Valuation Tax Plan Revised in Thomasville
Thomasville on January 4 1951 adopts new tax valuation methods for city and county listers. New houses inventories and personal property to be listed at 50 percent of known value with appraisers visiting to verify. Household furniture listed at 15 to 20 percent of home value, with exceptions noted for claims under 15 percent. Davidson county officials enforce oath signing at listing. Jay Howard county tax supervisor outlines changes under county commissioners directive.
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Thomasville
Listers
Davidson County
Jay Howard
Officer Quits Position In Davidson
Jon H. Hege Jr county service officer resigned effective last Tuesday at a Lexington county commissioners meeting. He cited financial reasons noting his salary of 200 dollars plus 50 annuity per month was not enough. County Manager Jay Howard will supervise the office while a successor is chosen as the service office moves to the courthouse basement in Thomasville.
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Thomasville
Jon H. Hege, Jr
Lexington
Hege
Commiss
County Ioners
Jay Howard
Howard
Reckless Driving Charge Against Dorsett After Wreck
John H. Dorsett of 240 Boulevard was charged with reckless driving by state highway patrol after a two vehicle accident that injured a passenger. The injured person received treatment at High Point Memorial Hospital. Dorsett faces the charge in Municipal County Court in Greensboro next Wednesday.
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John H. Dorsett
240 Boulevard
Accioneer
High Point Memorial Hospital
Dorsett
Municipal County
Greensboro
Plans for Thomasville Orphanage Buildings Approved
Thomasville January meeting of the Baptist Orphanage board of trustees focused on infirmary church and print shop buildings funded by the idol will totaling over 500000. The infirmary and church would be named for Lelia Idol and Mrs Sarah Idol with bids to be solicited after sketches reviewed January 30.
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The
Baptist Orphanage Board of Trustees
Mills Home
Thomasville
Millis Home
Robert M. Idol
Winston- Salemi
Sng
Idol
Lelia M. Idol
Sarah Weston Idol
Mackin and Stinson
Winston-Salem
Stinson Stathot
John Fitzgerald Breaks Away From Camp Again
John Fitzgerald a 35 year old Thomasville escapee from the Orange County prison camp remains at large with two other convicts after a dawn escape. Police warn the public as Shanklin the guard injured in the breakout lies in Duke Hospital in good condition. Fitzgerald previously escaped November 4 from the same camp and was recaptured in High Point two days later.
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Thomasville
John Fitzgerald
Orange County
Fitzgerald
Davidson County
Orange
High Point
Yungeeee
Durham
Alex Shanklin
Hillsboro
Duke Hospital
Shanklin
Mebane
Norman Hart
John E. Fitzgerald
Ray Cummngs
Saturday Evening Post to Feature High Point Soldier Story
The Saturday Evening Post will publish How God Saved Me In Korea by Bill Currie about Pvt. Robert L. Sharpe of High Point. He survived the Sunchon massacre, survived a death march, endured three months of torture, and returned with wounds. The issue will include photos from High Point and Korea.
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Korea
Robert L. Sharpe
High Point
Bill Currie
The
Enterprise
Saturday Evening Post
Sunchon
North Korea
Sharpe
M. A. Sharpe
Japan
the Post
Orphanage Buildings Discussed and Planned Improvements
The meeting reviewed the Mitchell and Biggs cottages aging structures dating back to 1886 and over 50 years old. Drain tile installation from behind the gym to the print shop was authorized at an estimated cost of 1 500 dollars. A 1951 budget was outlined for discussion at the January 30 session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bess D. Scott
Charlotte
Mitchell
Biggs
R. E. Muth
Eceacengian
Come
Kinston
J. E. Conrad
Winston-Salem Tobacco Company
H. Cloyd Philpott
Lexington Furniture
J. E. Broyhill
Lenoir
Ingram P. Hedgepeth
Lumberton
W. E. Stanley
Durhamty
Firemen Extinguish Grass Fire in Thomasville
Thomasville residents reported a grass blaze behind a home at 312 Wood Street yesterday around 5 p.m. Firemen extinguished the fire with no damage or injuries reported.
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Thomasville
Wood Street
Grand Mesa Largest Flat Top Mountain in Colorado
Colorado's Grand Mesa in Mesa County is the state's largest flat top mountain. It rises to about 10,500 feet, spans 53 square miles and features roughly 400 lakes. It was formed by a lava flow 100 to 400 feet thick.
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Grand Junction
Colo
Colorado
Grand Mesa
Recruiting Office Here Sets Pace in December Enlistments
M/Sgt. Richard Burpo touts the local station as leading North Carolina in recruitments for December with 92 enrollments, 80 into the air force and 12 into the army. Raleigh office second. High Point ace canvasser S Sgt. Norman Dean logged 56, double his nearest rival.
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Richard Burpo
Raleigh
Burpo
Air Force
Army
High Point
Norman Dean
North Carolina
Burpe
Purpo
Randolph
Davidson Counties
Catholic Services On Friday And Saturday In Honor Of Sacred Heart
Two Catholic services are planned at Immaculate Heart of Mary on Montlieu Avenue. Friday mass at 8 30 a m honors the Sacred Heart of Jesus led by Rev Robert J MacMillan. Saturday mass at 9 a m honors Our Lady of Fatima with Communion listed at 6 30 7 00 and 7 30 a m. Benediction and special prayers will follow both services.
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Immaculate Heart of Mary
Montlieu Avenue
Sacred Heart of Jesus
Robert J. MacMillan
Our Lady of Fatima
Father backing car injures Greensboro child
Clyde Douglas Brawley two son of Mr and Mrs Tom Brawley of Greensboro Rt 3 was seriously injured when a car his father was driving backed over him. He was taken to High Point Memorial hospital and operated on with his condition improving to satisfactory. State Highway Patrolman Dave Mount investigated the 8 45 pm accident.
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Clyde Douglas Brawley
Tom Brawley
Greensboro Rt. 3
High Point Memorial Hospital
St&te
Dave Mount
Georgia Man Named Executive Secretary of Family Service Bureau
John W. Starr Jr of Albany Georgia is named executive secretary of the High Point Family Service bureau replacing Henry Collier Ellis Jr Starr is a 1946 UNC sociology graduate with a MA from Western Reserve 1950 He served as a B 24 pilot in WWII and holds a 1st Lt USAF reserve commission. The bureau founded in 1940 supports relief employment medical care education and family problem solutions.
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John W. Starr, Jr
Albany
Georgia
Family Service Bureau
Henrs. Collier Ellis, Jr
High Point
Starr
Savannah
University of North Carolina
Western Reserve University
Cleveland
Ohio
Western Reserve
Army Air
Air Force Reserve
Junior Service League
Red Feather
Community Chest
Recreation Meetings To Be Held Here In High Point
High Point will host a state recreation leadership training institute for arts and crafts from February 26 to March 1 and March 5 to 8. Sponsors are the North Carolina Recreation Commission and Society with Frank Staples supervising. Carl Plate invites local leaders to join and notes training improves program function.
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High Point
Carl Plate
North Carolina Recreation Commission
The
North Carolina Recreation Society
Frank Staples
National Recreation Association
Plate
Russia described as ruthless enemy by local banker
Robert M. Hanes, president of Wachovia Bank and Trust, told Rotary and Civitan members the Soviet Union is a ruthless ungodly lying foe bent on destroying free economies. He praised ECA, Marshall Plan gains, Western Europe and Germany, urged European political and military unity, and warned of Moscow’s aims in Berlin and Korea.
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Robert M. Hanes
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
Russia
Hanes
Economic Co-operation Administration
Europe
Germany
Rotary and Civitan
Sheraton Hotel
American Bankers Association
ECA
Paul Hoffman
John J. McCloy
United States
Western
Maxwell D. Taylor
Berlin
Mr. Hanes
Winston-Salem
Akter
Red Sea
Rotarians
Lwe
Kremlin
Civitans
Court Reports $203,406 in Municipal Collections
Municipal court handled $203,406 in fees costs and disbursements over the past year per Court Clerk Marvin Nash. City of High Point receives $37,362. county school fund $38,170. officer pension fund $2,804. state tax $6,606. other disbursements and judgments $118,463. The year included 62 night courts 5249 warrants issued 457 civil actions filed and 615 appeals to Superior court including 510 outright and 105 bound over. 404 prison sentences totaled 107 years on state roads and workhouses.
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Marvin Nash
High Point
County School Fund
Officer's Pension Fund
Auto Larceny Charged to Bill Kassell
Bill Kassell, 16, of 711 Granby street was arrested on auto larceny charges after allegedly stealing a vehicle owned by Lewis Motor company. Bond set at $1,000. vehicle recovered. Sanford F. Ball, Jr., 18, of 903 Short street also arrested for contributing to delinquency of a minor. Complainant was Mrs. Mabel Hargett, city girls commissioner.
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Bill Kassell
Granby Street
Kassell
Lewis Motor Company
Sanford F. Ball, Jr
Short Street
Mabel Hargett
Jaycees Dinner Meeting Planned in Thomasville
Jaycees will hold a seven o'clock dinner meeting at the Woman's Club in Thomasville. It will be the monthly business session with plans for a March of Dimes drive and the Young Man of the Year selection.
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Thomasville
Jaycees
Woman's Club
No Decision In Foust Case Delayed Until January 15
A municipal court hearing in the Foust case was moved to January 15 as no judge or parties appeared. The couple’s dispute centers on alimony, property control, and alleged abuse with counterclaims requesting dismissal and a divorce from bed and board. Other yesterday’s actions include abandonment, larceny, and assault cases with various outcomes and bond details.
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County
Foust
Eg Machine Company
New Hanover County
Carolina Beach
Earl Craven
Ward Street
Clyde W. Leftwich
Hoover Street
Ralph Dunlap
Norm Hensley
Clara Cox
Dock Deaton
Nathan Hunt
Ahneon
William Carter
Martin Street
Homer Prim
East Willis
Adalberto Contrersa
Ft. Bragg
Leath Cardona Jones
South
George W. Jones
South Main Street
Helpful Burglar Returns to Scene In German News Office
A shabby youth burst into a Düsseldorf newspaper office claiming a dawn break in, stating a burglar smashed a store window stole liquor, then posed as a witness. He told a tale and promised more, collected a dollar for the story, and was arrested by awaiting police the next day.
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Dusseldorf
Germany
UN- IK
Jewish schoolchildren cross lines in Jerusalem border zones
In Tel Aviv reports describe Jewish pupils crossing Israeli lines into Arab zones near the walled Old City of Jerusalem. They avoid greetings with frontier guards and try to say both 'Salem aleikhum' and 'Shalom' to guards, both meaning I wish you peace.
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Tel Aviv
Weyre
Old City
Jerusalem
Salem Aleikhum
Shalom
Emory and Henry to face Lincoln Memorial in opener
Richmond area college basketball notes show Emory and Henry with a 4 2 record meeting Lincoln Memorial at Emory tonight in a rare state program single game. The University of Richmond Spiders edged Hampden Sydney in a dramatic late thriller last night.
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Richmond
Emory and Henry's
Wasps
Lincoln Memorial J
Emory
University of Richmond Spiders
Hampden-Sydney Tigers
Community Foundation's Drive Tops $100000 Goal
The Community Foundation in Thomasville reports its $100,000 fund drive surpassed its goal yesterday with a late contribution. Funds will aid a civic center purchase renovation and cover part of a $500,000 hospital addition. Bids for the hospital project go up January 26.
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Thomasville
Community Foundation
R. L
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Davidson
I. G. Greer
Chapel Hill
W. C. Reed
J. B. Willis
Hamiet
Chapel Hills
West Hillsboro
Robert Sharpe
Eneres Oe
Hill Foust
Virginia
Foundation
Hubert Henderson
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