Prominent Thomasville Leader Julius Blair Dies
Julius Rousseau Blair 68 prominent Thomasville church and civic figure died at City Memorial hospital Saturday at 2 45 PM. He served six years as Mayor pro tem and 10 years as councilman. An executive of Thomasville Chair Company since 1916 he was active Baptist and held church offices. Survived by wife Annie Shearer Blair daughter Elizabeth and siblings. funeral from J C Green and Sons, Bellwood Cemetery interment in Bellwood and Mills Home or Oxford Orphanage donations requested.
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Thomasville
Julius Rousseau Blair
City Memorial Hospital
Blair
Shriner
Emerywood Country Chie
Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels
Ville
Asheville
Winston-Salem
Lenoir
Watauga County
George H. Blair
Wataugay
Appalachian State Teachers College
Laurel Springs Academy
Annie Shearer
Elizabeth Shearer Blair
New York City
Gordon Bellew
Noir
Henry Neal Blair
Boone
J. C. Green and Sons Funeral Home
Salem Street
Bellwood Cemetery
Shearer
Mills Home
Oxford Orphanage
Rev C C Holland Conducts Baptist Revival This Week
Reverend C C Holland of Front Street Baptist Church Statesville will lead revival services at Hilliard Memorial Baptist Church starting tonight at 7 30 and continuing nightly through April 20 Pastor Wayne Levan says the church expects over 410 in Sunday school and 150 in Training Union
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C. C. Holland
Front Street Baptist Church
Statesville
Hilliard Memorial Baptist Church
Wayne Levan
Union
Union Must Back Down Further On Wage Demand
Greensboro's Western Union district superintendent B. G. Dopson sent a late night message to remaining employees stating Western Union is not interested in any changes to the demands. He denies knowledge of a meeting with the union or the Federation and Conciliation Service and dismisses the 50 cent an hour request as ridiculous while stressing plans to expand service and keep jobs for workers who ignore the strike call.
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Greensboro
Western Union
B. G. Dopson
Acr
Federalation and Conciliation Service
Dopson
Federalation
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
West Union Workers Clash Over Telegraph Strike
Western Union and the AFL Commercial Telegraphers Union issued competing statements on the strike impact. Western Union claimed a growing to work movement and that only about 3,000 offices exist nationwide, while 600 claimed open locations include many small town sites not tied to actual service disruption.
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Washington
Western Union
AFL Commercial Telegraphers Union
Adolph
Brungs
Tee Ofd Succes
Woman Injured in Friday Night Highway 10 A Crash
Mrs Ruth Jack of Archdale initially thought to have minor injuries in a Friday night crash on Highway 10 A was later diagnosed with a fractured vertebra. Her brother John Tysinger of Archdale, a passenger, received scalp and forehead lacerations.
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Ruth Jack
Archdale
John Tysinger
Archdare
Mrs Hattie Covington Trent Dies in Salisbury
Mrs Hattie Covington Trent age 60 wife of President William J. Trent of Suen Lege died in Salisbury. Funeral services will be held on the college campus.
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Salisbury
Hattie Covington Trent
William J. Trent
Suen Lege
Salisbury SS
Bray Arrested for Worthless Checks in Asheboro
Terman Bray, 31, was taken into custody by Asheboro authorities for allegedly writing worthless checks totaling 53 dollars to an Asheboro wholesale company.
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Bray
Asheboro
Terman Bray
Eboro
This Week In High Point Event Schedule
High Point social calendar lists club meetings at the Sheraton Hotel this week. Monday 7:00 Executive Club. Tuesday 6:30 Altrusa. Wednesday 12:15 Real Estate Board. Thursday 5:15 Rotary and 6:30 Lions. Friday 12:15 Kiwanis.
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Sheraton Hotel
High Point Executive Club
Sheraton
Altrusa Club
Real Estate Board
Rotary Club
Lions
Funeral for Mrs Dovie Brooks Set at Sechrest
Funeral services for Mrs Dovie Stout Brooks 74 are set today at 2 PM in the Sechrest Funeral Home chapel with Dr Roy E Watts of the First Presbyterian Church officiating. Burial will follow in Guilford Memorial Park. she died unexpectedly at the home of her daughter Lois Ireland in Washington DC. Her brothers A D Stout and Jonen of High Point and B C Stout of Roanoke VA survive.
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Dovie Brooks
Dovie Stout Brooks
Sechrest
Roy E. Watts
First Presbyterian Church
Guilford Memorial Park
Brooks
Lois Ireland
Washington
D. C
Wington
A D. Stout
Jonen
High Point
B. C. Stout
Roanoke
Sechrest's
Funeral services for Elizabeth Gillis Jackson
Elizabeth Gillis Jackson 48 wife of R Glenn Jackson of Hi Point route 6 dies Friday afternoon in High Point Memorial Hospital after illness since October 12 1951 She was a former city nurse Surviving husband and brother W J Gillis Rockwell plus nieces and nephews Burial in Floral Garden Park services at Sechrest Funeral Home this afternoon at 3 o clock conducted by Elbert Newlin and Dr L B Reavis Body to remain at Sechrest's
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MES
Elizabeth Jack
Abeth Gillis Jackson
R. Glenn Jackson
Hi Point
Sechrest
Elbert Newlin
Deep River Friends Meet
L. B. Reavis
Green Street
W. J. Gillis
Rockwell
Oak Ridge Hosts Big Show and Fiddlers Convention
Oak Ridge prepares a large parade and horse show starting at the Benbow Farm parking lot. D L Connell, president of the Oak Ridge Community Center, will open the event at 10:00 a.m. Floats will compete as judges award prizes for work and saddle classes, with the Beef Contest and pony show concurrent. Music fills the day from band wagons, culminating in the Fiddlers Convention at the local school.
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Oak Ridge
Benbow Farm
D. L. Connell
Bereeze
Fiddler's Convention
Pilgrims Close Holy Day Observances in Jerusalem
Pilgrims in Jerusalem mark Easter with midnight bells and night processions ending Holy Week. Catholic rites at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre contrast with Orthodox and Protestant services across the Old and New City as dawn masses prepare the final resurrection celebration along the Via Dolorosa.
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Jerusalem
Holy Land
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Pulchre
St. Magdalene and Calvary
Giacinto Faccio
Old City
New City
Palmay
Holy Sepulchre
Ota
Damascus
Via Dolorosa
Jesus
Christ
Youth Jailed On Charge of Stealing Auto
Police arrested Bingham Jr. 19 of 301 P Street on larceny of a 1946 Ford belonging to Herman Dowdy. The car was stolen from 702 East Commerce Street and found abandoned near Deep River after a joy ride. Bingham was jailed in $1,300 bonds for Tuesday Municipal Court. Kenneth Tate, 1416 West Green Street, faced drunken driving and no license charges with $550 bond. Three Negroes cited for gambling in a skin game face hearings next Friday. Lloyd Smith 24 Douglas, 18, and Lawrence Douglas 20.
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Bingham, Jr
P. Street
Herman T. Dowdy
East Commerce Street
Deep River
Bingham
Kenneth Tate
West Green Street
Lloyd Smith
Douglas
Lawrence Dougas
Last-Ditch Stand Made Against Rising Floods
Nebraska and surrounding states brace for record Missouri River crest as Omaha Council Bluffs evacuations surge. Army redeploys 4000 troops, Sioux City and South Sioux City face widespread inundation, while Iowa and Nebraska reinforce levees and issue emergency declarations.
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Army Way
Cil
Bluffa
Dakotas
Panna
Siouxi City
Pond
Sioux Ese
Missouri
South Sioux City
Neb
Wilbur Allen
Sioux City
Nebraska
Iowa
William 5. Peley
Iowa National Guard
Val Peterson
St. Joseph
Midwest
St. Paul
Minn
Gehen
New Ulm
Mankato
Omaha
Council Bluffs
James Mulqueen
Carter Lake
Council B Bluffs
Charge Dropped in UNC Materials Case
Chapel Hill April 12 Solicitor William Murdock said there is no evidence for prosecution of C. B. Buck Huggins for alleged misuse of University North Carolina materials and labor. Murdock based his statement on an investigation by State Auditor Henry L. Bridges.
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Chapel Hill
William Murdock
C. B. (Buck) Huggins
University North Carolina
Murdock
Henry L. Bridges
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West Union
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Peter
Duke University
Duke Chapel
Gray
S. Hickman
Eves Soar
Orde
Mendaco
Prescription Headquarters
MT. Calvary Baptist Church
Kearns
Richland Ave
H. P. Gouldin
C. M. Floyd
ACE Ace Parts
ACE Vacuum
E. Grace St
Richmond
Electrolux
America
General Motors
Oldsmobile
Fisher
Olds Mobile
Highland Motors, Inc
North Main ST
Johnny and
Lucilig
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