Garden Book Display at Local Library Highlights Spring Interest
Library staff showcase garden and vegetable books as spring interest grows. Notable titles cover lawn decor landscape problems flowering varieties and vegetable growing guides by numerous authors.
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Public Library
House and Garden
Elizabeth Lawrence
Neltie Blanchan
Carolina Gardens
E. T. Chaffer
North Carolina
Louis Wilder
Anne Dorrance
F. A. Mercer
Mabel Sedgewick
Horace McFarland
Allen H. Wood, Jr
Louise Wilder
Stephen Hamblin
H. K. Mores
Louise Bush Brown
Chesla Sherlock
Paul Dempsey
Ann Robbins
Jean- Marie Putman
James Burdett
Medicine as Career Exhibit At High Point College
A vocational exhibit on Medicine as a Career is on display at the Wrenn Memorial Library at High Point College and runs through April. Organized by the library staff with Mrs Ali Gorman, Miss Rachel Hill Smith, and others, it features nursing, pharmacy, psychiatry, surgery and more. Counseling sessions by nursing leaders Miss Smith and colleagues are scheduled this week in the library from 1 30 to 4 30 Tuesday and from 7 30 to 9 Wednesday night.
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Wrenn Memorial Bary
High Point =e
Ali Gorman
Harry Brockman
Rachel Hill Smith
Miss Smith
North Carolina
High Point Memorial Hospital
J. Virginia Hes
R.N
M.N
Theorth Carolina Nurses Association
Hazelohnston
High Point
Altrusa Club
Kiwanis Help Aids Hearing Impaired Children
The High Point Kiwanis Club reports progress on its hearing aid project aiding underprivileged local children. Audiometer tests were conducted in schools with tests tiered by grade, revealing 56 children with hearing impairment from a combined total of over 5,700 tested.
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High Point Kiwanis Club
Cliff Hopkins
Hunter Dalton
J. W. Herndon
H. P. Morrison
Charles F. Carroll
High Point City
Enterprise
Kiwanis Project
Kiwanis Club of
High Point
George Mason
Trbotcon
Os Osoon
Ccey Ck Cinaeiss
Guilford County Names Panel to Study Elections Law
Chairman J A Doggett selects five members from Greensboro and High Point to review election laws before the 1949 General Assembly. The committee, with three Democrats and two Republicans, will study and observe the 1948 Guilford primary and report by the first Monday in October, 1948.
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J. A. Doggett
Guilford County
Woman's Club to Run Cancer Fund Drive in North Carolina
The Woman's Club will collect for the North Carolina division of the American Cancer Society as there is no local chapter. President Mrs. John L. Rothrock announced funds will be solicited via cannisters placed in downtown businesses for public contributions.
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American Cancer Society
Woman's Club
North Carolina
National Society
John L. Rothrock
Rothrock
Miss Maxine Farlowe Crowned Wheel of Progress Queen
Miss Maxine Farlowe of 1307 Ragans Street, a 10th grade student at High Point Senior High, was elected Friday afternoon by students as Miss Veterans Wheel of Progress of 1947. She will ride the VFW float in the Wheel of Progress parade on Wednesday morning, April 30, with a western cowgirl costume and receive a loving cup after being crowned. The parade features 22 floats and includes Maj. Gen. J. M. Gavin and the 82nd airborne from Fort Meade arriving via Greensboro High Point airport. The event showcases a Lowery Veach rodeo and riders from the Gene Autry circuit performing at Highland Park through four nights.
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Maxine Farlowe
Raganstreet
High Point
Thomasville
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Farlowe
VFW
Wil
82Nd Airborne Paratroopers
Fort Meee
J. M. Gavin
Greensboro-High Point
Fort Bragg
North Main Street
North Main
Gavin
National Rodeo Association
Gene Autry
Highland Park
Hach
Primaries Near as City Elections Board Prepares
With two days left before municipal primaries three independents one Republican and two Democrats remain in the race for city council and mayor. Ben L. Herman said election machinery is ready and registration can occur at precinct registrar homes tomorrow and after the primary through April 30.
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Ben L. Herman
City Elections Board
Herman
O. H. Doggett
C. S. McKezie
Ed Hedrick
John Clinard
McLean
Summer Camp Registrations Pile Up at Camp Uwharrie
The Uwharrie council reports 558 registrations in the first period for this summer's five week camp at Camp Uwharrie. Weekly cap is 160. staff training begins June 1 with camp start set for June 15 and staff reporting June 9. Local districts lead with High Point 221, Rowan 210, Lexington 67, Thomasville 38, Davie 22, with 800 reservations expected by May 1 and a July 4 council wide water meet at the camp.
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Scout Office
Uwharrie Council
Council
Camp
Uwharrie
High Point District
Rowan
Lexington
Thomasville
Davie
Red Cross Accepting Texas City Relief Donations
Red Cross chapters across the nation will accept voluntary contributions for Texas City explosion relief. Chairman Lee F. Schaner announced after authorization from National Chairman Basil O'Connor. Governor Beauford Jester has placed the Red Cross in charge of the relief effort.
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Texas City
Red Cross
Lee F. Schaner
Schaner
National
Basil O'Connor
Be Sons
National Five
T 9
Beauford Jester
Texas
Municipal Jury Term Proves Expensive With Few Cases
The first municipal jury term since the city court bill settlement cost $335 in jury fees and disposed of 19 cases by guilty pleas. Only six jury verdicts were reached, two mistrials, two not guilty, two guilty, with 54 cases pending for the next term. Debates over the term's value and costs continue among local officials and attorneys.
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D. C. MacRae
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
Walter E. Crissman
General Assembly
Bar Association
Senate
M. ‘ Nash
U S Leads Global Oil Output With Two Thirds Share
The United States has produced about two thirds of all oil used worldwide to date, signaling its dominant role in global energy supply and market dynamics.
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United States
Willis to Speak at High Point Tuberculosis Dinner
Dr Henry Stuart Willis new superintendent of three North Carolina sanatoria will address the High Point tuberculosis association at its annual dinner meeting in the Sheraton Blue Room Thursday April 24 at 6 30 PM. Members who donated $1 to the 1946 Christmas seal sale are eligible. dinner reservations must be made with Miss Virginia Ryan by Monday.
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Henry Stuart Willis
High Pointer
North Carolina
High Point Tuberculosis Association
S. S. Saunders
Sheraton Hotel
Blue Room
Association
Virginia Ryan
Willis
P. P. McCain
Campbell Wins City Schools Spelling Bee
Edwin Campbell of Ada Blair school won the Journal Sentinel spelling contest for High Point schools in a close finish. David Smith of Ray Street school took second after misspelling argument, then volume. Contestants included Lucy Gibson, Ralph Hall, Tommy Land, Maxie Adams, Jimm Mhany, Ann Simpson, and Vivien Miller representing several schools.
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Edwin Campbell
Ada Blair
Journal-Sentinel
High Point
David Smith
Ray Street
Campbell
Sarah McCallum
Smith
Lucy Gibson
Johnson Street
Ralph Hall
Elm Street
Tommy Land
Oak Hill
Maxie Adams
Emma Blair
Jimm Mhany
Brentwood
Ann Simpson
Cloverdale
Vivien Miller
Breakfast flight mix up at Knollwood air port Pinehurst
Ed Lewis reports Skyway club members and guests at Knollwood airport for the first 1947 breakfast flight. A miscue sent Reed family and others off course toward Cameron, while Doc Lackey and Pappy Newton recounted weather and plans. Gas hose mishap ends page.
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C. R. Reed
Bob
Pinehurst
Sanford
Mr. Reed
Skyway Club
Knollwood Airport
John Spencer
Fraley Field
J. A
Pap Py) Newton
Pappy
John
Bill Weedon
Paul's Air Park
Tax per Child Sparks North Carolina School Finance Debate
Local per child taxes for High Point Greensboro and Charlotte show wide variation with Greensboro at 32.30 per pupil and High Point at 16.33. State funds cover most district expenses while districts anticipate higher tax levies as enrollments rise and evaluations grow.
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Greensboro
Charlotte
Lexington
High Point
High
High Point Housing Authority
Gray Speaker At Acacia Charter Night
Acacia Lodge No. 674 AF and AM marks its sixth anniversary with a banquet and meeting at the Masonic temple Thursday night. A D Leon Gray, superintendent of Oxford Masonic orphanage, will be the featured speaker, with Masonic notables and possibly Grand Lodge of North Carolina representatives in attendance. The event honors Acacia’s name and immortality symbolism. Dinner served by the Order of Eastern Star in the temple dining room. open session in the main lodge room.
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Acacia Lodge No
AF & AM
Masonic Temple
A. D. “Leon” Gray
Oxford Asonic Orphanage
Grand Lodge of
North Carolina
Order of Eastern Star
Gray
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High Point Emergency Housing Corporation
Gilbert Street
Hedrick Street
Chamber of Commerce
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Committee To
Woman’s Club
Dr. Willis
THE
Ed Lewis
H. S. Spencer
Cameron
Doc
H. S
Reeds
Father
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Acacia Charter Night
A.D. Gray
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