3 000 Kids See Free Movies On Kids Day
More than 3 600 High Point elementary pupils attended free films at the Broadhurst and Paramount theatres as part of Kiwanis Club Kids Day. Volunteers and police aided crowd control while proceeds supported the National Kids Day Foundation and local hearing tests program. Mayor Kearns bought the first lapel button to kick off the drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
High Point Kiwanis Club
Broadhurst
Paramount
Kiwanis Club
The
Kids’ Day Foundation
Amos R. Kearns
William D.lewis
Kiwanis
Egyptian Custom Signifying Daughters for Marriage
In Egypt a plate placed over a house door marks a family with a daughter of marriageable age. The practice signals social status and prompts suitors to consider marriage prospects within the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
Expect Showers Tonight Sun Weather Forecast
The weather bureau predicts intermittent rain today and scattered showers tonight and tomorrow. Most of today will be cloudy and mild with a high of 78 and a low of 57. Tomorrow's high is 76 with a low tonight of 61 and showers ending tomorrow evening.
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Friendship Weather Bureau
Local Woman Killed In Collision In Tampa
Mrs Christine Jackson of 729 Main Street was killed Thursday night in a Tampa automobile crash while en route to the hospital. Husband Tedford Jackson 29 and their 14 year old daughter Shirley Janette remain unconscious with fractured skulls and face lacerations at Memorial Hospital. Born in High Point she was 37 and the daughter of the late Trudia Garrett and William Rogers. Surviving: two more children Sylvia Dean and Michael Edwin four sisters and four brothers. Funeral services set for Mt Pleasant Baptist Church at 2 30 this afternoon with Rev Clinard and Rev Beamon officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christine Jackson
Main Street
Tampa
Fla
Trudia Garrett
William Rogers
Sylvia Dean
Michael Edwin
Ruby
Leigh Smith
Lexington
Jenevine Webster
Greensboro
Barrer Hall
Ernestine Williard
Thomasville
Buddy James
Bobby Lee
Harold Thomas
Curtis Rogers
High Point
Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church
William Clinard
George Beamon
Haven-Glo Baptist Church
106 In County Dropped From Welfare List
Guilford County Welfare Department in Greensboro reports 106 old age assistance recipients terminated from the welfare list, up from 25 last month, largely due to the new North Carolina lien law. Superintendent Blanche Carr Sterne notes surprise at the terminations and expects many to reapply. cashing October checks signifies compliance with lien provisions. The board also approved 13 new cases, adjusted ten, revised 69, and will aid 17 more dependent children while rejecting four, revising 76 and terminating 26 existing cases.
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Guilford County Welfare Department
Greensboro
North Carolina
Blanche Carr Sterne
Hawthorne Leads Lutheran Motorcade to Evangelism Rally
The Rev. Harry D. Hawthorne of Emmanuel Lutheran Church will head a High Point to Salisbury motorcade for a Sunday Evangelism rally at St. John's Lutheran Church. The program includes an evangelism workshop and address by Dr. L. Boyd Hamm, with Dr. Royal Lesher greeting attendees. Over a thousand Lutherans from Thomasville and Lexington are expected to attend the Salisbury event as part of a synod wide Evangelism Program.
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Harry D. Hawthorne
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
High Point
St. John's Lutheran Church
Salisbury
L. Boyd Hamm
St. John’s Social Hall
Hamm
N.C. Synod
St. John's Lutheran Church of Hagerstown
Royal Lesher
Evangelism
United Lutheran Church In America
Raleigh
Hickory
North Carolina
David F. Cooper
Thomasville
Lexington
Meal A Minit Cafe Fire Briefly Under investigation
A fire at Meal A Minit Cafe located at 337 South Main Street caused unknown damage with no injuries reported. Police and fire crews responded and the cause remains under investigation.
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S. Main Street
Piedmont Home and Improvement Company Incorporation
Piedmont Home and Improvement Company of High Point filed a certificate of incorporation with Secretary of State Thad Eure Raleigh. The firm is authorized for decorating services with capital stock of 100 000 dollars and subscribed 400 dollars by H. J. Parsons of Randleman J P Dowdy of High Point and E A Tucker of Thomasville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piedmont Home and Improvement Company, Inc
High Point
Thad Eure
Raleigh
H. J. Parsons
Randleman
J-P. Dowdy
E. A. Tucker
Thomasvible
Word counts in professions vary by group
The text notes average vocabulary sizes for the general public 8000 to 10900 words. It then states doctors know about 25000 words and lawyers about 23000 words, illustrating professional jargon differences.
Wounded In Korea Jones Recovering At Rear Hospital
Marine Cpl. Horace Perry Jones is listed in stable condition in a rear area Korea hospital after receiving a superficial head wound from a machine gun bullet on September 13. The injury followed a prior shrapnel wound from a Chinese grenade. Jones is the son of Mr and Mrs Grover H Jones.
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Horace Perry Jones
Grover H. Jones
Korea
Young Jones
Pvt
Corlis Olen Duncan
E. C. Duncan
Hobson Street
Sunday Movie Question To Get Airing In Thomasville
Thomasville ministers will circulate petitions among church members to gauge support for overturning the city council’s Sunday movie ordinance. If enough names are collected, they will request repeal at their next meeting. Thanksgiving services are planned for the Wednesday before Thanksgiving with Rev. Henry, Rev. Palmer, and Rev. Weldon organizing. Miss Helen Graham leads the High Point Business and Professional Women’s Club in National Federation observances September 23-29.
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Thomasville
Episcopal Church
Association
Charles Wessinger
F. W. Henry
A. Palmer
Wilson O. Weldon
BEWCG
Helen Graham
High Point Business and Professional Women’s Club
National Federation
Fireman Family Home Damaged In Early Afternoon Blaze
An extensive fire heavily damaged a four room frame dwelling at 908 Thissell Street. Fire Chief E K Ingram said a leaking oil stove likely started the blaze. L H Davis and family, including a child, escaped unharmed. Fire crews arrived at 1 25 p m and fought flames until 2 40 p m.
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Thissell Street
L. H. Davis
Davis
E. K. Ingram
Fte
Boswell Booked On Assault Count
Johnnie Boswell, 26, of 1306 Furlough Street, faces a Municipal Court hearing October 15 for allegedly cutting his wife during a domestic argument. Police booked him on a warrant charging assault with a deadly weapon after the incident at their home. Johnny Lee Boswell received emergency treatment at High Point Memorial Hospital and was released. eight stitches were recorded. Boswell is free on $200 bond pending the hearing.
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Johnnie Boswell
Furlough Street
Boswell
Johnny Lee Boswell
High Point Memorial Hospital
Policemen Catch Car Thief Wanted in 37,000 Burglary
Oakland police flagged down a car that ran a red light. Driver Elroy Jones, 26, admitted stealing the vehicle in San Francisco and being sought in Yreka, California for a 37,000 burglary. He had escaped from San Francisco police during questioning on several burglaries.
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Oakland
Cal
Elroy Jones
San Francisco
Yreka
Bound Over On Charge Of Larceny
A 24 year old High Point man Sam Eldridge waived a hearing in Recorder's Court on a four year old larceny charge for auto theft. He was bound over to the November term of Superior Court by Judge W H Steed on a $509 bond after allegedly taking a 1941 Ford from Coy Ensley on March 15 1947. Eldridge had recently been in a state prison camp and was returned by deputies on a detainer. Several other judgments were recorded including speeding drunken driving and license violations with various sentences and suspensions, all appealed where noted.
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Thomasville
High Point
Route 1
Recorder’s Court
Sam Eldridge
Superior Court
W. H. Steed
Eldridge
Coy Ensley
Carl Beck
White Street
Arthur Walker
Brown
Alvis Tobin
Charles E. Sowers
Walker
Gerald Richard Lambeth
Route 3
Bynum Frank Hodge
Johnson
Dewey Oakley
Sullivan
Doak Hudson
Claytis O. Bostic
John Henry Phillips
Ervin Smokes
Eastern Makes Change In Its Local Schedule
Eastern Air Lines will start a new afternoon service from Greensboro High Point to Chattanooga Nashville Louisville Indianapolis and Chicago effective September 30. Flight 565 will depart at 4 27 p m and connect in Charlotte with Flight 150 enabling arrivals in Chattanooga by 7 27 p m Nashville by 7 27 p m CST Louisville at 8 44 p m Indianapolis at 5 41 p m and Chicago at 10 31 p m.
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Easter Air Lines
High Point
Chattanooga
Nashville
Louisville
Indianapolis
Chicago
Greensboro-High Point
Charlotte
Thomasville Merchants Award Prizes In Dollar Days Promotion
The Thomasville Merchants Association announced two more prizes in its Dollar Days promotion. Mrs. Dale Jarrett of Fair Grove won a box springs and mattress while Edith Benner of 405 Spring Street received a 17 inch television. Drawings determined winners. remaining prizes washing machine and electric stove to be awarded at 6 10 p m at the Big Chair. Dollar Days end today.
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Thomasville
Merchants Association
Dale Jarrett
Fair Grove
Edith Benner
Spring Street
Association
Fire Dept launches year round training program in High Point
High Point firemen completed their first week of drills under the new Education and Drill School led by Assistant Chief Claude Canady. Captain T. M. Ellington instructions cover outdoor ladder and pump work while bad weather shifts focus to interior classes on fire prevention hydraulics and hydrant locations. The program includes building surveys by individual firefighters to map escape routes for fires. The first training phase aims to finish October 22 barring weather or fire delays.
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High Point
Claude Canady
T. M. Ellington
Canady
Your New Social Security in High Point Office Notice
Ruth G. Duffy urges prompt Social Security filing to avoid benefit losses. Workers 65 or older laid off should report. widows and families must inquire promptly and file now. Office in Room 201 Postoffice Building open 9 to 5 weekdays. reps visit Thomasville Wednesdays and Asheboro Thursdays.
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Ruth G. Duffy
High Point
Postoffice Building
N.C
Thomasville
Asheboro
Suit Filed Against Local Firm Over Fashion Foam Contract
New York businessman Jack Feinerman sues Silver Craft Furniture Co of High Point and three Silver officers in Middle District Court claiming breach of contract over exclusive rights to the Fashion Foam furniture trade. He seeks $60,000 damages and an accounting of profits and commissions.
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Middle District Court
Silver Craft Furniture Company of
High Point
New York
Jack Feinerman
New York City
Philip A. Silver
Silvia G. Silver
Norman H. Silver
Furniture Company
Feinerman
Fashion Foam
Judge MacRae Elected Head Episcopal Club
Don C. MacRae former Municipal Court judge and St Marys Episcopal Church chancelor was elected president of the churchs Men's Club at the first meeting of the season. Powell Alexander named vice president. A brief business session set meetings for each third Friday as Rev. Thomas J. C. Smyth outlined plans for the year.
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Don C. MacRae
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
Powell Alexander
Thomas J. C. Smyth
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