Air Force liberalizes reenlistment for prior service
The Air Force local recruiting office announced new rules widening prior service reenlistment. The age ceiling rises to 27, with eligibility for reenlistment based on one of 154 specific skills across fields such as intelligence, communications, maintenance, and administration. Veterans separated under a year may return at their previous rank, while longer absences may grant substantial rank. those lacking listed skills can still join via an Air Force School after aptitude testing.
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Air Force
Ed Roberson
Roberson
Deaths And Funerals Dr Eugene Coltrane
Dr Eugene Jarvis Coltrane aged 77 longtime Jamestown educator died at 9 20 am Wednesday following several weeks illness. Funeral held yesterday at High Point Friends Meeting House with ministers Cecil Haworth and Howard Wilkins officiating. Burial in Guilford Memorial Park Cemetery. Pallbearers named: Charles Turner Horace Haworth Charles Mendenhall Jack Dunn W Evan Cecil Clark Wilson J Wade Hiatt James W Blackwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. J. Coltrane
Eugene Jarvis Coltrane
High Point Friends Meeting House
Cecil E. Haworth
Howard C. Wilkinson
Duke University
Guilford Memorial Park
Charles P. Turner
Horace $. Haworth
Charles Mendenhall
Jack Dunn
W. Evan Cecil
Clark Wilson
J. Wade Hiatt
James W. Blackwell
Dr. Coltrane
Jamestown
Maryfield
Kernersville Teen Macie McGee dies at 15
Miss Macie Gaynell McGee 15 of Rt J Kernersville died in Baptist Hospital Winston Salem yesterday. She attended First Baptist Church Kernersville. Survived by parents Raymond C and wife, three brothers Eugene Melvin Calvin, maternal grandmother Mattie Eaton, paternal grandfather Charlie McGee. Funeral 2:30 p.m. tomorrow at First Baptist Church with Rev Homer L Good. Burial Oaklawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Body at home until service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kernersville
Macie
Gaynell McGee
Rt. J. Kernersville
Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem
First Baptist Church of
Raymond C. McGee
Eugene
Melvin
Calvin McGee
Mattie Eaton
Charlie McGee
First Baptist Church
Homer L. Good
Oaklawn
Park Cemetery
Newton Infant Dies In Hospital
Newton infant Melania Laque Newton 17 days old daughter of Jimmy Raymond and Rhonda Osborne Newton of 118 Boliver Street died at High Point Memorial Hospital at 7 30 a m today. She was born October 4. Surviving are a sister Amber, maternal grandmother Mrs H Conrad of Thomasville and paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs C F Newton of High Point. Graveside services will be conducted in Oakwood Cemetery at 30 am tomorrow with Rev H F Benfield officiating. Body remains at Harold C Davis Chapel until service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melania Laque Newton
Jimmy Raymond
Rhonda Osborne Newton
Boliver St
High Point Memorial Hospital
Amber
H. Conrad
Thomasville
C. F. Newton
High Paint
Oakwood Cemetery
H. FE. Benfield
Pilot View Baptist Church
Harold C. Davis
Church Visitors At Local Episcopal Service Tonight
The Rt Reverend R L Jones and Bishop and Mrs Jones of the AALE Zion Church will attend a local church event at 8 o clock with the church choir led by Mrs Juanita Dunavans and Mrs Joyce Sellers. Soloists Edna Earl Smith and Edith A Jackson will perform. Also attending are Rev F BR Mason Rev J E Melton and Alexander Barnes. Beatrice Leach chairs the sponsoring groups. public is invited to attend.
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R. L. Jones
Jones
Aale
Zion Church
Juanita Dunavans
Joyce Sellers
Edna Earl Smith
Edith A. Jackson
F. BR. Mason
J. E. Melton
Alexander Barnes
Beatrice Leach
Mills Home Pageant Set at Baptist State Convention
A Thomasville man will recreate the Mills Home origin story during the Baptist State Convention in Asherville on November 15. Vernon Sparrow, Mills Home superintendent, will play John H. Mills the founder, with Rev. Roger E. Williams as narrator. Glenn Vernon at Chapel Hill directs the filmed segment detailing Mills Home’s 1885 establishment. cast includes A. Quinn, Darrell Corder, Ed Hadley, Jay Till, Bill Sisk, C. Morris, Tom Marlowe, Frilin Bailey, Van Richardson, and Paul Edinger, all Mills Home staffers.
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Thomasville
Asherville
Vernon
Sparrow
Mills
John H. Mills
Roger E. Williams
Glenn Vernon
Chapel Hill
Kayby Hosiery Mill Receives Building Permit for Boiler Room
Thomasville reports Kayby Hosiery Mill on Carmall Street was issued a building permit for a 20 by 32 foot boiler room. Estimated construction cost is $2,000. City building inspector Jim Miller confirmed the permit.
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Thomasville
Kayby
Carmall Street
Jim Miller
Editor's Lot Not Easy Says Rotary Speaker
Al Resch of Siler City, veteran newspaperman, told the local Rotary Club that editors face a tough lot balancing news and opinion. He warned against entertainment focused papers and urged journalists to uphold a free press as a guardian of liberty, urging readers to demand accountability.
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Rotary
al Resch
Siler City
Rotary Club
Resch
Two Women Charged with Liquor Violations in Thomasville
Police arrested Polly May Mart 25 and Mazelle Colmani Jones 34 of Rt. 2 Thomasville for possession of wine, posting $50 bonds each and setting hearings for Nov. 4. James Lesley Vickers 45 of Rockwell Street faced assault charges with a $20 bond and Nov. 4 trial. Richard Fox 34 of Marshall was charged with abandonment and non support, bond posted, with hearing in Thomasville on Nov. 7. Local police investigate a Thursday night break in at Craver City Park Negro concession stand.
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Thomasville
Polly May Mart
Rt. 2
Mazelle Colman i Jones
James Lesley Vickers
Rockwell Street
Beatrice
Vickers
Richard Fox
Marshall
Fox
Thomasville Recorders Court
Craver City Park
Grubb Named Davidson County March of Dimes Director
Robert L. Grubb of Lexington was named director for the 1961 Davidson County March of Dimes campaign. Ardell Lanier, Lexington, chaired the county chapter of the National Foundation. The drive begins January 2 and runs through the month.
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Thomasville
Robert L. Grubb
Lexington
Davidson County March of Dimes
Ardell Lanier
National Foundation
Cyclist Injured Slightly When Bike Strikes Truck
A child rider, Jessie L. Matthews 11 of 1405 Tryon St, was struck by a westbound tractor-trailer on Tryon Street. He sustained minor lacerations and was treated at Memorial Hospital. No serious injuries reported. Police also noted several other minor motor vehicle accidents earlier that day on Mangum Avenue and Westchester Drive with modest damages. Donnie Albert Beck, 16, of Leonard Street was indicted for speeding after his car crashed into an embankment on N Westchester Drive.
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Tryon Street
Jessie L. Matthews
Tryon St
Elvin Edward Weavil
Rt. 2
Trinity
Tryon
Memorial Hospital
Mangum Avenue
Homer Edgins
E. Russell Street
Edging
Edgins
Rt. 3
High Point
Poole
Goldie God
Win Fuller
Eaton Place
Fuller
Emerywood Court
Thomasville
Donnie Albert Beck
Leonard Street
N. Westchester
Young Beck
Joseph Peace
Charles Street
Thomas
Two Charged In Assaults In Separate Cases
John Sugar 60 of Old Road Circle and Charles Bailey 32 of East High Street were arrested in separate assault cases involving women. Sugar’s wife Bessie alleges battery on a female and bond of 100 awaits Domestic Relations Court on October 25. Bailey is charged with assault with a deadly weapon after Minnie Mae Bailey says he struck her with a chair. he posted bond until the October 25 Domestic Relations Court appearance.
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John Sugar
Charles Bailey
Sugar
Old Road Circle
Bessie
Bailey
E. High Street
Minnie
Mae
Oddfellows District Meet Set for Greensboro Area
Members of the Oddfellows Lodges of Greensboro Winston Salem and High Point will gather here tomorrow night for supper and district meeting. President J H Howard of Greensboro will preside over the business session after the meal served at 5 30 by local Rebekaha members.
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Oddfellows Lodges
Greensboro
Winston,Salem
High Point
J. H. Howard
Neal
Rebekaha
Realty Transfers in High Point Township and Jamestown
Real estate transfer notices list Minnie Franklin and George E Morgenstern exchanging a Green Street lot. O P Jones and wife to Leroy Hayes. Chester Ross Rice to Iris Rigerson. C M Borum to Dolph Broome. Jesse Teague and Marvin Massey to their wives for multiple lots in Eastover Park and Sunnvale Subdivisions. Granville Waddell to Craven Steel Erecting Co.. William Lambert to William Miller.
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Minnie Franklin
George E.morgenstern
Green Street
O. P. Jones
Leroy Hayes
J. W. Johnson
Dave Barker
Chester Ross Rice
Iris Risington
Springdale Development Co
C. M. Borum
Dolphis C. Broome
Sunnvale
Jesse Richard Teague
Marvin A. Massey
Eastover Park
Jamestown Township
Granville
Waddell
Craven Steel Erecting Co
Greensboro High Point Boulevard
Davidson Road
William C. Lambert
William B. Miller
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Addie McNeely Smith
Ardeaner S. Hart
Jersey City
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Minnie B. Hargrove
Columbus
Ohio
John Smith
Statesville
Lawrence Elliott
Lawrence Bennie Elliott
Harrison St
National Springs Corp
United Ushers
Mt. Vernon Baptist Church
Adam. Elliott
Thomas Miller
F. C. Bass
Greenhill
Moore Funeral Home
Holland
Lai
Main St
High Point Fox Service
Kentucky
Unico Outside
South Main St
Oddfellows
High Point Township
Ables Typewritersachines
Office Equipment CO
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