Missing High Point Man Found Hanged In Woods
Police report the body of Robert Niles Barnett 25 found hanging from a cedar limb in woods near Hansell street and Highway 10A. He had been missing over two weeks. wife said he planned to go to a hospital for an operation and would rather die than go. Coroner ruled death by own action. Graveside services set for 4 pm at Floral Gardens Cemetery officiated by Rev. T E Strickland.
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Robert Niles Barnett
North Main Street
Clara Apartments
Hansell Street
Highway 10A
Hig Ab
Clyde Staley
W. W. Harvey
Greensboro
Barnett
Aileen Stroud Barnett
Bobby Lee Barnett
Meeks
Missouri
Maggie Barnett
Agnee
Sible Barnett
Laurens
S. C
Floral Gardens
T. E. Strickland
Welch Memorial Methodist Church
St Joseph Aspirin Ad Claims Fast Relief Value
An advertisement promotes St Joseph Aspirin as fastest and best with selling points that it is 10c for 100 tablets at 35c for larger packs. The copy urges shoppers to demand St Joseph Aspirin and question paying more.
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St. Joseph
Rum name origins traced from rumbullion to rum
The article traces the term rum from the 18th century rumbullion to rumbo in the 19th century and finally to rum. It notes the Devonshire dialect meaning described as "great tu mult" in historical usage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Devonshire
Woodmen Camp No 62 Meets Nightly at 7:30
The Woodmen of the World Piedmont Camp No 62 invites members to attend as Sovereigns are cordial and to gather at 7 30 each night for meetings and fellowship.
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Woodmen of the World
Seven charged in Marietta paint and oil theft ring
Police say S W Horne and six others linked to four year larceny spree at the Marietta Paint and Color plant. Over 4 000 gallons of paint and linseed oil stolen with 15 barrels recovered. Bonds range from 1 000 to 5 000 dollars as hearings loom.
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John Lowdermilk
Marietta Paint and Color Company
Lowdermilk
Marietta
5S. W. Horne
Horne
Walter Crissman
Paint Company
Archdale
Claude M. Scott
Ferndale Drive
Sion
Arthur Edward Nelson
Chestnut Street
Larceny
Wade H. Norris
Corbett Street
Samuel Noah Allen
Rt. 3
William H. Dorn
Fifth Street
Burris Leonard Meacome
Chenn Street
Edward Jackson Davis
Thomasville Road
Dies in Winston-Salem hospital Craven, 49, of Davidson County
Everett Carl Craven aged 49 a well known farmer of Thomasville Route 1 died Sunday afternoon at four o clock in a Winston-Salem hospital after a ten day stay He was born October 6 1895 in Davidson County son of T H Craven and Alice Kennedy Crawlen He is survived by his wife Zada Bodenheimer five children Everett Claude Evelyn Wade Hilton and Thomas Craven his father three brothers C M Carson and Caswell Craven and one sister Mrs Blanche Summers He was a member of Prospect Methodist Church Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 3 pm from Mt Pleasant Methodist Church with interment in the church cemetery The body was moved from Yow's Funeral Home to the late residence.
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Everett Carl Craven
Thomasville
Winston-Salem Hospital
Mr. Craven
Davidson County
T. H
Alice Kennedy Crawlen
Zada Bodenheimer
Everett
Claude
Evelyn
Wade Hilton
Thomas Craven
U. S. Army
Camp Gordon
T. H. Craven
C. M., Carson
Caswell Craven
Blanche Summers
Prospect Methodist Church
Mt. Pleasant Methodist Church
C. O. Plyler
Mr. Allen
Mt. Pleasant
Billford Thief Receives Six Month Rap
James Monroe Carroll a 28 year old resident of 327 Mangum avenue received a six months sentence this morning in municipal court before Judge Don C Mac Rae after admitting he took a woman s billfold containing 3 and an identification card and did not return it Virginia Howard Gates owner of the billfold said she lost it in the smoking room of the Strickland Aircraft corporation where she works Carroll an employee found the billfold on the railroad tracks below the smoking room at the local plant He took it home and made no effort to find the owner Officers found the billfold in Carroll s home without the 3 He gave notice of appeal.
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James Monroe Carroll
Mangum Avenue
Don C. MacRae
Virginia Howard Gates
Strickland Aircraft Corporation
Carroll
The
Aircraft Corporation
John Ray Odom
Navy
Odom
George Bennett
Rt. 5
Bennett
Joe Trodgen
John Henry Watts
South Main Street
Louise Watts
Tom H. Jackson
Dorris Street
Martha Jackson
John Howard Hodge
South Hamilton Street
William Bookery
Enro
One Brook
Marsh
Rt. 2
Funeral Rites Held for Mrs O M Loving in Barnesville
Funeral services for Mrs. O M Loving former resident who died Friday night at her Barnesville home will be held Tuesday at 2 PM from Koonce Funeral Home chapel. Rev Julian S Hopkins of Green Street Baptist Church will officiate. Pallbearers include E L Franklin Sherman Ramsey J T Green Abner Holton D A Dowdy J M Branham Curtis Smithdeal and Robert Davis. Interment at Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery.
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O. M. Loving
Barnesville
Curtis Smithdeal
Robert Davis
Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery
Leave Home Ends S$ 2 0
Bobby W. Burney returns to Bainbridge Maryland after a nine day leave with his parents Mr and Mrs F C Burney of 201 Richardson Street
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Bobby W. Burney
Bainbridge, Md
F. C. Burney
Richardson Street
City Eyes Modern Library Building In Postwar Plan
City officials discuss early action toward a new library as part of a postwar plan. The advisory committee backs a combined library and war memorial complex with recreational spaces, banquet hall, and offices, noting current holdings of about 21 000 volumes versus a recommended 80 000 for a city of High Point's size.
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Oit
High Point
Capital Reserve Fund
Postwar Planning Commission
American Library Association
Magazine Editor Dies in Bridgeport
Webb Waldron aged 60 of Weston formerly editor of Colliers Weekly died Sunday in Bridgeport Connecticut. Waldron was a prominent magazine editor and author with a career including work at Colliers Weekly.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Webb Waldron
Valley Force
Weston
Colliers Weekly
High Point Mulls 25000 Airport Aid Test Case
City plans a test case on whether High Point may legally contribute 25000 to the Greensboro High Point airport authority for expansion. The move aims to get a quick court ruling on the legality, with decisions by Thanksgiving if the case proceeds. Greensboro seeks 40000 and Guilford County 20000 in support.
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High Point
Roy S. Braden
Greensboro-High Poin
State Supreme Court
Grover H. Jones
Jones
Newton Farnell
Airport Authority
Guilford County
Greensboro
Greensboro High Point
War Labor Board Hears Tomlinson Union Controversies
Representatives of Tomlinson of High Point and the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America No 3023 met with a War Labor Board panel at the Sheraton to review questions between the local plant and the union. A decision will be released later by the board through Atlanta.
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Tomlinson
High Point
American Federation of Labor Union
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
War Labor Board
Sheraton Hotel
Atlan
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