Radium Purchase Planned To Aid Cancer Treatment
The American Cancer Society unit in Gibsonville surpassed its $200 goal by 150 percent, raising 500 for research education and patient service. Miss Myrtle Ellen LaBarr announced county officials will buy 100 milligrams of radium for Guilford County doctors with rental to pay patients and free radiological aid for charity cases.
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American Cancer Society of
Gibsonville
Myrtle Ellen LaBarr
Miss LaBarr
Guilford County
High Point
Alex H. Whitley
Chamber of Commerce
W. B. Hall
Wilson Woodcock
Spherical Triangle Solution Aided Submarine Locates
Dr Paul Herget of the University of Cincinnati compiled a quarter million spherical triangle computations while at the U S Naval Observatory. The method helped Allies locate Nazi submarines within five minutes of their radio transmissions, aiding in breaking Wolf Pack attacks on supply lines to Europe.
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Cincinnati, C
INS
Paul Herget
University of Cincinnati
Hergert
U. S. Naval Observatory
Washington
Europe
County Chairman Drives for Better Cancer Diagnostic Facilities
Miss LaBarr cited the cancer society aims to provide better diagnostic facilities for all. The drive seeks broader access and improved screening throughout the county.
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Cancer Society
Miss LaBarr
Local Library Busy with Varied Reader Questions at New Home
Elizabeth Gurley the local librarian reports April activity in the reference room since the library opened at 412 North Main Street. Patrons asked for help with term papers and searches from ambassador to England to personality of the devil, while best sellers and new non fiction titles populate shelves.
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Elizabeth Gurley
North Main Street
Erich Maria Remarque
Gladys’ Schmitt
Daphne du Maurier
Taylor Caldwell
B. Constain
Betty MacDonald
Starling
The
White House
Edmund Starling
William Allen White
Dexter Masters
Burma
Gordon Seagrove
Emery Reves
George S. Patton
James Wellard
Sigmund Spaeth
Thomas Wolfe
United Nations
Sigrid Arne
Vincent Sheean
Gordon Seagrave
Edmund W. Starling
Ralph Atherton
Washington
Olive Clapper
Conrad Richter
Theodore Dreiser
Franz Werfel
Mary Jane Ward
Jesse Stuart
Nard Jones
Jo Sinclair
Clifford Dowdey
Hester Chapman
Howard Spring
Ethel Vance
Erskine Caldwell
Anya Seton
Catherine P. Stewart
Margaret Barnes
Helen Hull
Dorothy Walworth
Carson McCullers
Helen Topping Miller
Grace Livingston Hill
Kathleen Rollins
Rex Stout
Octavus Roy Cohen
Oak View 4-H Holds Last Meet Of Year
Oak View 4-H club ends its year with a meeting featuring a dress revue with nine girls entering the fall Greensboro dress show. Members Henry Blair and Ruth Neighbors are named health king and queen and will compete for the county health championship in Greensboro.
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Oak View
Bonnie Mack
Melba Clapp
Carol Overby
Frances Ferrell
Tommy Lou Young
Cannon
Henry Blair
Ruth Nebors
Greensboro
Kimrey
Hanging State Park
Stokes County
N. C. State College
Joan Sheffield
Lucille ‘Gordon
Peggy Forbis
Norma ‘Jean Hodge
Ruth Neighbors
Edith Farmer
Eula Wear
Norma Bowles
Bertha Tyner
Dolly Ann Hedgecock
Sara Dean Miller
Victory Garden
John Owen
Horace Cannon
Paul
Clarence Ridge
High Point Kiwanis Club
Abbotts Creek
Blanch H. Owen
Joe Pugh
Extension Department of State College
Infant Son Of David Floyd Dies In Winston Salem
One month old infant son of David A. and Hazel Russell Floyd died in a Winston Salem hospital after a short illness. Born April 5 1946 he is survived by the parents maternal grandparents W W Russell Thomasville and the paternal grandmother Mrs Sarah Floyd of Thomasville. Funeral services set for Monday at 2 30 P M from 7 Cemetery Street with interment in the Thomasville Cemetery. Cream cannot be sold in liquid form in Switzerland.
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Enterprise
Thomasville
David Whitfield Floyd
David A
Hazel Russell Floyd
Winston-Salem
W. W. Russell Thomasville
Sarah Floyd
Cemetery Street
State Symphony To Give Three Concerts In High Point
The North Carolina Symphony Orchestra plans three High Point concerts on May 17 as part of a ten week state tour. The program includes free children’s demonstrations and instrument explanations. Local schools receive instructional material and attend free concerts via state society membership and advance ticket sales run for non members.
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High Point
N. C
Enterprise
State Symphony
North Carolina
State Symphony Society
Little Symphony
City to need 2303 dwellings for postwar housing
The Housing Committee and city authorities project High Point will require 2303 residential units by the end of 1947 based on a national survey. By January 1, 1946, 1265 married veterans had returned, with 695 still seeking homes, part of a 1940–45 induction total of 6217 in the area. The findings, sent to the NHA, aim to secure more veteran housing. federal emergency housing allotments are excluded from the report.
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National Authority
High Point
Chamber of Commerce
NHA
Federal Emergency Housing Program
Jamestown High To Stage Comedy May 16 and 17
Jamestown High School seniors present a three act comedy Some Thing For Nothing by Walter Blake on May 16 and 17 at eight o'clock. Mrs Olin Crandall loves auction sales and getting something for nothing as a nosy neighbor crooks and a mother in law add to the merriment. The cast features Olin Crandall Robert Bohannon Laura Cratehall Frances Branson and others including Ethyl Chichestr Betty Jane Willard and Vinnie Crandall in a lively school production.
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Jamestown High School
Walter Blake
Olin Crandall
Bbor
Robert Bohannon
Laura Cratehall
Frances Branson
Auda Winehurst
Maxine Robbins
David Daniels
Martha Jean Thomas
Ethyl Chichestr
Betta Chilton
Lulu Graham
J Davis
Cynthia Crowe
Betty Jane Willard
Enoch Crandall
Sutton
Vinnie Crandall
McNairy
Clorine
Doris Ceell
Harlan Bain
Bill Kaney
Snags Hopper
Wayne Luquer
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Roy Rogers
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Fred Macmurray
Betty Hutton
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