Dr Greer to Speak at East Carolina Business Education Conference
Dr J G Greer executive vice president of the University of North Carolina based Business Foundation will headline a July 9 conference at East Carolina Teachers College on business education. The event includes a luncheon panel with sixteen speakers from banking manufacturing chambers of commerce civil service sales and insurance to discuss employment needs and training in North Carolina.
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Greenville
J. G. Greer
Business Foundation, Inc
University of North Carolina
East Carolina Teachers College
Greer
E. R. Browning
Tern North Carolina
Ihess
Chambers of Corn
Civil Service
Browning
John D. Messick
East Car
Leo W. Jenkins
The
Car
Jonathan Daniels
Raleigh News and Observer
Daniels
News and Observer
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Roosevelt
Truman
South
New England
Tarheels
North Carolina
Potomac
East Carolina
Josephus Daniels
City sale notice for Lot 8 in Willou Terrace High Point
By order of the High Point City Council on May 15 1945 the undersigned offers Lot 8 Block Q Willou Terrace for resale at public auction July 1 1948 at 11 00 A M at High Point City Hall cash or on terms 20 down and balance over sixty months. City retains right to reject any bid. B N Phillips Mayor.
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High Point
City of
Hight
NW. CC
High Point Township
Guilford County
North Caro
Willou Terrace
Office of Register of Deeds
Iiford County
N. C
Sixth St
North Drive
B. N. Phillips
Education Board Budget Tops Last Year Total
The State Board of Education approved a 1 278 703 budget to run public schools this fiscal year. Expenditures cite 52 666 118 for instructional service mainly teachers salaries up from last year and 1 408 417 for general control. A Piedmont Fire Insurance Co contract covers buses at 12 cents per 100 valuation, a record low from a decade ago.
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Raleigh
State Board Education
Opera Public Schools
General Assembly
Auxioia
Piedmont Fire Insurance Company of
Charlotte
Woman Unconscious For 42nd Day At Hospital
Fayetteville report notes Vickie Louise Kilby Thieme, the Mt. Pleasant native injured in a May automobile crash, remains unconscious at Highsmith hospital on her 42nd day. The article also briefly mentions a note on venomous snake bites stating whiskey is not an antidote.
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Fayetteville
Highsmith Hospital
Vickie Louise
Kilby Thieme
Mt. Pleasant
Cabarrus County
Postal Receipts in Greensboro Top 1 Million
Greensboro post office reports a new record for the second fiscal year sealing receipts at 1,706,860.51 dollars for the year ending June 30. Assistant postmaster M P Johnson notes a 69 percent rise from the prior year, with June 1948 receipts totaling 136,874.54 dollars, up 29,987.27 from last June.
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Greensboro
M. P. Johnson
Johnson
Nelson and Friedlen Face Durham Recorder’s Court
Donald Nelson, former War Production Board head, testified as a defense witness for Robert J. Friedsen in a Durham recorder’s court case. Friedsen, 54, was charged with passing at an intersection. Judge Wilson admonished both men and wished them well in Durham.
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Durham
Donald Nelson
War Production Board
Recorder's Court
Robert J. Friedsen
Nelson
Friedlen
Wilson Wol
Friedlin
Scott promotes farm to market roads and school aid
West Jefferson July 2 W Kerr Scott visiting Laurel Springs state test farm and addressing the Rotary club. He outlines goals for governor including farm to market road improvements and school funding and promises municipal tax relief, noting many towns vote liquor for extra revenue.
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West Jefferson
W. Kerr Scott
Laurel Springs
Scott
Federal Tax Collections Set Record in North Carolina
Uncle Sam’s tax receipts in North Carolina for 1947-48 reached a record total of 1 238542 lb, surpassing the prior year’s $1,182,571,851.29 and marking the first time the billion-dollar milestone was exceeded. Charles H. Robertson, U S collector for the district, noted a June 1948 monthly total of $119,198,659.54, up from $114,447,415.61 in June 1947, as he entered his 16th year in office.
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Greensboro
Uncle Sam's
North Carolina
Charles H. Robertson
United States
Internal Revenue
District of North Carolina
Robertson
Motor Vehicle Inspection Rules Drafted in North Carolina
Raleigh July 2 The Motor Vehicles department announced drafting regulations to regulate mechanical inspection of motor vehicles. The plan aims to have model cars bearing inspection stickers by dates, ensuring all vehicles are inspected as required by the 1947 law, with once yearly inspections in 1948 and twice yearly thereafter.
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Raleigh
Motor Vehicles Department
Arthur T. Moore
Moore
General Assembly
North Carolina
Winston-Salem adopts new city manager form of government
Winston-Salem shifted to a city manager form of government for the first time in 25 years. City Manager C. E. Perkins assumed the top executive role, operating under policies set by the mayor and aldermen. He began work quietly in the former mayoral office with no ceremony.
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Winston-Salem
C. E. Perkins
Perkins
Fayetteville Lineman Electrocuted While Working on Pole
John H. Sessoms twenty five, lineman for the Fayetteville Public Works commission, was accidentally electrocuted Thursday. Foreman G L Phillips saw him fall but catch by his safety belt. firefighters lowered him to an ambulance, but he died at the hospital. Workers said the line carried a low charge.
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Ae Ee
John H
Buddy) Sessoms
Fayetteville Public Works Commission
G. L. Phillips
Sessoms
Four-Alarm Fire In City Sparks Alarm And Traffic Jam
Police search for a man who allegedly tried to drop a letter into a fire alarm box beside a four alarm blaze at the Washington and Main intersection. Fire crews arrived before noon as traffic stalled and onlookers gathered. An observer described the suspect as a little drunk.
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Washington and
Main Bop
Main
Washington Streets
Catholic Services For Immaculate Heart Planned Saturday
Masses in honor of the Immaculate Heart of Mary will be held tomorrow morning at 7 30 and 9 o clock. Father O Mara and Father MacMillan will preside with devotions following the nine o clock service.
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Father O'Mara
Father MacMillan
Four U S Marine Fliers Released By Chinese Reds
Four U S Marines held captive by Chinese communists since May 5 were released today in Tsingtao as the Navy announced. The group includes Lt Harold Hawkins 25 Kalamazoo Michigan Mhe Thomas J Shaw 32 Ritnfield La T-Sgt Robert C White 25 Norfolk Va and Corp Robert R Lewis 19 Rt 1 Petersburg N Y. They were forced down on the Shantung peninsula 18 miles west of here during a routine flight.
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Tsingtao
China
Navy
Harold W. Hawkins
Grand Ave
Kalamazoo
Mich
Thomas J J. Shaw
Rtinfield
Robert C. White
Norfolk
Corp
Robert R. Lewis
Rt. 1
Petersburg
N. Y
Shantung Peninsula
Mail In Rural Boxes Will Be Held Here
Circulars sale bills and other matter deposited in rural route mail boxes will be brought to the High Point office and held for postage. B G Leonard superintendent of mails reported today. Leonard said rural mail carriers will take all matter on which postage has not been paid and hold it at the local office. He said that several persons and firms have been placing unstamped matter in the boxes.
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High Point
B. G. Leonard
Leonard
Immaculate Heart of Mary Benediction Schedule
Confessions will be heard Friday evening from 7 30 to 8 p m as part of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament observance.
YMCA Plans Boxing Ring and Field Facilities
YMCA activities expand with a boxing ring and training area to be built behind the YMCA led by Curtis Chavis. Registration open until Friday July 9 for boys and men. A large outdoor recreation area will be leveled behind William Penn high school for football field basketball softball volleyball croquet badminton and horseshoes. Indoor activities like checkers and ping pong continue along with lounge and library. Regular meetings may be held at the Y.
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YMCA
Curtis Chavis
William Penn High School
William Penn
YWCA
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