News and club notices from High Point colored newspaper
Activities include Daughter Elks meeting at Odd Fellows hall with Winston-Salem deputy, Daughter of Dorcas hospitality at 1200 Hoover, and many church and YWCA events. Local graduates Margaret Hill earns masters from Atlanta University School of Social Work with Red Cross fellowship. families and veterans connections noted.
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ELKS
Odd Fellows Hall
Winston-Salem
Doras
Sylvia Alford
Lela Thomason
Dorcas Club
High Point
Society of the American Association of Social Workers
American Red Cross
Atlanta University
First Emmanuel Baptist Church
W. L. Brooks
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Earlie Gabriel Post 5574
Daniel Brooks
George Alexander
Carter
Estelle Carter
Ladies Auxiliary
The
American Legion
Downing Steret
Methodist Men Brotherhood No. 1
St. Mark Methodist Church
Victor Blackburn
George McCorkle
Messrs
M. B. Byrd
Macy White
Herbert Potter
Clarence Holt
J. E. Melten
YPC
St. Stephen A.mle
Mary Lee Thompson
Pauline Allen
Presbyterian Church
C. C. Elliott
Dorothy Mae
Lewis
Stevenson
Samuel Love
Baldwin
S. McDaniel
Bernice ‘Gray
Mable Hines
Mangum Street
Alice Rush
Trinity
Burrus Hospital
Gray Family
G. W. Byers
Esther McCollum
Thersa Hartman
Lumber used for boxing arena provokes housing protest
Columbus official Ray Pennell says 600000 feet of lumber authorized for Lewis Conn boxing stands in New York could instead build 35 low cost homes. He vows to protest to the Civilian Production Administration, noting veterans in garages seek housing.
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Columbus
Ray Pennell
Columbus Housing Advisory Commision
Lewis-Conn
New York
Civilian Production Administration
Washington
Pennell
Bowles Faces Housing Shortage Amid Postwar Move
Chester Bowles chief of economic stabilization and his family live with friends in Georgetown as they lose their Virginia home to a returning veteran. They will spend the summer in Essex Connecticut before resuming the hunt for a new house in the crowded area, having rented in McLean Virginia since 1943. The move followed a formal notice that the previous occupant wished to reclaim the residence.
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Washington
Chester Bowles
Georgetown
Virginia
Bowles
Essex
Conn
OPA
McLean
Chess by mail drives Liberty student to 25 games
Morton W. Luebbert Jr., an Air Force veteran and William Jewell College student, manages about 25 mail chess matches with players worldwide. He studies replies after class and before sleep, balancing schoolwork with constant game play. His wife jokes about his chess obsession as he pursues studies under the GI Bill.
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Liberty
INL
William Jewell College
Morton W. Luebbert, Jr
Luebbert
Willie Beeson Dies of Heart Attack at 54
Willie Beeson aged 54 died at his home from a heart attack. He left wife Mattie, one daughter Mrs. Greensboro, three brothers and John Beeson of Rt. 1. Funeral services will be at Level Cross this afternoon at 4 o clock with interment in the church cemetery.
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C. W. Robinson
Normal Street
Royal Circle of the United Order of Tents
High Point
Odd Fellows Hall
Bethel Holiness Church
Jamestown River
Mingo
Shiloh Baptist Church
James Hayes
W. Willis Street
YMCA
Gethsemane Baptist Church
Mt. Vernon Baptist Church
Paulson
Johnson C. Smith
Ymca Board of Directors
William Howard
James Crawford
Frank Hunter
Robert Miller
Howard
Crawford
Leonard Street
Fairview Street School
Leonard Stree
Eckard Garvin
Willie McLain
Robert Lee Nelson
Circle Meeting
St. Mark Methodist Church
Beatrice Richardson
Alder Street
Mamie Morris
Daisy Farrington
Underhill Avenue
James Hoyer, Sr
W. L.brooks
Kelly Receives War Honors From Italian Government
Pittsburgh dispatch reports Charles E Kelly, touted as a one man army, honored for wartime exploits. He received the Military Valor Cross from Italy for valor and self sacrifice and also holds the Congressional Medal of Honor.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Jone H
Charles E ‘Ommando” Kelly
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Helen Hiner
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E. McCant
Friendship Baptist Church
S. M. Fragier
St. Matthew’s C.M.E.E
W. Foushee
Emanuel Baptist Church
D. D. Mason
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Oool
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Mt. Ver ‘Non Baptist
YWCA
Acme Club
Connie Gaines
Blue Triangle Club
Bennett
Joan Barber
Graye
Reba Gripper
An Saunders
Betty Jean Hall
Thayma Carter
Stella Dyer
Girl Reserve Committee
Alice Williamson
Evelyn Robinson
Wanda Hunter
Irma Eccles
Inez Burris
Mary Balfour
Eva Crawford
Betty Scott
Barbara Allen
Barbara Gripper
Frances Russell
J. A. Martin
M. B Davis
Josephine Martin
Virginia Reid
Carrie Harris
Romelia Mason
Julia Hall
Helen Stewart
Hattie Hall
Ora Martin
Martha Boulware
Hattie Boulware
Bobby Spencer
Charlotte
St. Matthew C. M. E
Criterion Club
Pga
Eoly
Employment Office
West High Street
Willie Beeson
Kelly
Elepha
Chicago
Ma and Company
Fi Williams
Prt Seu
Egberd
Seaforth
Men's Tale
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