High Point Board Maintains Salary Scale With .25 Levy Plan
The High Point school board adopted the current salary scale for next year and ordered a budget calling for a 25 cent tax levy per $100 valuation to support current expenses and retirement costs. The plan aims to keep the 1946 level amid uncertain delinquent tax revenue and retirement costs, with contracts to be issued soon.
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High Point Board of School Commissioners
Charles F. Carroll
North Carolina
Carroll
High Point
Ingram Seeks Civil Service List for Police Chief Post
Director of Public Safety FE K Ingram said he has applied to civil service for an eligible list for the police chief’s office and will appoint after reviewing qualifications. Civil service official James B Lovelace said the application dated April 30 will be acted on next week, with a board to select the top three for recommendation. Two new applicants, J F Jones and Captain W G Friddle, have filed for the exam, though Jones says he is not interested. Captain C C Stoker, long on the eligible list and a former acting chief, would accept if chosen.
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Civil Service Division
Director of Public Safety
FE. K. Ingram
Civil Service
Ingram
James B. Lovelace
Lovelace
J. F. Jones
W. G. Friddle
Department
High Point
Plainclothes
Police Department
Two Register With Draft Board 17 Veterans Report
Draft board five lists two new registrants Charles Alfred Stewart and John Wesley Wells. Seventeen discharged veterans return to the city, named as Hedrick Orson Hauser Stewart Muncer Lawson Williams Jossaman Tise Vance Crisco Holland Bryant Moffitt and others. An unrelated note mentions ostrich farming as an established industry in Africa and other regions.
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Eros
Selective Service Board
Charles Alfred Stewart
Beamont
John Wesley Wells
P. Hedrick
Wendell F.orson
Lester P. Hauser
James E. Stewart
James Muncer
Clifton M. Gordon
Paul M. Kimsey
Charles P. Lawson
Clarence E. Williams
Richard B. Jossaman
William F. Tise, Jr
Wyane M. Vance
Howard W. Crisco
John D. Holland
Delbart
Bryant
Earl S. Gibson
James I. Moffitt
Hourly and Weekly Wages Surpass Most Industries in Refining
A recent survey shows hourly rates and weekly earnings in petroleum refining outrank 27 other major industries. Strong wage advantages are highlighted for refinery workers amid rising energy demand and market shifts.
Highland Union Seeks New Wage Scale Before Possible Strike
Highland Union Head Robert A. Parker says contract expires next Tuesday and wage increase negotiations are needed. Local No. 319 CIO Textile Workers could strike if talks fail, with a Tuesday deadline and a postponed earlier meeting. The union claims 90 percent of Highland Cotton mill workers are union members.
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Highland Cotton Mill
Textile Workers Union
CIO
Robert A. Parker
Highland Cotton Towery
Parker
Highland Mill
Mrs Kennedy Sues For Support In Civil Case
Bonnie Gladys Britt Kennedy filed in municipal court for support from husband Dewey Kennedy claiming abandonment before December 1944. She says a local criminal court order to provide support has not been complied with and she has been bed-bound for years. She seeks weekly subsistence, attorney fees, and costs.
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Bonnie Gladys Britt Kennedy
Dewey Kennedy
Kennedy
Casper H. Overman
Thelma Johnson Overman
D. Lois Ledwell Beach
Charles Edw Beach
Raeford Dunn
Cheria Dunn
Jean R. Dyson
Fenian 7
Shenen
Des Canoal
Sallie Lou Mitchell
Truman to Hold News Conference at 4 P.M Today
President Truman scheduled a news conference for 4 p m eastern standard time. Press Secretary Charles G Ross faced reporters questions about whether an announcement on supreme court appointments would be made at the event.
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Washington
Truman
Charles G. Ross
Application For Airport Near Greensboro Sought
J. J. Routh and Ralph R. Hemp hill have filed to build and maintain an airport one and a half miles south of Greensboro on the east side of U S highway 220. A public hearing is set at 3 30 tomorrow in the administration building at the Greensboro High Point airport. Willis H. Slane Jr seeks to maintain a flying service at the same airport. Slane served as instructor and pilot during the war.
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J. J. Routh
Ralph R. Hemphill
Greensboro-High Point
Greensboro High Point
Slane
Truman invites Roberts to White House for possible Supreme Court talks
Mr. Truman’s appointment list includes Owen J. Roberts, former associate justice. Ross said reporters could infer whether the Roberts visit related to the Supreme Court succession and the appointment of a chief justice, noting Truman invited Roberts to the White House.
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Mr. Truman
Ross
Owen J. Roberts
Supreme Court
Robert
Roberts
White House
Rotary Club Sees Allergies Spark Stirring Meeting
The Rotary club heard C. H. Rhodes discuss things he is allergic to from the New Deal to handshaking, provoking merriment. George D. Davis was welcomed as a new member, with J. Van Rike named junior Rotarian of the month. Visiting Rotarians included James C Asheboro Tom Gunn Fred I Rypins Earl on Charlotte Rod ERick Stamey and others from Greensboro Winston-Salem and New York City.
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Rotary Club
C. H. Rhodes
George D. Davis
Paul Casey
Rotary
Wilson C. Weldon
J. van Rike
James C . Asheboro
Tom Gunn
Sanford
Fred I. Rypins
Greensboro
Charlotte
Roderick Stamey
Kinston
George J. Keyes
New York City
W. A. J. Idol
Winston-Salem
Frank Miller
Swan Exhibit Open To Public View At High Point College
The Swan water color exhibit at High Point College may be viewed 8 30 a m to 6 p m by the public. It features 35 works including landscapes marines and still life and will remain in the library through May 20.
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High Point College
the College
Senior Class Presents Comedy Sixteen in August at High Point
The High Point high school senior class stages the comedy Sixteen in August on Thursday and Friday at 8 pm. Patricia Hubbard portrays Gusty Goodrich with Jack Murphy as Arthur Peterson and a cast of characters including Patricia Hubbard and Arthur Reterson in a story of a lively fifteen year old and her parents clashing over summer freedom.
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High Point High School
Gusty Goodrich
Patricia Hubbard
Arthur Peterson
Jack Murphy
Arthur Reterson
Mortimer Goodrich
Charles Mann
Miss James
Shelby
Asia May
Susan Uhl
Lil Stone
Barbara Burton
Emily Goodrich
Nell Sheloff
Effie McCann
Martha Lou Holton
Ogla Dean
Betty Allman
Carol Dean
Evelyn Hutton
Cynthia Thornton
Jeanne Snyder
Duke Weatherby
Charles Payne
Betty McEver
Jean Bridges
Elaine Forward
David Tillson
Roanoke Man W F Holton Dies at 80
William F Holton 80 native of Jamestown died at his Roanoke home 434 Richlie Street yesterday afternoon. He was brother of A L Holton and Albert A Holton of High Point. Survived by widow Laura and sons Elwood and Frank. Funeral Friday 2 PM at home. Burial in Roanoke.
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William F. Holton
Jamestown
Roland Holton
Richlue Street
Roanoke
A. L. Holton
Albert A. Holton
High Point
Laura Holton
Elwood
Frank Holton
Pike Delivers Mid-Week Chapel Message on Inner Beauty
Rev. D. Virgil Pike of Oak Hill Friends Church spoke at Adams-Millishour mid week chapel on The Secret of Being Beautiful. He argued beauty comes from within, not outward dress, and that holiness shines in the aged saints faces. A Christian grows by loving Christ and striving to resemble him.
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D. Virgil Pike
Oak Hill Friends
Christ
Mr. Pike
Expeditors Offer Hope For More Building Materials
Victor Corrigan and David H. Eddy met with the local emergency housing committee in Greensboro to discuss securing more materials for High Point homes. They outlined a plan with a field office to be placed in Greensboro and urged checks on sites, zoning, and unincumbered land. They noted a 1940 base of 7,291 residences with 18 percent sub standard and listed scarce items: rock lathe nails sash doors sheet rock asbestos flooring and electrical equipment.
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High Point
Victor Corrigan
National
Atlanta
David H. Eddy
Richmond
Corrigan
Clarence Walker
Virginia
Eddy
Greensboro
Housing Authority
Earl N. Phillips
Frank Sizemore
Chamber of Commerce
Armed Services
Paris Housing Shortage Persists Amid Surging Demand
Official reports show 30 thousand Parisians remain without homes or adequate shelters. In five months, over 16 thousand have been housed in the capital suburbs, but the overall shortage remains grave and unresolved.
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Paris
Ins
Draft Delinquency Reported by Local Board
Three local men failed to report to the draft board this morning for preinduction examinations. They are M. G Black, Charles Cleo Massey, and Loyd Smith.
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M. G Black
Charles Cleo Massey
Loyd Smith
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