City Council Back Bailey Plan To Update Water System
The City Council voted to adopt in principle Mayor Bailey’s water system upgrade plan, authorizing Attorney Jones to draft borrowing of up to 209000 dollars as work proceeds. The four points include extra filters and heater, Wheeler Bottoms placement, larger water main, and a 1,000000 gallon elevated tank with feeders, totaling about 482740 dollars but debt capped by statute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. E. Hinson
W. F. Bailey
Bailey
Jess Washburn
Grover Jones
Broad
College Streets
Jones
Warm and rising temperatures forecast for Carolinas
The forecast predicts a 10 degree rise in the low temperature tonight from last night, with fair and warmer conditions today and tonight. Highs near 60 and lows around 36 are expected, with partly cloudy skies in North and South Carolina. The sun calendar notes sunrise at 6:30 and sunset at 6:28.
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Friendship Bureau
North Carolina
South Carolina
Council to Approve Draft Ordinance Likely in Open Session
Morning meeting saw most council members participate in drafting a recommendation, suggesting final approval is imminent though formal authorization has not yet occurred. Details may require more than one council session to finalize.
Jesse Stout Freed By Asheboro Court
In Randolph county court Jesse Ray Stout, accused in an illegitimate child case, was released after Beulah Beane stated the man was not the father. Judge A S Ferree.signaled the error, noting they may have the wrong man.
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Asheboro
Randolph County Recorder’s Court
Jesse Ray Stout
Beulah Beane
Jesse Ray
Jesse Wayne Stout
A. S. Ferree
Stout
Women Plan High Point League of Women Voters Meeting
High Point residents invite a representative group of women to a Saturday luncheon at the Sheraton to organize a local League of Women Voters. Mrs. Rose Marie Adams leads arrangements with plans to involve women active in civic life. Mrs. Harold Stone of Washington will attend as guest and assist local organizers.
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Madelene Hoover
League of Women Voters
Sheraton Hotel
High Point
Rose Marie Adams
Adams
League
Harold Stone
Washington
National League of Women Voters
North Caolina
State League of Women Voters
Asheville
Charlotte
Greensboro
City Vlews Briefs Petition for Pilot Furniture Bankrupt
Petition for Pilot Furniture of High Point filed in the Middle District Greensboro seeking bankruptcy adjudication. Creditors Henley Paper Company $2008.93 National Springs Corporation $1044.79 Carolina Batting Company $1395.78 list debts. Judge Johnson J. Hayes oversee.
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Pilot Furniture Company
High Point
Middle District Court
Greensboro
Johnson J. Hayes
Henley Paper Company
Pilot
National Springs Corporation
Carolina Batting Company
Repair Permits Issued for Local Businesses
Yesterday permits were issued for repairs at Thom McAn store 105 South Main R G Bayne 111 Parkway Paul Cook 105 Carter street and Miss Maxine Sloan 1800 Franklin street.
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Thom McAnn
South Main
R. G. Bayne
Parkway
Paul Cook
Carter Street
Maxine Sloan
Franklin Street
AB Club Plans Carmen Opera at High Point High School
The American Business club will present Carmen in High Point Senior High School on April 14 with Boston Grand Opera. The 80 member company includes its own orchestra and chorus and recently toured 29 states. AB Opera Committee chair is H. O. Williams. members include Ed Kent Ray Nibbelink Jack Thomas Dr. C. L. Gray and T. E. Evans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Business Club
Boston Grand Opera
High Point
H. A. Moffitt, Jr
H. O. Williams
Ed Kent
Ray Nibbelink
Jack Thomas
Dr. C. L. Gray
T. E. Evans
Assault Charges Against Two High Point Men
Two High Point men Wayne Brackett aged 27 of 500 North Main Street and Jack Blackwelder aged 33 of 1042 Montheu Avenue were named in warrants sworn yesterday by Mike Caplanides of the Rainbow Supper Club. They were charged with assaulting him on March 10 and released on $100 appearance bonds.
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High Point
Mike Caplanides
Rainbow Supper Club
Caplanides
Wayne Brackett
North Main Street
Jack Blackwelder
Montheu Avenue
Condition of Cable Said To Be Fair
Hospital reports Melvin Cable of Cable Street in fair condition after a power line pole fell on him just before noon yesterday. The city utilities department truck driver suffered several fractured vertebrae but is not in critical condition.
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Melvin Cable
Cable Street
Cable
City Utilities Department
First Honorary Degree For High Point College Trustee Dr S W Taylor
Dr S W Taylor of Asheboro long a High Point College trustee and retired Methodist minister received the college s first honorary D D degree in May 1929 He is a North Carolina native educated at Yadkin College Western Maryland College and Westminster Theological Seminary He served in multiple charges including Henderson Winston Salem Asheboro and Burlington and held leadership roles in the North Carolina Methodist Church Conference His 43 years of ministerial service ended with retirement in 1945 He is an active community figure and an honorary member of the Asheboro Rotary Club
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. W. Taylor
Asheboro
High Point College
Methodist Church
Taylor
Yadkin College
Western Maryland
Commission On Methodist Union
Methodist Protestant Church
Methodist Episcopal Church Conference
Kansas City
Missouri
North Carolina
Clare Purcell
Lillie Huffines
R. D. Davis
High Point
John Craven
S. W. Taylor, Jr
Wilmington
Thomasville Park to Get Bathhouse
The Thomasville city council approved plans for a permanent bathhouse beside Memorial Park pool. Bids to be advertised, with April 21 set for opening. Architect R D Tillson of High Point presented plans noting dual use for football team dressing rooms and the current temporary bathhouse will be removed if the new building is completed for this summer.
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Thomasville
Memorial Park
R. D. Tillson
High Point
Vacancies On Recreation Body Filled
Thomasville city council fills three vacancies on the recreation commission. Dr. R L McDonald to serve a three year term replacing Russell VanLandingham who moved outside the city. Charles Prevost named member at large for three years succeeding Ray Parrish. Rev Charles F Leek reappointed for three years representing the Ministerial association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Recreation Commission
R. L. McDonald
Russell VanLandingham
McDonald
Board of Education
VanLandingham
Charles Prevost
Ray Parrish
Prevost
Charles F. Leek
Ministerial Association
Mr. Leek
Nine High Point Plants Receive Safety Achievement Awards
Nine local plants earned Certificates of Safety Achievement for 1949 after a year without lost time accidents. John R. Bulla of the North Carolina Department of Labor announced the awards to Peerless Plywood, Wagner Parrish Veneer, Regent Plywood, High Point Face Veneer, Armentrout Veneer, Prospect Veneer, Ritch's Face Veneer, Kirkman Furniture, and Young's Inc. The program rewards perfect safety records or substantial accident-rate reductions as part of the Labor Department’s Manpower Conservation efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
John R. Bulla
North Carolina
Ritch’s Face Veneer Company
Kirkman Furniture Company, Inc
Young's Inc
Bulla
Labor Department
Duke Power wage dispute to hold joint conference
A fact-finding board called a joint conference in Charlotte next Tuesday to resolve the wage dispute with Duke Power Company. The Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen seeks a 20 cent an hour raise for about 600 drivers and mechanics in six Carolinas cities while the company caps at three cents. Cities involved include Greenville and Spartanburg in S C and Charlotte Winston-Salem High Point and Salisbury in North Carolina.
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Charlotte
Duke Power Company
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Carolinas
Greenville
Spartanburg
S. C
Winston-Salem
High Point
Salisbury
North Carolina
Bobby Padgett Named To Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society
Bobby Padgett of 240 Montheau Avenue is among 52 freshmen welcomed into Duke University’s Phi Eta Sigma national academic society. President Lee Noel praised the new members’ scholastic records at the Freshman class assembly. Initiation and banquet are scheduled for March 21 in the Union ballroom.
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Phi Eta Sigma
National Academic Society
Duke University
Bobby Padgett
Roy M. Padgett
Montheu Avenue
Lee Noel
Green Letter Society
Union Ballroom
Laurinburg Man Sentenced to 32 Years for Lye Attack
Eddie Lee Russell, 40, was sentenced to 32 years in prison for throwing lye in the face of a woman storekeeper in Laurinburg in February and stealing about $10. The victim, Mrs. Soloman McCormick, 53, suffered severe burns to the face, leg and arm.
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Laurinburg
Eddie Lee Russell
Eight New Members Inducted Into High Point College Order
Dr. Dennis Cooke, High Point College president, inducted eight new members into the Knighted Lamp during a school assembly. Nominations came from current members and faculty elected the inductees Herman Coble Joe Irwin Santhia Gerring er Fletcher Womble Ed Auman Owen Fitzgerald George Thompson Ruby Workman. Nominators were Kenneth De Haven Charmine Rose and Anne Stuart. After the oath Miss Vera Idol spoke on The Twentieth Century Renaissance.
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Dennis Cooke
High Point College
Herman Coble
High Point
Joe Irwin
Stokesdale
Santhia Gerringer
Gibsonville
Fletcher Womble
Ed Auman
Concord
Owen Fitzgerald
Kinston
George Thompson
Cooke
Vera Idol
Women Lead Red Cross Drive in High Point
About 1 000 High Point housewives will join the Red Cross as the annual drive nears completion. The women’s division, led by Colonel Mrs. Royster Tucker, began house to house solicitation and expects to exceed its $1 500 quota. Total reported contributions reach about $14 000, with several firms reporting 100 percent employee participation.
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High Point
Red Cross
Clarence M. Allred
Allred
Royster Tucker
Taylor M. Simpson Co
Koonce Funeral Home
Wright Frame Works
Marlowe van Loan Corporation
High Point Glass and Decorating Co
Quality Frame Co
Joseph J. Cox and Sons
Malpass and Kearns Food Store
Curtis Smithdeal Realty
Murray M. White Insurance
Home Service Life Insurance
Continental
Durham
State Capital
Liberty Mutual and
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Companies
First Presbyterian Church
Meredith College Glee Club Captivates Green Street Crowd
The Meredith College Glee Club directed by Beatrice Donley performed before a large audience at Green Street Baptist Church. Soprano Nancy Hall from Oxford led solos with Bettie Compton and Joanne Mason accompanying. The program featured Purcell, Gibbons, Vene, Arne, Bizet, Britten, and Dunhill among others, concluding with Schumann and Scott selections.
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Meredith College Glee Club
Green Street Baptist Church
Collegians
Beatrice Donley
Meredith Department of Voice
Bettie Compton
Burlington
Purcell
Gibbons
Vene
Arne
Bizet
Nancy Hall
Oxford
Joanne Mason
Portsmouth
Dunhill
Abram Brown
Britten
Deems Taylor
Betty Jo Smith
High Point
Addie Elliott
Huntsville
Ala
Gounod
Schuman
Horton
John Prindle Scott
Camera Club Awards Prizes For Portraits
Portraits by High Point Camera club members were judged by vote. First prize went to J. J. Ellington, second to D. L. Barker Jr., and third to Mabel H. Hargett. Clifford N. Cox Jr commented on lighting and appeal. Next meeting is April 11 with Roscoe Peters in charge.
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High Point Camera Club
J. J. Ellington
D. L. Barker Jr
Mabel H. Hargett
Clifford N. Cox, Jr
Roscoe Peters
Pioneer Construction Company Receives Charter in Thomasville
Thomasville March 15 Pioneer Construction Company Inc of Thomasville has been issued a certificate of incorporation by the Secretary of State in Raleigh. The new firm will engage in general construction with authorized capital stock of 300000 dollars. Ben Meyers W E Fouts and Joe Meyers all of Thomasville have subscribed to 300 dollars of the stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Pioneer Construction, Company, Inc
Raleigh
Ben Meyers
W. E. Fouts
Joe Meyers
Missionary Commission Given Former High Point Resident
The Rev Worth C Grant pastor of First Baptist Weldon and High Point native was commissioned as a missionary to Japan in Richmond Virginia by the Foreign Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention His wife Kathryn Stephens Grant and their two children Donna and Angela will sail for Japan late July and study the language on field He is a Furman and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary graduate and served as a Navy transport chaplain before pastoring in Weldon for three years The Grants two brothers and sister are active in religious and church work in Indiana Thomasville and High Point
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Worth C. Grant
First Baptist Church
Weldon
High Point
Japan
Richmond
Foreign Mission Board
Southern Baptist Convention
L. L. Grant
Myrtle Street
Grants
Grant
Kathryn Stephens
Abbeville
S. C
Donna
Angela
Mr. Grant
High Point High School
Mars Hill Junior College
Furman University
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Louisville
Kennedy Home
Kinston
U. S. Navy
Pacific
Weldon Church
State Baptist Convention
Roy L. Grant
Meron
Indiana
Marse
Charity and Children
Baptist
Thomasville
Truett
Duke University
Ray Delappe
Art Exhibit At Jamestown High School Displays Masters
An exhibition of 15 large color reproductions from Old Masters like Gainsborough Da Vinci Raphael and Van Dyck plus modern artists such as George Innes Duveneck and Wyant is on view at Jamestown High School through Thursday. Proceeds fund school picture purchases.
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Jamestown High School
Gainsborough
Titian Da_ Vinci
Te: Lorch
Murillo
van Dyck
Raphael
Brush
Ben Foster
George de Forest Brush
George Innes
Ernest Albert
Harry Vincent
Frank Duveneck
Gardner Symons
Bruce Crane
William Wyant
Robert Wesley Amick
Gustave Wiegand
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Guilford
Optical
N. L. Smith
Lewis Motor CO
S. Wrenn St
Vigoro
Swift
Clinard
Mercury
Mar
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Weather Bureau
OON
Orleans
Columbia
New York
Denver
Detroit
Antonio
Galveston
Freisco
OI High Point
Jacksonville
Tampa
Little Rock
Jesse Stout
A. E. Sherron
Warner
W. Broad ST
Hartford City
Mann’s Drug Store
Ring-Harris Pharmacy, Inc
N. Main St
Cecil
Office Equipment CO
Main ST
Optometrist
Women Plan
High Point Organization
City Vlews Briefs
AB Club
Rolaon
Ata
Jeff
Thomasville Park
High Point College Order
Camera Club
Thomasville Firm
Donald Clothing CO
Missionary Commission
Rev. Worth C. Grant
Jamestown
Washington ST
Bruce H. Carraway Office
Kennedy
S. Main St
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