Esso reports record sales and earnings for 1948
Jersey Standard, Exxon predecessor, reports 1948 total income of 3.332 billion dollars, up 40 percent from 1947, driven by higher prices and volume. Consolidated net earnings reach 365.6 million dollars, 12.44 dollars a share, with capital expenditures at a record 529.4 million. Company signals higher petroleum demand in 1949.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
Jersey Standard
Consolidated
Standard Oil
Consolidated Companies
Senior class play Mo ther-in-Law Blues debuts Monday
Readers are invited to a three act comedy by the senior class titled Mo ther-in-Law Blues, staged Monday at 7 45 p m in William Penn auditorium replacing class night. The cast features senior class talent for an evening of humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Penn Auditorium
Y.P.C
St. Stephens A.M.E. Zion
Mary Gideon
Coolidge Street
ALPHA
Alpha Art Club
Public Library
East Washington Street
Book Lovers Club
High Point Red Sox
T. C. Hawks
Finch Field Park
Young Peoples Club
Young Peoples Christian Stewardship Club
Mt. Vernon Baptist
Ruth Little
Meredith Street
Willing Workers Club
Mt. Vernon Baptist Church
Lillie Strong
Rivett Drive
Hollywood
First Baptist Church
W.s.cs
St. Mark Methodist Church
Maude Hinton
Underhill Avenue
Nona Dockery
Needle Craft Club
Mamie Bass
Y.W.C.A
Mary McLeod Bethune
Y.wl.a
Blue Triangle Club
Acme
M. B. Byrd
Sellersburg
Ind
Y-Teen Interclub Council
William Penn High School
Jacqueline Haizlip
Peggy Bynum
Mary Eccles
Gertrude Diggs
Willie Walker
Pearl Burford
Yteen
Phyllis Wheatley
Charlotte
M. H. Blackburn
Broussard
Fairview
William Penn
M. L. Graye
Leonard
Whitten
Nancy B. Turner
Helen C. le Cron
Merritt
Joy
Winifred C. Marshall
Ingram
Lomax
Georgia R. Durston
Kenna Beall
Salisbury
S. S. Whitted
Marie PD. Rivers
James Williams
Ann Jones
Alpha Art Club Exhibit at Public Library Sun Afternoon
The annual Art Exhibit by the Alpha Art Club runs Sunday from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Public Library on East Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Ross
East
Washington Street
Eloise Gwendolyn
Arthur Richard Flowers
Memphis
Tenn
Nashville, Tenn
Flowers
Mary Potter Academy
Oxford
N. C
Fisk University
Nashville
Walter A. Flowers
LeMoyne College
Air Force
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity
Meharry Medical College
21St Avenue
M. B. Byrd
East High Street
J. E. Melton
Pilgrim of Church
Daughters OF Dorcas
The
First Baptist Church
Alpha Art Club
Mary Blackburn
Crawford Street
L. S. Merritt
Public Library
Mesdames G. Davis
E. P. Wilson
East Washington Street
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Esso
Eugene Holman
F. W. Abrams
Fairyland Child Center
McCain
E. Lexington Ave
Centennial Ave
DIZE
Dize Awning & Tent CO
Willowbrook St
Parke, Davis @ Company
Detroit
Koon Ts-Mighee
Mrs. Grady Whitaker
Carl Chavis Y.M.C
Missionary Union
Nora Byrum
Daye Street
Hattie Leach
Gertrude Kendall
Alexandria
Washington, D. C
Columbus Gamble
Thomas E. Moore
Thomasine Elizabeth
Erline Lucille
High Point Memorial Hospital
Sylvester Holmes
Clairton
Wayne Bailey
Spencer LeGrand
Mt. Gilead
Dee Sullivan
Clay Street
Douglas Latimer
J. C. Jefferson
Thel Lindsey
Olina Latimer
Mr. Western Butler
Statesville
Silver Star Quartette
Gethsemane Baptist Church
Oakwood Junior College
Huntsville
Ala
C.M.E
Leonard and
Hay Streets
Brown's Funeral Home
Ver Trumpet Gospel Choir
Greensboro
Emmanuel Baptist Church
Bride
RITZ
Thaatra
King Cole
Trio Andy Kirk
Cable Piano
Chickering
Steinway Spinette
Mason & Hamlin
Story & Clark
McNeill Furniture CO
N. Main
Carl Maas
Barbara Sarondess
Beverly Hills
TEXO
Mary
Parker-Brown Lumber Co
Oak St
Hickory Chapel
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Kivett Drive
High Point
W. David Argo
McAdenville, N. C
Walter E.isenhour
West Washington ST
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