Springfield church to auction old and new items for debt relief
Springfield Friends Church near High Point will hold a Lord's Auction next Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to dark selling hundreds of items old and new. Proceeds fund the meeting house addition and church debt while items range from a 1951 truck to antique domestic arts treasures and family heirlooms.
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Springfield Friends Church
High Point
Springfield
North Carolina
Arm
High Ag
High Point City
Richardson
Ladies’ Auxiliary of
House Debates Troops Funding and Tax Proposals
The House considers a government mortgage insurance measure to spur home building, while the Ways and Means Committee reviews a $10 billion tax request. Senate action is pending on both, with appropriations for treasury and post office funded but not yet sent to the Senate. A $2.3 billion warship construction and modernization program is under review. Both chambers confer on a $10,000 life insurance proposal for GIs.
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Senate
House
Ways and Means
Treasury and Post Office Departa Dele
Senate-House
Trees Show Spring Here
A brief note mentions a pageant to be repeated tomorrow featuring a green-eyed beauty who serves as secretary to Assistant Secretary of the Interior Dale E. Doty. It notes her parents immigrated from Russia and Hungary to pursue a new life in a mining and ranching community.
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Dale E. Doty
Russia
Hungary
Reds Pull About Face on Korean Front as Air Assaults Claim Losses
AP dispatches report Chinese and North Korean positions north of the 38th parallel near Hwachon and Kumhwa while American columns press through trench nets and river lines. The Fifth Air Force claims heavy enemy damage with 650 vehicles, 48 railroad cars and 7 bridges destroyed and 1,300 Reds killed or wounded in air attacks.
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Chunchon
Hwachon
Chorwon
Kumhwa
John Randolph
Hantan River
38Th Parallel
Eighth Army
Red Lane
Ineas
Deep River Friends Endorse Strengthening of United Nations
At the Deep River Quarterly Meeting held in April at Oak Hill, about 200 Friends from six area churches approved a resolution backing a stronger United Nations as a world government to prevent war and secure justice. The measure, moved by Byron A. Haworth, urges mediation and peace efforts within the UN and notes support for reducing military inductions and universal training. The session was led by Horace Haworth with participants from Deep River Friends, Oak River, Springfield, Archante, and Hickory Tree churches.
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Deep River Quarterly Meeting of Friends
Oak Hill
United Nations
Friends
Byron A. Haworth
North Carolina
Graham Barden
Horace Haworth
Deep River
Springfield
Archante
Hickory Tree
Gaskins to Join Local Scout Staff
Co. M. Gaskins will become assistant scout executive for the Uwharrie council and High Point district effective April 9. A State College graduate, he has five years with Uwharrie and previously led the Rowan Davie district. He is a camping specialist and will oversee council finances and the High Point district scouting program. He and Virginia Threet of Fayetteville have two children.
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Fayetteville
Uwharrie Council
Rowan-Davie
Gaskins
New Orleans
Rowan- Davie
Uwharrie
Virginia Threet
Susan
Co. M., Jr
Central Union Backs UTWA in Hosiery Plant Contingency
The Central Labor Union backs UTWA as Sherman says a vote by mill workers Tuesday will decide whether the plant joins UTWA, which already represents workers at 11 hosiery mills. Robertson notes UTWA is negotiating new contracts with those mills while food safety mentions use of electron bursts for sterilization.
Scholarship Winners Named At Davidson College
Six high school seniors have won Baker scholarships at Davidson College valued up to $1,200 a year. Winners are Thomas C. Dove Jr Monroe Ve L Green Jr El Paso Texas T F Mt Ulla C E Lambert Piton WV DH Til Staunton Va and T S Winter Atlanta Ga. Selection based on scholastic promise leadership and character.
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Davidson
Baker
Davidson College
Bradleyson
Thomas C. Dove, Jr
Monroe
L. Green, Jr
el Paso
Tex
T. F
Mt. Ulla
C. E. Lambert
Piton
W. Va
DH Til
Staunton
T. S. Winter
Atlanta
Commemorative stamps featured from multiple nations in notes
The column covers several philatelic items including a three cent United Confederate Veterans commemorative for Norfolk Virginia first day covers, German Leipzig fairs, Eastern Zone stamps for Easter, Thailand king Phumiphon Aduldet changes, Portugal fisheries stamps, Czechoslovakia International Day of Women set, Angola bird stamps, Cuba retirement fund issues, and Egypt cotton congress stamps.
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United Confederate Veterans
Norfolk
Leipzig
Germany
Europe
Asia
Eastern Zone
Phumiphon Aduldet
Thailand
Siam
Czechoslovakia
Communications Department
Cuba
Fernando
Egypt
France
Thomasville Pre School Clinics Begin Monday
Thomasville lists Davidson county health department sponsored pre school clinics in local schools starting Monday. Public Health Nurse Mrs. Connie Bonner and physicians will run 9 to 11 a.m. examinations are required for first graders entering next September.
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Thomasville
Davidson County Health Department
Connie Bonner
Truman Faces Strain Over MacArthur and Korea Policy
The piece outlines tensions between President Truman and General MacArthur over Korea strategy. It notes MacArthur’s views on Formosa and Asia, Truman’s stance on Western Europe as the red threat, and the risk of expanded conflict if Communist forces attack from Asia. It cites potential U S airpower use and possible Manchurian strikes, plus the danger of Russian involvement and the political strain in private and public actions.
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Truman
Martin
MacArthur
Chiang Kaishek
Formosa
China
Asia
Europe
Western
Tokyo
Manchuria
Machur
Manchurian
Russia
Rayburn
World War II Soldier’s Body Returning to Thomsville
The body of Pfc. Clifford Russell Hill, 33, killed in Germany, arrives Monday night with a military escort. He was born near Midway, grew up in Thomasville, married Ida Beck in 1929, and leaves a son, Clifford Jr. Surviving relatives include his parents, siblings, and in laws. Funeral services are set at Carolina Avenue Baptist Church with full military honors at Holly Hills cemetery.
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Thomasville
Clifford Russell Hill
Germany
Hill
Esson County
Midway
Andrew Jackson
Emma Everhart Hill
Oak Hill
Standard Chair Company
Fort McClellan
Ala
Fort Meade
109Th Infantry
Ida Rea Beck
Cpl
U. S. Army
Fort Bliss
Tex
A. J. Hill
This City
Banner Pierce
Lila Martin
Billy Morton
L. Hill
Carlos A. Hill
A. Hill, Jr
Joseph H. Hill
Danville
J. C. Green and Sons Funeral
Fair Grove
Carolina Avenue Baptist Church
Holly Hills
William C Miller Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Library Adds 18 New Books
High Point Public Library expanded its collection with 18 new titles this week. Seven are non fiction and 11 are fiction, including Adventures of the ge Arture John Baillie and We Believe So We Pray among non fiction, and Case of the Purloined Letter and They came to dad among fiction.
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High Point Public Library
Elizabeth Gurley
Ge Arture
John Baillie
G. Champlain
Escoisin
Francis Toye
Shelley
I. White
G. A Buttrick
M. V. Bushakra
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UTWA
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Academy 2
Philatelic Notes
Portugal
Domingos Robalo
Angola
Gola
Africa
Courvoisier
United States Postace
Alexanderene
Main Street
P. Covington
Oiltern Street
R. K. Farrington
Church Street
Ene
Wallburg
R. L. cDon
M. W. Phillipshor
D. E. Plummer
Aart
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Japan
The
Kiwanis Club
America
High Point College
Sali Lie
Liz
Contae New Service Laundry
Sam
Fellows
Erik
A Shael
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