Solicitor Seeks Reward to Catch Vandals at College Field
J. W. Morgan the Municipal Court solicitor asks City Council to provide funds for a reward to apprehend vandals who damaged High Point College Albion Millis Stadium. Estimated damage about 5000 dollars includes shattered windows, destroyed fixtures, shot lights, and widespread vandalism over weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Morgan
T. E. Hinson
High Point College
Morgan
Hinson
American Business Club
Ada
Albion-Millis
Jack Cox
Cloth Theft Charged To Ex-Employee At Candlewick Corp
A 22 year old former Candlewick Corp employee, Fred Small of 317 W Russell, faced larceny and receiving charges after theft of 75 yards of cloth. Bond set at 500 dollars pending full investigation, with company reporting over 5000 dollars in missing sheeting over two years. Detectives continue probe while Small awaiting further action.
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Candlewick Corp
Fred Small
W. Russell J
W. H. Hamby
Baptist St. Negroes
Lillie Jones
Oswald E. Lamonds
Charlottesville
Wainwright B y Lies In State At Arlington
General Jonathan M. Wainwright lay in state at Arlington's Ampitheater with full military honors planned for burial the next day. He is to be interred beside his father Major Robert P. P. Wainwright after the ceremonial wake.
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Washington
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Arlington Nation Cemetery
Seler
Maj
Robert P. P. Wainwright
Woman admits bootlegging to support her children in Thomasville
Laura Hodge 33, a mother of three, admitted selling illicit whisky to support her family after a raid on her Tremont Street home. She confessed to bootlegging to provide milk for her children and was released on bond. A county deputy salvaged some liquor from the sink. Other arrests included Manikin Joiner for possession of contraband whisky and larceny charges against Lloyd Batten.
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Thomasville
Laura Hodge
Tremont St
Laura
Manikin Joiner
Finch Row
Joiner
Lloyd Batten
Cox Ave
Batten
L. J. Ingram
Route 1
Marion Moss
Doak St
Lonzena Moss
Moss
Steve Griffin
E. Main St
Sara Griffin
William Odell Boles
Davidson County
Recorder's Court
Ray Moore
Oakwood Ct
High Point
Bobby Ray Williams
Julian Ave
Dorothy Mae Crawford
Williams
Warrants May Be Issued In Thomasville Death
Thomasville deputies report warrants may be signed tonight after coroner Dr. David E. Plummer questions several suspects in the death of Doris Barnes, 24, found outside the city limits. Five held without charges, two witnesses pending, and two suspects released.
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Thomasville
Carr Street
S.heriff’s Deputies
David E. Plummer
Doris Barnes
Carr St
Guilford County Coroner Rules Alcohol Poisoning Deaths
Coroner W. W. Harvey ruled alcohol poisoning caused two weekend deaths in Guilford County. Fletcher Cornwell, about 25, was found dead at 605 Leonard Street Saturday afternoon. Ethel Brandon, 40, of 907 Hoover Street, was found in the street near her home around 2:30 a.m. and died at the hospital. Police report possible tainted alcohol circulating locally. Officers found two cases of white liquor, 28 half-gallon jars, in a field on EB High Street.
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Guilford County
W. W. Harvey
Fletcher Cornwell
Leonard St
Ethel Brandon
Hoover St
EB. High St
Barnes Woman Alleged Poisoning Probe Stirs Community
Deputies traced an all night party on Friday to the discovery of the Barnes woman's body at 5 am Saturday on Carr Street. Initial choking theories were ruled out by autopsy and investigators say poisoning—probably from poison whisky—is suspected. Eight suspects were picked up this week and questioned.
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Luke Pierce
Trinity, Negro
Pierce
Main St
Thomasville
Sheriff's Department
Barnes
Carr St
Labor As Usual For City Traffic Crew On Holiday
The City Traffic Bureau repainting Main Street lines during a holiday lull, continuing its routine maintenance. The quiet day reflects a steady municipal effort to keep transportation smooth despite reduced traffic.
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City Traffic Bureau
Main St
Labor Day Accidents Reported In Local Area
State Highway Patrol reported a safe Labor Day weekend with no serious injuries in two days. A 14 year old, Ronald Branson, was scratched and bruised after being knocked from a bicycle. Two crashes caused property damage. one involved Carl Patterson 40 Greensboro and Raymond Stone 29, with over $200 damage. Another near Grayson and Taylor streets involved Kenneth Ward 20 Archdale and William Martin 47 Greensboro with around $500 damage to Ward and $100 to police. No charges in second wreck.
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W. S. McKinney
State Highway Patrol
Ronald Branson
E. Green and
Sts
Greensboro
Carl H. Patterson
Patterson
Raymond Stone
Hines St
Inn of
Grayson and
Taylor Ts
Kenneth R. Ward
Archdale
William C. Martin
Grayson St
Ward
Martin
Kirkman Boy Sent to Duke by NROTC
Thomas Carlton Kirkman Jr a recent High Point School graduate is ordered to Duke as a midshipman in the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps. He ranked high on a nationwide Navy college aptitude test and was selected by the State Selection Committee. Other local youths George Coltrane and James Lovelace join a four year NROTC program with an estimated $8000 scholarship value per student.
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Thomas Carlton Kirkman, Jr
High Point School
Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps
H. G. Owens
U. S. Navy
Raleigh
Kirkman
NROTC
State Selection Committee
Navy
U. S. Marine Corps
George Coltrane
James Lovelace
Cadet James A. Johnson Named Staff Sergeant at The Citadel
James A. Johnson son of Mrs Virginia W Johnson of 228 Edgedale Drive has been appointed to the cadet rank of staff sergeant at The Citadel Charleston South Carolina for the 1953 54 academic year Col John J Holst commandant of cadets has announced.
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James A. Johnson
Virginia W. Johnson
Edgedale Drive
Citadel
Charleston
S. C
John J. Holst
Nationwide thefts admitted by two escaped teens
Two teenage boys who fled a California prison camp in August admitted a string of robberies from coast to coast. Arrested in Greensboro, Robert Lossius and Raymond Walters face interstate transportation of a stolen vehicle charges and may be tried in Middle District Court.
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California
FBI
Robert Leon Lossius
Raymond Thomas Walters
Baldwin Park
Calif
Joba
Washington
Montana
South Dakota
Arkansas
Minnesota
Missouri
Tennessee
Asheville
Lossius
Walker
Triple Tony
James P. Madden
Eddie Evans
Middle District Court
Greensboro
W. G. Friddle
Rain Ends Drought as High Point Gets Over an Inch
Weekend rainfall ends the drought in the area with 1.41 inches recorded at the city plant and 2.11 inches at the airport station. Saturday brought most of the rain while a cold front arrived from the Northwest signaling clear, mild weather to come.
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High Point-Greensboro
Truck Fire Damages Thomasville Machine Shop Scene
A truck caught fire Friday morning at 11:53 while being welded at the Thomasville Machine Shop. Firemen reported slight damage as twenty three sprinkler heads were set off by the blaze.
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Thomasville
Thomasville Weekend Crashes Cause Near $2000 In Damage
State patrol and city reports show Thomasville area traffic incidents over the weekend caused damages close to $2000. Weather and heavy holiday travel contributed to the busy Davidson County highways as Labor Day vacationists begin their return.
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Thomasville
Stateway Patrol
City Co. State
Davidson County
Deaths and Funerals Notices
Mrs. Bessie Holland 66 of Route 1 Fremont and sister of C. E. Cagle of High Point dies in a Goldsboro hospital. Survived by two sons, two brothers, two sisters, and two grandchildren. funeral near Fremont Tuesday. Joseph Isaac Brackett 57, former High Point resident, dies at Rowan Memorial Hospital after illness. survived by daughter, six brothers, two sisters, and two grandchildren. funeral in Calvary Methodist Church Tuesday with burial in Floral Garden Park Cemetery. The body remains at Sechrest Funeral Home. Mr. Dillon, Guilford County native, dies Friday afternoon after three years poor health.
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Bessie Holland
C. E. Cagle
E. Green St
High Point
Route 1
Fremont
Goldsboro
Alton Holland
Cecil Holland
Staney Cagle
Ramseur
Hugh Cagle
Asheboro
Florrie Auman
Near Star
Caddie Owens
Joseph L Brackett
Joseph Isaac Brackett
Cable St
Rowan Memorial Hospital
Mr. Brackett
Stokes County
W. B
Cora Samuels Brackett
Alice Maude Eddinger
I. T. Mann
American Legion
Piedmont
Stehli Silk Mills
Earl Cheves
N. Jackson St
Salisbury
Brenda
Cathy Cheves
Tom Brackett
Norfolk
R. P. Brackett
Washington, D. C
Jessie
George Brackett
Brice
Will Brackett
Jamestown
Dave Cashatt
J. R. Millikan
Calvary Methodist Church
T. G. Madison
Earl H. Brendall
Odd C Dillon Funeral Services Held for 71
Odd Cleveland Dillon 71 died recently. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2 o clock in the Sechrest chapel officiated by Rev Isaac Harris of Archdale Friends Meeting. Interment followed in the family plot in Deep Run.
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Odd C. Dillon
Odd Cleveland Dillon
Sechrest Chapel
Isaac Harris
Archdale Friends Meeting
Deep
Whitener Infant Dies in Thomasville
Elizabeth Jane Whitener infant daughter of James Vernon Whitener and Geneva Leaird Whitener died in a local hospital Sunday evening at 6. Surviving are the parents two brothers Jimmy and Paul David Whitener one sister Anne Whitener and grandparents Mrs A M Leaird of Pageland S C and F P Whitener of Seard. Graveside services are set for 2 pm today conducted by Rev Charles F Leake of First Baptist Church with the body staying at J C Green and Sons Funeral Home until the hour of the funeral.
Mrs Lelia Stewart 88 dies at High Point home
Mrs Lelia Belle Allen Stewart 88 of Route 3 High Point died at her daughter's home Monday at 2 AM after years of declining health. She was born November 1 1864 the daughter of Frank and [name unreadable] Allen of Farmington NC. Surviving: six daughters two sons a brother 15 grandchildren 38 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren. Funeral from Clemmons Baptist Church with burial at church cemetery.
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Lelia Stewart
Lelia Belle Allen Stewart
Route 3
High Point
L. R. Blakely
Stewart
Frank Allen
Farmington
N. C
John M. Stewart
Winston- Salem
W. A. Forrest
J. R. Owen
R. B. Thompson
Lexington
J. P. Bullard
Liberty
Caston McKnight
Winston-Salem
Frank
C. B. Stewart
Clemmons
Rush Allen
Cumby- Orrell Mortuary
Clemmons Baptist Church
Dr. Frazier Dies After Seven-Week Hospital Stay
Dr Allen Eugene Frazier a prominent dentist of High Point died in the local hospital shortly after 9 Sunday morning after seven weeks as a patient. Born November 2 1866 in Randolph County he studied at Trinity College and Vanderbilt and practiced dentistry for 60 years chiefly in High Point. Survived by wife Lulu Whitaker the obituary notes cousins in High Point and Randolph County. Funeral services at Yow's Funeral Home Monday at 4 PM with Rev Walter Miller and Rev E M Avett. interment in Whitaker family plot Oakwood Cemetery. Body to remain at Yow's until service.
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Allen Eugene Frazier
Dr. Frazier
Randolph County
Felix Cicero
Sophronia Eugene Coletrane Frazier
Old Trinity College
Duke University
Vanderbilt University
High Point
Johnson St
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Lulu Whitaker
Bailey Sells Home as Prison Chief Moves to Raleigh
Col. William F. Bailey administrator of North Carolina State Prison System has sold his residence at 704 Arlington Street to Clarence Goodman and will relocate his family to a Raleigh apartment at week’s end. They will retain voting residence in High Point.
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William F. Bailey
North Carolina
Arlington
Clarence Goodman
Raleigh
Bailey
High Point
Hartley Steps Down as Y Post. Simmons to Take Over
George E. Simmons of Abbeville S C has accepted the role of Interstate Secretary for the Interstate Association of the YMCAs of the Carolinas. He leaves the Brooklyn Central YMCA where he has served as executive secretary since 1944 and will base his residence in Charlotte.
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W. E. Debnam
Debnam
Carolinas
Virginia
WHPE
Smith-Douglass
George E. Simmons
Abbeville
S. C
Young Men's Christian Associations
Edgar Hartley
High Point
Simmons
Ivy
J. Wilson Smith
Hartley
Congregation Opens New Building With First Service
The First Evangelical and Reformed Church held its first service in the new Educational Building on English 5 with an open house for visitors. Rev. Lloyd E. Sechriest delivered the morning sermon on “The Challenge of our Day” and reflected on past members and plans for a larger sanctuary while urging Christian service, godly living, and continued faith. He spoke of historic members and the church’s forward vision rooted in the past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Evangelical and Reformed Church
Lloyd E. Sechriest
Henry Hedrick
Old Reformed Church
Main and
Russell Sts
Sechriest
Hoy L. Fesperman
Greensboro
Moses
Jesus Christ
God
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Wainwright
Lillie Portee
Fairview St
Paul Portee
Sgt. Portee
High
Duke
Clarence Allred
Security National Bank
Chase National Bank
Security National
U. S. Treasury
Baileys
George E, Simmons
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