Lions Horse Show Ends With Dramatic Five-Gaited Victory
Dancing Wave a black mare owned by Goode Watkins of Greensboro won the $200 five-gaited championship at the Lions club show near Brookdale stables on the High Point Thomasville road despite losing a front shoe earlier in the day. Cherry Rex of Deavanna stables, Lumberton, was runner up. The two day event drew about 2,500 spectators as stables from Greensboro Winston Salem Star Candor and other towns competed for multiple ribbons and prizes.
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Dancing Wave
Goode Watkins
Greensboro
Lions ‘Club
Brookdale Stables
High Point
Thomasville Road
Cherry Rex
Deavanna
Lumberton
Watkins
Mr. Goode
Midnight Rose
Henry
Lexington
Horton, Jr
Winston- Salem
North Star
Paul Russell
Candor
Braxton Hardin
Guilford College
Alrose Denmark
Century Oaks Farm
Statesville
Phil Parker
Deavanna Stables
Carolyn Horton
Winston-Salem
D. 7
Harold Collins
Herton
Davonna Stables
Dave Neil
Frank Blair
North Wilkesboro
Paul
Same
Harold Martin
Miss Joy
Chip-In
Peavine Royal
Mary Frances Allen
Highland Sun
G. M. Mitchell
M Mitchell
Revery
Shine Ogan
Charlotte
Virginia Chalfonte
T. Lambeth
Celeste Hanover
Frank Sileir
Steve Hill
Beach Grove
Tenn
Mr. Wilson
Florida Queen Cigars
Quincy
Fla
Wade Stepp
Ma@a
Carolina Pride
John Hickory
Stormer
Melvin Phillips
Paul Hinson
Star
Billy Wilkins
Elizabethtown
Stephen McIntyre
Ill
Davanne Stabies
Patty Adair
Charles Mitchell
Leakeville
Rip Joy
Davanna Stables
Beauty
N. J. Hassell
High
LIONS
High Point Lions
Brookdale
High Point Lions Club
Exhibition Baseball and Horse Show Results
AP reports scores from baseball exhibitions with Boston beating New York 10 to 5 and other city matchups. The text also lists multiple horse show classes with winners from High Point Winston-Salem Lumberton and Greensboro, detailing stakes and entrants.
Dodgers Farm Head Witnesses Thomasville Camp All Star Work
Rickey Jr head of the Brooklyn Dodger farm system observed the Thomasville drills as four Brooklyn clubs train. Over 80 players work daily under Head Scout Wid Matthews with intrasquad games planned and Rickey expected to stay briefly before leaving midweek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward V. Mitchell
Rickey, Jr
Brooklyn
Dodgers
Thomasville
Rickey
Durthe
Ville
Burlington
Newport News
Wid Matthews
Matthews
Fik
Kizpatrick
Olean
Sia
Brodie Hood
Didriksen Leads In Charity Golf Clash At Halfway
Didriksen tops in the 36 hole charity match as she holds a four up lead over Betty Jameson of San Antonio after 36 holes. The event resumes April 28 in Betty's hometown and Jameson, a former two time national champion, showed power off the tees with a 34 on the opening nine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Olio
Didriksen Zaha
Betty Jameson
San Antonio
Tex
Betty
Fans Get Fair Line On Big Loop Teams
New York April 9. Despite the ODT ruling limiting travel most major league clubs played enough exhibition games to gauge strength for the 1945 season. Cleveland leads with eight wins and two losses, tied by a 1-1 split with St Louis in World Series rematches. Giants and Red Sox show 6-3, Senators 9-4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
ODT
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Browns
St. Louis Cardinals
Giants
Boston Red Sox
Senators
Spa Conference of 1920 marked formal equality talks
The first postwar negotiation between German and Allied governments occurred in 1920 at the Conference of Spa, aiming to establish formal equality in talks and set a framework for postwar settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spa
Elm Street and Johnson Street Play Ball Tuesday
Brief school sports note records two junior game pairings with Elm Street facing Johnson Street on Tuesday and Oak Hill meeting Ray Street on Wednesday while Grimes Street contests Cloverdale on Thursday.
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Elm Street
Johnson Street
Sea
Oak Hill
Raytreet
Grimes Street
Cloverdale
Baseball’s oddball stars mark the season at practice
The Browns feature an one-armed outfielder while the Senators rely on a one-legged war veteran on their pitching staff. Thomasville hosts Dodger farm teams with Eddie Dorsett Jr leading day one as 100 plus applicants vie for four teams. Branch Rickey Sr arrives for farm operations as George Sister is eyed for preliminaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Browns
Senators
Dodger
Thomasville
Eddie Dorsett, Jr
Burlington
Newport News
Olean
N. C
Branch Rickey, Sr
Brooklyn Farms
George Sister
Big League Golf
North Carolina
Henry A. Styers
Lexington
Sam Snead
Sam Byrd
Avery Beck
High Point
Fred Styers
Henry
Leaksville
Nelsons Golf Feat Won’t Be Put In Record Books
Nelson’s 263 for 72 holes at the iron lung invitational in Atlanta is hailed as the greatest golf performance but will be listed as a 72 hole tour record, not the all time mark. Fred Corcoran notes Craig Wood’s 264 in 1940 remains a dual record for a longer, fixed event.
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Nelson
Atlanta
Byron Nelson
Toledo, O
Fred Corcoran
Corcoran
Craig
Wood
Bloomfield
N. J
Forest Hills
Sammy Byrd
Jimmy Demaret
Byrd
Jimmy Hines
Amsterdam
N. Y
Joe Kirkwood
Philadelphia
Jay McSpaden
Sanford
Sam Snead
Hot Springs
Thomasville News Briefs Highlight Local Honors and Events
Chief of Police Eugene Richardson graduates this week from the PRI National Academy and will resume duties. The Red Cross drive tops the town total at 12 124 13 with some reports pending. The Cavalry Reformed church near Thomasville broke ground for a new church on its Lexington highway site organized in 1892. Allen Jay Bodenheimer named best citizen at Allen Jay School. Draft Board 5 sent 65 men to Fort Bragg for pre induction exams last week. Civitan club held its annual ladies night at the country club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Eugene R. Richardson
PRI National Academy
Red Cross
Cavalry Reformed Church
Lexington Highway
Draft Board 5
Fort Bragg
Weather Lifts North Carolina March Heat Wave Cooled
Not Yet High Point and surrounding southeast endure a chilly spell as Midwest winds drop temperatures near freezing. Fruit and truck crops show little damage due to early spring, then warm back to normal by week’s end. Churches outline a six point plan to boost social services and evangelism, Easter worship earns strong clergy praise, and local agencies plan countywide staffing and labor surveys. Rev. Paul Tudor Jones accepts the First Presbyterian pastorate in Greenville Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Southeast
Midwest
Selection of Baseball Commissioner Not Soon Expected
Chicago April 9 Will Harridge president of the American league said the selection of a baseball commissioner to succeed the late Kenesaw Mountain Landis is not expected for several weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Will Harridge
Soldiers on furloughs return from overseas service
Local service members on furloughs return after overseas duty. Dwight W. Harris of 309 Park Street spent seven months with the Fifth Marines in the Pacific. Dub Benson served eighteen months in the Aleutians. Rayford P. Richardson was wounded in Germany and is at Beatty General Hospital in Rome Georgia. James S. Dickerson, wounded on Iwo Jima, is at the Navy Hospital in Portsmouth. Wilburn P. Dennis of 8 Commerce Street earned the Purple Heart in Germany. John W. Ruth from Route 3 served in the Mediterranean. Leroy B. Kerr is at Dannell General Hospital in Danville Kentucky after eight months in Germany. James E. B. Kestier of 1002 Park Street is on convalescent furlough after eighteen months in the European theatre.
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Pic
Dwight W. Harris
Park St
Pacific
Fifth Marines
W. R
Dub) Benson
Aleutians
Rayford P. Richardson
Germany
Beatty General Hospital
Rome
James 5. Dickerson
Jima
Navy Hospital
European Theatre
Bobo Newsom Breaks His Collarbone
New York April 9. Major league camps break up today as teams head to home parks for final exhibition games. Bobo Newsom of the Philadelphia Athletics reports a broken collarbone after a winter automobile mishap but shows okay in his first spring start against the Baltimore Orioles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bobo Newsom
Philadelphia Athletics
Frederick
Bobo
Baltimore Orioles
12 Clubs Forecast For Pro Grid Loop
New York April 9. NFL bosses plan to expand the loop from 11 to 12 clubs in 1946 if the war permits and to present a more satisfactory schedule. They postponed Brooklyn issues and turned to finalizing a 12 club lineup with expected changes in the schedule and team placements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National Football League
Brooklyn
Torday
Penny Bowe
High Point Democrats announce full council slate and race notes
Democratic leaders in High Point unveil a mayoral slate headed by Hari Phillips with council candidates across wards. Fd Ellison remains in a possible fourth ward primary, while Republicans discuss a rival ticket and interest in drafting Mayor Arnold Koence for another term. Air medal and meritorious service awards are noted for area servicemen amid war-related commendations. Several wounded veterans from High Point and Thomasville are named.
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High Point
Hari Phillips
Ellison
Fourth Ward
H. T
Arnold 4
Koence
Mr. Phillips
Amos R. Kearns
Sanders Dallas
E. LeRoy Briggs
W. L. Hunt
D. A. Kirkman
C. A. Lewis
W. R. Grant
J. B. Ward
J. Paul Williamson
Herman Burrows
Walter Crissman
A. W. Hedrick
Byron Haworth
Promotions and Losses Reported in War Dispatches
Death of Captain Lloyd Whitley on Iwo Jima is reported along with his promotion to major in the air corps and his wife Dororthy M Whitley being made a lieutenant jg. Dorothy serves in the Marines while he serves in the South Pacific. Calvin A Ferre of 118 Oakwood Court gains private first class with a Third Army reconnaissance company. Margaret Teague resigns as head librarian at the public library to move to Florida.
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Lloyd Whitley
Iwo Jima
Air Corps
Dorothy M. Whitley
Marianas
South Pacific
Calvin A. Ferre
Oakwood Court
Army Reconnaissance Co
Deaths During Easter Week Reach Greensboro Area
An unidentified man died after a car collision on Greensboro road near Lindale Dairy and Harold Leonard Jones 27 died at High Point Memorial hospital after being struck while working in Greensboro. Nearby deaths include G. T. Cochrane 64 and Mrs Gallie Moore Faircloth both of Thomasville M T Hicks 68 of 322 W Russell St and D J Michael of Rt 4.
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Greensboro
Lindale
High Point Memorial Hospital
Robert Johnson
Harold Leonard Jones
G. T. Cochrane
Gallie Moore Faircloth
Thomasville
M. T. Hicks
W. Russell St
D. J. Michael
Rt. 4
Weant Wins Damage Case Over Lumber Attack at Chair Company
Judgment for plaintiff R. G. Weant against Arnold Younts for 1200 dollars stems from a quarrel at the Thomasville Chair company. Younts allegedly struck Weant with a lumber piece over the head during the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G. Weant
Arnold Younts
Weant
Younts
Thomasville Chair Company
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H. E. Greeson
George Penny
Hundley
Guilford
Davidson
Associated Press
Boston
Washington
Montreal
Jersey City
St. Louis
Detroit
Rhage Ye
Muncie
Ind
Indianapolis
Baltimore
Cincinnati
Louisville
Bobby Neill
Rockaway
K. B. McCuiston
Richard Snyder
G. C. Thomas, Jr
Love Chief
Lamberton
D. T. Lambeth
Chip-In Stables
Sugarfoot
Davonna
Stephen MclIntyre
Triple Trouble
Dick Kellam
Helen Regine
Charles Miwhell
Century Oak Farm Stables
Doug's Genius
Dave Neill
Phin Horton
Dr. Winston-Salem
Shirene
Grandvick Farms
Jim Thompson
Raster On Parade
W. Craver
Sam Craver, Jr
Becky Hurt
Branch Rickey, Jr
Didriksen
Atlantic Ale
Atlantic Company
Chattanooga
Norfolk
Orlando
Lan
Allen Jay Bodenheimer
Allen Jay School
The
Civitan Club
United States Employment Office
High Point War and Production Committee
Guilford County
Paul Tudor Jones
Greenville, Miss
First Presbyterian Church
Quartermaster Corps
George W. Sechrest
Rt. 2
ATC
India- China
William D. Simmons
Greenway Dr
Spencer R. Caudell
Rowland Park
Ernest B. Freeman
Gilbert Sr
France
Cpl
Marion RK. Sams
231 Boulevard
9Th Aps
W. H. Simpson
Walter Tice
Edward Clark Wilson
Floyd Wilson
Charlies Ward
Glenn Ward
William Griffith
W. &. Griffith
Hale Hardee
Blanche ,Hardee
Charlies McKoin
Co. C. McKoin
Griffith
Hardee
McKoin
Margaret Teague
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