Crestwood Presbyterian Church Launches Loyalty Canvass
Crestwood Presbyterian Church members met for a Loyalty Dinner at First Presbyterian Church to prepare for an all member canvass opening today. P. Hunter Dalton led as master. D L Lanier gave the invocation. John H Jennings welcomed attendees. pledges for the coming year's church operations were discussed by Mrs P Hunter Dalton, Robert Kornegay, Crason Farr, Milton Lindberg, Frank Davis, and Rev Lawrence Avent. The canvass committee includes Lindberg as chairman and Kornegay, Davis, Dwight E Sutton, Robert T Thacker, Wilbur M Currie, David G Fleming, and George F Mobley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crestwood Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church
P. Hunter Dalton
D. L. Lanier
John H. Jennings
Robert Kornegay
Crason Farr
Milton Lindberg
Frank Davis
Lawrence Avent
Crestwood
Lindberg
Kornegay
Davis
Dwight E. Sutton
Robert T. Thacker
Wilbur M. Currie
David G. Fleming
George F. Mobley
Industrial Club to Hear Ball on November fifteenth
Rhett Ball vice president Heritage Furniture Co will address the Industrial Management Club at 6 30 p m November 15. Meeting set for the YMCA Ball a Sewanee University graduate and Harvard Business School alum has held roles in R S Dickson Co aviation Southern Airways and Bruce Payne and Associates before joining Morganton and Heritage Furniture as executive and vice president respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhett Ball
Heritage Furniture Co
Industrial Management Club
YMCA
Ball
University of the South
Sewanee, Tenn
Graduate School of Business Administration
Harvard University
R. S. Dickson and Co
South
U. S. Air Force
Southern Airways
Bruce Payne and Associates
Morganton Furniture Co
Lecture Tickets Available For Barr Talk At Masonic Temple
Tickets remain for a 6:30 p.m. dinner lecture by William G. Barr executive director of the National Parking Assn of Washington D C. Barr speaks on park-and-shop systems after a daylong study of High Point parking facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Walker
William G. Barr
National Parking Assn
Washington, D. C
Masonic Temple
Chamber of Commerce
Merchants’ Assn
High Point Board of Realtors
City Hall
Barr
High Point
Education Groups Will Hear Pruette At Northeast Junior High
Dr. Dean Pruette, superintendent of High Point City Schools, returns from Russia to speak Thursday at 7 30 PM in the Northeast Junior High Auditorium. The address is for the local unit of the Division of Classroom Teachers and related education associations and families.
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Dean Pruette
High Point City
Russia
Northeast
Juniior High
Pruette
Division
Classroom Teachers
North Carolina Education Association
Association For Childhood Education
North Carolina Education
A and Family Life Educaon
Accident Box Score This Week and Year to Date
This week there were 19 persons killed and 0 injured in accidents with property loss of $6,035.00. Year to date totals show 10 persons killed, 912 injured, and property loss of $342,529.14.
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Peeeae
Stamp Collectors Meet Tonight With Auction in Piedmont
The Piedmont Stamp Club will gather Tuesday at 8 p.m. at the Perpetual Savings and Loan Building. The program includes an auction and election of officers. Prospective members are invited to attend.
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Piedmont Stamp Club
Perpetual Savings and Loan Building
Shooting Spree Nipped By Cops
A 38-year old Willowbrook Street resident, L. D. Inman, was arrested on a warrant for discharging firearms within the city after police found him in bed with two weapons nearby following a shotgun blast through his wall. Bond $200, Nov 18 Municipal Court. Other arrests include Byron C. King for driving on a suspended license bond $100, Nov 16. Samuel Lawrence McDowell for drunken driving after a head on collision near Kivett Drive with Eugene Babb. McDowell bond $300, trial Nov 23. Betty E. Brown charged with drunken driving, bond $300, Nov 23. Dallas J. Hardy charged with reckless driving, bond $100, Dec 7.
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Willowbrook Street
L. D. Inman
Inman
Byron C. King
E. Commerce Street
Samuel Lawrence McDowell
Rt. 5
McDowell
W. G. Lundy
Eugene Babb
Kivett Drive
Babb
Grant Street
Betty E. Brown
Dallas J. Hardy
Rt. 9
Lexington
Ex-Resident Kills Self In Asheville
Vera Juanita Garrett Davis43? 41 of 138 Manor Drive Asheville found dead in a motel at 9 30 a m Saturday Buncombe Coroner J C Young says death from self inflicted bullet wounds no inquest planned Born September 17 1919 in High Point she moved from High Point to Asheville two and a half years ago and managed Skyway Motel Surviving son Jerry Banks Davis Embry Riddle Miami Fla mother Mrs Lene H Swartz Asheville sister Mrs Gene Kester High Point brother Carl C Garrett Jr Dallas St High Point funeral 3 30 p m Monday Sechrest Chapel burial Guilford Memorial Park Cemetery family at 138 Manor Dr now
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera Juanita Garrett Davis
Manor Drive
Asheville
Buncombe
J. C. Young
Davis
High Point
Carl C
Lolene Hodgin Garrett
Jamestown High School
Skyway
Central Methodist Church
Jerry Banks Davis
Embry- Riddle Aeronautical Institute
Miami
Fla
Lolene H. Swartz
Gene Kester
Manor Dr
Carl C. Garrett Jr
Dallas St
Sechrest Funeral Home
Sechrest Chapel
H. Glen Lanier
Montlieuw Avenue Methodist Church
Guilford Memorial Park
Ledford Girl Wins Veterans Day Contest
Thomasville worded: Ledford High School entrant Brenda Carter won the Miss Veterans Day contest in Lexington over 23 Davidson County contestants. Carter earned the top honor in the annual Veterans Day parade staged in the county seat on Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Ledford
Lexington
Davidson County
Brendan Carter
Amboy Duke Canelestroussky Wears Noted Jacket
John C. Mullen, 22, described as a Negro, adopts a distinctive nickname Amboy duke canelestroussky and often wears a blue jacket bearing the full moniker embroidered in yellow. The piece notes his pride in the nickname as proof of identity.
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Baltimore
John C.mullen
Amboy Duke Canelestroussky
Training Course Concluded for North Carolina Firemen
The fourth annual Short Course for Firemen ended Friday night at Alamance School with 246 volunteers from 18 departments taking 15 hour courses. Leaders included Clay L. Welker and R. Allen Pinnix. instructors were from Guilford County, North Carolina Insurance, Raleigh and University of Maryland. Chief Robertson urged continuous training and readiness for possible emergencies.
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Alamance School
Guilford County Fire Protective Association
Clay L. Welker
R. Allen Pinnix
Eugene Parsons
Ralph Meadows
Elwood Inscoe
North Carolina Insurance Department
John Godwin
Raleigh Fire Department
T. M. Ellington
High Point Fire Department
David Lee
Kinston
Sherman Pickard
R. L. Powell
Fred Truelove
Greensboro Fire Department
J. A. Robertson
University of Maryland
Pinnix
Pinecroft-Sedgefield
Battleground
Deep River
Colfax
Guilford College
Alamance
Oak Ridge
Summerfield
Guil-Rand
Davidson County
Robertson
All-City Fall Orchestra Festival At Northeast Junior High
Northeast Junior High hosts the All-City Fall Orchestra Festival Tuesday at 8 pm featuring about 85 junior high musicians led by Barry Ruth. The event combines the junior high ensemble with the High School Symphony Orchestra and draws an estimated 4000 to 5000 attendees.
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Northeast
Barry Ruth
Ruth i
Ferndale
Mozart
von Dittersdorf
Bizet
Morris Dance
Leroy Anderson
Britten
Tannhauser
Wagner
Warming Trend Brings Sun and Warmer Temps This Week
After a low of 30 this morning, the forecast calls for a high near 67 today with mostly sunny skies. A gradual warm trend continues into tomorrow with higher 60s, then clouds increase and a small chance of rain may arrive Tuesday or Wednesday as the warm spell ends.
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Friendship Weather Station
City Picks High Point for Table Tennis Final
High Point has been chosen as the site for the state wide table tennis finals by the statewide activities committee of the North Carolina Recreation Society meeting last week. Other cities named for tournaments include Raleigh Charlotte Mooresville Greensboro Concord Winston-Salem Gastonia and Hickory with dates in July August and November across multiple disciplines.
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High Point
Parks and Recreation Department
North Carolina Recreation Society
Raleigh
Charlotte
Mooresville
Greensboro
Concord
Winston-Salem
Gastonia
Hickory
Woman Wins Race With Her Car In Backyard Dramedy
In a Thomasville neighborhood a comely resident in pajama top and robe sprang outside to stop an awkward driverless car heading toward her mimosa tree. The car’s emergency brake was loose, sparking the humorous scene as neighbors pondered the incident.
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Thomasville
P.j
Place Of Peace In Busy City
Eugene Fallon reflects on the unused Wesley Memorial Methodist Church grounds in Charleston noting a tranquil oasis amid rain and city traffic. He describes the fountain, mossed ironwork, redbird color against gray, and questions if future generations will seek the quiet entrance once more. He urges preservation of the old structure on Main Street for High Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Fallon
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Sheraton Place
Triton
Jesus
Sweet Star
Charleston
High Point
Main Street
Gilead
SFMA to Observe 50th Anniversary This Week
The Southern Furniture Manufacturers Assn. marks fifty years since formation in 1911 with a 50th annual meeting in Bal Harbour Florida. The group began from consolidations in North Carolina and has 300 members across 14 states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Furniture Manufacturers Assn
Southern Furniture
Bal Harbour
Fla
SFMA
North Carolina
C. F. Tomlinson
High Point
South
Council To Consider Hike In Bus Fare
City Transit Co proposes raising bus fares from 10 to 15 cents to cover rising operating costs. Councilmen indicate they will not oppose the move, with public works contracts and fire department vehicle purchases on the agenda. Other items include building inspections, Oak View expansion, and charity tax exemptions for the Furniture City Business Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Transit Co
High Point City
Itransit
K. Herman Falk
Fulk
Fire Department
R. E. Brinkley
Oak View
N. Main Sree
Furniture City Business Club
The
Hospital Cares
Executives Club Dinner With Humorist Jeff Williams
Reservations remain for the High Point Executives Club dinner at the Sherman Hotel tomorrow at 7 p.m. Speaker Jeff Williams of Chickasha Oklahoma, a lawyer and Rotary leader, will present Worry-But Don’t Go Nuts, drawing on his lecture circuit experience.
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High Point Executives Club
Sheraton Hotel
Jeff Williams
Chickasha
Okla
Williams
Rotary
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Industrial Club
Dal Bayles
Self
Cindy Edwards
Around the
High Point Ywca
Branch
YWCA
Fourth Street
Nalina Bedlani
India
Woman's College
Helga Wiesge
Germany
Misao Nakagawa
Japan
Esli Leroy Holder Jr
Liberia
A and T College
Forrest
Jess Washburn
Kizzoner
Kennedy
United States
Oldest Furniture Group
Charles H. Prevost
Thomasville Chair Co
R. M. Simmons
American
Martinsville
J. Robert Philpott
United Furniture Corp
Florida
Southern Furniture Exposition
Fur
Executives Club
United Fund
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