New Year Welcomed Quietly Across High Point and Thomasville
High Point reported one case of public drunkenness in 24 hours ending noon today with nine arrests total, plus a minor traffic collision and a city employee fight sending three to hospital. In Thomasville, New Year’s Eve passed quietly with few disturbances, a motorcyle crash, a shooting in another city, and warmer weather marked the turn of 1948.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
English and
Highway 10
Donald Skintosh
Greenway Drive
James O. Dudley
Lee Hall
Eration Company
Greensboro
D. S. Lee
Thomasville
Carl Y Weekly Dies After Brief Illness at 46
Carl Young Weekly aged 46 of 1120 Gordon Street died at a local hospital at 12 25 PM after two years of ill health. A High Point resident since 1925, he worked with his father at Five Points Service Station and later with Tomlinson's of High Point. He belonged to Wesley Memorial Methodist Church and is survived by wife Fannie Greenway Weekly, two children Jean Weekly and Carl Y Weekly Jr, a former wife Mrs J Plyett Jr of Washington NC, his father Luther Weekly and half brother W R Waldron. Funeral Friday at 10 30 from Sechrest Funeral Home with burial at Guilford Memorial Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Young
Gordon Street
Five Points
Tomlinson’s
High Point
Wesley Memorial
Paul Hardin, Jr
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
T. E. Strickland
Lindsay Memorial Methodist Church
Guilford Memorial Park
Sechrests
School Board Seeks Bids On Junior High Additions
The High Point city school board authorized bids for additions to Junior high and Oak Hill elementary schools. Bids open January 21. Junior high adds include six regular and special rooms, two toilets, three corridors. Oak Hill four classrooms and a staircase. Architects Voorhees Everhart and Tyson Ferree. Administration building plans aim for January 20 approval. Tract census plan endorsed for Guilford County schools. Mrs. Pratt Whitesell replaces Mae Womble Burns at Brentwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point City
Oak Hill
Voorhees and Everhart
Tyson T. Ferree
Venable Streets
Guilford County
Pratt Whitesell
Mae Womble Burns
Brentwood School
Rent Boosts Total 725 In High Point
Landlords and tenants in High Point filed about 725 voluntary leases agreeing to 15 percent rent increases in 1948. J. F. Jones, head of the rent control office, said most came from local real estate agencies that prepared a sample lease approved by local attorneys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
J. F. Jones
Rent Control Office
Jones
Holcomb Infant First Child Born Here in New Year
Wanda Kay Holcomb is High Point Memorial hospital's first baby of 1948 born at 6:20 AM. Daughter of J. W. and Mrs. Holcomb, the couple reside at Millikan Hall with father a GI student at High Point College.
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High Point
Boulevard
High Point Memorial Hospital
J. W. Holcomb
High Point College
Papa Holcomb
Mama Holcomb
Millikan Hall
Wanda Kay
Cafe Operator Charged With Murder Near Greensboro
Fred Warren operator of the Midway Diner was charged with murder in the shooting of 20 year old Thomasville youth Joe Daniel Smith at the diner door. Warren posted 1500 bond for a January 8 hearing to determine probable cause for grand jury binding, as two other youths were held on breaking and entering charges. Funeral services for Smith were planned in Thomasville.
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The
Enterprise
Fred Warren
Midway
Greensboro
Guilford County
Joe Daniel Smith
Thomasville
Warren
Smith
Municipal County
Clarence “Junior” Holmes
Joe Kincaid
Pomona
Kincaid
St. Leo's Hospital
Holmes
Walters
Homer Smith
Concord = street
Church of God
Negro Slated To Pay With Life Tomorrow
Raleigh January 1 Frank Black a 50 year old Black man will die in the gas chamber tomorrow for the brutal murder of Kinston cab driver William Lester Corey. Governor Cherry said he studied the record and found the evidence overwhelming, leaving no way to intervene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Frank Black
Funeral Rites for E. Z. Smith in Thomasville
Funeral services for E. Z. Smith Sr. 73 Spanish American War veteran and former Carolina Avenue Baptist church superintendent were held Tuesday afternoon in Thomasville. Rev. C. M. Oates led with Rev. David Oldham and Rev. Ray Billings assisting. Grandchildren carried flowers and pallbearers included Ervin Gallimore and James Smith. A quartet sang hymns as Miss Peggy Martin accompanied on piano. Interment was in the family plot at Thomasville City Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
E. Z. Smith
Carolina Avenue Baptist Church
Peggy Martin
Stocking Fund Totals Reach 3802 For 1947 Campaign
High Point reports the Empty Stocking Fund for 1947 raised 3802 dollars and one cent, with a final donation of 100 dollars from Mr. and Mrs. John W. Dyer. Covington credits a broader food variety due to improved committee effort and publicly thanks numerous citizens and firefighters aiding the drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
George Covington
John W. Dyer
Covington
Gladys Kivett
Marjorie Hodgin
Adj
W. C Dennis
R. D. Evans
J. B. Farlow
J. R.gallimore
E. R. Gay
R. B. Hoskins
H. Ae R. Long
R. O. Lawson
C. Lambert
W. C Moser
J. A. Sneee Jr
Teddie Priest
K. R. Rich
H. T. Giggins
W. W. Samuels
G. R. Shelton
W. P. Surrett
H. FE
H. M. Smith
T. G. Shelton
P. C. Sprinkle
T. G. Womack
B. C. Wrenn
W. B. Wagner
W. T. White
J. L. White, Jr
Clyde Wilkerson
J. L. Medlin
W. D. McCaslin
R. C. Plummer
Patrolmen Clean Highway Accident Map of 67 Pins
Local state highway patrolmen reviewed a 1947 accident map showing 67 pins. Red pins denote six highway deaths. yellow pins 27 personal injury accidents. blue pins 34 property damage incidents. Most pins lie outside High Point city limits with locations in Davidson and Forsyth counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Davidson County
Forsyth County
Group Forms to Study Life Insurance Tax Reform
A joint committee led by A. J. McAndless of Lincoln National Life reviews the federal income tax formula for life insurers as rates fall and 1947 business may owe little or no tax. The effort, backed by the American Life Convention and Life Insurance Association of America, seeks fair, equitable taxation without harming policyholders, with broader state and other taxes also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Institute of Life Insurance
Treasury Department
American Life Convention
Life Insurance Association of America
Treasury
A. J. McAndless
Lincoln National Life Insurance Company
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Congress
Institute
Thom asville Sons of America to Install Officers Tonight
Thom asville will host the Patriotic Order of the Sons of America installation of officers at 7 30 PM in the lodge hall. Incoming recording secretary James Barber says special guests include state secretary D W McCulloch and state president Ray P Lylerly along with district president Rev R L Smith. Ten officers will be installed and six members will receive 25 year service pins. The Piedmont district conference in Thom asville is planned for January 17 at 3 PM with representatives from district chapters expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
The
Patriotic Order of the Sons of America
Lodge
James Barber
D. W. McCulloch
Lexington
Ray P. Lylerly
Faith
R. L. Smith
High Point
J. D. Atwood
Eugene Smith
Sidney Underwood
Carl Garrett
H. Culbreth
Richard Jarrett
Bertie Beck
Walter Matthews
James Peary
D. E. Meredith
N. A. Harris
Drew Smith
J. W. Boyles
L. F
Doc) Sink
J. A. Brown
W. T. Murphy
D. E. Murphy
K. L. Long
Barber
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Marsh
Alex Marsh
Otterayive
Mackintosh
J. W. Morris
J. A. Lewis
Steele Street
Morris
Lewis
Emorial Hospital
Lee Miller
Eleanora Miller
Carl Y. Weekly
Sheriff's Department
England
L. A. Dickens
Holcomb
Wagger's
Ebony
Ivory
Thomasville City Cemetery
Coronation Diamonds
Wagger
Lady Annette
Wagger’s Elwood Hotel Corner
Canterbury
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