Graham Lashes Out at World Complacency in Piedmont Meeting
Rev Billy Graham addressed over 400 delegates at the 58th annual Piedmont Baptist Association meeting at Lexington Avenue Baptist Church in Greensboro warning that worldly complacency harms religion He cited low church attendance in England and America and urged ministers to reach the unchurched The session included reports from pastors and a keynote by Dr Leo Green with officers to be elected later today.
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Billy Graham
Piedmont Baptist Association
Association
Lexington Avenue Baptist Church
Tere
Greensboro Fairgrounds
England
WHPE
Graham
Grover Jones
North Carolina
Caplist Convention
Neill Armstrong
North Main Street Baptist Church
W. W. Robbins
Ronald Wall
College Park Baptist Church
Greensboro
George Richman
Conrad Memorial Baptist Church
Temperature To Take Drop Temperature To Take Drop
Clouds will scatter the skies today and tonight with little change in temperature. Saturday remains partly cloudy with a cooling trend. High today about 74 degrees, dropping to 68 tomorrow afternoon. Last night’s low 39 and tonight’s low 35 degrees.
Marriage Licenses and Local Crime Blotter Summary
William JD Gibson and Ruby Frances Zimmerman of High Point. CG W Tilley and Letha S Gordon of Pike Mountain. Weldon M H Armstrong and Mabel Virginia Rachel of Pinnacle. Briefcase stolen from Route 1 vehicle in 200 block of Wrenn. One year man jailed for selling cracked auto engine blocks. J R York jailed for false pretenses from C W Collins Auto Supply. Fire alarms report: 8:27 pm smudge pots on E Lexington Ave, 4:03 pm ignition short in car at Main and High streets.
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William JD. Gibson
Ruby Frances Zimmerman
Iligh Point
W. ‘Tilley
Letha S. Gordon
Pike Mountain
Weldon MH. Armstrong
Mabel Virginia Rachel
Pinnacle
Route 4
Palice
J. R. York
C. W. Collins
Lexington Avenue
Snider Demonstrates Cartoon Talent to Local Jaycees
Fob Snider, a local printer, displayed his sketching hobby to the Junior Chamber of Commerce last night. He explained cartooning methods of exaggeration to emphasize emotions while a large portion of the meeting focused on revising the club by laws.
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Fob Snider
Chamber of Commerce
Snider
Assault Charge Is Put Against Paul H Hill
Paul H W Hill a one year old furniture worker of 318 Woodlawn was charged by police with assault on a female after he allegedly forced his attentions on his wife while she was ill. The arrest followed a telephone complaint by the wife in the presence of eight children. Hill posted bond for trial in October.
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Thomasville
Paul HW. Hill
Woodlawn
Hill
Repairs Begin On Vail Street Dwellings Condemned As Fire Hazard
Three Negro dwellings at 606 608 610 Vail Street owned by Minnie B. P. Vail estate were condemned as dangerous to life and property by City building inspector J. P. Jones. Repairs costing about 1200 dollars each were permitted yesterday with work slated to start today to restore livable, safe conditions and adequate plumbing.
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Vail Street
Minnie BP
Vail
Bulding
J. P. Jones
Jones
Rotary Club Hears FBI Talk by Charles W. Brown
Charles W. Brown special agent in charge of the Charlotte FBI spoke to the High Point Rotary Club. He traced FBI history, described agent training and wartime surveillance of foreign spies, and compared crime levels to ten and fifteen years earlier noting 1950 arrests peaks and a five percent rise in the current period. Charles L. Kearns arranged the program and J. Howard Blair introduced the speaker.
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Charles W. Brown
Charlotte
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Rotary Club
High Point
FBI
Brown
America
Charles L. Kearns
J. Howard Blair
Magistrate Must Pay Off Parking Ticket
Alfred Besher Miller 42 of Gordontown near Thom asville defied a one dollar fine by claiming official business when cited for over-parking. Police charged him with a traffic ordinance violation. a warrant was sworn and Miller was released pending today’s trial in Recorder's Court.
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Thomasville
Miller
McKellar Sees No Reason Congress Won’t Adjourn Soon
Senate Appropriations Chair Kenneth McKellar of Tennessee said there is no reason Congress cannot adjourn by tomorrow night. He emphasized the urgent pace of legislative business and the desire to conclude sessions promptly.
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Wastington
ULP
Kenneth McKellar
Senate Appropriations Committee
Congress
Police Seek Juvenile Who Escaped Jackson Training School
High Point police search for Bobby Coble a 16 year old who escaped from Jackson Training School after being committed for breaking and entering larceny and receiving. Detectives say he admitted to breaking into Standard Barber Shop and Chestnut Street Grocery Company and fled while authorities pursued. About $3 in change and several coins were taken from the barber shop and cash ranging from $400 to $500 with $143 recovered from the youth. No word on his present whereabouts by early afternoon.
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High Point
Jackson
Muchtate
Bobby Coble
West Point Avenue
Wro
Standard Barber
English Street
Chestnut Street Grocery Company
Chestnut Street
Piedmont Lodge Fellowcraft Degree Friday Evening
Piedmont Lodge 681 announced an Emergent Containation Fellowcraft Degree on Friday Oct 19 at 5 30 PM under Master C Roberts and Secretary Woodron Fl Haywood.
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Fellowcraft
C. Roberts
Woodron
Haywood
Negro Woman Bound Over For Alleged Murder of Husband
Christine Sapp, 25, of 1204 Hoover Street, was bound over to Superior Court on October 6 for the alleged murder of her husband Everett, 27. Bond set at $5,000 by Municipal Judge Archie Myatt after she testified she struck him with a kitchen chair during a struggle. police found a bloodstained knife nearby. The judge heard testimony from a 13-year-old babysitter and officers who noted Christine’s injuries and blood at the scene. defendant denied wielding the knife. Additional cases listed include various traffic, theft, and assault dispositions.
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Superior Court
Archie Myatt
Christine Sapp
Hoover Street
Everett
Myatt
Memorial Hospital
W. W. Harvey
Sapps
Christine
George Leverett
Thomas M. Browne
Columbus
Charles E. Leonard
Curtis Lewis, Jr
Beamion
Harrison Bass
Greensboro
William R. Nope
Cherry Point
Edward Brown
Wordbury
Augustus Sheppard
New Denton Circuit Pastor Rev John Oakley Arrives
Rev John Oakley arrives as Denton circuit pastor from Farmington Davie County where he served three years. He is married to Ola Stevenson of Cool Spring Iredell County with three children Peggy Barbara Jean and Danny. He was born in Jonesville Yadkin County. son of Mrs D A Oakley and the late Rev Daniel Allen Oakley. He previously led churches at Rutherford College Hiddenite Troutman and Oak View High Point. He regards this posting as a promotion and notes plans for a new parsonage. a younger brother Rev Robert Oakley studies at High Point College. The Denton Senior Class visited the State Fair at Raleigh.
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John Oakley
Denton
Farmington
Davie County
Ola Stevenson
Cool Spring
Iredell County
Peggy
Barbara Jean
Danny
Jonesville
Yadkin County
D. A. Oakley
High Point
Daniel Allen Oakley
Oakley
Rutherford College
Hiddenite
Troutman
Oak View
Joan Oakley
Lenoir
High Point College
West End
Thomasville
Denison
Robert Oakley
Cid
Building Permits Issued For Several Dwellings
Building permits issued by City Building Inspector J. P. Jones cover repairs to a one story frame dwelling for Minnie P. Vail estate at 606 608 and 610 Vail Street costing 1200 each. A one story frame dwelling at 9 Denny Street by Quality Built Homes costs 5500. Mrs L D Ennis receives a permit for a one story frame dwelling on Hoover Street costing 5000.
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J. P. Jones
Minnie P. Vail
Vail Street
Denny Street
L. D. Ennis
Hoover Street
Furniture Centers Ready For Informal Fall Market
North Carolina and Virginia centers host an informal market from October 29 for furniture buyers from large department stores. Manufacturers will display in the Southern Furniture Exposition Building and at factory showrooms. Last year 50 to 60 producers exhibited. this year numbers unavailable. Buyers come from major chains and associations, with participants from West Coast, Midwest, and Eastern stores. The market serves those who buy in large lots in May and November, allowing early promotion planning. Cities in last year’s Similar market included Bassett Martinsville Winston-Salem Hickory Lenoir Thomasville Morganton Drexel Lexington. Many centers have set simultaneous showings starting October 29.
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High Point
North Carolina
Virginia
West Coast
Midwest
Bassett
Martinsville
Winston-Salem
Hickory
Lenoir
Thomasville
Morganton
Drexel
Lexington
Thomasville to vote on sewer bond issue and civic center plans
A Thomasville city council meeting approved a $450,000 water and sewer bond for improvements and authorized a citizen vote. The council also moved to use the old Memorial Church property as a civic center via a free simple deed, differing from the Community Foundation terms. A UNC survey led by Prof. Schadt may cost about $2,000 and take a year or more to guide future municipal planning. Additional action authorized study of Clerk Preston Bray's facilities needs.
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Thomasville
Old Memorial Church
E. W. Schadt
University of North Carolina
W. W. Rapp
Schadt
Community Foundation
Rapp
D. A. Long, Jr
Harry B. Finch
Doak Finch
N. C. English
R. M. Cooksey
Bill Green
Kenneth Hoyle
George Arnold
Recorder’s Court
W. H. Steed
Preston Bray
R. MM. Cooksey
Julius Green
Boy Sentenced To Year In Assault Case
Municipal Judge Archie Myatt imposed a 12 month sentence today on a 15 year old charged with assaulting a 12 year old girl. The judge requested exploration of probation possibilities first. Police arrested Ronald W. Norman yesterday on charges he grabbed and slung down a Cloverdale School pupil last Wednesday afternoon. The warrant followed a complaint by the child’s father. The youth said he was merely playing and meant no harm.
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Archie Myatt
Ronald W. Norman
Cloverdale
Association Plans Drive For Members
THOMASVILLE The Thormas vile Civic Music Association canceled plans for a concert series this season and will run a membership drive next spring to fund a 1952 set of concerts. Officers and Julie Gillespie of New York City, Civic Music Service representative, arranged the spring appeal.
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Thomasville
Thormasvile Civic Music Association
Julie Gillespie
New York City
Civic Music Service
College Head Will Speak In Thomasville
Dr. A R Keppel president of Catawba College at Salisbury will be chief speaker at the High Point and Thomasville Catawba Alumni Association meeting tonight at 7 50 o clock in Heidelberg Church Thomasville J D Stonesifer of Thomasville is chapter president.
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Thomasville
A. R. Keppel
Catawba College
Salisbury
High Point and
Thomasville Catawba
J. D. Stonesifer
Steel Arrival Nears to Restart Local Hospital Addition
THOMASVILLE steel needed to resume the local hospital addition is expected to arrive this week end. A shortage of the material had halted construction, bringing the project to a near standstill.
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Thomasville — Steel
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