Wachovia Bank Reports First Quarter 1952 Gains
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company directors in Raleigh report higher deposits and resources for Q1 1952 versus Q1 1951. Deposits end March 31 at 913,132.63 and resources at 036,156.63, with good loan and trust activity. High Point office notes growth in new accounts and local industry, while warning of inflation risk and government spending. Regular dividend of 75 cents per share declared payable June 3 to shareholders of record May 5.
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Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
Raleigh
High Point
Bland W. Worley
J. E. Millis
Wachovia
Carolinas
Worley
Eight Major Arrests Reported By Local Police
Local police report eight major arrests including four assault charges on a female. Defendants named Lloyd L. Hanes 1109 West Green Street James Walter Archie 1408 East Street Lloyd Ray Milliken 327 Fourth Street and Lonzo Henderson 112 Railroad Street face the assault charges. Other arrests include Charles Wayne Ross Route 6 Reidsville driving drunk Kenneth Reed 106 Thurston Street violating prohibition laws and Sam McKinzie Trinity Negro hit and run. Hearings set soon in Municipal Court.
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Lloyd L. Hanes
West Green Street
James Walter Archie
East Street
Lloyd Ray Milliken
Fourth Street
Lonzo Henderson
Railroad Street
Charles Wayne Ross
Reidsville
Kenneth Reed
Thurston Street
Sam McKinzie
Trinity Negro
Boys and Girls Switch Places In Thomasville
Thomasville school experiment swaps roles with boys baking and girls repairing. Claude Edwards and Mrs. Brinkley lead a two week course teaching kitchen skills and basic repairs to foster understanding of home making and livelihoods.
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Thomasville
Forrest Cates
Thom
Claude Edwards
W. F. Brinkley
Davidson College Professor Addresses Club on Home Life
Dr. R. Beaty of Davidson College spoke to the Met-of-the-Church group at First Presbyterian about home life as the American bulwark. He urged fathers to guide children’s concept of God, noting the home as a source of happiness and moral formation. A musical program followed and attendees included Henry C. Brockman, studying for the ministry, and several father son pairs receiving roses.
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R. Beaty
Davidson College
First Presbyterian Church
Cannel
Father and Son
P. H. Dalton, Jr
God
Beaty
H. V
Pranet
A. L. Krekler
Henry Whipple
H. L. Brockman
Henry C. Brockman
D. Waring Smith
Henry Whitfield, Jr
Henry Whitfield, II
Area Students To Join Duke Glee Club Concert
Duke University students will join the Duke Glee Club for a Friday 7 30 p m concert at the Senior High School auditorium. The 45 member group includes William Barrett John W Hall Harlan Creech III John Hamilton Hilker and John Farrington. Under J Foster Barnes the choir will perform works by Bach Handel Rodgers and Gilbert and Sullivan plus Negro spirituals and a Perry Como televison appearance noted in coverage.
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Duke University
Duke Glee Club
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
William Barrett
E. Homer Barrett
Woodrow Avenue
John W. Hall
William B. Hall
Johnson Street
Hall
Duke
Triple Oe
Club
Asheboro
Harlan L
Perry Como
J. Foster Barnes
Richard Rodgers
Gilbert and Sullivan
Fletcher Beck Dies Suddenly In Lexington
Fletcher H. Beck 64 of Thomasville died suddenly Sunday at 10 30 while visiting his brother Percy Beck in Lexington. He had lived in Thomasville 42 years born March 10 1888 in Davidson County. Survived by wife Winnie Clodfelter three sons Clayborne Lawrence Major one daughter Quinton Anderson six grandchildren and numerous relatives. Funeral at Heidelberg Evangelical and Reformed Church Wednesday at 3 with interment in Holly Hills cemetery.
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Thomasville
Fletcher H. Beck
Reid Street
Percy Beck
Lexington
Beck
Heidelberg Evangelical and Reformed Church
Holly Grove
Davidson County
Albert H
Jeannette Crofts Beck
Winnie Clodfelter
Clayborne C. Beck
Bedford
Virginia
Lawrence A. Beck
Harry V. Beck
United States Army
Berlin
Germany
Quinton Anderson
Brantly Beck
David Leonard
John Dunning
Grady Johnson
Greensboro
Jennie Beck
Walker Funeral Home
J. A. Palmer
Charles Wessinger
Grace Lutheran Church
Charles F. Leek
First Baptist Church
Holly Hills
Police Resue Dog Entangled in Clothes Line on Main Street
A report to police at 832 South Main Street revealed a dog caught in a clothes line. Officers Sheetz and Pierce freed the dog and handed him to his owner for care. The dog reportedly did not want to be washed or hung out to dry.
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South Main Street
Sheetz
Pierce
Local Police Take Man For Virginia
Local police picked up Coy Frank Powers aged 52 in Norfolk Virginia on probation violation under a suspended sentence for bigamy.
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Virginia
Norfolk
Frank Powers
Embezzlement Case Yields Suspended Term For Huskey
Johnny Huskey found guilty of embezzlement in Municipal Court. Four months suspended two years with repayment of 18.27 to Spur Oil at 336 South Main Street and court costs. Also sentenced to two years suspended five years and ordered to pay 17.50 weekly for wife and children. Spence guilty for rock strike on Leroy Rose, ordered to pay 10 and costs for ambulance. Other cases disposed include disorderly conduct and various costs.
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Johnny Huskey
Spur Oil Company
Huskey
South Main Street
Spence
Leroy Rose
Rose
James Walter Archie
Ernest Sizemore
Robert L. Mounce
Dallas Marion Haynes
Arthur
William Tyson
John W. Walton
Theodore Terry
D. H. Craven
Robert L. Powell
Guilford County Manager Outlines Budget and Welfare Growth
Guilford County Manager Harry Weatherly spoke to the Exchange Club detailing a 5.24 million dollar county budget, a 70 percent debt reduction, and 11 million plus in school capital outlay over a decade. He noted state and federal funds cover most costs, and the county funds all school buildings in cities and rural districts.
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Guilford
High Point
Greensboro
Harry Weatherly
Logan Porter
Board of County Commissioners
Weatherly
Welfare Department
Porter
T. E. Hinson
Vernon von Drehle
Elks In Greensboro Highlighted Meeting Notes
News Of Interest To Colored People lists several local church and civic group meetings in Greensboro. The Crown and Scepter Clubs state officers are announced with William Simpson elected state vice president and about twenty five high schools represented at Raleigh gathering.
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First Baptist Church
Chest Leaders Meet at Hotel Sheraton for United Fund Campaign
Chest executives and community leaders from nine North Carolina communities gather Friday at the Hotel Sheraton for an all day session to prepare fall campaigns. The event runs 10 30 a m to 3 30 p m with a business session by the NC Chest Executives Association and talks by Richard O Connor of Winston Salem United Fund and Gorman Mattison of Charlotte Community Chest on quotas and fair shares.
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Winston-Salem United Fund
Gorman Mattison
Charlotte Community Chest
Water and plaster tools echo through ancient and modern times
Water moves into living cells with ease while substances dissolved in water exit slowly. Plaster tools from ancient Egypt are nearly identical to those used by today’s plasterers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Smith
Hoxie Jones
Ronald Barker
Pyramids of
Egypt
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Hanes
Edwards
Manual Arts
Micky Deese
Thomasville High School
Micky
Cladis Bredshaw
Frankie Thomas
Linda Fincannon
Joyce Riggs
Bill Surratt
Dayton Widener
Franklin Hall
Donald Workman
Fletcher Beck
Exchange Club
Annie Pinnix
Kivett
Drive
H. H. Lemon
E. Washington Street
0. C.ene
Saint Paul Holiness Church
Pearson Street
E. McCants
G. W. Rice
P. L. Ledbetter
J. E. Patterson
T. W. Williams
Bishop K. D. Christian
Rosie Ross
Bethel
D. D. Mason
Mt. Calvary No. 2
Calvary
T. W. Bowen
Bethel Holiness Church
Ella Hoover
Patsy MecDaniel
Lola Hart
Dorothy Watkins
Shirley Lewis
Catherine Tate
Eugene Hart
Harold Sanders
Claude Matthews, Jr
Marie Reed
E. D. Mosley
Frank Bright
Tommie Owens
Thomas Sanders
Ruth Pinnix
Mary Eccles
Mamie Bell Isle
Parham
Bernice Elliott
Gracie Setzer
Hotel Sheraton
Mattison
National
Jim Smith
High Point Chest
High Point Chest Board
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