Red Cross Campaign Opens March 1 With 13 Divisions
The 1949 Red Cross local fund drive announces 13 division colonels led by Joe Temple. Opening March 1 targets a city total of 22 585 dollars with division goals led by captains to be named later. Large shares go to hosiery and textile 6980 56 and furniture and woodworking 4754 08.
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Red Cross Fund
Joe Temple
Temple
Chapter House
Woman's
Amos Kearns
Hoisery and Textile
J. Howard Blair
Lic
Broadus Casey
Earl D. Smith
High Point College
Neil Maddox
Army Reserve Unit Plans Training Program Formation
A second organizational meeting of a High Point army reserve unit will be held tomorrow night in the county building. W. F. Bailey, elected commander last week, will preside. The plan is to form a reserve officers unit to allow men to retain reserve ranks through unit training. Additional staff assignments and organization details will be discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Army Reserve
W. F. Bailey
Local Boy Tony Teachey Joined UNC Freshman Honorary
William G. Tony Teachey son of Mr and Mrs W S Teachey 515 Woodrow Avenue has been inducted into Phi Eta Sigma freshman honorary at the University of North Carolina. Members must earn high grades with half A’s and rest B’s or equivalent. Teachey was active in dramatics track National Honor Society and school paper staff.
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William G
Tony” Teachey
W. S. Teachey
Woodrow Avenue
Phi Eta Sigma
University of North Carolina
D. P. Whitley
Teachey
Labor stances set by organized labor says North Carolina CIO official
Forest Shuford North Carolina Commissioner of Labor told about 200 CIO union representatives at a state conference that labor legislation must come from organized labor. He argued against third party interference in bargaining, praised the statistics bureau and conciliation service, and urged unions to push for reforms within existing law.
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Organized
Forest Shuford
CIO
North Carolina
Shuford
Shufford
Labor Department
State Bureau of Labor Statistics
Servce
William Smith
Charlotte
Robert Parker
High Point
TWUA
Louis M. Conn
Greensboro
High Point Dollar Day Sales Set for February 18 19
High Point merchants announce a two day Dollar Day sale starting Friday February 18 and continuing Saturday February 19 with hundreds of bargains. A publicity push includes bus placards radio newspaper and theater announcements and giant 30 foot signs above highways into the city. Sales clerks will wear badges marking the event.
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High Point Merchants
High Point Merchants’ Association
Best Camp In History Seen By Scout Unit
Uwharrie council moves to open registrations for a five week summer camp with early fees and limited capacity. New units replace old huts, a drained lake gains a cement bottom, and a central platform increases lifeguard visibility as Chief Executive Hackney leads preparations for the 1949 season with a page 8B note to follow.
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Uwharrie Council
B. W. Hackney
Coolidge Signs Naval Shipbuilding Bill Amid National Debate
The naval shipbuilding bill, authorizing fifteen carriers and one aircraft carrier, was signed by President Calvin Coolidge after weeks of congressional debate. In other news, Anne Spencer Morrow announced engagement to Colonel Charles Lindbergh, with social and aviation developments noted across the United States.
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Congress
Calvin Coolidge
Mexico City
Dwight W. Morrow
Red Cross certficates awarded to 30 graduates at ceremony
Thirty more High Pointers qualified to teach the Red Cross first aid course and wear the instructor emblem after completing a 30 hour series. At Wesley Memorial Methodist Church, 25 earned instructors certificates and five earned advanced first aid certificates. City officials attended and praised public employees enrollment.
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Red Cross
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
T. F. Hinson
Claude Canady
Emil Lewis
Hinson
Drop Expected In Employment This Quarter
A study of 40 employers across 16 High Point industries predicts a 1.6 percent drop in total employment by mid March 1949 after a 1.1 percent rise in late 1948. Retail shows the largest postwar gain, while skilled labor demand tightens and job seekers face stiff competition.
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High Point
State Employment Service Division
Employment Security Commission
DeGaulle Warns French Leaders On Return To Power
Gen. DeGaulle told the French People’s Party Congress in Lille that he may take strong action to remove current leaders and place himself back in power. He issued the warning during a late night speech.
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Lille
France
DeGaulle
Fifty DeMolay Delegates Here
Fifty DeMolay delegates arrive for the state Council of Deliberation sessions at the Masonic Temple on Main street. Harry Yandle Jr of Charlotte will preside as state councillor with Coy Burchfield serving as host councillor as plans are made for a summer state conclave in High Point.
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Order of DeMolay
Council of Deliberation
High Point
Harry Yandle, Jr
Charlotte
Masonic Temple
Main Street
Coy Burchfield
Hotel Man Convention Chairman Named for Winston-Salem Meet
Arthur G. Corpening Jr of the Sheraton is appointed convention chair man for the North Carolina Hotel Association and Hotel Greeters Association of America semi-annual joint meeting. The event runs February 17 to 20 at the Robert E. Lee hotel with host Douglas Boyle of the host hotel. The program includes golf, tobacco firm tour, English hunt breakfast, and a banquet in the Balinese room. Walter Stansbury will open the business session at 10 a.m. Saturday.
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Arthur G. Corpening, Jr
Sheraton Hotel
North Carolina Hotel Association
Hotel Greeters Association of America
Robert E. Lee Hotel
Winston-Salem
Douglas Boyle
Robert E. Lee
J. A. Burgess
Reid H. Dillenback
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Walter Stansbury
NCHA
Goldsboro
Wife Defends Hubby In Magazine Letter
Mrs Dorothy Pappas of High Point North Carolina defends husbands in a letter to the Saturday Evening Post stating wives who play bridge and rush meals should wash dishes and keep the kitchen quiet. She notes husbands enjoy a quiet evening with the paper and cites her own experiences. Mrs Pappas is a prominent High Point Woman's Club leader serving as second vice president and publicity chair.
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Dorothy
Bill) Pappas
Brookside Drive
Saturday Evening Post
Pappas
Dorothy Pappas
High Point
N. C
High Point Woman’s Club
IRO advances $2 million to aid Jewish refugees to Israel
The International Refugee Organization announced an immediate $2,000,000 advance to the American Joint Distribution Committee to finance the movement of Jewish refugees to Israel.
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Geneva
Switzerland
International Refugee Organization
IRO
American Joint Distribution Committee
Israel
Aged 110 Year-Old high Point Resident Recalls Civil War Past
Amanda Kade Anthony, born October 18 1839 in Elberton Georgia, moved to High Point in 1940 to live with her daughter. Survived a Civil War era life as a slave girl, a 1929 stroke, and a 10 year old skull fracture with silver plate. She attributes longevity to a long living family and avoids doctors and pills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Flagler, JR
Enterprise
Amanda Kade Anthony
High Point
Georgia
Elberton
Peach State
Reed Street
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J. B. Shackelford
J. Groome, JR
C. H. Leak
N. L. Garner
J. W. Stone
Jimmy Mitchell
Army Reserve Unit
Ward Stone
Atlanta
Coolidge
Pius XI
Fifth Army
Anzio
Ated Press
Lindbergh
Miss Morrow
Air Age
Dayton
Army
Lenoir
Huntersville
Macon
Daytona Beach
Orlando
Tampa
Fla
Emilio Portes Gil
Europe
England
MQRE
Jack V. Allen
William C. Dennis
J. B. Farlow
C. N. Haigler
Fire Department
John Fulton
Funeral Home
George V. Allen
J. E. Staley
William T. Woodell
C. F. Wolfe
Police Department
William P. Brown
Herbert W. Ellington
Elliott R. Gay
Leonard F. Honeycutt
Roland H. Harm
Ohn Wilson
Elizabeth Weaver
Forest B. White
Emma Vaughn
Girl Scouts
Clyde Wilkerson
French Peoples Party
RPF
Hotel Man Convention Chairman
Hubby
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