OES To Install New Officers in Public Service
The High Point chapter 106 Order of the Eastern Star will install its new officers at a public ceremony Tuesday at eight in the Masonic hall. Mrs Mildred Baker will be worthy matron and Clarence Albertson worthy patron. Mrs Edwin Bennison will be installing officer with Mrs Edna Moag as installing marshal and Mrs Valaska Johnson as grand organist. The public is invited to attend.
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Eastern Star
Mildred Baker
Clarence Albertson
High Point
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Edwin Bennison
Edna Moag
Valaska Johnson
Priscilla Club Meets at Mrs Idol Home
Mrs Vernon Idol will entertain Priscilla club members at her home 756 North Main Street for a bi weekly Friday meeting at three o clock. The exact date is not specified in readable text.
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Vernon Idol
Priscilla Club
North Main Street
Radio Council Contest Seeks High Point Growth Anecdotes
Entries for the High Point Radio Council contest on local growth and development are arriving slowly says Miss Betsy Saunders, secretary. First prize is 10 dollars, second prize 5, with material to be used by script writers for a fall radio series.
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High Point
Betsy Saunders
Tenet
The
Coun
Great Lakes Area Seen as Ideal Vacation Spot
The Great Lakes region, with miles of water and pine forests, is highlighted as a premier vacation area. It notes lakeside beaches, forests, golf, and scenic drives from Milwaukee or Manitowoc to Mackinac, plus lake cruises and ferries, with advance reservations advised for camps, resorts, and cruises.
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Chicago
INS
Wisconsin
Upper
Michigan
Minnesota
Izaak Walton
Paradise
Madison
Wis
Landsing
Mich
Lake Michigan
North Woods
Lake Man
Milwaukee
Manitowic
Ludington
Manistee
Traverse City
Cherry Center
Mackinac Island
Mackinac
sSuch Places
St. Ignace
Sant Ste. Marie
Lake Superior
Great Lakes
Historic Bay
Buffalo
Cleveland
Detroit
Sault Ste. Marie
Hiawatha
Caldwell to Head Synod Educational Institutions
Dr. Dan T. Caldwell of Richmond Virginia is named director of educational institutions for the North Carolina Synod of the Presbyterian church. He replaces Dr. P H Gwynn who moved to the Northern Presbyterian church. Caldwell, a Davidson College and Union Seminary graduate, will promote the synod six colleges and begin work around July 1 with headquarters in Greensboro.
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Charlotte
Dan T. Caldwell
Richmond
North Carolina Synod of the Presbyterian Church
J. A. Jones
P. H. Gwynn
Northern Presbyterian Church
Philadelphia
Caldwell
Defense Service Council
General Commission of Army and Navy
Davidson College
Union Seminary
Jersburg
Queens
Flora MacDonald
Maxton
Peace
Mitchell
Greensboro
Over 600000 GIs Apply For Home Loans
The Veterans Administration reported 605000 GI home loan applications through February 25 as of March 22. It noted caution against hasty use in a high priced market and reminded that loan benefits are available for 10 years after war’s end. Farm loans reached 24500 and business loans 56000.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Road Construction Progress in North Carolina in 1946
North Carolina completed 1425 miles of roads in 1946 according to State Highway Engineer W Vance Baise. More than half the mileage was on county roads with the rest on rural state highways and urban roads. unfinished projects were not counted. The article also notes Iquitos in Peru as a distant port reachable by boats up to 14 feet draft.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
W. Vance Baise
Iquitos
Amazon
Atlantic Ocean
City Council Changes Police Shift Relief in La Salle
La Salle Illinois reports the city council, urged by Alderman John Hroval, approved a shift relief plan to prevent officers leaving the town unmonitored. The new arrangement has officers relieve each other on post at city hall. The article notes ancient balance machines dating back 5,000 years before Christ.
Former Episcopal Rector Becomes Catholic Priest
The Rev James A Vanderpool, former rector of Calvary Episcopal Church Batavia Illinois and son of a Methodist minister, was ordained a Roman Catholic priest by Bishop John J Boylan at St James Pro Cathedral Rockford Illinois. He will celebrate his first Mass tomorrow at the Church of the Holy Cross Batavia. He was baptized Catholic August 8 1943 while serving Batavia and studied at St Marys Seminary and St Meinrads. Also notes the hottest sea water temperature record of 96 degrees in the Persian Gulf.
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Rockford, Ill
James A. Vanderpool
John J. Boylan
Rockford
St. James Pro
Vanderpool
Church of the Holy Cross
Batavia
Ill
Calvary Episcopal Church
Perryville
Ohio
William S. Vanderpool
Anadarko
Okla
Episcopal Church
Northwestern University
General Theological Seminary
New York
St. Mary's Seminary
Baltimore
St. Meinrad’s Seminary
Evansville
Ind
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Koonce Funeral Home, Inc
High Point, N. C
OES
Mrs. Idol
Radio Council
Alberts
Cence
Albert
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RERL
Noable Jewelers
Main ST
Center Theatre
Harry Gerald Robertson
Harry Robertson
Jamestown
Kizer Ronald Thomas
Kizer J. Thomas
White Oak Street
Center
Alice Faye Layell
J. R. Layell
Ward Street
Ronald Edward Brown
D. G. Brown
Boulevard Street
Tommy Richard Cook
J. T. Cook
Route One
Judy LaVerne Stiles
J. D. Stiles
English Street
Great Lakes Area
Thomasville
Asheboro
Commerce St
N. C
Persian Gulf
Prulanf
Charlotte, N. C
N. Main ST
Penthouse
Lucien Lelong
Chanel
Mary Dunhill
Perkinsons
Cologne
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