From wooded Arm strong Park to future city center site
The Arm strong Park project in High Point shifts from a neglected 10 acre wooded area to a potential community park with grading, grass planting, and future playgrounds, picnic areas, and two springs. Parks director Shore Neal envisions a municipal auditorium someday but emphasizes cost and public support.
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Municipal
Parks and Recreation
Shore Neal
Armstrong Park
Public Works Office
Parks Commission
Neal
Neil
High Point
Armstrome Park
Tuesday Garden Club Hosts Afternoon Meeting
Mrs. J. W. Montgomery and Mrs. Dale Montgomery will host the garden club gathering Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock at their home 901 West Bay Street.
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J. W. Montgomery
Dale Montgomery
West Bay Street
VFW Auxiliary To Meet Men Meeting Planned
VFW Auxiliary To Meet Men will convene Monday night with Mrs. Pete Kennedy presiding during the session.
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VFW
Pentagon Club Meeting With Mrs Leon Bernard
The Pentagon club will meet Monday night at 8 o'clock at Mrs Leon Bernard's home located at 713 West Farriss Avenue.
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Pentagon Club
Leon Bernard
West Farriss Avenue
Bridal Party Honors Boots Lee Before February Wedding
Miss Boots Lee bride elect of February to wed Joel Williams is honored at a mixed shower hosted by Mrs. J W Johnson Mrs Roy Burge and Mrs J W Coltrane on Steele Street. The 45 guests enjoyed bridal games corsage gardenias gladioli and a green and white dessert. A miniature couple centerpiece and a percolator gift highlighted the event with Mrs Myron Yokely directing activities. The notice also mentions the U S Bureau of Mines developing a quartz grain detection method in rock particles.
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Boots Lee
Joel Williams
J. W. Johnson
Roy Burge
J. W. Coltrane
Johnson
Steele Street
Miss Lee
Myron Yokely
J. A. Lee
A. E. Williams
Local Police Strike White Liquor Traffic Heavy Blow
High Point police reported two major disruptions of white whiskey traffic in the colored sections Friday and Saturday. Detectives found a sawdust buried trap under Butler's Wood yard containing a full case of six gallons. A dog house trap was also uncovered. Two men, Jesse McNair and Oll Blakney, were arrested on Hoover Street with a Ford coach seized. Bill Butler was jailed on prohibition violations.
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High Point
Butler
Railroad Street
Wallace Highfill
Hoover Street
Bill Butler
Woodyard
Jesse Junior McNair
Oll Blakney
DAR Chapter To Elect Delegates
The Alex Martin chapter Daughters of the American Revolution will hold a Tuesday 3 pm meeting at Mrs. J. E. Marsh’s South Main Street with assistant hostesses Mesdames Brockman Kearns Mary Kearns Stirwall Thornton Proctor Hill Coffield. Delegates are to be elected for the state conference in March in Charlotte and the National Congress in April in Washington DC.
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Alex Martin
Daughters of the American Revolution
J. E. Marsh
South Main Street
H. L. Brockman
T. A. Kearns
Mary Kearns
N. S. Stirwall
Harry Thornton
C. K. Proctor
Ben Hill
H. [. Coffield
Charlotte
Washington, D. C
Bridge Winners Named At Emerywood Country Club
The regular Saturday afternoon duplicate bridge tournament at Emerywood Country Club crowned North-South winners Mrs Harold McKee and Mrs Sara Porter first and Mrs Lawrence Ingram with Mrs J T Ryan second. East-West victors were Mrs W T Hazelwood and Mrs E T Howard first and Mrs R D Tillson with Mrs J O Hauschild second. Unfermented coffee grounds are not a fertilizer.
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Emerywood Country Club
Harold McKee
Sara Porter
Lawrence Ingram
J. T. Ryan
W. T. Hazelwood
E. T. Howard
R. D. Tillson
J. O. Hauschild
Can't Cook Ends Life Before Wedding in Tokyo
Mitsu Masuda, 21, a Tokyo bank employee and bride-to-be, committed suicide on the eve of her wedding. She left a farewell note citing self‑doubt as a cook and sewer, though she was skilled with the abacus.
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Tokyo
Ins
Mitsu Masuda
Friendly Garden Club Meet With Mrs. Frazier
The Friendly Garden club will meet with Mrs. D. O. Frazier at 714 Montheu on Wednesday afternoon at 2 30. The Institute of Scrap Iron and Steel reports that scrap demand fell in 1949 for the first time since 1946.
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Friendly Garden Club
D. O. Frazier
Montheu
Institute of Scrap Iron and Steel
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Jor Brown
Enterprise
Richard P. Royer
Shirley and
East Farms Avenues
Blain Street
Brookside
Roger
Bruce Armstrong Memorial
Pete Kennedy
Pentagon
The
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Queen Quality
Tweedies
Life Stride
Quality Shoe Store
McNair
Dar
Married
Orient
Bendix Television
Admiral Television
Lilley
Linding
Main ST
Twree Weekly
Waughtown Street
Winston-Salem
N. C
DIAL
MS. Forrest
Dy-Dee Supply CO
North Carolina
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