Uwharrie Council Plans Annual Boy Scouts Banquet
The 37th annual Uwharrie Council Boy Scouts banquet will be held in Salisbury at First Methodist Church on December 1 starting at 7 p.m. Council Executive Buan Hackney Jr. praises the year and notes several local Scouters will receive awards including Lester Wafford for Training Award.
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Uwharrie Council of Boy Scouts of America
Salisbury
Buan Hackney Jr
Thomas Haggai
Hackney
Lester Wafford
High Point
Truck Smashes Telephone Pole In Deep River Area
A Bottoms Fiske van left Highway 68 in the Deep River section to avoid a passenger car, struck a ditch and took down a telephone pole. Communications were briefly disrupted. Arthur William Pulver of High Point, driver of the van, said he swerved to miss a car at Pomona Road. Damage to the truck was about 1000 dollars.
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Deep River
North State Telephone Co
North Carolina
D. J. Mount
Bottoms-Fiske
Arthur William Pulver
High Point
Pulver
Mount
Pomona Road
Highway 68
Commerce Street
Mangum Avenue
Walter Hugo Webster Jr
Greensboro
John Williams Coleman Jr
Lexington Avenue
Commerce
Webster
Coleman
Myers
Hiatt
Fair Grove Football Team to Be Honored at Lions Banquet
Fair Grove School football team members will be honored by the Fair Grove Lions Monday night. The banquet starts at 7 p.m. in the Lions Den. Lawson Brown, Davidson County schools superintendent, will be the guest speaker and awards will be given to outstanding players.
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Thomasville
Fair Grove
Fair Grove Lions
Lions den
Lawson Brown
Davidson County
Busy Day in Court Brings Sentences and Suspicions
In High Point Municipal Court, a man refused to identify a car driver, prompting a 12 month suspended sentence for a four month active term. Willie Mac Edwards faced $2,500 bond on forgery charges linked to a fictitious Grace Brown check. William Myers’s resisting arrest case was dismissed after cross examination revealed warrant flaws and conflicting testimony.
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High Point
Sors
Sgt
Shaw Cooke
Watson
Cooke
Robert Bencini
Byron Haworth
Willie Mac Ed
Winston-Salem
Edwards
Ilderton Motor Co
Grace Brown
Cleveland
Ohio
William E. Myers
I B. C. Hiatt
Myers
Ihis
English Street
Rawleigh Change Is Approved
Stockholders approve moving corporate home base from North Carolina to Delaware. President Jim Rawleigh says the change allows borrowing about one million dollars in subordinated long term funds. The firm will continue operating in High Point with offices there and NC certificates exchanged for Delaware stock before dissolution of the NC entity.
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J. N. Rawleigh Co
North Carolina
Delaware
Jim Rawleigh
High Point
N. C
Judge Preyer Addresses Local Bar Association
Superior Court Judge Richard son Preyer addressed the monthly meeting of the High Point Bar Association at the Sheraton Hotel. He commended the North Carolina Bar Association, noted the Miami meeting of the American Bar, and explained new capital punishment legislation. Assistant Solicitor Edward K. Washington introduced him. Local Bar President H. J. Cofield presided.
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Superior Court
Richardson Preyer
High Point Bar Assn
Sheraton Hotel
Preyer
North Carolina Bar Assn
Miami
Edward K. Washington
H. J. Coffield
Two High Pointers Win Student Posts
Two students from High Point, North Carolina, are elected at the University of North Carolina. George W. Campbell Jr. becomes president of the sophomore class and Ann Cummings is elected secretary of the freshman class.
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High Point
University of North Carolina
George W. Campbell Jr
Ann Cummings
Angry Young Men Runaway Trio Faces City Scrutiny
Three runaways ages 13 and 12 were picked up after a three day flight from home. They admitted starting a small fire to keep warm at a Grimes Street dwelling and throwing rocks at neighbors. no major damage occurred and police prepared actions.
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Huck Finn
Grimes Street
Cold Rain Expected For Friday Christmas Parade
The weatherman predicts cold cloudy conditions with a likely half inch of rain and a two in three chance of a cold shower. Tonight drops to 27 degrees, then 45 to 50 tomorrow. Five day average temperatures run six to eight degrees below normal with most rain Friday.
Visiting Violations Charged at High Point Memorial Hospital
Hospital administrator W. R. Peters says visiting hours will be strictly enforced to protect patient welfare. Visitors are limited to two per patient at a time with posted rules and barriers near elevators to curb after hours entries.
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High Point Memorial Hospital
W. R. Peters
Peters
Sorority Members Host Thanksgiving Party for Park Nursery
Members of Chi Psi Chapter and Beta Sigma Phi Sorority held a Thanksgiving party at Park Nursery School. Refreshments were served and staple goods were donated to needy families. Attending were Mrs. Melvin Kirsch, Mrs. Gray Williamson, Mrs. Diamond Carter, and Mrs. N. L. Gariner Jr.
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Chi Psi Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Park Nursery School
Melvin Kirsch
Gray Williamson
Diamond Carter
N. L. Gariner Jr
Hospital Chaplaincy Plan Favored by Locals at Memorial
Doctors and ministers backed a volunteer chaplaincy program at High Point Memorial Hospital at a dinner meeting. The plan envisions two physicians and two ministers coordinating with hospital staff to launch early next year. a workshop for ministers is required and a weekly on site minister would be on call.
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High Point Memorial Hospital
High Point Friends Meeting House
Quaker Lane
High Point
Guilford County Medical Association
Memorial Hospital
W. R. Peters
Young
School of Pastoral Care
Baptist Hospital
David Stanfield
Springfield Friends Meeting
High Point Ministers Alliance
David Charlton
Northwood Methodist Church
J. J. Petterson
St. Mark Methodist Church
Harry Hawthorne
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
Thomasville Delegation to Attend Meet
Two Thomasville residents join the delegation Mrs H Jack Sharpe Jr director of Junior Clubs for the North Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs and Dr W R Wagoner superintendent of Baptist Children's Homes of North Carolina will attend the meeting.
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Thomasville
H. Jack Sharpe Jr
North Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs
W. R.wagoner
Baptist Children’s Homes of
North Carolina
Public appeals in High Point seek molester leads
Captain W C Johnson urged High Point residents to report any suspicious behavior or attempts to entice children into cars after two assaults on children. Three tips were received last night, joining existing leads as police warn the next attack could be worse and stress parental vigilance.
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High Point
W. C. Johnson
Johnson
Capt. Johnson
Bond From 1865 Declared Void By Guilford County
A man who found an 1865 Guilford County bond in a High Point picture frame was told by Guilford County Commissioners that cashing in has long expired. The $100 bond with 6 percent interest was issued in 1865 and payable 20 years from issue, bearing 20 coupons. Burchette showed the bond earlier, but no payment will be made.
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Greensboro
Guilford County
High Point
G. H. Burchette
Burchette
Burcette
Industries Invited To Exhibit At Southeast Opportunity Show
Industrialists in High Point and nearby areas are invited to the Southeast Exhibit of Business Opportunities at Municipal Auditorium in Birmingham Alabama from December 7 to 9. Sponsored by the Department of Defense and the Navy with co sponsors Alabama Florida Georgia Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina and Tennessee. Chamber of Commerce Industrial Development Manager Phil Clarke sent letters inviting entrants. The goal is to connect businessmen for contract opportunities and discuss prices specifications terms and facilities for commercial and defense production. The Navy Department will display contract opportunities plus other federal agencies prime contractors and private industry.
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Department of Defense
Department of the Navy
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Chamber of Commerce
Phil Clarke
Navy Department
Social Security Film Shown at Jamestown Rotary Meeting
Sumter Bowen of the High Point Social Security office presented a film on social security at the Jamestown Rotary Club gathering. Bowen also delivered the address. Visiting Rotarians included Howard Wilson of Walterboro South Carolina and Dr. A B Croom of High Point.
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Jamestown
Sumter Bowen
High Point Social Security Office
Prayer of gratitude from Riverside Avenue Christian Church minister
A Jacksonville Florida minister Richard L. James offers a prayer praising the heritage of the land and its fields and groves. He asks for ongoing mindfulness of blessings in the name of Christ.
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Christ
Richard L. James
Jacksonville, Fla
Riverside Avenue Christian Church
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Rawleigh
Judge Preyer
Bar Association
Dick Bickerton
Grimes
Mother
High Point Enterprise
Sorority
Angus Randolph
Richard Ka
Citians
Citizens Report
252Nd Artillery
National Guard
Arthur L. Ship
Old Bond
Curio
Municipal Auditorium
Birmingham
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