and plan to push the case before the July term to fund over a million dollars in new construction and improvements with High Point bond money. Northeast city facilities are strained and a two shift arrangement may be required next fall.
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B. Pruette
J. R. Welch
Superior Court
Pruette
High Point
Junior Red Cross Lists Year's Accomplishments
T C Kirkman announced a year of Junior Red Cross success in High Point Allen Jay and Trinity with 100 percent enrollment led by Mrs Jack Rives. Projects included air conditioning for High Point Memorial pediatrics ward 388 gift boxes to overseas 100 NC VA tray sets 126 nut cups 10 portfolios 4 clipboards 16 ash trays 4 capboards 13 flower containers and candy to rest homes and hospital pediatrics wards.
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High Point
Allen Jay
Trinity
Red Cross
T. C. Kirkman
Kirkman
Jack Rives
Pediatrics
High Point Memorial Hospital
North Carolina
Pediatrics Ward
Virginia Armfield School
Junior Red Cross Council
Armfield School
City
W. H. Wininger
W. K. Whitesell
Rives
Tillman Thomas
Tim Ridge
Tucker Receives Certificate in Fundamentals of Credit Analysis
Charles J. Tucker earned a certificate for completing the Fundamentals of Credit Analysis course with National Credit Office Inc of New York. Tucker works for Rawleigh Moses Co of High Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles J. Tucker
National Credit Office, Inc
New York
Tucker
Rawleigh, Moses Co
High Point
Exchange Club Reports on Wilson Education Conference
The High Point Exchange Club met at the Rainbow Supper Club to hear final reports on the Wilson educational conference. Dr. M. D. Keith C. L. Russell Bob Conrad Garland Abbott and Charles Varner presented. A new committee led by Thornton Charnock Bob Conrad Everett Wall and Dr. Keith was formed to organize summer activities for crippled children. Varner announced the club will celebrate its 20th anniversary in July and Lloyd Underwood was named Exchangite of the Week for his work with the Red Shield Boys club.
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Wilson
High Point Exchange Club
Rainbow
M. D. Keith
C. L. Russell
Bob Conrad
Garland Abbott
Charles Varner
Thornton Charnock
Everett Wall
Keith
Varner
Lloyd Underwood
Red Shield
Two Men Charged With Prohibition Violations In Thomasville
Thomasville police report two arrests for violating prohibition laws and public drunkenness. Jance Stone of Thomasville was arrested on Polke Street and Edwin Thompson Aaron of Salisbury, at 201 North Main Street, was taken into custody on the highway by sheriff deputies.
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Thomasville
Jance Stone
Polke St
Edwin Thompson Aaron
N. Main St
Salisbury
Airport on Agenda of Tri City Group
The Three City Development Committee will meet in Greensboro Monday night to discuss airport consolidation for High Point Winston Salem and Greensboro. Frank Sizemore of the High Point Chamber notes the topic will be on the agenda as the group considers a single airport to serve the three cities amid growing air transport needs.
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Greensboro
Frank Sizemore
High Point Chamber of Commerce
Greensboro Chamber of Commerce
Greensboro Chamber
High Point
Winston-Salem
Chambers of Commerce
Exer
Winsto-Salem
J. Paul Ingle
High
Delay Rears Again In High Point Courthouse Plan
City and county officials delay courthouse funding as 1956 57 budgets focus on school and sanitation needs. Bar advocates push for two courtrooms and permanent staff with records moved from Greensboro, aiming to ease congestion and reduce suspensions of Municipal and Superior Court sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Board of County Commissioners
State Supreme Court
Municipal Court
High Point Division
Superior Court
Greenshoro
Safe Holiday Reported By Davidson Co
Memorial Day weekend ended with no serious auto accidents in Davidson County. A minor collision on Highway 29 near Finch Field injured two, and another wreck near Midway caused no injuries. Lexington patrolmen had no details. City police saw a quiet weekend with no city injuries. State police noted heavy highway traffic and minimal recklessness, with one driver caught at 80 mph by the speed watch.
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Thomasville
Davidson County
Finch Field
Midway
Lexington
Thief Nets Just $1 In Plant Break-In
Tar Heel Upholstery Co on Springdale Dr reports a break in last night. Entry was via window and thieves stole funds from a refreshment coin box, totaling just over $1, per city detectives.
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Springdale Dr
Judge Orders Three License Suspensions
Municipal Court Judge J. A. Myatt presided yesterday over traffic and related cases. Robert Lee Wilkes received a four month suspended sentence for reckless driving with an eight month driving ban and $250 fine, Joseph Scott got a two year no law violation condition and $100 fine for drunken driving, William Durant paid $25 in fines and faced a 30 day vehicle ban, Jack Gill had larceny charges reduced to trespass with court costs, Carl Williams got an eight month sentence suspended for three years with a $35 fine and costs, and other cases saw an assault dismissal and two men found not guilty of larceny and receiving.
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J. A. Myatt
Robert Lee Wilkes
E. Commerce St
Joseph Scott
Richland Ave
William Durant
Hoover St
Jack Gill
Leonard Sr
Street widening plan prompts June 10 meeting with officials
Property owners along E Green Street face eminent domain for a widening project aimed at easing east west traffic bottlenecks. City Manager Hinson announced that state aid will fund retaining walls yards and sidewalks with right of way costs listed at 5800 dollars for the section from Wrenn to Whiteoak. The June 10 meeting at the County Building 7 45 p.m. will gauge land offer reception and project timing.
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EY Green St
T. FE. Hinson
Green
Whiteoak
Springfield Ave
E. Green
Wrenn
Main
County Build
Retreat Planned for High Point Methodist Sub-District
The High Point Sub-District Council of the Methodist Church met to plan a weekend retreat June 11 12 at the Girl Scout Hut Wesley Memorial Church. Leaders include Highfill allycetrict advisor Coy Brown Jr and Mary Ann Hodgin elected chairman. Anne Acey presided in Mitchell Murrow's absence.
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High Point
Methodist Church
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Coy Brown Jr
Mary Ann Hodgin
Christian Faith
Anne Acey
Mitchell Murrow
Patrol Enlists Churches in North Carolina Safety Drive
State Highway Patrol asks ministers to distribute campaign materials during the 101 day period from Memorial Day to Labor Day. The effort, sponsored by the Governor's Traffic Safety Council, invites sermons and other uses of the materials. It includes letters from N C Highway Commissioner Scheidt and Morton R Kurtz, plus a family quiz and safety article.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Governor's
Traffic Safety Council
N. C
Scheidt
Morton R. Kurtz
Planned Atomic Fall Out Forecasts by Weather Bureau
Val Peterson announced new twice daily forecasts from the Weather Bureau to show areas affected by atomic fall out in case of nuclear attack. The forecasts, based on wind directions, would help communities plot the safest evacuation routes and directions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Weather Bureau
Val Peterson
Federal
Civil Defense
Prayer for TODAY Amid desire for spirit over worldly success
A church minister from Charlotte asks in a daily prayer to forgive babble about prosperity. He prays Jesus helps believers seek spiritual growth and deeper compassion rather than shallow achievements.
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Christ of
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High Point Enterprise
Junior Red Cross
Exchange Club
Glenn Townsend
Robert Underwood
Harold Woodell
Gilbert Townsend
David Mickey
Underwood
Tri-City Group
Davidson Co
Ronald Jacobs
Mike Collins
R. R. Blackburn
American Legion
Methodist
Patrol
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