Friday Report Day For Local Workers
Local workers and volunteers gathered for Friday Report Day as Prospect cards and worker kits were distributed at the New Era campaign offices. Goal targets and a $200,000 minimum were discussed while donations top $61,107 with more to come from larger patrons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tist Church
Robi. Rankin
Rankin Today
New Era” Campaign
Chamber of Commerce Bureau
North Main Street
Charles W. McAnally
Special Gifts
McAnally
Branti Snavely
Car
Dennis
H. Se . Cooke
Portant
L. Reavi
Green Street
Baptist Church
Brant Snavely
Sheraton Hotel
Noble T. Praigg
Weather Forecast for Friendship City
The forecast calls for a chilly night with a low around 32 degrees and a warmer day ahead. Expect fair and colder tonight with a low near 32, and Thursday looks fair and mild with a high near 60. The daytime high today was also forecast at 60. Last night’s low was 55.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendship Weather Bureau
High Point College Adapts Summer Program for Emergency Draft
High Point College announces a June 7 start for an accelerated summer term focusing on business biology English history political science languages mathematics and more. Students may graduate in three years with three winter and two summer sessions under new draft age considerations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HPC
High Point College
Dennis H. Cooke
Tovy
Cooke
First Aid class set at Sheraton by Red Cross officials
A Red Cross First Aid course will begin Monday February 26 at the Sheraton with sessions 10 am to 12 noon on Mondays and Fridays until the 18 hour program ends. Instructor Mrs Herman Smith and nine hotel staffers and locals have enrolled. contact the chapter at 5945 for others interested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Red Cross
Sheraton Hotel
Inez Clark
Red Cross
The
Sheraton
Herman Smith
First Aid
Carl Plate
Piedmont Section Guests at Rock Hill Plant Visit
The Ameviows Society of Mechanical Engineers guests will tour Rock Hill Printing and Finishing Co in Hill S C this week. Women will also attend and receive print goods for a dress. A luncheon at 1 30 p m at the Andrew Jackson hotel follows. A general manager will deliver the principal address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piedmont
Ameviows Society of Mechanical Engineers
Rock Hill
Man Riding Scooter Is Hit by Car Near Prospect
Bill Holmes a 21 year old furniture worker of 831 Howard was slightly injured when his motor scooter collided with a car at English and Prospect. He was admitted to Memorial hospital with abrasions. The car driver W 3 Kennedy 31 of Thomasville Route 1 was charged with no operator license. The collision occurred about 7 15 a m as Holmes attempted a left turn into Prospect. In a second incident autos driven by Alger B Martin Jr 514 West Council and Dr C D Thompson 121% North Main were damaged about 375 in a collision at Commerce and Park about 5 45 p m yesterday both charged with reckless driving.
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Bill Holmes
Howard
English
Prospect
Memorial Hospital
W. 3
Kennedy
Thomasville
Route 1
Holmes
Alger B. Martin, Jr
West Corncil
C. D. Thompson
North Main
Commerce and Park
Fatalities In Davidson Show An Increase
Thomasville reports Davidson county highway death toll at 24 in 1950, up from 1949 and nearing 1941’s peak. Wrecks with $25+ property damage totaled 305, with 134 personal injuries. county losses rose to $50,393. Inside Thomasville two deaths occurred Betty Gold Bailey and James Forrest Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
State At of Motor Vehicles
Davidson
Betty Gold Bailey
James Forrest Miller
Lexington Avenue
Third Program Tonight by Graudans Piano Cello Duo
Nikolai and Joanna Graudans, a Russian born piano cello duo, present the Community Concert Association program at the senior high school tonight at 8. The pair, who emigrated to the United States in 1938, have toured Europe and the United States. Their recital replaces the Lowenguth String Ensemble concert canceled after an accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nikolai
Joanna Graudans
Community Concert Association
Russia
Graudans
United States
Nikolai Graudan
St. Petersburg
Joanna
Kharkov
Berlin
Kreutzer
Schnabel
Europe
Lowenguth String Ensemble
Maria Regules
Lowenguth
Orchestra Members Can Use Tickets
Miss Virginia Frank of the high school orchestra asks High Point Community Concert members unable to attend tonight to leave tickets at the box office for orchestra use. Fifteen cello students need tickets. She will call for tickets if unused. Reach Miss Frank at 2869.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Frank
High Point Community Concert Association
Miss Frank
Bank VP Wins Odd Luncheon Prize in North Kansas City
R H Woolridge vice-president of the National Bank in North Kansas City won a Chamber of Commerce luncheon door prize a savings account with a $5 starting deposit from the State Bank its rival in the city He remarks he does not need the prize Also a historical note says the word lumber for sawed timber may have originated in Boston around 1663.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City, Mo
R. H. Woolridge
The
National Bank
Chamber of Commerce
State Bank
National
Kansas City
Smear Campaign By Student Says Principal Whitley
Principal D P Whitley of Senior High School denies a student led smear campaign and says disturbances occurred in A K R Carr’s mechanical drawing class. He confirms a sulfur stick was placed in the room and notes several students were kept after school following incidents. A pistol fire in a Carr class occurred about a year and a half ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. VP. Whitley
A. K R. Carr
D. P. Whitley
Whitley
Carr
Enterprise Today
Enterprise
High Point
Use of Chamber Site For Park Deferred by Council
The city council deferred a plan to transfer the Chamber of Commerce offices at Church and North Main to the parks commission for use as a city park. Members favored restoring the building but wanted cost analysis on relocation or alternative uses before deciding. An ordinance on new water tap fee schedules was also noted.
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Chamber of Commerce Bureau
Parks Commission
Church and
North Main Streets
Chamber of Commerce
Richmond mayor’s price post not discussed at council meeting
Mayor W F Bailey attended the Richmond council session and said he would be in High Point for the rest of the week aside from today. He conferred with City Manager T E Hinson and confirmed his intention to remain mayor here, bringing himself up to date on issues needing his signature. The topic of his post was not raised during the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Bailey
Price
Richmond
Bailey
T. E. Hinson
Council Approves Meter Plan With Restricted Taps
Due to higher costs for meters materials and labor the council approved a plan to limit one meter per tap and require separate meters and taps for each business unit and each family dwelling except as specified.
New Era Drive On Television In June At High Point College
High Point college will broadcast a half hour TV program tomorrow at 5 PM on WEMY TV Channel 2. The show highlights the $800000 New Era fund drive with campaign chairman Brant Snavey and speaker bureau member T Lynwood Smith. The Little German Band students will perform, and William W. Collins will sing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point College
Wemy-Tv
Channel 2
Brant R. Snavey
T. Lynwood Smith
New Era
High Point
William W. Collins
City officials seek control of private water lines
Councilman John Clinard, chair of the utilities committee, urged action to curb confusion from privately owned water lines. He said tenants complain about water troubles caused by many taps on one line, while the city bears no responsibility because property owners fix the lines themselves. Powell reassigned to committee post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Clinard
Utilities Committee
W. T. Powell
High Point Heart Slogan Contest Seeks Entries
Arnold Koonce Jr chairman calls for citizens to send one dollar or more to Heart care of the High Point post office for a slogan submission. One dollar buys a slogan entry with a chance to win a Florida trip with hotel and meals for three days and a Miami flight sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce. Contest closes midnight February 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Arnold Koonce, Jr
Florida
el Comodoro
1951 High Point Heart Drive Slogan
The brief asks for a slogan for the 1951 High Point Heart Drive. It should be concise, memorable, and reflect community health, hope, and collective action to support heart disease research and patient care. Include a call to participate and donate.
Two Local People Testify On World Government Plan
John Haworth and Mrs Chester Haworth depart for Raleigh to oppose the Lowder Leatherman Powell world government bill at a state Intergovernmental Relations hearing. DAR VFW and United World Federalists leaders expected to testify. Haworth argues the 1949 assembly resolution allows citizens to vote on world government and denies no binding commitment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Interstate and Federal Relations Committee
John Haworth
High Point
United World Federalists
Chester Haworth
Daughters of the American Revolution
Lowder- Leatherman-Powell
D.A.R
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion
Canon Lowd
Isman
Powell
General Assembly
United States
U. S
The
North Carolina
DAR
Haworth
United World Federalist
United Nations
Haworth Deana
Earthworms Invade Emma Blair School Grounds Morning
A swarm of earthworms flooded Emma Blair school steps early today as warm weather lured them out. Residents note the worms appeared in large numbers with the coming cold snap forecast to drop to 32 degrees this evening. The piece ends with a wry note on mid winter sunshine fooling nature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Blair
Thief Breaks Into Grocery on Main Street
A suspect forced a rear window at 1635 37 North Main to steal three cartons of cigarettes and gum worth seven dollars from J. A. Morgan’s grocery. An attempted break in at 1833 North Main failed. John Stevens' Phoenix completed an ocean voyage from Hoboken to Philadelphia.
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North Main
J. A. Morgan
Clyde Vaughn
John Stevens
Phoenix
Hoboken
Philadelphia
Police Need More Space Says Prober In Lengthy Report
Fayetteville attorney Terry Sanford presented a city council commissioned survey on the High Point police department. The report criticizes space shortages and training gaps, notes no graft, praises the patrol and traffic units, and urges a lieutenant rank and better records and communications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prober
High Point
W. G. Friddle
Friddle
Hite
Sanford
C. C. Stoker
Os Steel
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Burnice G. Snyder
Ella Mae Gulledge
Mangum
James Gulledge
T. J. Osborne
Trinity
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Hamilton
William G. Moore
Wilma Louise Jones
Fries
Gaither Brown
Corinne Stewart
George W. Hughes
Roanoke Rapids
Ella Viola Holbrook
Greensboro
James D. Miller
Lula Mae Alexander
Friddle Street
Russell Street
E. High Street
Royal Dry Cleaning Plant
Paul W. Godfrey
E. State Street
James J. Metcalfe
Cope
Pleld Enterprises, Inc
Boston
Koonce
Fred Flagler, JR
Terry Sanford
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