Henry A White Leading Citizen Dies At 56
Henry A White a prominent High Point citizen died of a heart attack at his home 315 Lindsay Street at 12 15 this morning He was 56 and headed the Associated Wood Products company He leaves a widow son Murray M White a grandson Murray White Jr two sisters and three brothers The funeral will be held at Central Friends church Thursday at 2 30 with burial at Guilford College cemetery The family requests donations to ministerial funds in lieu of flowers
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Lindsay Street
Henry A. White
High Point
Murray M. White
Murray White
Cora EB. White
Anne W. Peele
Charles F. White
Walter White
Greensboro
William Rufus White
Hertford
Mr. White
Friends Church
Belvidere
Perquimans County
North Carolina
Old Academy
Guilford College
Haverford College
Friends Churches
Associated Wood Products Company
Henry White
T. A. Sykes
White
High Point College
Cavalier
Central Friends Church
Lewis W. McFarland
Samuel Haworth
Clara I. Cox
College Dramatists To Present The Bells At Pleasant Garden
The High Point College drama club will stage The Bells a three act play by student P F Snyder at Pleasant Garden high school on Saturday night. The work has drawn favorable notices at the college and elsewhere in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point College Dramatic Club
Pleasant Garden High School
P. F. Snyder
Oil dealers meet at Sheraton for first regional dinner
Sixteen Kendall oil dealers and salesmen from High Point Thomasville and Lexington held a 7:30 dinner meeting at the Sheraton hotel. W C Hammond chaired and C T Ernest spoke on oils and lubrication with demonstrations of crude oil extraction and cold testing. The gathering proposed forming a permanent oil dealers organization to foster cooperation and knowledge of the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Thomasville
Lexington
Sheraton Hotel
Kendall Oil
W. C. Hammond
Tire Service Company
C. T. Ernest
Winston-Salem
City
Kendall Refining Company
Piedmont
North Carolina
Guilford County Medical Society Plans Dutch Supper Meeting
Notices announce the annual Guilford County Medical Society meeting at the King Cotton hotel Greensboro. The event Thursday at 6:30 p.m. features officer elections and plans for future programs with a general discussion on medical economics and related topics. Dr A D Ownbey invites members to attend.
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Guilford County Medical Society
King Cotton Hotel
Greensboro
A. D. Ownbey
Parents and Teachers to Organize Association Meeting
A meeting of parents and teachers is set for tomorrow at 7:30 PM in the new fourth ward elementary school on Springfield Avenue to form a Parent-Teacher Association. Mrs. Forrest Murray will lead the organizing efforts, with violin selections by Miss Virginia Frank and brief talks by T Wingate Andrews and Miss Veigh Hutchison.
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New
Fourth Ward
Springfield Avenue
Forrest Murray
Virginia Frank
T. Wingate Andrews
High Point
Veigh Hutchison
Madison Woman Injured In Fall
Mrs. L. B. Curtis of Madison is hospitalized at High Point with both ankles sprained and feet cut after slipping as she tried to board a Charlotte bus at Greensboro station yesterday. She allegedly fell while mounting the bus steps in Greensboro.
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L. B. Curtis
Madison
High Point Hospital
Greensboro
City Council Keeps Session Brief With Routine Measures
The council approved a 45 minute parking limit on High Street from Main to Willowbrook, authorized 150 dollars to L L Stookey for Civic Band summer expenses, and paid 1493 dollars to R E Blair and C C Edwards for land damages tied to the Worth Avenue outfall sewer project. The McGill car damage claim was denied as the city found no negligence, and timing of the Lindsay English signal at a dangerous corner was to be reviewed by the city manager.
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High Street
Main
Willowbrook
L. L. Stookey
High Point
Worth Avenue
Mr. Blair
Mr. Edwards
T. E. McGill
Hamilton
Russell Streets
McGill
Lindsay
English Streets
York
Favors Immediate Payment of Veterans Certificates
Local American Legion meeting endorses paying off immediately the World War adjusted service certificates. Members urged to write Congress and Senator Hancock supporting the bill. Proponents cite relief from unemployment and economic stimulus. estimates span 750,000 locally and trillions nationally.
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Andrew Jackson
American Legion
Legion
J. T. Mann
Frank Hancock
Fifth
Hancock
Thos
Congress
Washington, D. C
Salvation Army Aids Growing Transients and Needy Families
The Salvation Army reports a ten percent monthly rise in local transients, with over 160 sheltered in November and 26 localities represented in a ten day period. Bread distribution continues with 500 loaves weekly, and several families receive medicines clothing and food amid ongoing relief efforts including a widowed father and a 44 year old daughter stepping in for a deceased mother.
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Salvation Army
Army
Winston, Mass
London
England
Monroe
St. Augustine
Fla
Redding
Suffolk
Scout Officials Attend Seminar in North Carolina
Four Uwharrie council scout officials will travel to the University of North Carolina for a three day seminar from Thursday night to Saturday noon under the extension division. Attendees are B. W. Hackney scout executive O Delk Smith scoutmaster of troop 4 H A Styers deputy commissioner of Lexington and Clay Philpott scoutmaster of troop 28 Lexington. About 35 scout execs participate.
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Uwharrie Council
University of North Carolina
Extension Division
B. W. Hackney
O. Delk Smith
H. A. Styers
Lexington
Clay Philpott
North Carolina Leaders to Attend Biannual Seminar
North Carolina church leaders and lay leaders are expected to attend the sessions. Attendees will receive credit for 12 and one half hours of work. The seminar is held twice yearly.
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Tives
North Carolina
All-in-One Player Piano Radio Phonograph Displayed
In Sydney showrooms a combined unit resembles an upright piano with a sliding panel exposing player controls and a front radio. The stool contains the phonograph, making the device a single integrated music cabinet.
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Sydney
Australia
Parton Sought for Abandonment and Non-Support
Police sent detectives to Danville Virginia to fetch Paul Parton a hosiery mill worker wanted on abandonment and non support charges. Danville police reported Parton was jailed and ready to be returned, following a warrant issued November 29 after he was seen in the city.
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D. A. Fowler
A. P. Samuels
Danville
High Point
Paul Parton
Virginia City
E. A. McGhee
J. H. Martin
Parton
New Uniforms Shown by City Light and Water Staff
Employees of the City Light and Water department wore self purchased oxford gray uniforms with brass insignia during a group photo on city hall steps. Meter readers and service staff posing include Bob Myers John Armfield Marvin Gibson M B Barbee C F Causey W C Casstephens R C Hutchinson. The outfits feature whipcord trousers coats brass buttons a department insignia cap and black puttees to aid identification and deter impersonators.
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City Light and Water Department
City Hall
Bob Myers
John Armfield
Marvin Gibson
M. 8. Barbee
C. F. Causey
W. C. Casstephens
W. C. Causey
R. C. Hutchinson
High Point Light and Water Department
Three Represent Local College At Guilford Meeting
Miss Mary E. Young dean of women at High Point College, Miss Margaret Thompson president of the women’s association of boarding students, and Miss Louise Collett head of girl day students, represent the college at Guilford College for a Guilford County deans of women and women student government presidents gathering this afternoon. Delegates will discuss issues of interest to county colleges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary E. Young
High Point College
Margaret Thompson
Women’s Association of
Louise Collett
Guilford County Association of Deans of Women and Women
Guilford College
City golf course water works proposed to aid unemployment
High Point officials review a Parks and Playgrounds Commission proposal to finish the golf course water system this winter as a relief measure. The plan, submitted by John Abels and J. E. Millis, includes a sand clay road along the park boundary and requires a special appropriation. Materials and costs are itemized by R. D. Tillson, the landscape architect, with piping, taps, drains, and valves listed for the golf course extension.
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Parks and Playgrounds Commission
C. A. York
City Hall
John Abels
J. E. Millis
City of
High Point
North Carolina
R. D. Tillson
Parks Committee
Tillson
England's oldest cat fights dogs despite 2712 years
A report from Wigan states England's oldest cat, aged 2712 years, remains combative and willing to challenge any dog nearby, embodying enduring street-smart spirit from a bygone era.
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England
Wigan
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