Man Wanted in Thomasville Shooting Arrested in High Point
Nelson Harrison alias Beatnik Castro was captured by High Point police after fleeing a shooting at his in law Ernest Kearns in Thomasville. Kearns was struck twice by a .635 caliber pistol but described as in good condition. Harrison claimed self defense amid an argument over his wife Shirley and their week old infant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonnie Moore
Enterprise
Nelson Harrison
Ernest Kearns
Thomasville
Kearns
Harrison
Shirley Harrison
Kearn
Elwood Street
High Point
Price Street
HPC reports 1960 61 progress at High Point College
High Point College released a 1960 61 progress report detailing the Evening School enrollment of 352 with 28 courses, and the Education for Leadership program with laboratories in Southern Pines and Roaring Gap. The Weekend Camping Clinic started with city cooperation and is planned as an annual event. The year saw 1 106 total students and 211 graduates, with NC and 19 other states plus five foreign countries represented. Faculty included 55 with master’s and 28 with doctorates. Patton noted accreditation advances and strong fundraising and endowment figures while six dormitory sections were redecorated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise
High Point College
Board of Trustees
Charlotte
Wendell M. Patton
Methodist Liberal Arts School
Ern Pines
HPC
Roaring Gap
National Training Laboratories
Bethel
Patton
High Point City
North Carolina
Guilford
Davidson
Forsyth
Randolph
Mecklenburg
Surry
National Commission For the Accreditation of Teacher Education
Learned Society
David Pancoast
Howard R. Pancoast
High Point
Woodrow Wilson
Danforth
Holt McPherson
Horace S. Haworth
Dr. Patton
J. Harriss Covington
Charles FE. Hayworth
A. J. Koonce
Elliott S. Wood
Charles W. McCrary
Asheboro
J. Clay Madison
Greensboro
Stanford Brookshire
High Point College Board of Trustees
Charlotte City Club
Lynch Named to City Planning Department Post
Dennis P. Lynch is appointed land planner in Wilmington's City Planning Department succeeding Douglas R. Hudson. Lynch, a East Carolina College geography AB, joins after work with James B. Godwin and Associates and will handle subdivision reviews annexation rezoning studies and city property projects. He is married to Betty Mae Wicker and has a son Jerry Lynn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Coronna
Dennis P. Lynch
Lynch
Douglas R. Hudson
Wilmington
East Carolina College
Gamma Theta
James B. Godwin and
High Point Plans 1.34 Million Capital Improvements
City officials unveil a 1.343 million capital budget for 1961 62 funding street contracts recreation parks and year end items. Major outlay covers street work fire station sites city hall renovations and furniture parks projects and a new city county government center with parking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Cheek
Five Points
Recreation Parks and Recreation
City Lake Park
Washington Terrace Park
Bay Council Street
Hedgecock Park
Parks Administration
Blair Park
Hamilton Street
City Hall
City County
Cooling Trend Foreseen For Piedmont Area
The region should see a modest cooldown with Thursday and Friday highs in the mid 80s and a low near 67 Thursday night as a cold front from the Great Lakes moves through. Partly cloudy skies with widely scattered rain are expected, while Hurricane Carla’s local impact remains minimal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piedmont
Great Lake Region
Carla
Texas
City eyes Ray Street site to ease Wrenn congestion
City officials consider purchasing the burned Ray Street School site to loop the Wrenn Street route into Hamilton, reducing downtown traffic. City Manager Harold Cheek says a traffic survey is needed though no purchase plan is set, as a joint highway plan study funds the project and clarifies responsibilities between state and city.
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Ray Street
Wrenn
N. Hamilton
Harold Cheek
Bay Street
Hamilton
N. Main
Cheek
State Highway Commission
High Point
Hayworth Family Reunion Planned at Kernersville Home
The Franklin and Emaline Hayworth family reunion will be Sunday at Perry and Abbie Hayworths home on Route 1 Kernersville. If rain arrives the event moves to Abbots Creek Missionary Baptist Church. A dinner is to be served followed by a brief business session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin and
Emaline Hayworth
Perry Hayworth
Rt. 1
Kernersville
Abbots Creek Missionary Baptist Church
Health Board Charts Flu Fight Ahead of Season
Guilford County Health Board endorses immediate flu vaccine purchases for local welfare patients and urges vaccination for high risk groups including pregnant women and seniors. Board also plans needle and syringe loans for workplace programs and targets rapid immunization in old people homes and prisons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guilford County Health Board
Luther Terry
U. S. Public Health Service
Health Board
E. H. Ellinwood
Greensboro
Presbyterians Mark Centennial With Burlington Programs
Two former church moderators from the Presbyterian Church U S will speak at centennial services in Burlington at First Presbyterian. Dr Benjamin Rice Lacy Jr and Dr William Taliferro Thompson will address Orange Presbytery and its Women of the Church. Elder Charles W Perry will preside as the presbytery includes 88 churches across eight Piedmont counties. The event notes Orange Presbytery’s 1770 founding and its Confederate-era ties with the Presbyterian Church in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
U. S
First Presbyterian Church
Burlington
Benjamin Rice Lacy Jr
Union Theological Seminary
Richmond
William Taliferro Thompson
General Assembly
High Point
Charles W. Perry
Orange
Church of Orange Presbytery
Piedmont Counties
Lacy
John
Thompson
Roy E. Watts
Davidson
Union Seminary
Lexington
Knoxville
Tenn
Mobile
Ala
United States
Southern Presbyterian Church
Orange Presbytery
All Presbyterian Churches
Virginia
Presbyterian Church In
Confederate States of America
P. H. Dalton
Unavoidable Tragic Death Of Two Year Old Boy
A two year old, Eldridge Anthony Jennings, died after running into a street near his High Point home. The accident occurred at 11:20 a.m. when Mrs. Esther Modlin Hughes could not avoid the child. He suffered a fractured skull and a broken jaw. Mrs. Hughes was only slightly injured as her car skidded off the street. No charges were filed. The boy, born Sept 26 1958, was the son of Harry Eldridge and Mary Frazier Jennings. He is survived by his parents, a brother, grandparents in Virginia, and a funeral home in Hillsville, Virginia. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldridge Anthony Jennings
Esther Modlin Hughes
Crestwood Drive
Jennings
Harry Eldridge
Mary Frazier Jennings
New Road
High Point
Timothy Jennings
James E. Jennings
Sheeptown
R. L. Frazier
Austinville
Casard Sells Main Plant to S and G
Casard Furniture Manufacturing Co sells its Ward Street main plant to S and G Frame Co. effective January 1. Casard will keep two other High Point buildings and operate two wood plants plus its Greensboro metal plant with shipments centralized from a High Point warehouse. Monarch Furniture Co. may acquire the 95,000 square foot plant as part of an expanded program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward Street
Casard Furniture Manufacturing Co
S & G Frame Co
Casard
High Point
Herman Bernard
Bernard
Greensboro
S & G Corp
Mose Samet
H. E. Gutterman & Associates
Monarch Furniture Co
Lamet
Gutterman
Prayer for the day from Syracuse bishop
Gracious God we seek a new inner life free of envy and littleness. Forgive the sins that made us selfish and turn us toward Thee. Renew our peace and make us whole in the Master’s name Amen. -W Ralph Ward Jr. Syracuse NY bishop Methodist Church
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Ralph Ward Jr
Syracuse
N. Y
The
Methodist Church
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Art Richardson
George
Willie Harrison
Castro
Wood Street
Dick Swaim
City Planning
Wrenn Extension
Hayworth
A. Redhead Jr
Raleigh
Davidson College
Central Presbyterian Church
Atlanta
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