YMCA Building Fund Reaches 128 199 In Drive
The YMCA Building Fund total climbs to 128199 as textile and hosiery firms push the drive forward. Industrial divisions report most gains with Adams Millis Crown Hosiery Amos Hosiery leading quotas, while the furniture and woodwork division shows progress toward its 678 thousand goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YMCA
Ymca Building Fund
Adams-Millis
J. E. Tce
Corpora- Crown
Amosco
Divi
T. V. Rochelle
Oak View Eighth Graders Visit Raleigh in Daylong Tour
The 36 eighth graders from Oak View School, guided by Mrs. Blanche Owen and three teachers, toured Raleigh in a chartered bus. They visited the capitol governor’s mansion three museums radio station WPTF News and Observer Pul Park and state colleges. Students listed include Dorothy Andrews Norman Boles Horace Cannon Jane Motsinger Carol Overby and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak View School
Raleigh
Blanche ©. Owen
M. H. Sloan
M. L. Mitchell
Capitol
Governor's Mansion
WPTF
News and Observer
Pulpark
Andrew Johnson
State
Meredith
State School For the Blind
St. Mary's and Peace Colleges
Betty Lou Dean
Frances Ferrell
Nancy Stamey
Donald Lambert
Nancy Michell
Christine Key
Mary D. Newell
Jacqueline Guyer
Ibara Stroud
Jackie Willis
Mahlon Pendry
Edith Farmer
Fred Mabe
Henry Blair
Elementary Glee Clubs Concert At Junior High
City schools music department presents fifth and sixth grade glee clubs in a 3:30 afternoon concert in the junior high auditorium. About 300 voices under Dorothy Hoskins and Emile Serposs perform selections from American folk to classical tunes including Battle Hymn of the Republic and Morning Hymn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Hoskins
Emile Serposs
Glee Club
Steffe Krone
la Compagnie
Oa Hill
Emma Blair
Rtin
O Susanna
Foster
White
Johann
Grieg
Ashani
Johnson and Elm Street
Malotte
Downing
Beethoven
Schumann
Woodworth
Hermes
Stothart
America
Ward
Wilson
New York Engineer Speaks at NACA Piedmont Meet
James F. Downey industrial engineer from White Plains New York spoke at the Piedmont Chapter National Association of Cost Accountants meeting held at the Henry hotel. His talk Measuring Labor covered standard costs job analyses and classifications to 44 attendees. Baxter president of the Piedmont chapter chaired the session and invited audience questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piedmont
National Association of Cost Accountants
Henry
James F. Downey
White Plains
N. Y
NACA
Co. FE. Baxter
Carter Fabrics Corporation
Hospital Nurses Conference Draws 500 Delegates in Greenville
High Point Memorial hospital staff attend a Greenville conference on May 22 23 with over 500 delegates from North Carolina South Carolina and Virginia. The meeting highlighted surveys showing a nursing student shortage and discussed raising interest in the profession. Delegates from High Point included S J Ulmer Jr Rachel Hill Smith Bryce Glace Ruby Motsinger and Sara Stewart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Memorial Hospital
Greenville
S. C
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
High Point
S. J. Ulmer, Jr
Rachel Hill Smith
Bryce Glacoe
Ruby Motsinger
Sara Stewart
Local Paint Theft Cases Set for Superior Court Trial
Nine High Point men face charges including larceny receiving embezzlement in a case tied to paint and linseed oil worth about 9000 dollars at Marietta Paint and Color Co last fall. Indictments list ugh Childress Ralph Starnes Carlis Johnson W H Norris A E Nelson Burris Leonard Meacum Edward Davis S N Allen and William Dorn. Childress and Starnes were dismissed then re indicted by the grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Marietta Paint and Color Company
Superior Court
Ugh Childress
Field
Ralph Starnes
Wick Paint and Paper Company
Carlis Johnson
Ashe
Mrs L A Bruton Died At Home In Thomasville
Mrs Lively Alice Sanders Bruton 69 wife of Leroy Adam Bruton died at home 309 Julian avenue Saturday at 2 15 after extended illness. Born June 6 1876 in Montgomery county she was married Aug 8 1891 and lived in Thomasville since 1920. Surviving are five daughters and nine sons plus two sisters three brothers and church memberships. Funeral from First Baptist church Monday at three with body in church at 2 pm and return to home Sunday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Lively Alice Sanders Bruton
Leroy Adam Bruton
Julian Avenue
Bruton
Montgomery County
B. F. and
Lively Alice Kelles Sanders
Mr. Bruton
First Baptist Church
Alice Elliott
Ed Cole
George McCaskill
Aes Lyndon
Frank Pierce
Rachael Hilton
Arthur B. Bruton
Greensboro
Elsie L. Bruton
Portsmouth
Pete and
Roy V. Bruton
Charlottesville
J. B. Bruton
Frank P. Bruton
Jake T. Bruton
Ralph C. Bruton
Hoyle S. Bruton
O. G. Poole
Fred Chisholm
Alec Sanders
Jack Sanders
High Point
Sam Sanders
Troy
EF. L. Kincaid
W. K. McGee
Junior High Glee Clubs Present Evening Program
Junior high glee clubs perform a school program Tuesday night at the senior high auditorium. Highlights include a piano solo by 13 year old Dot Lewis, Mendelssohn piano concerto in G minor, and selections by the seventh grade, boys and girls glee clubs, plus the ninth grade choir under Emile H Serposs directing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nior High School
Dot Lewis
Lewis
Fleet Lewis
Mendelssohn
S. A. Gayle
Winston-Salem
Lena Sale
Emile H. Serposs
Orthodontist Opens Office In High Point
Dr. Hugh M. Hunsucker a retired army major opens an orthodontic practice at 1442 North Wrenn Street in the Davis Building with a June 1 opening. A native of Catawba, he attended Le Noir-Rhyne College earned D D S from Atlanta Southern Dental College in 1940 and completed a Columbia University program in 1941 42 for tooth alignment and jaw correction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh M. Hunsucker
Wrenn Street
Davis Building
Hunsucker
Catawbane
Lenoir-Rhyne College
Atlanta Southern Dental College
Atlanta
Columbia University
New York
Edwin Barnes Leaps To His Death In Well
Edwin Barnes 25 a furniture worker leaped into a backyard well at his Denton home around 11 30 this morning. Witnessed by his wife aid arrived but pulmotor efforts failed. He is survived by his widow Zeola Coggins Barnes a child Joyce Marie his mother Pearl Barnes a sister Elizabeth Barnes and two brothers.
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Denton
Edwin Barnes
Barnes
Zeola Coggins Barnes
Joyce Marie
Pearl Barnes
Elizabeth Barnes
Funeral Rites for Local Farmer Gaea Clinard Held
Funeral services for well known High Point farmer Gaea E Clinard of Rt 2 were held at Abbotts Creek church with Rev B A Mitchell and Elder W V Williard officiating. Burial followed in Abbotts Creek cemetery. Active pallbearers included Paul Motsinger and Wilson Hedgecock among others. honorary pallbearers were Hedgecock Hayworth and Johnson. Flowers were sent by the Abbotts Creek church women’s missionary society and pictured choir numbers closed the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Rt. 2
R. E. Clinard
Abbotts Creek
B. A. Mitchell
Paul Motsinger
Wilson Hedgecock
Willie Paul Hedgecock
Clarence Moore
Belvin Hayworth
Oscar Wood
A. M. Hedgecock
A. D. Hayworth
D. S. Hay- Pp
P. Motsinger
C. L. Clinard
M W. Johnson
Woman's Missionary Society
Abbotts Creek Church
F. 5. Spurgeon
Dan Hayworth
Anne Davis
Charlie Davis
Roy Yglan
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Rachel Clapp
Mrs Mary Rachel Clapp aged 63 of 515 Oakland avenue died at a local hospital early Friday. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 3 pm from First Presbyterian Church with Rev J P H McNatt officiating. Interment in Oakwood Cemetery. Body at Sechrest funeral home until service time.
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Mary Clapp
Mary Rachel Clapp
Oakland Avenue
First Presbyterian Church
J. P. H. McNatt
Brentwood Presbyterian Church
Oakwood
Sechrest
Funeral services for Arena Mae Moore held at Springfield church
Funeral services for Mrs. Arena Mae Moore will be held at the Springfield church Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment follows in the Springfield church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Moore
Arena Mae Moore
Springfield Church
Library Adopts Summer Hours and Expanded Reading
Beginning June 1 the library will operate 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday with no evening hours. Librarian Elizabeth Gurley notes the library subscribes to many magazines and four daily papers including the New York Times, and urges readers to explore travel, home, science, and current affairs titles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Gurley
the Times
New York Times
Travel
National Geographic
High Point
American Library Association Bulletin
American City
American Girl
American Home
Magazine
American Photography
Atlantic Monthly
Boy's Life
My Pan American Union
Child Life
Christian Century
Collier’s
Congressional Digest
Country Gentleman
Current Biography
Current History
Diesel Power and Transportation
Factory Management
Harpers
Hobbies
Horn Book
Hygeia
Journal of Home Economics
Ladies Home Journal
Library Journal
Magazine of Art
Nation
National Historical Magazine
National Municipal Review
Nature
New Republic
Parent's Magazine
Public Management
Readers Digest
Recreation
Saturday Evening Post
Saturday Review
Literature
Scholastic
the State
Story Parade
Survey
Survey Graphic
Vital Speeches
Vogue
Woman's Home Companion
High Point Enterprise
Greensboro Daily News
Charlotte Observer
News and Observer
Raleigh
Telegraphed News Delays Hamper Polish Communications
From Pole To Pole reports telegrams in Poland arrive slowly with messages between cities taking up to two months due to staff shortages at telegraph offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Poland
Skyway club flies 11 planes to Rock Hill on Sunday
Ed Lewis describes High Point Skyway club’s first organized breakfast flight from Fraley field on a clear morning. Bruce Wagoner supervises the takeoff with 11 light planes as 21 members depart for Rock Hill, S C, with the group spreading out once airborne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
The
Skyway Club
Rock Hill
S. C
Board of Trade
J. A. “Pappy” Newton
Bruce Wagoner
George V. Kennedy
Bill Bolden
Willard Moore
Fred Cody
Fraley Field
Cubs
Thomasville
Veterans Day Parade to Open Memorial Drive
High Point plans a June 15 Veterans Day parade led by the 82nd Airborne Division depping from North Main to the post office. Major General Slim Jim Gavin may lead, with an assault on the streets by a large honor guard and support units. The event kicks off a drive to raise 150000 for a city veterans memorial center.
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High Point
82Nd Airborne Division
America’s Honor Guard
Point
State Guard
Slim Jim" Gavin
Slim Jim
Pennsylvania
France
Normandy
Bulge
Rhineland
Berlin
325Th
Main Street
82Nd Sonnes
82Nd
Fifth Avenue
Washington, D. C
Ingram's Pharmacy
North Main Street
Post Office
South Main
Veterans Memorial Center
Earl N. Phillips
R. R. Fountain
Phil A. Warner
Airborne Division
Phillips
H Point
Re-elected leader heads High Point ministerial group
Ernest Page of Gy was re elected president of the High Point ministerial association. New officers include Clarence Warren of Clinton as vice president Kenneth Beane of Siler City secretary Bill Bobbitt of Littleton treasurer and Paul Willyard of Charlotte as program chairman for the next semester starting September 9. Dr P E Lindley continues as advisor and meetings will be in Lindley chapel at the administration building of the college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Page
Ministerial Association of
High Point
Clarence Warren
Clinton
Kenneth Beane
Siler City
Bill Bobbitt
Littleton
Paul Willyard
Charlotte
P. E. Lindley
Lindley
World War II 28th Division Veterans to Attend Boalsburg Service
World War II veterans of the 28th Division will join World War I veterans in memorial services at Boalsburg Shrine on June 2. Gov. Edward Martin, who commanded the division early in the war, and Maj. Norman D. Cota of Massachusetts, battle commander, are to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Boalsburg Shrine
Edward Martin
N. Norman D. Cota
Massachusetts
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82Nd Airborne
First Methodist
Allen Jay High School
T. Bennison
First Methodist Church
Juanita Ingram
Allen Jay Glee Club
Johnson
Daniel
Ramona Pons
Mary Tuttle
Catherine Morton
Wilson O. Weldon
Robertson
Lutkin
Chalktien
Julian A. Lindwe
Colo
Foresty
Europe
Asia
J. Roscoe Adams
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
Junior Chamber of Commerce
H. P. T. and
Lindsey
Oak View
Charlie
Spurgeon
ED Lewis
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