Festival Parade Start Set in Thomasville
Thomasville officials set 9 30 a m start for the Christmas parade along Main Street from the ice plant to Unity Street with about 70 entries including 16 floats and seven bands. A post parade coffee at the Lambeth home honors visiting dignitaries and Miss Thomasville chosen in a Friday pageant at the Civic Center.
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Thomasville
W. Main Street
Main Street
National Highway
Unity Street
James Johnson
James E. Lambeth Jr
Civic Center
Amedee Chabot
Police Raid Store Charge Lottery Use
Deputies from Lexington and Thomasville raided the Highway 109 Smoke Shop and charged Billy Joe Murphy with possession of lottery tickets violating state gambling laws. About $833.80 in cash and 19 bundles plus 58 loose tickets and 13 tip boards were seized. Murphy bonded at 1000 dollars and faces Thomasville Recorder's Court on November 23.
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Thomasville
Lexington
Highway 109
Billy Joe Murphy
Rt. 3
Murphy
Frank Shields Profile Highlights Law Enforcement Courses
The article profiles Frank Shields a UNC instructor who ran short law enforcement courses and taught driver education at Central High School. A World War II veteran, he left the National Guard in 1941 due to his wife's illness, remarried in 1950, and is active in religious and fraternal groups. His classroom features about 1500 dollars of equipment plus unique driving desks with wheels and a yearly car from English Motor Co. Students split time between classroom learning and on road practice, aiming to instill responsibility behind the wheel.
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University of North Carolina
National Guard
James P. Carter
Fayetteville
Shields
Alberta Corbit
Phillips Ave
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Central High School
English Motor Co
Furniture Men Hopeful For 1963
Southern Furniture Manufacturers Assn at White Sulphur Springs, W Va, heard optimism for 1963 with expected sales gains and potential profit improvements. Fox Manufacturing Co reported record October shipments, and firms anticipate more machinery purchases aided by the Quadrennial Woodworking Machinery Show in Greensboro next May.
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Southern
Southern Furniture Manufacturers Assn
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Charles S. Heyman
Fox Manufacturing Co
Rome Ga
SFMA
Heyman
Greensboro
Bribery Charge Filed Against Thomasville Man
Thomasville man William L. Rouse, 26, charged with attempting to bribe highway patrolman J F Davis to overlook traffic violations. Rouse faces bribery, no license, and muffler improper charges after a stop on Highway 29 Groometown Road. Co-defendant Monroe Garrett, 34, charged with letting an unlicensed driver operate a vehicle and improper equipment. Rouse jailed on 1100 bond. Garrett posted 200 bond. trial set December 7 in Greensboro.
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Thomasville
William L. Rouse
Rouse
Groometown Road
J. F. Davis
Davis
Monroe Garrett
Greensboro
Garrett
Commercial Artist Studio Opens In High Point
The Rucker Stuart Studio opens on the top floor of the North Carolina National Bank Building in Down Town High Point. Partners Harrison Rucker of High Point and Keith Stuart of Greensboro lead the new full service studio with a roster of freelance specialists and plans to hire full time staff after year’s start.
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North Carolina National Bank
High Point
Rucker Stuart
Harrison Rucker
Keith Stuart
Greensboro
Rucker
Cleveland
Toledo
Willys Motors Inc
Bennett Advertising Inc
Saturday Evening Post
Look
Seventeen
Business Week
Wall Street Journal
Newsweek
Lynwood Terrace
Stuart
Richmond Professional Institute
Golden Triangle
Charlotte Art Directors Club
Villa Dr
Raleigh
Charlotte
Community Drama Group Meets Monday
The High Point Community Theatre will hold an organizational meeting Monday at 8 p.m. in the Community Room of the Perpetual Savings and Loan Association building on N Main Street. Six members will read selections from Thornton Wilder’s one act play The Journey. President C E Mounts says meetings on the first and third Mondays are public.
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Perpetual Savings and Loan Assa
N. Main Street
Thorton Wilder
C. E. Mounts
Thomasville Court Has Busy Month
Twelve persons tried in Recorder's Court were sent to the roads and county jail, three bound over for Davidson County Superior Court. Five witnesses testified in 245 Recorder's Court cases. 228 convictions.
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Thomasville Court
Thomasville
Recorder's Court
Davidson County
Superior Court
Worker Hurt At Factory Accident Injures Hosiery Mill Worker
THOMASVILLE A worker at Dogwood Hosiery was taken to City Memorial Hospital after an arm injury in a mill accident. Waverly Gray of Salem Street reportedly caught his arm in an extractor that separates socks from water and was transported by ambulance to the hospital.
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Thomasville
Dogwood Hosiery
City Memorial Hospital
Waverly Gray
Salem Street
Downtown Retail Growth Described At Standstill
The City Planning Office reports downtown High Point retail growth is stagnant. The Space Inventory study notes limited CBD land use, decaying building conditions, parking woes, and lack of a large department store, foreshadowing possible shifts to suburbs or neighboring cities if unaddressed.
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High Point
City Planning Ofice
Seana
Cbd
Main Street
Southern Railway
Winston-Salem
Greensboro
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High Point Enterprise
John A. Maxwell
State Farm
State Farm Insurance Companies
Main ST
Scottish Bank
Drexel Furniture
Jefferson Standard Life
Carolina
Kinston & High Point
N. C
Norfolk
High Point Community Theatre
George P. Clark
L.A
Professional Life Insurance Service
New England
Andene
Mutual Life Insurance
America
Allied For Investor Service
Joe Honeycutt
Life Insurance
Wickcliff Ave
Occidental
Nortw Carolina
R. Delbert Kirkman
Robert E. Long
Ralph C. Davis
William R. Taylor JR
George D. Davis
C.L.A. & Associates
Enterprise
Ings
Dave
Joy
Nar & Company Inc
Park Ave. S
New York
Southern Rep
Otis L. Holland
North Main
England
Hathaway
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