City High Debits Rise in Five-State District
Debits in High Point rose 18 percent in January-September, with Greensboro 26 percent, Hagerstown 22 percent, and Newport News 20 percent ahead. Nine-month district total reached 11.356 billion dollars, up 14 percent from a year earlier, as North Carolina cities posted varied gains.
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Federal Reserve Bank of
Richmond
High Point
Greensboro
Hagerstown
Newport News
North Carolina
Reserve Bank
District of Columbia
Maryland
South Carolina
Virginia
West Virginia
Asheville
Charlotte
Durham
Kinston
Raleigh
Wilmington
Wilson
Winston-Salem
Union Council Sets Weekend Meeting Here
The North Carolina State Industrial Union Council convention will be held here Friday through Sunday with more than 200 CIO delegates expected. Speak ers include Emil Rieve of New York Textile Workers Union and John Riffe of Washington CIO, among others, at a banquet Friday night.
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North Carolina State Industrial Union Council
CIO Political Action Committee
Charlotte
CIO
Emil Rieve
New York
Textile Workers Union
Aad
U. S. Ambassio Nicaragua
Gov. Hodges
John Riffe
Washington
National Organization
Jack Broll
National Cio
James McDevitt
American Federation of Labor
League For Political Education
Dr Locke Named Lecturer For Church School Week
Dr William Locke professor of religion at High Point College has been chosen as a lecturer for the Christian Workers Training Schools in Portsmouth Virginia during the week of October 17 to 23. He will speak on the Book of Isaiah at the five day conference for training church school leadership held at First Presbyterian Church. The interdenominational event is sponsored by the Methodist Presbyterian Christian and Congregational Christian churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Locke
High Point College
Christian Workers’ Training Schools
Portsmouth
First Presbyterian Church
Prayer for TODAY by Alfred Grant Walton
A devotional prayer expresses trust in God and calm courage for daily life. The Brooklyn minister calls for wisdom, constant care, and calm faith, inviting God’s will to guide life and love to define purpose.
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Christ
Alfred Grant Walton
Brooklyn
Flatbush‘Tompkins Congregational Church
Local Forecast Shows 85 By Day 45 By Night
The local weatherman says sunny warm conditions continue with temperatures fluctuating about 40 degrees from day to night. Today’s high near 85 degrees and tonight’s low around 45. Tomorrow expects a high of 87 degrees. Last night’s low was 41.
Institution Executives Meet Here
The fall quarterly gathering of the Executive Assn. of Homes for the Aging opened at 11 this morning at the Presbyterian Home. About 30 superintendents and staff from central and eastern North Carolina attended with speakers from the Charlotte city health department and the N. C. Dept. of Public Welfare.
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Executive Assn. of Homes For
Presbyterian
Carolyn Flewellen
City Health Department
Charlotte
N. C. Dept. of Public Welfare
Raleigh
Annie May Pemberton
Advocate Editor to Speak at HPC Assembly
Dr. R. P. Marshall editor of the Christian Advocate will speak at High Point College on Wednesday at 10 20 morning in Memorial Auditorium. He will remain on campus after the address to meet students and interested laymen. The public is invited.
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R. P. Marshall
North Carolina
Pastor Higgins to be welcomed at church supper
Rankin Memorial Methodist Church hosts a fellowship supper on Wednesday at 6 30 p m to welcome the Rev J B Higgins and his family The Woman s Society sponsors the event
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Rankin Memorial Methodist Church
Higgins
Woman's Society of the Church
Local Youth Faces Charge In Baltimore
A 16 year old High Point boy named Jerry Mack is held pending Baltimore authorities arrival. He faces an armed robbery charge tied to a Baltimore incident from four weeks prior. Mack alleges two accomplices fled when police stopped them. he admits involvement in purse snatching but denies direct participation in the hold up.
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High Point
Baltimore
Jerry Mack
Leonard St
Mack
Guilford Doctors Back Second Salk Polio Shots Plan
Guilford County health officers and pediatricians outline plans for next week clinics where children will receive the second Salk polio shot. A priority schedule favors ages 5 to 9 and pregnant women with commercial vaccine, followed by younger groups.
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Guilford County
National Foundation For
Guilford
Supper Planned to Aid Oak View Fire Station Build
A benefit supper is planned for early next month to fund a new Oak View Fire Protective Association fire station. Local groups including the Lions Club Grange garden club and PTA support the project with donations and labor. The truck chassis was bought from English Motor Co and will be turned into a fire apparatus by the Oren Company Roanoke VA. Total cost is about $10 000.
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Oak View Fire Protective Association
Oak View Grange
Garden Club
Home Demonstration Club
Lions Club
Parent-Teachers Association
Oak View School
Jesse Jennings
English Motor Co
Oren Company
Roanoke
Counts Filed Against Local People
Three worth less check counts were filed yesterday against High Point residents. Lilla J. Myers of Oak View Rest Home faces two warrants for checks of 75 dollars to Sara Wagger and 30 dollars to Mrs. M L Embler, with total bond set at 300 dollars and Municipal Court trial scheduled. Clifford P. Cummings of 304 Friddle St faces one count for 3.04 dollars to a local shoe company, released under 50 dollar bond with trial set for October 21.
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High Point
Lilla J. Myers
Oak View Rest Home
Sara Wagger
N. Main St
M. L. Embler
Byrum St
Clifford P. Cummings
Friddle St
Exchange Club Meets For Fire Prevention Film
Firemen T. G. Shelton and Ben Lewellen presented a film on fire hazards and outlined Fire Prevention Week goals to Exchange Club members. In the business session the napkin sale committee reported good results from last week’s drive.
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T. G. Shelton
Ben Lewellen
Exchange Club
Fine costs levied in fist fight and wide court docket
Two men received $15 fines and 30 day suspended sentences for disorderly conduct after a fist fight in Municipal Court. Albert G. Smith and Ray Hunsucker faced additional court costs on related charges as a mixed term began. The session also heard cases of assault with deadly weapon, possession of obscene literature, and other offenses with varied outcomes.
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Albert G. Smith
Tate St
Ray Hunsucker
Mallory St
Willie Smith
Harvert W. Fisher
Lowell
A. J. Kendrick
Route 3
Gastonia
Edward Suggs
Cable St
James Archer
Bynum St
Archer
Planners Postpone Approval of Street Classification Plan
The High Point planning and zoning commission postponed final action on a street classification plan aimed at defining traffic arteries and setting widths. A study session is scheduled in two weeks before City Council review after commission revisions. The panel also granted conditional approval to abandon part of Orlando Street for public use with utility easements and OKed a Cherokee Hills redivision map with setbacks and minor tweaks. Additional subdivision maps received approval including Davenport Hedrick Roy Taylor M J Wrenn Brockett Farm plans.
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High Point
Planning and Zoning Commission
Planning Commission
John Haworth
Orlando St
Cherokee Hills
R. K. Davenport
Hedrick St
Florham Ve
Eveline Wallace
Roy St
Brockett Farm
Novice Driver Backs Vehicle Into Pole
A 16 year old Negro high school student James A. Dyer of 1306 Leonard St learning to drive with Frank Bright backed into a utility pole in the 1200 block of West St at 2 30 pm. The damage to the car was about 200 with no injuries or charges. A second incident involved a driverless auto rolling down a hill into a yard damaging the car 150 and the house 10 in the 100 block of N Perry St at 1 pm. W H Morrison 58 of Greensboro left the car and entered a business leaving it to roll into A J Jacksons house with no charges.
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James A. Dyer
Leonard St
Frank Bright
West St
N. Perry St
W. H. Morrison
Greensboro
A. J. Jackson
Ground Observer Corps urged to defend nation from High Point
High Point residents received a document detailing the Ground Observer Corps role in U S air defense. Volunteers are needed to monitor skies two hours weekly, training by USAF experts will begin, and local posts use roof sites like the Southern Furniture Exposition Building to spot low flying planes.
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High Point
Ground Observer Corps
America
Air Force Rep
High Point Ground
Observer Post
Richard D. Hartley
Leo Heer
J. F E. Wagner
Southern Furniture Exposition
GOC
Hartley
Usaf Air Defense
Durham
Air Force
Oak Ridge
North Carolina
Charlotte
High Point Ground Observer Corps
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Asheboro
C. E. Bernhardt
Lexington
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Carl
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Route 1
Deep River Farms
Don Sturkey
Mercury
HPC Assembly
County Health Department
Health Department
National Foundation
Oak View Fire Group
USAF
Army
THE
Ground Observer Corps de Chamber of Commerce
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Jemima
Flanders Callaway
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Russ Winterbotham
Ralph Lane
Don’t
Rebecca Boone
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