Durham announces candidacy for reelection in NC sixth district
Rep. Carl T. Durham of Chapel Hill, already seven years in Congress, formally announces his bid for renomination. A World War I veteran and House Military Affairs Committee member, Durham cites service through wartime years and plans to continue work on reconversion and returning servicemen home as quickly as possible.
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Carl T. Durham
Chapel Hill
North Carolina
Congress
Uest
House
Alamance
Durham
Guilford
Orange
Captains Named for 1946 Red Cross Drive
Local Red Cross drive opens March 11 with 12 soliciting divisions led by Colonels Roy B. Culler Lawrence Hancock and Israel Bloom. Captains across Furniture Textile Miscellaneous Manufacurers Sales Transportation Public Service Food Manuf and Retail Women’s division and New Professional and Residential will recruit volunteers.
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American Red Cross
Lee F. Schaner
Roy B. Culler
Donald Headen
Paul Casey
Cloyt Austin
C. T. Ingram, Jr
J. S. Dallas
Lawrence Hancock
W. B. McEwen
James B. Fink
F. Logan Porter
J. E. Gibson, Jr
H. R. Williamson
B. F. Kearns
Clarence Lambeth
J. W. VanLoan
John A. Holmes
Joe H. Smith
C. E. Lehmann
Clark Dillon
Robert Sheloff
Eoree Stewart
L. H. Baker
Edwin Chappell
Roy Fowler
Douglas Gold
T. Carlton Kirkman
Public Service
A. M. Utley
Hal A. Davis
N. M. Harrison
R. B. Curran
Morris Jones
Ed Lewis
R. L. Binder
Joe Guyer
Roy S. Braden
G. H. Jones
Charles F. Carroll
B. F. Leonard
Herman Burrows
H. Clay Church
C. H. Williard
Braudisy
Carson Cox
Wade Marshal Younts
Clyde Ayres
Sloan
E. M. Greeson, Jr
Robert Vis
Joe Lambeth
Robert Lou
High Pointers Return After Bryant Award Ceremony
High Pointers, guests of Bryant Electric in New York, returned after the firm received an award for engineering achievement on the Oak Ridge atomic bomb project in Tennessee. Attendees at the Waldorf Astoria included M Bryant, Howard R Pancoast, Joseph J Bartlett, James R Siebert, Arthur M Utley and several accompanying ladies. The company had earlier earned the army navy E and the Manhattan Engineer District A awards for Ridge work.
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High Pointers
Bryant Electric Company
New York
Oak Ridge
Missiah Mann Alexander
Genie Bohler
Pancoast
Bartlett
Siebert
Manhattan Engineer
Ridge
Humorist Speaks At Ladies Night By Co-Ops
Pat Ormsby humorist of Winston-Salem spoke at the twentieth annual ladies night of the High Point Cooperative club held Friday at the Sheraton hotel. He defined humor with jokes while Mrs. H. M. Taylor and daughter Mrs. Lou Wann presented stunts. R. L. Freeman, club president, served as castmaster.
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High Point Cooperative Club
Sheraton Hotel
Pat Ormsby
Winston-Salem
Ormsby
H. M. Taylor
Lou Wann
R. L. Freeman
Executives Club Electing Directors for 1946 Officers
The High Point Executives club votes to select three new directors for the 1946 board. Retiring officers include O A Kirkman president Dr I G Greer vice president and F J Sizemore secretary treasurer. Current directors are Amos Finch Foscue Haworth Ingle Millis and Praigg with Ingle Millis and Amos retiring. Sizemore notes 146 of 160 members renewed for 1946.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Executives Club
O. A. Kirkman
I. G. Greer
F. J. Sizemore
R. T. Amos
Doak Finch
Henry A. Foscue
Horace S. Haworth
Paul Ingle
J. E. Millis
Noble T. Praigg
Ingle
Millis
Amos
Sizemore
Lone Male In Maternity Ward Sees Need For New Building
A male patient recounts a chaotic experience in a hospital maternity ward after a recent tonsillectomy. He describes crammed spaces and long hallway beds, arguing the facility needs a new million-dollar hospital to alleviate such conditions.
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High Point
Boulevard
Nossir
Council Sets Date for Library Vote and City Projects
The city council plans a special library tax election date, appoints registrars, and considers site use for a fire station at English and Ward Streets. It also weighs a full time plumbing inspector salary, taxi color schemes, a railroad spur for Tomlinson’s, a sewer line contract for West Farmis, and approving land sales with liens outstanding.
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Board of Elections
Law and Public Safety Committee
English
Ward Streets
Guilford College
Company 5
English Street
Ward Street
George L. Robb
Robb
West Amerce Street
Jacobs Avenue
Tomlinson
Sister of Mrs. Bouldin Dies in Stokes County
Miss Emma Gentry of King Route 9 died Friday afternoon at home after a brief illness. She was sister to Mrs. M M Bouldin of Archdale. Funeral services set for Sunday at 2 PM at Chestnut Grove Church near King with burial in the church cemetery.
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Emma Gentry
King, Rt.9
M. M. Bouldin
Archdale
Chestnut Grove
King
Stokes County
Church
Loftin Resigns From Thomasville Police Force
Thomasville police officer Willie C. Loftin has resigned effective March 1. Loftin, of 907 Franklin Street, leaves to work at the Thomasville chair company. No replacement named as yet per Chief E R Richardson.
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Thomasville
Mar
Willie C. Loftin
Franklin Street
E. R. Richardson
Loftin
Thomasville Chair Company
Richardson
Cox Denies Unnecessary Zoning Delay
Joseph D. Cox chair of High Point zoning committee denies delaying rezoning of Blair property on South Main Street. He says Strickland Furniture attorneys misstate the action and that the panel aims to expedite the process for city council review with no deferral.
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Joseph D. Cox
High Point
Zoning Commission
Blair
Cox
Strickland Furniture Company
David Blair, Jr
Furniture Company
Coal Outlook Improves For Next Year In Local Trade
Local dealers express optimism about a stronger coal supply next year predicting a brief strike if any as new contracts between mine operators and the United Mine Workers open April 1. J R Boone says mines expect higher production and more coal available for homes and small businesses amid mild weather boosting shipments from northern mines. Delivery labor and equipment remain the main delivery bottlenecks as summer coal is anticipated.
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United Mine Workers
J. R. Boone
High Point
Boone
Fli-Back Company to Exhibit at 43rd American Toy Fair
The Fli-Back company will display paddle and ball games ring toss toys educational toys and combined wood and metal push or pull toys at the 43rd American Toy Fair in New York City March 11 23. J E Gibson president says it will be the first full toy line shown since the war and is expected to attract thousands of buyers from across the country. The display will be at the McAlpin and Breslin hotels.
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Fli-Back Company
New York City
J. E. Gibson
McAlpin
Breslin
W. E. Colton Cigar Company Leader Dies in Charlotte
News reports the death of W. E. Colton, 69, president of the Carter Colton cigar company, in Charlotte from pneumonia. The local branch, in operation since 1933, will close Monday.
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W. E. Colton
Carter-Colton Cigar Company
Charlotte
Carter- Colton Company
Hospital Seeks Interne Training Amid Building Plans
High Point memorial hospital moves to secure American Medical Society approval for interne training. Trustees and medical staff form committees led by Welch Harris and Dr George T Wood Jr to reorganize into divisions including surgery internal medicine and pediatrics. Building fund tops 665 278 69 in pledges with 528 638 75 collected plus a 100 000 Duke endowment commitment.
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High Point Memorial Hospital
American Medical Society
Medical Society
Harris
J. W. Lindsay
Don C. MacRae
C. L. Gray
H. L. Brockman
William R. Peters
Duke Endowment Fund
Peters
Yadseut's
School Board Considers High Point Veterans Refresher Unit
The school board will decide Wednesday whether to start a veterans refresher unit at High Point High School. Superintendent Carroll urged approval while Dr. Humphreys noted college facilities are taxed and a high school unit is needed to meet demand from veterans under the GI bill.
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High Point High School
Charles F. Carroll
G. Iees
High Point College
Humphreys
American Council of Education
Velvet cichlid refuses food after tank size change
A velvet cichlid in the New York aquarium ignored meals for five weeks after transfer from a small tank to a much larger one. In a separate note, the modern armored military tank traces origin to a British invention first used in France during the Somme battle in 1916.
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New York Aquarium
France
Keswick One of World's Most Unusual Ministries
Addison C. Raws heads Keswick Colony of Mercy a 600 acre New Jersey site founded 1897 by William Raws as a Christian rescue home for alcoholics. Raws has never drawn a salary and Keswick relies on faith and gifts to house and aid up to 50 men, charging seven dollars weekly for nonworking residents.
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High Point
First Methodist Church
Addison C. Raws
Keswick
Mr. Raws
Wheaton College
America
New Jersey
Keswick Grove
Talent Parade At Senior High Thursday At 8
A talent parade featuring dancing music and humor will be staged March 7 at 8 p.m. by the senior class council and PTA at a mock broadcasting station on Armstrong with Ray Smith and Bob Renfrow as announcers. About 25 to 30 students perform in 90 minutes including violin piano tricks vocal selections tap dancing and more.
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Armstrong
Ray Smith
Bob Renfrow
Terry Taylor Returns Home After Airborne Ordeal
Charlotte reports Terry Taylor arrived home with her mother after a nursemaid disappearance case led to a kidnaping charge against Loretta Brozek. The 19 year old maid’s habeas corpus bid sparked police and FBI involvement as details emerged from Washington and North Carolina. The child, found in Annapolis, will recover with family and investigators pursuing the custody and abduction claims.
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Charlotte
Terry Taylor
Municipal
Terry
Annapolis
Ane Drew Taylor
Tonda
Dr. Taylor
Washington Women's Police Bureau
Loretta Brozek
Washington
Johnson
Taylors
N. Littlejohn
Charlotte Police
James J. Laughlin
District Court
District of Columbia
North Carolina
Walter An
FBI
Latte
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J. E
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Red Cross Drive
Bryant
Executives Club
Council
R. P. Royer
Public Works Committee
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Forrest Avenue
Roger
Thomasville Force
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Barbara Lowe
Robbie Myers
Pat Millonas
Jack Bollinger
Carolyn Ward
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Clarence Hayes
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