Golden Wedding Reception Celebrates Eanes’ 50th Anniversary
Lexington hosts a large reception at the East Center Street home for Mr. and Mrs. Omas Shell Eanes on February 22 marking fifty years of marriage. About 400 guests from Lexington and nearby towns attended, with family members, friends, and dignitaries arriving in a line of reception led by relatives and bridesmaids. The couple, married February 17, 1897, live in Lexington. he is a retired ice and coal dealer aged 72 and she 69, both active and members of First Methodist Church.
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Lexington
East Center Street
Omas Shell Eanes
Cecil Eanes
Sim Pollock
Thomasville
Becky Pollock Ofomasville
Jean Conrad
Cecil Eanes, Jr
Ralph Eanes
Bill Eanes
J. R
J. O. Booze
Mr. Banes
Thomasville and the Seven Sons of Mr. and Mrs. Fanes; Cecil and Tom Eanes
Sam Eanes
Biscoe
Charles
Anspe A
Robert
John Anes
Maie Snell
Ed Hooper, Jr
Charles Eanes
Fred O. Sink
Charles Young
Eanes
John Eanes
John Hiatt
Alta Yelvington
Charlotte
Jack Wilkerson
Bel Air
Raymond DeVane
Fayetteville
Walter Poole
Salisbury
Rebecca Cecil
Samuel L. Cecil
J. S. Nelson
Mr. Eanes
Arthur Clay Eanes
Mocksville
Davie County
First Methodist Church
Thomas Shell Banes
High Point
Local Delivery Service Seeks New Customers in Thomasville
Two pickups and deliveries weekly with a regular diaper quota. Accepting one new customer now and invites writing or calling to enroll. Serves Thomasville area.
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Thomasville Sud
Invisible powder eyed to curb false fire alarms
Rochester fire officials say fluorescent powder sprayed on fire alarm boxes could cut false alarms. The wartime powder marks alarm ringers under violet light and remains detectable for days. It was shown in court when gloves bore powder traces during a malicious mischief case, a first in New York state.
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Rochester
N. Y
Department
New York State
Jet propulsion and Newtons third law explained
The blast from exploding cases drives a jet plane forward as Newtons third law states every action has an equal and opposite reaction.
Local People and Visitors Update in High Point
Mrs. O S Harville returns home after a three and a half week visit in Florida to relatives in Miami and Tampa. Lewis Buddy Thacker on a 30 day veterans leave with parents at 1612 North Hamilton. Mrs C E Sheloff hosts Miss Lily Egbert from Charlotte. A W Robertson hospitalized at High Point Memorial Hospital improving after surgery. Mrs John T Teague returns home from boulevard unit. Mr and Mrs Bobby Sikes visit Odessa Sikes at 604 East Green. A C Wilson and Walter Wilson plan Florida trip for Daytona Beach races. Stanton Cecil Jr visits from UNC. Mrs H G Rothrock patient at boulevard unit improving after surgery. The great blue heron noted as the Chesterfield of birds. Prior to 1941 French Indo China was divided into Tonkin Laos Annam Cambodia Cochin China.
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Lewis
Buddy) Thacker
Veterans Hospital
Mrs
K. D. Thacker
North
Hamilton Street
C. E. Sheloff
Lily Egbert
Charlotte
Sheloff
Parkway
A. W. Robertson
Sunset Drive
Boulevard
High Point Memorial Hospital
John T. Teague
Bouleard
H. G. Rothrock
Indo-China
Tonkin
Laos
Annam
Cambodia
Cochin China
Birth announcements from High Point area prompt list of newborns
Birth notices from Durham and High Point report Celestine Ellesa Utt born February 16 at Watts hospital Durham. Patricia Gail Wilson born February 21 in Indianapolis. Gary Davis Smith born February 16 at High Point Memorial hospital. Richard Allen Collins born February 20 at Boulevard unit High Point Memorial. Paul Thomas Williams born February 17 at Boulevard unit High Point Memorial. Rebecca Starr Mangum born February 16 at Boulevard unit High Point Memorial. Also includes a note on abacus use by ancient Greeks and Romans and a 1935 diesel horsepower figure.
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Lester Utt
Celestine Ellesa
Watts Hospital
Durham
Patricia Gail Wilson
C. E. Wilson
Indianapolis
Ind
Patricia Gail
Gary Davis Smith
Henry D. Smith
Gary Davis
Washington Street
High Point Memorial Hospital
Richard Allen Collins
Max L. Collins
Arch Street
Richard Allen
Boulevard Unit
Paul Thomas Williams
H. O. Williams
West Farms Avenue
Paul Thomas
Boulevard
Mangum
William C. Mangum
Greensboro Road
Rebecca Starr
Nora Lassiter
Water hosts world’s largest and smallest animals
The article notes that aquatic life spans from tiny one celled amoebas to massive whales. It highlights the diversity of creatures living in water and their vast size range.
Nurses Pass State Examination in North Carolina
A list of 190 graduate nurses who passed the statewide exam by the North Carolina board of nurse examiners was announced by secretary Myra Maxwell. The 200 nurses taking the test earned licensure or recognition for registrations in other states and Canada, with numerous names listed across Asheville Charlotte Greensboro Leaksville Morganton Rutherfordton Shelby Statesville Winston-Salem and more. An aeronautic engineer predicted 2000 commercial airplanes would fly in the U.S. within a few years.
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Nellie Mae Walls
Charlotte
Catherine Rabb
Helen Baily
Billie W. Barnette
Ella Virginia - Blalock
Betty Ruth Buie
Catherine L. Byers
Helen Lucille Cabe
Edna Allene Cagle
Martha Carson
Margaret Dubose
Helen Lennie Echerd
Willie Louise Foglia
Jean P. Gillespie
Elizabeth Grice
Mildred Grice
Betty Maxine Gwyn
Nan Hill
Helen Estelle Halsey
Car
U. S
Ship's Cupboard Stripped on Freeman Voyage
Philadelphia report says Captain H. M. Hirat of the freighter Edward B. Hanes found the ship’s cupboard bare with 4 assorted meats missing along with 300 pounds of bitter and 200 pounds of cheese. The vessel was loading supplies for a voyage to Europe.
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Philadelphia
H. M. Hirat
Edward B. Hanes
Europe
Married GIs Housing Plan at Guilford and Beyond
The article describes a new veterans housing plan with forty units two bedrooms ten three bedrooms and ten one bedroom units. Furnishings match Guilford setup and rent ranges from $15 to $25 monthly for one to three bedroom apartments. A student comments on college affinity amid housing changes. It notes postwar development near Louisiana coast in 1946.
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Ag At
They Igne Ae
Be Po
Guilford
High Point College
Enti
Kan
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Mrs. Eanes
United States
E. Commerce St
Ruth
Ruth Harvey
Lucille’s
Beauty Marjorife Fesperman
Main ST
Clifton Edward Brown
Clifton C. Brown
Winston-Salem
E. G. Updegrove
Gate City Shrine
Greensboro
Cliffie
O. S. Harville
Ardmore Circle
Forrest A. Henderson
Miami
Fla
George Tharin, Jr
Tampa
Bobby Sikes
Denton
Mr. Sikes
Odessa Sikes
East Green Street
A. C. Wilson
Walter Wilson
Florida
Daytona Beach
Stanton Cecil, Jr
The
University of North Carolina
Stanton Cecil
Link Street
UTTS
Ford
J. W. Sechrest & Son
High Point, N. c
N. C
Gertrude Wilburn
Norma Mates
Bertha K Seid Aoe
Opa Lowder
Jessie Voneine
Maa Kinston
Emma L. Chambers
Georgie Lee Ferrell
Ma Frances Ginn
Bernice BE. Jackson
Leaksville
Mary Lyle Thacker
Morganton
Vera Bunchenan
Jessie C. Plercy
Rutherfordton
Dorothy Baynard
Margaret M. Clark
Frennilee G. Hodge
Anne Smith
Vivian Elizabeth Smith
Marian Berg Whitman
Shelby
Virginia E. Byers
Eloise C Crosby
Wille Lee Hodge
Eunice Johnson
Thelma Mae Sipes
Lena Joyce Taylor
Statesville
June Ammon
Ruby Gatton
Hannah Henderson
Joyce Vance
Ruth Reed Young
Helen "Viola Anderson
Anna Katherine Bell
Helen Aston Carr
Thelma G. Driver
Thelma FE. Echerd
Gleonia Farrington
Elsie V. Friddie
Cornelia V. Furbes
Ruth Louie Harrison
Virginia BR. Johnson
Lenna K. Jones
Mary Adalene Kelly
Velma Mason
Wentuaret Mae Morgan
Frances N. McManus
Esther Pegg Parker
Norman Stroscio
Ruby West
Mable Salena Wilson
Amy
Penney
Louisiana
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