Housing office to take over veteran housing program duties
The office of the housing expediter will shift compliance functions of the veteran housing program from the office of price administration to its Atlanta regional expediter Clarence N. Walker beginning April 5. Frank R. Creedon approves the transfer due to OPA funding cuts. Walker promises continued protection of veterans rights and handling existing and new complaints, with pending cases moving to the new office at Greensboro 330 South Green Street.
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Vetera
Office of Price Administration
Clarence N. Walker
Atlanta
Frank R. Creedon
Washington
OPA
Walker
N’s Office
U. S
South Green Street
Greensboro
City Awards 4070 Repair Bid for Biltmore Hotel
City council accepted a 4070 bid by Parham Darr Construction of High Point to repair the Biltmore hotel marquee and stairways damaged during Willowbrook bridge work and High Street widening. Council also approved a 130 page ad in State magazine about High Point and discussed summer white caps for police.
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Biltmore
Parham- Darr Construction Company
High Point
Willowbrook _ street
High Street
State
Phillips
Wesley Memorial Fellowship Hour in Holy Week Service
At Wesley Memorial Methodist church on Wednesday at 7 30 p m the Youth choir directed by Miss Mildred Crowder will sing All in the April Evening Jesus Word of God Incarnate and O Sacred Head Now Wounded The solo Were You There When The Crucified My Lord will be sung by Miss Crowder Rev Paul Hardin Jr will speak on These Men Crucified Him After the service the Youth choir will meet for rehearsal Maundy Thursday at 7 30 p m Wesley Memorial joins First Methodist for Lord s Supper Good Friday observance at Emmanuel Lutheran 12 noon to 3 p m
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Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Mildred Crowder
Robertson
Jesus
Mozart
Bach
Miss Crowder
Paul Hardin, Jr
Wesley Memorial Church
First Methodist
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
April Fools Day in High Point Townwide Caution
High Point residents approach April 1 with wary calm as authorities caution pranksters and the public keeps guard up. police brushes off jokes while schoolchildren recall the day, noting teachers may bear the brunt of any mischief.
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Police
High Point
Funeral Rites for W. H. Underwood
Funeral services for W. H. Underwood who died at his home on Thomasville Rt. 2 Saturday were held at Pleasant Hill Methodist church Monday at three oclock. The service was conducted by Rev. C. O. Plyler with Dr. G. A. Martin assisting. Interment followed in the church cemetery with pallbearers F. E. Coman W. L. Hepler Harrison Hepler R. G. Thomas Albert Blair and Bernard Bodenheimer. A quartet with Mrs. Ceph Hepler F. T. Kerns Sr Cicero Hunt and Mrs. E. T. Kearns Sr provided music.
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W. H. Underwood
Thomasville
Pleasant Hill Methodist Church
C. O. Plyler
G. A. Martin
Flowers
Leona Guin
F.E. Coman
W. L. Hepler
Harrison Hepler
R. G. Thomas
Albert Blair
Bernard
Funeral services set for Capt. Allen A Brewer
Greensboro authorities announce funeral services tomorrow for Capt. Allen A Brewer 39 former president of the North Carolina identification association and a 13 year Greensboro police veteran who died yesterday from a heart attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Allen A. Brewer
North Carolina Identification Association
Funeral services for Miss Maria Graham in Warrenton
Miss Maria Daniel Graham longtime East Carolina Teachers College faculty member died after a long illness in Raleigh. Funeral services will be held today at 4 from Wesley Memorial Methodist church with Rev. Cecil Robbins presiding. Burial will follow at Ridgeway Cemetery. She was a native of Warren County daughter of the late John and Mrs. Graham of Warrenton.
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Maria Graham
Wade Hill 42 Dies of Heart Attack at Home and Plant
Wade Hill 42 died of a heart attack at his Asheboro road business Monday night around 10. He was born August 16 1904 in Stokes County and leaves a wife Katherine Weant four children, mother Ellen Hill of High Point two sisters and four brothers. Funeral at Fairfield Methodist church Wednesday at 3 with burial in the church cemetery after viewing at 4 Tuesday afternoon.
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Wade Hill
Asheboro
Mr. Hill
Stokes County
Robert
Nancy Ellen Boles Hill
Glenoa Clay Products Company
Robertson Fertilizer Company
Fairfield Methodist Church
Carolyn Hill
Susan Gale Hill
Ellen Hill
High Point
Rt. 3
Annie Hill
Fannie Hill
Ernest Hill
Paul Hill
Jack Hill
High Sa
Jesse Hill
Kernersville
W. B. Penny
O. L Brown
Evolution of the word geyser from Icelandic to American usage
The term geyser originates from Icelandic and was first spoken as geeser. It evolved to gayser before being widely adopted in American English as gyser and then geyser.
Boy Scout Play On Air At 9 30 Tonight
The Community Radio council and the Boy Scouts present an original script The Gremlin by Sara Alderman at 9 30 tonight on WMFR. Directed by Laura Whitlark and Mary Elizabeth Clark, with Mrs Paul Ingle as Mary Thornton and Max Meeks as Tom Thornton Sr. Pepper Tice plays Tommy Jr. Cast also includes Mrs Sam Tobias Herman Coble Gilbert Gray Harvey Kanter Al Arranson and Mr and Mrs John Herndon.
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Community Radio Council
The
Boy Scouts
Laura Whitlark
Mary Elizabeth Clark
Mary Thornton
Paul Ingle
Tom Thornton, Sr
Max Meeks
Tommy, Jr
Pepper Tice
Sam Tobias
Herman Coble
Gilbert Gray
Harvey Kanter
al Arranson
John Herndon
Charlotte Man Named Chief Surgeon at Kelley Memorial
Dr. J. D. Gilland Jr of Charlotte elected chief surgeon of Kelley Memorial Hospital in Kingstree S C announced by David S Epps board chairman Gilland born in Florence graduated from University of South Carolina Medical College Charleston served as resident surgeon at James Walker Memorial Hospital Wilmington N C
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Kingstree
S. C
J. D. Gilland, Jr
Charlotte
Kelley Memorial Hospital
David S. Epps
Lyndon F. Wilson Jr Funeral Services Held
Lyndon Floyd Wilson Jr., 30, of 406 E Farris Ave, drowned at High Rock Lake last Saturday. Funeral was Monday at 2 pm from his residence led by Rev. Cecil Haworth of Central Friends church. Interment at Oakwood Memorial Park. pallbearers named. floral offerings sent by friends. mixed quartet performed during services with Mrs Lawrence Matton at piano.
Funeral services for David Stanton Sherrod
Funeral services for David Stanton Sherrod 30 of 1106 North Main Street who died Saturday in a boating accident on High Rock Lake were held Monday at 4 p.m. at his residence with Rev Paul Hardin Jr and Dr C E Rozzelle officiating. Interment followed in the family plot at Oak The pallbearers were Joe Brinson Jack Adams Bill Haynes Bill Price Tom Pitts Willis Slane Allen Parker and John Lindsay. Floral offerings were carried by friends. A mixed quartette consisting of Journey Briggs John Peacock Miss Dorothy Hoskins and Mrs Lawrence Matton sang during the services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Stanton Sherrod
David Stanton
N. Main Street
High Rock Lake
Paul Hardin, Jr
Wesley Memorial
Methodist Church
C. E. Rozzelle
Oakwood Memorial Park
Joe Brinson
Jack Adams
Bill Haynes
Bill Price
Tom Pitts
Willis Slane
Allen Parker
John Lindsay
Journey Briggs
John Peacock
Dorothy Hoskins
Lawrence Matton
Mrs Marjorie York Kimbrough Graveside Rites Held
Graveside services were held in Oakwood cemetery Monday at 11 for Mrs. Marjorie York Kimbrough of 510 Lindsay Street whose body was found in the city lake Sunday. Rev. W. Wilbur Hutchins officiated. A former resident now of Statesville, she had been missing since February 12. Relatives and many friends from Statesville attended.
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Kimbrough
Oakwood Cemetery
Marjorie York Kimbrough
Lindsay Street
City Lake
W. Wilbur Hutchins
First Baptist Church
Statesville
Funeral for Max Block in Greensboro conducted by Rabbi
Funeral services for Max Edward Block 75 of Greensboro were held Monday afternoon after his death Saturday night in Lexington. Rabbi L Rypins officiated with burial in the Hebrew cemetery on High Point road.
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Max Edward Block
Greensboro
Lexington
L. Rypins
Hebrew Cemetery
High Point Road
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Cecil's
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Sincerely Chocolates
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Lyndon F. Wilson, JR
Lyndon Floyd Wilson, Jr
E. Farris Ave
Cecil Haworth
Central Friends Church
Mark Taylor
Billy— George Armfield
Vernon Hoskins, Jr
J. Gurney Riggs
Frank Tucker
Betty Kirkman
Easter
By Helena Rubinstein
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