Doctors Contribute 50000 For Center At High Point Memorial
Doctors of High Point Memorial Hospital pledged 50000 toward Jack Burris Heart Center expansion as trustees form a community campaign steering committee to raise 900000. Memorials from 1000 to 25000 will be offered and 5000 to 10000 rooms with private baths. Pledges extend over 36 months as a temporary clinical agent joins state blind committee work.
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High Point Memorial Hospital
Trusté
R. T. Amos
Trus
Tees
Burris’ Challenge
Heart Center
Burris
W. T. Tice
Paul H. Brigman
Leland
Ronaldo ci
Jr Optimist Club Plans Discussed at High Point Meeting
The Optimist Club of High Point met at the Rainbow Supper Club to discuss reorganizing the Jr Optimist Club. A tentative Dec 15 first meeting date was set for the boys and Joe Adcock and Jim Stewart were named co editors of the Optimist weekly bulletin. Calvin Coe reported finances and Baylor Gray was accepted as a member. The next Optimists gathering is Tuesday at the Rainbow Supper Club with K Linton leading.
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Optimist Club
High Point
Rainbow Supper Club
Jr. Optimist Club
Joe Adcock
Jim Stewart
Optimist Weekly
Calvin Coe
Baylor Gray
Optimists
K@ Linton
City Tax Valuation Tops 129 Million in 1955
High Point reported a 34 million rise in taxable property value to a record 129,357,633 for tax purposes as of today, reflecting a building boom. Officials expect 100 percent collections and note minor adjustments may alter estimates. the city faces a small budget deficit after inventories rise and clerical delays push some tax bills late.
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High Point
H. A. Wood
Ted
Sis
Cestaianas
Dr Taylor Rites Set Tomorrow
Dr. Taylor a noted medical writer and internal medicine specialist dies after brief illness at High Point Memorial Hospital. Born 1887 in New Jersey he trained at Haverford College and University of Pennsylvania before practicing in High Point for four decades. He led the Guilford County Medical Society and contributed to Oxford Loose-Leaf Medicine and other medical texts.
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Taylor
Guilford County Medical Society
High Point Memorial Hospital
Burlington County
N. J
Charles Shoemaker
Rebecca Hughes Taylor
Haverford
Haverford College
University of Pennsylvania
Germantown Hospital
Philadelphia
High Point
U. S. Army Base Hospital 65
Kerimental Center
France
Harvard
Omy Be Christian
Brennerman
W. F. Prior
F. Dennette Adams
Cabot Adams
Jningerman Gray
Winston- Salem
North Carolina State Board of Health
International Health Board
Rockefeller Foundation
American Red Cross
North Carolina Medical Society
Civil action planned over mistaken repossession
Silas B. Casey says he will file a civil suit in Superior Court on behalf of James Royal Negro of 206 Morgan St. over a constable's wrong repossession of Royal's television and two living room pieces. The error arose when a Burrell loan default led Brown to seize items at 208 Morgan St. and a misdirected apartment led to Royal's furnishings being taken.
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Hoon Ogg
Silas B. Casey
A. James Royal Negro
Morgan St
Neal Griffin
J. F. Brown
Jamestown
Brown
James Burrell
Royal
Griffin
Burrell
Alexander Returns to Shelby as First National Bank Officer
Fred W. Alexander resigns after three years as vice president and director of High Point Savings and Trust Company to become senior vice president of the First National Bank of Shelby. He will remain a bank director and previously led Shelby’s Union Trust Company. He is a Charlotte native with early ties to the Bank of Charlotte and extensive civic involvement in Shelby and High Point communities.
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Fred W. Alexander
High Point Savings and Trust Company
First National Bank of
Shelby
Alexander
High Point
Union Trust Company
Cleveland
Rutherford County
North Carolina
Charlotte
Bank of Charlotte
First Presbyterian Church
Chamber of Commerce
United Fund
Carolinas United
Kiwanis Club
Shelby Kiwanis Club
Wake Forest physician tied to Phi Beta Kappa chapter charter
The obituary notes a physician affiliated with Bowman Gray School of Medicine as a faculty member at the time Wake Forest chartered its Phi Beta Kappa chapter. He also belonged to Nu Sigma Nu at Pennsylvania. Surviving relatives include his wife Rachel Ethel Farlow, two daughters Mrs. Turner of Winston-Salem and Mrs. Phillips of High Point, and two sons Mark Taylor of High Point and Frederick Taylor of Charlotte.
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Phi Beta Kappa
Wake Forest
Bowman Gray School of Medicine
Nu Sigma Nu
Pennsylvania
Rachel Ethel Farlow
W. H. Turner
Winston-Salem
William P. Phillips
High Point
Mark Hughes Taylor
Frederick Harvey Taylor
Charlotte
City to let two large street contracts in months
After a slow start the city street department moves to action with two major contracts expected in the next three months. Bids open November 9 for 4000 feet of curb and gutter on residential streets, with paving contracts likely in January where curb and gutters exist.
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City Street
George Dean
Public Works Department
Kearns St
Parkside
Clover Drs
Highland Mall
Brentwood
Courtesy Rd
Broad St
Wrenn
Hamilton Sts
E. Farriss Ave
North Dr
Rockspring Rd
Shirley Ave
Rotary Dr
Hayworth Circle
Parkside Dr
Creekside Dr
Willow St
Prayer for TOAY by Rev Dotson M Nelson at First Baptist
Prayer for TOAY expresses gratitude for divine light and closeness, praising God as a loving father through Christ. The text is signed by Dotson M Nelson, a doctor in Greenville South Carolina, pastor at First Baptist Church.
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God of Light
Dotson M. Nelson
Greenville
3. C
First Baptist Church
Convention of SFMA Opening in Piedmont Furniture Meet
Hundreds of Piedmont area furniture producers head to the Greenbrier for the 45th annual Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association meeting. Officers to be elected Friday include William P. Kemp to president and G Maurice Hill to first vice president, with J T Ryan likely remaining executive secretary.
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Piedmont Area
Setae
Greenbrier
T. N. Barbour
Martinsville
William P. Kemp
The
G. Maurice Hill
D. JT. Ryan
SFMA
Ohio
Ee Totevane
High Point
Greensboro
North Carolina Case Goods Association
Charles Ragan
Neducers
Wis
Barbour
Henry A. Foscue
Educational Committee
Thomas J. Lyman
Home Furnishings Industry Committee
White Sunbar Links
Schools Asked To Estimate Guilford County Cash Needs
County accountant Hugh L. Ross sent letters to Guilford County school administrations asking for cash needs estimates through June 1956 with a due date of November 15. Estimates aim to determine when borrowing against the $6 million school construction bond issue might begin as authorized last March.
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Hugh L. Ross
Guilford County
Lupts
Dean B. Pruette
High Point
Ben L. Smith
Greensboro
E. D. Idol
Guilford
Ross
Vision Defects Tied to Mental Deficiency Says Institute
The Better Vision Institute notes that visual defects appear across all intelligence levels but are more common among the mentally retarded, with severity proportional to the degree of mental deficiency.
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The
Better Vision Institute
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Arlene Hobbs
Douglas Warren
Fayetteville
Miss Arnold
Sabrina Fair
Janet Langley
High Point Enterprise
Dr. Taylor
Barther
Bartner
E. Green ST
Burtner
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