Magnificent Colors of Inaugural Parade Noted by Miss Crowder
Miss Mildred Crowder minister of music at Wesley Memorial Methodist Church shared her first hand impressions of the Inaugural Parade at a family night supper. She highlighted vivid band uniforms red Nixon car hats mink coats the North Carolina float forests and woodworking display and the Oasis Shrine Band made up of Tar Heels. She and Elizabeth Hedrick traveled to Washington by train with other High Pointers to view the event.
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Mildred Crowder
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Nixon
Missouri
Miss Crowder
North Carolina
Pennsylvania Avenue
Luther Hodges
Muss Crowder
Washington
Elizabeth Hedrick
Old Beliefs Put Vampires In Ghostly Shade
Historical lore stated vampires were ghosts haunting by night and feeding on living blood. Folk practice claimed staking the body could control these undead beings.
Local club events and social gatherings listed for Thomasville area
The High Point Thomasville Association of Insurance Women meets at the Woman's Club at 5 30. The YWCA hosts a Membership Dinner at 6 with Esther Briesmeister of Turkey as speaker. Reservations are due by Tuesday. Mrs James Clarence Coggin is honored at 7 30 by Mrs N L Cecil on Gilbert Street. Wild Flower Garden Club meets 7 30 hosted by Mrs Reitze Pitts on Woodrow Avenue. Town and Country Garden Club meets 8 with speaker Mrs Irvin Black and hostess Mrs P A Jones. The Priscilla Club gathers 3 30 Friday at Mrs Fred Thom on Forest Hill. Saturday 7 30 Miss Louise Edmonds hosts a reception for bride elect Miss Betty Lou Hefner of Hickory at her Welborn Street home.
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High Point
Thomasville Association of Insurance
Woman's Club
Thomasville
Ywwca
YWCA
Esther Briesemeister
Turkey
James Clarence Coggin
N. L. Cecil
Gilbert Street
Reitze Pitts
Wild Flower Garden Club
Woodrow Avenue
T. R. Ballard
Town and Country Garden Club
Irvin Black
P. A. Jones
Fred Cox
Louise Edmonds
Welborn Street
Betty Lou Hefner
Hickory
Survivors must file claims for lost personal effects
The Navy announced that survivors of those who died in service before July 3, 1952 must submit their claims to the Bureau of Naval Personnel by July 3. For deaths after July 3, 1952, claims are due within two years of the death date.
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Washington
Navy
Bureau of Naval Personnel
Tax Lien Filed Against Costello in Abilene Texas
Federal officials filed a 388161.17 dollar income tax lien in Abilene Texas against New York gambler Frank Costello. It marked the third such lien against Costello in the Southwest within two days with additional liens previously filed in Oklahoma and Louisiana.
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Abilene
Tex
Texas
New York
Frank Costello
Costello
Southwest
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Man stashes war bonds in freezer. bonds stolen
In Cambridge a resident named George Walp placed 1175 dollars in war bonds in the freezer of his refrigerator after a blaze endangered his home. Within a month the bonds were stolen, leaving no trace of the valuables.
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Cambridge, Mass
George Walp
Local Cotillion Court Names Four 1952 Hopefuls
The Windsor Cotton Cotillion honored four local girls as models for the event, with Joan Talbert Jackie Bulla Mary Jo Jenkins and Barbara George noted as contestants. Joan Talbert also earned the Miss High Point of 1952 title.
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Washington, D. C
Joan Talbert
Jackie Bulla
Mary Jo Jenkins
Barbara George
Talbert
High Point
Don Padgett
Tobias ‘Store
Janet Rale
New York
Iris Anne Fitch
Kay Windsor
Leoma Naughton
Leila Hyer
Mimi Luke
Jaycees Fund
Cotton Cotillion Fashion Show Raises Polio Funds
JayCees and partners staged three Kay Windsor Cotton Cotillion fashion shows at the YMCA in High Point to benefit the March of Dimes polio fund. Local and New York models presented outfits from Orlon, pima cotton, denim linen and chambray, with proceeds supporting polio research and prevention.
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March OF Dimes
March of Dimes Fund
High Point Junior Chamber of Commerce
YMCA
JayCees
Kay Windsor
the Jaycees
Tobias
New York
High Point
Kay Windsor Company
Betty Sain
Frank Armfield
Helen Swaringen
Massey Delayed In Indiana Town Mix Up
An audience of 4000 waited 35 minutes as actor Raymond Massey arrived late for a dramatic reading of John Brown's Body in Bloomington Indiana. He had driven from Chicago to Bloomington Illinois before realizing his engagement was in Bloomington Indiana.
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Bloomington
Ind
Raymond Massey
John Brown
High School Student Steals Bike Parts From Locker
Memphis. George Montegue reports a student removed the handlebars and one pedal from a bike while the owner was in class and stored them in a locker. The incident shows the thief took precautions and avoided confrontation.
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Memphis, Tenn
George Montegue
Casting Director Arrested in Hollywood Prostitution Probe
Hollywood casting director Maurice Golden aged 52 was booked on a procuring charge after vice squad officers arrested him yesterday. Eleanor Welgoss 25 was taken into custody on the same charge as authorities searched for two other young women. Seized from Golden’s office were 300 pictures of movie starlets and four address books listing names and phone numbers of film personalities. Detective Norris accompanied by Sgt. Byron and Det. Newstetter led the arrests and said Golden identified Welgoss to Norris during a staged date.
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Hollywood
Maurice Golden
Eleanor Welgoss
Robert E. Byron
R. K. Norris
R. L. Newstetter
Golden
Norris
Miss Welgoss
Wiltshire shoots off WMCT antenna after channel switch
Wayne Arkansas. Jake Wiltshire modified his television antenna by shooting the ends off after WMCT switched channels. The action left the set working again. No injuries reported.
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Wayne, Ark
Jake Wiltshire
Memphis
WMCT
Wiltshire
Third Death Takes 83-Year-Old Man
An 83-year-old Hartford man died after revived twice during a delicate Monday operation for a bleeding gastric ulcer. Officials at St. Francis Hospital said he slipped away Wednesday night while attendants kept vigil after briefly stopping twice and being revived. He had recovered enough to ask for a beer earlier that day.
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Hartford, Conn
St. Francis Hospital
Oldster
Josephine Baker Barred In Colombia Debut Cancelled
In Bogota Colombia a local promoter said Josephine Baker was barred from a series of personal appearances due to widespread theatre and broadcasting company refusals to book her. Theater impresario Carlos Reder canceled the contract amid protests over her denouncement of U.S. racial discrimination during prior tours in Argentina.
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Bogota
Colombia
Josephine Baker
Argentina
U.S
Theater
Carlos Reder
Miss Baker
McKinley First President to Ride in Motor Car
President McKinley became the first U S president to ride in a motor car when he was rushed to the hospital in a motor ambulance after being fatally wounded by an assassin.
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McKinley
U. S
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CUT Rate Furniture CO
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