Buy Better Furniture Values Now Drives National Campaign
The National Wholesale Furniture Salesmen's Association launches a national Buy Better Furniture Values Now campaign aimed at boosting consumer purchases. Midwest activity leads, with plans studied in the area by Jim McAfee of Dealer's Mart. The effort includes posters and bumper strips and ties to a broader Home Furnishings Council of America Crusade for home stability.
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National Wholesale Furniture Salesmen's Association
Midwest
Jim McAfee
Dealer's Mart
Home Furnishings Council of America
National Association
NWFSA
Harold Braun
Minnesota
Illinois
Wisconsin
Wilson Wallace
Charlotte
Virginia and
Carolinas
Kemp Scores Concentrated Government
State representative Ed Kemp spoke to the High Point Civitan Club warning against federal government as the best opponent to Communism, arguing local governments better see the people’s needs.
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Ed Kemp
High Point Civitan Club
Kemp
Saouhom Tag Taedaioep Oud Press
Textile Insurance Co. urged to stay in High Point
High Point council and the mayor pledged support to keep Textile Insurance Co. from moving, citing its contribution to the city’s prosperity. If relocation occurs the city offers best wishes. The article notes efforts to retain the firm and outlines related city actions including annexation and hiring auditors.
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Textile Insurance Co
High Point
Charlotte
Greensboro
Textile
Fine Musicianship Shown In Concert
A 350 strong audience at High Point heard the Wesley Memorial Choir and cellist Charles Medlin in a charity concert for the Musical Art Club Scholarship Fund. The program spanned from early music to Broadway with Schubert and Mendelssohn highlights and soloists Betty Sue Johnson and Charles Vaughn. Medlin delivered depth in the Schubert Sonata and Casado pieces. Linda Caskey accompanied well. Howard Coble directed a well balanced choir.
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High Point
Wesley Memorial Choir
Charles Medlin
Musical Art Club
Senior High
Howard Coble
Mozart
Israel
Mendelssohn
Elijah
Handel
Betty Sue Johnson
Charles Vaughn
Broadway
Medlin
Faure
Spain
More Showers For Tomorrow
The Friendship Weather Bureau forecasts continued light rain and drizzle today into Thursday. Tomorrow will be cloudy and mild with scattered afternoon showers. Temperatures rise to near 70 on Thursday, with highs yesterday at 52 and today in the low 60s. Overnight lows around 52 tonight. High Point’s five day outlook calls for about an inch of rain today tomorrow and Sunday, with temperatures three to five degrees above normal through Monday.
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Friendship Weather Bureau
High Point
Delinquency case involves Winston-Salem club official
A delinquency hearing in Forsyth County Court linked assistant manager Charles Binkley of the Pine Brook Country Club to aiding a 13 year old girl. The case involves allegations of sexual relations with a minor after a deputy search was tipped by a Forsyth officer, with Longworth facing charges and the girl sent to Samarcand Training School.
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Winston- Salem
Forsyth Law
High Point
Pine Brook Country Club
Charles Binkley
Forsyth
Binkley
Winston - Salem
Twin City
Johnny Longworth
Grant Street
Longworth
Raleigh
Willowbrook Street
Winston-Salem
Samarcand
Superior Court
Winston
Johnny On
SD Lenquerit
Winston‘Salem
Country Club
Longworthy
W Green Street widening plans advance with state help
Officials announced contracts for widening W Green Street will be opened next March. Plans call for widening from the HPTD Railway crossing to Ward Street with most costs to be borne by the state. City bond funds may back Willowbrook to Highland and Elm to Morris projects while extending Ward to Kearns and widening S Main to Springdale.
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W. Green Street
Ys Ted
Highway Department
George Dean
E. College Drive
State Street
Drake
Dean
City Council
W. Green
H.p.t.&d
Ward Street
Willowbrook Street
Highland Avenue
Elm Street
Morris Street
Kearns
S. Main
Russell
Springdale
N. Main
The Torch Bearers at High Point College Tower Players
High Point College Tower Players present The Torch Bearers on Nov 6 and 7 at 8 p.m. in Memorial Auditorium. The 1922 comedy by George Kelly follows amateur theatre life with witty stage slapstick and moments of high comedy. Cast includes Frances Ann Lewis, Winnie Stuart, Edna White Chapman, Larry Williams, Aaron Moss, Billy McDaniel, Edward Stafford, Hugh Cameron, and Don Drapeau.
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High Point College Tower
Memorial Auditorium
George Kelly
Philadelphia
Bool
Craig
Jane DeSpain
Frances Ann Lewis
Wini Stuart
Ednad White Chapman
Larry Williams
Aaron Moss
Billy McDaniel
Edward Stafford
Hugh Cameron
Don Drapeau
Miss DeSpain
Campaign Reaches 58 Percent in United Fund Drive
The 1959 United Fund Red Cross campaign reports 18 percent of its total raised in the past week with strong gains across divisions. Commercial and industrial divisions show high collection rates as leaders are honored and a final report meeting is scheduled for Oct 29 at the Sheraton Hotel.
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United Fund - Red Cross
Bill McKenzie
Sheraton
McKenzie
Jim Rawleigh
Collier Ellis
Vernon Idol Jr
George Covington
J. W. McGuinn
Morrah
United Fund
Sheraton Hotel
HPC Professor Receives $500 Study Grant
High Point College biology professor Dr. Robert R. Bryden has been awarded a $500 grant by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences to continue ecological research on the reproductive biology of Hydra. Bryden, Erie native, began the work in 1938 and has published in Ecological Monographs. He formerly worked at Ohio State and Vanderbilt and served at Oak Ridge on radioisotope distribution.
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Robert R. Bryden
High Point College
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Patrick M. Hurley
Permanent Science Fund
Erie
Bryden
Ohio State University
Vanderbilt University
Hinson elected secretary treasurer of District Dental Society
Dr. William P. Hinson was elected secretary treasurer of the District Dental Society at a meeting in Southern Pines. New members inducted included Drs. John Leslie Andrews Jr. and William C. Jarvis of High Point and John Wilson Atwater Jr. of Asheboro. Dr. S. P. Gay of Greensboro presided over the Third District sessions.
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William P. Hinson
District Dental Society
Southern Pines
John Leslie Andrews Jr
William C. Jarvis
High Point
John, Wilson Atwater Jr
Asheboro
S. P. Gay
Greensboro
Legion seeks waiver on off street parking for new post home
The I. T. Mann American Legion Post asks the city Board of Adjustment for relief from the off street parking requirement to build a new post home at 409 W High St. The plan calls for about 80 spaces but the site is too small, prompting a request to waive 37 spaces. The board meets at 4 p.m. tomorrow to decide.
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City Board of Adjustment
I. T. Mann American Legion Post
High St
Legion Post
Adjustment Board
For the Apothecary
E. C. Cox
Cassell St
Roy Avenue
J. W. Lamet
Clay Street
Mangum Avenue
Manning Street
Eva Buck
Taylor St
Taylor and Cross Streets
Wesley Adams
Crafton St
van Buren Street
Hearing Set In Accident Report Case
Police report driving infractions dominated arrests in the past 24 hours. George William Hutchens Jr., 17, Hillcrest Drive, cited for failing to report an accident after his car reportedly left a ditch on Pinehurst Drive. Hutchens to appear in Municipal Court on Oct. 31. Other arrests include Donald Carl Owens Jr. on reckless ties bond set at 100 with hearing Nov. 14, James Martin Fine on driving during revocation and false license with bond 600 and Oct. 31 hearing, James Eugene Ridge on drunk driving with bond 300 and Nov. 17 hearing.
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George William Hutchens Jr
Hillcrest Drive
Young Hutchens
Hutchens
Pinehurst Drive
Donald Carl Owens Jr
Main Street
James Martin Fine
S. Main Street
James Eugene Ridge
E. Lexington Avenue
Rotarians Hold Quiz Program At Jamestown
Jamestown Rotary Club met in the school cafeteria for a question and answer quiz on Rotary information. Guy Johnson and Bon Stafford led the program. Visiting Rotarians Sam Wiley Jack Sotherland and Robert Rankin joined from High Point.
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Jamestown
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