Family Still Uses Old Bedroom Suite From 1742 Coventry England
Mr and Mrs Wiley Stone of 401 Walnut St keep a walnut bedroom suite dating to 1742 with a marble washstand top. The set, likely from Coventry England and later owned by the Fields and Tate families, remains in daily use as their bedroom units. The Stones also own a clock over 70 years old and a candlestick set over a century old.
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Robert Marks
Wiley Stone
Walnut St
Stone
Coventry
England
America
Mrs. Stone
Two Housing Rentals with Apartments and Stores
Listings show multiple rental options in High Point area including downstairs four room unit with private bath, several one to four room apartments at various streets, store buildings with rents from 20 to 150 dollars, and a Gantt Estate offer claiming free heat and utilities except electricity with a 7 percent commission, all promising move in now.
Mascot Tryouts Highlight Senior High Pageant
Senior High at High Point presents mascot tryouts for the graduating class with young contestants ages four and five. The event features a stage setting, a Mascot Express train theme, and comments from advisor Miss Francis Haywood. Dennis Harris performs and rejects a girlfriend invitation as classmates observe.
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High Point High School
Francis Haywood
Richard Hayes
Mascot Express
Dennis Harris
Foster Harris
Dennis
Sandra Culler
Dennis Seriosly
Foster
Kenny Keever
Richard Keever
Kenny
Tragedy at Local Radio Station Ended In Death
Police investigate the shooting of Dennis Handley in his office after disc jockey Tommy Anders reports hearing a gunshot at 12 25 am in a station corridor. Betty Stuart, a station singer and Handley’s fiancée, sobs as investigators question her about their dinner plans earlier that evening.
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Dennis Handley
Tommy Anders
Anders
Betty Stuart
Mr. Handley
Andy
Gok
Betty Stu
Obituaries and Funerals Across Several Counties
Funeral services are listed for Augusta Jane Black Sechrest 81 widow of Robert Thomas Sechrest at J C Green and Sons Chapel. Interment Calvary Reformed Cemetery. Also noted are services for F Tate Andrews 48 at Grace Funeral Home Asheville pending. Neppie Byerly Gordon 70 of 604 Sullivan St. memorial at Carolina Avenue Baptist Church with burial in Holly Hill Cemetery. Robert Lee Grimes 66 Lexington First Reformed Church service with burial at Forest Hill Memorial. Terrell Daniel Wood 5 months route 3 High Point service at Glenola Baptist Church. George Smith Clay 29 Bennettsville Shiloh Methodist service and Sunset Cemetery following auto crash injuries.
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Thomasville
Augusta Jane Black Sechrest
Robert Thomas Sechrest
J. C. Green and Sons
Richard Cheek
Heidlebrug Evangelical and Reformed Church
Calvary Reformed Church
Sechrest
F. Tate Andrews
Grace Funeral Home
Asheville
Daniel Welsh
Unitarian Church
Mr. Andrews
J. Leslie Andrews
High Point
Neppie Byerly Gordon
Sullivan St
A. L. Gordon
Carolina Avenue Baptist Church
Carl H
Robert Taylor
Glenanna Baptist Church
Robert
Billy
Williard
Walter
Lawrence
Edmund Byerly
Gordon
Holly Hill Cemetery
City Memorial Hospital
Lexington
Robert Lee Grimes
First Reformed Church
Marlin Schaeffer
A. Odell Leonard
Harvey H. Koonts
Forrest Hill Memorial
Grimes
Terrell Wood
Terrell Daniel Wood
Protus T
Irma White Wood
Route 3
Glenola Baptist Church
Cecil Wright
Pat Gaffney
Steve Martin
Larry Wright
Johnnie Shelton
Dale Frazier
Phil Miles
George Clay
George Smith Clay
Whitner Funeral Home
Bennettsville
S. C
Shiloh Methodist Church
Sunset Cemetery
Whitner Funeral
Mr. Clay
Willowbrook St
Highway 311
Old Prints and Etchings Display at Rhodes Press
A Rhodes Press exhibit at 130 W. Commerce showcases etchings and antique prints to spark home art interest. Owner Eva Alexander notes many fine artists are represented and that the old prints offer a glimpse back hundreds of years.
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Rhodes Press
Commerce
Eva Alexander
Miers to Speak at Easter Seal Dinner in High Point
The North Carolina Society for Crippled Children and Adults holds a two day meeting with a Friday dinner at 7 p.m. in the Sheraton Hotel Ballroom. Author Miers, who wrote about Civil War history and children, will discuss Man as a Hero of the Spirit.
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Miers
Sheraton Hotel
North Carolina Society For Crippled Children
High Point Society
Pilot Club of
High Point
Dermatologist to Address Guilford Medical Society
Dr J Lowry Miller a Gastonia native and longtime New York dermatologist will speak Thursday at the Plantation Supper Club to the Guilford County Medical Society on internal manifestations of skin disease and restrictions as to therapeutic and diagnostic X ray in the atomic age He is a fellow of the Academy of Dermatology the ADA and the New York Academy of Medicine and has practiced in New York City for 30 years
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J. Lowry Miller
Gastonia
Fifth Avenue
New York
Guilford County Medical Society
Plantation
Miller
Wofford College
University of North Carolina
University of Pennsylviania
Ies Moa
Academy of Dermatology
New York Academy of Medicine
New York City
Battle of the Plains of Abraham on the Heights
In 1759 during the Seven Years War the decisive clash near Quebec saw General Wolfe lead English forces against Marquis de Montcalm. Both generals died in the battle that secured British control of half the North American continent.
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Plains of Abraham
Queens Nea Devan
Marquis de Montcalm
Wolfe
Anders Seized on Suspicion of Murder
A fragment notes a police action: a suspect named Anders is taken into custody on suspicion of murder. The text hints at a confrontation and references a solution page 10-D for more details.
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Anders
James Jessup Dies After Illness in High Point
James Wilmer Jessup 39, of High Point, died in hospital after three weeks of declining health. Born April 16 1919 in Surry County he was a Nu Product Co employee and WWII veteran. Survived by wife Ina Hicks son Wilbur Eugene mother Roxie Jessup brother Lester Jessup sisters Orewe Edwards and Lillian Cook. Funeral Monday 2 pm Cumby Chapel with burial Floral Garden Park Cemetery.
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James Wilmer Jessup
Surry County
Roxie Taylor Jessup
Willie Jessup
Ina Hicks
Wilbur Eugene Jessup
Roxie Jessup
Route 1
Greensboro
Lester Jessup
Greensbro
Orewe Edwards
Lillian Cook
Pilot Mountain
Cumby Chapel
W. H. Barker
Cloverdale Baptist Church
Floral Garden Park
Card of Thanks and Local Room Advertisements
Card of thanks expresses gratitude for kindness during illness and death of Dorothy Cockran with special thanks to choir and Rev. Marks. Classified-style notices list multiple furnished bedrooms with details on location and amenities, adjacent bath, steam heat, and contact numbers, plus rooms for rent and a four room apartment in Archdale.
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Marks
Dorothy Cockran
Apartments and Houses for Rent and Sale by Local Realtors
Residential rentals and for sale notices from Atlantic Insurance Realty and Mendenhall Moore Realtors. Listings include 411 Walnut St five rooms, 42544 N Hamilton four rooms, 410 Park three rooms, 529 Whiteoak two rooms, 248 Main St, 522 Roy Ave, Trinity Coltrane furnished three room unit, and many others with rents from 32.50 to 90 per month. Also items for sale include an Electrolux vacuum and new band instruments at wholesale.
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Walnut St
N. Hamilton St
Bath
Park St
Whiteoak
Main St
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Pitts
Atlantic
E. H. Field
Fred Tate
Tate
Leonard’ Goldberg
Syrian City
Coun N.Y
Nash
Ane
Theological
Register
Eintcadio Americana
Asa
British India
APTS
Lindsay and
Broad
Sinclair Wine Rm. Vies
W. Green St. Bhone
Oakwood Court
Furn
Gaski
Atone
Apar
Ana
Wien
Apt. Unfurn
W. Green
Asips
W. Russell
New Rd
N. Main St
English St
Lindsay St
S. Main St
R. B. Gantt
Hillcrest Manor
Ted Rm
Jake
Greer St
See & Sen
Ore
Washington St
Binets Aliches
Heveeam Randleman
Angerene
Randleman Ex
Green St. Ogi
Apar St
Teh
Cassell St
Briggs Ave
Uate Smith Eal, Inc
N. C
Evelyn Hallman
David Williams
Dwight Wireless
Louise Hunter
Florida
Dwight
Neil Howell
Ing
North Carolina
Student Councils Congress
Chapel Hill
Kiwanis Club
High Point College
Music Educators Convention
High Point High
Mozelle Williams
Gwendolyn Griffin
Mrs. Sechrest
Robert Grimes
Society For
Med Society
James Jessup
Renee
Montlieuve
Johnson
Nice
Pares
Dartmouth
Archdale
St. Ss
Everette St
Radio Tower Road
Madison
Ar’ Beeren
Cooaneh
Beneinit
Barbee
Whiteoak St
E. Green St
N. Main
State St
E. Green
Tower Rd
Ferndale Dr
Apt
Cable St
Rm. Apt. Oe
Centennial Ave
Atlantic Ins. & Realty CO
Levy
Roy Ave
Trinity
Coltrane
Ph. Eheez
E. E. Homestead Ave
W. Broad
Coe
Morris
Jacob Rabinowitz
Washington
W. Ray Street
Hwy
Se Son County
Masville
Willowbrook
J. Harris
Pershing St
Dallas
Franklin St
Richardson &J
D. Cc. Williamson
Watt
Cable St. Ph
N. Ropnen St
Kennedy St
South Main St
Rockford Terrace Apts
W. Washington St
Johnson St
Compe Bath
Veweseess
Tees
Main
Amenee Lea
Steele
Wee
Water Furn
Arm Briggs
Scott Ave
House
Adams
Forrest
Whitehall
Fairview
Bob Ks
Eadebaeiee
Business & Apt
Mendenhall-Moore Realtors
W. Washington
Harris Music
LL Horton 8 Furniture Co
Mattress Co
Lewis
Lewis Supply
Essen Optience Co
S. Wrenn St
Ha Music Co
Aaron's
Priest
Household Appliance Co
Estey Grand Piano
Een
Ham
Ilton St
Hamilton St
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