Seven Accidents In 12 Hours Four Injured
Winter City police reported four injuries in a spate of seven crashes within 12 hours yesterday. Damages totaled 1195 dollars and four charges were filed. A 16 year old was charged with reckless driving and no operator’s license after a pickup struck a mother and her son at East Lexington and Salem. Memorial Hospital treated Ruth Mitchell and her son Charlie for leg and head injuries respectively before release. A furniture truck collision at Green and Willowbrook left knee cuts for two riders. the driver faced reckless driving charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Hondros
Enterprise
Winter City
Mothy
East Lexington
Salem
McClain Walker, Jr
Memorial Hospital
Ruth Mitchell
Howard
Charlie
Cool Night Forecast Promises More Prudent Warmth Drop
A cool night is ahead with temperatures around 50 degrees at the Friendship Weather Station. Today will be generally fair and cooler with a high near 80, and tomorrow looks fair and mild with a high near 82.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendship Weather Station
Reckless Driving Charged After Green and Main Collision
Police charged James A. Caudle of Route 5 with reckless driving after his Caudle driven truck collided with a car driven by Mrs. Jessie B. Beane of 236 Beddington Road at Green and Main. Damages were $600 to Beane’s car, $40 to Baren Crater’s auto, and $25 to the truck. Additional incidents include a City Transit bus rear ending a car on East Washington, causing $300 in damage, and several other autos sustaining costs totaling hundreds in separate crashes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green
Main
James A. Caudle
Route 5
Jessie B. Beane
Beddington Road
Caudle
Baren E. Crater
Beane
Crater's
City
Dock Camp
Negro
Hoskins
William W. Horton
East Washington
Leon Sharpe
Edmonson
John D. Giles
Pearson
Fairfield Road
West Green and
Wade
Elks Club Adjusts Sunday Hours to Church Time
Melvin Hayes Exalted Ruler told the House Committee the High Point Elks Club will open Sundays from 12 to 6 instead of 10 to 6 in observance of church hours. Weekday hours remain 11 a.m. to midnight.
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High Point Elks Club
Melvin Hayes
House
Hayes
Fine Arts Festival Association Formed in Guilford County
High Point residents join greensboro group as charter members of the Guilford County Fine Arts Festival Association. Huger S. King elected president with Mrs Martine Baker VP. Dr Clyde Milner treasurer and Mrs C B Clegg secretary. The group outlines goals to enrich cultural life and plan a spring arts contest. Memberships open with single dollar dues and five dollars for clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martine Baker
Thurston Street
Guilford County Fine Arts Festival Association
Greensboro Woman's Club
High Point
Huger S. King
Greensboro
C. B. Clegg
Clyde A. Milner
Guilford College
John Harden
W. L. North
Mary Martin
Rockingham County
Martin
Guilford County
Pipeline To Cost 340000 For Carolinas Gas Network
Piedmont Natural Gas awarded Trojan Construction the $340,000 contract for the first sixteen and one half miles of lateral pipelines linking Winston-Salem and Spartanburg to the Transcontinental trunk line. The project aims to bring natural gas to High Point and eight Carolinas cities in a multi million dollar program. Contractors will use local labor where possible with total mileage near 100. Gas could reach Spartanburg and Winston-Salem in October, while High Point’s date isn’t set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Carolinas
Winston- Salem
Spartanbdurg
S. C
Piedmont Natural Gas Company
Trojan Construction Company
Oklahoma City
Winston-Salem
Charlotte
Greensboro
Salisbury
Burlington
Greenville
Spartaburg
Lee Hurst
Piedmont
Harry G. Robinson
Spartanburg
Duke Power Company
Robinson
Teach Religion In Schools Says HPC Prof
High Point College professor Dr Eugene Coltrane told the Kiwanis Club that non denominational religious teaching is essential in public schools to counter evil. He traced education to Horace Mann and warned that secular schooling now dominates, with many church members moving away from faith. Club presiding officer W D Lewis introduced the speaker. An upcoming Fat Stock Show and Sale next Wednesday September 12 was announced, in cooperation with several local groups. The Kiwanis Club will also sponsor the Barter Players appearance in High Point to present Moss Hart's Light Up The Sky on October 3.
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Eugene Coltrane
High Point College
Kiwanis Club
Horace Mann
New England
Coltrane
Menmabers
W. D. Lewis
Rotary Club
Lions Club
Chamber of Commerce
Local Bus Station Earns Second Straight High Rating
The High Point bus station received a perfect inspection rating for the second consecutive month from the State Utilities Commission. Monthly inspections assess sanitation and operating conditions, with the station noted for exceptional performance.
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High Point
Commision
Tvilie J C backs fight against Klan in Thomasville
Thomasville Jaycees voted to back the state organization in its clash with the Ku Klux Klan after a Thursday dinner. A split vote followed discussion on a resolution from a Rocky Mount meeting. Kenneth Hoyle discussed the upcoming chamber baby beef project and the club may sponsor a beef. New member Jon Czarnecki joined. Plans were set to sponsor a Mills Home vs Concord football game at Memorial stadium. Co-chairs Paul Johnson and Aldeen Robbins were named to plan December telephone directory distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Jaycees
Ku Klux Klan
Woman's Club
Rocky Mount
Kenneth Hoyle
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber Baby Beef
Jonn Czarnecki
Memorial Stadium
Mills
Concord
Bill Green
Paul Johnson
Aldeen Robbins
High Point Girl Enters Guilford Beauty Contest
Mary Faith Willard of Route 1 High Point becomes the latest contestant in Guilford County Miss Bright Leaf beauty pageant. The entry raises the field to 17 as entries must reach the Greensboro Chamber of Commerce by noon Monday to be accepted. Cash prizes award $100 for first, $50 for second, and $25 for third.
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Bright Leaf
Guilford County
Mary Faith Willard
Route &, High Point
Greensboro
Schoolboy Hit By Bus Resting Comfortably
A six year old boy struck by a school bus near Allen Jay School yesterday afternoon is resting comfortably. Stanley Leon Mann son of Mr and Mrs H H Mann of Green Oak Drive suffered shock a compound fracture to the right leg and a fractured jaw. He ran into the bus path several hundred yards from the Allen Jay School. Patrolman Dave Mount investigated. The boy is at High Point Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Jay School
Stanley Leon Mann
H. H. Mann
Greenoak Drive
Allen Jay
Dave Mount
High Point Memorial Hospital
Forward Brothers win plastering contract for plantation supper club
Forward Brothers of High Point were awarded the plastering contract for the new Plantation Supper Club on the Greensboro Highway, which held its grand opening Thursday night.
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Forward Brothers of
High Point
Plantation
Greensboro Highway
Bound Over On Hit-Run Charge
Sidney Lee Estelle of Route 3 was bound over to superior court on a hit and run charge after a Recorder's Court hearing Judge W H Steed found probable cause. He pleaded not guilty and was previously found guilty of reckless driving with six months suspended on conditions including paying 175 to Margaret Taylor and a 50 fine plus costs. Multiple other judgments were handed down, including 18 months for Paul Varner on a drunken driving second offense with concurrent penalties, and various fines and suspensions for offenses such as speeding, no operator's license, malicious damage, and assault. The docket lists additional defendants such as Walter Brown, Moyer Clark, Robert Lee Small, Charles Lacy Elliott, Richard Odell Trotter, Joseph Lee Childress, Curtis Pope, Dorotha Young, Hampton Lee Young, Richard Goad, and Ralph Mickey with respective penalties and conditions.
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Thomasville
Sidney Lee Estelle
Route 3
Recorder's Court
Superior Court
W. H. Steed
Estelle
Margaret Taylor
Guil
Paul Varner
Fisher Ferry Street
Varner
Walter Brown
Haygood
Moyer Clark
Robert Lee Small
Charles Lacy Elliott
High Point
Richard Odell Trotter
Lexington
Joseph Lee Childress
Salisbury
Curtis Pope
Franklin
Dorotha Young
Lincoln
Hampton Lee Young
Richard Goad
National Highway
Ralph Mickey
National High Way
Miss Harvest Jubilee of 1951 Finalists Named
Reidsville pageant heats up as High Point entrant Jo Anne competes for the Miss Harvest Jubilee crown against 12 local queens. Final judging in bathing suits set for today with coronation and prize of a trip to New York or 250 dollars. Spectators packed Leader Warehouse for the Harvest Jubilee Ball as floats parade through downtown.
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Reidsville
Jo Anne Rank
High Point
Jo Anne
New York
Leader Warehouse
Burlington
Danville
Boston
Virginia
North Carolina
Charlotte
Durham
Graham
Greensboro
Morganton
Sanford
Tri-City
Winston ‘Salem
Four Injured in Thomasville Collision Near Pilot
Four people were injured in a midday crash near Pilot at the Thomasville by-pass and Lexington highway. Injured: Lillie Mae Sink 35, Gregg Sink 4, Annie Alford 87, and John Hicks. Gregg head injuries, Alford head injuries and possible left shoulder fracture. Docky Sumter Case driver of the truck from Columbia, S C, rear ended the Sink auto. Vehicle damage estimated at 200 and 75 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Pilot
Lexington
J. W. Wilson
Lillie Mae Sink
Randolph Street
Gregg
Annie Alford
Trotter
John Hicks
Moon Street
Local case ends with plea and probation order
Margie Pitts Mickey of National weapon admits affray and is placed on 12 months’ probation on good behavior. Pete Henderson of Route 3 appeals and then withdraws, tied to a violation of the prohibition law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margie Pitts Mickey
National Highway
Pete Henderson
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Robert Payne
Sophia
Katherine Rinehardt
Kannapolis
Willowbrook
Donald A. Gray
Elmer Femister
Fairview
Cecil
Mayi Sheet Metal
General Electric
N. MU
Iea
Elks Club
Iesb
TEL
Harris Pharmacy
Optometrist
N. Main ST
By Jimmy Hatlo
Spictene Warrmel Centlemen
Cy Metromount
Waiters
Fine Arts
HPC
T'vilie J.C
Guilford
T’ville
Lewis Motor CO
Wrenn St
Pyaera
Guilford Optical Piroa N
Phil Walker
St. Main
OPO Clothing Store
Monark
DuPont
Monark Shade Co
Leonard
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