Local artist Harris to show 28 paintings at Chapel Hill gallery
High Point artist Don Harris has been notified his 28 watercolor and oil pieces will be exhibited in the North Art Gallery at Morehead Planetarium Chapel Hill for the month starting October 3. Harris a Meadowlawn Avenue resident and Alderman Studios layout artist trained at Harr School of Art the Museum School of Fine Arts in Boston and served in the U S Marine Corps. His work F The Relic Hunter earned honorable mention at the Blowing Rock Art Association and he draws inspiration from Virginia countryside and Guilford County scenes.
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Braxton Younts
Mebane
Durham
Marines
Museum School of Fine Arts
Boston
High Point
Alderman
Harris
Chapel
Guilford County
Blowing Rock Art Association
Gerry
Saltville
Virginia
Death notices for Richard P. Royer and Mrs Bessie Scarlett Fine
Funeral services for Richard P. Royer proceed this afternoon at 4 in Sechrest Funeral Home Chapel with entombment at Guilford Memorial Park Mausoleum. Active pallbearers listed. Royer, 72, of Boxwood Gardens, died Saturday morning in High Point Memorial Hospital. Mrs Bessie Scarlett Fine, 65, of Route 2 Lexington, funeral at 3 from Clarksville Methodist Church with Rev. Cameron Dodson officiating. burial in church cemetery.
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Richard P. Royer
Sechrest Funeral Home
D. Roy E. Watts
First Presbyterian Church
Guilford Memorial Park
Carl Bailey
C. A. Warner Jr
George White
Bill White
Charles Spencer
Claude Kirkman Jr
Mr. Roger
Boxwood Gardens
High Point Memorial Hospital
Thomasville
Bessie Scarlett Fine
Rouute 2
Lexington
Clarksburg
Cameron Dodson
Mrs L Sykes Former Asheboro Resident Dies
Mrs Luther Sykes 64 of Route 2 Lexington died at home Friday night after a 21 month illness. Former Lonia Ethel Trotter of Randolph County, she leaves husband Luther Sykes one daughter Lillian Sykes her mother Mrs Lee Trotter of Asheboro five sisters and one brother. Funeral Monday at 2 30 p m at the home with interment in Oaklawn Cemetery Asheboro.
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Asheboro
Luther Sykes
Lexington
Lonia Ethel Trotter
Randolph County
Lillian Sykes
Lee Trotter
Ervin Trotter
Esther Rogers
Staley
Eula Bunting
Blanche Ridge
Molene Brantley
Wilma Almon
Farmer
Oaklawn Cemetery
Funeral services held for Mrs Sarah White Snipes
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah White Snipes were held yesterday at 11 in Sechrest Funeral Home Chapel with Rev A C Waggoner of First Methodist Church officiating. Interment followed at Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery. Pallbearers listed as D L Barker M D Matthews L F Honeycutt S P Montgomery Ralph Vance and Joe Marshall. Mrs Snipes, 77, of 408 Steele Street, died Thursday morning at Maryfield Convalescent Home.
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Sarah White Snipes
Sechrest Funeral Home
A. C. Waggoner
First ‘Methodist Church
Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery
D. L. Barker
M. D. Matthews
L. F. Honeycutt
S. P. Montgomery
Ralph Vance
Joe Marshall
Snipes
Steele St
Maryfield
Funeral rites for Mrs Mamie Hubbard Wood held at Main Street Church
Mrs. Mamie Hubbard Wood aged 77 of 501 Cable Street died Thursday afternoon at High Point Memorial Hospital. Funeral services were conducted yesterday at 3 pm at Main Street Methodist Church by Rev. Robert H. Stamey and Rev. J. P. H. McNatt. Interment followed in Oakwood Cemetery. Pallbearers were Ross H. Davis Sam W. Connor Reitzer Morgan J Harold Black E L Green E A Osborne Wiford Eddinger and Vance Lanter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamie Hubbard Wood
Main Street Methodist Church
Robert H. Stamey
J. P. H. McNatt
Brentwood Presbyterian Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Ross H. Davis
Sam W. Connor
Reitzer Morgan
J. Harold Black
E. L. Green
E. A. Osborne
Wiford Eddinger
Vance Lanter
Wood
C.ble St
High Point Memorial Hospital
Pigeon Stops Grand Central Clock at 5:15
A pigeon perched on the minute hand of the Grand Central Terminal clock and knocked it out of commission. Train announcer Pat Carroll, 58, announced the correct time until mechanics repaired the clock. The incident paused schedules and drew a quip about counts.
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New York
Grand Central Terminal
Pat Carroll
Carroll
Poll Sites Picked For ASC Vote
Guilford County selects polling places for the October 2 ASC election to choose five board members across 21 sectors. County delegates to the Greensboro convention will pick three committeemen and two alternates, with polling sites including Joe Frazier's Store, Holmes Store, and Union Hill School.
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Guilford County
ASC
Greensboro
Joe Frazier
Deep
River
Hardins Hatchery
Friendship
Holmes
High Point
Union Hill
Jamestown
White Cane Drive Opens Across North Carolina
High Point Lions join other Tar Heel clubs in staging the annual White Cane drive from today through Oct. 5 to aid the blind and visually handicapped in the state. In 1934 Lions helped form the North Carolina Association for the Blind to assist statewide. A rich Roman residence with costly bronzes was uncovered under a melon patch in Sardis Turkey.
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High Point Lions
Tar Heel
Lions
North Carolina Association For the Blind
Sardis
Turkey
Postmen Plan Fund canvass for retarded children
High Point postman will ring doorbells tomorrow night to back the Postman’s March fundraiser. Sponsored by the Letter Carriers Auxiliary and the local ARC chapter, residents are asked to leave porch lights on during canvassing hours. Andy Griffith backs the drive. Half of proceeds stay with the local ARC, the rest aid Graylyn School for Exceptional Children in Winston-Salem.
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High Point Postman
Letter Carriers’ Auxiliary
The
Association For Retarded Children
Andy Griffith
Children’s Association
Graylyn School For
Winston-Salem
Suit Filed In Fatal Accident In North Carolina
Lew Leffler administrator of Ida T. Leffler estate sues Singer Hosiery Mills Inc and Sylvia F. Singer over a fatal crash on N Hamilton St on Feb 5. He seeks 60000 dollars for wrongful death saying the company car driven by Singer, who had not slept 36 hours, sideswiped the parked car. Ida Leffler was 39 and a milliner.
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High Point
Guilford Superior Court
Singer Hosiery Mills Inc
Sylvia F. Singer
Lew Leffler
Ida T. Leffler
Ida’ T. Leffler
Singer
N. Hamilton St
Leffler
36th Masonic District Meet Set With Talks
The 36th Masonic District meeting convenes Wednesday at Lexington Lodge 473 with District Deputy Clyde S. Chennault presiding. Arnold J. Koonce will deliver the principal address, joined by Tyler Freeman and George D. Davis. Lodges in Lexington Thomasville Denton and High Point compose the district.
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Masonic District
Clyde S. Chernault
Lexington Lodge
C. B. Williams Jr
Memorial Lodge
Boyce Sink
Lexington Lodge No
Chennault
Arnold J. Koonce
Tyler Freeman
Lexington No. 473
George D. Davis
Acacia Lodge
Lexington
Thomasville
Denton
High Point
Ferrer to star in This Was Edwin Booth on Broadway
Jose Ferrer, a prolific actor and stage talent, returns to Broadway to portray Edwin Booth in This Was Edwin Booth. He will star as lead, co produce and direct the Milton Geiger drama, bringing a Victorian era icon to the stage.
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New York
Jose Ferrer
Broadway
Edwin Booth
Ferrer
Milton Geiger
NAM Official Will Address Civic Club
Jim Low of the National Association of Manufacturers will speak to the High Point Exchange Club and wives Monday evening. A noted management speaker, Low has held multiple executive roles and led labor management initiatives in New England. He was born in Scotland, became a U.S. citizen in 1922, and now resides in Springfield, Massachusetts.
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Jim Low
National Association of Manufacturers
High Point Exchange Club
Low
Scotland
United States
National Council of Industrial Management Clubs
New England
Springfield
Mass
Civil defense interest low in High Point and peers
A nationwide survey reported by the American Municipal Association finds Asheville Greensboro and Winston Salem North Carolina cities with advanced plans but little public interest in civil defense. Charlotte noted citizen awareness while industry showed scant engagement in High Point and nearby cities.
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High Point
Washington
Asheville
Greensboro
Winston- Salem
N.C
Gastonia
American Municipal Assn
Charlotte
Winston-Salem
North Carolina
Asheville and Gas
Danish Norwegian graduates as missile experts at Huntsville
Sixty officers and men from Denmark and Norway completed training as missile experts in 1958 at the U S Army Guided Missile School in Huntsville Alabama confirming close allied military education and cooperation.
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Denmark
Norway
U. S. Army Guided Missile School
Huntsville
Ala
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Florida
Corps
Forsyth County
Don Harris
Bessie
Fine
Richard Royer
L. Sykes
Sarah Snipes
Mrs
Mamie Wood
Masons
Charles McBride
A. C. Moody
Nam
Civic Club
Gunte Teledy
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