Malpass sues for recovery of money loaned and groceries
In a clerk of court complaint W R Malpass grocer seeks 25 000 or the due amount for groceries and a cash loan to a customer the case alleges partial repayment and no further payments On Wednesday White Cottage Products Co Burlington is named in a 470 claim tied to a March 8 1947 delivery by Fred Wilson trading as Piedmont Coal and Chemical Company A divorce suit by Doris Hudson seeks divorce from James Junior Hudson on grounds of two years separateion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Malpass
Grocery Ators
Pasiene
Alpass
White Cottage Products Company of
Burlington
Fred E. Wilson
Piedmont Color and Chemical Soacery
High Point
Doris Hudson
James Junior Hudson
Trifula iron deposits near Arctic Circle in Sweden
A fragment notes iron deposits at Trifula located north of the Arctic region in Sweden. The text provides limited details on size or ownership, with no dates or measurements available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweden
Arctic
Rele
Loading Zones Draw Police Concern In City
Chief C. C. Stoker warns loading and unloading rules under non retroactive zoning create traffic bottlenecks as trucks block streets. He urges business owners to provide off street zones and notes smaller deliveries used in larger cities reduce city truck traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Stoker
Stoker
Military Funeral For Pfc J R Bean
Denton December 12 a military funeral will be held Sunday for Pfc J R Bean 34 who was killed in action while serving with the United States Army The veterans of foreign wars post will assist with the service set for two o'clock at Summerville Baptist church Bean son of the late W O and Roxie Bean is survived by two sisters Miss Ida and Eula Bean and two brothers Jerry and Ray Bean all of Lexington Rt 6
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
iPfc
Ohn
Leser Tates
Vet Erans
Poears
Summerville
Pie
Bean
W. O
Roxie Bean
Miss Ida
Eula Bean
Jerry
Ray Bean
Lexington
Rt. 6
Public speaking tips and police talk highlight Rotary Lions meetings
Rotarian R L Pope urged speechmaking as an art requiring preparation and poise at Thomasville Rotary. High Point guest Lewis E Williams of the Bureau of Investigation spoke on modern law enforcement and juvenile issues, urging cooperation with the Salvation Army and a charity radio drive by Lions at WMFR to fund aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Pope
Thomasville
Pope
Mr. Pope
Judson Ruth
Doak Finch
Helme (Sutcliffe
Lewis E. Williams
State of North Carolina Bureau of Investigation
High Point
Yesteryear
Inv
Williams
England
Salvatiga Army
High Point Lions Club
WMFR
Salvation Army
Lions Club
Hearing Today For Clarence Benfield
Thomasville December 12 hearing set here Friday for Clarence Benfield age 17 of Lexington charged with carnal knowledge of a minor and seduction under promise of marriage. Warrants sworn by Miss Leon Hedrick of Thomasville Rt 1 allege acts October 1. Benfield a furniture worker brought to Thomasville and jailed. no bond planned. Deputy Sheriff Keiffer Morris. Also under investigation a robbery reported last night at Hoy Long's service station near Midway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Clarence Benfield
Lexington
Benfield
Leon Hedrick
Thomasville Rt. 1
Sheriff's Department
Keiffer Morris
Burch Payne
Hoy Long
Midway
Joy Ride Nets Local Negro Seven Months on Roads
Robert Lee Davis, 23, received seven months on the roads after a superior court verdict tying larceny of a truck to a recklessness driving and hit and run. He earlier faced six months in municipal court plus transport to the higher court on the truck larceny count. A mistrial was declared in charges against George Morgan and J W Maners for breaking into Green's Service Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Lee Davis
Kivett Produce
Ison Warlick
Davis
George Morgan
J. W. Maners
Green
Paul Hulin, Jr
Charlie Meeks
Eugene Tuttle
Fairview School Pageant and Local Community Events
The Fairview Street school chorus will present a Christmas pageant Monday December 15 at 8 p m with Mrs M Hart as pianist. The Speight family sponsors a turkey raffle tonight at 8 p m at Danie l Brooks Center. Evangelist Mamie Smith preaches at Mars Hill Holiness church Sunday at 3 p m. United Ushers Chorus holds its first anniversary at Calvary Baptist Church Sunday at 3 p m with welcome by T C Curtis. Chitterlings supper hosted by Mrs Johns ie McAdoo and others at 5 p m at 608 Cross street. Gospel Singers Heavenly Gospel Singers perform Sunday 8 p m at Church on Beamon street. Calanthes Mt Olive Court meets tonight 6 p m at Odd Fellows hall. First Baptist pledge committee meets tonight 8 p m at church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Speight
Daniel Brooks Center
Mamie Smith
Mars Hill Holiness Church
United Ushers Chorus
Calvary Baptist Church
T. C. Curtis
Johnsie McAdoo
Effie Ingram
Cross Street
Forest McKee
Daniel Brooks Hommes
Heavenly Gospel Singers
Church of On Beamon Street
Calanthes
Mt. Olive Court
Odd Fellows
Odd Fellows Hall. Pledge Committee the Members of the First Baptist Church
City Ordinance Bans Personal Use of City Cars
City Manager T. E. Hinson circulated a new ordinance to department heads requiring city vehicles not be used for private conveyance by any city administration staff. The rule exempts the city manager the fire chief and one car from the water and light department. Violations carry immediate dismissal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. E. Hinson
Water and Light Department
Three Kitchen Fires Extinguished by Firemen
Firemen answered three calls yesterday all starting in kitchens. Mrs. Ruby Batson at 111% South Hamilton street had a small fire from a cake left too long. L B McPherson at 1806 Johnson street faced a minor blaze from an overheated oil stove. West Point Lunch at 925 Millis street reported a fire from a too hot oil stove under a coffee urn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruby Batson
South Hamilton Street
Ior L. B. McPherson
Johnson Street
West Point
Millis Street
Reckless Flying Charge Placed After Plane Crash
Durham police arrested Hovey D. Smith 27 on a charge of reckless flying after a rented plane crashed into a tree during a forced landing. The airport operator D W Bryn had filed the charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durham
Hovey D. Smith
D. W. Bryn
Mrs W B Delk 49 Succumbs After Long Illness at Home
Mrs W B Delk aged 49 died at her home on Greenree road after more than a year of illness. Born in Randolph County on April 2 1898 she was a charter member of Lindsay Memorial Methodist Church. Surviving are husband three daughters one son three sisters and three brothers. Funeral services will be held at Lindsay Memorial Methodist Church Sunday afternoon with interment in Floral Garden Park Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oro Spree
Delk
B. Delk
Te Greeniree Road
Randolph County
John Robert
Lucy Yow
W. B. Delk
Topsy
Betty Gwyn Delk
Claude Cline
High Point
W. B. Delk, Jr
Emma Fields
Miami
Fla
Clyde King
Searove
Claude Smith
Marion
D. A
J. R. Chrisco
A. L. Chrisco
Carthage
J. D. Williams
E. Bolick
Welch Memorial Church
Floral Garden Park
Sechrest Funeral Home
Plane Rescue Work Aided By Weather
Clearing Labrador weather improved evacuation chances for three of 29 survivors from a transport plane crash that killed 23. The three, not seriously injured, flew to Goose Bay then to Walter Reed Hospital. Discrepancies in survivor accounts cited a jet failure and loss of power as the crash cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westover Field
Mass
Labrador
Air Transport Command
Goose Sow
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington, D. C
ATC
Goose Bay Hospital
Army
J. M. Bickley
Santa Monica
Calif
John Shaner
Harrisburg
Harry Bullis
Portland
Mich
Bullis
Goose Bay
Window Break at Western Union Office
Western Union office in the Straton hotel building reported to police that a window was kicked out of the front pane. Armstrong stated nothing else appeared missing at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Union
Straton Hotel
Buildi Armstrong
Preliminary Certificate of Dissolution for High Point Airport Inc
Thad Eure Secretary of State certifies that High Point Airport Inc filed consent to dissolution with all stockholders and that the dissolution proceedings are on file. The certificate bears the date December 3, 1947 and lists Fraley Field High Point Guilford County as the principal office. Louise Smith named agent in charge for service of process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Airport, Inc
Fraley Field
High Point
Guilford
State of
North Carolina
Louise Smith
Thad Bure
Raleigh
Thad Eure
Negro Ordered To Give Wife Deed to Home
In a morning trial before Judge Charles W. McAnally, Vernon Gibson, a Greensboro Negro, was ordered to pay Louise Gibson twenty dollars weekly for the support of his wife and six children. An eighteen month suspended sentence was imposed and Gibson must turn over the deed to the family home to his wife. McKinley Corbett, also a resident, received a thirty day sentence on the roads for drunkenness, and three others paid ten dollars and costs for drunkenness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. McAnally
Vernon Gibson
Greensboro
Gibson
Louise Gibson
McKinley Corbett
Gordy Street
McAnally
Cherry
D. C. MacRae
NROTC Candidates to Take Exams at High Point
Fifty five young men seeking NROTC commissions will take preliminary exams at High Point Senior High Saturday at 9 am. D. P. Whitley announces High Point is one of eleven North Carolina centers, with the same nationwide timing across the United States and territories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps
D. P. Whitley
High Point
North Carolina
USA
Collision on Main and Howell Causes $100 in Damages
A two car collision at Main and Howell streets left $75 damage to Ira Frank Johnson's car and $25 to a Clegg Bakery truck driven by W. P. Carter. No arrests were made. Johnson attempted a left turn as Carter passed. both vehicles sustained the losses. The document also notes acetylene and kangaroo facts unrelated to the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main and
Howell Streets
Theother
Ira Frank Johnson
North Mainstreet
Main Street
Howell Street
W. P. Carter
Thomasville
Clegg Bakery
Johnson
Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Promotes Night Sleep
A vintage advertisement touts Swamp Root by Kilmer and Co. claiming it relieves nocturnal urination and backache from kidney acidity. It describes a 16 herb formula that flushes kidneys and bladder, improves urine flow, and offers a free trial sample with a full-size bottle available at drugstores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilmer
Amazon Mills Suits Come Up December 19
Greensboro December 12 Two federal district court hearings into suits arising from the Amana mills strike were moved to December 19 before Judge J Hayes. The Textile Workers Union of America CIO seeks $500000 against the mill for labor law violations and failure to bargain. The union also seeks an injunction requiring the mill to bargain with the union as the employees' representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Amona Mills
Udge
J. Hayes
Textile Workers Union of America
CIO
Thomasville Red Cross Drive Chairman Appointed
Ker mit Cloniger named 1948 Red Cross drive chairman for Thomasville. Cloniger, active in First Presbyterian Church and local service groups, is to lead the drive with support from the Davidson Laundry Company and Fields chapter president who announced the appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Red Cross
Kermit Cloniger
Church
Davidson Laundry Company
First Presbyterian Church
Cloniger
Hydrogen Production By Water Electrolysis
Hydrogen is obtained largely by splitting water through electrolysis, separating hydrogen and oxygen. The process uses electrical current to drive the reaction, releasing gas at the electrodes and yielding hydrogen for various industrial uses.
Also Mentioned on This Page
H. G. Wells
Een Ae A Teed
Man
Rex Harrison
Maureen O'Hara “the
Harrow
Jimmy Wakely
Louis
Lon McCallister
Peggy Ann Garner
Rial
Johnny Mack Brown
West OF
Carson City
Pfc
J. R. Bean
Joe
Walcott
of the
Broadhurst
Rotary Club
LIONS
Fairview School
Fairview Street School
M. Hart
State OF North Carolina
Department OF State
NROTC
McNeills
Amazon Mills
Thomasville Red Cross
É. Childs
Vicks
Ull
Merit Shoes
C. B. Bruce
Mgr
McNeill
N. Main
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