Field House For Chair City Cinched By $5,000 Gift
Amazon Cotton Mill contributed $5,000 to push the Thomasville field house drive past its $30,000 goal. The Junior Chamber of Commerce said supporters including Thomasville Chair Co matched funds and a $1,000 start from the Jaycees helped secure bids for a new field house at Memorial Park. Construction to begin in spring with completion before next football season.
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Thomasville
Amazon Cotton Mill
Field House
Chamber of Commerce
Amazon
D. A. Long Jr
Thomasville Chair Co
Jaycees
Memorial Park
Hubert Leonard
Ken Huffman
Fund Solicitors
Thomasville Junior Chamber of Commerce
R. D Tillson & Associates
High Point Architects
Presbyterians Set Miami Convention With National Leaders
About 10 000 Presbyterians from 16 Southern states will meet in Miami Florida October 19 13 for the Presbyterian Men's Convention. Local participants include Rev Roy Watts and others from the Brentwood Church. Featured speakers include Billy Graham Louis Evans John Deifell and Roy Brown among national and state church leaders.
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Miami
Fla
Snow Point
Roy Watts
Carlyle Lewis
Sanders Dallas
Bill Creech
Charles Plum
Tony McAfee
Brentwood Presbyterian Church
William A. Feaured
Billy Graham
Louis H. Evans
Hollywood
Calif
Newsweek
Corpus Christi
Tex
James A. Jons
Union Theological Seminary
Richmond
University of North Carolina
John F. Deifell
Greensboro
Royall R. Brown
Winston-Salem
Charles Plummer
Unidentified child buried in Fox Chase paper box grave
The slain boy, about five or six, was found unclothed in a paper box on a vacant Fox Chase lot February 2. Police and medical examiners identified the epitaph and noted the mystery of the child’s identity despite extensive detective work. Chief Detective Inspector John J. Kelly and Capt. David H Roberts led the homicide squad in the challenging case.
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Philadelphia
Fox Chase
John J. Kelly
David H. Roberts
Gas Explosion Wrecks Classroom at Negro High School
A gas explosion in a Winston-Salem Negro high school wrecked a classroom as workers checked a gas line. A teacher, Mrs. Clara Gaines, suffered first degree burns and severe shock but students escaped injury. The blast felled the ceiling and cracked walls in the lab area.
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Winston-Salem
Reynolds Memorial Hospital
Clara Gaines
Boy steals cars in three days in Statesville
Police arrested 14 year old David Mayhew for stealing three cars in three days. He admitted taking the vehicles and had not attended school since Monday when he claimed sickness. The case was turned over to juvenile authorities.
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Statesville
N.C
David Mayhew
Optimist Club Plans Grid Game Event and Anniversary
High Point Optimist Club hears plans for a grid game on November 1, with football chairman Hugh Baker presenting. Advertising chair to run November 4 through 10. Will celebrate the club’s 10th anniversary at Rainbow Supper Club with Optimum International guests.
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High Point
T. C. Kivett
Bob Godwin
False fire alarm case ends with jail term for Mish
Lawrence W. Mish Jr. was caught turning in a false fire alarm and sentenced to 90 days in jail. He was seen near the alarm box as fire equipment rushed to the scene and later tried to wipe red paint from his hands. The box had just been painted.
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Detroit
Lawrence W. Mish Jr
Mish
James Wright
Prayer for TUSDAY by C Baker Pearle
Prayer text seeking closeness to God and spiritual growth from St. Louis presiding elder, A. M. E. Church, asking eternal Father to strengthen faith and reveal truth through Jesus for higher living.
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Jesus
C. Baker Pearle
St. Louis
A. M. E. Church
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Julian Hopkins
Christ
Siegler
Ria al
Sears
Seers
Craftsman
Rome
North Main ST
Elgin Weatherstrip
Harmony
Tusday
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