New Yale Toys Offer Dolls That Eat and More
A Santa wish list of 1948 toy trends highlights dolls that eat crackers, a cow with rubber udders that can be milked, robots with moving eyes, and a uranium chemistry set. Other items include a mechanical walking man, balloon-tired earth movers, a toy printing press, and a six room plastic furnished card board house for Little Sister.
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NEW Yale Toys
Junior
Little Sister
Ture
Santa Claus
Santa Clauses for Rent Arrive in Rockford Homes
Grant E F Biddle advertises rent a Santa to deliver toys on Christmas Eve. Ten Santa Clauses, former professionals, visit Rockford homes for a fee, keeping plans secret from children as gifts are stored in a laundry bag and delivered in up to three trips with bells and a cheerful entrance. Also included is a North Carolina foreclosure notice for Guilford County High Point area, listing a public sale on December 30, 1948, of Lot 3 on the E A Snow Estate and subject to a prior mortgage.
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Rockford
Grant EF
Biddle
Santa Claus
St. Nicks
Santa
Jack
North Carolina
Guilford County
Robert V. Sechrest
Sadie L. Sechrest
Register of Deeds
High Point
Guilford
E. A. Snow
Office of the Register of Deeds
S. Hamilton Street
Home Building and Loan Association of
Thomasville
N. C
James W. Clonts
Jack M. Green
Perquimans Chosen for South's First Multi Crop Insurance Trial
Perquimans County was selected for the South's first trial of multiple crop insurance, to be tested in 1949. The program covers peanuts, cotton, corn, and soybeans and is administered by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation. County officials John T. Lane, Julian A. White, and Jack E. Brinn will head the Perquimans County Crop Insurance Committee.
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Raleigh
Perquimans County
South
N. C. State College Extension Service
United States
Midwest
Perquimans
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
U. S. Department of Agriculture
John T. Lane
Belvedere
Julian A. White
Jack E. Brinn
Hertford
Perquimans County Crop Insurance Committee
I. G. Yagel
Extension Service
McKenney On Budge by William E McKenney
Card expert William E McKenney analyzes the latest budget issue and its impact on American games and players. He assesses policy shifts and practical effects for fans and organizers.
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William £. McKenney
America’s Card Authority
NEA Service
Santa Favor for McLean and Child Welfare Leaders
A holiday plea asks Santa to bless Mrs Alice T. McLean, founder of the American Women's Voluntary Services, whose 8000 acre estate shelters orphans overseas and hosts a rheumatic fever rest cure sanatorium. The rest of the text shifts to a bridge hand, detailing the misplay and the resulting nine tricks.
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United States
Santa Claus
Alice T. McLean
American Women's Voluntary Services
McLean
Declarer
South
East
West
Funeral Rites For Ex Senator Cranor Held Soon
Funeral services were to be held this afternoon in Wilkesboro for former State Senator Hugh Armfield Cranor 73 who served 26 years as mayor. Cranor died after two years of ill health at a Statesville hospital. A local Democratic leader he ended a long Republican succession to the Wilkes county seat in the Legislature when he was elected to the Geneva Assembly's upper chamber in 1930. Cranor began law practice in 1902 after graduating from UNC. Survivors include his widow and four sons.
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Wilkesboro
Hugh Armfield Cranor
Cranor
Statesville
Wilkes County
Geneva Assembly
University of North Carolina
Hugh A. Cranor
High Point Woman Initiated Into Golden Chain Honor Society
In Greensboro on December 20 the Golden Chain honor society at Woman's College initiated eight seniors and five juniors. Members include Elizabeth Lee Cunningham Gastonia Betsy Umstead Durham Marilyn Cohn New York City Jan Shore Winston-Salem Ruth Sellars Charlotte Nancy Beam Funderburk Greensboro Sarah Denny Raleigh Lucille McCalum Troy and juniors Nancy Porter Wyoming Shirley Mahan Newton Unner Falls Nell Jones High Point Jane Edmands Lynchburg Va eo Rigney Elmhurst L L pra.
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Greensboro
Golden Chain
Woman's College
Elizabeth Lee Cunningham
Gastonia
Betsy Umstead
Durham
Marilyn Cohn
New York City
Jan Shore
Winston-Salem
Ruth Sellars
Charlotte
Nancy Beam Funderburk
Sarah Denny
Raleigh
Lucille McCalum
Troy
Nancy Porter
Wyoming
Ohio
Shirley Mahan
Newton Unner Falls
Mass
Nell Jones
High Point
Jane Edmunds
Lynchburg
Eo Rigney
Elmhurst
L. L. Pra
YWCA Activity Schedule With Christmas Events
The Dou M club luncheon and annual Christmas party follow a 12:15 p.m. meeting. Gifts exchanged after the party at 3:45 p.m. Girls swim class at 6:15 p.m. Business and Professional club at 7:00 p.m. Jolly Y and Robins caroling at 7:00 p.m. Y Teen Christmas party also at 7:00 p.m. Pickett library gathering at 4:00 p.m. Wednesday. Participants include Jr. and John Cranor of Wilkesboro, Robert H. Cranor of Winston-Salem, and Carroll Cranor of Dayton, Ohio.
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Jolly Y and Robins
The
Pickett Club
Pickett Library
Notice of Summons by Publication in Guilford County
In Guilford County Superior Court a civil action seeks to enforce a tax lien on Pattie Newlin real estate in High Point for 1938 and to establish first lien priority. Defendants Charles Leonard Margaret Greer Leonard Sam Newlin Jr Claude Newlin and wife Mrs Claude Newlin must appear or demur within 20 days after January 10 1949.
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Superior Court
High Point
Guilford County
Pattie Newlin
Sam Newlin, JR
Joe Newlin
Johnsie Newlin
Mary Gray Newlin
Greer Newlin
Lucille Newlin
Jack Newlin
Billie Newlin
Claude Newlin
Margaret Greer Leonard
Charles Leonard
City OF High Point
Sam Newlin
Greensboro
North Carolina
Joseph P. Shore
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Jerome Dreyer
Central Press
New York
St. Nick
Fellas
Sincerely
Wagger
McKenney On
Budge
Ywca News
West Broad Street
Phemp
Gilbert
Angora
Milady
WA Tuhe
Tree Street
S. Main
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