League to Equip Classroom for Spastic Children Here
The Junior Service League met at the Adams Memorial YWCA to plan equipping a Cloverdale school classroom for spastic children. A committee listed needed gear including chairs tables clamps and bars for therapy and instruction. A May luncheon and Red Cross Roll Call details were also discussed with 1947 goals announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spastic Chilby
Junior Service League
Adams Memorial Ywca
E. M. Jones
Ada Miller
Cloverdale
William Ragsdale
Spe
John Foy
Virginia Frank
Radio Council
Taylor Simpson
Red Cross
League
Mrs. Chester Haworth Discusses Birds Before High Point Club
Mrs. Chester Haworth spoke on Birds to the High Point Garden Club meeting at Guilford Avenue, tracing references from 1586 to 1850 and noting parakeet declines. The club approved a donation to buy seeds for Finland and named a nominating committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Haworth
High Point Garden Club
Howard Hartzell
Guilford Avenue
H. P. Hardin
O. P. Moffitt
G. H. Kearns
Finland
Mesdames H. M. Armentrout
J. W. Austin
F. J. Bartlett
W. C. Beavans
S. C. Clark
J. D. Cox, Sr
W. J. Fraley
C. C. Garnett
J. W. Harris
Y Groups Honor Miss Abrams During City Stay
Miss Josephine Abrams former executive director of the YWCA will be honored at YWCA events as she visits. She leaves later this month for Brazil to begin missionary work. The Business and Professional department hosts a reception at Adams Memorial YWCA Thursday from 4:30 to 6:00 PM and the YWCA board honors her at lunch, followed by the Live Y’ers club supper at 6 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Abrams
YWCA
Abrams
Brazil
Adams Memorial
Miss Abrams
Jolly Y Party Postponed Due to Concert Conflict
A club party scheduled for Friday evening has been postponed to a later date because it conflicts with a community concert. The announcement was issued today.
Itchy Pimples Kill Romance
Many broken romances stem from skin itching such as pimples eczema and red blotches. Peterson's Ointment offers quick relief at 35c with money back if one application fails. It also soothes irritated feet and cracks between toes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peterson
Winston-Salem Man Is Jailed in Electrical Fraud Case
Jersey City indictments allege a conspiracy to defraud Western Electric for 1,235,000. Twenty individuals and five firms across New York and New Jersey named. Anthony P. Blanken of Staten Island labeled a key man on ten counts. Western Electric employees cited include Myles T. Thompson, Winston-Salem division chief, jailed since arrest.
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Jersey City
N. J
Western Electric
Union County Grand Jury
New York and
New Jersey
Anthony P. Blanken
Staten Island
New York City
Simon L. Fisch
Hudson County
Myles T.thompson
Winston-Salem
N. C
Westfield
McKenney on Bridge Defense Against Six Hearts
The column discusses a six hearts contract defeated after a poor declarer move. Dr. Louis Mark of Columbus defended well against six hearts, with an opening spade lead trumped in dummy. Mark declined roughing and avoided a heart trick, while the declarer cashed clubs AQ and KQ98.
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WM. BE. McKenney
America
NEA
Declarer
Louis Mark
Columbus
Eclaver
Mark
North
Carding a Spade in Third Club Trick
The play describes a bridge hand where the dummy plays a small club, Trent Lines trumps with the eight of hearts, declarer overtrumps with the nine, West exits a spade and trumps in dummy with the ace of hearts, then the hand returns with the ace of diamonds, the heart jack is led, Dr. Mark wins with the king and returns a diamond to dummy's queen.
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Trent Lines
Declarer
West
Mark
Bishop Purcell Speaks Tonight at First Methodist Dinner
Miss Josephine Abrams will sail soon as a Methodist missionary to Argentina. The First Methodist Church hosts a testimonial dinner at 6 45 p m with Bishop Clare Purcell of Charlotte as featured speaker whose address will be broadcast on mid week chapel hour. About 200 reserved. program includes Rev Wilson O Weldon, Dr W A Lambeth, Rev Paul Hardin Jr, Mrs J H Allred, Mrs G I Humphreys, Miss Annabel Thompson, John Eshelman Jr. Dorothy Hoskins directs the music with aid from Mrs Trickland and a quartet. Abrams, formerly YWCA secretary, studied at Hartford seminary and is a Whitmire S C native admired by local friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Abrams
Argentina
First Methodist Church
Abrams
Clare Purcell
Charlotte
N. C
Wilson O. Weldon
W. A. Lambeth
Paul Hardin Jr
Wesley Memorial Church
J. H. Allred
G. I. Humphreys
Annabel Thompson
John Eshelman, Jr
Dorothy Hoskin
Tips for Teens by Elinor Williams on Nail Biting
Advice article encouraging teens to stop nail biting through relaxation and planning. It suggests practical tactics such as keeping hands busy, improving self confidence, and using non biting cues like pockets or chair arms. Readers are advised to reinforce good habits with polished nails as motivation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elinor Williams
Study Groups Tonight At First Baptist
The Wednesday program at First Baptist begins at 7 p.m. in the auditorium with a 15 minute worship, then groups meet by room for studies including Revelation led by Rev. W. Wilbur Hutchins and other topics such as Creative Stewardship and Who Should Join My Church. There are 12,000,000 acres of forest land in Arizona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Young People's Department
Adult Forum
W. Wilbur Iutchins
Adult Union
Matthew
Thelma Patrick
Young People’s Union
Arizona
North Carolina Non-White Population Surpasses White in Nine Counties
A census bureau estimate as of July 1 1946 shows non white residents exceed whites in nine NC counties and nearly equal in four more. State total 3 822 300 with 2 754 300 white and 1 068 000 non white. implications noted for school and medical funding under legislation.
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Raleigh
Bureau of Census
North Carolina
General Assembly
Bertie
Edgecombe
Granville
Halfax
Hertford
Hoke
Robeson
Scotland
Warren
Anson
Chowan
Gates
Perquimans
Porcupines Protected in Canada for Survival Lore
A Canadian law protects porcupines as a rare meat source for stranded individuals in the woods. In a separate note, U S rubber use in 1946 was 63 percent synthetic and 37 percent natural.
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U. S
Charlie Chan actor Sidney Toler dies in Hollywood
Sidney Toler veteran stage and screen actor famed for Charlie Chan died at his home in Hollywood after seven months bedridden with intestinal cancer. His widow said he was 59, though differing records list 53 or 72. he was born in Missouri to Col H G Toler, a noted breeder of trotters, who ran away to join the stage at 18 and soon led his own company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Sidney Toler
Charlie Chan
Col
H. G. Toler
Kansas
One Man Dead In Gunfight In Georgia
A man was shot to death and another, believed to be the victim's brother, was seriously wounded at a filling station near Blacksburg. Coy Hunt, 28, of near Lawndale, North Carolina, was killed. Herman Hunt, wounded, was taken to Cherokee county hospital. Dewey Hughey, operator of the service station, was being held for investigation by Sheriff Roland T. Clary.
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Gaffney
S. C
Blacksburg
Roland T. Clary
Coy Hunt
Lawndale
N.C
Herman Hunt
Cherokee County Hospital
Clary
Dewey Hughey
Former High Point Resident Dies in St. Louis at 68
Henry Edgar Jenkins 68, longtime St. Louis resident and former High Point native, died at his home. He had led at International Shoe Co., later serving as its president. Survived by widow Ida Farish Jenkins and two sons Farish A. and Henry E. Jenkins Jr., both of St. Louis. Funeral in Lupton chapel St. Louis with Oak Grove mausoleum entombment.
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Henry Edgar Jenkins
St. Louis
Mr. Jenkins
East Bend
Yadkin County
Henry Jenkins
High Point
Oakwood Cemetery
International Shoe Comny
Ida Farish Jenkins
Farish A
Henry E. Jenkins, Jr
Frank J. Sizemore, Sr
Jenkins
Lupton Chapel
Oak Grove
Republicans Denounce Budget Cut Hurt National Security
Senate and House Armed Services leaders from Gurney and Andrews denounced an 8 to 2 vote slashing 1.756 million from Truman's 11.2 billion defense request. Eisenhower urged against impairing military funds to preserve peace, warning of a repeat post WWI mistake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Gurney
R-Sd
Senate Armed Services Committee
Senate-House
Army
Navy
Capitol
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Andrews
R-Ny
House Armed Services Committee
Pacific
Europe
United Nations
Weed Council Opposed by North Carolina Speaker
Raleigh Feb 12 Rep Tom Pearsall Nash speaker of the house opposed forming a separate North Carolina tobacco council as a state agency. He argued the state should not back specialized groups and that general agricultural research suffices. He also cited unnecessary expense and bureaucratic buildup.
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Raleigh
State Tobacco Advisory Council
Tom Pearsall
Nash
House of the Legislature
North Carolina Tobacco Council
General Assembly
Pearsall
Nppeap
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