Red Cross appoints new first aid leader for civilian defense
Henry Foscue, chairman of Red Cross Safety services, announces Carl F. Plate as the new first aid airman. Plate, rector of the city parks and recreation department, brings extensive Red Cross and World War II service in the Pacific. A standard first aid class will start at the catr house next week with an instructors course planned for November 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Foscue
Redross Safety Services
Carl F. Plate
First Aid
Plate
Red Cross
Herved
Southwest Pacific
Fayetteville
Theayetteville
Catter House
Eally
Francis P. Simville
Lanta
Ez Clark
Ellis D. Fusal
Aining
Farm Bureau
Oliver Allen
Rvices
Southeastern Area
Temperatures Rise Amid Showers Foretold
The government observatory at Friendship reports today’s high at 88 degrees, up from yesterday’s 84, with a 66 degree low forecast. Expect increasing clouds this afternoon with possible showers, followed by partly cloudy skies tomorrow and afternoon thunder showers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendship
City News Briefs Aims for Divorce and Local Marriages
A suit for divorce on grounds of two years separation was filed in Municipal court by Louise Walton Tarn against William D Tarn. Marriage licenses issued to William T Sheets and Joann Mc Hone of Winston Salem Hubert Smith of Portsmouth Va and Melba Brown of High Point Joan FE Gore of Greensboro and Lora Broder of Logan W Va Lewis Hunt of Thomasville and Evelyn Taylor of High Point An embezzlement charge was filed against James FE Kiser of Jamestown for $21.35 from Spur Distributing and he was released on 500 bond for a Monday court appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Walton Tarn
William D. Tarn
William T. Sheets
Joann McHone
Winston-Salem
Hubert Smith
Portsmouth
Melba Brown
High Point
Joan FE. Gore
Greensboro
Lora Broder
Logan
W. V. Lewis Hunt
Thomasville
Evelyn Taylor
James FE. Kiser
Jamestown
E. R. King
The
Spur Distributing Company
Kiser
High Point Schools Plan September 6 Opening 1950 51
High Point city schools start the 1950-51 year on September 6 with noon dismissal on opening day and full schedule from September 7. Hours run 8:30 to 3:30 for junior and senior high, 8:30 to 3 for elementary, and 8:30 to 2:30 for first and second graders. First graders begin half days for a month. Principals meet to set registration dates for summer movers. existing students were registered last spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Charles F. Carroll
Two Arrests For Driving Intoxicated
Thomasville reports two drunken driving arrests and two non support cases. Kelsey Lee Leonard 25 of High Point was held on Lexington avenue with bond set for September 1 Norris N Call 37 of National highway was booked on Lexington avenue with bond for Friday Far Hawkins Jr of Lexington charged with non support of wife and child and Boyce Nelson Harris 27 of Thomasville Route 2 arrested here Tuesday all posted bond for trial tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Kelsey Lee Leonard
Clara Cox
High Point
Lexington Avenue
Norris N. Call
National Highway
Far Hawkins, Jr
Lexington
Boyce Nelson Harris
Route 2
Jaycees to Hold Memorial Park Picnic Supper
Jaycee meeting tonight in Thomasville will be a picnic supper at Memorial park. Junior Chamber members and guests should bring baskets while drinks are provided by the club. Attendees are asked to arrive at 6 15 p m to allow a softball game before the meal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Jaycee
Memorial Park
Belk Stevens to Add Two-Story Extension on Main Street
Belk Stevens of High Point received a city building permit for a two story brick and stone addition to its Main street store. The $40,000 project will extend from the Wrenn Street end with a 64 foot frontage, enlarging the existing structure already disclosed in plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belk-Stevens Company
High Point
Main Street
Wrenn Street
District BPW Meeting Set for Thomasville October 14
THOMASVILLE, Aug. 17. The State Business and Professional Women district two meeting will be held in Thomasville October 14 with the local BPW club as hostesses. Workshops and a dinner session are planned. Club president Mrs Vera Phillips presided at the monthly dinner in the Woman's Club. Mrs Mary G Matthews reported on the summer board meeting and leadership conference in Chapel Hill. Miss Mary Marlowe also attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
BPW
Woman's Club
Vera Phillips
Mary G. Matthews
Thomasville Club
State Federation of Bpw Clubs
Chapel Hill
Mary Marlowe
Jaycees Rally Paper Drive Across City Streets
Larry Austin, chairman of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, announced a Sunday paper scrap drive. Residents outside city limits may drop bundles at any corporate-area curb, with trucks starting street-by-street pickups at 1 p.m. Newspapers magazines and other paper should be curbside before 1.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Austin
Chamber of Commerce
Austin
First Group of High Pointers to Feel Carriers Weight
The first group of High Point carriers, 56 men, boarded a bus at 7:15 AM for Fort Bragg for physical and mental examinations to determine final classification under new selective service rules. Their return home is expected tonight. names of inductees will be released only when ordered to active duty. About 30 percent of the group were colored. ages 23 to 25, single, non veteran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selective Service
Fort Bragg
Lillian Hedrick
Fayetteville
Hedrick
Government Seeks Local High Point Articles for Bid
High Point chamber of commerce secretary Frank Sizemore reports daily bulletins from the U S Department of Commerce Field Service listing government needs. The notices specify article quantities and bid openings and are open to all High Point residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
United States
Frank Sizemore
High Point Chamber of Commerce
United States Department of Commerce
Sizemore
Chamber of Commerce
Two Traffic Accidents Injure Three People Last Night
Two crashes within twenty minutes left three people injured and two arrested. Edmon Melton 28 of 1513 East Washington street faced reckless driving charges after his brake-less 1937 auto struck Willie Meadows 65 as he crossed East Washington. Meadows treated for head bruises and lacerations. Cross — driver of the second car — was jailed on drunken driving charges and later released on $500 bond. passengers James Agner and Carl Williams received cuts and bruises. Clubb’s truck sustained $200 damage and Cross’s car about $300.
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Edmon Melton
East Washington Street
Willie Meadows
Meadows
Melton
East Green Street
Joe F. Cross
Springfield Avenue
C. F. Clubb
Tate Street
James Agner
Route 4
Carl Williams
Mangum Avenue
Cross
Clubb
Michigan Student From Seoul Tells Of Korea Strife Origins
M S Kim a University of Michigan furniture school student visiting High Point with 12 peers and H F Worth head of the school explained Korea’s current strife tracing it to Japanese conquest and division after the 38th parallel His remarks during a luncheon at the Sheraton hotel followed a plant tour by the Michigan group Worth led a follow up tour of North Carolina plants with plans for annual trips noting Michigan and North Carolina both are furniture states and High Point as the Grand Rapids of the South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point College
Joe Gallman
High Point High School
Carolina
High Point
Lacy High
Michigan
Seoul
Korea
University of Michigan
M. S. Kim
School of Furniture Manufacture
H. F. Worth
Sheraton Hotel
High Point Chamber of Commerce
Kim
38Th Parallel
Worth
North Carolina
Globe Parlor
Continental
Tomlinson
Southern Furniture Exposition
Drexel
Morganton
Altavista
Roanoke, Va
Jamestown
South
East
H. F E. Worth
University
W. A. Tomlinson
G. N. Leigh
London
B. K. Johnson
Grand Rapids
Mich
Norman Kroll
Chicago
C. R. York
Hospital Set to Open By November 1 at High Point Memorial
Hospital administrator W. R. Peters announced the High Point Memorial hospital will open no later than November 1. He said materials and equipment ordered before the Korean conflict assure completion, though occupancy could slip from October 1 if interior plastering and painting lag. Exterior work and landscaping are largely finished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Memorial Hospital
W. R. Peters
Peters
Booster Banquet Tickets On Sale In Thomasville
Thomasville notices booster's banquet set for Monday night August 28 to raise funds for a $200 bucking machine for Thomasville high school and Mills Home football squads. Principal speaker will be Wallace Wade, Duke University football coach, venue to be at the high school or orphanage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Junior Chamber
Thomasville High School
Mills
Wallace Wade
Duke University
Blind Man Sentenced For Assault In Municipal Court
A blind concession stand operator Lester Waterfield was found guilty of assault with a deadly weapon and received four months on the roads suspended on good behavior. He must pay $50 to the victim and court costs. Several others faced suspended sentences or costs for related offenses during the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Waterfield
Security National Bank
R. J. Franklin
South Main Street
Waterfield
Franklin
Jim Owens
South Hamilton Street
T. B. Sykes
Uth
J. L. Whitworth
Mobile
Brown Thompson
Railroad Street
Mildred Cullins
Booker Street
Thelmore White
Fairfield Road
John Davis
Hay Street
W. D. Cunningham
Clara Cox
Ter
Nancy Henley
Ferndale Drive
Jack R. Daniels
Greensboro
Marvin King
Centennial Avenue
Bobby R. Hayes
Lexington Avenue
Cemetery Fire Blamed Upon Vandals
THOMASVILLE Aug 17 Deputy Sheriff Burch Payne investigated a vandalism driven fire at Holly Hills cemetery south of town. Grass burned over a baby's grave initials TW TH burned in turf scaffolding damaged amid an arson tied to gasoline stolen from a tool shed. No arrests yet as residents reported Monday fires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Holly Hills Cemetery
Vane Dels
Burch Payne
Holly Hills Road
Holly Hills
Payne
Smoking In Bed Ignites Fatal Blaze At Local Plant
Firefighters battled a boiler room fire at the Gray Concrete Pipe company in Thomasville. Damage was minor, listed as caused by unknown factors, while an earlier blaze at Clyde Swaim’s Blair street extension residence was blamed on smoking in bed damaging only a bed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Gray Concrete
Clyde Swaim
Blair Street
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Mt. Vernon
Union City
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J. W. Streidl
Menominee
Andrew Dingman
Butte
Mont
T. V. Rochelle
Richard Wagner
Birmingham
Roland Yale
Ada
Ohio
J. Tomkins
Muskegon Heights
M. H. Anderson
N. Y
D. K. Adams
Middleton
Robert DeYoung
Sheboygan, Mich
Jack Rochelle
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