Cooke Named Outstanding YMCA Secretary in Carolinas
Max Cooke, general secretary of the High Point Central YMCA, was named the outstanding YMCA secretary in North and South Carolina at the Carolinas Association of Secretaries meeting in Montreal. He has led the local Y since 1956, helped develop Camp Cheerio, and serves as a church deacon and teacher. A bronze plaque was awarded at a surprise ceremony.
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Max Cooke
High Point
Cooke
YMCA
Elkin
Carolinas Association
International Ymca Committee
Robert Culler
First Presbyterian Church
Cheerio
Roaring Gap
Ken Yarborough
Jim Hughes
Montreal
Bids Received For Chair City Library Items
Dixie Equipment Co Inc of Liberty appears low bidder for Thomasville Library furnishings including shelving tables desks and chairs for the J Walter Lambeth Room and folding tables and chairs for the basement. The bid total is 3069 95 with three other bids also received in Lexington county manager's office.
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Thomasville
Dixie Equipment Co., Inc
Liberty
Lexington
Dixie
J. Walter Lambeth
City to form permanent human relations commission
Enterprise City Editor Forrest Cates reports officials move to create a permanent human relations commission after a biracial agreement ended mass race demonstrations. Mayor Mehan may present the Greensboro style panel to the City Council, with a 10 member balance of Negro and white members and a broader community base for subcommittees.
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Floyd Mehan
Greensboro
Edgar Jones
Lwhite
Ito
Mehan
Capus Wanick
High Point
Mr. Jones
Wendell Patton
Skies to Clear Tonight and Tuesday Warmth Ahead
The weatherman predicts fair skies tonight and Tuesday with warmer temperatures. Tonight will be cool and Tuesday should reach around 78 as a high. Yesterday’s highs and lows were 67 and 55, while today’s high was about 74 and low 57.
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Friendship Weatherman
Prayer for TODA in the Methodist Church
Prayer expresses repentance and renewal through God’s mercy. W Kenneth Pope of Little Rock Arkansas, bishop of The Methodist Church, offers a plea for daily forgiveness and new life in Christ, acknowledging God’s patient love and guiding Spirit.
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Christ
W. Kenneth Pope
Little Rock
Arkansas
The
Methodist Church
Argentine Trains Halted in 38 Percent Wage Strike
Argentine railway workers halted all trains in a Sunday night strike protesting a government offer of 38 percent wage increases. Government countered with 221 percent, rejected by unions. State railways had been under a partial weeklong stoppage. Two hour daily stoppages disrupted schedules.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Textile items for armed forces produced in WWII
During World War II roughly 10 000 textile items were produced to support military needs. The effort reflects wartime production scale and the role of fabric goods in sustaining armed forces.
Jury is convened in High Point urban renewal case
Judge Allen Gwyn in Guilford County Superior Court called a jury for the urban renewal trial in High Point. The judge had favored no jury earlier but asked Harriss Jarrell if he preferred a jury trial and he did. Arguments over questions of fact and funding were discussed, with city, redevelopment commission and state rulings cited. The lunch recess paused the proceedings with jurors set to return at 2 p.m.
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High Point
Guilford County
Jarrell
Gwen
Tol
City and Redevelopment Commissasion
Knox Walker
John Haworth
A. G. Whitener
W. W. Hor
Court of North Carolina
Redevelopment Commission
Gwyn
Girl Admits Smashing Store Door
A Bynum Street girl, Mary E. Archie, 18, admitted smashing a plate glass door at Beamon Street Grocery using a brick around 9:45 p.m. Damage was about 15 dollars. She posted a 50 dollar bond for Municipal Court. Other arrests included Samuel Hopkins 34 indecent exposure and John Bolton 19 profanity by telephone. Bethel Bennett 24 Mack Barnes 33 George Martin 40 were charged with separate prohibition law violations with 25 dollar bonds.
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Bynum Street
Beamon Street
Mary E. Archie
Samuel Junior Hopkins
Tate Street
John W. Bolton
Sharon Street
Bethel Lee Bennett
Gordon, Ga
Mack Barnes
Bethel Dr
George Martin
Lowe Avenue
Byron Haworth
YDC To Hold General Meet Wednesday
The High Point Young Democratic Club will hold a general meeting at 7 30 p m Wednesday in the Municipal Courtroom. President Ed Hardin announced the gathering to elect officers for the coming year.
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High Point Young Democratic Club
Ed Hardin
Hardin
Kurds Protest British Arms in Iraq Conflict
Jalal Al Talabani, envoy for Iraqi Kurds, accused Britain of arming the Iraqi government with planes light tanks and other weapons for mountain warfare while Kurdish forces say they control most northern mountains and seek only self rule within the Iraqi republic. Government figures show the textile industry plans about 720 million dollars in new plants and equipment in 1963 an 18 percent rise from 1962.
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Paris
Iraq
United Nations
Britain
Jalal al Talabani
Weekend accident toll high despite no injuries
Traffic crashes over the weekend caused thousands in damage with no injuries reported. Drivers cited include Bart Lainza Reed Irene Shelton Stewart William Arthur Nelson Stanford Smith Jack Dempsey Davis Dudley Overcash Noel Pendry Paul Thomas Williams and others, with multiple intersections and a mix of poles and houses struck. Police record damage figures and notes of drivers reportedly sleeping at wheels or losing control.
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Bart -Lainza Reed
Winston-Salem
Irene Shelton Stewart
Cliffsside Street
S. Main Street
Russell Avenue
Reed
Stewart
N. Main Street
William Arthur Nelson
Stanford Smith
Davidson Road
Nelson
Smith
Mainland Parkway
Jack Dempsey Davis
Dudley
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J. E. Cook
Forrest Cates
Enterprise City
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Harriss Covington
John Langford
Howard Marsh
Toda
Bible Missionary Church
High Point, N. C
Tony. W. Ross
Pastor
By Frank Warren
Harriss Jarrell
Li M
E. Commerce
John Garnett
Mgr
YDC
Henry Lee Overcash
E. Farriss Avenue
Noel Pendry
E. Farriss
Emerywood Drive
W. Lexington Avenue
Paul Thomas Williams
Merry Hills
Williams
Thrifiy Food
Colonial Stores
DELTA
Garner
C. S. Instant Coffee
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Norfolk
Knoxville
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Piedmont Airlines
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