High Point’s City Clerk Lois Smith a Longtime City Boss
Lois Welborn Smith has served High Point as city clerk and treasurer since 1918. She handles the city’s records, signing documents, payrolls, and bond deals, and has witnessed growth from 14,000 to over 63,000 residents. She credits mentors, recalls early two room offices, and remains an essential public official with lifelong city ties.
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Betsy Hansen-Pruss
Lois Welborn Smith
High Point
Lois Welborn
Central Savings Bank
Lois
Edwards Business School
C. C. Edwards
Thomas J. Murphy
Edwards
R. C. Sawyer
Fire
Jesse Washburn
New York City
United States
Emma Royal Welborn
Dwight Moody Welborn
Trinity
Dwight Welborn
College Town
Ila
Roy
Vance
Howard
Verna
Berta
Trinity High School
Woman’s College of the University of North Carolina
Mr. Edward's Business School
E. M. Knox
Murphy
R. L. Pickett
P. P. Pilcher
Roy Braden
T. E. Hingon
Harold
Altrusa Club
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
Martha Bell
Woman’s Club
Executives Club
League of Women Voters
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Young Women's Christian Assn
American Legion Auxiliary
Susannah Wesley Sunday School
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
USC
Lois Webern Smith
Pakistan Recognizes Algerian Provisional Government
Pakistan announced recognition of the rebel Algerian government in exile led by Ferhat Abbas. It marks Pakistan as among the first Western allies to back the Algerian independence movement.
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Rawalpindi
Pakistan
Ferhat Abbas
France
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
British Commonwealth
Central Treaty Organization
United States
Seven American Tourists Die In Lake Lucerne Bus Disaster
In Hergiswil Switzerland rescue crews raised a sunken bus and identified seven victims among 16 who drowned when the 10 ton vehicle plunged into Lake Lucerne with 35 American tourists. Eight bodies may never be recovered as divers search the depths.
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Hergiswil
Switzerland
Lake Lucerne
U.S
W. George Keen
Robert Lampton
Glendale
Calif
Bronwyn Llewellyn
Summit Hill
J. M. Ellerbe
Rockingham
N.C
E. C. Sweeney
Milwaukee
Wis
M. Redstrand
Luise Merlaud
Detroit
Josef Gander
Siegried Naumann
Neighborhood grocers stay thriving with service and smiles
High Point stores Hollingsworth Food Store and Erin Street Grocery credit personal service for survival amid supermarkets. They offer delivery and meal planning help, long-standing family roots, and a mix of name brands with specialty items at Younts Grocery. The keepers emphasize quality over quantity and a friendly neighborhood atmosphere.
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Hollingsworth
R. S. Smith
Erin Street
Smith
Bud
Elm Street
Hollingsworth and Smith
Younts
North Main Street
Gay Eddings
Two Die In Refrigerator At Altizer Elementary School
In Huntington West Virginia three boys entered a kitchen area Friday authority said two brothers Roger Bias nine and Johnny Carter eleven died from suffocation after a refrigerator trap. Henry Carter nine survived after air may have leaked into the three door unit.
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Huntington
W.va
Altizer
Cabell County
Harold Frankel
Roger Keith Bias
Johnny Carter
Henry Carter
Johnny
Sam Watkins
Watkins
Henry
Frankel
Mr. Frankel
Roger Bias
East End
Anti-Food Warfare Threat Raises Cold War Fears
Washington experts warn antifood warfare could weaponize disease in crops and livestock though no covert U S attacks are found. Army biowarfare specialists describe strategic use with slow-acting, widespread damage and caution over rapid detection challenges.
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Washington
United States
Agriculture Department
Leroy D. Fothergill
Army
Biological Warfare Research Branch
Ft. Detrick
Fothergill
Mississippi Valley
Great Plains
Canada
U. S
Stout-Fireman Tangles With Worms In Fishing Tale
A humorous Thomasville column recounts a stout fireman who nerves fail over worms for bait and then spends nights chasing worms off his floor. A wandering tale threads city life with a quiz on owls and a glimpse of local officials and car woes.
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Bonnie Moore
Thomasville
Workers Deduct Their Own Taxes at Goodwill Publishers
In Gastonia North Carolina Goodwill Publishers pays 29 hourly workers full cash wages at 11 am each payday then requires cash tax payments two hours later. The plan, a unique approach in the United States, was devised by president Edward F Gallagher after switching two years ago from deduction stubs.
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Gastonia
N.C
Goodwill Publishers, Inc
U.S
Edward F
Bud) Gallagher
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the International
North Carolina League of Municipalities
Paris C. Smith
Mary Webster Smith Dodge
Alfred W. Jr
Gatewood Ave
Washington, D. C
Emerywood Studio
Main Street
Drygoods
E. L. Hollingsworth
Joe Rawiey
Roger
Continental
City Hall
CITY
J. D. Foust
Paul Harris
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