Residents Return From Trips and Visits Around Town
Local notices recap residents returning home after trips to Cleveland Needham Mass and Florida Cuba and visits with relatives in Richmond Roanoke Staten Island and Long Beach California. Also reports a new home heating system feature and patient updates at High Point Memorial hospital with several local addresses and names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. M. Bullard
Tommie
Staten Island
N. Y
W. H. Currie
Norwood Court Apartments
Boulevard
High Point Memorial Hospital
Constance B. Wood
Nancy Clithero
Long Beach
California
H. T. Hudson
Parkway
Postal Polio Policy Promises Low Daily Cost
A Postal Life policy offers up to 5000 toward polio care, with hospital and doctor expenses, iron lung use, and transport. The plan costs less than 1 cent a day per person, with no age limit, and requests no money now by sending a card or letter to Dept 2347, 3934 Broadway, Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postal Life & Casualty Insurance Company
Dept
Broadway
Kansas City
Adv
PTA Congress Chooses Charlotte for 1950 Meeting
The North Carolina Congress of Parents and Teachers will hold its 1950 convention in Charlotte with tentative April 18 to 20 dates. The decision was made at a Greensboro board meeting on the eve of the 22nd annual PTA institute attended by over 300 officers from across the state. New committee chairs include Mrs. Willis Kirkpatrick Canton goals and Dean Leo Jenkins Greenville school education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
North Carolina Congress of Parents and Teachers
Charlotte
Board of Managers
PTA
Woman's College of the University of North Carolina
Willis Kirkpatrick
Canton
Goals
Bess Rose
E. C. Walters
Leo Jenkins
Greenville
J. Watkins
E. N. Howell
Swannanoa
B. Williams
Stedman
Local Man Sentenced on Forgery and Other Charges
A local man received three to five years in the penitentiary on two forgery counts in Superior Court. Ernest Craver, 39, of 1515 Johnson Street, faced five forgery charges and was granted continued prayer for judgment for 10 years on three counts. Herman Currence, a Black man, got 12 months for auto theft while intoxicated, resisting an officer, and hit and run. D. M. Lester, facing 10 drunkenness charges, was granted continued prayer for judgment on condition of paying $330 costs. James Love, a Black man, received 18 months for assault with a deadly weapon. prayer for judgment continued five years on a separate concealed weapon charge. Alberta Williams, a Black woman, was fined $25 plus costs. Judge George B. Patton presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Craver
Johnson Street
Herman Currence
D. M. Lester
James Love
Alberta Williams
George B. Patton
Franklin
Bridge America's Card Authority Written for NEA Service
A NEA Service feature outlines Bridge America’s card authority and its impact on card distribution. The piece explains governance, funding, and instructional goals guiding the program and its reach across communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America’s Card Authority
NEA
Unusual bridge hand shows Seidman’s bold play after bad break
In a New York City game S Sellman table Seidman faces a poor trump distribution. West wins with hearts and a small heart leads to Seidman ruff with a spade three. He finesses dummy's ten of diamonds, wins with the ace of spades, and despite East holding more trumps Seidman continues with decisive play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East
Declarer
Seidman
S. Sellman
New York City
West
First Summer Term Closes At H P C
High Point College reports a successful summer term with 448 enrolled. The second term opens July 20 at 9 a.m. in Harrison gym, with 50 more students expected to reach 498. Faculty include Louise Adams and 15 others offering courses in English biology business chemistry education geography German history and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point College
C. R. Hinshaw
Harrison Gymnasium
Hinshaw
Louise Adams
Emma Frances Baker
Herman E. Coble
Stuart C. Deskins
David M. Driver
Ben H. Hill
Cc. R. Hinshaw
George H. Hobart
Percy E. Lindley
J. Harley Mourane
Arthur G. Paschal
Ruth Steelman
Arthur S. Withers
Nathaniel P. Yarborough
High Point Recruit Joins U.S. Army Cavalry in Japan
Recruit Robert M. Parker of High Point North Carolina is stationed with B Company 7th Cavalry Regiment 1st Cavalry Division in camps near Drake Tokyo Japan as part of the occupation forces of the United States Army in Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eighth U. S. Army
Drake
Tokyo
Japan
Semena
United States Army
Robert M. Parker
G. S. Parker
High Point
North Carolina
7Th Cavalry Regiment
1St Cavalry Division
Corporal Turnage Promoted With AACS Wing in Europe
Private First Class William H. Turnage son of Mr and Mrs W C Turnage of 11A Clara Cox Apt High Point recently promoted to Corporal with the 1807 Airways and Air Communications Service Wing in Europe He serves as an administrative specialist with AACS in Germany Private First Class Turnage is assigned to duty in the European theater
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiesbaden
Germany
William H. Turnage
W. C. Turnage
Clara Cox
High Point
1807 Airways
Air Communications Service Wing
Europe
Turnage
AACS
Local Niagara Fire reps receive gold medals for 25 years
Two Niagara Fire Insurance representatives Miss Frances Montgomery and W. T. Jack Taylor were awarded the company's gold medal and engrossed scroll after more than 25 years of service, presented by field man T. G. Linthicum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Fire Insurance Company
T. G. Linthicum
Frances Montgomery
W. T
Jack’ Taylor
Safety awards shine for High Point plants amid DOL caution
North Carolina Labor Department cites Three High Point concerns Peerless Veneer Denny Roll and Panel and New Service laundry for cutting accident rates by over a specified percent. Awards were presented by safety inspector John R Bulla for the High Point district. Also notices of land sale in Guilford County reveal mortgage foreclosures with details of properties and conditions including an August 12 1949 auction date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
North Carolina Department of Labor
John R. Bulla
North Carolina
Guilford County
James Yates
Register of Deeds
Court House
Guilford
High Point Township
M. C. LeWallen
Bencin
Office of the Register of Deeds
Atlantic Building & Loan Association
Raeford Dunn
Mary Sue Dickerson Dunn
Truman Heads to Chicago For Address At Stevens Hotel
President Truman travels to Chicago to address the public and speak on keeping the U S economy strong to lead the drive for peace. He plans to fly back to Washington tomorrow morning, expected airborne by 8 am EST.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
United States
Truman
Chicago
Stevens Hotel
Washington
Furniture prices firm as market holds through fall
Retailers and manufacturers confirm prices set at the New York Furniture Exchange summer market will stay firm into fall. The report notes current price levels reflect exhibitors’ decisions at the market and mentions broader territorial expansion of the coyote from the west to Ohio and north to Alaska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
N. C
New York
New York Furniture Exchange
Ohio
Alaska
Peck School Burns in Greensboro Fire
Flames gutted Old Peck School, part of the city system, in Greensboro today. The blaze began in an unoccupied unit shortly before 3 38 am, and firefighters fought the fire for about two hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PECK
Greensboro
Old Peck
Une
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Norwood Court
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Helen King
Roanoke
E. V. Mitchell
Barbee Street
B. A. Slate
Carol
Connie
Palatka
Florida
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Hope Lodge
Concord
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Rebekah
Jaich
J. S. Moran
Marion Avenue
Nancy
Joel
Ocean View Beach
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B. J. Dunn
Edgedale Drive
Homestead
Virginia
Dunn
Ella Manson MacKenzie
Ruby Motsinger
Howell Street
Duke Hospital
Durhams
Th High Point Memorial Hospital
PTA Congress
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A& JA
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Ring
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H.P.C
Bacon
Seward's Market
E. Commerce ST
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Enterprise
Drexel
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Pwre
Peven
Furniture
Appliance CO
S. Main ST
Pulvex
Nash Loan CO
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