Interior Decorating Classes Announced At Workshop
Arts and Crafts Workshop opens fall session on Oct 2 at 7 30 pm in the Junior High School with eight decorating classes led by Betty Metcalfe and experts from Alderman Studios Globe Furniture and other firms Topics include fundamentals color coordination window treatments upholstery and lighting A display of Workshop products is in the Chamber of Commerce window.
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Betty Metcalfe
Alderman Photo Co
Gilbert ‘Gray
Alderman’s
Reginald Styers
Dave Oden
Voorhees and
Everhart
John Diffendal
Diffendal
Blair Park
Chamber of Commerce
Arts and Crafts Workshop
Father Of Local Resident Dies At Bear Creek
Dan Henry Ellis 80 longtime Bear Creek resident died at home after two years of declining health and eight weeks of serious illness He was a retired merchant and farmer Funeral services were held at Tyson's Creek Baptist Church with Rev Claude Johnson officiating Burial followed in the church cemetery Survived by wife Bessie Phillips Ellis four daughters two sons and eight grandchildren plus a great grandchild
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Siler City
Dan Henry Ellis
Route 1
Bear Creek
Tyson's Creek Baptist Church
Claude Johnson
Bessie Phillips Ellis
W. J. Welch
Charlotte
Martin Kulock
Miami Beach
Fla
Robert L. Stove
Elma Ellis
High Point
George H. Ellis
Mrs Ella Hill Dies at 77 in Asheboro
Mrs. Ella Hill, 77, Asheboro, died. She is survived by two sons R T Hill of Burlington and Ware Hill of High Point, 14 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren. Funeral services set for Wednesday at 2 30 p.m. at Far-
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Ella Hill
Asheboro
Migeon Ward
Baden Davis
Mayden H. Smith
High Point
R. T. Hill
Burlington
Ware Hill
Hodge warns on spread of Communism to Exchange Club
General John R. Hodge told Exchange Club members that communistic gains in the past five years have been gigantic and warned that when the Communists are ready for war there will be no need for warning. He urged the audience to stay firm and vigilant.
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John R. Hodge
Exchange Club
Hodge
High Point Plans to Back Textile Insurance Firm
High Point merchants and businessmen pledged support for Textile Insurance Co to keep the firm in the city. A Chamber of Commerce committee will meet Textile board members to express backing, noting several directors live nearby and about a quarter of Textile stock is locally owned.
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High Point
Thomasville
Denton
Sheraton
Textile Insurance Co
Owl Merchant
Kester
Openings Remain For Scout Trip to National Reservation
Thirty scouts from the Uwharrie Council will join two dozen others on a trip to the national scout reservation. Bob Tye reports 25 total signed up with five leaders volunteering for three positions. Additional readers from Thomasville and High Point join preparatory activities held by the YMCA lifeguard course.
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Uwharrie Council
Bob Tye
Roland Baldwin
Wallburg
David Hucks
Scott Parker Ili
Bill Mickey
John Cheek
Frazier Vereen
High Point
Robin Russell
Richard Finch
David Franks
Bobby Batten
al Carpenter
Phillip Rapp
Thomasville
Tye
Tom Marlowe
YMCA
Ken Yarborough
Lamar Hicks
Y Staff
Thomasville Bloodmobile in Jeopardy Over Short Donations
The Red Cross warns Thomasville may lose its bloodmobile if 125 pints are not collected Friday at the Civic Center from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Since July 1 the city supplied 160 pints but collected only 111, risking a credit plan for donors and families. Wilson Hunt leads the local chapter.
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Thomasville
Red Cross
Charlotte
Wilson Hunt
Civic Center
Two Children Hurt In Separate Mishaps Near Home And School
Two six year olds sustained injuries yesterday in separate incidents. James Howard Adams was struck by a northbound car near Jamestown bus stop as he exited a school bus. he received a deep facial laceration and was released from Memorial Hospital. Sarah Lynn Angel suffered a mild concussion after being struck as she ran from behind a parked truck near her home on Wise Street. she remained under observation with no charges filed.
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James Howard Adams
Valleybrook Dr
Sarah Lynn Angel
Richardson St
Adams
Jamestown
Angel
Memorial Hospital
Young Adams
Little's
Highway 68
Centennial Avenue
Harold Crump
Arlie Nichols
Bragg
Nancy Hughes Boyles
Wise Street
ASC Election Slated For Thursday
Davidson County farmers will elect Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation committeemen to run national farm programs in 1959. Voters go 7 to 6 at places including Abbotts Creek K F Greene's Store Denton and Welcome Bethesda North Davidson Suply.
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Thomasville
Davidson County
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation
Soil Bank
Abbotts Creek
K. F. Greene
Denton Healing Springs
Davidson Farmers Cooperative
Faulty Stove and Bird's Nest Spark Minor Church Fire
In Thomasville the Liberty Baptist Association hosts at Southside Baptist Church on Fisher Ferry Street when a wood stove misfired and a bird's nest ignited a small fire in the loft. Firefighters contained the blaze quickly with only slight damage. The meeting continued at Woodmen's Hall.
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Thomasville
Liberty ‘Baptist Association
Southside Baptist Church
Southside
Fisher Ferry Street
Woodmen's Hall
Presbyterian Home to Unveil Portrait of Late Rev Williams
The Presbyterian Home in North Carolina will unveil a portrait of the late Reverend R. Murphy Williams at a board meeting followed by a semi annual reception. Williams raised about 250000 for the home during 1946 to 1949 through statewide church travels. The portrait was donated by his widow and painted by his granddaughter Annette Robinson, to be unveiled by Williams III and Dan Robinson. The home, expanding since 1954, serves over 100 seniors in a facility with motel style units added in 1957.
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Board of Trustees
Presbyterian Home, Inc
R. Murphy Wilng
Ye Po
Williams
Presbyterian Home
Synod of North Carolina
William H. Sullivan Sr
Annette Robinson
R. Murphy Williams, III
Dan Robinson
Free Oral Cancer Check Offered by Three Hospitals
A free screening for mouth cancer will be held Friday October 10 from 11 AM to 7 PM at Duke and Watts Hospitals in Durham and the UNC School of Dentistry in Chapel Hill. The program, the state’s first free oral cancer detection project, is sponsored by the North Carolina Dental Society and the American Dental Society to reduce last year’s 99 oral cancer deaths. More than 50 dentists and Orange and Durham County Dental Societies members will participate, with statewide attendance expected.
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Duke and Watts
Durham
UNC School of Dentistry
Chapel Hill
North Carolina Dental Society
American Dental Society
Cancer Society
Orange
Durham County
Crowhunting Suspected in Skeet Club Road Incident
Deputies label a city incident near Skeet Club Road a crowhunting event after a car with male occupants stopped, two shots were heard, and suspects fled. City arrests followed: Roger Gardner 20 on suspended license with $500 bond, Nancy Hunt 19 cited for passing a school bus, Catherine Brockman 16 and Edna Smith 21 posted $50 bonds for counter assault warrants.
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Skeet Club Road
Radford Road
Roger L. Gardner
Monroe Street
Nancy A. Hunt
Welch Drive
Catherine Brockman
Edna Smith
Vall Street
City offers sludge free for hauling
The city offers stabilized sludge free for hauling from the eastside sewage disposal plant off Kivett Drive. Utilities director Bill Williams calls it an excellent soil builder with high humus content. applicants must arrange their own transport and take a full bed of about 70 cubic yards, with applications to Joseph Yarbrough at the plant, phone 9703.
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Kivett Drive
Utilities Department
Bill Williams
Joseph Yarbrough
Apples for teachers welcomed at Providence luncheon
The Providence Chamber of Commerce hosted a welcoming luncheon for 94 new teachers. Each place setting included a shiny apple, symbolizing appreciation for the new hires.
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Providence, R.I
Chamber of Commerce
Roadblock Donation Totals $193 for Lions Club
Thomasville residents donate $193 at a Sunday roadblock on Lexington Avenue. Funds support the Pilot Lions Club White Cane Sale and the sight bear project.
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Thomasville
Pilot Lions Club
Lexington Avenue
Lions Club
New Light on How the Mind Works
October Reader's Digest reports new scientific findings on brain function and learning. Investigators probe how thinking changes with age and whether sleep or posture affects mental ability.
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Howard B. Griffin
Alderman Studios
Furniture Design
Chair City
ASC
United Fund
RED Cross Campaign
Donald W. Conrad Agency
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