Victory Garden Pride by Mr and Mrs Baxter Smith
Notes from a local column praising the Smiths of 1005 Tip Street for their thriving Victory garden straddling a stream behind their home. The piece highlights tomatoes beans beets corn and more, their 200 jars last year, and encourages fall gardening while recalling past summers and a crepe myrtle anecdote. It ends with a musing on fit words and a train anecdote.
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Victory Garden
L. Baxter Smith
Tipstreet
Smith
Mr. Smith
Europe
Mrs. Smith
Cape York Named Australia’s Northernmost Point
Cape York is identified as the northernmost point of Australia in geographic records. The landmark marks the country’s extreme northern reach and serves as a geographic reference for maps and navigation.
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Cape York
Australia
East Green Street floods as heavy rain paralyzes city traffic
Heavy rainfall of 3.01 inches in 90 minutes caused widespread flooding in low areas and street closures. Traffic stalled on Montlieu avenue and near High Point college while basements flooded and several transformers and fuses were damaged. Public works and utilities crews assessed damage with no major bridge outages reported.
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Roy S. Braden
East Green Street
Waldo Newby
Chandler Street
Pat
Newby
T. C. Kirkman
Montlieu Avenue
High Point College
Silk Street
Hawthorne Street
Duke Power Company
Public Utilities Department
Funeral Rites for Mrs Mat tie Mae Younts
Funeral services for Mrs. Mat tie Mae Younts were held at Trinity Methodist Church with Rev J W Vestal officiating. A vocal trio and Miss Pons as soloist performed, burial followed in Trinity Cemetery. Mrs Younts, wife of W E Younts, died in Asheboro after a five week illness. Pallbearers included Thomas Winslow J C Brown Lee Johnson Claude Younts George Winslow and Oscar Frye.
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Mattie M. Younts
Mattie Mae Younts
Trinity Methodist Church
J. W. Vestal
Vv. W. R. Kelley
Main Street Methodist Church
Lela Payne
Trinity Cemetery
Younts
W. E. Younts
Asheboro
Thomas Winslow
J. C. Brown
Lee Johnson
Claude Younts
George Winslow
Oscar Frye
Mackerel Tastes Best When Baked or Broiled
Study shows mackerel delivers better flavor when baked or broiled than when fried broiled or steamed. Results suggest lower fat texture and fuller taste with dry-heat methods.
Notice of Sale Guilford County North Carolina 1945 Auction
In Guilford County Superior Court the Mutual Building and Loan Association and trustees will sell at public auction on August 27 1945 at 2 PM at the east door of the Greensboro Court House for cash the described parcel in High Point Township. The sale is subject to court confirmation. The property runs from a Burton Street stake west to the Burton line and includes specified bounds. Commissioner Rupert T. Pickens administers.
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Mutual Building and Loan Association
L. J. Fisher
E. A. Wright
Kiwanis Clubs From District Meet at High Point College
About 308 Kiwanians and guests from Asheboro Elkin Greensboro High Point Lexington North Wilkesboro Reidsville Salisbury Winston Salem attended a district meeting at High Point College amid heavy rain. District Governor Sam C Bundy praised the High Point club and outlined future Kiwanis policy while highlighting blood donations and defense projects from the past year. The Asheboro club showcased an iron lung demonstration as a recent project at the exhibit.
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Kiwanis
High Point College
Carolinas
Kiwanis International
C. C. Erwin
Salisbury
Joe A. Johnson
High Point Kiwanis Club
Sam D. Bundy
Tarboro
N. M. Harrison
Third
As Ae
Piedmont
North Carolina
High Point
Sam C. Bundy
Natt M. Harrison
P. E. Lindley
Asheboro
Elkin
Greensboro
Lexington
North Wilkesboro
Reidsville
Winston-Salem
Mount Airy
Bundy
College
First Week Of Tobacco Marketing Slumps In Georgia Florida
In Valdosta Georgia on July 28 1945 the USDA marketing service reports a price slump of 1 to 6 per hundred on the Georgia Florida tobacco belt. The loss was general with green tobacco and nondescript lots showing the largest declines. Thursday sales across 17 Georgia markets reached 6 939 326 pounds at 41 16 per hundred and Florida markets moved 691 676 pounds at 14 15. Season totals rise to 21 022 for Georgia and 2 259 186 for Florida with averages around 40 to 41 per hundred.
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Valdosta
USDA
Georgia Florida
Georgia
Florida
Advertising Men In Session In Greensboro
Advertising men from 34 dailies in North Carolina South Carolina and Tennessee met in Greensboro on July 28 The opening remarks included Howard Boyce Washington on selling the value of continuous newspaper advertising Lee Ward New York discussed definite intelligent plans to keep national sold Roy Phillips Asheville Citizen Times spoke on the future of promotions Frank Kendall Chicago spoke at luncheon on increasing the pull of national advertising
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Greensboro
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennesse
Howard Boyce
War Finance Division
Washington
Lee Ward
Ward- Griffiths Company
New York
Roy Phillips
Asheville Citizen
State Medical Commission To Begin Operations
RALEIGH July 28 James W Clark of Elizabeth town newly elected chairman of the state medical care commission has appointed an executive committee to map a program of procedure and to consider applications for a secretariat. The oath of office was taken by twelve new members. Dr Clarence Poe of Raleigh became vice chairman. Governor said the commission was chosen to perform one of the most important tasks ever assigned in North Carolina.
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Raleigh
James W. Clark
Elizabethtown
State Medical Care Commission
Gark
Clarence Poe
North Carolina
North Carolina Governor Cherry Praises State Finances
Governor Cherry announced the state is in its strongest financial condition in history, citing abnormal wartime conditions as a peak factor. He warned against overspending, noting revenues exceeded expenditures and detailing substantial surpluses in general and highway funds, with total available resources reaching over 138 million dollars.
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Raleigh
Cherry
North Carolina
Commonwealth
Treasuries
General Assembly
State
Ent —— Assembly
Debt Service
Persian Jambskins Imported by U S Before War
Before the war the United States imported about four million Persian Jambskins annually from abroad, primarily from Asia.
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United States
Asia
Japan’s conquest cuts pepper supply worldwide
Japan’s advance into the Dutch East Indies has severed about 80 percent of the world’s normal pepper supply, disrupting trade flows and raising prices in markets.
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Japan
Dutch East Indies
Vets to Have First Choice on Vacant War Housing
Plans announced by Creighton of the National Housing Agency say distressed veteran families and in service personnel qualify for vacant federally owned war housing and private war housing on the same basis. Eligible veterans must have served in the U S military during the present war and be honorably discharged. Authorities urge use of all existing housing and call on owners to give veterans preference in current and future vacancies.
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Robert Koo
National Housing Agency
Atlanta
Creighton
United States
Meadows Trial In Recess As Eighth Week Ends
In Greenville on July 28 the second trial of Dr. Leon R. Meadows for embezzlement and false pretense as East Carolina Teachers College president was recessed after eight weeks. The case is expected to continue into August, longer than last spring’s mistrial marked first trial and set state records for criminal proceedings.
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Greenville
Leon R. Meadows
East Carolina Teachers College
Whch
North Carolina
State Hospital To Transfer 500 Mental Patients
The state hospital board reached an agreement to lease Camp Sutton for 500 mentally incapacitated patients from Morganton and Raleigh units. The lease begins August 1 and runs through July 31, 1948 at a yearly rental of 10 421 dollars and is under review by the attorney general.
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Raleigh
State Hospital
Morganton
Camp Sutton
State Hospital Board
Police Roundup Nets Two Lottery Suspects in City Raid
Police arrested Maurice W. Knox and Jesse R. Crater in a West End raid at English Street tavern on charges of lottery. Each was released on $300 bond. Officers recovered 85 baseball lottery ticket combination packs.
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West End
West End Tavern
English Street
Maurice W. Knox
Jesse R. Crater
Fatigue Test by Twelve Men at Cal Tech
Pasadena July 28 Twelve volunteers from a conscientious objectors camp slept for about five days in a Cal Tech fatigue study for the armed forces. The 112 hour test involved wood chopping gardening and sports with two volunteers sent to a lab for glassware polishing and two proving alert with chess.
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Pasadena
Calif
Conscientious Objectors
California Institute of Technology
Armed Services
Cal-Tech Laboratory
Governor Proclaims WAVES Anniversary Day in North Carolina
Governor R Gregg Cherry issued a statement designating Monday as WAVES third anniversary day and urging North Carolina women to enlist in the navy. Chief C R Rhodes in Charlotte quoted the governor praising the WAVES and the navy.
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Charlotte
R. Gregg Cherry
WAVES
North Carolina
Navy
C. R. Rhodes
Navy Waves
High Point Flier Earns Air Medal for Sub Patrols
Lt. Donald Hill USN of High Point North Carolina received the air medal for meritorious achievement while co pilot and navigator of a patrol bomber with patrol squadron 84 in action against German submarines in the north Atlantic from November 1 1942 to June 1 1943. He aided convoy coverage amid snow squalls blizzards icing and low visibility and contributed to reduced U boat activity through day and night anti submarine searches.
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Charleston
S. C
High Point
N. C
Navy
North Atlantic
Donald Hill
USN
Bessie Linthicum Hill
Rt. 2
Hill
Farflung
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TICS
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Walgreen
Hamilton Lumber CO
Fraley
Nelson Florist
Francis B. Nelson
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Minnie Lee
Steed
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Betty Trotter
Pauline Hedgecock
Princess
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Parker-Brown Lumber CO
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