Piedmont Officials Plot Push For New Federal Highway
In Greensboro the Piedmont and Eastern North Carolina officials met with 26 representatives to persuade the federal Bureau of Public Roads to route a new highway through the Piedmont Industrial Crescent. The proposed path starts Canton Ohio to Charlotte, veering into North Carolina near Mount Airy and via U S 601 to Salisbury then Charlotte. The Three Cities Development Committee will lead overtures and brief the State Highway Department before a final route decision.
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Piedmont
North Carolina
Greensboro
Piedmont Industrial Crescent
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
Canton
Ohio
Charlotte
Mount Airy
Three Cities Development Committee
Feral Bureau
State Highway Department
Highway Commission
Forsyth County
Wake County
State Highway Commission
James Gray
Winston-Salem
State Commission
Federal Bureau
Virginia Highway Officials
John R. Knott
Chamber of Commerce
Transportation Committee
High Point
I. Paul Ingle
George W. Lyles
Howard Pancoast
Jess Washburn
Robert Griffin
Leo Heer
Hubert Bryant
Phil Clarke
Rose Leads in High Point Theater Comedy Room Service
The Tower Players stage production of Room Service features Mark Rose in the lead as Gordon Miller, a hotel-eviction plot driver. Also in the cast are Richard Cox, Fred Barber, Larry Williams, Wini Stuart, Edna White, Sonny Thornton, and others with Jane DeSpain directing and Raiford designing sets. The show runs Thursday and Friday evenings at the High Point Callens auditorium.
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Room Service
Ribalsing
High Point Callens
Tower Players
New York
Stumphill
Tony Adams
Gary Cornell
Bob Scott
John Rierson
Jane DeSpain
Raiford
Col
Sonny Thornton
Edna White
High Point College
Realty Transfers Jamestown Township Deals Reported
C. J. Morgan and wife transfer three lots in Kearns Heights to J. C. Collett and wife. Russell Robbins and others sell Dillon Street lots to Jamestown Development Co.
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Jamestown Township
C. J. Morgan
J. C. Collett
Kearns Heights
Russell Robbins
Jamestown Development Co
Dillon Street
Labor Law History Reviewed by Professor Barringer
Professor J M Barringer of Virginia Polytechnic Institute traced labor legislation from World War I railroad rules to the Wagner Act and Taft Hartley. He noted the Wagner Act regulated employers while Taft Hartley extended rules to management and unions. The talk covered three phases and included remarks by Dr Dennis H Cooke and others as the Industrial Management Club endorsed a bond election and announced toy repair projects for Salvation Army.
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J. M. Barringer
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Ymca Industrial Management Club
Barringer
Dennis H. Cooke
High Point College
Cooke
Industrial Management Club
J. S. Higgins
Rankin Memorial Methodist Church
Gilbert M. Ross
Con- Catenter
Haron
A.mittee
Latimer
I.M.C
Darrell Pierce
Salvation Army
James Blackwell
Tomlinson
Jim Newman
Anvil Brand, Inc
Vernon Marr
Earl Bundy
F. R. Bundy
Myrtle Desk
Fred Davis
S. Kerboard, Inc
George Starling
Re Inc
Robert Carpenter
Bur’ton Hosiery Company
Roscoe Sledge
Health Board Examines Asian Flu Threat in Guilford
Guilford County health board discussed likely rise of Asian flu among adults as winter approaches. Board heard Red Cross plans for home care training and urged closer physician cooperation. Nine staff changes approved including Dr. Robert Fincher Jr. as part-time psychiatrist.
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The
Red Cross
Health Department
J. E. Slate
High Point
County Medical Society
Herman Parker
Slate
E. H. Ellinwood
Robert C. Fincher Jr
Fincher
Ragsdale May Reportedly Contemplates Resigning Health
W G Ragsdale Jr of James Town signals possible resignation from Guilford County Board of Commissioners due to poor health. He says he has thought about stepping down but has not decided, noting illness kept him from recent meetings. Ragsdale has served since 1944 and chaired the finance committee among other posts.
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W. G. Ragsdale Jr
Jamestown
Guilford
Ragsdale
City Council Eyes Eastside Artery to Wade Street Route
City Manager T E Hinson was authorized to explore right of way for a new street linking Green Street extension to Kivett Drive north to Wade Street, with potential connections toward Highway 29 east of Five Points. The panel also renamed Hoover Alley to Hunter Court, approved 1958 city auto tag sales with Carolina Motor Club, and granted a high school class petition to waive privilege fees for a toy bus sale.
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T. E. Hinson
Springfield
Wade Street
Green Street
Kivett Drive
Five Points
Hinson
Hoover Alley
Hunter Court
Carolina Motor Club
Motor Club
High Point High School
Knox Mide
Hit Run Filed Against Airman in Winston-Salem
Leiden C. 19, of the 810th ACW Squadron, Winston-Salem, is charged with hit and run after his car struck Darlene Brewer’s vehicle on Montlieu Avenue and failed to stop. Damages are about 500 to Brewer’s car and 150 to Berna’s. He was apprehended and released on $500 bond, with Municipal Court set for Nov. 27.
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Leiden C. 19
810Th
ACW
Winston-Salem
Darlene Brewer
Elwood Drive
Montlieu Avenue
Elwood
Berna
Thomasville Man Draws Suspension
Jesse Taylor a 20 year old Thomasville furniture worker received a 4 to 6 year suspended sentence in Superior Court at Lexington for carnal knowledge and assault with a deadly weapon. The suspension requires payment of 215 dollars for medical bills tied to a baby born to a 14 year old Bladen County girl and court costs. He was accused of snapping a pistol at Leo iosey and Flossie Mock.
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Thomasville
Jesse Taylor
Lexington
Bladen County
Leo Iosey
Flossie Mock
Fair Weather Outlook For Piedmont Through Weekend
Greensboro High Point Airport observers forecast fair and colder weather tonight through Friday with a chance of more rain over the weekend. Thursday should be sunny and cold with a 56 degree high. Tonight’s low near freezing, about eight degrees below last night. The five day outlook calls for temperatures a few degrees below normal through Monday of next week with a half inch to an inch of rain expected this weekend.
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Greensboro-High Point
Reece-Brown Scholarship Fund Surpasses $1000 Mark
The Reece-Brown Scholarship Fund has topped the $1,000 level with $197 received since the last report, bringing the total to $1,038.14. New contributions include Anonymous 50.00 Louis T. Purdeau 5.00 Parks Ser and G Cecil L. Snyder 2.00 Meyer Levine 10.00, with L. P. Megginson listed for 10.00.
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Reece - Brown
Louis T. Purdeau
Parks Ser
G Ceeil L. Snyder
Meyer Levine
L. P. Megginson
Scout Troop 20 Court Of Honor At First Presbyterian
A court of honor for Boy Scout Troop 20 at First Presbyterian Church is set for Thursday at 7 30 p m. George Armfield Bobby Garner and Danny Stoddard will become First Class Scouts while Mills Brinson and Jimmy Foscue advance to Second Class. Merit badges go to George Armfield Bobby Garner Corky Hustruld and Eddie Koonce. Parents and friends are invited.
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First Presbyterian Church
George Armfield
Bobby Garner
Danny Stoddard
Mills Brinson
Jimmy Foscue
Corky Hustruld
Eddie Koonce
Architects Offer $16000 Study For City County Center
The MAXIMUM FIGURE Architects Guild proposed a two phase survey to prepare a building program for a city county government center at a top fee of 16000. The guild handed the proposal to City Council and sent copies to county commissioners for reactions. The plan covers space utilizations future needs and staged construction with site study and relocation recommendations.
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High Point Architects Guild
Guild
High Point
Thieves Take Four Hams From Horton Home
Police reported four country hams disappeared from the W. W. Horton residence on Rockford Road after a break in Monday night. The missing items were the only articles listed, per son-in-law K. G. Kennedy who said entry was gained through a basement door broken pane.
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W. W. Horton
Rockford Road
K. G. Kennedy
Horton
Kennedy
Triple Count Filed Against Gate Cillan
A Greensboro man forced his way into Grace Watkins home three times Monday and was charged with forcible trespass drunkenness and resisting arrest by deputies. Austin received total bond of 550 and heard in Municipal Court November 25. Howard Saltz 39 of N Main Street posted 100 bond on a worthless check charge after a complaint by Fred Hitchcock of Mill Street.
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Greensboro
Pound
Grace Watkins
Austin
Howard W. Saltz
N. Main Street
Saltz
Fred Hitchcock
Mill Street
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Gilbert Ross
Forrest Edwards
Ross
Dennis Cooke
Bill Jackson
Salisbury
Rose
Ee Ee Sere Ee
Great Lakes Region
Tar Heel
Crescent
Labor Law History Reviewed
Chesterfield
S. C
Samarcand
Pomona Deep River Church Road
Red Road
Health Board Studies
Guilford County
Ellinwood
Harry Weatherly
Last
Public Health Association
Cleveland
Atha Howell
Bill Malone
Catherine Moffitt
High Point Mental Health Clinic
Eastside
Merchants Association
High Point Enterprise
Reece-Brown
Scout Troop
Nevil Shute
Comdr
Peter Holmes
Peter
Mary
Jennifer
NEA Service, Inc
William Morrow & Ce
Tne
S$.u.a. of New
Tor Pagans
Triple
Gate Cillan
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