Vacation planning in North Carolina beaches and routes
High Point guides promote a state wide vacation plan with pamphlets and routes. The Carolina Motor Club on College Street offers guidance to pick among eastern mountains seashore or Sandhill country with suggested drives via Route 62 to Julian then 421 through Liberty Siler City Sanford to Jonesboro and onward to Wilmington area beaches.
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High Point
Carolina Motor Club
College Street
Thelma Ryan
Helen Dunkelberger
North State
America
Appalachian
North Carolina
Gulf Stream
Seas
Carolina Beach
Wrightsville Beach
Atlantic Beach
Myrtle Beach
South Carolina
Virginia Beach
Norfolk
Ryan
Myrtle
Julian
Liberty
Siler City
Sanford
Jonesboro
Fayetteville
Wilmington
Carolina
Wrightsville
Kure
Asheboro
Carthage
Aber
Glenn W. Capps Dies in Jamestown After Illness
Glenn W. Capps, 74, Jamestown resident and Spanish American War veteran, died Saturday afternoon after a long illness. He was born near Summerfield in Guilford County and lived in Jamestown 30 years. Survived by wife Dora Parrish, son R. C. Capps of Jamestown, half brother L. N. Parrish of Greensboro, and four grandchildren. Body remains at Green Funeral Home awaiting arrangements.
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Glenn W. Capps
Jamestown
Mr. Capps
Guilford County
Summerfield
Dora Parrish
R. C. Capps
L. N. Parrish
Greensboro
Green Funeral Home
City War Dead Honor Service Parades Through High Point
A Memorial Day parade through High Point begins at 2 30 this afternoon with over a thousand World War II veterans from the area. Four bands and a Skyway club flyover honor the dead as church services follow at Wesley Memorial and First Methodist.
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Wesley Memorial Church
High Point
American Legion
Skyway Club
Gilbert Burns
Legion Parade
Post Office
Leon Collins
Fraley Field
Dr. Marion to Preach at First Presbyterian Church Today
Dr. John H. Marion Jr. will preach at eleven o'clock this morning at the First Presbyterian Church. He directs the General Assembly's newly established committee on Christian relations after six years as pastor at Grace Covenant Church in Richmond and earlier posts in Caruthersville Missouri Oakland Avenue Rock Hill South Carolina and Durham North Carolina. He is a Chester South Carolina native and Erskine College graduate with studies at Louisville Seminary and a European Palestine fellowship. He is regarded as a leading church writer. The article also notes that the real name of Voltaire is Francois Marie Arouet.
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John H. Marion
First Presbyterian Church
Marion
General Assembly
Committee On Christian Relations
Grace Covenant Church
Richmond
Caruthersville
Missouri
Oakland Avenue
Rock Hill
S. C
First Church
Durham
Chester
Associated Reformed Presbyterian Church
Erskine College
McCallie School
Chattanooga
Louisville Seminary
Europe
Palestine
Jamestown High Set for Tuesday Graduation Events
Jamestown finals conclude with baccalaureate sermon by Rev. P T Dixon at 8 tonight in the high school auditorium. Dr P E Lindley of High Point College to give commencement address as 48 graduates receive diplomas, including 12 veterans, with J D Wilkins Jr presenting Civitan awards.
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P. T. Dixon
Jamestown Methodist Church
Jamestown High School
P. E. Lindley
High Point College
Kenneth T. Miller
J. D. Wilkins, Jr
Greensboro
Civitan
Lorene Hennis
Norma Jean Hollingsworth
Jackie Hussey
Margaret Jones
John Mendenhall
Nancy Mickey
Roy Morgan
Alonzo Morris
Helen Pilcher
James Kimsey
Darthy Loy
Arthur Newton
Douglas Parker
Gordon Smith
Homer Lee Smith
Rachel Southard
Kathleen Stilley
Isla Belle Stuart
Betty Traynham
Pegge Warner
Alice Ward
Salutatorian
Doris Warren
Wayne
Nazi Seized Pictures Will Be Returned to Netherlands
Berlin May 24 The American Military government announced six paintings found as Nazi seized loot will be returned to the Netherlands. The works, including Portrait of a Woman by Van Dyck, were purchased in good faith for 6640 dollars from a German firm at Baden in the French occupation zone late in 1945.
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Berlin
Lucius D. Clay
Netherlands
van Dyck
Baden
Veterans Class Shows Decrease in Claims This Year
Local business leaders note High Point jobs stay solid while unemployment compensation claims rise for non veterans. Data shows May weeks with 1 959 full and 608 partial veteran claims in 1947 versus 1 812 veteran claims in 1946, suggesting more veterans are working but many non veterans seek partial benefits.
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High Point
City Schools See Net Loss of Two White Teachers
High Point will enter the 1947 48 term with two white teachers and one principal fewer while adding one colored teacher at the high school The state allotment changes reduce white elementary posts by three and add one high school teacher and remove one principal Superintendent Carroll cites enrollment shifts and the base ratios for staffing as the basis for the adjustments with data from 1946 47.
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High Point City
Charles F. Carroll
Carroll
Farriss-Andrews Bible Class Honors Thayer for Service
Members of the Farriss Andrews Bible class at First Baptist church will honor Lloyd T. Thayer this morning for seven years of faithful service as class teacher. Thayer serves as principal of Elm Street School.
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Farriss-Andrews
First Baptist Church
Lloyd T. Thayer
Thayer
Elm Street
All City School Orchestra Festival Postponed Turned Tuesday
The annual All City School Orchestra festival, postponed from last Thursday, will be held Tuesday at 7 30 in the junior high school auditorium. Over 150 players ages 10 to 15 will perform in three groups under Emile Suposs. The Junior High group closes the program which will be broadcast on Station WMFR. Public attendance is invited.
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Emile Suposs
WMFR
Concord Hotel Sold to Philadelphia Investor
The 100 room five story Concord hotel changes hands from Auto Finance of Charlotte to William H. Harned of Philadelphia. The sale price was not disclosed.
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Concord
The
Auto Finance Company of
Charlotte
William H. Harned
Philadelphia
Homes Needed For City's Unwanted Children
High Point welfare chief says licensed homes to board and care for neglected and mistreated children are scarce with only eight in the county and none for Negro children. Abandoned infants, delinquent youths and illegitimate toddlers need temporary placement while investigations continue.
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High Point
Guilford County Welfare Department
Gladis Kivett
Welfare Department
High Point Lions award pins to many members
Forty three High Point Lions club members received attendance lapel pins for perfect attendance from September 1946 to April 1947. The ceremony honored nearly half the 114 member roster with pins, plus a bronze emblem to Buck Matthews for boosting membership and a similar award to Dave S. Neil for his efforts.
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High Point Lions Club
Lionism International
High Point Club
Lion
M. D. (Buck) Matthews
C. S McGahee
Floyd Mehan
Ralph E. Miller
M. D. Matthews
Sturgis May
Dan Monroe
Dave Neill
E. R. Outland
E. T. Ring
Ralph Slaughter
P. L. Smith
R. H. Smith
Roscoe Sowers
Clarence Stainback
J. W. van Loan
P. W. Miller
Glen R. Ward
Henry Whitlock
Clyde Allred
C. C. Stoker
Joe Abercrombie
Ellis Baker
Herman Bryant
W. O. Buie
William Burke
H. A. Cecil
L. C. Childs
Adjutant C. R. Collins
Tyson Feree
Bill Fluhharty
Lloyd Flythe
Jack Forward
Dewey Foust
Jack Ferguson
Raymond Fowler
Clarence Hayes
J. E. Horney
Walter Huber
Herman Ivey
George Johnson
John Kalte
Clarence Lambeth
Clyde Martin
Lions
Lions International
Buck Matthews
Dave S. Neil
Final Dress Parade At Oak Ridge Institute
Cadets of the Oak Ridge Military Institute stage their final dress parade of the year at 3 pm. Features include a precision drill by the Gold Star platoon and a rifle exercise performed to music by the cadet band. Friends of the school and the general public are invited to attend.
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Oak Ridge Military Institute
Gold Star Platoon
New Director Of Music At Presbyterian Church
Henry Whipple named choir director and organist at First Presbyterian High Point succeeding Dan W. Smith. Whipple, a Michigan alum and combat veteran, directed multiple choirs and organ recitals in Ohio and Alabama. He arrives from Montgomery after serving in Harrisburg and Alliance churches and will begin duties immediately with first public appearance at morning service.
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High Point
Henry Whipple
First Baptist Church of
School of Sacred Music
New York Union Theological Seminary
North Africa
Italy
Whipple
Harrisburg
Alliance, O
Alabama
Ohio
Stainer
American Guild of Organists
New York City
First Presbyterian Church
Conal
Winston-Salem banker elected NC building and loan league president
George W. Crone of Winston-Salem was elected president of the North Carolina building and loan league at Grove Park in Asheville during the league’s 44th annual convention. Crone succeeds T. G. Barbour of Charlotte with George Walston of Greensboro as vice-president and C. J. Burns of Raleigh as executive secretary-treasurer. Directors named include J. L. Suttle Shelby and J. Bart Hall Belmont.
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Belmont
L. N. Shirley
Raleigh
F. B. Kemp
Reidsville
R. L. Sides
Rocky Mount
City Faces Budgets With Dwindling Surplus At Start Of Year
City officials led by City Manager Roy S Braden report a large initial surplus has been spent and expect a total budget near or above last year’s 2 572 772 as departments face salary hikes and added debt service. July 1 outlook is dim with only 8819 surplus in general fund and revenue gains not enough to cover costs.
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Roy S. Braden
Braden
Pte
Ting
Treasury
Lake Crow
Og Street
Utilities Department
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Guilford
Colonial Freezer Locker Company
Ruby Scholz
Dr. Marion
Presbyterian Church
Voltaire
Francois Marie Arouet
By Almetta Brooks
Oak Ridge
Presbyterian
Winston Man
Allen Jay High School
Jimmy Reddick
Reba Bundy
Jimmy Ledwell
Sanford Cox
Don Ingram
Francis Allman
Leon Boyles
Robert Fields
Clifton Frazier
Hubert Wright
Floyd Cruthis
Alvin Pace
Howard Powell
Billy Robertson
Odell Patterson
Barbara Morgan
Laura Gaddy
Ethy
Lene Freeman
Mary Frances George
Anita Cornelisson
Sylvia Mickey
Juanita Handy
Veechel Lewallen
Laura Myrehoffer
Dorothy Gilliam
Elizabeth Williams
Lurlean Cox
Charlotte Harkey
Darrell Parrish
J. D. Dobbins
Maxine Hall
Catherine Morton
Hallie Gilbreath
Mary Lou Briles
Mildred Dills
Gerry Patterson
Magdelene Johnson
Minnie Grubb
Violet Craven
Margaret Smith
Louise Boyles
Jackie Rush
Betty Jean Rich
Perry Street
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