New High Point Directory Reflects Population Growth
The 1947 High Point City Directory from Hill Directory Co lists 28 768 names for High Point and Fairmont Park, up 1 248 since 1945, with tenant owned homes army navy and services listings and an illustrated city story. Arvil H. Aaron and Wm D Zimmerman Jr top the roster. Kilroy is not listed.
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High Point
Hill Directory Company
Richmond
Fairmont Park
Army Navy
New High Point City
Directory Publishers’ Association
Chamber of Commerce
Hill Company
Publishers For Public Reference
High Point Chamber of Commerce
New High Point
Arvil H. Aaron
Wm. D. Zimmerman, Jr
Kilroy
High Point Tops North Carolina Hosiery Output
Clark's Directory of Southern Textile Mills names High Point as the leading hosiery town in the state. It currently produces over 50,000 dozen pairs per day and lists 7,048 machines including 6,910 circular and 138 full fashion units. Winston Salem Burlington and other towns follow in machine counts and output.
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Clark's Directory of Southern Textile Mills
High Point
North Carolina
Burlington
Winston-Salem
Clark
Hickory
Asheboro
Police raid rumor eases as officers quell downtown crowd
In Stockton California a patrol convoy entered a downtown cocktail lounge amid a hopeful crowd. Police clarified there was no raid, only peace officers from Northern California counties relaxing between sessions of their annual regional meeting. The paddy wagons served as the only transport.
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Stockton
Calif
California
Tickets For VFW Rodeo Show Go On Sale Next Week
The four day VFW rodeo sponsored by Veterans' Wheel of Progress will run April 30 to May 3 with reserve seating for 1,000 and general stands totaling over 7,000 per night. Tickets go on sale in High Point and Thomasville this week as organizers eye 30 to 40 thousand in attendance.
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Veterans’ Wheel of Progress
High Point
Thomasville
W. H. Jones
Torday
Jones
Highland Park
Highland Cotton Mills
VFW
Highfork
Newark
N. J
Ern Myers
Rodeo Cowboy Association
City considers memorial airport project funding plan
The city weighs a tentative application for federal airport funds to develop a memorial airfield on the Willard site. Estimated total cost runs near 337000 with the city’s share about 210000, covering land and cross-runway needs while awaiting formal approval and budget implications.
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Memorial
Silas McBee
CAA
Public Works Department
A. Kirkman
L. O. Willard
Willard
Earl N. Phillips
Kirkman
Phillips
Mechanical Engineers To Meet In High Point April 25
North Carolina sections of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers will hold a regular meeting in High Point on April 25. Isaac Fidler announced the event, inviting engineering students to attend. A tour of Strickland Furniture Co. and a dinner at the Sheraton will follow. Ernest J. Abbott will speak on profilometer readings. Kenneth Strickland and Roy Braden will participate. Headquarters for the eastern section is Raleigh. Charlotte is the western center.
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North Carolina
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
High Point
Isaac Fidler
Strickland Furniture Company
Engineering Society
Strickland
Sheraton
Ernest J. Abbott
Physicists Research Corporation of
Ann Arbor
Miche
Roy Braden
Kenneth Strickland
Abbott
Raleigh
Charlotte
Ferree Resigns as High Point Township GOP Chairman
L. F. Ferree resigns after two years as chairman of the High Point Township Republican Executive Committee, saying expanded business will keep him away. The committee will meet early this week to name a successor and a campaign plan continues for the mayoral and city council election. Possible successors include Joseph McGhee, Ralph Slate, A. Coke Cecil, and J. M. Thomas.
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L. F. Ferree
High Point Township
Ferree
Joseph McGhee
Kvonts- McGhee Drug Company
Ralph Slate
High Point Election Board
A. Coke Cecil
J. M. Thomas
High Point Red Cross Drive Nears $19000 Goal
Taylor M. Simpson reports High Point’s Red Cross quota of nineteen thousand dollars is in sight as canvassers and divisions near completion. captains urged to finalize reports and donors to contact the Red Cross office or await a canvassing paneer. Several firms reported 100 donations including A and P Team Stores, Belk Stevens, Beeson Hardware, City Realty, and others.
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High Point
Taylor M. Simpson
Simpson
Red Cross
A and P Team Stores
Anderson's
West End
Apple Auto Repair
Auto Parts and Accessories
Amos Insurance and Realty
American Bakeries
Beeson Hardware
Broadway Barber Shop
Pat Brown Lumber
Becker Tailoring
Burton Upholstering
Bebe's Beauty Shop
Belk Stevens
Broadway Billards
Big Star
Bell Bakery
Cummins Diesel
City Realty
Alston Clark Realty
City Refrigerator
City
City Welding
Don W.conrad
Conrad Smith Deal
Charm
West Green Street
Breakfast Flight of Thomasville Jaycees to Pinehurst
Eighteen Thomasville junior chamber of commerce members flew to Pinehurst for a breakfast meeting, using nine light aircraft arranged by local pilots. The trip, delayed by weather, began from two airfields and ended at Knollwood airport north of Pinehurst where a quick service breakfast awaited the travelers.
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Wint Capel
Ed Lewis
Thomasville
High Point
Jaycees
County Sugar Quota To Be Reviewed
In a letter to Frank J. Sizemore Representative Carl T. Durham said the CPA order cutting Guilford county basic sugar allotment for industrial users by 15 percent cannot be rescinded but may be increased after a re survey if population rises. The chamber of commerce urged reversal noting veterans and war workers returning offset declines. Officials said the cut stems from population shifts and ORD disbandment in Greensboro and other factors. Durham noted the order took effect March 10 but a quota restoration could follow a population re survey. chamber officials estimate a 25 percent county population rise.
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Frank J. Sizemore
Carl T. Durham
CPA
Guilford County
Chamber of Commerce
Durham
Clyde R. Hoey
Armed
Office of Temporary Controls
ORD
Greensboro
Miss Bell Named Assistant To Librarian At High Point
Miss Martha Bell of Lake City Florida was appointed assistant librarian at the High Point public library. She succeeds Mrs Harold Conner a former Miss Kathryn Cross who resigned. Bell a Dawson Georgia native holds AB degrees from Brenau and Emory library science training plus an MA from UNC. She previously served as assistant librarian at Lake City Veterans Hospital. She is sister of Mrs N E Rogers long time French teacher in High Point high school.
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Martha Bell
Lake City
Fla
High Point Public Library
Harold Conner
Kathryn Cross
Miss Bell
Dawson
Brenau College
University of North Carolina
Columbus
Emory University
Bible Teaching Fund Report S
The Bible committee of the United Council of Church Women asks city ministers to report donations by Tuesday. The Junior Chamber of Commerce contributes 100 dollars to the fund. Mrs. Carter Dalton praised the committee for informing the public about the Bible teaching program and organizing funds.
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Bible Committee
United Council of Chuch
Harry Williamson
Johnson Street
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Carter Dalton
H. W. McCain
D. S. Neill
Blake Thompson
Charles McMurray
Jess Washburn
Hunter Dalton
Council
Uncertain Fate of Civil Service and Court Bills
A High Point conference on two bills revising civil service provisions and municipal court salaries yielded no reportable conclusions. Participants included Rep. Walter Crissman, Mayor Earl Phillips, Judge Don McRae, Deputy Herman Burros, and Byron Haworth. Crissman recalled the measures from the Senate and postponed decisions for further local talks.
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High Point
Walter E. Crissman
Earl N. Phillips
Don McRae
Herman Burros
Byron Haworth
High Point Democratic Executive Committee
Phillips
Offces
High Point Civil Service
Crissman
Senate
House
Raleigh
Aleigh
Delinquency Committee Donates To Bible Fund
On Rankin's recommendation the juvenile delinquency committee of the junior chamber voted to give 100 dollars to fund Bible instruction in city schools. Rankin said the program would aid in curbing juvenile delinquency, a club objective in recent months.
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Robert Rankin
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Rankin
Indictments Sought Off High Pointers in Greensboro Court
Criminal cases filed against nine High Point residents will go to the Greensboro grand jury for indictments in superior court. Names include Sam R. Sands on larceny. Maxine McIntire and June Clark for assault with deadly weapon and intent to kill. Lloyd Rogers Lonnie Hayes and others for maiming and murder. Additional notes reference a 1920 statistic on oil and coal shipments.
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Grand Yes Greensboro
Sam R. Sands
Maxine McIntire
Wea
June Clark
Lloyd Rogers
Lonnie Hayes
Nathaniel Gidderon
Curry Gidderon
Annie Wyatt
Practical Jokers Tie Up Desk Sergeants With Pranks
The desk sergeants at the local police station juggle roles as grocers and ticket agents to handle constant odd calls. A caller asked for a floor mat for a 39 Chevrolet while another sought a bus to Jacksonville. One clerk even mistook a sergeant for a grocer, delaying response for jokes.
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Ieness
Jacksonville
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Memorial Airport
Bill Nance
Robert Rasberry
Nance
George Penny
Guilford
R. W. Stephens
Hamilton Street
Perry Street
Cavalier Construction Een
Enterprise Oto
Taylor Simpson
THE
Red Gold
Paul Smith
Fred Cody
Knollwood
Pinehurst
Greensboro-High Point
Army Air Forces
Knoll
Bible Teaching Fund
Delinquency Committee
Bible Fund
U.S
Police Department
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