Five Confessed Bandits Bound Over at Hearing
Five men confessed to robberies linked to a series of thefts in and around Thomasville. In Recorder’s Court they were bound over to the November term of Lexington Superior Court with $1,000 bond each, unposted, to await trial for entering Main School and other schools in Cabarrus Guilford and Forsyth counties. Names include Herman Ray Norman and Harold Holt Hart among others from Reidsville routes.
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Thomasville
Recorder's Court
Superior Court
Lexington
Souhon
Guilford
Forsyth
Herman Ray Norman
Reidsville
Harold Holt Hart
Joseph Sevfne
Boyd Carl Bartlett
J F
Courterday
Peter Theeay
Fairfield Road
Point
Troy Gray
Street
Troy, Jr
Route 3
Sean Dee Annes
Circulation of Books On Increase at Thomasville Library
Thomasville library reports a rise in October loans with adult fiction and non fiction totaling 2 873 along with 2 264 child loans making a grand total of 4 957 loans. New acquisitions include The Forestal Diaries Ride a By Wilder and The Be Berberham among others as reference service aided 131 patrons.
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Thomasville
Mary G. Matthews
Davidson County Public Library
Irwin Shaw
Wilder
Be Berkeyham
Widdemer
Kennedy
Patton
Frank Gilbreth
Posthumous Bronze Star For Local Soldier Reynolds
Pvt. Winfred L. Reynolds of High Point was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star for heroism in Korea. While with the Medical Company of the 32nd Infantry, he aided a wounded comrade under heavy enemy fire, saving a life and earning the citation for exceptional bravery.
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Korea
Winfred L. Reynolds
Myrtle Reynolds
Ward Street
Hansaem-ni,rea
L ‘Eren Floyneids
32Nd Infantry
Anne OS
Pvt. Reynolds
Waynick to Speak in Raleigh Tonight
Washington reports Capus Waynick ambassador to Colombia will address the North Carolina Democratic Club of Washington in Raleigh tonight. The former Raleigh resident will travel to Greensboro tomorrow with Mrs Waynick for a social event hosted by Mr and Mrs John Harden and then visit High Point before departing Sunday for Nicaragua.
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Washington
North Carolina
Democratic Club of
Capus Waynick
Colombia
Waynick
Raleigh, Nee
Lene Peley
Baptists In Financial Meeting In North Carolina Holders
Nearly a score of North Carolina Baptist leaders met to discuss meeting urgent financial needs of Baptist institutions and agencies. A special committee drafted recommendations to study operations and funding for Baptist entities across the state.
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North Carolina
Baptist State Convention
Rootes
Bny Group
Tribble
Wake College
Carlisle Campbell
Meredith College
le H. Campbell
Campbell College
C. Burris
Wingate College
Hoyt Blackwell
Mars Hill
Junior College
Phil Elliott
Gardner Webbman
Divorce filing cites absolute grounds for Seema Summers
Me grounds of Seema Summers files for absolute divorce from Leroy Sessoms on separation grounds. The case lists Paul Summers as a party and references Mrs. Paul Summers in the proceedings.
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Keen Mopper
Paul Summers
Leroy Sessoms
Quarter Million Attend Graham Campaign in Greensboro
Evangelist Billy Graham draws crowds as the Greensboro four week crusade nears its end. Attendance surpasses 180000 with nightly averages above 9000 despite rain and mud at the fairgrounds.
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Greensboro
Billy Graham
Greensboro Fairgrounds
Tabernacle
Wage Increases to Be Debated At Thomasville Meeting
Officials of Local 286 CIO United Furniture Workers call a meeting to discuss wage increases at Thomasville Chair Co. Workers had returned to nine plants after a shutdown begun Oct 23 due to alleged lack of orders. The stoppage affected about 11,500 workers.
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Thomasville
United Furniture Workers
CIO
Thomasville Chair Co
Fraternity Skit To Support Scholarship At High Point College
The E P O fraternity of High Point College will present a talent skit titled Cafe Society in Roberts Hall at 8 o clock on Thursday November 8. Proceeds aid a needy student scholarship chosen by the E P O committee. A similar annual program is planned and a trophy from Harris and Shavit z will be given to the top contributor. The event marks the group’s growth from ten charter members in 1949 to fifty four today with officers listed.
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Crusade
Evangelist Graham
North Carolina
Duke
Elon
High
Evangelist
America
Graham
Court House Square
Wfmy-Tv
Olanmaane
EPO Fraternity
High Point College
Cafe Society
Roberts Hall
Charles Maultsby
Orville Stroud
James Williams
W. H. Needham
Jack Hedgecock
George Armstrong
Fred Hasty
James Scott
Gene Dull
David Abernathy
James
Robert's Hall
FE. P. O
Harris and
Shavitz
High Point
Paul
James W
Bill Col
Contest Winners to Be Named in Tomorrow's Enterprise
Top prognosticators in last week's Pick the Winners Con test will be announced in tomorrow afternoon's edition of The Enterprise. Owing to heavy participation, correction and tabulation were not completed in time for today's paper.
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The
Enterprise
Weather Notice: Local Cold Snap Continues With Rain
The Weather Bureau predicts light rain, wind, and cold temperatures today with no relief tomorrow. Highs near 43 today and 42 tomorrow, with lows around 90 previously noted and tonight’s forecasted chill.
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Ieferee
Mrs. Alice White Elevates to Acting Library Board President
Mrs. Alice Paige White, acting president of the Public Library Board, moves up from vice president succeeding Brant Snavely. She also chairs Christian Education for the Deep River Friends Meeting and will dean Leadership Training School for Christian Workers opening at Central Friends Church with six two hour sessions led by Dr. William Locke Professor Floyd Moore and Miss Elsie Moore.
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Alice Paige White
High Point College
Public Library
Brant Snavely
William R. Locke
Floyd Moore
Guilford College
Elsie Ellen Moore
Thomasville By-Pass Work To Start Soon
Contractors begin construction on a 12 mile link between the Thomasville by pass and state highway 421 after the Highway Commission awarded the contracts. The project cost is around 1 million dollars and involves rights of way and bridge work near Thomasville and Granite Quarry.
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Thomasville
Raleigh
The
Highway Commission
James Dependent Barnwell
Burli
Scone
H. Brinkley
W. F. Lestey
Granite Quarry
Citizens and Council Voice Opposition at Meeting
A bus service curtailment proposal failed as Duke Power losses and public opposition shaped the council debate. Citizens voiced concerns from Ada Blair School and Point College about reduced routes while the mayor and council members argued over fiscal hardship and adequate transportation. No arrests were made in the unrelated tractor-trailer overturn on US 70 near Albertson Road with $700 damage.
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Albertson Road
Lloyd Decosta Massey
Charlotte
Bri. D. Young
Massey
Albertson 5
Joe Leslip
Enterprise
Duke Power Company
City Council
Law and Public Safety Committee
GreemMontheu Ave
Amos R. Kearns
C. A. Lewis
Law and
Duke
Lewis
Kitnen
Voice Sition
Ada Blair
J. R.ee
Barbes Street
Appea
Point College 4
Police Hunt Four Missing Persons
Police search for four missing youths two boys and two girls reported missing since after midnight Saturday. Chiefs say the family of one boy prompted the alert and list the missing as Price 16 Clement 15 Clara Phillips 17 and Ralph Cletus ash 2%. The four were last seen after meeting a Baker in Salisbury and taking a ride toward Charlotte.
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C. C. Stoker
C. R. Thomaz
Phillips Street
By Price
Clement
Clara Phillips
1662
Coat Street
Ralph Cletus Ash
Clara Cox
I Wellen
Franklin Wilson
Salisbury
Studebaker
Charlotte
Franklin
High Point
Flagg marriages once tied to Elopers in New Hampshire
Chester, Vi. reports that elopements in New Hampshire were once called Flaggg marriages after Parson Flagg of the border village who would wed runaway couples at any hour. The note reflects a local historical custom tied to a named clergyman and a border town.
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Chester
New Hampshire
Flagg
Truck Strikes Car On South Main Causing Heavy Damage
A 1947 Ford sustained heavy damage after a truck driven by Howard Trotter met a line of cars and collided with the Garner vehicle on South Main. Trotter, a 71 year old farmer from Route 4 Trinity, tried to steer between vehicles. no injuries or charges were reported.
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Ford
Myers
South Main
Howard Trotter
Trinity
Garner
Bureau's Move Prompts Downtown Space Turnover
Workers notice the relocation of the world’s largest bureau built in 1926 as the Junior Chamber of Commerce takes over the old site. The move, under C. C. Garrett’s era, shifts headquarters to Ham Street and Howell for repairs and a new heating system before reoccupation.
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C. C. Garrett
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Jaycees
Bureau
Ham Street
Howell
State Junior Chamber of Headquarters
Main Street
Church
Main Streets
Jack Southerland
High Point Junior Chamber of Commerce
Joe Snider
Edgar Snider
State Junior Chamber of Commerce
High Point Chamber of Commerce
Howell Street
Hamilton Street
Enterprise
Frank Wilder and Chesie Mitchiell of Winston-Salem
Frank Wilder and Chesie Mitchiell are named residents of Winston-Salem in the readable text. The fragment notes their association with the city, but no further details are provided.
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Frank Wilder
Chesie Mitchiell
Winston-Salem
Hit and Run Warrant Taken Out for Rit McDaniel
A warrant charges Rit McDaniel housewife of 118 Homestead Avenue with hit and run after a collision at North Main and Howell Streets late last night. The suspect allegedly failed to stop and render aid after the impact on a 1950 Studebaker driven by John A Braica a 22 year old student of Lindale Drive. The report notes damage to Braica’s car.
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Rit McDaniel
Homestead Avenue
John A. Braica
Lindale Drive
North Main
Howell Streets
Braica
Studebaker
Howell
Fanigst Ferderer
Iel
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Aroe Myers
Pe National Ay
Jesse
Brown
Grady Hedrick
Herbert F. Herring
Winston, Salem
Kenneth C. Oallots
Johnson
George Ettson
Cemetery
Steve Griffin
Jesse Maxton
Bud Chandler
W. L. Reynolds
Baptists In Financial Meeting
Institut
Grover Jones
Asheville
HPC
Florida
F Ship Weather Bureau
Wacey Mal Church
Flagg Married ‘Em
North Main Streets
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