Candlelight delight at Sertomans Bliss Repertory
A fair audience praised the Bliss Repertory Theatre production Candlelight at Senior High. Cast members delivered flawless acting despite a flu and election TV broadcasts drawing ticket holders away.
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Bliss Repertory Theatre
Senior High
Washington
Eisenhower
Norman L. Garner, Sr
Sertoma
Josef
Stratton Walling
Prince Rudolf Hasseldorf-Sclobitten
Edward Beach
Albert Corbin
Marie
Natalie Norwich
Liserl
Elinor Wright
Baron Richenheim
James Lentz
Waller
Bernard Diamond
Baroness von Rischenheim
Virginia Matthis
Prince Rudolf
Rudolf
Hound
W.A.B
City Fire Loss Hits 1952 Total of 183094
City Fire Department reports 1952 fire losses totaling 183094 with 732 calls for the year. December saw 68 alarms including 2 false, 2 non fire calls. 41 building fires and 48 969 in losses. Faulty oil burners caused eight fires as per month report. Two injuries and no deaths recorded.
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Decemer
Leath Street Sign Modified to Read Death Street
In Memphis, a vandal altered a street sign by painting an L to resemble a D, transforming Leath Street into Death Street and prompting authorities to investigate the tampering on the familiar local road.
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Memphis, Tenn
Death Street
Leath St
Attendance Drops at Southern Furniture Market Amid Inauguration
Attendance at the Southern Furniture Exposition Building fell to a second day low as the inauguration competed for attention. Officials counted 602 dealers at closing yesterday, about 240 more checked in by noon today, with expectations that activity would rise in the afternoon. Exhibitors reported brisk sales and a trend toward modern, brighter styles and lighter colors, including wrought iron and wood combinations, kidney tables with plastic tops, and marble-topped Victorian pieces. A novelty Cockfight Chair and a chlorophyll treated mattress were also showcased.
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Furniture Exposition
High Point
Dallas
Globe Parlor
Report on High Point crime totals 1942 to 1952
A police department report shows major crimes in High Point declined from 1942 to 1952 with fewer rapes robberies aggravated assaults and car thefts though total 1952 crimes rose slightly from 1951. It notes 646 known major crimes with 331 cleared by arrest and 1 276 drunkenness arrests among other figures.
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High Point
Police Department
Furniture South Tops Field in January Market Issue
The Southern furniture trade journal Furniture South marked its 30th anniversary and issued its largest 202 page January market edition during the 66th semi annual furniture show in High Point. The publication lists editors and offices in High Point and New York with Bienenstock as publisher and long time industry figures highlighted.
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Southern
Furniture Market News
High Point
Furniture South
New York
N. Y
S. H. Tomlinson
Sam Davis
Fred Tate
Southland
Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association
Southern Retail Furniture Association
Exposition Building
Holt McPherson
The
Enterprise
C. B. Houck
Roanoke
Val Resch
Siler City
W. B. Hall
Noble T. Praigg
Prayer for T DAY
Prayer praises national heritage and democratic unity, asking God to preserve liberty and guide shared service. Authored by John S Stamm, Harrisburg, Pa., bishop of the Evangelical United Brethren Church.
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Jesus
John
Stamm
Harrisburg
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Wave Of Forgeries Believed Solved With Arrest Of Greensboro Couple
Greensboro police arrest Edward D. Holt and Mary Ann Peace alias Mary Peace Holt on seven forgery counts each after they attempted to cash a bad check at Arthur's Pharmacy. The duo, with bonds set at 14500 and 7000, allegedly forged checks totaling 434.50 in recent weeks across High Point and were sought in Durham and Raleigh. Police say they used a 1948 blue Cadillac and carried tools and household goods. Durham police to question them on additional forgeries.
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High Point
Durham
Raleigh
Edward D. Holt
Mary Ann Peace
Mary Peace Holt
Greensboro
Arthur's Pharmacy
South Main Street
Merchants Association
Holt
Peace Woman
C. C. Stoker
W. C. Johnson
Wachovia Bank
High Point Savings and Trust Company
David Kelly
E. S. Carr
Big Bear Ee
Ingram's Pharmacy
North Main Street
Holmes
Highway 68
Deep River Church
Chinchilla Ranch Owner Reviews U S History
W Carson King of King's Chinchilla Ranch near Sedgefield spoke to the Civitans on chinchilla history in the United States. He estimated 500000 chinchillas in the country and said coats will be scarce and likely pricier than mink when available, with 120 to 150 pelts per full coat. Roscoe Peters arranged the program. Joe Reynolds presided. Mike Larsen of New York attended as a National Chinchilla Breeders Association member.
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W. Carson King
King
Sedgefield
United States
Civitan Club
Roscoe Peters
Joe Reynolds
Mike Larsen
New York
National
Doctors Study Proposal For New Clinic
About 30 High Point doctors and dentists discussed tentative plans for a proposed clinic near Council Street and Quaker Lane on a six to seven acre plot. Edwin C. Jones Sr of Charlotte attended to review plans, while Dr K B Geddie said only vague terms were discussed and plans to gauge interest continue.
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High Point
Council Street
Quaker Lane
Edwin C. Jones, Sr
Charlotte
Jones Construction
High Point Memorial Hospital
K. B. Geddie
Municipal Court Hears Theft and Non-support Docket
Probable cause was found in Municipal Court this morning on William Dunlap 17 of 204 East Russell Street charged with breaking and entering and larceny. Dunlap bound over to Superior Court on $1 bond for theft of a $60 typewriter from Ruby McDowell's apartment. Joe White 36, Negro, arrested for abandonment and non support received a two year road sentence suspended on condition he pays weekly into court for his five children. Jerry McBee Jr. Negro 109 Brooks Street faced a non support charge, six month suspended sentence, contribute to one child and pay costs. wife Maxine McBee testified he had been absent for months. Thom Joyner 49 of 1706 Tudor Street fined 15 and costs with 60 day suspended sentence for possession of non tax paid whiskey. Warrant drawn in September. Judge Pro Tem Harriss H Jarrell presided in place of ill Judge Archie Myatt. Short docket disposed after 10 a.m.
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William Dunlap
East Russell Street
Superior Court
Dunlap
Ruby McDowell
Joe White
Jerry McBee, Jr
Brooks Street
McBee
Maxine McBee
Thom Joyner
Tudor Street
Joyner
Four stores donate TV sets for inauguration viewing in High Point
Four more furniture and appliance shops Hendrix Furniture Central Appliance Rose Furniture and Alman-Bass Furniture set free television for High Point schoolchildren to watch the inauguration ceremonies.
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High Point
Schoolhildren
Hendrix Furniture Co
Central Appliance Co
Rose Furniture Co
Alman-Bass Furniture Co
Clearing Weather Forecast For Thursday Drops Frigid Night
A Friendship weather report predicts clearing and cool conditions tonight with fair skies and mild temperatures on Thursday. Rain from last night totaled 0.54 inches by 7:30 a.m. with a 45 degree low, and today's high should reach 55 degrees ahead of a 60 degree high anticipated tomorrow.
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Friendship Weatherman
Atlantic Building and Loan reports asset growth 1950–1952
At the annual stockholders meeting of Atlantic Building and Loan Association the secretary treasurer presented a comparative report showing assets rising from 1 441 674.77 in 1950 to 2 163 481.35 in 1952, a roughly 25 percent gain per two years. Mortgage loans grew from 1 303 528.29 to 1 909 536.38, and stock investments from 1 345 419.49 to 2 022 967.56, with a 3 percent dividend maintained. No foreclosures occurred in the period. Directors re elected included O Arthur Kirkman and D S Hedgecock. officers were re elected with E C Cridlebaugh as secretary treasurer and Ruth S Ben as assistant secretary treasurer.
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Atlantic Building and Loan Association
O. Arthur Kirkman
D. S. Hedgecock
E. C. Cridlebaugh
H. A. Foscue
D. A. Rawley
Joe A. Johnson
Kenner Amos
George Covington
James B. Lovelace
H. A. Cecil
Alson Gray
Vance Kester
Ruth S. Ben
James B. Lovence
Thomasville Polio Drive Reaches One Third of Goal
The March of Dimes drive in Thomasville has reached $2,211.96 toward a $6,000 target. Girls Scouts raised $293.34, the school system contributed $264.35 plus $82.94 from coin boxes, totaling $245.24 from that division. The Spinsters Club donated $10, and the Jaycee road block collected $159.99, bringing the Junior Chamber of Commerce total to $1,074.03.
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Thomasville
Spinsters Club
Jaycee
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Weymouth Man Builds Mount Vernon Style Home
The Allan Comstock Emery homestead sits on a Weymouth Heights hilltop and is an exact copy of George Washington's Mount Vernon home, matching its design and exterior details.
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Weymouth, Mass
Allan Comstock Emery
Weymouth Heights
George Washington
Mount Vernon
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H. Leonard, Jr
Frank Sizemore, Jr
Harris
Covington
Jack Adams
Board of Governors
Robert Koonts
Sidney Gayle
Harold Amos
Frank Hunsucker
Local Trade Journal
W. H. McSwain
J. L. Fagan
Stoker
North Carolina
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Mich
Detroit
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Atlantic Co
North Carolina Symphony Society
Amos Kearns
al Levinson
Floyd Mehan
Charles Taylor
Gilbert Clinard
Robert Gayle
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