Court of Honor to Honor One Hundred Four Scouts
One hundred four Boy Scouts in the High Point district Uwharrie council will attend the year’s first Court of Honor Monday at 8 p.m. in the Juni High School auditorium. George Davis will preside as Troop No. 4 of Wesley Memorial Methodist church handles opening and closing ceremonies. Merit badges and rank certificates will be awarded, with detailed lists by troop and Scout.
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Uwharrie Council
Juni High School
Advancement Committee
Adoptions Highlighted in High Point Welfare Study
An article outlines how High Point leads in adoptive placements with surveys showing strong adoption rates. It explains the lengthy process including home study, mental and physical tests, and the goal of matching children with suitable boarding and foster homes under strict welfare regulations.
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Welfare Department
Centennial of the High Point plank road urged in 1949
Edward Y. Mitchell writes that High Point owes its existence to the Fayetteville and Western Plank Road opened after its 1849 charter. Frank Sizemore of the chamber urges a yearlong centennial celebration with broad club participation, linking local groups and past Meet High Point efforts. The piece also notes steady city progress, a normal 1949 furniture market, and Jaycees’ renewed polio fundraising.
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Fayetteville
Frank Sizemore
High Point Chamber of Commerce
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AB Club
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High School Professor Brings in New Industry
Milford H. Smith a former High Pointer and Gerald Singer a Czech born businessman joined to start a hosiery mill in High Point after meeting in New York. Smith who aimed to buy Singer s machinery chose partnership to manufacture hosiery. A chance meeting with M L Patrick who taught Smith English in High Point convinced them High Point offered the best place to manufacture hosiery.
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High Point
Gerald Singer
Milford H. Smith
Holt Hunter
Fred Flagler
High Pointer
Czechoslovakia
New York
Smith
Singer
Vienna
Austria
M. L. Patrick
Patrick
State Legion Officers To Meet Here
Eight hundred Legionnaires are expected in High Point for a three day North Carolina past officers conference. Perry Brown national commander will speak to post officers. Joe Grier Jr state commander will preside. Mrs Carl Broome auxiliary president presides meetings. Registration begins Saturday at one o clock. Conference headquarters is the Sheraton hotel with sessions in its ballroom. A 40 and 8 initiation is planned Saturday and Sunday memorial service at First Baptist Church.
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High Point
American Legion
North Carolina
Perry Brown
Legion
I. T. Mann
Joe Grier, Jr
Charlotte
First Baptist Church
Andrew Jackson
Local paper adopts teletypesetter for faster composing
The News-Times in Thomaville introduces a teletypesetter that punches tape to operate the linotype, enabling instant column justification and non operator aided type setting. One operator can run multiple linotypes, improving efficiency after shifts end, and the machine supplements rather than replaces the linotype operator.
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Wint Capel Enterprise
Tho. Ville
Linotype
News-Times
R. W. Greene
News- A
Greene
Fred Thompson
Holt Hunter
Plumbers Code On Council Agenda Amid Debate
The city council plans a Tuesday morning vote on a revised plumbing code. Opponents led by Arch Schoch argue it would bar journeymen from work, while John A. Mackenfuss Jr notes need for input from journeymen's union before final action.
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Law and Public Safety Committee
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John A.mackenfuss, Jr
Plumbers’ Union
Journeymen’s Union
Schoch
First Aid Classes Start Monday In High Point
El lis Fusal former UNC grid star and coach will run a 30 hour first aid course for the High Point Red Cross beginning Monday night at seven o'clock. Classes meet at Wesley Memorial Methodist church 7 to 10 pm Monday through Friday for two weeks ending February 11. Attendees include police and fire department delegates funeral home representatives school groups and Scouts. Credit offered to High Point college seniors who complete the course.
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Ellis Fusal
High Point Red Cross
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
High Point
High Point College
School of Nursing
Memorial Hospital
Fusal
University of North Carolina
American Red Cross
Red Cross
National Aquatic School
Brevard
Elon College
Myrtle Beach
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Wake Forest
Elon
Forecast Calls for Snow or Sleet This Evening
A weather bureau forecast predicts light snow or sleet late this afternoon or tonight. Daytime highs around 42 degrees with a drop to 18 to 20 degrees tonight. The low last night was 22.
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Poking Backward In A Patchwork of News From 1929
A collage of 1929 events: habeas corpus appeals in New Orleans seeking stay of execution for Ada Leboeuf and Dr T E Dreher, a Los Angeles payoffs probe involving Aimee Semple McPherson, Prince of Wales goodwill visit to a poverty struck English miner, naval warnings to Admiral Hughes on enlisted strength, a Spanish coup affair with officers held for court, American Telephone stock trading in High Point, and a police raid scandal in a local cafe as officers clash with patrons.
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Ada Leboeuf
T. E. Dreher
United States Supreme Court
Los Angeles
Aimee Semple McPherson
New York Stock Exchange
High Point
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