Guilford Commissioners Push Health Board Merger and Zoning Plan
Guilford County officials advance a proposed health board merger and a rural planning and zoning unit. The Greensboro Board of Health endorses the merger, with final city council action expected in January. Other topics include a rural dog pound and changes to tax and court structures for the 1949 General Assembly.
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Greensboro
Guilford County
Health Board
Greensboro Board of Health
City Hall
City Council
High Point
General Assembly
Mh Health Board
Midnight Yule Service Set By Catholics
Christmas services at the Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary begin at 11:30 p.m. with a midnight mass officiated by Father Robert J. MacMillan. The junior and senior choirs directed by George H. Clark with organist Mrs. T. R. Sullivan perform traditional carols and the Mass music is Turner’s Mass of St Cecilia. Offertory includes Adeste Fideles. Confessions Friday 4:30–5:30 and 7:30–8:30 p.m. The public is invited.
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Father MacMillan
Rotarians Turn Weekly Meeting Into Yale Themed Night
Rotarians transformed a regular Thursday meeting into a Yale themed Christmas program led by Mrs Wanna McAnally and Mrs Anita Collins. Mrs Collins recited the Other Wise Man while Jack Cox sang O Holy Night and Mrs McAnally performed Silent Night. Howard Pancoast chaired in J Welch Harriss's absence. Ernest McCall spearheaded the program amid group carols.
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Wanna McAnally
Anita Collins
Most City Officials To Be Home For Christmas
High Point city officials plan home holidays this Christmas season. Mayor E N Phillips stays home until December 29 then heads to New Orleans to watch UNC Tar Heels vs Oklahoma Sooners in the Sugar Bowl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. N. Phillips
New Orleans
University of North Carolina Tar Heels
Amos Kearns
John Clinard
O. A. Kirkman
J. E. Ward
J. Sanders Dal
Robert Rankin
V. L.unt
C. A. Lewis
Holden's
Yale
Lewis
Santa Claus
T. E. Hinson
Steele Street
Chapel Hill
Lake Crowe
Elizabeth City
J. J. Ellington
Thomasville
Shore Neal
Franklinton
N. C
Lucy Harper
Tar Heel
St. Nick
Conway
S. C
Silas McBee
Public Works
Lois Welborn Smith
High Point
Stanleyville Church Burns To the Ground
In Winston-Salem on December 24 the Stanleyville Baptist Church's new brick building burned down after furnishings were installed and the pulpit yet to be set up. Damage was estimated at 12 000 to 15 000 dollars with 1 500 dollars insured. The fire started in a small frame building used as classrooms, and the congregation planned to hold Christmas services at a neighbor's home and consider rebuilding next year if funds allow.
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Winston-Salem
Stanleyville Baptist Church
M. E. Manuel
Land Auction Firm Hosts Yale Party Night Gathering
Williams and Clark Land Auction company executives Mr. F Williams and Mr. Alston Clark entertained their Winston Salem and High Point offices with a dinner at the Sheraton last night. About 18 attendees joined and exchanged gifts. A pre party meeting at 118 1 2 W Washington St outlined plans for the New Year.
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Co. F. Williams
Alston Clark
Williams and Clark Land Auction Company
Winston-Salem
High Point
Sheraton Hotel
Mr. Williams
Mr. Clark
Washington Street
Security Bank Introduces Retirement Benefit Plan
N S Calhoun announces a new insurance annuity type Pension Plan for officers and employees. Eligible workers start at 30 with five years service, retirement ages 60 for women and 65 for men. Benefits approximate 50 percent to 33 1-3 percent of final salary, with costs split between the bank and employees.
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N. S. Calhoun
Thecurity National Bank
Ems
Calhoun
Rain Forecast From Airport Weather Station
Occasional rain possibly sleet predicted tonight and tomorrow with heavy overcast. High today 38 degrees, low tonight 30 degrees.
Christmas In Many Lands at Leonard Street School Party
Leonard Street School held its annual Christmas party with each class representing a country through carols and dances. Dolls dressed in country costumes served as centerpieces around decorated tables, and the event featured readings, sweets, gifts, and highlights such as The Golden Heart play and dances by multiple classes.
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Leonard Street School
Pauline Conrad
Merritt
Ballenger
Mary Belle Hall
M. E. Stroud
Hattie Anderson
L. L. Griffin
Eva Graham
Pauline Mobley
Annie Seymour
Bethel Holiness Church
Thomas Luper
Jessie Luper
Charlotte
H. P. N. and Association
Bethel M. BE. Garden Club
J. W. Carter
Downing Street
O. E. Davis
Guilford
Thomasville College Students To Participate In Yale Program
More than 30 local students will join the annual program at the First Baptist Church on Sunday night. The event features organ and vocal numbers, Scripture readings, prayers, and a sermon with participants from UNC, NC State, Campbell, Guilford, Elon, Appalachian and others. Local nursing and teaching colleges are represented among choir members and speakers.
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Thomasville College
Yale
Thomasville
First Baptist Church
Rena Bray
Woman's College of University of North Carolina
Donald Ward
Tri-State
Ind.) College
James Rodgers
North Carolina State College
Aldeen Robbins
Campbell College
Dalton Myers
Guilford College
W. Gordon Smith
Randolph-Macon Academy
John W. Stone, Jr
Eastern
Claiborne Black
United States Navy
Hubert Coffee
University of North Carolina
Joe T. Scroggs
Appalachian State Teachers College
James C. Payne
Eastern Carolina State Teachers College
Bill Sink
Joe Beasley
Oak Ridge Academy
Martha P. Ivey
University of Georgia Hospital
Jacquelyn Ward
Woman's College
Patricia Dickens
Donna Wright
Ashmore Business College
Mozelle Rogers
Appalachian State Teachers’ College
Frances Aderholt
Winston-Salem Memorial Hospital Nurses’ School
Ford Dixon
Thomasville High School
Ruby
Christmas charity listed by town volunteers and widows aided
A local list shows many names of young men who gave Christmas boxes to widows on the south side of town. The city ushers union plans a Sunday meeting at 3 30 at the First Baptist church. The article also recalls Aleco Doscena reproducing Renaissance pieces and a royal funeral scene with King Edward VII's terrier Caesar marching behind the gun carriage.
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C. Roebuck
J.oy
R. J. Parks
E. Melton
S. G. Gripper
A. L. Ellison
K. O. Simrel
C. Miller
R. Price
Davis Cleaners
Ty Withers
W. Williams
A. Dubard
C. Chatman
R. Hightower
J. Haith
D. Walden
Roy Davis
L. Cripper
Proffitt Wholesale
Spurgeon Williams
T. Whitaker
J. Young
E. Coleman
van Shad
A. Evans
J. H. Williams
Sonny Little
R. Vandehill
E. Cloud
R. Bennett
C. Weeks
J. C. Richardson
E. Wilson
W. Brown
H. H. G. H. Nesbitt
W. Lovett
Tatum
J. Ingram
W. Trap
City Ushers Union
First Baptist Church
Wreaths Placed At First Baptist For Dr W F Clayton Memorial
Decorations at the First Baptist Church include three large wreaths placed by the Sunday school in memory of the late Dr W F Clayton former superintendent. The chimes will ring from the church tower this evening and Christmas night and the church will be open for meditation and prayer both times.
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First Baptist Church
W. F. Clayton
Buffalo mill payroll robbed in Union County
A safe at the Union Buffalo mill office four miles west of Buffalo was punched open between eight and nine last night and about $5000 in payroll money was stolen. Sheriff J Harold Lamb led a county wide investigation with Union police and state police joining, aided by an identification expert. Entry was through a window and the combination was quickly punched. The money was to be distributed to third shift employees in several departments.
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UNION
8. C
Union Buffalo
Buffalo
Here
J. Harold Lamb
H. H. Willard
Lamb
Teacher Charged With Manslaughter to Get Hearing Here Wednesday
The Empty Stocking Fund passes the $4,000 milestone with donations continuing through the year’s end. Contributors include Nell Sheloff and J W Gordon, among others, as the fund reaches $4,001.18 with thanks from the committee.
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Nell Sheloff
J. W. Gordon
Perry
Billy Ragsdale
The
Friendly Club
Ee Samoes
Circle
Friends
Church
Eceveceesess
Thomasville Enacts New Left Turn Rule At Square
Thomasville police enforce a new ordinance restricting left turns at the town square to only those toward High Point when moving up Salem Street. Lucile Dubose, 51, a Pilot School music teacher, was arrested for hit and run and manslaughter in the death of Mary Belle Pierce, 45, as police investigate a 1936 Chevrolet linked to the case. Hearing set for December 29. bond set at 3000 dollars.
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Thomasville
High Point
Salem Street
Pierce
Miss Dubose
Iola Leach
Rose Jones
English Street
Switch In Time May Save Whine
St. Louis reports inventor Donald P. Crookshank of Cleveland has created an automatic under-telephone switch that powers a lamp when the phone rings. The gadget aims to light indoor paths and can also trigger yard or garage lights by a telephone call, letting users approach a dark home as if awaited.
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ST. Louis
INS
Donald P. Crookshank
Cleveland
Crookshank
High Point Fire Dept Logs No Damage Fires
Fire department logs record three incidents between noon yesterday and noon today. At 1 23 p m a field fire at 1400 Wiltshire Boulevard caused no damage. At 4 07 p m fire in a track bed on North Main Street caused no damage. At 7 27 a m a grass fire on Courtesy Road caused no damage.
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Wiltshire Boulevard
North Main Street
Courtesy Road
Water system stalemated over steel pipe shortage
A proposed half million dollar water system for Trinity Archdale and Allen Jay communities stalls as Randolph Water Works cannot secure steel pipe and other equipment. Plans called for a filter plant pumping station and a million gallon tank near Trinity to serve about 4,000 homes and 10,000 people. The Guilford county grand jury cited Allen Jay school facilities as insufficient, but the private company aims to proceed once deliveries resume.
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Trinity
Archdale
Allen Jay
J. A. Myatt
Randolph Water Works
High Point
Guilford County Grand
Allen Jay School
Myatt
Water Corporation
Archdale Irinity
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Rotarians
Yale Party
County
North Carolina
Stanleyville Church
Security Bank
Holt Hunter Enterprise
Lynnwood Smith
Parkway
C. W. Patterson
Cedron Avenue
Florence Peterson
Gordy Street
Moore
Fairview Street
Ushers Union
Aleco Doscena
T’ville
Crown Hosiery Mill
Edith Fro
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