Quiet Police Night Follows Weekend Arrest Lull
City police reported a quiet night with few arrests after a weekend that yielded minimal crime. Two Saturday morning accidents caused minor damage with one driver cited for failure to yield the right of way and another for a stop sign violation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elm
Church Streets
Myrtle Gibson Horton
Southern Pines
Elm Street
Church Street
Vera Kenoble Winslow
Hayworth Road
Horton
Crater Bros
English Street
Winslow
Heiress Tickets On Sale At High Point College
Tickets for the High Point Little Theatre production of The Heiress go on sale via High Point Kiwanis members. Show runs Memorial Auditorium Nov 12 with nine cast members led by Marjorie Brown and Charles Cars on under director Robert Marks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Little
High Point Kiwanis Club
Memorial Auditorium
High Point College
John Haworth
J. W. Morgan
Ralph Richardson
Clift
Olivia de de Havil
YMCA
College
Heiress
Little Theatre
Gil Gray
Dr. Sloper
Marjorie Brown
Catherine
Charles Carson
Morris Townsend
Bette Oden
Mrs. Penniman
Laverne Miller
Almond
Robbie Bennett
Mrs. Montgomery
Helen Scarbrough
Maria
Evelyn Lackey
Marian
Jim Thackston
Arthur Townsend
Robert Marks
Attendance High At Mart With Early Preparations
Market staff stayed busy into the night and early morning as preparations finished for the sale. Superintendent John Waggoner and crew confirmed every item in place at 7 am. Extra parking space and a cooperative courtesy car service eased Main Street congestion and aided buyers visiting showings across the North Carolina Virginia market area. SFRA directors took no action on a Sunday opening proposal, but advised buyers many exhibits would be closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Waggoner
Heer
Exposition Building
Snow Lumber Co
North Crolina- Virginia
SFRA
Furniture buying groups map Western North Carolina routes
Furniture buyers visit High Point Lexington Thomasville Winston Salem and Martinsville with trips starting in Martinsville in reverse order. Professional shoppers report to groups while shops make final choices and use advice as a guide. October marketing time fosters social reunions. buyers pursue a fast moving, serious schedule with six months results depending on their judgment in selecting lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston
High Point
Passenger Train Will Run Again At High Point Trip
A rare passenger train run is planned on the High Point Thomasville and Denton line for a National Transportation Week outing at High Rock Lake led by J. P. Ehrerr president of the High Point Traffic Club. Six modern coaches will be used with locomotives supplied by the HPT&D and rails aided by Southern Railway Atlantic Coast Line and Norfolk and Western Railroad. The event aims to rally interest in traffic topics and potential winter seminars open to shipping clerks and others in High Point.
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High Point
Thomasville
Denton
High Rock Lake
High Point Traffic and Transportation Club
J. P. Ehrer
High Point Traffic Club
Hpt&d
Southern Railway
Atlantic Coast Line
Norfolk & Western Railroad
Gether
Ebert
Ehret
Wold
Traffic Club
Ehrer
Senate
House
Congress
L. A. Pomeroy Jr
Associated Traffic Clubs of America
Eisenhower
United States
DavidsonVote Tuesday To Decide ASC Leaders
Davidson County farmers vote Tuesday in 22 ASC Communities to elect community committeemen who select the county ASC board. The tally affects programs from Soil Bank to Acreage Reserve and price support for tobacco peanuts cotton and wheat, with voting sites listed across the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davidson County
ASC
Soil Bank
Abbots Creek
K. F. Green
Arcadia
Churchland
Churchland Grange Hall
Cotton Grove
Hedrick’s
Southmont
Currytown
Reedy Creek
H. C. Sidden
Denton
Farmers Cooperative
Fair Grove
Pilot
Thomasville
Army Reservists Drill in Greensboro Eight Hour Session
About 350 to 400 Army reservists from Guilford, Alamance and Randolph Counties will drill eight hours at the Army Reserve Armory in Greensboro. It is the area’s second session with plans for one every three months. Maj. Robert E. Holland and Capt. Albert H. Conyne will teach supply, vehicle maintenance, motion picture projection, administration and training methods.
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Guilford
Alamance
Randolph
Greensboro
Army Reserve Armory
Robert E. Holland
Holland
Albert H.conyne
Longtime Highland Methodist leaders retire after 26 years
Glen Raymond Ward and Lee Maud Young step down as chairman and vice chairman of Highland Methodist Church in High Point after 26 years on the official board. Both men began work at Highland Cotton Mill in 1917 and have served in numerous church and community roles. They remain on the church board and plan to continue aiding the church as needed.
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ED Lane
High Point
Glen Raymond Ward
Lee Maud Young
Highland Methodist Church
Highland Mill
Young
Hill
Protedt
Highland
Iit
Blade
State College
Ward
Cannon Mills
Concord
Highland Cotton Mill
Dod Daaii Can Mane Mane Bers
W. A. Lambeth
Wesley Memorial
Wesley Memorial Church
Community Chest Board
Wards
Youngs
Doctor Moves Practice To High Point
Dr. George J. Meyer announces the relocation of his general practice to 517 North Main Street in High Point. He previously practiced in Archdale, earned an MD from the University of Rochester in 1952, and holds a BS from Tufts College. He is affiliated with High Point Memorial Hospital and has Navy Hospital Corps service in World War II.
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George J. Meyer
General Practice of Medicine
North Main St
Meyer
Archdale
University of Rochester Medical School
Rochester
N. Y
N. C. Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem
N. C
Tufts Collge
Medford
Mass
That City
Barbara Cline
Meyers
Gatewood Ave
Western Union Relocates High Point Telegraph Office
Western Union moves its High Point office to 318 N Wrenn St in the former Sheraton Hotel building after 70 years in operation. The one story, air conditioned facility offers 1600 square feet and uses high speed switching through Richmond for nationwide messages. Manager William D Armstrong brings 28 years in telegraph work and has led the local office for 13 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Union
High Point
N. Wrenn St
N. Main St
Sheraton Hotel
Berta L. Carraway
Richmond
William D. Armstrong
Funeral services for Rev William L Scott
The Rev William Lee Scott 72 died after six days critical illness in High Point Memorial Hospital. Services 3 p.m. at Jamestown Methodist Church with Dr E C Few and others officiating. Burial in Deep River Cemetery. He lived on Route 3 Greensboro after retirement four years ago and served many churches. Survivors include Bertha Stanbury Scott wife two sons four daughters a brother and 11 grandchildren. The body to be taken to the church at 2 p.m. today.
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William Lee Scott
High Point Memorial Hospital
Jamestown Methodist Church
E. C. Few
Son
Clark Benson
Jamestown m Methodist Church
W. B
Asheville
Deep River Cemetery
Mr. Scott
Methodist Conference
Route 3
Greensboro
Trinity College
Duke University
University of Virginia
Sharon Methodist Church
Shelby
Ramseur
Franklin
Mount Pleasant
Mount Holly
Davidson
Polkville
Ann. Street Methodist Church
Concord
Bertha Stanbury Scott
W. L. Scott Jr
Oak
Thanksgiving appeal funds overseas aid urged by faith groups
To Americans vitamins supplement healthy diet but overseas victims of war famine and disaster rely on relief. America's three great religious faiths run programs providing vitamins food clothing and medical care overseas. Support this year's SHARE OUR SURPLUS appeal in Protestant churches to aid freedom loving peoples in desperate need.
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America
Mrs. O A Kirkman To Head High Point Christmas Seal Sale
Mrs O A Kirkman Arthur Kirkman a City Council member and mayor pro tem is named chair of the 1956 Christmas Seal Sale in High Point announced by Cecil Haworth president of the High Point Tuberculosis Association. The mail sale runs Nov 15 to Dec and funds local TB control work. Haworth praises Kirkman for city service church and civic activity while noting her role as public utilities committee chair and past Guilford County Fine Arts Association president.
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O. Arthur Kirkman
High Point
Kirkman
Cecil Haworth
Haworth
Public Utilities Committee
Guilford County Fine Arts Association
Sharp Plans Attendance At Meeting In Asheville
Dr. Fletcher C. Sharp of High Point will attend the 52nd annual North Carolina Osteopathic Society convention and refresher course in Asheville October 25 to 27. He heads a committee on Osteopathic Research and the Student Loan Fund and will report and participate in panel discussions. Headquarters are at Battery Park Hotel. Lecturers include Dr. R McFarlane Tilley and Dr. Clayton H. Morgan. Dr. R P Keesecker will discuss progress in osteopathy and lead the road ahead panel. Congressman George A. Shuford will speak at the October 26 convention banquet on government health efforts and Veterans Administration activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher C. Sharp
High Point
North Carolina Osteopathic Society
Asheville
Sharp
American Osteopathic Association
Battery Park Hotel
R. McFarlane Till
George A. Shuford
Veterans Administration
Thomas M. Rowlett
Con
Child Aid Discussion Planned
A Greensboro meeting for High Point and Greensboro parents and friends of mentally retarded children will be held Monday at 7 45 p m in courtroom No 2 to discuss public funding for the High Point Day Center for Handicapped Children and similar programs and to consider adding special education classes in Guilford County schools. State Senator O Arthur Kirkman of High Point is asked to preside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Greensboro
High Point Day Center For Handicapped Children
Guilford County
Civic Clubs
Parent Teacher Association
O. Arthur Kirkman
Fall Festival at First Evangelical Church features game stalls
A fall festival is set for Monday at 6 30 p m at 901 English Street the First Evangelical and Reform Church. The Anna Foust Sunday School Class sponsors the event with attractions including a cake walk fortune telling a house of horror and a fishing booth.
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First Evangelical and Reformed
English St
Anna Foust
State Society to Elect New President
A note indicates the state society will elect a new president with the current president presiding at the meeting.
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William S. McKenzie
Centennial Ave
Kearns and
Park Street
McKenzie
Kearns
Donald Ross Warren
Valley Ridge Drive
Warren Auto
W. T. Hill
Tomlinson School
Cial
Susan McCrery
Lucy Latimer
Bobby Stanley
Jane Tyson
Ginny Gray
Worth Parker
Jennifer Carr
Paul Ingle
Susan Hendrix
Ricky Caffey
Fairview
Fox
Midway-Gumtree
Midway
Hampton
Hick
Hasty
Hasty Agricultural
Healing Springs
Lois Carrick
Hedrick
Linwood
Joe Pope
Tyre Agricultural
Welcome
Bethesda
North Davidson Supply Co
H. L. Tonensher
George Meyer
William Scott
Synagogues
United Jewish Appeal
The
Advertisin Council
Avertising Executives Association
O. A. Kirkman
Seal Sale
0. A. Kirkman
Cord
State Society
Nala Cies
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