Churches Plan Thanksgiving Services in High Point
High Point churches schedule Thanksgiving observances across tonight and tomorrow morning. Lebanon Methodist and Northwood Methodist host services at 7 and 7 30 p m with Rev. Hinton and Rev. Robbins delivering sermons, plus music and charity offerings. Other churches feature sermons by Rev. Mebane and Dr. Rawlinson, choir performances, and benevolent offerings to area orphanages and homes.
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Glenda Holder
Lutheran Seminary
Columbia
S. C
Luther League
Brentwood Presbyterian Church
William Nelson Mebane
Presbyterian Home
Mebane
First Baptist Church
J. E. Rawlinson
Helen Laney
Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church
Green Street Baptist Church
Main Street
Wesley Memorial Methodist Churches
T. H. Swofford
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
C. C., Herbert Jr
R. Delbert Byrum
C. W. Buckey
Winston-Salem
Crestwood Presbyterian Church
Lawrence W. Avent
Barnum Springs
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
William P. Price
Thompson Orphanage
Charlotte
First Methodist Church
A. C. Waggoner
Downtown Develpment Corp names survey firms for urban study
Two survey firms were chosen to assess needs and feasible solutions for High Point’s downtown redevelopment. The Frederick M. Babcock Co. will handle economic aspects while City Planning Associates will craft design concepts. A parallel traffic study is already underway by Wilbur Smith Associates and city engineers.
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Downtown Development Corp
Development Corporation
Urban Renewal Commission
Renewal Commission
High Point
Ed Mendenhall
Frederick M. Babcock Co
Washington, D. C
Dick Culler
Downtown Development Corporation
Central Business District
Cbd
Hamilton
Elm Streets
Green
Church Streets
East Central
E. Green Street
Henry Price
Urban Redevelopment Commission
William Colonna
Babcock
Tom Brademas
City Planning Associates
Flooded oil stove triggers fire call on Turner Street
Firemen were called to the residence of Mary Greeson on Turner Street yesterday at 6 40 p m due to a flooded oil stove. They allowed the excess oil to burn out of the stove before returning to the fire station.
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Thomasville
Mary Greeson
Turner Street
Thanksgiving Time Off For Most High Pointers
Most High Point residents will observe a one day Thanksgiving holiday Thursday with many workers off including factory staff retail clerks and professionals. Government personnel banks post offices and schools will operate on reduced hours Friday with limited services.
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Thanksgiving
High Point College
Enterprise
Thomasville Schools Close For Thanksgiving Holidays
Thomasville schools close this afternoon for the Thanksgiving holiday and resume Monday. City and county offices join the closing, while fire police and sheriff deputies remain on duty. The Post Office follows a holiday schedule with no window service and no mail deliveries.
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Thomasville
Weather warms for holiday hunting season
The forecast calls for mainly mild weather with partly cloudy skies and a chance of showers Thursday. High temperatures near 62 degrees, low around 37 degrees tonight, with ice and frost observed this morning and normal wind over the next two days.
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Friendship
Prayer for TO DAY and Pilgrim Fathers Faith
A devotional note thanks God for the Pilgrim Fathers courage and faith. It urges memory of their vision of liberty and justice for all and asks believers to trust in divine power to sustain a nation under God. Signed by W Ralph Ward Jr, Syracuse New York, bishop of The Methodist Church.
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Pilgrim Fathers
Jesus
W. Ralph Ward, Jr
Syracuse
N. Y
The
Methodist Church
Kornegay Bashes Republicans On Spending Record
Congressman Horace Kornegay contends Republican policies fueled postwar spending and debt growth in a High Point College gathering hosted by the Young Democrats. He cites 1953 to 1960 budget totals and farm spending, contrasting with Democrat benchmarks and urging support for Kennedy era recovery efforts.
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Horace Kornegay
High Point College
Young Democrats Club
Norman Callahan
Frank Warren
Kornegay
Congress
Carl Durham
Sam Ervin
GOP
Eisenhower
Gigan
Department of Agriculture
Department
Ezra Taft Benson
Economy’ Administration
Rem
Edy
Kennedy
Democratic Party
Symptons
Thanksgiving Safety Appeal From North Carolina Trooper
Sgt J S Howell of the North Carolina Highway Patrol urges motorists to avoid holiday tragedy this Thanksgiving He cites last year s toll of 16 accidents and 17 deaths blamed on drunk driving failing to yield speeding reckless driving improper passing and other violations He calls for careful driving and adherence to road rules to keep the holiday safe.
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J. S. Howell
North Carolina Highway Patrol
Howell
High Point
North Carolina
Sgt. Howell
Pastor urges mind work at Augusta club meeting
Dr. Charles Gibboney of Reid Memorial Presbyterian Church in Augusta Georgia told the Industrial Management Club at the YMCA that thinking is essential in world affairs. He quoted Fr Stanley Jones on thinking and urged members to think positively and persistently to shape their lives and prayers.
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Charles Gibboney
Reid Memorial Presbyterian Church
Augusta
Industrial Management Club
YMCA
Gibboney
Stanley Jones
Dr. Gibboney
Medical Staff Police To Test Disaster Set Up At Hospital
High Point Memorial Hospital and police will run a disaster drill Tuesday at 6 55 p m with 100 High Point College students acting as victims. Dozens of volunteers traffic control by Jaycees and a simulated hospital triage will test city wide disaster response.
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High Point Memorial Hospital
High Point College
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
Commissioners Abandon County Tax on Goodwill
Guilford County commissioners voted unanimously to revoke the goodwill tax terming it unfair as it may affect only a subset of firms. County Attorney Forrest Campbell will draft a resolution detailing the new tax policy. The decision relieves the tax office and comes amid Christmas scheduling changes and bond fund updates.
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Guilford County
County Board of Commissioners
Forrest Campbell
Carson Bain
Thornton Sales Service Co
Greensboro
Bain
Campbell
North Carolina
H. A. Wood
Hugh L. Ross
Ross
Dick Clark Granted Final Divorce Decree in Philadelphia
American Bandstand host Dick Clark received a final divorce decree from Barbara Clark in Philadelphia Common Pleas Court Judge Far Chadoff presiding. Grounds remained undisclosed and papers were impounded. Clark age 31, Barbara 30, married in 1952 and have one son Richard.
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Philadelphia
Dick Clark
Barbara Clark
Far! Chadoff
Common Pleas Court
Clark Is
Clark
Richard
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Roy E. Watts
First Presbyterian Church
Clifford D. Caldwell
Deep River
Larry Emerson
Oak Hill
Deep River Quarterly Meeting
Downtown Development Corp. and Redevelopment Commission
H. E. Siedel
YDC
Sheraton Hotel
Art Richardson
Ulyssess Alford
K&w
Parks and Recreation Department
Employment Security Commission Office
America
Ed Kemp
Dub Graham
North Carolina Ydc
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