Memorial Service and Community Notices From 1940s Local Paper
The 4th annual American Legion memorial service is set for today at Greenhill cemetery with a 4 PM assembly on Game Streets and a 4:30 PM parade to the cemetery. Speakers include Mrs E Baldwin on memorial themes and Prof C E Yokely presenting the memorial address, with music by Brooks Memorial choir. Public invited.
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American Legion
Greenhill Cemetery
Legion
4Th. Street
Greenhill
Brooks
ART Club
Alpha Art Club
David the King
Schmitt
Carl Timberlane
Lewis
Castile
Shellabarger
Keys
Land of the Lorrones
Kelland
Josephine
Tarkington
Anna
Siam
Landon
Maugham
Bayliss
DuMaurier
Stone
Street
Perkins
Lister
Little
Wickware
Bagby
Rinehart
Daly
Fort Norman
Stoddard
Ellery Queen
Perry
Carter
Mrs. Palmer
Cooke
Stegner
Christ
Maus
Jesus
Erskine
Starling
White House
Stevens
Beecher
Joe Louis
Miller
YWCA
Mesdames Callie Holmes
Magnolia Hart
Ethel
Woman’s Power Must Not Be Underestimated
Denver report tells of Mrs. L D Woody who found her purse missing after stepping into the yard. A man fleeing the front door handed back the $3.50 before escaping, prompting a pursuit by the homeowner.
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Denver
Funeral Services for Mae Allen in High Point
Mae Allen of High Point will have funeral services Monday at 2 PM from the Seventh Day Adventist church with the pastor in charge. Interment follows at Green Hill cemetery. The body remains at Hoover's Funeral Home until the service.
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Mae Allen
High Point
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Green Hill Cemetery
Hoover
Jay Thomas Wins County Citizenship Prize in 1960s
Jay Thomas of Allen Jay school, confined to his hospital bed, won the Civitan award for young citizenship at a Greensboro Civitan luncheon. He collected the prize on his behalf. first prize was $60, with Gene Garrett and William Patterson taking $40 and $20 respectively for second and third.
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Jay Thomas
Allen Jay School
Civitan
Greensboro
Ves Sm
Tenor Bennison
Thomas R. Foust
Forim
Thomas
Allen Jay High School
J. M. Thomas
Gene Garrett
Nathaniel Iich School
William Patterson
Proximity School
Greensibero
Thieves Enter Cambridge Eatery Steal Pennies
In Cambridge, Massachusetts, burglars broke into a local eatery and ate an apple pie and drank a quart of cream before stealing $2 in pennies. Police found fingerprints on a paper cup used for the cream.
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Cambridge
Mass
INS
Radio Budget Planned By Presbyterians
At Montreat on May 25 the general assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States referred a $50,000 radio budget to the stewardship committee. The assembly approved appointing a director of radio activities and expanded the radio committee from five to nine members.
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S. M. Cavert
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
Truman
Myron Taylor
Vatican
Press Held Up When Hot Corn Bread Arrives
Alton Illinois. G Chew is famed for corn in her habit of distributing among residents of her opa building. June Rhoades, the Evening Telegraph's Alton correspondent, phoned news when G arrived with a hot helping for the presses. The correspondent said I pass this up.
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Alton, Ill
G Chew
Opa
June Rhoades
Ten Evening Telegraph
Alton
Corres
Religious committees meet and mission fund drive noted
During a noon session committees adjourned to 7 30 p m for a mission meeting. Fraternal greetings from the Presbyterian and Reformed Presbyterian churches were exchanged via messages from the assembly. Tomorrow features Dr Oglesby of Atlanta and Dr Warner L Hall of Charlotte who is ill. Sessions focus on education publishing Christian education and relief.
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YWCA
Aan E. P. Wilson
Helen Leach
Hattie Davis
Lillian Gains
Catherine Brevard
Eunice Evans
Amy Willams
J. J. Wilson
Bennett College
Presbyterian Church
Reformed Presbyterian
United Presbyterian
Assembly
Oglesby
Atlanta
Warner L. Hall
Lotte
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American Legion Memorial Service
Myles A. Paige
Court of Special Sessions
New York City
William 4. Walls
A. M.E. Zion Church
A. and T. College
N. C
Walls
Paige
Mrs
M. J. Simmons
E. Ballenger
Miss E. Perry
Willie Mae Boyd
M. H. Blackburn
Ramelia Mason
Annie Jones
Ruth Brooks
Business and Professional Women's Club
Margaret Smith
Court of Calanthe
Lonnie
Roundtree
High Point Normal
Carrie Harris
Needlecraft Club
Mary Greene
Y's
Letitia Gibson
Variety Club
Sylvia Craven
Acme Club
Elen Stewart
Ellis
Frances Russel
Criterion Club
Lena Thompson
Sarah Davis
Helen Boulware
E. G. Cobb
G. W. Yokely
Henley
Lee Etta Melton
BOY Scout Committee
J. C. Morgan
YMCA
J. FE. Melton
H. Cobb
C. W. Lawrence
W. Steele
H. H. LeMon
S. E. Burford
S. Whitted
S. V. Barnhill
O. H
ST. Mark Circle Circle
St. Mark Church
Ora Martin
Daniel Brooks Center
Astors
Pastor's Aid
First Baptist Church
Mars Hill
Mamie Smith
Emmanuel
C. W. Laurence
Emmanuel Baptist Church
Masons
Toussaint L’ouverture Lodge
F. A
Pilgrim Congregational Church
Bible School
St. Mark Methodist Church
Victor Blackburn
O. E. Davis
East Washington Street
United Usher Board
Friendship Baptist Church
A. C. Crone
Pearson Street
Betty Crone
Yvonne Walker
Charline Walker
Joyce Palmer
Pat Burton
Margie Strickland
E. McCants
Twentieth Century Club
Rufus Williams
Calvary Gospel Singers
St. Mathews C. M. E
Silver Tone Quintette
Silver Trumpet Choir
Church of God
Gurley Street
Theodore Hayes
82 Quartermasters Trucking Company
James Hayes
Pauline Sutton
C. R. Roundtree
and Corbitt
Connie Gaines
Parthenia Hill
Viola Bostic
Olan Watson
Obadiah Ingram
Dave Roundtree
Philadelphia
Leonard Street
Giles Harrison
Mollie Br
West End
Suits Shoe Shop
Employment Office
West High Street
Eckerd
Seaforth
Leatherie
Yardley
Mennex
Y.M.C.A
Asheboro
Bossy
Presbyterians
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