Thomasville to raise 250000 for park and hospital
Thomasville trustees announce a 250000 fundraising drive from June 1 to 21 to aid the Thomasville Memorial Park and a 60 bed addition to the City Memorial Hospital. Citizens will be asked to donate one day's wages. Plans include a park amphitheatre swimming pool and tennis courts with a street name change to Memorial Drive.
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Thomasville
Pope
Thomasville Memorial Park
City Memorial
J. Burton Wilder
Greensboro
R. D. Tilson
High Point
Cemetery Street
Memorial Drive
Culbreth
Cemetery
Nnis
Neighborhood Y Boosters Club Forms
A neighborhood group near the YMCA forms the Neighborhood Boosters club chaired by Mrs. O. D. Moore to solicit residents not reached in the building fund drive. The committee includes Mrs. C. C. Muse Dr. J. W. McAnally and others. The effort aims to engage local residents and extend the fundraising reach for a new Y building.
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Ymca Building Fund
Inoa
C. C. Muse
J. W. McAnally
R. E. Lee
Lil (Parrish) Swann
C. L. Long
Tom Bates
Arnold J. Koonce
Mrs. Ruth Neve Retires From Chest Leadership
Ruth Neve retires as Community Chest executive effective May 31 after guiding theChest through Waray drives that exceeded quotas. Arthur Neve returns as executive secretary, praised for wife’s leadership and the Chest’s efficiency gains and new agency partnerships.
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Ruth Neve
Community Chest
Neve
Mary Bethune Y.W.C.A
Carl Chavis Y.M.C.A
Veterans’ Information Center
Cooke Authors on School Relations in May NC Education
Dr. Dennis H. Cooke, president elect of East Carolina Teachers College, authored an article titled Teacher Administrator Relationships in the May issue of North Carolina Education. Now a Peabody College professor, he emphasizes mutual support between administration and instructional staff, clear duty allocation, and democratic problem solving to boost school success.
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Greenville
Dennis H. Cooke
Eastern Carolina Teachers College
North Carolina Education
State Education Association
Peabody College
Nashville
Tenn
Cooke
Dr. Cooke
East Carolina Teachers College
Generosity Sought by Mayor for City Food Drive
Mayor Earl N. Phi urged High Point residents to donate food as the city conducts an overseas relief drive. A birthday program at High Point High School featured a music lineup and a food can collection, with city garden clubs aiding and cans to be given to the food drive. The effort targets Europe’s hunger crisis while calling on civic groups stores schools and churches to participate. The food will be stored at the High Point bonded warehouse and the program is led by Rev. Julian S. Lindsey chairing the collection.
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High Point
Earl N. Phi
St. Dunstan Boy's Choir
High Point Cell
High Point Council of Garden Clubs
Phillips
United States
Tourope
Europe
Asia
Walter Tice
William Penn High
Julian S. Lindsey
Wesley Secmnarial
Mistrial Declared in Stone Versus Akers Motor Lines Case
After four hours of deliberation a twelve member jury failed to agree in the civil case E V Stone versus Akers Motor Lines over injuries from a 1943 highway crash killing Josephine Stone and others. Judge Don C MacRae ordered a mistrial in Greensboro court.
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Don C. MacRae
Musleival
E. V. Stone
Akers Motor Lines
Magician Show Raises Sixty Seven Dollars for YMCA
The Gray boys of Ada Blair school organized a magician’s show to support a YMCA building fund. Local amateur Coke Cecil performed before a full crowd of junior ticket holders last Wednesday. Total receipts reached 67.67 dollars and will go to the YMCA fund per club sponsor Miss Jone Lowe.
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Gray Boys
Ada Blair School
YMCA
Coke Cecil
Gray Club
Ymca Building Fund
Jone Lowe
Airport Authority Approves Routh Hemphill Private Airport Plan
Greensboro High Point Airport Authority approves J J Routh and Ralph Hemphill of Greensboro to build and maintain a private airport south of Greensboro. It must open by October 1 under authority rules with no regular passenger or cargo service initially.
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Greensboro-High Point
Routh
Hemphill
Oper
Senior High Symphony Delivers Annual Concert This Afternoon
The Senior High School Symphony, directed by Virginia Frank, performs at 4 p.m. in the Junior High auditorium with violinist Louise Erickson and accompanist Ralph Tilden. Former orchestra member Charles Medlin, now leading the N C Symphony cello section, also appears. The program includes Wagner, Sibelius, Accolay, Masse ne t, Wieniawski, and D Ambrosio pieces. Three more school music programs follow in the next 10 days.
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Louise Erickson
Senior High Symphony Orchestra
Ralph Tilden
Virginia Frank
Charles Medlin
N. C. Symphony
Wagner
Sibelius
Thais—Massenet
D' Ambrosio
Wieniawski
State Merchants To Hear Talk By Clyde Ayers
Clyde Ayers of the Sanitary Food store in High Point will speak at the 44th annual North Carolina Merchants Association convention at Wrightsville Beach on June 10 11. He will represent NC food dealers during the Symposium on Merchants Problems led by the state’s leading retailers. Dowell announced the lineup and Ayers’ long active role in organized merchants.
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Clyde Ayers
Sanitary Food
High Point
North Carolina Merchants Association
Wrightsville Beach
W. L. Dowell
Mr. Ayers
Ayers
North Carolina Food Dealers Association
Organized Merchants Movement
North Carolina
Horse Meat Sells Locally Described as Sweet by Buyers
Meat scarce in town with High Pointers consuming horse meat. Big Bear market on North Main Street bought the meat to supply dog and cat food, but customers report some use it for tables. Manager W C Edwards notes sales exceed one and a half cases since Thursday, the meat chopped, frozen, and resembling ground ham.
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Big Bear Meat Market
North Main Street
W. C. Edwards
Edwards
High Point Chooses Manual Parking Meters
City council and public works officials decide to drop automatic meters and select three manual models for about 300 units in downtown High Point. The move aims to boost revenue, fund street, water, sewer, and utility improvements, with meters expected by mid summer. We note Raleigh's $136,000 revenue from 400 meters as context.
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High Point
Public Works Committee
Raleigh
First American Auto Show Debuts at Madison Square Garden
In 1900 the first American automobile show took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City, marking a landmark event for the emerging auto industry with displays of early motor vehicles and related innovations.
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Madison Square Garden
New York City
New Books At Library Aid Home Builders
Librarian Elizabeth Gurley promotes newly added home building and decorating books at the city library. Titles include Planning Your Home For Better Living, Building or Buying a House, How to Remodel a House, The Small House of Tomorrow, and How To Be Your Own Decorator among others with hundreds of illustrations.
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Elizabeth Gurley
Clarence Dunham
Milton Thalberg
B. K. Johnstone
Helen Koues
Harold E. Group
Witnesses Claim Police Brutality in Benny Allen Arrest
Eyewitnesses allege two High Point officers beat Benny Allen after he surrendered with hands raised. They describe blunt force blows to head and ribs, while police deny wrongdoing. Letters to The Enterprise condemn the Brutality as police terror. officials say no further investigation unless prompted by city authorities.
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Benney Negro
W. T. Highfill
W. L. Dawkins
John Lowdermilk
Public Safety
F. K. Ingram
Law and Public Safety Committee
Enterprise
Allen
Commerce Street
Was & Way
South Main
Charles V. Morgan
Best Street
Hamilton and
Commerce
Benny Allen
Lawor
Morgan
Gestapo
Ogpu
Snow Lumber Mill
Istol
Tyrn
Machado Opening Toni's Ballroom Dance Academy
Anthony Machado, longtime resident of High Point, will open Toni's Ballroom Dance Academy on June 1 at 441 South Main Street. He plans to teach fox trot, waltz, tango, rumba, two step, polka, and a local Tarheel whirligig with individual instruction and classes for all ages.
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Anthony Machado
High Point
Armed Service
South Main Street
Toni
Machado
Boston
New York
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