School Art Work Set For State Contest
Local schools select student artwork for the statewide exhibit in Chapel Hill at Person Hall from May 3. Works will tour North Carolina schools as a traveling exhibition in 1947-48, with many pieces listed by grade, school, and student names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Carroll
Chapel Hill
Person Hall
North Carolina
High Point
Cloverdale School
Norma J. Armstrong
July O’hana
Elm Street
Doris Leach
Emma Blair
Gilbert Worley
Maxine Brenner
Louise Parrish
Nancy Gashaw
Judy Fowler
Colon Cox
Mary Seatte Worley
William Hoosier
Johnson Street
Charles Carroll
Carey Gaynor
Billy Ray Justice
Oak Hill
Shelby J. Hill
Edith Myers
Ray Street
Judy Heir
Howard Marsh
Gloria Miller
Leonard
James Garrett
Republicans Set City Ticket For May Election
Seven men pledged to run if the GOP desires a full slate ahead of the May 6 municipal election. Democrats yet to file candidates. no certainty if current mayor and eight councilmen seek re election. A veterans group pressed for younger representation and sought party favor, planning a community meeting Tuesday night to push a candidate on the Democratic ticket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yesgan
Democratic Party
Byron Haworth
Mnent Party
Walter York
York
Mis
Wer
L. F. Castle
Ralph Slate
Paul Clapp
Charles MacKenzie
Ed Medrick
Isaac Fidler
J. C. Lane, Jr
C. F. Hage
Chamber District Meet draws 150 from 11 cities
About 150 representatives from 11 cities will attend the chamber of commerce district meeting at the Sheraton hotel Wednesday. J A Johnson will preside at the afternoon session with Ester S Davis discussing Uncovering Communism in Industry. D S Coltrane speaks on The Agricultural Outlook and Bill Sharpe opens. A dinner features Harry Krusz as principal speaker with Frank J Sizemore coordinating attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Sheraton Hotel
J. A. Johnson
Ester S. Davis
The
Winston-Salem Journal
FBI
D. S. Coltrane
State Department of Agriculture
Bill Sharpe
State News Bureau
Raleigh
Sheraton Ballroom
Harry Krusz
Winston- Salem
North Carolina Chamber of Commerce
Harry FE. Barlow
Asheboro
Frank J. Sizemore
Housewives urged to gather scrap paper for Jaycee drive
Fire Chief Ingram joined the Junior Chamber of Commerce in urging High Point housewives to bundle and place scrap paper on curbs for a Jaycee paper drive on Sunday April 13 starting at 1 PM. Trucks will canvass the residential area to collect the bundles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FE. K. Ingram
Chamber of Commerce
High Point
Jaycees
Winfred Hinkle
Jaycee @C
Hinkle
Winslow Heads Grave Registration Assignment in Pacific
High Point undertaker Sam Winslow sails to the South Pacific to join a graves registration team identifying unknown American soldiers buried overseas. He notes about 50 percent success in Europe, praises Dutch cemeteries, and stresses careful exhumation and verification before reburial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Winslow
High Point
South Pacific
Winslow
European
Pacific
Europe
Acion
Easter Monday Closures Hit High Point Businesses and Offices
Most High Point businesses including banks retail stores and schools will close tomorrow for Easter Monday. State and county offices federal services except the post office will pause. The clerk of court and municipal court operate. unemployment and libraries suspend services with Monday openings planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Employment Service
State Unemployment Compensation Commission
Clerk of Court
Superior Criminal Court
Three Men Arrested for Possessing Liquor in Davidson County
Davidson county deputy sheriffs report the arrest of Lee Weavil 55 Wallburg John Fultz Midway township and Arthur Hedrick 40 Thomasville Rt 1 on prohibition violations. Bonds set at 100 each. Hedrick allegedly tried to flee with whisky after being approached. hearing scheduled April 18 in recorder's court. Weavil held two gallons of white whisky and Fultz four pints plus a small amount of white.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Davidson County
Lee Weavil
Wallburg
John Fultz
Midway Township
Arthur Hedrick
Rt. 1
Butch Payne
Kieffer Morris
Hedrick
Payne
Chappell to Address Ministers at High Point Meeting
Dr. Clovis G. Chappell pastor of the First Methodist church of Charlotte will address the monthly meeting of the High Point Ministerial association Monday at 10 o'clock. The topic is Preparation and Delivery of Sermons. Ministers are invited with guests to attend whether or not they are association members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clovis G. Chappell
First Methodist Church of
Charlotte
High Point Ministerial Association
First Baptist Church
Dr. Chappell
Fire damages tire in Decatur chase incident
A fire damaged a tire after a car owned by G. R. Wolfe was struck by a flame sparked by a gasoline leak during a street chase. The blaze caused only 15 dollars in tire damage and did not spread to the vehicle interior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
G. R. Wolfe
Legislature Passes City Measures in High Point
The assembly passed seven of nine High Point bills including civil service changes excluding hourly city workers and a fire, power, airport, and water board to advance hydro electric and water projects. Salaries for court officials rose by 2520 annually, with court appointments streamlined. Amendments aligned with the High Point Bar, hospital authority inclusion, domestic relations court, and juvenile delinquency efforts were enacted. Public school land sale proceeds may fund permanent improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
General Assembly
Airport and Water Board of Commissioners
High Point Bar Association
Flying Day at Chester Airmail Meet Draws Palmetto Pilots
South Carolina Aviation Association members gathered at Chester Municipal Airport attracting 125 pilots from across the Palmetto State and Georgia. Fred Cody demonstrated a Bellanca Cruisair with M L Patrick and W H Grady Jr aboard as crowds toured planes and shared aviation tales over breakfast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina Aviation Association
Chester
Piedmont Plain
Bellanca Cruisair
Fred Cody
Cody
M. L. Patrick
Southern Wings
W. H. Grady, Jr
Albemarle
Charlotte
Chester Municipal
Paul's Air Park
High Point
Palmetto State
Georgia
Pat
W. H. Price
Charleston
Price
Bureau Reports Year of Family Service Work and Staff Changes
Trustees of the Family Service bureau received a complete statistical record at their April meeting detailing the past year's activities. The report notes 419 High Point families served, 358 cases closed after service, 1,271 interviews, including 891 at the office and 380 via home visits, with work spanning white and colored citizens and continuing through war years. Miss Bessie Tesh became executive secretary, succeeding the earlier vacancy, with co operation from Mrs. Lawrence G Hodgin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Family Service Bureau
Bessie Tesh
High Point
Tesh
Lawrence G. Hodgin
Bureau
New Members Join Chamber as Rolls Grow
Dick Young announces 20 new firms added to chamber rolls in two weeks. Firms include Albert Jewelry, Asia Restaurant, Auto Parts and Accessory, Bottoms Fish Truck Lines, City Appliance, Dutch Laundry, Electric Supply, High Point Hat, Dewitt Holton Furniture, Kay Chemical, Lee-Morris Service, National Spring, North State Machine Shop, Prospect Novelty, George Ridge Appliance and Furniture, Sample Shoe, Schoch and Schoch attorneys, Dr. Walter T. Tice, and E. E. Younts contractor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Young
Chamber of Commerce
Lbert Jewelry Company
Asia Restaurant
Auto Parts
Bottoms Fish Truck Lines
City Appliance Company
Dutch Laundry
Electric Supply, Inc
High Point Hat Shop
Dewitt Holton Furniture Company
Kay Chemical Company
Lee-Morris Service
National Spring Corporation
North State ‘Machine Shop, Inc
Prospect Novelty Company
George Ridge Appliance
Presbyterians Lead $300000 Glade Valley Campaign
A joint drive by Orange and Winston-Salem Presbyteries plans a $300,000 fundraising effort to build an administration building and dormitories at Glade Valley school between Roaring Gap and Sparta. I Paul Ingle and Tully D Blair chair district campaigns with May 4 as opening date. funds will replace 1910 wooden structures and serve mountain youth from varied backgrounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glade Valley School
Roaring Gap
Sparta
Presbyterians of
Orange
Winston-Salem
J. A. Kellenberger
Greensboro
Charles M. Norfleet
Winston- Salem
I. Paul Ingle
High Point
Glade Valley
Orange Presbytery
Tully D. Blair
Alleghany County
Oakdale Church Opens Revival Series Monday
Oakdale Methodist church in Jamestown launches a revival series starting Monday at 7 30 p m Rev A Burgess of Mitchell Grove Methodist Church leads the services Pastor John Burger invites the public to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakdale
Headquarters Battery Forming In Postwar National Guard
Plans were laid to organize the headquarters battery of the 540th field artillery battalion to be stationed here with federal recognition. Lt. Col. Sam H. Strickland will command. Captain John H. Jennings to lead and recruit. The unit will include battalion staff, a medical detachment, two artillery observation planes, and several staff openings. Pay and drill details outline weekly two hour sessions and a two week summer encampment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Guard
540Th Field Artillery
John H. Jennings
Sam H. Strickland
Col. Strickland
Jennings
Naval and
Marine Corps
Arimony
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Karl Shepard
Bowman Gray School of Medicine
West
Howell Street
Voorhees and Everhart
Harvard Medical School
Shepard
University of Chicago
Peter Bent Brightam Hospital
Boston
Duke Hospital
Brentwood
Patricia Vaughn
Cloverdale
Louretta Albertson
Ray Cross
Betty Jean Starnes
Danny Gerring
Barbara Cagle
Billy Cashion
Louise Williams
Patricia Seonard
Nancy Crawford
Jessie Williams
Darrell Grimes
Rebecca Skidmore
Jimmie Shaw
Mary L. Worley
Timothy Short
Christine Falk
M. L. Harris
Shelby Hill
Emily Hester
Gwendolyn Shephard
Billy More
Levita Boles
Lee Andrews
Tommy Williard
Jimmy Snyder
Lucy Gibson
Clifford Freeman
Bobby Teague
Jimmy Canterbury
Pat Griffin
Ray Elledge
Milford Noe
Doris Ritch
Carson Sellars
Bobby Gaines
Sylvester Smith
Ada Blair
Kitty Ann Garner
Fairview
Hayes Brewington
Lester Auman
Page Temple
J. R. Scott
Joe Louis
Kenneth Bean
Donis Woods
Henry Hill
Raynard Clay
Norman Wampler
Pearlie Mae Geter
Bobby Bayne
Lawrence Brown
Willie Barber
Charles Pendergrass
Joe Coppie
Judy Seward
Helen Woods
Ruth Robertson
Faye Payne
F. L. Wofford
Colon Farlowe
Peggy Smithdeal
Clara
First Presbyterian Church
John A. Marsh, Jr
Linda Groome
Mary Ann Pope
Rebecca Hammer
Sarah Johnson
Becky Hester
Martha Clyde Chernault
Phillys Conrad
Marie Eaton
Sonya Sloop
Mrs. Marsh
Betty Lou Jackson
Nancy Hill
Gail Armstrong
Carolyn Gordon
Barbara Freeman
Marilyn Privette
Chamber of Commerce District
Burlington
Durham
Leaksville-Spray
Lexington
Mt. Airy
Reidsville
Roxboro
Ingram
Margraten
Holland
America
Arlington National Cemetery
Davidson
Kirby Page
First Methodist Church
Russia
Lewis
Chamber
Glade Valley Drive
Paul Ingle
Oakdale Church
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