United Fund Red Cross Drive Kickoff at Sheraton Hotel
Two hundred campaign workers gathered at the Sheraton Hotel for the United Fund Red Cross drive launch breakfast. Doug Boyle urged voluntary giving as essential to community welfare and warned against government bureaucracy. The campaign aims for 199,979 with 57 percent already raised in Advance Gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Fund-Red Cross Fund
Sheraton
Doug Boyle
Winston-Salem
Boyle
Robert E. Lee
Winston
United Fund
J. Alton Stanford
Advance Gifts
Bob Amos
Tilman Thomas
Stanford
Schoonbeck Furniture Co
Jack Campbell
Schoonbeck
Herman Bernard
Casard Furniture Co
United Fund-Red Cross
C. Excelle Rozzelle
American Red Cross
Herman Smith
Charles L. Kearns
Ralph Rochelle
Caswell Film Shown At Day Center Wednesday
The Caswell Story a new 16 mm color sound film will premiere at the Day Center 504 E. Green St Wednesday at 7 45 p m funded by the North Carolina Junior Womans Clubs. The Caswell Training School Kinston under Dr Gary Thorne provides progressive training for 1800 retarded children and operates a school traffic patrol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caswell
E. Green St
Taylor Kennerly
High Point
Caswell Training School
Thorne
Kennerly
Association For Retarded Children
Junior Woman'’s Club
County Health Board Reports September Births and Deaths
The health department lists 382 births and 82 deaths in September. Heart disease caused 26 deaths, cerebral hemorrhage 16, cancer 11. Of deaths 57 were white and 25 Black. Births: 271 white and 111 Black infants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guilford
Health Department
City Plans Parking on Snow Land Adjacent to City Hall
City officials announced plans to clear and use part of the 2.55 acre Snow Land near City Hall for off street parking for 200 to 300 cars during the winter furniture show. The site, bought late last year for government expansion, could be vacated by January with possible earlier possession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Snow Lumber Company
Struc
Ture
George Covington
Council
S. Main Street
Commerce Street
Librarians Plan To Attend Southeast Library Meet
Thomasville reports the Southeast ern Library Association will meet in Roanoke Virginia on October 1 20 for its annual educational session. Miss Mary Lee Crouse local librarian and Miss Antionette Earle head librarian Davidson County library Lexington plan to attend. The program includes lectures discussions and problem solving classes. The southeastern district covers Virginia North and South Carolina and Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Southeastern Library Association
Roanoke
Mary Lee Crouse
Antionette Earle
Davidson County Library System
Lexington
Virginia
North
South Carolina
Maryland
Burned-Out Plant Back In Operation At Winston-Salem
B F Huntley Furniture Co resumes production at its resumed Winston-Salem plant after a major fire. The facility now features dining room and occasional furniture alongside bedroom lines, with over 850000 square feet of floor space and a multi million dollar capital expansion led by president James B Lynch Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Huntley Furniture Co
Winston-Salem
James 8. Lynch Jr
Musicians Elect Officers Amid Abundant Music
More than 200 music teachers met at Woman's College Greensboro for the North Carolina Music Educators Association fall conference. Lilla Belle Pitts urged unity to manage an era of overwhelming unselected and undigested music. New sectional officers were elected: Fritz van der Steur High Point secretary treasurer and Chester Litwin Thomasville vice president of the band section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia University Music
Lilla Belle Pitts
North Carolina Music Educators Association
Woman's College
Greensboro
Miss Pitts
Charles C. Taylor
High Point
Pitts
Fritz van der Steur
and Chester Litwin
Thomasville
Gridders Guests Of Civitan Club In Thomasville
The Civitan Club at the Women’s Club in Thomasville hosted the local high school football team to hear Robert Holladay, personnel director of Thomasville Chair Co., speak on football rules. New member William Schroer and Civitan of the Month Bobby Almond were recognized, with Linville Clemmons presiding and J C McLean directing the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Civitan
Womans’ Club
Robert
Bob” Holladay
Thomasville Chair Co
William Schroer
Bobby Allmond
Jerome R
J. C. McLean
Linville Clemmons
Five Points Hearing Delayed on Rezoning Petition
The city planning and zoning commission delays a second hearing on extending the Five Points neighborhood retail zone. Petitioners M. T. Corn and W. L. Hunt seek inclusion of adjoining properties in the retail district. Two residents opposed the rezoning. other petitions include a Reed Park Streets tract to Industrial and several W Green Union Street lots seeking Industrial classification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Five Points
City Planning and Zoning Commission
Five Point
M. T. Corn
W. L. Hunt
Corn and Hunt
Reed Park Streets
W. Green
Union Streets
Concert Association Elects Coble President
Howard Coble was chosen president of the Piedmont Community Concert Association for the coming season.New officers include First VP Mrs J P Armstrong hospitality chairperson, Second VP Mrs Ted A Schubert membership chair, Secretary Mrs Fred Guerin, and Treasurer Mrs Nan Garland. The season opens Oct 22 at Memorial Auditorium High Point College featuring baritone Gerard Souzay. tickets available at the door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Coble
Piedmont Community Concert Association
Coble
J. P. Armstrong
Ted A. Schubert
Fred Guerin
Nan Garland
Gerard Souzay
Memorial Auditorium
High Point College
ASC Workers Learn Of System Reclassification Plan
ASC workers from Alamance Caswell Davidson Forsyth Guilford Orange Randolph and Rockingham counties gathered in Greensboro yesterday to hear a government plan for reclassifying ASC office personnel. State Administrative Assistant P M Slade explained the Civil Service like system could bring pay raises for some workers and new job ratings for others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
ASC
P. M. Slade
Raleigh
Civil Service
Alamance
Caswell
Davidson
Forsyth
Guilford
Orange
Randolh
Rockingham
Jail inmate arrested for banana marijuana contraband
Mexico City police report Jose Ventura Guzman was taken into custody after smuggling a banana packed with marijuana to a friend inside a Mexico City jail. The incident highlights ongoing security concerns at the facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Mexic
Jose Ventura Guzman
Four Pedestrian Crashes Injure Three Children and an Adult
Four pedestrians, including three children, were struck in separate incidents yesterday. Gerald Smith seven of 1247 Dorris St sustained a fractured skull and back injuries from a school bus at Wrightenberry and E Burton Streets. The other victims, ages six and an adult, were treated and released or listed with non life threatening injuries. Police say pedestrians darted into the street. no charges filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Russell
Hamilton
Gerald Smith
Dorris St
Gerald
Wrightenberry
E. Burton
High Point Memorial Hospital
Carl Webster Grubb Jr
English St
Smith
Grubb
Oak Hill School
William Franklin Crow
Windley St
Kivett Drive
Coolidge Street
W. S. Stone
Otteray Dr
Memorial Hospital
Saunders
Amos St
Woodrow Locklear
Cameron Sexton
Tate St
Charles G. Tompkins
Springdale Ave
Tompkins
W. Russell
S. Hamilton
Sexton
Absentee Ballots Available for Nov 6 Election
Absentee ballots for the November 6 election are available to qualified voters at the local election office in the county building. Arthur Utley of the county elections board urges eligible residents to file applications locally well before election day. Office hours are 9 am to noon and 1 pm to 5 pm six days a week. Deadline for registration transfers and party changes is October 16, with October 23 as the last day for new registrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Utley
High Point
County Elections Board
Greensboro
Adee
Utley
Fire Captain Injured At Walnut Street House Fire
High Point Fire Captain G. W. McGee was lightly injured fighting a 4:28 AM blaze at 405 Walnut St. The frame house, cluttered with combustibles, lost its front room and contents. Cause listed as careless smoking. Others reported smoke damage at 1406 Parkside Dr in a separate alarm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGee
Melvina Hill
Walnut St
Parkside Dr
Wayne Luquer
Schedule Set For Guilford 4-H Club Meetings
Assistant County Farm Agent John D. Carroll announced the Guilford County 4-H Club schedule for the remainder of the term. High Point area schools will host meetings with Allen Jay on Oct 17 at 10 40 am Jamestown Junior on Oct 18 at 8 40 am and Jamestown Senior on Oct 18 at 9 50 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guilford County
John D. Carroll
High Point Area
Allen Jay
Jamestown
Lutheran Pastor Hawthorne Delegates to National Convention
The Rev. Harry D. Hawthorne of Emmanuel Lutheran Church High Point leaves for Harrisburg Pennsylvania to attend the United Lutheran Church in America 20th biennial convention. He represents the North Carolina Synod one of 32 synods. More than 700 delegates will meet October 10 to October 17 to decide on major church matters for the next biennium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry D. Hawthorne
Emmanuel Lutheran Church of
High Point
Harrisburg
United Lutheran Church In America
Hawthorne
North Carolina Synod
Recreation programs expand worldwide say High Point official
Jimmy Ellington athletic director of the High Point Recreation Department reports growing public recreation programs across the globe after attending the International Recreation Congress in Philadelphia. He notes government involvement in the Middle East and Asia and increased interest in England and Scandinavia, with over 200 attendees and leaders from Iran India and England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Ellington
High Point Recreation Department
International Recreation Congress
Philadelphia
Ellington
England
Scandinavian
Iran
India
American Recreation Society
National Recreation Association
High Point Recreation
W. B. Stronach Jr
Seattle
Wash
Weather Staying Dry And Cool Around The Piedmont
Dry cool weather continues with fair skies as a northern cold front nears this evening. Temperatures locally will dip from today's high around 78 to tomorrow's near 68 with a low near 40 tonight at Friendship Weather Bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New
Friendship Weather Bureau
Wachovia Reports Major Gains in Deposits and Loans
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company directors in Winston-Salem announced quarter three gains over 1955, with deposits rising to 421 million and loans to 235 million. The High Point office reported strong local expansion and a 25 cent quarterly dividend payable Nov 10, amid continued strong credit demand and favorable business conditions. The meeting hosted the North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development with Governor Hodges as honor guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
Winston-Salem
High Point
Nathan M. Ayers
Watlington Jr
John Fedent
Wachovia
Greensboro
Durham
Watlington
J. Roscoe Adams
North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development
Luther H. Hodges
Civic Center Opens Friday With Senior Citizens Dance
J D Foust of the city recreation department announced the renovated Civic Center opens Friday at 2 p m The first meeting features the local Senior Citizens Club hosting 25 to 30 Golden Age Club members from Lexington A Teen Age Club party and dance follows the football game
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
J. D. Foust
Civic Center
Golden Age Club
Lexington
Also Mentioned on This Page
Red Cross
Jim Thornton
Civitan Club
Concert Assn
Coble President
G. W. McGee
Walnut
Bob Marsh
A. Wade Marsh
Guilford College
High Point High School
Thomasville Civic Center
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