Tornado damages Asheboro chair plant injures workers
Cricket Chair Co. near Asheboro was leveled by a sudden tornado like wind. Owner Jesse and about 10 employees were inside. several were treated and released at Randolph Hospital while others suffered fractures.. one window and roof damage occurred at Allen Supply Co. Workers pulled injured men from wreckage.
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Cricket Chair Co
Jesse
Whatley
Earl Wall
Bill Campbell
Lassiter
Road Bonds Called Key To Eastbelt Bypass Project
State road bonds totaling 300 million dollars could shorten the Eastbelt bypass timetable for High Point by years. Senator Ed Kemp says bond funding may speed construction of the Seventh Highway Division routes and the High Point urban highway system to a two to three year window.
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Eastbelt
High Point
Ed Kemp
Seventh Highway Division
North Carolina
Kemp
Guilford
Alamance
Orange
Ham
Caswell
Greensboro
Thomas Jones
Asheboro
N. Main
High Point permits climb with new housing adds
Friday reports adding 2 million in building permits to push total to 578 085. The Industrial sector plan by J B includes a 5800 house on Kennedy Avenue and multiple homes on Mowell Street Beaucrest Avenue Kensington Drive Wimbleton Place. J C Reynolds Build is noted.
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High Point Inspections Department
J. B
James A. Bowers
Kennedy Avenue
James S. Corns
Mowell Street
J. Robert Connor
Yion Ray Smith
Kensington Drive
Jerry B. Byrd
Wimbleton Place
J. C. Reynolds
Market's Prospect Plus in All Counts
Ten days before the October market, South furniture makers and retailers report 11.8 percent higher manufacturing sales for the first eight months of 1965 and a 6.5 percent rise in retail. Market dates shift to Oct 18 1965 with equal access and new scheduling by FFMA.
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Southart
Sr Se Wgey
Queree Ees
South Turers
South
Robert A
Deale
High Point
Furniture Factories Marketing Assn
FFMA
Woman In Critical Condition After Crestwood Shooting
Mrs. Mildred Setliff of 242 is in critical condition at High Point Memorial Hospital after a personal safety related gunshot wound. A patrol officer saw a woman running from a Crestwood house and collapsing in the street with a chest wound. The incident occurred at about 8:45 p.m. yesterday.
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Mildred Setliff
High Point Memorial Hospital
Crestwood
Setliff
Weekend Forecast For High Point Area
Weekend weather for High Point calls for fair and warm conditions with no rain. Saturday features mild weather and a high around the mid 70s. Tonight’s low is near 48 with yesterday’s low 53.
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High Point
Police Arrest Man Twice In High Point Incident
T McPherson aged 38 of Siler City was charged with driving while intoxicated yesterday afternoon. He spent four hours in jail, posted a 300 bond and was released in the early evening. Two hours later he was again detained by police.
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T. McPherson
Siler City
High Point
McPherson
McPher
HPC Goals Discussed At Meeting
The High Point College Alumni Association executive council met at Al Boling's Steak House with alumni president Dr. Larry B. Holt presiding. They reviewed the Golden Decade development program and general plans for the college homecoming in February.
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High Point College
Colege
Elks Convention Opens As 275 Attend
North Carolina State Elks Convention begins at the Sheraton Hotel with about 275 in attendance. Leaders include Clayton H. Jones and Charles Foster of High Point Lodge 1155, presiding officers and a state association president from Greensboro. Sessions run today and tomorrow with a hotel dance planned.
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North Carolina State Elks
Sheraton Hotel
High Point Lodge No. 1155
Clayton H. Jones
Charles A. Foster
James T. Patterson
Paul E. Floyd
Aaron C. Schultz
C. H. McConnell
Charles E. Sears
Foster
Steanlieg
Elks
Johnnie Walker
Roanoke
R. Leonard Bush
Inglewood
Calif
J. D. Woodell
Greensboro
North Carolina State Elks Association
Cie
Realtors Attend State Convention in Asheville
A dozen High Point realtors attended the 44th annual North Carolina Board of Realtors Convention in Asheville this week. Attendees included Clyde Vaughn of the local board and Bill Mendenhall Jr. and Ed Mendenhall.
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High Point Realtors
N. C. Board of Realtors
Asheville
Clyde Vaughn
Billere Mendenhall Jr
Ed Mendenhall
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Don Wrenn
Enterprise
Art Richardson
Forrest
High Point Enterprise
Robert Marks
High Point Duke
Southern Exposition
Vic Bubas
Duke
Earl Crow
HPC
Elks Convention
Woodell
Sedgefield
Duane Halli
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