Girl Scout Camp Prepares for First Season Near High Point
The High Point Girl Scout camp, 14 miles southwest poncey, readies its first season starting June 16 with five circular cabins, a six acre lake, and new facilities. Under Early Younts, the cooperative club funded unit will host 25 to 30 girls weekly, with seven adults on duty and several weeks scheduled for teen, Brownie, and 10 12 year olds.
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High Point
Cooperative Club
Poncey
Early Younts
Girl Scout Council
Memorial Day Service At Pleasant Grove Church
Memorial Day will be observed at Pleasant Grove Methodist Church near Hasty High School. An 11 o'clock service is planned this morning at the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Grove
Pleasant Grove Methodist Church
Hasty High School
Jamestown Eighth Graders Tour Raleigh by Bus
Jamestown eighth grade students from Jamestown High School traveled by chartered bus to Raleigh and nearby sites. They went with teacher Mrs. Fred Smith and a large group of students including Mitzie Brown and Dorothy Bowers. Also accompanying were Joe Hendrick and Jane Harrison. An additional eighth grade member toured Western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamestown High School
Raleigh
Fred Smith
Mitzie Brown
Annabelle Branson
Virginia Bryant
Nancy Brawley
Louise Burrow
Dorothy Bowers
Barbara Cecil
Betty June Crawford
Virginia Eaton
Ruby Henderson
Nancy Lambeth
Joan Spoon
Carol
Helen Garner
Kathleen Nicholson
Pauline Lafriet
Ann Suits
Arnold Beck
Harda Callicutt
Bobb Cornelison
Frank Forbis
Bill Key
Bby Hollingsworth
Donald Laughlin
Robert Lee
Jimmie Michael
Odell Towery
Melvin Witcher
Don Bingham
James Smith
Joe Hendrick
Jane Harrison
Denton High School
North Carolina
Tennessee
Frozen Food Demonstrations At Local Locker Plant
Two demonstrations on freezing fruits and vegetables for freezer storage will be held May 23 and May 27 at 2 p m at the Colonial Freezer Locker plant on the Winston Salem road. A third session is planned May 29 at a Reidsville road locker plant. Miss Nell Kennett says the events aid Guilford Forsyth Davidson and Randolph counties with guidance from Miss Ruby Scholz and herself. Fruits and vegetables like peaches cherries berries asparagus beans corn apples figs beets broccoli cauliflower okra freeze well and preserve color flavor and nutrition. Local residents are urged to attend to learn freezing strawberries and other berries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston- Salem Road
Nell Kennett
Guilford County
Guilford
Forsyth
Davidson
Randolph
Reidsville Road
Greensboro
Ruby Scholz
Raleigh
State Extension
Miss Kennett
City Plans Memorial Day Observance with Parade and Services
Local American Legion posts organize a large Memorial Day event in High Point on Sunday May 25 1947 with a 2 30 parade honoring more than a thousand World War I and II veterans. The procession will move to Wesley Memorial Church for a 3 o clock commemoration with a memorial address Rev Wilson O Weldon and invocations and benediction officiated by church leaders. Gold Star mothers sections and roll call of the dead are noted. Army and Marine units from Ft. Bragg and Camp Lejeune may participate along with several bands including Oak Ridge academy and Skyway planes will fly over. Mayor Earl N Phillips proclaimed the day Memorial or Decoration day in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Wesley Memorial Church
Wilson O. Weldon
First Methodist Church
Paul Hardin
Howard
Hartzel
St. Mary's Episcopal Church
Gilbert Burns
Post Office
Quire Army
Marine Corps
Ft. Bragg
Camp Lejeune
William Penn
Legion
Oak Ridge Military Academy
Skyway Club
Earl N. Phillips
High Point
Oak View Band And Glee Club Concert Highlights
Oak View school hosted its annual concert in the auditorium under Carey J. Davis. Band members included Donald Wood, Donald Grace, Charles Jones, Norman Zimmerman, and others with Bonnie Mock on multiple roles. The glee club of sixth and seventh graders performed selections, with solos by Betty Lou Dean and Ida Lou Layne. The program closed with Handel’s Hallelujah chorus before a capacity crowd of about 75 students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak View
Carey J. Davis
Donald Wood
Donald Grace
Charles Jones
Norman Zimmerman
Donald Reid
Barry Ruth
Vernon Hedgecock
Dwight Jester
Bonnie Mock
Sara Miller
Normanates
Sherry Curlee
Ida Layne
Mary Taylor
Ida Lou Layne
YWCA Opens Building Fund Drive in High Point
The YWCA launches a two week fund drive to add to its building trust fund for a North Main Street expansion. Planned facilities include a recreation unit gymnasium auditorium and swimming pool backed by 27 year local service and 1945 fund history.
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YWCA
North Main Street
Harry Alexander
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
High Point
Alexander
United States
Jamestown Set for Special School Tax Election
Jamestown voters will decide on a 20 cent property tax levy for the Jamestown School District serving Sedgefield Union Hill and Jamestown. Registration opens now with a challenge day June 7 ahead of the vote set for June 10 at Jamestown High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamestown
Sedgefield
Union Hill
High Point
Greensboro
Guilford
Jamestown High Schools
J R. Armstrong
Pound a Clothing Per Person Sought In Drive
Donations to the clothing collection for overseas needy families are rising led by Rev O Wilson Weldon High Point drive chair. A shipment starts Monday and churches will accept donations anytime with sorting by the church women and pickup by the ministerial association. The goal is one pound per person statewide with shipments to New Windsor Maryland for distribution to 28 war torn nations.
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O. Wilson
Weldon
High Point
High Point Council of Church Women
New Windsor
Church World Service Center
North Carolina Council of Churches
Burlington
Charlottee
Europe
High School Orchestra In Concert Today
The senior high school symphony orchestra, 50 pieces, performs a 60 minute program at the senior high auditorium Sunday at 3 30. Doors open 3 00. No admission. Assistants include pianist Robert Hopkins and guest conductor Mark Hoffman. Hopkins studies with Hoffman, Greensboro College dean. Opening number is Overture to the Magic Flute. Includes Tschaikovsky Humor, Perpet-Motion, Ronde de Salon, Van Esterhout, Pavane Morton Gould, Sophisticated Lady Ellington, Bacchanale, Saint Saens, and Beethoven Emperor in E flat concertos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Hopkins
Julian Hopkins
Virginia Frank
Mark Hoffman
Hopkins
Hoffman
Greensboro College
Moartt
Greensboro
Tschaikovsky
Bomi-Isaac
van Esterhout
Pavanne
Morton Gould
Ellington
Bacchanale
Saint- Saens
Emperor
Beethoven
Robert Ellis
Winslow Will Address Local Industrialists
Dr. Tex S. Winslow of Chapel Hill will be guest speaker at the quarterly meeting of the Associated Industries of High Point tomorrow at 6 30 p m at the Sheraton hotel. He will discuss manufacturers responsibilities in national economic readjustment and how the university’s Bureau of Business Services supports North Carolina industry.
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Associated Industries
High Point
Manufacturers’ Association
Sheraton Hotel
Tex S. Winslow
Chapel Hill
Winslow
Bureau of Business Services and Research
North Carolina
Piano Duo Program Set by Community Radio Council
The community radio council presents Barbara Lowe and Ralph Tilden in a piano duo on WMFR Tuesday at 8 15 p m. Both students are seniors, daughters and sons of local families, studying with noted teachers. The program features selections from Lohengrin Wagner Saint-Saens and Moskowski including The Bridal Chorus and The Swan.
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The
Community Radio Council
Barbara Lowe
Ralph Tilden
Bae Wmfr
Miss Lowe
George Lowe
Beulah Moton
T. A. Tilden
Mae Kirkman
Wagner
Saint-Saens
Moskowski
City Council to Announce Committees and Appointments
City council agenda includes announcing council committee appointments by Mayor Earl N. Phillips and approving HB 657 clerk appointment M W Nash. Also on the docket rent for a city storage building at East Commerce and South Hamilton for 100 dollars monthly and a 3700 dollar request for a building and softball field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl N. Phillips
Law and Public Safety Committee
Phillips
Amos R. Kearns
O. A. Kirkman
Russell J. Holt
Sanders Dallas
Public Works
W. L. Hunt
John W. Clinard
C. A. Lewis
Law and Public Safety
J. E. Ward
Public Utilities
C. A. Kirkman
M. W. Nash
Don C. MacRae
General Assembly
Braden
East Commerce
Hamilton Street
Structures To Be Located On Lexington At Palatka St
Plans move forward to build about 100 apartments in High Point on West Lexington avenue just north of Palatka. A trio of local executives form a corporation to purchase seven acres for 12 or 13 two story buildings with six to eight units each. Units will be three to four and a half rooms with playgrounds and off street parking. Site rezoning, city cooperation, and proximity to a bus line and shopping district accompany the project. Architects Voorhees and Everhart drawing initial plans. first drawings expected next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Lee F. Schaner
Security Life and Trust Company
Winston- Salem
Hubert M. Bryant
Bryant Electric Company
H. Earl Hutto
Sears, Roebuck and Company
Lexington Avenue
West Lexington
Palatka Street
Civilian Production Board
Voorhees
Hutto
Welborn Cleaner Company Plans Formal Opening
Welborn Cleaner Products Inc. announces a formal opening of its expanded operations on Monday and Tuesday at the Five Points Greensboro highway plants. Founded 15 years ago in J. L. Welborn’s kitchen with $2.50 capital, the firm now ships 15 soap products to 33 states and serves as a jobber for 10 national allied cleaners. Favors will be distributed to visitors.
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The
Welborn Cleaner Products, Inc
Greensboro
J. L. Welborn
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Girl Scout
Oak View Band and Glee Club
Handels
Hallelujah Chorus
DR Rex Winslow
City Council
Lexington
Palatka St
Milk Fund
Junior Service League of
Junior Service League
P. O. Box
Sherry
Ann
Kay Famoig
C. T. Inern III
Cuckessae
John C
IND
Welborn Clearner Company
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