Polls Report Light Vote This Morning
Early voting showed light turnout with minimal campaigning. Precincts 11 15 and No 8 reported the fewest voters while Outlying No 18 and No 5 had around 50 and 150. Thomasville areas topped 100 per precinct with Archdale and Trinity near 150. Election officials expected results late due to a long ballot and mixed in city and out of city precincts.
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No. 5
Thomasville
Randolph County
Archdale
Trinity Wece
Election Board
Dorothy Glaesner
Minsterial Groups Approve High Point Alliance Constitution
White and Negro ministers in High Point vote to merge their associations creating the High Point Ministers Alliance. The joining groups will open membership to all faiths and religious workers in the area. A nominating committee, led by Rev. Sechriest, will propose officers at the December meeting. Clarice Bowman spoke on youth religious work. benediction followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
YMCA
High Point Ministers’ Association
Interdenominational Ministers
High Pointinisters’ Alliance
Ministers’ Alliance
Kingdom of God
Lloyd E. Sechriest
Ministers’ Association
W. S. McLeod
William P. Price
H. A. Foard
H. O. Bass
R. E. Howard
Paul T. Osborne
Clarice Bowman
High Point College
W.&. McLeod
Good Study Habits Highlight Seventh Grade Program
An assembly by seventh grade students centered on Good Study Habits. Participants included Carolyn LeGrande Parthe nia Houston Ellen Dumas Bettie Jean Ruff Harry Scotton Robert Bostic Willie Mae Brawner and James. Willie Mae Brawner yard Brockman created charts for display and stage decoration. John Shelton was general stage manager.
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Cral m
Carolyn LeGrande
Parthenia Houston
Ellen Dumas
Bettie Jean Ruff
Harry Scotton
Robert Bostic
Willie Mae Brawner
James
Yard Brockman
John Shelton
Minister Slated To Address YMCA Bible Class
Dr W Marshall Craig will address the YMCA Men's Class at Green Street Buist Church tomorrow afternoon. About two men attended the first meeting last week. the interdenominational class welcomes all, with a nominal lunch cost and a 1 10 p m end. An appeal is issued for a piano and any information on locating one.
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W. Marshall Craig
Green St. Buist Rch
Mes
Ae — Oo
Yca
Guenee
Lee Johnston
Trinity Girl Injured in Blair Street Crash
Audrey Lambeth of Route 1 Trinity sustained slight injuries when the late model car she operated went out of control on Blair St Ext and overturned yesterday afternoon just before 4. She suffered lacerations to the hands. Vehicle damage reported. Details not yet available.
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Thomasville
Randolph County
Blair St. Ext
Audrey Lambeth
Route 1
Trinity
Mattress Fire Blamed On Kids With Matches
Thomasville area fire officials say youngsters playing with matches caused an early night mattress blaze on Kinney Ave. Firemen were summoned to the scene around 6 50 to extinguish the mattress fire. The house suffered smoke damage and only the mattress burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Kinney Ave
Cae White
Hit and Run Charge Is Served On Negro
Thomasville police arrested a 46 year old Carroll Street man on a Winston-Salem warrant charging hit and run driving. John G. Taylor of 331 Carroll Street was turned over to Winston police. Norman Brown of 217 National Highway posted a $100 bond on a trespassing charge. Trial tentatively set for November 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Carroll St
Winston-Salem
John G. Taylor
Winston
Norman Brown
National Hwy
Ernest Roberts
City council ends parking on Hamilton Montlieu streets
The council passed an ordinance removing parking on the east side of Hamilton Street within 200 feet of the Hamilton Montlieu intersection and on the north side of Montlieu Street east of its intersection with Hamilton. Future similar steps are hinted as part of traffic flow improvement.
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N. Hamilton St
Montlieu Ave
Council Lnd
Hamilton St
Hamilton and
Montlieu
Montieu
Hamilton
M. L. Patrick
Council
Law and Public Safety Committee
Montlieu - Hamilton
High Point
Charles
Ed Nhall
J. B. Turner
Tabor St
Conside
Encore Corp
Sedgefield Pair Makes Compromise Offer On Taxes
Internal Revenue Service accepts a compromise of 1000 dollars on any income above 10000 annually for 1954 through 1958 to settle a 7441.37 tax assessment against Henry R Jewett a wool broker of Route 3 Sedge Jewett. Jewett agrees to pay 1900 dollars plus ten percent of income over 10000 annually for the years 1941 and 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Internal Revenue Service
Henry R.oe Jewett
Route 3
Sedge Jewett
Archdale Man Charged With Having Liquor
Archdale resident Howard Robbins, 43, was charged with violating prohibition laws after officers found 25 gallons of white liquor in his garage. The raid involved ABC officers, a federal alcohol and tax division agent, and Randolph Deputy Sheriff Robert Cooper. Robbins posted $300 bond and faces Recorder's Court in Asheboro on a date to be set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Robbins
Archdale
ABC
Federal Alcohol and Tax Division
Randolph
Sherif Robert Cooper
Robbins
Will
Recorders Court
Asheboro
Cooper
Thomasville United Fund Reaches Half Way Mark
The United Fund in Thomasville surpassed half its goal with 12658.48 dollars raised. Drive Chairman Kermit Cloniger said industrial division reports are slow and teams will contact collectors who have not completed reports. The drive extended beyond today to the weekend due to the shortfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
United Fund
Drive
Kermit Cloniger
Local lifeter to speak at national conference in Savannah
D. Davis, CLU and president of the Piedmont Chapter of the CLU, will address a national conference of insurance men in Savannah Georgia this week. His talk is titled Professional Estate Planning in the Light of the New Internal Revenue Code. Davis is affiliated with the National Association of Professional Underwriters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Davis
CLU
Savannah
Davis
Piedmont
National Association of Professional Underwriters
Polio Test Clinic Set Tomorrow
A blood sample clinic for about 120 High Point school children who took part in the Salk polio vaccine tests last spring will be held at Tomlinson School tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. The clinic targets those who provided blood samples last May. Dr. John F. Lynch Jr. says officials want as many as possible to return for the clinic. Blood samples will be studied to compare with those from children who received the vaccine last spring to assess remaining immunity and vaccine effectiveness. Dr. Lynch is assisted by De Marcus L. Aderholdt Jr., Dr. K B Dr eg Seeo, and nurses from an agency.
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High Point
Tomlinson School
John F. Lynch Jr
Theiversity of
Lynch
de Marcus L. Aderholdt Jr
K. B
Eg Seeo
Eral Gray
Missing waitress Veronica Cox hunted as possible foul play
City police investigated the disappearance of Veronica Cox a 24 year old waitress at the Sheraton Hotel dining room who was last seen about 9 30 p m Monday October 2 by friends at her home 1304 Forrest Ave She was reported missing yesterday by Mrs Jack Robertson who also lives there and worked with Miss Cox at the hotel Police note a phone call earlier in the day and say Cox did not mention it later She is about five feet seven inches tall 158 pounds with grey hair blue eyes wearing a black crepe dress and brown coat and carrying a large pocketbook
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veronica Cox
Sheraton
Forrest Ave
Jack Robertson
Miss Cox
Convocation Slated At Guilford College Highlights Quaker Lectures
Guilford College plans a three day convocation November 10 to 12 featuring four speakers. President Gordon Gray of the Consolidated University of North Carolina opens with a talk on private and church related colleges. Swarthmore President Smith discusses college contributions to higher education. Morton R. Kurtz of Durham speaks on Friends in North Carolina and the state council of churches. Yale historian Dr Roland Bainton closes with Friends relation to the churches. Ward Lecture funds support scholarships for Young Friends. Over 25 presidents from junior and state colleges are expected to attend.
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Guilford College
Gordon Gray
Consolidated University of North Carolina
Ing
North Carolina
Smith
Swathmore College
Morton R. Kurtz
Durham
North Carolina Council of Churches
Friends
State Council of Churches
Roland Bainton
Yale University
Bainton
Ward
Ward College
J. M. Ward
Martin Luther
Duke and Mall
Local man charged with assault with deadly weapon
Frank Diges 22, of 212 Beamon Street, arrested by local police on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon. Charles Stewart of 1620 Murray Street filed the warrant alleging Diges struck him on the back with a stick of wood. Released on $100 bond. set to appear in Municipal Court Friday.
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Frank Diges
Beamon St
Charles Stewart
Murray St
Diges
Diggs
Thought Crime Ends in Capture After Wife Tips Police
Lester Lee Griffin Jr. 26, a High Point resident, was jailed on a assault with a deadly weapon charge after his wife Johnsie Mae Griffin 24 identified him on the street and notified police. He previously fled a year and a half ago after shooting his wife in the stomach on May 13, 1953. He is held on $5,000 bond awaiting a Municipal Court hearing.
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Lester Lee Griffin Jr
High Point
Johnsie Mae Griffin
Griffin
Gordon St
Bertha S. Knox
Snow Flurry Sweeps City With Record Early Fall
Snow and a sharp cold front hit High Point as temperatures plunged to near freezing with a forecast of 25 degrees tonight and 22 degrees tomorrow night. Forecasters warned of below normal readings for five days, with a light rain mix and cloudy skies typical for January, marking the earliest snow since records began 27 years ago at the Friendship bureau.
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High Point
Friendship Weather Bureau
Tts
Friendship Bureau
Boone
Blue Ridge
Smokies
Weather Bureau
Asheville
Halloween Burglar Gets Road Sentence
A Halloween robber was sentenced to 18 months on the roads after being found guilty on four counts of larceny and receiving in Municipal Court. Henry Carroll Jr. stole coats shoes shirts trousers coats a tweed coat and a diaper bag from cars during the city Halloween party on Main Street. Detectives recovered most of the loot valued at nearly $200 and caught him during a fourth theft from a parks department vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main St
Henry Carroll Jr
Greensboro
Carroll
City Parks and Recreation Department
Big Surplus Revealed In Guilford County Audit
Guilford County reported a fiscal year surplus of about 433,891 dollars and a 186,000 dollar reduction in bonded debt. Prepared by Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co., the audit noted higher net worth in county school holdings and 500,000 plus in new construction, with recommendations for ongoing property inventories and yearly updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guilford County
Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co
Greensboro
Ames Eee
Selenite
Seale
Mellet Sever
Public Works Commission
Forrester
John Spivey
City Dam Jam-Ups Cleared After Gate Frees Water
Water engineers at High Point lake dam regained control after divers from Badin Sun freed a jammed sluice gate allowing three to four million gallons of water per day to escape. Mayor Covington said sludge caused the issue but seating the gate restored full operation and reduced immediate concern.
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High Point Lake
Badin Suna
George Covington
Piven
Covington
Davidson Auto Dealers Seek Tax Adjustment
Davidson County new and used car dealers ask Lexington county commissioners to study adjusting annual tax listings to reflect changing car market values. Willie Welborn of Thomasville was spokesman. officials will attend a government institute meeting in Chapel Hill to explore options.
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Lexington
Davidson County
Willie Welborn
Thomasville
Maat Many
Sioners
Institute of Government
Chapel Hil
Realty Transfers in High Point Township Listed
Real estate transfers reported include W C Martin and wife to C L Melton and wife Etan W Green R D Church and wife to C L Matton and wife. various lots in Green O and Lincoln areas. W J Frazier to W E Poole and wife. James B Goodwin to George E Robb. Richard A Parker to Wilbur R Sykes. R L Bundy to C D Keins. Herbert Horne to T C Wikson. Carson C Stout to Crestwood Furniture Co.. Walter F Jones Jr to Hayes and James Richard. Lacerta Co to Hubert W Teal. Wall to Floyd Hollifield. multiple lots in Eastover Park, Bundy Terrace, Manennen etc.
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High Point Township
W. C. Martin
C. L. Melton
Wits
Etan
W. Green
O. H. Leak
D. B. Barker
Lincolnnes
Lambland
W. J. Frazier
W. E. Poole
James B. Goodwin
George E. Robb
Hayworth
Richard A. Parker
Wilbur R. Sykes
Eastover Park
R. L. Bundy
C. D. Keins
Herbert Horne
T. C. Wikson
Carson C. Stout
Crestwood Furniture Co
High Point Real Estate & Trust
Walter F. Jones Jr
Hayes
James Richard
Lacerta 1 Co
Hubert W. Teal
Oa Hill Forest
Colon Wall
Floyd Hollifield
Farlow Insurance & Realty Co
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Okay Constitution
Fairview
Entre Nous Garden Club
Annie Turner
Daniel Brooks
Adam W. Suber
Addie Suber
Mary B. B
Conley Abrams
Arthur
Union
S. C
High Point Enterprise
Murphy Osborne
Elkin
Barbara Huntley
Charlotte
C. W. Faulkner Jr
Mount Airy
Fred Macon
Summerfield
John Sykes
S.C.A
HPC
Grover Jones
Vail
Hoover Sts
Theing Authority
Carolina Motor Club
Parks and Recreation Commission
Blair Park
Chuck Alexander
Chandler St
Jones
Sedgefield
A. Leroy Parker
C. C. Camp RD
Jack Jarrett
Mr. Parker
The
Piedmont Baptist Association
Asheboro St. Baptist Church
Conrad Church
RAND
Guilford
Mercury
South High Point
Isaac Thompson
Grayson
Richard Wilfong
Short Spring St
Thompson
Joseph Franks
Ennis St
Davidson Auto
R. D. Church
C. L. Matton
Lot
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