State Fire Fighters Open Annual Convention in High Point
The State Fire Fighters Association of North Carolina opened its ninth annual convention at the Sheraton with about 50 delegates from seven of the eight locals. Distinguished international guests from New York, Washington, Atlanta and Chicago attended, as delegates spoke on pensions and possible standardization of benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Fire Fighters Association of
North Carolina
Sheraton Hotel
John P. Redmond
New York City
International Fire Fighters Association
George J. Richardson
Washington, D. C
International Association
W. W. Turner
Atlanta Ga
Pat Kelley
Chicago
Chicago Fire Department
Paul Hardin, Jr
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Grover Jones
High Point
Richardson
C. L. Cox
Durham
D. S. Charles
Charlotte
E. T. Tennissen
Mecklenburg County
General Assembly
W. H. Copley
State Association
Kelley
North Carolina Fire Fighters Association
E. J. Hatchet
Nautical Scientist Jobs Open to Qualified Applicants
The U S Civil Service Commission announces exams for nautical scientist positions in Washington DC and nationwide with salaries from 3397 to 5905 yearly. Most posts are in the Navy Hydrographic Office. others in Coast and Geodetic Survey and other agencies. No written test required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Civil Service Commission
Washington
D. C
United States
Theydrographic Office
Department of the Navy
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Department of Commerce
U. S. Naval, Coast Guard
National Maritime Academy
Commission
W. T. Winslow
High Point
Civil Service Regional
Civil Service Commission
Special Air Mail Stamp Honors New York City Golden Anniversary
Postmaster C. Clark announces a commemorative air mail stamp marking New York Citys 50th anniversary. The issue goes through New York on July 31 with a design of the five boroughs and a ring inscribed 1898 The City of New York Golden Anniversary. First day covers may be requested in limited numbers via addressed envelopes and payment. The stamp becomes available at the Washington philatelic agency on August 2, with local office sheets expected after August 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Clark
Postal Department
New York, N. Y
City of
New York
City of New York
N. Y
Philatelic Agency
Washington
Clark
Ground breaking for $60,000 polio hospital at Huffine Mill Road
Ground breaking ceremonies for the new $60,000 polio hospital in Greensboro were held at 8 a.m. on Huffine Mill Road and East Bessemer Avenue with officials from High Point Greensboro and Gibsonville observing. A mechanized crew laid foundations while fundraising began with the Enterprise serving as a collection point for contributions to the Polio Hospital Building Fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
High Point
Gibsonville
Huffine Mill Road
East Bessemer Avenue
T. E. Hinson
Amos R. Kearns
F. L. Conrad
Gilbert Clinard
Polio Hospital
Point Enterprise
N. C
Hinson
Ini
Police Hold Man After Early Morning Crash
J. E. McNeil, 34, of 202 Fisher Street, was detained by local police on charges of operating a car while intoxicated after his vehicle allegedly collided with a city street flusher near North Main and Hicks streets around 4 a.m. The car struck the flusher’s right front fender, causing more than $500 in damage and minor damage to the city truck. Two unidentified passengers sustained minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. McNeil
Fisher Street
North Main
Hicks Streets
McNeil
cNeill
Five Receive Jail Terms In Local Court
Municipal court handled a large docket with eight additional defendants for drunkenness as Judge D C MacRae presided. Five jail terms were imposed including Thomas Jump six months for malicious property damage and six months for assault with deadly weapon with intent to kill, Jump bound over to superior court with $300 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. C. MacRae
D. A. Griffin
O. C. Millikan
R. L. Frady
Clay Griffin
Leslie Delapp
R. C. Nance
A. B. Hollingsworth
J. W. Wall
Jesse F. Nelson
Asheboro
Floyd Barbee
Jamestown
Paul Dunlap
Taylor Street
Charlie Bevins
South
Wrenn Street
Bill
Worth Fulk
Kernersville
Olin Callahan
Thomasville
Ethel Maness
Silver Avenue
Pearl Agner
Reid Street
Ethel Phillips
Ernest Lee
West Green Street
Thad J
Bingham
Winston- Salem
Harry Cook
Concord
Joseph C. Southern
Dwight D. Crater
Sherman Hancock
High Point Rt. 5
J. M. Johnson
Virgil Eccles
W. H. Cook
Plymouth Dealers Air Races Get Official Sanction
Official sanction for the Plymouth dealer qualifying trials model plane meet was announced for July 17 and 18 at High Point. The event will feature free flight, rubber, u control speed, jet and stunt contests with national records possible and trophies awarded after flying at 6:00 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
High Point
Horace G. Ilderton, Jr
A. W. Talbert
Brad Thomas
Academy of Model Aeronautics
Washington, D. C
Plymouth Motor Corps
Detroit
Particpate
Tri-City
Horace G
Sky Buggs Model Plane Club
Horace Siderton, Inc
Bus Stop Change Sparks Jay-Walking Warning in High Point
High Point police warned bus riders to stop jay-walking at North Main and Washington during transfers to northbound buses from North Main and English streets. Construction on the Wachovia Bank site shifted stops, prompting safer crossings at marked corners. Parents were urged to teach children to use designated crosswalks and pedestrian lanes, as buses will wait to allow safe crossing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
North Main
Washington Streets
Main Street
English Streets
Wachovia Bank
Guest Pastors In Pulpit At 1st Methodist
Rev. Wilson Weldon of the First Methodist will be away for two weeks in August with guest preachers filling the pulpit. July sermons cover Gnawing Gluttony Coveteousness Is Dangerous Wasteful Wrath. Union services in High Point continue all summer with varied speakers at First Baptist Emmanuel Lutheran First Methodist Presbyterian St Mary's Episcopal Wesley Memorial and more through Aug 29 Emmanuel Lutheran reeled by Weldon Aug 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Weldon
First Methodist Church
Weldon
Union
High Point
First Baptist
Wilson ©. Weldon
Emmanuel Lutheran
A. B. Conrad
First Methodist
Cecil Haworth
First Presbyterian
A. R. Keppel
St. Mary's Episcopal
E. M. Avett
Wesley Memorial
T. J. C. Smyth
Central Friends
Wilson O. Weldon
Revival Services Begin Tomorrow at Macedonia Church
The Macedonia Church of God at 511 Lake Street will start revival services tomorrow. Pastor Rev W L Hicks announced the event with preaching by Rev Coy Yates Rev C H Manuel and others. Special music and singing are planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macedonia Church of God
Lake Street
W. L. Hicks
Coy Yates
C. H. Manuel
Weather cools as high heat wanes in Mercury
Mercury and surrounding area woke to a cool dry air mass from the north with temperatures near 65 degrees and a forecast of 64 tonight. Highs today expected around 86 with no rain. The pattern likely holds for another day as dry conditions persist and temperatures edge up after tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
Radio Council Program Tuesday Night on WMFR
Mr and Mrs Taylor Simpson and Max Meeks will host a radio council program next Tuesday from 8 to 8 30 over WMFR. Rehearsal occurred today at 2 30. The Simpons have just returned from a Red Cross tour of Central Europe and North Africa, and the program centers on that trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor Simpson
Max Meeks
Radio Council
WMFR
Mrs. Simpson
Red Cross
Europe
North Africa
Five Students Will Receive Diplomas In Thom asville
Five students will finish requirements for high school diplomas as the summer session at Main Street School ends Saturday morning. Three Thom asville servicemen pass general education development tests to become eligible for diplomas. Eighty-two students from Thom asville High Point Lexington Hasty and Fair Grove were enrolled in the five week session directed by Miss Clarisse Rose and taught by six teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Main Street
Norine Deece
George Wallace
Mildred Rockett
Freeda Wilson
Frankie Baily
John W. Floyd, Jr
Charles Brice Carrick
Carl C. Thompson
High Point
Chapel Hill
Family Seeks Red Cross Aid After Devastating Fire
The Cromer family of Route 1 lost their home and all belongings in a Monday fire while away. James Cromer wife and three children age 17 15 and 12 are destitute and seek Red Cross assistance with clothes and furniture. Donations are requested and donors should call the local Red Cross chapter at 5945 to arrange pickup or delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Cromer
Route 1
Red Cross
The
Mr. Cromer
Local Woman Injured In Auto Accident At County Line
THOMASVILLE July 8 Miss Lula Jenkins of 519 Bynum Street High Point suffered a minor concussion a sprained ankle and bruises in an auto crash at the Davidson Randolph county line on the Trinity road about 7 p m yesterday. Alfred Tysinger of Thomasville and another man escaped with minor cuts. Miss Jenkins was taken to Thomasville then High Point Memorial hospital and is expected to be released tomorrow. The 1940 Chevrolet was driven toward Thomasville when it left the road plowing 20 feet of a plank fence and front damage occurred. Investigating officers had not announced charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Lula Jenkins
Bynum Street
High Point
Davidson
Randolph County
Trinity Road
Alfred Tysinger
Miss Jenkins
High Point Memorial Hospital
Thomasville Hospital
Civitan Weekly Meeting At Sheraton Informs Civic Duties
Civitan club members met at the Sheraton hotel to discuss plans for the annual City Lake Park outing on July 27. Rev. E. M. Avett, associate pastor at Wesley Memorial church, spoke on civic clubs and their duties to the community. W. B. Hall Jr. was presented as a guest of his father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civitan Club
City Lake Park
Sheraton Hotel
E. M. Avett
Wesley Memorial Church
Stewart Stone
W. B. Hall, Jr
Two Truck Drivers Detained in Lexington Street Wreck
THOMASVILLE July 8 Two Greenville South Carolina truck drivers Lee Roy Seymore 60 and Joseph Jasper Moody 38 were cited for loads exceeding the 12 foot six inch limit. They damaged a telephone pole and wires on Lexington Avenue wrecking wires. Trucks carried airplane wings bound for Pennsylvania from Greenville. Drivers remained at the police station awaiting disposition of charges and damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Greenville
S. C
Lee Roy Seymore
Joseph Jasper Moody
Lexington Avenue
Cooper Motor Lines
Pennysylvania
Graduation Exercises Set For Saturday At Senior High
The senior high school summer session ends with graduation Saturday at 9 30 am in the G auditorium. Eighteen students who did not complete work last spring will receive diplomas from Principal D T Whitley. Rev Sam Smith of First Presbyterian will give the address. Diploma candidates include Elanette Andrews Larry Armfield Charles Beauchamp Thomas Garst Charles Hartley Thomas Hauser Edwin Hightower Gaston Johnson Earl Wayne Kearns Billy Reiter Lowe Peggy Jo Martin William C Patterson Harold Robbins Dora Jean Sebert Betty Sue Teague Eugene Wood Roy Steed Virginia Alice Weaver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. T. Whitley
Sam, Smith
First Presbyterian Church
Smith
Anna Mendenhall
Elanette Andrews
Larry Armfield
Charles Beauchamp
Thomas Garst
Charles Hartley
Thomas Hauser
Edwin Hightower
Gaston Johnson
Earl Wayne Kearns
Billy Reiter
Lowe
Peggy Jo Martin
William C. Pattersc
Harold Robbins
Dora Jean Sebert
Betty Sue Teague
Eugene Wood
Roy Steed
Virginia Alice Weaver
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Sheraton
W. G. Wilson
Greensio
Asheville
Wilmington
Winston-Salem
Raleigh
Enterprise
J. L. Hall
W. D. Wilson
J. T. Hunicutt
H. E. Blackburn
R. V. Thornberry
Jay
1St Methodist
Civitans
Spree TV
Waggers Large Store
Elwood Hotel
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