Canterbury Club Hosts Mrs Grandjean at Beaucrest Home
The Canterbury club will be entertained by Mrs P W Grandjean at her home on Beaucrest road Friday afternoon. The meeting is scheduled for three thirty o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canterbury Club
P. W. Grandjean
Beaucrest Road
W. E. Woodruff
H. W. Weiler, Jr
Coronado
Calif
Weil
U.S. Avy
Russia
Jess Garner
Cleveland Thayer
Ed Crawford
Garner
Gordon Hall
John Griffin
Carl Phillips
Irving Hall
Junior Service League To Meet May Meeting
The May meeting of the Junior Service League will be held at the Adams Memorial YWCA building on Tuesday morning at ten thirty after a board session starting at nine thirty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Service League
Adams Memorial Ywca
Suburban Club Postpones Meet to May 21 at Mrs Taylor’s
The Town and Country Garden club will meet as scheduled this week but then reschedule for May 21 at the home of Mrs. Roger Taylor on Woodrow Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town and Country Garden Club
Roger Taylor
Woodrow Avenue
Avenuae Cues in the et States Acreage Rise Since 1920
The avenue cues in the United States reached acres in 1945, up 20 acres from 1940 and 50 acres more than in 1920, reflecting a steady expansion over the period.
Asheboro BPWC Hosts Talk on Investments and Club Activities
Asheboro BPWC held its dinner meeting at the oe Street school cafeteria with guest speaker Dick Paschal of Second National Bank of Greensboro discussing investment types and saving importance. The program included a band showcase, nominations, Legion Auxiliary reports, and club social events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheboro
Hay
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Dick Paschal
Second National Bank of
Greenboro
Mr. Paschal
J. R. Still
Alton Co
Bond Set for Nick Demas in Fatal Farm Shooting
Judge J Paul Frizzelle set a 25000 bond for Nick Demas a farmer charged with the fatal shooting of Charlie A Johnson on April 26 during a dispute over a land boundary Police said the shooting occurred during the boundary dispute and Demas faced murder charges with a court date set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
J. Paul Frizzelle
Nick Demas
Charlie A. Johnson
Drunkard Opens Thursday By Tower Players At HPC
The Tower Players at High Point College present The Drunkard a five act temperance melodrama directed by LaRoche Taylor. Performances run Thursday and Friday in the junior high school auditorium with student cast and Tower Players scenery. Proceeds fund a dramatics laboratory. Tickets go on sale Monday in downtown stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tower Players
High Point College
LaRoche Taylor
Dramatics Group
Births Harris and Brock announce newborn daughters
Cynthia Annette Harris was born May 8 at the Boulevard unit of High Point Memorial Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Francis Harris of 1120 Adams Street. Barbara JeJan Brock arrived May 8 at the Boulevard unit of High Point Memorial Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Brock of 427 Willowbrook Street. Regina Frances Stanton, born April 30 in France to Mr. and Mrs. Don Stanton of New York City, with Mrs. Stanton's prior name Inez Campen from High Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Harris
Adams Street
Cynthia Annette
Boulevard
High Point Memorial Hospital
Regina Frances Stanton
Don Stanton
New York City
Frances
New York
Stanton
Inez Campen
High Point
Brock
D. L. Brock
Willowbrook Street
Barbara JeJan
High Point Memoriial Hospital
Jean Davis
Daughter born to Mr and Mrs David M Trotter
Mr and Mrs David M Trotter announce the birth of a daughter named Muriel Kaye on May 2 at Boulevard unit hospital. The family is now at home with Mr and Mrs Willie Wood on Asheboro road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David M. Trotter
Muriel Kaye
Boulevard Unit Hospital
Crawford announces birth of Judy Carol Cranford
Mr and Mrs D V Crawford announce the birth of a daughter Judy Carol on May 3 at Lee Memorial hospital Boulevard unit. She is the former Miss Seemaae Longworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judy Carol Cranford
D. V. Crawford
Judy Carol
Aoe Boulevard
Oea Lee Memorial Hospital
Seemaae Longworth
Medlin Baby Born at High Point Memorial Hospital
Mr and Mrs Henry L Medlin announce the birth of a son Terry Wayne on May 9 at the Boulevard unit of High Point Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry Wayne Medlin
Henry L. Medlin
Cassell Street
Terry Wayne
Boulevard Unit
High Point Memorial Hospital
Acheson Speech Sparks Talk of British Loan
The Weekly News of the World reports Dean Achesons Cleveland speech revived British cabinet discussion of a new loan from the United States. It notes Britain sees value in dollar assistance not as charity but prudent policy and that Washington may respond favorably.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
News of the World
Dean Acheson
U. S
Cleveland
Mass
United States
Washington
Britain
Queen Virginia Wilkinson Crowned May Queen at Womans College
Miss Virginia Wilkinson senior from Wake Forest was crowned queen of the May at Woman's College Greensboro. A court of 14 seniors attended the ceremony marking the traditional festivities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WCUC
Greensboro
Virginia Wilkinson
Wake Forest
Woman's College
Curious weapon resembles pipe pistol with mouth carry
A strange pistol design resembles a tobacco pipe with a .25 caliber barrel in the stem. The bowl serves as a magazine holding five extra cartridges.
Baby Album Birthdays Highlight Local Children
Nancy Biles, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. HoH Biles of 1207 Tipton Street, turned one on April 26. Sylvester Stone Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Stone of 1201 West Green Street, celebrated his second birthday on May 8. Randy Allen White, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. R. White, is one year old today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Biles
Hoh. Biles
Tipton Street
Sylvester Stone, Jr
Sylvester Stone
West Green Street
Randy Allen White
L. R. White
Insurance Women Meet This Week in Raleigh
The North Carolina Association of Insurance Women plans its fifth annual convention in Raleigh from May 16 to 18. President is Mrs. Helen C. Horne of Charlotte, with officers Mrs. George A. Iseley Raleigh vice president and Mary Louise Davidson Charlotte secretary. Executive committee includes Mrs. Ann Carey Greensboro Katherine Pittman Raleigh Gewn Jones Charlotte Margaret Sampson Greensboro and Mrs. Robert W. Russell High Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina Association of Insurance Women
Helen C. Horne
Charlotte
Horne
George A. Iseley
Mary Louise Davidson
Celeste Allen
Ann Carey
Greensboro
Katherine Pittman
Gewn Jones
Margaret Sampson
Robert W. Russell
High Point
Michalopoulos to Address Executives at Sheraton
Andre Michalopoulos, noted statesman and author, will speak to the Executives' club tomorrow night at the Sheraton hotel. His career spans governorship of Corfu and leadership roles in Greek mining, banking, and airlines, with wartime broadcasts and a 1941 minister of information appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andre Michalopoulos
Sheraton Hotel
France
O Corfu
Greece
Athens
Crete
Egypt
Middle East
England
Wherry Proposes Early End To Sugar Rationing
Senator Wherry of Nebraska urged that sugar rationing end this summer if crop weather and plant operations stay normal. He proposed an extra 10 pounds for housewives and larger industrial supplies in the second quarter, noting the agriculture secretary has power to suspend rationing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wherry
R-Neb
Anderson
Kerr Addresses Southern Baptists at National Convention
Robert S. Kerr former Oklahoma governor addressed Southern Baptists in St Louis as the convention neared its close. Kerr, a Southern Baptist foundation director and former Oklahoma Baptist convention president, said the group has the most important message for the youth of the twentieth century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St, Louis
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Southern Baptists
Kerr
Southern Baptist Foundation
Oklahoma Baptist Convention
Veterans Unemployment Claims Downgrade Rises in March
The Veterans Administration reports 872,000 war veterans on unemployment in the week ending April. About 40,000 veterans left the rolls in March after depleting the maximum $20 weekly benefit for 52 weeks. The agency notes 227,000 veterans have already exhausted that allotment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
The
Veterans Administration
Yaid
Army unit to test weapons in Arizona desert near Yuma
Task Force Furnace will test weapons and equipment this summer in the Arizona desert near Yuma where temperatures can exceed 125 degrees. The War department announced the project, stressing it will not be a military maneuver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Task Force Furnace
Special Army Ground Forces
Arizona Desert
Yuma
War Department
Ancient Peru trepanning beliefs about potatoes
The article notes that ancient Peruvian Indians believed trepanning yielded new potato varieties. It claims more trepanned skulls and different potato varieties have been found in Peru than anywhere else.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
High Point pilot Edward Kennedy aims for new altitude record
George W. Kennedy of High Point plans to fly a .65 hp Taylorcraft from Fraley Field around 2 pm to set a local high altitude record. He will circle the airport to reach about three miles up and drop a ribboned ticket for a free city flight. Local pilots attend air shows and the chamber considers an autumn event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindbergh
Paris
Jas Corrigan
Reynolds
George W. Kennedy
H.p. Taylorcraft
Fraley Field
J. Lawrence Carr, Jr
Piper Kennedy
Longtime resident N D Lippincott dies after long illness
Norman D. Lippincott 77 a resident here for 25 years died Saturday at 5 am in a local hospital after several days of illness. Born in New Hope Penn he lived in New City Chicago Jacksonville and Winston-Salem before settling in High Point in 1922. Funeral services in Sechrest Funeral Home chapel at 3 pm conducted by Rev Paul Tudor Jones with burial in Guilford Memorial Park follows. He resided on Route 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman D. Lippincott
New Hope
Penn
New City
Chicago
Ill
Asheville
Jacksonville
Fla
Winston-Salem
Enga
High Point
English Street
North Main Street
Sechrest
Paul Tudor Jones
First Presbyterian Church
Guilford Memorial Park
Funeral Rites for R Banks Bencini Held in Eustis and High Point
Funeral services for R Banks Bencini former High Point resident who died suddenly in Eustis Florida will be held at the late residence in Eustis at 10 this morning and later at the family mausoleum in Oakwood cemetery. Surviving: widow a daughter mother four siblings and a Miami sister. Also obituary notes Lee T Staton age 49 died at his home 28 A Clara Cox apartments with services at Green Street Baptist church interment Floral Garden cemetery. A 1946 hospital statistic reports one patient admitted to a U S hospital every two seconds on average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Banks Bencini
Eustis
Fla
High Point
Oakwood Cemetery
Paul Tudor Jones
First Presbyterian Church
Bencini
Mercersburg Academy
Mercersburg
University of North Carolina
Florida
Silver Glen Preserving Company
H. Scott Chaffee, Jr
E. A
Lee T. Staton
Clara Cox
Green Street
Continental
United States
Furnished rooms and listings and weapons for sale
Large furnished room for light on 816 West Green Street. Nicely furnished bedroom for a settled girl. 513 North Hamilton Street. Heated room with adjoining bath and hot water. Four blocks from bus line. References exchanged. Box M-50 c/o Enterprise. Furnished bedroom for a gentleman. 505 English Street. Furnished bedroom close in. Girls preferred. 318 Avery Street. New Remington automatic shotgun 12 gauge 150 dollars. Ranges automatic rifle 22 gauge tele scope mounted 40 dollars. Frank Dockery. 1002 Park Street. Piano 50 dollars. W W Paige. First dirt road beyond Y off Highway 62. Just received shipment of Wallite patterns. Available at Rogers Paint Store 210 East Commerce Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M-50
c/o Enterprise
English Street
Avery ‘St
Frank Dockery
Park Street
W. W. Paige
Highway
Rogers Paint Store
East Commerce Street
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Wee
V. L. Voitrane
Him Point
Route 3
Ounce
Laura Helen
William R. Shaw
P. J. Shaw
Paterson
N. J
Frank Dailey
Meadowbrook
Cedar Grove
Woman's College, University of North Carolina
Aycock
L. Y. Ballentine
Frank P. Graham
Craig
Edwin Anderson Penick
Jackson
Greensboro Symphony Orchestra
Dean H. Hugh Altwater
College School of Music
George M. Thompson
Grandjean
Shaw's
Jennie Lynn
Duncan Phyfe
BPWC
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Home
Memorial Foundation
Girls State Womans Colege
George Burkhead
Cleviland Thayer
Legion and Auxiliary
Lillie Lewallen
G. C. Presnell
Vernon Moore
Thayér
HPC
Harris
Acheson
Our
Michalopoulos
R. S. Kerr
Task Force “Furnace
Thomasville
Holloway
Southmont
Leon
Gene Kester
Rose Furniture Company
Bombardier
N. D. Lippincott
West Green Treet
Hamilton Street
Steele Street
Room and Board
South Street
Ocean Front
Northern Extension
Carolina Beach
Apts
Myrtle Beach
Water Front
East Green Street
C’o Enterprise
C-O Enterprise
Iee
Singer
Tate Street
Philco
Forrest Cunningham
Dayton Street
Girl's Victory
Ralph Collier
Thomasville Road
New Hampshire
New County
Bauer and Black
High Point Enterprise
Davis Feed
North Wrenn
Thurston Street
L. C. Thayer Lumber Company
Trinity, North Carolina
Rear
Washington St
Jake Harris
New Rniture House
H.P. Motor
Byrum Cleaners
Prospect Street
H.P. Briggs-Stratton Motor
All Types
Haller Furniture CO
Whittier Street
Corner English and
Whittier
Samuel Hyman
South Main Street
H.P. Allis-Chalmers
H.P. Robbins and
Myers
R.P.M
Allis-Chalmers
R.P. M
Paul Kennedy
Myres
Mayo J Tobacco
Hasty Road
Carl Gilbert's
Electric Moon-Hopkins
Call Davidson
F.N. Surratt
Main Street
Stanley's Jewelers
South Main
W. Lawrenson
Morgan Ae
Welding Service
Aceytiene
High Point Welding CO
Russell
J. H. Lambeth and Son
Duraclean
Briggs Avenue
Sedgefield Furniture Company
H Point
Greensboro Rd
Jake
East
Washington Street
Rogers Acme Quality
Liv E
Conmerce St
Austin Furniture Company
East Washington St
Oldboy
H.P
Auman Rns Company
Singer Sewing Machines
Glenn's
East Washington Street
Tn Callande Matthews
Enterprise
Commerce Furniture Exchange
Commerce
Oakwood Aisers, Inc
N. C
High Point Road
C. L. Monroe Machine Company
Glenn
C. B. Piner and Sons
G. Cook
AUMAN
West Taylor Street
B. Love
Byerly Antique
N.C
Silenway
Hughes Furniture Company
Atlas Concrete Products Company
Everiesing
Prisal
Monark
Artea
C. B. His
Idol Street
Woolworth’s
Charles
Inting
Rhan Barker
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