Ex-Marine Henry Whitey Robinson Serves Kids and Ice Cream
Henry Whitey Robinson runs an ice cream wagon in Guadalcanal and is adored by local children. He gives occasional free pops to those without cash and greets shy girls with hugs. His long day runs 8 am to 9 10 pm seven days a week, averaging about $50 gross with a $12 profit.
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Enterprise
Guadalcanal
Henry
Whitey
Robinson
Gastonia
Marine Corps
United States
Russell
New Georgia
Guam
Life
First Marine Division
Navy
New Caldonia
San Diego
Belmont
Thomasville
Veterans Hospitals
Charlotte
Lola
Irene Street
Robert
David
Michael
Deborah
Savage Island
Thomasville Building To Be Razed In Salem Street Change
An uptown Thomasville building once used as Mann's stockroom will be razed to make way for a modern structure. Owner J Walter Lambeth says demolition starts Monday and the new space will be leased to Mann's Drug Store expansion. Coltrane and Graham will handle the project for New Front High Point contractors. The site at Salem Street backs Mann's and sits near Lambeth's corner building, once built by his father.
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Thomasville
Salem Street
Mann's Drug Store
Mann's
Fields Inc
J. Walter Lambeth
Coltrane and
Graham
High Point
Lambeth
John W. Lambeth
Peoples Mercantile Co
R. C. Harville
Reidsville
Joe Mercantile
Harville
Historical Collection Highlights Early High Point Artifacts
The High Point Public Library maintains a fire resistant vault housing documents on local history. The collection grew with a Centennial Committee gift in 1951 for preserving High Point area materials, with diaries letters scrapbooks and old newspapers highly sought. A deed from 1778 to a land parcel in England and a 1859 town founding act anchor the collection alongside town records on expenditures and prohibitions.
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High Point
Austin
England
Guilford
Fayetteville and Western Plank Road
Barbee Hotel
Lost Chord Club Receives Speech Training Grant
Dallas chapter of the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Singing gave $350 from its harmony contest to the Lost Chord Club. The funds will fund films and aids to help cancer victims relearn speech by air control and articulation.
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Dallas
The
Society For the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet
Spebqs
Lost Chord Club
Husing To Make Radio Comeback
New York CBS signs veteran Ted Husing to a comeback contract effective Monday. After a brain tumor sidelined him since 1954, Husing reports improved health and eyesight in Pasadena. CBS plans color work on football and horseracing as he returns to radio.
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New York
Ted Husing
Columbia Broadcasting System
Husing
Pasadena
Calif
CBS
Baptists To Begin Meetings In North Carolina Associations
North Carolina's 829 109 Baptists across 75 associations begin an annual meeting season. Carolina and Transylvania associations start Aug 6 with three months of travel and gatherings, while churches cue meals and fellowship for attendees from Alleghany to Raleigh. Sandy Creek is the oldest, with 1758 founding, while youngest ties exist in 1955.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
North Carolina
Little Alleghany
Raleigh
Buncombe
Sandy Creek
North Roanoke
South Roanoke
Theron Rankin
Southern Baptist Convention
Charleston
S. C
Dutch Family Adapts to Life in North Carolina
The Nijhuis family from Forestdale Jamestown NC adjusted rapidly after arriving from Holland in 1954. Eldest Inee, 17, earned associate editor duties and a Duke scholarship while Rolf, 16, eyes engineering studies and saves from a paper route. Seven year old Helen attends elementary school as Remmel and his wife engage with the PTA and embrace American social life. They note milder climate, blooming camellias, and growing gardens as they feel accepted by the community and hope for a visit to Holland someday.
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Nijhuis
America
Holland
Nijhuises
Forestdale
Jamestown
Angier-Duke
Duke University
Rolf
Jamestown School
Remmel Nijhuis
Parent Teachers Association
South Bend
Ind
North Carolina
Remmeit Nijhuis
Nijhutis
Europe
Remmelt
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Henry Robinson
Jess
Whch
St. Ao
London
Eng
George III
F. W. Day
E. A. Snow
Guilford County
State of
Ruth Vestal
Lost Chord Club Given Speech Training Fund
Baptists
By Marie Grant
Carolina
Transylvania
LaGrange
Helen
Remmelt Nijhuis
Central Savings
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!