High Point Food Chain Keeps City Supplied Around Clock
Grocers, wholesalers and hotels in High Point operate round the clock to feed 100,000 residents. Freight cars unload produce, meats and dairy daily from Florida to Maine, with 45,000 fryers and 15,000 pounds of sliced bacon consumed weekly. Beef, pork and poultry dominate menus while canned and pre cooked items grow in popularity.
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Elizabeth Austin
High Point
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Polio Aid Expands to Arthritis and Defect Programs
National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis reports about 7 500 polio victims aided in the state with roughly 9 million dollars spent. Leaders discuss extending services to arthritis victims and congenital defects, with new speech and hearing centers and sheltered workshops in North Carolina. Mental hygiene clinics are now nine across the state ensuring access to diagnosis and referrals. State officers were elected: Barker president, Mulholland first VP, Whitaker second VP, Lester secretary, Thompson treasurer, and Edgar T. Thompson president-elect.
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McGee
National Foundation For
Col. Warren
North Carolina
Kendall
Haswell
Guilford County
Barker
C C. Mulholland Jr
Durham
W. D. Whitaker
Andrews
F. C. Lester
Asheboro
W.E. Thompson
Chapel Hill
Edgar T. Thompson
Air Force to Spend Over 12 Million in Carolinas
The Air Force announces 12.7 million dollars in construction funds for bases in North and South Carolina as part of a 306 million dollar nationwide program. Seymour Johnson AFB in Goldsboro 11.034 million funds a SAGE facility and related structures. Shaw AFB in Sumter 839 thousand for airfield pavement. Myrtle Beach AFB 782 thousand for dining and quarters. North Charleston AFB 782 thousand for dining and quarters. Poquoson Rapids AFS 13 thousand for water mains.
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Washington
Air Force
Carolinas
United States
Seymour Johnson Air Force Base
Goldsboro
N.C
SAGE
Shaw Air Force Base
Sumter
S.C
Myrtle Beach
Air Force ‘Base
Tactical Air Navigation Station
North Charleston
Air Force Base
Bookmobile Schedule For This Week
The Public Library announces weekday afternoon routes for the bookmobile. Daily stops include Clara Cox Homes Circle Park ing Area Ra gan Street Thissell Street Franklin Street Worth Avenue Highland Shopping Center Stanton Street Flint Street Rotary Drive Ridgecrest Drive Tipton Street Kennedy Street Florham Drive Arbordale Drive Council Street Gatewood Avenue Sunset Drive Carrick Avenue E State Johnson Street Clover Drive Parkside Drive Tabor Street Dayton Street Emery Road Hillcrest Drive Over brook Drive Edgedale Drive Rockspring Road Eaton Place W Farriss Avenue Brantley Circle.
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Public Library
Clara Cox
Circle
Ragan Street
Thissell Street
Franklin Street
Worth Avenue
Highland Shopping Center
Stanton Street
Flint Street
Rotary Drive
Ridgecrest Drive
Tipton Street
Kennedy Street
Florham Drive
Arbordale Drive
Council Street
Gatewood Avenue
Sunset Drive
Carrick Avenue
Johnson Street
Clover Drive
Parkside Drive
Tabor Street
Dayton Street
Emery Road
Hillcrest Drive
Overbrook Drive
Edgedale Drive
Rockspring Road
Eaton Place
W. Farriss Avenue
Brantley Circle
HPC Beauty Pageant Set For Tuesday
Betty Lane Evans Miss North Carolina will crown the new Miss High Point College Tuesday night in Memorial Auditorium. Fourteen college students compete at 8 p.m. judging will focus on beauty poise and talent with Miss North Carolina to join the talent round. Contenders include Pat Ray Julie Young Eunice Young Yvonne Vaughn Jane Martin and others. The Zenith yearbook sponsors this event with Jimmy Capps of WPTF Raleigh as emcee.
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Betty Lane Evans
North Carolina
Sandra Parnell
Jean Thomas
Jane Lloyd
Edna Rose Duncan
Zenith
Jimmy Capps
WPTF
Raleigh
Jamestown School Fall Festival Show At Jamestown
Jamestown school hosts a Friday night fall festival at the gym with a talent show The Hit Parade of 1958 and popularity contests including a king queen and baby. Dinner from 5 to 7 pm with sideshow games and concessions. Proceeds fund PTA needs.
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Jamestown
Jamestown School
Ja School
Miller
Jamestown Pta
T. W. Hollingsworth
J. C. Putnam
PTA
Suburban Paper Drive Planned by VFW Post 9899
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9899 in Archdale will hold a paper drive today in suburban communities east, south and west of High Point. Members start canvassing Archdale Trinity Allen Jay Springfield Bakertown Fairfield Road and Fairmont Park at 1 p.m collecting newspapers and scrap.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Archdale
High Point
Post
Trinity
Allen Jay
Springfield
Bakertown
Fairfield Road
Fairmont Park
Garden Gate Club Plans Wednesday Meeting
Garden Gate Garden Club will meet at Mrs Arthur Joiner's Pennyburn Road home on Wednesday at 10 a.m. The gathering will discuss club activities and upcoming events.
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Garden Gate Garden Club
Arthur Joiner
Pennyburn Road
Music Club Meeting Friday a Friday Morning Music Study Club
Mrs. W. J. Fraley will entertain members of the Friday Morning Music Study Club at her Hillcrest Drive home. The meeting is scheduled for 11 Friday morning.
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W. J. Fraley
Hillcrest Drive
Senior High Names Typical Teenagers Nancy Boone and Tommy Burton
Nancy Boone and Tommy Burton are chosen Typical Teenagers sponsored by the Optimist Club for Youth Appreciation Week November 10 16. A parade opens the week as Nancy is a cheerleader and Tommy a basketball player. The Junior Play runs November 21 22 in the Senior High auditorium with director Miss Louise Tapp and stage managers Jack Neal and Mary Martha Hutchens.
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Nancy Boone
Tommy Burton
Optimist Club
Nancy
Tommy
Louise Tapp
Jack Neal
Mary Martha Hutchens
Judy Moorefield
Gail Black
Bagwell Joins AFSC Regional Office as School De segregation Director
William F. Bagwell has joined the American Friends Service Committee regional office here as director of the school desegregation program. He succeeds John Alexander who resigned to return to educational administration. A Greenville South Carolina native, Bagwell previously led Furman University public relations for three years and has worked with Church World Service and George Washington University. He holds a BA from Furman, an MA from Columbia, studied religion at Emory, and wrote on remias as Mae Yet Uaioe y.
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William F. Bagwell
American Friends Service Committee
Bagwell
John Alexander
Greenville
S. C
Furman University
Church World Service
George Washington University
Columbia University
Emory University
Human
Remias
Mae
Patent Infringement Suit Filed in Greensboro Court
Tightpat Inc of Greensboro sues Archdale Manufacturing Co of High Point and Burlington Industries Inc of Greensboro in the Middle District Court Greensboro alleging infringement of Ernest G. Rice patent for Combination Stockings and Panty. The firm seeks injunction and an accounting of profits and damages.
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Middle District Court
Greensboro
Archdale Manufacturing Co
High Point
Burlington Industries Inc
Tightpat Inc
Ernest G. Rice
Rice
Burlington Industries
Archdale Manufacturing
Saw
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