State Eyes Long Battle Over Dismal Swamp Road
Elizabeth City March 31 The battle with the Dismal Swamp widens as the NC highway division foresees a decision next year. Hydrographic engineer W S Winslow predicts a new two mile modern highway across the swamp south eastern tip replacing the unreliable floating road. dredging removes root mat and muck to 70 feet deep then fills canals with sand after pumping 1 000 000 cubic yards. The final road will be 22 feet wide with nine foot earth shoulders.
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Elizabeth City
Trans
North Carolina Highway Division
W. S. Winslow
Great Swamp
U. S. 158
Pasquotank River
Ferry Swamp
Bank Statement of Willard National Bank Guilford 1945
A 1945 North Carolina bank statement lists liabilities and capital accounts for Willard National Bank of Guilford. It shows total liabilities and capital at 5 931 860.78, with deposits at 5 684 521.69 and capital accounts totaling 247 339.09. The report notes U.S. Government obligations pledged to secure deposits and a legal reserve of 710 179.86. It is signed by President Willard and notary Bessie A. Foster, with dates in March 1945.
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U.S
Mmes Cork
el Easy Vess
Willard
N. Williard S. Grayson
R R. Ragan
Robbins Tildentate
North Carolina
County of Guilford
Bessie A. Foster
Crossword Puzzle by Eugene Sheffer
Horizontal and vertical clues listed compete for solution with definitions across all entries. The page includes standard Sheffer crossword cues such as wrath Anglo Saxon money of account constellation gain musical direction helmsman aeriform matter observe adrop cereal grass uvae made plump land measures prefix with S shaped worm small rug swamp confronted artificial language auditory organ got up June bug Luzon Negrito taut furnished with weapons cooking vessels prophet withered Oriental tea cozy places nostrils fitful rigid rurred mountain spur lost color insane masculine name fastidious spoken Panama ces lake vapid river in Scotland build correlative of either pig pen those to whom one is indebted personal pronoun Peer Gynts mother most transparent most common confusing lines include multiple mis-spaced letters and garbled fragments.
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Luzon
Floating Road Through Swamp Traced From 19th Century Plan
The article recounts attempts to cross a swamp with a timber floating road and later timber bridge. Early buoyant timber proved impractical as tides flooded the route. By 1944 a creosoted timber bridge on original piles began replacing the old road, with officials hoping for a durable solution to ongoing maintenance and flooding.
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Highway Commission
Cpl Ben Canipe Memorial Services Announcement
A memorial service for Cpl. Ben Canipe, son of Mrs Belle Canipe of Carrick Avenue, will be held Sunday April 8 at 4 pm at First Pilgrim Church. He was killed in action in Luxembourg on December 23, 1944 after joining the service in August 1941. He married Edna Carter of Thistle Street and leaves two children.
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Cpl
Ben Canipe
Belle Canipe
Carrick Avenue
First Pilgrim Church
Cpl. Canipe
Luxembourg
Edna Carter
Thristle Street
High Point Tire Quota Reduced For April
High Point local rationing chief Mendenhall reports April tire allotment limited to 394 for passengers, down from 665 in March. He urges careful tire use, prompt repairs, and joining a share the ride club to reduce wear and vehicle strain.
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Mendenhall
Dr Conrad to Take Part in North Carolina Synod Session
Dr. F L Conrad pastor of Emmanuel Lutheran church will attend the North Carolina Lutheran synod meeting at St Johns and Organ churches near Concord beginning Tuesday at 10:30 a m. The synod runs through Thursday with seven graduates from Lutheran Southern Seminary to be ordained at Organ church Wednesday morning. Among them is Victor Frye Conrad, son of Dr and Mrs F L Conrad.
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F. L. Conrad
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
North Carolina Lutheran Synod
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Concord
St. John’s
Organ Church
North Carolina
Lutheran Southern Seminary
Columbia
S. C
Vict Frye Conrad
High Point
Penny Rationing Warned As Small Overcharges Grow
J. F. Jones, chief clerk of the local rationing board, cautions that a penny overcharge by every person in eight states would fuel inflation. He cites hypothetical steals on cigarettes, sugar, furniture, cars, and gasoline, estimating yearly losses adding up to tens of millions of dollars.
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J. F. Jones
Jones
Dinner Held In Honor Of Mayor Koonce
Mayor Arnold J. Koonce was guest of honor at a 6:30 PM informal dinner in the Sheraton hotel private dining room. About fifty Republican leaders attended as Horace Haworth presided. Speakers lauded Koonce’s 22 months in office and urged him to run again, though he hadn’t decided. A nominating and a finance committee were formed, with some members unavailable to serve, delaying personnel announcements.
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Arnold J. Koonce
Sheraton Hotel
Republican Party
Horace Haworth
Koonce
Haworth
Noble T. Praigg
Everett Marsh
Point
Charley O Brown Rites Welch Memorial Church
Funeral services for Charley O Brown aged 56 of 901 Mangum Avenue will be held at Welch Memorial Methodist Church at 2 30 p m Sunday conducted by Rev. Welch. Brown died Friday afternoon after ten years health decline. He leaves a widow a son in U S Army overseas his mother and several brothers and sisters. He was a church member.
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Charley O. Brown
Mangum Avenue
Deagg Bee Health
Welch Memorial Methodist Church
Eva P. Melton
Winfred D. Brown
U. S. Army
R. L. Brown
High Point
Raymond and
Odell
David Brown
Rockwood
Tenn
Ella Bishop
Martha Proctor
Alma Pierce
Hazel Wood
Claraercash
Florence Gulley
Brown
Funeral Rites Held for Thomas J. Jones Retired Friends Minister
The funeral service for Thomas Jefferson Jones, noted Friends minister, was conducted Friday at 3 p.m. from his High Point Route home. Rev. Joseph Peele and Rev. R. O. Nuckles led the rites with pallbearers F. T. Green, F. E. White, J. C. Pepper, E. B. Simpson, J. D. Nelson, Everett Marsh, A. C. Lowe, and L. D. Leonard. Interment followed in Deep River church cemetery. Jones, a member of Holly Springs Friends church, left a wife Julia Lanier and five daughters, four sisters, and three brothers.
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Thomas J. Jones
Thomas Jefferson Jones
Friends
High Point
Joseph Peele
Deep River Friends Church
R. O. Nuckles
Smith Grove Baptist Church
F. T. Green
F. E. White
J. C. Pepper
E. B. Simpson
J. D. Nelson
Everett Marsh
A. C. Lowe
L. D. Leonard
J. E. Whitchard
Roy Padgett
H. H. Jordan
Julia Coltrane
W. L. Jones
S. W. Jones
June Jones
Transitional keyboard instrument from 4/70 to 1810
In Portland Dr. Thomas Ross identifies a unique instrument that blends piano and harp features. Described as an early transition between the clavichord and the upright piano, it is one of the first of its kind. The instrument dates from between 1670 and 1810.
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Piano Harp
Portland, Ore
INS
Thomas Ross
Portland
Jamestown Soldier Killed in France July 24 1944
Pvt. Julian R. McGhee 19 son of Mr and Mrs W A McGhee Jamestown reported killed in action in France as of July 24 1944 after being listed as missing. He enlisted October 1943 trained at Camp Wheeler Ga served with the infantry and was a Jamestown High School graduate 1942. Survived by five sisters and one brother.
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Julian R. McGhee
W. A. McGhee
Jamestown
France
Pvt. McGhee
Camp Wheeler
Jamestown High School
High Point Savings and Trust Company
Olene
Tracie McGhee
Lucile Carter
Mae McGhee
Clyde Swaim
High Point
Marvin McGhee
Investors Snap Up City's New Refunding Bonds
The Campbell Phelps and Company led syndicate sold the citys 3 335 000 refunding issue to investors before close of business Friday. Nearly all bonds cleared before noon Friday. The sale followed a Raleigh commission sale three days earlier.
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Campbell Phelps and Company of
New York
HH. N. Williard
High Point Savings and Trust Company
Williard
Raleigh
Truck and Trailer Tags Go On Sale April 3
The Carolina Motor Club offices on College Street will close all day Monday. Mrs Thelma Hanner announced the sale of truck and trailer tags will resume Tuesday the 13th.
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The
Carolina Motor Club
College Street
Thelma Han
Ryan
Pre School Clinic At Ada Blair School
The annual pre-school clinic for physical examinations for Ada Blair pupils entering school will be held at Ada Blair School on April 5 from nine to twelve. Parents with children turning six by October 1, 1945 are urged to attend. Principal Evelyn Sutton says the screening is supported by the school health authorities and PTA.
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Ada Blair
Evelyn Sutton
Police Dept in Raleigh Loses Officers to Camp Training
The Raleigh police department, already short ten men, saw a recent hit by rain cause uniforms and equipment issues. Two more officers will soon leave for camp, reducing staffing further.
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Police Dept
Raleig
Aleigh Po
Oady
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Peer Gynt
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Welch
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Albert
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Parker-Brown Lumber CO
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