Little Hope For Hamilton Street Bridge Bid Delay
City officials say state highway and public commission will likely not award a contract for the Hamilton Street Bridge project after new bids came in higher than the rejected low bid. The state continues to bid on four other resurfacing projects on South Main Street, then Avenue, and English Street, while City Manager Roy Braden and Public Works Director Sam Strickland warn against assumptions due to elevated bids.
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Opin
Public Commission
Ilton Street
Commission
Highway Commission
South Main Street
Hamilton Street
Cit
Willowbroo Street
Perry Street
State Commission
Roy Braden
Sam Strickland
State Highway Commission
High Point
19 Year Old Girl Jailed For Bigamy
Margaret Louise Bourne aged 19 was jailed after a police warrant for bigamy. She allegedly married Charlie Foo while already married to Archie Meeks. Charles Holmes Jr. 19, was jailed on two counts of larceny with bonds set at 600 dollars for stealing items from Ron Ormand and Pat Waring. A note mentions mice bringing forth up to 17 litters a year.
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Margaret Louise Bourne
Pais
Charlie
Archie Meeks
Charles Holmes, Jr
Olga Street
Ron Ormand
Pat Waring
Strikers Seek Election At Guilford Hosiery Mill
Guilford hosiery mill workers on strike since February 25 filed for an NLRB election in Winston Salem. Abe Pincus and Grady Morton said consent election and unit agreement could end grievances through procedure. About 75 percent of mill employees supported the strike. knitters and fixers are active and seek admission to the United Textile Workers AFL. Whistler painting rejected by Royal Academy remained unsold for two decades.
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Guilford
National Labor Relations Board
Winston- Salem
Abe Pincus
Washington, D. C
UTWA
Grady Morton
Ben
J. W. Lindsay
United Textile Workers of America
AFL
Civic Clubs Plan Spring Horse Show At Brookdale Stables
Eight members from the High Point Lions met Thomasville Lions at the Woman's club to outline a spring horse show on the High Point road Brookdale stables. High Point and Thomasville will sponsor. no date set. Ads teams formed. prizes for top ad sales. Charles Prevost presented trophy from Piedmont Open tournament. Guests included M. L. Bales and Joe Bales. Dr J Pennington presided. CIVITIAN Taylor Simpson spoke on Red Cross North Africa and armed forces duties. Civitan club voted to donate 25 to the drive. Stuart Stone attended as a veteran visitor.
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Thomasville Lions
Thomasville
High Point Lions Club
Lions
Woman's Club
Brookdale
High Point Road
High Point
Joe Swicegood
Tom Johnson
Charles Prevost
Craven Casper
Homer Beck
Bob Snyder
Raymond Fowler
Louis Crawford
Carlis Kennedy
John Perry
M. L. Bales
Joe Bales
J. @. Pennington
Civitian Taylor Simpson
Civitan Club
Sheraton Hotel
Simpson
North Africa
American Red Cross
Stuart Stone
Increased Pay Granted By Local Firms
Local 291 United Furniture Workers announces wage gains for Denny roll and panel company and Kearns furniture company. Denny quotes average 12 cent hourly rise with a 60 to 90 cent range and new bonus plan. Kearns enacts seven and a half cent general increase with hiring-in at 50 cents rising to 55 in 60 days. Wage talks wrap March 1 14 and may reopen Sept 1 1946. Elections for Marsh Welch and Thomas chair workers planned for April by NLRB.
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Denny Roll and Panel Company
Kearns Furniture Company
United Furniture Workers of America, Cio
Bernard Hiatt
UFWA
Kearns
National
High Point Criminal Court Sentences Six Month Term
Judge W H S Burgwyn ordered Kyles Mangum a six month sentence for failing to stay away from High Point as previously ordered. Mangum was brought from Lexington after not appearing. Also, Samuel Johnson received three to five years for assault and concealed weapon charges.
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W. H. S. Burgwyn
Superior Criminal Court
Kyles Mangum
Greensboro
High Point
Mangum
Lexington
Samuel Johnson
Walnut Street
Melvin Byers
L. W. Barger
P. L. Wall
Marie
Jim Nelson
Willis Phifer
John Archie
Elvillie Williams
Price Street
Burgwyn
Colonial Motor Lines
Robert Reid
Bennie van
Fred Massey
Paul Bulla
Robert Jarrett
Republican Nominee Named for Eighth District Seat
In Lexington a GOP nominating meeting nominated J. H. Whicker Sr. of North Wilkesboro as the party candidate for Congress from the eighth district.
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Lexington
J. H. Whicker, Sr
North Wilkesboro
Canoe
Mrs Ollie Kerner Dies At Home In Kernersville
Mrs. Ollie Matthews Kerner died at 3 40 am in Kernersville at age 73 after years of declining health and a week of critical illness. She was born in Deep River and longtime member of the Friends church. Survived by three sisters Judith Bundy James Town Edna Matthews and Dora Horney High Point Rt 1.
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The
Enterprise
Kernersville
Ollie Matthews Kerner
Cherry Street
Tandy Matthews
Judith Bundy
Jamestown
Edna Matthews
Dora Horney
High Point
Rt. 1
No Income Tax For Warrant Officers
Washington March 13 An Internal Revenue bureau ruling grants all army warrant and flight officers full income tax exemption on service pay as enjoyed by enlisted men. Chiefs warrant officers of navy coast guard and marines incur tax on service pay above 1500 dollars while other warrant officers in these branches receive the enlisted exemption.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Army
Navy
Coast Guard
Marines
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Hamilton Street Bridge
Nat Walker
Walgreen
Main ST
Madame Donna
Elp
Guaran
Ville Rd
English St
Tragidy
L. Garner Agency
Maine
Waodorll
NEAT
Sedgefield
Sideloff OL and Coal CO
Westinghouse Dealer Utility Appliance CO
Grace Flower Shop
N. E. Russell
Sheraton Goodyear Shoe Repair
North Main St
Beeson How. Co
Ieee NL
Omeile VeDiag
Pepsi-Cola Company
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co
Winston-Salem
lIn
Sherry Kearns
Lois Ballard
Virginia Cochran
Peggy Saunders
Virginia White
Ann Lambeth
Carol Ann Kearns
Norma Seward
Nancy Ann Hatton
Imogene
Whistler
Royal Academy
N. Main ST
N. R. Chllaghan
Cecil
Office Equipment CO
S. Main
American Business Club
A. W. Burns, Jr
High Point Weaving Co
Burns
Henry Foscue
Armed Service Committee
Philip B. Davis
Walter Reed Hospital
Dick Marshall
Arthur Kirkman
Bascom Croom
William Webster
Ec VO
Wood-Armfield Furniture CO
GOP
Royal Arch Masons
F. Ellington
H. P
H. R. Williams
Fon
Albert
Auberi's
Wes South Main
Center Theatre
David Kerner
B. F. Thomas
Security Bank
Cardus
Circe Tion
W. C. Brown Shoe Shop
Washington St
Guilford Radio Service CO
West Commerce ST
City Shoe Shop
Commerce St
Security Bank Bldg
Beeson Hardware Co
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