Escaped juvenile given new chance at training school
In Thomasville a 14 year old implicated in a weekend car theft and related offenses was returned to Eastern North Carolina Training School at Rocky Mount after a Recorder's Court hearing bound him and two teens to Superior Court for trial on breaking and entering larceny and receiving charges. The judge allowed possible return to the school if rehabilitation succeeded, with possible extra six months added. The other two youths, Edward Ray McMillan 16 of Charlotte and James Ray Wilson 17 of Angier, remain jailed in Lexington awaiting trial after subsequent arrests in Winston-Salem.
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Thomasville
North Carolina
Rocky Mount
Recorder's Court
L. Roy Hughes
Superior Court
Hughes
Davidson County Welfare Department
Correctional Institution
Edward Ray McMillan
Charlotte
James Ray Wilson
Angier
Lexington
Paul Motor Co
Motsinger’s
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
Randolph and Davidson Vote on State Bond Proposals
Randolph County voters rejected all nine bond issues while Davidson County approved five. Randolph unofficial tallies from 32 of 36 precincts show favored and opposed counts for educational and social projects including mental hospitals armories training schools and historical sites. Davidson returns from 34 of 37 precincts list support and opposition for educational institutions mental and hospitals training schools blind center community colleges armories port facilities and other projects.
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Randolph County
Davidsonians
Randolph
Davidson
Thomasville Vets Mark 15th Anniversary Post Banquet
Thomasville residents gathered at the William C. Miller Post 2756 VFW home for a banquet marking the post’s 15th anniversary. City Council member Austin L. Elliott traced the post’s origins as living charter members Grady B. Crews Clarence J. Harris John F. Hiatt Jonah A. Johnson Sam A. Myers Charles A. Tomlinson Monroe Yarborough attended, with Myers and Tomlinson absent. Guests included State Commander Paul Henley and Adjutant Archie Ingram.
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Thomasville
William C. Miller
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Austin L. Elliott
Post
Living Charter
Grady B
Jim) Crews
Clarence J. Harris
John F. Hiatt
Jonah A. Johnson
Sam A. Myers
Charles A. Tomlinson
Monroe Yarborough
Living
Myers
Tomlinson
Paul Henley
Greensboro
Archie Ingram
High Point
Avon Ragan
Patton Addresses James town Rotary on college ties
Dr Wen dell B Patton of High Point College spoke to James town Rotary about better utilizing college facilities in community life. He urged business leaders to employ faculty for research and to bridge ties with the business world. Alpha Phi Omega planned a 6 to 9 pm doughnut sale to fund their fraternity treasury. Visiting Rotarians included Ralph Dedmon Ralph Greerson Spracklin and John Herndon.
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Jamestown
Wendell B. Patton
Jamestown Rotary Club
High Point College
Patton
Alpha Phi Omega ‘Fraternity
Dedmon
Ralph Greerson
United States
Spracklin
John Herndon
Joe Slade
Ralph
Chair Cillan Faces Three Charges
Thomasville police report Eugene Cillan charged with drunk driving and assault on a female after an incident on Broad Street. He faces hit and run tied to a church bus collision on Sullivan Street. Also under inquiry is a break in at the Robert Rapp residence on Fisher Ferry Street with a missing children’s bank and electric razor.
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Thomasville
Shuler
Earl Nichols
Estes Street
Broad Street
Nichols
Ruth Osborne
Dalton Street
Sullivan Street
Robert Rapp
Fisher Ferry Street
Rapp
Fair Grove Halloween Carnival at School
Fair Grove School hosts its annual Halloween Carnival starting Friday at 5 p.m. in the cafeteria with a chicken pie supper. The PTA sponsors the event, crowning the Fair Grove king and queen at 8 p.m. in the auditorium, with Hal Harrison as master of ceremonies. At 10 p.m. a bicycle is awarded, and games and cake walks raise funds for school projects.
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Fair Grove
PTA
Hal Harrison
Betas
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Jimmy Crews
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