Convict Admits Armed Robbery in High Point Case
High Point detectives say Ted W. McDowell Archdale convict at Sandy Ridge Prison Camp confessed to staging the Oak Hill grocery holdup that netted $12 and to a separate home break in Randolph County. Witnesses, youths, and bloodhounds aided the investigation linking a snub-nosed .38 pistol and a red white flashlight to the crimes.
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High Point
Ted W. McDowell
Archdale
Sandy Ridge
McDowell
Albert C. Morgan
Oak Hill
Randolph County Sheriff's
Randolph
Fraley Mitchell
Nathan Hunt Drive
Mitchell
Morgan
Ervin to Speak at High Point College Event
Senator Sam J. Ervin Jr. will headline a public meeting at Memorial Auditorium High Point College on October 11 at 8 p.m. The Young Democrats Club hosts the program with attendees including local officials and state representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Memorial Auditorium
High Point College
Young Democrats Club
Morganton
North Carolina Supreme Court
Ervin
Senate
William B. Umstead
Clyde R. Hoey
Harry E. Seidel Jr
Ed Kemp
High Point
Stedman Hines
Greensboro
Guilford County
State House of Representatives
Hugh Humphrey
Winston - Salem
Horace Kornegay
Luther Hodges
Norman Callahan
Roy Hauser
Judy Austin
North Carolina Trade Fair Opens in Charlotte
The first US state trade fair launches in Charlotte October 12 at the Coliseum and Merchandise Mart with over 300 exhibitors and 59 000 buyers from countries including Burma and Canada. Officials foresee 250 000 visitors in 10 days and highlight state services, guides, and interpreters.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
United States
Hargrove Bowles Jr
State Conservation and Development Agency
Burma
Canada
Charlotte’s
Coliseum and Merchandise Mart
Kennedy
Raleigh - Durham
Luther Hodges
Terry Sanford
Ovens Auditorium
More Pleasant Weather On Tap
The forecast calls for continued pleasant weather through the week. Sunny mild conditions are expected today and tomorrow with highs near 80 and a low around 44. Little rainfall is anticipated through next Wednesday with light variable winds.
High Point College Trustees Set Wednesday Meeting
The High Point College board of trustees will hold its fall meeting at the college. Members will dine at 12 30 p m in Harrison Hall private dining room and then convene the meeting with Holt McPherson of High Point serving as board chairman.
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High Point College Board of Trustees
Harrison Hall
Holt McPherson
High Point
Auditions Held For Symphony In High Point
Dr. Benjamin F. Swalin led auditions for the North Carolina Symphony on its 1962 tour. Senior division hopefuls aged 18 to 35 auditioned in Memorial Auditorium, High Point, while under 18s tried in Hi Hall at UNC Chapel Hill. Vocalists were heard by a separate panel. Virginia Person, soprano of High Point, performed. Winners to be announced on page 5-D.
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Benjamin F. Swalin
N. C. Symphony Orchestra
High Point
Memorial Auditorium
High Point College
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill
Lee Rigsby
WCUNC
Lew Lewis
Robert Darnell
Wcunc School of Music
Ernestine Fields
D. H. Witherspoon
National Opera Company
Clifford Bair
Winston-Salem
Joseph Fryhover
Virginia Person
T. A. Schubert Jr
Seventeen High Point Firms Set for North Carolina Trade Fair
Seventeen High Point firms will exhibit at the North Carolina Trade Fair including Alma Desk Co Myrtle Desk Co Anvil Brand Southern Die Casting and Engineering Marietta Paint and Color Co Mac Panel Co Mac-Nelle Tape Co Adams-Millis Corp P A Thomas Car Works W A Davis Milling Co Alderman Studios Bennett Advertising Co Universal of High Point The Fli Back Co Archdale Manufacturing Co R Hoe Co and Wachovia Bank and Trust Co.
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High Point
North Carolina
Alma Desk Co
Myrtle Desk Co
Anvil Brand
Southern Die Casting and Engineering
Marietta Paint and Color Co
Mac Panel Co
Mac-Nelle Tape Co
Adams-Millis Corp
P. A. Thomas Car Works
W. A. Davis Milling Co
Alderman Studios
Bennett Advertising Co
Universal of High Point
Fli-Back Co
Archdale Manufacturing Co
R. Hoe & Co
Wachovia Bank and Trust Co
City parks commission bars city lake duck hunting
A local screed argues against allowing ducks to be hunted at the city lake. It claims the decision harms Ansonville residents and complains about Ducks from Yankee origins and Guilford County being a transit stop for wintering birds. It references Maine and a duck refuge or reserve.
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City Parks Commission
Commission
Good Commission
Ansonville
Greensboro
High Point Lake
Maine
North Carolina
Guilford County
Parks Commission
City Lake
Murder on Main Street Stuns Local Beat
A large knife was driven into a victim and the coat doused with ketchup before the body was hidden on the Main Street beat. A patrolman, stunned, discovers the corpse and reacts with disbelief at the brutal scene. A cafe payphone sign mocks customers who cannot work the device with a biting joke about reading instructions.
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Main Street
United Appeal reaches 63 percent of goal in High Point
High Point's United Appeal reports 63 percent of its $289,964 goal after last week's $181,798 in contributions. Campaign leaders urge extra effort to finish by October 20 with upcoming worker meetings at Adams Memorial YWCA and two more report sessions.
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High Point
United
United Appeal
Harriss Covington
Covington
Adams Memorial Ywca
Gatewood Avenue
Amos Hosiery Mills
Amos Hosiery
Golding Brothers
Amos- Thompson Veneers
Floral Garden Park Cemetery
High Point Savings and Trust Co
Curtis Smithdeal Inc
Baptist Men Hear Belk Speak at Emerywood Church
Belk Mercantile Corp vice president Belk will address Baptist Men at a dinner meeting in Emerywood Baptist Church Fellowship Hall. He lives in Charlotte, is a former Billy Graham team member, married with four children, and rededicated his life to Christ in 1958.
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Henderson Belk
Belk Mercantile Corp
Emerywood Baptist Church
Belk
Charlotte
Billy Graham
Christ
Australia
Russia
Paul
Visitor from Virginia jailed for damaging property at home
Henry Howard Ayers 38 of Route 2 Pulaski Virginia jailed on charge of malicious damage to Eva Bradley property after allegedly spilling dishes valued at 10 dollars. Bradley claims Ayers turned over a table in a fight. Case set for October 9. Cecil Steed 29 of Austin Street and Clara Mae Clark were arrested nearby and jailed on affray charges with $100 bond each for October 13 trial.
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Virnia
Henry Howard Ayers
Rt. 2
Pulaski
Eva Bradley
Bradley
Ayers
Cecil Steed
Austin Street
Clara Mae Clark
Soviet Tour Group to Visit High Point Next Month
Twelve Russians on a U S tour will visit High Point on Nov 27 as part of a month abroad. J Benjamin Schmoker announced the stop, citing High Point as a Southern city with rural urban mix. The YMCA will host and arrange housing via private homes and a hotel, with a local committee coordinating activities.
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High Point
United States
J. Benjjamin Schmoker
Schmoker
Washington, D. C
Man Kersey Dies by Self-Inflicted Shotgun Blast
John Kersey age 49 of Oak Grove Church Road died yesterday from a gunshot to the head with the same gun his father used in a 1925 suicide. Deputies found him 100 feet from his home after a three hour search prompted by his sister Esther Ingram. He had been in declining health and recently hospitalised. survived by his mother Ida Kersey Jarrell, siblings Leigh ton D L Joseph M and four sisters. Funeral arrangements pending at Cumby Mortuary.
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John Kersey
Oak Grove Church Road
Kersey
Leaton Kersey
Robert Allred
J. S. Ingram
John Umsead Hospital
Butner
Guilford County
Joseph N
Ida Jordan Kersey
High Point
Dallas Furniture Company, Inc
Ida Kersey Jarrell
Rt. A. Jamestown
Leighton Kersey
D. L. Kersey
Jamestown
Joseph M. Kersey
Kivett Dr
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Kivett Drive
Joe Rawicy
Sen. Ervin
Seidel
Young Democris Club
The
College
Joseph Hunt Jr
SEN
Sam Ervin JR
Furniture Mart
Southern Furniture Market
Gov. Sanford, Bowles
W. R. Henderson
Conservation and Development
Commerce and Industry
Free World
Europe
U. S. Department of Commerce
High Point Enterprise
HPC
Eastside
E. Lexington Avenue
McGuinn Street
Joe Rawhey
Beeson Hardware
Snow Lumber Co
Carson's Inc
Automatic Lathe
Thomas Car Works
Jimmy Mitchell Veneers
Ruth & Welters
Industrial Finance
Curtis Smithdeal Realtor
National Spring
Kvonts Realty
Mann Drug No. 4
Duke Refinishing
Grand Rapids Varnish
Nash Jewelry and Loan
Amos Thompson Veneers
William Sales
Allenborn Insurance
Phillips Davis
Armstrong Veneer
Flora Garden Park Cemetery
Man
Self
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