Baptist Orphanage on Agenda at North Carolina meeting
The Committee of Nineteen of the North Carolina Baptist State Convention will meet Thursday at 1 pm in First Baptist Church to discuss the Baptist Orphanage and related Mills Home in Thomasville and Kennedy Home in Kinston along with the nine year program plans. Local pastor Rev. Albert S. Hale leads the call with broad support from several sub committee chairmen and members across the state.
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Mills Home
Thomasville
Kennedy Home
Kinston
North Carolina Baptist State Convention
First Baptist Church
Albert S. Hale
E. N. Gardner
Henderson
Japan
Hale
Harry B. Caldwell
Greensboro
Claude Broach
Charlotte
A. B. Alderman
Elizabeth City
P. R. Barlow
Oxford
Douglas Branch
Kannapolis
W. J. Broadwell
Durham
John T. Coley
Rocky Mount
E. N. Johnson
Wagram
John H. Knight
Concord
B. E. Morris
J. Louis Price
Hickory
A. J. Smith
Goldsboro
Lowell F. Lodeman
Mars Hill
Jane Starnes
Asheville
J. J. Tarlton
Rutherfordton
C. C. Warren
Lenoir
Weather forecast at Friendship predicts scattered showers
The Weather Bureau at Friendship says to expect no few scattered thunder showers tonight or tomorrow with little temperature change. Today and tonight will be cloudy. last night’s low was 49, with an expected high of 81 today and tonight’s low around 60.
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Weather Bureau
Friendship
State Convention Explores Orphanage Merger and Fund Change
Rev Hale notes welcome state convention. Recommendations favor merging two orphanage units into the Baptist convention and moving funds to the general fund with pro rata shares. Consider consolidation of Charity and Children Mills home with the Biblical Recorder. Attending leaders include Grover H Jones M A Huggins Claude Gaddy I G Greer and W C Reed.
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Hale
General Fund
Mills Home
The
Biblical Recorder
Grover H. Jones
M. A. Huggins
Claude Gaddy
Council On Christian Education
I. G. Greer
Orphanage Board of Trustees
W. C. Reed
Thomasville
Gate City Man Shot Sunday in Burlington
Norman D. Roberson of Greensboro, visiting Fred Upright in Burlington, was shot just above the heart at Upright’s Atwater Street home. He remained in grave condition at Alamance County Hospital as Willie Patton faced assault charges while police continued investigation.
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Greensboro
Burlington
Alamance County Hospital
Norman D. Roberson
Spring Garden Street
Atwater Street
Fred Upright
Roberson
Upright
Guilford County
Willie Patton
Patton
Garrett Defeats Diffendal For Emerywood Title
Frank Garrett defeated Charlie Diffendal to win the Emerywood Club golf championship by 2 and 1 after 36 holes. A fair sized gallery followed the final. Jimmy Woolen won the first flight title by 4 and 3 over Yates Adamis in 18 holes.
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Frank Garrett
Charlie Diffendal
Emerywood Club
Garrett
Jimmy Woolen
Yates Adamis
Deaths And Funerals Summary
Cpl. Theodore Ferguson Jr aged 19 formerly of Archdale is buried with full military honors at Fairview Cemetery Liberty after services at Liberty Christian Church. Willie C. Mabe 72 of High Point area dies after illness. funeral at Volunteer Primitive Baptist Church with burial in churchyard. Joseph C. Adams 67 of Thomasville dies of natural causes at home. services held at Walker Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Holly Hills cemetery. Mrs Mary Beck of Thomasville dies. funeral at Calvary Reformed Church with interment at Calvary cemetery. Frank Morrison Bush retired civil engineer dies in High Point hospital. services at Calvary Reformed Church with burial Floral Garden Park Cemetery. Numa Fletcher Hooker 52 dies suddenly while driving in High Point. former superintendent at Cumberland Brick and Southern Oil Transportation. funeral arrangements pending with Liberty Baptist Church affiliation.
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Theodore Ferguson
Theodore G. Ferguson, Jr
Archdale
Christian Church In Liberty
Harold Lowman
Greensboro
J. W. Allen
Archdale Baptist Church
D. H. Patton
Church of the Nazarene of
Marine Corps
Camp le. Jeune
Charles A. Ratte
Willie L. Ewing
James ¥. CoLlins
Paul H. Collins
Drury W. Kapka
Charles Diez
Fairview Cemetery
Liberty
Robert L. Cooper
Camp LeJeune
Theodore G. Ferguson, Sr
Korea
Joseph CG. Adams
Thomasville
Joseph C
Joe) Adams
Roosevelt Avenue
Davidson County
David E. Plummer
Adams
Georgia
Emory and
Mary Black Adams
Martha Wilson
Wilson Adams
B. C. Prevatte
High Point
R. D. Fleming
Griff Adams
Pearl Adams
Worley Adams
Luther Chastain
Kannapolis
Hampton Ginn
Commerce
Frazier Copeland
Walker Funeral Home
Holly Hills
John H. Long
First Westeyan Methodist Church
Robert Taylor
Glenwanna Baptist Church
Mary Beck
Mary Magdalene Freedle Beck
W. MM. Beck
Calvary
A. W. Hedrick
T. R. York
Mount Zion Pilgrim Church
Chas. S. Wessinger
Grace Lutheran Church
William Bowers
Everett Leonard
James Beck
Ervin Beck
Paul Beck
Alvin Ray Myers
Clay Motsinger, Jr
Junior Beck
Frank Bush
Frank Morrison
Muma Fletcher Hooker
Numa Fletcher Hooker
Salemi Street
Springfield Avenue
Wilmington
Stokes County
T. Ellis Hooker
Amanda Smith Hooker
Cunningham Brick Company
Southern Oil Transportation Company
Liberty Baptist Church
Lottie Huff
Franklin County
Stokes
E. Hepler
Thomassville
William UL. Sink
J. N
Negroes Escape Injuries After Car Is Forced Off Road
Two Negroes escaped injury yesterday afternoon when the nearly new convertible they rode in was forced off Kivett Drive culvert. Grady Parker of 29B Daniel Brooks Apartments and Janella Davis were unhurt. The car, owned by John Purcell of High Point, sustained 5800 damage. Police also reported minor collisions and injuries in separate incidents on Greensboro Highway and Taylor Street, with drivers from High Point and Greensboro cited for reckless driving or license violations.
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State Highway Patrol
Grady Parker
Daniel Brooks
John Purcell
High Point
Parker
Janella Davis
Greensboro
William S. Blair
Cloverdale
Mary Mr. Scott
Rt. 3
Scott
Hilltop Road
Blair
Taylor
Willowbrook
Andrew B. Williams
Fairview
Dolan E. Fields
Textile
Williams
South Main
Ben Hair
Archdale
Route 3
William H. Hogins
James R. Lain
Shady Lain Road
Jones
von Ella Garner
Allen Jay
Thomas E. Cleveland
Jacksonville
Fla
West Lexington
Clarke to Talk At Committee Meeting
Frank Sizemore secretary of the Chamber of Commerce mailed invitations to the Retail Expansion Committee to meet in his offices on Thursday September 13 at 10 00 a m The gathering aims to introduce Phil Clarke newly appointed manager of the Industrial Division who will outline plans to boost industrial development and retail sales in High Point Also note city manager status with Grover Jones serving during T E Hinson s absence and Hinson expected to return soon.
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Frank Sizemore
Chamber of Commerce
Phil Clarke
Clarke
High Point
Hooker of King, two grandchildren mourned
The body was moved to the home on Salem street today for services. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 9:30 p.m. at First Baptist Church with Rev. Chas. F. Leek officiating. Interment follows in Holly Hills Cemetery. Intervening pastors include Rev. O. M. Kfartman, Rev. T. R. York.
Mrs. Fannie S. Laffoon dies after long illness
Mrs. Fannie S. Laffoon 66 of 306 Best Street died Sunday at 11 45 am in a local hospital. Born July 6 188 in Walnut Cove she moved to High Point in 1904 and married J Paul Laffoon owner of Creative Print Shop. Survived by husband J P Laffoon a brother J J Samuel and several nieces and nephews. Funeral 3 30 pm at Sechrest Funeral Chapel with burial Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Imers
Fannie Laffoon
Fannie S. Laffoon
Best Street
Laffoon
Walnut Cove
Albert W
Lacy Davis Samuel
J. Paul Laffoon
Creative Print
Hich Point
Sechrest Funeral Chapel
Jl. B. Reavis
Green Street Baptist Church
Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery
Condition of two local girls deemed satisfactory
Two local girls Jo Ann Lowe and Sylvia Moore injured in a Five Points wreck remain in satisfactory condition at High Point Memorial Hospital. The car they rode in collided with another vehicle, skidded 175 feet, and left the scene. Driver Frederick Glaesner posted 900 bond in Municipal Court on drunken driving, reckless driving, and resisting arrest charges. Reckless driving alleged at 95 mph.
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High Point Memorial Hospital
Jo Ann Lowe
Hansel Street
Sylvia Moore
Fields Street
Frederick Glaesner
Glaesner
Father of Three Local Persons Dies In W Va
Allen P. Brumfield 77 of Kenova West Virginia died yesterday after a brief illness. He worked 30 years with Norfolk and Western Railway and is survived by his son Daniel Brumfield and two daughters Mrs. G L Conrad and Mrs. H C Teague of High Point, one brother L C Brumfield of Kenova, seven grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon in Kenova with burial in the family plot. The body is at the home of L C Brumfield in Kenova until the hour of the funeral.
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Willie C. Mabe
Willie Columbus Mabe
Homestead Avenue
Mabe
William T
Martha Lawson Mabe
Pencie Lawson Mabe
Sam P. Mabe
High Point
RB. S. Jones
Greensboro
R. L. Gordon
Pinnacle
Emma Rhones
Allen P. Brumfield
Kenova
W. Va
Brumfield
Norfolk and Western Railway
Mr. Brumfield
Daniel Brumfield
G. L. Conrad
H. C. Teague
L. C. Brumfield
Ken
City News Briefs Names Local Residents Across Several Cities
Henry McNair and Ossie Mae Davis of High Point Oscar S Hendrix and Cornelia Josephine Hancock of Thomas Ville Linwood Jeralds and Emma Peay of Winston-Salem Howard P Gardner and Thelma A Fletcher of Winston-Salem Lewis G Melton of Galax Va and Nancy Wilson of Low Gap Va Avalone J Roser of Pilot Mountain and Virgie Meredith of Fancy Gap Va Paul J Hayes of Elkin and Tena L Dobson of Booneville Lonnie C Cromer of High Point and Gladys P Kepley of Lexington.
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Henry McNair
Ossie Mae Davis
High Point
Oscar S. Hendrix
Cornelia Josephine Hancock
Thomas Ville
Linwood
Jeralds
Emma Peay
Winston-Salem
Howard P. Gardner
Thelma A. Fletcher
Lewis G. Melton
Galax
Nancy Wilson
Low Gap
Avalone J. Roser
Pilot Mountain
Virgie Meredith
Fancy Gap
Paul J. Hayes
Elkin
Tena L. Dobson
Booneville
Lonnie C. Cromer
Gladys P. Kepley
Lexingtom
Police stop of Robert Maddox for drunken driving
Police yesterday halted Robert Maddox 43 of 627 Hulda for alleged drunken driving.
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Robert Maddox
Hulda
Lions Club cancels Thursday meeting for Ladies Night
High Point Lions Club will not meet on Thursday. President Arch Schoch announced the weekly session shifts to a Ladies Night celebration Saturday at Emerywood Country Club.
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High Point Lions Club
Arch Schoch
Emerywood Country Club
Jaycees of High Point Meet at Rainbow Supper Club
High Point Jaycees announce weekly Thursday meetings at 6 30 PM at the Rainbow Supper Club. President Jack Southerland made the announcement today.
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Jaycees
High Point
Rainbow Supper Club
Jack Southerland
Attempt to Crack Church Safe Investigated
Police investigated a break in at East Green Street Baptist Church. An iron probing bar from the furnace room was used to pry behind the safe door face after an entry through an unlocked window or door last night.
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East Green Street Baptist Church
Special Blood Appeals Via RadioTV Tonight
Announcement says a national radio and TV special tonight will promote the Armed Forces Blood Donor Program. Generals Marshall and Bradley will call for donations as plasma use in Korea helped save wounded soldiers. The report notes blood and plasma reducing mortality from World War I to Korea.
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Armed Forces
Marshall
Bradley
Korea
Local Jurist Hands Out Two Active Sentences
Municipal Judge Archie Myatt imposed two active sentences this morning in a brief police court session before jury court. Lonnie Roseboro, 1207 Fairview, a Negro, received 12 months for larceny of a watch from James Love. Cleve McKnuckles, 550 East High, a Negro, got 30 days for allegedly striking and kicking James Young over the weekend. Six divorces were granted on separation grounds. Other police court cases included suspensions, costs, and nol pros for various defendants. Hearing for criminal jury court expected to begin this afternoon.
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Archie Myatt
Lonnie Roseboro
Fairview
James Love
Roseborn
Cleve McKnuckles
East High
James Young
James E. McNair
Vandere Lee McNair
Margaret H. Taylor
Herbert L. Taylor
Mary Lee Welson
Lester M. Nelson
Lillie Mae Short
Albert Short
Eula M. Moore
Allfred
Robert O. Gray
Route 1
Virgil R. Harmon
Johnson Road
Ray Cook
Fred Lilly
Luncheon Reservations Tied to Woman's Club Fashion Show
Reservations for the luncheon linked to the Woman's Club Fashion Show at Emerywood Country Club will be accepted until Tuesday 6 30 p m. The luncheon follows a 12 30 p m start for the show on Wednesday at the club.
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Emerywood Country Club
Two Drivers Indicted In Weight Cases
Two tractor-trailer drivers were indicted by the State Highway Patrol for gross overloading. Lester R. Lunsford, 29, Leaksville, over by 14300 pounds, driving Morgan Trucking Co. vehicle. John R. Ivey, 34, Lakeland Fla., for Barnes Food Express of Charlotte, over by 123090 pounds. Stopped on CC Camp Road. Both posted $200 bond for hearing September 17.
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State Highway Patrol
Lester R. Lunsford
Leaksville
Lunsford
Morgan Trucking Co
Greensboro
John R. Ivey
Lakeland
Fla
Barnes Food Express
Charlotte
CC Camp Road
Greensboro Man In Reckless Driving Case
Greensboro man Charles H. Simpson aged 27 was booked for reckless driving after a mishap that injured a two year old boy from High Point. Simpson posted 300 dollars bond for a hearing next week while Daniel Hawkins of 132 Fowler Winston-Salem City Hospital remained in improved condition.
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Greensboro
High Point
Charles H. Simpson
Daniel Hawkins
Fowler
City Hospital
Winston-Salem
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