Definite Steps Toward Guilford County Consolidation
Officials at Greensboro city hall formed a committee to study consolidating Guilford county health welfare and tax agencies and to seek draft legislation. The group postponed committing to a definite plan pending feasibility, with High Point representatives signaling potential support if feasible. A. York cautioned that local citizens would oppose welfare changes soon. The committee was tasked to assess proportional costs if pursued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guilford County
Greensboro City Hall
General Assembly
Do. A. York
High Point
County Tax Penalty Invoked February 1
County tax official T. K. Short says a penalty of one per cent per month will be added to unpaid taxes from February through May when properties are advertised for sale. Since February 1 falls on a Tuesday the penalty starts then. payments mailed before midnight Saturday will escape the penalty.
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T. KR. Short
Greensboro High Point Guilford meet to consolidate city and county powers
A joint consolidation plan was approved by leaders from Greensboro High Point and Guilford County. Mayor R R King Jr chaired the committee with city managers I C Brower BE M Knox and county manager D L Donnell. The group discussed funding and reform of school budgets and authorized expert help if needed.
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Greensboro
High Point
Guilford
D. L. Donnell
George L. Stansbury
C. A. York
Stansbury
Council
Board of Commissioners
C.A. York
A. H. Holton
T. C. Johnson
Knox
King
Julius W. Cone
A. C. Davis
Paul L. Lindley
Fred Taylor
Brower
Joyner
D. L. Dottrell
F. P. Conrad
J.T. Neese
The
County Board of Commissioners
Anonymous Five Dollar Payment For Old Jarrell Hotel Bill
An anonymous letter signed with an H sent a five dollar bill from Durham to M. J. Wrenn to settle a fifty year old Jarrell hotel debt. The writer claimed the amount should belong to the Jarrell estate and noted accumulated interest at six percent. Wrenn, nephew of the hotel’s late owner, considered the money for a needy reporter as the Jarrell estate is long settled.
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Jarrell Hotel
M. J. Wrenn
Durham
Jarrell
Winston
Fayetteville
Wrenn
Maonlief Jarrell
Five Dollars
Mr. Wrenn
Thero
World Tuberculosis Authority Dr Dunham to Address Guilford County
Dr H Kennon Dunham renowned for X ray diagnosis of tuberculosis will speak at the Guilford County Medical Association dinner in the Sheraton Hotel dining room on February 5. The event, arranged by Dr I T Mann, will be attended by leading TB authorities and friends from Asheville Southern Pines and North Carolina facilities.
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Guilford Medical Association
H. Kennon Dunham
Guilford County Medical Association
Sheraton Hotel
Houston B. Hiatt
Dunham
I. T. Mann
National Rehabilitation Committee of the American Legion
North Carolina
Asheville
Green Government Hospital
Southern Pines
Cincinnati
College of Medicine
University of Cincinnati
American College of Physicians
American Climatological and Clinical Association
American Associations of Thoracic Surgery
American Roentgen Ray Society
Radiological Society of North America
American College of Radiology
United States Veterans Bureau
National Rehabilitation Committee of
The
American Legion
Cincinnati Academy of Medicine
Oteen
Mann
Washington
High Point
Ray Barbee Hill Dies At Jamestown
Ray Barbee Hill four months old, son of Mr and Mrs J M Hill of Oakdale Mill Jamestown, died yesterday morning at 11 30 after eight days with pneumonia. Surviving are two brothers Emmett and Garland and two sisters Annie and Garnet. Funeral service will be held at 11 o'clock from the home by Rev C O Kennerly, Jamestown M E pastor. Interment in Red Hill cemetery Guilford County.
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Ray Barbee Hil
J. M. Hill
Oakdale Mill
Jamestown
Emmett
Garland
Annie
Garnet
Cc. O. Kennerly
Jamestown M. E
Red Hill
Gullford County
To Hold Union Service Tonight At Calvary M E Church
A union prayer meeting will be held this evening at 7 30 oclock at Calvary M E church. Rev George T Stephens will be in charge. Miss L Dodgson 90, last surviving sister of Lewis Carroll, died recently at Guilford England.
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Calvary M. E. Church
E. L. Kirk
George T. Stephens
Miss L. Dodgson
Lewis Carroll
Alice In Wonderland
Guilford
England
Suit Demands 15000 Dollars for Local Police Injury
A $15,000 damage suit was filed in High Point municipal court by the city on behalf of Motorcycle Policeman Z O Dorsett against Fred Watson a filling station employee. The city seeks 10000 actual and 5000 punitive damages alleging reckless driving and sudden un signaling. Dorsett was injured March last after his motorcycle collided with Watsons car while pursuing two speeders on South Main street.
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Fred Watson
High Point
Z. O. Dorsett
South Main Street
Horace Haworth
Watson
Dorsett
Watsons
Paul Callahan
Commercial National Bank
Young People Day Observances Planned at Cherry Street Church
A series of services for Young People's Day will be held at Cherry Street Presbyterian next Sunday. At 11 a.m. a youth sermon, at 3:30 p.m. an interdenominational program with music by William Penn High School glee club, and at 8 p.m. the church youth division will present a special service.
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Cherry Street Presbyterian Church
Glee Club
William Penn High School
Young People's Division
Receivership Dissolved for Leyton's Clothing Store
An order signed by Judge Lewis EB Teague in High Point municipal court dissolves the receivership for Leyton's clothing store on East Washington street. The action was brought by Lynchburg Shoe Company of Lynchburg Virginia, which alleged insolvency and unpaid bills, with dissolution conditioned on payment of court costs.
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Leyton
East Washington Street
Lewis EB. Teague
High Point Municipal Court
Lynchburg Shoe Company
Lynchburg
Manager Purcell Joins Eckerds High Street Outlet
Ben L. Purcell, formerly of Economy Drug, has joined Eckerds at the High Street location, expanding the downtown drugstore chain’s local leadership and service reach. The transition marks Purcell’s move to a broader role within the Eckerd network.
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Eckerd
Ben L. Purcell
the Economy Drug Store
Eckerd’s
High Point
High Point Boy Jailed In Washington Holdup
William Alexander Wrenn a High Point youth, tearful in custody, confessed to attempting a daylight hold up at Charles Greenberg's Pennsylvania Avenue shop in Washington. He sought money for food after leaving North Carolina for work. A .32 revolver and $45 were taken, but Greenberg urged him to return the items. Police arrested Wrenn after suspecting him at a nearby lunch counter. Greenberg may not press charges while detectives probe gun purchase and any links to other robberies.
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West Bay Street
North Carolina
Wrenn
Washington
Carolina
Charles Greenberg
Pennsylvania Avenue Clothiers
Greenberg
Sergt
Frank Alligood
Alligood
No. 6
Greensboro
N. C
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Sterling Holloware
Schiffman's
North Main
KODAK
Cecil
Caldwell's Syrup
Adlerike
Armands
Fuchs
Woodbury’s Soap
Liggetts
Dr. H. Kennon Dunham
World’s Tuberculosis Authority
National Capital
Princess
Ray Barbee Hill
D. B. Stafford
T. R. Short
City of
Leyton’s
Guilford Radio Service CO
N. Wrenn &T
W Brose
William Alexander Wrenn
Arthur A. Allen
Washington, D. C
Sixth District
Mers
High Point Perpetual Building & Loan Association
C. H. Ellis
Sec
High Point Perpetual Building and Loan Association
V. A
Cecil’s
Spencer’s Taxi & Transfer
Seidman
Certified Public Accountants
TAX Service
Treasury Department
Hudson Motor & Body Co
N. Wrenn
Hudson
Essex
Packard
Sales and Service
Wilson Motor Company
MR. Shipper
MR. Consignee
Tri-City Motor Express Lines
City Transfer and Storage CO
Pauline
North Main Street
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