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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1944
Page
16
The High Point portion reports Nellie the zoo vulture has died of old age. Nellie was the oldest member of the zoo fowl colony and arrived early in the history of the institution, marking the end of an era for local zoological displays.
The piece recalls Gen. U. S. Grant’s joking ambition to become mayor of Galena and build a store-to-house boardwalk. It also cites a long garbled legal notice from Guilford County North Carolina about Municipal Court foreclosures and street easements with dates in 1944 and references to properties on Charlotte Street and Cable Street.
Harry Richman, veteran New York stage star, stored lifesaving devices aboard his 1936 trans Atlantic plane to aid pilots Dick Merrill and crew. He kept them in Miami and never needed to deploy them. he said he was glad to get rid of the mementos.
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