Delivery Of Compensation Bonds To Be Made Tuesday
About 1 000 High Point World War II veterans will receive adjusted compensation bonds with notices from the U S Post Office in High Point. Bonds valued at over 250 000 dollars will be delivered tomorrow starting 1 45 pm to homes and business districts, with registry window opening at 2 00 pm for general-delivery customers. Rural-route deliveries begin Wednesday morning and bonds are not cashed locally. Asheville will mail checks directly to veterans.
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U. S. Post Office
S. C. Clark
High Point
Clark
Asheville
Police Foiled Larceny of Key During Front Street Gambling Arrest
Police arrested five young white men on gambling charges on South Hamilton street at about 11 am. A police car was moved to the scene with the suspects loaded inside when officers discovered their car key had been stolen. They quickly switched to another vehicle and located a second key at headquarters. Suspects identified as Ed Sexton W L Ingram Nick Sexton M L Bryant and Everett.
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High Point
South Hamilton Street
Ed Sexton
W. L. Ingram
Nick Sexton
M. L. Bryant
Everett
Government urges veterans to save bonds for local handling
Veterans are asked to delay cashing bonds until 10 o'clock to receive and forward them at the government's expense to Asheville. Mr. Clark asks non urgent veterans to hold cashing to ease the local office's expected rush. The government urges saving bonds to earn interest as excellent investments.
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Asheville
Clark
Funeral for Deputy Sheriff Elia h M Brown Held in Moore County
Elijah M. Brown 54 longtime deputy sheriff and High Point resident died this morning after a long illness at his home 619 Arch Street. Born January 13 1882 in Moore County he married Talitha Sikes in 1910 and leaves six sons two daughters two sisters and seven brothers. The service was held at his home then Dover church Moore County with interment in the church cemetery.
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Elijah M. Brown
Arch Street
Mr. Brown
High Point
Starr
N. C
Moore County
Robert
Lucy Spivey Brown
Talitha Cum
Lacy Williams
Brown
Christian Union Christian Church
Seagrove
M. Needham
Calvary M. E. Church
Dover Church
John Reece Jordan
Mrs Alma C McGehee dies after brief illness
Alma C McGehee 39 wife of Allen C McGehee died at a local hospital after about a week as a resident of High Point. Born in Centerville Alabama April 2 1897 she lived in High Point five years at 708 Morris Street and belonged to Wesley Memorial church. Survived by husband two daughters Alma Elizabeth Virginia Frances and son Allen C McGehee Jr and mother Fannie Slocum. Funeral at Wesley Memorial today at 3 o'clock with Rev W A Lambeth. Interment Floral Garden cemetery.
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Alma C. McGehee
Alma &. McGehee
Allen C. McGehee
McGehee
Centerville
Ala
W. A. Slocum
Fannie Finley Slocum
Morris Street
W. A. Lambeth
D.D
Floral Garden Cemetery
Birth of Richard Irving Clark III in city dies at two hours old
Richard Irving Clark Jr died shortly after birth at the parents home 210 Alfred street. The infant was born yesterday morning to Richard and Doris Steward Clark. Survived by parents and four grandparents, brief graveside funeral at Floral Garden cemetery with pallbearers J B Steward Frank Steward Wilbur Steward Allen Clark.
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Richard I. Clark
Richard Irving Clark, Jr
Alfred Street
Richard
Doris Steward Clark
A. F. Clark
J. J. Steward
Floral Garden Cemetery
J. B. Steward
Frank Steward
Wilbur Steward
Allen Clark
Hoey Headquarters Prep for New Campaign Push
Hoey campaign in High Point will reopen Tuesday with workers ready for a stronger effort. D C McRae says many Sandy Graham supporters have joined Huey forces, boosting Shelby man Clyde R Hoey’s anticipated majority. Plans include several speeches between now and the July 4 second primary.
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Hoey
High Point
D. C
Student Aid Checks Available for School Staff
The Student Aid checks for staff working in school offices during the last month of the session are now in the office of T Wingate Andrews superintendent. The office hours are 8 30 am to 1 30 pm and 4 pm call to receive the checks at these times.
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T. Wingate Andrews
Illness at home of Glover Bedford Jr at East Farrisa Ave
Friends of Glover Bedford Jr report he remains quite ill at his home on East Farrisa avenue.
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Glover Bedford, Jr
East Farrisa Avenue
Terraces Prove Important in Conservation Efforts
Farmers in the Deep River area collaborate with the Soil Conservation Service to build Mangum type terraces, forming a contour guide for rows and reducing soil erosion. G W Kincannon notes terraces require careful planning based on soil, slope, and erosion, and warn against indiscriminate terracing while highlighting benefits for fertility and moisture conservation.
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Deep River
Soil Conservation Service
G. W. Kincannon
SCS
Kincannon
J. H. Stallings
Mr. Kincannon
Learn-To-Swim Week Sees 51 Registered So Far
City Learn-To-Swim Week registrations reach 51 by noon with 27 girls and 24 boys, free classes for ages 14 and under begin next week at the city pool. Sessions run daily next week with boys at 9 am and girls at 10 am, no charge except towel and bathing suit, and a coupon from The Enterprise grants six lessons.
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Enterprise
Terrace care and contour tillage guidance for runoff control
A field guidance note stresses keeping terraces intact and contour tilled. It warns against running rows across terraces as this fills the flow-line, causing over-topping after heavy rain. It advises breaking land with terraces, drilling grain parallel, maintaining height, and inspecting for repairs after storms.
Whale of a job for Gloucester sea rescue crew
Coast guardsmen faced the challenge of discarding a 50 ton dead whale. The carcass was towed six miles offshore but was returned by a well meaning Boston sailor who believed it threatened navigation.
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Gloucester
Mass
Coast
Arrests Made In Grocery Store Larceny Case
High Point police arrested two Negro men, John Steed and John Davis Pearson, in the act of larceny at O B Malpass Grocery at 1100 Kivett drive. Steed was inside the store, Pearson outside watching. Both charged with breaking and entering and larceny.
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High Point
John Steed
Coolidge Street
John Davis Pearson
Kivett Drive
O. B. Malpass Grocery
Steed
Pearson
Population boom in Soviet cities Moscow tops 2.85 million
The article notes rapid growth in Russian cities with Moscow now over 2,850,000 residents and Leningrad second largest at about 2,250,000. It highlights urban population surge in the Soviet Union.
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Moscow
Leningrad
High Point Receives Confederate Pension Checks in Guilford
Greensboro dispatch reports R H Sechrest of Guilford County soldiers pension board distributed 69 checks totaling 61597 for Guilford County. Each Class A veteran receives 18250, Class A widows 150, Class B widows 150. Several widows have died this year and checks go to the next of kin for those cases.
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Greensboro
R. H. Sechrest
Guilford
High Point
Sarah Myers
D. Myers
Mollie J. York
W. M. York
Marylen Carroll
John Carroll
Mary White Ham
Alvin B. Hammer
Ena C. Myers
W. Myers
Sarah Gordon Stall
Lewis R
Mary A. Swicegood
Swicegood
Sarah FE
David E. White
Raeford's Reaves Leads Successful Pharmacy Applicants
Chavell Hill June 15 report: H. C. Reaves of Raeford led successful applicants who passed the state pharmaceutical examination here last week.
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Chavel
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Willowbrook
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Lewis Body & Motor CO
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Snow Lumber CO
Eliah M. Brown
Alma S. McGehee
N. Main
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E. G. Oldham
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Hi Point
DR. Max
Bones
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