Symphony Campaign Is Begun in North Carolina Chapter
The North Carolina Symphony Society local chapter launches its 1963 membership drive led by Chapter President Mrs. W T Powell and membership chair Mrs Frank Dalton. The drive funds three planned concerts with Dr Benjamin Swalin on the podium and free matinees for schoolchildren.
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North Carolina Symphony Society
W. T. Powell
Frank Dalton
Powell
Benjamin Swalin
Griffin Junior High School
High Point Central High School
Scout Units Meet Goals In Fall Round-Up Event
Calvin T. Rice of the Boy Scout Office in High Point says three more Scout units have met goals in the national Fall Round-up. Qualifiers in the Uwharrie council include Pack 9 Archdale School P.T.A. Troop 31 Oak View Lions led by James Sheets and Troop 55 First Methodist Church High Point led by James Montgomery. units will attend the Davidson Richmond game on Nov 10.
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Calvin T. Rice
Boy Scout Office
High Point
Uwharrie Council
Davidson- Richmond
Archdale
P.T.A
William J. Dorsett
Oak View Lions
James Sheets
First Methodist Church of
James Montgomery
Election A Month Away But Who's Interested
Voter registration shows only a modest rise as High Point area residents prepare for the November 6 general election. Democrats field a full slate while Republicans compete for county and district posts. Osteen of Greensboro previously won a State House seat. GOP and Democratic leaders ramp up efforts ahead of key county board and House races.
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Forrest Cates
Enterprise
William Osteen
Greensboro
Osteen
House of Representatives
Blackwell Robinson
Democratic Congress
Horace Kornegay
High Point
Floyd Mehan
Mehan
County Board of Commissioners
Dale Montgomery
Myrtle Desk plans 135000 addition to offices and showroom
A 135000 building permit clears the way for a three story addition to Myrtle Desk Company on Millis Street. The project will add 3200 square feet of office space and 5000 square feet to the finishing room with a widened second floor showroom and expanded drafting area.
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Myrtle Desk Company
Tom R. Pitts
Millis Street
H. L. Cable Construction Co
Greensboro
Leon Schute
Pitts
Taylor Street
Myrtle Desk
Ennis Street
Church Tops Construction Activity in Local Permits
The building inspector issued a permit for a Jehovah's Witness Kingdom Hall on Guyer Street at an estimated cost of 18000 dollars. Additional permits include five residences on Randolph and Camden streets totaling 46000 dollars for the week with 3940k in alterations to the County Building on S. Main for welfare offices and Domestic Relations Court.
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Guyer Street
James D. Morgan
Randolph
L. H. Bottoms
Camden
Guilford County
S. Main
Odum, Sloan and Coffield
W. Green
Grimes to Speak at Civitan Club Meeting
Thomasville Jim Grimes Chamber of Commerce manager will be principal speaker at Civitan Club meeting tonight at the Women's Club Building. He is expected to report on progress of work now being done by the local Chamber.
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Thomasville
Jim Grimes
Chamber of Commerce
Civitan Club
Woman's Club
Grimes
Two Men Held For Racing On Superhighway Sunday
Virginia textile worker Jessie Price Moyer and Lexington student Earnest Cross were arrested on Highway 29 at 10 40 am for spontaneous racing. Bond set at 200 dollars each. Trial scheduled Oct 17. Other weekend arrests included peeping complaint against Waldo Crawford and several assault and liquor violations with trials set in Municipal Court.
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Virginia
Lexington
Jessie Price Moyer
Axton
Earnest C. Cross
Waldo Crawford
Daniel Brooks
Alline Robbins
Brooks Street
Moss
Rufus Maddox
Kroger
S. Main Street
John W. Younger
E. Washington Drive
Younger
Betty Evans
Furlough Street
Eugene Widman
Olga
Water Cut Planned near Central High Thursday
Water service will be interrupted in a section of east High Point on Thursday as workers tie in a 12 inch main. Affected areas include Greensboro Road east of Dogwood Drive and Manor Drive. The outage starts at 8 am and is expected to last about three hours.
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Central High
East High Point
Greensboro Road
Dogwood Drive
Manor Drive
Pemican Yearbook Receives All-American Rating
The 1962 Pemican of High Point Central High School earned an All-American rating from the National Press Association, one of only five publications in its class nationally. Ruth Folger, editor in chief, is now a freshman at Woman's College in Greensboro. Sandra Barrer succeeds her as editor.
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Pemican
High Point Central High School
National Press Association
Associaton
United States
National School Yearbook Association
High Point High
Ruth Folger
W. C. Folger
Johnson Street
Woman's College In
Greensboro
Pie-Throwers Target N Main Street Homes Cars
Police hunt a group of teenagers tied to recurring pie throwing in the N Main Street area. A resident reports a garage, nearby cars, and a Guilford Avenue home splattered with pie. The incidents involved about a dozen pies this week and last, allegedly sourced from a local A and P store.
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N. Main Street
Guilford Avenue
A and P
Driver 19 Charged After Auto Slams Into Pole
A car driven by Manuel Franklin Bryant 19 of Franklin Street ran out of control on Greensboro Road at 12 30 a m Sunday hit a traffic island and a utility pole. Police said Bryant exceeded a safe speed and escaped injury. Damage was estimated at 700 with left side and right rear affected.
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William H. C. Parker
Peachtree Drive
James Leslie Bethea
Gordy Street
Roy Haynes
Newlin Street
Donald Andrew Brewer
Albertson Road
Mike
William Kelly King Jr
Rt. 2
Thomasville
Robert W. Duncan
King
Manuel Franklin Bryant
Franklin Street
Bryant
Greensboro
Lexington Avenue
Jeffie Arthur Rutherford
Pope Air Force Base
Fayetteville
Mattie Lee Holmes
Trinity
Rutherford
Holmes
Mattie Holmes
City to Review Problem Streets for Seven Year Plan
City council will study over twenty streets tagged problem streets in March annual review. Traffic Engineer E L Walker Jr prepared a prioritized list for seven years, linking unpaved routes to busy intersections and schools. Financing remains undiscussed while public necessity might be invoked to expand funding beyond petitioned projects.
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E. L. Walker Jr
Rainy scheduling for Piedmont area with mild week
Isolated showers and thunder showers are expected tonight in the Piedmont with tomorrow’s high near 76. Temperatures will range from a low around 60 tonight to a high near 76 tomorrow. A trace of rain was recorded yesterday morning at the airport.
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Piedmont
Friendship
Weather Bureau
Police Officer’s Auto Stolen and Vandalized
Officer F. H. Chandler reported a weekend theft from a YMCA parking lot. A thief took the officer’s car, drove it, stole a fan a jack and glasses, then returned the car with two long scratches along one side. Total value of stolen items exceeded $75.
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F. H. Chandler
Recreation Centers Set For Fall Use
The High Point Parks and Recreation Department announces fall programs across all community centers. Clara Cox Center offers preschool activities for ages four to six on Tuesdays and Thursdays 9 30 to 11 30, with other centers hosting similar sessions. Centers open 3 to 6 pm daily for supervised play and new touch football leagues. A packed October schedule includes club meetings, badminton, volleyball, hobby shows, Halloween parties, and a city wide Halloween event. Prior events list with dates and times across Daniel Brooks Hillside Washington Terrace Blair Park and Clara Cox centers.
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Clara Cox
Daniel Brooks
Hillside
Washington Terrace
City Lake Gym
High Point
Hillside Center
College Village
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Robert Hutchens
Music and Art Center
N. Wrenn St
City
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Dick Swaim
Ers
High Point Enterprise
Civitan
Crawford
Mary Curtis
Merle Raven Braswell
Broad Street
James Moss
Harrison
Sandra Barrer
Jill Dunivant
John D. Dunivant
Sherwood
Ronnie Staley
Friddle St
Jane Jackson
C. D. Jackson
Chestnut
Dunivant
University of North Carolina
Staley
Wake Forest College
Jackson
Chowan College
Louise Tapp
Police
Grandfather Mountain
High Point Parks and Recreation Department
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