Ruth elected Worthy at Oak View Grange meeting
Judson Ruth was elected worthy of the Oak View Grange during a 1946 special session. Officers for the coming year were chosen and plans made for an old fashioned box supper to be held Friday December 14. Proceeds will fund building a Grange hall.
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Ruth
Oak View Grange
E. C. Blair
Forbis
Hel_ Fagge
Orvie Hay
Garland Clinard
A. H. King
Herman Brown
Frances Clinard
Blanche H. Owen
J. C. Forbis
Pomona
S. R. Clinard
Flora
Enos Blair
Eugene Jarrett
Davis
Ile
Blair
Felix Miller
Ways
Judson Ruth
Lt Oy
Reed
Miller
Orvierth
Heln Fagge
Library Moves Closing Date Back A Week
The city library board and city manager agreed to defer the library closing by one week. The library will close this Saturday unless plans change. The building rental agency offered a 30 day extension if the building is not needed sooner, but acceptance is not believed likely.
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City Library Board
Local Committees Named for Scout Office Building
The article lists the distributing and building committees with chairmen and members, naming Claude Cannady, Bill Long, George Covington, J. W. Van Loan, B. W. Hackney and others. A finance committee position is noted at 11 o clock at the Scout office, with contributions reported through yesterday from Mr and Mrs W P Bodenhaimer and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Cannady
Bill Long
George Covington
Frank Beck
H. ©. Williams
Harry Bell
N. H. Chadwick
George Ridge
Charlie Young
J. W. van Loan
A. J. Koonce
B. W. Hackney
H. A. Cecil
Gladis Kivett
Harry Doctor
W. P. Bodenhaimer
Our Baby Album Charles Vaughan Turns One
Charles Vaughan, aged one yesterday, December 4th, is the infant son of Mr and Mrs W F Vaughn of Route 4.
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Charles Vaughan
W. F. Vaughn
Route 4
Roy Edward White, Jr
R. E. White
High Point Singers Prepare Messiah Cast At Local Concert
Soloists include Lena Sale Ella Low Wann and Dr C L Gray with Carl Cronstedt conducting The event features High Point high school graduates and city school music faculty led by Cronstedt The Hammond organ loaned by Mrs Strickland and no admission charge planned church groups cancel evening services to attend.
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High Point High School
Lena Sale
Dorothy Hoskins
Miss Hoskins
Miss Sale
Nell Welling
Miss
C. L. Gray
Dr. Gray
High Point College
Duke University
E. B. Stimson
Clifford Bair
Duke
Carl G. N. Cronstedt
Chicago
Columbia College of Music
Northwestern University
Teachers College
Columbia University
New York
Franklin Riker
Mae Kirkman
Cincinnati Conservatory
Emile H. Serposs
Brooklyn College
W. Wilbur Hutchins
T. E. Strickland
Verdi Early Pay For Church Musician In Parma
Giuseppe Verdi earned 50 cents monthly as a church musician in Parma, playing flute clarinet and later organ duties, early in his career.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Parma
High Point nurse recalls wartime bonds and May Day reunion
Lieutenant Reitzel, back from overseas, recalls brave sailors and soldiers she met from North Carolina and abroad. She plans a May Day 1946 reunion in Charlotte with Lt. Col. Floyd Reitzel and other Tar Heels, vowed after a fox hole night to greet peace with friends. She remembers “Fuzzy-Wuzzy” and Yama Matto, praising the care given to allies and enemies alike.
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High Point Enterprise
Australia
Cecil Blount Roper
Pearl Harbor
Kiffin Craven
Charlotte
Reitzel
North Carolina
Tokio
U. S. Navy
City readers urge fixes for traffic bottlenecks downtown
Citizens press city manager with concerns about Main Street potholes, bumping near Lindsay Street, narrow South Main, underpasses at Highland Avenue and Ward Street, and confusing traffic lights. They urge practical, small improvements and question late night lighting and signal maintenance. The manager promises improvements.
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Main Street
Lindsay Street
Highland Avenue
Ward Street
South Main Street
McAnally
Wrenn Street
Dalton Street
Rivetta
Record of Mt Washington wind speed in 1934 storm
A U S storm archive notes the highest wind velocity in the United States reached 187-204 mph at Mount Washington New Hampshire on April 12 1934. The figure marks a historic extreme in United States weather records and is cited by researchers.
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United States
Mt. Washington
N. H
Oak View 4 H selects officers for year and honors members
Oak View 4 H club elected Bonnie Mack as president Joan Sheffield as program chairman Charles Jones secretary and Frances Ann Motsinger historian for the coming year. Lt Helen Caldwell U S Army nurse urged support for the Victory bond drive and a $3000 goal to place a club plaque at a North Carolina veterans hospital. Certificates were awarded to numerous members for completed projects and the December 15 achievement day at Guilford High School will feature a year‑end skit summing up the club’s work.
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Oak View
Bonnie Mack
Joan Sheffield
Charles Jones
Frances Ann Motsinger
Helen Caldwell
Guilford County
Veterans
North Carolina
Cleo P. Lamar
Nancy Stamey
David and
Henry Blair
Frances Ferrell
Ruth Neighbors
Melba Clapp
Betty Dean
Eula Weir
Jacqueline Guyer
Norman Cecil
Preston Ridge
Barbara Stroud
John Owen
Edith Farmer
Vernon Hedgecock
Joelee Glenn Seward
Clarence
Paul Ridge
Horace Cannon
Kiwanis Club of
High Point
Clarence Ridge
Optimism High Over Coming Moscow Foreign Ministers Meeting
Moscow reports indicate British and American circles feel confident about the December 15 Moscow conference with Russia and the United States. Preparations are under way, the agenda is set, and procedural details have received thorough study to avoid a repeat of past delays.
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Moscow
United States
London
Soldier's Wife Comes To High Point For One Night
Reserved seats for the NYC comedy Soldier's Wife go on sale at the Carolina Motor Club. The High Point performance December 15 at Senior High school auditorium features a York cast led by Dean Norton and Mary Hull and is sponsored by the Business and Professional Women's club.
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Civic Gelsong of
New York
Carolina Motor Club
College Street
Broadway
Rose Franken
Claudia
Stanley Woolf
Latu
Vyweed Dunkel
York
Dean Norton
Mary Hull
Gerard Cavan
Polly Adair
Eleanora Barrie
New York City
New York Journal
G.I
New Willowbrook Bridge Prompts City Traffic Overhaul
Public Safety Director E. Ingram says Willowbrook street bridge will require major widening and new building lines. A north south traffic corridor would form with Hamilton street bridge, causing school safety concerns as Elm street school near more speeding vehicles. One way street proposals on Richardson street are also discussed.
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Willowbrook Street
Public Safety
E. Ingram
Ingram
Willowbrook
Elm Streets
Hamilton Street
North Hamilton Street
Washington Street
Elm and
Willowbrook Streets
Elm Street School
Richardson Street
Soldier's Wife receives Mirror praise as timely wit
Review lauds the production as expertly acted by a distinguished New York cast. The New York Mirror calls Soldier's Wife this season's Voice of the Turtle, noting its scintillating wit and tender love theme, and its timeliness.
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New York
New York Mirror
City fears traffic squeeze as Main Street remains narrow
Officials warn widening is impossible as permanent stores crowd the curb leaving no room for extra pavement. The Richardson street example illustrates a broader issue near the business district with building lines needed to prevent future one way traffic.
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Main
Richardson Street
Monteverdi Dies At 74 While Testing Cantata Form
The composer Monteverdi died at age 74 in 1643 while experimenting with the cantata, a new song form gaining interest at the time.
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Monteverdi
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Seaman
Hubert Randall
Edgeworth Avenue
South Pacific Theater of Operations
Pinehurst
Sandhills
Guilford
N. Main St
Bibles
Edna
4-H Club
Ediamond
Ruby
High Point's Largest Credit Jewelers
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Raymond F. Monmonier
Sonotone
Greensboro
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