Evangelist Dr. E Stanley Jones to Lead Six Day Mission
High Point churches and High Point College host Dr. E Stanley Jones for a six day Christian Mission at Memorial Auditorium from Oct 27 to Nov 1. Jones, in his 50th year as evangelist and India missionary, champions Christian unity and the United Church of America.
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Methodist
High Point
High Point College
E. Stanley Jones
America
India
Union
Methodist Church
Jones
Jesus
United Church of America
Funeral services for Mrs Minnie Faulkner Hargrave
Funeral services for Mrs Minnie Faulkner Hargrave will be held Friday at 2 PM from Cumby Mortuary chapel with Rev William P Price officiating. Interment follows at Oakwood Park Cemetery. The 71 year old former High Point resident died Monday night at Lenoir Memorial Hospital in Kinston after a period of declining health.
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Minnie Faulkner Hargrave
Cumby
William P. Price
St. Mary's Episcopal Church
Oakwood Park Cemetery
Hargrave
High Point
Lenoir Memorial Hospital
Kinston
Greensboro
Rose Marie Adams
Miss Scales Dies At 89 In Local Home
Frances R. Scales, 89, of Reidsville, died at 6 45 a.m. today in the High Point Presbyterian Home where she lived over three years in ill health. She is survived by a niece Mrs. Harvey L. Chaney of Reidsville and a nephew H. A. Scales of California. Graveside services are planned for tomorrow at 4 p.m. in a Reidsville cemetery.
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Miss Scales
Frances R. Scales
Reidsville
High Point Presbyterian Home
Harvey L. Chaney
H. A. Scales
California
Trinity Woman Succumbs After Long Illness
Mrs. John A. Baker 75 of Route 2 Trinity died after a lengthy illness. Born March 14 1882 she married John A. Baker in 1901. Survived by husband three daughters a son two brothers a sister eight grandchildren and one great grand. Funeral Saturday 11 a m at Poplar Ridge Friends Church with burial in the church cemetery. Body at Farlow Funeral Home in Asheboro then moved to the home Friday afternoon.
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Trinity
L. W
J.B. Robbins
John Cooper
Lilly Hill
Sophia
Poplar Ridge Friends Church
Barney Pierce
Farlow Funeral Home
Asheboro
First US Express Started by Harnden in 1839
William F Harnden launched the first service in the United States in 1839 moving small parcels between New York and Boston, pioneering organized express delivery.
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United States
William F. Harnden
New York
Halloween Carnival Set In Chair City
A Halloween carnival will be held Halloween night in the Civic Center social hall in Thomasville. Sponsored by the recreation department and the Senior Citizens, the event runs 7 to 9 30 p m with games contests refreshments and a costume contest for three age groups. Profits go to the Senior Citizens treasury.
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Thomasville
Civic Center
Recreation Department
Eee Park
Fair Grove Pilot Groups Talk School Merger
A Fair Grove and Pilot residents meeting discussed consolidating the Thomasville Fair Grove and Pilot school districts. They favored a mass meeting speaker, petitions to gauge support, and potential action by city and county boards to pursue consolidation while opposing a new joint building.
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Fair Grove
Thomasville
Pilot
Falr Grove
Jeff Warner
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Pilot High Schools
Charles Leach
Honor Court Scheduled By Scout Troop
The Boy Scout Troop 1 of Spring Hill Methodist Church will hold its Court of Honor tonight at 7 30. Terry Dickey will receive the Life Award. Emergency Service Awards go to Gary Kennerly Terry Dickey Ray Hutchins Gerald Swaim and Larry Jackson. First Class ratings go to Richard A Smith Dwight Rickard Bennie Farmer and Stanley Stough. Second Class ratings go to David Swaim Richard A Smith and Lee Payne. Merit badges are earned by Roger Hepler Ronnie Walker Terry Dickey Edward Wall Keith Cecil Forrest Williamson Rodney Kearns Stanley Stough Stephen Foster Larry Jackson Bobby Dixon Ronnie Smith Winford Burton Bennie Farmer Ray Hutchins Dwight Rickard Allison Shivers and Gerald Swaim.
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Spring Hill Methodist Church
Terry Dickey
Gary Kennerly
Ray Hutchins
Gerald Swaim
Larry Jackson
Richard A. Smith
Dwight Rickard
Bennie Farmer
Stanley Stough
David Swaim
Lee Payne
Roger Hepler
Ronnie
Manslaughter Sentences Given in Greensboro Drive-In Case
John L. Fields and Clyde R. Lawson pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Coy Wester Osborne during an August 18 argument at a Greensboro High Point Road drive-in restaurant. Fields, 25, received 4 to 7 years in prison and Lawson, 38, was sentenced to 13 years.
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Greensboro
John L. Fields
Clyde R. Lawson
Coy Wester Osborne
Greensboro High Point Road
Fields
Lawson
Sewer Extension Projects Planned in Lexington
Lexington utilities commission moves to begin immediate sewer construction on Sunnyside Drive in the east and Moore Drive in the south. Sunnyside costs about 11000, serving 14 homes inside the city. Moore costs about 7500, extending outside limits to serve 26 homes.
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Lexington
the Utilities Commission
Sunnyside Drive
East Lexington
Moore Drive
South Lexington
Sunnyside
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Walnut Cove
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