Veterans of Foreign Wars hold two day quarterly meet
More than 300 delegates from 17 NC districts gather in High Point for the VFW council of administration meeting. National Commander-in-Chief Charles C. Ralls attends along with top national officers. The event marks the first combined meeting with the Auxiliary and the Cooties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans of Foreign Wars Council of Administration
Charles C. Ralls
VFW
A. C. Ingram
North Carolina
Ingram
Military Order of Cooties
R. N. Hunt
Lexingon
Aeron
P.m
Gubees
Bisherville
S. C
E. D. Knauff
Jacksonville
High Point
Mary A. Moody
Greensboro
Family Service Bureau Board Meeting Highlights Community Aid
The Family Service Bureau board met at the YWCA with 16 trustees present. Dr. Max Rogers presided as head for the year and committees were named including Executive, Finance, Personnel, Public relations, and Nominating and Steering with members such as Martha Gates, Katharine Ra, Lee Schaner, and Cecil Haworth. The board noted 267 families served last year with under one third needing financial aid and emphasized prevention of family breakdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Family Service Bureau Board of Trustees
YWCA
Max
Martha Gates
Guilford County Mental Hygiene Society
John W. Starr, Jr
Starr
Bureau
Max Rogers
D. C. MacRae
J. E. Slate
D. S. Neill
Katherine Ra
W. B. Harris
S. S. Coe
J. Welch Harriss
Lee F. Schaner
Edgar Snider
Robert Wilson
Ben Swartzberg
Fred A. Thomas, Jr
Kenneth Goodson
Irby
Greeson
Fred Thomas, Jr
Irby Ritter
Dave S. Neill
Katherine Raymond
Robert
Tax Books Closed After Today In Thomasville
Thomasville chief tax official Jay Howard said this morning the tax books will close today and be returned to Lexington. Residents who have not listed by today face possible penalties unspecified. Listing has taken place in the city hall basement since January and was extended to February 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Jay Howard
Lexington
Lst
Forecast Cooler and Windy With Partly Cloudy Skies
The Friendship Weather Bureau forecasts cooler windy conditions today tonight and Friday with partly cloudy skies. Highs around 46 today and 45 tomorrow, with last night's low near 34.
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Friendship Weather Bureau
Super Road Project Delayed Despite Funding
State engineers and city officials discussed the future four lane highway south of High Point. A $2,000,000 appropriation covers 10 miles from Thomasville Road to Groometown, but months of preliminary work precede grading. Ten separations along the route involve right of way purchases and relocations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Thomasville Road
Groometown
Highland Avenue
Trinity Way
Springfield
Kivett Drive
Civil Court Docket Slips With Few Dispositions
Guilford Superior civil court High Point division opened without hearings as Judge Susie Sharp took several matters under advisement. A case with Scott and Williams Inc against W P Harvelle was continued due to illness. A non suit was entered in Audrey Hucks versus Olan J Robertson. O L Lackey versus George Bailey was continued on attorney motion. Judge Sharp signed a tax judgment involving Mrs Arline McBride Davis and Eugene Shaw. A gratuity note: a Ontario store owner returned a diamond ring found by Mrs Arthur Wisbey without seeking reward.
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Guilford Superior Civil Court
High Point Division
Susie Sharp
Scott and Williams, Inc
W. P. Harvelle
Conmiane
Audrey Hucks
Olan J. Robertson
O. L.lackey
George Bailey
Jules Susie Sharp
Arline McBride Davis
North Carolina
Commissioner of Revenue
Eugene Shaw
Piedmont Gas Seeks Duke Power Gas System Takeover
The North Carolina Utilities Commission hears Piedmont Natural Gas's bid to acquire Duke Power's gas distribution facilities in nine communities for 5 million dollars. Protests arrive from Morganton and Hickory over potential market impact. The Federal Power Commission has approved the proposal affecting Charlotte High Point Greensboro Winston Salem Burlington Graham Salisbury Spencer East Spencer.
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Raleigh
State Utilities Commission
Piedmont Natural Gas Company
Duke Power Company
North Carolina
Morganton
Hickory
Piedmont
Spartanburg
S. C
Federal Power Commission
Charlotte
High Point
Greensboro
Winston- Salem
Burlington
Graham
Salisbury
Spencer
East Spencer
Davidson County Men Leave for Induction in Charlotte
A batch of Davidson County men, mostly 20 years old, left Lexington's selective service office for Charlotte for induction into the armed forces. The list includes Lindsey Calhoun, Walter James Monroe Motsinger, Ulysses Marion Hiatt, and many others with Irvin Eugene Lanehart noted as transferred from Martinsburg West Virginia.
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Thomasville
Davidson County
Lexington
Selective Service Office
Charlotte
Lindsey Calhoun
Walter Charles James Monroe Motsinger
Ulysses Marion Hiatt
Walter Boyd Becker
John Westley Richard, Jr
Rayvaun Miller
Fred David Rothrock
Donald Leonard Kepley
Boyd Edgar Smith
E. D. Franklin Fine
Clayton Eugene Hedrick
Carlton Keith Burkhart
Thomas Luther Wallace
Paul Truitt Easter
Clifton Junior Mack
Hal Mendenhall
Don Alexander Peacock
Milton Webb
Paul Coy Beck
Norman Eugene Davis
Donald Ray Harrington
Charles Edmund Glenn
Paul Franklin Phillips
Albert Dermont Jarrett
William Farlane Saintsing
Jerry Kenneth Spivey
Everette
Franklin Hall
Harvey Lee Hunt
Daniel Dee Reece
David Lee Reece
Weldon
Paul Maley
William Albert McMahan
Paul Clinton Vestal
Dallas Elmer Hutchens
Horace Weldon Russell
Colan Ray Russell
Herbert Gene Crofts
J. P. Scarboro
Herbert Hees
Nat Vent Perihenry Janer
Jac Edward Weaver
Hiram Harold Sides
Donald Raymond Dorsett
Martinsburg
W. Va
Irvin Eugene Lanehart
Thomasville Man Returns Home From Hospital Stay
Grant Harris has returned to his home at 309 Wood Street after a 17 day hospitalization at Winston-Salem City Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Grant Harris
Wood Street
Winston-Salem
City Hospital
Grizzle Face Struggles With Shaving Brush Shortages
A lighthearted column reflects on aging shaving brushes shedding bristles and poor durability. The narrator recalls past brushes from 2.5 years to 8 months, jokes about buying lifetime brushes, and rails against high prices and unreliable performance. The piece blends humor with fashion notes and a comic dialogue about work and thinking.
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Griz
Sam
Passenger accommodations ship Singapore to Britain fully booked
Travel agents Thomas Cook and Son report all available shipping space to Britain and Europe is booked from February through July, indicating full occupancy of passenger accommodations aboard the voyage from Singapore to Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singapore
Britain
Thomas Cook and Son
Europe
1950 U.S. Death Toll From Accidents
In 1950 accidents claimed about 89,000 American lives with roughly 35,000 fatalities from traffic crashes across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Whitt death by own action case in hands of county officers
Marriage licenses issued to Dewey H. Solomon Jr and Doris Ann Lamb at Randleman. Fire crews answered three grass fires on 417 Player Drive 613 East Lexington Avenue and Gaylord Street. Permits issued for new or expanded homes and a plant addition. Raymond Newton requests correction about identity in a recent drunkenness charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey H. Solomon, Jr
Doris Ann Lamb
Randleman
Player Drive
East
Lexington Avenue
Gaylord Street
Raymond Newton
South Road
Fairmont Park
Harrison To Appear Tomorrow In Tax Case
Dr. N M Harrison former vice president of High Point onion interests and civic leader faces a Middle District court appearance in Greensboro to learn the judgment in an income tax evasion case involving Seward Cotton Mills of Worthville. True bills were returned against Harrison and O R Blaylock of Asheboro. Harrison pleaded no contest to charges for 1943 to 1946. Blaylock remains confined to Grayland mental institution. motion to dismiss denied.
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N. M. Harrison
High Point Onions
Methodist Church
Middle District Court
Greensboro
Johnson J. Hayes
Harrison
O. R. Blaylock
Asheboro
Seward Cotton ‘Mills
Worthville
Blaylock
Grayland
Winston-Salem
Hayes
Infant Mortality Falls to Record Low in England and Wales
The infant mortality rate in England and Wales declined to 24 per thousand births in the last three months, the lowest figure ever recorded for infant deaths in the region.
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London
England
Wales
Private Grissen Promoted to Private First Class
Pvt. Darrell H. Grissen of 889 Grace Street is promoted to private first class and is stationed at Ft. Bragg.
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Pvt
Darrell H. Grissen
R. E. Grissen
Grace Street
Ft. Bragg
Thomasville To Get Its Hospital Addition
Thom asville moves forward on a federal state aid hospital addition as $35,000 of an $85,000 goal is raised. Transfers from Community Foundation funds and cost reductions enable certification to the state medical care commission, with contracts to follow pending approvals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Community Foundation
First National Bank of Hospital Trustees
D. A. Long, Jr
Relative Seeks Wider Probe Into Mrs Whitt Death
A relative's letter to Guilford Sheriff John Walters spurs additional inquiry into the January 13 death of Mrs. Mabel Whitt found with two bullet wounds. Deputy Herman Burrows says the sheriff's office and Guilford police are cooperating, with investigations in Guilford and Wilkes counties and conflicting statements about what Robert Burton Whitt said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Whitt
Guilford
John Walters
Robert Burton Whitt
Burrows
Whitt
Jail Ijames Charged In Break In Larceny Case
Guilford deputies hold Franklin Ijames 32 of 102 Winchester drive on charges of breaking and entering and larceny and receiving. Bond set at 500 with hold without bond pending warrants. Elmer Jackson 34 of 1114 Doris street jailed on assault charge after allegedly striking his brother with a piece of iron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Profus Franklin Ijames
Winchester Drive
Guilford
Ijames
Fjames
Elmer Jackson
Dorisstreet
Oa Jackson
Charlie Jackson
Grass Fires Keep Firemen On The Jump
Grass fires yesterday afternoon kept the Thomasville fire engine on the move with multiple calls at 201 Montheu Avenue Georgia Avenue 204 Liberty Drive and 512 Welborn Street. A later fire at Clinton Fowler residence 103 Fifth Avenue caused slight damage and was put out quickly by firefighters. It was blamed on an electric stove short.
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Thomasville
Montheu Avenue
Georgia Avenue
Liberty Drive
Welborn Street
Clinton Fowler
Fifth Avenue
Road Terms Handed Out By MacRae
Two road sentences were handed out in Municipal court by Judge D C MacRae. Henry Amos Ingram got 12 months on county roads for abandonment and non-support. Margie Lean Stephenson received four months in county workhouse for immoral vagrancy. Other cases included drunk and disorderly counts, reckless driving, hit and run dismissals, and suspended judgments tied to license possession and conduct.
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D. C. MacRae
Henry Amos Ingram
West Lexington Avenue
Edward C. Edwards
South Main Street
Robert L. Reece
Gridar Trent
William Lee
Re Street
James Clyde
Overton
Jean Wood
Forrest Avesnue
Henry Cox
Oakdale Road
William Ray Gore
Textile Street
Joseph W. Strader
Park Street
Joe B. Tilly
Walnut Cove
Steve Hassapeles
Forrest Avenue
James E. Turner
Newton
Dimes Drive in Davidson Exceeds Goal
Davidson county March of Dimes drive in Thomasville surpasses its $15 500 target, with final totals expected over $18 000. Lexington raised over $8 000 and a near $4 000 check was mailed to County Drive Chairman Bob Ray. Local schools contributed Pilot 400, Fair Grove 662, Hasty 338 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Davidson County
Lexington
County Drive
Bob Ray
Pilot
Fair Grove
Hasty
Arts Crafts Institute To Be Held Here
An arts and crafts leadership training institute will be held from February 26 to March 8 under Evelyn McNeely. Sponsored by the city recreation department and the North Carolina recreation commission, it will draw leaders from Piedmont and western North Carolina. Frank Staples will direct, with sessions divided by white and Negro attendees at different locations and times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn McNeely
City Recreation Department
North Carolina Recreation Commission
Piedmont
North Carolina
Kinston
Frank Staples
National Recreation Association
Daniel Brooks Recreation
Legal fee schedule from Prague ministry increases crime charges
The ministry of justice in Prague issues a new schedule where heavier charges raise lawyer pay, and divorces yield more profits than criminal cases, according to the document.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prague
Ministry of Justice
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