Memories of days after Lee s surrender haunt Mrs Ellison
A Guilford County native now 83 recalls the 1865 surrender at Appomattox when she was a child of eight. She remembers wartime hunger and the calf she lost to hungry soldiers. The article traces her family, Quaker roots, Civil War service, and a proud High Point life with five children and a prized family Bible.
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Ellison
Lee
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
Appomatox Courthouse
Octavia Horney Ellison
Thurston Street
Octavia Horney
Deep River
Sandy Ridge
Guilford County
Octavia
Grant
Mrs. Ellison
Jeffrey C
Keziah Welch Horney
Alphonso L. Ellis
J. C. Horney
Horney
Society of Friends
Confederacy
Committee of Friends
Stars and Bars
Savannah
Guyre
Jamestown
Billy Welch
Wintson-Salem
Fayetteville
High Street
Main
Willowbrook
High Point
Piedmont
Danville
Bureau of Information
Washington Streets
Philadelphia
I. Licht
Patent Infringement Charged In Asheville Suit
Scott and Williams Inc of Laconia New Hampshire files in U S District Court Asheville against Whisnant Hosiery Mills Hickory alleging infringement of wrap stripe hosiery machine patent No 1615807 The action names the patented wrap stripe technology as the basis of the claim and seeks relief for alleged unauthorized use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. District Court
Asheville
Scott and Williams, Inc
Laconia
N. H
Whisnant Hosiery Mills
Hickory
Guilford County Real Estate Transfers Notice
Guilford County transfers list numerous property deeds in High Point, Morehead, Gilmer and Deep River townships. Transfers include H L Best to N C Yakley, G C Forrest to L F Harris, Fairfield Central Investment to L W Belch, J H Sembower to J O Seawell, J McWilson to J M Putnam, M I Doty to W H Cox, M L Hare to D H Miller, FP S Whiteheart to O G Brown, and O G Brown to R F Dean.
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H. L. Best
N. C. Yakley
Troy Street
L. B. Griffin
E. P. Alderman
Snow Park
Morehead Township
G. C. Forrest
L. PF. Harris
Fairfield Central Investment Corporation
L. W. Belch
Union Street
J. H. Sembower
J. O. Seawell
Rolling
John McWilson
J. M Putnam
Muir's Chapel Road
M. I. Doty
W. H. Cox
North Street
Gilmer Township
M. L. Hare
D. H Miller
Bessemer Avenue
Deep River Township
S. Whiteheart
O. G. Brown
R. F. Dean
War Drives Peruvians to Sell Cars and Fuel Shortages
In wartime conditions many Peruvians are selling their automobiles while diesel engines gain ground in Mexican use as fuel constraints bite across the region.
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Mexico
League Support Is Pledged To Caffey
Greensboro candidate John W. Caffey receives unanimous endorsement from the North Carolina League for Progressive Democracy sixth district committee of 16, pledging aggressive campaigning in the district and support for a progressive federal program including Wagner act defense, farm parity, wage standards, public power, and old age insurance. The committee cites Guilford Alamance Orange and Durham units with Joe T. Taylor of Durham as chair.
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Greensboro
Congress
John W. Caffey
North Carolina League For Progressive Democracy
Guilford
Alamance
Orange
Durham County
League
Joe T. Taylor
Durham
Caffey
Congressional
WPA
U. S. Housing Administration
Thomas-Harrison
Tennessee Valley Authority
State Campaign Gains Headway With Cooper's Truck On Road
North Carolina gubernatorial hopefuls stumped the state as Mayor Tom Cooper of Wilmington campaigned from a prominent white and blue truck touting a $1 500 machine. He vowed to clean out Raleigh parasites if elected while others like Lee Gravely Maxwell and Horton urged resource development and broader curricula.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Tom Cooper
Wilmington
Cooper
Burgaw
Wallace
Warsaw
Goldsboro
Raleigh
Hercules
Lee Gravely
Rocky Mount
Greensboro
Dr Godsey to Speak in Thomasville Evangelistic Hall
Dr. W. A. Godsey of Asheville will preach Friday and Saturday evenings at Evangelistic Hall corner Taylor Street and Sunrise Avenue in Thomasville. He will address Friday night on the topic The Battle.
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Thomasville
W. A. Godsey
Asheville
Taylor Street
Sunrise Avenue
Godsey
Public Auction of High Point Property in Guilford County
In High Point N C Guilford County a municipal court sale will occur on May 13 1940 at 11 00 A M at the east door of the Guilford County Building The property listed as vacant lot on Park Street and as Lot 7 Block 23 of the High Point Development Company will be sold to the highest bidder for cash subject to court confirmation and to street assessments and taxes not included in the judgment The listing shows S W Atkins and wife Mrs S W Atkins Robert R Gray and wife Nannie V Gray The Prudential Insurance Co of America J D Atkins and others were part of the action dated April 8 1940 Commissioner HK Baumgardner signs the notice.
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S. W. Atkins
Robert R. Gray
Nannie V. Gray
Prudential Insurance Co. of America
J. D. Atkins
City of
High Point
North Carolina
City of High Point
Park Street
High Point Development Company
Register of Deeds Office
Guilford County
HK. L. Baumgardner
Armageddon preacher to speak in Thomasville meetings
A change in dates for the People's Christian Movement meetings in Thomasville has the speaker delivering a message titled The Woman Clothed with the Sun. The event, open to the public, shifts from April 11 12 to April 12 13.
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Thomasville
People’s Christian Movement
Notice of Trustee's Sale of Real Estate in Guilford NC
Public auction announced for May 6 1940 at 11 00 a m at Guilford County Court House High Point NC to satisfy deed of trust on described property known as lots 87 and 88 College Terrace Guilford County Survey by June A Johnson C B dated December 31 1936 to Wachovia Bank and Trust Co Trustee for The Prudential Insurance Company of America with defaults noted. Stay tuned for further details.
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Office of Register of Deeds
Guilford County
Carl J. Lambeth
Anna Lee
Lambeth
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
North Carolina
Prudential Insurance Company of America
Guilford County Court House
High Point
Park Way Avenue
Carrick Avenue
Parkway Avenue
June A. Johnson
C. FE
Carrick
Owen-Smith
Thos. Carrick
Wachovia Bank and Trust CO
Jesse Raymond Nance
Mary Champion Nance
Wachovia Bank & Trust Company
Circle Drive
Montlieu Avenue
C. E. Frazier
C. B
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A. L. Ellison
Northern Virginia
Gettysburg
Red Wheel
South Main Street
Albert Hamilton Ellison
Guilford County Realty
High Point Township
League For Progressive Democracy
Taylor
Ervin King
Erwin Mill Focus of Textile Workers Union of America
R.S. Harris
P. L. Foy
Australia
Mary Alice Eaton
The
Teachers Union
E. E. Erickson
Junius Scales
American Students Union
Sidney Rittenberg
National Youth Administration Association
Chapel Hill
Ed Smith
TWUA
Haw River
Robert Leach
Dyers Twua
L. G. Cates
American Federation of Hosiery Workers
Floyd Jones
Burlington
William Gill
London
Tomlinson Myle Show
Bloom Furniture Company
North Main Street
DODGE
Ernest M. Collett
Chicago
Dodge Engineering
Major Bowes
Columbia Network
W. A. Pruett
Los Angeles
Col
John A. Laird
St. Louis
George W. Sherman
Frank R. Culver
East Quogue
L.L, N.Y
Horace G.ilderton, Inc
West Commerce S&t
Detroit
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