Fall Demand Job Outlook Seen As Good In High Point
Employment official Ralph Miller says the fall job picture remains favorable despite a dip from September. Manufacturing placements rise 50 percent year over year with hosiery and textile plants driving gains. furniture demand declines while nonmanufacturing adds - placements total 768 in October with 459 women. He notes many hires occur directly by local firms not captured in ESC data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Ralph Miller
Miller
ESC
Thanksgiving Turkeys At Hunt Farm Near Denton
Turkeys at the FE M Hunt farm near Denton are kept in pens and slated for Thanksgiving and Christmas tables. The birds appear unbothered by heat as they roam near water, while a photographer moves around capturing their carefree life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FE. M. Hunt
Denton
Riley
Mayor Denounces Land Scam In High Point Subdivision Case
Mayor Carson Stout accused an out of town woman of almost fraud for selling 15 unbuildable lots near High Point after subdivision plans failed. He urged criminal prosecution and a 30 day window to rectify, with review on city planning authority and potential cross jurisdiction action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carson Stout
High Point
City Planning Commission
Planning Commission
Stout
Prospect Weather Cools After Oct 30 Warmth
The Weather Bureau forecasts a shift from the late autumn warmth with a high of 83 on Oct 30, the warmest for the date on record, to cooler conditions. Tonight will be partly cloudy and mild, with a low around 61, then down to 58 tonight and a high near 72 tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
Mercury
High Point YDC Elects Directors in First Meeting
The High Point Young Democratic Club will hold its first regular meeting Wednesday at 7 30 p m in the Municipal Courtroom to elect a board of directors. It will also choose a second vice president a woman to satisfy rules, adopt by laws and a constitution, and discuss model provisions from Guilford County YDC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Young Democratic Club
Archie Myatt
S. Main Street
Myatt
High Point Club
Durham
Faces Other Charges Man Gets Road Term For Assault
Beverly Ray Gillespie of East Green Street was sentenced to 60 days on the roads for assaulting a Phillips Street couple on July 22. In Municipal Court he was found guilty of assault on Larry and Frances King. He also faces larceny and breaking and entering charges in Superior Court.
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Beverly Ray Gillespie
E. Green Street
Phillips Street
Gillespie
Larry
Frances King
Byron Haworth
Wayne
Beverly
Tuelmore White
White
Haworth
Roy Bruton
Downing Street
Paul Cothran
S. Hamilton Street
Joe Mickey
VFW Hall
Archdale
Jerry Lovings
Stanton Street
Youth Sentenced For Armed Robbery Case In Archdale
Ted W. McDowell aged twenty from Archdale was sentenced to ten years for stealing a pistol and robbing a blind man. He pleaded guilty to robbery with a dangerous weapon and larceny. He fled to Archdale after the crimes and was captured following a campaign of evading police. William Edward Hancock received eighteen months for secret assault and the court noted prior shotgun attack convictions. George Friedman, former Kay Manufacturing employee, got three to five years for forgery after extradition from New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovings
Garcia Harry Black
Ted W. McDowell
Archdale
McDowell
Walter Johnson
Superior Court
Fradley Mitchell
Nathan Hunt
Mitchell
Wrightenberry Street
Lincoln Drive
Albert C. Morgan
Morgan
Oak Hill
High Point
Sandy Ridge
Ted
Rt. 5
William Edward Hancock
Hancock
Oak Hill School
Lynn Embler
George Friedman
Kay Manufacturing Co
Friedman
Park Site Pinpointed By Council For Lake Front Development
The High Point council tentatively marks a lakeside site for a future park near Oak View Road east of Centennial as part of a larger lake project to be developed in the next decade. Officials discuss limited lakeside roads with subdivision funding and note the city owns little frontage, potentially slowing road construction.
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Oak View Road
Centennial
Parks Commission
Coucilmen
Lake Front
Officials Pleased Bid Below Estimate For Utilities Work
City officials praised eight contractors for bids on a major water and sewer project with the low bid of 575 197 under the estimate. The council moved to a second project near 100 000 and approved relocating a sewer line on Lincoln Drive. A city lot at English and Ward Street was re advertised after a higher offer. fire department lieutenant salaries were set. bids were opened for fencing and tennis courts and for fire hose.
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Lincoln Drive
S & G Building Co
English and
Ward Street
Eastern Air Lines transfers nine Winston-Salem workers
Eastern Air Lines relocated nine of its twelve Winston-Salem employees to Greensboro High Point Airport after consolidating trunkline service for the three city area. The remaining staff will run the Winston-Salem ticket office at the Robert E. Lee hotel, and the airport name on schedules now reads Greensboro High Point Winston-Salem Airport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Air Lines
Winston - Salem
Greensboro- High Point
Winston-Salem
Eastern
Robert E. Lee Hotel
John Larsen
Greensboro - High Point- Winston-Salem
Dairy Council Meeting Set in Greensboro Auditorium
William C H Holder will preside over a High Point Greensboro Dairy Council meeting at noon Thursday in Greensboro War Memorial Auditorium. Dr Merrill S Read director of the National Dairy Council Department of Nutrition Research will speak.
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William C. H. Holder
High Point - Greensboro Dairy Council
Greensboro
War Memorial Auditorium
Holder
Merrill S. Read
National Dairy Council
Department of Nutrition Research
Read
Northwestern University
Ohio State University
Dairy Council
U.S. Army Medical Research and Nutrition Laboratory
Fire causes delays as grocery store burns on English Street
A Perry's Grocery and Service Station on 2901 English St sustained inventory damage after a fire last night. Firemen delayed due to a telephone tie up lasting about 20 minutes from discovery to call, with the blaze controlled after nearly an hour. Mrs. Whitt, tenant upstairs, helped contact authorities but could not identify a caller. Damage appeared limited to merchandise and store contents, with minor building impact and ongoing investigation into the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
English Street
Perry's
English St
Jack Whitt
Arthur Perry
Gordon Perry
Miss Cohen Joins Family Service Bureau Staff
Miss Fannye Cohen joins the Family Service Bureau as a family counselor. George F. Freeman announces the new counselor who comes from Chicago where she supervised staff and provided family counseling. Born in South Carolina, she taught in Greensboro schools, trained at the New York School of Social Work, and worked with Baltimore and Chicago agencies. The bureau expands services for High Point and Thomasville families in need.
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Fannye Cohen
Family Service Bureau
George F. Freeman
Miss Cohen
North Carolina
Chicago
Ill
The
Jewish Family and Community Service
Baltimore, Md
Jewish and Family Children’s Bureau
South Carolina
Winthrop College
Greensboro
New York School of Social Work
Freeman
High Point
Thomasville
United Appeal
High Point Chapter to Launch Symphony Society Membership Drive
The High Point North Carolina Symphony Society chapter opens its annual membership drive with a 12 15 p m luncheon at Schrafft s Clubroom led by President Irving Silver and Membership Chairman Mrs R O Haas. Three concerts are planned for the coming season with free educational matinees for fifth and sixth graders funded by adult memberships.
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High Point
North Carolina Symphony Society
Schrafft
Irving Silver
R. O. Haas
The
Symphony
Symphony Society
North Carolina
North Carolina Symphony
America
Prayer for this day in a church service
A church rector James W Kennedy of New York City offers a prayer for courage and restraint in speaking, asking guidance to keep thoughts, speech, and actions aligned with right, and to rejoice in the day as given by God.
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James W. Kennedy
Church of the Ascension
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Braxton Younts
YDC
Bruton
Clinton Ford
High Point Enterprise
Harold Cheek
Oak View
Kivett Drive
Fire Department
Miss Fannye Cohen
Old North State
South Carolina State College
Orangeburg
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