Glee Club to Sing at Wesley Memorial Church Tonight
Walter Vassar head of Greensboro College voice department will direct the Greensboro College Glee Club in a concert at Wesley Memorial Church at 8 o clock. The program also features the Meistersingers male chorus and joint opera and oratorio presentations. Mrs. Roy J. Spearman invites alumnae to attend with a reserved section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Vasgar
Greensboro College
Greensboro College Glee Club
Wesley Memorial Church
Mr. Vassar
Curtis Institute of Music
Philadelphia
School of Music
de Pauw University
Philadelphia Grand Opera Association
Philadelphia Orchestra
Leopold Stokowski
Greensboro
Roy J. Spearman
Guilford County Candidates Emphasize Schools and Unity
In a county wide statement, candidates urge conserving general fund revenue for schools to avoid highway fund diversions. They advocate reapportionment to balance senators and representatives, warn against party boss control, and pledge to serve Guilford with economy and focus on local interests in High Point and uptown Greensboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Revenue Department
Pickens
Stansbury-Renfrew
Democratic Party
General Assembly
Guilford
Harrison
Greensboro
High Point
Raleigh
Guilford County
Trucker Narrowly Survives Nighttime Denoted Impending Collision
Trucker Jack Harper slept in his cab after his truck skidded in rain and stuck in a ditch. At dawn the vehicle rested on Southern Railway tracks and the Sun Rise Express barely missed colliding with it. Both narrowly avoided disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Railway
Scottsburg
Jack Harper
Harper
Sunrise Express
Express
City Building Contracts and Home Improvements Listed
City records list multiple construction and repair contracts with names, addresses, and costs. Projects include painting, roofing, and additions on streets such as North Main Phillips Emery Gatewood Greenview Lindsay Locke Flynt Redding Tate and Tate Street with total amounts ranging from 100 to 2 500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Sheeloff
North Main Street
S. A. Setzer
Phillips Street
George W. Denny
Emery Street
Mary Washburn
Gatewood Avenue
Lindsay
Locke Street
Mendenhall - Thompson
Greenview Terrace
High Point Teachers Chorus On North Carolina Education Cover
The April issue of North Carolina Education features the High Point Teachers Chorus on its front cover. The chorus is a city teachers group directed by Carl G N Cronsted t, now 75 members strong with only three teaching music. England is expected to buy one third of Haiti's sugar crop this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina Education
North Carolina Education Association
High Point Teachers’ Chorus
Carolina
Carl G. N. Cronstedt
England
Haiti
Local repairs and additions listed for several residences
Ww. E. Chilton to finish two rooms at 502 Cable Street for 110 dollars Ed Steele to repair and add baths at 700 702 Evans Street and 1306 1308 Olga Street for 3150 dollars W. E. Davis to do general repairs at 815 West Green Street for 375 dollars Chandler Street 500 Centennial Avenue Kalte and McGuinn two five room frame residences on Centennial Avenue between North Drive and East Lexington Avenue priced at 2000 dollars each
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ean
Chandler Street
Kalte and McGuinn
Centennial Avenue
North Drive
Lexington Avenue
Ww. E. Chilton
Cable Street
Ed Steele
Evans Street
Olga Street
W. E. Davis
West Green Street
Thomasville Manufacturer Marking Graves Of His Family Ancestors
Asheboro April 13 North Carolina builder George D. Finch of Thomasville has marked graves in Marlboro Friends Church cemetery in Randolph County. He replaced old stones with Marlboro granite for Richard Laughlin and Isabell Laughlin and Hugh Laughlin the first buried there. The piece ties Finch family history to early Swaim, Laughlin and Kearns lineages plus local figures such as Thomas J. Finch and the Wheatmore Recreational Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Finch
Randolph County
George D. Finch
Chairtown
Thomas J. Finch
Thomasville Finchs
George Finch
T. J. Finch
Randolph Laughlins
Marlboro Friends Church
Hugh Laughlin
Marlboro Cemetery
Harriette Hammer Walker
Asheboro
North Carolina
Piedmont Carolina
James Allen
Trustees of Friends Meetings
Marlboro
Richard Laughlin
Isabell King Laughlin
Friends Burying Ground
Richard
Isabell Laughlin
Marlboro Church
His Majesty
Edinburg
Mark and
Charles Kerr
James Laughlin
Charety Swaim
John
Elizabeth Vickery Swaim
T. Austin
Doak Finch
Brown
Charles Finch
North
Anthony
Swaim
America
Holland
Staten Island
William
Yadkin River
Daniel Boone
Elizabeth Vickery
Alamance
John Swaim
Elizabeth
Hannah Kearns
Richard Swaim Laughlin
James
Charity Swaim Laughlin
Thomas
Rebecca Ivey Kearns
Eliza Ann Laughlin
Dempsey Brown
James Clark Brown
Hannah Louise Brown
Young Tom
Alfred B
Lucy Andrews Finch
Hezekiah Andrews
Randolph
Finnieh
Tabernacle Township
Trinity Township
Tom A. Finch
Pettis
Fannie Pope Finch
Old Trinity College
Duke University
Tom Finch
Finca’. Doak Finch
Thomasville Chair Company
Wheatmore Recreational Club
Charles F. Finch
Allis
South
Mr. Finch
Austin
Crissie Brown Clark
First Methodist Church
Doak
Lucy Cooper
Lucy Williams Cooper
Fayetteville
Crawford
Emily Faucette Cooper
Brown Faucette
Emily Cooper
Mary Hannah
Herbert Hoover
Wesley Memorial Church Weekly Schedule and Oil News
Wesley Memorial lists church events with times for Church School at 9 45 a m and worship at 11 a m Rev James E Rink speaks on The Growing Points In Religion at 11 a m An informal recreation for young people at 1 30 p m and supper meetings for intermediates and young people at 6 30 p m Evening worship follows Romania is expected to supply half of Germanys normal oil requirements a brief international note
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Memorial
James E. Rink
Romania
Germany
City debt plan shows peak payments in 1951 52
Booklet explains city to issue no new bonds for capital outlays and will fund $3,930,000 of debt at about 4 percent. Maximum annual debt service is $681,960 in 1951-52, below the 10 year average of $696,000. Revenues from electric sales and county school retirements will cover principal and interest. Bonds are full faith and credit obligations with 4.994 percent average interest. Attorneys Reed Hoyt Washburn and Clay conclude the provisions are valid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reed, Hoyt
Washburn
Clay
Greensboro Guilford voters pledge unselfish service
A candidate appeals to voters in Greensboro High Point and rural Guilford pledging to work for the welfare of the people. He emphasizes a Jeffersonian democratic approach and a clean campaign while recalling wage earner trials and business concerns. The report notes his college group leadership in Florida and a separate line on German blackout blindness research.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
High Point
Guilford
North Carolina
Bride and Groom Honored at West Lexington Bingo Party
Mrs Wells Marshall and Mrs Winford Hinkle entertained at the home on West Lexington Avenue honoring Mr and Mrs Lee Marshall recently married. Guests included relatives and close friends. The event featured spring flower decor, bingo prizes, wedding themed refreshments, and gifts from guests to the honorees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Marshall
Wells Marshall
Winford Hinkle
Lexington Avenue
Harold Steed
Greenstoro
Herman Williams
Peggy
Winston-Salem
High Point
Wiley R. Pritchett
Cleo Sartin
Martha Kirkman
Elizabeth Marshall
Messrs
Forrest Edwards
Robert Marshall
Party, Officials Enter Guilford County Race Slate
Democratic and Republican candidates file for county offices including magistrates constables and commissioners. Eight High Point Democrats seek six justice seats. several magistrate candidates named. Sanitary district contest pits Andrews Dickens and Ragan against incumbents Royer Weaver Craven has resigned. Woman candidate Mrs Kivett advocates representation on the board. Filing also active for county election and constable posts in High Point Jamestown Sumner Township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatives
Claude A. Davis
Guilford
W. C. Bradley
Greensboro
Ralph W. Slate
High Point
A. Coke Cecil
Leslie M. Murphy
W. B. Trogdon, Jr
W. G. Coble
Register of Deeds
B. C. Campbell
Township
D. H. Milton
N. M. Cates
C. C. Muse
R. J. Hodgin
J. Frank Powers
F. A. Ogburn
Bruce H Carraway
Eugene Seagraves
L. G. Jones
Incumbant
Archie W. Hedrick
Tom Andrews
J. A. Coletrane
W. C. Mabe
J. B. Grogan
H. B. Hurley
Kester Burrow
Terry Wall
George M. Beck
Archdale-Trinity Sanitary District
Guilford and
Randolph
Herb Andrews
L. A. Dickens
H. S. Ragan
Sidney J. Stern, Sr
H. A. Millis
Chester Hayworth
Louis J. Fisher
D. R. Robertson
Sumner Township
C. W. Davis
Jamestown Township
Ida Williams Sought by Baltimore Police
Police seek Ida Williams a local Negro woman whose brother William Williams died at his home 18 West Perry Street Baltimore on April 9 Officers say the sister may live in High Point and should contact the department for full particulars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Williams
William Williams
West Perry Street
Baltimore
High Point
Armfield Property Sold at Auction on Freeman Mill Road
The Solomon B. Armfield property on Freeman Mill Road sold at auction yesterday. H. A. Knight, the selling agent, said prices were very satisfactory and interest in local real estate remains strong. The tract was divided into four and five acre parcels. Alston Clark served as auctioneer. Knight expects growing activity in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solomon B. Armfield
Freeman Mill Road
H. A. Knight
Alston Clark
Knight
McAdoo Seeks renomination for Guilford County Register
John H. McAdoo, Guilford County register of deeds, announced May 25 as the Democratic primary date and filed with the county elections board. He will seek another term unopposed in the primary, facing Republican B. C. Campbell in November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register OF Deeds
John H. Mc‘Adoo
Poor Register of Deeds
Guilford County
John H. McAdoo
Register Deeds
County Elections Board
McAd
Od H. Wharton
County Register Deeds
McAdoo
Church Street
Greensboro
Institute of Government At
Chapel Hill
Model Plane Club Seeks Meeting Cabin for Piedmont group
An emerging Piedmont Model Club led by Warren Godwin grew to over 20 members aged 14 to 19. The High Point group seeks a cabin or land to build a club cabin with aid from fathers and local sponsors to obtain a National Aeronautics Association charter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotarians
Model Club
National Aeronautics Association
High Point Exchange Club
Piedmont Model Club
Warren Godwin
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G. C. Glee Club
Will
Walter Vassar
Red
Trucker
CTS Ae Lak
East
Orion
Cecil's Drug Stores
North Main
N. C
Loa Aarti
CIA
Family Bible Records
Wilderness
Christopher
Joshua
Marmaduke
Ashley
Michael
Charity Massa
Moses Swaim
Old Homestead
Ada Swindell
Lyndon Swaim
William Swaim
the Patriot
Flagler
Fred J. Flagler
Heads College
Tallahassee
Fla
A. M. Graham
Winthrop College
Rock Hill
D. C
Southern Association of College and University Business Managers
Armfield
Cuba
M'Adoo
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