Citywide Halloween program set with planned masters of ceremonies
The executive committee finalized plans for a city Halloween event with three Main Street and two Washington Street stations and several stunt and contest setups. Officials will rope off areas from 6 pm and programs run 7 to 10 pm with witch calls at 10:30 pm. Arts and Crafts Workshops are canceled for tomorrow night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
City Hall
D. A. Rawley
Hal A. Davis
Diamond Carter
Harold Craven
Alben Chafin
Main Street
Art Alexander
Fred Allen
Washington Street
Carter
Knox Bridge
T. E. Hinson
W. B. Stronach Jr
Parks and Recreation Department
Commerce Street
J. J. Ellington
Chafin
W. Washington Street
J. B. Trotter
Harold Spainhour
Craven
City plans government center on Snow Lumber site
City crews tore down the old Snow Lumber plant part to clear a 2 1 2 acre tract for a government center. City Manager Hinson says the land could become a parking facility or joint county‑city offices with courts and law enforcement. Officials debate financing and whether to pursue a bond issue next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. E. Hinson
Snow Lumber Co
Hinson
Sonce
Intiail
Lyles Chevrolet Hosts Dinner and 1958 Preview
Lyles Chevrolet Co. hosted a barbecue dinner at 6 30 in its showroom on N Main Street for over 100 guests including Gun-rail Motors reps about 65 independent garages and 45 Chevrolet dealers staff. GM officials Sam Carter Wayman Bish and Hugh Jackson attended. David A Johnson led the program with a GM film and a preview of the 1958 Chevrolet lineup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyles Chevrolet Co
Chevrolet
General Motors
Sam Carter
Atlanta
Wayman Bish
Charlotte
Hugh Jackson
Winston-Salem
David A. Johnson
Lyles Company
Realty Transfers High Point Township and Jamestown Township
Realty transfers list numerous property deeds in High Point and Jamestown townships. Names include John S. Carter Jr. Ida L. Hussey Ernestine Rice Fletcher Dunlap James T. Gray and W. H. Allred, with several lots and plots described such as Milbourne Heights Forestdale Golfcrest Development and Young Street locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Township
John S. Carter Jr
Etta C. Carter
Lindale
D. D. Evans
H. Jack Austin
E. A. Bencini
Ida L. Hussey
John Matthews
Beacon Light Road
James E. Corbett
Ernestine Rice
Milbourne Heights
Fletcher D. Dunlap
W. H. Allred
Young Street
James T. Gray
Nancy A. Gray
Golfcrest
Polio Unit to Accept Mentally Retarded Children in NC
Greensboro Central Carolina Convalescent Hospital will admit mentally retarded children aged one to six for vocational rehabilitation under state programs. The move is first of its kind in the state though a $250 monthly fee is charged. beds for polio patients may require reallocating space later. Greenboro officials expect delays while forms and staff are prepared, with no instructional classes planned beyond therapy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Central Carolina
Floyd Craft
Craft
Kennerly
Caswell Training School
Firecracker murder trial nears rapid close in Oliver case
The Willie Mack Oliver murder trial moved toward closure as prosecutors finished their case at the National Springs plant. Defense rested without Oliver taking the stand, while witnesses in custody described the events surrounding the Sept. 4 killing of Cora Colson, including alleged motives and prior threats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Mack Oliver
Oliver
Thomasville
Carl Wilson
Cora Colson
National Springs Co
E. Green Street
High Point
National Springs Co. Employe
R. G. Kearns
J. E.staley
O. H. Leake
Colson
Kearns
Wilson
Walter E. Johnston Jr
Maude Thomason
Lawrence Elliot
National Spring Corp
Chinchilla Ranch Fire Destroys 500 Animals
A blaze at the Blue Rubicon Chinchilla Ranch on Highway 29A near Sedgefield last night destroyed about 500 chinchillas. Fire Chief Allan Pinnix said the alarm rang at 9:05 p.m. and the flames were put out shortly after arrival. Estimated building damage is about 400 dollars. cause undetermined though an electrical cord may have sparked it. Deputy Fire Marshal R L Turnage leads the investigation, with no immediate ruling. Roy Jones, owner, recently reported losses at the ranch and nearby Five Points in High Point amid zoning tensions.
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Blue Rubicon Chinchilla
Sedgefield
Allan Pinnix
Pinecroft-Sedgefield
Pinnix
R. L. Turnage
Winston-Salem
Roy Jones
High Point
Chinchilla
Jones
D Es
Five Points
Five
Allen Jay Plans Campaign To Light Field
A PTA committee for Allen Jay School urges a public meeting to discuss lighting the football field. The event is Thursday November 14 at 7 30 p.m. to raise funds for park lighting with Marvin Ingram as chairman and members including Claude Coltrane James Swiggett Rickett Crowson Ralph Bulla Paul Barnes George Elder Pete Kennedy and Principal A D Early.
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Allen Jay School
Marvin Ingram
Claude Coltrane
James Swiggett
Rickett Crowson
Ralph Bulla
Paul
Rains Expected In Area Tonight
The forecast calls for mostly cloudy and mild conditions with a chance of rain tonight. Highs around 60 today and 66 tomorrow, with a low near 46 tonight and 41 last night. The five day outlook anticipates mild temperatures until the weekend when colder air arrives and rainfall totals near a half inch, mainly Saturday.
Self as the greatest life problem in Dr Jones talk
Evangelist Dr E Stanley Jones told High Point College audiences that the self is life’s main problem and urged self surrender to reach a dominant personality. He spoke on Thursday and Tuesday nights about unity among churches and a federal union to spread Christian peace worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Stanley Jones
High Point College
Jones
East
India
Japan
Federal Union of Churches
Planning Council backs High Point school bond and tax rise
The High Point Planning Council endorsed a bond issue for new school buildings and an increase in the school supplement tax to support operations. The Dec 10 vote would decide both measures as Pancoast outlined library, clerical, remedial reading, and counselling needs. The Guilford County Chronic Illness survey, led by Mrs. Frank Dalton, nears halfway completion with questionnaires from schools churches and organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Planning Council
High Point
John F. Lynch
Howard Pancoast
Citizens Committee For Better Schools
Pancoast
Greensboro
Fred A. Thomas Jr
Council Committee On Education
Frank Dalton
Guilford County
UF Drive Slow and Easy Leads Fund Campaign Progress
The United Fund-Red Cross campaign reports slow steady progress with plans for Friday meetings. Roscoe Adams notes the next report meeting and aims to surpass Greensboro’s 79 percent participation while Dr W Jack Hunt reports first division gains and High Point Law and Trust shows strong per employee donations and near full participation.
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United Fund-Red Cross
Roscoe Adams
Adams
Greensboro
W. Jack Hunt
Doctors Division
High Point Law and Trust
YMCA
Guilford Arts Festival Plans Discussed At Workshop
The Guilford County Fine Arts Festival Association met at a Jamestown Methodist Church for a workshop on the 1958 program. Attendees from Greensboro High Point Ridge Guilford and Gibsonville discussed association purpose judge selection awards contest rules and festival plans for next spring.
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Jamestown
Guilford County
L. Richardson Preyer
Greensboro
O. Arthur Kirkman
High Point
Clark Benson
Jamestown Methodist Church
A. P. Fortney
Fortney
Festival Association
Prayer for TISDAY by Charles M Crowe Wilmette
Eternal God grant us this day a calm spirit and quiet mind. Help us to live in thy love and truth with courage to resist temptation. Light our minds with wisdom and keep our hearts warm with thy presence. Amen. Charles M Crowe Wilmette Tl pastor Wilmette Parish Methodist church.
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God
Charles M. Crowe
Wilmette, Tl
Wilmette Parish Methodist Church
Physicians Convene In City for Eighth District Meeting
About 200 doctors from Guilford Forsyth Randolph Rockingham Wilkes and Surry counties gathered at the Sheraton Hotel for the annual Eighth District meeting of the Medical Society of North Carolina. The program featured technical talks on pulmonary infarcts esophageal disease and metastatic breast cancer with a banquet to follow and officers to be elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guilford
Forsyth
Randolph Rockingham
Wilkes
Surry
Medical Society of North
H. H. Peterson
High Point College
John R. Bumganer
Greensboro
Gordon Duggers
University of North Carolina
John T. Sessions
UNC
J. J. van Wyk
University
Harry Hawthorne
Pilot Firemen Squelch Blaze At Land Home
The Pilot Fire Department quickly extinguished flames from a furnace at Lester Land's Ford Street home near the water filter plant. About 20 volunteer firefighters responded and no water damage occurred to the house. The fire's cause was not confirmed but an oil line leak was suspected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Pilot
Lester Land
Ford Street
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Lyles
Jamestown Township
William G. Ragsdale Jr
der Hong Hanson
Ellen Cole
A. D. E. Convention
Ronda Malpass
High Point Club
Jakie Koonts
Lexington
Don Hicks
Janet Tearue
National Springs Plant
Staley
Springs
Cora
Memorial Hospital
Oscar Quarry
Quarry
Elliott
H. I. McMahon
C. L. Ashburn
Ashburn
W. W. Harvey
Queen Ester Oliver
Mathew Oliver
Leake
Chinchillas
Allen Jay
Evangelist
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