Billy Graham To Speak At High Point College Assembly
Billy Graham will address about 1200 from Harrison gymnasium tomorrow morning at High Point College. The event is part of his evangelistic month in Greensboro and aims to draw a large student body and public attendees. The assembly follows earlier crowds and growing interest in his ministry.
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Billy Graham
High Point College
Harrison Gymnasium
Dr. Cooke
Greensboro
Graham
Greensboro “Tabernacle
Suther Named Civitan Club Officer
Marshall Suther elected vice president of the High Point Civitan Club at a Sheraton Hotel meeting. He succeeds Wilson Rogers who resigned. Roscoe Peters led attendance prize, Paul Shaver was Mr. X, Halloween concessions yielded a likely good return though final accounts not ready. Projects chair J C McAllister thanked members and prospective members were read.
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Marshall Suther
High Point Civitan Club
Sheraton
Suther
Wilson Rogers
Roscoe Peters
Paul Shaver
J. C. McAllister
McAllister
Fire Chief Warns Against Improper TV Antenna Installations
Thomasville Fire Department warns residents to install television and radio antennas in accordance with the National Electrical Code. All installations are subject to department inspection and faulty work may be condemned.
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Thomasville
Boy Injured After Fall From Parade Float
A 12 year old James Mathis, son of George Mathis of 209 Brown Street, was knocked unconscious in a fall from a homecoming parade float at Church Street school yesterday afternoon. He was taken to the hospital for observation.
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Thomasville
Church Street
James Mathis
George Mathis
Brown Street
Missionary Circle Meets at Evening Breeze Home
News Items Of Interest To Colored People reports Tem ple Memorial Missionary Circle gathering at 7 30 p m at Mrs F R Mason residence Evening Breeze. Members urged to attend by 7 p.m. Also St Mark Senior Choir to meet tonight at parsonage for urgent business.
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Missionary Circle
Temple Memorial
Sirs
F. R. Mason
ST. Mark Choir
St. Mark
Friendship
D. F. Dillingworth
Pearson Memorial
Friendship Baptist
Vistis
Bessie MacKey
Alonzo MacKey
Europe
Gethesemane
J. W. Roberson
Greensboro
First Baptist Church
Woman Indicted in Guilford County Murder Case
A Guilford County Grand Jury in Greensboro returned a true bill of indictment against Christine Sapp a 25 year old High Point woman charged with murder in the fatal shooting of her husband Everett 27. He died at Memorial Hospital after an October incident. She claims self defense and the case will be heard in High Point division at the December term of Guilford Superior Court.
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Guilford County
Greensboro
High Point
Christine Sapp
Hoover Street
Everett
Memorial Hospital
Guilford Superior Court
City Lake Water Levels Rise After Heavy Rains
Recent rains raised High Point Municipal Lake level by nearly 15 inches, bringing it within 30 inches of normal. Lake warden Bill Hull says the lake covers about 241 acres and remains well above the drought danger line, with a new pier built near the Club House for mooring boats.
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High Point Municipal Lake
Bill Hull
J. J. Ellington
Parks and Recreation
Ellington
Park
High Point Chamber Publishes New Hi-Lites Issue
The November Hi-Lites monthly news brief from the High Point Chamber of Commerce is mailed in a new semirotogravure format. It highlights October activities, outlines a 1000 member membership drive led by Curtis Smithdeal, and features photos of Brant Suavely and George E Hutchens along with the new offices and Johnson's Wax HQ.
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High Point Chamber of Commerce
Curtis Smithdeal
Brant Suavely
Chamber
George E. Hutchens
High Point
Johnson’s Wax
Phil Clarke
Missionary Mrs Walser Addresses Missionary and American Business Club
Mrs Gladys Walser, missionary and educator born in Japan, spoke to the Missionary and American Business Club last night on Asia in the World. She urged the U S to teach Orient peoples to improve basic needs and cautioned against a negative democratic approach, noting her role as an accredited United Nations representative.
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American Business Club
Gladys. Walser
Asia
iTart Bell
American Friends Service Committee
United States
Walser
United Nations
Rash of automobile thefts hits High Point and nearby towns
High Point and nearby towns reported a surge in car thefts last night. A 1949 Ford owned by J W Morris at 807 Sixth Street was stolen between 7 p.m. and 6 15 a m with doors locked and the car insured. Thomasville and Greensboro also reported thefts including a 1929 Chevrolet and a Mercury. A man named Herman E Suits, 22, formerly of Kivett Drive, was jailed on a larceny warrant after a prior case involving a 1929 Plymouth.
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High Point
Cawns
J. W. Morris
Sixth Street
Thomasville
Greensboro
Herman E. Suits
Kivett Drive
Mack Lewis
Suits
Davidson County
Myrtle Desk Company
Armistice Day Celebration Planned by Legion and Auxiliary
The American Legion post and its auxiliary in Thomasville plan Armistice Day activities at the Monday Legion hut meeting. Commander George William Greene of Catawba College faculty and director of the Permanent World Government Institute will give the address.
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Enterprise Bureau
West Main Street
Thomasville
American Legion
Legion Hut
Catawba College
George William Greene
Permanent World Government Institute
Jake Froelich’s Mother Dies in Baltimore
Word was received here yesterday of the death in Baltimore Md of Mrs. J. Q. Froelich mother of Jake Froelich of this city. Mrs. Froelich had been ill for several years and in a critical condition for the past two months. Mr. Froelich together with their son Jake Jr. of Chapel Hill left last night for Baltimore where services will be conducted tomorrow with burial Friday in Punxsutawney Pennsylvania.
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Baltimore
J. Q. Froelich
Jake Froelich
Froelich
Clear Skies Tonight With Low Around Twenty Eight
The Friendship Weather Bureau forecasts a clearing and colder afternoon followed by a fair and colder night with a low near 28 degrees. Tomorrow should be sunny and relatively mild with a high around 48 degrees. Last night’s low was 44, though a 59 degree reading at 4:30 a.m. topped today’s figures.
Sidewalk Show invites Guilford artists to display talent
The Guilford County Fine Arts Festival invites residents to bring art to the Chamber of Commerce Building on Friday for a noncompetitive sidewalk show. People may bring oil, crayon, charcoal works to be displayed or sold with no entry fee and no required deadlines.
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Guilford
County
Chamber
Picasso
Af- Commerce
Thei Finity
O'Keefe
Andj
Beard
Wage Increase Battle To Be Continued
Thomasville workers at the Thomasville Chair Company will keep seeking a pay raise. Union official William Bell says members voted last night to continue wage negotiations, with about 1 on hand. No new developments or discussions have been set after the company initially announced talks.
Merchants Set to Plan Christmas Promotions Thursday
The Merchants Association will meet Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Pioneer restaurant to map Christmas plans and holiday promotions and discuss forming a Credit Women's Breakfast Club. Directors met yesterday to outline the agenda. Better Late Than Never Memphis note mentions a settled payment request from 1896.
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Exterprise Bureau
West Manin Street
Thomasville
Merchants Association
Pioneer
Credit Women's
Memphis, Tenn
UPI
Memphis
Government Hits New Low Level Says Don Jordan
Don L. Jordan, president of Johnson Carper Furniture Co., Roanoke, denounces the Truman administration in a Sheraton Hotel address to Associated Industries Inc. members, calling for vigilant voting and warning of socialism and communism. He labels the current government as corrupt, urges turnout in November 1952, and defends free enterprise while blaming Washington for national decline.
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Associated Industries, Inc
Don Jordan
Johnson-Carper Furniture Company
Roanoke
Sheraton Hotel
Truman
Don L. Jordan
Sheraton
High Point
Thomasville
Jet
Garagelin
Vail St
Manning Furniture Manufacturers
Assock
Mallory
Jordan
Henry Foscue
Jae
Wendell Street
Pany
Furnaceline Southern Association
Fure Luc
Sunset Avenue
Slightlailure
J. E B. Millis
Adama Millia Camannn
Aendannt
Jensiean Unverapany Gue Plcoluelil UK
Associated: Industries, Inc
Built Homes Co
Sherwood Street
Washington
Drilier
Christmas Decorations Light Up Downtown High Point
City Utilities Department workers string Christmas lights along Main Street in High Point. Crews repair bulbs and install repaired strings while Merchants Association plans to reuse last year’s figures and add greenery and tinsel. Lights are set to turn on November 15.
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City Utilities Department
High Point
Main Street
W. Gordon
Merchants Association
Gordon
Driver Sought After Abandoned 1939 Chevrolet Crash
Police searched for the driver of a wrecked 1939 Chevrolet coupe found abandoned at the Ward Street underpass near Hunter Coal Company at 6 o clock. Officers King and Lance reported the car crashed into a concrete support with front seat blood splatter and no sign of the driver.
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Ward Street
Hunter Coal Company
King and
Lance
Winston-Salem
High Point
City Council Defers Right Turn on Red Plan at Key Intersections
Winter City Council delayed action on a proposal to permit right turns on red at ten major intersections including Centennial Montlien Hamilton N Main Howell Church Mallory Ward Philips English and S Main Russell. The item remains under study.
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Joe Leslie
Winter City Council
Law and Public Safety Committee
L. Centennial
Montlien
N. Hamilton Street
Tien Avenue
N. Main Street
Mont- 4
N. Main
Howell
Church
Mallory
S. Main
Ward
English
Philips
S- Main
Russell Streets
Russell
Lonh Main
Festerdas
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Paul Thomas
J. O. Cawley
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Sapp
News Letter
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Grandma Moses
Carl W. Anderson
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High Paint
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Anna Mac Bunker
Thad Eure
Raleigh
Southland Supply Company, Inc
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Topsy Delk
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City Council
R. B. Gantt
Hinson
Viola Marie Strickland
Tom Gold, Sr
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Highway 29
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Moffitts, Inc
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KR. Gorge
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Vera Street
Ridge
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Colonial Drive
S. D. Gibson
Irhywoul
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College Heights
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George Dean
T. F B. Hinson
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