Scout Commissioners Outline Program At Lexington Session
District commissioners from six Uwharrie Council districts met at the New Hotel in Lexington to plan the year’s commissioners program. Blake Thompson outlined staff duties, monthly troop visits, and records. district commissioners will meet quarterly in Asheboro Salisbury Thomasville and High Point with several named attendees present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Uwharrie Council Commissioners
Uwharrie Council
Boy Scouts of America
Blake Thompson
B. W.ackney, Jr
Asheboro
Salisbury
Thomasville
High Point
C. W. Grubb
Willie Loflin
S. B. Stedman
Robert Utley
Tolbert Stroud
Elephant tusks grow from the upper jaw
Elephant tusks develop as elongated upper incisor teeth that grow downward from a joint in front of the eye sockets.
Difference in Vision and Insect Size Perception
The eye struggles to detect tiny insects at a yard distance while some birds can spot them from a hundred yards. The note contrasts human and avian vision capabilities and implies sharper bird vision compared to humans at greater ranges.
San Carlos Group Plans Aida Opera in Greensboro
The Lions Club of Greensboro presents the San Carlo Opera Company in Verdi's Aida on Wednesday February 12 at 8 15 p m The committee chairs include advertising direct mail tickets reservations student tickets and more with Raymond Humphries as club president and William S Lupo in charge of arrangements Carlo Peroni directs with Louis Raybaut as stage director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Lions Club
San Carlo Opera Company
Guiseppe Verdi
Raymond Humphries
William S. Lupo
Mr. Lupo
Joseph T. Carruthers, Jr
J. E. Smith
Marvin Sykes
G. P. Forehand
R. R. Mitchell
M. K. Bentley
Kenneth Goodson
H. L. Johnson
J. A. May
O. D. Nelson
P. Lee Smith
George G. Higgins
Frank Johnson
William Stoner
Edgar Allen
Russell Emerson
Frank Hayes
C. E. Kerchner
D. H. Lambeth
H. N. Warner
Aida
Amonasro
Ethiopia
Memphis
Rhadames
Amneris
Carlo Peroni
Louis Raybaut
George Smith and Carl Vann Given Road Terms and Fines
George Crip Smith and Carl Vann were convicted in Greensboro Municipal Court of operating a lottery. Judge Pro Tem Sidney Stern Jr. sentenced Smith to six months on the roads and a $2,000 fine, and Vann to six months on the roads with a $1,000 fine. The case involved wire service testimony and state investigators from the Bureau of Investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
George
Crip) Smith
Guilford
Carl Vann
Sidney Stern, Jr
Stern
Smith
Vann
H. L. Pierce
State Bureau of Investigation
Smith Brothers
N. O
Theodore Gibson
Salisbury
George Smith
Thomasville
Burlington
Gibson
Dutch” Smith
Sedgefield
Wilkerson
Kyle Harris
Herbert Wood
Four Selected In 2nd Call Of Local Draft Board No. 4
Local draft board No. 4 lists eight men for induction at Fort Bragg on January 16 eight white. four are selected draftees Boyd Adolphus Misenheimer Neil Alton Saunders Roy Wester Marsh Rhuell Martin Harris and four volunteers Fletcher Forest Hawkins James Randolph Sloop William Thurman Jones Herman Allen Hethcox for one year. If any draftees do not report the board will fill with Cornelius Bryant Darnell John Philip Sink Giles McDonald age Walter Raymond ann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Bragg
J. D. Ross
Ross
Eatons
Boyd Adolphus Misenheimer
Neil Alton Saunders
Roy Wester Marsh
Rhuell
Cotton Stamp Plan May Be Established
Miss Utha Gray Smith of the Surplus Marketing Administration announced that the Cotton Stamp Plan is likely to take effect in the district within a month. She noted the Food Stamp Plan has grown since its June opening with 218 areas and about 38 million people served nationwide by October 31 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utha Gray Smith
Surplus Marketing Administration and Food Stamp Plan
High Point
United States
Seven Local Men Enlist in Army Training Camps
Sergeant Jennings Smith announced seven men from the local office have been sent to training camps for three-year terms. Five hail from High Point with others from Trinity and Lexington. Enlistees include Olin M. Davis and Lidor Jones in field artillery and coast artillery, Harold Sexton in infantry, George Culler in infantry, Carl Hines, and Ralph Morris in the air corps, with assignments to MacDill Field Fort Jackson Hawaii and Fort Benning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennings Smith
High Point
Trinity
Lexington
Smith
Olin M. Davis
Marsh Street
Air Corps
MacDill Field
Tampa
Fla
Tommy Leonard
Young Street
Lidor Jones
Castle Street
Field Artillery
Fort Jackson
S. C
George W. Culler
Mendenhall Street
Infantry
Hawaii
Carl G. Hines
Federal men to come for Claude Chambers
Federal Alcohol Tax Unit officers were summoned to High Point to handle the case of Claude Chambers a 25 year old parolee from High Point route 2 who was arrested with 20 gallons of non tax paid whiskey in his car. Police report Chambers had been sentenced to Atlanta prison on a liquor charge and his probation would expire at midnight tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Alcoholic Tax Unit
High Point
Claude Chambers
Route 2
W. G. Friddle
Police
Chambers
Atlanta
Kivett Drive
Tax Listings Target May End Time
Tax collectors report daily averages around 400 with a goal to exceed 500 for month end. T R Short, in charge, announced the collections office will stay open tonight from 7 to 9 for the benefit of taxpayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. R. Short
Meeting Called On City Salary System Revisions
Chairman Amos R. Kearns calls tomorrow’s City Council Salary Committee meeting to plan wage and salary mixes and minima for city employees. The group will meet at 11 in the mayor’s office, with Mayor Kirkman and several councilmen present to discuss classifications and schedules based on the Chicago Public Administration Service table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos R. Kearns
Civil Service Commission
Kearns
C., A. Lewis
R. H. Sechrest
Earl N. Phillips
O. Arthur Kirkman
Public Administration Service of
Chicago
Atlantic Insurance plans 9500 garage on North Wrenn Street
An application for a building permit was filed by Atlantic Insurance and Realty Company for a 60 by 200 foot brick and concrete garage on North Wrenn Street next to the city garage. The one story structure will be leased to Main Motors, Inc. Desk and Younts is the contractor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Insurance and Realty Company
Wrenn Street
Main Motors, Inc
North Main Street
Desk and Younts
Also Mentioned on This Page
Goodrich Battery
Goodrich
Society of Automotive Engineers
Coodrich Glasstex Atteries
At’ Goodrich
Aser
Model 407
XI Ae
Malin Street
Page
Robert Perry Renfrow
Wade P. Renfrow
Louise Avenue
North Carolina General Assembly
Bobby
Ray Street
San Carlos Group
Opera
Greensboro Lions Club
Ke On
Armstrong
Rose Furniture
South Main
New Bissell
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