Two Day Rotary District Conference Opens With Banquet
The 189th Rotary District Conference begins tonight with a fellowship dinner at the Sheraton Hotel ballroom attracting about 600 Rotarians and Rotary Anns from coast to Piedmont. The program features speaker S. Wade Marr, glee club performances, and a dance reception after dinner. Tomorrow includes nominations for district governor, talks on Youth and Democracy and Rotary Open Door, and group discussions. Balloting runs 3 to 5 pm with a busy schedule led by Montgomery Hill.
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Sheraton Hotel
Rotary District
Rotary
Lina
Greensboro
Paul Oneley
Amos R. Kearns
Rotary Organization
Ted Johnson
Raleigh
Jack Wardlaw
Sheraton Ballroom
Broadhurst Theatre
Harold D. Myer
The
Uniersity of
North Carolina
Karl Miller
Rotary International
Dodge City
Kansas
Wesley Memorial
First Baptist
D. W
Montgomery Hill
Wal
Rotary District Conference Opens with Noted Leaders
Leading figures gather for the Rotary District Conference opening this afternoon with events running through tomorrow night. Irvin Morgan Jr of Farmville 189th District governor George Hager of Chicago Rotary International president Karl Miller of Dodge City Kansas Rotary International director John A Park of Raleigh immediate past district governor and Amos RK Kearns of High Point local club president and host attend the gathering.
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Irvin Morgan, Jr
Farmville
George Hager
Chicago
Rotary International
Karl Miller
Dodge City
Kansas
John A. Park
Raleigh
Amos RK. Kearns
High Point
High Point Boys Attend National Schoolboy Patrol Meet in Washington
About 55 High Point schoolboys head to Washington for the eighth annual National Schoolboy Patrol convention with 13 000 peers. White and Negro delegations will parade Pennsylvania Avenue as the American Automobile Association sponsors the event. Sergeant J O Pike and Ossie Davis lead their respective groups.
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Washington
High Point
National Schoolboy Patrol
Capital City
Pennsylvania Avenue
American Automobile Association
Pike
J. O. Pike
Ossie Davis
Sergeant Pike
Jack Byerly, Jr
Charles Wiley
Bill Raper, Jr
Carroll Jarrett
Bobby Conn
Don Hulin
Ray Shepherd
Edward Marsh
Dennis Wilborn, Jr
Percy Payne, Jr
Frank McClellan
Alfred Cook
Harold Cox
Joel Spradley
Charles Hayes
Edward Peatross
Jackson Huffman
Dempsey Pope
Billy Heath
Robert Sizemore
Lloyd Holden
Lyles Kearns
Johnnie Boyles
Carroll Duggins
Claude McMann
Charles Payne
Dillard Wagner
Ray Taylor
Eugene Yow
John Boggs
Harvey Coltrane
Conference Attendance Plans Altered by Rotary Leader Absence
Durham's Ter K Green and Raleigh’s Carl Goerch among attendees named for the two day meeting. George C. Hager president of Rotary International in Chicago cannot attend as planned. The conference ends with the Governor's Ball tomorrow night.
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Ter K. Green
Durham
Carl Goerch
Raleigh
John D. Larkins
Trenton
Ben Royal
Morehead City
George C. Hager
Rotary International
Chicago
Two More Firefighters Added to City Department
City Hall announced two new firemen will join the local department under a reform to grant officers a fourth day off instead of every fifth. The change, approved by the City Council, awaits Civil Service Commission list creation and competitive exams. Some officials still back a two platoon system used in other cities.
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Eli K. Ingram
Civil Service Commission
High Point
Greensboro
Mrs Ilene Lackey Dies At Home In High Point
Mrs Ilene May Lackey 25 died at her home 800 East Lexington avenue around 5 45 am from a short illness. Born Halifax County Virginia August 24 1913 she was married March 9 1935 to N E Lackey survived by husband son Donald Ray Lackey mother and stepfather and five sisters. Funeral from the home Saturday at 2 30 pm with burial in Floral Garden cemetery._body will be moved to residence this afternoon at 6 o'clock.
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Ilene May Lackey
East
Lexington Avenue
Halifax County
J. C
Rebecca Oglesby Welborn
N. &E. Lackey
Donald Ray Lackey
Railway Co To Renovate Old Station In High Point
The Southern Railway plans interior renovation and exterior cleaning for the disused High Point passenger station to be ready when tracks are laid for the grade crossing elimination project. The West End station is in use during construction. Main Street bridge work nears completion.
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The
Southern Railway Company
High Point
West End
State Highway and Public Works Commission
Leon Ellis Construction Company
Greensboro
Blythe Brothers of
Charlotte
Main Street
A. H. Guion
Kivett Drive
Beamon Street
Mothers Day stamps on sale at post office
Mothers Day postage stamps bearing Whistler's painting Mother available by request at the local post office Friday and Saturday or while supply lasts, announced by postal clerk Hubert F Cooper.
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Whistler
Hubert F. Cooper
Corn cob with a five-branch hand on display in town
B G Tolson of Timmonsville exhibited at The Enterprise office a corn cob resembling a hand with five branches. Tolson, visiting his daughter near the city, grew the ear on farm S H Young near Timmonsville. China's tunneling progress on the Burma Yunan Railway noted for the year.
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B. G. Tolson
Timmonsville
D. C
Enterprise Office
Jimmie Johnson
S. H. Young
Timmonsvill
China
Burma-Yunan Railway
Story Hours Continue At City Library
The weekly children's story hours run Fridays at 3 15 p m at the public library. City librarian Mrs Nancy K Poston announced this program continuation.
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Nancy K. Poston
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North Main Street
High Point, N. C
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Japan
England
Ilene Lackey
Postoffice
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Westinghouse
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South Main
Rose Furniture CO
Kester Bros
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