Third Polio Case Reported In Greensboro Area
A 10 year old girl in Greensboro is the third polio case this summer, not yet vaccinated, with paralysis starting in the right arm and leg. Dillard Taylor, 22, at Greensboro hospital shows noncritical involvement, vaccine clinics continue and free vaccine is available at Montlieu Avenue health center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Carolina Convalescent Hospital
Greensboro
Sylvia Dills
Clara Cox
Dillard Taylor
Taylor
Delsine Leach
Health Department
Montlieu Avenue
Deaths and Funerals Alice Watson
Alice Caye Watson four year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Charles Watson of 396 Wood Street had funeral services at Liberty Baptist Church at 4 p m Saturday with Rev Melvin L Gentry and Rev H Glen Lansen officiating. Pallbearers included Bruce Barton Mike Younts Bobby Hollifield Tony Smith Edwin Hill and Michael Hill. Interment followed in the church cemetery. She died on arrival at City Memorial Hospital from suffocation in an abandoned refrigerator at home Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Watson Thomasville
Alice Caye Watson
Harry Charles Watson
Wood St
Liberty Baptist Church
Melvin L. Gentry
First Wesleyan Methodist Church
H. Glen Lansen
First Methodist Church
Bruce Barton
Mike Younts
Bobby Hollifield
Tony Smith
Edwin Hill
Michael Hill
Church Cemetery
City Memorial Hospital
Mrs. Martha Haynes of Thomasville Dies at 78
Mrs. Martha Elizabeth Southern Haynes, 78, of Thomasville, died at her daughter’s home in High Point at 7 am Sunday after a period of declining health. Born Nov 10 1879 in Stokes County, she was the daughter of Gideon and Sally Southern, a Bapt ist. She married John Henry Wall, who died 1910, leaving two daughters and a son. She later wed Daniel William Haynes in 1918, who died 1926. Surviving are two daughters, a son, a sister, a brother, five grandchildren, and four great grandchildren. Funeral services are at J C Green and Sons Funeral Home Tuesday at 11 am, with burial in Guilford Memorial Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
C. R. Ward
Greensboro
E. Wall
Jamestown
Daniel William Haynes
Ellen Farmer
Decatur
Herman Franklin Southern
J. C. Green and Sons Funeral Home
J. M. Allred
Pleasant Grove Baptist Church
Guilford Memorial Park
Prayer for Today Harvest Blessing and Faith
Gracious God thank you for harvests and fruit from the earth this year. The soil has yielded its increase and may man live in thy eternal love. The prayer recalls seedtime and harvest endure while the earth remains through Christ Amen. W Dale Oldham Andersen Ind minister Park Church of God iri
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Christ
Amen
W. Dale Oldham
Andersen
Ind
Park Church of God
Iri
Record low autumn temperatures hit High Point
Strong winds drove the temperature to a record low for the season, dipping to 44 degrees at High Point last night. Forecasters expect a slow warmup with highs near 73 today and at least 79 tomorrow, while the five day outlook calls for 3 to 5 degrees below normal with little rainfall.
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U.S
Friendship
Lloyd E. Cagle Randolph Native Dies at 61
Lloyd E. Cagle, 61, manager of the Plantation Motel in Asheboro, died at Cone Memorial Hospital after a short illness. A World War I infantry veteran, he served in France and belonged to the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. He is survived by his wife Margaret Slack, a daughter Margaret Sherman of Columbia S.C., three sons Harold L. Cagle and John M. Cagle of Wilmington and James P. Cagle of Los Angeles, a brother Hobart F. E. Cagle of Greensboro, and three grandchildren. Burial will be at Why Not Cemetery after service at Fairgrove Methodist Church Why Not.
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Asheboro
Lloyd E. Cagle
Cone Memorial Hospital
Greensboro
Cagle
Statesville
Randolph County
France
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Fairgrove
Margaret Slack
Margaret Sherman
Columbia
8. C
Harold L
John M. Cagle
Wilmington
James P. Cagle
Los Angeles
Calif
Hobart FE. Cagle
Fairgrove Methodist Church
Why Not
Lester Ballard
Groometown St. Anthony's Methodist Church
Clyde Allman
Winston-Salem
Albemarle Cadet Named First Captain at West Point
William T. Huckabee of Albemarle has been named First Captain and Brigade Commander of the Corps of Cadets at the United States Military Academy in West Point. He will lead the academy’s 2,400 cadets in reviews and ceremonies for the coming school year. Huckabee is a nephew of Mrs. Robbins Tilden, formerly Mary Huckabee of Albemarle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William T. Huckabee
Albemarle
Corps of Cadets
United States Military Academy
West Point
Huckabee
Robbins Tilden
Mary Huckabee
End of Era Seen As Scratchy Old Post Office Pens Hit Trashcans
The High Point post office moves to ball point pens ending over a century of staff pens. Walter C. York notes widespread replacements nationwide. The light green pens with white caps bear the inscription Property of the U. S. Post Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Walter C. York
U. S. Post Office
Symphony Campaign Leaders Appointed
The North Carolina Symphony Society kicks off a donor and group membership drive on Sept. 23 with leaders Welch Harriss Mrs Henry Foscue Miss Virginia Frank W R McKenzie and Frank Garrett. Donor memberships cost 25 and vote and office rights in the Symphony Society. Mrs Foscue calls on High Point and state citizens to support the orchestra and bring concerts to the city for cultural growth and children’s education. The donor committee will seek business leaders and companies to lead the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina Symphony Society
Welch Harriss
Henry Foscue
Virginia Frank
W. R. McKenzie
Frank Garrett
James Foscue
Symphony Society
High Point
North Carolina Symphony Orchestra
Woman Beaten By Unknown Couple Detained Near Wallburg
Deputies investigate after Minnie Jarvis describes being abducted Saturday by a man and a woman in a downtown street encounter. She says they beat her and dumped her near a dead end road by a pasture in Davidson County around 4 am. Hair found at the scene and Jarvis later found help. Investigation continues.
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Sheriff's Deputies
W. Russell Street
Minnie Jarvis
North Wilkesboro
Davidson County
Wallburg
Jarvis
North Wilkesdoro
Deputien
Building Permits Soar in High Point for August record
August building activity in High Point reached 1 592 441 dollars, more than four times July and nearly half a million above August 1955. Non residential projects totaled 1 291 531 dollars, including a hospital wing and a new Montlieu Avenue school. Residential permits added 525 300 dollars for new homes plus 58 repairs totaling 38 290 dollars.
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High Point
A. R. Strange
High Point Memorial Hospital
Montlieu Avenue
S. Main Street
Two youths bound over on radiator thefts in Winston-Salem road case
In Municipal Court Judge Byron Haworth found probable cause for Charles Hiatt of High Point and Jack Rout of Portland in charges of stealing five radiators from Harb's Garage on the Winston-Salem road. Each appeared with a $500 appearance bond after a sheriff's deputy linked Hiatt to sold auto parts. Also in court three people were fined $100 for drunken driving: Ollie H. Thomas, Millie Watson, and Icen L. Robbins.
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Superior Court
Winston-Salem Road
Byron Haworth
Charles Hiatt
Route 1
High Point
Jack Rout
Portland
Ore
Hiatt
Harb
Ollie H. Thomas
Lexington Avenue
Thomasville
Millie Watson
E. Lexington Avenue
Icen L. Robbins
Weekend Break-In Probed at Finch Road Shop
Authorities investigate a burglary at a small shop on Finch Road in Johnson Town. Early reports say the loss amount has not yet been determined.
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Thomasville
Piccolo Place
Finch Road
Johnsontown
Apartment Fire Damages Henley Hotel. Theft Suspect Arrested
A fire gutted a three room apartment on the first floor of Henley Hotel but firemen prevented spread to adjacent rooms. Clarence W. Steele, 26, of Beamon Street, was arrested on breaking and entering larceny and receiving after police recovered a billfold and money at his home. The fire damaged Wallace’s room. water caused damage to nearby businesses. Wallace woke to smoke and alerted the fire department.
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Henley Hotel
Clarence W. Steele
Beamon Street
Steele
Dorothy Dunn
J. J. Wallace
Capitol Pressing Club
Henley Beauty Center
Wallace
Post Office Receipts Fall 4.39 Percent in August
High Point postmaster Walter C. York announced August postal receipts dropped 4.39 percent from the prior year. Total receipts for August stood at $69,886.54, compared with $73,007.83 in August 1955.
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High Point
Walter C. York
York
Recreation Division Seeks 5000 Dollar Budget Aid
Thomasville city recreation department plans a Sept 20 council request for a 5000 dollar special appropriation to reopen the Civic Center by Oct 1 after roof repairs. The center closed in 1954 amid buckling beams and the department took a 9000 dollar budget cut.
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Thomasville
Ae Council
Niow Department
Recreation Department
William T. Green Jr
Green
J. D. Foust
Thomasville Community Foundation
Coltrane & Graham
High Point
Hearing Set On Proposed Gas Station
A public hearing will be held at 7 p m tomorrow in the city building Thomasville on a plan by Esso Standard Oil to build a service station at the northeast corner of Randolph Street and East Sunrise Avenue. The site was rezoned from residential to business last year and nearby blocks face similar development with buyers eyeing apartment and retail projects along Randolph Street between Chestnut and East Sunrise.
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Thomasville
Randolph Street
Coma
Esso Standard Oil Company
Esso Company
Chestnut
E. Sunrise
Three Others Held In Car Theft Case
Police report three more men tied to a Friday night auto theft. Rayl H. Hunsucker 7 Clara Cox Apts Lawrence 0. Prosser 21 Tate Street and John E. Thompson 27 Best Street were charged with auto larceny. all posted $1,000 bond. Bobby Price 21 Kivett Drive and Willie Johnson 39 Lover's Lane were also arrested for hit and run. Johnson remained in the stolen car after Price fled. Price Johnson face Municipal Court today.
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Rayl H. Hunsucker
Clara Cox Apts
Lawrence 0. Prosser
Tate Street
John E. Thompson
Best Street
Cecil BE. Scruggs
Grace St
Bobby Price
Kivett Drive
Willie Johnson
Lover's Lane
Price
Johnson
L. J. Stall
Opera Sheriffs Deputies
Hunsucker
Prosser
Thompson
Stallings
Jamestown
Capa
Maine
Steen Kennedy
Route 4
Thomasville
Austin V. Cowan
Kennedy
Hat-Passing Apparently Forgotten by County Officials
THOMASVILLE There were no signs of hat passing as the David son County board of commissioners is out $100 from an option payment on Grimes Mill property in Lexington for a new courthouse and jail. Public sentiment pushes commissioner W A Kennedy of Thomasville to vote against the Grimes purchase when final action comes Oct 1. A public hearing Tuesday saw Doak Finch, president of Thomasville Chair Commissioners, defend the $100 option. Finch says he will pursue action if the Grimes property is not bought for 215 000.
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Thomasville
Davidson County Board of Commissioners
Grimes Mill
Lexington
W. A. Kennedy
Grimes
Doak Finch
Hey
Finch
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D.W. Haynes
Malcolm G
Mac) Moore
High Point Board of Realtors
Mendenhall- Moore
J. E. Amos
B. C. Fowler
Amos
Amos Realty Co
Fowler
Idol Green
Randolph
Symphony
Carolina Symphony Orchestra
W. Br, McKenzie
Braxton C. Younts Sr
Braxton Jr
Numa F. Feide
Charles
Corinthian Lodge
Younts
Post Office
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