Republicans cry foul as registration books unavailable
Local Republicans allege the county elections board obstructed access to registration books on Challenge Day claiming the process is designed to suppress Eisenhower supporters. Board officials deny wrongdoing citing impracticalities in processing thousands of new names before next Tuesday election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Brown
Republicans Today
County Elections Board
George Mamiower
Ve Greensboro
Elections Board
John Haworth
High Point
Hampton
Rufus Hayworth
Hayworth
Citizens For Eisenhower
Jim Rawleigh
Dwight Eisenhower
United States
Eisenhower
Mre
Rawleigh
Greensboro
State Board of Elections
N. D. McNally
Frank Hutton
Dave Neill
Elee
Liquor Raid Defendants Sentenced On Prohibition Violations
Nine month road term handed to Robert Bundy of Route 5 after conviction on four counts of liquor law violations. About 20 arrested in September raid. Bundy previously fined in 1951. Other defendants, including two hotel porters Ross Moffitt and Jack Phifer, receive six months on the roads with suspended sentences and fines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Bundy
Route 5
Old Trinity Road
Jin
Bundy
ABC
D. S. Lee
Abce
Ross Lee Moffitt
Woodbury Street
Jack Phifer
East Commerce Street
Henry
Viola Stone
Kivett Drive
Charles C. Eatman
Oak Street
Willie Smith
Bertha
Loftin Street
Carl Williams
Christmas Decorations Classes Set at Junior High
Registration opens tomorrow night at 7 30 for an Arts and Crafts Workshop series on Christmas decorations. Mrs Chauncey Pegram Jr will lead the first class on Christmas Packages with followings by Mrs Gilbert Ross and Mrs Pegram.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey Pegram, Jr
Gilbert Ross
Peam
Hubert Rockwell
Reginald Carers
Delays Reported at Registration Desk During Sat Event
E reports delays registering on Saturday due to registrar slowdowns. He cites a man who waited about twenty minutes in line before being registered, highlighting widespread queuing concerns and potential access issues.
Thomasville Meeting Highlights World Service Aid Work
Dr Reginald Helfferich of St Louis spoke at Heidel berg E and Church on the World Service Commission effort in Europe since 1946, noting aid includes money food and clothing. He described a new gift project For Another’s Mother and reported Western Europe rehabilitation nearing completion while Korea remains harsher than WWII Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Reginald Helfferich
St. Louis
World Service Commission
Europe
Southern Synod
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Heidelberg E
China Grove
Jacob Palmer
Harry D. Althouse
Corinth Church
Hickory
H. A.fesperman
First Church
Clineton
C. Harold Lorewitness
Helfferich
Korea
Japan
China
Thomas B. Lewis Dies at 68 in Thomasville
Thomas Bun yan Lewis 68 died at 5 30 am at his home on Depot Street after a long illness. He retired from Wall Lumber Company. Born May 3 1884 in Bladen County he was a Grace Lutheran Church member. Survived by wife Lizzie Brown Turner two children Charles Lewis and Pearl Hornaday a Raleigh area sister Elmer Brown two brothers Theodore and Dewey Lewis and six grandchildren. Funeral arrangements announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Thomas Bunyan Lewis
Depot Street
Wall Lumber Company
Bladen County
Grace Lutheran Church
Lizzie Brown Turner
Charles Lewis
Pearl Hornaday
Charlotte
Elmer Brown
Raleigh
Theodore
Dewey Lewis
Fayetteville
J. C. Green and Sons Funeral Home
Funeral service held for William David Simmons
Funeral services for William David Simmons were conducted Tuesday at 3 30 PM in Yow s Funeral Home chapel with Rev J Walter Miller and Rev BE M Avett officiating. Active pallbearers included O A Kirkman Robert Rankin William Jarrell William G Ragsdale Robert Davis Ed Grimsley Carlton Kirkman and Charlie Welch. Honorary pallbearers were numerous friends. Entombment followed in the family mausoleum at Oakwood Cemetery. Simmons aged 87 died Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William David Simmons
Yow
J. Walter Miller
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
BE. M. Avett
O. A. Kirkman
Robert Rankin
William Jarrell
William G. Ragsdale
Robert Davis
Ed Grimsley
Carlton Kirkman
Charlie Welch
Simmons
Oakwood Cemetery
Simmons-Dyer
Thief Steals Items From Boarding House
A thief, possibly a former boarder, roamed rooms in a boarding house and took items from several tenants. Valued losses include a wrist watch, socks, shoes, handkerchiefs, a brown striped suitcase, a safety razor, and a shaving brush, reported at 6 15 p m. Mrs. King suspects the former boarder who left yesterday without notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. L. King
West Broad Street
Hugh Smithy
Harold Cox
Enoch Cochran
George Crawford
Otto Newman
Body of War Victim Arrives in High Point
The body of Corporal Charles Vernon Mears 19 son of Mr and Mrs D W Mears Sr of 2006 Almina Street arrived this morning at 5 51 from overseas and was taken to his home at 9 Funeral services are set for Thursday at 3 at Ward Street Methodist Church with Rev C F Womble Rev Wayne Levan and a Marine chaplain presiding Full military honors will be provided by a Cherry Point detach ment for Cpl Mears who died eight hours after being wounded on Bunker Hill Korea on September 2 1952 aboard the U S S Repose
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Vernon Mears
D. W. Mears
Almina Street
Ward Street Methodist Church
C. F. Womble
Wayne Levan
Hilliard Memorial Baptist Church
Marine Corps
Cpl
Mears
Bunker Hill
Korea
U. S. S. Repose
Cherry
Baptism Planned at Lexington Avenue Baptist Church
Rev. W. W. Robbins announced that baptism will take place at Lexington Avenue Baptist Church immediately after prayer services which begin at 7 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington Avenue Baptist Church
W. W. Robbins
Coldest Night Yet Forecast Across City and Airport
The forecast calls for a cold night with lows near 23 degrees at the airport and a few degrees warmer in the city. Daytime highs are expected around 52 degrees with a slight warmup to 57 degrees by Thursday after a 29 degree low last night.
Man Arrested In Theft Of $1,000 Here
City police arrested 46 year old Fred G. Spaugh of 1409 Trinity Street on larceny from person charges after $1,000 vanished from the Wrenn Street Concession Stand Saturday. Luther Little identified a photo of Spaugh as the thief and a bond of $2,000 was set after questioning. Spaugh claimed only $850 existed and that the rest was lost in a Salisbury poker game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Street
Wrenn Street
Fred G. Spaugh
Spaugh
Luther Little
Little
Sation
Former Ball Player Talks To AB Club
Ernie Shore sheriff of Forsyth County spoke to the American Business Club at the Sheraton Hotel. He recalled Babe Ruth as a team player who refused fan mail despite fame and recounted Ruth's generosity with autograph requests. Shore contrasted Ruth with Cobb and praised Shoeless Joe Jackson, noting his talent despite the White Sox scandal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernie Shore
Forsyth County
American Business Club
Sheraton Hotel
Babe Ruth
Baltimore
Boston
New York Yankees
Ruth
Shore
Cobb
Joe Jackson
White Sox
Sheriff Shore
Mac Moore
Harriss Covington
H. A. Moffitt
Charles Vance
Building permits issued for residences and a garage
J C Sheloff receives a garage permit at 805 North Main Street with a $3000 estimate. E H Snider secures a dwelling permit for 304 Woodrow Street at $9500. Bruce Clodfelter gets a dwelling permit for 403 Sunset Street at $8000. Professional Building files a commercial permit for 300 Main Street valued at $2000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Sheloff
North Main Street
Main Street
E. H. Snider
Woodrow Street
Bruce Clodfelter
Sunset Street
Governor Scott Predicts Democratic Victory in North Carolina
Governor W Kerr Scott urged radio listeners to back Stevenson and Sparkman in a straight Democratic ticket, denouncing Eisenhower and Nixon as unfit for civilian government. He traced South wealth decline since 1860, praised Roosevelt, and urged North Carolinians to vote for the Democratic pair on November 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Kerr Scott
North Carolina
Democratic Party
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Stevenson and Sparkman
Eisenhower
Nixon
Senate
South
Republican Party
U. S. Grant
America
Stevenson
Sparkman
City Recreation Program Faces Curtailed Fall Winter Schedule
The city parks and recreation department may run a reduced schedule as indoor facilities dwindle. Recreation Director Bill Stronach says the armory will be unavailable after this week, forcing programmers to shift to remaining sites like Armstrong Park Harvel Park Richland Field Goldston Park and Brooks housing projects. Principals at Brentwood Johnson and Fairviews schools will provide some space for folk dancing but indoor games and arts and crafts will be limited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Parks and Recreation Department
Bill Stronach
Nncelus
Brentwood
Johnson
Fairviews
Stronach
Armstrong Park
Harvel Park
Silk Street
Richland Field
South Main Street
Goldston Park
Ward Street
Brooks
Claracoe
Harvel
Richland
Socials
School Child Hurt In Leap From Window
A 1-year-old Thomasville pupil Carrol Covert jumped from a second floor window at Church Street School. She suffers a broken back and is hospitalized at City Memorial. Police note she said she jumped due to unhappiness over grades, though a teacher reports she had been achieving good marks. Witnesses place her at the window as a teacher called to her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Church Street
Carrol Covert
City Memorial Hospital
Gir
Jennie L. Pullins
Philadelphia
Food items stolen from car near Cloverdale School
Hill of Sophia reported theft of a pound of cheese a jar of damson plums and a jar of peanuts from his car after a brick window break on Coltrane Street off Main Street. Police suspect school children, as the car stood a half block from Cloverdale School. The theft was reported at 4 56 p.m.
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Hill of Sophia
Route 1
Coltrane Street
Main Street
Cloverdale School
Thomasville Man John A Hege Dies at 74
John Adam Hege 74 died at his home 603 Cable Street in Thomasville after four years of declining health and five weeks of critical illness. He was a Grace Lutheran Church member and taught Sunday School, worked 17 years at Thomasville Chair Co, and is survived by his wife Mary Elizabeth Shuler and four daughters among others. Funeral 3 p.m. Thursday at Grace Lutheran Church with burial at Pineywood Church Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Joh Adam Hege
Cable Street
Hege
Grace Lutheran Church
Thomasville Chair Company
Davidson County
Addison
Laura Leonard Hege
Mary Elizabeth Shuler
Lee Nance
Route 2
Gene Purdue
Rupert Parrish
Wesley Sneed
Yadkinville
Merritt Hege
Welcome
J. E. Snider
Linwood
Preece
Prayer for T DAY Vigil for righteousness and judgment
A prayer asks vigilant God to forgive a people who accept blessings yet ignore divine law. It warns that the wages of sin whether personal or corporate is death and asks guidance to avoid disobedience. The prayer is attributed to W. Dale Oldham of Anderson Indiana, Park Place Church of God, radio preacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Dale Oldham
Anderson
Ind
Park Place
Church of God
Christian Brotherhood Hour
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Election Board
High Point Exchange Club
Roger Morris
George Gibbardt
E. and R
Thomas B. Lewis
William D. Simmons
Representa
Cat
Gov. Scott
John Adam Hege
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