More Cold Weather Forecast As Ice Paralyzes City
High Points March of Dimes quota stands at 7500 with under 1000 raised so far. Oak Hill and Brentwood schools report modest contributions as drive nears close. Readers urged to donate dimes or larger notes to Bland Worley at Wachovia Bank. Emergency Polio Foundation photos show a hospital unit costing about 15 dollars per patient daily.
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High Point
Oak Hill
Brentwood School
Bland Worley
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
Emer-gpcy Polio
Koro
The
National Foundation
Wint Capel
Enterprise
U. S. Weather Bureau Af
Bible Funds Drive Opens for Schools and Churches
The Public Religious Education council launches a citywide drive to raise over 12 000 for teaching Bible in public schools during 1948 49. Prominent speakers will address church and school groups while youth volunteers solicit donations and promote the elective Bible course now reaching thousands of students.
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Public Religious Educaton Council
Religious Education Council
C. A. McMurray
P. H. Dalton
Harry Bell
William Penn High School
Evangical and Reformed Church
Council of Church Women
Frances Crery
Durham
Damages Awarded in Penny Suit Over Car Crash
Three minor plaintiffs from High Point received a total $2,050 in damages after an accident last November 10 involving a Penny motor vehicle. The car driven by Robert L. Ingram Jr. was hit on Montlieu avenue by a station wagon driven by Clarence F. Kirkpatrick, an employee of Senator George T. Penny v Greensboro.
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George T. Penny
Greensboro
Penny
Francis Booze
Robert Brady
Earl Wayne Kearns
High Point
Robert L. Ingram, Jr
Montlieu Avenue
Clarence F. Kirkpatrick
Legion To Meet Monday Evening At Legion Home
Post No. 87 of the American Legion will hold its monthly meeting at the legion home 409 West High street at 7 30 p m Monday February 2 E C Bailey insurance officer of the veterans administration will discuss national service life insurance All veterans invited regardless of Legion membership
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Post No. 87
American Legion
Legion
West High Street
E. C. Bailey
Veterans Administration
National Service
The
America Legion
Residential Construction On Boom Here Says Parker
High Point sees a building surge as A Scott Parker Jr of Perpetual Building and Loan reports 1947 gains. The 46th annual meeting notes 301 loans near a million dollars, GI loans totaling over 1.65 million, and 307 city permits plus larger outside counts. Savings and thrift rise with two and a half million in total deposits and 3435 in dividends to savers.
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Gi Ur
High Point
A. Scott Parker, Jr
Perpetual Building and Loan Association
Parker
Perpetual
G. I
Fraley Field Adopts a New Look for Skies
Fraley Field undergoes runway repairs and fills holes as pilots gain confidence on snow covered surfaces. Brig Gen Charles D. Canham of Fort Bragg addressed the Rotary Club while businessmen from several states visited for furniture showcases. Sixteen year old James Allen Greenway earned his solo flight on snow, the first from Fraley Field.
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Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Georgia
North Carolina
Fraley Field
Charles Bd. W. Canham
82Nd Airborne
Fort Bragg
Rotary Club
James Allen Greenway
High Point
Herman Smith
John
Southern Furniture Market Closes Amid Weather Blemish
The 1948 mid-winter showing of the Southern Furniture Market concluded with 4,998 in attendance, shy of last year’s 5,147 record due to foul weather. Buyers from 28 states plus DC, India and the Bahamas represented 2,366 retailers in 851 towns, with the two weeks of buying brisk though weather kept many away. The summer market is set for July 19 to 31.
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Southern Furniture Market
Paul Casey
Southern Furnmously
District of Columbia
India
Bahamas
Casey
Weather delays Superior Court term in Greensboro
The criminal term of Superior Court in Greensboro is postponed to Monday February 9 at 10 a.m. due to weather. Judge Frank M. Armstrong and court officials announced the delay, with cases rescheduled to February 9 and 10. The grand and petit juries are to report February 9.
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Superior Court
Greensboro
Charles Hagen
Hagen
Frank M. Armstrong
Hagan
11Th District
Mendenhall Names Chest Committees for 1948
Ed Mendenhall announces 1948 High Point Community Chest committees. Budget chaired by Charles L. Kearns includes T. E. Hinson and others. Campaign advisory chaired by T. Rochelle. Publicity chaired by Harold Bennett with Betsy Saunders. Chest emphasizes single annual drive and federated fundraising for Red Feather services to Boy Scouts and Family Service.
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Community Chest Committee
Ed Mendenhall
Charles L. Kearns
T. E. Hinson
W. E. Mitchell
Noble T. Praigg
W. A. Tomlinson
C. R. Wilcox
H. N. Williard
T. V. Rochelle
R. T. Amos
Horace S. Haworth
Charles W. McAnally
J. E. Millis
High Point Community Chest
Community Chest
Red Feather Services
Red Feather
Boy Scouts, Family Service
Oil and Coal Shortage Paralyzes High Point Transport
Severe winter weather cripples High Point with hail and freezing temperatures causing widespread transportation disruption. Buses, trains, flights and telecommunication suffer outages while schools and churches cancel services and urge radio sermons.
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High Point
Duke Power City
City Transit
Eastern Airlines
Capital Airlines
Greensboro-High Point
ETL
Southern Railway Company
Western Union
Charles *. Carroll
High Point College
Main Street Methodist
Ward Street Methodist
Helcn Memorial
Wesley Memorial
Central Friends
St. Mary's Episcopal Church
Paul Hardin
Miss Frances Roberts Named New Director of Family Bureau
Miss Frances Roberts of Shreveport Louisiana will join High Point Family Service Bureau as executive secretary tomorrow. Her career spans Red Cross Home Service in Alexandria and Europe, VA psychiatric social work in Shreveport, and roles with FERA Navy welfare and public assistance.
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Frances Roberts
Shreveport
Family Service Bureau
Miss Roberts
Veterans Administration of Shreveport
Home Service Department of the
American Red
England
Europe
Home Service
United Kingdom
American Red Cross
Alexandria
Red Cross
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
United States Navy Department
Navy
Stephens College
Columbia
Missouri
Centenary College
University of Colorado
Tulane University School of Social Work
University of North Carolina
L. G. Hodgin
Family Service
Bessie Tesh
Bureau
F. H. Gray
Delk Smith
Willis Slane, Jr
Julian Hopkins
Robert Fountain
Paul Hardi
Warner Lewis
Harry Bell
W. T. Powell
S. S. Saunders
Young Democrats to Hear Sparkman in Cabaret-Style Meeting
United States Senator John Sparkman of Alabama will speak at the North Carolina Young Democratic clubs meeting at Sedgefield Inn next Saturday at 7 30. Guests include major state office candidates such as Charles M Johnson Mayne Albright and W Kerr Scott with Mrs Sparkman accompanying. The event features a cabaret format and highlights Sparkman’s dual election to both the Senate and the House in 1946.
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Don McRae
North Carolina
City Lake
C. C. Stoker
Lois Welborn Smith
High Point
Edgar Sayer
Grace
Edgar
Manford Blair
Christian Church
Hamilton Street
Walnut Street
John Sparkman
United States
Alabama
Young Democratic Clubs of
Sedgefield Inn
Ida Pearl Petree
Young Democratic Clubs
Chas. M. Johnson
Mayne Albright
Olla Ray Boyd
L. Y. Ballentine
Surer
Thomas Turner, Jr
Congress
Carl T. Durham
Wm. B. Umstead
J. M. Broughton
U. S. Senate
H. Bankhead
House of Representatives
House
Senate
Brentwood School Establishes Polio Memorial Fund
Brentwood students and parents contribute $116 to a polio memorial fund honoring Lawrence Tedder, a Brentwood student who contracted infantile paralysis and died early this school year. The donation supports continued research and hope for treatment and prevention of the disease.
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Brentwood
Lawrence Tedder
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Kilroy Kilmartin
Gertrude Gumpton
Standstill
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First Baptist Church
Lushwell Bridgewater
Bridgewater
Kemp
Drive For Bible Funds
Building and Loan
Ed Lewis
Enterprise City News
John Spencer Fraley
Furniture Mart
Mendenhall Names Chest Committees
Weather Bureau
Miss Frances Roberts
Family Bureau
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