Court Grants Delay In School Site Trial
The High Point case over the Z. R. Welch property on Montheu Ave faced another continuance as Superior Court Judge Walter Crissman granted a delay to November 7. Welch family attorney Thomas Turner cited inability to confer with clients and Mrs. Mary Lou Welch’s illness, while school board lawyers argued delays harm timely school facility plans.
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High Point School
Second Ward
Superior Court
Walter Crissman
Greensboro
Z. R. Welch Piy
Montheu Ave
Otion
Thomas Turner
Welch
School Board
Crissman
At Board
Capus Waynick
E. Lexington Ave
Waynick
Welch Land
Forgery Case Bound Over By Judge
A Dorris Street man named David Myers, 25, was bound over to Superior Court yesterday under $500 after a Municipal Court hearing on forgery charges. Myers pleaded not guilty to forging H R Clodfelter s signature to a check and cashing it. Clodfelter and a city detective testified. Clodfelter said he gave no check to Myers. In other cases yesterday, the prosecuting witness in an assault with a deadly weapon case was ordered to pay court costs after the defendant s charge was dismissed, Felix Little was taxed, Thames D Pope and Robert W Tallent were also ordered to pay court costs and sums on checks.
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Dorris St
David Myers
H. R. Clodfelter
Clodfelter
Myers
Clodfelt
Granby St
Robert W. Tallent
Pickett St
Amnesia case man found after bulk search on mountain
Asheboro residents learned Glenn Jones 48 of Burlington had been missing since Saturday from Richlands Baptist Church area. Deputies and firefighters scanned Purga Mountain all day, Jones later said he spent the weekend in Burlington, a prior disappearance had him wandering Siler City.
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Asheboro
Glenn Jones
Purga Mountain
Assault Defendant Is Allowed Bond
Ama ey ag oRra was released yesterday on 500 bond by local police after Leon Sharpe cab company owner was injured by an iron pipe. Mills had been held pending developments in Sharpe s condition. Sharpe suffered a head injury and was released from the hospital. Still was charged Saturday with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. A preliminary hearing is set for Oct 28 in Municipal Court.
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Ama Ey Ag oRra
Leon Sharpe
Negro Cab Company
Mills
Suil
Sharpe
Still
Firemen Put Out Dust Pit Fire In Thomasville
Thomasville firemen extinguished a dust fire at Commercial Carving Co on Randolph St Ext yesterday. They traced the hose to the plant dust collection system and reported no damage after the incident.
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Thomasville
Commercial Carving Co
Randolph St
Ext
Prayer for TO DAY
Prayer for today asking Almighty God to bless toil over deceit and to seek justice so liberty endures. Named signer Raymond E Balcomb of Medford Oregon, minister at First Methodist Church.
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Jesus Christ
Lord
Raymond E. Balcomb
Medford
Ore
First Methodist Church
Humor Vital Highlighted At Executives Club Dinner
Samuel H. Ramsay headlined the Sheraton Hotel dinner for a large Executives Club gathering with his Scotland flavored humor. President Harry Hawthorne praised the top humorist who says laughter aids happier living. Secretary Frank J. Sizemore announced Lt. Col. Leon Volotov as speaker for November 10. Volotov, a former Soviet air official and Newsweek columnist, will discuss Inside Russia. New members welcomed include Don Brinton, Glenn Crihfield, H. L. Crowe, Alan Detwiler, Thomas E. Dickerson, and others.
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Executives Club
Sheraton Hotel
Samuel H. Ramsay
Harry Hawthorne
Scotland
Ramsay
Frank J. Sizemore
Leon Volotov
Volotov
Newsweek
Russia
Hawthorne
Don Brinton
Glenn Crihfield
H. L. Crowe
Alan Detwiler
Thomas E. Dickerson
Glenn Craughn
Alfred G. Feldman
David A. Fiske
D. W. Hunter
Russell Lareem
Carlyle B. Lewis
A. Gilbert Marsh
L. P. Megginson
James W. Moffitt
Dave S. Neill
Thomas Robertson
Joe H. Smith
John Wells
C. H. Williard Jr
T. A. Wilson
Harold Conrad
Thieves Target Drug Store and Beauty Shop in Break-In
Investigating officers found a shattered door and a passage from the beauty shop to the drug store storeroom. About 1.41 dollars was missing from a booth and 35 to 40 dollars from the cash register. No other items were reported missing as officers linked the two thefts and executed the morning calls.
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Aredge
Margaret Sumner
Wee Place
C. R. Lowe
HPC Radio Class To Present Red Cross Disaster Play
High Point College radio students Wilbur Jackson Vancyle Linthicum Arthur Black and Rufus Smithson present a 15 minute program on the Red Cross Disaster Service titled Callaham Comes Through. The script loaned by the American Red Cross Information Service describes a typical local unit disaster scenario aired Wednesday at 5 p.m. on WHPE.
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High Point College
AB Club Plans Party and Award For Active Member
Furnish City American Business Club convened to map a Christmas party and an annual award for the most active member. New members Bill Moore and Roy Culler Jr joined, with President Arthur York and Dick Wright receiving the attendance prize.
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Furniture City American Business Club
Bill Moore
J. N. Rawleigh Co
Roy Culler Jr
Nations Upholstery Co
Arthur York Presiden
Dick Wright
Baptist leaders decline open talk at High Point meeting
Three top leaders of the North Carolina State Baptist Convention refused an open mass meeting invitation from the High Point Pastors Conference. They offered to meet with local pastors privately while avoiding a large public forum amid a dispute arising from matters in the North Carolina Supreme Court trial over the North Rocky Mount church.
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State Baptist’s Convention
High Point Baptist Pastors’ Conference
N. C. Supreme Court
North Rocky Mount
Branch
High Point
Piedmont Baptist Association
Huggins
Tribble
James M. Bulman
East Spencer Baptist Church
William C. Lassiter
Raleigh
Lexington Ave. Baptist Church
Piedmont Baptist Associational
First Baptist Church
Rankin Baptist Church
Greensboro
Dick Meisky Chosen Civil Defense Chief
Dick Meisky, a local bank executive, was appointed by the City Council to organize and direct a Civil Defense unit. The council unanimously approved the appointment on recommendation of the real estate and planning committee, effective immediately. Budget plans include a part time salary of up to 75 dollars monthly but no starting figure set today.
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Dick Meisky
City Councl
Council
Meisky
Aes
Charles B Loffin
George Covington
City Council
I. Paul Ingle
Three Cities Development Committee
City Power, Water and Airport Commission
R. B. Terry
November parade plans open the Christmas season in High Point
Planning under way for a noncommercial Christmas parade on November 26 in High Point. Hamm and Horton of Durham will build floats. Requests for sponsorships from church groups schools or civic organizations urged to contact the Chamber or Merchants Association. Street decorations to be rented from Carroll Carpenter of Hickory.
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High Point
Merchants Assn
Chamber of Commerce
Hamm and Horton
Durham
Chamber
Merchants Assa
Carroll Carpenter
Hickory
Oak View School Announces Safety Upgrades and Events
Oak View School safety plans include new pedestrian crosswalk signs on Oak View Road. H I Dean, safety committee chair, announced at the Oak View Lions meeting. The article also notes an upcoming ladies night banquet on Oct 29 at the Thomasville Woman's Club and a land donation to the Oak View Fire Protection Assn for a building to house a fire truck, plus a chicken pie and Brunswick stew supper on Nov 9 to benefit the association.
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Payne
Oak View
H. I. Dean
Thomasville
Oak View School
Draper Leads 1st Methodist Official Board
Luther C. Draper was elected chairman of the First Methodist Church Official Board for the coming year. Other officers chosen are Robert D. Davis as vice chairman and J. H. Thompson Jr. as secretary.
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Luther C. Draper
First Methodist Church
Robert D. Davis
J. H. Thompson Jr
Traffic Changes Okayed In High Point Parking Revisions
High Point City Council approved a long list of parking revisions to improve traffic flow and restricted parking within 25 feet of intersections. The measure includes two hour meters at multiple streets and eliminates parking on several sides of streets to ease sight lines at intersections.
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High Point
E. Russell St
Park St
E. Russell
Mangum Ave
Wrenn
Hamilton Sts
Hamilton St
Railroad
E. Green St
E. Green
Green
King
Commerce
Green Sts
Oee
Green St
Commerce St
Perry A
Willowbrook St
Russell
Ward Sts
Kearns St
Parkland Tate Sts
S. Hamilton St
Russell St
S. Hamilton
Davis and
Willis Sts
Chilly Nights Predicted In High Point Forecast
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with a low around 40 tonight, up from last night’s 35 which brought scattered frost. The high this afternoon should near 63 and tomorrow’s high is expected in the mid 60s.
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High Point
Polio Vaccine Shots Set For Tomorrow
Children in High Point and surrounding county schools expected to receive second Salk polio vaccine doses today and tomorrow. In Greensboro yesterday 4367 children received second doses in school clinics. Basil O Connor spoke of the vaccine as a major victory but urged continued efforts toward eradicating crippling polio.
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High Point
Greensboro
Basil O'Connor
Fy Egy
National
Cone Memorial Hospital
Wachovia Bank Reports Strong Third Quarter In Carolinas
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company directors at Winston-Salem describe a high level of business activity in the Carolinas during the third quarter. Resources rose to 411 million, deposits to 368 million, and capital plus surplus to 27 million. The High Point office and West End unit showed solid gains, with new checking accounts and broader services. Directors declared a 25 cent quarterly dividend payable December 3 to holders of record November 5.
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Carolinas
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
Winston-Salem
R. G. Stockton
Wachovia
High Point
J. E. Millis
N. M. Ayers
Bland W. Worley
Worley
West End
Nich Point
Driver Cited After Hitting Pedestrian
A pedestrian crossing frenn Washington St yesterday afternoon suffered a broken ankle after being struck by a truck driven by James A. Steed 75 of Route 3 High Point. Steed was charged with failing to yield to a train. The crash occurred at 2 10 p.m. at Washington and Wrenn. A second incident later led to two motorists charged with traffic violations after a collision causing about 175 dollars in damage. Paul W. Davis 39 of 1011 Meadowbrook St was charged with failing to reduce speed. Shirley Phillips 19 of 1107 Asheboro St was charged with failing to yield the right of way. No injuries in that mishap at Lake St and and at 2:50 p.m.
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Wrenn
Paul W. Davis
Meadowbrook St
Shirley Phillips
Asheboro St
and Lake Sts
Report Deadline For United Fund Today At 4 P.M
First report deadline for the United Fund is today at 4 p.m. division colonels must file progress reports. Globe Parlor Furniture Co. employees increased contributions by 33 percent from 1463 to 1035 dollars, with 160 workers donating up to 10 dollars to join the Essential Citizens Club.
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United Fund
Globe Parlor Furniture Co
Essential Citizens Club
Three Appeal Sentences In Thomasville
Notices of appeal were filed by Henderson Bailey, William Frazier, and Jack Wray, all High Point men convicted in Recorder's Court. Bailey and Frazier face Davidson County Superior Court inOctober after thefts of a ham and bank funds from I A Simpkins farm. Wray appeals after assault and drunken charges with bonds set. Guy Cagle and William Epps faced separate assault and non-support actions with suspended sentences and ordered payments. Local court ruled the assault charge against Epps frivolous and taxed costs.
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Thomasville
High Point
Recorder's Court
Henderson Bailey
William Frazier
Davidson County
Lexington
Davidson County Superior Court
Bailey
Frazier
I. A. Simpkins
Ace Silla Delenit Cao
Em Sae Bane
Ana Jack Wray
Wray
Jerriod
Superior Court
Guy Cagle
W. Guilford St
Cagle
William Epps
Methodist Group To Visit College On Wednesday
The visiting committee of the North Carolina Conference of the Methodist Church that represents Eastern North Carolina will visit High Point College on Wednesday. The Rev. Jack Page of Fairmont Methodist Church in Raleigh is a member and will meet with the faculty executive committee, then inspect college facilities in the afternoon. The group visits Methodist colleges in the state by appointment to determine needs and progress.
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North Carolina
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Kit
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Ed Kudlaty
NEA Service
Bur
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College
Elm Sts
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E. Commerce
N. Main St
Church
Howell Sts
Church St
Main
Sheraton Place
W. Green St
Willowbrook
Commercce
Main St
Russell Sts
Ea St
South Boundary
Parent-Teacher Association
O'Connor
East Tennessee
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