Supreme court upholds airport funding by counties and cities
North Carolina Supreme Court in Raleigh affirmed that the treasurers of High Point Greensboro and Guilford County may contribute to the Greensboro High Point Airport Authority. The decision allows a total 72 000 with 25 000 from High Point 20 000 from Guilford County and Greensboro share unspecified. Justice Seawell partially dissented noting no clear bar to appropriations while Denny concurred that tax monies were not involved. The ruling affects similar airport funding cases and outcomes for related Guilford County disputes.
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State Supreme Court
Raleigh
High Point
Greensboro
Guilford County
Greensboro-High Point
Airport Authority
M. V. Barnhill
A. A. F. Seawell
E. B. Denny
Barnhill
State
Bennett
Shoup
Patterson
Power Company
Hunt
Stansbury
Smith
Paper Commith
Paper Pany
Veterans of Foreign Wars Elect Graham Hunt Leader
In Oxford on January 31 a veteran of overseas service in the recent war, Graham Hunt, was elected commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars post here.
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Oxford
Graham Hunt
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Realtors Seek Rollback Date To July 1943 In Rent Control
High Point Realtors press to roll back to July 1943 the rent freeze and seek a flat 10 percent rent increase. The state OPA staff arrived to set up local rent control effective at midnight. Local administrator is E Setten, Greensboro area rent director, with Raleigh reporting the change from 1945 to 1944 dates.
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High Point Board of Realtors
OPA
Raleigh
Local Onen
Brt E. Setten
Greensboro
Board of Realtors
Lack Of Treated Piling May Delay Bridge Building
The McMeekin Construction Company of Cheraw S C reports difficulty securing treated piling for the Willowbrook Street bridge delaying preliminary work by months possibly six to eight. Consulting engineer Frank Miller says sufficient piling may allow opening operations in February.
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Willowbrook Street
McMeekin Construction Company
Cheraw
S. C
Frank Miller
Garrett Rites Friday At 11 At Residence
Funeral services for C. C. Garrett, who died of a heart attack at his Rockford road home, will be Friday at 11 a.m. at the residence with burial in Oakwood Memorial Park. Rev. Paul Tudor Jones will officiate, assisted by Dr. O. C. Williamson. Pallbearers include church elders Frank B. Smith and others. Garrett, born April 12 1888 in Guilford County, UNC alumnus and former head of the University football team in 1909, led a life in insurance, real estate appraisal, and High Point Overall manufacturing. Surviving: widow Leola Blanche Scott. son Clark Garrett Jr.. daughters Anne Scott Garrett and Eleanor Cobl Garrett. brothers Wilber C. Garrett and L. Vance Garrett.
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C. C. Garrett
Rockford Road
Oakwood Memorial Park
Paul Tudor Jones
First Presbyterian Church
Garrett
O. C. Williamson
Frank B. Smith
H. L. Brockmann
Charles W. Perry
I. Paul Ingle
F. Logan Porter
Carter Dalton
D. E. Headen
Cameron H. Deans
Clay Township
Guilford County
George A
Eleanor Cobb Garrett
University of North Carolina
Disorority
Golden Fleece
Bradstreet Company
West Virginia
I Manufacturing
H. T. Hudson
High Point Overall Company
Southern Garment
Mrs Farrar Takes Over Florida Post
Margaret Rankin Farrar, longtime librarian in High Point, has been named head librarian of the Winter Park Florida public library and will leave for the new post tomorrow. City Manager Roy S Braden noted a successor will be named within 30 days as the facility relocates to North Main Street near the Sheraton.
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Margaret Rankin Farrar
High Point Public Library
Winter Park
Fla
Farrar
Library School
University of North Carolina
Margaret Teague
Louis Teague
Roy S. Braden
North Main Street
Sheraton Hotel
Tax Listers Busy But Not Rushed On Last Day
County tax office nears 9 pm deadline with about 800 listings expected today and 1946 totals already surpassed. By close last night 11,305 had listed versus 11,298 in 1946, with night listings steady and an expected heavy finish. An odd note on medieval bathing customs appears after the tax report.
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Try R. Short
Short
Free Enterprise Emphasized At High Point Traffic Club
Former North Carolina Governor J. Melville Broughton spoke on Sound Principles of free enterprise at High Point’s fifth annual High Point Traffic and Transportation Club meeting at Erie Country Club. Officers for 1946 were installed and attendees heard calls for production, cooperation, and strong public relations to sustain U.S. industry.
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Traffic Club
High Point Traffic and Transportation Club
Emerywood Country Club
C. B. Walker
J. Melville Bton
North Lina
Ase
Erie Country Club
John Sealey
ORD
I. B. Dunn
H. D. Minnis
Southern Railway System
High Point
D. W. Hunter
Hunter Coal and Ice Company
Glenn T. Smith
Heritage Furniture Ny, Incorporated
J. T. Bruton
H.p.t.&d. Railroad Company
J. J. Corrigan
Slane Hosiery Mills
R. D. Davis
W. A. Davis Milling Company
O. A. Kirkman
L. G. Monroe
Burton Upholstery Company
R. E. Slaughter
L. H. Bottoms
Washington, D. C
W. E. Burnett
Norfolk
Frisco Lines
Broughton
Capus M. Waynick
Raleigh
Waynick
United States
Tion
North Carolina
Four German Generals Hanged in Minsk for Mass Killings
Four German defendants including three generals were executed in Minsk after a military tribunal convicted them of orchestrating the murder of 2,200,000 Russian civilians and prisoners of war.
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Moscow
Minsk
Burlington Mills announces wage increase for 850 High Point workers
W Spencer, local plants manager, states Burlington Mills will raise pay by about 25 percent for roughly 850 employees at High Point and other plants. The increase, part of a general pay boost, adds about three and a half million dollars to annual payroll and follows similar raises at 34 Burlington facilities.
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High Point Weaving Company
High
Burington Mills
W. Spencer
Greenboro
Secor General
Burlington Mills
Greens — Lee
Asheboro
First Degree Charge Lodged Against Negro
A 17 year old Point Negro, Jack Bruton, faced a first degree burglary charge after entering Paul Cock’s home at 401 Grimes Street. He also faces 10 counts of breaking and entering with bonds set at 10,000. Bruton confessed to multiple robberies during interviews with investigators.
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Jack Bruton
Paulcock
Grimes Street
Bruton
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J. M. Broughton
South
East
Midwest
Wagger’s
O.P.A
Mrs. Farrar
Florida Post
Margaret Farrar
Burlington
Reynolds
Reynolds Pen
Reynolds International
Elwood
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