New Century Opens with High Point Prosperity and Charity
Edward Y. Mitchell notes High Point ends the year with its best business year yet and a confident start to the new era. He highlights the Christmas fund drive success and a Tide of Toys effort for Europe via American Legion posts, with toy drop options at fire stations or the legion home. He also previews the 1950 football season opening and UNC facing Rice in the Cotton Bowl amid doubts about a Tar Heel victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Europe
American Legion
Wartorn
Legion
West High Street
University of North Carolina
Tar Heels
Georgia
Oklahoma
Chapel Eleven
Rice
Dallas
Texas
Jess Neeley
North Carolina
Duke
Carolina
Doubt Over Beer and Wine Election Follows Petitions
In Guilford County some doubt remains whether a beer and wine election will be held next spring as Allied Church League seeks. Petition checks show some signers may be unregistered, delaying final verdict after elections board review.
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Allied Church League
League
Guilford County Elections Board
Elections Board
High Point
Wade Renfrew
County Elections Board
Renfrew
Speculation of Klan activity in North Carolina towns grows
Reports claim Ku Klux Klan klaverns are active in Charlotte and Gastonia with Greensboro eyed next. Officials warn about masked participation. Gastonia Klavern cites doctors pastors and police among members while leaders pledge law abiding conduct and allegiance to white supremacy.
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Klaverns
Ku Klux Klan
Charlotte
Gastonia
Greensboro
High Point
We Klan For
Thomas L. Hamilton
Associated Carolinas Klans
North Carolina
Tommy H. Panther
Gastonia Klavern
Stoker
Grand Dragon
Hamilton
Panther
Klan
Tax Listing Begins Monday At County Tax Office
Four extra clerks will assist the county tax office in listing taxes at the county building starting Monday. The deadline for listing all personal property is January 31. Office hours are 8 45 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 8 45 a.m. to 12 30 p.m. Saturdays. Clerks include C S Murphy E G Allman Joe D Leonard and Louise Wood with I Black Clifton Surrett W G Ralston and J H Oglesby as additional listers. Wood handles the business corporation phase of listings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herb Wood
S. Murphy
E. G. Allman
Joe D. Leonard
Louise Wood
I. Black
Clifton, Surrett
W. G. Ralston
J. H. Oglesby
Wood
Business Corporation
Employment Office Hours Are Changed
The local Employment Security Offices switch to a 40 hour week from 8 am to 5 pm five days a week starting January 3. Offices close Saturdays, with a one hour longer weekend. They will be closed January 2 for New Year. Claimants due Monday report Tuesday January 3 and file two claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph E. Miller
Miller
State Personnel Commission
Hundreds Rush To Pay Tax Bills
Hundreds flocked to the county building to pay 1949 tax bills before February penalties. Tax office supervisor Herb Wood expected a higher payment rate this year and said a full report would be available by mid next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herb Wood
Citywide Holiday Schedule Leaves Most Closed Monday
High Point residents enjoy a broad holiday on Monday with city offices closed except for essential services. Schools will operate, banks and most stores shut, federal employees off, and the post office limited to special delivery only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
City Hall
Revenue Office Adopts Five Day Week Schedule
The North Carolina Department of Revenue office in the county building will operate five days a week starting January 1. The state office will be closed for New Year’s Day but will then run Monday to Friday, with Saturdays closed.
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North Carolina
Coal Supplies Seen Narrow As 1949 Wraps Up
High Point coal dealers report a tight supply with mines operating only three days weekly. Industry enjoys some priority over households, but overall the outlook is tense. A five day week by miners could avert shortages, but wage contract stalemate with operators remains unresolved.
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High Point
Lewis
Medical Staff Names Officers At High Point Memorial
During a Friday meeting at High Point Memorial Hospital the medical staff elected officers headed by Dr. Philip B. Davis as chief of staff and Dr. William H. Flythe as associate chief. Dr. Kenneth M. Cheek was secretary. terms were set for executive and credentials committees with multiple doctors elected to three two and one year terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Memorial Hospital
Philip B. Davis
Karl Shepard
William H. Flythe
George T. Wood
Kenneth M. Cheek
W. H. Flythe
Thomas D Tyson, Jr
Walter T. Tice
Cupid Strikes Late For Six Marriage Licenses
The county records show six couples purchased marriage licenses. Ages listed include 68 and 65 for one pair and 55 and 56 for another. Licenses issued to James Jaymore and Doris Duncan of High Point, E C Davis and Etta Stalling of High Point, Hugh Edwards Jr and Marjorie Bryant of Winston Salem, Seldon P Gammons and Frances Simmons of Mt Airy, Nathaniel Ingram and Dorothy Livington of High Point, Roland K Williams and Wilma Smith Williams of Winston Salem, Frances Hollingsworth of High Point and Agnes Harkovich of Pittsburgh Pa, S R Snider of Climax and Mae Johnson of Greensboro.
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Cupid
James Jaymore
Doris Duncan
High Point
E. C. Davis
Etta Stalling
Hugh Edwards, Jr
Marjorie Jane Bryant
Winston-Salem
Seldon P. Gammons
Frances Evelyn Simmons
Mt. Airy
Nathaniel Ingram
Dorothy Livington
Roland K. Williams
Wilma Smith Williams
Frances Hollingsworth
Agnes Harkovich
Pittsburg
S. R. Snider
Climax
Mae Johnson
Greensboro
Traffic Accidents In High Point Rise In 1949
The 1949 tally shows 367 accidents in High Point, about 22 percent higher than 1948, with one fatality as of September and two involving a near-fatal crash, including a 16 year old girl who died before her wedding. The city earned prizes for pedestrian safety due to school patrols driver training and education efforts. Officials vow improvements in the new year.
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Jonathon Sechrest
Carpenter
Main Street
Alta Burchett
Glenola
John F. Hiatt
High Point
Carolinas
American Automobile Association
Police Department
J. R. Teague
Mental Expert To Perform For Executives
Dr Franz J Polgar a mental telepathist memory expert and hypnotist will headline the High Point Executives club meeting January 1. Known for thought transference mind reading and tests of suggestion his reputation spans international scientific lecture entertainment and ESP research. The article also notes a broader update on adult evening school programs and vocational training in High Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franz J. Polgar
High Point Executives Club
Noble T. Praigg
Dr. Polgar
Freud
Sandor Ferenczi
University of Budapest
Polgar
Budapest
Secret Service
America
United States
Looking Back at 1930 and 1940 New Year Forecasts and Conflicts
January 1, 1930 reports a cabinet forecast of progress for 1930 and closer ties between government and business farming. New York welcomes the New Year with 200000 revelers on Broadway as 150 federal agents raid 17 night spots. Debates over Prohibition color predictions for 1930 with officials and anti prohibition leaders offering optimistic and grim views. January 1, 1940 notes Japanese planes claim 21 Chinese aircraft shot down and Haifeng Kunming railway bombing near French Indo China border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cabinet For Finance, Commerce and Agriculture
York
Broadway
United States
Associated Press
South
China
Haifeng-Kunming
Indo-China
Managers' Meet Held by North Carolina City Leaders
The North Carolina City Managers' Association will hold its mid winter meeting at Pinehurst on February 4 and 5. City Manager T. E. Hinson announced the gathering and serves as association president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
City Managers’ Association
Pinehurst
T. E. Hinson
Association
Permits Hit Record as High Point Building Boom Surges
Enterprise staff writer reports a record 5.07 million in 1949 building permits in High Point with 1,157 total permits. Non residential work led while 251 homes were built, and October totaled 1.05 million. Major projects include High Point Memorial hospital addition and YMCA construction.
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High Point Memorial Hospital
YMCA
High Point
Negro Arrested With 14 Pints Of Whiskey
Spencer L. Jackson a 32 year old Negro taxi driver was booked on a prohibition violation after noon yesterday Police reported he had 14 pints of tax paid liquor and two pints of gin when arrested Jackson posted a 300 bond and was released. One officer said he was getting set for the New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer L. Jackson
Jackson
New York
Warrants To Be Issued For Those With Unpaid Tickets
Police Chief C C Stoker says warrants will be issued soon for motorists with unpaid parking tickets from 1949. Of 15 876 tickets written that year only 5 206 were paid, 32.7 percent, down slightly from 33.2 percent in 1948.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Stoker
Sara Cook
Traffic Bureau
Louis J. Fisher
Harry McMullan
WSJS Plans Cotton Bowl Broadcast With UNC game
Winston-Salem station WSJS will air the Rice versus North Carolina Cotton Bowl game from Dallas. The station begins at 2 PM EST Monday with Bill Stern providing play by play via NBC Coast-to-Coast hookup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston-Salem
WSJS
University of North Carolina
Rice
Dallas
Texas
Bill Stern
National Broadcasting Company
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Edward Y. Mitchell
KKK
Revenue Office
C. L. Gray
Craig Parks
Kenneth B. Geddie
Pranz Polgar
Vocational Department of the
City Schools of
State Department of Vocational Education
Harry Hendros
F. Scott McBride
Anti- Saloon League
Enforcement Administration
Hoover
Association Against the Prohibition
Henry H. Curran
Fred Flagler
Enterprise
City Building Division
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