Smith Enters State Race For Lieutenant Governor
W Erskine Smith of Albemarle announces candidacy for North Carolina lieutenant governor subject to the Democratic primary May 25 1940. He has served in the Senate since 1927 representing Stanly County and was elected president pro tem without opposition.
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Albemarle
W. Erskine Smith
North Carolina
Senate
Smith
Stanly
R. L. Smith
Stanly County
Duke University Law School
Trinity College
Samuel Fox Mordecai
Notable North Carolina figures and a 1940 High Point sale
The text outlines a lieutenant governor candidate from Duke University Law School era and a Guilford County notice of sale in High Point with details of T. J. Tipp property at 1500 Leonard Street. It includes public notices of service by publication and multiple estate actions with dates in December 1939 and January 1940.
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North Carolina
Guilford County
High Point
City
Mable D. York
W. L. York
C. C. Carter
C. A. York Jr
Globe Industrial Bank
City of
Guilford
Ward St
Ward Street
W. Green Street
H. L. Baumgardner
High Point Township
N. C
Willowbar Terrace
Office of the Register of Deeds
W. C. Ferree
T. J. Gold, Jr
T. J. Gold
Nina W. Gold
Gurney P. Hood
Banks
N. C. Bank & Trust Co
Dayton Street
R. R. Ragan
Horney Brothers Land Co
Office of Register of Deeds
J. Gold, Jr
T. J. Tipp
Rosa Tipp
City of High Point
Leonard Street
E. J
D. O. Burns
Woodbury
Leonard Streets
Frank Diehl
Superior Court
Lambeth
Saulter
Gertrude Saulter
Annie Smith
Herman Smith
Charlotte Saunders
Sadie S. Saulter
Thomas E. Saulter
James Saulter
Ralph W. Saulter
Chas R. Saulter
Chas. R. Saulter
Ernest H. Saulter
William Saulter
W.S. Beeson
Beeson
Sauber
College enrollments rise across the United States
Dr. Raymond Walters of the University of Cincinnati reports a nationwide surge in college attendance with 873,697 full time students and 1,323,873 part time or summer enrollees. Freshmen numbers total 254,537 in liberal arts engineering commerce agriculture and teaching amid strong gains in engineering.
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Cincinnati
Raymond Walters
University of Cincinnati
America
Walter
Walters
Walter Murphy in Raleigh to press UNC trustee bid
Walter Murphy arrived for a UNC trustees executive committee meeting and touted broad support for his candidacy as secretary of state. He acknowledged Thad Eure as a strong rival while noting overwhelming voter interest in the race.
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Henry Averill
Enterprise Bureau
Raleigh
Salisbury
Walter Murphy
University of North Carolina Trustees
Pete
Murphy
Thad Eure
Rural Electrification Authority Estimates NC Reach
Dudley Bagley head of the state Rural Electrification Authority told a Department of Agriculture meeting that 91,497 customers would be served by rural electric lines in North Carolina by spring 1940. In 1935 only 11,558 customers were served.
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Rea Head
Raleigh
Dudley Bagley
State Rural Electrification Authority
State Department of Agriculture
North Carolina
North Carolina Tobacco Festival Set for Mt Airy
Mt Airy prepares for the third annual North Carolina Tobacco Festival to be held here in the coming days. Organizers expect local growers, vendors, and visitors to showcase tobacco products and celebrate regional farming heritage.
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MT. Airy
Oldest Thomasville Resident Eliza Collett Dies at 93
Mrs Eliza Elizabeth Collett 93 longtime Davidson County resident dies at son Jerome Collett’s home near Thomasville after a fall and pneumonia She was a charter member of Mount Pleasant Methodist Church and remembered Civil War days including Jefferson Davis sighting Survivors include two sons four grandchildren and two stepchildren Services set for Mount Pleasant Church with multiple pastors officiating.
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Thomasville
Eliza Elizabeth Collett
Davidson County
Jerome Collett
Collett
Davidson
Mrs. Cullentt
Phillip
Mary Ijames Clinard
Mount Pleasant Methodist Church
Mount Pleasant
Gettysburg
Wheeler
J. Arthur Lindsay
Lexington
C. B. Williams
Mount Pleasant Church
Lee F. Tuttle
Main Street Methodist Church
R. Dwight Ware
Central Methodist Church
Albemarle
M. O. Alexander
Raleigh
W. K. McGee
Floridian Pays Court Penalty in Thomasville Convictions
Albert Seiverd was convicted of drunken driving and sentenced to 30 days with license revoked for 12 months after failing to pay a fine. Other local cases include L. W. Oliver moved to Reidsville for abandonment and non support, Boisey Reed jailed for assault with a weapon with 18 months suspended, John A. Robbins in hit and run, and E T Chaney, George W Dale, and Roscoe Clemmons convicted of drunkenness. Bond set at 400 for Reed’s appeal.
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Thomasville
Albert Seiverd
Florida
L. W. Oliver
Reidsville
Getti
Recorder's Court
Boisey Reed
Reed
Thomas Tolen
Tolen
John A. Robbins
English Street
E. T. Chaney
George W. Dale
Roscoe Clemmons
Lexington
Frances Marie Upton Claimed By Death Here
Frances Marie Upton died at 171 Textile Street after a short illness with scarlet fever and pneumonia at age two. She is survived by her parents Walter and Lottie Finch Upton and siblings Juanita Sarah Elizabeth and Allen. Grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Sam Upton and Mrs. Jessie Finch. Funeral at Country Holiness Church near Randleman Tuesday at 3 PM with burial in church cemetery.
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Frances Marie Upton
Textile Street
Walter
Lottie Finch Upton
Juanita
Sarah Elizabeth Upton
Allen Upton
Sam Upton
Jessie Finch
Country Holiness Church
Randleman
Kernersville School Closes for Christmas Holidays
Kernersville school will close for the Christmas holiday period on Thursday December 21 and reopen Monday January 1 1949 as reported by The Enterprise.
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Kernersville
Thom asville Baptists Mourn Local Figure Rites Planned
The First Baptist Church in Thom asville hosts funeral rites with pallbearers including Ralph Collett Harold Collett Ora Collett James Collett Webster Collett Allen Welborne John Easter and Lee Meredith Honorary pallbearers include Dr R K Farrington James E Lambeth Robert C Rapp R L Pope Z V Crutchfield L E Teague L W Hansell and J L Perryman Interment is set at Mount Pleasant Church Cemetery.
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First Baptist Church
Thomasville
Ralph Collett
Harold Collett
Ora Collett
James Collett
Webster Collett
Allen Welborne
John Easter
Lee Meredith
R. K. Farrington
James E. Lambeth
Robert C. Rapp
R. L. Pope
Z. V. Crutchfield
L. W. Hansell
J. L
Woodmen To Hold Christmas Program Tonight
Plans are set for a Woodmen of the World Christmas party for orphans and widows tonight at Woodmen hall at 7 50. Elm Street Glee Club will sing under Mrs Aubrey Dunbar, and Rev J Clay Madison will give a devotional and brief address before Santa distributes gifts. H L Craig 45 of 409 Lake Street is named as the first recipient, after a prior arrest for drunk and disorderly conduct as a passenger yesterday.
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Woodmen of the World
Woodmen Hall
Elm Street Glee Club
Aubrey Dunbar
J. Clay Madison
First Methodist Church
Santa Claus
H. L. Craig
Lake Street
Craig
First to Ride New City Police Car
The article notes the questionable honor of the first person to be brought to jail in the city’s new police cars. It outlines the event as a milestone for the department and records the initial use of the modernized fleet.
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New City
Notice of Dissociation from Sterling Upholstery Company
J Harold Stout declares severing all connections with Sterling Upholstery Company and states he will not be responsible for any obligations of the firm. Dated December 19, 1939, signed J Harold Stout.
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J. Harold Stout
Sterling
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Eliza Collett
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Yardley
Fiddlestix
Him
Kirsten
Falrhill Chocolates
Carton
Prince Albert
Eve IN
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Dubarry
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Aham
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