High Point Health Department Seeks Space and Expanded Program
A report by Dr. Loren Wallin on the High Point health department as of December 31 1948 details staffing of a full time health officer eight nurses three sanitarians one public health investigator and one lab tech plus four private physicians. It notes inadequate housing on North Wrenn Street and outlines diverse activities from communicable disease control to maternal and infant hygiene with a projection that six more months are needed to develop the program.
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Health Department
Igh
Wrenn Street
Wallin
High Point
Youths Linked With Sears Breakin On Trial Tuesday
Guilford Superior court opens with 68 cases listed for trial over five days Judge George A. Shuford presiding Prosecutors Charles T. Hagan Jr and James W Clontz lead the docket Tuesday includes counts of breaking and entering larceny receiving and conspiracy to commit a felony against Joe Robinson Jack Sheldon and others The Sears Roebuck store break in links to seven boys with prior thefts Other trials set for Tuesday include Abee Church Carroll and Mitchell Carroll and Mitchell caught burglarizing Mickey Body Co with explosives charges Three men face murder kidnapping and armed robbery counts in Thursday sessions The calendar covers Tuesday through Thursday with multiple defendants and offenses including embezzlement forgery drunken driving and assault with deadly weapon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guilford Superior Court
George A. Shuford
Asheville
Charles T. Hagan, Jr
James W. Clontz
Joe Robertson
Jack Sheldon
Ray Pope
Eddie Ishon
Darrell Donald Crisco
Raymond L. Davis
Paul Edgar Sapp, Jr
Sears Roebuck
Robert Abee
James A. Church
James Carroll
Marvin Mitchell
Carroll
Mitchell
Mickey Body Company
Aliee
Church
Norwood H. Hutton
Glenn Ray
Highland Section
Monte L. Beck
Buford C. Littleton
F. M. Younger
R. R. McMahon
D. C. MaccDae
McMahon
James R. Day
Frank J. Jorua
Frank M. Wall
Pink P. Richards
Willie Hill
Leonard Jessup
Virgie Williams
Paul Snyder
George C. Cox
Clyde R. Duncan
Donald Ray Lohr
J. D. Hill
James Hill
Cecil Hollifield
George Winters
Robert Coffer
Frexer Carter
B. H. Owens
Vance Davis
L. W. Martin
Robert Haney
Gilbert Black
Carl H. Tilley
James F. Grey
Donald Haynes
F. G. W. Teague
John A. Graves
H. L. Nichols
R. H. Hilliard
Evelyn R. Witcher
Thomas Tucker
Clyde J. Neese
Ernest Morgan Struck By Car On Main Street
Ernest Morgan a 54 year old High Point resident was struck by a vehicle on the 800 block of South Main Street and rushed to a local hospital for emergency treatment. The driver J A Johnson reportedly did not see him. no charges were filed and Morgan was not believed to be seriously injured.
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Ernest Morgan
High Point Rt. 1
South Main Street
J. A. Johnson
Colonial Drive
Johnson
Morgan
Jay
Open House Aids Guilford March of Dimes Drive
Open house at Central Carolina Convalescent Home in Greensboro from two to four p m supports Guilford county polio relief with the 1949 March of Dimes drive. Vance Kester urges High Point residents to visit the Greensboro hospital to see the work, as early contributions total 557 and the goal is 35000. Donations mailed to Box 1881 High Point and coin boxes will be placed in coming weeks.
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Central Carolina
Greensboro
Guilford County
Vance Kester
Kester
High Point
Stanley Davis
Melrose History Mill
Geo. T. Wood and Son
Phillip Davis
Wea
ES Os Ae Lindale Dairy
James E. Foscue
Globe Parker
Continental Furniture
Clinard Milling and Employees
Charles B. Ae
de Wes Darpeam
Aos
W. C. Folger
High Point man sets Travelers insurance sales record
William L. Pierce Jr of Donald W. Conrad Agency ranked second in 1948 for Employee Life Franchise Hospitalization and Accident and Health Insurance. The achievement, made between May 10 and December 31 1948, elevates him among Travelers agents in the United States and Canada, with prior top ranking in the Carolinas in October. L. K. Porritt of Travelers Protection magazine will interview Pierce this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Travelers Insurance Company
Hartford
Conrad
Pierce
Carolinas
L. K. Porritt
Travelers Protection Magazine
Forecasts for the furniture industry by Henry Foscue
Henry Foscue of High Point and president of the Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association surveys the furniture field. He cites imponderables such as Congress tax policy and buyer psychology while noting high peacetime employment and wages that support ongoing consumer purchases. He sees housing programs boosting furniture demand.
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Henry Foscue
High Point
Southern Furniture Manufacturers’ Association
Congress
Lost photo found proves Charlen York is mystery girl
Mrs. Roy York presented a photo matching the Sunday Enterprise image titled Who is She revealing Charlen Stewart York Finch as the girl photographed as a child. Grady Snow of Smith Studio tracked the image after a New York physician found the thumbnail in a medical book with the local studio mark on the back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlen Stewart Finch
Last Sunday
Fred Flagler, JR
Enterprise
Charlen
Roy York
Snow
York
J. C. Finch
Blair Street
High Point
Laundry Manager Elevates to North Carolina Launderers President
H M Taylor Jr manager of Dutch Laundry in High Point was elected president of the North Carolina Association of Launderers and Cleaners at its 42nd annual Greensbor o convention drawing over 400 executives. A 1940 State College Raleigh mechanical engineering graduate, he served as a WWII pilot in the China Burma theater and rejoined the Dutch Laundry after discharge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Taylor, Jr
North Carolina Association of Launderers and Cleaners
Greensboro
Taylor
High Point
State College At
Raleigh
China
Burma
North Carolina
Commission report now available at public library
A complete State Education Commission report is now available at the public library along with a condensed booklet. Civic groups can secure film strips with accompanying lectures at the junior high school. Station WHPE FM broadcasts special educational recordings at 4 p.m. today during the University hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Education Commission
Unior
Whpe-Fm
Looking Backward Joe Leslie January 16 1929 notes
A retrospective column recalls 1929 events with Sandino in Nicaragua opposing U.S. forces and calling for withdrawal, Bramhwell Booth denying resignation, Kellogg treaty influence on cruiser plans, Arizona water suit against California, Foch and Clemenceau health updates, and a Gastonia grand jury indicting a 17 year old for a family murder with arson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Nicaragua
Augustino Sandino
el Sol
Sandino
Amer
Supreme Court
California
Arizona
Marshal Ferdinand Foch
Georges Clemenceau
Grippe
Gastonia
University Chemist Will Speak Tuesday
Dr. Sidney S. Negus president of the Virginia Academy of Science will speak at High Point College assembly Tuesday at 10 15 AM. He heads the Chemistry Department at the Medical College of Virginia Richmond and is active in Boy Scout work and science outreach to youth. He also presides over the Dairy Council of Richmond and the Harvard Club of Virginia and is a Fellow of the AAAS.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney S. Negus
Virginia Academy of Science
High Point College
Negus
Medical College of Virginia
Richmond
Massachusetts
Virginia
Dr. Negus
Dairy Council of
Harvard Club of
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Buyers Demand Return To High Quality At Southern Furniture Exposition
Observers forecast a strong return of quality and value at the 46th semi annual Southern Furniture Exposition opening tomorrow. Consumers, scarred by wartime shortages, will seek durable materials, modern and traditional designs, and proportional, adaptable furnishings across living rooms and bedrooms.
UNC Alumni Banquet And Film Night In High Point
High Point UNC alumni will host a banquet January 25 at the Country Club with Victor S. Bryant Durham attorney and UNC trustee as principal speaker. After dinner at 6 30 p m attendees may view Sugar Bowl football films with commentary by UNC coach Carl G Snavely at 8 30 p m in the high school auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
University of North Carolina
Victor S. Bryant
Durham
High Point Country Club
Charles E. Diffendal, Jr
UNC
Carl G. Snavely
Diffendal
Bryant
Carolina
Raleigh
Democratic
J. Myron Saunders
Country Club
Diffdal
James V. Morgan
Roscoe W. Sowers
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Dave Hensley
Dave
Holt Hunter
City Health Department
Cities Agency
High Point City
Loren Wallin
Sears
March of Dimes
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Eer
Southern Furniture Show
Lost Photo
Commission
Joe Leslie
Vivian Liegh
Scarlett
O'Hara
Brunswick
Ican
London
Bramwell Booth
Salvation Army
Washington
Senate
Izona
Alder Dam
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