Recreation Commission Named By Thomasville City Council
Thomasville city council in a regular meeting named a 10 member recreation commission with power to appoint a full time recreation director. Ex officio and at large members will supervise city parks and recreation and the panel will be funded by the city. Plans include leasing a Fisher Ferry street house as a residence for the director and arranging bond sales for civic improvements.
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Thomasville
Russell van Landingham
Harry B. Finch
Parks and Recreation
C. R. Reed
Ray Parrish
Bob Hboliday
Fisher Ferry Street
R. M. Cooksey
State
The
Lions
Jaycees
East Main Street
Mann's Drug Store
Greensboro
Maurice Mills
Ridgecrest
Taylor
Morrison
Les Hegler
Birthstone rings advertised with Red Band flour coupons
Celestina Candreva of 2922 River Drive Columbia South Carolina bought multiple birthstone rings promoted as gifts. The ad touts an exquisite sterling ring with a simulated birth stone and links to a photos folder in Red Band flour sacks. General Mills advertisement.
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Celestina Candreva
River Drive
Columbia
S. C
General Mills Advt
Quick Puzzle Quiz from Today’s Grab Bag
Answers cover a range of old trivia. Spinner appears in cricket or tennis slang. the cat’s smile hints at Cheshire. the top baseball earner in 1949 was Ted Williams. Flopsy Mopsy and Cottontail are Peter Rabbit’s siblings. the author opening with In the beginning was the word is John 1:1 style but author is unknown here. The actress Harlean Carpentier is the Kan sas City born star known as Jean Harlow.
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Great Britain
Russia
Harlean Carpentier
Kansas City
Kan
Glamour Star Dies Sudden at Eight-Year Film Run
The platinum blond screen actress known for The Blond Bombshell and The Red Headed Woman died suddenly June 7, 1937, during filming of Saratoga. The Secret Six and other credits noted, with Lilian Campbell as Central Press Writer.
Child Born Today Likely Artistic Or Literary
Predictions favor artistic or literary talent for a child born today with encouragement toward intellectual pursuits. The outlook suggests benefit and happiness if one suppresses overcritical desires and focuses on growth over the next year.
Watch Your Language Isolation Definition
Isolate means to place apart by itself and derives from French isolé. The term appears in linguistic discussions about isolating words or phrases for emphasis or clarity. It traces to the French root isolé meaning set apart.
Notable birthdays for today include Vandenburg and others
Senator Arthur H. Vandenburg of Michigan, opera tenor Emmanuel List, physicist Robert A. Millikan, comedian Chico Marx, and actor Joseph Schildkraut were born on this date.
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Arthur H. Vandenburg
Michigan
Emmanuel List
Metropolitan Opera
Robert A. Millikan
Chico (Leonard) Marx
Joseph Schildkraut
Rehearsal for Jaycee Jollies This Wednesday
Willard Leathers directs the Jaycee Jollies two act musical featuring local talent with girls music and comedy. A dress rehearsal is set for tomorrow night in the Senior High auditorium as the cast polishes jokes and songs for the Thursday and Friday performances with a possible third show on Saturday if tickets sell out.
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Jaycee Jollies
Jollies
Willard Leathers
Singing Watters to sing at Dip-N Eat Drive In reopening
Singing Watters Wanderers of the Wasteland will perform as singing waiters when the Dip-N Eat Drive In at 819 South Main reopens Sunday afternoon from 1:15 to 6:30. W. H. Grady oversees the remodeled cafe. WHPE and WHPE FM will broadcast the ceremony with two sessions from 4 to 4:30 and 6 to ?
Community group meetings and church event notices
The American Legion Auxiliary Unit B will meet Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Moore's Funeral Home. Ministers Wives Alliance plans March 27 talent program at Temple Memorial Baptist church with two representatives from each church. A meeting at Mrs. J. B. Jones' home at 6:30 will finalize anniversary arrangements. The 20th Century Club meets at Clarence Strickland's home Wednesday at 8 p.m. Elder Lemar Smith preaches at Mars Hill Wednesday 8 p.m. Pride of Guilford Lodge No. 47 KOP meets Wednesday 8 p.m. at the Odd Fellows hall.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Moore's Funeral Home
Fairview Street
Ministers Wives Alliance
Temple Memorial Baptist Church
J. B. Jones
20Th Century Club
Clarence Strickland
Daniel Brooks
Lemar Smith
Mars Hill
Guilford
Odd Fellows Hall
Arson Defendant To Winston For Examination
Crawford Roberts, a Mills Home orphan aged 16, was taken to Winston-Salem with Mills Home staff and police to undergo psychiatric examination after confessing to setting three trash fires behind uptown stores last Friday. His arson charges were continued to allow the exam.
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Thomasville
Mar
Mills Home
Winston-Salem
Crawford Roberts
Roberts
Recorder’s Court
Farmer Killed by Dynamite Blast in Clinton
March 22. David Thomas Snipes a 35 year old farmer was killed yesterday when dynamite he used to blast stumps exploded. Witnesses said he carried the dynamite in a bucket at the time of the accident in Clinton.
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Clinton
David Thomas Snipes
Quote on Free Speech from Voltaire
A wry statement expresses defense of free speech despite disapproval. The quote attributes firm belief in defending others right to express views, even when one disagrees deeply.
Birth and Acts Span Flemish Art to Stamp Act
Notes recount Sir Anthony van Dyck born 1599, a great Flemish painter. In 1765 the Stamp Act was approved making it law by King George II. 1945 records Field Marshal Albert Kesselring replacing Karl von Rundstedt as German commander in the West.
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Anthony van Dyck
George II
Puzzle of Names From Classic Texts and People
A scrambled prompt lists items from fiction and biography: a fishing outcome, the Cheshire Cat, Joe DiMaggio Jr, the three sisters of Peter Rabbit, and St John in the New Testament, followed by garbled text.
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the Cheshire Cat
Joseph Paul DiMaggio, Jr
Three Sisters
Peter Rabbit
St. John
Realty Transfers in High Point Township
Real estate transfers listed include E L Penny and others to W J Rummage and wife on a Meredith adjacent lot. Royal Realty to E F Carter on Reavis property. E L Briggs to T V Rochelle on Greensboro Highway. Own A Home to Ethel M Mackenfuss on Own A Home lot. A A Hylton to George E Hutchens on Cable Street. B B Brown to City of High Point four lots in Brown and Ta bor subdivision. City of High Point to Paul C Sprinkle on Sheraton Hills. J H Thompson to D F Bryant on Hoosier Sherwood. Development Corp to John R Motts on Golfcrest. Tion to W D Albertson to H Jack Austin on Emory Wood Hills.
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High Point Township
E. L. Penny
W. J. Rummage
Meredith
Royal Realty Company
E. F Carter
Reavis
E. L. Briggs
T. V Rochelle
Greensboro Highway
Own
Ethel M. Mackenfuss
A. A. Hylton
George E. Hutchens
Cable Street
B. B. Brown
High Point
Brown and Tabor
Paul C. Sprinkle
Sheraton Hills
J. H. Thompson
D. F. Bryant
Hoosier Street
Sherwood Development Corporation
John R. Motts
Golfcrest Development
W. D. Albertson
James S. Conrad
H. Jack Austin
Emorywood Hills
1884 New Laws Proposals Pile Up In Raleigh Session
During the current session the general assembly has received 1,334 proposals for new laws. The house passed its 1,000th bill of the session last night and the senate reached a milestone as well.
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Raleigh
General Assembly
House
Senate
Joe Louis Takes Over Promotion Job In Chicago
Joe Louis becomes director of the International Boxing Club in Chicago with a meeting at the stadium. The former heavyweight champion, 34, earned 210000 on a five month exhibition tour and will promote Midwest fights against the New York monopoly with Arthur Wirtz and Jim Norris. His final bout on the tour is in St Paul tonight against Hubert Hood.
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Chicago
Joe Louis
International Boxing Club
St. Paul
Hubert Hood
Louis
Chicago Stadium
New York
Midwest
Arthur Wirtz
Jim Norris
Detroit
Olympia Stadium
Veteran aid visit by A. M. Cumbie in High Point
A. M. Cumbie of the North Carolina Veterans' Commission will be in High Point each Wednesday at 12 at the County building to assist veterans with hospital insurance and other veteran problems.
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A. M. Cumbie
North Carolina
Max Gardner Award Ceremony Broadcast on WHPE FM
The Max Gardner award ceremony will be aired tonight on WHPE FM at 9 15 with a 15 minute program. The Gardner estate funds the annual prize for UNC staff member deemed to have given greatest service to the University. Governor Scott will present the award but the recipient’s name will not be announced until the broadcast.
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Whpe-Fm
Enterprise
Max Gardner
University of North
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