City hearing on belt line requests set for week
George W. Kane and district engineer will visit High Point next Wednesday for a public hearing on road petitions. City representatives will back proposals including a belt line from Five Points to near highway Nos. 311 and 29. The hearing starts at 10 30 a m at the County building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Kane
High Point
Public Works Committee
Earl N. Phillips
Roy S. Braden
Grover H. Jones
Sam H. Strickland
Good Swimmers Seldom Drown Says Simeon
Tony Simeon Red Cross safety director notes most drownings involve non-swimmers or exhibition by youths. He describes passive and active drowning, common causes like cramps or currents, and urges enrollment in Red Cross water safety courses locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simeon
Tony Simeon
The
American Red Cross
City Council to Resume Tuesday at High Point
The High Point city council will reconvene Tuesday morning July 9 to consider approving public sale deeds for three properties and issuing multiple licenses. Items include two beverage licenses and ten billiard hall licenses with police approval for several applicants across High Point streets and clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
City Hall
Roy S. Braden
Bruce Carraway
Moffitt Street
Mattie C. Sheloff
West Commerce Street
G. A. C. Corporation
Commerce Street
C. C. Stoker
J. F. Fagan
English Street
Philbert Mitchell
Kivett Drive
K. C. Wagstaff
J. F. Ellington
West Green Street
H. A. Harris
North Main Street
R. F. Saunders
East Won Street
C. C. Yow
Twentieth Century Sport Club
L. S. Samuels
North Wrenn Street
Gale Dowdy
B. E. Gupton
Pine Street
James Corn
James Mangum
Putt
South Main Street
C E Tesh 48 Dies of Heart Attack Seining Abbott's Creek
Clyde Eugene Tesh Sr aged 48 died of a heart attack while seining for fish in Abbott's Creek near Lexington. He slumped into the water as six locals watched. Clyde Jr and Carr Shealy pulled him out and treated him for over an hour. He had worked for Southern Railway and later as traffic manager for the Southern Furniture Manufacturers association in High Point. He was born August 19, 1897 in Enterprise Davidson county and was a WWI veteran, serving as a local church leader and Boy Scout chairman. He is survived by his wife and other family members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Clyde Eugene Tesh
West Guilford Street
Abbott’s Creek
Lexington
Tesh
Carr Shealy
Shealy
Clyde, Jr
Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association of
High Point
Enterprise
Davidson County
David Eugene Tesh
Lula Weaver Tesh
Main Street Methodist Church
Culbreth-Harris
Esh
Kern Stret School Parent -Teachers Association
Boy Scout Advancement Committee
Uwharrie Council
Milk Fund Seeks Final Push To Reach Goal
Junior Service League milk fund drive remains $576.29 short of the $2,500 target as contributions total $1,923.71 through last night. The fund feeds underprivileged babies and children in health department clinics and city schools, with a larger need expected next school year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Service League
H. L. Brockmann
William Jarrell
R. I. Quigley
Charlie Lucas, Jr
Winston L. Bissette
L. C. Matton
Brooks Joins Local USES Office Staff
John B. Brooks, a veteran with over 34 months in the infantry, joins the local United States Employment Service as interviewer replacing William D. Lock who resigned to join Sears Roebuck in Greensboro. Brooks served 17 months in Europe as staff sergeant and took honorable discharge January 4, 1946.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Brooks
Infantry
United States Employment Service
William D. Lock
Lock
Sears and Roebuck Company
Greensboro
Brooks
Road Additions Sought in Guilford County Townships
Petitions for road improvements in Guilford County endorsed by the county board and sent to the highway commission list multiple township projects in High Point. Included are a 900 foot segment from state route 610 to Fairfield road, 0.3 mile Bradley street to Southern Railway, 500 feet of Francis street, 300 feet each of Jay street and Moore avenue, 0.3 mile Country side drive, and several roads from C. C. Camp and Florence roads to Deep River road including Friends playground road Wood-Hicks Willard roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward Street
Ridgecrest
South Main Street
Russell Street
East Green Street
Wrenn Street
Mangum Avenue
Public Works Committee
State Highway Commission
Southern Railway Company
Perry Street
Guilford County
County Board of Commissioners
Register of Deeds
John H. McAdoo
T. A. Burton
The
Highway Commission
High Point Township
Friends Playground
Wood-Hicks
Willard
C.C. Camp and
Florence
Deep River
New Cars Scarce in High Point Despite Growth
The Carolina Motor club branch on College Street reports only a handful of new cars reach High Point. Since June, about 50 new passenger cars and 18 trucks received licenses, with year-to-date totals near 250 vehicles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
High Point
Carolina Motor Club
College Street
Thelma H. Ryan
North Carolina
OPA
Club
Ryan
Onetalf
Sixth District Doctors To Meet Wednesday
Durham will host the sixth district medical society of North Carolina summer meeting on Wednesday. Dr. R. B. Wilkins of Durham and Dr. George T. Harrell of Bowman Gray School of Medicine will speak as about 150 doctors from 10 counties are expected. Registration begins 2:30 p.m. with the meeting at 3 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durham
District Medical Society of
North Carolina
R. B. Wilkins
George T. Harrell
Bowman Gray School of Medicine
Winston-Salem
Wilkins
Dick White Opens White Realty and Insurance Office
H M Dick White announces the opening of White Realty and Insurance at 210 North Main Street ground floor sharing space with Flythe Insurance. A High Point resident for 25 years he forms Guilford Sales Corporation to supply homes and home sites, owning 125 city lots and timber rights on 3000 acres. The White Realty firm will promote Guilford Sales activities in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M
Dick” White
White Realty Company
North Main Street
Flythe Insurance Agency
Mr. White
High Point
High Point College
University of North Carolina
White
Chase National Bank
New York City
Guilford Sales Corporation
City urged to back High Point airport site plan
High Point Greensboro airport authority asks city council for cooperation to finance a new field. It can condemn land but lacks funds. a $110000 CAA development grant requires the city to provide half, no funds until year end. Fraley Field hosts 223 pilots and 185 students amid crowded runways and growing aviation interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point-Greensboro Airport Authority
Airport Authority
CAA
High Point
Little Fraley Field
Back from war veterans fly 19 planes at field
Ed Lewis notes students and plane owners work to launch from a gravel strip amid red dust and ruts. Veterans and former airmen pilot 19 planes, facing miscalculations and weed patches, yet keep pitching as they return from enemy soil victories.
Good Cheer Radiates From Thomasville Hospital Heroine
In Thomasville Memorial Hospital patient Mrs. Edmund E. Searles, 81, reveres cheer and charity. She opened a personal savings bank to donate 58.03 toward a hospital expansion and now gives mats, postal cards, and dogwood legends to patients. Her birthday cake bore 18 candles, honoring her light in the ward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wint Capel Thomasville
Tv Memorial Hospital
Edmund E. Searles
Thomasville
Parks Reopens Practice After Military Medical Service
Dr W C Parks resumes practice at Burrus Clinic North Main Street High Point after 43 months in the Army Air Forces Medical Corps where he served as squadron flight surgeon and chief of medical service at an RAF station hospital. He studied at Wake Forest and Medical College of South Carolina and now resides at 231 Montlieu with his wife Mary Ruth Brower and one son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Parks
Burrus Clinic
North Main Street
High Point
Army Air Forces’ Medical Corps
Parks
AAF Station
Nebraska
San Antonio
Texas
Orlando
Fla
Walter Reid Hospital
Washington
D. C
Carlisle Barracks
Raf Station
Cook County Hospital
Chicago
Ill
Wake Forest School of Medicine
Medical College of
South Carolina
Mary Ruth Brower
Montlieu
Red Men To Install New Heads Monday
Chicasaw tribe No. 32 Improed Order of Red Men to install new officers at regular meeting Monday night July 8. Prophet Charles F. Steed sachem John S. Wright senior sagamore Clyde C. Payne junior sagamore John H. Meadows. Connie Jones elected 18 months Trustee to succeed himself. other trustees Arnold J. Koonce H. Y. Ligon. Officers elected one year S. D. Clapp chief of records Paul W. Clapp lector of Wampum Irvin W. Guyer keeper of wampum. 18 appointive officers named by Sachem John Wright. Installation by Richard S. Clapp lodge deputy. All members and visiting Red Men urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prophet
Charles F. Steed
Sachem
John S. Wright
Sagamore
Clyde C. Payne
John H. Meadows
Connie Jones
Arnold J. Koonce
H. Y. Ligon
S. D. Clapp
Paul W. Clapp
Irvin W. Guyer
John Wright
Richard S. Clapp
Markets Hope Housewives Will Not Call For $1 Steaks
Local meat market managers report empty counters as OPA rules vanish. They expect meat prices to rise modestly, with steaks possibly reaching a dollar per pound, while some cuts need only a small uplift to cover subsidy ends. Packagers note Chicago hog prices surged then fell, signaling a normal rise without subsidies. Butter price increases to 75 cents a pound also worry dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pegan
High Point
Packers Ag
Chicago
Miss Hoskins Named Choir Director at Local Church
The First Methodist church announces two new staff appointments. Miss Dorothy Hoskins of High Point is chosen as choir director succeeding Mrs. Monroe and has begun directing the church music. James Brown of Lasker will become director of youth activities on August 15, succeeding R. Harold Hipps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
Wilson
Weldon
Dorothy Hoskins
High Point
Harry Monroe
Hoskins
James Brown
Lasker
N. C
Local Man Heads to Elks Grand Lodge Meet in New York
J. M. Thomas, exalted ruler of High Point lodge 1155, left for New York to represent the local lodge at the 82nd grand lodge meeting. The convention opens yesterday and runs through next Thursday with 10 000 Elks expected. Elections, welfare funds, and next year’s benevolent plans are on the agenda. A July 11 pageant and parade on upper Fifth Avenue will highlight the event with uniformed marchers bands and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Thomas
High Point
New York
Grand Lodge
the Elks
Upper Fifth Avenue
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Kane
Archdale Vacation Bible School
Archdale Methodist Church
William B. Penny
E. M. Briles
Legion of the Drowned
Red Cross
Red Cross Chaplen
C.E. Tesh
Local
Fairfield Road
Bradley Street
Southern Railway
Francis Street
Jay Street
Moore Avenue
C.C. Camp Road
Centennial Drive
Dick White
Fraley Field
ED Lewis
Thomasville’s Hospital
Miss Hoskins
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