Parking Changes Approved and Uniform Contract Award
City council approved removal of parking on several streets and awarded a uniforms contract to the local High Point Tailoring Co. despite not choosing the lowest bidder. The nine million dollar bond referendum and land appraisal on the Yadkin River site were authorized, with L. P. Earnhardt hired as a consultant for annexation negotiations.
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High Point
Florida
High Point Tailoring Co
Council
Miami
Tryon Street
Joshua Street
Byrum
South Main Street
Russell Street
Ward Street
W. Willis Street
W. Willis
North Street
Edmondson Street
W. Washington Street
East Street
Normal Street
E. Washington Street
Gaylord Street
Harrison Street
Walnut Street
E. Green
Commerce Streets
Yadkin
L. P. Earnhardt
Duke Power Co
Duke
Weather Update Predicts More Rain and Warm Temperatures
Forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies with showers this afternoon tonight and tomorrow at Friendship. Rain likely today with possible scattered thundershowers tonight and Wednesday. Humid conditions with highs around 83 today and a low 71 overnight. Little change expected Thursday.
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Friendship
Recreation Dept Names Mary Blair as Secretary
Jesse Taylor announced Mary Blair a Bryce Business College student has been named secretary for the High Pot Parks and Recreation Department. Blair will replace Davis who returns to Reidsville to teach business. Blair is a 1958 High Point Senior High School graduate living at 2335 English St. Janet Stone resigns as reservations clerk to return to Western Carolina College.
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Mary Blair
Bryce Business College
High Pot
Middletown hearing on bar serving minors sailors
The Middletown town council held a hearing Friday night on charges that a local bar served beer to two minor sailors on July 4. The sailors named are Rodney Brewer and Reid Tippler.
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Middletown
R.I
Rodney Brewer
Reid Tippler
City Schools Open Quietly With Token Integration
High Point schools began the year with token integration as two of 16 schools admitted Negro students for the first time. The two girls, Brenda and Miriam Fountain, were welcomed without incident while officials warned against any harassment and noted normal routines at both Junior and Senior High sheds.
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D. P. Whitley
Lloyd Thayer
Brenda Jean
Osem Ee Aneene
Bae
Anian
Phil Warner Succumbs After Long Illness
Phil A. Warner, 65, chemical broker and longtime High Point resident, died Monday at High Point Memorial Hospital after a prolonged illness. A military funeral will be held at Wesley Memorial Methodist Church with graveside rites at Oakwood Cemetery, followed by a 30 minute viewing at the church and services at Yow's Funeral Home. Warner served in World Wars I and II, commanded LST 385, and led local naval and veterans organizations. Surviving: widow Louise Ingram Warner, daughter Betty Warner Metcalf, sons Philip A Warner Jr and Braxton Ingram Warner, seven grandchildren, and siblings in California and Virginia. Memorials to the Heart Center at High Point Memorial Hospital.
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Phil A. Warner
High Point
Southern Furniture Exposition
High Point Memorial Hospital
Wesley
Memorial Methodist Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Yow
C. C. Herbert
Heart Center
Woodhaven
N. Y
Warner
North Sea
LST 385
Naval Reserve Officers School
Greensboro
Advisory Committee On
Naval Affairs
Navy League
University of Nebraska
Iowa State University
Sigma Nu Fraternity
George E. Sherman Inc
American Legion
Forty and Eight
VFW Post
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Royal Arch
Rotary Club
Louise Ingram
Betty Warner
Calf
Philip A Warner Jr
Braxton Ingram Warner
Roy Strotz
Balboa
Calif
Donald H. Warner
Richmond
Legion Post 87 to Launch 1960 Membership Drive Tonight
The I. T. Mann Post 87 of the American Legion begins its 1960 membership campaign with a meeting at the post home on W. High Street. A supper is served at 7 o'clock followed by the business session.
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I. T. Mann Post 87
The
American Legion
Post
W. High Street
Negro Fall Recreation Events Set at Washington Terrace Park
Jesse Taylor, director of the city parks and recreation department, released a fall schedule for Washington Terrace Park. Weekly activities include first aid classes, Boys Clubs on Saturdays, free movies, teen clubs on Tuesdays, adult social activities, typing and shorthand, classes for expectant mothers, square and folk dancing for youth, remedial reading and writing clinics, arts and crafts with leatherworking plastics picture framing and electronics, creative dance sewing and cooking, and seasonal programs. The Washington Terrace pool remains open until Labor Day with specific hours: Thursday and Friday 3 pm to 9 pm, Saturday and Monday 9 am to 9 pm, and Sunday 1 pm to 6 pm.
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Washington Terrace Park
Jesse Taylor
City Parks and Recreation Department
Taylor
Eeeey
Washington Terrace
Baptists Hold Worship Study Program Here
The Central Baptist Associational Program teaches worship and program planning at First Baptist Church at 7 15 p m. Ed Kissiah of Green Street Baptist leads elements of worship and planning for Sunday School. Dr E W Price Jr and Rev Tom Haggai lead Thursday and Friday sessions on worship purpose and evangelistic emphasis.
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Central Baptist
Local Postal Receipts Rise in July August Period
Postmaster Walter York reports postal receipts for July and August rose 7.2 percent over 1958. August receipts totaled 92661 through August 21, with a July-August total of 166694 versus 155434 in the prior year.
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Walter York
York
Furniture Orders Still Increasing in July 1959
SFMA report shows July 1959 orders up 35.9 percent from July 1958 and shipments rising 38.2 percent. J. T. Ryan credits 300 member manufacturers with the strongest year, noting unfilled orders could sustain activity for seven to eight weeks. Seven months data: orders up 35.3 percent, shipments up 30.8 percent.
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Southern Furniture Manufacturers’ Association
J. T. Ryan
SFMA
Ryan
Sisters Begin School Day In Integrated High Point Entry
Miriam Fountain and her daughters Brenda Jean and Miriam Lynn started a new school year as the first Black children to enroll in previously all white schools in High Point. Brenda Jean, 12, enters Ferndale Junior High in ninth grade. Miriam, 14, begins 11th grade at Senior High.
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Negrosi
Brenda Jean Fountain
Miriam Lynn Fountain
Brenda Jean
William Penn High School
William Penn
Miriam
Brenda
Manhatan
United Nations
Perry Little
J. Elton Cox
Ferndale
Tomlinson School
Eastern Air Lines Announces Two New Greensboro Flights
Eastern Air Lines will add two daily services starting Sept. 27 using the 70 passenger Super G Constellation. The flights connect Newark to New York with a Greensboro High Point stop in Richmond Virginia, and will operate with radar and automated flight control for safer navigation.
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Eastern Air Lines
New York
Eastern
Greensboro-High Point
Richmond
John R. Larsen
Larsen
Newark
Greensboro High Point
Dynes
Worker Injured In Lexington Avenue Accident
A 46-year-old construction worker suffered a broken pelvis when a mud dripped vehicle struck him in the 1200 block of E Lexington Avenue at about 5 p.m. The driver, 29 of Carolina Avenue, was charged with exceeding a safe speed. The victim, identified as Lambeth of McCall, went into shock and required medical attention.
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Lexington Avenue
Cesaeaeaion
McCall
S. C
Carolina Avenue
McDowell
Zant Parker
Lambeth
TV Wiring Sparks Fires Fire Dept Responds to Malfunctioning Sets
Improper wiring in two television sets kept local firemen busy with two incident calls. At 11 04 a.m. a wall residence on Tryon Street reported fire from a TV unit, wiring shut down before major damage. A second call at 6 29 p.m. on Hillcrest Drive caused no serious damage. Alfred Hunt, 59, was arrested for pulling a false alarm near English Street, held on 100 bond for a Sept 4 Municipal Court hearing.
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J. P. Wall
Tryon St. Eadh
Hillcrest Dr
West Point Avenue
English Street
Alfred Dewey
Hunt
Trade Peak on Santa Fe Trail in 1831
Trade over the Santa Fe Trail peaked in 1831 with 130 wagons traveling from Independence Missouri to Santa Fe New Mexico. The caravan carried cargo valued at about 250000 dollars.
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Independence
Santa Fe
N. M
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