Bids Opened on Guilford Roads
The state highway commission opened bids on 28 road projects estimated at 3,000,000 dollars. Projects cover 159 miles, mainly secondary and county roads with eight on primary routes across Pitt, Beaufort, Pasquotank, Camden, Gates, Hertford, Nash, Northampton, and other counties.
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Raleigh
State Highway Commission
Pitt
Beaufort
Pasquotank
Camden
Gates
Hertford
Nash
Northampton
Plin
Greene
Johnston
Pender
Bladen
Sampson
Wake
Guilford
Scotland
Hoke
Anson
Union
Tuck
Stanley
Alexander
Catawba
Lincoln
Iredell
Citrus fruit output rises 27 percent in postwar year
World production of citrus fruit for 1946 47 exceeds the prewar annual average by 27 percent. The report highlights a strong rebound in global farming after the war, with citrus volumes rising across key producing regions and signaling optimism for harvests in the near term.
Former High Point Resident Seriously Ill in Athens
E. D. Henderson, longtime High Point resident, is critically ill at his Athens Georgia home after a heart attack. He operated a veneer business here and moved to Athens about a year ago to join a veneer plant, now on an oxygen tent with little hope for recovery.
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E. D. Henderson
High Point
Athens
Henderson
Howell Street
First Methodist Chapel Hour Broadcast Wednesday at 8 30
The First Methodist church mid week chapel hour will be broadcast from the sanctuary Wednesday night at 8 30. The minister Wilson O Weldon will speak on Plan and Man. The church choir directed by Miss Dorothy Hoskins will provide music with Mrs T E Strickland as accompanist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
Wilson O. Weldon
Dorothy Hoskins
T. E. Strickland
Workers’ Conference
L. F. Ferree
Tiny parasite menaces New South Wales sharks
A minute parasite under an inch long is killing man eating sharks along New South Wales shores, affecting marine predators and local ecosystems. Researchers study its impact on shark populations and possible control methods.
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New South Wales
Australia
Inner Aid Bowel Cleaning Powder Promises Quick Purge
A man reports using Inner Aid three days and claiming dramatic body cleansing. He says headaches stop, skin eruptions clear, and rheumatic knee pains vanish after a total intestinal cleanse. The powder, said to contain 12 herbs, is sold by drug stores and advertised as cleansing bowels and aiding liver and kidneys.
Johnson Speaks as Drive Opens for YMCA Membership
Walter Johnson athletic director at Presbyterian College spoke at a YMCA supper on the postwar fitness drive urging a balanced physical education program. The event at First Methodist Church introduced by Dick Meisky included new director S. D. Gibson Jr. and Negro spirituals by Carl Chavis YMCA singers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YMCA
Amos R. Kearns
Walter Johnson
Presbyterian College
Johnson
Dick Meisky
The
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Clinton
S. C
First Methodist Church
P.C
S. D. Gibson, Jr
J. E. Millis
Wilson O. Weldon
Carl Chavis Ymca
W. L. Jacksons
Dr. J B Craven Dies Suddenly in Monroe
The Rev Dr James Braxton Craven 67 of Morganton died Sunday night in a Monroe hotel where he had been a guest. Born May 8 1879 in Trinity Randolph County he. Craven served as pastor educator and district superintendent in multiple North Carolina towns. Survived by son James B Craven and two brothers, with funeral plans pending.
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James Braxton Craven
Morganton
Monroe
Dr. Craven
Trinity
Randolph County
James Lucius
Nannie Bulla Craven
Trinity College
Vanderbilt University
Katherine Simmons Covington
Craven
Greensboro
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Cooleemee
Salisbury
Asheville
Davenport College
Lenoir
Charlotte
Main Street
Gastonia
West Market Street
Uniting Conference
ITI
Duke University
General Conference
The
Methodist Church
General Uniting Conference
Kansas City
Naval Reserve
E. B. Craven
Lexington
Harvey B. Craven
Deland, Fla
James B. Craven
Lebanon Church Night Program Planned
Lebanon Methodist church will observe a church night on Wednesday at 7 30 with a devotional service in the hut. The workers council and board of stewards will hold separate meetings in rooms designated. Fred Schultheiss chairs the stewards, Dale Montgomery leads the workers council, and Rev C W Bates conducts the devotional service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon Methodist Church
Workers’ Council
Board of Stewards
Fred Schultheiss
Dale Montgomey
C. W. Bates
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Guilford Roads
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Ellis Arnall
Georgia
Ellis E. Arnall
Mann’s
High Point College
Cannon-Fetzer CO
Christian Student Council For Overseas Students Relief Fund
Yu Drive
Oldsmobile
America
Omi
Highland Motors
N. Main ST
N. C
Dr. J.B. Craven
Lebanon
Stewart
Belk-Stevens Company
Seersucker
Shanto
Texsun
Oxfords
Belk- Stevens Company
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