Furniture Executives Meet for North Carolina Forestry Talk
A Wednesday luncheon in High Point brings together North Carolina furniture leaders and forestry officials from federal state and university divisions to discuss a stronger forestry program and propagation of hardwoods. Invited industry reps include executives from Drexel Hickory and others. attendance linked to a Pinehurst furniture meeting.
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North Carolina
Sheraton
Roger Wolcott
North Carolina Forestry Assn
Jack Rochelle
Globe Parlor
J. T. Ryan
Lenoir
Jerry Liebhart
Drexel Furn. Co
Drexel
Ralph Bowman
Hickory Chair Co
Hickory
H. C. Philpott
United Furn. Co
Lexington
Archie Coffey
Kent-Coffey Mig. Co
Ralph Edwards
Henredon Furn. Ind
Inec
Morganton
Dick Johnson
American Furn. Co
North
College Starts Weekly Radio Shows on WHPE
High Point College announces its first Wednesday radio program on WHPE tomorrow. Gary Davis hosts opening remarks and a student interview with Miss Jane DeSpain and the class. The half hour show begins at 3 p.m. and continues weekly.
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High Point College
WHPE
Gary Davis
Jane DeSpain
Iowa
Michigan
Davis
Miss DeSpain
Larry Poteat
Plans For Julian Ave Bridge Return To City
Thomasville officials announced plans for a new Julian Ave. bridge have been returned from the State Commission to City Manager Everett W. Schadt for specifications. The project, costing about 40 000, will replace a dangerous crossing over Julian Ave. and the HPT D railroad with cost shared by the city and the railroad. Crews will clear the old bridge site as specifications are prepared and bids sought with construction hoped to start within 90 days.
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Thomasville
Julian Ave
State Highway and Public Works Commission
Everett W. Schadt
Schadt
HPT & D
Blowout Crash Sends Furniture Van Off Highway
State troopers reported a tractor-trailer driven by Ferdinand Amonas of Elizabeth New Jersey had a right front tire blowout on Highway 70 bypass near Thomasville. The van traveled 280 feet along the shoulder and ditch before overturning. truck damage estimated at $5,000 with no injuries or charges.
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Thomasville
Highway 29
Ferdinand Amonas
Mton
N. J
Asville
Colonial
Youthful convict confesses in year-old High Point murder
Police investigate a confession from Ray Hilton Jessup, a 23 year old Buncombe County convict, claiming he killed a woman behind Highland or a southwest area near Highland Cotton Mill. Authorities plan to question him after he is transferred, with digging halted pending further details.
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High Point
Buncombe County
Ray Hilton Jessup
Craggy Ceene
Buncombe Coun
Highland Cotton Mill
C. C. Stoker
Jessup
Buncomber
Guilford County
Stoker
Cragg Gy
Highland Or
Toker
Thomasville
Leaksville
Army Officials Take Custody Of Jailed GI
An 18 year old AWOL soldier from Greensboro was arrested on receiving stolen property and turned over to Ft. Bragg authorities. James T. Meel faced $500 bond. police sought court action as he is in military custody. Also jailed were Johnny Samples on assault charges and Jerry Allred on larceny after theft of a pocketbook from a beauty parlor last July. Drs Harrison Hensley and Mrs Scott completed a Chiropractic Research Seminar in Charlotte.
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Route 3
Greensboro
Ft. Bragg
City Ice
James T. Meel
J. G. Miel
McDaniel
Johnny Samples
W. Broad St
Myrtle Baker
Samples
Jerry Allred
Baker
Harvest Home and Mission Festival at St Luke Lutheran
St Luke Lutheran Congregation plans the Harvest Home and Mission Festival on October 11 with a Thanksgiving morning service and a 3 pm Mission-focused afternoon service. Rev Robert Stade, former Nigeria missionary, will speak. pre-festival services are scheduled the prior Sunday and the following week features nightly sermons by pastors and missionaries.
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St. Luke Lutheran
Robert Stade
Nigeria
Ministers Wives
Ministers Wives Alliance
Ophelia Sutton
Underhill Ave
Violet Maddox
Alder St
North Carolina Practical Nurses Association
Raleigh
Maddox
Salisaca
Talent Quest Plans Highlight Exchange Club Meeting
Exchange Club members reviewed plans for the High Point Talent Quest and Show. Dr. M D Keith announced about 20 contestants were chosen for final auditions with two preliminaries at WHPE before the final show at Senior High School on Oct 17.
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M. D. Keith
WHPE
Keith
Jack Britt
Exchange Club
Lester's Jewelry
National Exchange Club
M. L. Patrick
Colorado Springs
Exchange Clubs
Piedmont
North Carolina
Statesville
Thomasville Cafe Blaze Triggers Fire Safety Warning
A grease fire in an exhaust vent on W Main St yesterday at 2:45 pm set off the Thomasville fire department during Fire Prevention Week. No major damage occurred but Chief Lindsay Loftin urged schools and citizens to strengthen fire drills and public education as inspectors reach classrooms and parents return fire safety forms.
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Thomasville
W. Main St
Lindsay Loftin
Loftin
Fairgrove
Loftn
Hepler Underwood Reunion Set for Pleasant Hill Church
The Hepler Underwood reunion will be held Sunday at Pleasant Hill Church on Fuller Mill Drive in Randolph County. Dinner on the grounds at 1 pm, program in the church auditorium at 2 pm, with devotional services in Sidney Underwood and an address by Glenn Smith. Special music arrangements are being made.
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Hepler-Underwood
Pleasant Hill
Fuller Mill Dr
Randolph County
Sidney Underwood
Glenn Smith
County Employees Get Pay Hike After Commission Plan OK'd
County commissioners adopted a revised job classification and pay plan for 112 county employees. Immediate raises start at the bottom of the scale with top increases up to 25 dollars monthly, totaling about 10 350 dollars by year's end. The plan includes two automatic raises at 6 and 12 months and merit-based raises thereafter. Easter Monday Labor Day Thanksgiving two days Christmas two days are holidays under the new plan.
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Institute of Government
Welare
Er Reensboro
Adventist Youth Rally Draws 500 to High Point Church
Seventh Day Adventists plan a Friday 7 30 p m rally at High Point Tenth Street Church with 500 expected attendees. The event promotes Christian evangelism and community service with groups visiting hospitals and running Bible schools as part of a Southeastern rally series.
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Ward A. Scriven
Carolina Conference
Charlotte
High Point
Maple St
Scriven
Welcom
Riven
Churches of the Carolina Conference
Aves
Toemao
Adventist Church
L. M
Nny
Albemarle
Asheboro
Burn , Dockery
Greensboro
Hight
Kernersville
Pine Grove
Salisbury
ten-Salem
Peg
Kaventistist
Hospital bids received on equipment for nurses home
Hospital officials indicate final acceptance of all bids for equipment for the nurses home under construction is expected soon. W. S. Peters, hospital administrator, noted bids Thursday were about 2500 dollars under the 34500 maximum budget. It is not certain all low bids will be accepted as substitute items are still being studied.
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W. S. Peters
Hos
Nounced
Peters
Samanatizen
Prayer for Tuesday Prayer for Tuesday ends with a prayer for leadership
A church minister in Charlotte North Carolina offers a prayer asking for steady leadership in the nation. The message requests avoiding rash decisions and asks for inward strength to guide public life as a moral example. Amen.
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E A. Broach
Charlotte
N. C
St. John's Baptist Church
Tax Records Move in Thomasville Township and City
Thomasville Township and City of Thomasville tax records have moved to the city hall basement tax office under George Lyndon Jr. Taxes are payable there. penalties start Feb 1 and discounts of one half of one percent apply for 1953 taxes in October. Back taxes should be paid immediately to avoid levies or garnishments.
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Thomasville
George Lyndon Jr
Lyndon
City Hall
Tale of Tooth and Arrow in Wolcott Child’s Play
In Wolcott New York a girl named Joanna ties a tooth to an arrow with string and fires the bow. The stringed tooth flies away as Joanna bends the bow, a playful tale reflecting a child’s imaginative whimsy.
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Wolcott
N. Y
Joanna Cahtich
Joanna
Hepatitis Epidemic Grows With 81 Cases in Guilford Area
Health officials report five new hepatitis cases raising total to 81 in Guilford County. Dr. A P Fortney urges mass inoculation of Jamestown area residents using gamma globulin as a preventive measure. Most cases affect ages 9 to 14. two adults and three children among new patients.
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High Point
County Health Department
A. P. Fortney
Jamestown
Mid. Guilford
Health Department
Forthey
Fortney
Special Service Honors Memory Of Dr. Lindley
A memorial service for Dr. P. E. Lindley, late dean and head of the school of re at High Paint College, will be held in Lindley Chapel on Friday at 10 a.m. A brief meditation and Holy Communion will follow as the college marks its first annual memorial observance with chimes ringing 10:30 to 10:45 a.m. Faculty and students invite the public.
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Lindley Chapel
High Paint College
P. E Lindley
School of Re
Lindley
Mercury Forecast Calls For 48 Tonight Amid Cold Snap
The weatherman predicts temperatures around 48 degrees tonight and a cold snap lasting through the week. Temperatures will run four to seven degrees below normal with light winds and a low in the 40s to mid 50s tonight.
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Afernoon
Deaths and Funerals In Asheboro and Thomasville
Mrs Emma Isa bell Proctor wife of Lawrence G Proctor died at home on Route 3 High Point after an extended illness She was born in Valdese Burke County Jan 22 1915 and married Dec 21 1935 Survived by husband a son Darrell a daughter Dorothy five sisters and a brother Funeral in First Church of Nazarene Wednesday at 3 pm with burial in Floral Garden Park Cemetery Also Samuel Columbus Bost 58 of 10th Ave Thomasville died at City Memorial Hospital He was owner of The Launderette Memorial Methodist Church member Married Mattie Clarice Welborn on Nov 7 1917 Survived by wife a daughter and three sisters Funeral at Memorial Methodist Church Wednesday at 10:30 am Burial in Holly Hills Cemetery
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Emma Isabell Proctor
Lawrence G. Proctor
High Point
Asheboro
Glenoashar
Proctor
Valdese
Burke County
W. J
Lil Etta Bowman Deal
Darrell
Dorothy
Floyd Lowman
Harrison Franklin
Connellyngs
Bill Adams
Hic
Horace Deal
First Church of Nazarene
E. Green St
Co. C. Brown
Mr. Bollick
Glenola Baptist Church
Floral Garden Park
Samuel
Bost Thom
Asville
Samuel Columbus Bost
10Th Ave
City Memorial Hospital
Schell
Caine Bost
Laura Alley Bost
Thomasville
Funeral services for Arthur Jackson Wilson
Funeral services for Arthur Jackson Wilson age 71 were held in the Sechrest chapel Monday afternoon at 4 o clock. Ministers Dr A Murch and the pastor of Lexington Avenue Baptist Church conducted the rites. Interment followed in Oakwood Cemetery. Pallbearers included Homer Sechrest Ernest Sechrest John Tyree N C Crawford and Bruce Crawford. Wilson had been in declining health about four years.
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Arthur Jackson Wilson
Sechrest
A. Murch
Waughtown Aes
Lexington Avenue Baptist Church
Oakwood Cemetery
A Anh Eeeed
Ee Ehrest
Homer Sechrest
Ernest Sechrest
John Tyree
N. C. Crawford
Bruce Crawford
Bruce Crawford. Mr. Wilson
Ss. Eay
Funeral services for Mrs Fatima Burton Bowers
Funeral services for Mrs Fatima Burton Bowers 79 will be held at Prospect Methodist Church on Wednesday at 2 p.m. The body will lie in state at the daughter Mrs Charles F Hepler’s home on St until the hour of the service. Burial follows in the church cemetery.
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Fatima B. Bowers
Fatima Burton Bowers
Prospect Methodist Church
Charles F. Hepler
Mrs J S Slate 79 Dies at King Home
Mrs J S Slate 79 died at her home in King at 4 30 a m Tuesday. She is survived by sons Paul E Ralph R Slate of King and Otis T Slate of Thomasville, five grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Formerly of Route 2 Thomasville, funeral at 3 p m at Wat Mountain View Baptist Church with interment in the church cemetery.
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Slate King
J. S. Slate
King
Paul E
Ralph R. Slate
Otis T. Slate
Thomasville
Slate
Route 2
Watt Mountain View Baptist Church
Church
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