High Point Merchants to Welcome New Secretary Sherman Aycoth
Miss Grace Baker, executive secretary of the High Point Merchants Association for 25 years, will retire December 1. Sherman Aycoth will succeed her, bringing a background in drug retail and credit work, plus community roles.
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Grace Baker
Sherman Aycoth
High Point Merchants Association
James A. Penley
Merchant's of Directors
Miss Baker
presiPenty
Thenléy
Merchants
Aycoth
High Point
Aycoths
Westwood
Little Theatre Group
Alexander Hamilton Institute
International Accountants Society
Merchants Association Management Institute
UNC
Springfield
Associated Credit Bureaus of
North Carolina
Merchants Group
Halloween Celebrations Light Up Downtown High Point
About 20 000 people gathered in three downtown blocks for a Halloween night with dancing singing and noisy but orderly fun. A separate Negro party on E Washington St drew large crowds with contests prizes 2 to 5 dollars and witch calls to ensure curfew compliance.
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High Point
E. Washington St
Parks and Recreation Department
Chamber of Commerce
The
Jaycees
City Parks and Recreation Department
W. B. Stronach
Parks and Recreation
Jimmie Smith
Lindsay St
Pam Everhart
Lexington
Gerry Hutchinson
Centennial Ave
Cynthia Smith
Ralph Edwards
Jamestown
Dan Smith
Michael Pierce
Parkside
Carolyn Atkins
Thomasville
Craig Denny
Edgewood Ave
Ida Mae Smith
Charles Embler
Terrell Dr
Maggis Watson
Amos
William Stout Joins Siler Funeral Home
Thomasville reports William L. Stout has joined Siler Funeral Home staff after returning from the Air Forces. He is the son of E. H. Stout of High Point and married to Betty Lou Brown of High Point. a Pilot High School graduate from Thomasville.
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Thomasville
William L
Bill) Stout
Siler Funeral
Air Forces
Stout
E. H. Stout
English St
High Point
Pilot High School
Betty Lou Brown
Wreck Ends In String Of Charges
Billy Reece Wagoner 24 of Route 4 High Point faces larceny of auto driving while intoxicated revoked license and drunkenness charges after a stolen car wreck on Highway 68. Bonds total 2050 with forgery and worthless check counts in Thomasville. Wagoner on probation for forgery and to face Municipal Court hearing.
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Billy Reece Wagoner
Route 4
High Point
Wagoner
Thomasville
W. A. Riggsbee
William A. Cooper
Welch St
Rotary Dr
Greensboro
City Parks and Recreation Department
Henry Carroll Jr
Minnie Dunlap May
W. Green St
European Furniture Leaders Tour High Point Site
Twenty six European furniture executives from manufacturing firms research groups mills and colleges visited Tomlinson of High Point yesterday on a U S tour sponsored by the Foreign Operations Administration. They studied wood drying and conditioning methods and other furniture construction aspects before moving on to Alabama.
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Tomlinson
High Point
United States
Foreign Operations
Alabama
W. A. Tomlinson
Europe
George Keer
England
Rene Soloman
France
A. T. Stang
Norway
Antoine Humblet
Belgium
George Lourhopolous
Greece
Vincent Tambini
Italy
Friedrich Tessell
Germany
Alfred Gratzle
Austria
Nicholas H. Ayer
Netherlands
Deaths and Funerals in High Point and Area
John Stephens 78 of Route 1 High Point died at High Point Memorial Hospital after a long illness. He was born 1876 in Surry County and survived by Florence Blizard his wife and three daughters plus one son, a sister and 10 grandchildren. Funeral arrangements through J C Green and Sons. Debora Lynn Gibson died at Highland Methodist Church at 3:30 p.m. She was daughter of R L and Faye Cain Gibson born 1954 in High Point. Laura Mattocks Bell widow of Edmund H Bell died at Pitt County Memorial Hospital Greenville. Funeral services were held at Maysville Methodist Church.
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John Stephens
Route 1
High Point
High Point Memorial Hospital
Surry County
Lexington Ave
Florence Blizard
Arthur Beeson
Austin Robinson
Virginia Beeson
Charles Stephens
Rachel Beeson
J. C. Green and Sons Funeral
Thomasville
Putnam Ave
Fae Aanee Gas Robbins
Toington Ave
Baptist Church
Oakwood Every
Debora Lynn Gibson
Highland . Methodist
C. D. Brown
Worth Pugh
Cloverdale Church
Laura M. Bell
Maysville
Laura Mattocks
Bell
Margaret Farley
Hi Point
Methodist Church
Edmund Howard Bell
Pitt County Memorial Hospital
Greenville
Man Charged With Assaulting Child
Police report a local man Henry C. Fitzgerald 49 of Clara Cox Apts struck a girl Patricia Earnhart during trick or treat rounds. He faces a charge of assault on a minor with bond set at 100 dollars and posted for court next Wednesday.
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Henry C. Fitzgerald
Clara Cox Apts
Patricia Earnhart
Fitzgerald
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Merchants Association Change
Exeretigh
Teeh Elation
Sherman Ayocoth
Nickie Leonard
Pam Bruton
Route 6
Juanita Cook
Park St
Mack Todd
Ruth Dixon
Barney Yarborough
Jeanette McKinney
Nerman Crawford
Don Paul
Mat Smith
Owen Hobbs
Jean Hobbs
Gene Martin
Arlene Taylor
Lemuel Dawkins
Brenda Wright
Ralph Spencer
Annie Beck
Tucker Williams
Martha Harris
James Matthews
Maxine Simpson
Charles Scotten
Josephine Simpson
Lillian Gray
William Baldwin
Frances Rice
Welton Thomas
Barbara Leach
Bob Barrer
Annie Marie Wilson
William Stout
Siler Funeral Home
Tration
Grace Flower Shop
N. Wrenn & Howel
Sts
Monark
DuPont
Brand Dairies
American Medical Association
Lees
Charles
Ritz
Revlon
Queen of Diamonds
Berets
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