Local firms buy Bencini site on South Main in High Point
Mendenhall Thompson realtors and Perpetual Building and Loan acquire the Emery Bencini homesite a 100 by 200 foot parcel once tied to High Point's early industry and later a students’ endowment property. The purchase price near 40 000 and 75 feet goes to Perpetual with 25 feet to the realty firm.
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South Main Street
Mendenhall - Thompson, Realtors
Perpetual Building and Loan Association
Emery Bencini Old Homesite
Southern Furniture Inon
Bencini
Guilford College Endowment Committee
B. F. Johnson
Association
High Point
Alvin Hammer
O. Arthur Kirkman
Amos
R. R. Ragan
Emery Bencini
Johnson Street Gra Y Plans Picnic Saturday
Johnson Street Gra Y boys club members will meet at the school grounds at 10 a m Saturday for an all day outing in the country with games and a weiner roast. Edgar Hartley YMCA secretary said the trip ends with a visit to the Y where the swimming pool and gymnasium are reserved for their use.
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Johnson Street
Gra-Y Boys
Edgar Hartley
Y.M.C.A
Coun
M.C.A
Disabled Veterans To Be Special Guests At Parade
A High Point Veterans Day parade Saturday will feature the 82nd Airborne with a special reviewing stand for local disabled veterans and national state and local officials. The event includes a 12 30 p.m. assembly, a 1 30 p.m. ceremonies start and a 2 p.m. parade from Ingrams Avenue to South Main and Green streets, plus a static weapons display in the post office parking lot. The honor guest is Mrs Lina G Helms, and Wade Lee Helms is posthumously honored with a Silver Star.
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82Nd Airorne Division
Washington
Capital Air
High Point
Ingram
82Nd Aiirborne Division
Church and
North Main Streets
Carl T. Durham
Chapel Hill
Admiral DeBoe
6Th Naval District
Victor Johnson
Pittsboro
American Legion
Winston- Salem
Andrew Jackson Post No. 87
High Point Veterans’ Memorial Center
82Nd Airborne
Lina G. Helms
Wade Lee Helms
Pacific
325 Glider
80Th
307Th Conym
WMFR
Ingram’s Acy
North Main Street
South Main
Green Streets
82Nd Airborne Division
Before the War US Export Share of Passenger Car Output
Before the war ten percent of United States passenger car production was directed to export markets, reflecting the era’s trade pattern and industrial focus.
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U. S
Colonial Manufacturing Company of Thomasville Formed
Certificates of incorporation filed in Raleigh today announce Colonial Manufacturing Company of Thomasville to manufacture and sell furniture with authorized capital stock of 100000 dollars and subscribed stock of 300 dollars. Founders include E C Brooks Jr Ruth White Brooks and Dorothy Berkwith of Durham.
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Raleigh
Secretary of State
Colonial Manufacturing © Company of
Thomasville
E. C. Brooks
Ruth White Brooks
Dorothy Berkwith
Durham
Milk Fund Falls Short of Its $2,500 Goal
Donations to the Junior Service League Milk Fund total $458.40 so far, far below the $2,500 target. The fund aids hundreds of babies and children with milk. contributions may be mailed to P O Box 1552 or left at the Center theater lobby, with a box also in the Ente office on North Main Street.
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Junior Service League
Junior Service League Milk Fund
P.O
Ente
North Main Street
Center Theater
M” Club
Eeenee
Sylvia Ann Saunders
J. H. Adams
Jimmy
Bobby Blair
Kitty
Howard
Ginger Marsh
Nancy Shore
Lelia
W. Stanley Davis
Tyson T. Ferree T. Clinard
Farriss Andrews Bible Class Plans Lake Park Outing
The Farriss Andrews Bible class of First Baptist church will hold a fish fry and picnic at High Point City Lake on Friday evening at 6 30. All members their families and guests are invited.
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Farriss-Andrews
First Baptist Church
High Point City Lake
Train Worker Russell Brown Retires for Life on Rails
Russell W. Brown age 69 of Hammond retires after 43 years as a telegrapher with the railroad. He and his wife plan to travel by train without a fixed destination using railroad passes to roam and ride trains.
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Hammond
Ins
Russell W. Brown
Mrs. Brown
Reynolds
Father
Teen Age Canteen Opens Friday and Saturday Nights
The Canteen will operate at the Adams Memorial CA building tomorrow and Saturday nights for Junior and Senior High students. Admission requires a membership card and a ten cent cover. Hours are 7:30 to 10:30 on Friday and 7:30 to 11 on Saturday.
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Adams Memorial
Court Orders Subsistence In Adams Case
Dorothy W. Adams seeks alimony without divorce from Lester P. Adams. A pre court order set subsistence at 50 dollars and required cash, a 50 dollar attorney payment, and transfer of the South Main street home. Adams must stay away from the premises and not molest his wife. Four divorce actions were filed, three for two years separation and one for adultery.
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Lester P. Adams
Dorothy W. Adams
South Main Street
D. C. MacRae
Sti
Adams
Clayton Collins
Sara Elizabeth Collins
Aun
Lillie Mae Hughes
Faytie Lee Hughes
Daisy Brewer
Cla Brewer
Faye Irene Heslin
James Joseph Heslin
Stump Sees Assessor Puzzled by Low Valuation
An assessor in Topeka Kansas, O B Eddy, was left speechless after a woman complained that her assessment blank undervalued her property asking if that was all her property worth.
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Topeka, Kans
INS
O. B. Eddy
Dema
Budget requests seek new police cars and heavy equipment
The city manager proposes a 2 441 842 budget with six police cars at 6 000 and uniforms at 6 000 plus public works gear including a power shovel 11 400 trailer 2 100 three trucks 4 260 and two damp body trucks 2 120 each totaling 22 000.
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Braden
Public Works Department
Public Works
Division of Sanitation
Strickland
Infant Michael Ward Dies Soon After Birth
Infant Michael Ray Ward son of J L and Dorothy Mae Dennis Ward of 346 Clara Cox Apartments died in a local hospital Tuesday evening. Born June 11 he lived only a few hours. Survived by parents and grandparents Mr and Mrs Shuford Dennis and J E B Ward of Custer South Dakota. Brief funeral services were held at the graveside this afternoon at 3 and Oakwood Cemetery was the burial site.
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Michael Ray Ward
J. L
Dorothy Mae Dennis Ward
Clara Cox
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Bencini Homesite
City Lake Park
Sewer and Water Division
Parks and Recreation
Michael Ward
Wagger's
THE
Benrus
Papa
Reynolds New
Cee
Wagner
Kriesler
Buxton
Sure-Fi Actio
Bill Folds
Eversharp C.A
Schick & Remington Electric
Wagger
Elwood Hotel
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