Airport Issue Revival As CAB Considers One Regional Airport
The Civil Aeronautics Board restarts the debate on a single airport for High Point Greensboro and Winston-Salem after a long dispute. A two to three day pre hearing conference will shape evidence and schedule hearings. Major questions involve Piedmont United Capital and Eastern Air lines and which airports will receive service. The board may let cities decide the issue.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
High Point
Greensboro
Winston - Salem
Piedmont Airlines
Piedmont
United Airlines
Capital
United
Eastern Airlines
Tri-City
High Point- Greensboro
Smith - Reynolds
Winston-Salem
Chan Gurney
CAB
Shoulder Break After Peach Tree Street Crash
A 1-year-old, Gene Austin Hedgecock, suffered a broken shoulder when his car left Greenwood Avenue, Derby, and plunged into an embankment. He was admitted to High Point Memorial Hospital around 9:25 a.m. Minor head and body lacerations were reported with no other injuries or charges noted.
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Peachtree Street
Greenwood Avenue
Gene Austin Hedgecock
High Point Memorial Hospital
Hedgecock
Greenwood
Red Cross Courses Completed at Ragsdale High
Jamestown Greensboro Chapter of the American Red Cross completed two courses at Ragsdale High School. Care of Sick and Injured was taught by Agnes Farthing and Mother and Baby Care by Lake Allen. A list of twenty seven students follows.
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Jamestown
Greensboro
American Red Cross
Guilford County
High Point Township
Red Cross
Ragsdale High School
Agnes Farthing
Miss Lake Allen
Nursing Services
Lucille Dill
Sharon Fields
Sylvia Goodman
Carol Jessup
Brenda Kaiser
Betty McCollum
Cindy Miller
Dolly Miller
Ben Peele
Frankie Samuels
Linda Shepherd
Martha Smith
Cindy Sizemore
Peggy Williams
Sherry Wilson
Judith Conover
Paulette Clark
Mary Anna Faircloth
Carolyn Forest
Linda Harrel
Nancy Harvel
Mildred Jones
Darlene Sams
Ann Self
Wanda Staley
July Willard
Sawdust Blaze Triggers Fire Response at Local Plant
Firefighters raced to Carolina Seating Co on Liberty Drive to battle a sawdust blaze under a dust pit, sending one truck to the scene yesterday afternoon. No injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Carolina Seating Co
Liberty Drive
House Damaged By Fire On Nance Ave In Town
A four room house at the southeast annex burned heavily after a fire started from a defective chimney in the living room. Firefighters from stations 2 and 6 and a tanker fought the blaze at 909 Nance Ave owned by E B Sheffield and occupied by Mrs Ruth Robbins. The front living room and one bedroom were damaged, with smoke and heat affecting the kitchen and another rear bedroom, and the roof over the front two rooms was partly destroyed.
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Nance Ave
E. B. Sheffield
Ruth Robbins
Broad
College Streets
Player Drive
Nathan Hunt Drive
Bridges St
Louise Ave
Democrats Gird for City Election
Democrats plan a January campaign to counter a Republican bid for city hall. Township chairman Bill Mauldin says the party is confident it will win four at large City Council seats and the mayor in the spring election. GOP leaders say they are already at work on a spring drive as officials study how the council revamp affects terms and at large posts.
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Township
Democratic Party
Bill Mauldin
GOP
John Eshelman
Soeem
Toastmasters Meet With Winston-Salem Club
Piedmont Toastmasters Club of High Point met Urban Club of Winston-Salem at the Glad Street YWCA in Winston-Salem Monday night. The program originated at the International Toastmasters Convention in Atlanta and featured J. R. Williams Charles Jarrell and Skip Callahan. Jarrell demonstrated voice exercises for better speaking voice and modulation. Callahan stressed listening abilities and demonstrated fallacies of the human ear. Williams lectured on different types of listeners.
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Piedmont Toastmasters Club
High Point
Urban Club of
Winston - Salem
Glad Street
Callahan
Williams
Dance Classes For Teen-Agers At Civic Center
A 10 week dance class for junior and senior high students will start next week at the Civic Center. Free instruction from 4 30 to 5 30 each Monday by Arthur Murray Studio instructors in High Point. J D Foust director of recreation announced.
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Thomasville
Civic Center
J. D. Foust
Arthur Murray
High Point
Hay pile hints at juvenile entry at Jackson's Farm Center
Thomasville detectives investigated a break in at Jackson's Farm Center on National Highway. Detective Jack Walker suggested children forced the double doors for entry and left a pile of hay inside as part of the motive of play.
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Thomasville
Jackson
Jack Walker
SKATE QUEEN DRAPED FOR CHRISTMAS PARADE
The Star Lite Skating Club named Sandra Johnson queen of the Christmas Parade with attendants Susan Albertson and Judy McMahan chosen for skating ability personality and looks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star-Lite Skating Club
Sandra Johnson
Miss Johnson
Susan Albertson
Judy McMahan
S Main Street widening planned for next spring
State engineer Tom Burton outlined a multipart project to widen S Main Street from Russell Street to the superhighway to 72 74 feet to add four traffic lanes with a median. Bids are expected in April with rights of way acquisition ahead and a target finish by late 1961.
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S. Main Street
Tom Burton
Burton
State Highway Department
S. Main
Russell Street
E. Green
W. Green
State Highway Commission
N. Main Street
Elm Street
Reserve Unit Rated As Superior In High Point
Company E 518th Regiment U S Army Reserve in High Point received a superior rating after the Annual General Inspection by the XII Army Corps Assistant Inspector General. Messages of praise came from Maj. Gen. Walter B. Yeager and other commanders. The unit trains recruits for mobilization and prepares personnel for the first eight weeks of basic training. headquarters are on W Lexington Avenue.
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U. S. Army Reserve
High Point
Walter M. Combs
XII Army Corps
Combs
Walter B. Yeager
U. S. Army Reserve Program
Robert M. Jones
108Th
Edward C. Land Jr
518Th
Clarence W. Browning
W. Lexington Avenue
Man Misses Jail Date Receives Term
Thomasville Sylvester Gilmore 39 of King Row missed a jail weekend and drew 30 days in jail plus a two year suspended term for prior assault and public intoxication. He posted notice of appeal while other cases included a 30 day jail with two year suspension for W H Newman and fines and suspensions for Garnet Danley and a six month term for McClary.
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Thomasville
Recorders Court
Sylvester Gilmore
King Row
Manacin's
Gilmore
W. H. Newman
Duke ‘Street
M. L. Eddinger
Bud
National Highway
Newman
Eddinger
Navy
John E. McClary
Lincoln Street
Garnet Dearl Danley
Greensboro
Rain Expected Here Tomorrow
The Piedmont area will see increasing clouds and scattered showers tomorrow with a high near 68 and a low around 40. Last night’s low was 31, and yesterday’s high reached 67. Thursday’s outlook predicts cooler temps and more rain.
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Piedmont
High Point UA seeks $2,000 to reach goal of 276112
High Point United Appeal aims to finish its 276,112 campaign by Thanksgiving with pledges over 274,000. A 2,000 balance remains as pledge cards rush to report. Officials said reaching the target would mark a third NC city with 100 percent campaigns. Eleven firms earned outstanding citizenship awards for full employee support.
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High Point
United Appeal
County GOP Plans for 1962 Guilford Campaign Dinner
Guilford County Republicans meet at Mayfair Cafeteria Greensboro for an organizational dinner at 6 30 tonight. About 150 attendees hear William L Osteen the first GOP state representative from Guilford since 1928 and discuss plans for a two party county and state system.
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Guilford County
Mayfair
Greensboro
William L. Osteen
General Assembly
Osteen
GOP
Jordan Frassineti
House of Representatives
High Point
Kernersville gambling raid yields six fines in court
In a Kernersville Colfax area raid, eight men faced charges with Charle H Crews and Robert Edward Bull dismissed in Municipal Court. Six others were assessed costs or given sentences by Judge Byron Haworth.
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Kernersville Area
Byron Haworth
Sheriff's Department
Kernersville
Colfax
Rt. 3
Jimmie Lee Beeson
Green Street
Joseph Jackie Marshall
Wade H. Joyce
John Allen Peeples
Veteran Fireman Promoted to Captain Run by Long Family Tradition
A veteran fireman with 21 years of service, Robert Lucius Long, was promoted to captain. He began at Station 4, served as fireman-driver from 1940 at Station 1, and comes from a family with long firefighting ties. He is married to Mildred Hardy and they live at 1128 Biltmore Ave with a high school daughter.
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Fire Department
Robert Lucius Long
Captain Long
Long
William H. Long
Ruffin Long
Station 4
Assig
Station 1
Capt. Long
Mildred Hardy
Surry County
Biltmore Ave
High Point High School
The
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Two Charged With Traffic Violations
Two men from out of town faced drunken driving charges with additional counts. Delmer Allred 26 of Jamestown posted 600 bond for a hearing in Municipal Court. Yancy Kennedy 42 of Thomasville awaits Monday court on liquor and drunken driving charges plus a Domestic Relations warrant. Archie Quick 28 of Meredith Street was charged with possessing a Will ford Hamlin license and posted 150 bond for a hearing tomorrow.
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William C. Bowman
William D. Alderman
Alderman
C. F. Morgan
Willowbrook
Delmer Jack Allred
Rt. 1
Jamestown
Allred
Yancy Wayne Kennedy
Rt. 4
Thomasville
Kennedy
Archie Quick
Meredith Street
Willford Odell Hamlin
Quick
Prayer for TOAY from Fifth Avenue Presbyterian minister
Almighty God we praise for Thy mercies and creation. We thank Thee for discipline patience and mercy and chiefly for Jesus Christ whom we love. Prayed by John Sutherland Bonnell minister N Y C Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church.
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Jesus Christ
John Sutherland Bonnell
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
Also Mentioned on This Page
Joe Rawiey
Mauldin
Winston Club
Lee J. Marshall
Owen
Merchants Assn
Main Street
Morris Street
Willowbrook Street
Ward Street
Kearns Street
High Point Enterprise
North Carolina
Charlotte
Akron Spool and Manufacturing Co
Denton
Collier Ellis and Co
Salvation Army
Koonce Funeral Home
Flex
Central Savings Bank
Guilford Dairy Bar
College Village
Sheroff Oil Co
Hunter McGinnis Co
Kennedy Oil Co
Boy Scout
County Gop
Woodrow Slack
House of Prayer
Mary Ruth Reese
W. Green Street
Josephine Dunlap
Dunlap
Reese
Lester Franklin Stevens
Stevens
Charles Glenwood Tompkins
Ennis Street
St. Main
Russell Streets
S. Wrenn Street
Major C. Lee
Cable Street
al Launderette
E. Green Street
Launderette
Edward Ray Farmer
E. Homestead Ave
Haworth
Baxter Kelly
Fifth Street
Kelly
Chambers
Robert Long
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