Western Union pioneer keeps Morse craft alive in High Point
W D Armstrong of Sharpsburg grew up learning Morse code from the Boy Scout Handbook and joined Western Union in Wilson. For 41 years he led the High Point office, now at 318 N Wrenn St, adapting to MelodyGram deliveries and modern equipment while recalling wartime telegrams and early Morse days. His wife Mary Elizabeth Peterson Armstrong recalls their first meeting and life at the High Point office.
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Robert Marks
D. Armstrong
Sharpsburg
Wilson
North Carolina
Armstrong
Western Union
High Point
Ars
Elwood Hotel
Sheraton
N. Wrenn St
Mary Elizabeth Peterson
Kings Mountain
Armstrongs
Rome
People’s Daily of
Peking
Mao
Hitler
Kanter
Dirksen Capital Favorite and TV Star Politician
Washington column profiles Everett Dirksen as a flamboyant Illinois senator loved for autographs and TV presence. It notes his rise from House member in 1933 to Senate leader and his limited role in GOP presidential hopes.
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Leslie Carpenter
Washington
White House
Joan Crawford
Sen. Dirksen
Congress
Illinois
Everett McKinley Dirksen
Capipa
Frank Sinatra
Hollywood Palace
Dirksen
House
Chicago Tribune
Senate
Senate Gop
Bob Hope
Phyllis Diller
Carol Channing
A Gifted Friend Brightens Forest Hills Kindergarten
Mr. Charles Evans aged eighty of High Point visited the kindergarten for retarded children at Forest Hills Presbyterian Church. He donated a tax refund to buy clothes for a child and brought gifts including a stuffed animal. He plans to visit again after his surgery at High Point Memorial Hospital.
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Forest Hills Presbyterian Church
Charles Evans
High Point Memorial Hospital
Evans
Mr. Evans
Thomasville Foreclosure Targets Ivey Darr for Back Taxes
Davidson County files foreclosures on Ivey Darr and related properties for unpaid city and county taxes from 1961 to 1966 totaling 248.46 plus interest and advertising costs. Condemnation actions from 1965 linger as council debate on housing continues amid broader tax debts dating to 1930s for adjoining Juanita Carr estate and Turner Street properties.
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Thomasville
Davidson County
Ivey Darr
Turner Street
Darr
James Miller
Miller
Ivey Carr
Juanita Darr
Juanita
Ruby Carr
Bench show and field trials headline Davidson County fox hunters
Davidson County Fox Hunters prepare for their annual bench show on February 8 at Wallburg School gym and field trials over the following three days with winners announced after the final day. Also notes on High Point railings painting and a Nash Jewelry loan story about Harry Kanter including a rare African owl pawn incident.
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Davidson County Fox Hunters
Wallburg
Harry Kanter
Nash Jewelry and Loan Co
N. Main Street
High Point
Charlotte
Africa
Kanter
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Japan
United States
Shoichi Oya
Japan Non-fiction Writers Association
Hirotatsu Fujiwara
Meiji University
Minori Omori
George Orwell
Lawrence F. O’brien
O’brien
Post Office Department
F.A.S.T
U.S
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Gale McGee
D-Wyo
Thomas Dodd
D-Conn
McGee
Dod
Dodd
By Robert Marks
Belk’s
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Janet Frank
Davidson
Dent
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